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Bloomington Minnesota City Council / Port Authority Concurrent Meeting
D
A
C
A
Now
on
our
agenda
is
an
approval
of
minutes
of
the
april
13
2022,
concurrent
city,
council,
port
authority,
meeting
city
council.
If
you've
had
an
opportunity
to
look
at
those
minutes,
if
you
have
any
corrections
or
updates
or
anything
you'd
like
to
add
to
those.
If
not,
I
would
look
for
a
motion
to
approve
those
minutes.
A
B
B
Okay,
so
we
need
to
do
it
then
carolyn
all
right.
Well,
then,
I
would
entertain
a
motion
for
the
approval
of
the
concurrent
minutes
meetings
for
the
port.
Third:
do
we
have
us?
I
will
move
those
motion
made
by
commissioner
bussey.
Do
we
have
a
second
second
second
by
commissioner
carter,
any
additions
or
corrections,
if
not
all
in
favor.
Please
leave
me
by
saying
aye
aye
post
motion
carry
six
zero.
A
First
of
two
items
on
our
agenda
is
a
discussion
of
our
small
business
development
center
and
just
looking
for
an
update
on
this.
I
know
we've
talked
about
this
in
the
past
and
we
have
carla
henderson
and
barbole
from
our
community
development
team
here
with
us
excited
to
learn
more
about
where
we
are
and
where
we're
headed
with
this.
F
Good
evening,
mr
mayor,
mr
president,
city
council,
commissioners,
we
were
here
in
on
november
10th
of
2021
to
ask
your
support
of
the
small
business
resource
center.
We
were
applying
for
a
grant
and
you've
had
some
movement,
so
I
think
councilmember
d'alessandro
asked
for
an
update
and
we
thought,
since
we
were
here
six
months
ago,
we
should
come
back
and
present
to
both
bodies,
so
go
right
into
it.
F
So,
just
to
give
you
a
reminder,
we
are
looking
to
take
the
former
fire
station
number
three
and
turn
it
into
a
small
business
development
center
resource
center.
That's
a
picture
of
it
and
below
are
some
pictures
of
some
public
art,
because
art
will
be
a
part
of
this
development
and
some
funky
chairs
and
we're
gonna
just
do
all
kinds
of
crazy
things
in
there.
D
F
The
space
with
the
space,
so
do
you
want
to
take
this
slide.
D
Sure
yeah,
so
we've
we've
applied
for
a
few
different
grant
opportunities
and
that's
why
we
were
before
the
board
before
and
the
council,
because
we
had
a
resolution
of
support
to
support
our
application
for
the
federal
economic
development
authority
grant.
So
just
to
recap,
we
do
have
500
000
from
the
american
rescue
plan
act
that
was
committed
by
the
city
council.
D
D
We
expect
awarding
for
that
grant
for
notifications
later
this
month
and
then
the
community
investment
initiative.
That
also
is
a
hennepin
county,
grant
490
thousand
dollars
that
was
just
submitted
about
two
weeks
ago.
So
we
expect
that
in
september
the
federal
eda,
that's
the
one
that
we
had
expected
some
response
back
in
the
first
quarter
of
2022..
D
F
I
think
we
are
taking
the
attitude.
No
news
is
good
news.
We
also
had
heard
from
our
friends
at
brooklyn
park,
who
also
have
put
in
a
grant
that
they
received
a
lot
of
response,
and
so
they
are
sorting
through
all
of
the
the
applications
right
now.
So
that's
where
we
go.
A
Can
I
ask
for
clarification
when
you
say
the
pending
and
expected
in
june
of
2022
you're
expecting
an
answer
or
expecting
to
be
awarded
the
amount.
D
D
F
Okay,
so
so
we
think
the
whole
project,
the
renovations,
is
about
two
million
dollars,
so
we
feel
like,
of
course,
we're
pulling
for
our
federal
grant,
but
I
have
a
b
plan.
So
that's
what
you
see
here.
F
So
so
what
have
we
been
up
to
we've
been
looking
to
engage
our
community
and
stakeholders?
F
Barb
is
becoming.
I
call
her
like
the
secret
weapon
of
community
development
because
she
has
been
excellent
at
going
out
and
finding
resources
and
applications,
and
one
of
the
things
actually
was
councilmember
d'alessandro
who
reached
out
and
said,
hey.
You
know,
I
know
you're
looking
we
were
looking
for
a
non-profit
to
serve
as
a
fiduciary
at
one
of
our
grants,
and
thank
you
for
that
that
started
home
right.
F
So
we
did
go
to
the
bloomington
community
foundation.
We
barb
and
I
presented
last
month,
yes
at
their
board
of
directors
meeting
and
got
such
great
positive
response.
We
told
them
about
what
we're
working
on
in
terms
of
the
fire
station
also
some
work
we're
doing
with
local
businesses,
small
businesses
and
you
want
to
talk
about
some
of
the
conversations
we've
had
with
them
since
well.
D
So
we
also
went
to
the
creative
place,
making
commission.
That
was
also
in
may
and
had
a
conversation
with
them
about
this
and
that
you
know,
for
the
focus
for
the
businesses
that
we
want
to
assist,
are
bipac
owned
businesses,
women-owned
businesses,
youth
in
our
community
and
also
artists.
So
when
we're
looking
at
this
and
we're
thinking,
you
know
gosh
the
people
that
we
want
to
help
and
support
and
uplift
are
those
entrepreneurs
that
have
a
dream,
an
idea
and
don't
know
where
to
go.
D
Also
small
businesses
that
have
started
out
but
might
need
some
resources
to
help
build
that
business
and
then
other
small
businesses
that
are
looking
to
grow
or
expand
and
so
having
a
place
where
people
can
come
and
be
supported,
but
also
be
supported
if
they
fail.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
for
them
to
explore,
and
so
we've
also
looked
at
two
different
co-working
spaces.
What
that
looks
like
for
fees,
hours
of
operations,
recommendations,
lessons
learned
at
these
places
on
how
that
operates.
D
Obviously,
this
is
not
exactly
the
same
concept
that
we're
looking
at
here,
but
it's
a
good
way
to
look
at
it
and
how
you
can
divvy
up
the
space
and
use
the
space,
and
so
a
lot
of
that
will
come
by
the
next
step
that
we're
doing
here.
F
So
yeah
it
takes
a
village
right
takes
community
development,
co-ed
our
communications
team
and
members
of
our
office
of
racial
equity,
inclusion
and
belonging
we've
been
working
meeting
gosh
every
other
week.
It
seems
like
to
come
together
to
put
an
advisory
committee
together
and
it's
great
having
emily
larson
from
coed,
who
keeps
us
very
focused
on.
What's
the
purpose,
what's
our
promise
to
the
public?
Let's
not
make
promises,
we
can't
keep
keeps
us
very
honest,
and
so
we
are
putting
together
this
advisory
committee.
F
That's
going
to
meet
in
a
couple
of
weeks
and
it's
basically
to
help
us
with
the
recommendations
of
operations,
space
programs
services,
the
criteria.
Somebody
asked
us
at
the
creative
place,
making
meeting
to
find
small
business,
and
we
were
like
that's
a
good
question.
Well,
we're
going
to
ask
the
advisory
committee
to
help
us
with
that
the
branding
and
basically
have
a
lot
of
input
into
the
space.
D
So
for
the
advisory
committee
we've
sent
out
our
invites,
there
may
be
one
or
two
people
in
this
room
that
have
been
invited
and
when
we
presented
back
in
november,
there
was
interest
from
a
port
authority
member
that's
unable
to
participate.
But
if
there's
somebody
else
from
the
port
and
then
we
also
do
have
a
council
member
on
the
team
so
sending
out
these
meeting
invites
we
will
start
begin
meeting
later.
D
This
month
in
june,
will
be
our
first
meeting
and
we're
partnering
with
blooming
meadows
south
apartments,
so
that
we
can
hold
our
first
meeting
there
and
actually
take
a
tour
of
the
fire
station
with
fire
chief
yuli,
so
that
everybody
has
a
sense
of
the
space
and
then
most
of
our
meetings
are
anticipated
to
occur
here
at
civic
plaza.
D
But
we
all
we
have
invites
and
commitments
out
to
the
various
that
you
see
on
here.
We're
still
waiting
to
hear
back
from
some
others,
but
it's
very
important
to
have
the
voices
of
the
folks
that
we're
trying
to
look
to
uplift
and
support
in
the
community.
And
so
we
have.
D
You
know
when
we
list
the
chambers
we're
not
looking
at
just
the
bloomington
chamber,
we're
also
looking
at
the
chinese
american
chamber,
the
hmong
chamber,
the
black
chamber,
also
I'm
in
contact
with
the
minnesota
indian
affairs,
and
so
we
do
want
to
have
represented
representative
from
the
community
on
those
that
are
helping
the
small
business
community.
And
what
does
that
look
like
with
communication
with
ours,
with
the
services
and
programming
that
we're
offering
so
that
it's
actually
serving
the
people
that
we
wish
to
serve?
D
And
so
this
will.
This
will
meet
for
we'll
meet
to
share
a
meal
for
a
half
an
hour
together.
We'll
provide
that
and
then
a
two-hour
meeting
and
one
time
a
month
and
then
also
for
our
youth.
We
are
supplying
a
stipend
in
order
for
them
to
participate
in
this,
and
then
anybody
additional
that
might
need
stipend
for
transportation,
child
care,
any
kind
of
issues
that
they
would
run
into.
F
We
need
to
start
preparing
kind
of
like
the
architect
and
the
engineer,
because
we
want
to
start
construction,
the
end
of
late
2023,
with
completion
in
july
of
2024.
F
What
we
hope
will
come
out
of
the
work
with
the
advisory
committee
is
developing
an
operating
budget.
We
spoke
back
in
november
about
looking
for
a
funding
source
and
the
consideration
of
a
port
levy
to
help
support
the
operations,
and
we
were
gonna
say
we'll
be
back
before
these
this,
these
honorable
bodies
in
fourth
quarter
of
2022.
If
that
is
appropriate-
and
I
think
that's
the
last
slide.
G
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
update.
It's
really
exciting
to
see
the
progress
that's
being
made
and
just
really
really
excited.
I
have
a
couple
questions
about
the
advisory
committee.
So
is
this
committee
going
to
be
temporary
in
nature
so
just
to
advise
while
it's
being
developed
and
started,
or
will
it
be
an
ongoing
almost
like
a
board
for
the
small
business
center
just
curious
what
you
kind
of
envisioned
for
the
future.
D
Thank
you,
mr
president,
mayor,
I'm
not
sure
which
way.
Thank
you,
everybody,
commissioner.
Thank
you.
B
D
So
when
we
look
at
this,
this
committee
would
be
temporary
in
nature,
and
so
we
specifically
want
them
to
help
us
with
the
five
items
of
the
operations.
What
does
it
look
like
for
the
fees,
the
hours
of
operation,
space
utilization?
How
we
would
be
able
to
move
that
that
area
around
how
many
spaces
do
we
need
that
people
would
want
to
lease
and
keep
their
belongings
there,
programming
and
services?
We
have
many
partners
that
want
to
participate
in
this,
and
what
does
that
programming
services
look
like?
D
Do
people
maybe
want
to
have
office
out
of
hours
out
of
there?
You
know
tuesdays
and
thursdays
from
2
to
8
30.
that
type
of
thing
with
open
to
business
criteria.
What
does
that
criteria
look
like
as
a
small
business
and
then
also
looking
at
the
branding
branding?
D
G
And
can
you
go
to
the
slide
that
had
the
lists
of
the
committee
members
sure?
So
I
guess
I'm
curious.
It
looks
like
there's
a
couple
of
current
small
businesses,
but
it
doesn't
look
like
many
and
was
that
intentional,
or
would
it
be
helpful
to
have
more
small
business
representation,
almost
kind
of
as
people
who
have
gone
through
the
experience,
the
challenges
of
starting
a
small
business
in
bloomington?
Who
could
advise
from
that
perspective.
D
D
We
really
learned
over
the
last
two
years
the
hats
that
these
small
business
owners
are
wearing
they've
had
to
let
some
staff
go.
They
they're
working
on
a
slimmer,
slimmer
budget
and
whether
that
be
you
know,
financial
or
human
resource,
and
the
time
commit
commitment
is
really
large.
We
do
have
feelers
out
there
on
two
of
them,
but
I
didn't
want
to
commit
on
here
until
we
know
for
sure.
Okay.
D
E
Thanks
for
the
update
folks
really
appreciate
it,
you
mentioned
you
had
a
plan
b,
I
guess
related
to
the
funding
sources.
What
what
is
what
can
get
done,
regardless
of,
if
that
big,
that
big
number
doesn't
come
in?
What
are
you
still
hoping
that
this
will
emerge
and,
and
you
have
a
plan
for
it
to
still
launch
in
the
time
frame
you
alluded
to
or
what
is?
What
is
your
expectation
there.
F
That's
that's
an
excellent
question,
so
the
ignite
money
was
used
for
pre-development.
So
all
of
this
kind
of
gathering
planning
getting
the
architect
and
the
engineer
on
board
is
fine.
The
american
rescue
plan
act
dollars
programmatic
dollars,
the
500
000.
We
really
haven't
started
even
to
dive
into
that
I'll
know.
By
the
time
we
come
back
here.
If
we
need
to
be
on
the
phone
talking
to.
I
know
there
are
a
number
of
financial
institutions
like
u.s
bank,
that
we
could
approach.
F
The
concept,
I
believe,
is
one:
that's
not.
It
hasn't
been
hard
to
sell,
so
I
believe
we
would
be
able
to
to
get
that
funding
needed.
So
we're
just
kind
of
and
barb
keeps
her
eye
on.
You
know,
and
what's
been
great,
I
will
tell
you
about
my
the
colleagues
we
work
with.
Is
everybody
knows
about
this?
All
of
it
seems
like
everybody
in
the
city.
So,
like
you
know,
julie
long
will
get
a
grant.
I
mean
we
get
it
from
everybody.
F
I
mean
and
several
times
we
get
the
same
one
multiple
times,
because
everybody's,
like
kind
of
like
here's,
another
opportunity,
go
for
it.
So
I
don't
think
I
I
don't
believe
we're
gonna
have
a
problem
wonderfully.
E
Okay,
thank
you,
yeah
putting
the
community
and
community
development
with
that
kind
of
like
pull
together
right.
That's
great,
a
follow-up
question
related
to
that.
It
sounds
like
you
would
be
able
to
potentially
consider
public-private
partnerships
here
so
comcast
underwriting,
for
example,
the
broadband
to
the
place
or
those
kinds
of
things.
Is
that
actively
underway
as
well
those
kinds
of
conversations
we.
F
Have
we
had
a
conversation
with
excel
energy
because
we
were
like
hey?
You
know
this
is
a
great
solar
project.
You
know
you
want.
I
mean
it's
a
great
space
for
a
company
to
say
you
know
we
would
like
to
try
this
out
here.
So
that
is
definitely
in
our
list,
but
when
we
were
meeting
with
excel,
we
did
mention
this
like
when
you
love
to
come.
You
know
some
something
creative
and
sustainability
energy
here
so,
but
we'll
definitely
note
that
bart
made
a
note
of
that.
Yeah.
E
They're,
specifically,
you
probably
know
this.
E
The
comcast
actually
specifically
has
a
program
for
small
black
business
owners
right
now,
yeah
and
it's
getting
a
lot
of
like
really
positive
feedback
in
the
community,
so
I'm
hoping
they'd
be
willing
to
kind
of
step
up
and
get
you
a
frac
t1
or
something
okay,
and
the
last
question
I
had
was
for
those
well,
if
you're
open
to
another
idea,
the
one
of
the
things
I
do
in
my
current
role
is
work
with
pro
bono
lawyers,
who
have
a
lot
of
not
a
lot
of
time
on
their
hands,
but
what
they
often
do
are
what's
called
clinics
right.
E
So
for
a
period
of
time
you
can
get
somebody
to
come
in
and
do
a
very
specific.
You
know
kind
of
event-based
thing
if
these
small
businesses,
the
council
member
carter,
is
alluding
to
don't
necessarily
have
all
the
time
in
the
world,
but
could
make
an
evening
available
six
to
eight
or
something
like
that
running.
Some
clinics
might
be
helpful
there
so
think
about
that
as
programming
and
I'm
happy
to
help
wherever
I
can
in
terms
of
telling
people
to
come.
Talk
to
you
about
that.
Well,
thank
you.
Yes,
okay.
F
Thanks
very
much
appreciate
it.
No,
the
the
pro
bono,
the
programming,
is
going
to
be
vital.
We
want
to
open
again
we
want
to
create
this
space
and
we
want
it
to
be
welcoming
and
open
to
all.
Even
if
people
have
a
storefront
or
you
know,
they're
not
located
in
our
in
our
space
that
they
can
come
and
take
advantage
of
the
resources
that
we'll
have
so
definitely
thank
you.
D
You
know,
I
will
add
that
we
have.
We
do
have
a
partnership
with
a
legal
firm
that
is,
has
suggested
the
pro
bono
work
and
partnering
on
that
right,
which.
H
It
was
out
of
town
on
the
november
10th
meeting
so
other
than
the
use
of
the
old
fire
station,
which
I
remember
when
I
moved
to
bloomington
47
years
ago.
I
lived
in
the
versailles
apartments
right
next
to
that
gazillion
years
ago,
but
what's
is
it
to
be
a
purpose,
a
centralized
location
for
businesses
to
come
and
use
or
consulting
so
what
differentiates
it
from
like
open
for
business
or
media
or
something
like
minneapolis
consortium
or
I'm
thinking
of
there
was
a
myriad
of
names
back
in
2020.
D
D
Okay,
you
want
me
to
briefly
okay,
so
in
2020
when
the
pandemic
started
and
we
had
the
cares
act
dollars
and
it
was.
We
wanted
to
as
a
community
give
that
money
back
out
to
small
businesses
and
one
of
the
issues
that
we
had
is.
D
We
didn't
have
any
sort
of
connections
with
the
small
business
owners
what
they
were
going
through,
what
their
struggles
were,
what
they
needed,
and
so
through
through
those
contacts
and
moving
forward
and
helping
support
the
small
business
community,
this
center
itself
would
be
city-led,
and
so
it
would
have
staff
there
to
help
support
businesses,
whether
that
be
with
equipment
that's
on
site,
but
also
with
the
resources
to
direct
them
to
these
different
companies.
So,
for
instance,
some
of
that
programming.
That
would
happen.
D
There
would
happen
from
the
advisors,
business
advisors,
from
open
to
business
from
all
the
non-profits
that
are
part
of
elevate
business
through
hennepin
county,
greater
msp.
All
of
that
would
be
programmed
there.
Some
of
it
could
be
one-on-one
services
or
it
could
be
like
a
seminar
or
or
a
webinar,
or
something
like
that.
That's
put
on
for
like
an
hour
and
a
half
program
and
then
also
the
engagement
of
businesses
in
the
community.
So
if
somebody
has
an
idea
and
they
can
come
there,
they
can
figure
out
from
staff.
D
How
do
I
register
my
business?
What
are
the
steps?
Maybe
we
look
at
the
budget
and
what
this
looks
like?
Is
it
even
a
viable
business,
but
it's
an
opportunity
for
people
to
come
to
and
feel
comfortable
and
feel
welcomed,
but
also
an
opportunity
to
fail
and
it
okay
and
and
do
that
sort
of
exploration.
F
Yeah,
the
other
thing
I
want
to
add
is
in
community
development.
I
love
that
you
said
the
community,
that's
the
big
part
of
our
department
and
really
looking
at
changing,
philosophically
how
we
engage
with
our
small
business
community.
As
part
of
some
of
my
conversation
with
my
interview
panel
before
I
got
here,
I
talked
a
lot
about.
You
know
you
have
national
retail
unlock.
You
know
I
think
chick-fil-a
is
gonna,
do
okay,
but
is
julian
moos
right?
F
We
spent
two
hours
with
them
council
member
commissioner
carter
just
last
week
and
heard
you
know
for
45
minutes.
We
had
these
ideas,
we
came
to
the
city,
we
were
told.
No,
we
can't
do
that.
We
took
this
idea
to
burnsville.
F
You
know
kind
of
like
all
right
totally
get
that,
but
how
can
we
now
be
a
partner
and
that's
really
what
I
believe
having
a
physical
space?
Sometimes
it's
daunting
to
come
down
here
you
meet
with
some
a
planner
they're
like
good
luck
with
that
fill
out.
This
form
we'll
try
to
help
you
and
and
but
we
have
to
change
that
right
and
so
that's
part
of
what
we're
doing.
We
have
a
pilot
right
now
we're
working
with
garoppolous.
F
You
know
the
owner
bought
the
vacant
gas
station
on
the
corner
and
I
couldn't
believe
it.
I
went
to
go
meet
with
him
with
glenn
marker
guard.
I
was
like
let's,
let's
dream
big
he's
like
I'm
just
a
sandwich
maker.
I
just
want
to
make
sandwiches,
but
then
he
came
back
and
he
said
you
know
I'm
looking
to
expand.
So
we
have
been
meeting
with
him.
We
went
and
met
with
utilities.
Sat
there
barb
and
I
with
him
to
talk
about.
F
You
know
what
he's
going
to
need
to
do
to
get
the
expansion
we
met
with
brought
fire
to
the
table,
brought
the
building
division
in
talking
about
tiff
for
the
corner
and
barb
applied
for
and
was
granted
a
58
000
grant.
That's
going
to
help
tear
down
that
gas
station.
That's
been
sitting
there
15
years,
you.
H
F
E
B
I
think
in
the
in
their
presentation
they
indicated
that
there
is
not
any
port
authority,
commissioner,
that
is
currently
willing
to
serve
on
this
group,
and
so
I
don't
want
to
put
anybody
on
the
spot.
But
obviously,
if
we
have
anybody,
that's
interested
either.
I
guess
you
could
contact
shane
or
carla
or
somebody,
and
I'm
sure
it
would
be
an
interesting
kind
of
thing.
B
The
the
other
thing
is
just
just
a
comment
in
terms
of
of
the
operating
the
consideration
of
the
port
levy
and
I
think,
since
the
the
port
is
a
component
part
of
the
city,
it
really
gets
to
be
something
that,
if
the
city
through
the
city,
council
or
whatever
signals
they
want
to
do
something.
I'm
sure
the
the
port
is
more
than
happy
to
do
that.
But
that's
something
that
we're
probably
not
going
to
do
by
ourselves.
So
so
very
interesting
presentation,
commissioner
hunt.
G
Thank
you
mayor,
so,
just
hearing
you
both
talk
about
the
journey
to
get
to
this
point
and
the
like
that
exact
those
examples
that
you
provided
right
with
youropolis
and
drool
and
moose,
and
just
the
vision
of
what
this
is
going
to
be
for
our
community.
G
G
Maybe
after
we've
secured
the
you
know
one
and
a
half
million
dollar
grant,
but
I
just
think
it's
really
really
powerful
and
it's
really
inspiring-
and
I
think
people
in
our
community
are
gonna-
be
really
excited
about
it
and
as
much
as
we
like
to
believe
that
there
are
thousands
and
thousands
of
people
at
home
right
now
watching
this
meeting,
probably
not.
F
Councilmember
carter
jamie
will
hear
us
cheering
when
we
get
the
email
that
we
got,
that
one
and
a
half
a
million
in
his
office
and
the
mayor
will
hear
us
too.
So.
C
F
Sure
we
that's
part
of
what's
going
to
come
out
of
this
advisory
committee.
F
We
do
believe
that
you
know
it
should
not
be
free
in
terms
of,
but
there
may
be
a
scale
depending
on
you
know
where
people
are
in
their
business
development,
but
that
we
really
want
to
leave
that
up
to
the
advisory
committee.
A
I
C
I
Few
developments
on
expo
and
we've
got
a
few
things
to
share,
so
I've
got
a
short
deck
on
on
the
topic
here.
So
again,
just
quick
review
expos
come
in
actually
four
flavors,
but
there's
two
kind
of
big
events
that
people
think
about
is
expos,
there's
ones
that
happen
on
the
off
years
between
a
zero
and
a
five
year,
and
then
there's
the
big
ones
that
happen
on
the
20,
the
zero
in
the
five
years,
so
dubai.
I
The
expo
that
closed
at
the
end
of
march
was
a
mammoth
expo
over
a
thousand
acres,
basically
built
out
a
suburb
of
that
city
in
one
fell
swoop.
A
smaller
ish
expo
happened
in
kazakhstan
in
2017,
62
acres
built
out
a
good
area
and
built
out
something
that
will
be.
You
know
a
future
piece
of
that
of
that
city
and
what
minnesota
and
the
u.s
and
bloomington
are
aiming
towards
as
one
of
those
smaller
expos,
albeit
not
not
that
small.
I
The
theme
on
healthy
people,
healthy,
planet,
wellness
and
well-being
for
all
the
the
competition
is
now
in.
So
there
are
five
countries,
slash
cities
that
are
vying
for
this
time
period
in
that
off
year,
expo
in
2027-28.
I
The
decision
will
be
in
june
2023-
and
these
are
this-
is
the
competition
malaga,
spain,
belgrade,
serbia,
forget
thailand
and
san
carlos
argentina
and
their
themes
as
published
on
the
biu
website
verbatim
you'll
notice,
the
s
instead
of
z
on
here.
I
left
that
in
there
on
purpose,
so
you
could
see
it
as
it's
as
it
stated,
these
different
expos
have
different
themes.
I
Phuket
thailand
is
future
of
life.
Belgrade
is
play
for
humanity,
sport
and
music.
For
all.
I
have
to
think
novak
djokovic
one
of
the
big
big
name,
tennis
players-
I'm
a
tennis
guy
he's
got
to
be
involved
in
that
he's.
My
guess.
Malaga
spain
is
the
birthplace
of
pablo
pablo
picasso,
even
though
they
don't
have
art
specifically
in
their
theme,
I'm
sure
that
will
play
a
role
and
then
nature
and
technology
for
argentina.
I
Again.
What
is
an
expo?
It's
a
ted
talk
meets,
a
trade
show,
meets
davos,
kind
of
a
financial
conference
meets
disney
world
and
we
say
disney
world.
We
mean
epcot,
and
I
think
what
expos
really
are
are
what
epcot
strives
to
be,
except
for
it's
disney
eyes.
You
go
there
and
the
food
is
disney
version
of
the
food,
whereas
you
go
to
an
expo.
It's
really
the
version
of
the
food
from
that
particular
country
and
it's
authentic
people
that
are
actually
operating
the
expo,
and
these
expos
have
been
super
popular
around
the
world.
I
Just
countries
like
the
us
in
particular
haven't
focused
on
them
in
the
past
40
years,
when
really
they
they
ought
to
have.
The
world's
fair
has
left
behind
many
many
big
monuments
across
the
planet.
The
eiffel
tower
in
paris
is
the
most
notable
one
for
sure
the
bie
holds
the
votes
for
these
expos
again,
that
will
be
june
of
2023,
and
just
today,
at
5.
48
am
our
time.
I
This
application.
This
dossier
was
presented
in
paris
by
the
ceo
of
the
minnesota
usa,
expo
board
again
separate
from
the
city,
but
john
brought
the
paper
copies
to
paris
and
were
presented
and
submitted
just
this
morning
again.
The
board
of
that
minnesota,
usa
expo
group
is
growing
and
adding
relative
big
names,
including
people
like
mark
laurie,
the
timberwolves
owner
and
bob
clark,
who
was
the
person
who
ran
the
pavilion
in
dubai
and
is
also
a
construction,
u.s
construction
executive
and
pretty
well
connected.
I
You
know
what
do
these
things
look
like
again,
some
recent
pictures
of
the
u.s
pavilion
in
dubai
on
the
right
in
the
u.s
pavilion
for
from
italy
in
on
the
left,
oops
wrong
direction.
Again,
these
things
have
a
daily
parade
featuring
the
country
in
dubai,
the?
I
I
If
you
will
a
lot
of
technology
sound
and
lights
that
can
project
any
image
on
the
inside
of
this
fantastic
structure
and
really
make
a
lot
of
noise,
not
noise,
a
lot
of
audio
audio
arts
and
and
visual
effects
in
the
middle,
very
popular
in
milan,
22
million
visits,
lots
of
public
art,
that's
left
behind,
and
that
leads
us
to
what's
what's
happening
here
tonight.
So
for
consideration.
I
That
would
ultimately
flow
to
the
consultants
that
are
working
for
minnesota
usa
expo
to
do
the
dossier
and
similar
materials
like
that.
So
we've
got
a
set
of
agreements
that
we've
been
working
on
with
these
entities.
These
are
my
agreement,
outlines
you're,
probably
bored
of
these,
but
hopefully
they
function.
Well.
We've
got
one
agreement
that
we
call
funding
agreement
for
minnesota.
I
It
adds
important
funding
to
the
growing
list
of
private
companies
that
are
adding
heading
to
the
pot
of
which
again
minnesota
usa
expo
is
managing
we're
not
directly
involved
in
that,
and
although
we
are
in
some
of
those
meetings,
we're
not
managing
that
budget
or
anything
like
that.
So
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
I
know
julie,
eddington,
the
port
council
and
melissa
manderscheider
on
the
line
here
as
well.
A
Of
that
well
shane,
you
were
right,
we're
very
appreciative
of
hennepin
county
for
their
for
throwing
in
250
000,
and
so
just
so
the
rest
of
you
know
we
had.
We
had
a
meeting
with.
We
did
an
online
zoom
call
with
and
went
through
it,
and
I
honestly
thought
they
were
going
to
write
the
check
that,
as
we
sat
there,
they
were
so
excited
and
so
supportive
and
so
behind.
A
All
of
this,
which
was
very
nice
to
hear
that,
knowing
that
it
then
became
not
only
bloomington's
effort,
not
only
this
bloomington
group
hennepin
county
was
in
now
we
know
the
united
states
is
in
with
what
we've
heard
from
the
white
house
and
through
the
state
department
and
so
on.
We
need
this
the
state's
commitment,
although
we
know
they're
committed,
we
need
to
see
some.
A
You
know
we
need
to
see
the
rubber
hit
the
road
there,
but
it's
it's
just
nice
to
it
was
very
nice,
I'm
very
appreciative
of
hennepin
county
for
for
the
the
amount,
certainly,
but
more
than
anything,
the
attitude
that
yes
they're
in
they
were
in
big
time
with
this,
and
I
look
forward
to
the
future
partnership
as
we
continue
to
work
with
them.
So,
as
you
see
here
as
you,
as
you
see
your
hennepin
county
commissioner,
and
or
if
you
know
any
of
anybody,
the
commissioners
be
sure
to
thank
them
because
it
was
big.
C
I
mean
I
think
this
goes
without
saying.
You
know
the
only
question
I
would
really
have.
Is
there
any
you
know
liability
or
any
risk
to
the
city
with
this
agreement?
I
assume
you
wouldn't
put
that
before
us,
but
I
think
I
think
I
would
might
as
well
ask
it.
I
Mr
mayor
and
councilmember
lohman
again
we
have
melissa,
manderscheid
and
julie
eddington
on
the
phone
who
can
certainly
answer
that
from
a
legal
perspective.
But
we've
talked
about
that.
What
I
can
say
is
that
you
know
I've
certainly
talked
to
them
about
that.
What's
our
liability
and
how
we
manage
that
very
limited,
no
contract
is
without
risk,
of
course,
but
very
limited
risk
and
I'd.
Let
melissa
or
you
know.
C
I
I
Mr,
mr
president,
president
erickson
commissioners
and
commissioner
carter
yeah,
that
was
their
their
preference.
I
think
they
prefer
contracting,
or
I
know
that
they
prefer
contracting
directly
with
governments
versus
directly
with
non-profits,
for
things
like
this.
That
was
how
they
related
to
us,
and
so
that
was
a
preference
and,
while
it's
more
unquote,
work
for
us
to
you
know,
have
this
discussion
with
you
all
and
create
these
documents,
and
so
on,
of
course,
for
the
250
000
dollars
to
support
the
effort
that
these
two
bodies
have
certainly
supported.
B
C
Do
the
cities
seeking
this
all
have
public
relations
organizations,
helping
them
guiding
them
fronting
them?
I
Mr
president,
commissioners,
commissioner,
lunds
so
I'd
say
that
each
of
the
bids
is
different,
and
by
bids
I
mean
the
countries,
slash
cities,
slash
local
governments,
slash
private
industries.
At
times
these
groups
come
together
in
different
ways.
You
know
the
entity
that
was
bidding
and
you
know,
got
the
expo
in
kazakhstan-
was,
you
know,
affiliated
with
private
businesses
very
much,
but
the
government
was
played
a
big
role
there
as
well,
and
the
line
between
that
and
some
of
these
countries,
like
kazakhstan,
has
blurred
right.
So
that's
a
big
energy
country.
I
You
know
the
big
energy
companies
and
the
governments
are
just
closer
tied.
I
mean
you
know
these.
All
these
efforts
are
different
and
what
happens
a
lot
of
times
in
these
countries?
Is
the
governments
do
fund
a
large
part
of
the
actual
event?
I
And
I
think
that's
the
difference
in
the
current
way
that
this
expo,
in
you
know,
minnesota
is
being
organized.
Is
that
that
work
is
still
on
the
to-do
list?
How
to
fund
all
the
various
operations
of
the
work?
The
olympics
is
a
model
that
we've
looked
at
and
talked
to
the
various
governmental
entities
about,
and
so
there
are
funding
pathways
that
are
reasonable
to
get
there.
I
But
the
real
answer
to
question
is
countries
hire
pr
firms
the
minnesota,
usa,
expo
board,
and
the
mayor
and
city
manager
can
talk
more
specifically
about
that
because
they
sit
in
those
meetings
about
what's
happening
from
public
relations
and
things
like
that.
But
generally
yes,
they
have
pr
firms,
but
they
work
with
their
governments.
They
work
with
private
industry.
They
work
with
consultants
is
the
answer.
C
B
G
A
H
B
A
Before
you
go
anywhere
shane,
maybe
you
and
maybe
jamie
talk
about
next
steps
where
we
are
and
what
the
next
steps
will
be
over
the
next
month,
the
next
six
months
or
so
how
this
is
all
going
to
work,
and
it's
going
to
be
it's
going
to
be
important,
especially
as
we
get
into
the
fall
to
make
sure
that
this
entire
group
is
involved
in,
especially
with
the
an
event
that
we're
going
to
be
hosting
here,
so
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
everybody
on
the
same
page.
Thank
you,
mr.
J
Marin,
mr
president,
I'll
just
talk
about
timeline
here
and
I'll,
let
shane
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
relationship
on
site
development
options.
J
The
next
step
is
that
the
bureau
of
international
expositions
has
its
semi-annual
general
assembly
coming
up
here
june,
21st
june
20th
and
21st
the
mayor,
and
I
will
be
traveling
to
paris
next
weekend
and
attending
the
general
assembly,
along
with
a
number
of
other
folks
from
the
from
the
minnesota
expo
board.
J
That's
an
introductory
presentation
to
the
delegates
of
the
bie
that
each
of
the
five
candidates
have
been
invited
to
do.
I
think
it's
about
a
half
an
hour
presentation
each.
My
understanding
is
the
mayor
will
have
a
speaking
part,
so
hopefully
he'll
rehearse
his
lines,
and
you
know
we
don't
have
any
international
incidents
as
a
result.
J
After
that,
the
next
significant
step
in
the
process
is
to
have
the
what's
called
the
inquiry
mission
will
come
and
visit
the
united
states.
They
will
likely
make
stops
in
both
washington
dc
and
in
minnesota
to
essentially
do
a
site
evaluation,
evaluate
the
the
political
standing,
the
you
know,
the
business
and
community
support
that
exists.
J
They
they
look
at
a
broad
span
of
issues,
and
I
know
the
committee.
The
staff
for
the
expo
board
is
hard
at
work
figuring
out
what
that's
going
to
look
like
hosting
that
group.
J
In
the
meantime,
there
will
be
continued
work
on
refining
the
proposal
for
the
u.s
prior
to
the
inquiry
mission,
and
then
there
will
be
a
final
decision
next
june
after
the
after.
J
The
inquiry
mission
has
a
chance
to
report
its
findings
in
november
december
of
this
year,
and
that
is
essentially
the
opportunity
for
the
inquiry
mission
to
tell
the
general
assembly
whether
each
of
the
candidates
in
in
their
assessment
are,
are
worthy
of
moving
forward
for
consideration,
and
that
starts
the
most
intense
part
of
the
of
the
competition
essentially
or
the
lobbying
that
will
occur
by
each
of
the
candidates
with
the
other
delegate
nations.
J
So
then
the
vote
would
occur
in
june
of
next
year.
Shane,
do
you
want
to
talk
just
a
little
bit
more
about
the
relationship
between
the
city
and
the
expo,
minnesota,
usa,
expo
group,
and
how
that's
going
to
play
out
as
well.
I
Yes,
thank
you.
Yes,
mr
mayor
president,
commissioners
and
council
members
so
yeah.
I
think
the
next
big
step
between
the
minnesota
usa,
expo
board
and
the
city
council
and
port
authority
is
getting
into
more
specifics
about.
You
know
how
the
development
will
be
delivered
to
talk
more
about
that
and
be
able
to
answer
those
questions,
because
it's
certainly
going
to
be
asked
as
part
of
the
inquiry
mission
in
october.
I
That
is
briefly
outlined
in
the
dossier,
but
more
needs
to
be
put
on
that
bone.
If
you
will
and
then
the
site
itself
how
the
site
is
designed,
there
are
some
renderings
that
are
being
developed
or
are
developed
for
the
dossier,
and
you
know
how
the
site
comes
together
and
how
it
will
change
from
these
initial
renderings.
I
think
early
in
a
project
on
any
project.
You
you
get
something,
and
sometimes
it
doesn't
look
exactly
like
that.
Sometimes
it's
better.
I
Sometimes
it's
changed
and
I'm
going
to
say
it's
going
to
get
worse
or
anything
like
that.
But
you
know
a
detailed
presentation
on
how
the
site
is
thought
of
as
an
is
an
appropriate
next
step.
Now
that
they've
gotten
through
the
kind
of
crush
of
putting
together
the
dossier
and
the
documents
we
need
to
engage
with
the
county,
because
some
of
the
work
would
include
some
work
on
a
county
road
as
we
look
at
a
project
that
spans
over
a
couple
of
different
sites.
I
Our
core
site,
as
we
talked
about,
is
the
adjoining
lands
and
there
are
some
adjacent
sites,
some
some
on
the
mall
and
even
potentially
extending
up
to
the
ramada
that
could
be
looped
into
the
project
itself.
So
a
good
discussion
about
that
and
how
that
might
change
between
now
and
the
inquiry
mission
and
for
the
final
presentation
in
june
and
the
presentation
that
would
occur
again
in
likely
in
november
of
2022
here.
So
there's
two
meetings
a
year
with
the
bie
and
then
you
add
in
this
inquiry
mission.
C
Has
there
been
any
resolution
or
movement
on
land
acquisition
processes
that
were
floating
in
the
air
relative
to
native.
I
Mr
president
and
commissioners,
commissioner
lunds
so
I
think
you're
referring
to
the
spree
shuttles
farm
and
there
have
been
a
lot
of
conversations
about
that.
We
are
continuing
to
work
with
various
groups
and
entities
we're
continuing
to
work
on
that
to
talk
to
the
stakeholders.
I
A
E
Don't
know
if
you
can
answer
this
question,
mr
mayor
shane,
can
you
give
us
a
timeline
for
the
for
the
visit,
because
you
know
vacations?
I
think
obviously
we
don't
want
to
not
be
here.
Is
there
any
way
that
we
can
pinpoint
a
two-week
period
of
time
where
we
shouldn't
be
planning
or
anything
like
that?
I
think.
J
I
think,
mr
mayor,
mr
president
and
members,
I
believe,
they're
looking
at
the
first
two
weeks
in
october,
so
the
date
has
the
specific
dates
have
not
been
laid
down
yet
so
that's
part
of
the
negotiation.
Well,
I
don't
know
if
it's
a
negotiation
but
between
the
the
five
candidates
countries
and
the
bie
when
the
inquiry
mission
will
get
scheduled
for
each
of
those
is
still
being
worked
out.
A
And-
and
that's
what
I
was
talking
about,
that
was
what
I
was
alluding
to
and
I
said
we're
going
to
need
everybody
involved
with
that.
It's
going
to
be
important.
I
think
the
last
time
we
did
this
there
there
was
a
reception
there
was.
There
was
folks
to
talk
to,
I
think,
on
a
thursday
night,
and
I
literally
got
the
email
on
wednesday
saying:
hey,
could
you
come
and
we
we
can't
do
that
again.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
strong
representation
at
this
level.