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Let's call this meeting to order. This is a meeting of the bloomington common council.

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For uh wednesday, uh the 4th of november 2020 will the clerk please call the roll.

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Yes, councilmember rallo here scandalory here, rosenberger.

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Here: okay, cool sims here bowling here: piedmont, smith,.

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Here flaherty here.

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Smith, here.

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And sandberg.

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President accounted for, we have a quorum. uh Here is a summation of the agenda for the evening. We.

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Will hear approval of four sets of minutes from the year 2019? We will go to reports.

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uh 20 minutes per period, each for council members, the mayor and city offices, including.

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A report on the rapid recovery fund loan program, council committees and members of the public.

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We will hear appointments to boards and commissions if any and they will go to the.

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Following legislation for second readings and resolutions, ordnance 2026 an ordinance.

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Authorizing the acquisition, construction and installation by the city of bloomington, indiana.

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Of certain extensions and improvements to the city's sewage works utility, the issuance and.

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Sale of revenue, bonds to provide funds for the payment of the costs thereof and the collection.

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Segregation and distribution of the revenues of such sewage works and other related matters.

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That came from utilities and sanitation committee with a recommendation of due past four zero zero.

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Ordinance 2027 to amend title 10 of the bloomington municipal code entitled wastewater.

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Which also came from the utilities and sanitation committee with a recommendation do pass.

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A four zero zero ordinance 2021 to amend, title 12 street sidewalks and storm sewers and title.

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17 construction regulations of the bloomington municipal code regarding deleting chapter 12.08.

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Excavations and replacing it with chapter 12.08 use of the right-of-way and adding a new chapter.

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12.10 enforcement and penalties and deleting three sections of chapter 12.04 general regulations.

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And revising one section of chapter 17.08 administration and enforcement.

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uh Transportation committee recommendation of amendment one.

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I was due past four zero zero and the ordinance is amended. Four, zero, zero and finally ordinance.

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2018 to amend title 15 of the blind to municipal code entitled vehicles and traffic.

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Regarding amending chapters, 15.12.010 stop intersections to add several stop signs.

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15.12.03, pedestrian, hybrid beacon signals to add a hybrid beaten signal. 15.32.080 no parking zones.

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To add several no parking zones 15.32.100 loading zones to delete several loading zones, 15.32.100.

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Loading zones to add a loading zone, 15.37020 applicability to delete several streets from zone.

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Eight uh and 15.37.050 fees to add provision a provision about the timing of permit sales.

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The transportation committee recommendation of amendment one to that ordinance was due past four.

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Zero zero and the recommendation on the ordinances amended was to pass four zero zero. We'll then go.

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To legislation for first reading, which include ordinance 2031 to amend title ii of the.

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Bloomington municipal code entitled administration and personnel inserting chapter 2.35 establishing.

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The department of engineering and amending chapter 2.14, titled planning and transportation department.

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And appropriation ordinance 2007 to specially appropriate from the general fund, enhanced access.

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Fund solid waste fund risk management fund and the rental inspection program fund expenditures, not.

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Otherwise, appropriated appropriating various transfers of funds within the public safety.

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Telecommunications fund, alternative transportation fund parking meter fund.

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Cumulative capital development fund, fleet maintenance fund police pension fund and.

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And appropriating additional funds from the general fund, rental inspection fund, solid.

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Waste fund and the risk management fund. We will then have a period of additional public comment.

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We will take up matters of council schedule and then we will adjourn.

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Let us start now, then, with approval of minutes. Madam parliamentarian.

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Yes, I moved at the minutes of october 10th 2019.

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And november 6 2019, as well as the minutes of december 18 2019, be approved as amended.

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I'd like to second, but do we, I left out um one set of minutes that I think might need.

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Some clarification second promotion in a second. Is there a discussion on these sets of minutes.

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A quick question, uh madam clerk: I don't think that the minutes from december 18th have been.

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Amended or changed since they were sent to you last week. Did you want to include that.

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In a separate motion, or do you just want to leave it as it is well just to clarify? Are you saying.

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That they were amended, they were not okay. uh Is it just the clarification of her motion.

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I'm just asking if yes allow me to amend my motion, please, uh mr president,.

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um Please I move approval of the minutes of october 10th and november 6, as amended from.

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Last year and the minutes of december 18 2019, as submitted to begin with. Second, if motion.

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Is second on the corrected motion? Is there any discussion? Other discussion on the new motion.

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Seeing none will the clerk, please call the roll on those sets of minutes.

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Yes, um if you can give me just one second, to make sure I've got this down.

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um Council member scandalory yep rosenberger yeah sims, yes,.

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Yes, piedmont, smith, yes, flaherty! Yes, smith,.

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Yes, sandberg, yes, andrallo! Yes, thank you. Those minutes are approved any other motions.

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um I would move approval of the minutes of december 11 2019, but I think there might be a.

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An addition or a correction to be made.

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Well, we need a motion on the table first, so would you like to make that matter? Yes, mr sandberg.

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Are you are you speaking to the motion? Yes, I am if it's okay hold on a second, we had a second.

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All right go ahead, please um I have a motion regarding the proposed minutes of december 11.

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2019 the regular session- and that would be that the statement of the executive committee approved.

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By the council during that meeting and the excerpts of the investigative uh summary.

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Which the statement makes part of that meeting's records shall be attached to and made part of the.

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Minutes of that meeting, second promotion in a second is there any discussion on the motion.

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Was that actually, is that an amendment then to the motion? Is it an amendment to the motion.

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I I would assume it is an amendment yes, but I'm moving it for consideration. um Well, I'm.

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I'm now I'm confused uh because there's basically it's almost a replacement motion. um So are you.

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Amending the proposed minutes, the motion would simply add, as was the will of the council during.

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This meeting to this particular record before approve these minutes, is there a discussion of.

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The motion by councilmember sandberg to amend the motion, madam clerk, I just I had a quick question.

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The statement that the council approved- that's referred to in the minutes attaches the statement.

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It already attaches the statement to the minutes. So do you want to attach the statement again.

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Or you just so you're saying that the minutes that are called for by consumer sandberg's motion.

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Are already included in the minutes: yeah they're just not physically attached yet because it's.

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Not a normal procedure for attachments, so I'm just trying to clarify.

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uh Sandberg is the case. This just merely puts it on the public record in today's meeting that those.

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Will be attached to these official minutes for december, but the the the minutes already we're.

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Voting on the public record and the the text you're talking about is already in the record.

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We're about to vote on. I didn't see it when I was reading the minutes today, so I assumed they needed.

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To be amended to attach, I see, may want to defer to to um council member rallo, who was president at.

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The time I'm just simply making this a matter of record, it really is not. I don't think that sorello.

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Do you have any thoughts on this.

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uh No, I just would like to clarify is that I think councilman sanders correct, that.

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um There wasn't an attachment with those two items um which was the executive committee report and.

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The investigative summary- and so this I believe, just simply directs that those to be attached.

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Madam clerk, I just I I just wanted to make sure that you don't want two sets of the attachments.

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With the minutes you just want one is that what you're saying I'm just trying to get direction.

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I mean that, that's that, yes, that's the okay. What I understand is that this is.

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It will be explicit, uh explicit council action is what the amendment is.

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But yes, we only want one of each attached to the minutes, because if I gather.

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Councilmember sandberg, okay, amendment. uh Thank you, mr rallo councilmember flaherty.

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um Yeah just a question: I'm not sure actually who it's really directed to or who should answer, but.

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If I understood correctly from um uh clerk bolden the minutes we vote on, including four sets tonight.

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Mention or or reference a lot of committee reports, ordinances, resolutions, etc um and standard.

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Practice, it sounds like is to attach any of those items. Committee reports, resolutions, ordinances to.

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The minutes, but those aren't typically included in the minutes that we read they're just referenced.

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And then it sounds like as a matter of record they're attached. Is that an accurate understanding.

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Okay, um okay, thank you. I saw a nod from clickball. I took that as an answer. Okay, any other questions.

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On the motion by council bruh sandberg to amend council member piedmont, smith's motion.

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If not, will the clerk please call the roll on the motion? Okay, council, member rosenberger.

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Abstain. Sims, yes, volun.

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Abstain: piedmont, smith; yes, clarity; no smith; yes, sander, yes, roland, yes and scandalory.

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Yes, that passes by a motion of voter 612. We now come back to the minutes as amended or the motion.

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As amended by councilman sandberg's motion, so any discussion on the minutes of december 11.

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Seeing none I'll direct the clerk to call the role on the minutes.

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Okay, um council, member sims, yes mullen; yes, piedmont: smith, yes, flaherty zayn! I'm sorry.

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Abstain. Okay, thank you smith. Yes, sandberg.

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Did not hear you, I can't hear you I'm sorry.

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Yes, rollo, yes, scan blurry, yes and rosenberger abstain.

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I believe that's a 702 uh approval of the minutes of december 11 2019.

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All right uh with that, we conclude our approval of minutes. We go now to reports from council members.

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uh I'm going to start again with uh the members I see furthest back on the second screen of my.

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Zoom call so I'm going to start with councilmember rosenberger.

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uh No report, thank you. Thank you. Counselor piedmont, smith,.

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Our report, thank you, councilmember smith,.

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No report, thank you, council member flaherty, a report. Thank you.

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Councilmember sims, oh report. Thank you, council member scandalory. Thank you. Yes, I'd like to.

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uh Extend an invitation to my upcoming constituent meeting I'll generally held the first saturdays.

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Of each month, the next one is coming up this saturday november 7th 1 30 pm it's held via.

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Via zoom just out of an abundance of caution during the pandemic, the link is available at.

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There's a button there that says join that will allow you to join the meeting.

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And most of the issues we discussed are understandably focused on our district.

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District two, um but others are certainly welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember sandberg.

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Just briefly, the dedicated of the captain, janeway statue along the beeline trail, was.

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Very successful last saturday and with all the the very critically important things going on.

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I found this to be an activity that was just a breath of fresh air. It was safely distanced.

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And everyone was masked and it's a thing of beauty to behold so as you're walking along.

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Please take note right right behind the wonder, lab and one of those things that I think brings.

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Us, together in good cheer and uh and good faith. Thank you. Thank you. uh Councilman baralo report.

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Thanks, thank you uh I'll just want to uh piggyback on councilman sandberg's comment and specifically.

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Call out uh peter and mary beth kasmerick and lee lawmaster for helping coordinate uh the.

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Remarkable uh event that took place and brought a lot of people out and and put another marker.

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On the map of the beeline, uh thank you all. We go now to reports from the mayor and city offices.

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I believe that we are going to be hearing about the rapid recovery fund loan program, I'm not sure.

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Who's here to present on that, but we are ready for that report- is that uh is cooper smith, yes, hello,.

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Hello: everyone um I'm going to go ahead and share my screen. If that's.

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If you that's great, if you would also introduce yourself sorry no problem, just uh difficulties.

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Yeah, I am jane cooper smith, I'm the assistant director for small business development at the.

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City of bloomington in the economic and sustainable development department.

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And you are looking at my zoom screen and we'll find my powerpoint. Oh gosh, you guys compassion.

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It's okay! It's been a long week already. Let me do something else. I I forgive me. I have.

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Everything ready, but it's just this- is where I get out my stock uh batch of uh dad jokes.

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Oh, I thought everyone gets their phones out and checks um to see what's happening with arizona.

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Well that today, maybe.

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You're almost there, I know I'm choking: okay, good, lord okay, hello, damn joke steve! uh It's too late.

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She's ready it's nice to be here. Thank you for the opportunity council members to talk to you.

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And update you about the rapid response loan fund, um which the city launched in partnership.

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With the bloomington urban enterprise association on april 9th of this year,.

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The department of local government finance has allowed the use of food and beverage tax funds by.

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Municipalities as part of the governor's executive orders related to covet executive order, um 20 40.

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47 extends again our public official public health emergency to december 1st, um if you remember, I.

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Think the original was that to expire july 1, so we initially thought we were wrapping this program up.

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And going to be coming back to you with little, you know status, updates on how everyone was doing, but.

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Here we are december, 1st is the new um deadline and I suspect it will also again roll forward.

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um This is of so along with the deadline. It allows our ability to continue operating the loan program.

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This is of critical importance as many of our local businesses that stabilized over.

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The summer are experiencing, or anticipating decreased revenue over the winter months.

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This program is an outgrowth of the mayor's coveted economic stabilization.

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And recovery working group here is the team roster, which features council member.

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Scandal, lurie county council member jeff mckim, along with representatives of the chamber.

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Bloomington economic development, corporation cdfi, friendly bloomington.

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And city staffers from economic and sustainable development.

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This list represents the rrf advisory committee. These are the 18, generous community partners.

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Who spent many weekend and evening hours reviewing and scoring applications? Lon stevens.

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Has been especially gracious with his time and flexibility in evaluating appeals, applications.

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The city esnr and borrowers expressed their continued thanks to this group of people.

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uh Bloomington city council allocated 2 million of food and beverage tax revenue for the loan.

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Fund and the bloomington urban enterprise association contributed 350 thousand dollars.

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Each pot of money has its own set of restrictions. The food and beverage funds um are lendable only.

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To tourism related businesses, while the buea funds are restricted to businesses within the.

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Enterprise zone, so here I'm sharing with you a map of the enterprise zone, which extends.

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From 17th street on the north side and forgive this map, it's ancient but 17th street on the north.

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Side to a country club on the south and then it's faint yellow, but you can sort of see the boundary.

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On the east is walnut with a few sections that jut out and then it's a little bit more jagged.

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On the west um and it's definitely atoms and then a little bit farther west in certain spots. So.

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This is to say that um borrowers are restricted to you know either doing business that supports.

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Tourism or operating within this map, but there are a lot of businesses that um you know don't.

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Fit either of those categories, four applicants did not receive offers because of these restrictions.

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The current status snapshot looks fairly similar to when we last presented an update.

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You can see that the I call it the abandon rate, but it's the.

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It's the long bar that says pending submission. um This is high at 144 applications or 64.

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um You can see 62 awards were accepted, three were declined, seven were not selected.

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Three are requests pending that sort of means that they, these are two of them, fall in this kind of.

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Doughnut hole where they're not covered, but we left them there, because the applications are good.

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And if there's some other funding that becomes available, they could be eligible and then.

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Withdrawn is pretty self-explanatory. There are no applicants and submitted selected for award.

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Additional info requested or under review because we do not have any um live applications right now,.

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Regarding the abandoned rate, anecdotal feedback is that businesses were uncomfortable sharing the.

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Amount of detail in the loan application, whether it was with the city directly or reviewers, which.

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um You know, even though the the data is confidential. These are all community.

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Members that people interact with some borrowers ended up getting ppp or idle and didn't need the.

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Rapid response fund, the ppp was cheap, cheaper to borrow when the forgiveness happens, and then the.

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Idle loans have much lengthier repayment schedules, but if you remember we we launched this quickly.

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And anticipated that it would be a bridge fund, um some applicants did not want to pay any interest.

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We this loan fund has a two percent interest rate um and others believe the city should have been.

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Offering small business support in the form of grants rather than loans, so we did have a lot of.

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Feedback along those lines, we have funded two new loans in the last month um and we have processed.

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Two loans for additional amounts, so two completely new borrowers and two borrowers who increased.

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Their amounts, um we also have feedback that we'll have two more borrowers at the end of this month.

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Which are extent borrowers requesting additional funds, so this slide shows us kind of the breakdown.

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um To date, well I'll just walk through this, so it shows that we have two million um allocated from.

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Food and beverage 350 350 000, the uea we've funded a total of 62 loans, with nearly 1.5 million from.

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The food and beverage tax fund nearly 300 000 from the buea. We have two loans of 50 000. That.

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Have been repaid in full and then 60 loans that are, I mean outstanding, sounds negative. They're.

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Just active so that leaves 583 400 in the food and beverage tax fund, 105 830 dollars in the vba fund.

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So you can also see the average loan amount um hovers around 28 thousand dollars.

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um The council and city staff are focused on borrower. Demographics to you know both.

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Support equity and monitor our distribution of these funds um of the 62 organizations, 62 loans.

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Organizations who received them were um six of them or 9.7 percent were black owned businesses.

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Five borrowers or 8.1 percent were asian-owned businesses. Two borrowers or 3.2 percent were.

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Folks, who um marked other because they were not represented by listed options.

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Three borrowers or 4.8 percent preferred not to identify report, a racial identity and then 46.

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Or 74.2 percent were white owned businesses, um so we we improved slightly upon our like what census.

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Reported as our racial diversity in the 22 2010 census, but not not by much it's pretty much on par.

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um In terms of ethnicity, the application um I mean this is pretty self-explanatory, had two options.

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Hispanic and latino or non-hispanic and latino so far, wars were primarily non-hispanic and latino.

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We have 8.1 percent of borrowers, identifying as hispanic or latino in terms of gender.

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Borrowers represent 30 women-led business businesses to non-binary or gender queer-led.

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Businesses, um two borrowers prefer not to say one answer answered both.

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Which, I believe means it's a partnership between a man and a woman um and then two.

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I said that already two bars prefer not to say, um and then I didn't make a separate chart for.

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It but we we captured some additional data, one business owner identified as disabled.

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One owner identified as an immigrant and another as a veteran, but I will say that um I think.

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Because we fired the application off so quickly, we could have done a more nuanced job, capturing.

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This data- and I I wish we had because we we don't really allow for intersectionality within the way.

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The demographics are reported um so so I think were we to do it again. It would be improved.

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And then, finally, I I feel like some of the most impor important information I can share.

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Are testimonials that I've received from borrowers of the rapid response loan fund.

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Like general feedback is that business has stabilized over the summer as consumer.

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Confidence increased alongside mass mandate, increased availability of testing and better.

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Information about copa, transmission and prevention. Additionally, businesses offered alternatives with.

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The support of the city to traditional models with outdoor dining via street closures and parklets.

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And, of course, that's with the support of council as well, which we're grateful for. uh However, going.

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Into the winter, businesses are very concerned about decreased revenue and the potential of new.

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New potential new shutdowns entertainment venues um report a unique challenge, given that their.

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Business models rely on large gatherings and booking and paying for artists in advance.

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So the risk is that they're laying down a percentage um for acts that are not you.

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Know maybe there will be a shutdown or someone will get sick or a staff? Member will be sick.

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And the bar will have to shut down, so there's just increased risk there and then, of course,.

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Restaurants also face a particular challenge in that diners have not yet.

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Returned indoors, you know on mass, while the weather grows, cold they've had some success.

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With outdoor dining, um but obviously that will become more challenging as the weather advances.

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Generally speaking, borrowers are grateful for the support of the rapid response loan fund. Some have.

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Even been able to use the funds for growth rather than just stabilization, so acquiring.

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Equipment shifts and business models that are not just kind of defensive moves, but you know.

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Really thinking about strategic growth, so that feels really important to me. I've cited a couple.

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Of borrower testimonials on the slide, but to read in a little more detail. If I have the time.

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By hand gallery manager, suzanne halverson says if we had not received a ppp grant and it's a loan.

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And the city of bloomington's emergency relief loan, we would not have been able to survive the.

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Pandemic shutdown and subsequent slowdown in customer traffic after being in business.

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In downtown bloomington for 41 years, it would be tragic to have to close our doors because of this.

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Public health threat, we are doing everything we possibly can, such as raising our monthly.

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Membership dues to keep going- that's the rub: jim kleppenger states, that's the rub- has been open.

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About 30 at about 35 to 40 capacity since june, it's been tough, but we are continuing operations.

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And scraping by our hope is that repayment will be delayed until all this is behind us.

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As with winter coming up, we are expecting another shutdown. um That said, we remain optimistic and are.

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Expecting reasonable progression until people are more willing to venture out um in bloom.

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Which is a juicery located on walnut street j.r ricker states, the original rrf loan helped us get.

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Through slower months when students were gone to continue paying our employees we're in a healthy.

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Place financially, excuse me to continue paying our employees through what will inevitably be.

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A slower winter and we're still progressing forward with the future of in bloom, rather.

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Than staying content, and with where we are, we are planning on making some big changes this winter to.

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Purchase new equipment and start a new menu that includes a fully online experience for customers.

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This is where we hope to direct the additional loan amount from the rrf um razer's image. This.

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Loan has literally saved our business during the stay at home orders and through the reopening.

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Phase there would have been no way we could have survived without the support. um Looking ahead.

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We are on, we are able to budget for the repayment of the loan, but are nervous regarding the general.

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Operating cost of business through the pin through the pandemic, she goes on to describe how coveted.

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Restrictions have limited their ability to grow, which I think is really important and then.

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If you'll bear with me, the last testimonial was really moving from miranda shipley bush.

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Of b-town diner she sent a long email which I'll be happy to forward um describing the process of.

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Taking over b-town diner a year ago, operating on very slim margins and then having coveted.

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She describes frantically checking for the sba loan application to go, live um to apply for b-town.

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Diner which she purchased in 2019 and as a result, had left her business very cash poor. She says when.

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It finally opened up for us: I quickly went through it and got it sent with all the documentation.

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While the long wait time began, I was concerned about a particular question. This is the ppp.

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Application um I was concerned about a particular question on the application it questioned along.

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The lines of have you ever or are you currently involved in the criminal justice system for a.

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Felony crime. I found this question to be unfair to myself and many business owners across the country.

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And worried about it every single day! Why? Because I've been incarcerated for a felony.

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I have made my rounds in courtrooms over the years, but I changed my life over five years ago. I worked.

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Hard to overcome negative behaviors learned from childhood, the poor decision-making I had through.

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My 20s and the addiction I suffered with for too many years of my life. I am a concerned.

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And valid community member, like anyone else, I volunteer with stepping stones halfway houses. I.

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Mentor struggling addicts, I've advocated for grant funding for programs geared toward helping newly.

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Released inmates um in gaining independence, I hire recovering people who need work, sit on the parent.

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Council at head start- and I remain vigilant in helping youth who've been through similar trauma.

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I find it absolutely disturbing that people with a criminal past, which she capitalizes would be.

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Lumped with all violent sexual or current aspects of denying this demographic, um I had.

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A feeling that this question would be the reason we closed for good and if it were not for my city.

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Bloomington we would have, with literally just two days left on the food and beverage tax loan.

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Applications being accepted because this was in late june, my daughter's teacher sent me a link to.

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The article about it, I moved quickly to get ours and- um and she says nice things about me- helping.

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Her, which I won't repeat when I say we wouldn't be here today without the city that is unequivocally.

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True, the whole diner family gives me gives thanks and appreciation for your moving, quick to help the.

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Small businesses, here in our home, with your help, we were able to give the staff at least some hours.

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To do other jobs besides cooking and serving we band together to refresh the front of house caught.

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Up taxes and bills and tried to get take out and delivery started being months away from that time,.

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We still have hope for a turnaround. To be honest, we are still suffering. We have been very smart.

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With the loan money and while we have revenue, it is still not enough to sustain the business.

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The money left in the bank is helping us get through this time by supplementing the monies.

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Coming in for a bill bills, I know this won't work forever, but right now it is all we have. I am.

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Cautiously hopeful that we will be back to normal while understanding the reality of our times. If we.

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Do survive this terrible blow? Please understand it is only because we were supported by bloomington.

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um Thank you so much for your patience in my getting started and I'd be happy to take.

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Questions. Thank you for that report. Yeah with with that, are there any.

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Questions or comments for it from council members, councilmember, piedmont, smith, yes,.

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Thank you very much for the update on this very important fund and for your work in um in.

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Getting the money out the door and helping businesses.

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I had a question about the remaining funds, so we have more than half a million dollars of the.

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Allocated 2 million in food and beverage tax money remaining. Is there another round of.

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Applications pending or what are the plans for that remaining money? Our I continue to talk to.

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Business owners about it um when meeting with the chamber of commerce last week, we let them know.

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That it was still, you know, a live program and that you know people could borrow so we're working to.

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Get the funds out there and are considering it active and um the buea also has 105 000. I think.

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Left and the way that they described their fund was that it's tied to the lifespan of.

J

The food and beverage tax fund so they're both alive and well.

J

And um I just think we should get it out the door. We have two applications.

J

Coming in this month- and I think we will see more without a doubt, just given the winter.

J

Pressures on business, so you currently have kind of a rolling.

C

Deadline or is there a set deadline for a new yeah, so the deadline is tied to the executive orders.

J

And because the executive orders go month by month,.

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We we can't technically promise that the fund will be available beyond december 1st.

C

But currently it's open to applications, yes, good to know and good to publicize. Yes, thank you.

A

Further questions from members or comments: counselor sandberg, thank you. Ms cooper smith,.

E

I was particularly moved by the testimonials I think it's very important as we share the data.

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And the numbers that we're also putting the human face on these business owners and.

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How much they are struggling still, even in the face of this, this very important recovery dollars.

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A question is: do you have any idea if any other relief is coming from outside of the.

E

City of bloomington, with respect to uh federal funding, any any um uh updates on that. I know the.

E

Country has been a little distracted lately, but I'm hopeful that congress will get back.

E

To the people's business very soon yeah, well, we were kind of uh waiting with baited breath.

J

Like everyone else to see what would happen with the um additional cares potential. Third.

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Round of cares funding, but um in the meantime we have the state of indiana has a twenty.

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Thousand dollar uh grant program: twenty thousand dollar per company um grant program that allows.

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um Operating expenses to be covered, so that seems really essential and I've been trying to promote.

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That as much as possible and then our county cares funding is still very much alive. Those funds.

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Are grant funds that will cover ppe and adjustments to a company's business model, so any.

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Changes that they have to make that are covered related can get submitted to the county.

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And then standing expenses can go up to the state all right well, thank you very much for.

E

Everything you've done a great job. Oh thank you. Further questions or comments. Counseling for sims.

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uh Man, thank you, miss cooper smith. I appreciate the report and um thank you and everyone. That's.

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Involved in um taking care of this, um I have a question having to do with the loan application.

K

um The felony question or felony conviction question: if that is a yes.

K

Does that disqualify the applicant? It doesn't sound like it with your report, but.

K

No- and I guess- and I guess I'm asking that if it doesn't, then why is that even on the application.

J

It's it's not on there and I knew I was reading too quickly, but I didn't want to take all night.

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With that um testimonial either, but so what that applicant was saying was that they applied.

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For federal funding and then they hit the felony question um and didn't get that funding, then they.

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Were notified that the city had funding available and went through the application process and there.

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Is no no question on our application about a felony conviction, and so that's what she was.

J

Expressing her gratitude for and I think really feeling supported by the city- slash buea program.

J

Which, honestly that letter was moved me to tears this afternoon when I read it.

K

Okay, thank you. um The next question I think is, and maybe I missed this in your presentation, but what.

K

Percentage of the total applicants um couldn't be helped due to ineligibility or other reasons and.

K

I'm sure there were some business that applied that weren't in a tourism business for an example.

K

Or in a tourism industry right, so that was I'm going back to my.

J

To make sure I say the right thing, but there were seven businesses total who were.

J

Not selected um and of those businesses, four were kind of in the donut where they didn't fit. The.

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They didn't fit the profile, they were neither tourism nor located in the enterprise zone.

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And then the others were.

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Were rejected because it usually it wouldn't it wouldn't even be debt to income ratio.

J

It would just be that they were they weren't, generating any any revenue at all, and so it was.

J

um And I wasn't making these decisions, I'm recounting notes, um but it was that.

J

They could they couldn't sustain a payment if they didn't have any monthly revenue.

K

Okay, do you have an approximate percentage of that? um You said seven uh just ballpark just.

J

Of the total applicant, so there you go just so. I have an understanding so yeah.

J

It's about three percent.

J

Okay, so I think there were 224 applicants total, but I would have to check that number.

J

But it would be in that ballpark, okay, 224 and 7 were ineligible or rejected. Okay. Thank you.

K

um And lastly, if I may, um on the borrowed borrower, demographics um in particular with race and gender.

K

And there was a couple people that opted not to say or prefer, not to say um now part of your.

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Presentation you said moving forward, you would revamp the application. um Would this be part of.

K

Of the revamping of the application- and could you speak on that just for a second, so I think the.

J

The accurate the thing I was trying to say was, if I were doing this program all over again and.

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Had the time to be more thoughtful about that, I would collect the demographic data in a way.

J

That allowed layers, because right now, it's really hard to tell if someone is a woman-owned business.

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Minority-Owned business and also a veteran-owned business, for example. um So we are not planning to.

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Re-Tool the application, because we want to have an apples to apples comparison going forward.

J

But I would be happy to pull that thread. I mean if it seems like.

J

The better answer is to have really tight categories going forward. It's definitely.

J

Something that can be done. I was just kind of prioritizing having yeah apples to apples.

K

Okay, thank you. I know I was thinking more in terms of um thoroughness with data collection.

K

As moving forward, so that was kind of what I was leaning toward. So um thank you very much for your.

K

Answers I appreciate it yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Councilman bruce came blurry. Thank you.

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Ms cooper smith, thank you and thank you to staff for the amazing work. You've done in this.

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I think we're going to look back in a year and five years and 10 years and think about what.

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This has accomplished during this time, so bravo, um you mentioned that two loans had been repaid. I.

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Think it was 250 000 loans, and am I remembering correctly the loans repaid within 12 months.

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The interest is forgiven for those loans. Is that correct? Correct? Yes, um has I I'm just.

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Going to lob this out there- and I don't expect an answer tonight but um has any, has there been much.

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Discussion has there been any discussion on what it would take to make these loans interest free.

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And what might that mean, depending on how long the pandemic persists and how long our businesses.

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Are affected um that interest might bring a burden that dissuades people from from applying.

J

So right yeah and it it clearly has we did. We have received that feedback. um So I asked.

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The higher-ups in our organization, what that would entail and.

J

It the information I received was that the mayor legal department and controller's office.

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Would have to sign off and possibly the food and beverage commission, um since it would be.

J

Changing the program from what what was presented and then I think, there's some question of whether.

J

uh Council would have to make any statements, but I don't think that you would have to offer.

J

A resolution because you didn't weigh in on the terms of the program you just agreed to the.

J

Allocation of the funding, so it seems like there would be some steps to take. um I was thinking.

J

About this today and thinking about the expenses I expenses related to the program so going forward.

J

Expenses will be in um the loan servicing we're going to hire a third party, a non-profit, servicer.

J

I believe the expense is about 20 per loan annually and then there's a startup cost. That's.

J

Pretty nominal um and then these are two-year loan terms, so the cost isn't enormous there um in the.

J

Bba we'll be covering its loans with that those servicing fees, um and then the other cost is just.

J

The staff time that's been involved, so I think that is a good conversation to have and if the.

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Esr working group or the council wishes for us to you know investigate that. I'm happy to do so.

I

um I I think it's an interesting question to bring up. I I I know that some have said.

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Please just make them into grants and some have said: pl go ahead and.

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Make them loans but make them interest free, so there's kind of a continuum here.

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um And if we could explore some options that place a less of a burden on our local employers,.

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I think that's a worthwhile conversation, so food for thought. Thank you very much. Thanks.

C

President volun, we cannot hear you.

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I muted my bad. Is there any other questions or comments from council members counselor.

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For pbond smith, yes, I wanted to ask about the buea funds. Are those loans as well or are they grants.

J

These the 350 000 are loans, um and then they have beefed up their annual granting budget. So.

J

They added, I think, 112 000 for arts grants this year and then um up from their regular 40 000.

J

In arts grants and then they increased the budget line of economic enhancement, scholarships which is.

J

A twelve hundred dollar lifetime scholarship that um can be used for training conference attendance.

J

Which, of course, is nil right now, um professional association twos, so it's pretty specific, but it's.

J

There and that budget line is now at thirty two thousand dollars, so they they've really. You know.

J

I I feel, like they've, really stepped up during covet, to try to support their.

J

Organizations, and is the um the income coming into the buea, is that has that been affected by kovic.

J

um Not as yet, it is tied to um real property and personal property values which don't.

J

Don't change this quickly? um Yeah! I don't know if that's a good enough answer. It's.

J

A tax deduction program and they re receive a percentage of the total tax savings from.

J

Each organization, so I I suppose we could see next year, um although the buea is expecting a decrease.

J

In revenue anyway, just because so many of the participating organizations uses are expiring, so.

C

Yeah, I just forgotten the the revenue basis for it. So thank you further questions.

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Or comments seeing then I'll just say ms cooper smith, thanks for.

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A great report: it's really good to see that that program was effective and useful and.

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uh Helped the community um the story. The last story, you told, really was very moving and.

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Thank you for the work that you were doing to keep the city going. Thank you, yeah all right.

A

Appreciate the time thanks, thank you. Are there any other reports from the mayor and city offices.

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Seeing none will go to uh council committees. Are there any council committee reports and.

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Items on the agenda scene then we'll go to reports from members of the public. This is a.

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Time where members of the public may address the council on items that are not on tonight's agenda,.

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If you would like to speak to the council, you'll have five minutes. Please use the raise hand.

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Function in zoom or type into the chat and I'm not sure who's doing the recognizing tonight. Whether.

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It's mr lucas or clerk bolden, but somebody will acknowledge you. Do we have any public comments.

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Again, please use the raise hand, function and zoom or type into the chat.

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Going once second call for public comment.

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Seeing no request for public comment we'll go on to appointments to boards.

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And commissions, are there any to be had tonight.

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Seeing none will go to legislation for second readings and resolutions.

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Madam parliamentarian, mr president, I move that.

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Ordinance 20-20 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis. Only.

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Second, if a motion in a second will the clerk, please call the role on the motion to introduce.

B

Yes, um council, member sims, yes rolling; yes, dean, matt smith; yes, clarity! Yes, smith! Yes,.

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Sandberg, yes, rallo. Yes,.

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Scandalory, yes,.

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And rosenberger yeah.

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uh That motion is approved. Will the clerk please read by title and synopsis? Yes, amendment 2026 an.

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Ordinance authorizing the acquisition, construction and installation by the city of bloomington.

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Indiana of certain extensions and improvements to the city, sewage, forex utility, the issuance in.

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Sale of revenue, bonds to provide funds for the payment of the cost thereof and the collection.

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Segregation and distribution of the revenues of such sewage works and other related matters.

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The synopsis is as follows: this ordinance authorizes the city of bloomington to issue.

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Its sewage works revenue, bonds of 2020 in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed 32.

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Million dollars, the 2020 bonds will be issued to finance the first phase of modernizing the dillman.

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Road wwtp, the replacement of the existing storm culvert system of the jordan culvert.

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And pay cost of issuance of the bonds, your utilities and sanitation.

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Committee recommendation is due pass four zero zero. Thank you.

C

Mr president, I move that ordinance 2026 be adopted.

C

Thank you. Thank you. Okay. That item is on the table now, um who is here to present.

D

I am okay, mr kelson, and I just want to point out that, after your presentation, we'll also hear.

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A report from the utilities and sanitation committee: please go ahead with your presentation.

L

Okay, I'm sharing my screen. I hope you can all see it and he's on top of it. Okay, good.

L

uh Good evening I'm vic kelson, director of the utilities department.

L

I'm happy to be here tonight to discuss ordinance 2026, which is bonding for major improvements to.

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Our sewer and storm water infrastructure um background uh first of all, cbu wishes to sell.

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Bonds, totaling 30.4 million dollars, they'll pay for two major capital projects. The first.

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Is modernization and capacity improvements at the dillman road wastewater treatment plant.

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And the other is replacement of major storm sewer infrastructure in downtown bloomington.

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Just for description, the sewer works portion of the project. Idem warned us in 2016 that we.

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Exceeded the capacity of the dillman plant exceeded 90 percent of the capacity of the.

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Dillman plant for three consecutive years and we were directed to begin planning.

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An implementation of capacity improvements since then, we've been working with idem and our.

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Engineers to modernize the electrical systems, controls and blowers and install additional.

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Filters at dillman this is the first phase of raising our capacity from 15 million gallons.

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Per day to sec, 20 million gallons per day, the second phase will be improvements to our digesters.

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uh This 23 million project is in progress uh so far, we've been paying uh the expenses from cash.

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On hand, uh bond proceeds and current revenues will pay for the remainder of the project.

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uh In 2019, this was funded already by the council as part of our sewer rate increase. So.

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The the this project will have no impact on sewer rates. I will point out this.

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Project also has an important environmental component in that the new blower systems.

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Are much more efficient electrically and they have highly improved controls that will help.

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To reduce the amount of electricity that we use for aeration at the plant.

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Storm water portion of the project, it will be the completion of the so-called jordan river tunnel.

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The upstream and downstream portions that are shown on blue on this map were replaced, 15 or 20.

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Years ago, uh the tunnel is uh nearly 100 years old or thereabouts on its integrated condition.

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Also with all the building, that's happened in the basin over the years. There's a lot more.

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Impervious surface, so we get larger rainfall start larger flow during major rain events.

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With the onset of climate change, we expect that to continue to increase, we had to do an.

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Emergency repair of the roof of the tunnel at third in lincoln a couple of years ago,.

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And so it's time for us to finish this middle portion of the project.

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Altogether, this project will cost about 11 or 12 million dollars and again in.

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2018 council authorized an increase of in the stormwater fee uh that will fund this project.

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So this project will not cause any impact on the amount of the stormwater fee. The reason these are.

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Included together is that organizationally, our stormwater budget is included within.

L

Our sewer budget, I have with me laura pettit cbu's assistant director for finance.

L

And buzz crone, who will talk to you now about the financial details of this project?.

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Thank you, mr kelson. uh For the record, my name is buzz. Crone with o.w cronin associates.

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Cpas and sec registered municipal advisors.

M

uh First, give you a little brief summary of the uh project costs and funding mix.

M

We might as well go right to that slide. uh The thank you. um As mr kelson indicated, the the bond.

M

The bonds are not to exceed 32 million, we're estimating 30.4 million. At this point.

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And but, and the total project I believe, has a cap of 40 million we're estimating 38.4 million.

M

The difference coming from funds that have been accumulated over the years from uh some of the.

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It was factored into the rate adjustments uh from a year or two ago, as well as your connection fees.

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That you've been accumulating through system development charges and new development.

M

So that new development is contributing, you know considerable amount to this. This project.

M

Again, the breakdown of the costs a little over two-thirds of it relates to the dillman road.

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Project or the wastewater treatment plant and then about a little less than a third to the.

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Jordan, river culvert: let's go ahead to the next slide.

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This is a illustration of the proposed amortization schedule of the 30.4 million. uh We.

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You'll notice that in the early years we're just paying interest we're doing that so that to keep a.

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Total level debt service you've got several other bonds outstanding that pay off at different points.

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In time and our goal was to keep the debt service, the total debt service as level as possible.

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But this shows you an illustration of about a 20-year 21-year amortization of the proposed bonds.

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And on this next slide we have, we combine them, so you can see in the far right hand, column our.

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Maximum debt requirement would be actually next year about 5.2 million. That actually happens.

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Before we start making payments on the new bonds and uh as we have uh bonds dropping.

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Off at different points in time, those payments on the 2020 bonds will accelerate and again, if.

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If we were to assume no further bond issues by the bloomington wastewater utility, you'd see a.

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Gradual declining of that annual debt that service payment, more than likely there will.

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Be more projects that will come up down the road, but that's our goal here is to keep the.

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The overall debt level, and uh that way uh providing the most amount of what we call debt.

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Service coverage that helps with our bond ratings and so forth, and I believe the next schedule has a.

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Three-Year projection of what we think that debt coverage rate uh ratios will be uh as.

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As I believe, uh mr kelson indicated that these we did approve rate increases.

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That have been phased in uh starting in 19 or 2019, and uh our.

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Test year uh for 2019, our operating revenues were about 20.5 million dollars. uh The rate increases.

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Or the rate adjustments uh for the across the board increase that has already been implemented.

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Now, as well as the outside city surcharge, we include the stormwater fees and the overall.

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Revenue and revenue requirements so that we have it. It helps both sides of the the storm water and.

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The wastewater, whenever you have bonds issued for either project or even though some of that storm.

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Water, some of its wastewater, it's sort of the same overall uh keeping the streams clean and uh it it.

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Again, it helps our our debt coverage picture as you'll see sort of the last row of the.

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The slides there you'll see our debt coverage ratios are projected to be a little over.

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Two to one 209 percent, uh 213 206- those are strong coverage ratios, we're uh pretty confident.

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That we'll uh maintain our a plus bond rating, we have a ratings call with standard poor's.

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Set up for, I think, next thursday, they already have our preliminary official statement in hand.

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And uh we'll be watching the market after once, the election is settled.

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Or not settled uh we'll be seeing what impact that has on market conditions, but.

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Laura and jeff want us to uh be ready to move uh quickly to take advantage of good times in the.

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Market and uh we would estimate that sometime between uh the latter part of november and the.

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Latter part of january will be uh the timing at which we'll we'll pull the trigger and actually.

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Have a bond sale so uh stay tuned, we'll get back with you on those results, as as they come in.

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With that, I would entertain any questions or comments from from.

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The council, thank you, mr cronin. If you don't share the screen, I appreciate that. Okay,.

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Before we go to questions, let's hear the committee report, I believe that's councilman baralo.

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Pardon me, uh the committee, the utilities and sanitation committee met last wednesday october.

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28Th we reviewed this for about 30 minutes, that is the issuance of the bonds for these two projects.

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uh The dillman road wastewater treatment, plant improvements and expansion and the.

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Jordan, river culvert project and uh the sentiment of the committee.

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Members was that these were both important projects and necessary projects.

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And the members were favorable unanimously, uh with a 4-0 vote on ordinance, 2026.

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Thank you with that I'll. Take questions from members on ordnance, 2026.

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Going once going twice councilmemberallo! Yes, I asked this question uh during our committee.

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Meeting but I thought it would be worthwhile for the whole group to hear, and that is.

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Mr kelson, could you tell us regarding the expansion of the the uh dillman road wastewater.

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Plant about how many years does that provide us uh in terms of anticipating increased population.

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At our current rate of growth, that's about 15 years or so okay, so uh we have. We have.

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Projected that off into the future, so you know 2035 or thereafter, is when we would anticipate.

L

Needing to go to the next step, very good. Thank you. Thank you, council for piedmont, smith,.

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Yeah I had a question about um something: the ordinance section, 20 item e says the city shall.

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Take all action or proceedings necessary and proper to the extent permitted by law.

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To require connection of all property where liquid and solid waste sewage, night, soil or industrial.

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Waste is produced with available sanitary sewers. The cities shall, insofar as possible and to the.

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Extent, permitted by law cause all such sanitary sewers to be connected with said, sewage works.

C

Can somebody unpack that for me and say you know what does that mean? I mean it sounds like we're.

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You know we are required to go out and make sure people hook up to our sewer system.

L

Well, there's there's two things: there's two things and and buzz you may want to pitch in.

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On this too, but there's two issues here: one is that we're not going to let somebody build a.

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New sanitary sewer system in the middle of our coverage area that, if somebody, if there's going.

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To be more more sewer connections, they're going to go to dillman road; we're not going to build.

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Let somebody build another utility, that's that's part of it. The other part of it is.

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If you build a new uh property and the you're within 300 feet of a sewer, you have to connect.

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To it, you can't do a septic tank, so we can't allow people to build new homes.

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With septic tanks that are close enough to sewers that they could, they would be required to connect.

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uh Similarly, if the, uh if your property is within 300 feet of the of a sewer line, uh and you need.

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uh For some reason, your septic tank has to be abandoned. uh You can't build another septic tank.

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But the the monroe county health department will require you to connect to our sanitary.

L

System is there anything I'm leaving out laura or buzz? No, I think I think you covered it very well.

M

It's a federal state law that, if you're within that 300 feet of a sewer line uh that you know.

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You can be compelled to connect now most places if they have a working septic system. They.

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May let that slide until such time as that septic system fails, just as you.

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Described so that it's really just enforcing our current uh regulations, yes, yeah. Okay, thank you.

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Thank you further questions from members. Second call all right: we'll go now to members of the.

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Public, if there's a member of the public who'd like to speak to ordinance 2026.

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Please raise your hand, use the raise hand, function and zoom or sp type into the chat.

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You'll be recognized first call for public comment and ordinance. 2026 second call for public comment.

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Final call for public comment on ordinance, 2026.

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Seeing no public comment we'll go back to.

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uh The council for debate is there any final comment on ordinance, 2026.

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Seeing none we'll go for a vote on ordinance, 22 26 will the clerk please call the roll.

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All right, um yes,.

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I think I'm starting on council member piedmont smith. Yes, clarity! Yes, smith! Yes, sandberg! Yes,.

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Rallo, yes, scandaloury, yes, rosenberger, yes, sims, yes and volun.

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Yes and I believe that uh ordinance passes 9-0, we go now to the next ordinance. Mr president, I.

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Move that ordinance 20-27 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis. Only second.

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We have a motion in a second will: the clerk. Please call the role in the motion to introduce.

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Yes, council, member councilmember flaherty, yes, smith, yes, sander, yes,.

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Fellow yes, scandaloury yeah, rosenberger, yep sims, yes,.

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Yes and p months- smith, yes,.

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Okay, um it seems like the motion carries with the clerk. Please read by title and synopsis ordinance.

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2027 to amend title 10 of the bloomington municipal code entitled wastewater. The synopsis is.

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As follows, this ordinance amends the bloomington municipal code, title 10 at chapter 17 to expand.

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The types of fats, oils and grease fog devices acceptable to cbu and its fog program in an effort.

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To reduce the overall economic impact to the food service industry, but for complying with the fog.

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Program while increasing cooperation in the fog program, these amendments also establish.

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A new permit program, which requires all fall calling services to first apply for.

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And receive a permit from cbu for engaging in any hauling of fog waste in the city. The permit.

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Program is free and contains an educational component to educate the fall, calling industry.

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On best practices for cleaning and maintaining fog retention devices, as well as best practices for.

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Hauling and disposing of fog waste. This program is intended to increase the effectiveness of fog.

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Retention device maintenance, which will in turn increase the effectiveness of the fog.

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Retention device in keeping fog waste material from entering the wastewater collection system.

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The utilities and sanitation committee recommendation was do pass four zero, zero.

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Thank you, mr president. I move that ordinance, 20 27 be adopted session promotion. A second.

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uh Who is here to present on uh ordinance 2027.? It's uh it's me again, I'm victorious all right.

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Go ahead: yeah yeah, I'm I'm vic, allison utilities. Director. um Thank you for uh hearing us tonight on.

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This item this uh with me, I have james hall, who is our assistant director for environmental programs,.

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And jason winning, who is our industrial pre-treatment coordinator.

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As the synopsis said, fat soils in greece are bad news in sanitary sewers.

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They can those materials can accumulate inside sewer mains that can lead to those sewers being.

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Plugged that can lead to overflows uh in certain circumstances when a sewer becomes.

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Badly blocked, especially after a rain event, this picture, incidentally, is not of one of our sewers.

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But it's just a graphic picture of what the grease can look like. Also when grease gets to the plant.

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It can cause balls of floating grease to form uh that can clog things up.

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uh Pretty badly hang on a second, uh mr kelson council, overscan blurry.

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Mr kelson, are you screen sharing or I don't think we're seeing how it's going to say the same thing.

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Can you start over with a shared screen.

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Got it my technology, let me down go on please: okay, uh fat soils and grease.

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uh They can cause major problems inside of the sanitary sewers and, as you see here,.

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This is not a picture of one of our sewers, but there's a lot of grease in this one.

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It can also when it gets the plant, can clog things up. You can get globs of floating grease.

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uh In in the treatment plant that can really mess things up as a result of of these.

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Constraints, especially when you're considering the possibility that a sewer can clog, uh which would.

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Lead to the uh the release of sanitary sewage uh into the into the environment, um it's very.

L

Important for us to control this and we do clean sewers pretty frequently in the past we clean.

L

Them more often than we do downtown, because that's where the fog ordinance has been most.

L

Most successful our fog program regulates over 600 food service establishments in bloomington.

L

And essentially, it requires grease retention and grease removal. We approve.

L

We approve a number of different devices. uh They're come in two categories, broadly speaking,.

L

One is a grease trap which is inside of the food service establishment. uh Those have to be cleaned.

L

Every 30 days and have the grease removed pumped out, we also have grease interceptors for larger.

L

Flows, those grease interceptors are more expensive and they're much larger and they have to be.

L

Placed in the ground, which means that uh they're pretty expensive for for our fscs to uh to install.

L

uh This has been a concern of the of the restaurant businesses in bloomington for.

L

A long time- and we have conducted a number of investigations to look at how we can make this.

L

Program better and we had the good fortune to have a food service company that works nationwide, talk.

L

To us about using a new device that they have been using elsewhere in the country with great success,.

L

So they asked if we would be willing to allow them to install one and evaluate its performance.

L

What we did was we allowed them to put it in the requirement was that if it, if it didn't perform.

L

We would treat it as a grease trap when we were done because grease interceptors only.

L

Have to be cleaned every 90 days, so um after the year study. We also compared uh during the study.

L

We compared the other devices that we've been approving, which are uh constructed from concrete.

L

You see here, you have to dig a pretty big hole to put one of these in. This is one of the new ones.

L

That are much smaller than the than the old, the concrete ones.

L

Altogether, we estimate it will save a food service establishment about three to five thousand dollars.

L

To be able to install one of these smaller, more lightweight devices, we also anticipate that the.

L

Polymer material that they're made from will last longer uh in the service than the concrete ones do.

L

The other change that we're asking to make besides allowing these new devices, is to.

L

Establish a preferred, pumper program. This will, as as the synopsis said, require that anybody who.

L

Is going to be pumping and disposing of grease waste at the dillman road plant, which is the.

L

Only place we'll take greece we'll have to go through a free training program about good.

L

Best practices and best management practices and how we work. The objectives here are to make sure.

L

That the grease is properly handled. It also allows the our regulated community to understand that.

L

We've taken steps to make sure that they'll get the same service, regardless of which hauler they.

L

Call so uh I would uh I can stop here, and we would all welcome any questions that you have.

A

Very good thanks, mr kelson. uh If you could unshare a screen now, that'd be great.

A

Okay, are there questions from well? Actually, first, let's hear the committee report from utilities.

A

Sanitation on ordnance, 2027, council bureau- yes, the utilities and sanitation committee met.

F

That same date, october 28th, and we reviewed this program and the the new uh device and uh had a.

F

Very favorable impression of both we commended mr kelso and his staff for testing these new.

F

Technologies and uh and working with the affected parties to try to make it easier for for them.

F

Because you know I'm sure they, uh those parties have found it onerous to some degree.

F

So the committee voted 4-0 to adopt uh sorry to give a due pass recommendation for ordinance, 2027.

A

Very good, thank you with that. We'll take questions from council members.

A

First call for questions.

A

I have oh counselor piedmont. Smith. Go ahead, um just uh for a lay person. How much money are we.

C

Talking about to install one of these new grease interceptors compared to the old ones, james can.

L

Can you help with that james yeah, so um estimates of between 12 and 15 for the new type and 15 to 20.

N

000 for the old, concrete and again that depends on how much rock you potentially have to bust through.

C

Thank you further questions from members.

A

I do have a question: can we uh can you help us understand a little bit more.

A

Why these interceptors are better. I guess I understand they're, smaller and cheaper, but.

A

Can can you go into some more detail about the old way versus the new way.

L

Leave that for james and jason, I think okay I'll give it a shot. um The old, concrete.

N

Interceptors relied on gravity and that's why they're so large, they just the time. Detention.

N

To hope that the grease would settle or have time to stay on top of the water, while the other.

N

Went out these new plastic are engineered, they have baffles and other devices inside.

N

And the way that the water comes in and it helps get the grease to the top of the water, so it.

N

Stays within the device faster, so there's just engineering going on in the concrete.

N

um Just use detention time basically to let the grease settle to the top. So you're saying that.

A

They're advantageous both in size and in uh performance, correct for the size of them correct.

A

Yes, in other words, they're smaller, so they're less expensive to install and they do a better job than.

A

Gravity-Based interceptors, that's what our pilot studies has found and that's the industry is.

N

Is showing in studies is there anyone in bloomington or in the cbu district that.

A

Has one of these and is using them? uh Yes, we have um sorry. I had that a minute ago.

N

I think we have 11 sites now that we've kind of approved these for.

N

On a conditional basis, any sense of how they're performing uh we the only one we've um done.

N

Study was uh was the first one um and they are performing just as well, if not better.

A

And again the pri, the cost is about what uh 30 percent less than the old way right. This.

N

Is somewhere in there yeah sounds like a win across the board very good. Thank you.

L

Mr kelson yeah, a lot of the cost is the price of the hole um digging a large one of the large.

L

Interceptors, you need a hole, that's 10 feet by 10 feet and then deep enough to get the whole thing.

L

In down to the proper depth uh in bloomington, that may mean you've got to break a lot of rock.

L

Which, which makes the hole probably more expensive than the device that you're putting in.

L

Sound there are some jokes to be had there. Thank you yeah. How about how about the new interceptor.

L

The new ones uh will take a hole, that's I think, six feet by six feet um and they're also.

L

Polymer based so they can they're much lighter you don't have to you know. People can move them.

L

Around to install them- and uh I think, there's a few places where it may be possible for them.

L

Even to be installed in basements, because uh you can, if you can get get them into the basement,.

L

Into a proper configuration, then you wouldn't even have to dig a hole.

A

I guess I'm a little surprised that they aren't less expensive.

A

Still than uh than what they already are, I mean it sounds like a uh it's just all across.

A

The board, if the the digging of the hole is the biggest expense. How come it's only about 30, less.

L

Because the hole is about 30, smaller and one other thing is they're fairly new to the market um and.

N

So there's less manufacturers of them currently, um just in the time that we started to study we've.

N

I think been in contact with four or five other manufacturers of these types of devices, so.

N

There was maybe one or two players in the market at the time and now that's growing, so they.

N

Should be able to see the price drop as more the manufacturers get into the and that's good to know.

A

The last question I have would be: is there any need for existing uh businesses to retrofit or.

A

Are they is a gravity-based one, adequate we're still allowing the ones that we've been allowing.

L

We're just adding these as as allowable uh the. uh What leads a company to need to have.

L

A grease interceptor when it doesn't is uh there are a number of provisions in the code.

L

That trigger it, for example, re-plumbing your restaurant leads leads you down.

L

Leads you into this program uh and it's all it's all handled through plan with you at that point.

A

Well, if you were re-plumbing and you had to redo your interceptors, that mean you'd.

A

Actually have to replace it with a plastic one or you could leave the big one that you had in place.

L

If it's in good condition, you can keep the old one very good. Thank you. Councilman sims.

K

Thank you need to unmute myself. um Thank you, mr kelson. um With regard to the grease pumper hauler.

K

Contractors, um I'm confirming that it is mandatory that they dump um their greece collections at.

K

Daleman, that's the only place, we take greece and we only take greece from inside monroe county.

K

Correct um but a contractor could not take it out of the county or could they.

L

We don't regulate where they take it. Okay,.

K

Okay, yeah and I guess and go ahead- I'm sorry! Oh sorry, yeah jason, winning here uh pre-treatment.

O

Coordinator um yeah, we do have some. There are some national based haulers, um so we.

O

Do have a lot of chains, things like that that are serviced by haulers that come out of indianapolis.

O

They collect the grease and then they take it back out of county. So we do have a couple haulers.

O

Who do take waste out of county when it's collected here? Okay, and I was going to ask.

K

um About the significance of them using dillman to dispose of this product from the compliance.

K

Standpoint as well as an environmental impact standpoint, could you speak on that.

K

How do we regulate when people are timely, cleaning, their grease, interceptors and, secondly,.

K

What are the potential environmental impacts um that minim minimizes our.

K

Carbon use and that sort of thing out at the plant well with grease uh the way we handle grease.

L

At the plant is it's actually discharged into a lagoon where it uh where it is oxidized in the sun.

L

So we're really not doing anything with the grease at this point. uh As far as.

L

The the other part of the question uh we have inspection programs for uh everyone, who's.

L

Covered by the fog program, so our uh we have an inspector who's responsible for that they're also.

L

Responsible, the uh the regulated community is also responsible for submitting proper records of all.

L

The times that they have the devices clean and those kinds of things james may or jason may want.

L

To add something to this: no that that's correct. We use a software to help us track all that.

K

Okay and I won't prolong it, but I was trying to pull out of you. The.

K

uh The digesters of potential future use and anaerobic digesters with our grease collections.

K

um If that's something that's uh timeline willing to to discuss and next time don't make me have to.

K

Pull so hard, please! No, I'm just I'm just I'm just joking! Thank you very much. If we do do an analytic.

L

An anaerobic digester uh project uh in the future, uh greece is certainly one of the most beneficial.

L

uh Precur substances for us to be able to treat in an anaerobic digester and uh in fact.

L

We we had some conversations about about that concept uh today about you know how.

L

How big a market would there be for our services that if we actually had an anaerobic digest.

K

Hey, thank you. I just think that's important for um our community members, um the public at large.

K

And in general for future impacts, which I think is positive, so thank you all um very much. Thank you.

A

Thank you, council bureau.

F

Yeah, um apart from using the grease as a feedstock for uh anaerobic digester, mr kelson.

F

You describe the amount of grease that you receive. Is it's quite enormous? Isn't it.

L

James and jason know that one um and jason can correct me: is it it's either 30.

N

000 pounds or 30, 000 gallons that we receive it's probably gallons, because we measure.

O

Yeah, that's correct! It's it's around! Thirty thousand gallons a month um depending on you.

O

Know how many we have uh due to be pumped that month, but we average around that.

F

So apart from the digester, uh which would be a good idea, another maybe another thing to consider.

F

Is using this as a as a precursor to diesel fuel for livington transit? Because I know that this.

F

Type of grease can be converted, has that been explored and is that something maybe worth doing.

F

Because it just seems like a tremendous amount of material and embedded energy in that.

L

We actually spoke about that today as well. um Some of that 30, 000 gallons is water. That.

L

Travels with the grease too so, uh but yeah we, we actually discussed uh looking into that just.

L

This morning, oh good, so you you'll get back with us about that potential. Terrific thanks.

A

Further questions from council members before we go to public comment.

A

Second call all right: seeing now we're going to go to public comment. There's a member of the public.

A

Would like to speak on ordinance 2027., they can. Please use the raise hand function in zoom.

A

Or type into the chat and mr lucas will call on you: are there any takers, mr lucas.

P

Yes, I did receive a a request to have a comment read from dave askins, who, I don't believe is able.

P

To enable his own audio and if you'll give me a moment, I will pull that up and read that now.

P

Mr askin says that the council's that the council tonight has demonstrated that it's.

P

Keen to apply rigor to its record, keeping by making sure that a specific exec a company is.

P

Set of one-year-old meeting minutes my question tonight: why isn't the same rigor applied to the.

P

Requirements of local law, which demanded a fiscal impact statement using a specific form.

P

Accompany every piece of legislation that appears on tonight's agenda, including this one, I've heard.

P

Administration committee members at a public meeting claim that it doesn't matter if a fiscal.

P

Impact statement isn't provided because city council members can ask for information if they.

P

Want it and that the information that would go on the form that's required is publicly accessible.

P

As a point of information, if I send the city a simple email, with a request under indiana's access,.

P

To public records act I get the res. The response I get is sorry dave. You have to put this on our.

P

Special records request form before we'll consider it. So what would you suggest I do to get a copy of.

P

The fiscal impact statements using the required forms that are supposed to accompany tonight's.

P

Legislation, it doesn't seem like it should be so hard to follow a simple law which seems to.

P

Which seems designed specifically to make it just a smidgen easier for the public to understand how.

P

Their money is getting spent by their local government and that's the end of the comment.

P

And as I read that I don't see, uh I do see alex crowley indicating mr crowley go ahead and speak.

Q

Thank you. Council members alex crowley director of economic, sustainable development. uh I just want to.

Q

Share a couple of anecdotes: one is a business that uh had to spend upwards of the 50 of its original.

Q

Business loan to set up the grease interceptor and how much of a burden that was at the time of its.

Q

Inception, um which would have been mitigated significantly by the work that cbu has done.

Q

Recently, so so that that's a you know, example of sort of a before that could have been mitigated.

Q

And then separately an anecdote of a business that basically was stuck. They.

Q

Could not improve their plumbing, they could not improve improve their interior.

Q

Sink infrastructure because any of that activity would have triggered a um an investment in in.

Q

A greece interceptor from which they'd been grandfathered and as a result that business.

Q

Had been unable to sell with cbu's work, they were able to put their business on the market.

Q

Sell their business, and now we have actually an ivy tech, um culinary student um taking over.

Q

The space and improving that business and and really setting it up for success in the future so.

Q

I would simply like to really thank vic and his team for their creativity here and.

Q

um Their work in smoothing out the process of of creating a path forward for a lot of.

Q

Businesses that we need in bloomington that help our economy, and it's really tribute to.

Q

Them and their creativity to to help us uh do this. So thank you very much for your time. Thank.

A

You, mr crowley, are there other members of the public who would like to speak to ordinance 2027.

A

Second call for public comment.

A

Mr lucas, are there any other takers final call.

A

All right with that we'll come back to counsel for further questions or debate.

A

Are there any other questions on ordinance 2027? I have one if nobody else does.

A

Okay, um yeah I'd like to know um uh mr kelson, can you tell us a story.

A

Of uh an example of a business that had not complied with a greased interceptor.

A

You know a requirement or a need, and what kind of problem that caused for cbu.

L

James or jason, do you have one.

L

If you don't, I do okay go ahead, take it jason, okay! Well, it's actually not not typically a.

L

A single instance: well, actually I do have one um and I won't name any names, but I don't need.

A

I don't need names just uh examples, but about three or four years ago we had a problem with.

L

A restaurant that did not have an interceptor um and it was a restaurant that made quite a.

L

Lot of grease and next door to them, they were on a small, they were one of the they were the they were.

L

Downstream of a daycare facility um and on the same small sewer, main.

L

On that collection, lateral and what happened is the grease plugged up the the sewer main.

L

And they actually had it back up into the daycare. We were able to clean it out, but.

L

uh That sort of thing is prevented when we have grease and when we have proper.

L

Grease retention devices installed, maybe I should ask more specifically: can you quantify.

A

Some of the costs of a business not complying with having an interceptor. How much does it cost.

A

Rate payers: well, it costs quite a lot. We we actually have uh expensive vehicles that.

L

We have to drive around to clean sewers when, uh when we have sewer backups or when we have.

L

A lot of grease and lines- and that happens a lot downtown with some of our older sewers.

L

And- and we have those trucks out all the time trying to prevent blockages that can cause.

L

Sanitary sewer overflows so there's a number of different things: we're regulated on the number.

L

Of overflows that we have item wants us to have us have a zero. We have try to have as few as we can.

L

Part of that is keeping those keeping the sewers flowing so the, but you know we we have to.

L

Maintain expensive equipment for cleaning out sewers, we have to maintain.

L

um We have to maintain pay for the staff that does that sort of maintenance, and we also.

L

Have the issue of- and I don't know how to put a dollar value on it, but we also have the issue of.

L

Sanitary sewer overflows contaminate the surface water. They also can be a threat to human health.

L

uh If, uh if people shouldn't happen to be in contact with that with that sewage, so.

L

um It's difficult to wrap a real detailed number together uh and it really isn't so much a thing of.

L

It's rare for a single entity to cause a problem. uh It's much more common that when you have a.

L

Lot of them in a concentrated area like you do downtown. This is a problem that was persistent.

L

Years ago we used to have, you know, grease balls. Occasionally we used to have sewers blocking all.

L

The time and those kinds of things so over time, as we take out this 20 or 30 000 gallons a month of.

L

Grease we are saving money by doing this, but it's it's kind of an uh something that happens over the.

L

Whole area, rather than a particular, otherwise, what you're saying is that our costs would be.

A

Much greater capital wise years down the road when we had to dig up an entire street to replace.

A

A main because it was full of fog certainly, is that the idea yeah, because otherwise you have to.

A

Have those trucks anyway, because there's no such thing as a system without overflows right, that's.

L

True, well, we might have fewer of them, fewer sure I mean, I guess, there's a standard. I just.

A

uh Just trying to understand sort of the I mean it does seem reasonable to say that interceptors.

A

uh Preserve the overall longevity of the system and maintain its its operational integrity.

A

Got it? Thank you any other further questions or I'll open the floor to debate on ordinance, 2027.

A

First call second call.

A

Seeing no comments will go to a vote on ordinance 2827 will the clerk please call the roll.

B

Yes, council, member smith, yes sandberg, yes, rollo, yes, scandalory, yes, rosenbarker! Yes,.

B

Sims yes bowling; yes, piedmont, smith, yes and flaherty. Yes, thank you. Thank you and that.

A

Ordinance passes unanimously uh thanks to everyone from utilities. We appreciate your presence tonight.

A

uh Thanks, mr kelson, for the presentation, etc. Thank you good night good night, madam parliamentarian.

C

Mr president, I move that ordinance 20-21 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and.

C

Synopsis only second, we have a motion in a second will. The clerk please read.

A

uh We please call the role on the motion to introduce yes, councilmember sandberg, yes, rallo, yes,.

B

Scandaloury, yes, rosenbarker yeah, sims, yes, volun; yes, piedmont, smith; yes, clarity, yes and smith. Yes,.

A

That motion carries: will the clerk, please read my title and synopsis.

B

Yes, ordinance 20 2021 to amend title 12, streets, sidewalks and storm sewers and title 17.

B

Construction regulations of the bloomington municipal code, our leading chapter 1208,.

B

Excavations and replacing it with chapter 1208 use of right-of-way and adding a new.

B

Chapter 12 10 enforcement and penalties and deleting three sections of chapter 1204.

B

General regulations and revising one section of chapter 1708 administration and enforcement.

B

The synopsis is as follows: this ordinance updating title 12 and title 17 does four things.

B

First, chapter 1208, titled excavations, is repealed and replaced with the new chapter. 1208 titled.

B

Use of the right-of-way the purpose behind this change is to ensure that language has.

B

Been added to each section of this chapter that encompasses.

B

Excavation in the right-of-way, as well as use of the right-of-way use of the right-of-way, includes.

B

Storage of equipment or materials enclosing a street sidewalk bike lane or other lane of traffic.

B

Second, it deletes three sections of chapter 1204 which deal with walk rounds as that.

B

Topic is included in the new chapter 1208. Third, it deletes a portion of ch of section of chapter 1708.

B

Which includes permit fee provisions as the deleted items are included in the new chapter 1208.

B

Fourth, it establishes a new chapter of the bloomington municipal code, chapter 12, 10.

B

Entitled enforcement and penalties, which provides more efficient and specific enforcement procedures.

B

Please note: this ordinance was revised after release in the legislative packet.

B

But before introduction at the october 7 2020 regular sessions.

B

Your transportation committee recommendation for amendment 1 to ordinance 2021s do pass four.

B

Zero zero and your committee recommendation on the ordinance as amended was do pass four zero, zero.

C

Thank you, mr president. Mr president, I move that ordinance 20-21 be adopted.

K

Second, all right uh here to present is whom.

R

Good evening, council, uh thank you for your time tonight. My name is neil copper. I'm the.

R

Interim transportation and traffic engineer in the planning and transportation department.

R

A number of staff members have put work into this ordinance, but tonight in this meeting, I'm.

R

Joined by public improvements manager, sarah gomez, also from planning and transportation.

R

Ms gomez is truly the subject matter expert for this topic, so.

R

I'm going to hand things over to her for a presentation. Thank you.

S

I forgot to unmute myself. Apologies. um Thank you neil good evening. Everyone.

S

This is sarah gomez here: uh public improvements, manager for planning transportation department.

S

And I'm here to present on the title: 12 updates, um ordinance, 20-21.

S

The purpose of title 12, chapter 1208, title excavations, is to ensure.

S

Staff has a permit for excavation in the city right away from utility.

S

Companies developers, contractors and constituents who need to excavate in the city right-of-way.

S

And the conditions of the permit ensure that insurance and bonding are in place and.

S

Repairs to excavations are to a standard that protect public facilities. For an example, title.

S

12 purpose, I included photos on this slide. The photo on the left is an example of a street cut.

S

Repair that is done to the city standard and the photo on the right is an example of what.

S

Can happen to public facilities if 12.0 didn't exist, showing an improperly patched street cut.

S

The planning and transportation department has been discussing revisions chapter 12.

S

For a few years in the discussion, revisions uh was in response to staff concerns regarding the fee.

S

Schedule enforcement and lack of right-of-way use language.

S

These discussions resulted in the list of goals shown on this slide to address staff concerns.

S

There has been an addition to these goals over the last year and that edition includes.

S

Updating the language about sidewalk closures and walk-arounds, and I will go over some of.

S

The more significant updates that address the goals set forth in the upcoming slides.

S

As well as addressing staff concerns, the goals and proposed changes are relevant to the following.

S

Programs from the chapter 6 of the comprehensive plan, enhancement standards for maintenance of.

S

Traffic and ada compliance approvals manage right-of-way use and excavation policies.

S

Permits and work to meet desired standards and specifications and inspect all capital projects.

S

City and non-city to assure compliance with the applicable standards and specifications.

S

After review and analysis, such as researching right-of-way, permitting and use code for similar.

S

Cities, comparing fees using the current fee schedule to the fees using the proposed fee.

S

Schedule reviewing other violation enforcement language within the bloomington municipal code.

S

And coordinating with public works staff regarding right-of-way use and reconstruction requirements.

S

As well as discussions with various stakeholders regarding the walk around language.

S

Staff came up with a chapter 12.08 and 12.10 draft. The draft includes numerous.

S

Small updates, as well as larger updates, as highlighted on this and following slides.

S

The first is right-of-way use. We do not currently have a mechanism to charge fees for.

S

Right-Of-Way use or issue fines when maintenance and traffic plans aren't.

S

Followed or the right-of-way is used without permission, causing issues for the public. We.

S

Would like to require a fee for contractors to use the right-of-way to reflect the inconvenience that.

S

Is caused to the public and staff time spent reviewing and following up on right way, use.

S

Secondly, imutcd or indiana manual uniform traffic control devices, compliant maintenance.

S

And traffic plans are already required in practice, this provision would codify our.

S

Current practice of requesting this for street excuse me lane bike lane and sidewalk closures.

S

The image on the slide slide is an example from chapter 6 of the imet.

S

Cd, that shows temporary traffic control for a one lane closure utilizing flaggers.

S

Lastly, we would like to codify requirements for contractors to leave us.

S

With a better finished product, for example, when developers build new buildings and hard.

S

Skates, we are frequently left with cobbled together streets with patches here and there.

S

Typically, for the various utility installations we'd like to require complete mill, pave and.

S

Stripe for excavations that occur on streets paved in the last three years.

S

I apologize, I think I might have skipped a slide here.

S

Nope, I did not okay, um so the next uh update is a fees and fees. You reflect amount of city time.

S

And resources spent on permit review inspections, paperwork and added, wear and tear to the city's.

S

Infrastructure, for example, fiber boring project, does take time to inspect and does cause undue.

S

Wear and tear on the infrastructure but 75 cents per lineal foot leads to permits that cost. Tens of.

S

Thousands of dollars to supply a neighborhood with fiber the fee is prohibitive fees should.

S

Be reduced for projects that benefit the public but take costs away from city capital projects.

S

I.E, sidewalk projects should not be a dollar per square foot, resulting in thousands of.

S

Dollars in fees for a project that results in new sidewalks for the public digging in.

S

The dirt should not be as expensive as tearing up a brand new road. Currently, it's one dollar.

S

Per square foot, regardless of what you're digging into and fees for excavation in.

S

The right-of-way are currently in title 17 and we propose to move those to title 12.

S

We have included a comparison here of a project using the current fee structure versus a project.

S

Using the new fee structure and this particular project is used as our example due to the fact.

S

That city did receive pushback from the developer, about the cost related to these improvements.

S

For a large project on the south side of the city in 2019, a large section of site path was closed.

S

And widened as an improvement. Additionally, two new sections of side path, each measuring approximately.

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150 feet were built within a previously unimproved section of the city's right-of-way. This project.

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Provides a silly city, nearly 1200 feet, of new or improved site path under our current fee schedule,.

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The total fee would be eighteen thousand four hundred twenty three dollars and fifty cents with.

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Nine thousand six hundred and three dollars being a fee for constructing improving the site path.

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Under the proposed fee schedule, the total fee would be four hundred eighty six dollars and.

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Thirty three cents, where nine hundred seventy six dollars, pertains to the new or improved sidewalk.

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As well as updating fees, we've proposed updated bond amounts. Bonds are in place in case a.

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Contractor fails to complete their work. The bond ensures the city has the ability to repair it at.

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The contractor's respect contractor's expense and set about the city's expense, although this.

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Is not one of our initial goals? We believed it would be more clear for staff and the public to.

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Do away with the current bond structure and make defined amounts for typical work that takes place.

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Currently, there is a required five thousand dollar bond that has a stipulation that any work that may.

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Cost more than five thousand dollars should be of the estimated cost plus 25. It can be time.

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Consuming for staff to check estimates for so many permits, and this will help eliminate some of that.

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Some work, such as street cuts, should require a larger bond due to the larger cost to do a street.

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Cut repair, if the contractor doing the work failed to finish repairs or failed to repair a standard.

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The image on this slide shows a small portion of the proposed bond amount schedule.

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The new schedule includes right-of-way use bond amounts such as street closure.

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Storage of materials and sidewalk closures. Speaking of cyber closures, the next highlight.

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Is obstructing sidewalk and walk around requirements.

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This is one of the more substantial changes we are proposing and the photo here is of a walk around.

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um The proposed changes are intended to condense. The previous changes, um I'm sorry, the previous.

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Three sections that existed in chapter 12.04 and to one section, an ad language that requires.

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Compliance with indiana manual of uniform traffic control devices, public right-of-way, accessibility,.

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Guidelines or pro-ag and occupational safety and health administration or osha guidance.

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Without going into excessive detail, I do want to relay a bit of information on how.

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Proag and mvtcd relate to ada guidelines in the context of temporary pedestrian routes.

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First, the americans with disabilities act of 1990 states that the needs and control of all.

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Road users, motorists bicyclists and pedestrians through a temporary traffic control zone shall.

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Be an essential part of any roadway construction utility work, permit and maintenance operations.

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Secondly, public right-of-way accessibility, guidelines or proag.

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Serves as current accepted guidance regarding pedestrian design, aspects of public streets.

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And highways such as crosswalks curb ramps, street furnishings, pedestrian signals, parking and other.

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Components of the public right-of-way for temporary and permanent facilities.

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The city of bloomington adopted this as their official guidance for right of way.

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Right away, accessibility. Lastly, the imu tcd standard states that the needs and.

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Control of all road users, motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians within the highway, including persons.

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With disabilities, in accordance with the americans with disabilities act through a temporary traffic.

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Control zone shall be an essential part of highway construction utility work, maintenance operations.

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And the management of traffic incidents all of these entities guidelines echo the sentiment.

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That temporary pedestrian facilities should be accessible for all pedestrians.

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And are in line with the ada guidance by adding into code the requirement to meet these guidelines.

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When submitting an application for a permit, we are then able to add the new enforcement chapter.

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With the ability to issue a violation when these requirements aren't met in the field and we'll.

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Go over enforcement later in the presentation, with a specific situation regarding walk around.

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Other proposed changes to this part of code include the ability for the transportation.

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And traffic engineer to require additional items to a walk around such as overhead protection and.

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Other safety precautions, in some cases the transportation traffic engineer- may require.

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Pedestrian detour or other accommodations in accordance with mutcd or osha guidelines, the mutcd.

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Gives the following guidance about pedestrians in and around work zones? Pedestrians should not be.

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Led into direct conflicts with worksite vehicles, equipment or operations, pedestrians should not.

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Be led into direct conflicts with mainline traffic moving through or around the work site. Pedestrians.

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Should be provided with a safe, convenient travel path that replicates as nearly as possible the.

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Most desirable characteristics of sidewalks or footpaths in this situation, the transportation and.

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Traffic engineer shall take into consideration the city's comprehensive plan and transportation plan.

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Regarding pedestrian priority, other considerations include avoiding additional pedestrian street.

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Crossings added travel, distance and options for detours, diversions, road nearing or road closures,.

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For automobiles, in order to maintain connectivity for pedestrians, the board of public works will.

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Also have the ability to require pedestrian detour based on the context of the construction site.

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Taking into consideration the same factors as the transportation and traffic engineer,.

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Cases that need board approval are typical for sidewalk closures over 14 days in length.

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Lastly, and much anticipated by many the addition of penalties in the form of fines.

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For failure to maintain an approved maintenance traffic plan, which leads me to the next.

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Proposed change to title 12 the addition of an enforcement and penalties chapter.

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The overall purpose behind the removal of the section titled violations and the addition of.

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Chapter 12.10 enforcement penalties is to have enforcement procedures in place.

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That are more consistent with enforcement procedures and other chapters of city code.

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That allow staff to be more efficient and specific when issuing fines.

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Currently, when code is violated, enforcement is carried out through letters issued from the city's.

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Legal department, having enforcement procedures in place for staff to be able to directly issue.

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A legal department, approved notice of violation, will be more efficient. These procedures are more.

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Consistent with enforcement procedures and other chapters of city code as well.

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We should be able to have stiffer penalties for more egregious infractions.

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As well as a violation schedule to detail those fines, the current code violations has- and I quote.

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A penalty and an amount not to exceed 100 per day, but the proposed code will be.

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An initial fine, which would be up to twenty five hundred dollars uh per day. um And if a contractor.

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Continued to violate a provision the maximum per day, fine would continue to double until it reached.

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Seventy five hundred dollars still in uh violation each day, subsequent fine, would continue.

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Until the violation was remedied, currently we only have the ability to fine for excavations well,.

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Without a permit, because the current code is only about excavations in the right-of-way since.

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Proposed code includes types of use, types of uses of the right-of-way. We added fines for those uses.

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For example, we added failure to maintain approved maintenance traffic plan to the list of violations.

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The photo on the slide is an example of a situation where a walk around was required.

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To be in place during construction of a building, the walk-around maintenance of traffic plan was.

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Approved during the permitting processes and approved by the board of public works,.

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This approved plan was not adhered to and we had no mechanism and code to find or issue a stop work.

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Order with proposed code, as stated previously and shown on the slide, failure to maintain approved.

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Maintenance traffic plan, including but not limited, to maintaining compliant traffic control devices.

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This situation would have warranted a fine in this particular case. There would have.

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Been multiple infractions and fines under the proposed enforcement procedures, section of code.

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We have added the ability to issue a stop work order. In this example case we may have issued.

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A stop work order if we had the ability due to the ongoing issues. What we are shooting for is a.

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Fine for the fine to get the responsible party to take action that permanently remedies a violation.

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It will be beneficial to have the stop work order as an option.

S

And I did want to add that um a question that had previously come up about uh contractors being.

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You know maybe surprised or a bit of pushback about fines and just say that um their work.

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In other municipalities, um they should be quite used to this type of um fine structure.

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You know receiving fines for.

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Not having permits or not maintaining, traffic control and things of that nature.

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So I did add a slide here just to quickly go over amendment number one. This amendment was submitted.

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By council members, rosenberger and piedmont smith, they worked with neil and I on the language and.

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We are in favor of and appreciate their attention to the section of the update request, um just real.

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Quickly in excess of 24 hours has changed to period or periods, totaling, 24 hours or more.

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There is now an ability to require a walk around for.

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Less than 24 hours, if it's to facilitate access in high use pet areas or other contexts.

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There's also an addition to provide an eight-foot walk-around in the downtown overlay.

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When possible,.

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um And then the next one is um addition of language.

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That the walk around remain unobstructed unless otherwise approved during review.

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For use in situations like such as construction entrance that will be having.

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Construction traffic go across the walk around. Of course, we would want that to be minimized.

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But that is something that some that happens quite a bit, especially in the downtown area.

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And then we also there's also the addition.

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And change of the his or her designee to their designee.

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To to code to address the binary, non-binary language.

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And that brings me to the end of my presentation. Thank you all for your time and consideration.

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Of the proposed title, 12 updates, which we believe meets the stated goals as well as.

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Meeting guidance from chapter six of the comprehensive plan.

S

Thank you again and I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have.

A

Thank you, ms gomez. So before we go to questions, let's hear the report of the transportation.

A

Committee councilmember rosenberger, if you could unshare the screen. Thank you. Thank you.

H

Okay, you hear that very thorough. Okay. Thank you. Thanks for the very thorough presentation.

H

Ms gomez, I um we so the transportation committee met twice to discuss this ordinance. uh Our main.

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Focus was on the portion about walk around, so we have an amendment to be introduced later.

H

And ms gomez touched on those parts that kind of kept us going another week on this.

H

We like the addition of fines, because it has, I would say, come to our attention that it's been.

H

Hard to enforce some things in the code around the use of right-of-way and closing that space so.

H

This should be a good addition to make sure you know everyone's doing the right thing and.

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Pedestrians and bicyclists are safe, as can be when construction is going on. So that's pretty.

H

Short and sweet, I would say, um but we were all on board four zero zero for this organ.

A

Okay, thank you for that report. Are there questions on ordinance, 2021.

A

Looking for council members with questions, not seeing any council members with questions.

A

Surprised that I'm not seeing any controversial questions, councilmember sims.

K

Thank you. um Actually. What I wanted to ask about was the fee schedule um and the comment.

K

That contractors should be used to these type of feasts or fine schedules, something not fee.

K

Fine schedules um because they work in other communities. um I don't so much want to argue.

K

That point, I guess my question is: do we have plans from an education standpoint.

K

To inform the contractors is that something that they get when they.

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Apply for permits to do this work or do we are we making an effort to.

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Contact those we've done business with to make them aware of this new fine schedule.

S

uh Yes, I the plan would be once it um passes through council. Then we would be reaching out to.

S

A list of contractors and directing them to those changes to the code.

K

Okay, thank you you're very welcome. Thank you. Further questions from council members.

A

Seeing none will go to the public for comment on ordinance, 20 21.

A

Did you have a question comes from rosenberger, president belmont? Should I have? Oh I'm sorry.

A

That's right we're going to our amendment yeah. I apologize yeah. Okay, the amendments, a little slow.

H

In that, okay, uh president obama, I would like to move to introduce amendment 1 for ordinance, 2021.

C

Second motion in a second thank you please go ahead! Thank you. So, as ms gomez uh discussed on her.

H

Slide, council, member piedmont, smith and I entered are introducing an amendment just to make it a.

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Little more clear about walk around requirements and adding a little more language, so that.

H

We really focus on prioritizing pedestrian safety, so before this amendment it it said if any area is.

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Blocked for a period in excess of 24 hours, um a walk around would be required and now.

H

We're just sort of saying or periods totaling 24 hours trying to get around.

H

uh Some some construction that happens usually in the downtown area, but that is closed. Like.

H

During the work day, but um over a period of days, so something like eight to five every day.

H

For four days would then need a walk around or a detour. If.

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The traffic and transportation engineer decided that so that is the main part of.

H

The changes those are in the packet in red, if you have any, if you have any questions there,.

A

All right are there any questions for members on from members for amendment one.

A

Any more questions, counselor sims.

K

Thank you. I only have one, it's probably more of a clarification um with regard to.

K

uh The five feet wide walk around um and then a couple sentences lower within the downtown overlay.

K

A walk around of eight feet and width should be provided when possible. I won't take issue with.

K

That I just kind of want to know what was the thought process of the requirement of five feet.

K

And the suggestion of eight feet when possible, and I'm also thinking in terms of enforcement.

K

um For what's possible: what's not possible! How is that determined? um So what was the thought process.

K

With the required five feet, but with the possible option or should be eight feet when possible,.

H

Sure so the five feet comes from the proag guidelines. um That's the that's! This width.

H

Of a walk around that should be required, but then there's there's an advisory guideline that says.

H

In in areas with high pedestrian use, you should try to do an eight foot or like in downtown areas.

H

You should try to do an eight foot wide um walk around because there are more people so.

H

Like really when you think about five feet, it's like two people can walk.

H

Side by side and an eight feet would just give you a little more space to not really be like.

H

Single file both directions, so we thought we would take that advisory guideline and put it.

H

As a suggestion in the amendment in the code and then that discretion would be up to.

H

The traffic and transportation engineer about whether or not it's possible.

K

So does that trigger a violation and thus a fine? No it's just uh it's pot. It's possible.

H

We would do that so it wouldn't. You wouldn't have a fine, um because it's just a suggestion. Basically.

H

I mean, I think, and miss gomez could maybe comment on it, but I think she would work she would decide.

H

That so then, right, um if there needed to be an eight foot wide one or if that is doable, then.

H

That's what would be required of the developer? Ms gomez, yes I'll just say that um the eight feet.

S

um It is a should statement and when we're talking about um you know language, that's that's specific.

S

If that were to be a shall statement, um then that would be a you know a shall they have to.

S

Do eight feet in that area, and so putting in the should gives us that little bit of wiggle room.

S

And and no there would not be any sort of fine for not being able to meet the should requirement.

K

Okay, I guess I'm wondering what would motivate me as a contractor.

K

To do eight feet if that was my discretion and I'm okay with it. I mean it just kind of seems a little.

K

Extra to me, if we don't require- and I understand the intent I think.

K

But can you explain that a little bit, what would motivate a contractor to decide if it's possible.

S

um So I don't think that the contractor and in many cases is going to be motivated to put in a.

S

Walk around at all ever, and so this is more um us working with the contractor. So when we're looking.

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At the plans that they submit we're going to be looking at the area and saying what makes.

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Sense, what kind of equipment do they need in here? Do they need to set a crane? Do they need.

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To store materials, those types of things and what space we actually think that they.

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Truly need for that work. um You know, of course, with their input on that. You know.

S

We we have to understand that they they do have safety in mind as well. um So.

S

Ultimately, it would be up to staff to say um in this particular situation. We think that you.

S

Could probably fit in an eight foot, walk around um work on getting us a plan that shows that.

S

um And then we would go from there, so it's not necessarily a motivation for them to do it. It's.

S

Us working with them so would that then become a requirement and a permitting process.

K

Potentially, yes- and we could do that, even though it says should, as opposed to shall.

K

Yes, okay, thank you. Thank you. Further questions, councilmember piedmont, smith,.

C

I just wanted to follow up on the questions from councilmember sims. um Ms gomez, do I understand.

C

Correctly that uh the uh developer, who or whoever is in charge of the you know, encroachment on the.

C

Right-Of-Way comes up with a plan in consultation with staff of how they're going to navigate the.

C

Pedestrian and vehicular traffic and then that plan becomes what they have to stick to.

C

uh And if they don't stick to that plan, they're fined is that is that accurate.

S

That is accurate, I'll put in just the caveat that if there's a plan in place.

S

And through the construction process we find- or maybe we wouldn't find, but the.

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Contractor would find um there to be some sort of issue with the way it has been approved.

S

When it's happening so they can see that hey this, this particular thing is not safe. It doesn't work.

S

Then we would work with them on what can we do to change it, to make it better, but otherwise.

S

Yes, they need to stick to the plan, otherwise they can be fined. So if, if they work with.

C

Staff and there's enough space for an eight-foot walk-around, and this is then part of their plan.

C

Then they could potentially be fined if they then reduce that to five feet.

C

Correct, okay, yeah and, and just as a comment as as one of the sponsors of the amendment, I think the.

C

The eight feet also allows um potentially two individuals who utilize wheelchairs.

C

To be next to each other past each other, so that's another consideration.

K

Thank you for that answer and I guess I was getting into downtown overlay.

K

That eight feet is probably more or less required, depending on the traffic.

K

So I was more concerned about the shell versus the should so thank you.

A

Thank you further questions on the amendment.

I

Thank you um about two thirds of the way down the page. The walk around shall remain unobstructed.

I

At all times, unless otherwise approved by the transportation and traffic engineer, their designee.

I

Is that I get? I think this is a ms gomez question. Is there a formal process for that? Is that assumed.

I

To be in writing, um they have to be granted that exception in writing. Can it be verbal.

I

In other words, what's implied in that that.

I

Allows us to be crystal clear in our expectations. All around I apologize. I did not hear the very.

S

First part of your question, so I'm missing the the crux of it all here. Oh sorry, uh this is regarding.

I

Third, paragraph down the walk around shall remain unobstructed at all times unless otherwise approve.

I

Is there a particular process for that already in place? Is that written is that verbal.

I

Do we need to be more explicit in what kind of permission is required there um just so.

I

Everyone's I mean one of the strengths of this legislation is that it clarifies expectations.

I

So I'm wondering if we need to clarify there, is it written? Is it verbal? Is it both.

S

I think that's a fair question. um Typically, when there's.

S

A long-term closure of the right-of-way is when we're going to run into.

S

A situation where construction traffic is going to be crossing a walk around.

S

And so in those instances they they will need to go to the.

S

Board of public works for approval, and so then it would be on public.

S

Publicly documented at that meeting.

S

Right, thank you. You're welcome.

A

Further questions on the amendment.

A

Seeing none will go to the public for comment on amendment 1 to.

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Ordinance 2021. there's anyone who like to speak to this amendment.

A

Please type into the chat or rate use the raised hand function in zoom. First call.

A

Second call, mr lucas: is there anyone who would like to speak to amendment one.

P

That I see at the moment now final call for public comment on amendment. One.

A

We'll come back to the council now for.

A

Second round of questions or for debate is there any final comment on amendment one.

A

A

Councilmember sims, um just something I neglected, I think when I began.

K

Coming or questioning I forgot to thank miss gomez for her presentation. um I thought it was very.

K

Thorough and and thanks for answering the question so just a bit of formality on my part. Thank you.

A

Thank you, mr sims. Is there any other comment on amendment one.

A

Council versus smith- I just I wanted to thank miss gomez, hold on this- is the amendment not the.

A

Whole ordinance, oh, oh, okay, never mind! Okay! This is on amendment. One final call for the amendment.

A

Will the clerk please call the role on amendment 1 to ordinance 2021.

B

Yes, councilman morallo, yes, scandaloury, yes, rosenbacher! Yes,.

B

Sims, yes, volun; yes, piedmont, smith, yes, flaherty! Yes, smith, yes and sandberg.

E

Yes, that amendment passes we go back now to the ordinance as amended.

A

Are there any further questions customer speed month smith, I move amendment 2 to ordinance 2021.

C

Second, this is just a second. This is just a very simple amendment to change all the.

C

The gender pronouns to non-binary pronouns in the whole ordinance.

A

Are there any questions for councilwoman piedmont, smith,.

C

Oh, and I should say it's co-sponsored by myself and council member rosenberger.

A

Okay, is there a question for either co-sponsor.

A

Is there any comment from staff uh staff is supportive? Thank you. If there's no questions.

A

For members we'll go to the public for comment on amendment two first call second call final call.

A

And we're back to the council for final comment.

A

See no counselor people on smith. Well, I just wanted to say.

C

uh It was actually ms gomez's idea, so thank you for that.

A

Any other comments on amendment two.

A

Will the clerk please call the roll on amendment two to ordinance 2021.

B

Yes, councilmember scandaluri, yup rosenberger, yes, sims, yes, mullen; yes, demand smith; yes, clarity! Yes,.

D

Yes, sandberg, yes, rollo, yes,.

A

Is that everyone? Okay, uh that amendment passes, we go now back to the ordinance as amended.

A

Any questions on the package as a whole 2021.

C

Councilmember bolin, yes, I I just wanted to make a comment that I I really appreciate and I we kind.

S

Of went past it sorry, but um I really appreciate the uh addition of the theirs um versus the.

S

His or hers language, um so thank you for for putting that forth. Well, I I would uh simply.

A

Move that, thanks over to the sponsors and to the members who approved it and say that.

A

I think that's important to being inclusive, so thanks for uh for suggesting it.

A

With that, are there any other questions from members on the ordinance as a whole.

A

Seeing none will go to the public for comment on ordinance 2021 as amended.

A

Is there any public comment, please use the raise hand, function and zoom.

A

Or speak into the chat type into the chat, rather, mr lucas, is there anyone to speak on this issue.

P

Yes, I do see a request from greg alexander who should now be able to unmute himself. Mr alexander.

A

Mr alexander, please go ahead. Awesome thanks. um Hi, I'm greg alexander. uh This is exciting. You know.

T

About time, dare I say uh I have concerns, I first I've really got to say uh this. Isn't personal.

T

I've seen three generations of public improvement managers with substantively similar attitudes and.

T

That's across all the staff, I I have a lot of problems with with roles, um but it's it doesn't.

T

Much matter who fills the role, it's it's! How the bureaucracy functions that matters, um but.

T

Staff's consistent indifference to pedestrian safety has caused a most personal injury.

T

My my kids have been walking in the street. There is nothing more personal to me than that injury.

T

So I've been working on this for a few years since I've had kids. I was first told um by three public.

T

Improvement managers ago that they can issue, stop work, orders for violations, but they choose not to.

T

Which I don't know, I I've been told that personally I've been told that the.

T

The land use committee has been told that the bike and pet safety commission has been told that.

T

And I I can't believe, I'm the only one I rate about that. How could you choose.

T

Not to enforce the law if you have the ability, um but earlier this year I decided to report a.

T

Continuing violation: every day for three weeks and suddenly I had three different members of.

T

The engineering division um telling me they absolutely have no enforcement mechanism so.

T

You know it'll be true. Now they'll have the ability to enforce the law, but would they continue.

T

To decide not to you know, without citizens doing that labor of reporting, repeated violations will.

T

They decide that a warning was sufficient. uh Will construction sites by my house be the only ones.

T

That have enforcement, just the fluke that somebody repeats repeatedly uh complains. You know I don't.

T

Have a crystal ball, I don't know, I'm optimistic, I guess cautiously. You know because some of these.

T

Problems are continuing and are at the discretion of staff already, uh like sidewalks, were closed.

T

On college, between 14th and 7th for five straight years across three different public improvement,.

T

Managers, like that's, that's not an exaggeration, literally one project or another closed the.

T

Sidewalk on one side of the street over that that uh three three eighths of a mile stretch.

T

And my kids were walking in the street for that and people were acting like. I was crazy to be.

T

Upset about this, you know I I that was then you know so just recently. The sidewalk right.

T

The old rhinos building the construction site just south of the bus station, it was closed for.

T

A year until a few months ago, um the bike lane was closed too. uh You know it. It's the sidewalk.

T

At the fourth street garage north of the bus station is still closed. Today it was so exciting.

T

To hear ms gomez read that section from the uh the manual of uniform traffic control devices.

T

I've long wanted to shout that that particular section in a number of people's faces. It's just.

T

We need to offer a compelling alternative for pedestrians when the sidewalk is is closed for.

T

Construction people can't be just walking in the street, you can't just add people to jaywalk in.

T

The middle of of college under the train bridge- that's that's, not acceptable. Engineering practice.

T

uh And it says so in the mutcd, so I'm so glad to hear that that acknowledged. But I am absolutely.

T

As jaded as it is possible for an activist to be my children have walked in the streets.

T

I I guess I'll be going to the board of public works and, coming back to tell you guys how it goes.

T

um We'll see thanks for your time. Thank you to any other public comment on ordinance 2021, as amended.

A

A

Final call uh for comment on orders 2021, as amended.

A

Seeing none we'll come back to the council for second round of questions.

A

Or for debate is there any final comment on ordinance 2021 as amended.

A

Counselor piedmont, smith, I'd just like to thank the staff, especially ms gomez, for her work on this.

C

It is, it is overdue legislation, uh it's um long overdue, that we have some.

C

Recourse to find people who block the pedestrian, right-of-way and.

C

I think this will improve matters for pedestrians uh throughout the city when there's construction.

C

Going on, but I think also we should keep an eye on it and see if it really does.

C

Have sufficient teeth and if there may be other requirements that we might.

C

Add in in future years, so let's uh I think this will do a good job, but let's keep an eye on it.

A

Thank you for the debate on ordinance, 2021.

A

A

A

I will just say I wanted to also thank uh the department for uh bringing this forward. The.

A

Work of ms gomez, mr copper, it is overdue. um I would even go so far and say it's long overdue.

A

um The uh noise ordinance used to be something similarly unable to be enforced. I think I brought.

A

This up at committee and once we instituted escalating fines for noise violations, it became.

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A lot more effective to enforce. I am more than sympathetic to mr alexander's position.

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But it did have to start with the enforcer I can. I am not surprised that.

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You know prior uh officials of the city charged with maintaining the public right-of-way might.

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Have uh thought uh that there was nothing that could be done about it? There was something that.

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Could be done, but it didn't just require a change in law required to change an attitude towards.

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uh The primacy of uh users of the street that there that there was there should be.

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A hierarchy where cars have priority uh if this goes some way to uh equalizing making.

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History, more complete, which I think has a very strong contribution to uh then I think we will.

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At last be satisfactorily remedying a long-overdue problem with that counselor flaherty.

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Thanks uh yeah, I also just wanted to thank um uh mr copper and miss gomez for the transportation.

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Committee for all their work, um this is an issue I had followed up with staff quite a bit on earlier.

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This year, as well, and and had some work with them. So thanks to to the folks here tonight as well.

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As other city staff um for working together with us to to address some of these things,.

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um I shared customer feedback, smith's uh sentiment as well that I think, as well as mr alexander, that.

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We need to just look at this over time and see how it's working um a lot of this was.

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Kind of structured, it's a nuanced and kind of complicated topic, sometimes um so. Discretion.

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Is inherent uh or needed uh for engineering, um and I think you know, uh staff and transportation.

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Committee members did their best to build in the values of our comprehensive and transportation.

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Plan but whether or not we follow those exactly is kind of another question it kind of is.

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You know needs to be borne out over time, so we'll look at that over time and just.

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One issue in particular: I wanted to um express um a desire to make sure that we're mindful of.

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Is when the city is pursuing projects as developer um or as a construction entity? um We need to be.

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Sure that we are holding ourselves to the same standard that we hold everyone else to.

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And that we, um even if not following the exact same processes, uh that that were uh yeah.

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You know following the same the same standards and and if not setting the standard.

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For what what this should look like, so that, in particular, is an issue that I'll be keeping an.

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Eye on so thanks again I'll be supporting this. Thank you further debate on ordinance, 2021.

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Final call: will the clerk please call the role in ordinance 2021 as amended.

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Yes, councilmember rosenberger, yes, sims, yes, volun! Yes,.

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Rosenberg or oh, my gosh, so sorry, piedmont, smith! Yes, clarity! Yes, smith! Yes, samber! Yes, rollo! Yes,.

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And scandaloury, yes,.

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And ordinance 2021 is adopted. Thank you. We go now to the next item on our agenda. Mr president,.

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I move that ordinance, 2018 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis. Only.

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Second motion: in a second will: the clerk: please call the role of the motion to introduce.

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Council, member sims, yes, volun, yes, being mount smith. Yes,.

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Yes, smith, yes, sandberg, yes, rallo, yes, scandalory yeah and rosenberger yeah.

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All right well, the clerk. Please read my title and synopsis.

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Ordinance 2018 to amend title 15 of the bloomington municipal code entitled vehicles.

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And traffic regarding amending chapters, 15 12 0-1-0, stop intersections to add several stop signs.

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15 12030 pedestrian, hybrid beacon signals to add a hybrid beacon signal, 15 32080, no parking.

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Zones to add several no parking zones, 15 32 100 loading zones to delete several loading zones.

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15 32 100 loading zones to add a loading zone, 1537.020 applicability to delete several streets.

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From zone 8 and 1537.050 fees to add a provision to add provision about the timing of permit sales.

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The synopsis is as follows: this ordinance amends title, 15 vehicles and traffic of the.

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Bloomington municipal code and comes forth at the request of city staff and the traffic commission.

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The ordinance makes the following changes: it adds stop intersections to south addison lane. That's.

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West countryside lane and at south dalia star drive to south dalia star drive at.

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West countryside side lane and at west sunstone drive to west eventide drive at south addison lane.

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And at south delilah star drive to south flat rock road at south addison lane and to west.

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Sunstone drive at south adams street. It adds a new pedestrian hybrid beacon signal at the crossing of.

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South walnut street and the beeline trail, it adds a new, no parking zone on west pinewood drive from.

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South walnut street to south pinewood lane on both sides of the street, it deletes several loading.

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Zones from the municipal code that are no longer in existence and corrects the time restrictions.

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For a loading zone on west 4th street, it deletes the current residential neighborhood parking.

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Residential neighborhood zone aid as that zone was absorbed by other zones by previous ordinance. It.

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Clarifies that the parking services division has the authority to begin the neighborhood parking.

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Permit sales process for the upcoming year at any time, the transportation committee recommendation.

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Are as follows, amendment 1 to ordinance 2018 is do pass 400 and the committee recommendation on the.

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Ordinance, as amended is also do pass. Four zero, zero.

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Thank you, mr president. I move that ordinance 2018 be adopted. Second, okay, I think I see mr.

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Amir farshi here to present ordinance 2018. Is that correct? Yes, thank you, hello. I'm amir.

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Farsil long-range planner for the planning and transportation department. Let me clear my screen.

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Can you see my screen.

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Yes, we can see it. Yes, yes, thank you. uh Okay, the ordinance uh proposes various amendments to the.

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Title 15 of the bloomington municipal code entitled vehicles and traffic title 15 is the.

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Title of the code subject to frequent change and revisions. These proposals are the result.

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Of feedback from the planning and transportation department, legal department and parking services.

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The purpose of these recommendations is to address issues that have come to a staff attention.

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Through public requests, commission recommendations or 180-day orders, some items are related to safety.

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Issues: improving visibility for people, pedestrian and bicyclist safety, traffic calming and.

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Housekeeping changes, staff work with the mayor's office and the council's office to present title.

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15, more than one time a year up to three times a year, this request for changes to title 15 was.

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Presented to the traffic commission and parking commission in september 2020 and to the trial and.

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To the council transportation committee on october 26 2020., the ordinance makes the following changes.

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It adds some stop intersections. A new pedestrian, hybrid beacon signal.

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And a new knob parking zone, the ordinance edits several loading zones that are no longer.

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In existence and the residential neighborhood zone 8, as that zone was observed by other zones,.

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By previous ordinance, the ordinance corrects the time restriction for one loading zone.

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And the ordinance clarifies that the parking services division has the authority to begin the.

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Neighborhood parking permit sales process for the upcoming year at any time, the details and.

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Maps are included in the meeting packet. Please let us up know if you have any questions and.

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Let me introduce the staff war in this new meeting uh best rosenberger planning services manager.

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Michelle wall parking services, director ryan cox, working enforcement manager.

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And copper, interior transportation and traffic engineer. Thank you commuted. So sorry, all right.

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Are there any questions for ordnance 2018 from members? Should I go over the report.

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uh Thank you. I keep forgetting the transportation committee report.

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Council rosenberger, I think thank you very much. I actually don't have a lot to add, though this.

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Is pretty much a routine update of title 15. again, I'm rather new here, but I've heard this.

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Happen on a regular basis, um we talked about the stop signs, the no parking zones um we there are.

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Pictures of all this in in the packet, if you all, want to check those out- or maybe you already have.

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We talked a little more about the hybrid beacon signal that has been installed.

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On walnut street, at the b link, which is the entrance to switchyard park on south walnut.

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We also talked about a little bit how these updates happen and how we might.

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Want them to happen in the future. That's more an administrative question. I think, but just that.

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How we keep all these lists in code and it might make sense to not keep lists in code sometimes, but.

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We would talk about that a different time, so this this ordinance was uh recommended do pass four.

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Zero zero. Thank you. Okay. I've unmuted now are there questions from members on ordnance, 2018.

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Anybody seeing none will go to the public for comment on ordinance, 2018.

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Is there any public comment? Mr president,.

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Oh sorry, yes you're sponsoring it I'm a little asleep. I'm sorry not getting a lot.

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Of sleep lately we'll do public comment in a minute. Let's go to amendment one.

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Need somebody to propose it. I move amendment one to ordinance 2018.. Second,.

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Motion, a second will, will you please go ahead and present it.

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May I ask the staff to present it since it was at the request of the staff and I'm not a sponsor.

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You may, mr farshi, would you please explain amendment one uh sure. Let me share my screen.

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Yeah, this is amendment one that uh council member warren sponsored. It is uh mainly uh actually.

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Yeah the followings or are designated as residential neighborhood permits.

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Parking zones and any streets within a zone boundary.

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As delineated by a street shall be considered within a designated zone, so it is mainly.

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To include estuaries within the zone to be eligible for the neighborhood park, impairment.

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Thank you, mr farsi. If you don't share the screen, I remember now my own amendment.

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And I'm ashamed of this, but um the gist of it is it. It was born out of.

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A concern that several members, uh several members of the public, have who owned houses on 17th street.

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uh Which are notionally in the garden hill parking zone but were legally gerrymandered out.

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Of it simply because they didn't have an address that was not on 17th street, it's kind of hard.

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To explain but uh they're, obviously in garden hill they're on the south side of 17th street.

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But their houses were excluded, so this would, in this case affect I think six out of ten.

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uh Structures on 17th street, among others, but uh staff also requested it because.

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Generally speaking, it's a little bit more. um It's a little easier to enforce.

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Neighborhood zones, when they're uh you know sort of evenly drawn just so it's easy to describe the.

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Zone so with that uh either mr farshir are happy to answer questions on amendment. One.

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I didn't think there'd be any, but just in case all right is there any member of the public who'd like to speak on amendment 1 to ordinance 2018.

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Final call on amendment one.

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See no public comment we'll come back to the council for debate. Is there any final comment on amendment 1 to ordinance 2018.

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Last call will the clerk please call the role in amendment one.

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Yes, councilmember: why? Yes, piedmont smith,.

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Yes, okay, clarity! Yes smith; yes, sandberg! Yes, rallo! Yes,.

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Yeah rosenberger, yes, and since yes, that amendment passes. Thank you. We come back.

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Now to the ordinance as amended, is there any public comment on ordinance 2018 as amended.

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Please raise your hand in zoom or type into the chat.

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Mr lucas, first we have greg alexander who should now be able to unmute himself.

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Hi thanks, uh I'm greg alexander. um I I mean this is. This is obviously a progress right. This is a.

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Good amendment or ordinance here, if we're talking about walnut and um the b-link there's like a.

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Hawk hybrid pedestrian-activated beacon there that's supposed to stop traffic on walnut.

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College, I don't know which it's called down there actually um and it it. uh I just figured. I I'd be.

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Remiss if I didn't, uh you know, give a little um report from that, because I've used it a number.

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Of times and it you know, obviously it's an improvement over what was there. You know.

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Staff is trying to do something about that and I I really appreciate that. But um the simple fact.

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Of the matter is, it doesn't work uh when you press the button. The light changes very quickly, but.

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Cars, don't don't stop, uh they don't necessarily even slow down. um If you wait. Eventually, cars.

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Will stop? You know the the first car that sees it might not stop? Maybe the tenth car stops and then.

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The cars behind them stop, um but it's what's known as a multiple threat crossing, because.

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You know you, you can see that the car- that's in the lane, right by you and you're, going to walk.

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In front of that car, well, you can't see past that car necessarily to see whether the next.

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Lane of traffic has stopped and on a road like college in walnut, where that that will be 40 mile.

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An hour traffic quite regularly uh that that's lethal, it's it's literally! It's a it's! That's.

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Why it's called a multiple threat intersection? It's something that engineers are very aware of.

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um It's a known problem with with road design that, when you have like four lanes of traffic, like that.

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And you have a pedestrian crossing across. It's gonna, be very challenging for pedestrians,.

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um There's literature that says uh that hog lights are like 99 effective, and I I I I honestly I I.

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I can't imagine that a licensed engineer would believe such malarkey.

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But um it's obviously it's completely ineffective. If you go down there and try it you'll see.

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Some people do stop sometimes, but a lot of times people. You know the moment. The pedestrian.

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Goes through they start going again, even if there's more pedestrians waiting to go through.

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um And so what we need is is a little bit of bone uh or backbone. um We need.

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Enforcement, honestly, I think, would help a little bit, but we need um an excitement and eagerness on.

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The part of staff to apply traffic calming because there are they're, they're gonna, seem radical.

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Engineers are not going to be excited to do this because they know drivers will.

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Complain but you can calm walnut in college, it doesn't have to be a failed pedestrian crossing.

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um So thanks for your time, thank you for the public comment on ordnance 2018, as amended.

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Final call for public comment.

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See now we come back to council for further questions or debate. Is there any final.

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Comment: counselor, piedmont, smith. um I wanted to follow up on the public comment we received.

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Please do the hawk signal, I believe, there's a hawk signal at allen, street and south walnut.

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But the one that we are now putting into code is further south at the b-link and I think it's a.

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A different type of signal, mr farshi, could you um clarify what type of signal.

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We are putting into code for at the be link, trail and um and walnut street.

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Let me share my screen really quick. Yeah here is the exact location at the intersection of.

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Actually, uh at the crossing of south walnut street and building trail, and it.

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Goes to switzerland park and yeah. It is a pedestrian, hybrid beacon signal and so.

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I think we can provide more information about that, but I believe when people push the bottom.

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The lights turn red and there is a sign here that tell drivers that they should have stopped. But.

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I believe so is: is this considered a hawk signal.

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I can clarify uh this, is you know proper uh interim transportation traffic engineer so.

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A hawk, the hawk signal is another name for the pedestrian, hybrid beacon.

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Php um they are the the same thing, uh so that is what is here at the b-link.

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um What is that? Allen street is a it's called: a rectangular, rapid, flashing beacon or an rrfb.

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um So those are the two different ones that you've mentioned.

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All right, so maybe there are some problems with cars, not stopping at that hawk signal.

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Something to keep our eyes on.

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Okay, thank you, councilmember rosenbarger. Thank you. I also wanted to comment on that.

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We did at the transportation committee meeting, discuss the allen and walnut.

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Street crossing, because that is where you hit the button, the light flashes, yellow and it it's true.

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That it can be a little terrifying, because you can't see that second line of traffic.

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uh Going in one direction right when you, when you are crossing, so I want to look into that and see.

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If it's possible to get that changed because allen street is a greenway, as I understand it,.

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It costs money like um changing anything and the alternative transportation budget in 2021.

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Is very small just like it has been in the past year, so it's just uh sadly, as usual, a matter of.

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We don't have funds to devote to things to increase pedestrian bicycle safety. Thank you.

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Thank you further comment on ordinance 2018 as amended.

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Last call, I will say a couple things briefly: um one.

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I want to thank council for piedmont smith for catching my heir of my uh uh my own amendment.

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Which again was brought at the request of staff, but it was one that was also based on a concern.

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From the public, uh so thank you for that. Also, uh there is another aspect of this ordinance that I.

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um I'm not too happy with, but didn't feel strongly enough to attempt to amend it out.

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And that's the final part about adding a provision for the timing of permit sales.

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I understand why uh parking services director wanted uh wants this flexibility. um I think there.

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Are better ways to do it, but it's not really worth changing it's just easier to let her begin to sell.

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Permits uh as early in the year she sees fit, but I do think it's going to perhaps confuse the issue.

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Especially when it comes to changing parking policy, which up until now, has really been pivoted.

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Around august 15th, because that's when permits expire because it's based on the school year.

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The other thing is that in general, we were talking about ordinances like this and yes,.

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Over the years, I have seen more than my share of title 15 uh ordinances, some of which used to run.

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Into the dozens of sections, and so to that end uh you know I and other members have begun talking.

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With uh planning and transportation about how we can uh find a way to perhaps uh delegate.

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The changing and of stop signs and yellow curves and the like, uh perhaps by stripping.

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Them out of code and putting them into an administrative section that can then be amended by.

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Without an ordinance, I think that sometime in 2021 it'd be worth exploring that possibility.

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um Because you know these have to come forward, often enough, because there's so many.

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Nominal changes to code that we should uh really think about a way to make that make this more.

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Administratively, more efficient, so I'm hoping that uh maybe we'll see the last of these title.

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15 changes sometime in 2021 because we found a new way to manage them with that. If there's no other.

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Members who'd like to comment I'll call for the vote. Any final comments.

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Seeing none with the clerk, please call the role on origins. 2018 is amended.

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Yes, councilmember, piedmont; smith; yes, flaherty; yes, smith; yes, sandberg, yes, rolla! Yes,.

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Scandaloury yeah rosenberger, yeah sims, yes and volin. Yes,.

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All right that ordinance passes. Thank you to mr farshi and mr copper appreciate the presentation.

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We now move to legislation for first readings.

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Mr president, I move that ordinance 2031.

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Be introduced and read by the clerk, my title and synopsis. Thank him. We have a motion in a.

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Second, with a clerk, please read or please call the role on the motion to introduce.

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That's council, member flaherty, yes smith, yes, samber! Yes,.

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Morello, yes, scandaloury, yes, rosenberger yeah, sims, yes, volume.

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Yes and piedmont smith: yes, that motion carries. Will the clerk please read by title and synopsis.

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Ordinance 2031 to amend title ii of the bloomington municipal code, entitled.

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Administration and personnel inserting chapter 2.35, establishing the department of engineering.

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And amending chapter 2.14, titled planning and transportation department, the synopsis is as.

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Follows this ordinance, creates the department of engineering and eliminates the transportation and.

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Traffic engineering services, division from the planning and transportation department.

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Thank you, mr president, I move that appropriation ordinance 2007.

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Introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only thank him. You have a.

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Motion in a second will, the clerk please read or please call the role the motion to introduce.

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Council, member smith, yes, sandberg; yes, yes, scandaloury, yes, rosenberger! Yes,.

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Sims, yes, volume; yes, piedmont, smith, yes, ancillary! Yes,.

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Will the clerk please read my title and synopsis.

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Appropriation ordinance 2007 to specially appropriate from the general fund, enhanced access.

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Fund social waste fund or solid waste fund risk management fund and the rental inspection program.

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Fund the expenditure is not just appropriated, appropriating various transfers of funds within.

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The public safety telecommunication fund, alternative transportation fund.

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Parking meter fund, cumulative capital, development fund, fleet maintenance fund police pension fund.

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And appropriating additional funds from the general fund, rental inspection fund, solid.

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Waste fund and the risk management fund. The synopsis is as follows: this ordinance.

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Appropriates various transfers of funds within the public safety lit fund, non-reverting telecom.

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Fund alternative transportation fund parking meter fund cumulative capital development fund.

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Fleet maintenance fund police pension fund, it also appropriates additional funds from the.

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General fund rental inspection program fund, solid waste fund and risk management fund.

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Thank you and uh I will be referring ordinance 2031 to the admin committee administration.

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Committee, which will meet at 6 30 on the 12th of november and for creation, ordinance 2007.

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To committee of the hold to meet at 7 30 on the 12th of november, by the way we are.

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Having a meeting on thursday, the 12th because veterans day is on the 11th, so.

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Unless there is a motion to do otherwise uh counsel for piedmont smith, I wanted to.

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Acquire as to the scheduling of the meeting of the uh public safety committee for november 12th,.

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um Oh, we were referred to 20 20 to a second, I I I apologize. I did not think about this. Yesterday. We.

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Cancelled our scheduling meeting because it was a city holiday.

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Well, I you know, I think the most logical thing would be to have it.

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After uh the committee the whole, but uh I don't know how long the committee the whole should.

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Take uh controversy scan valerie, I'm looking for suggestions here. You want to start. Would it help.

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To start a little earlier so start the admin committee at 5 30, I would be unavailable uh so.

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We'd have to have the admin committee later. um We could certainly do committee of the whole at 5 30.

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uh Council of residents- sorry, I'm sorry, we can also do public safety first.

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Yeah well, the thing about the public safety committee is. I expect that that to be the one.

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That takes the most time. So that's generally, why I want to put that last uh customer piedmont, smith.

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Oh, I didn't have my hand raised, but well then let me, let me suggest two hours would.

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Probably be enough, then let me suggest uh 5 30 for committee of the whole 6 30 for.

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Admin committee and 7 30 for the public safety committee without that agreeable to everyone.

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Did you say those times again, 5 30 5 30 for committee of the whole 6 30 for.

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uh Advent committee and 7 30 for public safety committee. I did forget that that was coming back.

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Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

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Everyone; okay with that any objections. Okay uh with that, we now go to additional public comment.

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If there's any member, the public would like to speak to an item that is to on an item that is.

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Not on tonight's agenda, please use the raise hand, function and zoom or type into the chat.

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First call for public comment.

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Final call for public comment.

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And so, with no public comment, we moved to matters of council schedule. Mr lucas.

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What do we have in store for us? You all just sorted out the issues of council schedule.

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That I was going to raise I'm just a reminder for the public that the next.

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Next week's meeting will take place on thursday november the 12th due to veterans day following.

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Following on wednesday, so that's a change from the normal pattern, and that was the only.

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Only reminder I wanted to bring up very good with that. uh If there's.

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No other business I'll entertain a motion to adjourn summer. All in favor voice, vote, say aye.

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We are adjourned. Thank you. All go get some rest good night.

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