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2021 League of Women Voters Bloomington: City Council Candidates Forum
A
Hello
and
welcome
bloomington
viewers,
my
name
is
nikki
kohler
and
serving
as
president
to
the
bloomington
league
of
women
voters.
I
have
the
honor
of
welcoming
viewers
welcome
bloomington.
I
also
carry
the
timeless
honor
of
recognizing
bloomington's,
diverse
communities
and
native
lands,
as
we
empower
the
vote
in
bloomington
with
resources
like
these
recorded
candidate
forums.
A
A
Through
this
november
bloomington
voters
will
be
considering
at-large
school
board,
candidates
and
city
council
candidates
for
at
large
third
ward
and
fourth
ward.
Gratitude
is
extended
to
the
city
of
bloomington
for
virtually
procuring
this
event,
so
that
residents
can
view
candidate
forums
through
bloomington
tv
and
youtube
channels.
A
B
Good
evening
I'm
lani
screntner
a
member
of
the
league
of
women
voters
of
edina
and
moderator
for
tonight's
candidate
forum,
the
city
of
bloomington's
mask
policy
states.
Please
wear
a
mask
while
inside
city
facilities,
regardless
of
vaccination
status.
When
speaking,
you
may
leave
your
mask
on
or
you
may
remove
it.
So
candidates
have
a
choice.
B
The
purpose
of
this
evening's
form
is
to
hear
the
bloomington
city
council
candidates
at
large,
discuss
issues
that
are
important
to
the
residents
of
the
city.
We
will
try
to
cover
as
many
issues
as
possible
in
the
time
that
we
have,
if
your
questions
are
not
answered
tonight,
feel
free
to
candidate
to
contact
candidates
directly.
B
B
Here
are
the
rules
and
the
format
for
tonight's
forum.
Speaking
order
was
set
before
the
forum
and
will
rotate
with
each
question.
Each
candidate
will
have
one
minute
for
an
opening
statement
and
30
seconds
for
closing
remarks.
Candidates
will
have
one
minute
to
answer
each
of
the
community
questions
before
closing
remarks.
Candidates
will
have
one
minute
each
to
expand
on
any
earlier
answer
where
they
ran
out
of
time.
B
B
I
will
step
in
this
forum
will
have
one
lightning
round
where
candidates
will
be
asked
to
answer
a
question
very
briefly,
yes,
or
no,
with
one
more
simple
sentence
as
moderator,
I
will
ask
all
the
questions
the
league
of
bloomington
determines
which
questions
will
be
asked
and
attempts
in
good
faith
to
cover
the
topics
of
interest
indicated
by
the
questions
submitted
by
bloomington
residents
to
lwv
via
email.
Prior
to
this
event,
all
submitted
questions
become
the
property
of
the
league
of
women.
B
Voters
of
bloomington
no
campaign
material
signs,
brochures
cards,
buttons
or
clothing
with
candidate
information
is
allowed
in
bloomington,
civic
plaza.
This
forum
is
being
video
recorded
candidates.
Please
speak
directly
into
the
microphone
so
that
your
responses
are
heard
and
picked
up
by
the
video.
When
you
speak,
please
look
at
where
a
wide
audience
would
be
sitting.
Not
at
me
here
are
the
candidates
for
the
council
at
large
seat
who
are
appearing
tonight
to
my
direct
left
is
nathan.
C
Well,
thank
you
all
for
watching
at
home.
Thank
you
to
the
league
of
women
voters
for
hosting,
and
thank
you
to
my
fellow
candidate
for
being
here
and
for
putting
yourself
forward
to
serve
our
community.
I'm
nathan,
coulter
and
I
am
thrilled
to
be
running
for
a
second
term,
to
serve
our
neighbors
on
the
bloomington
city
council.
I
am
proud
of
the
work
that
we've
done.
I'm
excited
for
the
work
we
have
ahead
of
us.
C
These
last
few
years
have
forced
us
all
to
refocus
our
priorities
and
just
think
about
things
differently,
and
I
continue
to
be
tremendously
energized
to
keep
moving
forward
and
taking
care
of
our
neighbors,
I'm
proud
of
and
happy
to
talk
about
all
we've
accomplished
in
the
last
four
years,
but
I
also
know
that
folks
in
bloomington
expect
to
hear
about
a
vision
for
the
future,
not
just
to
relive
or
relitigate
the
past.
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
conversation
here
tonight
and
in
the
community
in
the
coming
weeks.
Thank
you.
D
D
B
D
D
I
believe
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
the
city
is
focusing
on
those
things
that
we,
as
individuals
could
not
focus
on
ourselves
like,
for
instance,
I
don't
want
to
have
to
hire
my
own
fire
department.
In
case
my
house
starts
on
fire,
so
it's
important
that
the
city
has
those
types
of
things
in
place:
the
common
good
and
also
community
values.
D
We
need
to
focus
on
not
everything
that
the
city
does
will
be
cost
neutral,
for
instance,
parks,
don't
necessarily
generate
revenue,
but
our
community
values
them
so
that
it's
the
responsibility
of
the
city
government
to
maintain
those
facilities
that
the
community
values.
So
those
would
be
my
three
things:
public
safety,
common,
good
and
community
values.
C
Thank
you.
You
know,
I
think,
at
the
top
of
my
list.
I
think
we
have
to
understand
and
come
to
grips
and
have
a
community-wide
conversation
that
centers
our
values
as
far
as
how
the
pandemic
and
the
effects
of
the
pandemic
will
continue
to
affect
our
budget.
We
know
that
we
are
going
to
have
challenging
times
ahead,
but
we
know
that
we
have
to
pay
for
the
things
that
we
have
to
pay
for.
I
think
in
no
particular
order.
The
second
piece
would
be
our
park
system.
We
just
adopted
our
park
system
master
plan.
B
C
Thank
you.
I
think
the
answer
is
an
unqualified.
Yes,
we
know
that
climate
change
is
the
defining
issue
of
our
future.
You
talk
to
anyone
under
the
age
of
about
25
and
they'll.
Tell
you
the
same
thing.
I
am
really
excited
by
the
work
that
we've
done
to
further
environmental
sustainability
and
to
address
some
of
the
effects
of
climate
change
just
at
our
next
council
meeting.
C
In
fact,
this
coming
monday
we'll
be
talking
about
some
specific
proposals,
including
large
energy,
large
and
large
building
energy,
benchmarking
and
home
energy
evaluations
to
allow
folks
to
gauge
the
the
amount
of
energy
that
a
home
is
putting
out
when
they
buy
it,
and
what
we've
seen
is
that
these
are
market-driven
responses
that
have
effects
and
and
positive
effects
in
terms
of
addressing
climate
change,
and
I
think
this
this-
it
is
just
a
reality
that
we
have
to
address
and
if
you
don't
believe
me,
you
can
ask
our
neighbors
on
the
river
bluff.
D
Mr
oliva,
I
think
it's
unfortunate
that
climate
change
has
become
such
a
politicized
issue
and
what
I
say
to
people
on
either
side
of
it,
whether
you
believe
climate
change
is
real
or
not.
If
we
look
at
the
things
that
we're
doing
to
to
prevent
it,
clean
energy,
solar
power,
wind
power,
you
know
tesla's
making
really
cool
cars.
I
think
that's
what
elon
musk
called
it.
I
think
those
types
of
things:
sustainability,
polluting
we
know
polluting
the
environment
and
doing
things
that
wreck
our
environment
are
bad.
D
B
D
D
I
think
it's
important
that
people
be
get
informed
and
do
what
they
feel
is
best
for
themselves
and
and
for
their
families,
and
that
we
allow
them
the
ability
to
do
that
and
make
those
decisions,
and
that
we
make
sure
that
the
the
issue
doesn't
become
us
versus
them
type
of
issue,
but
continues
to
be
informed
through
science
and
through
open
dialogue
and
discussion
and
education.
C
C
Some
other
things
may
rest
on
the
legal
authority
of
the
governor
declaring
a
state
of
emergency.
Again,
I
ate
you
know
that
we'll
see
if
and
when
that
happens,
but
I
I
think
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
have
incredibly
qualified
incredibly
good
expert
public
health
staff
right
here
in
the
city
of
bloomington,
and
we
need
to
listen
to
them
and
follow
their
guidance.
C
My
hope,
frankly,
is
that
the
state
and
the
federal
government
will
take
action
so
that
this
that
the
locals
don't
have
to,
but
I
you
know,
I
think,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
health
and
safety
of
our
residents
has
to
come.
First.
B
C
Well,
there
is
nothing
more
central
to
people's
lives
than
having
a
safe,
stable,
affordable
place
to
call
home
I'm
proud
of
the
work
actually
that
bloomington
has
done
on
affordable
housing.
The
reality
was
that
that
bloomington,
the
twin
cities,
metro
and
the
state
faced
an
affordable
housing
crisis
even
before
the
pandemic,
and
it's
only
gotten
much
worse.
The
deck
is
often
stacked
against
those
who
are
struggling
the
most
in.
I
believe
it
was
2019.
C
We
adopted
our
opportunity,
housing
ordinance
and
it
has
revolutionized
how
cities
address
affordable
housing,
not
by
cutting
checks
to
developers
not
through
mindless
or
unsafe
deregulation,
but
by
focusing
on
the
real
needs
and
issues
that
are
driving
costs
moving
forward.
I
think
we
can
do
more.
I
think
we
should
do
more
and
I
think
we
need
to
refine
and
refocus
on
unmet
needs
and
ensure
that
we
have
a
life
cycle
of
housing
from
rental
to
ownership,
to
retirement
and
everywhere
in
between.
D
In
order
to
make
housing
affordable,
you
need
to
put
more
money
in
the
people's
pocket,
so
things
like
raising
taxes,
raising
the
franchise
fees,
raising
property
taxes.
Those
are
things
that
make
housing
less
affordable.
So
if
we
want
people
to
be
able
to
live
here,
as
was
mentioned
earlier,
it's
not
about
giving
millions
of
dollars
to
developers
who
can
then
create
housing
that
you
can
still
barely
afford,
which
then
artificially
lowers
your
wages,
because
now
you
can
live
there,
and
the
employers
in
the
community
know
that
they
can
still
pay
you
these
low
wages.
D
So
what
we
do
is
is
by
not
going
that
route
by
allowing
people
by
creating
an
environment,
that's
good
for
business
that
keeps
more
money
in
the
people's
pocket.
That's
how
you'll
actually
make
housing
affordable
for
people
and
allow
them
to
live
that
american
dream
of
buying
a
home
and
building
equity
in
the
community.
B
D
Guiding
priorities
to
improve
transportation
in
the
city
of
bloomington,
one
of
my
philosophies
of
government
is
fiscal
responsibility
and
also
government
by
the
people
for
the
people.
I
don't
know
how
that
relates
to
transportation
necessarily,
but
I
know
that
whatever
it
is
that
we
do,
it
has
to
make
financial
sense,
for
instance,
a
lot
of
people
like
the
light
rail.
When
I
lived
in
boston
light
rail
was
great,
but
you
know
what
they
did
when
the
light
rail
broke
down
is
they
got
more
buses?
We
already
have
roads.
We
have
buses
things
like
that.
D
B
C
Colter,
thank
you.
I
I
guess
I
would.
If
I
had
to
break
it
down
to
two,
I
would
say
that
the
the
first
is
just
understanding
the
reality
of
life
in
the
community,
understanding
how
folks
get
around
how
they
like
to
get
around.
You
know
as
an
example
when
bloomington
was
being
built
up
40
50
60
years
ago,
folks
didn't
want
to
walk
places,
that's
why
they
moved
out
of
minneapolis,
but
where
I'm
hearing
that
more
and
more
that
folks
want
to
be
able
to
get
around
in
ways
that
don't
involve
driving
a
car.
C
I
think
the
second
piece
to
this
is
is
just
understanding
and
focusing
on
the
future.
You
know
we
know
where
trends
are
going.
We
know
how
folks
look
at
transportation,
how
they
look
at
cars,
how
they
look
at
transit,
light
rail,
walking,
biking,
you
name
it.
We
know
this
because
we've
seen
the
numbers,
you
can
ask
our
traffic
engineers,
and
so
I
I
think
it's
it's.
You
know,
there's
the
old
joke
or
the
old
line
from
wayne
gretzky.
We
need
to
skate
where
the
puck
is
going
to
be
not
where
it
is.
B
C
Well,
I
think
the
park
system
master
plan-
you
know,
as
I
said
earlier,
I
think
it
represents
an
incredible
opportunity
to
have
a
conversation
within
the
community
about
the
things
that
folks
want
to
see
how
folks
want
to
use
our
parks
and
and
how
you
know
what
what
folks
would
like
to
see.
You
know
as
an
example.
Apparently
there
are
cricket
games
or
qriket
matches,
I
think,
is
the
correct
term
happening
in
bloomington
parks.
C
It
is
the
need
to
have
a
conversation,
it's
the
need
to
hear
the
voices
of
the
community
and
hear
what
folks
want
to
do
and
want
to
say-
and
you
know
our
park
system
is-
is
unique
in
that
it
both
has
these
sort
of
neighborhood
community
parks,
but
also
the
larger
regional
parks,
and
I
think
you
know
I,
when
we
adopted
the
master
plan,
I
challenged
our
staff
really
to
to
think
about
the
fact
that
in
some
ways
getting
that
plan
across
the
finish
line
with
the
council
really
wasn't
the
work
so
much
as
it
was
working
with
the
community.
D
I
understand
the
question
correctly:
it
was
of
how
do
we
realize
some
of
the
things
that
were
in
the
amenity
or
some
of
the
amenities
that
were
in
the
original
community
center
idea.
So
speaking
to
that,
one
of
the
things
I
think
is
important
for
people
to
understand
is
that
a
lot
of
those
amenities
were
already
in.
We
already
have
those
in
bloomington.
For
instance,
when
I
was
on
the
school
board,
we
had
joint
meetings
with
the
city
council
and
we
said
we
don't
need
a
community
center
with
walking
tracks.
D
We
already
have
two
there's
one
at
jefferson:
there's
one
at
kennedy,
a
lot
of
people
in
our
community
when
I
say
that
don't
even
know
so,
I
think
one
of
the
things
we
need
to
do
is
advertise
the
good
things
that
we
have
going
on
here
same
with.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
the
things
that
are
being
proposed
are
actually
things
that
people
want.
I
know
a
lot
of
people
in
the
community.
They
maybe
don't
use
valley
view
pool,
but
that
is
a
resource
that
a
lot
of
families
re
use
and
rely
on.
D
B
D
I
don't
know
the
direct
answer
to
that
could,
because
I
don't
know
all
the
data
around
what
every
senior
in
the
city
wants,
the
people
that
I
talk
to
when
I'm
out
door
knocking
say
that
they
would
like
more
parks
that
they
could
just
go
to
and
enjoy
they
say
I
I
talked
to
a
gentleman
last
week.
He
said
I
don't
play
baseball.
My
kids
are
out
of
the
house.
I
would
like
to
be
able
to
just
go
to
a
park
and
sit
and
and
read
a
book,
so
he
wanted
more
facilities
like
that.
D
C
Well,
I
think
this
is
a
really
important
question
if
for
no
other
reason
that
we
know
that,
then
that
we
know
that
bloomington
is
an
aging
community,
we
know
more
and
more
of
our
neighbors
are
going
to
be
seniors
moving
forward,
and
I
guess
my
answer
to
that
would
be
that
we
need
to
hear
directly
from
the
community.
We
need
to
ask
the
seniors,
who
live
and
and
and
play
and
do
all
those
things
in
bloomington.
What
do
they
think
and
I
I
think
it
comes
down
to
again
understanding
these
trends
and
understand
understanding.
C
Excuse
me
what
folks
are
doing
you
know
I,
when
I
was
running
four
years
ago,
I'd
never
heard
of
pickleball,
and
now
it's
I
mean
it's
all
over
the
place.
It's
it's
something
that
I'm
seeing
happening
at
a
lot
of
our
tennis
courts.
So
I
think
it's
it's
just
being
willing
and
able
to
have
that.
Have
those
conversations
and
then
translating
those
conversations
into
steps
that
our
parks
and
recreation
department
can
take
and,
if
necessary,
the
city
council
can
take.
C
I've
always
believed
in
working
in
good
faith
with
anyone
who
will
do
the
same.
I
think
at
the
end
of
the
day
you
know
folks,
they
don't
want
to
see
what's
happening
in
st
paul
or
washington.
They
don't
want
to
see
that
happening
in
bloomington
and
that's
because
they
expect
results
at
the
local
level.
Folks,
you
know
you
you
got
to
fix
the
potholes.
You
got
to
maintain
the
parks.
You
got
to
do
those
things,
and
you
know
in
in
my
experience
in
these
last
four
years
and
and
serving
on
the
housing
redevelopment
authority.
C
You
know
when,
when
I
go
to
the
doors
and
folks
ask
me
you
know
what
have
you
done,
they
listen
intent
in
attentively
for
a
little
while,
but
they're
more
concerned
about
what
are
you
going
to
do
for
me
lately,
and
I
think
it's
about
having
these
conversations
and
just
being
able
to
work
in
good
faith
and
that's
what
I've
done
on
the
city.
Council,
because
I
know
how
important
it
is.
D
The
first
thing
that
I
did
when
I
was
on
the
school
board
is
I
try
to
find
things
that
I
had
in
common
with
people.
So,
instead
of
first
focusing
on
the
negatives
or
the
adversity,
I
would
focus
on
things
that
we
that
we
enjoyed
like
it
could
be
music.
D
It
could
be
sports,
it
could
be
restaurants,
it
could
be
food,
then
you
see
each
other
as
people
instead
of
as
adversaries
that
are
going
to
be
working
together
for
two
or
four
years,
maybe
longer
depending
on
if
you
get
reelected
or
if
they
get
reelected
from
there.
You
can
now
move
forward
and
you
can
have
these
conversations
and
throughout
you
can
you
you
can
agree
to
disagree.
You
can
find
commonality
move
forward
with
that
compromise,
where
you
can
vote
nowhere.
D
You
can't,
but
it's
always
important-
and
I
heard
this
a
while
ago-
is
that
people
reasonable
people
will
disagree
on
controversial
subjects.
If
we
asked
everybody
in
this
room,
what
color
we
should
paint
these
walls,
we
would
get
different
answers
from
everybody,
so
even
on
something
sorry,
a
lot
of
time.
B
Thank
you
for
being
giving
up
mr
coulter.
B
Oops
sorry
about
that,
okay,
the
next
question
we'll
begin
with,
I
lost
my
track
me
yeah.
B
D
So,
to
be
perfectly
honest,
I
don't
know
a
lot
about
the
proposed
expansion-
I'm
not
privy
to
all
the
information,
but
it
just
goes
back
to
my
guiding
principles
and
how
I
deal
with
those
those
things.
What
makes
the
most
sense
fiscally
what
honors
our
community
values
and
what
our
community
wants
and
appreciates,
and
does
it
work
towards
the
common
good?
D
The
common
good
isn't
always
necessarily
just
what's
right
for
us,
it
could
be
what's
right
for
us
and
the
surrounding
communities
together,
but
that's
those
are
the
guiding
principles
that
I
use
for
making
those
decisions
so,
depending
on
how
the
proposal
came
to
us,
if
it
was
90
percent
benefited
another
community
and
only
10
us.
That
would
have
to
be
a
very
valuable
10
for
me
to
agree
with
it.
So
that's
how
I
would
approach
that
question.
C
I
have
significant
concerns
about
this
proposal
moving
forward.
We
know
that
it's
going
to
have
a
huge
effect
not
only
on
the
quality
of
life
of
the
folks
who
live
along
the
river
bluff,
but
potentially
even
along
even
the
water
quality
in
the
minnesota
river,
which
is
one
of
the
really
scenic
and
important
waterways
in
the
state
of
minnesota.
C
I'm
really
proud
of
the
work
that
our
our
staff
has
done
on
this.
They
have
been
following
it
from
the
beginning.
They
have
worked
aggressively
with
the
city
of
burnsville,
with
the
minnesota
pollution
control
agency,
submitted,
significant
documentation
and
and
even
suggestions
for
an
alternative
process
or
philosophy.
C
When
examining
the
effects
of
this
proposal,
I
think,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
there's
not
much
we
can
do
outside
of,
as
you
know,
in
terms
of
the
direct
city
council
level,
but
we
need
to
work
aggressively
with
our
staff.
With
this
with
our
state
legislators
lobbying
the
pollution
control
agency,
lobbying
everyone,
we
can
to
make
sure
we're
protecting
our
residents,
health
and
safety.
B
Thank
you.
The
next
question
goes
first
to
mr
coulter
and
I'm
going
to
phrase
it
a
little
bit
differently.
B
C
C
The
reality
is
that
86
cents
of
every
dollar
that
you
and
I
send
to
the
city
and
property
taxes
goes
to
those
things
that
the
city
has
to
do:
police
fire,
public
works
parks
and
rec
community
development.
Most
of
what's
left,
goes
to
community
services,
public
health,
communications
and
outreach
and
engagement.
C
I
think
you
know
what
we
saw
over
the
course
of
the
last
year
with
the
community
budget
advisory
committee
process
is
that
we
have
long
demonstrated
a
real
commitment
to
serious
responsible
budgeting,
and
I
think
we
just
need
to
be
very
clear
that
that
doesn't
happen
by
accident.
It
takes
hard
work,
it
takes
planning
and
it
takes
honest
value-centered
conversations
about
what
we
care
about
in
our
community.
D
I'll
try
to
go
fast.
I
have
a
lot
here:
liberty
and
justice
fraud.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
our
budget
priorities
help
all
of
the
people
in
the
community,
not
just
young
families,
not
just
seniors,
but
everybody
in
the
in
the
community.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
being
fiscal
response,
fiscally
responsib
fiscally
responsible
with
the
people's
money,
we
need
to
make
sure
we're
balancing
wants
versus
needs.
D
As
I
mentioned
before,
not
everything
is
going
to
be
cost
neutral,
but
if
we
are
closing
or
shutting
down
the
things
that
the
community
values,
we
need
better
make
sure
that
we
aren't
then
wasting
our
money
on
other
things
that
are
more
fluff.
Public
safety
and
infrastructure
is
definitely
huge.
That's
our
number
one
priority
has
to
be
the
safety
of
the
community,
so
we
have
to
make
sure
we're
investing
in
the
police
and
fire
and
roads
and
bridges
and
all
those
good
things,
and
then
what
helps
the
common
good
and
what
serves
community
values.
D
It's
like
there's,
there's
so
many
things
to
unpack
here.
One
of
the
things
that
I
actually
was
opposed
to
was
the
the
tobacco
ordinance
that
they
passed,
not
because
I
think
people
should
smoke
and
not
that
I
am
a
smoker,
because
I
think
smoking
is
disgusting.
It
makes
you
stink,
but
I
think
it
should
be
a
personal
choice.
We're
hurting
small
businesses,
we're
saying
if
someone
has
a
gas
station
and
it's
a
franchise
and
the
next
person
wants
and
they
want
to
sell
it.
Well.
D
The
next
person
can't
sell
tabasco
to
tabasco
tobacco,
but
the
person
across
the
street
that
where
it's
a
a
company
owned
it'll,
be
there
for
a
hundred
years
right,
and
so
we
were
also
there
was
the
racial
equity
portion
of
it
that
I
didn't
agree
with.
I'm
going
to
have
to
come
back
to
this
one
at
the
end,
because
I
know
I'm
going
to
run
out
of
time.
C
I
guess
I
would
you
know,
I
mean
there.
This
is
a
little
bit
awkward
of
a
question
for
me
to
answer.
I
guess
you
know,
I
I
think
folks,
you
know
are
are
familiar
with
my
record.
I've
supported
a
number
of
things.
I
think
it's
a
little
bit
difficult
for
me
to
to
to
specify
one.
I
think
you
know.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
my
focus
on
the
city
council
has
been,
has
been
working
to
make
things
better,
and
I
have
voted
for
things
that
were
not
perfect.
C
B
We
have
time
to
do
one
lightning
round.
So
this
it's
essentially
a
yes
or
no
question.
I
remind
you
that
I
taught
english
grammar.
I
recognize
run-on
sentences,
so
yes
or
no
and
a
simple
because
will
suffice
and
it
goes
first
to
mr
colter.
B
C
D
B
Okay,
thank
you.
We'll
now
have
what
the
league
is
calling
a
cleanup
question.
You
each
get
a
possible
minute
to
comment
further
on
any
answer
that
you
have
given
earlier,
and
we
begin
that
with
mr
oliva.
D
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
we
were
talking
about
earlier
was
what
I
would
do
for
infrastructure
and
for
traffic,
and
I
I
completely
forgot
lane
striping.
One
of
the
things
we
need
to
do
is
when
they're
doing
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
that's
actually
improving
traffic
in
the
city.
I
know
anybody
that's
driven
on
106th
street
during
rush
hour
after
they
turn
that
down
to
two
lanes
and
try
to
get
on
the
35w
has
been.
I
remember
when
I
was
on
school
board.
D
I
was
almost
late
to
a
meeting
because
I
got
stuck
in
about
a
mile
long
traffic
jam
so
striping.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
that's
something
that
we
do,
but
you
know
I
do
agree
with
with
some
of
the
things
that
the
I
I
agree
with
the
sentiment
of
what
a
lot
of
what
the
city
council
does,
but
I
believe
that
a
lot
of
well-intentioned
ideas
end
up
having
the
opposite
effect
that
they
think
it's
going
to
have
racial
equity
inclusion
being
one
of
them
I've.
D
I
personally
have
felt
more
excluded
or
more
that
it
has
caused
more
division
than
inclusion.
C
C
Our
staff
says
so
engineers
say
so
and
perhaps,
most
importantly,
the
folks
who
use
it
say
so
it's
I
think
it
is
just
not
a
good
use
of
city
resources
to
invest
in
refurbishing
a
building
that
was
built
60
years
ago
as
an
as
an
elementary
school
and
frankly
looks
like
it.
I
think
if
we
are
going
to
have
a
conversation
about
a
community
center,
it
should
serve
the
entire
community.
C
That
is
not
really
what
creekside
does
at
the
moment,
and
I
think,
if
the
desire
of
the
community,
if
the
will
of
the
community
is
that
we
have
a
senior
center,
that's
a
different
conversation,
that's
a
different
question
of
facilities
and
size
and
all
of
those
other
things
I
so
I
I
think
you
know
it
just
comes
down
to
sort
of
like
I've
said
before,
accepting
the
reality
of
where
we
are.
B
C
At
the
end
of
the
day,
your
vote
is
more
than
expressing
a
preference.
Your
vote
is
an
investment
in
the
kind
of
community
you
want
to
see.
I
have
worked
hard
every
day.
I've
been
on
the
city
council
to
prove
worthy
of
the
investment
that
bloomington
voters
made
in
me,
and
I
am
ready
and
eager
to
continue
doing
just
that
I'd
be
honored
to
earn
your
vote.
Thank
you.
Thank.
D
D
I'll.
Just
reiterate
that
I
would
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
serve
our
community.
I've
been
a
lifelong
member
here,
and
I
believe
that
my
voice
would
benefit
the
city
council.
Thank
you.
B
I
am
lani
scrantner,
a
member
of
the
league
of
women
voters
of
edina
and
moderator
for
tonight's
forum
for
candidates
for
bloomington
city
council,
district
3.,
the
city
of
bloomington's
mass
policy
reads:
please
wear
a
mask
while
inside
city
facilities,
regardless
of
vaccination
status,
when
speaking,
you
may
leave
your
mask
on
or
you
may
remove
it.
So
candidates
have
a
choice.
B
B
If
your
questions
are
not
addressed
tonight,
please
feel
free
to
candidate
to
contact
candidates
directly.
The
views
expressed
in
this
forum
are
those
of
the
candidates
and
not
those
of
the
league
of
women
voters.
The
fact
that
the
league
is
sponsoring
this
forum
does
not
imply
support
for
any
candidate.
B
B
B
B
This
forum
will
have
one
lightning
round
where
candidates
will
be
quite
be
requested.
To
answer
a
question
very
briefly:
yes
or
no,
and
one
simple
because
phrase
as
a
moderator,
I
will
ask
all
the
questions
league
of
women
voters
of
bloomington
determines
which
questions
will
be
asked
and
attempts
in
good
faith
to
cover
the
topics
of
interest
indicated
by
the
questions
submitted
by
bloomington
residents
to
lwv
bloomington
via
email
prior
to
tonight.
B
All
submitted
questions
become
the
property
of
league
of
women,
voters
of
bloomington,
no
campaign
material
signs,
brochures,
cards,
buttons
or
clothing.
With
candidate
information
is
allowed
in
bloomington
civic
plaza,
this
forum
is
being
video
recorded
candidates.
Please
speak
directly
into
the
microphone
so
that
your
responses
are
heard
and
picked
up
by
the
video.
B
E
Hi,
my
name
is
david
clark.
My
name
is
david
clark
and
I'm
a
resident
of
bloomington.
I've
been
here
for
18
years.
You
know
about
last
year,
I'd
been
here
for
17
years
and
I
started
noticing
that
things
in
bloomington
weren't
all
well.
Our
public
safety
was
suffering.
I
started
paying
more
attention
to
the
city
budget,
the
spending,
the
taxes
and
as
well
as
the
way
that
the
city
council
and
the
mayor
were
governing
not
listening
to
the
residents,
not
taking
their
opinions
into
consideration
and
instead
following
the
agenda
of
outside
groups
and
bureaucracies.
E
That's
why
I
decided
to
run
I'm
one
of
you,
I'm
just
a
resident.
I
lived
here
for
18
years.
I've
raised
my
family,
I
own
a
small
business.
I
work,
and
yet
I've
decided
it's
time
to
run
because
this
city
council
needs
change.
So
that's
what
I
intend
to
do
to
bring
change
and
to
carry
on
the
legacy
of
jack
beloga
in
district
3..
My
name
is
david
clark
and
I'm
running
for
city
council.
F
Hi,
I'm
lona
d'alessandro
and
I'm
asking
to
be
your
first
choice.
Vote
for
bloomington's
district
3..
I
live
near
bryant
park
with
my
wife,
sarah
and
our
trio
of
senior
pets.
I
have
my
bachelor's
degree
in
bio
biology
as
well
as
my
mba
and
I
have
20
years
experience
as
an
executive
for
a
variety
of
companies
where
I
lead
teams
that
bring
new
technologies
to
customers.
F
I'm
also
active
as
a
lay
leader
in
my
church,
most
recently
serving
as
the
chair
of
our
risk-taking
mission
and
service
team,
I'm
running
for
this
seat
to
bring
this
kind
of
innovative
leadership
to
city
council.
I
care
deeply
that
we
provide
high
quality
services
and
housing
options
to
our
seniors,
that
we
continue
to
lead
on
environmental
stewardship
and
take
action
on
climate
change
and
that
we
support
our
economic
recovery
post
pandemic
by
ensuring
businesses
of
all
sizes
choose
bloomington.
F
B
F
Thanks
for
the
question,
so
I
think
there's
two
things
to
focus
on.
I
do
believe
that
in
the
first
year
of
my
council
ship,
I
would
want
to
work
with
our
police
department
to
understand
why
we
are
seeing
an
uptick
in
crime
and
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
solid
partnership
there.
Working
on
that
issue,
I
think
that's
important
to
residents.
I
also
think,
though,
that
we
need
to
take
a
look
at
how
we're
building
sustainable
development
here
with
an
eye
towards
this
climate
change.
F
We've
seen
a
lot
of
events
in
the
last
couple
of
months
that
have
affected
all
of
us,
and
I
know
that
it's
important
to
residents
every
time
I
talk
to
folks
on
the
doors
these
days,
I'm
hearing
about
what
do
you
think
about
the
environment
and
climate
change?
It's
not
just
an
immoral
imperative,
it's
actually
a
an
economic
one
too,
and
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
diving
into
the
work
of
the
park's
master
plan
to
really
see
how
we
can
make
traction
on
that
right
away.
Thank
you.
E
I
guess
the
first
thing
that
I
would
do
is
when
I
become
city
council
for
district
three
is
to
do
a
complete
line
by
line
study
of
our
budget,
to
find
areas
to
be
able
to
cut
waste,
to
outsource,
to
find
ways
where
we
can
share
resources
with
other
departments,
maybe
other
cities
and
then
also
look
at
ways
to
reduce
the
taxes.
The
taxes
in
this
city
are
set
to
skyrocket
in
the
next
five
to
seven
years.
The
spending
is
expected
to
go
up
by
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
bonding.
E
We
cannot
afford
this.
We
are
a
middle-class
city.
We
are
an
inter-ring
suburb.
We
expect
a
high
quality
of
life,
but
at
the
same
time
we
don't
have
unlimited
resources,
so
there's
a
lot
of
areas
that
we
can
cut
and
and
and
control
our
spending,
and
that
will
be
reflected
in
the
taxes
as
well.
So
the
first
thing
that
I
would
do
is
a
complete
review
of
the
finances
of
the
city
and
then
make
recommendations
to
put
the
city
on
a
better
financial
footing
going
forward.
B
E
I
think
the
most
urgent
in
the
parks
master
plan
is
the
the
outdoor
trails
making
sure
the
trails
and
the
parks
themselves
are
in
good
condition.
I
think
that
we're
spending
right
now
about
1.7
million
dollars
in
our
parks
there's
a
proposal
to
take
that
up
to
almost
four
million
dollars
a
year.
We
don't
need
to
spend
that
much
on
our
parks
to
make
them
good
good
to
take
them
from
good
to
great
there's,
also
aspects
of
our
parks
that
that
don't
need
as
heavy
of
investment
that
has
been
being
proposed.
E
F
I'm
very
excited
about
the
parks
master
plan,
because
I
think
bloomington
actually
has
a
really
great
opportunity
to
be
known
as
an
an
area
of
premier
outdoor
recreation
and
natural
space
over
the
next
decade
or
two,
and
so
I
think
I
don't
know
that.
I
have
one
particular
thing
I
think
is
most
urgent.
F
You
know
the
parks
master
plan
was
dropped
was
broken
up
into
you,
know
the
natural
spaces,
the
mobility
and
trails,
the
revitalization
of
many
of
our
buildings
and
then,
of
course,
the
work
on
equity
to
make
sure
that
each
community
park
serves
the
residents
that
are
near
there,
and
so
you
know
all
of
those
things
can
probably
be
done
together.
F
If
I
had
to
pick
one
thing
to
focus
on,
however,
I
would
probably
agree
with
mr
clark
that
working
on
our
trails
program
is
vital
when
we
can
connect
our
parks
together
and
get
people
moving
through
them
in
an
efficient
way.
We
can
show
everyone
how
beautiful
they
are,
how
important
they
are
and
how
vital
they
can
be
to
the
economic
and
health
benefits
of
this
community.
Thank
you.
B
F
Absolutely
any
you
know,
we
know
a
couple
of
things
to
be
true
about
climate
change,
and
two
of
them
are
that
transportation
and
our
buildings
are
key
areas
of
climate.
You
know
mitigation
strategies
right.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
our
buildings
are
efficient,
that
they
do
not
release
methane
and
that
they
don't
aren't
inefficient
and
our
transportation
systems
can
move
to
electric
vehicles
as
soon
as
possible.
Both
of
these
things
are
within
the
bloomington
city
government's
control.
F
For
two
reasons:
right,
one
we've
got
development
plans,
we're
redoing
our
fire
stations,
for
example,
and
and
those
things
can
be
done
with
an
eye
towards
climate
mitigation
and
secondly,
the
technology
is
available.
I
think
eden
prairie
just
showed
up
with
its
first
electric
police
car,
and
so
you
know,
I
know
that
stuff
exists
and
if
we
are
purposeful
about
doing
it,
we
can
make
a
big
dent.
Bloomington
is
behind
on
its
climate
goals
right
now
and
I'd
love
to
see
us
make
a
real
effort.
There.
E
I
think
you
know,
bloomington
is
obviously
a
very
small
part
of
planet
earth
and
there's
only
so
much
we
can
do,
but
there
are
some
things
that
we
can
do.
We
can
continue
to
improve
our
recycling
program.
I
think
the
police
and
and
utilities
can
begin
to
transition
towards
electric
or
hydrogen
vehicles.
E
There's
obviously
you
know
already
energy
saving
incentives
by
the
city.
I
get
postcards.
You
know
regularly
at
my
home
for
different
rebates
or
low
interest
loans
to
be
able
to
make
my
windows
more
efficient
or
or
do
energy
studies.
I
think
all
those
things
are
important
and
I
think
that
that's
what
we
need
to
be
doing
to
be
able
to
play
our
role
in
in
affecting
climate
change
in
the
city
of
bloomington.
B
B
B
Thank
you.
You
followed
the
rules.
I'm
impressed
happen
all
right.
The
next
question
goes
first
to
miss
d'allesandro.
B
F
I'm
not
sure
I
understand
the
context
of
the
word
equity
in
this
particular
question,
but
I,
if
I
will
so
I'll
answer
it
with
my
interpretation
of
that
word.
I
think
that
our
police
force
is
the
best
in
the
state
of
minnesota
and
I
believe
that
they
have
done
great
work
from
a
training
perspective
and
from
an
an
empathy
perspective
to
understand
our
our
citizens
and
our
residents.
F
I
will
say,
however,
that
we
know
that
the
most
important
thing
that
a
society
can
have
in
its
police
force
is
a
community
engaged
in
a
partnership,
and
if
they
don't
see
somebody
that
looks
like
them
out
there
in
the
in
the
world,
it's
hard
for
people
to
understand
how
they
might
empathize
and
or
commiserate
with
them.
So
from
my
perspective,
the
hiring
policies
that
they're
enacting
the
work
that
they're
doing
to
try
to
find
other
means
of
attracting
talent.
E
E
You
know
where
they
came
from
immigration
status.
People
need
to
be
treated
equally
and
and
fairly.
I
think
that
those
are
the
main
words
to
be
using
when
it
comes
to
the
police
department.
There's
always
ways
that
the
police
can
become
better
at
what
they
do
and-
and
I
think
that
those
are
are
ways
that
the
the
police
department's
already
looking
at,
and
we
should
continue
to
encourage
them
to
do
that.
We
have
a
great
police
force
as
it
is.
E
We
are
not
like
other
cities
in
the
metro
area,
we
have
a
fantastic
police
force
and
I
think
they're,
light
years
ahead
of
where
other
police
forces
are.
So
I
would
say
that
equality
is
the
key
word
when
it
comes
to
our
police
force
here
in
in
bloomington
and-
and
I
think
that's
what
they're
doing
now
and
I
would
encourage
them
to
continue
to
do
that.
B
Thank
you
because
you're
too,
both
of
your
answers
raised
the
issue
of
what
do
these
words
mean.
I
think
maybe
it
would
be
good
for
citizens
to
hear
your
definitions.
So
let's
go
back,
and
this
question
goes
first
to
mr
clark.
E
Well,
equity
in
in
a
strict
sense,
really
guarantees
equality
of
outcomes
and
that's
not
always
possible
in
our
society.
E
We
are
supposed
to
have
all
equal
opportunity
and
then
each
person
then,
is
able
to
either
you
know
by
their
own
efforts
or
or
their
their
desire
to
to
get
ahead
in
life
or
whatever
they're
doing
have
equal
opportunity
to
be
able
to
achieve
what
they
want
to
achieve.
E
So
I
think
that
there
is
some
confusion
around
that
equity
is,
is,
I
think,
an
overly
used
word
these
days
and,
and
I
like
equality,
I
like
treating
people
equal,
no
matter
what
the
color
the
skin
is
their
sexual
orientation,
their
age,
where
they
came
from
treat
people
equally
and
give
them
the
same
opportunities
and
let
them
rise
to
the
top
people
respect
themselves
a
lot
more
when
they
have
equal
opportunities
than
than
otherwise.
F
Yeah,
I
have
a
slightly
different
point
of
view
there.
I
I
also
agree
that
opportunity
is
important.
However,
equity
to
me
is
a
recognition
that
my
lived
experience
is
not
the
same
as
other
lived
experiences,
for
example,
if
I
am
a
wheelchair
user
and
I'm
not
able
to
get
into
a
building
because
they
haven't
accommodated
my
disability,
for
example.
That
leaves
me
in
in
in
inequity-
and
I
don't
understand
that
lived
experience,
because
I
myself
don't
have
a
wheelchair,
for
example.
So
you
know
we
have
to.
F
We
have
to
broaden
it.
Treating
people
equally
requires
us
to
think
about
how
we
want
to
be
treated,
but
treating
people
equitably
requires
us
to
be
conscious
of
how
other
people
want
to
be
treated,
and
I
think
that's
the
major
difference.
People
feel
much
more
included
when
they
get
the
sense
that
you've
thought
through
what
they
might
need,
what
they
might
benefit
from
and
how
they
might
thrive,
and
that
is
a
very
different
conversation
for
each
person
that
you
meet.
Thank
you.
B
F
Absolutely
we,
you
know
we
have
a
really
strong
partnership
with
our
convention
and
visitors,
bureau
and
they've
been
able
to
attract
you
know,
folks,
from
all
over
the
region
and
across
the
country,
to
come
to
bloomington
for
lots
of
different
reasons.
F
F
Internally,
that's
a
function
of
being
seen.
One
of
my
biggest
hopes
for
the
next
couple
of
years
here
in
bloomington
is
that
our
city
government
workers
and
our
leaders
get
out
into
the
community
and
start
talking
to
folks
more
proactively
when
they
can
be
seen
and
when
they
can
interact
regularly
with
the
people
that
live
here.
I
think
they
will
change
their
perceptions
in
a
positive
way
and
it
will
change
the
perceptions
of
our
community
and
and
make
everyone
feel
more
equal.
F
E
Well,
I
think
that
in
public
surveys
we
already
see
that
that
bloomington
is
a
very
welcoming
place
and
I've
experienced
that
over
my
18
years
here,
just
on
my
little
cul-de-sac
in
bloomington,
you
know:
we've
got
you
know:
africans
we've
got
brazilians,
we've
got
a
chinese
woman,
hispanics
african
american
we've
got
a
melting
pot
right
in
the
space
of
about
a
hundred
feet
and
it's
wonderful,
it's
a
great
place
to
live.
We
all
get
along,
we
love
spending
time
with
each
other
and
and
that's
the
way.
E
I
think
that
you
know
all
bloomington
is
I've
experienced
that
in
talking
with
other
people,
bloomington
is,
is
a
warm
and
welcoming
place.
There's
always
more
that
we
can
do.
We
need
to
continue
to
create
great
opportunities
for
people
to
work,
to
continue
to
try
to
change
our
economy
from
a
service
based
economy
to
more
of
a
high-tech
economy
where
people
want
to
not
just
visit
here
but
to
live
here,
raise
their
kids
and
enjoy
the
outdoors.
So
all
those
things
contribute
to
bloomington
being
a
welcoming
place,
and
I
fully
support
that.
B
E
Well,
I
would
first
of
all
you
know,
get
out
and
and
talk
to
the
community
a
lot
more
than
I
think
that
our
current
city
council
does.
I
would
encourage
more
active
participation
in
the
public
in
the
in
the
public
hearings
for
the
the
city
council.
E
So
I
think
that
you
know
that
that
would
be
a
big
priority
for
me.
That's
something
that
I'm
already
doing
now
getting
out
into
the
community
finding
out
what
people,
what
people
really
want
and
that's
where
I've
gotten
my
platform
from.
So
that's
that's
a
big
priority
for
me.
The
city
council
should
be
responsive
to
the
needs
of
the
people
and
and
not
have
that
as
an
afterthought,
and
that
comes
with
engagement.
F
I'm
having
the
time
of
my
life
out
talking
to
voters,
we've
been
out
on
the
door
since
july
and
and
the
campaign
has
received
an
incredible
amount
of
feedback
that
you
know
is,
is
largely
positive
about
the
community,
but
also
brings
up
specific
issues,
and
you
know
it.
It
matters
that
we
are
responsive
to
those
issues.
So,
as
a
city
council
member,
it
would
be
important
to
me
that
if
somebody
brought
an
issue
to
me
that
I
you
know
fully
address
that
issue
in
the
best
way,
that's
possible.
F
I
also
think
that
there's
an
alignment
issue
here
in
in
the
city
council
with
our
city
government
folks,
and
I
think
we
can
do
work
to
make
that
better.
In
my
line
of
work,
I
do
a
lot
of
product
management
and
and
bring
new
things
to
market.
F
That
means
I'm
working
very
closely
with
my
customers
all
the
time
to
make
sure
that
the
thing
that
we're
building
is
the
thing
that
people
want,
and
I
think
you
can
apply
those
kinds
of
methodologies
to
city
government,
especially
as
a
city
council
member
and
as
a
leader
in
one
of
our
major
departments,.
F
F
We
don't
have
anyone
on
council
today
that
has
that
science
background
and
that
can
speak
the
same
language
as
some
of
our
engineers.
Secondly,
as
I
mentioned,
I
work
in
tech
and
innovation.
I'm
really
excited
to
think
about
how
we
can
bring
new
businesses
to
bloomington
and
I've
done
that
my
whole
life,
and
so
I
am
excited
about
the
opportunity
to
bring
my
talents
in
that
space.
My
skill
set
to
bear.
The
third
thing
is
that
diversity
of
thought
is
important
and
diversity
of
lived
experience
is
important.
F
I
am
openly
gay
and
there
is
never,
as
my
understanding
been
an
openly
gay
member
of
city
council
and
my
lived
experience
would
make
a
a
very
different
impression
than
other
members
of
council
in
the
past.
So
I
think
those
are
the
reasons
I
am
looking
forward
to
representing.
E
You
know
the
thing
that
I
think
that
that
I
would
bring
most
to
the
city
council
would
be
really
listening
to
the
residents.
It's
one
of
the
main
reasons
I'm
running
is
because
I
do
not
think
that
this
council,
or
this
mayor
or
the
city
manager,
listens
to
the
residents.
They
have
a
plan
that
they're
following
they're
methodically
following
it.
They've
worked
it
out
ahead
of
time
with
with
big
bureaucracies
and
outside
groups
and
the
people
when
the
people
object
to
it,
they
either
get
brushed
aside
or
belittled.
E
Frankly,
in
fact,
the
mayor
wants
to
shut
down
public
comment
during
the
city
council
meetings
because
he's
tired
of
hearing
people,
you
know
voice
their
opinions.
So
much
so
that's
a
big
problem.
That's
a
big
problem.
When
government
becomes
unresponsive,
they
tax
the
residents,
but
then
they
don't
listen
to
them.
B
Thank
you.
This
next
question
goes
first
to
mr
clark
and
I'm
going
to
preface
it
with
these
questions
came
from
the
community,
so
I
don't
want
to
change
the
words
in
the
question.
Even
though
we've
had
some
disagreement
on
the
deus
as
to
equity
versus
equality
and
so
forth.
So
mr
clark
take
the
question
and
do
as
you
wish
with
it.
I
will.
E
Well,
I
mean
it's,
I
guess
I
I
I'm
struggling
with
that
question
a
little
bit.
The
city
policies
are
equitable.
Well,
I
guess
I
would.
I
would
run
it
through
my
you
know
through
my
sniff
test.
I
would
see
if
it
makes
sense.
I
would
talk
to
other
people
and
say
you
know:
are
these
truly
equitable?
Are
these?
Do
they
not
only
address
equity
but
also
equality?
E
You
know,
I
would
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
fair,
I
don't
want
to
make
sure
that
they
represent
all
people
in
bloomington.
You
know
we
have
a
city
council
that
makes
decisions
that
affect
a
very
small
sliver
of
our
of
our
population
and
then
disenfranchise
tens
of
thousands
of
people.
We
can't
have
that.
That's
not
equitable,
so
I
would
make
sure
that
it's
fair
to
all
people
and
that
it
is
it
makes
sense
and
that
it
makes
sense
to
the
common
person.
E
F
Well,
I
am
I'm
happy
that
we
have
an
equity
coordinator
here
at
at
the
city
government,
because
I
think
that
you
know
I'm
not
going
to
know
necessarily
all
that
there
is
to
all
of
the
different
policies
and
codes
and
zoning
changes
and
everything,
and
and
that's
why
the
collaboration
and
the
alignment
with
the
folks
that
are
here
in
city
government
will
matter
a
lot.
F
An
example
of
that
is,
you
know,
do
we
know
if
a
policy
is
equitable,
simply
because
you
know
the
seven
people
that
are
up
here
at
this
dais
think
that
it
is
probably
not
unless
we've
had
the
opportunity
to
talk
both
with
our
equity
coordinator
and
the
lived
experiences
of
the
folks
that
live
in
the
community.
To
be
sure
that
we
understand
that.
B
This
next
question
goes
first
to
ms
d'alessandro,
as
an
outsider.
Looking
at
these
questions,
I've
begun
to
realize
that
there
is
apparently
some
maybe
not
conflict,
but
some
issue
between
the
new
parks
master
plan
and
some
previous
idea
of
a
community
center,
and
so
this
question
says
now
that
we
have
a
new
parks
master
plan.
F
Well,
so
what
I
liked
about
the
park's
master
plan
when
it
spoke
about
the
buildings
that
it
was
talking
about,
renovating
and
or
revitalizing,
was
that
it
it.
You
could
tell
that
it
had
an
and
at
least
had
some
understanding
about
what
we
were,
what
the
city
was
attempting
to
do
with
the
community
center.
F
To
begin
with,
whether
you
agree
or
disagree
that
that
plan
should
have
gone
forward,
the
fact
that
they're
now
looking
at
the
buildings
that
there
are
you
know
gonna
renovate
and
things
like
that,
with
the
idea
that
some
of
the
community
elements
that
were
present
in
the
parks,
master
plan
or
in
the
community
center
idea
could
be
present
in
those
those
community
buildings
that
are
closer
to
each
of
the
the
parks
themselves
makes
sense.
I
for
one
live,
as
I
mentioned
in
bryant
park,
they're.
F
Looking
at
that
building,
that
building
is,
you
know,
barely
a
warming
hut
today
it
has
opportunity
to
be
a
lot
more
for
my
local
community,
and
I
think
that
they're
looking
at
that
and
that's
a
positive
for
us,
so
we'll
see
what
happens
with
that.
Of
course,
the
you
know
details
are
still
to
be
brought
forward.
Thanks.
E
E
Creekside
has
long
been
outdated,
it
needs
to
be
you
know,
redone
and
and
rethought
of
in,
in
that
same
space
as
far
as
a
large
monolithic
community
center
that
was
proposed
a
couple
of
years
ago,
85
million
dollar
community
center
that
would
destroy
valley
view
park,
absolutely
not
that
we
we
do
not
need
something
like
that.
E
We've
got
two
beautiful
pools
at
our
high
schools.
We've
got
a
pool
at
valley
view.
We've
got
a
pool
at
lifetime,
fitness
we've
got
trails,
we've
got
outdoor
places.
I
think
that
the
idea
of
a
big
large
community
center
is
is
just
not
a
good
idea.
It's
not
a
good
idea
from
a
fiscal
standpoint,
it's
too
hard
to
manage,
and
it's
just
not
the
business
that
we're
in
as
a
city,
we
should
be
working
with
private
enterprise
to
be
able
to
create
a
space
like
a
ymca
or
a
lifetime
fitness.
B
E
You
know
the
the
this
whole
business
of
of
governance
for
the
people,
a
residence
first
approach.
What
does
that
mean
last
year
during
the
pandemic?
Unfortunately,
we
had
to
cut
expenses
and
there's
a
lot
of
places
to
cut
expenses
even
now
in
our
budget,
and
yet
the
city
council
found
it
necessary
to
cut
and
shut
down
the
dmv
affecting
seniors
single
moms
people
that
use
that
of
all
walks
of
life.
I
used
it
many
times
now.
E
You
have
to
go
to
southdale,
mall
and
and
set
an
appointment
two
months
in
advance
online
to
be
able
to
go,
and
if
you
miss
that
appointment
you've
got
to
get
back
in
line
for
another
one
to
two
months.
That's
outrageous.
That
is
a
perfect
example
of
where
the
city
council
did
not
listen
to
the
residents.
I
want
to
listen
to
the
residents
and
even
if
I
don't
agree
with
them
on
a
personal
level,
if
they're
telling
me
something
that
they
want,
they
call
the
shots.
They're
the
residents
they're
the
taxpayers.
E
F
Yeah
I'll
expand
a
little
bit
on
the
notion
of
of
equity.
I
do
think
that
there
are
some
places
in
our
in
our
ordinances
and
in
our
codes
that
create
inequities
for
our
our
residents
and
not
in
the
same
way
that
you
might
might
think.
But
let
me
let
me
talk
to
you
about
a
couple
things.
I've
heard
you
know:
I've
been
around
the
city.
F
I've
got
a
denise
on
90th
street
and
lori
on
86th
street,
and
a
couple
folks
on
fremont,
every
single
one
of
them
tells
them
tells
me
that
they're
struggling
because
the
the
city
is
asking
them
to
follow
the
code
for
their
own
driveway.
Okay
and
every
single
one
of
them
is
different,
and
every
single
one
of
them
has
real
good
reasons
why
their
driveway
is
the
way
that
it
is
etc.
To
me,
that's
an
equity
issue
right.
F
If
you
live
in
a
place
in
bloomington,
where
you
can't
afford
to
have
a
driveway,
that's
out
of
the
public
eye
and
not
on
a
busy
street
and
everything
else,
maybe
they
don't
care.
But
if
you're
on
90th
street
and
you're
trying
to
pull
out
into
a
busy
road,
it's
important
that
you
have
the
kind
of
driveway
you
can
use.
B
We've
covered
all
the
questions,
so
you're
going
to
be
released
from
class
a
little
early
now
each
candidate
gets
a
whopping
30
seconds
for
closing
remarks
and
we
begin
with
miss
d'alessandro.
F
I'm
excited
to
serve
district
3
by
working
to
diversify
our
economy
through
innovation
by
focusing
on
on
environmental
sustainability,
not
just
as
a
health
imperative,
but
as
an
economic
one,
and
by
ensuring
that
our
work
on
affordable
housing
supports
our
aging
population.
I'm
asking
for
your
first
choice
vote
and
invite
you
to
visit
voteforlona.com
for
more
information.
Thank
you.
E
Thanks
again,
everybody
for
watching
tonight,
thanks
for
the
league
of
women
voters
bloomington,
I
just
want
to
say
that
you
know
elections
are
about
choices,
they're
about
choices,
and
we
do
have
some
distinct
choices
here
in
this
election
you're
going
to
be
voting
for
an
at-large
council
you're
going
to
be
voting
for
school
board,
you're
going
to
be
voting
for
district
3..
So
I
ask
for
your
vote
tonight.
My
platform
is
public
safety.
My
platform
is
lower
taxes
and
lower
spending
and
governance
from
a
residence
first
approach.
B
I'm
lani
skrentner,
a
member
of
the
league
of
women
voters
of
edina
and
moderator
for
tonight's
forum
for
candidates
for
bloomington
city
council,
district
4.,
the
city
of
bloomington's
mass
policy
states.
Please
wear
a
mask
while
inside
city
facilities,
regardless
of
vaccination
status,
when
speaking,
you
may
leave
your
mask
on
or
remove
it.
So
candidates
have
a
choice.
B
The
purpose
of
this
evening's
forum
is
to
hear
the
bloomington
city
council
district
4
candidates
discuss
issues
that
are
important
to
residents
of
the
city.
We
will
try
to
cover
as
many
issues
as
possible
in
the
time
that
we
have.
If
your
questions
community
questions
are
not
answered,
tonight,
feel
free
to
contact
the
candidates
directly.
B
B
B
B
Candidates
will
have
one
minute
each
to
answer
the
commit
each
community
question
before
closing
remarks.
Candidates
will
be
granted
one
minute
each
to
expand
on
any
issue
covered
before,
where
you
feel,
maybe
you
didn't
get
it
all
in
league
volunteers,
will
time
candidate
responses
and
hold
up
signs
to
show
candidates
when
they
have
30
seconds
left
when
they
have
15
seconds
left
and
when
they
must
stop?
B
B
The
league
of
women
voters
of
bloomington
determined,
which
questions
will
be
asked
and
attempts
in
good
faith
to
cover
the
topics
of
interest
indicated
by
questions
submitted
by
bloomington
residents
to
lwv
via
email
prior
to
tonight.
All
submitted
questions
become
the
property
of
the
league
of
women.
Voters
of
bloomington
no
campaign
materials,
signs,
brochures,
buttons
cards
or
clothing
with
candidate
information
is
allowed
in
bloomington,
civic
plaza.
B
B
G
Hi
so
I'm
fairly
new
to
bloomington.
I've
been
here
just
under
four
years,
and
I
moved
here
because
I
thought
bloomington
was
a
family
friendly
community
and
I
think
everybody
should
be
able
to
experience
that,
regardless
of
how
you
define
your
family,
the
last
year
and
a
half
I've
gotten
a
little
bit
more
involved
in
community
started
paying
attention
to
the
council
meetings
and
I
want
to
be
a
voice
for
the
residents
in
this
city.
I
feel
like
that.
G
B
Thank
you,
mr
martin
hi
there,
council,
member
patrick
martin.
H
Running
for
reelection,
obviously
for
thank
you
very
much.
You
think
I
know
how
to
work
these
after
a
few
years-
council
member,
patrick
martin,
just
running
for
re-election
for
the
district
4
seat
over
here.
On
the
east
side,
I've
spent
my
entire
career
working
with
churches
and
non-profits
across
the
region,
equipping
families
with
the
tools
that
they
need
to
be
successful,
and
I've
brought
that
same
spirit
of
service
here
to
the
bloomington
city
council
for
all
of
our
families.
H
When
I
was
last
here,
I
shared
how
excited
I
was
to
be
a
strong
voice
for
east
bloomington
neighborhoods
and
today,
now,
these
few
years
later,
I'm
excited
to
share
a
little
bit
about
how
I've
used
that
strong
voice
to
help
empower
our
residents
to
guide
this
community's
future
to
help
steer
reinvestment
into
eastside
neighborhoods.
That
really
need
it
and
to
begin
recognizing
and
reimagining
the
incredible
potential
that
our
community
has.
H
I
I
You
know
I
got
involved
in
politics
because
I
didn't
like
how
things
were
going,
and
you
know,
like
we've
already
heard
residents
aren't
being
heard,
seems
what
happens
in
the
city
is
handed
down
from
the
unions
and
from
partisan
politics,
and
the
residents
need
to
be
heard,
and
I
want
to
be
on
city
council
to
get
that
job
done
and
trim
the
budget
fix
things
up
around
here,
so
that
is
truly
residents
in
control
of
bloomington
again.
Thank
you.
B
I
First
objective
would
be
go
through
the
budget
get
rid
of
so
much
wasteful
spending
make
sure
that
the
taxpayers
aren't
paying
for
pet
projects.
For
you
know,
issues
that
only
apply
to
a
small
amount
of
people.
G
My
first
three
initiatives
that
I
will
do
when
I'm
elected
to
city
council
is:
I
would
look
at
the
proposed
taxes
in
the
next
few
years
and
eliminate
some
of
those
taxes
that
are
unnecessary
or
frivolous
spending.
We
have
quite
a
bit
on
the
docket
coming
up
in
the
next
couple
years.
For
those
who
aren't
watching
the
council
meetings
and
as
a
resident,
I
feel
like
my
property
taxes
are
high
enough,
so
I'm
not
the
only
one
in
that
area
another.
G
My
second
would
be
so
that
all
residents
feel
like
it's
an
inclusive
city
versus
having
a
small
portion
of
the
city,
take
ownership
and
run
with
it.
We
all
have
a
voice
and
then,
thirdly,
would
be
a
respectful
voice
for
each
individual
person
and
to
stand
up
for
the
things
that
we
value
as
a
city
for
all
the
residents
or
a
good
portion
of
them.
H
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that
question.
I
kind
of
alluded
to
it
a
moment
ago,
but
I
think
first
and
foremost
is
continuing
to
increase
residence
ability
to
help
steer
the
future
of
this
community,
and
I
think
we've
made
some
tremendous
progress
so
far
right
when
I
was
first
elected,
I
was
proud
to
install
transparency
and
engagement
as
one
of
our
overriding
strategic
priorities
and
out
of
that,
we
streamlined
our
council
meetings,
so
they
were
easier
to
participate
in.
H
We
launched
digital
engagement
platforms
like
let's
talk,
bloomington
and
tens
of
thousands
of
residents
have
submitted
feedback
directly
to
me
and
my
colleagues
on
dozens
of
projects
across
the
community,
and
I
think
just
moving
that
forward.
Not
only
helps
us
reach
better
decisions
but
helps
knit
this
community
together
in
a
really
divided
time
nationally.
H
The
second
really
just
reinvesting
in
our
east
side,
neighborhoods,
just
by
the
way
the
city
popped
up,
most
of
our
eastside
neighborhoods
are
decades
older
than
the
west
side.
And
while
it's
easier
it's
easy
to
say,
we
got
to
cut
spending.
We
need
to
make
critical
investments
in
some
of
our
neighborhoods
and
our
parks
and
finally
just
ensure
that
every
family
has
an
opportunity
to
put
down
roots
and
thrive
in
our
community
that
takes
investment
as
well.
B
H
Yeah,
I
think,
first
and
foremost,
we
need
more
access
to
healthy
food
and
groceries
on
the
east
side
of
bloomington.
It
doesn't
quite
qualify
as
a
food
desert
right
now,
but
when
it's
way
easier
to
walk
to
a
fast
food
restaurant
than
it
is
to
a
healthy
grocery
store.
No
wonder
we
see
these
huge
health
disparities
between
the
east
and
the
west
sides
of
our
community,
so
I
think
access
to
basic
amenities
like
that
is
huge.
I
think
it's
also
important.
H
The
legislature
gave
us
a
lot
of
great
tools
over
the
last
couple
of
decades
when
that
was
pretty
much
an
empty
area
to
spur
development,
but
now
that
it's
getting
up
on
its
feet,
it's
generating
revenue.
It's
time
that
we
work
with
our
partners
in
the
legislature
to
remove
some
of
the
walls
around
that
funding
and
allow
the
prosperity
that's
being
generated
by
that
neighborhood
to
be
shared
across
our
city,
especially
again
on
the
east
side,
where
we
have
investments
to
make,
and
we
don't
want
to
put
it
all
on
the
property
taxpayers.
H
G
Thank
you
I,
like
patrick,
do
agree.
We
do
need
some
fresh
food
options,
fresh
choices
for
our
residents,
health
food
is
so
important
to
immunity,
and
fast
food
is
just
simply
easier
for
people
to
get
to.
Another
thing
that
I
would
do
is
what
about
adding
classes
for
healthy
choices
in
our
community
center,
the
classes
that
are
available
to
the
public.
We
could
offer
people
healthy
choices,
how
to
make
healthy
food
either
for
free
or
at
minimal
cost
to
the
residents
that
do
want
to
learn
more
and
expand
their
experience.
G
I
You
know
to
be
perfectly
honest:
as
far
as
the
south
loop
is
concerned,
I
would
like
to
see
a
stop
developing
constantly
in
the
south
loop
in
hopes
of
having
a
2027
expo
come
here.
It
we're
building
up
an
area
that
you
know
we
need
to
be
in
investing
time
and
money
in
east
side
parks
into
athletic
facilities
that
we
already
have.
I
We
don't
need
to
build
up
south
loop
for
a
2027
prospect.
Sure
you
know,
grocery
stores
are
great
and
and
that's
fine,
but
I
think
the
majority
of
residents
on
the
east
side
are
looking
for
attention
in
their
city
at
other
spots
than
south
loop.
I
I
You
know
humans
are
pretty
smart
and
pretty
able
to
take
care
of
themselves
if
you
allow
them
to.
But
specifically,
I
would
actively
work
against
any
more
coveted
mandates
or
overreaching
government
authority
on
that.
H
Yeah
this
obviously,
this
has
been
extraordinarily
difficult,
past
18
months
for
all
of
us
and
serving
on
the
council
and
getting
the
covet
dashboard
updates
of
how
many
residents
we
had
lost
in
that
two-week
period
to
covid.
Since
the
last
update
was
tough,
tough
like
it
was
for
everybody,
but
the
city
of
bloomington,
I
would
say,
moving
forward
is
continue,
investing
in
preparedness.
H
We
are
so
lucky
that
long
before
I
came
on,
council
leaders
decided
that
we
should
have
our
own
public
health
department
that
we,
if
we're
going
to
spend
resources
on
that,
keep
them
in
our
community.
It's
allowed
us
to
be
nimble.
It's
allowed
us
to
set
up
vaccination
clinics.
It's
allowed
us
to
check
on
seniors
who've
been
living
alone
to
make
sure
they
have
the
resources
they
need
when
everybody
goes
on
lockdown
and
who
knows
how
they're
going
to
get
groceries
and
beyond
that
continuing
to
invest
in
our
community
outreach
and
engagement
division.
H
G
So
I
work
in
the
medical
field,
I'm
a
firm
believer
in
allowing
your
body's
immunity
to
do
its
job
and
part
of
that
is
by
eating
healthy,
maintaining
a
healthy
lifestyle
getting
enough
sleep
and
making
sure
that
you
have
enough
healthy
foods
to
keep
your
body
healthy.
However,
I
do
think
that
part
of
what
our
city
could
offer
are
resources
for
those
who
feel
that
they
need
options
like
food
delivery
if
they
can't
get
out
or
if
they
have
compromised
immunities,
providing
services
to
those
people
so
they're
more
secure
in
protecting
themselves.
B
We're
going
to
insert
the
lightning
round
here
and
it
will
go
first
to
ms
coyle.
B
Maybe
past
whether
they're
being
graded
on
this?
Yes,
no
and
a
simple
because
and
the
question
first
to
miss
coyle,
do
you
think
equity
and
inclusion
should
be
key
priorities
for
the
city
council.
G
I
feel
equity
is
a
tricky
word
inclusion.
Yes,.
G
H
I
I
I
think
it
is
the
city's
job
to
treat
everyone
as
a
resident
of
bloomington
and
not
give
some
people.
You
know
elevated
status
than
others.
We
are
all
equal
in
this
city.
We
all
have
an
equal
voice
and
all
those
voices
should
be
included.
We
don't
need
to
get
the
fancy
buzz
buzzwords
going
just
treat
everyone
the
same.
B
G
G
H
I
would
say:
equity
means
to
me
that
folks
have
what
they
need
to
achieve
success,
and
I
guess
the
example
I'll
provide
is
when
I
was
working
at
the
west
7th
street
food
shelf
over
in
st
paul.
I
would
get
families
come
all
the
way
from
bloomington
over
the
food
bank
to
get
that
bag
of
groceries
because
they
didn't
want
their
neighbors
to
know
they
were
in
need,
equality
would
say
I
would
get
a
bag
of
groceries.
H
That
person
would
get
a
bag
of
groceries,
even
though
that
bag
of
groceries
for
that
person
could
change
their
life,
it
could
get
them
what
they
need
to
get
to
a
job
interview,
help
them
get
on
their
feet.
Equity
is
making
sure
that
our
resources
are
directed
to
the
populations
that
most
need
them,
and-
and
while
equality
is
great
just
saying,
equality
also
papers
over
the
differences
that
we
need
to
address
in
our
community.
There
are
huge
lifetime
income
differences
between
east
and
west
bloomington.
There's
huge
differences
in
lifetime
educational
attainment.
H
B
I
want
to
explain
that
these
questions
came
from
the
community,
and
so
I
don't
feel
like
I
can
change
the
words
in
them
based
on
the
fact
that
you
have
differing
opinions
about
the
words
that
are
there,
so
we
move
on,
and
this
next
question
goes
first
to
mr
martin.
H
I
think
one
great
example
is
we
passed
something
called
the
opportunity
housing
ordinance
a
couple
of
years
ago.
Now
it's
one
of
the
things
I've
been
most
excited
about,
but
that
looked
at
city
code
to
say
what
were
the
parameters
that
were
preventing
us
from
developing
starter
housing
for
folks
in
this
community
being
owner-occupied
or
rental,
and
working
with
the
development
community,
nonprofit
community
to
say?
H
Okay,
if
we
trim
three
feet
off
the
floor
area
of
this
particular
unit,
can
we
drop
the
rent
enough
where
a
starting
firefighter
and
a
teacher
can
afford
to
put
down
roots
in
this
city
and
I
think,
taking
a
creative
approach
to
identifying
problems
and
figuring
out
a
way
to?
Yes
is
the
path
forward,
not
only
for
bloomington
but
for
suburbs
like
us
across
the
country,
and
I
think
we'll
get
a
lot
of
cities
emulating
things
like
the
affordab
the
opportunity
housing
ordinance
because
of
that.
B
What
specific
steps
oops
sorry
wrong
question?
What
specific
steps
would
you
like
to
see
the
city
take
to
assure
equity
and
broaden
inclusion
on
things
in
things
like
the
city
code
and
city
commissions,.
I
I
You
know,
I
don't
think
the
city
needs
to
live
there
all
the
time
and
you
know
constantly
make
it
their
prerogative
to
focus
only
on
those
people.
You
know
I
would
want
to
see
help
the
people
that
need
help
but
raise
them
up
to
the
rest
of
the
community
and
get
everyone
on
the
same
page
and
make
sure
we
are
all
happy
and
successful
and
being
heard
and
taken
care
of.
I
B
I
Man,
lots
of
equity
questions
tonight.
You
know
I
am
a
huge
fan
of
the
bloomington
police
department.
I
think
they're
outstanding
they're,
very
diverse
police
force.
They
handle
everyone
equally,
so
you
know
I'm
looking
for
our
police
to
treat
people
equally
and
enforce
the
law.
I
H
You
haven't
had
a
chance
to
do
a
ride-along
with
the
department.
Absolutely
do
it.
I've
do
it
a
few
times
now.
The
number
and
the
variety
of
calls
are
insane.
You
start
the
night
with
a
bat
that
got
somebody
into
somebody's
living
room.
Then
it's
somebody
in
mental
health
crisis.
In
a
parking
lot
then
you're
on
to
somebody
in
a
medical
emergency
in
their
living
room.
Then
the
person,
the
mental
health
crisis,
couldn't
find
a
bed
so
they're
back
in
the
parking
lot
again.
H
We
need
to
equip
our
department
with
things
like
the
embedded
social
worker
program
that
we
just
launched
a
little
while
ago
with
hennepin
county,
so
that,
when
we
have
repeat
calls
we're
able
to
go
out,
connect
people
with
services
and
get
them
on
a
trajectory
to
success.
So
I
think
we
just
need
to
to
simplify
our
officers
jobs
a
little
bit,
and
that
will
be
a
good
start.
But
beyond
that,
we
need
to
encourage
the
department
to
continue
getting
out
there
in
the
community,
working
with
our
multicultural
advisory
committee.
H
G
G
Unfortunately,
they
were
great
at
national
night
out
they're,
very
engaging
if
you
stop
and
have
a
conversation
with
them,
and
I
do
agree
that
the
social
worker
or
the
social
work
resource
is
a
great
resource
for
officers,
especially
if
they
know
ahead
of
time
what
type
of
call
they're
getting
into,
because
that
doesn't
require
them
to
make
a
split-second
decision
regarding
someone's
mental
health.
However,
that
being
said,
equity
is
not
something
that
I
feel
like
belongs
in
our
police
department.
G
G
I
would
I
think,
the
commission
or
excuse
me,
the
council,
should
meet
with
developers
and
see
what
it
is
that
we
could
do
to
improve
an
existing
building
or
to
steer
incoming
businesses
to
either
renovate
or
purchase
an
already
standing
building.
I
think
that
there's
a
lot
can
be
done
to
renovate
what
we
already
have
and
utilize
existing
buildings,
and
I
think
developers
can
help
with
that
or
even
getting
small
business
refinishers
remodelers
into
play
and
that's
utilizing
our
own
resources.
Then.
H
Yeah,
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
has
given
me
kind
of
the
most
hope
and
excitement
over
my
first
term
is
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
in
concert
with
residents
to
help
reimagine
some
of
our
older
commercial
areas.
I
think
a
great
example
was
the
lindale
avenue
retrofit
project.
We
worked.
We
had
many
pop-up
events,
digital
engagement,
videos
that
we
shared
with
the
community
and
solicited
thousands
of
pieces
of
feedback
for
what
people
wanted
to
see
on
lindale
right
now,
it's
a
lot
of
auto
parts
stores
and
fast
food.
H
We
establish
something
called
the
gateway
development
district,
it's
most
of
the
east
side,
but
it
allows
us
to
pool
resources
from
various
projects
to
help
spur
that
redevelopment.
Nobody
wants
to
be
the
first
one
in
to
figure
out
what
to
do
with
one
of
our
older
strip
malls,
but
if
we're
able
to
leverage
broader
resources
and
have
the
community
behind
that
vision,
that's
where
you
start
to
see
some
big
change.
I
I
I
think
we
spend
a
lot
of
time
and
money
doing
transparency
and
engagement
that
still
ends
up
down
the
same
path
that
it
was
when
it
started,
because
it's
they're
not
actually
listening
to
residents.
It's
just
to
appear
to
look
to
listen
to
residents
and
we
waste
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
on
this
every
year
got
a
building.
You
know
there's
a
building
across
from
kennedy.
It's
now.
Turning
into
a
candy
candy
store
and
soda
pop
store,
perfect
perfect
for
that
neighborhood.
So
just
listen
to
people.
It's
not
that
challenging.
B
H
Well,
I
think,
first
off
it's
important
to
keep
in
mind
that
everybody
shares
their
neighborhood.
So
whatever
direction
you
go,
you
want
to
make
sure
people
are
keeping
up
their
property
everybody's
kind
of
harmonious
there,
but
I
think
it
only
makes
sense
to
look
at
in
in
things
like
a
changing
climate,
changing
environment,
we're
going
to
have
to
make
these
decisions
at
some
point.
H
I've
just
I've
been
extremely
proud.
There's
a
program
called
minnesota
greenstep
cities
that
essentially
provides
kind
of
guidance
on
how
to
be
more
overall
sustainable,
take
care
of
your
natural
resources
and
we
set
a
record
for
the
fastest
city
to
enter
the
program,
hit
the
peak
and
then
turn
around
and
start
sharing
best
practices
with
other
cities.
H
B
I
Absolutely
I
am
all
for
property
owners
having
maximum
control
of
their
property,
and
I
think
this
is
a
good
way
to
give
people
that
control-
and
you
know,
kind
of
kill
two
birds
with
one
stone
here
and
make
it
more
pollinator
friendly
and
help
out
the
environment.
That
way,
and
if
it's
something
that
people
are
trying
to
get
changed,
we
should.
F
G
G
Plant
that
would
benefit
especially
this
summer
during
our
heavy
drought.
It
would
still
make
the
lawns
look
great
and
green
because
they
do
stay
green,
a
lot
longer
than
natural
grasses,
and
then
the
pollinator
gardens
are
amazing
and
then
offering
homeowners
the
opportunity
to
garden
where
they
want,
either
in
the
front
in
the
back
pollinator
gardens
vegetable
gardens.
It's
a
great
environmental
project
that
homeowners
can
take
pride
in.
B
I
G
I
don't
have
children
in
the
bloomington
school
district,
however,
I'm
in
which
I
state
that,
because
I'm
not
very
familiar
with
the
bloomington
school
district,
so
that
is
something
that
I'd
have
to
look
into
a
one
way
that
the
city
could
the
council
could
collaborate
with
the
school
board
is
having
regular
meetings
with
them
touching
base
like
what
do
they
need?
How
can
they
be
supported?
How
can
we
work
together
to
promote
bloomington?
G
What
can
we
do
to
provide
students
or
parents
with
the
resources
that
they
need,
that
maybe
the
school
board
isn't
aware
of
or
is
struggling
with,
and
working
together,
as
a
team
could
help
get
that
message
together?
We
could
offer
internships
for
students
that
want
to
come
into
the
city
council
if
this
isn't
already
a
program
again,
I
apologize
I'm
not
familiar
with
the
school
district,
but
I
think
it
would
be
a
great
opportunity
for
the
council
to
show
future
leaders
what
it's
like
and
how
they
can
partner
and
possibly
offer
struggling
students
tutoring.
H
Yeah,
I
think
we
we
have
a
pretty
good
start,
but
it's
largely
been
project
based,
and
I
guess
a
good
example
would
be
again,
because
we
have
our
own
public
health
department.
We
were
able
to
partner
with
the
school
district
on
identifying
families
that
public
health
was
working
with.
That
would
have
a
child
entering
kindergarten
pretty
soon
to
share
that
information
share
those
lists
so
that
the
district
wasn't
surprised
if
a
kid
got
there
with
his
oversized
backpack
for
the
first
day
of
school
and
they
weren't
expecting
him
but
moving
forward.
H
I
think
the
pandemic,
it's
tested
everybody,
but
it
has
shown
the
district
and
the
council
an
amazing
way
to
work
together
in
in
alignment,
and
we've
been
working
closely
with
the
district
on
pandemic
response,
but
not
only
them,
but
with
normandale
community
college,
northwestern
health
sciences
figuring
out
best
practices.
Where
are
we
pointing
and
as
we
go
into
our
parks
master
plan
facilities
that
we'll
be
sharing
with
the
districts
across
the
city
to
collaborate
on?
H
G
So
a
lot
of
things
that
I'm
hearing
are
continued
projects
and
part
of
that
is
not
necessarily
having
scheduled
projects
but
working
more
with
the
community
working
more
with
the
residents
in
in
maybe
a
one-off,
like
what
can
we
do
for
this
neighborhood?
What
does
that
neighborhood
need?
What
what
are
they
lacking?
What
can
we
provide
to
get
them
to
the
area
that
they
would
like
to
see
their
community,
not
extensive
tax
dollar
paid
projects?
B
Thank
you,
mr
martin.
H
Yeah,
I
think,
on
the
point
of
of
kind
of
taxes
related
to
projects.
I
I've
been
really
proud
of
the
work
that
the
city
has
done
again,
looking
at
neighborhoods
in
our
community
that
popped
up
decades
earlier
and
that
need
some
serious
tlc
and
to
do
this
planning
to
do
this
community
outreach,
while
at
the
same
time
keeping
our
tax
levy
year
to
year,
the
lowest
of
any
suburb
like
us
in
the
metro
and
a
good
example
of
what
that
looks.
Like
is
our
parks
master
plan.
H
It's
the
first
master
plan
like
this
that
we've
had
this
comprehensive
in
the
city's
history,
analyzing
all
of
our
assets
across
the
community
and
are
they
still
relevant
for
the
the
kids,
the
adults?
The
seniors
that
we
have
here
now
we're
moving
to
what's
called
a
service
area
model
where
essentially,
every
neighborhood
is
going
to
be
within
walking
distance
of
recreational
amenities
that
are
relevant
to
them,
that
they
helped
us
come
up
with
that
they
are
going
to
see
come
to
fruition
in
their
neighborhoods.
H
B
Thank
you
it's
time
now
for
giving
you
30
seconds
for
your
closing
remarks
and
we'll
begin
with
miss
stromeier.
B
I
I
This
has
been
an
issue
that
has
been
brought
to
the
council
many
times
and
we
just
aren't
getting
our
money,
we're
being
double
charged
or
something
it's
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars,
and
that
was
years
ago.
You
know-
and
I
think
we
need
to
be
very
real-
about
public
safety
in
bloomington.
How
overworked
our
police
officers
are-
and
you
know
understand
that
unless
we
make
decisions
that
help
this
community
be
safer,
our
police
aren't
going
to
have
time
to
give
kids
ice
cream
and
stickers
they're
out
chasing
criminals.
I
I
H
I
think
bloomington,
as
we
all
know,
has
tremendous
opportunity
and
really
it's
a
microcosm
of
the
country
eastside
popped
up
after
world
war
ii.
You
see
it
in
the
street
patterns.
Small
pocket
parks,
then
into
the
70s
and
80s
expanded
west,
and
it's
like
a
whole
different
city.
In
the
way
it
was
constructed
winding
roads
and
cul-de-sacs.
H
That's
not
necessarily
a
bad
thing,
but
I
think
we
need
to
recognize
that
we
need
to
make
substantial
investments
in
our
east
side,
not
only
in
our
infrastructure
but
in
our
residence
and
in
tying
these
two
halves
of
the
city.
Together,
we
can
provide
a
model
for
this
country
on
how
suburbs
thrive
in
this
new
century.
G
Thank
you.
I
am
just
an
average
everyday
bloomington
resident
and
my
goal
on
city
council
is
to
be
your
voice,
be
your
advocate
and
fight
for
the
things
that
are
absolutely
important
to
each
resident.
Part
of
that
is
taxes,
bloomington
isn't
going
to
be
affordable
if
they
keep
raising
our
taxes.
I'm
a
homeowner.
I've
been
a
homeowner
for
years,
and
taxes
are
getting
ridiculous.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
candidates
for
participating
in
this
forum
and
for
your
willingness
to
participate
in
the
democratic
process
by
running
for
office.
Thank
you
to
the
league
of
women
voters
of
bloomington
for
sponsoring
this
forum.
It
has
been
video
recorded
and
will
be
able
to
be
viewed
on
youtube.
B
Links
will
be
posted
on
the
city
of
bloomington
website
and
on
the
league
of
women
voters
bloomington
website.
It
will
also
be
rebroadcast
on
bloomington
cable
tv
until
election
day,
and
so
we
they
say
thank
you
as
well
to
future
online
and
cable
television
audiences
remember
to
vote
on
or
before
tuesday
november
2nd.