City of Bloomington, Indiana City Council, 18 Dec 2019

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Everyone I'd like to call to order this bloomington common council special.

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Session immediately, followed by regular session for wednesday, the 18th of.

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December 2019 well, the clerk. Please call the roll.

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Council member granger council member rallo.

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Dear council, member vohland, councilmember simms here councilmember.

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Stir bomb council member sandburg here, thank you. Here's our agenda, summation.

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For our special session this evening, we will have the continued consideration of.

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Amendments to ordinance 1924 to repeal and replace title 20 of the bloomington.

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Municipal code entitled unified development ordinance, we will have a.

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Presentation of n answered questions from previous discussions. If there are.

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Any we will remind all of us of the conduct of deliberations regarding time.

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Limits and then we will go to a consent agenda amendments for consideration may.

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Be adopted by one roll call vote. Please note that any council member may request.

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That these amendments, there's a single amendment, actually be moved to their.

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Ordinary order of deliberation later on in the agenda, members of the public will.

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Also have a brief opportunity to request removal of amendments from the consent.

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Agenda, we have one item on the consent agenda.

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It's under chapter 20.0 for development standards and incentives, and it is.

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Amendment 71 sponsored by councilmember, rallo and staff, and it affects twenty.

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Point: zero four point: zero: two: zero e and table for six updates table for six.

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To use defined terms rather than language originally proposed an.

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Amendment 63 on a regular agenda for the you do this evening, all of them under.

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Chapter twenty point: zero for development standards and incentives; the.

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First is amendment 73 sponsored by councilmember piedmont, smith and it.

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Affects twenty point: zero: two point: zero: two: zero and table for its ana met addendum to amendment sixty that adjusts and potentially.

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Reduces the length of driveways in the r2 zoning district by amending building.

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Setbacks were attached to front-loading garages or car ports. Next is amendment.

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74 sponsored by councilmember piedmont, smith and staff.

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It affects twenty point: zero two point: zero, five zero and it adds a reference.

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To the affordable housing section of the code for clarification, third, amendment.

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For a regular agenda is amendment, seventy are sponsored by councilmember.

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Piedmont, smith and staff: it affects twenty point, zero. Four point.

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Zero two zero and table for two: it adjusts table for two to incorporate.

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Changes made by amendments sixty sixty one and 73 note that amendment seventy r.

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Is a revised version version of amendment seventy which originally.

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Appeared on agenda this agenda, amendment 70 may be introduced if amendment 73 is.

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Not adopted fourth item under regular agenda is.

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Amendment 45 are sponsored by councilmember. Valen affects twenty point.

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Zero four point: zero, six, zero e and h, and it replaces the term requirement.

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With the terms allowance or limit and converts many of the maximum allowances.

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To a standard measurement of number of spaces per thousand square feet, gf a.

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Last amendment is amendment 72, sponsored by councilmembers, piedmont, smith and.

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That amendment allows flat roofs for residential zoning districts for primary.

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Structures which have a minimum size, then we will go to consideration of.

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Written object, objections per indiana code; three, six, seven, four, six, zero, six c.

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Three and then we will consider adopting the you do ordinance 1924. We will have.

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An opportunity at that point for written objections considering written.

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Objections, so if there's any public here this evening, who would like to submit.

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Written objections, please submit them to the city clerk during the meeting, so.

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With that, we are now ready to continue consideration of amendments forward in.

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24 and we'll go first to presentation of unanswered questions from previous.

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Discussions do we have any mr. robinson from staff? Okay, are there any from.

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Council, seeing none, we will go to conduct of deliberations and we are.

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Missing our parliamentarian he's perfect timing. Speaking of timing, conduct of.

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Deliberations, we will need our parliamentarian regarding time limits.

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Council, member valen, would you like to remind us of our conduct of.

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Deliberations, yes for my lateness, we are looking at ten minutes maximum for.

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Presentations, a maximum limit of questions of 20 minutes limited to two.

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Minutes per question from a council member at a time we'll go to the public.

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For I think it's 30 minutes, I don't have the exact number in front of me and then.

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Back to the council for 30 minutes maximum of 20 minute question period. If.

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Necessary and then 30 minutes maximum of debate with three minutes per council.

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Member per bite of the apple okay. Thank you very much so with that we will now.

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Go to the consent agenda. Is there a motion.

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I move that we accept go ahead, it's just gonna say a move that we accept the.

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Consent agenda, as proposed second, okay: this is limited debate I think. Is there.

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Anyone who would like to remove that item seeing none then we'll go to the.

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Public public would like to comment on the consent agenda. The one item.

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Amendment 71 seeing a public comment, we're back to council for further debate.

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Questions been called and seconded on the consent agenda, as proposed with the.

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Clerk, please call the roll councilmember ruff, yes, chopra.

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Peanuts- mints, yes, grainger, yes, rallo! Yes,.

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Boland, yes simms. Yes, mr. baum, yes, sandburg! Yes, thank you.

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The consent agenda is adopted 8 to 0. Moving on to the regular agenda. Don't we.

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Need to now approve the consent like the item in the consent agenda. We we agreed.

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On what the consent agenda is, but don't we now need to vote on it.

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That's yeah, two, oh two steps. Thank thank you very good.

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Any questions any public comments on adopting the consent agenda, seeing none.

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Back to council call the question, questions call and second it on adopting.

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The consent agenda will the clerk please call the roll chopra councilmember.

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Piedmon smith, yes, council, member granger, yes, council,.

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Member rallo, yes, yes, council, member, simms.

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Yes, council, mr. bones: yes, councilmember sandburg, yes, councilman be rough. Yes,.

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Thank you. Thank you. The consent agenda is adopted.

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Eight to zero moving to our regular agenda. Mr. chair, I'm at 73 to the you do.

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7, thank you please proceed. So this is an addenda addendum to amendment 60, which.

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We approved on december 10th with a split vote. I had initially there. There.

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Was some back-and-forth between myself and mr. pavilack oskie, who have brought.

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This issue to my attention about the setbacks for front-loading garages and.

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I had kind of lost track of the versions of the amendment that became amendment.

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60 and I inadvertently left out zoning district r2, and so this is proposing to.

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Change the attached front, loaded, garage setback. Currently, it says 10 feet behind.

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The primary structures front building wall- I propose to change it to 25 feet.

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Or equal to the setback of the primary structure, whichever is greater.

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So that 25 feet is from the right-of-way from the street and the reasoning is the.

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Same as what we discussed last tuesday, that often the driveway lengths or the.

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Setback of the house is already more than the 15 feet. That's in this you do.

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Just because of the covenants in the neighborhood or because of the.

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Historical development patterns and so then to require an additional 10 feet.

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Behind that just seems like unnecessary impervious surface, especially if we make.

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It so that they cannot have the garage closer to the street than the house, so.

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It's not gonna, be a snout house where, when the garage is the dominant feature,.

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But it will allow the garage to be parallel with the house as far as the.

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Having an equal setback, because in those cases where the house is already 30 feet,.

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Back from the street, I really don't think we need an extra 10 feet of.

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Impervious surface when we're already struggling with stormwater issues, as it.

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Is so that's the amendment? Thank you we'll go to staff for their comment. I.

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Don't have any additional comments again, I think councilmember piedmont.

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Smith did characterize the back and forth on drafting the amendment that.

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This district was inadvertently left off again, it's technically sound and.

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Was fine with the proposed amendment be happy to answer any questions? Thank you.

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Mr. robinson, are there questions from council seeing no question we'll go to.

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The public for comments on amendment 73.

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Seeing no public comment we're back to council for your questions or comments.

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Or recommendation second questions been calling second island minimum 73 will.

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The clerk, please call the roll council member piedmont smith. Yes,.

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Granger? Yes, yes, boland, yes, simms! Yes,.

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Mr. baum, yes sandburg, yes, ruff yeah, chopra yeah. Thank you. Thank you.

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Amendment 73 is adopted, 9-0 moving to amendment 74. Yes, I move amendment 74 to.

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The you do second, thank you. Go ahead.

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Where are we? Oh? Yes, okay! So this is a technical amendment and my apologies to.

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The public that this was only discovered today as something that was meant to be.

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Submitted earlier and it is pertaining to peds planned unit development, if you.

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May recall that last month we approved an amendment that would disallow payment.

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In lieu of providing affordable housing units as part of a pud, the staff.

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Requested that we still make reference to the affordable housing section.

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Because it has some definitions and procedures in it, that would still be.

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Useful for pu ds because, of course they made they have to have affordable.

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Housing now so with that, I leave it to mr. robinson to follow up with any other.

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Clarification, thank you mr. robinson, or miss porter. Yes, you know. I appreciate.

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Councilmember piedmont smith for sponsoring this tonight it wasn't.

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Oversight, this was something that again early in the process. There was some.

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Coordination, I was just did not submit the actual.

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Formal amendment to the council office in time and looking back in my notes, I.

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Realized that it was kind of lost in the mixed again, it's just a technical.

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Amendment just to clarify a reference in the section of affordable housing and.

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Really, that's all this amendment. Does it's just simply pointing to the other.

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Section where affordable housing is where there's relevant regulations so.

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I'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you, mr. robinson. Are the questions.

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From council on a minute, seventy four: okay, seeing none we'll go to the public.

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Seeing no public comments on a minute 74 back to council questions been called in.

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Second eye on amendment 74, where the clerk please call the roll.

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Councilmember granger, yes, rallo, yes, boland, yes, simms, yes, stir bone yeah.

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Sandburg, yes, ruff, yes, chopra yeah, piedmont, smith! Yes, thank you.

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Amendment 74 is adopted nine zero amendments. Seventy are I move amendment.

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70 are to the you: do proceeding.

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Okay, so this wait a minute all right, so this is revised from the packet, because.

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We have passed amendment 73, so it puts into table of four to the changes that.

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We made to the front garage setbacks with amendment 60 and with amendment 73.

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So it's just a technical amendment to reflect those changes in table for two.

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Thank you, questions from council and amendments. Seventy are seeing none in a.

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Little bit of public, seeing no public comment, we're back to council.

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Any comments caught a question initially, thank you. It's been moved and seconded.

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For amendment 70, our clerk, please call the roll.

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Mr. rollo, yes, valen, yes, sim, yes, mr. bone yeah, sandburg, yes, ruff.

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Yeah chopper yeah, piedmont, smith; yes, grinder! Yes, thank you. Amendment seven er.

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Is adopted nine zero amendment? Forty five is next on our regular agenda.

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Second, please present, so this is revised version of the amendment that would have.

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Eliminated maximum parking requirement or made part met would have established.

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A standard for maximum parking allowances, but all it does now is change.

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Vocabulary in terms so it used to be paired with the minimum parking.

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Requirement this was the maximum parking so-called requirement. The word.

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Requirement doesn't make sense when it comes to maximum parking maximum parking.

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Is the most parking we want to allow so should be referred to as an allowance or.

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A limit so wherever its logical, the words allowance or limit replace the.

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Word requirement: we're not no one's required to build the maximum amount of.

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Parking they're limited to that maximum, so that's that makes only make sense.

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Secondly, it changes the basic unit of measurement by which we consider parking.

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In terms of right now, the unit is one space per x number of square feet and.

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This changed it to x, number of units per thousand square feet of gross floor area.

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In a commercial location for residential, of course, it refers to spaces per.

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Bedroom, but this makes it a little bit easier for people to see what kinds of.

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Parking maxima, there are some, you know for the same amount of square footage.

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Some types of uses are allowed to have four or five spaces per thousand square.

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Feet where some are limited to two, it does not in any way change any actual.

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Limits or allowances, it simply changes the terms by which we discuss them. So if.

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There any questions about it, I'm happy to answer them. I'd also like to make.

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Sure that staff has no problem with this change. Thank you. Thank you.

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Mr. robinson or director porter, would you like to comment again? Thank you for.

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The opportunity staff doesn't have any additional comment to provide. It's.

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Consistent with councilmember ball and provided in his statement just changing.

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The terminology a little bit that the parking ratios as proposed it a one.

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Space per square footage, which varies and what councilmember mullen is doing.

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Is keeping the square footage the same and changing the number of parking.

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Spaces so from a user standpoint or reader standpoint, you might get a better.

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Understanding what the actual maximum is again, the ratios haven't changed. We're.

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Just changing the unit of measure so again staff is in support of this. Thank.

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You thank you. Are there questions from counsel for the sponsor council? Mr.

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Obama, there's no change in the effect. At the end, it's just units of how you.

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Measure it so again, for example, an art gallery. It's one space per 500 square.

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Feet what's being proposed is two spaces per thousand square feet. It's the same.

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Net difference, it's just a different way to reflect the parking so.

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Councilman granger, thank you. I'm I'm still somewhat confused just this. What.

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We did not pass before before also proposed to reduce the maximum parking.

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Allowance for any type of commercial used to 2.0 spaces per thousand square.

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Feet that reduction has been removed. All that is in this is to change the unit of.

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Measure so that it's a little easy to compare right now, if we were to say one.

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Space per 350 square feet versus one space versus two it for every 500 square.

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Feet: that's not easy to visualize, but if I were to say for a thousand square feet.

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This place could have 2.85 and that place could have that's a little bit.

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Easier for people to understand and that's what those numbers translate to.

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So wherever possible or wherever necessary, rather one space per 300.

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Square feet has been translated to three point: three three spaces per thousand.

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Square feet so there's no material change in the limit for each type of.

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Commercial use we're simply changing the term so that.

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It's easy to compare them. Okay, I'm just I'm just confused, but I'm going to trust.

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You and staff, because, on the face of it it looks the same, but it's supposed to.

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It's just again the big terms we took out that you took out the part that was.

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All this does, is it changes the way that we look at the way that we understand.

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Commercial parking, it does not actually that, while we use the word allowance to.

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Limit it doesn't actually change the limits of the maximum limit of parking.

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For any use in the code, thank you further questions. Thank you for trusting.

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Me councilmember sandburg innocence. This is.

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For staff, I'm not sure that I'm seeing a reduction of parking is necessarily not.

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Harmful in certain cases I mean, let's take, for instance, an art gallery, museum.

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Or library, that's in a more space would this put an undue limitation.

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On them and then a location that was more had more space, weren't more acreage.

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I mean, as I'm still having a hard time, understanding how this isn't a little.

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Bit more stringent in terms of a new structure, it it wouldn't be any more.

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Stringent it was than what was originally proposed. It's just a.

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Different way to calculate it's just using different measures to calculate.

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The same thing so the art gallery, for example, it's one space for five hundred.

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Square feet: if you had a 500 square feet space you get the parking maximum. Would.

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Be one space in this example again, if you had 500 square feet, you get two.

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Spaces per a thousand, if you do your math, that's one space for 500! It's it's.

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The same thing: it's just using a different measure to calculate that and.

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Again, to clarify on councilmember granger's question: this is largely the.

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Same that the biggest difference was there was a built-in annual rate to.

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Decrease the parking- and that was one of the bigger concerns there were some.

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Other uses that there was some scalar effects that staff had concerned with.

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But again this the proportions are all the same, so stabbed is consistent or if.

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It supports this change so that ratchet down was taken out because there was not.

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One standard for all commercial across the city was not accepted and I didn't.

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Want to, and staff didn't want to have to create multiple tables to calculate that.

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I still think it's a good idea, but it's not being proposed tonight thanks.

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Councilmember simms. Thank you. My first question is rhetorical and I guess that.

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Is should I trust you also rhetorical, my real question, where we have where it.

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Says one space per 3,000 square feet for an example, and that equates to 3.3.

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Spaces per thousand square feet. I guess what I'm wondering is what happens to.

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That point three, the first silence please can that be moved up or does that.

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Revert back to three spaces: well, okay, one space for 3,000 square.

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Feet would be 0.33 spaces for a thousand square feet for a thousand. I don't think.

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Anything in the code is that low. Secondly, I know that it was in my.

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Proposal but I don't recall actually what is existing in code, but if there.

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Was a fraction above integer that would be rounded up to the nearest next space.

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So, for example, in customer sandberg's example, if she had a son or agenda about.

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That I'm not paying for it, so how about a very, very big tip? hmm This is highly.

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Unusual highly unusual I'll have to check robert's rules. I think he was.

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Required to share the pizza, that's let's find out okay and let's yes, it is bacon.

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And mushroom my favorite so to finish my statement. Browns up to the next nearest.

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Space, would you like a slice of bacon and mushroom? Thank you. Okay,.

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Where are we amendment 45, rather our other further questions about amendment.

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45, not the pizza, seeing that we'll go to the public. There's comment on amendment.

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45 are seeing now we're back to council for final comment or recommendation. It.

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Counts: myra, piedmont, smith, yeah, I'm gonna support this amendment.

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um The one thing I do not like about it is that we now have in our table for 10.

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A bunch of lines that say no limit, which you know when you see who you're parking.

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And no limit, I that doesn't compute for me as far as.

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Our stated goals of being a multimodal transportation haven and but I I.

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Understand the reasoning for using term other than requirements, since they are.

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Now, allowances, which I think is a good change in terminology. So as long as I.

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Can publicly state that I think there should always be limits on parking.

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Because we need to encourage transit, use and other modes of transportation.

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Carpooling and etc. I will still support this amendment and just make sure people.

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Read it in context and not think that no limit means you can go nuts with your.

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Parking thank you councilmember chopra. Yes, I think that pizza delivery made.

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Itself part of this amendment and therefore our comment on it. That was a.

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Gesture to mr. mullins always teasing me and telling me I wasn't allowed to eat.

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In council chambers it's my last meeting, and so I wanted to save that little.

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Prank for mr. volant tonight, so thank you, councilmember granger. Thank you. Mr.

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Follin for clarifying your clarification and I'm ecstatic about supporting you.

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One more time, thank you, councillor, mullen yeah. The piling on is happening.

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Thick tonight here, yeah well, first of all wanted to say with respect to.

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Councilor piedmont smith's concerned about no limit, I mean I share her.

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Concern I believe that there absolutely should be more stringent limits on.

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Parking at that trip there should be a maximum amount and I think the original.

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Version of this amendment was a reasonable idea that slowly over the.

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Next, 20 years we ratchet down the maximum. You know it wouldn't have.

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Changed existing parking, but for new uses it would have slowly limited the.

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Amount of parking- because you know we need to be concerned about this great.

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Generator of carbon, but again that's not what 45r is doing.

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And we thought about using the word no allowance when there was no limit on.

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Parking, but that would sound like no parking was allowed at all, so that would.

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Have been the opposite of what we intended so where it's appropriate.

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Requirement is changed to either limit or to allowance so that it makes sense.

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And again like. If you have say, an art gallery with 750 or 700 square feet and.

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The limit is 2.0 spaces per thousand square feet. That gallery would be.

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Allowed to spaces not one so the I mean, I'm pretty sure that I mean in my.

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Original amendment it did round up when there was, there was a question of a.

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Fraction of a space available, so I thought it was reasonable. This is even.

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More reasonable, because it's really it doesn't make any substance of changes to.

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Policy, it just makes a change to how it's read and with respect to counsel.

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For chopra, it's still not appropriate to eat dinner in front of the council.

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Unless you have food for everybody, so anybody who wants some pizza, bacon and.

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Mushroom was very tasty happy to distribute it to anybody who would like some. Thank you further comment. Someone all I got for.

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Questions we've called seconded on amendment 45 are: will the clerk please.

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Yeah finn, I'm sorry how wait to call me? Yes, stir bomb? Yes, sandburg! Yes,.

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Ruff, yes, chopra; yes, piedmont, smith, yes, granger! Yes, bravo.

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Yes, thank you. Amendment 45 hours add up to nine zero. Our last amendment is.

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Amendment 72 customer piedmont, smith. Oh, I move a matt72 to the you do second.

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Proceeding I'm bringing this amendment forward at the request of several.

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Bloomington, architects, it would allow flat roofs in residential zoning.

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Districts for primary structures, which have a minimum size, the minimum and size.

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Requirement is to avoid having mobile homes in these zoning districts as.

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Mobile homes should be placed in the rmh district, which is specifically for.

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Mobile home parks flat roofs make it possible to have both innovative design.

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And to install green roof cover green roofs, decrease, stormwater, runoff and.

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Thus, they're greater allowance in the city serves to meet policies. Three 2.2.1.

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&Amp; 3.2.2 of the comprehensive plan policy. Five point: two point: six of the.

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Comprehensive plan indicates that both traditional and contemporary architecture are desirable in residential neighborhoods. Many.

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Contemporary architectural designs for residential housing include flat roofs, a.

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Building with a flat roof does not necessarily violate the quote consistent.

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Built character and quote prevailing patterns of development building.

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Distribution and scale of a residential neighborhood as it can be in the same.

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Massing in the same position as a more traditionally designed home so with that.

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I'm happy to take any questions. Thank you. Let's go to staff first, mr. robinson.

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Or indirect reporter, would you like to comment staffs in support of this again.

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We heard some similar feedback in the plan commission process.

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But nothing really came about of it. Original you do does allow flat roofs.

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For additions, but again this makes it more permissive to allow it with the.

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Square footage to address various concerns so again, staff is in support of.

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This amendment be happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Questions from.

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Council for either the sponsor or the staff, seeing none we'll go to public the.

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Public would like to comment on amendment 72. Please state your name and sign in for the record, please and I'd like to thank council for all of their.

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Hard work and time commitment working through this process and I'd really like.

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To thank councilmember piedmont smith for bringing this amendment forward.

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Little grooves are ubiquitous in on commercial buildings. We have a lot of.

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Mid-Century modern homes in our neighborhoods that have a flat or low.

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Sloped roofs, the materials most commonly used on on these roofs. These days are.

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Epdm and tpl, and they are both come in white and black and the white is.

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Particularly useful in southern climates, where you get a lot of heat gain and in.

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The black is better in winter climates so that you get the heat gain in the.

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Winter but bloomington falls sort of in between both of those and that I would.

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Generally, recommend white because I think in the end, the heat gain or the.

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Lack of heat gain in the summer, the caught would reduce the cooling cost.

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Much more than it would in the winter membrane. Roofs also have a.

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Much longer lifespan, they typically last from 30 to 50 years versus asphalt.

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Shingle roofs that generally have to be replaced every 10 to 15 years, rubber.

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Roofing materials are extremely durable, weather resistant and completely.

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Waterproof, if installed properly rubber roofing shouldn't crack or become.

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Brittle due to hot and cold temperatures and it's able to withstand, hail and.

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Other extreme weather conditions and shows high resistance to ultraviolet.

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Light flat, roofs as councilmember piedmont, smith noted make it possible to.

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Have innovative design and green roof cover on the green roofs decrease the.

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Stormwater runoff with at the plants and the growth growing medium at capturing.

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And slowing the rain bloomington's neighborhoods are.

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Architectural, a diverse with many styles speaking specifically to the era that.

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They were built in the comprehensive plan indicates that this diversity is.

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Desirable in residential neighborhoods and many contemporary architectural.

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Designs for houses include flat roofs. In conclusion, I am, I support this amendment.

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And I hope you will too thank you. Thank you for your comment. Further public.

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Comments on a man matt72, saying number back to council for final four questions.

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Or final comments: councilmember simms. Thank you. I just want to thank.

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Councilmember piedmont smith for bringing us back, because this is a.

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Reaction to to some of the input that we receive from the public, in particular.

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Architects and many of us got that information and.

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Thought it was a very good something to be considered so, and I agree so I'm.

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Thinking her for bringing that- and I will support this further comment.

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Questions been calling second amendment 72. Will the clerk please call the roll.

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Council, member simms, yes, mr. baum sandburg, yes, ruff chopra,.

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Yes, piedmont, smith, yes, granger! Yes,.

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Rallo, yes, yes, thank you. Amendment 72 is adopted, 9 0, so moving.

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Now, on to item 7, which is the consideration of written objections for.

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Indiana code, three: six, seven, four: six: zero, six c: three.

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The council has a packet of written objections sent to council members.

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Before this meeting, which are also available to the public.

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Remember the public wishes to file one this evening. Please do so with the city.

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Clerk either before or after you speak so could I see a show of hands? Is there.

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Anyone who would like to object to the you do, or portions thereof and and have.

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A written objection submitted okay, seeing none then we're back to council.

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For consideration of written objections included in our packet consummate.

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Villain, yes, I would like to seeing that we have the full council here tonight. I.

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Am looking for a member to reconsider amendment 27 mr. sherman.

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Done with the written objection portion of the agenda, did anyone on the council.

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Want to address a written commission. Yes, this is suppose of that. First, okay, so.

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Any consideration of written objections in our packet any comment. I don't well.

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We have a number of written objections that are in our packet that have been submitted by the public and, if you would like to discuss them now is the time I.

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Suppose you know we could we could consider.

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Amendments that that pertain to them, but right now is there any comment on the on.

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Them, yes, are we gonna have a comment on the you do yes, yes, thank you.

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Customary piedmon smith yeah. I think I just wanted to point out that most of.

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The written objections are about allowing multiplex housing types in.

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Traditionally, single-family neighborhoods and we did vote against allowing that. So a lot of the objections have already.

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Been addressed in that way, thank you any other comments. Okay, no comments from.

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The from council, so mr. sherman may we move on to council.

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Merv rowling's you've met your statutory obligation very good, so councilmember.

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Boland, if you would like to proceed yes, the minute 27 was the only amendment.

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That had a four-four vote. It failed because there only people here I would.

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Like to see the question reconsidered, but the rules say that the prevailing.

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Sigh only a member the prevailing side can a move to reconsider an amendment.

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Which is still in order because we are- and you know we have been in one long.

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Continuous meeting the amendment was voted for by ruff piedmont, smithville.

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And granger voted against by rallo semester, bomb sandburg, comfort approach.

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Oprah was absent. I would like this amendment to get.

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Vote of full council process. First you're going to amend the agenda. The.

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Interesting question: how we do that, but I think you've said it: you've established the rule when you adopted your general procedures. You said you.

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Could amend procedures by a majority vote? So that's the first question: do you.

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Want to amend your agenda to include to address this an amendment and the second.

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Is is the process that councilmember boland was describing, and that is who.

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Can raise the who can reintroduce it essentially ask for reconsideration.

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So first motion is amending. The agenda takes a senator majority. Second motion.

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Requires someone on the prevailing side, this failed, so someone who voted against.

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It and then, if there's a second, it takes a simple majority since you're in one.

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Long special session to reconsider it, I move to amend the agenda to enable.

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Reconsideration of amendment 27, okay, is this subject to debate? Yes, other.

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Comments or questions on amending the agenda, seeing none we'll go to the.

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Public, seeing no public comment we're back to the council. Any comment call the.

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Question, oh sorry, we'll wait. There might be a.

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Comment: okay, councilmember rough issue related to a a.

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Major project in the city development project that we and we have we.

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Eventually had leaked held that meeting in the convention center anyway, those of.

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Us who some of us being one who was opposed to that project, could have the.

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Way, the the voting played out could have stopped that from coming forward to the.

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Full count so for reconsideration, and I voted.

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Against my own position in order to give another hearing to the to the issue, so I.

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Think I've demonstrated my commitment to to honoring the will of the council in.

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The very recent past, but throughout my tenure, but in this case I'm I don't see.

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It legitimate the same way and I'm gonna be voting all vote no right now on on.

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This consideration, councilmember simms, did you have a.

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Comment before I go to compromise: oh no I'll defer to him customer :.

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I can understand my colleagues reticence to reopen a question and I appreciate.

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That he did on a much bigger subject before I will point out, however, again.

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That this amendment, which would eliminate minimum parking standards very.

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Different than the original 45 that was proposed about maximum standards was one.

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That again, the only amendment in the you do process that was tied four to four.

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And with one member absent, I think because it would have made a difference.

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That this should be thought about again, especially because I had no control over.

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The scheduling of amendments, the numbering of amendments- it was not my.

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Decision to put plexus, for example as amendment one and two I didn't know the.

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Night that that this was scheduled, which was a tuesday that it would make a.

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Difference so again because it made it, it would make a difference if everyone.

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Was here, I think that it's important that it be reconsidered, and I have.

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Followed the rules that we set forth in the beginning, which is this is the end.

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Of one long continuous meeting, we have not adjourned. You do meetings, we've.

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Recessed them and a recap, move to reconsider is entirely in order, and I.

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Feel like we should allow everyone to have their say, so I would urge that.

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Everyone support the motion to amend the agenda. It.

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Doesn't require anyone to change their vote on this amendment as it went before.

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A member of the prevailing side, the four who voted against it. One of them would.

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Still have to agree to reconsider it, but I think it's entirely reasonable and I.

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Would ask that that this motion be supported? Thank you, councilmember ruff. I.

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Know councilmember valen mentioned this earlier, but I want to emphasize. I was on.

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The losing side of this vote, I supported mr. volans amendment at the time this.

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Process now could theoretically conceivably put me on the winning side.

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But I don't agree with the brought the procedure being used. The way it is right.

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Now, and so, even though I did vote yes on this before I'm gonna vote no to rehear.

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It thank you further comment. Counselor going well.

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Then I'll make it obvious. The author of the pizza gate here tonight is the.

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Member who was absent- and she has made it her point for quite some time- that.

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That we may not be conscious enough about the way that we scheduled meetings.

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And you know could not be here on a tuesday when we scheduled many of our.

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You do meetings I'll point out that this final, you do meeting happened to be on a.

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Wednesday, because we cancelled several, you do meetings that turned out not to.

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Be necessary, we hadn't scheduled them because we thought this would be such a.

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Knock-Down drag-out process, but thanks to the judicious use of time limits, we.

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Were able to rein in the normal length of time that something like this would.

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Have taken, we can all go back and think about the comprehensive plan and for.

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That matter, the transportation plan and how long those items took to dispose of.

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Because we had no time- and everyone talked as long as they.

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Wanted to about it, everyone from members of the public to members of this body, so.

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When I say that I did not have control over the scheduling or the timing of the.

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Scheduling of this of these amendments or the timing of any items prior to this.

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One, I think that you know this one deserves another consideration and it.

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Disappoints me that, while customer rough you know did agree with this amendment,.

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That he would not move to consider which is again entirely. He can disagree with.

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It, but it's entirely an order. The motion to reconsider. We moved to read the in.

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Order to move to reconsider the cdg project we actually had to have a.

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Two-Thirds vote. This only requires a majority vote because it's it's part of.

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The normal meeting process again, I would urge everyone to support the this move.

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To amend the agenda so that a member of the prevailing side can offer to.

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Reconsider amendment 27, thank you, councilmember granger. I understand.

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Everything that councilmember bolin is talking about, but I I agree with mr.

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Roth, I don't particularly like this process. Any one of us could have been.

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Sick any one of these nights- and it just doesn't make sense to me then my my.

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Amendment didn't pass councilmember chopra wasn't here well,.

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I'm gonna call it up again and maybe it'll pass this time it just doesn't it.

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Just doesn't make sense in my mind, because you know we're here and we're.

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Not here and it when there's no control over that sometimes thank you. Thank you.

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Further comment: khansamar keen, 1 smith um yeah. I I'm gonna vote to reopen the.

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Agenda, although I get the feeling it's not going to do any good, um I think it it. It is significant when there's a tie vote, and I think this is a.

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Topic that is important enough to actually find out what a majority of.

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Your elected representatives feel is the right decision, so I respectfully.

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Disagree with my colleagues, council members, ruff and granger, and I feel like.

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This is a legitimate reopening of the question. Further comment from council.

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Councilmember simpson, thank you. I am really very cautious to put more value.

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On one particular amendment than any other- and we did this on multiple.

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Multiple nights, I was one of the people who voted against it and I guess the.

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Thing that probably that I'm most a little bit confused with so I'm not so.

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Sure we would consider bringing this back unless the tiebreak boat, if you.

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Will the author of this amendment felt that person was going to vote in support.

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Of this, thus giving it the majority, so I'm not I'm not so sure, I'm not putting.

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Words in anyone's mouth, but we didn't have a majority that night. I think the.

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Thought process: here's a little bit is that now I have this via to vote and we.

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Can do it, that's just my thought, I'm not so sure I could support changing the.

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Amendment, but if it passes, then we will duly consider it. Thank you further.

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Comments, council attorney sherman clarification. This motion amends the.

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Agenda, the second motion was required to allow consideration of.

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27 and what we would require um a councilmember who voted previously on.

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The prevailing side to indicate that they're willing to support it, set.

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Correct in with the majority in this case, I guess it would be, it failed. So.

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Someone who who voted against it would be eligible to seek reconsideration. Okay,.

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So my comment is that over for this and motion to allow a member of the.

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Prevailing side to reverse or vote, but I will not be that council member so since.

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I was on the prevailing side, so if are there any other comments, questions been.

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Called and seconded on the motion to amend the agenda before the clerk. Please.

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Council member stir bomb no sandberg, no ruff chopra, yes, peanut smith. Yes,.

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Granger no rallo, yes, rowland, yes, simms! No, that motion fails.

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Ford five. Thank you. Now we are ready for a motion to adopt ordinance 1924 as.

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Amended I move adoption of ordinance, 19 24s amend a second, very good. Let's.

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Begin with other any council questions regarding the motion, councilmember.

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Voland, yes, can we get a sense of how long it will take to codify this and.

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Whether or not the codification matters before maps are approved, the adoption.

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Date and the effective date, as I mentioned before, two different things so.

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If council recommends to adopt, it has to go back to the plan commission, because.

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You amended it, we tentatively have it on the january.

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13Th agenda for the plan, commission staff would recommend again if council.

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Adopts we would recommended that planning commission approve of that.

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Adoption the effective date is tied to when the conversion map would be adopted.

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And that's a process that we would need to run through plan commission and then.

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Council, so that's how codification would take place as far as the clerk. I know.

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She's reached out to our coda fire and it has coordinated on the technical side.

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So you know, we've got things in line, I don't have the specific timeline and.

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When that would happen, but again the effective date would be when council.

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Would adopt the conversion map if you would also translate for us.

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There's a two step map process right. The first is to real able existing parcels.

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With the new labels, yes, so there's there's two steps: we've had a conversion.

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Map posted on the planning and transportations website since late july.

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Or march- and it's just shows the translation from the current district.

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Names to the changing names- okay, that's all the conversion map is doing we're.

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Not gonna change any of the boundaries later on. After the conversion map is.

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Adopted we would initiate a public process to evaluate zoning districts.

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Where to apply the new districts, do we want to change any of the boundaries?

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There's some obvious locations that come to mind that have come up in both the.

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Plan, commission and council deliberations, you know most notably the bloomington hospital site. As everybody knows, they.

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Will be relocating, so what will that area be rezone to it's currently zoned.

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Md or medical, and so that's would be a second step of the process or of the.

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Mapping process: okay, so there's the relabeling, then the what was the term.

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Again, the second, the conversion maps, so is it likely that the entire uw deal.

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Will be approved in 2020, so the our goal, staffs goal is to get the conversion map.

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Through the process quickly we're targeting it targeting that to get it.

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Before council, before their june recess, so we're hoping to hit may april in that.

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Time frame wow- that's quickly, okay, so, but if the conversion map will be in.

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Other several months, yes, so in other words there's a chance, it might not be.

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Approved in 2020 the conversion map- and you do know, I think it would be unlikely.

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But we do have to follow noticing requirements per state code and in.

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Process so again, it's more of a procedural thing that we have to follow.

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Both with the plan commissioning council, do you anticipate any major concerns.

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Over conversion of properties from old to new types, we don't anticipate that.

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That's been a strategy that we've said from the very to help avoid confusion about the rules versus the map, change and I think we've.

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Been pretty effective and clarifying that throughout the process that our intent was not to change the district boundaries, just the names, let's focus on.

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The rules and that's what we've been doing so I don't anticipate any.

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Controversial items coming with the conversion map. Thank you further.

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Questions from council, this is on the motion to adopt ordinance 1924.

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Councilman piedmont, smith, yeah, just for the benefit of the public.

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If the staff could speak to the mapping of districts that are not being.

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Converted and when that might happen, you know the new districts I'm taking it.

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One step at a time, but yes, we do still have our consultant on retainer to help.

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Us through that process, so again we would initiate that once we get through.

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The conversion map process to have a public process to get that feedback look.

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At take it to plan commission in the city council, I can't anticipate that at this point in time, I'm looking at the next few steps.

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Right now, but that's that's the intent of the rezone and again, I think, there's.

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Some areas that are locations that obviously would focus that discussion on.

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Thank you further questions. Seeing none we'll go to the public if the public.

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Would like to comment this is on the motion to adopt ordinance 1924, which is.

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To repeal and replace title 20 of the bloomington municipal code entitled.

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Unified development ordinance as amended.

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Hi, my name is jan sorby, and I just want to take this opportunity to thank.

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Everybody here this has been a long and arduous process. For me, this began in.

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2008 and when I sat on the envision bloomington committee with councilman.

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Ruff and councilman sturm- and I just want to thank everybody- I've never been.

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Through such a horrible process ever and every single person that sitting in.

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Front of me has worked artlessly and sincerely, and there has been.

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Name-Calling and backbiting, and you all have gone through a tremendously.

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Difficult time- and I just wanted to sincerely thank you from the citizens.

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And from the neighborhoods and from everyone I know so, I just wanted to take.

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This opportunity to do that and to thank also councilman rough and councilman.

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Stir bomb and councilman granger for their years of service, and that's all I.

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Have to say thank you. Thank you for your comment.

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I'm a development corporation that I have not much different to say other.

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Than we appreciate all your service through this process, it's been a very.

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Long process and thank you to the staff as well. I know our members have really.

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Appreciated engagement with everyone here in helping to understand and learn.

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About the process you all put so much time into it and as we're trying to work.

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To advance our community to build quality jobs and quality of life for.

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People in this community, we appreciate everyone in this room, so thank you. Thank.

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You for your comment. Thank you all so much thanks for teaching us how our city.

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Works and for listening so hard to all these different sides- and you know just.

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Can't thank you enough for walking us through this really appreciate it really.

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Appreciate the staff putting up with us and our questions and thank city council.

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For educating us about the things we didn't understand and helping us all to.

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Continue working together. Thank you. Thank you for your comment and thanks.

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For remembering the sign in further comment from the public on the motion to.

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Adopt ordinance 1924 as amended, seeing none we're back to council, then for.

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Final comment: councilmember stir bomb yeah over the.

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Years, I've seen a lot happen in this chamber and usually when there are a lot.

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Of empty seats, it means councils just doing fine and when it fills up it means.

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Time to pay attention and think about what you're doing, and this last issue.

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Was about single-family zoning and the actual elimination of single-family.

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Zoning, because guess what, when you put allow six unrelated or nine unrelated in.

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What used to be a single-family zone? You now have to call it r2 or r3, because.

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You've changed it to a multi-family zone bottom line. It.

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Took a long time for people to understand that, and it's still taking.

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The ht time, because they didn't realize that eliminating the proposal was to.

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Eliminate single-family zoning in the suburbs in the core everywhere and and.

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It left you with only the covenants that was up to the suburbs to enforce their.

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Covenants with their own lawyers, someone even called that planning malpractice to.

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Put ours our rules against existing covenants. It.

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Took a long time, I knew this was the heart of the you. Do you know we kept.

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Talking to the consultants, they would hear it and then it would come back.

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Revised no plexes again, you know it just wasn't a process that listened and the.

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Comments 91 out of a hundred all against comments. Like I'm concerned, I'm outraged.

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This does not make sense. I have enormous concern what happened to the comp plan.

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Poorly thought-out, destroying neighborhoods climate change.

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Doesn't hold up animosity, and this was only during the council- it was worse at.

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The planning commission, there were ten hours of process at the planning.

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Commission, where people talked and people called each other names and.

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People blamed and people accused it was a really bad process. What is nice and.

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What here's the optimistic part the mapping is coming, there's good guidance.

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In the mapping and in the comprehensive plan and there's great alerts, what's sad.

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What's really sad is there's a tremendous amount of agreement between.

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The two sides that had had to have this line drawn and were forced to fight each.

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Other and blame each other for an goal that was.

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Shared by many, we really need more density. It's about. How do you do it? How.

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Do you put it in the right place? How do you do, gentlemen city? How do you not.

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Destroy the town politically by an overlay that just doesn't pay attention.

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To some of the zones in the town where it doesn't fit, so I think we can come.

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Together next year, through the mapping process, fine find all the points of.

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Agreement and work together as a city not blaming one side and blaming another.

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Side and fighting against one another, but let's work together and find where.

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The density works and find how our community can take this myth next step.

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Forward as a community, I really won't be here on this side of the table. I.

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Probably won't help it because I'll have to be there on that side of the table.

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But that's how democracy works in bloomington and I love that part of.

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Democracy in bloomington, you know it doesn't always work on the big scale, but.

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It works on this local scale. It works when people know they have a voice, they.

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Know they can come out and talk about it. They know they have councilmembers, who.

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Will listen to them and that's how our democracy works and when we stop.

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Listening to one another, but we take sides when we name call democracy falls.

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Apart here- and this is, this is the best hope- this is how the supposed supposed.

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To work and let's keep it working in our city, thank you for everybody who put in.

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All that time on all sides of this, because everyone cared.

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Everyone was sincere, everyone wanted something good, but let's find the right.

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Way to make that happen, thank you, everybody for listening. Thank you.

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Councilman granger.

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We're ending on a positive note, and I want to acknowledge that I want to thank.

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Staff I want to thank my colleagues. I think that we all worked very hard on.

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This we didn't always agree and that's what this is all about, but I just needed.

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To share a heartfelt thank you to everybody.

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Councilman tripura. Yes, I just like to comment that the you do does not need to.

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Be revisited in hall at long intervals, it can be reviewed in small steps over a.

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Course of years- and it can be revisited one one item at a time: it's it's a it's.

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An organism that can be changed at any time, and so I didn't agree with.

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Everything that happened with the you do everyone knows that and that's fine.

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Because that's how the votes fell, but just a reminder that at the next council.

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Session or the next available time any council member who's elected on to this.

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Body can bring up a change to the you do and I hope that people don't forget to.

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Do that before it's too late and we've got this long, drawn-out huge project of.

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A process, thank you, councilmember sims. Thank you. As many of you all know, many.

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Of us sitting up here on the dais, we don't always agree in fact we're on polar opposites sometimes, but I would like to think that.

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We could do that in a more civil manner. I will agree with councilmember sterben.

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When he just said that there are certain times when we just weren't listening to.

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Each other, and when that happens, we don't listen each other.

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That's called noise nobody's listened in no ways, so I think, as we move forward.

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We'll work on more civility in our debates and in how we relate with each.

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Other I am encouraged. There was much much.

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Community debate throughout this whole process started when the when we very.

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First started with the draft, and people were able to make comments on the draft.

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And then it goes to planning, then it comes to us and in there's much much.

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Community debate, I'm thankful for that. Some of that was very contentious. um I.

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Won't get into that. I think we all remember that that was because we have.

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Folks, who were standing firmly in opposition or in support of certain.

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Portions of this unified development ordinance, we debated single-family.

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Housing we debated infield, we debated the possibilities to increase housing.

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Density, we debated the plexes ad use. All of this was including even in our core.

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Neighborhoods we debated about the efforts that were made to add more.

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Deliberate flexibility in the area of sustainability, I'm happy with some of.

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Those we broke down some of the rules, some of the barriers that will allow us.

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To do things that are more sustainable in our buildings and in our environment.

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I think these are very, very important. We debate it on our need to not only.

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Increase our housing inventory, but this encompass, affordable housing, workforce.

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Housing, multi-family housing. How do we marry these? Where do they go? How does.

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That fit into our public transportation scheme and and with the comp plan, I'm.

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Grateful that the community input was prevalent again from the plan roll out.

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To the city council, I'm thankful for the written objections. Again I didn't agree.

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With everything that I read, I'm quite sure some of the public didn't agree.

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With everything that I said, but I think each and every person up here loves this.

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Community and tried to do legislation to discuss what what we think is best.

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From a majority standpoint, I feel the same way for our community people even.

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Though they were staunchest opposite sometimes, but each and every person felt.

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That was what they thought was best. That public comment also went to emails. I.

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Can't tell you all how many emails we all received that we all received emails.

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Text messages some of us got phone calls some of us.

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Get it in public comments, I've mentioned before how I get this at kroger's. I get.

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It at walmart, but that's that's what we signed up for. That's what we signed up.

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For so again, I'm happy that we I'm not so happy with the project process.

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Totally, I mean, I don't think any of us were, but I'm happy mostly with the.

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Public input and comments, I welcome the upcoming mapping processes. I welcome the.

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Input and the enlightenment and I received from my colleagues during this.

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Process, I'm also looking forward to the opportunity to periodically review this.

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Document as we approve it and move forward, I think it's one of the terms I.

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Like to use it's a living document, I don't think we're just going to prove it's gonna be an hard copy and chipped and concrete and set on the wall. This.

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Thing has to be fluid, it has to be a living document. We have to consider at.

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Some point: what's working, what's not working is it? Is it doing what we.

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Thought what we desire work and we make changes. So I'm looking forward to that.

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Process we can evaluate the results. Are we beating what we thought it was going.

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To do are we getting desired expectations and that's what I'm looking.

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For I'm looking forward to adopting this ordinance and then, as we have something.

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That's like clay, then we can kind of mold it as we move forward and we can.

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See what fits and what? Where does it go here and not here and.

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Do we wanted to go south in town or do we so so those are the more interesting.

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Parts that we can look forward to and and again some of our public comments.

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Thank all of us for all the time. I'd almost say something you spend as much.

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Time out there, as we did up here, some of you and that to me is what democracy is.

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All about thank you. Thank you. Councilmember peterman smith,.

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Yes, I just wanted to thank our planning staff planning transportation department.

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Everybody who chipped in and especially scott robinson who did the herculean.

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Task of leading this effort and did an excellent job staying on top of things.

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And reconciling you know, ideas that we might have and how they fit into the.

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Document and also I want to thank city, council staff, stephen lucas and dan.

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Sherman for helping with the amendments and guide us through the amendment.

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Process, I really appreciate all your hard work. I want to thank my colleagues.

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Especially those who sponsored amendments and made it a better document.

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So, thank you further comment. Councilmember sandberg as times change,.

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We need to change with those times and that's simply a fact, and we are a smart.

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And a resilient community, and where I remain an optimist is because I know.

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That we can- and we will figure things out as things change, we will adapt, but.

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At the end of this long and arduous, and not always pleasant process, I really.

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Want to thank those people who know this city's history and who know enough to.

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See when it's about to repeat itself, and maybe it's worse formats, they will stand.

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Up and they will speak and hopefully they will be heard, and so we have a lot.

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To be thankful for for the good work that is behind us now,.

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We are wrapping up our last meeting of the year and we have a lot to look.

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Forward to I will echo the comments, though, of some.

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Of my colleagues to challenge us in the new year to always be mindful of respect.

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Always be mindful of the words that we choose and always be mindful that we.

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Don't always have to agree, but I am always hopeful that we can disagree in.

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An agreeable fashion, thank you. Thank you. Further comment comes from a rough, but I.

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Think mr. simms minute, during his comments a minute ago, said pointed out.

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How how the policies we adopt and the strategies we implement? The community.

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There are complex and integrated transportation investments, housing and I.

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Couldn't agree with him more and I was all the time on council I'm seeing a.

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Couple of reviews of the you do and developments of comprehensive plan.

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Update site, I agree, and you know I think the proposal for the densification of.

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Core neighborhoods through the plex perplexes proposal was was too blunt of.

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An instrument, and not thought-out and integrated, well enough into a careful.

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Plan it just kind of came forward, and it was just too blunt of an instrument to.

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Implement what at its heart in the in theory, is a good and desirable policy.

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Regarding housing- and I think it can be done- but I'm in complete agreement- the.

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Council members table on that the appropriate way at this point to move forward is through a mapping process that involves the whole community.

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Because I'm confident that it won't be easy, it's not gonna be easy, but I'm.

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Confident it'll show there are adequate areas in the community in the urbanized.

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Area brownfields some other undeveloped areas on an arizona, neighborhood edges.

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And corridors where we can have pretty solid agreement.

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For proprietary --is for for the densification of of housing through.

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Through plexus- and I hope that's the way that the council proceeds next time, we.

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Went through this intense debate, months and months of debate- and it was a.

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Difficult but democratic process, nonetheless, and the outcome is what it.

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Is and simply revisiting it next year. I don't think respects that process. I.

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Don't think respects the community, I don't think it respects the democratic.

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Process we went through as as one of the council members who was a supporter of.

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That policy change said in her district. The opposition was impossible to deny it.

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Was overwhelming- and I would argue that that particular district is one that in.

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Bloomington would be one that one respect to find I'm a jew if you're.

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Gonna find people favorable to that change would likely be people in that.

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District, so I hope that the process goes forward next year. So a careful.

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Deliberative community-engaged mapping process to identify where this can be.

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Implemented, I don't think I'll go back to one of some of my earlier comments.

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When we started the process, I think before bloomington gets so dense or we.

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Have a need to densify, to the extent that we would have to start going into.

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Core neighborhoods and in filling them out, I think we're going to see a.

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Dramatic change in in population distribution we're going to see limits.

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Due to energy increases, where industrial agriculture is not going to be able to.

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Sustain itself, through the massive intense energies required to continue to.

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Allow people to just move to the cities, while fewer and fewer people in.

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Agriculture produce more and more crops based on massive inputs of fossil fuel energy. You're, not gonna, have a like. I doubt.

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You're gonna have electric tractors giant combines and so we're going to see.

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People needing to move back because they'll be to the countryside as more.

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People have to be involved in agriculture, and our smaller communities in our area will also repopulate because those will be localized centers like.

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They were have been in the past so with that. Thank you for the comment.

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Councilman or fallen as parliamentarian, I've had to learn in particular how to.

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Listen to everyone, regardless of whether I grew their opinion or not, and I've.

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Learned that I have another role to play, which is to advise people of the rules.

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Not just members of the council, but any member, the public and I find myself.

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Doing that a lot, regardless of the opinion of the person who, I'm speaking.

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With whether they agree with me or not, there's a lot to know, there's a lot to.

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Understand and how to optimize one's effort to lobby the council to persuade.

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The council a to vote one way or another, and I thought the last thing: I've.

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Learned about it is that I shouldn't have to be parliamentarian to do that.

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That I should do that, no matter what position I hold on the council that we.

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All all nine members should know the rules. All nine members should be willing.

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To advise anyone, regardless of their residence, if they're, not in that one.

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Person's district, regardless of their political persuasion, regardless of their.

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Position on a topic, I also want to recall the fond moment in this at this.

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Time, fourteen years ago I was sitting where customer service. Now he was.

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Sitting where councillor sims is now- and I remember remarking to him as I've said.

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On me that we were voting on the first, you do.

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And neither of us had really taken a good look at the maps and I remember.

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Saying to him: well, I guess we're just gonna have to go with it, we'll figure it.

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Out and it turned out that the maps made a difference and everyone regretted not.

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Taking a closer look at them at the time, so it's with some regret that I want to.

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Inform everyone here, mr. chair, that the you do isn't done.

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I mean we're voting on the legislation tonight, but until the maps are done, it.

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Won't take effect, so I am hopeful that the you do will say the 2020 you do and.

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Not the 2021 you do, but that brings us to the question of process with first of.

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All we've heard tonight that we'll be lucky if the relating maps are done by.

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April and then we have to do the conversion maps and that's, I think that.

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We're the the real concern is among those who are concerned about the effect.

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Of the new year, how will the neighborhood's be converted to the new.

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Terms and that's going to be another significant discussion. I hope it won't.

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Be as onerous as the one that we had now, but you know this overhaul of the you do.

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I call this the you do number two we had before we had the you do. It was just a.

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Zoning ordinance and subdivision ordinance, we combined them. That's why it's the unified development ordinance, but we had hoped, I think, as a city that.

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It would be done within ten eleven years of the first one that it should have.

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Been passed in twelve or thirteen, and here we are in 2019 and we're probably.

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Going to see it in 2020. So while I kind of a rough point that we shouldn't be.

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Reopening it next year is an understandable one. At the same time, we.

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Shouldn't be taking 18 years between our 14 years between you do s.

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To reconsider it either there ought to be some sort of in between. But let me.

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Also point out that the process for change in the you do whether it's an.

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Overhaul or a single change to a paragraph is more onerous than most.

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Ordinances first, the council: if the council wants.

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To see a change, they have to ask the planning commission the plan commission.

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To consider it, then it comes to the council, and then it has to go back to.

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The plan commission, just like this document, was it's designed to take more.

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Time and to be given more scrutiny than other city code for a reason, so I want.

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To remind everyone of that and again just point out we're not done, we have to.

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Consider the maps this it's the the overhaul that includes the maps should.

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Rightly come maybe every ten years, if you're going to overhaul the entire.

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Cities we should work to try to get that process so that before 2030 we think.

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About the whole thing again, but you know it's not as easy as just our I just want.

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To pass norton's real, quick, that'll change this line, it doesn't work like that. You know I do want to echo the thanks to.

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Every member of staff, both planning department and council, they have been.

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Living with this document, more than any council member more than any member of.

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The public they've been living and breathing. This document trying to manage.

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All the chaos involved in changing this document and I think they deserve an.

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Extra helping of thanks. Finally, I want to talk about history like here, is the.

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Cover of blum magazine- and I want to point out right here on the building.

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That is now inkwell projecting sign from four hooks hooks drugs. This is a picture.

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Of the square in 1953, when iu was celebrating its second basketball.

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Championship I like to think that I have been thinking about history and one.

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Other thing I think about history is that you know hindsight benefits us. None.

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Of us would recognize the town in 1953. I think we would all be boggled at how.

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Different, it was how many things we take for granted were not available to us or.

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The same in 1953 we've evolved beyond recognition.

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To the council of that era, we don't look anything well, there's a lot of things. We.

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Do look like, and that's thanks to the efforts of historic preservation made by.

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Members, like councilmember, stir bomb, but I mean so many procedures, ideas, policies.

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And yes, cityscape that we take for granted would be just unbelievable to.

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The console of 1953, so you know, I think that we should all get credit for having.

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Taken into account the history of the city, and that we are following in the.

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Best tradition of the city by the process that we've made and that leads.

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Me to a last point: the comprehensive plan was an extraordinarily lift and we.

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All there 190 council amendments to that document alone. The transportation plan.

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Was an extraordinary lift, but this this plant, this document we cancelled three.

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Meetings because we implemented limits and everyone's ability to speak, and it.

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Made for a better process, I mean for despite the rancor over particular.

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Topics I believe that this document was much less difficult to put together.

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Because we all respected each other's time, and so I want to say that time.

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Limits work and that we should be using them more often, I've turned off time.

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Loads for this discussion, because I figured this is the big moment.

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Hey it just proves the point, so thank you all and I support this document. I.

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Think that, except for me, everyone's made of comments, so you stole my punchline.

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That you turned off the time limits for this particular comment, but I need to be.

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Self-Aware, yes, I many good things have been said. I just want to say that we.

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Wouldn't be at this point of adopting this ordinance, the you do is amended if.

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It weren't for the staff, both council staff and planning transportation staff.

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Mr. robinson, you work painstakingly with us through the whole process and director porter. Thank you for your for your for.

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Your help and and counsel staff we wouldn't be at this point- hadn't up and.

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For you, yes, it was an arduous process, painful it's, but it's very serious. It's.

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Our land use code, it determines how we're going to develop in the future. I.

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Think what we've rendered is a is a very good product. I don't think it's pleased.

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Everyone, but I think, generally speaking, I think it has reflected the collective.

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Participation and wisdom of the community.

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It's been an honor actually to to hear from so many citizens in the community.

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In this process, I've learned a lot through this process regarding I'd like.

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To echo what councilmember ruff said, I think that if, if we proceed in the.

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Future to consider intensification, I think that we ought to first consult.

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Neighbourhoods in terms of what they prefer, what they see is the proper way.

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To proceed as the comprehensive plan stated, it should be on neighborhood.

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Edges and I think that they would probably express their preferences for.

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Where this kind of densification could occur, that would serve them. I'm very.

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Pleased that this council completed this process, they were this was the council.

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That discussed and debated and eventually adopted the comprehensive.

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Plan and the you do followed from that, and that seems like a very natural.

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Process so with that, is there a motion? Call the question.

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Second, questions been called and seconded on ordinance, 1924 to repeal and.

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Replace title 20 of the bloomington municipal code entitled unified.

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Development ordinance, as amended, will the clerk. Please call the roll.

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Councilmember sandburg, yes, ruff, yes, chopra! Yes,.

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Piedmont. Smith; yes, granger; yes, rallo! Yes, olin, yes, simms! Yes,.

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Sir bob, yes thank you ordinance, 1924 is unanimously adopted.

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Nine to zero. So this concludes our legislative items for the special.

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Session is there a motion to adjourn all in favor aye? We are adjourned.

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We'll take one two minutes: I'd like to call this order to order this regular.

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Session meeting of the bloomington's common council for the 18th of december.

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2019 will the clerk please call the roll.

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Here, thank you. Here's our agenda some summation this evening. We have no.

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Approval we have no minutes to approve this evening, we'll go to reports this evening from council members, the mayor and city.

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Offices, council, committees and then the public for items not on our agenda. We.

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Will go to then go to appointments to boards and commissions, and then we have.

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One item of legislation for second reading and resolutions.

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It is ordinance 1928 to amend title 2 of the bloomington municipal code, entitled.

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An administration and personnel regarding amending chapter to point to a.

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The bloomington living wage ordinance to remove exclusion for city, seasonal.

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Employees it received the committee of the whole action, the 11th of december.

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2019 do pass 8-0, we have no legislation for first reading. We will we've reserved.

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Them 25 minutes at the end of our meeting for additional public comment of.

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Items none on our agenda and we will visit council schedule before we adjourn.

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This evening, so with that, we will now go to. We have no minutes.

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Approve, yes, I would like to move of slight revision to the agenda. Please. I.

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Would like to under reports, I would like to put reports from the public public.

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Comment first and then move on to council members very good. Does this.

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Require a majority, simple majority: okay, all right to be a voice foot than any.

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Questions, look all in favor, say: aye aye, any opposed all right. We will move.

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Public comments to the beginning of reports, which is now so if there are.

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Public that would like to comment on items not on our agenda. You may step up.

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To the podium state, your name and please remember, to sign in my name's ben.

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Ramsden and I would actually like to talk about some things that have gone on.

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In the neighborhood that I have a problem with, oh I'm, sorry.

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Usually I'm loud enough without a microphone, but first of all, I'd like.

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Everyone here to know, I wish I didn't need to be here, but I think it's time.

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Somebody stand up. We have a major problem in this town, specifically on the.

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South side, where we spent at seven somewhere between seven and fourteen.

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Million dollars to build something that is ruined and will continue to ruin the.

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Safety and image of our city crawford apartments and, in my opinion, do.

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His doing a service to everyone involved a disservice to everyone involved.

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Including the people who use the service since crawford was built. Needles are.

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Being left all over the ground and the neighborhood surrounding it, vehicle.

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Break-Ins have become common, my vehicle has been broken into and I have stopped.

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Another break-in in progress of my vehicle myself, the first time the man.

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Was on the video at starbucks using my bank card? As far as I know, the police.

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Have done nothing to follow up or even go watch the video when we call on.

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People in our dumpsters or have drug-fueled episodes the police just.

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Make them leave or drive through and don't even get out of their cars. In my.

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Neighborhood we can't get a haircut while car wash shop or get gas without.

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Being approached by some sketchy person asking for money and becoming belligerent, wouldn't illed know they stumble in front of traffic and get angry if you even beep at them and let them know they're in the.

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Road, the stores in the area say they are the most stolen from stores in the city.

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They approach women and children that are alone and intimidate them. We can no.

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Longer send our children outside in the broad daylight just to get something.

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From the car, I can't even blame the addicts totally because who wouldn't.

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Take a free place to live and free food from people who enable them rock bottom.

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Is not crawford apartments, even people? I disagree with on a lot of things who.

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Live in this neighborhood can agree on this. No one wants this in their.

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Neighborhood no one ever came around or sent out mailings asking what people.

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Thought about this I would happily be the first to say we should undo the.

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Wrong that has been done here. I personally know four or five of these.

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People in italy at least, who are former co-workers or softball friends. They.

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Could earn a living if they choose? Instead, we give them the choice of stay.

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On hard drugs and have a free place to live, panhandle trespass break in dig and.

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Dumpsters with very little consequence: where did the money come from and why.

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Did we put this by bloomington south high school, where kids walk to and from.

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School, my biggest question is when this was planned, who, on the board fought for.

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The people who live next to this place was a plan made to stop the crime.

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Harrassment and needles that would obviously follow. What did you do to.

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Protect us is this: the kind of thing is this: the kind of reason why our property.

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Taxes are higher than the surrounding counties and, most importantly, what are.

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You, the council, willing to do to reverse this and stop future projects like this.

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And definitely not have the people it adversely affects fund this lifestyle to.

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Stop these people from hitting rock bottom I've not spoken to anyone that.

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Lives close to this that thinks we should do this. Some people act like it's.

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A disease, I think you cannot quit cancer. I respectfully submit that we need to.

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Close crawford now be vigilant and arresting lawbreakers and patrolling the.

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Neighborhood, a life of hard drugs, stealing harassment for money, dumpster.

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Diving should be enforced strongly against. It seems either people didn't.

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Think this through or don't care about the people who live here. I would like to.

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Know who fought to stop this from happening? Who warned us? It was coming.

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Who has come to the neighborhood afterward to ask us what we think who is.

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Being proactive versus reactive, I don't even see anyone reacting and do anything.

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And doing anything, whoever did not fight like hell to stop. This may as well have.

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Built it, please do something to make our neighborhood safe again. This is honestly pathetic that we have let our.

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Once nice city turn into a place that you don't want your child to go outside, I don't even like going outside and I'm 6 foot 4 and can defend myself.

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Adequately, absolutely we should veto any other shelters or free anything that.

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Attracts the worst people to our city, a lot come from other cities because we.

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Are willing to enable their downward spiral, while acting like we're, helping.

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Them please do something to stop the damage already done and prevent this.

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Ever being allowed, we should not reward bad behavior by giving them free stuff.

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It's not free, it's taxpayer-funded and I don't think anyone who lives nearby.

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Wants to fund the ruining of a neighborhood or city. Thank you.

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I read today about kinser flats that are supported by the mayor to build a 50.

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Unit complex for 9.5 million dollars: this is outrageous, considering the.

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Results that should now be obvious to anyone who can think or cares enough to.

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Pay attention: why build more when we can't take care of the terrible effects.

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Of the ones we already wasted, our money on insanity is doing the same thing.

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Expecting different results, are we insane or does our leadership.

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Think it's fine to ruin. Neighborhoods for working families quote from our.

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Mayor john hamilton mayor hamilton commented on the announcement.

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Congratulations: life to life designs in the shalom center for securing the.

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Funding to develop crawford, this is great news for bloomington the crawford.

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Model of addressing chronic homelessness is improving, proven success. I'm thrilled.

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That at least 35 more individuals will benefit from safe, secure housing and all.

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The services that make a building better make a building a better life possible.

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Mr. mayor, if you talk to the people who live here, you would put the where you.

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Put these things, they will tell you it's a complete disaster for the everyday.

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Family type, it is the success or it is a success if you like an unsafe.

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Neighborhood, where kids should not go play. Thank you. Thank you for your.

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Comment be sure to sign in, for so your name appears in the minutes. Is there.

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Further public comment on items: none under agenda, okay, seeing none! Then we.

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Will now move on to reports from the mayor and city offices, and that includes.

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The oh! Yes, yes, yes, please come up and state.

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Your name and hi, my name is stephanie quarter. Can you guys all hear me? Okay,.

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I kind of echo some of mr. ramzan sentiments. um I do believe in serving.

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Others and taking care of one another. However, I feel like we can be doing it.

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In a better way, I'm the mother of four has single mother of four. My oldest is.

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Out on his own, I still have my younger three with me. I live in the same.

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Neighborhood as he does, and I can no longer let my children go outside to.

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Play we are I'd, say several times a week just when my children try to go to the.

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Bus stop even sometimes finding youth needles laying on the sidewalk and in.

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Our parking lots- and actually he didn't say this- that his dog almost stepped on.

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One about a month ago or so and with the leaves and the ice and snow it's hard to.

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Find we try to pick up as much as possible. We have a homeowner's.

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Association, but we still try to take care of it ourselves also, but it's scary.

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When our children, they don't some of them, didn't even know what syringes were.

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And are like okay, what's this, you know, the trash situation is an issue. I live.

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Very close to a dumpster, I don't judge people who dumpster dive, but I have a.

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Problem when they're digging the trash out ripping it open that has used.

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Women's sanitary napkins things of that nature and the wind blows it into our.

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Yard and nobody picks it up before we have a chance to see it. There's my.

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Daughter, who's, 14 years old, we came home at 11:30 one night and I have a police.

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Report on this several months ago, and I was gathering trash up out of the car.

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And she was getting out of the passenger side and was standing there looking at.

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Me- and there was a man standing I'd, say, maybe ten feet away and he was just.

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Standing there barefoot and looking at us and kind of inching closer and closer.

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And I she was like mom and pointing, and I saw him and and he.

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Was like coming closer and next thing. I know he makes a beeline behind her and.

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I'm wondering okay: is he gonna walk to the sidewalk or to another car, but there.

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Was no one around and next thing I know he's coming up right behind her and I.

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Had to get vicious, I didn't have any weapons on me, but luckily you know I.

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Went after him and he kind of turned and went the other way, I don't know what his.

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Intentions were if he was gonna, ask for money or what. Why was he coming up.

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Behind my daughter, but as I'm sure all of you would feel we feel threatened, I.

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Think home is the one place we should be able to go where we feel safe and while.

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I feel like we do. We all have a responsibility to serve others and help.

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One another we also have a responsibility to take care of. You know.

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Our children first there's a lot more. I could say, but I'll keep it short and.

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Sweet for this time around. Thank you. Thank you very much for your comment. All.

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Right is there any further public comments on items not on her agenda.

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Seeing none, we will now go to reports from the mayor and city offices.

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Including the common council council norm sandberg, I would like to move an in.

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Comb and comb iam for council member chris chair baum.

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Please read: whereas at the age of 10 krister baum arrived in bloomington with.

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His parents and siblings and began an almost lifelong residence on the near.

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West side among diverse residents with modest incomes and living in old and.

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Modest homes, and whereas from his father, who was a civics teacher and a leader in.

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The teachers union, he learned a sense of citizenship and civic engagement and.

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Also, a little bit about fixing up old houses, including their own and whereas.

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In the 1970s krister baum graduated from wabash college married barb, who he'd.

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Known since high school and started a small, family-run construction and.

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Renovation company golden hands construction and whereas over that.

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Decade and the ones have followed his experience as a husband, father owner of.

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A small business, renovating and dis, and during older residences and working with.

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His neighbors against uncontrolled development led to his seeking and.

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Winning an election to the city council in 2004 and whereas chris durham has.

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Served four terms on the council was elected by his peers, as vice president.

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In 2005 and president in 2006 and will be departing at the end of 2019 after 16.

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Years of service, and whereas during those years he has sat on the city's.

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Planning, commission economic development, commission, historic preservation.

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Commission board of urban enterprise association commission for the.

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Bloomington downtown, along with the council, sidewalk committee and.

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Affordable living committee and whereas throughout his tenure on the council,.

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Krister baum has taken a workman's approach toward the complex issues of.

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The day very practical to his core and with a singular attachment to the city's.

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Built environment, a deep appreciation for its history and character and a.

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Sustained and unrelenting commitment to preserve it for generations to come.

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And whereas former mayor mark kruzan for one, has recalled that krister baum.

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Forcefully advocated for neighborhoods as special places worthy of protecting.

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And for downtown as everyone's neighborhood and whereas others may.

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Recall and miss him standing in front of the vonlee theater in all kinds of.

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Weather trying to save it from demolition, his dislike of ifas efa's.

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Mispronounced it when used for anything more than to trim buildings, his.

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Evocation of the term no brainer to describe some decisions at the council.

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Which was reviled by some and tolerated with humor by others and his insouciant.

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Negotiating style where any change was posed as a tiny one. Now, therefore, it be.

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Here hereby said by the common council, the city of bloomington monroe, county.

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Indiana that we honor and thank chris durbin for dedicating 16 years of his.

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Life serving on the bloomington common council and to making bloomington a.

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Better place to live. Thank you. Let's go now to the mayor hamilton, who.

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Has a few comments.

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Thank you very much beautifully beautifully done.

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Chris, I want to add a couple things. First generally, I want to make a general.

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Statement that democracy lives in this room today in our country, democracy, is.

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Going through some pretty amazing challenging times and as I think about.

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That and I remember that this country's democracy really began in rooms just.

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Like this, with little town councils in new england, where places and people.

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Decided we're going to govern ourselves, and it is in this kind of democracy that.

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Our democracy began, and today we are celebrating 48 years of collective.

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Public service to that kind of democracy, which is lively here more important than.

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Ever I have a proclamation that I'm not going to read all of because it would.

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Take too long, but I do want to read the last section which begins about krister.

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Bomb but ends where, as working as both a business owner and public servant to.

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Make bloomington a place where people want to stay and build their lives.

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Chris's long time, commitment to affordable housing is apparent in his.

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Statement quote true: affordability is home ownership for life.

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Close quote, and whereas in deep appreciation for all that, he has done.

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Over several productive decades to make bloomington a remarkable community, we.

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Wish him the very best now, therefore, I john hamilton mayor of.

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The city of bloomington do hereby proclaim december 20 2019 as a friday to.

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Be krister bomb day in bloomington indiana and will also hand this to chris.

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Thank you. Thank you. Mayor hamilton will now go to public comments. If the public.

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Would like to come and comment on the inko miam for council member chris turbo.

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You're welcome to step up. You may yes, hi folks. One thing I learned by attending.

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Meetings is how to use the microphone. Can you state your name, please? Oh my.

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Name is sue mayer, it's an honor. Thank you very much. I just want to thank.

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Everybody for working so hard all these years and I really enjoyed coming to the.

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Meetings and I learned a lot and I could say a lot more but I'll, let tim say it.

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Thank you. Thank you. Sue mirror please. This is on the encomium. Yes, just come.

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And wrap it up at the end and any further comments on the encomium for.

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Krista boehm, okay, we're back to ken! Yes, yes, and just but I'll do that we'll come.

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Back to council now for comment who would like to begin councilmember ruff yeah I've served on council, I think long longer than chris.

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House- and I can say that you know, we've seen a lot of complicated issues with.

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Lots of sides and difficult to understand and try to predict outcomes.

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You know implications of policies, but there's a simple thing that happened.

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Pretty straightforward that'll be something I carry with me all for the.

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Rest of my life, when I think back on council and getting things done and that.

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Is when chris, in spite of the fact that virtually everyone said no way, can that.

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Happen that it's well you're wasting your time trying to get that substation.

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That's going to be built up there to be anything other than a typical substation.

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You know to get this thing built like you're wanting it just this is not going.

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To happen, and it did happen, and it happened because book is a chris and.

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That's an example that I often use when I need something quick and concise to.

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Convince people that we actually do change outcomes and.

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Listen to people and work hard to try and make things better, and I just need.

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Something quick and clear: I often use that example. So, thanks chris.

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Thank you for your comment. I don't remember mr. bob yeah. I want to thank my.

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Colleagues and I want to thank the mayor and I want to thank all the public.

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People who've supported me and mom and ginny I'm supposed to put that in says.

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Barb, it's been a pleasure to serve you know times. It's been very stressful, but.

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The thing that I like best is when we are actually working with our community.

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We are the voice of our of our constituents and we are focusing.

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Something that's happening. That's real out in the community, bringing it forward.

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And making it matt or whether it's you know, chickens or or cats, or you know.

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Whatever it's something that matters to somebody and the way this works, it comes.

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Through our process, we think about it, we vet it. Sometimes the ideas don't fly, but.

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You know it's the working together that makes a community work and that's that I.

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Think the true joy of being a representative so I'll miss it.

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Thank you for the comment, colleagues that are leaving sympathies further.

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Comments, councilmember simms. Thank you. I probably should wait until the end as.

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Well, but I will just say this very briefly, then cone ian for chris says.

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That he was elected in 2004. Do you remember who your opponent was then.

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What I remember is we were friendly and we kept kept friendly, and I was so glad.

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When you finally got back here on council and now you're taking my place.

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Yeah, I just want to say: congratulations didn't want you to forget back in 2003.

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Thank you further comment. I'd like to just say that I met chris back in 2001.

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Or two and we were working, I was on the environmental commission as chair and.

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And there were a number of amendments to the 2002 comprehensive plan, the or.

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Growth policies plan and the council mercer run was working on historic.

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Preservation and we tag-teamed, we found we had a lot in common, a lot of common.

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Interest- and I think we were stronger for that and I learned a powerful lesson.

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From that, so I want to thank councilman mr. baum for his years of dedication to.

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Our community, so with that is there motion to adopt the encomium. Okay, all in.

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Favor say aye any opposed wonderful. That encomium is.

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Adopted for adoption commune consul member andy ruff. Second, please: where is.

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Andy roughest in native hoosier, who was raised in bloomington and where us.

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Through stories he's told during council meetings over the years, one can imagine.

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Andy as our very own okie taylor growing up in a bygone mayberry.

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Traveling far and wide on his bicycle, exploring the gullies and streams that.

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Fit griffy lake and listening to country, music on the radio and all the while.

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Learning life's lessons being awed by nature and loving his hoosier home.

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And whereas educated for a year a year at louisiana state university at baton,.

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Rouge earning an undergraduate degree in natural resources from cornell.

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University holding a secondary level teaching certificate from.

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Indiana university school of education and achieving a master's degree in.

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Public administration from the indiana university school of public and.

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Environmental affairs, he has had an eclectic career, including school teacher.

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County planner, community organizer congressional aide and a connect a.

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Khadeem ik advisor and whereas leaf living the city's neighborhoods with.

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Helps with the help of a fight valence of families include family, including.

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Daughter, anna and son hank, along with friends and supporters, he was elected in.

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2000 and is wrapping up his fifth term on the city council. At the end of this.

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Year joining less than a handful of members in the council's history, who.

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Have served for 20 years or more on the city council and we're as highly.

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Regarded for his thoughtful and fair-minded leadership, he was chosen to.

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Serve as an officer for half of those years with two years as parliamentarian.

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In 2012 and thirteen five years in, as vice president and 2004 8, 10, 11 and 15.

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And with three years as president in 2005, nine and 16, and whereas on the more.

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Difficult matters faced by the council, andy ruff would apply his experienced.

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Sensible and nuanced grasp of policymaking and its effect on the city.

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And its residents by explaining to the council and the public his perspective.

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As probing questions and letting all know what led or if at a committee of.

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The whole what would guide him to his decision and whereas, as recounted by.

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Former mayor mark kruzan and a recent letter to the editor andy ruff is the.

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Quote the sole reason: bloomington has a living wage ordinance and fought the.

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Good fight, as earnestly as any public official I've ever seen when it came to.

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I-69 and quote, and whereas, along with that assessment, his legislative legacy.

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Includes protection of civil rights, empowerment of workers and their.

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Families, promotion of a fair and robust economy and a recognition of the.

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Environmental limits within which we must live, and whereas andy.

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Could always be lured to events with prospect of food and was known on.

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Occasion to fill his pack with a surprising amount of leftovers for.

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Subsequent consumption and the council is happy to know that he'll have help.

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And that help in that regard at home now that he's married now, therefore be it.

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Hereby said that by the common council of the city of bloomington, monroe county.

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Indiana that we honor and thank andy ruff for dedicating 20 years of his life.

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To serving on the bloomington common council and making bloomington a better.

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Place to live. Thank you, mayor, hamilton,.

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Very much, let me just say: first, you may notice there's a couple of these. I.

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Wanted to be sure that everybody got their own day and tear friday. The 20th.

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Mister stir bomb, but andy, I'm not going to read all of this.

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It's a proclamation about your service. It includes references to the do daddies.

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And kayaking and canoeing in nature and many things I'll just say, closing.

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Whereas andy's contributions to bloomington are truly worthy of praise,.

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Though he expressed mutual appreciation when he said quote being on city council,.

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Is the best way to return the favor for what this community has done? For me,.

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Close quote and whereas, though andy is finishing up two decades of service as a.

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Councilmember we cheer him on as he runs for the ninth district, us representative.

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See proof of his ambition and commitment to serving residents of southern indiana.

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And whereas in deep appreciation for his remarkable service and all that, he has.

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Done to create an equitable and sustainable community for all, we wish.

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Him the very best now, therefore, I john hamilton mayor of.

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The city bloomington do hereby proclaim december 21st as saturday 2019 as andy.

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Rough day in witness hear of so thank you, mayor, hamilton,.

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We'll go to the public if the public would like to comment on this in qom iam.

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Our reserve time at the end, if we you would like to comment on all in come--as.

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Okay, then, we will come back to council for comment on the encomium free comes.

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Murmur rough council, murmured, piedmont, smith, yeah, any rough has has kind of.

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Been even though he's not much older than me has kind of been a role model.

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For me, and- and he was one of the reasons why I returned to the democratic party.

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After my foray into green party politics with the 2000 election and a few years.

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Thereafter, I was very disenchanted with the democratic party and their kind of.

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Takeover by corporate interests but seeing andy pursue the living wage.

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Really was inspiring to me, I think I did sit in on some of those committee.

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Meetings or the details were being hashed out with milton fisk and others.

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And I was very proud to support him in the election in 2003. Despite the all the.

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Republican propaganda and fear-mongering he prevailed and thankfully we have a.

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Living wage and bloomington have had for many years, which I was very pleased to.

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To be able to expound upon in the last few years, with some of my council.

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Colleagues and including all employees now of the city, so andy I mean whenever.

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I was running for office or I had even during the course of my service when it.

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When I ever, I had a kind of an ethical dilemma, and I didn't know quite what to.

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Do I would call up and ian ask him because I think he he is a man.

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Of very high integrity, impeccable ethics and you know, he'll often sit in meetings.

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Very quietly and let people discuss and then at the end, he'll come out with.

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Something that's like wow, I know didn't think of that, and so he has contributed.

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Greatly to our discussions here in council, he also goes out of his way to.

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You know call upon experts on the issues that were we're talking about and.

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Discussing here locally- and I I've often deeply deeply appreciated that, and he.

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Will be sorely missed. Thank you, council members, easter bunny.

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Yeah andy and I and several others got unelected at the same time, but we didn't.

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Let that stop our service, you know we could have thrown in the towel, but there.

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Was a fight to fight and it was, it was fought and I'm really impressed that.

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Andy wanted to keep working it's you know we work, because we care and being.

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Unelected we still cared so I wanted to also say andy's main characteristic is.

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His enthusiasm and we met we met a while ago to talk about some of the issues.

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That were still going on going, but he was ready for the next step. He's ready.

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To step up and run for another office, there was a new place to go new place to.

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Take that enthusiasm- and I wish him well, I think he's got the motor to do it and.

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I appreciate serving all these years with him. Thank you. Councilmember.

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Sandberg. Thank you. I definitely want to recognize andy ruff as a colleague and a.

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Team player somebody who's always enthusiastic about supporting fellow.

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Democrats to the good of the cause, I think andy may be the reason why I'm.

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Sitting up here, I think it was one fateful afternoon when I got a call from.

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Andy's mom nancy's wanting to talk to either susan or sarah sandberg, so.

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Fortunately it was me they answered the phone to ask if I had any interest in.

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Running at that time, in my own district in district 2.

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They just didn't want to leave that seat unchallenged, even though it was held by.

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A very popular incumbent, so again andy, is definitely great at recruiting and.

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Making sure other people are coming on board and I got acquainted with andy and.

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His very talented son hank a lot better over the last few years, as we share.

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Musical interests he's an incredible musician. His son is absolutely going.

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Places and it's just a pleasure to get to know andy, and I am so looking forward.

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To supporting you in your next challenge for the night, I think you'll be a great.

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Representative for a wider swatch of this, this fair statement, so thank you.

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For doing that comes from granger. Thank you. I appreciate his level-headedness.

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And his sense of humor councilman rowland just like to point out that.

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Friday december 20th, otherwise known as krister bomb day andy and hank ruff, the.

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New yetis we playing at 8:00 p.m. at the bluebird a show that no one should miss.

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Maybe we can swap those dates still, but I think chris would be honored if the do.

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Daddies played on islands kristy bummed a and, but I think I might mean chris.

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That you have to play on andy rough day, so you better start practicing friday.

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Night 8:00 p.m. at the bluebird here's your chance to see that talented.

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Musician. Thank you for the comments about the in coma mian for councilman.

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Ruff comes from ruff, do you want well, I'm touched and humbled by by the.

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Comments, my colleagues I really haven't heard mine yet.

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I do want to make a couple of comments, though you know back in may. I was.

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Looking when I became unelected along with chris and dorothy, I didn't say I.

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Was looking forward to not having two jobs for the first time in 20 years, so I.

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Could dedicate more time to music fishing and my wonderful wife, susan, but.

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That wasn't in the cards and now I'm hoping that after ten months of hard.

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Work in the coming year that I'll have the opportunity to serve our community.

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Again, as an elected official, an elected representative in a different role now.

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That's looking ahead, but I want to take a minute just just a minute now to look.

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Back a little bit, of course, after 20 years, there's way too much to talk about.

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To do any justice at all to the experience that I've had that I've been.

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Fortunate to have serving our community and working with so many wonderful.

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People and organizations where everybody always had the same goal ultimately.

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Whether we disagreed or agreed, and that goal was to make our community a better.

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Place for everybody over the years, I lost some really big.

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Ones that I felt very strongly about I-69 being what comes to mind. But there.

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Were a lot of smaller losses too, like we failed to scale down the size of the.

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Roundabout at sare road, the the giant mega roundabout, what you tried to get.

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That scaled down, we didn't try to stop the roundabout just size it to what we.

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Thought was more, the realistic need- and there were also those. So those were some.

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Losses, they were also some lot of really divisive issues over the years dear. This.

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You do and believe it or not even the smoking ban when we passed that that was.

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This place was jammed and half the people were furious about the idea of.

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That smoking ban, which, when we did it at the time people forget it, was as.

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Progressive or as far-reaching as I think, any smoking restriction in the.

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Entire country, at the time there were some big wins to.

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That I really think moved the community helped move the community ahead and.

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Helped define what kind of a community bloomington is like the living wage.

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Ordinance, which has been talked about and getting organized labor recognized.

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In our comprehensive plan, as a critical community partner to make bloomington.

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More inclusive, fair, equitable, vibrant and healthy, with opportunities for.

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Everybody and I think, getting organized labor recognized as a partner, along with.

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The social services in the business community, etc was was, is really.

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Important because we do need to strengthen labor in this country, if we.

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Want to have a more equitable, fair distribution of the benefits of our.

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Economy there are, there were some time time ran out on a couple initiatives.

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Like the predatory, towing legislation, I've been working on which I hope some.

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Of my colleagues, I think mr. simms might have offered to bring that go ahead and.

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Carry that forward for dorothy for kathy month, councilman granger and I after.

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After we're off in a couple weeks, others, the city, labor commission, we were.

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Unable to get that off the ground, I hope councilman, some council members, I.

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Know cosmo bravo will continue to work on that, as well as council members.

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Rallos initiative for the wildlife management team, but all along there's.

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Been coming with all those issues that came and went, we dealt with, there's always been constant work in progress on on things like transportation, reform.

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Affordable housing, support of and partnerships with, social services for.

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Those in our community most in need protecting the environment, the history.

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Of our community and, of course, the provision as basic services like water.

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Sewer sanitation parks in iraq and the list goes on for just basic services.

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Which is just continual in a continuing part of the job, all the time and finally,.

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I just want to say a couple thank-yous. I want to thank all fantastic council.

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Colleagues, over the years ones that are here now once it that we're before came.

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Before one who's in the audience today- and I think, is tied for maybe the.

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First or second longest-serving councilmember in bloomington history, I.

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Wonder so I want to thank all the colleagues I want to thank council staff.

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That has served us over the years and I want to thank the clerk's office and the.

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Clerk staff that has served us over the years, the hundreds of outstanding.

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Dedicated city staff members and employs hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of.

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Them over the years, the mayors that I've had the privilege of working with three.

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Have been mayor, fernandez, mayor kruzan and mayor hamilton, fellow state and.

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County elected officials that have worked alongside us, so many outstanding.

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And hard-working civic minded organizations and individuals in the.

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Community bpd blooms police department for being here with us on many a long.

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Night, and also for keeping the community at large, secure and safe the people who.

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Clean the council chambers and the rest of the building every night. Oh, it makes.

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It makes this a more pleasant atmosphere, environment for all of us and citizens.

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Who elected me as friends who support and supporters who help to work on my.

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Campaigns, local media who report on what goes on in our city, government and.

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Finally, my mom and dad for long ago making the decision to make bloomington.

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Their home to raise to raise the family, I love bloomington, and I want to thank.

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Bloomington for allowing me to serve in this role for five terms, it's truly been.

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An honor and a privilege, thank you. Thank you.

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That's my rough any other comment: yeah evan, you haven't heard mine. I've had.

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This often I quit no, no, that's not true it did. We did get the food aspect right.

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But there's nothing about fearing fish, and this are the fear that the fear of.

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Fish, yes, but I wanted to say that I first met council murmur off before he.

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Was council member when he's running for office, I was invited to a.

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Fundraiser and didn't know him at the time.

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I just come off working against nafta. I, under the fact that environmentalists.

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And workers were teaming up working in a common cause and andy got it. He.

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Understood- and he was gonna lead on that and he was going to lead on reevaluating.

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Land-Use in the city to make sure that everybody in the city basically was.

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Included and participated in land-use decisions, and- and I thought that was.

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Fantastic, he also was championing the living wage.

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At the time which we were told would crash the bloomington economy, it would.

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Lead to a downturn of in downtown development and and work merchants would.

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Suffer and so forth and, of course, that that was shown to be completely false.

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So I I'll just end by saying that I think councilman ruff is incredibly.

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Brave person case in point when I was chosen by.

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Caucus to serve for district 4 on the common council. My first meeting was the.

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Iraq war resolution and this gallery was filled with people, half of them in.

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Support half of them vehemently against it, and I.

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Was terrified, I believe I thought is this: what every.

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Meeting is going to be like I'd, really think that, but I thought this this is.

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Going to happen again and come summer, ruff was very brave to take that on and.

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And very prescient and his comments, which we now known to be true and it.

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Brought out, I think, courage in on all of us to take on difficult subjects, so I.

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Appreciate that so with that, is there a motion to adopt it's been called and.

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The echo miam for councilmember ruff, all in favor, say aye aye any opposed.

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It is adopted. Thank you, councilmember ruff, oh it's. My.

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Turn I would like to move adoption of the encomium for dorothy grainger.

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Whereas dorothy granger was born in quantico, virginia has lived on both.

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Coasts and in the midwest and in her travels, earned a bachelor's degree in.

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English at indiana university, one master's degree in women's studies at.

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Governor's state university in chicago and another master's degree in.

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Information science from simmons college in boston and then earned her phd in.

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Human and organizational systems at the field and graduates institute in santa.

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Barbara and whereas she taught social justice issues at pacific oaks, college.

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And left her position as a higher education administrator, in los angeles.

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In 2002, in order to raise her daughter in bloomington a place with a good.

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Quality of life and has worked here with girls incorporated middle-way house.

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Planned parenthood, wfh, b and shalom community center, and whereas she was.

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First elected to represent district 2 of the bloomington cid city council in 2012.

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And is wrapping up her second term an eighth year on the council at the end of.

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2019 and whereas in a clear testament to her character and skills, she was.

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Selected by other members of the council to be an officer for five of those eight.

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Years as vice president in 2013, 2014 and 2017 and 2019, and his president in 2018.

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And whereas prior to serving on the city council, dorothy granger served on the.

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City's human rights commission in commission on the status of women and.

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Wow on the council, she served on the economic development commission, public.

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Safety, local income tax committee and the jack hopkins social service funding.

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Program committee and the sidewalk committee, where she served this chair for five years and whereas, throughout those eight years.

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Dorothea helped keep the council imbalance with a wry sense of humor and.

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A clear embrace of core values of respect and dignity, for others.

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Accountability, consistency and fairness in the provision of benefits and the.

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Imposition of burdens and whereas in a letter thanking departing council.

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Members former american mark kruzan said that councilmember granger cared for the.

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Dignity of all people, especially those who may be disadvantaged by the many.

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Challenges society puts in their path and whereas, while she had personal.

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Boundaries that should not be crossed his evidenced by the signs in her.

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Bloomington yard that warned off hikers and golf carts. She work collegially with.

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Council colleagues, and always look forward to the latest good read and a.

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Glass of fine red wine when she settled in for the evening now, therefore be it.

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Hereby said by the common council of the city of bloomington in monroe county.

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Indiana that we honor and thank dorothy granger for dedicating 8 years of her.

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Life serving on the bloomington common council and for making bloomington a.

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Better place to live mayor, hamilton.

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Beautifully said, dorothy again, there are many more words here, but in the interest.

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Of time, this proclamation noticed noticed, notes.

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Many things planned parenthood, jack hopkins shalom center, girls, inc.

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Middle-Way w fhp and many others, noting your commitment and advocacies and.

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Concludes whereas, as a longtime advocate for women's rights, dorothy fought for.

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The equal rights amendment and continues to fight for social justice to promote.

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Community participation in social issues as a member of the democratic women's.

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Caucus during committee and whereas in deep appreciation for her remarkable.

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Service and all that she has done to create a just and accessible community.

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For all, we wish her the very now, therefore, I john hamilton mayor of.

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The city of bloomington do hereby proclaim december 19 2019 to be dorothy.

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Granger day in bloomington, indiana.

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Thank you, mary hamilton. We will go to count to public comment if someone would.

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Like to comment now or you may wait, okay, we'll come back to council now for.

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Comments on the encomium gutsman ruff. Would you like to begin.

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Yeah, I just say you know: dorothy has always been an inspiration to me because.

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She is someone who has not just made service to others and working on in.

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Advocating for and working on behalf of those less fortunate in the world in our.

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Community she says it just made it a part of her life she's made at her life. You know in her work and everything she does and to.

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Me that's a sign of commitment that goes beyond. I mean it's, it's the peak because.

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The opportunity cost there is an opportunity cost to basically making.

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That your life's work- and that is there's some other things- that you don't.

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Get to achieve or don't do and she's selfless and smart and tough and a.

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Little crude and I love her and it's been a pleasant. It's been a wonderful.

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Serving with her further counsel comments, okay, I'll count, somerville well.

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I'd like to have my say I'll make a brief out. Well, okay, I will say: that's.

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Legislation here can be a bit dry at times, but dorothy always keeps it lively.

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With her sense of humor at times when we need it,.

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And having served with councilmember.

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Grainger, I'm always amazed that she looks at comprehensively at the city. She.

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Doesn't just advocate for her district what she does, but she looks at what the.

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Needs are for the entire community. I've seen that on the sidewalk committee for.

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Instance, where the needs of people really come first, depending it didn't.

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Matter whether it was in district, 2 or not, and so and and I also want to end by.

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Saying that I just you know what come summer granger's taught me is to.

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Evaluate policy and legislation, not just with your head, but with your heart that.

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It matters how we, what we do here affects people at a very fundamental.

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Level so- and I admire that, so if there's no other comments, questions been called.

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Seconded on the inco miam for council member granger, I'm sorry all in favor.

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Say aye any opposed. Ok that is adopted will now go on to.

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Let's see we have one more what's up, I would like to move annan comeon for.

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Council member allison chopra, second, where kevin, whereas allison chopra in.

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That great bloomington tradition received her education from indiana.

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University earning a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, psychology and.

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Sociology and a master's degree in kinesiology and exercise science and.

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Whereas councilmember chopra demonstrated an early commitment to.

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Public service serving in the indiana army, national guard and completing a.

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Term on the city of bloomington's urban enterprise association and whereas.

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After owning her own business and working at a bloomington based law, firm.

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Councilmember chopra joined the bloomington city council in 2016 as a.

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Representative for district 3 and whereas, while serving on the council.

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Councilmember chopra was raising to grade school boys, tommy and dev with the.

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Help of her husband chris, she started and earned her law degree.

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From iu our school of law and began serving us serving up justice as a.

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Prosecutor in lawrence county and whereas she brought her strong sense of.

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Fairness and equity to all the liberation's of the council and quit.

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Quickly came to be known as someone who would stand up and advocate strongly for.

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The issues she cared most about and whereas, while other newly elected.

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Members might have eased into council business council member chopra hit the.

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Ground running by a blee serving as committee chair for both the public.

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Safety, local income tax committee and the jack hopkins social services funding.

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Committee and whereas there was no stronger advocate for the council to.

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Follow and adhere to its own set schedule and time limitations both for.

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The benefit of those serving on the council and, more importantly, for the.

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Benefit of the public and whereas proving that you can teach an old dog.

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New tricks, council member chopra proposed and successfully implemented a.

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New earlier starting time for council meetings in order to increase public.

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Access to local government and whereas alongside council members, granger and.

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Piedmont smith: she fought for and achieved a commitment by the city of.

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Bloomington to pay all of its workers a living wage and whereas she was a strong.

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Advocate for the inclusion of diverse and young voices in city government.

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Shown through her appointments to the jack hopkins social services, funding.

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Committee and through the votes she took on the council.

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Now therefore, barrett here biet hereby said by the common council of the city.

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Of bloomington monroe county indiana that we honor and thank alison chopra.

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For offering a clear, strong voice for district 3 for the last four years and.

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For making bloomington a better place, thank you, mayor, hamilton, council, member.

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Chopra, congratulations on all those again. I have a proclamation. I will.

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Deliver to you maybe you've guessed, which is your day. I don't know I'm going.

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To tell you that in a moment, but we reference in this. Of course, your.

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Doctorate of jurisprudence- maur your bloomington urban enterprise.

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Association, jack hopkins citizens, academy leadership, bloomington many.

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Other things I will will note explicitly here, whereas allison inspires our.

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Community, to continually improve by showing by example, that fitness of any.

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Kind, whether physical, intellectual or financial, requires dedication and.

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Endurance and whereas in deep appreciation for her remarkable service.

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And all that she has done to keep bloomington in excellent shape. We wish.

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Her the very best now, therefore, I john hamlin mayor of the.

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City of bloomington do hereby proclaim december 18 2019 to be allison chopra.

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Day in bloomington, thank you. Thank you, mayor hamilton. Let's go now to.

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Public comments on the encomium for council murch, opera or any any of the.

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Councilmembers any of the four retiring council members. Thank you. It's good to.

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See all of you this evening, I was sitting there reflecting a little bit. I.

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Retired, as you know, from the council in this term a little bit early.

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Had I not, I would have been sitting in one of your chairs this evening, so I.

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Thought it was and I'm so happy it's mr. sims I just.

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Thought it was important for me to come in and close the circle, because I've.

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Served on the council for a number of years, and and again this is the end of.

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That term that I would have served out, I.

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Want to thank this council for the work that you have done this year. I know it's.

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Been long and hard, I read the paper every day and I look forward to seeing.

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What the local paper is going to report on the council meetings and also you.

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Know look online and see what's going on. I know the work that you've done has.

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Been hard to do, I am so thankful that you've worked on the convention center.

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And found resolution there and helped help the mayor move along on that.

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Particular project and this evening completing the you do amazing work and.

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So I'm thankful for you for doing all that and putting the time in and you can.

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You can ask my partner back there what it's like, because we would talk about.

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This, what a meeting was like and what? What transpired in the meeting so and.

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Finally, I just like to thank specifically councilmember ruff.

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Councilmember ster bomb, councilmember, grainger and councilmember show prefer.

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For the work that they have done, it's it it's it's important that we have new.

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People come, but it's also important that we keep people who have just have a.

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Historic memory of what's what's occurring in our community so again I.

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Just wanted to come and thank you all for all that you have contributed to our.

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Community- and I will reiterate, councilmember ruff is having a concert.

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At the bluebird friday evening, 8 o'clock and it's free.

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So, thank you. Thank you. Councilman romero, it's honored.

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To have you join us tonight and and with sue for their public.

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Stacey jade rose, I'm a former staffer for the bloomington city council and.

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I've had the good fortune to work with all these council members, including the.

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Retiring council members to me one of the beautiful things about local.

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Government is that's government closest to the people, and I've seen this in.

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Practice and I see what a deep commitment to the common good that all.

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Council members have including the retiring council members, and so I want.

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To honor the retiring council members council members stir bomb. I so respect.

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Your deep commitment to a sense of place in to listening to neighbors and knowing.

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The way that neighborhoods can become sort of micro places, you know micro.

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Communities and I also appreciate your commitment to the simple fix that.

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Councilmember granger your grace in your strength and your humor and defending.

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The most vulnerable in our community is certainly an inspiration and I've, so.

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Appreciated working with you, council members show brunton. You've got a keen.

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Analytical skill, as well as a great capacity to run a very efficient meeting.

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And as the staffer, I always appreciated that and councilmember ruff. I must admit.

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Publicly that councilmember roughs fight against I-69 really was a big.

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Motivator for me even applying to work for the city, council and so I've. I.

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Appreciate councilmember, roughs, independent thinking his respect of all.

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Positions his commitment to weigh the costs and benefits of any policy.

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Decision his commitment to environmental integrity and social equity, so thank you.

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All for your service, thank you, miss rhodes. It's an honor to.

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Have you join us tonight? Is there anyone else who would like to comment? Okay,.

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Seeing none we're back to council for comments.

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Consumer ruff ms rhodes, mentioned that councilor chopra does run an efficient.

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Meeting I we sweet made her chair of the social service committee went and she.

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Does a great job and the change to 6:30 she was exactly right about. I was a.

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Little skeptical at first, but it's better for the community, it's better for.

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People it's better for participation better for us. She was totally right. My.

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Regret is that I only got to enjoy it for her for a small part of my 20 years.

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That I said I get to enjoy the 6:30 start time, but thank you for for doing.

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That come summer sims. Thank you. I can just say um thank you all for your.

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Service and I look forward to still continue to work with each and every one of you as we move forward, I check with our parliamentarian. He told me that it.

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Would not be proper that I would probably be out of line. However, I think.

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At this point in time, what I would like to do was applaud and give a standing.

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Ovation to my colleagues that are no longer with us after this meeting.

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Tonight so you guys have my undying respect. Thank you very much.

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Thank you all very much further comments: councilman valliant yeah, I you know like.

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To say something about concert for chopra that I think applies to every.

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Member who's retiring tonight and frankly, every member who's here and.

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Members who have served- I know councilmember, mayor and council for.

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Satterfield, who used to serve here, I often like to say to people who I know.

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Who have just gotten elected to a position in government? I like to express.

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My condolences to them and say: oh, no, no sorry, I mean congratulations. It is hard.

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To serve as a public official, and it doesn't seem like that at first when you.

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Think about running, I also like to say that I don't care how much you disagree.

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With somebody's politics, if they some public official out there, no one in this.

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Room says that they're retiring, because they're going to spend more time with.

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Their family, you should believe them, because, no matter what else they think.

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It is true, it is hard to be a member, it takes you from your family, it takes you.

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From the other things that you love, it is work in more than one sense and what.

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I admire most about councilmember chopra. Is that she's never made bones about how.

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Difficult it is to serve except that doesn't despite it all, she has served.

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With what I have his awesomeness I've been, I have I am impressed by her.

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Ability to carry as many loads as she had, including this one again just.

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Serving on council is enough work, but you know in in addition to comes with.

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Chopra, I want to say thank you to council, mr. bob granger and.

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All of whom have shoulder that burden for all these years, and I wish them well.

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In their retirement- and I hope that they will- I want to congratulate them on.

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Their retirement! Congratulations on getting that that time back and that.

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Peace of mind back and to have given the burden to someone else. But I appreciate.

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Their presence in this room for as long as they have been, and I wish them well.

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Thank you further comment. I just like to say it's been an honor to serve with you.

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Customer chopra and I was a big leer on about the time change. I was opposed to.

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It vociferous lilly opposed to it, but it worked out swimmingly.

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So with that, is there a motion, question questions been called and seconded on.

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The encomium for member allison chopra all in favor, say aye aye any opposed.

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Thank you. So that concludes our encomiums and we will now go to council.

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Committee reports are there any will go to we've gone to the public. We will go.

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To appointments supports and commissions, seeing none, we will go to legislation.

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For second reading and resolutions, mr. president, I move that ordinance 1928, be.

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Introduced and read by title and synopsis, only it's been moved and.

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Seconded at ordinance, 1928, we read by title and schnapps: it's only all in.

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Favor say aye aye any opposed the clerk. Please read.

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Ordinance 1928 to amend title 2 of the bloomington municipal code, entitled.

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Administration and personnel regarding amending chapter 2.28, bloomington living.

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Wage ordinance to remove exclusion for city, seasonal employees, the synopsis is.

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As follows, this ordinance is sponsored by councilmembers, granger and b ron.

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Smith, it amends chapter 2.28 of the bloomington municipal code, entitled.

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Bloomington living wage ordinance to broaden the class of employees of the.

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City of bloomington, who receive a living wage by removing the exclusion for certain seasonal employees in the parks and.

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Recreation department, your due pass recommendation was eight zero zero. Thank.

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You, mr. president, I move that ordinance 1928 be adopted.

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Council members would like to present comes from piedmont smith, just in.

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Consideration of councilmember rangers failing voice. Well, not that this is.

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Going to take long, so this is just when the the living wage ordinance was passed.

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In 2006, I believe it spearheaded by councilmember gruff. It did have a carve.

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Out to not include seasonal employees in that are mainly in the parks and.

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Recreation department- and that was a compromise with with the mayor at the.

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Time so this just rectifies that and makes sure that the city pays a living.

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Wage, regardless of the type of employee, whether they're, just seasonal or.

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Year-Round and it's really just a statement of that that labor of any kind.

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Has value and has a level of value that somebody who works full-time should be.

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Able to to live off of those wages, so that's the presentation. Thank you. Thank.

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You councilman granger, do you have anything to add? No okay, then we will go.

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To the public on ordinance, 1928 public has anything to comments. Seeing none. We.

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Were back to council for final comment: councilman granger! Thank you.

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Isabelle allison and I started working on this years ago and we worked very.

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Hard, it wasn't easy, but we were very passionate about this- that everybody be.

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Paid a living wage and we were able to convince the administration, like the.

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Smoking ordinance the world has not fallen apart and we're still here- and it says something to our community- that we're.

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Valuing the work that everybody does for the city and it's very important to us.

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And I think it's important to the people who are working for the city, be it.

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Part-Time or seasonally- and I just want to thank my colleagues for sticking with.

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It thank you for the comment comes from.

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Remember voland. I want to echo canceller granger's comments. I know that this is.

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Something that the three members have worked on very intently for a couple of.

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Years at least- and I think it's a fitting departing statement for.

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Councilmembers granger and chopra. I'm glad that this that we can go out on a.

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High note with this- and I am grateful to them for pushing as hard on us as they.

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Did and I am happy to support it. Thank you.

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Further comment: okay, I just wanted to say one thing: I wanted to echo exactly.

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What you said, but I wanted to say that it was initially resisted, but never.

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It'll, never tha less. Do you persistent.

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I'm happy to support it. That would someone like to call the question call.

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The question second questions been called on ordinance 1928. Will the clerk.

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Please call the roll councilmember f, yes, chopra yeah piemonte smith. Yes,.

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Granger, yes, rallo, yes, bowling! Yes, simms! Yes,.

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Stir bomb, yes, sandberg. Yes, thank you. Thank you.

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The ordinance 1928 is adopted, eight zero one. We have no legislation for senate.

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Congratulations to you all by the way ledges. There is no legislation for first.

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Reading will go to additional public comments. Anyone would like to comment on.

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Biden's not neurogenic on smurfs turbo, the public. May I take the podium and no.

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You still serve until january december, 31st and sherman hinted that he really.

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Wanted a quilt like we gave stacy james and there it is. I don't know if he'll.

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Ever retire, but we thought the class of nineteen could make sure he gets.

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Something cool and something to remember us all by so here we go. We hope you.

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Enjoy it, you have worked and worked and worked and worked for these council.

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Members, you know we talked about all our years. You worked all those years and you.

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Know we did something for danny with that's nice, but it isn't the quilt. I.

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Thought that's a pretty strong here, so everyone here has contributed to this.

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And signed for it and it's our gift to you dan. So now you got your quilt.

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Here here put on it later so we'll work out those details: okay,.

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It's a lovely quilt. Thank you. Thank you, counselor mr. baum.

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Pizza acquittal: oh yes, additional public comment. Okay,.

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Will now go to council schedule? Jim, oh councilmember me: there is life after.

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City council, I suspect, that's true a lot of life so now we'll go to council.

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Schedule, counsel attorney sherman. What do we have to think about for next year?.

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Well, it's the end of the term end of the year.

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Come closer there's a swearing in on the first of the january, and we have a work.

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Session on january 3rd, at noon- and we have our organizational meeting on.

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January 8th so enjoy a couple of days off folks, thank you. Is there a motion to.

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Adjourn one more comment: yes counselor. Mr. bowman, I forgot to mention the.

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Artist, barb's stir by sandbar quilts. Thank you all. Thank you. Barb turboman is.

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There a motion. Thank you. Everyone motion to adjourn all.

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In favor, say aye any opposed. We are adjourned best. You.

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All for the holidays.

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