City of Bloomington, Indiana City Council, 22 Jul 2020

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All right, this meeting of the lincoln county council will come to order. This.

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Is the regular session for 3rd wednesday july 22nd? Will the clerk please call the.

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Yes, councilmember raleigh, constant.

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Understand be laurie here comes number rosenberger here comes number 10 here.

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Comes number one.

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Here comes name, the piedmont smith here comes number clarity. He just logged.

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On counts memory, smith, here, company founder here I'll, come back to meet.

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Counting your clarity.

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Thank you all right. I am pulling up the agenda.

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Sorry for the delay here we'll be hearing reports from council members.

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Will be hearing reports from mayor and city offices will be hearing reports.

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From council committees, although we don't have any reports on any of these.

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Expected we have one member of the public who would like to speak during.

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This meeting during public comment, we may have recommendations for.

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Appointments to boards and commissions, then we'll be hearing items for second.

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Reading and resolutions item one is resolution 2011 supporting a public.

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Health order and regulation of the monroe county health department and an.

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Executive order of the mayor, then we will hear legislation for first reading.

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Including appropriation, ordinance 2003, which especially appropriate from the.

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General fund, the parks, general fund and the jack hawkins fund expenditures, not.

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Otherwise, appropriated appropriating a portion of the amount of funds reverted.

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To various city funds at the end of 2019, for the purpose of assisting with.

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Bloomington's recovery forward from the cova 19 pandemic during 2020 and then.

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Ordinance 2012 to amend title 15 of the bloom to municipal code inside the.

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Vehicles in traffic regarding amending chapters, 15 12010 stop intersections 15.

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Dot, 2400 no increased or decreased speed limits and 15.4 t dot, o no locations to.

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Change trade street and trades st to make her way 12.30 to 0-8. Oh no parking.

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Zones to add several no parking zones, 15 dot, 3200 and I know limited parking.

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Zones to change a limited parking zone and 15 dot, 32 dot, 100 loading zones to.

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Add a loading zone and 15.3 2.18 six motorcycle parking restrictions to add.

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Parking restrictions for motorcycle mopeds and 15.3 6.85 reserved.

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Residential on street parking permits to add temporary visitor parking permits.

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And 15.4 odo 1-9 to add garage parking space reserved for electric vehicles.

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15400 100 on street meter parking locations and maximum hourly rates to.

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Add three locations and 15.2 402 o increased or decreased speed limits to.

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Remove and add some locations, 1512 intersections to add and change some.

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Locations 15.12.2011 way streets to remove one location. We will have.

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Additional public comment and then review of council schedule with that. We.

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Will go now to reports from councilmembers? I will start with the.

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Order in which councillors appear on my screen, that'll be councillor, piedmont,.

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Smith, followed by sandburg and scam, alert councillor, piedmont, smith; yes,.

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Thank you. So we just came back from our a break-in, our council meetings, but.

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Certainly, the work of city council continued and there have been many.

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Important issues regarding race that have come up in the last few months here.

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In bloomington, first of all, I want to say unequivocally that black lives.

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Matter- and I think we do need to rethink public safety and the ways in which we.

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Address public safety and our community, even though bloomington police have done.

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Some excellent things as far as implementing progressive policing.

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Strategies and more guardian, rather than a warrior type police mentality. We can.

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Still do more to increase trust and maybe spread some of the duties that are.

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Currently done by police to other agencies that might be better equipped.

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For them, so those some of the things I've been thinking about emailing about the last few weeks, and I look forward to more conversations.

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As we head into the budget process, so welcome back to all my colleagues and.

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We'll roll up our sleeves and get to work.

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Thank you, councilmember sandburg. Thank you. It has been a very busy break a lot.

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Of communications from a lot of constituents concerned about a lot of.

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Things as well, they should be- and I do want to begin by expressing my gratitude.

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For the county for us as a city, those of us who have been communicating about the.

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Really important need to wear masks. I know it's controversial in many.

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Corners but as the numbers are growing and we have a large amount of students.

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Who are about to return to the community? The wearing of masks is such a small.

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Thing to do in order to keep our numbers down and to protect our first line.

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Workers who are caring for those who come down with the coronavirus so that.

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Is something that has definitely been on my mind, as have has been on the mind of.

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A lot of constituents also a lot of communications about the fate of the.

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Waldron art center, and that, of course, is something that is in.

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Me and I know I'm on a committee that will be talking about best use of that.

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Building once it does return to our care and stewardship from ivy tech, and I mean.

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Assuring people that it is a valuable anchor for the downtown with respect to.

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The arts- and it is certainly my hope and will be my position in any kind of.

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Decision about the future of the waldron that it does remain a viable and a.

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Valuable asset for our performing artists and the community arts as a.

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Whole, so thank you. Thank you councillor, maurice campbell larry. Thank you. I would.

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Not even bother to use the word break or recess anymore, I think, but I do.

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Appreciate the degree to which constituents have.

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Weighed in and become part of the process in ways that I think are in some.

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Ways unprecedented, I express my appreciation to those who came to my.

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Last constituent meeting earlier this month, my next one is scheduled for.

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August 1st, I'm going to do one one month by zoom and then we'll see after that. If.

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We could go back to any person, but I want to applaud those who took the time.

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To write, all of us have gotten emails on issues of policing and social justice.

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And racial equity and 19 and mass and the proposed tax that we'll hear more.

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About I am thrilled to see that level of.

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Engagement- and I just want to applaud all of those who took the time right to.

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Ask for colin thank you. Thank you can't swim persons. Thank you. Thank you very.

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Much I like to thank my colleagues for their comments. Much has happened over.

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The break and less like council members can be laurie. I am loath to use that.

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Word recess or break, however many things have happened over that month. There's.

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Been many discussions involving ratio and social equity that I think will have.

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Many many more discussions moving forward and hopefully I'm well we'll.

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Have some action in that regard? I'm also proud about the stride center. That was.

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Officially announced today from a social equity standpoint, I think that'll do a.

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Lot in dealing with our populations that struggle with the ditches and those with.

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Mental health and helping and keeping them out of the community corrections.

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System, but my comments tonight and I'll try to be as brief as I can first thing.

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I want to say hello to my wife, who was in iu health hospital recovering from a.

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Knee replacement surgery today, that's where I have been this entire day and.

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We'll go to after this meeting tonight. I just want to thank god for a successful.

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Outcome I also want to thank members of our community and beyond for their.

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Well-Wishes their kind words and their prayers. Secondly, it is my pleasure this.

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Weekend to be able to read an eagle scout charge to two young gentlemen who.

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Will be receiving the eagle scout award, which, as many of you know, is the highest.

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Honor in the boy scouts of america's association, I earned this award when I.

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Was 16? It has served me well over the course of my life as a seed. That was.

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Planted that have grown to hopefully reflect what we are today, but part of.

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This eagle charge states that these gentlemen will undertake their.

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Citizenship with solemn dedication and they will be leaders but lead only.

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Towards the best, now, that's just a part of the charge and I'm looking forward to.

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Reaching the rest of it, but the point is I want to congratulate mr. eden, brown.

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And mr. justice belton now eden brown is a high. Achieving young man who happens.

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To be white, just as belton is a high, achieving young man who happens to be.

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Black, many of you know that even achieving this award is a very rare.

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Achievement attained by only a small percentage of those, even in the ranks of.

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Scouting rarer steel is a young black man. Achieving this goal or achieving.

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This honor- I won't, spend more time on it, but please, in your spare time, google it.

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And and see where we are and how. This helps youth as we move forward and as.

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They mature and grow up. The next thing I'd like to do is acknowledge the.

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Passing of representative john lewis of georgia on july 17th of this month, he.

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Was a representative of the fifth congressional district in georgia? Many.

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Of you know of his notoriety for lack of a better term in the landmark 1965 civil.

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Rights march in selma alabama, where he survived a brutal.

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Btw there were words in ht today: words such as dignity, integrity, self-sacrifice.

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And principles attributed to representative louis and what I'd like.

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To note as well- and this is a bit self-serving- a I'll admit- but.

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Representative louis was a member of a historical black fraternity, phi beta.

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Sigma now the significance of that we're just one of the historical nine black.

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Fraternities and sororities that are dubbed the d by nine, but I am also a.

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Proud member of phi beta sigma and I am proud to acknowledge representative john.

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Lewis, as my fraternity, brother and just a great human being now, lastly, I rarely.

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Use names and I've done it twice this evening, but I owe a sincere apology to.

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Mr. bin ramsden, I simply dropped the ball now. This started with him coming to.

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The council last year having some complaints about conditions in his.

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Neighborhood area that is in in and around the crawford homes, please, no one.

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Accuse me of blaming any problems on that situation or are those residences.

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But they were complaints from the neighborhood from the businesses and.

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Under left, I come in by councilmembers flaherty, piedmon smith, sandberg and.

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Myself for actually meeting with members of this neighborhood actually meeting.

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With business owners in that area actually touring the neighborhood and.

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Spaces there, so we can see firsthand some of the issues that mr. ronnson.

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Brought up what I promised them, and my colleagues was that after we did our.

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Investigation and met with people, then I would write a report now. This report is.

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Not ellucian, it is not a cure-all and the.

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Gist of it will be, is that all parties that are involved- and there are many and.

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I won't get into them tonight, but there are many. There are many solutions, but.

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The main resolution, or the way that we get there, is to get everyone at the same.

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Table and openly and honestly discuss their concerns with each other and work.

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Toward a solution, and that's the gist of what my report will say when I do it.

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Again, I want to apologize to mr. benn ramsden after we had those meetings and.

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Those discussions we of course had to deal with the corona virus pandemic. I've.

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Had some family health issues, we have a very full city council agenda.

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Among other community responsibilities, I am not offering those as excuses, but.

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Simply an apology to mr. ramsden and members of his neighborhood that came to.

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The city council, in good faith, and I will reciprocate by doing the report as.

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I promised, albeit a little late, so please accept my apology. Mr. ramsey, I.

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Look forward to talking with you and your neighbors soon and hopefully we can.

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Resolve some of the issues you brought up in the city council chambers, thank.

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You, mr. president, thank you. Mr. vice president, we going.

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Out to council member smith, thank you, president customers. Smith. Do you have a.

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Report I do, I have something to say my screen is for when we hear you wrong all.

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Right on this break, a lot of a lot of heavy-duty things have happened. I didn't.

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Hear an answer.

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Yes, he's speaking steve. Yes, I keep going over this break yeah that we've taken or.

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Not taken there's been a lot of difficult challenges for us.

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Racial strife, ko bid a lot of tough things, and one of the things that I.

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Reflected on is that we do need to take care of each other and be our brother's.

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Keeper and we're gonna get through this, and it's gonna be a while before we get.

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Through it all, but with you know, love and understanding with each other.

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This is the way forward, not not by sickness, so I just wanted to say that.

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You know we're wearing masks more we're trying to acknowledge the challenges we.

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Have in our culture with racial strife and with poverty, and we're trying to do.

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Things about it, and that is that is our way forward and I'm trying to look at it.

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In a very positive wave know right now, it's still pretty tough, so I hope that.

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Everyone out there and all my friends and family people in this community feel.

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The same way that we'll get through it, it's tough, but so thank you.

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Thank you again, I'm having some tjader. So it's hard for me to tell when.

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Somebody's done speaking, but if anybody can hear me we should go data counseling.

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For rosenberger hi thanks quick comment here I would say it's definitely been a.

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Busy first recess for me, I want to say thanks to everyone who has been more.

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Involved or involved for the first time we've got a lot of issues nationally and.

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Locally, I think that warrant public engagement and it really gives me a lot.

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Of hope to see so many people sitting emails, I mean over the last month, we've.

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Had hundreds and hundreds of emails and I'm taking my time to respond to all of.

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Them so sorry haven't gotten back to you yet, but I am working on it and I you.

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Know I just want to say I mean well first, you know black lives matter and I.

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Think that this this, the space that we're in now is just such a good.

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Opportunity to have conversations about where we should go to and how we should.

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Challenge the status quo and look at dismantling the structural racism in our.

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Local applause and policies and procedures here I think it's a really.

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It's a crucial time right and we've got a lot to do and there are a lot of steps.

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In this process, but I just want to say, I feel so fortunate that there are so many.

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People involved right now and I want to encourage people to stay involved so.

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Keep emailing show up at meeting make comments. We all we all read those emails.

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And we all you know, value that public input here at the local level. So thank.

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You for that, and just looking forward to this this upcoming time of working on.

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The budget setting our priorities and going forward in the coming months.

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Thanks, thank you councillor flaherty. Yes, thank you, president bowen. First of all, I.

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Wanted to note that I'll have my july constituent meeting this saturday july.

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25Th at noon so welcome folks to attend that the I.

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Think the zoom link will be posted to the council calendar and it's also.

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Posted on my council member facebook page, which is just facebook.com/legweek.

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Ttan, so you can find the link there. We had a good conversation in june at my.

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Constituent meeting about primarily about policing and public safety and.

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Structural racism as it affects bloomington, and I imagine that's some of.

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What we'll cover in in this meeting on saturday as well, so any topic of.

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Interest to constituents citywide are welcome. I also wanted to highlight and.

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Thank clerk, bolden and mayor hamilton for their announcement yesterday that.

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Committing to anti-racism training for themselves and for department, heads and.

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Calling on elected officials in the city into the county to do the same.

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That's something I've spoken about and talked about in previous statements and.

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Posts- and I think, is much needed this- this work is, is ongoing and not you know.

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Frankly, never done for we live in a society imbued with racism and white.

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Supremacy and it's it's um it's a lifetime of work to unlearn that and.

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Learn how to be anti-racist, so I'm really committed to that and and excited.

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For the possibilities ahead with that and I'll leave my report there thanks.

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Thank you. I see that we've been joined by council varallo.

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Cuts were relative. You have a report.

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That's mirela, unmuted, hey folks, I have no report. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Well,.

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My report will echo some of what my colleagues have said. This is an.

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Unprecedented year, I was not able to imagine a year like this one, I'm sure.

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Many people can say the same. I remember thinking in december. I can so.

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Glad 2019 is over just so glad, and I want to take those words back now.

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I am glad that we are discussing an anti-racism training program. I think I.

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Know that some of my colleagues have been involved in discussing the.

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Potential for one with black lives matter bloomington, but the fact that the.

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Mayor and the clerk have put out a request for qualifications for such a.

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Program, I think it's encouraging, because I know that a the city council, the county commissioners and the county council.

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Have all expressed interest in taking part in such a program and be none of.

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Those three entities can make a decision on behalf of their colleagues without a.

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Public vote, and so you know, I think that it would be better if there was a.

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Program offered by unitary office that members of you know the bodies could.

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Attend and I'm you know eager to find out what the details that plan will be. I.

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Do believe that whatever workshop is set up, would I hope it would be open to the.

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Public, I don't even know frankly, if I'm being heard right now. My screen is.

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Frozen in other news, one reason I was slightly late to the meeting was: I was.

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On a call with to discuss the future of the waldron customer, sandberg has.

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Mentioned in her comments and I'm very eager to see a new plan for receivership,.

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Of an operation of the waldron, I'm excited about the possibilities to make.

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Sure that it stays an art center and serves all of bloomington, we have a lot.

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To do tonight and in the weeks to come, I beg everybody's patience. If you have.

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Any questions at all, please reach out to me at rollin s at bloomington that I am.

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Gov with any questions you may have, and with that we'll move to reports from the.

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Mayor and city offices, I would point out that, if that discussion of the health.

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Crisis should be deferred to our discussion of the resolutions on the.

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Agenda tonight so, mr. mayor, if you have in the reports and items other than the.

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Cove aid response: please limit your report here to to those items, but with.

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That I'd like to ask mayor hamilton to to report well thanks very much. It's.

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Really good to see you all again, clark, bolden and all members of council, nice.

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To see you in this meeting again, I have mostly comments about the health related.

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Items I associate myself fully with all of your comments, but let's move on into.

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The meeting and then I'll speak about the cova issues at the right time when.

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You tell me I should all right. Okay, thank you.

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Let's see here so now we're going to.

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Reports from council committees seeing none I'll go to reports from the public.

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We have at least one person who wants to speak mr. lucas. If you would recognize.

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Him we'll give him five minutes.

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Mr. alexander should be unmuted and ready to comment, and I know he also had.

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A slide he wanted to display. So just let me know when you'd like me to put that.

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Out sure, thank you um hi, I'm greg alexander. um I guess I'm ready for this.

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I just leave it up the whole thing thanks.

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I am so tired of all the conflict necessary to achieve transportation.

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Reform about five years ago, the bike and ped safety commission asked a staff.

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Member how they can enforce keeping sidewalks clear around construction sites, the staff member said he has the ability to issue a stop work order, but.

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Any said, he'd never do that disappointing fast forward. A few years.

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This january, at the council's land usage committee, a different staff member was.

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Asked the same question and she said they get good compliance. But if they.

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Don't they can always issue a stop work order? In effect, she said there is no.

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Problem this puts her in opposition to me. I've been saying that there is a.

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Problem, so I have to counter her. I guess, to make an example.

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I picked this site fourteenth in college. The old man c knows property the project.

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Is called co live it's student housing effectively blocked the sidewalk for the.

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First, six months of this year, parking vehicles, equipment and supplies on it.

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Often overnight and using it as part of their construction activities, I am made.

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Sure staff was well informed about it and I'll tell you. I talked to a few.

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Staff members, who were obviously very frustrated that they couldn't do anything to keep the sidewalk clear at the last phase of the project. The.

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Beginning of july, the contractor was required to install a walk-around.

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The trouble is, they use the walk around the same way. They used the old sidewalk.

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They're running heavy equipment through it. That brings us this photo. The climax.

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Of my effort to prove that staff member had been lying about the effectiveness.

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Of enforcement- and this photo a skid steer, is in the walk-around.

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The operator is so confident that he belongs in the walk around that he's.

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Flipping me off, as I stand there blocking his path. If you know anything.

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About osha or transportation standards, a skid steer operating in the walk around.

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Confronting a pedestrian is the most brazen possible violation, so I stood.

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There for an hour and a half having a standoff with the skid steer operator.

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I called bpd and they sent a couple officers who basically explained that.

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They didn't believe there is such a thing as well around that's pretty disappointing, because educating police about.

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Pedestrian transportation is actually part of several plans that have passed.

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This council, planning and transportation sent a couple men and they explained to.

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Me directly, they have absolutely no tools for enforcement. They cannot in.

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Fact, issue a stop work order. At the end of it, the contractor had paid a penalty.

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Though you can imagine the stir that something like this causes at a construction site for an hour and a half straight, they had different groupings of.

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Half a dozen men telling each other what a jerk! I am telling the cops. What a jerk.

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I am telling planning staff what a jerk. I am telling me what a jerk I am.

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Altogether, it seems they wasted about 10 man-hours. Just calling me a jerk to my.

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Knowledge, that's the first penalty. Any contractor is ever paid for blocking a.

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Sidewalk in bloomington and managers staff has a culture of being unable to.

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Admit: failure unwilling to bring shame to the department. That's a problem.

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Because our sidewalks are nothing but failure, they don't exist, they have gaps.

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They're blocked, there's no enforcement, they aren't maintained our intersection and crosswalk engineering is atrocious. This combination of staff that can't.

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Admit: failure and sidewalk policy. That is nothing, but failure means every.

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Single time this body asks staff about, sidewalks staff lies I've seen it again.

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And again I don't want to be a war with the whole staff. I just want to walk.

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Around town with my kids, I am so tired, you know I'll add a lot of. You are gonna.

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Think I'm making this situation toxic. No, there is nothing more toxic to this sort.

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Of public deliberative process than misinformation, it's done been toxic. What.

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I am doing is making it uncomfortable. Making change is hard if you have been.

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Comfortable until now, it's because you haven't been making change.

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I mean transportation is the easiest of it. If you want to reform police or.

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Housing segregation: you are going to see some discomfort thanks for your time.

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Thank you I see jim shelton is ready to speak. Is that right? Mr. lucas, yes and.

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Before we get to that, I just want to apologize. I display mr. alexander's.

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Slide and took that down, it looks like we've got a few zoom bombers, attempting.

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To disrupt the meeting, so if anybody didn't see that we'll have that as part.

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Of the meeting record and we can distribute that to any members and apologize for any disruptions, we'll try to shut down any.

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Disruptive folks, as as soon as we can but just bear with us, so believe mr.

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Shelton should be unmuted now and ready to comment. Yes, I am thank you very much.

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Jim shelton with the chamber, but speaking on behalf of the court.

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Appointed special advocates, while you guys were on break constant office.

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Decided to schedule an additional training session to address the fact.

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That, through the cobra 19 impact on families, that puts a dramatic stress.

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Increase on their families in dcs, indiana dcs is going back to their.

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Normal michael normal basis for deciding when to bring a case all of a sudden.

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We've got 60 children waiting for a costume, so they've scheduled a training.

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I will tell you that it starts the 3rd of august, probably it's too late for you.

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To apply for that, although I would encourage you to do so, you can go to.

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Monroe county casa, dork or call it 333 to 272 to get more information. The.

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Training after that, isn't that far away it'll start october 19th it will cover.

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The roles and responsibilities of a casa, the typical fileman family dynamics of.

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Abuse and neglect indiana's child protection law and then.

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The favorite subject of all casas report writing so I invite people to please.

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Consider becoming volunteers to help deal with these children who have done.

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Absolutely nothing wrong, but are being abused or neglected by their parents.

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Casas are the eyes and ears of the court. They help judge, galvan or judge harvey.

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Make the best decisions possible for the futures of the children based on? What's.

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Going on in the children's lives, the lives are their parents and service.

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Providers who are trying to make things better and make reuniting the family as.

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Possible and if it determine that's, not possible to help provide another.

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Permanent home for a child as soon as possible,.

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So I invite you to look into the please consider becoming a volunteer and.

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Thank you very much for the opportunity to tell people this thanks.

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Thank you, mr. shelton. Is there any other public comment? Please raise your hand.

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And zoom I'll, let mr. lucas technology.

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Any other comments, commenters wishing to speak in chat or.

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Hand raised mr. lucas- I don't believe so.

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Okay, thank you. I will move on now. Are there any appointments to boards and.

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Commissions from members, yes, mr. president, I move to reappoint u-bahn.

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Binder to the parking commission retroactive to february 1st 2020, this.

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Retroactive, thank you councillor sandberg. I just wanted to yes.

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I'm sorry it looks like we had one more. It looks like we had one more request.

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For the public to speak- and that was from visit too late from him from.

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Jennifer crossly.

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No, it's not too late. Let's go reopen public comment. Miss.

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Crossly, please go ahead hi. Can you hear me.

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Yes, okay, I just wanted to just say: welcome back everybody hope you had a.

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Nice break, however, with everything that we have.

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Going on in our community, I definitely stand with mayor, hamilton and clark.

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Nicole bolden and would love to challenge all of our elected officials.

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To make the to go ahead and take the anti-racist training, it is time for us.

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To really truly challenged our progressiveness, and it is always a great.

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Time to learn and what better time is that to do that now so again, I stand by.

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Clerk bolden and the mayor and would love to see our city council officials.

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As well as county, take the anti-racist training. Thank you. Thank you. Okay,.

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Just for the record, I'm having a strange technical difficulty where I can't see.

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Anybody's video for you, I can only hear what's happening, I so I'm not entirely.

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Sure, whether I'm coming through jittery or not nevertheless, thing that allowed.

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Forward and we're going to go back to legislation for second reading and.

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Resolutions, well, we were not finished with the appointment to the board. Oh I'm.

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Sorry points of boards and commissions. My apology, thank you, because her team on smith yeah, just to reiterate I move that.

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We reappoint yvonne binder to the parking commission retroactive to.

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February, 1st 2020 and that was seconded. Thank you.

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And then I wanted to just explain the retroactive we did discuss his.

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Reappointment in committee he had just been appointed in the fall of 2019 and.

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We felt so strongly he should be reappointed and allowed to serve longer.

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Than just a few months and somehow that didn't make it into the the memo and.

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Onto our into a council meeting, so he has been serving in this position very.

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Good, are there any other questions on the appointment? If none can we please.

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Have a roll call vote on the nomination? Madam clerk? Yes, councilmember, allen, I'm.

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Gonna need you to do that. Buerkle. Please!.

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I can hear you okay, the host didn't yes, congress.

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Cammalleri yep rosenberger; yes, tim, yes, falling; yes, piedmont, smith! Yes, clarity!.

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Yes, ma'am, yes and samberg. Yes,.

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Thank you. Congratulations to mr. binder for his reappointment to the parking.

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Commission are there any other nominations. Two boards and commissions.

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Seeing none, we will now go to legislation for second reading and.

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Resolutions at a parliamentarian, yes, mr. president, I move that resolution.

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2011 they introduced read by the clerk by title and synopsis. Only second, the.

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Motion in a second will, the clerk. Please call the roll on the motion to introduce.

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Yes, council members campbell larry, yes, rosenberger, yeah tim, yes,.

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Wally, yes, peanut smith; yes, clarity, yes, ma'am.

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Yes, sandburg, yes and rallo. Yes, all right that motion carries. Will the.

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Clerk, please read by title and synopsis: only okay, you think it means just one.

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Moment apology resolution 2011 supporting a.

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Public health regulation and order of the monroe county health department, the.

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Synopsis is as follows. This resolution expresses approval and support for the.

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Monroe county health department's public health order issued july 7 2020 the.

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Mayor's executive order, 2002 issued july 20, 20th 2020 and the monroe county board.

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Of health, public health regulation issued july 21st 2020, please note this.

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Resolution was revised after release in the council legislative packet, but.

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Before introduction at the july 22nd regular session.

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The revisions included adding language to support the mayor's executive order.

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2002 and to support the board of health regulation past july 21st. Thank you. Mr.

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President, I move that resolution 2011 be adopted.

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Second, okay, I think this is where mayor hamilton will now present an update on.

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The health crisis, perhaps along with an official from the county, health and.

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We'll explain the latest that drives this resolution. Mary hamilton, please go.

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Ahead thanks, can you hear me all right.

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Yes, you're coming in loud and clear great first, I would know I think the.

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County health order was on the 17th I july 17th, not to seventh just in case.

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That was in there very very quickly. I want to just note, as I didn't say,.

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Earlier you know I have, I would ask folks to review the address that I gave.

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On july 16th to recover forward which really tried to talk about the action we.

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Need on four major challenges in front of us: the pandemic, that health challenge.

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Economic collapse that we're in the middle of racial justice challenges that.

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We face as well as climate justice that those four areas, many of which you all.

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Mentioned in your opening comments are ones right in front of us and I'd.

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Encourage us to continue to focus on action on those four and one of those.

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For the health pandemic is what I'll talk about now in terms of updating on.

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The kovat status and plans particularly reasons for accelerating the order of.

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The county- I do want to note thanks to our colleagues in county government,.

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Particularly the county health department, as well as colleagues from.

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Indiana university and iu health who have done a great job, I think of working.

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All together collaboratively to try to address the challenges that the pandemic.

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Brings to us, I think many of you know, I've been.

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Talking for quite some time urging that we adopt some common-sense steps to slow.

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The spread to reduce the risk of major backsliding, those particularly included.

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The adoption encouraging the adoption of a mask, ordinance and rule, as well as the.

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Adoption of certain steps that we should take to limit the potential super.

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Spreader events, I'm really pleased that the county health took very important.

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Steps on friday, the 17th to put in place a mask order, effective, really two hours.

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After the health order came into effect at 5 p.m. on on the 17th friday, the 17th.

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We adopted a mask order, as you probably all know, the governor has taken that.

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Step today, though, we're taking that step locally ten days ahead of the statewide.

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Order- and I think that's a prudent and good thing to do and we all should be.

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Wearing masks- and we can talk about the details of that. The second major step.

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Was really focusing on potential super spreader events and I'll note? These took.

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Place in significant part, because the data in our county was starting to show.

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Real areas of concern hospitalizations had tripled. Over a week, we started to.

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See a greater prevalence in the testing that was being done for those who had.

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Kovat that was particularly noticeable in the percentage of 20 to 29 year olds.

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That cohort, we were starting to see a rise in that number and while our.

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Hospitalization beds, the icu, the event, leaders and others were not in danger at.

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Present, we certainly knew we saw those signals. We also know what's been going.

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On around the country- and we certainly want to try to do all that- we can not to.

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Backslide not to mention the fact that some 30-plus thousand individuals are.

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Probably returning to our community over the next four weeks, so we wanted to be ready. Four to six weeks, wanted to be ready for that. So.

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Besides the masks, I'm very pleased as well that the county took steps to.

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Basically, reimpose andry clarify some restrictions on bars. Restaurants,.

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And nightclubs, on the one hand, as well as on social gatherings and both of.

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Those in my view- and I think the health experts were important as ways to try to.

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Restrict the potential for super spreader events; events where you can.

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Have multiple significant numbers of people being effect infected at one time.

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And so I will report to you that I felt that direction was very good. The county.

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Order put that in place for the entire county effective friday july 31st, two.

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Weeks from the date of the order, I felt given the indications we've seen.

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In the data, as well as from around the country and the cost of accelerating in.

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That order versus the potential benefits of having in place earlier, I did decide.

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To put in place the executive order that you referenced, we issued it on monday. It.

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Goes into effect at noon tomorrow, and essentially it does exactly accelerates.

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The date of july 31st in the county order to tomorrow at noon near july, 23rd.

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So that will require bars, nightclubs and restaurants to have only service act.

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Seated patrons to seated patrons, they must be seated in the in the.

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Establishment, they must wear masks to and from those seats there are limits on.

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Numbers of folks, the seating itself must be separated by a distance of six feet.

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And does not allow congregation or gatherings in those establishments.

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Beyond that seated service, it also eliminates bar service. The second thing.

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It did was change our approach to social gatherings again for potential super.

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Spreader events, the numbers to remember, are 50 100 and 150 a social event that.

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Is not in a public space, not a public accommodation is limited to 50 people.

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That's basically in a private home or a place that is not open for public.

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Engagements 50 people maximum, they must be masked and distanced unless it's.

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Immediate family members masks there is, or there are exemptions for certain.

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People and certain eating and drinking, but the distancing is mandatory for.

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Those events as well and then the 100 limit is for indoor public accommodation.

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Events such as a banquet wedding or such being held indoor with similar.

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Distancing and masking requirements and 150 limit is for outdoor events. There.

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There may be exceptions that people may apply for, for example, I can tell you.

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That in switchyard park, if we're doing a major outdoor concert in the main stage,.

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We may be able to see several hundred people, but we would apply to the health.

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Department for exemptions from that restriction to explain how we can keep.

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The distancing in masks at numbers larger than 150. I think these are really.

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Important steps to take for our community, we are, we face a real.

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Challenge ahead of us, it's not given what we'll be able to accomplish seeing.

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Everything else going around in the country. I've talked to some of the club.

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And bar owners, since I put the order out, I think they understand that we're.

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Trying to protect our community's future and avoid major resurgence or.

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Backsliding it's going to take all of us. It's going to be really important for.

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People to comply with the masking and the avoiding of these potential super.

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Spreader events, that's going to determine how our next two or three.

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Months, go. We have enforcement plans that I can.

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Talk about if you like, but most of this is focused on education, encouragement.

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Responsible behavior and that's what's going to drive us we're in a decent spot.

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Right now, but with mcc sc and our b be opening up likely soon and with indiana.

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University and other institutions increasing their activities. These are.

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Very important weeks- and I encourage everybody to do the right thing. It's.

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Common sense, it's based on science and that's what's going to determine our.

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Direction for the future and thanks I'll, be happy to take questions at the.

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Appropriate time and thank you for endorsing this resolution supporting this resolution, because your voices will be.

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Very important to to add to the emphasis: that's that our community needs to hear.

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Thanks a lot, thank you, mr. mayor. If there's no other.

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Presentation we'll begin with questions from council members. I see councillor.

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Rallos hand raised mr. a logo ahead. Thank you.

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Thank you, mayor hamilton. I think this is a very prudent step to take for the.

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Community, could you describe well, do you anticipate any enforcement challenges.

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And especially as students return, any concerns from the chief kickoff, I'm sure.

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I'm sure we'll have some enforcement challenges. I will say on the you know,.

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Each of these is: let's talk about masks. Let's talk about public accommodations.

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And institutions and then let's talk about private social events in terms of.

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Masks now we have a statewide order going into effect and monday. I think the.

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Climate is going to be helped with that. It's it's the right thing to do. We are.

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Not seeking to- and I don't think we will see you know large numbers of fines. I.

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Think what we're going to see is an attempt to really build the culture of compliance. If enforcement is needed, it can be done. Most of that will probably.

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Be done by institutions, restaurants, shops stores, institutions that will what.

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Will put those into place like employers like we do in terms of establishments.

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Again, I think, in terms of seating masking in establishments like.

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Restaurants and bars, and such we expect they will be leading that compliance.

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We've had very good collaboration cooperation from the chamber of commerce.

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And other business organizations downtown bloomington inc. As I said, I've.

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Talked to several of the proprietors and they seem to be in general, I would say.

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Quite responsible and wanting to do this right, everybody wants to avoid a major.

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Resurgence we, we could have compliance issues in institutions and if so, we and.

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The county health department, alcohol beverage, police fire others have ways to.

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Enforce probably the most challenging is the.

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Social gatherings in private settings on how that will be enforced. I guess I.

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Would say the good thing is: we've had practice at this since march, when we had.

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These orders in place in the early days of stages, 1 & 2. If you'll remember those.

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The indiana university police department and the bloomington police department.

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Worked hand-in-glove very collaboratively to try to assure that.

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Private gatherings complied with those size limits that we had back then, and I.

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Think that's what we'll probably see here too. We expect to have a hotline for.

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People to report my office will get calls some of you may get calls, but.

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Again, most of this will be focused on education, compliance, the culture kind of.

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Think smoking ordinance and how that took place. But we will be ready for.

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Enforcement as needed.

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But, mr al, any follow-up, no thanks! Thank you! Counselor, piedmont, smith! Yes,.

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Thank you mr. hamilton, for that presentation, and I also obviously I'm.

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One of the co-sponsors of this resolution, so I'm obviously in favor of.

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It and I think it's a smart thing to do smart guidelines to prevent the spread.

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Of this deadly disease- and I wanted to follow up on councilmember all those.

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Questions regarding enforcement, since we do have about eight days the requirement.

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Within the city limits regarding the restaurants and bars and the gathering.

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Sizes that your executive order has put those into place starting tomorrow and.

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The county, not until july 31st, so I'm just wondering it will there be an.

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Enforcement phone number or other mechanisms for the city government to.

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Enforce those rules prior to the county government, stepping on line with the.

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Same rules- yes, and I apologize, I had my video off. I saw what y'all get stared my.

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Name with- maybe that was better anyway, but here's my face. Sorry.

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Yes, we, you know I'll, say look. I have strongly urged that we walk hand in hand.

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With the county through this, and have done that generally- and I was I was not.

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Eager to accelerate these dates, but I just couldn't justify not accelerating.

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Some of these dates, given what I felt was the the threat and also the evidence.

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That we've seen from around the country that a difference of a week can make a real difference in the curve, so I did want to accelerate them. It does mean we.

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Will need to stand up some enforcement in an eight-day period. We've done that.

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Quickly, we will have a phone number, I don't think I'm going to release.

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Right at this moment, because I want to double-check it, people, certainly for as.

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They have and do for private events, noise, complaints, others can call the.

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Police number, a non-emergency number or 911 to.

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Report, those typically in the spring, as that happened.

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Those were referred to, I, you pd, which could respond quickly in areas near the.

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Campus and worked very closely the bloomington police department in terms.

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Of reaching out to other institutions, you know we're looking at using a.

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Variety of folks in city government to help assure the let's be frank, probably.

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A few dozen institutions that may be the biggest risk of major super spreader.

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Events that we're going to try to pay attention to, and I think a number of.

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Them actually aren't going to be open in this period, they're trying to figure out.

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How to manage their business and we understand that's a cost, but we also.

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Understand it's a cost that can help the community whether this really a.

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Significant challenge in the in the weeks ahead of us, but we're working.

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Closely with the county on enforcement, we'll continue to do that, but I just.

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Felt it was important that we make clear we didn't want to wait to put these.

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Measures in place in the city, thank you, councilmember sins. Thank you. Thank you.

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For that report, mayor hamilton and I to support it.

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Wholeheartedly from your perspective or position of our approach of being.

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Educational initially- and I know that the goal or the desire is not before.

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Enforcement, but we all do know that, if you're going to have a mandate, if you.

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Will there has to be consequences for non-compliance? Having said that, I'd much.

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Rather, use the word, compliance as opposed to enforcement, but to get to my.

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Question as part of the education are there any plans from the city and.

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Possibly, even with the county as part of the education and.

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No, this will be very, very hard in social gathering situations. If that's the issue.

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But are we prepared to as part of the education provide masks to complaints.

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That we respond to as part of the education um has that been discussed. Yes,.

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Thank you there's a lot of plans to make masks available to people. I think the.

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Order from the county, which is in place through the whole county, now that made.

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Clear that it is an individual responsibility to provide your own masks.

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But if you cannot or have issues doing it for cost or access or other things,.

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There are thousands of masks that we are assembling and I'll thank the county.

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Emergency management and others who help do that plus a ton of volunteers in the.

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Community who are who are making those that will be made available, they're made.

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They're available at every fire station in the city and other locations around.

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The county and we'll continue to do that. We will have individuals who have them.

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Available when you mention a party, I'm trying to imagine a an officer showing.

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Up at a party with the with a handful of 50 masks and saying y'all put them on.

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And then you can keep going my guess which is possible. But but my guess is.

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Most of those engagements will be asking: how do you show me that you are keeping.

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Six feet: distance: if you're, not all members of a single family, if you can't.

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You really can't be in this circumstance, because the risks are too high. I use.

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Going to do a lot to try to educate the importance of this to their students to.

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Understand, if you can't, if you can't do it, then the university is not going to.

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Be able to keep on campus learning going on, but it's gonna be a challenge and we.

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All need to be educators on this too. I think and try to share that message and.

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Thank you for the comment I'd like to make clear I'm, I think in my question.

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Somewhere in there I talked about social gatherings and I understand the.

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Difficulty in enforcing or asking for compliance there that that would be a.

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Little different situation, but more of an educational when we get individual.

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Complain or some sort of confrontation that would.

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More involve individuals from an education standpoint, so thank you for.

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Clarifying that sure thank you customer sins. Further questions from my.

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Colleagues, if not, I have one mr. mayor, thank you for the order and I want to.

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Thank the sponsors, council, members, sandberg and piedmont smith for this.

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Resolution one question that has come up is: does the city need to implement new.

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Ordinance towards our health goals, I mean the council stands by ready to.

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Develop such legislation, but I think my question to you is: what do you foresee.

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Asking us for in the weeks to come with respect to maintaining public health.

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Well, I think we were ready to ask for an ordinance to kind of put some more.

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Weight behind the order, but because we believe the order will basically lapse.

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Of its own terms, as the county order comes into effect on the 31st, I don't.

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Think there's a need for council action on that, assuming the county proceeds as.

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We expect they will in this way. I I think, I think what I would say about.

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That, more generally, is that we do need to remember that indiana is something.

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Like 49th out of 51 jurisdictions in terms of per capita investment in the.

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Public health system in our state, it shows the lack of testing the lack of.

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Resources- and this is not for the heroic efforts of the individuals who are part.

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Of that public health system, but it's just a woefully underfunded public.

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Health system that, but at the county level, it may be worth thinking about.

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Local funding to enhance our county health system, but I do think it's at the.

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County level that that infrastructure is designed and and can be funded if that.

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Changes are there particular needs. We are looking at that. We last little.

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Point I'll make about that is there are some federal funds tears act, funds that.

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Are allocated to the city that we could use, for example, for compliance.

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Employment related to these issues over the next few weeks, and we are looking at.

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That we just want to be sure we can get reimbursed under the kovat rules for.

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People that and money that we might spend on that, so that can be done locally, but I'm not sure that that takes council action. I think that cares act.

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Appropriations are there, but I'll be cautious about that. I'm not certain.

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About that sure, well, it does sound to me like, if anything, the action that council.

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Might need to take would not be ordinance, but rather an appropriation.

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Ordinance, that's that's the more likely scenario if there's anything that you.

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Need us to do is that a safe thing to say? I think that's right, though I'll.

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Also be look stuff moves fast six months ago, so I don't know if there may be.

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Things that we need to do over the next few months that you know we our.

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Community could change a whole lot in the next four to eight weeks, depending.

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Upon so you know we gotta, we gotta be ready. So don't hold me to saying we.

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Don't need anything, but I don't know the plan. No, no, I'm just just trying to plan.

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Legislatively to anticipate what kind of legislation we may need to be.

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Considering but thank you for those answers, I appreciate it. Are there any.

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Other questions for either the mayor or for the makers of the sponsors of.

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Resolution 2011, I see a question from customer piedmon smith, a sponsor. Yes, I.

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Was wondering if the mayor could just speak to the role of bloomington police.

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Department and encouraging people to wear, masks and educating people about.

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The new rules: well, I think they, you know, to the extent, to the extent that they're.

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Interacting generally with the public, I think they can be helpful in that, as you.

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Might imagine we we and the bloomington police department are sensitive about.

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Excessive engagement with with the public in in in ways that that aren't.

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Necessary to protect public safety, they are not to health officers of our.

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Community, but in particular, I think the police department, along with our youth.

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Police department, you will see most active in social gathering settings.

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Where they're brought in to help deal with a private home or a greek house or.

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A gathering that is, in a you know, a social gathering that has exceeded the.

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Limits or appears to be and based on complaints or other indicators are going.

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To show up at those places, I think that's the most likely place. I hope.

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They'll be able to carry masks themselves to offer, but but most of this.

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Compliance, I think, is really going to come from proprietors of restaurants and.

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Bars and shops and schools and universities and and all those kinds of.

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Settings will be where we'll have the much more common interaction with the.

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Public on masks that complete your question: customer fremont smith, yes,.

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Thank you. Thank you. Further questions on resolution 2011, seeing none we'll go to.

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The public for comment on resolution 2011, if you would like to speak to this.

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Resolution, please raise your hand in zoom or type into the chat and let mr.

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Lucas identify you is there anyone who would like to speak to resolution 2011.

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As I see a thumb up instead of a hand raised, I'm not sure if that's what that.

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Person was trying to do mr. lucas. Do you see any there? We go.

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Yes, vladimir, I believe, should be unmuted and ready to comment. Please go ahead. Man.

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The video, the marathi, oh just give a tina. Do my a did you what rania? So your.

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Video just kidding, sir, we can understand you, I'm not sure anybody listening.

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Understands what I believe your speaking is russian, do you have anything to say.

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Resolution 2011 kim. Oh thank you for your comment. Is there anyone else is.

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There anyone else like to speak to resolution 2011, please raise your hand.

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And zoom or type into the chat.

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Mr. lucas, do we have any takers see no more requests? Thank you. Welcome back to.

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The council for debates or any final comment on resolution- 2011 cats, /.

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Sandberg, thank you as one of the co-sponsors. This is one of many issues.

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That we received a lot of very thoughtful comments from the public.

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About including a good number of emails that we all probably receive from people.

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Saying please don't mandate wearing of masks, but I will have to say the vast.

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Majority of people were very eager for the city of bloomington to join with the.

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County efforts and we were very grateful for the county efforts to get this.

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Mandated due to the fact that we are going to be at some risk, as students.

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Return to the community, and we need to be far ahead of this.

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And so I look at this for all clothes who feel this is a an encroachment on.

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Their personal freedoms that there is a social contract that we all need to sign.

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On to- and we all want to get back out there- we all want to have large.

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Gatherings I sorely miss performing arts and the ability to go, see, live theater.

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And concerts and go to a movie, we all want to get back to some semblance of.

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Social contact and connection- it's been hard on us all, but I will say the sooner.

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We get a handle on this virus. The sooner our economy can open back up our.

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Restaurants can open back up. We can have that connection that we we all enjoy, but.

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It's a matter of discipline for me and I know a lot of the conversations that I.

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Was hearing from our community that said? Oh, my gosh you've got a mandate. These.

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I'm going to stores- and I see there not enough people wearing them at risk and I.

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Don't want to bring this home to my family and we all just have to.

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Understand it's going to be uncomfortable for a while longer, but if.

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We want this community to open up and open up wide. This is a necessary step.

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The enforcement of it again, it's less important to me as just you know, the.

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Awareness continuing the education help, people who need masks, get masks. I don't.

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Want this to be punitive and in any manner- and I appreciate councilmember.

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Simms for saying this is a matter of coolant. It may take some time to get.

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Everybody on board here and that's to be expected, but the more people who wear.

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Masks the more protected we all are, even if we can't get to a hundred percent.

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Compliance here- but I do want to thank the governor today because his is a.

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Message today will be usually helpful to to bloomington and making sure that we.

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Do get to really solid compliance on this. It is so essential that we protect.

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Our elderly, that we protect our people at risk that we don't see us fred.

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Because of the school system's opening up and and bars or kind of super.

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Spreader opportunities and so anything that we can do to make sure that things.

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Don't spin out of control here I hope everybody will agree. This is the.

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Right thing to do, thank you. Thank you, counsel, for sandburg.

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Constable rallo, thank you. Thank you, mayor hamilton, for taking the.

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Step of course, it's not necessarily easy, because they're gonna be people who.

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Won't comply or object, and it's a shame. It's very heartening to see that the.

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Governor has joined us the county in the city now in mandating masks every.

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Success story that I've seen regarding limiting the number of infections has.

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Involved wearing masks around the world, and it's it. It's demonstrated that it.

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Works and as councilmember sandberg said, if we want to open the economy, which we.

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Sorely need to do. We want to continue some semblance of normalcy. It's going to.

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Require some sacrifice and that wearing a mask is not that much of a sacrifice. I.

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Can I can't imagine it limits transmissibility, obviously, but the other.

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Aspect is: is that if you, if you are exposed you're exposed to relatively few.

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Viral particles, which helps your body, gives a time to mount a defense, and so.

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It's it's very, very important and I'm glad we're taking this step. So, let's.

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Hope it works. Thank you. Thank you can't swallow for their comments on resolution.

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2011 I see councilmember flaherty and customer flaherty. Thank you.

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Similarly, I wanted to praise the action of both the county and mayor hamilton.

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Executing these orders, that's actually news to me: councilman morello, about the.

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Indiana or I just googled it and saw that that was announced, it looks like.

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Today, which is good news as well, this one would certainly save lives and help.

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Looming to get back on track sooner and I think.

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It's really important to protect vulnerable members of our community, including workers at restaurants and shops, and grocery stores, who are exposed.

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Potentially, to higher levels of risk, I think this customer sandberg mentioned.

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You know: we've received a number of emails, some of which I'm still responding to about concerns about you, know: impositions on personal liberties.

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Or freedom, but this is a challenging thing with americans sort of.

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Individualism they say you want to freedom to go without a mask, but also.

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People need the freedom from being exposed to an undue level of risk, so.

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This is kind of a freedom from issue freedom from being subjected to this.

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When we know what needs to be done for community health, I did want to bring up.

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One other related issue to the to the orders, which is that, in the context of.

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Restaurants and bars, you know the need for outdoor seating and that being.

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Encouraged to help bloomington get economically on track, we've of course,.

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Had the trial program, which I think is going fairly well on kirkwood between.

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Grants and indiana so far, I think, thursday, to sunday, the restaurants are.

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Able to use the street for for outdoor seating, which I think not only is safer.

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It just is safer, but also, I think people are more comfortable with that and it's.

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More easy to comply with these orders and keep people employed, and that sort.

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Of thing, so I think it's really important to continue to look at those options. First, you know. Perhaps we should have consider expanding that that.

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Program, either more days or evenings as well as other blocks, especially on.

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Kirkwood, where we can do this very easily, given the new bollards with the.

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Redesign there I know. Initially, we had pursued an all-in sort of approach where.

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Unless every business on the street was it was in support, we weren't willing to.

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Do it, but I think perhaps our metric there should be the greater good and.

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Economically of the community, and not necessarily basing things on a holdout.

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So I'm curious to pursue more options there.

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The second piece I wanted to mention is the idea of a parklet program in areas.

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Where it's less or less desirable to close lanes in a.

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Street for those who aren't familiar with parklets, you could google it park.

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Quit outdoor dining you'll see hundreds of examples from cities all over the.

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Country all over the world where parking spaces are used for outdoor dining. If.

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You are a business and have two parking spaces in front on the street. We could.

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Grant you, with a permit for a 6 or 9 or 12 month period, to use those spaces for.

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Outdoor dining, it might allow you to have three or four or extra tables and.

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There's some really creative uses of space that I think help to to make a.

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Community, more vibrant and would really help in this time. It's something I think, should exist, even in the absence of copán 19 and I've reached out to.

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Economic and sustainable development staff about this a number of weeks ago.

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And need to follow up. I just wanted to mention in the conscious disorder that.

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As we work to protect public safety and health, we want to make sure that that.

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Folks, the businesses can stay viable as well in the safest way possible. I think.

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This is a really important piece to that, so I just wanted to speak to that as.

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Well, thank you. Thank you. That's what clarity further comment on resolution.

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2011 councillor, piedmont, smith. Yes, I just wanted to thank county for taking.

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The first steps on this penne kadhal and dr. sharp for issuing the order. Last.

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Friday- and I know that margie rice also worked hard on the legal aspects of it,.

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And then the board of public health of course gave their unanimous approval.

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Yesterday, so I want to thank them for all the work that they've done. The the.

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County public health office has been just under siege since the pandemic.

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Started and I think they've done an excellent job in trying to educate the.

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Community and help facilitate testing and other and precautionary measures, as.

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Well, so I wanted to thank them. I also as previous colleagues as colleagues have.

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Said there have been many many emails on this topic and some of them have.

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Asked us not to pass a requirement for the wearing of masks, and I will echo.

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What a previous colleague also said and say this is the cost of being a member.

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Of society that I wear a mask to protect you and you have to wear a mask to.

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Protect me: if you don't mind that social contract, then maybe you need to go and.

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You know, live in the woods and not have any contact with anybody, but living in a.

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Community and all the benefits that brings, I think we have to take the.

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Responsibility to protect each other and it's you know been medically proven that.

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Masks do help a lot, so I hope we all keep that in mind and respect each other.

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By wearing masks when we go out, so thank you and I hope that this passes.

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Unanimously, thank you. Is there any further comment.

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On resolution 2011 going once going twice.

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I'll simply chime in to say that I owe customer sends you on page two of mine.

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Customer students, please go ahead. No, I wanted to go last. No, I'm just joking. No.

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No, no, no nose, no nose dee. I do have one brief comment. Another component and we.

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Talked about a lot of things, but one of the components of this issue is racial.

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Justice, our social justice meeting many years ago, cancer- we were talking about.

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Cancer and people would say you know it was only a matter of time before you.

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Were a fact that you would either know someone or someone in your family would.

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Be affected by it and I think that's come true. I think it's pretty similar.

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From a theories in a standpoint that we could say the same thing as we move.

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Forward with kovat and in it forms the way we think from a social, as we say,.

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Social contract standpoint personally, I'm married into a family over 40.

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Ago and one of my best friends was someone that was in that family.

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Unfortunately, he contracted kovat and at the age of 68,.

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We had his funeral about five weeks ago. This is very very soon any he's.

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African-American- and we know that the numbers are disparate on how it affects.

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Our population not to total numbers, but as they are based on population, the.

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Numbers are very disparate or desperate for our population, so I am also very.

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Very happy to see, among other reasons, that we are enacting this on this order.

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So, thank you. Thank you. Any other last-minute comments before I jump in I.

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Just want to say that, since the order has been in force, I've seen a dramatic.

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Increase in compliance around the city, the few times that I have been out- and I.

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Am grateful for it and I think it also demonstrates that such orders work it's.

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It's not, as you know, we're not at 100%, but as much better. It was before and in.

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Particular what I noticed were retailers with a sign saying, mass required and.

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Then in sharpie, underneath they wrote by county ordinance, and I know that the.

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Ability to say it's not just us saying it, the law is telling us to do it. That.

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That makes the difference and that this is why it's so important for us to lead.

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So I want to commend the county commissioners in the county, health.

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Department for for bringing an order forward, I want to commend mayor and the.

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Administration for implementing it sooner than the county would have. I.

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Think it's a small point, but I think the mayor's point about you know how quickly.

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The virus can spread is, is too important to ignore. So the fact that it.

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Will be in force in restaurants and bars sooner than in the rest of the county. I.

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Think considering our density, that's important and necessary. So with that.

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It's time to call the roll on resolution 2011 with a clerk. Please call the roll.

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The unmute we can't hear you.

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Sorry about that just kanchi on beat yourself.

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Councilmember rosenberger yep can't remember him. Yes,.

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Caramels are fallen, yes, councilmember, piedmont, smith, yes,.

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Councilmember clarity, yes, councilman richmond, yes,.

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Councilmember sandberg, yes, councilmember raleigh. Yes, an encounter.

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With gambler e, that is a 9 0 vote resolution 2011 is adopted. Thank you. Mr.

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Mayor, thank you to the sponsors. We know now go.

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To resolutions for first r2 legislation for first reading console for sandburg.

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Did you have something? Yes, mr. president, I might need some guidance from our.

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Attorney or a parliamentarian that I would like to make a motion regarding.

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The appropriation ordinance 20 it needs to be introduced first. So, let's.

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Introduce it and then after the introduction, then it's the prince fine.

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Yes, thank you. Yes, yes, sorry! Mr. president, I moved that appropriation.

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Ordinance 2003 by be introduced and read by title and synopsis only by the clerk.

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Sergeant there's motion a second with a clerk. Please call the roll on.

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Introduction of the ordinance yes come from overton. Yes, don't remember bowling.

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Yes, councilmember, piedmont, smith; yes, clarity,.

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Yes, ma'am, yes, sandburg. Yes, bravo.

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Yes, gamba larry, yes,.

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And rosenberger, sorry you think yes, so nice! I thought you do it twice: hey.

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Introduce all right, so I decided last week to forward this legislation to the.

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Stanwell development committee, which is scheduled to meet immediately after this.

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Meeting councilor sandberg give a motion. Yes, I would like to move that.

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Appropriation ordinance, 20-0 3, be heard by the entire committee of the whole and.

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My thinking on that is wait, you need a second and then you can explain backing.

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We have motion a second customer-centric. Please proceed. Thank you, my thinking on.

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This is, this does involve a lot of information and, as a member of the.

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Committee that you have appointed to hear this, I just feel very strongly.

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There, because this does involve a large amount of money that I would like to.

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Frankly, hear from the rest of the my colleagues on the council with respect.

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To everything that we're going to hear tonight regarding this proposal, so that.

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Is why I am recommending that all nine of us stick around to hear this? This.

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Evening, if it needs to be broken down further after the fact that could be.

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Another matter, but for tonight I just think it's very important that that all.

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Nine of us the opportunity to listen, ask questions and then that will form.

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Perhaps more direction going forward. Thank you. So any discussion of constant.

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For samberg's motion, councilmember flaherty or questions rather yeah as the.

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Question as a procedural matter, would we still be able to meet as committee the.

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Whole tonight, in the time where the sustainable development committee was.

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Scheduled or what would we need to postpone this to another week to notice.

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The meeting ah that is a question I don't know to answer. I think that.

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Perhaps mr. lucas or mr. sherman, if he's on, might be able to answer it, can we get.

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A vaguely reading on this I can jump in, did post notice and draft the agendas to.

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Leave open the possibility that the council might refer this and also.

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Resolution 2012 that's sort of a companion piece of legislation that is.

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Currently slated for the sustainable development committee meeting we left.

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Open the possibility that the council could decide what committee to send.

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These to so, we communicated that possibility to the public. I believe.

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We've complied with the open-door law by making the meeting known either way. It's.

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A public meeting it's open to the public to attend and observe. So that's what.

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We've done. Thank you further questions on the.

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Motion I would like to counsel for you on smith,.

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Go ahead. Oh it's! It's a comment, not a question. Sorry! Okay,.

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Well then, we can go into comments unless there's more questions. Members can't.

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Remember, since customer service, I'm sorry please go ahead. No mine was a.

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Comment as well follow-up council member of beaten on smith, okay. Well, I would like to reply to the motion, so the this is. I can.

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Understand why I mean I've been told that this legislation touches on several.

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Different committees, in theory that could have been referred to any one of.

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Several committees: I felt that sustainable development.

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Committee, since this is largely about economic recovery, I will point out that.

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Appropriation ordinance have to be advertised and oh, it was advertised for.

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August 12th, no matter what decision is made tonight, there will need to be a.

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Second reading, no earlier than august 12th, or rather they will need to be a.

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Third reading of the second reading is held on the 29th. Secondly, the members.

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Sustainability committee were asked by the chair to submit questions by monday.

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In order to give staff a chance to prepare.

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While that, while they only, they were asked because they're on the committee.

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No one is precluded from asking those questions or of asking members of the.

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Committee to ask questions the the committee process naturally allows two.

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Hearings of the legislation one of them will be tonight. The second would be.

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August, the fifth, and, as always as with every standing committee, any member is.

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Welcome to stay and attend the meeting. The goal of the committee process among.

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Other things is to minimize the amount of clock time to read to spend on it. The.

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The goal tonight of the committee should be to set up questions that they may.

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Have that require research or to set up the potential for amendments that that.

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Member may choose to bring those amendments are not limited to the.

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Committee members, so the goal is to compact the meeting, among other things,.

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So I don't think it's necessary here. I'd strongly urge my colleagues to allow it.

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To go to sustainable development. Finally, I'll point out that we have no rules.

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Limiting time in committee of the whole or as the still committee has an hour to.

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Meet tonight before transportation is to me, so I don't think that needs to change.

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I would ask you to defeat the motion. Thank you with that I'll entertain.

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Debate, council, member piedmont smith, followed by cots member simms. Yes, I.

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Wanted to say that I am not a member of the economic or the sustainable.

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Development committee, but councilmember valerie, who is the chair of that.

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Committee did send out an email, I think on friday, asking not just committee.

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Members but any council members to send her questions in preparation for.

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Tonight's meeting and I read the legislation and I sent her my questions.

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And she replied that you know those would be sent on to staff and would be.

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Addressed during the meeting tonight, so I don't.

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Feel left out at all I I was planning to attend the meeting tonight, but not.

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Visibly so that I could eat dinner, I also I am on the transportation.

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Committee meeting that was supposed to be supposed to be at nine o'clock.

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Tonight, if there's a committee as a whole- and it goes long.

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I don't know when transportation committee is going to meet and I think 9.

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O'clock is already a pretty late start time. The other benefit I see to.

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Maintaining the delegation of this legislation to the sustainable.

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Development committee is that, as president valen mentioned, standing.

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Committees automatically have two meetings in which to discuss legislation.

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And a committee of the whole does not so, I think, with such a large appropriation.

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Ordinance with so many different parts affecting so many different funds in our.

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Budget, I think it is wise to take to committee meeting dates to consider the.

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Legislation so I'll be voting against the motion. Thank you. That's one more.

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Since earlier in the year, there was an appropriation ordinance and I think.

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There was a comment by one of my colleagues that their desire in the.

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Future was to divide question. I still don't understand why I don't know if.

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They just didn't agree with that particular app or but the same person.

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Now that we've moved forward as now supporting that- and I don't hear any.

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Mention of dividing the question, that's my comment. What I also am concerned.

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About one is the amount of funds that we're talking but in my mind, that's.

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Something that's even broader than that is, and I hope I'm not terribly incorrect.

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Here but it looks like this app or it could be referred to any one of one. Two.

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Three: four: four standing committees and five, if you add the jack hopkins.

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Committee, so it's like, we just crammed all these into one area. I understand the urgency, but I also understand the.

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Process is that we can still deal with this with the amount that we're talking.

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About it, just seems better that it's heard by nine members, as opposed to four.

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And that's my hesitation on this ordinance and I will vote to support the.

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Motion further comment on the motion councillor for clarity actually ask.

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Another question another procedure, sweden, which is if committee of the.

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Whole heard this tonight. Procedurally, what would we need to do to send this to.

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A second committee meeting, I think, based on the questions that were submitted by.

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Both sustainable development ii members and other council members, it might be.

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Advantageous to have another committee meeting before the second regular.

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Session, where we would vote on this, that is, of course, one of the advantages of.

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Committees, standing committees is that the kind of normal process is to.

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Meetings so and of course, got some overall and you spoke to that, but my.

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Question yeah is really if we decided after tonight's committee, the whole.

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Meeting if that happened, and we wanted to have another committee meeting what.

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What would that look like procedurally, is that well, procedurally, it would mean.

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That the committee, the whole does not extend itself, so the committee would.

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Have to make a recommendation to the council, the committee of the whole would.

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Have to recondition to itself that we then take up at second reading on july.

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29Th and then we would have to recommit to a committee of the whole on august.

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The 5th and then have the third reading on august the 12th. My response to that.

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Would be, this is why I've never understood created the whole if the.

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Council really wanted everyone to speak on every issue. We shouldn't refer it to.

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Committee at all, we should simply take it up at second reading and then.

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Require a third reading because the same thing is effective, but at least if you.

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If the whole council takes it up during a regular session, it all gets recorded.

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So I find the committee of the whole to be frankly pointless in this case that.

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For the the way the schedule is set up, the obligation we had to advertise it.

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For august 12th we might as well simply not send it to committee at all. How have.

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It taken up at second reading next week, but the schedule is already filling up.

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We have time to talk about it tonight and again well I'll leave I'll leave the.

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Rest were my own comments at the end of the motion. I hope that answers your.

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Question it does thanks. Thank you is. Are there.

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Further questions or comments on the motion: councilmember smith, I think the.

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Because it's so broad! That is why I think it probably should go to committee.

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Of the whole and a secondary thought in my mind, is that in transparency and for.

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The public, it seems like it's much easier when sun thinks so broad is.

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Discussed at large with the nine of us here, and so that that's my thoughts on.

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It and thank you, thank you. Any other first round comments on resolution or.

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Appropriations 2003 customers came to lurie. Yes, thank you speaking for myself,.

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Not speaking as chair sustainable development, now I honestly don't have a.

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Strong preference for whether this goes to sustainable development, which.

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Committee of the whole, but several things caused me to want to err in the.

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Direction, committee of the whole, when it's nap wood there.

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Is money changing hands? There's money, public monies that are going to be spent.

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He does a multi-dimensional appropriation audience and as people.

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Have observed a candidate home, we've talked about the hope, not necessarily.

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The goal, but the hope minimizing clock time, and it seems to me that with all.

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Nine of us in the same room. At the same time, we could cover a lot of ground.

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Quickly tonight we could ask those stats. You only have to present one and we.

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Could move forward so I again, I don't personally have a preference, but if I.

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Feel like they would like to be part of the conversation, then I think it makes.

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Sense to support I moved to committee of the whole and in which case we would.

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Need to find someone to cheer that, and that's where I am thank you.

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Councilmember sandburg yeah. I did have a procedural question that if this were to.

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Pass you know, committee the whole is chaired on a rotational basis in.

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Alphabetical order, but since chairs can be laurie was going to be.

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Prepared to chair it if it had gone to the the standing committee, I would want.

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A ruling for my guests, our council, attorney about who would be chairing the.

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Meeting tonight should this motion pass. Mr. lucas, do you know.

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Sure, I believe ron it sorry, council, member smith, is up next in the rotation.

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For the committee of the whole members not obligated to service chair.

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Though I did speak briefly to him about this possibility before the meeting and.

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I think he's prepared to do so and I'll defer to him, and I did want it if I.

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Could go back to councilmember flaherty's question about the.

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Possibility of two committee of the whole meetings comes member role.

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Incorrect lee pointed out one option for giving the council that ability under.

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Our local code, the president, also has the authority when an ordinance is first.

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Introduced for first reading to announce that it will be.

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Sitter dat the next to committee of the whole meeting scheduled. So I would.

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Suggest, if that's the council's intent and if this motion prevails, that if the.

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President wants to he could announce that the council intends to consider.

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This on at tonight's meeting and also on the committee meeting for august, the 5th.

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Might say that last see that last sentence again, please, the president can.

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Announce it if this motion passes, you may want to consider announcing that the.

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Council will take up that. The committee of the whole will consider this item at.

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Tonight's meeting and the meeting on august effect.

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Thank you understood that will take the need to have it. Re referred back to the.

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Committee next week, counselor sandburg, that answer your.

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Question? Yes, okay, are there any other any other debate on the motion.

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Anyone who has not yet spoken, it's not I'd like to have my chance to speak as.

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To why I oppose the motion, the of all the other cities in the state which all.

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Use committees, the number one committee in the state is a finance or a budget.

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Committee, the idea that somehow you know budgets must be heard and committee the.

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Whole is a concession I made in the development of the committee resolution.

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Using existing code that deferred to our habit of having a budget week where, in.

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August we take up the budget, but you know as important. This legislation is.

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There is no compelling reason, I mean the the whole committee system encourages.

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Members to actually serve staff by sending questions in advance. I see that.

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Some members didn't do that that the again as I've explained the committee of.

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The whole is unnecessary. If you simply, I mean it's, it says if you're not sending.

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It to committee at all, with this lot, we should just be going to a third.

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Reading we have whether we actually had the discussion at second reading, which.

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Is happen during a regular session and we should have the benefit of having.

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Minutes taken and it being official and then we have a third reading, so I don't.

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See the utility in committee of the whole I'm very disappointed that my colleagues are not trying to let this system work. I.

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Was assured six months ago that that they would try to make it work and that.

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Again as important as this is the I'm not here just to minimize clock time, not.

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Proposing that it go to committee, it's to spread deliberation over an amount of.

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Time that should be necessary for something that's important and the the.

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Rule that mr. lucas decided was created in 2013 as a compromise and afterthought.

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You know it is my opinion that the committee of the whole is a very poor.

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Structure was never meant to be used in the way the city of bloomington uses. It.

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And we should not be using it tonight either, so I will oppose the motion. We're.

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Now go to a second round of discussion: councilmember simms, you had your hand up.

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My copy is regardless of how this motion prevails. Ultimately, I have full.

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Intentions of supporting this, this app or appropriate, more appropriation.

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Ordinance but- and I've stated some of my reasons why but the what I want to make.

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Clear is this has absolutely no negative reflection or connotations on chair.

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Scambler ii, I think she did everything from that position and a stellar and.

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Yeoman's job, as a matter of fact, of trying to handle something that frankly.

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I'm not so sure she should have been asked to handle with them. The many the.

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Different standing committees that this all has a part of and could have.

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Referred to, as you said, any one of them, so that's just my position and that's my.

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Comment. Thank you second round comments. Councilmember.

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Rosenberger, I have a question. I know we've talked about a little bit, but what.

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Will happen to transportation committee? Well, we just push it to a different.

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Night, I think it doesn't have to start before 9:45 or something I just doubt.

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That we'll get it there, nine of us speaking, we don't tend to wrap them.

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Meeting up anytime before two hours, especially with the presentation, I would.

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Turn that question to the chair of the would be standing committee or the would.

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Be committee of the whole council for smith, whether he would commit to.

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Bringing the cathay 20 of the whole and before 9 o'clock, so that transportation.

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Could begin on time, if, if I understand it, if we all agree to end debate in time.

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Just begin the transportation committee, we can do that as because we have.

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Another meeting at least one more meeting that we can discuss it is that.

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Correct! No, that it's it's in entirely in your hands as chair to decide how much.

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Time will be allotted for people to speak. How long the meeting will last.

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That's something you have to that's what the chair of any committee is obligated.

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To do, I would be committed to finish the first round of discussion on on this.

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Ordinance by 9 o'clock, counsel, rosenberger. Does that answer your.

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Question yeah thank further questions or comments from.

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Colleagues, second round councilmember flaherty. Yes, thank you. I'm.

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Actually, somewhat agnostic to this motion, I I tend to favor the committee.

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Structure, I think there was advantages to it. That said, I share some of the.

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Sentiments shared by I share some of the sentiment shared by council over.

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Scambler ii about you know, if there's a number of council members who really.

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Want to hear this, I'm sort of okay with that, if we do.

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Adopt this motion, I would encourage council president boland to go ahead and.

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Designate that we will be meeting to committee meetings in particular, if we.

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Wrap up community the whole tonight before 9:00, I think we will need to.

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Committee meetings before I'm parole making a recommendation to the full.

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Council about what we should do with this at board and I'll speak very.

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Briefly to to the issue of dividing the question, I don't think councilmember.

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Sims his comments were directed at me specifically, but I am the council member.

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Who brought up dividing the question on on an app board? Previously, I don't it's.

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It's this kind of challenge of I mean you could say the same thing actually of title: 15 updates that are coming to transportation committee later tonight.

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That is some. It is somewhat omnibus and in nature that there was a whole lot.

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Going on here and if you oppose a small part, it's difficult to know how to vote.

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So that was my reason in the past for trying to divide the question on the app.

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Board was that I supported two parts of it, but not a third part and would like.

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To have voted my conscience on all of those independently, just because we.

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Weren't allowed to debate that at the time I'll clarify now that if any colleague of mine at any point on any ordinance wants to divide the questions.

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They can vote differently on different parts, regardless of how I feel about the.

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Legislation I would support that. I think it's it's a helpful thing to do so. I.

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Don't I don't think that necessarily means that every app board needs to be divided or that this one does? But if people want to, if the council members.

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Want to, I would support that in the future, so I thought I would mention that.

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As well, that's it for my comment. Thank you. Thank you.

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Council, embarrass sandberg and customer sins just to wrap up my my motion and my.

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Rationale for it, I think this is so critically important and it.

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Because I've heard a lot of constituent concerns about it. These are finances.

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That I absolutely think we should have to committee of the holes to discuss it.

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Tonight should be an absorbing meeting. We've already had a work session on.

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We've already heard the mayor's announcement about it, but that has.

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Caused quite a bit of constituent concern that I'd like tonight's.

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Discussion and all nine of us being a part of that to address initially, if it.

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Needs further scrutiny we can deal with that later, but at the second committee.

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The whole is needed to deal with the complexity of this and the assurance the.

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Public needs about this and being the right thing to do with the amount of money that's on the table here. That's why I think it's.

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Important to go to the committee a whole and I hope I will get support for that.

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Thank you, councilmember sims. I just wanted to in response to.

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Councilmember clarity: I speak in broad terms, things that have been said. His.

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Over the course of this 29 or 2020, I will state that my comment had.

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Absolutely nothing to do with your proposal to divide the question and was.

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Not directed at you just want to make that clear. Thank you further comments.

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Customerss campbell lauri, thank you. First of all, council member sins. Thank.

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You for your kind words that I hadn't missed anything. I was feeling vulnerable.

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And insecure, so thank this is now board retreat.

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Remember these differently: we treat these differently, I'm generally a fan of.

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The committee structure- and I think it has proved in use in school at many.

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Points this year during this very bizarre year, backwards, field upwards and.

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Edwards worth $2,000,000 feel different to me. I would not have and again I would.

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Have chaired tonight's meeting, I have no objection to going to committee. The.

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Whole on this, particularly don't colleagues have felt so passionately.

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About it- and I would encourage us to do so quickly, so we could get to work.

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Further comments on second round comments, if not I'll, simply say what I.

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Have not heard in any of the discussion about committees is a defense of the.

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Committee of the whole of the logic by the computer, the whole again, nothing.

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That could be done in committee, the whole that can't be done a regular session. It's a meeting of all nine members, colleagues who are so.

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Enthusiastic about it have yet to explain to me what the actual benefits.

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Of the committee of the whole are over a regular session, such as we're in right.

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Now there are greater benefits to taking up issues in a second and a third.

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Reading something that many cities do they do third and even fourth readings. I.

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Don't know why we're so afraid of that, except that it's habit that we just.

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We've been coasting on, we've been doing it this way for so long, but you know for.

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All the reasons that caused me to propose a committee structure in the.

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First place, I don't think this is a benefit. I question frankly, whether we.

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Should be doing budget we that, if anything, there should be a finance or.

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Budget committee and they should be working all year, as so many of our other.

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Cities do it being the number one type of committee in other cities to help.

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Formulate the budget all year round, instead of simply deferring to and.

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Waiting for departments to develop their budgets, they should be doing that with.

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Input from council members, I did not think that this was the year to do that.

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I thought first, we need to try other kinds of committees, so I mean it is.

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Ultimately, the will of the council to decide how to dispose of something, but.

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No problem with going to two committees of the whole: if that means that there.

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Will be a better deliberation on it, but the council has to realize that it's.

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Time to start setting more rules for time limits, more rules for conduct.

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During committee of the whole and again the more you look at it, the more you're.

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Going to find that we already have all those rules and they exist in regular.

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Session, so I would urge you all to reconsider in.

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General, your understanding of committee of the whole. I would urge you to go back.

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To robert and read what it's actually supposed to be for, it's meant to be for much larger assemblies. It's never been meant to be.

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Used the way we've used it and I'm just disappointed in this. I would I fervently.

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Believe at the stand of the sustainable development committee would have done an.

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Excellent job of asking questions setting up the questions for council at.

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Second reading, on august, the 12th and I lost a chain of thought, and you know.

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Asking questions on behalf of other members who weren't there that's also.

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The logic behind why, when staff asked us to submit questions before first.

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Committee hearing, so they could prepare for it. That's something we've never done.

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In committee of the whole- and you know if people are concerned about the extra.

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Work that committees cause that's why we asked a subset of members to do it.

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So that doesn't create more work for everybody, so there was a logic to this.

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That's been thought out and I would urge my colleagues to reconsider over the.

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Next few weeks, their understanding of how committees are supposed to work with.

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That I will, if this motion passes, I will announce that there will be two.

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Committees of the whole on tonight and on august the 5th with that, if there's.

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No objection, I will have the clerk call the roll on the motion. Is there any.

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Objection well, the clerk. Please call the roll on the motion to refer to committee.

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The whole know: piedmont, smith,.

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Thirty, yes, smack! Yes, sandburg, yes, rollo, yes, camilleri yeah, rosenberger! Yes,.

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Sorry, yes, vote of 72. That motion passes the committee. The whole will be chaired.

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By councilmember smith, I believe that councilmember, I'm not sure who will who.

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Would be the next council member who would be committee of the whole chair on.

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August 5th, mr. lucas, would it be customer flaherty? It goes an ethical.

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Order and there's a lot of messes so you'd have to give me a sec. I know I'm.

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Trying to track them all, so I think it's constantly, because I I'm already.

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President, so I don't serve as chair of committee of the whole, I think the.

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Nextthe, so they committee tonight will be chaired by councillor smith committee.

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On the 5th will be chaired by council for clarity, and with that I think that.

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We need to go to the next item for well street announcements before you do that.

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I did wanna us bring up resolution 2012 again. I don't believe that was part of.

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The motion, but if that resolution accompanies the a board and again as.

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President, he councilmember vohland made a preliminary referral of that to the.

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Sustainable development committee I'll withdraw it and with m refer it to.

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Committee of the whole tonight and on august 5th, although I don't think we're.

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Needed to talk about it until august, the 5th, so it just need to be introduced.

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Tonight either. But I intend to refer to committee of.

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The whole thank you does that satisfy your concern.

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Yes, okay, all right will the parliamentarian. Please continue with.

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First readings.

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Sorry, mr. president, I move ordinance 20-12 we introduced in read by title and.

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Synopsis only by the clerk. Thank you motion a second can we have a vote on.

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The motion to introduce madam clerk yeah councilmember, piedmont, smith; yes, clarity,.

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Yes, smith, yes, sandburg, yes, rallo, yes, cammalleri.

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Rosenberger yeah, yes and boy. Yes, okay, I will the clerk. Please read my title and.

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Synopsis only hmm okay, ordinance 2012 to amend title 15 of the bloomington.

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Municipal code entitled vehicles and traffic fighting men.

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Regarding am inning titles, 15 12010, stop intersections.

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15:24 o1o increased or decreased the employment and 1541 zero location to.

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Change tracy street and trade street to make her way. 1230 208, oh no parking.

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Zones to add several no parking zone- 15 3209, oh limited parking zones to change.

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Limited parking zone and 15 30 to 100 learning zones throughout a loading zone.

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And 15 32 186 motorcycle parking restrictions to add parks and.

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Restrictions for motorcycles and mopeds and 15:36 oh 8 5 reserved residential on.

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Street parking permits add temporary, visitor parking permit and 15 4001 9 to.

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Add garage parking space reserved for electric vehicles and 15.

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For to100 on street metered parking locations of maximum hourly rate to add.

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Three locations and 1524 o2o increased or decreased speed limits to.

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Remove and add some rotations and fifteen 12010 multi stop intersections.

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To add and change some locations and 15 12:03, o signalized intersections to add.

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One location and 15 1601, o lonely street to remove one location synopsis is as.

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Follows this ordinance amend title 15 vehicles.

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And traffic of the bloomington municipal code and comes forth at the request of.

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City staff and the traffic commission, the ordinance makes the following.

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Changes, it changes all references to trade street or trade street to make.

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Your way, it adds no new parking zones in several areas, including the following. On.

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Grand street between 18th and 19th on 18th street between grant and lincoln on.

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15Th street, where indiana? First on how straight between patterson street and.

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Robson street second, on smith, avenue between roger.

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Street and jackson street and on washington street between 19th and 20th.

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But also one that's parking on one side of some streets and the parking zone.

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Sakes at areas that cannot support parking on both sides of the street in.

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This current limited parking zones on roger street between 10th street and.

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11Th street, from the west side of rogers to the east side of rogers, we create.

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Several new loading zones, they prohibit smother cycles and lopez from parking in.

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Areas intended from bicycles, it allows only electric vehicles to park and city.

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Garage spaces designated for electric vehicles, it creates a new temporary.

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Visitor parking permit program for on street parking in residential.

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Neighborhoods parking zones, it has a new pay by phone zone via pay by mobile, app.

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Park mobile in three black faces, it adds and changes the multi stop intersections.

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In some locations it adds on street meter parking in three locations. It adds.

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Some chain the multi stop intersections in some locations it adds one signalized intersection. It removes one-way street.

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In one location, it also removes redundancies created when ordinance 1826.

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Added codifications, without deleting as necessary, I think that's everything.

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Thank you with that. We go to matters of council schedule. Mr. lucas, do we have.

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Any items for concern what about public comment? Public? Oh! There is a second.

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Round of public comment on my apology: is there anyone who would like to speak to.

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An item he was attending from the public that has not been on tonight's agenda.

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If so, it was not already spoken, please raise your hand and zoom or type into.

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The chat so that mr. lucas can recognize you, mr. lucas, do you see anyone who.

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Would like to speak! Do not all right! Well now go to matters of council.

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Schedule do we have any upcoming meetings to know about just the council.

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Work session this friday there are two items that may be ready for the council.

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To hear about the first is an additional title: 15 ordinance that deals with.

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Parking along 7th street. The second item is a pud that came forward from the plan.

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Commission that deals with a proposal from habitat for humanity to update an.

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Existing pud, both of those items, will be released in the packet this week, but.

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There's also an opportunity at the noon work session to hear about those. So if.

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Members could possibly indicate whether they intend to attend this friday that.

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Might give us a good sense of whether we need the work session or not? Can we see.

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A simple show of hands the people who are interested in attending work session. On friday, I see five, I see most people, so I think we will have that.

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Work session, after all, thank you mr. lucas, anything else. No! That's it.

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Obviously, we've got to committee meeting scheduled tonight as well, so please you.

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What once again, I well we're gonna take a couple of minutes to change roles, I'll.

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Talk with counsel, bruce smith, and so please everyone come back in about two.

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Minutes after we adjourn and we'll have a committee of the whole on.

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Appropriations 2003 with that, is there any objection to adjournment? If not, we.

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Are adjourned we'll be convened at ten minutes after 8:00? Thank you so we can get rolling. I think that do we need to have anything.

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Read about the ordinance or were we're good, because we're in committee of the.

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Whole, so if I can ask the city staff, if they'd like to comment on ordinance, 2003.

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That would be appreciated if the mayor would like to go ahead. Please do so.

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Thanks am I on unmute. I think I am yes, alright I'll try to be brief. I know we.

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Have a lot to do appreciate getting to this. This is all about recover forward. I.

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Made big remarks last week on the 16th and encourage everybody to look at that.

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I won't try to repeat that I'll make very brief comments. Number one.

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I believe that government's role is to be counter-cyclical in down times in.

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Challenging times and I'm proposing that we do that explicitly to be an activist.

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Government that tries to help reduce damage, threats, cost pain, suffering and.

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Loss second, I tried to outline at that time and we'll be happy to talk more.

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About it, a fiscally responsible approach that identified reserves and belt.

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Trimming and management of finances to allow us to assemble 8 million.

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That we can use toward recover forward, half of which will protect our basic.

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Services and another half of which four million can be dedicated to directly.

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Investing in improving our community's future and that's what we're talking.

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About tonight that's the first half of that second, four million. It's focused on.

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Meeting four goals pandemic recovery, economic recovery, racial justice and.

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Climate justice, recovering forward into those goals to help achieve those this.

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Package that you have in front of you tonight seeks to move us forward on.

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Those four goals together, in particular in three buckets of activity where we.

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Can invest them in sustainable recovery, focused on improving our efficiency and.

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Sustainability as a community and our equity in general also will focus on.

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Jobs and recovery, in particular, trying to help our smaller businesses and.

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Employees potential employees get new jobs and good jobs and third continuing.

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To invest in affordable housing to try to create that leg of our stool. That.

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Helped build a strong community, I'll just mention, and I'm trying to keep it.

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Really short so important to us besides being counter cyclical and fiscally.

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Responsible and focusing on those four goals were don't duplicate things that.

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Are already out there try to partner with programs and opportunities that are.

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Available to us now, because second very important is that we're able to invest.

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This in the next four months, before the end of the year through, if you pass it.

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In august that we have september through december to help make this recovery.

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Happen: we've been doing a lot this year in the short term on emergency and some.

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Of this does also involve shorter term efforts, but I will say I believe this.

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Gets us on the longer-term road to recover forward toward what we want to.

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See bloomington be in this decade of the 2020s that we line ourselves up with our.

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Values that we invest in recovery that will help us do the right thing. So I'll.

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Ask you and I'll close, I hope you will support this. We welcome suggestions.

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Comments, questions we've gotten. Some of those speed is important in this because.

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We do want to help the recovery sustain itself happen, so we strongly do.

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Encourage the vote by august 12th on this matter and thanks I'll be happy to.

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Take questions and I have a number of colleagues who can get into the details.

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With that thanks a lot, mr. chairman, thank you. Thank you, mary.

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Mayor hamilton, is there an any other city staff that wishes to present on.

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2003, I think we're planning to respond to questions unless you want us to do.

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More in each area, but I know how tight time is and if we would just move into.

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Question! No! No! That's! That's! Absolutely fine! Thank you very much.

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Council members time for some questions, councilmember skimble larry. Thank you.

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Thank you, mayor hamilton for this proposal. I was particularly pleased and.

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Interested to see that you referenced a special emphasis on the hearts and.

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Employing non-traditional and/or underrepresented individuals.

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I was wondering more about that in general, my hunches, that's different for.

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Hand than it is economic development, could you say more about that and what.

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Are specific strategies are make sure we reach that goal jorah now I'll, probably.

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Ask alex crowley to step in in just a moment, apart from doing things like some.

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Specific programs, like senator stone, where we're working very closely with.

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That ally to move people directly into the workplace, and this would enhance.

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That work, the the investments of six figures in jobs, would be really steered.

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Toward maximum effort and support to those small businesses, small nonprofits.

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Other employers who are helping reach farther into the workplace.

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To help people who have challenges for employment to get into employment.

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Coding school is designed for that, but also the direct support for new.

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Businesses would for new jobs would be higher per job when you're helping pull.

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People into the workforce who are having difficulty in that workforce- and maybe I.

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Can hand it over to alex dad a few a few details about that thanks yeah, so.

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They're, you know they're different potential groups that would qualify with.

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What mayor hamilton was was talking about, you could have you know recently.

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Discharged veterans and having them kind of brought back into non-military life.

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You could have ex-offenders, also a group- that's that has a lot of difficulty.

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Finding opportunities and job opportunities, particular people who have.

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Been unemployed for a long period of time. Another group that also has.

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Difficulty going in into the work force and then you know you could look at.

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Possibly groups like recipients of public assistance. You know a lot of the.

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Literature recently and also long-term literature points to opportunities being.

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Harder to access at the at the lower income bands, so we would certainly look.

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At that group also, you know groups, minority groups and and just making a.

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Very concerted effort to reach out to pockets of populations that are just you.

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Know not traditionally accessing opportunities as easily as others. Thank.

H

You, mr. crowley, other questions from council members.

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Council member sims, thank you mayor and part of what you were talking about. You.

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Said that it was two parks in the second part had to do with eight million.

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Dollars for which was to improve the community's future and then four million.

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To help with more with the recovery aspect immediately, let's talk about that.

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Eight million: what can you share with us about that and I'm assuming? That is a.

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Taxpayer investment that we're talking about and can you talk about a timeframe.

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On that sure, just very briefly- and I outlined this in.

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Some detail on the 16th, but as we as I look at a counter-cyclical government.

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You and we have helped build up our reserves to a very healthy level right.

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Now, including the rainy day fund and as we looked, this is a rainy day. It's it's.

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Appropriate to use those reserves to protect our government's services and, as.

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We looked and set a goal to say we want to end 2022. That is two and a half years.

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From now, we think it's responsible to end with a 25 percent rainy day reserve.

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Level that means having three months worth of operating expenses, which is 50.

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Percent higher than what the what the state recommends. But three months of.

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Operating expenses, if we look at that forecast over that period of time, we can.

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Identify eight million dollars of kind of surplus investments that will be.

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Available both from reserves and from expected reversions, and we basically.

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Said about half of that, we should reserve to just keep government.

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Operating to make sure we don't need to do a layoff to make sure we can meet our.

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Obligations with our employees to make sure we can, even while we trim our sales.

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Where we need to that, we keep the basics of city government going and that's 4.

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Million of that the other 4 million, then in my outline, is available for this kind.

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Of recover forward investment, how do we do the things that will help our.

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Community climb out of this hole better more toward the community that we want.

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To be in those four goals that I said so that eight million is, is tax money that.

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Is already expected to be coming in and reserves that we have amassed through.

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The last several years dedicated toward these uses. Thank you. Thank you.

H

Councilmember flaherty you're muted. Thank you. Yes, first question is really.

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So I'm looking to get some more detail on some of these expenditures and.

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Programs and just wanting to know a bit more so the first question I had was.

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Probably for mr. crowley, with economic and sustainable development, specifically.

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The 250,000 dollar sum your worked for subsidizing energy conservation.

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Investments in homes, apartments and businesses, the memo from mayor hamilton.

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Notes that that is included but not limited to investments in insulation.

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Solar panels, plumbing and efficient appliances. So broadly I support you know.

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These types of investments they will lower costs, for you know, lower-income.

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Folks and help reduce emissions at the same time. My question is: really: is there.

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A sense well, first, how will it be administered? Will this be income.

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Qualified grants will it be, you know, partnering with agencies like scape, that.

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Already do this some of this type of work in administering federal programs.

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And second, is there an anticipated breakdown of emphasis between solar.

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Panels versus weatherization versus appliance is that sort of thing thank.

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You let me and alex can answer this, but I should have said at the beginning by.

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The way we will we've gotten some written questions, we're going to give written answers to those to y'all back and if you have more we're happy to.

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Continue to do that because I know we'll be pressed for time tonight, but thanks.

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For keeping those coming and we'll give you written answers thanks I'll try to.

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Break those questions down to the component parts, the first one you were.

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Asking about was the administration of the program. How.

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What kind of structures would it have, and you know the answer is yes to all.

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The above, so what we would like to be able to do is structure more generous.

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Support that the lower incomes of or at the lower ranges of income, so grants at.

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At the lowest range may be may be much more favorable loans at the middle range.

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And perhaps slightly you know more typical loans at the higher range, so so.

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The idea is to try to meet the need and and to take a look at what the income.

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Levels are the people that are involved and then I think your next question was.

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About the breakdown between the different components, so so roughly.

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Estimating how that might play itself out it's a little hard to tell, because I.

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Think one of the components of the program is going to be to require, as a.

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Point of entry, an energy assessment of a given structure, and so what what that.

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Will yield will actually help to determine what the you know what the.

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What the need is and what the investment will help to support. Having said that,.

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It's our preliminary guess that we probably will be spending much of the.

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Sum on weatherization, possibly some some solar but, as you know, the best first.

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Step in can take is to create efficiency, and then only once that's been achieved.

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To go into renewable energy, so we're thinking that you know between mostly.

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Weatherization, possibly some solar will take up the majority of the monies, but.

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Then looking at appliances and other kind of smaller retrofits, we can see.

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That having you know some, not small amount and then finally, rental property.

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Enhancements that ultimately can trickle down to the you know to the beneficiary.

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Trying to overcome the split incentive program that that happens, so you know.

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Probably a third, a third or third between those three broad categories is.

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What we're guessing right now, but we'll really have to see once we go to market.

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What it, how it ends up playing out and we'll be tracking that closely.

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And I would just add we are- we are working with us cap and we'll continue to do that. Their liheap program we're trying to marry in with that and- and I.

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Would just note because you would well know, I think if you looked at the.

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Amazing siren work that they're doing, but you look at that map. It's not.

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Hitting the lower-income areas as well, those are you know, those are expensive.

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Systems they're hard to get in place, so we would be trying to push this use that.

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Map and say where is it missing? Where do we need to go in the community where.

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More this needs to happen, and to add to that, you know one of the reasons for.

R

That- and I think it's sort of was another question that was written down is a lot of the previous work. That's been done, relied on self-financing by.

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The by the person making the changes right, and so if you were short on.

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Capital or didn't have access to it. You would be less likely to go solar for.

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Example, so this is really a you know, actually kind of a first when it comes.

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To substantial investments by local government into some of these.

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Efficiencies, quick follow-up, chair smith, that's okay,.

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Short and related yes, yes, please do you'd mentioned potential for loans as.

J

Well, it sounds like city staff will be administering this and maybe perhaps in.

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Partnership with cdfi friendly bloomington, could you speak just briefly.

J

Mr. crowley, to how the loan element to this, we do sort of green loans or.

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Low-Interest loans for this purpose yeah, so the absolutely cdfi friendly.

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Bloomington, you know if you look back at the work that was done recently for the.

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Rapid response fund, which was a city administered loan program, but but.

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Actually, tight coordination would see if I friendly bloomington, because in fact,.

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There are resources out there. The whole point of the cdfi from bloomington is to.

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Bring those to bear in addition, what we're doing locally that's worked out.

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Pretty well and cdfi, friendly bloomington has uncovered great.

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Resources that help to augment and in some place places displace actually some.

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Of the activities that we thought we would have to undertake so so we've had.

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Some experience with with loan management recently and in the past.

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But we see this playing itself at a lot like, like the rapid response fund. Thank.

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You thank you very much. I just want to.

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Remind counsel that since we're gonna have another session, these questions can.

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Be in a preliminary sense to gather information, and you may want to refine.

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Your questions and send them for the neck. The next time we discussed this.

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Thank you, councilmember sandburg. Thank you. I obviously have some procedural.

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Questions about the increase to the jack hopkins fund and how that's going to be.

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Allocated what the time frame for that would be, but my first question is about.

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The it category about the digital equity $35,000, I believe, if I could get a.

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Little bit more of an explanation as to what kind of a program that would look.

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Like and who that's targeted for, how will that be administered hi mr. dietz.

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Gladys sure and rick I know we'll add this. You all know how important digital.

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Access has been to me for many years and how important we've seen it is to so.

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Many people now and we did just complete a digital survey. Digital access survey.

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That is not yet released, but has helped inform us to think about. They are there.

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Are real problems locally, and this is kind of a first down payment effort to.

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To address what are some real digital divide, questions and rick I'll? Let you.

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Add some specifics to that. Thanks mayor, I think this is the first time I've had.

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The opportunity to join the council like this, so it's good to see you all.

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Albeit in your pixelated form, yes, jon mentioned. This is an outgrowth of an.

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Effort that we've been working on for some time, we ran a survey earlier in the.

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Year right, as you know, the impact of kovat was being felt in the in the.

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Community we hadn't planned on that, but see that as being a pretty pretty.

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Fortuitous to have this type of survey teed up at a time when there's a lot of.

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A lot of challenges in our community around around access, so the the goal of.

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This proposed appropriations is to support a.

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Grants initiative that would partner with local not-for-profit organizations.

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That provide provide support in the areas that have been identified with.

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Gaps in our local digital equity environment, so a number of those that.

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Have emerged from this survey and, and as john mentioned will be, will be providing.

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This to you and the public shortly, but we found something some things that.

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We're surprising some things that weren't, but around you know, 12% of.

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Low-Income respondents never interact with the internet. You know we do have.

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Homework gap and, in particular in low-income households, where children.

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That are in the school system have have challenges being able to do do their.

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Homework there's a number of of issues that cross cross sectors and our of our.

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Local residents, where both you know, low-income individuals and older.

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Individuals have cited, you know that they have a gap in the ability to.

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Effectively use the internet but they're also interested in in training.

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Opportunities to assist in bridging that gap, there's there's a number of other.

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Factors that emerge from this and we're hoping to be able to try to address.

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These and again in partnership with local not-for-profits that that work.

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With low-income individuals or the older individuals in the in the community and.

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Can effectively target some solutions that would help bridge the digital.

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Divide with these individuals right, thank you and it's just as a.

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Follow-Up to my jack hopkins question again: what is that looking like, or did.

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You want to say more about the it no. I was just going to jump in that. I'm sorry.

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We didn't mention the jack hopkins, you know in terms of working with things.

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That work, obviously there are a lot of stresses in our community and we know.

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How effective jack hopkins has been over the years in moving money out to help.

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These pillars and foundational supports of our community and- and I feel like and.

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I hope you agree that pushing just a new round of money to let jack hawkins run a.

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Special round later this year to try to get that money out where the needs are.

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The greatest will help build our social safety net help people get through this.

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Crisis, so it's just meant to accelerate and offer a new round of jack hopkins.

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For the committee to run so a new application period and and a reconvening.

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Of the committee, rather than looking at what we looked at this year and add to I.

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I guess whatever you think from from your committee, if you have enough that.

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You know needs to be done fine, but if you think a new round would work, it's.

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Kind of up to you, I think, from my perspective, thank you. Thank you. Other.

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Questions from council members- let's see, there's four people asked a question on.

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Their council, I was trying to spread it out, so anybody who hasn't asked a.

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Question would you like to steve saari councilmember voland, please ask yes. I.

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Mean again, we know, I know we're pressed for time. There were a number of.

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Questions asked in advance, I'm looking at them now and, of course, it's.

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Impossible to answer them all under these circumstances, but the the point of.

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Them was to give I mean just for the for the record when committee members asked.

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Questions in advance its to help staff prepare to answer the questions live.

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During committee, but since we can't answer these questions tonight, can we.

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Hope for written answers to the questions by this time. Next week we.

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Anyway, so sorry, then I'll assisted that way we can.

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Follow up with enough time to give you a heads up of what we're going to ask on.

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The fifth one we appreciate getting those questions, that's very helpful.

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We'll get you answers in writing tomorrow, but, of course we welcome if you.

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Want to ask them orally tonight for the public to hear that's fine too, but we.

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Will get written answers to those very quickly? That's appreciated the only.

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Thing, I would say is I would ask some of my colleagues if they have reviewed the.

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Questions that were asked in advance and if they have any questions that they.

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Might also like to have answered that may not be answerable tonight. I would.

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Just ask my colleagues to look at the questions that have been submitted in.

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Writing. Thank you. Other questions. Councilmember, rosenberger, muted, okay,.

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Thanks, I see minute questions ahead of time now.

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But I I guess I was just under the impression that we were going to have a.

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Presentation so I didn't there were there were some of the categories that I.

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Want more detail on and just like really in general, most of them, but can we.

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Anticipate this presentation, or do we need to really have questions like I.

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Would like more detail on this portion of the spending? um It's really, however,.

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It works for you, I know where we were pressed for time, so I didn't want to try.

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To do a 15 or 20 minute presentation tonight we certainly can do that. We also.

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Can respond in writing about it and at your rec ssin? What's the best use of the.

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Time of council happy to do that and sorry if we should have done a longer.

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One tonight, mr. chair, if I could just say if, if there was a slideshow that was.

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Gonna be presented if you could simply send that to us at least we can read it.

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And that might help answer some of a comfortable rosenberger questions.

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Was there a slideshow, we did not have a deck for tonight. We didn't- I say, okay.

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Well that, anyway, thank you. I would would suggest councilmember rosenberger.

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Send follow-up questions? Do we want it to be sent through the chair of.

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Sustainable committee councilmember skimble hurry or do you want it sent.

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Directly to the mayor, I would, I would just suggest you could go ahead and send.

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Him to me you can copy everybody if you want we'll assemble them all again,.

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You'll get the first round tomorrow answers and then, if that prompts more.

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We're happy to dig into those okay, but your attorney has another view. Maybe I.

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Don't know yes, sir well just for the members of the public that are.

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Interested in and following along with the discussion, if there's a way to do.

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This so that we can push these questions and answers out to the public as well.

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I'm sure we've got lots of interested folks, so once they're all compiled, I'm.

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Happy to make those available, but just as we're going through this process, try.

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To keep that in mind.

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Other questions from council members, councilmember, piedmont, smith. Yes, I.

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Wanted to follow up on the previous question about the $35,000, for it.

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Investments, so I still didn't quite understand for mr. gates's answer what.

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Exactly is this money going towards? Are we going to help people get wi-fi access.

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Actual you know ipads, but what what's the bottom line? What what is this money.

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Going to go to.

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This deet, yes, oh there, you are sorry yeah yeah. This. This proposal is for, for.

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A grants program, one of the things that we're we're planning to do with the.

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Survey results: that's really the the foundation of a larger, larger digital.

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Equity strategic plan that we're working on you know that being said, we did have.

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Results that indicated there were some areas of activity that we should. We.

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Should explore we'd like to to accelerate that and, and do so with with.

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Partners in our local, not-for-profit communities will be looking to them for.

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For ideas, you know, in a similar fashion to you know, grants projects that the.

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Council, already you know, works on will will be looking to those partners who.

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Are either already working in areas the that address connection connecting their.

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Their constituents to to delisle services or new new ideas that are.

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Emerging from from that that sector we didn't want to necessarily you know.

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Prejudge and determine what exactly these funds should be used. We just know.

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That you know our goal is to address and and mitigate the the digital inequity.

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Disparities that we that we have discovered with with our data from this.

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From this survey, so the grants will go to nonprofits. That will then assist you.

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Yeah. Thank you. Other questions from council members, council member simms.

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Thank you in looking through the questions that's been compiled, one of my.

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Questions was there 114 thousand and $250 for managing the projects, but that.

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Question has already been posed as part of the overall.

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Questions so I'm looking for the answer to that my secondary question: what I'd.

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Like to hear, and it's pretty clear that when we make investments, you get a.

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Bigger bang for your buck, depending on partnerships and collaborations I'd like.

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To hear a little bit more of planning along those lines, I'm specifically, I.

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Think there's $50,000 for a partnership between parks and rec and center stone.

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Just a little bit more detail on how we can get a bigger bang for our buck.

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Through collaborating or partnerships, so nothing specific, but if you get a touch.

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On that a little bit mara that'd be good, but I look forward to the answers later.

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Sure, and- and we I don't know if mr. underwood, if you want more information.

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About that, basically, four or five percent for overhead that we just felt.

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Was appropriate to identify for all for all these funds we can. We can share that.

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With you and absolutely we're, frankly, we're balancing two things right on the.

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One hand speed to the market getting hitting this out. On the other hand,.

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Partnerships which I totally agree with you are our key they're, actually helpful.

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In speed but they're also helpful in amplifying what we do right, the.

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Partnership you mentioned with center stone is a great example. We already have.

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Three teams that are underway right now, through parks with center stone and.

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Paula mcdevitt can talk about that, and this is just saying: let's do more of.

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Those we like what they do, they're helping hard to employ people get into.

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The work place partnership with the mill to do the coding school is a very close.

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Partnership: partnership with the bdc and ivy tech and others on the life sciences.

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Investment is is helping that happen. Partnership with s cap on the like he'd.

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Kind of program to work on getting that efficiency going so any place. We can.

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We're looking to do that kind of partnership, but yeah it it. You know.

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They're not always available and, and the other aspect of this is if this money.

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Doesn't get out quickly, it's kind of defeating the purpose of some quick.

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Response recovery, money but paul, I don't know, would you like a little more.

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Information about center stone or right now, I think, paula mcdevitt's. Here you want to hear about that's amazing.

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Program, um actually, I think I'm some of the questions will address that as we.

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Move forward so boom. Thank you for offering oh. Thank you. I would like to.

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Ask if council member rallo has any questions you'd like to ask in this.

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Forum, thank you for the offer. I have none at this point. I'm formulating some.

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For next time, though, thank you, okay, thank you. So I'm going to ask a.

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Procedural question from our attorney is: are we because it's counseled the whole.

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Do we need to solicit public comment during this session? Okay, does anybody.

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Have a burn any burning questions they want to finish tonight with okay, let's.

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Go to public comment: we have also members campbell larry.

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Hanna, oh I'm! So sorry, thank you. Please go out.

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This is probably a comment disguised as a question, but it's all just fess up to.

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That will there be an opportunity for us to hear from the private sector and from.

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Small businesses we've talked about a five five thousand dollar subsidy for.

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Job creation, you talked about coding school and what is still quite vague to.

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Me life sciences support. Could we at some point hear from the chamber or bdc.

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Or who's ever appropriate what they think of these ideas, you know: will that.

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$5,000 actually move the needle for some employers is the coding school a good.

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Idea so can we hear from those at some point not tonight, obviously, but at some.

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Point yes, absolutely both in written answers and then testimony as as we can.

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Either written or oral at the next session great. Thank you.

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Alex do you agree to that right, yeah and I would go one step further, which is in.

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Both cases generously have offered to help us formulate in some cases what.

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What the plan of action is and how to make it as meaningful and impactful as.

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Possible, so I think I think we not only would hear.

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From them directly, but also bring them in to be part of the process of.

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Developing and finalizing programs yeah. Thank you. Thank you.

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Anybody else have any burning questions before I go to public comments. All right.

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Mr. lucas, if you will look and see if, if any member of the public would like to.

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Make a comment on 20 ordinance, 2003 and I would ask them to raise their hand or.

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Send a note to mr. lucas so that he can now pull you up and allow you to speak.

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One one, member of the public, the be edc, not sure who it is from the bdc, but they.

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Should be unmuted and ready to commit an apology, I'm gonna just to keep things.

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Consistent for members of the public, I'm gonna just enable audio for for all.

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Public commenters so go ahead. Okay, um my name is jennifer pearl and I'm the.

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President and the bloomington economic development corporation- and we just.

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Wanted to say thank you for the opportunity to both weigh in on this.

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Alex was great in meeting with our team earlier this week to talk about some of.

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The details of the proposal and we're taking that back to our members and.

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Others and we're also trying to gather data from partners at indiana university.

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Right now, including the iprc and the crisis technologies, innovation lab to.

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Weigh in on some of the economic trends that we're seeing and so we're we're.

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Looking to bring some of that to the table for these discussions for phases, 1.

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2 and 3, and so anyone has questions about that or even.

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Certain data that you're looking for in that process we'd be happy to try to.

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Gather that for you- and we will also be happy to engage in the process moving.

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Forward you know weighing in on certain parts of the plan as well.

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So, thank you very much. Thank you. Miss pearl. Is there any other comments from.

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The public they wish to share at this time anything else. Mr. lucas, not seeing.

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Any additional requests to come in all right as charit I'm gonna ask. Is there.

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Anything else we need to finish up in this first council of the whole meeting.

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Regarding this ordinance, that's important in a preliminary sense, so that.

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We can make sure we're efficient for the next time. Councilmember voland well.

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Again, I had hoped that my questions there would have been time to have my.

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Questions answered so that it would help in formulating the discussion for two.

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Weeks from now so again, I'll just reiterate that I'd like to have I mean I.

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Don't want the administration to feel like they have to answer questions by.

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Tomorrow, simply if they, if they answer them by a week from now, then you know we.

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Can that's enough time for us to formulate new new questions, so I don't.

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Feel like they need to rush to do it. We have time built there so, like that's all.

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Thank you. Let me ask: is there a time limit or a kill date on when should we.

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Have this second set of questions should we have those to send to the.

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Administration, as far as I'm concerned, questions answered in writing. Don't.

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Allow for the opportunity to ask emergent questions and so.

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You know that's important to be able to. I mean by somebody live so that people.

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Can hear those answers I'll settle for written ones here, but you know like if.

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We're gonna benefit from a second meeting and clearly we need time dad.

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There's a lot of questions that weren't able to be answered tonight. You know.

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Like people, the staff needs time to prepare to answer our questions in.

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Discussion. That's all. Thank you. Okay. Thank you.

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Look, it's just some lost. I know when we made the agenda for the sustainability.

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Sustainable development committee we had also listed resolution 2012 the.

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Committee of the whole took up the app word first, which is fine, but in the.

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Remaining few minutes, I don't know if anybody for me if it's chairs pleasure.

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You may want to hear that that resolution is dependent on the ordinance.

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Passing I mean any casa could be heard in one meeting. It appeared on the agenda.

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For the committee so committee the polls not obligated to to address it tonight.

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But there are a few minutes left and did appear on the agenda. So may ask the.

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Mayor, if you would like to comment on 2012, I think I would probably turn that.

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To mr. underwood, if he'd like to comment on that about that issue, and I would.

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Just say mr. rowland, for example, you asked a number of questions about housing. I know in the written in the written questions which we will share.

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Answers with, but also happy to discuss those here any time at any length we.

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Want to, but mr. underwood, do you want to is? Are you the right person to address.

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That the other ordinance, but I will so I just like the fact I put down but now.

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Shirt for tonight, so this is just a housekeeping based on the rest on the.

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Board and some of the proposed monies that are are the council's process for.

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Moving money within a major category, but between lines and.

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Safe is there anything remarkable about the movement? It's probably worth noting.

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That a significant portion close to half of the housing focused assistance that.

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We're outlining here is directly from proposed to be coming from the housing.

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Development fund, so those are those are actually not the the tax dollars that.

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Work on they're more than the tax dollars, so this ordinance is needed. I.

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Believe to move that within one of the line items of the housing development.

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Fund is that right, mr. norwood, that's correct! Okay! Thank you. Mr. underwood,.

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Thank you, mayor hamilton. Is there anything else that we need to do as.

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Housekeeping or to finish up councilmember flaherty did you have a.

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Question I actually think cosmo verse campbell.

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Larry had her hand raised. I had a comment, though, if there's time to make.

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It please councilmember skin valerie.

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Sorry not a housekeeping question, but just a preview of how I'm all be.

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Approaching yes next week, I envisioned it would be really helpful to me to have.

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Some specific examples of the kinds of things that are being proposed.

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So under life sciences support we're providing life sciences, jobs, support and.

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I I'm not an idiot, but I don't know what that means.

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Alright and likewise the working toward digital equity, I think, is councilmember.

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Piedmont smith got at this a little bit, but I'm still not clear on what we're.

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Actually, spending that money on so just a preview that I'm gonna kind of push on.

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That next week and specific examples help thank you.

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Absolutely more time, we'll help we'll get a little more time. Thank you. Member.

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Councilmember clarity, yeah. I had similar comments to make and want to echo that's.

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Members campbell areas comments that I think really most of the questions.

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Submitted by council members kind of go to the lack of detail on to the programs.

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We're just wanting to know what that's going to look like so again, some of this has been fleshed out a little bit. Some of it will be fleshed out more from the.

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Questions but perhaps it's worth for each item in the in the memo from mayor.

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Hamilton to go ahead and tell us what what you know I understand there's some.

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Uncertainty at this point about exactly how the money will be, you know going to.

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Different programs and with different partnerships, but I think just the extent.

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That you could fill us in on all the anticipated programs. You know, I think.

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That would help us a lot so just wanted to advocate for that. Thank you.

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Councilmember bowl and then council member sandburg, just briefly part of the.

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Extended process is to allow council members to sensitively develop.

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Amendments if they see fit with you know the change in schedule here, like I just.

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Want to ask my colleagues if they're planning amendments to this app board so.

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That we can get it done by august 12th. Those amendments should be ready to be.

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Discussed at the august 5th committee of the whole and they real.

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Should be done by friday to go out in the packet friday, that would be the 31st.

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Of july, so I would ask everyone who has any thought to be prepared to prepare an.

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Amendment by friday, the 31st. Thank you good point. Councilmember sandburg this.

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Has been presented, I think it makes perfect sense with respect to our.

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Response to the crisis we're in trying to get the economy in a stronger places.

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We can get it with city investments, so I couldn't think of amendments at this.

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Point that I would propose, based on questions that have been asked tonight,.

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And have already been asked and have been answered, my concern as an at-large.

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Representative is being able to talk to the public who are expressing concerns.

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About the investment of money and what's going to be the the direct result, it.

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Sounds to me like they need reassurances that these are basically monies that are.

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Coming from our reversions our rainy day fund, I know there's been some concern.

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About any raising of taxes that may need to be done in order to afford some of.

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These this thing so again between now and the next time we talk about this.

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Again, that would be my goal is to get the public assurance and I think many of.

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Us are asking for a little bit more detail about what exactly are the.

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Programs in which these dollars are going to go toward so that we, as.

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Representatives of the people who are contacting us can make a good decision.

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About this, overall, though, it looks like it's definitely a movement in in a most.

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Necessary direction, so my first impressions of it this evening would be.

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To vote in favor of more discussion on it, certainly, but overall approving it if.

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We can again give assurances to the public that these are smart uses of our.

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Dollars in these tough times, thanks, thank you. May I respond mr. chairman.

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Just very briefly, please do mary hamilton do two quick points and I know.

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We're tight on time one absolutely thank you.

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Remember samberg: these are, these are reversion dollar.

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These are explicitly reversion dollars from 2019 appropriations that we have.

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Husbanded kept protected that we now feel are appropriate to invest in our.

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Community to help in recovery, that's point one point two to several: that I've.

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Asked very appropriately, can we get more detail, we will tell you everything. We.

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Know about what we think can happen, we will tell you some things that we don't.

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Know and be transparent about all of that, because we don't know everything.

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But we do, I think, have lined up to to identify some needs that can be met and.

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We'll share all that we do know and we'll also let you know some things that we just don't know yet. Thank you very much. I'm gonna make one comment. Nana.

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Mccullen councilmember simms. I agree that some.

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More specificity would be really great and I'll send some questions along to.

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Request some specificity council member sent us simply as a reminder to the.

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Chair of this committee, the whole meeting of your 9 o'clock, commitment and.

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It's now 901 just a reminder. No thank you very much. Do we conclude this by.

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Asking for a motion to or we just can we do, there's no need to there's no need to.

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Ask for a motion. You can simply conclude the meeting if you want to call for a.

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Motion you can do so all right, I would like. I would like to conclude the.

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Meeting so that I can keep my promise to councilmember rosen barger and thank you.

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Very much I appreciate the discussion in allowing me to run the meeting tonight.

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Thank you very much.

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