City of Bloomington, Indiana Redevelopment Commission, 1 Jun 2020

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Like to call the meeting to order its 503, let's start with roll call.

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Commissioners present I'm diane griffin.

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Everytin voice david wolter, nicholas capitis. Let me kaname staff present or.

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Santander jeff underwood treasurer controller. Okay, like economic.

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Sustainable development, okay, larry, I'm legal, all right alex! Why are you dressed.

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Like woody alex, are you there, you hear me, as I can night.

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Thank you for modeling, good behavior, all right.

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Is there a mug, is there, can we have a reading? Other minutes? Are you there.

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I'd like to approve, I mean it. Is there a motion to approve the minutes for may.

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The 18th 2020- this is david, wolter, omega motion. We approve the minutes, that's all.

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That oppose the motion carries examination of claims. Is there a motion.

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To approve the claims register for may the 29 2020 so moved.

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Now is erin, second, all in favor, I'm don griffin. Yes,.

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David walters, so she owes me money, yeah, necklace cap, this, yes, okay,.

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No opposed so the motion carries examination of cairo registers. Is there.

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A motion to approve the payroll registers for may the 22nd 2020. Okay, we.

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Have one approve, let's go in cindy and david was david? Do you want a second.

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I'll second, the motion.

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All in favor I approve don griffey sandwich. I approve david wolter accrues.

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Nick pappas approves they can arnie approved, okay, not opposed so the motion.

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Carries report of officers and committees is.

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There a director's report- yes here I I.

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Wouldn't turn for to everyone alex is off, it is throwing me off, but that we.

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Received today was the closing date for our applications and our cdbg kovat 19.

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Funding we receive 12 applications while we're reviewing those applications. This.

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Week and meeting with our committee next week to review them.

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The recommended allocations will be coming to the redevelopment commission.

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For approval on june 15 are there any questions.

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Well, I don't know: are there folks, anybody is there a legal report? None at.

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This time, but I'm happy to answer any questions, any questions. Folks, are we.

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Good, I will just know just briefly sorry, I guess I one thing is just please note.

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That we have an executive session immediately following the business you.

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Can stay on the zune call and it will be limited to commissioners, because we will.

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Discuss hey larry, you're breaking up sometime; that is thanks to city hall,.

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Internet, okay, all right, I don't think anybody heard the last part that larry.

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Where you said, you've limited the two commissioners only because because it's.

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Only it's going to involve a potential real property transactions. Okay, is there.

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A ctp update report: no, is there a treasurer's update report for it? First.

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Of all, no only to say that I'm hoping by the next meeting we'll be able to update.

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You on the first six months, property tax payments to see where we stand on tif.

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Revenues so that'll be interesting, so we'll have that for you and since alex.

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Is on the call, I won't do anything with the garages. Don't leave that up to him.

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Is there a ctp update report? Will that include garages? I can yes, I can include.

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Garages, this is wood cowboy I wanted so before I get to the garages. I did want.

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To we got requests from the mill and they.

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Were wondering and I'm gonna try to maybe share my screen up? If I do that.

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But they want they wanted to see if they can leverage some of the green area.

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Outside of the mill as a way to sort of do safe, socially distanced kind of.

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Outdoor, you know areas for themselves during the know, so they sent a picture.

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Of an example of what it looks like you may have seen this in other cities, but let me see if I could share my screen. Give me one. Second, I'm gonna stay here.

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Can you can you every see my screen? No okay,.

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So basically, what this is. This is not in in bloomington, but but it's it's. It's a.

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Way to get people outside enjoying a park or something like that, and but it.

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Has circles drawn on the grass where you know the circles are separated from each.

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Other so anyway, that the the request was whether we would be open to allowing.

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This to happen even facilitating it in the green area outside of the mill and.

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You know, I think, as long as it's deemed to be healthy and we'll double-check.

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This before we would implement it because it's rtc owned land. We wanted to.

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Make sure that you were aware of this and and and we're giving were able to.

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Give your approval and then we will as a follow up. We would, you know, make sure.

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That it's kosher from a health perspective and and and then give the.

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Approval so any questions about that.

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So look: we need a kind of formal approval on this. Well, let me just state.

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My opinion on this, it's soleus, taken to extreme outside the mill, is public area.

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And anybody in the public can be anywhere they wish, if they're not going.

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To practice social distancing, then, who are we to say? Oh you guys stay within.

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These circles, you know just going downtown through the courthouse square.

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The other evening remember pry, about 60 peoples out there around civil war.

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Monument now how the world they can do, any social distancing is not going to.

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Happen, I think it's really back on to the individual to realize that they have.

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A right and responsibility to do social, distancing to wear a mask and the be.

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Conscious of others needs it's just like the other day when I went in a building.

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Supply immaterial place about half the people in there were not wearing masks.

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And I said: well I'm not coming back to this business I'll go the other business.

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Were they require and we'll sell? You masks when you come in and that's only.

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Because I have a compromised immune system, I really cannot be around people.

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Who are coughing and hacking so again, this is silliness.

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You're gonna spray-paint, these things, defaced lon, forget it. It's public space.

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Let people take their own personal responsibility, I'll get off my soapbox.

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Well, any other questions or suggestions. So so we have to give them permission to.

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Do this all right right now, they're there they're their.

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Footprint right, the mills jurisdiction ends on the other side of madison right.

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So they've got the little plaza area, they're actual a lot. You know it's.

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Surrounding the the mill itself, so anything that happens in the in the.

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Grassy area is really an rtc owned lot, and so we want to make sure that you.

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Would be okay, you know essentially temporarily giving them access to a.

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Portion of the land that doesn't really come with their lease, if you will so.

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There's so I think, I think we're just kind of following process here to make.

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Sure that you all are okay with that and david. I understand what you're saying I.

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Think I think the the really the only benefit of of painting the circles is to.

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Give visual cues to people, you know when I'm working, it's not like we're.

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Cops out there enforcing it, you know, but but it's a good way to you know you just.

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Encourage good behavior, you know they're gonna. Do it anywhere? Let's be honest,.

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So but I'm glad they asked right yeah anybody else have a problem with it: okay,.

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I would recommend in lieu of just doing a formal resolution, since this is just a.

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Temporary use- I think this is this- is ripe for someone just making a motion to.

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Approve the use of the grass for this area this this area will treat it like a.

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Resolution but just move for approval of the mill to use it like this and second.

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Go through that process. Okay, anybody want to make the motion.

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I, with respect to today's good opinions, I don't object to it. I will make the.

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Motion that we approve the use, as proposed for a temporary period of time,.

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I have his seconds that all in favor, I'm don griffin, yes sandy canary yeah next.

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Time I said walter, no all right, so we motion carries, we add one know and the.

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Rest, yes, but the motion still carries hey thanks. Let's see, who else do we have.

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I think that's it. That's it for officers and committees. If you'd like to hear.

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About the garages, I can give you a couple quick update to do. You want to.

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Get the latest status on those yeah sure, okay, all right got that no! No! I just.

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Said it's a few, so you know, as you know, there's work being done on two garages.

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Right now that one is one is the trades district garage and one is.

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For street garage, it's district work is much more visible than the forestry, so.

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What's happening at the trades district, is you know, there's fast progress being.

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Made with the site and the foundation and utility work there's going to be, and.

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Cement trucks and cranes in the area, so so we're gonna actually be closing off.

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Sections of tents, the tape, while maintaining security and safety for the.

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People and then the city is also working on putting in a time-lapse camera to to.

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Shoot the the development of the project as it as it progresses all the.

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Completion so that'll be great, not not not only as a kind of live webcam that.

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People can check in on, but also it'll be a good. You know good and right now it.

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Appears to zip that project to be on time and on budget that's good. There was.

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A fourth street, so bids have been received for the first bid package and.

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The foundation piers site- and you know the city's construction management firm.

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Is review those bids for accuracy and completely ready for award the next.

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Couple of days, the second big bid package for structure.

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And the rest of the garage construction has been released for bidding and we're.

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You know waiting for all that to to come back and then, as with the trades.

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District, we will be doing time-lapse photography projects as well, so as it.

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Activity starts we'll have the same, both real-time and archival time jeff. I don't.

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Know is anything else. One of you cover.

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Nope, that's it. Okay,.

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All right any questions, folks, in regards to anything that alex has said in.

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Regards to the the parking garage structures, so those are gonna, be live.

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That's gonna be live feeds for the parking garage that pete anybody can.

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Take that anybody can look at that's right as we're, so that we're trying to.

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Jeff, I don't know if they've picked a vendor yet for it, but my understanding is that that'll we'll have a some sort of live, webcam kind of access that.

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People can just click in on right, yeah. I believe it updates every so often I.

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Think it, I'm not sure, is exactly it's time-lapse, but it's like every 15.

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Minutes, I think for sure, but yeah he's narrowed it down we're trying to uh we.

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Got a vendor the options that we had initially were for solar and that that.

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Adds quite a bit to it so we're trying to find permanent power that we can go.

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That route, so it'll save us some money. I think he's pretty close to making that.

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Decision so we should get those cameras ordered and up soon I mean how can I say.

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This you know some people around town have had they have video on their.

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Businesses and they catch things that they, nobody really needs to see, and I'm.

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Wondered if that could be the same situation with our parking garages and.

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So something that we think is going to be cool could possibly be something that.

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Could be traumatic? Well, we certainly hope it's there. There's not, but I guess.

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That's the other reason is from a safety perspective. If something, if there's.

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Damage or equipment goes missing or there you know, there's an accident of.

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Some kind there's a video record of it that we can. We can go to you. You always.

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Take the chance just like with zoom meetings and everything else, that's out.

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I think I'm saying I think it's a it's good to have it recorded, but it's not so.

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Good to let the public hurt for us to anybody just.

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You know what I mean be able to see it without us being able to weed through it.

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That's all I'm saying well, all four up that alex can preview.

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All the recordings and make sure nothing and really is a published attics of mine.

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I mentioned that the university's been doing this on their major construction.

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Projects for the last five years- okay, if you wanted to you- can go to their.

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Website and look at the north housing under construction, okay,.

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And no problems with it. It's actually good advertising to go in there and.

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Watch the time lapse as to as it goes together. I think the new hospital is the.

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Same way, okay, all right I mean it sounds cool. I just just you know, because we're.

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You know you know just being a little more careful with with with what we as a.

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City send out to the public, that's all, but yeah, I'm good with it.

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All right any other questions, folks, all right: let's go to new business. The next.

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Item of business is resolution, 20 29 amendment to the cdbg physical.

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Improvement funding agreement with the bloomington housing authority, who would.

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Like to speak in regards to this resolution, so matt's when he here with.

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Hand, if there's any questions, I'm here to answer them: okay, a mac- it was just a.

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Quick summary of what this resolution about sorry yeah, basically due to the.

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Pandemic, the manufacturer of the stainless steel handrails stopped.

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Production, which is going to put them outside of their deadline to finish so.

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We're just extending the deadline to give them plenty of time to get the.

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Handrail manufactured and delivered and installed.

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Any other questions for matthew matt. This is eric-san voice. Is there any.

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Consequence to residents any inconvenience or worse that will take.

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Place over the three months that you don't have the annuals available, they'll.

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Install temporaries until the time that they get the permanent ones in so.

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There'll be no safety concerns or anything like that. I don't think it'll.

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Take nearly that long, but we'd figured we would plan for more time instead of.

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Having to come back and do another extension, so so I apologize, I had to.

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Leave my desk I'm so mad sweeney is the new program.

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Manager for our physical improvement projects, so this is the first amendment.

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He's had to take to the redevelopment commission, but as matt said, this is just.

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Providing the housing authority some additional time to complete the work.

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Under their funding agreement, all right do you have a motion. This is david.

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Wolter I'll move the we accept this resolution is nicolas kappes. A second.

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All those in favor I'm down griffin, I approve they're san.

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Lyceus david wolter approve nicolas cafes prayer.

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Inde can silly did you approve bindi? Okay, what happened she's on used an.

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Attorney approved, okay cool all right, so all those in favor we did.

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That so motion is approved. Alright, let's go to the next item of business is rest.

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Its resolution 20-30 no excess value in the allocation area who would like to.

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Speak in regards to this, I can- I can briefly speak to this. If jeff wants to.

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Jump in also, this is an annual requirement for the rdc we have to give.

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Notice by june 15th, whether there's any excess valuation of the property within.

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The tif districts, as as, as was the case last year in the year before that there.

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Is no excess valuation of any of the property in the allocation areas and.

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Therefore, we will be sending out notice to that effect to the county and the.

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Required entities under indiana law as soon as this is okay, any questions from.

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Any commissioners all right, we have a motion except resolution, 20-30 second,.

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Okay, all those in favor, diane griffin. I.

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Proved that they can re yet david wolter. Yes,.

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Nicholas kappas, yes, okay,.

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All opposed none, the motion carries, that's it. um Okay. Do we have in a.

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General discussion or business none so we're gonna join the meeting and don't.

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Forget we have a special meeting after this.

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