City of Bloomington, MN 2015 Bloomington Today, 24 Jun 2015

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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ June 24 – 30

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What’s buzzin’ around Bloomington? The City Council approved the organized collection proposal. New development is coming to Old Shakopee and France. Plus, the aquatic center and beach are now open for visitors!

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Welcome to Bloomington today I'm Laurie Schulte thanks for joining us. First, we bring you the buzz for the week of june twenty-fourth through the 30th. The city council approved the organized trash collection proposal. At its june twenty second meeting council members voted 621 to move forward. The proposal was drafted with all seven licensed haulers already operating in bloomington, the average proposed rate for trash and recycling will be eighteen dollars and forty-nine cents. Currently, the weighted average in the city is twenty-six dollars and 72 cents per month.

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The next steps include planning and preparation for the change with organized collection, starting in April of 2016 Public Works officials say this new plan will cut down on truck traffic, which will make roads safer and less susceptible to damage. Before this decision there was a public hearing and open house where residents could ask questions and share concerns. The city council also approved staff to determine CenturyLink's legal, technical and financial qualifications and to begin negotiations with Centrelink, adding a competitor to the cable TV market in Bloomington.

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Centurylink is seeking franchise agreements throughout the Twin Cities and has already started serving residents in Minneapolis. The company recently submitted an application for a cable TV franchise in Bloomington. Finally, at that City Council meeting veep was recognized for its contributions to health and wellness in the area. Minnesota's largest food shelf received the 2015 health and wellness award. Beep is a big advocate for helping the city's most vulnerable residents through his food shelf toy drives and senior services. Beyond their basic programs. Beep offers nutritional education to residents.

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They can learn to cook healthy meals in this new kitchen at beeps facility. This is video of volunteers, turning ripe bananas into banana bread for the food shelf, just another example of how the nonprofit positively impacts the community. The Communications Division, was also recognized during the meeting. The city received seven awards from this year's Northern Lights awards contests put on by the Minnesota Association of government communicators, the briefing corporate report online, engagement and state of the city address received awards, along with three videos that aired right here on TBC 14.

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This video called staying active has no age limit, received an award of excellence, and, while it's clear this soon to be 79 year old is all about family. She is another passion.

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I always start in the morning with exercise. More development is coming to Bloomington this time at france avenue an old shakopee road. The third phase of the park Place project, will finally get underway. The first two phases were already built with the walgreens and star choice: credit union there, the recession delayed plans for the third phase, but the property sold June. First, the new development will be a 20,000 square-foot multi-tenant center. There will be three new restaurants, along with retail stores, the largest eatery will be Willie McCoy's, which will have rooftop seating planning manager.

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Glen Marco guard says the community will appreciate this new hangout. This.

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Will be excellent for the surrounding neighborhoods? There was a restaurant here many years ago, called Andy's tab that the neighborhood really loved and we're hoping that these new restaurants will help fill the void that occurred when Inez tab closed the.

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Other restaurant will be pie, five pizza company, the space will provide 470 indoor seats and twenty patio seats. The name of the third restaurant has not been made public yet, but residents won't have to wait long to find out, because this development is on the fast track. They.

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Hope to start construction very soon here this summer you can see they have the materials on site to start grading and they hope for a very rapid development and would like to be open. Yet this year the.

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New building will be close to the street with parking in the rear. Similar to the point development kitty corner mark regard says this layout is more attractive for people driving by a true sign of summer. Both the Bloomington family aquatic center and bush lake beach are now open. The aquatic center will stay open through late August. There you'll find a zero depth.

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Entry pool interactive play, features, water, slides, dive wards in a concession stand, the newly renovated bathhouse has family changing rooms and locker rooms for swimmers older than six an all-day pass is 950 season passes range from eighteen, fifty to eighty dollars, depending on your age and if you're a Bloomington resident, several programs are offered at the aquatic center, including aqua exercise, basic water rescue and preschool water exploration.

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If pools, aren't your thing you can head over to bush lake beach, which has been around since nineteen fifty six, it's one of the state's most popular beaches with more than 100,000 visitors each year, a daily pass or seasonal parking permit is required to enter daily passes are seven dollars and seasonal permits are thirty-five dollars for the first car. There is a boat launch available as well, but only motors up to six horsepower can be used, as you saw summer.

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Weather is in full swing, but if you want to take a break from the Sun, you can experience the season inside at Civic Plaza, the exhibit in the atrium gallery is full of summer color. It's called to the fields, a celebration of perennial beauty by artist Kathleen Krishnan, these oil paintings celebrate field flowers in their natural habitat. In each piece the viewer is I level with the plants, a unique view. The artist says gives each piece sculptural quality and a strong sense of place. This exhibit will be on display through August.

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Second you'll want to be sure to check it out. That is the buzz on Bloomington today for the week of june twenty-fourth through the 30th. If you would like to watch other stories from the show go to this week's playlist, there you'll find a story that breaks down how land surveying equipment works. There's also a piece highlighting the let's go. Fishing program and partnership with human services check out those stories, and thanks for watching.

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