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From YouTube: June 26, 2023 Bloomington City Council Meeting
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June 26, 2023 Bloomington Minnesota City Council Meeting
0:00:00 Start
0:02:30 Approval of Agenda
0:04:07 2.1 Expo 2027 Update
0:28:11 2.2 2023 Legislative Update
0:49:20 2.3 Public Relations Strategic Plan and Social Media Audit Overview
1:47:25 2.4 External Auditor's Report on 2022 Annual Financial Report
2:05:25 2.5 State of Homelessness Assessment
3:15:20 Consent Business
3.1 Resolutions Approving 2023 State Legislation
3.2 Resolution Approving 2023 State Legislation (Local Option Sales Tax)
3.3 Resolution for Budget Adjustment and Transfer from the Water and Wastewater Utility Funds to the Fleet Fund for Hydro Excavator Purchase
3.4 Resolution Approving Extension Agreement with Respect to 8012 Old Cedar Project
3.5 Resolution to Award 2023-901 Storm Sewer Maintenance Project
3.6 Resolution to Award 2023-903 Storm CIPP Liner Project
3:16:00 3.7 Resolution to Deny a Privately-Initiated City Code Text Amendment to Allow K-12 Schools as a Conditional Use in the I-2 Limited Industry Zoning District
3.8 Resolution to Approve a Gambling Premises Permit for CLIMB Theatre Inc. at Nine Mile Brewing Company
3.9 Approve On-Sale 3.2% Malt Liquor and On-Sale Wine License Applications – Itton Ramen & Japanese Street Food
3.10 Award Add Alternate for the 2023-102 PMP Street Maintenance Project - Old Cedar Avenue and E 90th Street Signal Removal
3.11 Authorize Purchase of Kenworth T880 Chassis and Vactor 2100I Sewer Cleaner body for replacement of unit 0032
3.12 Microsoft License First Amendment
3.13 Approve Purchase - Regular and Treated Road Salt
3.14 State Fire Marshal Fire Inspection Contracts
3.15 Approval of Independent School District No. 271 Service Agreement
3.16 Approval of Flock Group, Inc. Memorandum of Understanding
3.17 DEA Task Force Agreement Pertaining to Use of City Body-Worn Cameras by Deputized Task Force Officers
3.18 Approval of Amendments to the City of Bloomington Employment Rules
3.19 Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes
3:17:00 4.1 Public Hearing: An Ordinance Modifying the Partial Vacation of Lindau Lane
3:24:00 4.2 Public Hearing: An Ordinance to Convey by Quit Claim Deed Real Property Located in the City of Bloomington, Minnesota
3:36:20 5.1 2023 Cultural Arts Support Grants Funding Recommendations
4:28:00 5.2 30% Design of Bryant and Tretbaugh Parks; Consultant Contract for Final Design
4:53:00 5.3 City Council Policy & Issue Update
A
A
A
A
Once
again,
thanks
to
everyone
here
in
the
chambers
this
evening,
everybody
watching
online,
we
appreciate
it.
The
first
item
of
business
tonight
is
the
approval
of
our
agenda
and
Council.
We've
got
a
full
agenda
this
evening
and
our
first
parts
of
the
agenda
are
actually
the
fullest
under
introductory
items.
We
actually
have
five
different
items.
We
have
we'll
have
a
Expo
2027
update,
we'll
have
a
2023
legislative
update
with
our
legislative
delegation.
A
Here
this
evening,
we're
going
to
discuss
our
public
relations,
strategic
plan
and
social
media
audit
overview,
we're
going
to
have
a
report
on
our
external
auditor,
their
2022
annual
financial
report,
and
then
we
will
have
our
state
of
homelessness
assessment.
That
is
our
introductory
items
this
evening.
Our
consent,
business
is
also
pretty
long
on
19
items.
Council
member
Martin
has
our
consent
business
this
evening
under
hearings
and
resolutions.
A
We
have
two
items
for
hearings:
item
4.1
is
a
public
hearing
on
an
ordinance
modifying
the
partial
vacation
of
lindau,
Lane
and
item
4.2
is
a
second
public
hearing,
an
ordinance
to
convey
by
quit,
claim
deed,
real
property
located
in
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
under
our
organizational
business.
We
will
have
a
discussion
about
our
2023
Cultural
Arts
support
grants,
funding
recommendations,
a
discussion
also
of
the
30
percent
of
Bryant
and
tretbob
Parks,
the
Consulting
contract
for
final
design,
and
we
will
wrap
up
our
meeting
I'm
guessing
close
to
11.
A
and
then
5.3
with
our
city,
council
policy
and
issue
update
so
Council.
Anything
to
add
anything.
Any
corrections
additions
if
not
I,
would
move
our
agenda
this
evening.
Second
got
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve
tonight's
agenda.
No
further
Council
discussion
on
this.
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed
motion
carries
7-0.
We
have
an
agenda
and
I
will
say
Council
given
the
the
length
and
the
the
heft
of
the
agenda.
Let's
make
sure
that
we're
we
keep
our.
A
A
B
B
The
conventional
wisdom
was
that
it
was
going
to
come
down
to
Spain
in
the
United,
States
and
I
sort
of
use,
conventional
wisdom
in
in
the
air
quotes
because
some
things
don't
always
go
as
people
think
they're
going
to
go
and
we'd
actually
heard
within
the
last
couple
weeks
that
Serbia
was
surging
and
ultimately,
when
the
voting
was
done.
Indeed,
Belgrade
Serbia
ended
up
being
the
city
that
was
selected
to
host
for
2027.,
but
I
thought
it
would
be
a
good
idea
just
to
talk
once
again
about
what
happened
in
the
last
few
weeks.
Why?
B
It
is
that
Minnesota
and
Bloomington
were
interested
in
in
being
the
host
State
and
host
City
for
the
event
and
provide
a
little
bit
of
information
that
I
know.
Some
people
in
the
community
are
curious
to
know
so.
First
of
all,
why?
Why
were
we
interested
in
doing
this?
The
Expo
for
us
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
was
looked
at
as
being
a
unique
opportunity
to
have
a
rapid
transformative
effect
on
our
South
Loop
Development
Area.
We
were
very
supportive
of
the
concept
of
Expo
or
a
World's
fair,
it
the
event
itself.
B
It's
a
unique
major
event
that
would
have
drawn
people
here
from
around
the
world.
That
in
itself
is
special.
The
revenue
to
the
city
during
that
event
would
have
been
significant.
It
would
have
been
a
90-day
event
and
events
happening
every
day.
It
would
have
been
excellent
for
our
hospitality
industry,
not
just
the
hotels
but
our
our
restaurants
and
Retail,
that
support
Hospitality
here
would
have
thrived
during
that
time
period.
B
For
all
where
the
conversation
was
intended
to
focus
on
some
of
the
challenges
facing
the
world
as
it
pertains
to
ensuring
health
and
well-being
for
for
people
around
the
world
and
frankly,
Minnesota
is
a
place
that
has
an
ecosystem
like
very
few
others
in
the
world,
with
the
whole
spectrum
of
Health
and
Wellness
being
covered,
we
have
the
some
of
the
highest
quality
of
life
indicators
in
Minnesota.
We
have
the
highest
rated
hospital
system
in
the
world.
B
Mayo
Clinic
is
here
in
Minnesota,
the
largest
Health
insurer,
United
Health
Group
is
headquartered
here
we
have
tremendous
research
that
goes
on
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
and
Mayo
Clinic.
Our
med
tech
device
manufacturing
industry
here
is
second
to
none.
There's
an
organization
called
medical
alley
in
Minnesota
that
has
more
than
800
members
that
are
businesses
that
work
in
this
field
of
manufacturing
medical
devices.
So
the
whole
ecosystem
here
is
like
I,
say
unique
in
the
rest
of
the
world,
so
the
event
itself
would
have
been
fantastic.
B
The
Legacy
around
health
and
wellness
would
have
been
fantastic.
The
the
primary
interest
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
was
that
transformative,
Economic
Development
impact,
because
we
looked
at
this
as
an
opportunity
to
very
rapidly
develop
areas
in
the
South
Loop
that,
frankly
have
been
slow
to
develop.
When
you
have
a
30-acre
parcel
like
the
one.
B
The
likelihood
is,
if
we
had
received
it,
that
the
the
value
of
those
buildings
would
probably
have
been
greater
than
one
billion
dollars,
the
permanent
structures
and
if
those
are
converted
into
ongoing
commercial
use
afterwards,
that's
taxable
commercial
valuation,
which
would
have
been
very
good
in
the
long
term
for
the
city
of
Bloomington.
So
there
were.
There
were
a
number
of
reasons
of
why
we
were
interested
in
pursuing
this,
and
this
does
date
back
to
2016-2017
when
the
city
took
a
run
at
it
for
the
first
time
and
wasn't
successful
then
either.
B
But
that
was
also
very
early
in
the
re-engagement
by
the
United
States
in
the
Expo
effort.
What
was
different
this
time
around
frankly,
the
level
of
cooperation
at
the
federal
and
the
state
level
and
the
frankly,
the
level
of
organization
by
the
local
Expo
bid
committee,
because
I
want
to
clarify
for
folks
that
may
not
have
been
following
closely.
This
was
not
a
city
of
Bloomington
bid.
We
weren't
the
we
weren't
the
face
of
the
bid.
We
were
proposed
to
be
the
host
City.
We
supported
the
effort.
B
We
certainly
put
our
backs
into
it
where
we
could.
But
there
was
a
an
organization
called
the
Minnesota
USA
Expo
2027
bid
committee,
which
was
owned,
independent
501c
nonprofit
organization.
They
did
the
fundraising
necessary.
They
incurred
most
of
the
costs
associated
with
the
campaign
itself
and
they
were
the
primary
link
with
the
United
States
Department
of
State,
which
actually
took
the
reins
for
the
campaign
in
the
in
the
last
few
months,
because
the
decision
is
made
by
member
countries
of
the
Bureau
of
International
National
expositions.
B
In
this
case,
there
were
157
countries
that
ultimately
had
one
vote.
Each
last
Wednesday
and
the
state
department
was
working
almost
every
one
of
those
countries
to
try
and
secure
their
support,
and
we
were.
We
were
optimistic
going
into
it
that
the
state
department
had
secured
that
support
and
then,
like
I,
said
things
sometimes
don't
go
as
we
expect.
B
So
that
was,
you
know
like
I
say.
That
was
why
we
got
into
it.
We
thought
that
it
would
have
a
tremendous
transformative,
long-term
impact
on
our
community.
It
would
have
been
good
from
a
property
tax-based
development
perspective.
It
would
have
been
good
from
a
tourism
and
Hospitality
perspective,
and
it
would
have
been
good
to
develop
Parcels
that
have
languished
frankly
over
the
last
couple
decades
and
not
being
developed.
B
There
was
a
cost
to
participating
and
and
pursuing
this,
just
like
any
Economic
Development
initiative.
There
are
Pursuit
costs.
In
this
case,
the
total
was
around
I
gotta,
remember
it
was
about
four
hundred
and
ninety
thousand
part
of
that
250
000
came
through
Hennepin
County
and
that
was
to
support
the
development
of
what
was
called
the
dossier,
which
was
the
formal
application,
so
that
came
through
the
city
to
the
bid
committee
which
prepared
that
work.
B
So,
even
though
that
was
a
city
of
Bloomington
expense,
we
actually
received
funding
for
that
from
Hennepin
County
and
their
support
of
the
Expo
effort.
So
if
you
take
about
80
five
thousand
dollars
of
Staff
time
out
of
the
equation-
and
somebody
says
well,
you
can't
take
staff
time
out
of
the
equation.
Well,
our
staff
would
get
paid
whether
they're
working
on
Expo
or
working
on
something
else.
B
We
code
the
time
that
we
spend
on
different
projects,
and
so
that
was
the
amount
of
coded
time
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
that
was
dedicated
to
the
effort.
If
you
take
that
out,
our
costs
ended
up
being
about
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
the
work
that
we
did,
that
include
travel
costs,
it
included
technical
analysis
and
studies.
B
It
included
some
meeting
expenses
in
that,
like
I,
say
it
was
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
total,
so
that's
actually
less
than
what
the
city
spent
in
2017,
where
we
did
a
lot
more
of
the
Pro.
The
the
development
pro
forma
analysis-
and
we
didn't
have
to
do
that-
much
work
on
it
this
year,
so
we
actually,
we
actually
expended
more
funds
back
in
2017
than
we
did
for
this
last
go-round.
B
B
We've
had
people
that
have
asked
us
about
opportunities
in
the
South
Loop
Development
Area.
Some
of
those
conversations
have
just
said:
let's
wait
until
we
get
through
the
vote,
let's
see
where
we
are
and
we're
going
to
be
at
that
point,
and
so
we'll
go
back
and
talk
to
some
of
our
partners
out
there.
You
know
some
of
the
property
owners
and
some
of
the
prospective
developers
and
see
what
other
opportunities
are
that
we'll
want
to
pursue
and
bring
those
back
to
the
city
council
and
the
port
authority.
B
C
C
C
Certainly
we
spend
a
lot
of
money
up
front
for
this
and
we
probably
would
have
done
that
anyways
on
and
all
this
you
know
kind
of
increases
that
you
know
our
visibility
as
it
were,
as
we
try
to
move
down
that
that
pathway
of
attempting
to
get
more
folks
to
you
know
develop
in
that
South
Loop
area.
Would
you
be
willing
to
Ballpark
it
or
how
much
we
might
spend
on
that
or
kind
of
help?
Walk
us
through
that
thinking,
yeah.
B
Mr,
mayor
council
members,
councilmember
Lowman
I,
don't
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
if
I
can
really
ballpark.
The
number
I
will
say
that
anytime
we're
dealing
with
development
in
the
South
Loop
area.
We
have
a
number
of
different
technical
analyzes
that
we
have
to
go
through.
So,
for
example,
we
have
an
environmental
document
called
an
alternative,
Urban
area-wide
review
that
we
update
every
five
years
for
development
that
occurs
out
there,
and
that
was
one
thing
that
was
going
to
have
to
happen.
B
We
just
updated
that
document
a
couple
years
ago
right,
but
because
of
the
the
magnitude
of
the
development,
that's
that's
an
example
of
work
that
we
would
have
to
do
and
we
have
done
in
the
past.
So
auar
update
costs,
that's
a
planning
exercise
that
is
into
the
high
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars,
if
not
into
the
six
figures,
when
we
do
those
environmental
updates,
we
have
analysis
of,
like
our
storm
Source
system,
the
capacity
that
we
have
in
our
storm
system
and
traffic
analysis
that
we
have
to
do
so.
B
C
Yeah,
thanks
for
bringing
up
that
cost,
I
know
that
I
saw
CBS,
News
article.
That
said
that
you
know
this
didn't
include
the
piece
that
you
talked
about
in
terms
of
having
the
tax
revenue
that
we'd
get
from
those
buildings.
If
those
got
converted
yeah,
they
mentioned
something
about
728
million
dollars
that
we
would
brought
into
the
and
into
the
city.
So
just
this
Council
member's
perspective
is
that
you
know
you
know
hey.
We
took
a
couple
runs
at
it.
You
know
we
got
certainly
something
out
of
it.
C
We
would
have
spent
some
of
those
money
from
a
development
standpoint
and
I
mean
I.
Just
appreciate
the
fact
that
we're
willing
to
to
go
out
and
try
to
try
to
do
this
for
that
area
and
we'll
see
what
what
comes
of
it.
Now
that
we,
you
know
folks,
know
where,
where
Bloomington
is
beyond
the
United
States.
B
Mr
Mayor,
if
I
can
add
one
more
thing.
Thank
you,
councilmember
Lohman
is
I.
I
was
I
glossed
over
a
little
bit
too
quickly,
just
the
support
that
we
received
at
the
other
levels
of
government
for
the
big
committee's
work
and
for
the
for
the
city's
work.
The
last
three
administrations
presidential
administrations
have
all
been
supportive
of
this
effort.
B
Obama
president
Trump
President
Biden,
all
very
supportive
of
the
the
pursuit
of
Expo
in
the
United
States,
our
our
federal
Partners
in
Congress,
Senator,
Klobuchar
and
Smith,
and
and
Congressman
Phillips
and
and
his
colleagues
in
the
house
have
all
really
gone
to
bat
advocated
well
for
Minnesota.
In
this
regard-
and
we
have
our
local
legislators-
are
here
for
a
different
item,
but
they
did
excellent
work.
This
last
session
to
secure
a
commitment
of
five
million
dollars
from
the
state
of
Minnesota
to
essentially
act
as
seed
money.
D
Thank
you,
mayor,
I,
think
the
question
the
two
questions
I've
heard
most
from
people
are
how
much
of
property
tax
money,
how
much
of
the
taxes
that
we
pay
went
into
this
because
there
were,
you
mentioned
Hennepin
County,
but
I
I
know
that
a
lot
of
this
money
also
came
out
of
South,
Loop
and
other
funds
and
not
our
general
fund.
You
have
a
an
idea
of
how
much
came
out
of
what
we
all
pay
in
taxes,
Mr.
B
B
We
what
we
did
is
funded
much
of
the
activity
using
carryover
funds.
So
you
know
at
the
end
of
each
year
we
look
at
our
revenues
and
our
expenses,
and
typically
every
year
we
have
revenues
over
expenses
which
is
good
right,
and
so
we
carry
funds
forward
and
that
those
funds
often
go
towards
our
Reserve
funds,
and
this
past
year
we
held
about
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
that
back
to
fund
a
lot
of
this
activity.
B
So
yes,
it's
taxpayer
dollar,
it's
General
taxpayer
dollars
for
the
most
part,
but
it
wasn't
something
that
was
generated
through
the
property
tax
levy.
It's
essentially
what
kind
comes
out
in
the
wash
at
the
end
of
the
year
and
we
did
have
funds
coming
from
the
South
Loop
Development
Area,
for
example.
B
We
have
a
we
have
a
surcharge
in
that
area
for
developers
and
that
is
to
be
used
for
these
technical
analysis
that
I
talked
about
that
are
supportive
of
development
in
the
area,
and
so
that
was
the
fun
that
we
would
use
to
fund
those
types
of
activities.
So
the
amount
of
general
fund
dollars
I
don't
have
the
specific
breakdown
yet
from
our
finance
department.
But
it's
it's.
It
didn't
come
out
of
what
was
property
tax
levy
dollars
that
the
resident
would
have
seen.
D
D
Is
that
accurate,
okay
and
then
my
my
second
question
and
I
know
some
of
my
colleagues
traveled
there,
and
can
you
just
tell
us
approximately
what
that
cost
was
and
I've
seen
this
characterize
as
vacations
and
I'll
be
honest:
I've
I've
gone
on
business
trips
myself
and
leaving
your
family
leaving
your
job,
leaving
your
kids
to
go.
Do
this
I'm
sure
Paris
is
a
lovely
city
I've
been
there
twice,
I
would
not
intentionally
go
back
again,
so
no
offense
to
Paris,
but
well.
Actually
that
probably
was
offensive.
D
B
Mr,
mayor
council
members,
councilmember
Nelson
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
the
travel,
expense
and
meetings
and
putting
meetings
in
there
too.
It
totaled
about
85
000
when
I'm
talking
about
meetings,
the
mayor
and
I
were
at
a
number
of
events
where
we
actually
had
a
booth
or
a
hosted
event
going
on.
So,
for
example,
at
the
league
of
Minnesota
cities.
B
What
happens
when
we
get
to
one
of
these
locations?
So,
for
example,
we
had
a
number
of
people
that
went
to
visit
the
Expo
in
Dubai
when
we
get
on
the
ground
in
Dubai,
you
get
a
little
bit
of
time
to
recover
from
the
travel
and
then
we're
on
site
the
whole
time
right.
We're
meeting
with
the
folks
who
were
organizing
the
Expo
itself,
the
managers
for
the
event.
B
When
we
go
to
other
meetings,
for
example
the
mayor
and
I
and
others
would
travel
to
meetings
for
like
the
Symposium
in
Paris.
That
was
that
event
specifically
was
really
the
last
opportunity
to
get
in
front
of
a
large
group
of
voting
delegates
and
make
the
case
not
just
from
the
folks
at
the
national
level,
but
people
here
in
Minnesota
about
why
this
was
the
best
place
to
host
the
event
and
so
we're
actually
having
direct
one-to-one
conversation
with
people
to
make
that
case
with
people
who
actually
push
the
button.
B
So
I
would
I
you
summed
it
up
correctly.
The
business
trips
are
business
right.
You
might
get
four
hours
to
go
walking
around
or
something
like
that.
But
for
the
most
part,
we've
got
an
agenda
and
a
schedule.
The
time
that
we're
there
and
we're
you
know
we're
we're
executing
on
what
that
work
is
when
it's
being
done.
A
B
The
I'm
talking,
of
course,
about
the
the
Marriott
Hotel
property-
that's
been
in
the
news
similar
to
the
piece
that's
just
adjacent
to
it.
That
previously
was
the
Thunderbird
and
then
the
Ramada
Hotel,
the
city
acquired
that
in
2016..
We
did
that
before
we
knew
we
would
be
competing
for
that
20
in
the
2017
Expo
process.
B
The
recommendation
that
we
pursue
acquisition
of
the
Marriott
would
have
been
interesting
if
we
had
received
Expo,
but
it
wasn't
a
recommendation
to
further
the
Expo
bid.
It's
because
we
have
the
opportunity
to
control
a
significant
freeway
Frontage
in
the
prime
Development
Area
in
the
heart
of
this
region
right
and
so,
if
we're
going
to
execute
on
what
our
Economic
Development
vision
is
for
that
South
Loop
area.
Having
control
of
that
land
is
going
to
put
us
in
really
good
position
and
so
I
think
what
we're
going
to
talk
about.
B
Next
is
what
exactly
is
it
that
we
want
to
focus
on
right?
What
is
what
is
going
to
be
in
the
best
interest
of
the
community
from
a
tax-based
development
perspective
from
a
perspective
to
bring
in
good
jobs?
You
know
household
earning
jobs
that
are
good
for
the
community
and
how
we
can
go
out
and
pursue
those
I
think
that's
what's
next.
Thank.
A
A
B
B
What
sort
of
engineering
work
had
to
be
done
and
all
of
the
work
that
goes
into
preparing
for
an
event
like
that
and
that's
that's
a
testament
to
their
ability
to
plan
and
and
be
prepared,
and
they
do
it
exceptionally
well
and
I.
Also
don't
want
to
go
unsaid
that
you,
mayor
and
council
members
deserve
an
awful
lot
of
credit
yourself.
This
is
not
something
that
a
city
of
90
000
people
normally
undertakes
right,
and
so
it's
the
idea
of
having
Vision
being
willing
to
take
measured
risks.
I
think
this
was
a
measured
risk.
B
The
potential
payoff
compared
to
what
we
did
expend
in
the
pursuit
of
it
was
substantial
right,
and
we
also
so
know
that
this
is
not
okay.
We're
done
we're
just
going
to
roll
up
our
our
rug
here
that
we
have
a
lot
of
opportunity
out
there
and
so
appreciate
the
courage
that
you
showed
and
the
leadership
that
you
showed
in
your
commitment
to
seeing
this
through.
Thank
you.
A
If
not
very
good,
we
will
move
on
in
our
agenda
to
Adam
2.2
a
2023
legislative
update,
Mr
veruga,
mentioned
in
his
comments
about
the
outstanding
work
that
our
legislative
delegation
did
related
to
the
Expo.
But
in
truth
our
legislative
delegation
did
outstanding
work
across
the
board,
Fort
Bloomington,
but
even
for
the
state
of
Minnesota
in
so
many
different
ways
as
I
as
I.
Look
at
the
work
that
they
did,
the
the
the
leadership
that
they
showed
on
a
number
of
issues,
the
Committees
that
they
served
on
that
moved
impressive
and
important
legislation
through.
A
So
we
we
wanted
to
bring
them
in
and
get
their
perspective
on.
A
I.
Think
Breakneck
is
the
best
word
to
describe
the
the
session
to
get
their
perspective
on
this
Breakneck
session
that
just
completed
not
too
long
ago.
I
hear
a
little
bit
of
their
input
or
hear
their.
What
their
thoughts
are
regarding
the
session
and
I
guess
where
we're
headed
next
in
terms
of
not
only
again
not
only
Bloomington,
but
the
state
of
Minnesota.
So
I
want
to
welcome
this
evening.
A
A
A
As
I
said,
you
did
outstanding
work
for
Bloomington,
but
you
did
outstanding
work
for
the
entire
state
of
Minnesota
and
it's
greatly
appreciated
if
you
could
share
with
us
a
a
couple
of
things.
First
of
all,
the
things
that
you're
proud
of
in
terms
of
the
work
you
did
here
for
for
Bloomington,
but
also
some
of
the
bigger
things
that
you
worked
on
and
and
what
you're
proud
of
for
what
was
produced.
That
will
impact
the
state
of
Minnesota
in
so
many
different
ways.
E
E
Yeah
as
well,
there
you
go.
You
know
I
I,
think
looking
back
this,
this
session
was
was
just
historically
productive
and
I.
Think
the
work
that
that
we
all
did
individually
and
collectively
I
think
is
going
to
just
pay
real
dividends
for
folks
here
in
Bloomington
and
across
the
state
for
for
many
many
years
and
I'm
I'm
just
grateful
to
have
been
a
part
of
it.
E
I
think
in
terms
of
the
work
that
I
did,
you
know,
I
I
think
we
did
a
lot
of
good
work
for
Bloomington.
As
you,
you
mentioned,
the
the
funding
for
the
Expo
effort
and
I
did
want
to
clarify
for
folks
who
maybe
don't
know
this,
who
are
watching
that,
because
we
did
not
win
that
bid
that
five
million
dollars
goes
back
into
the
state
general
fund.
E
It's
not
like,
they
just
cut
a
check
to
the
city
of
Bloomington,
for
whatever
we
wanted
to
do
with
it,
but
I
I
think
in
terms
of
specifically
related
to
Bloomington
I
know
from
obviously
from
my
time
on
the
council
and
and
what
I've
heard
from
folks
property
taxes
and
and
the
challenges
that
folks
have
been
facing.
With
property
tax
increases,
even
as
the
need
to
provide
the
services
that
local
government
provide,
that
need
is
not
going
away.
E
Property
tax
has
been
a
big
Challenge
and
we
provided
some
really
really
significant
property
tax
cuts.
One
time
and
ongoing
changes
to
the
homestead
credit
as
one
year
supercharged
we're
calling
it
property
tax
refund
Bloomington
are
the
changes
and
and
funding
we
added
to
the
local
government
aid
mean
that
Bloomington
will,
for
the
first
time
in
decades,
actually
receive
local
government
Aid,
and
we
also
made
some
significant
changes
to
the
senior
property
tax
deferral
program.
I
also
mentioned
this
as
a
way
of
plugging
the
senior
property
tax
deferral
program.
E
It
is
a
criminally
criminally
underused
program
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
and
we
also
expanded
the
the
Homestead
market
value
exclusion.
All
of
that
is
going
to
mean
real
money
back
in
the
pockets
of
property
taxpayers,
but
the
thing
I
would
say
that
I'm
most
proud
of
is
the.
It
was
my
bill
to
convert
the
renters
credit
from
a
state
paid
property
tax
refund
to
an
income
tax
credit
which
makes
it
much
more
automatic
and
ensures
that
folks
that
we
know
almost
by
definition,
are
lower
income.
E
Usually
people
of
color
and
very
often
seen
seniors
are
going
to
see
more
money
back
in
their
pocket,
so
the
tune
of
hundreds
of
thousands
of
renters
across
the
state
of
Minnesota,
so
that
is
that
was
I.
Think
just
a
really
really
big
deal.
I
could
go
on
about
the
the
budget.
Investments
I
found
myself.
As
you
know,
we
were
sitting
here
waiting
to
come
up
here,
adding
more
and
more
things
to
my
list,
because
I
know
how
important
so
many
things
are
to
you,
but
I.
E
A
G
Wickland
good
evening,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
It's
really
a
pleasure
to
be
here
and
to
be
able
to
to
speak
with
you
tonight.
I
really
appreciate
the
opportunity.
It
was
a
really
exciting
and
fast-paced
session.
We
worked
hard
from
the
beginning
to
end
and
I'm
really
pleased
with
all
of
the
the
items
we
were
able
to
complete
from
beginning
to
end
I.
Think
for
for
my
role,
I
I
was
had
the
honor
of
tearing
the
Health
and
Human
Services
committee
and
I
really
felt
that
that
was.
G
It
was,
it
was
a
pleasure
to
present
both
of
the
bills
in
the
capital
investment
committee,
but
it
was
I'm
really
happy
that
they
were
able
to
devote
resources
to
the
the
Bloomington,
the
Veterans
Memorial,
so
that
that
can
move
forward.
Now,
with
the
you
know,
support
from
the
the
committee
and
the
fundraising
they're
doing
it's
really
exciting
for
Bloomington
to
have
such
an
asset
as
a
Veterans
Memorial,
and
we
can
show
our
support
for
all
those
who
have
served
and
their
families
and
the
stories
that
they
can
tell
us
through
that
Memorial.
G
G
It's
such
a
important
need
in
the
community
for
a
good-
and
you
know
a
substantial.
You
know
public
health
facility
when
we
are
serving
not
only
building
with
that,
but
Edina
and
Richfield
as
well,
and
then
just
a
couple
comments
to
continue
just
the
related
to
Public
Health
I
thought
as
long
as
I
had
worked
so
much
on
the
Health
and
Human
Services
Bill.
And
what
went
into
that,
and
one
of
the
significant
Investments
is
there
in
there
is
towards
supporting
Public
Health.
F
I,
don't
think
the
Bloomington
Ice
Garden
has
been
mentioned.
We
did
get
some
money
to.
We
can
make
a
down
payment
on
the
work
there
as
well
and
while
I'm
very
publicly
been
opposed
to
local
option
sales
taxes
in
principle,
if
90
other
cities
in
Minnesota
are
going
to
have
local
option
sales
taxes
I
think
that
Bloomington
ought
to
be
one
of
them
and
I
will
fully
support
the
the
city's
referendum
on
on
getting
that
approved
is
transportation.
F
We
had
a
historic
transportation
funding
package
fully
fund
Transit
operations
in
the
area.
We
also
have
gotten
Provisions
that
I
worked
very
hard
along
with
representative
Brad
tapke
on
improving
Transit
safety.
We
put
a
ton
of
more
money
that
will
be
flowing
through
the
Highway
trust
fund,
a
big
chunk
of
that
nine
percent
that
goes
to
cities.
30
goes
to
counties,
I
think
in
bloomington's
case
I.
F
Think
about
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
will
float
right
right
through
the
transportation
trust
fund
to
to
the
city
to
help
support
our
roads
and
bridges
as
well.
So
it
worked
on
on
Health
Care
I've
been
on
a
crusade
to
improve
the
competitiveness.
The
price
transparency
in
health
care
and
two
of
my
bills
passed
that
one
was
authored
by
Senator
wicklin
one
by
Senator,
mans
I've
been
working
well
with
my
two
new
two
centers
and
that
kind
of
stuff.
We
got
bike
safety
stuff
in
the
transportation
bill.
F
That
I
was
the
author
for
so
and
I
went
to
a
celebration
over
in
on
Tierney's
Woods
Road
last
night
for
a
constituent,
a
penny
who's
been
working
for
with
a
group
for
25
years
to
allow
Opti
adoptees
to
see
their
original
birth
records.
We
passed
that
this
year
and
I
was,
you
know,
proud
to
be
her
author,
Penelope
Needham
or
her
author
on
that
one.
So
yeah
little
little
wins
like
that
carried
a
a
little
Bill
that
allows
Short
Line
railroads,
including
Progressive,
to
get
an
investment
tax
credit.
F
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
leaning
on
Progressive
to
get
those
Dan
Patch
line
improvements.
You
know
going
through
the
city
and
into
Richfield
done
this
year.
I
know
there's
been
real
concerns
about
some
of
their
Bridges
like
the
one
across
Nine
Mile
Creek.
So
they
have
no
excuse
to
not
make
those
Investments.
The
city's
been
looking
for
for
a
while.
H
Excuse
me:
I,
don't
have
a
question
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
hard
work.
I
know,
especially
for
you,
Senator
Wickland,
the
the
night
and
day
difference
between
the
last
couple
of
years
and
this
year
in
terms
of
the
speed
with
which
you
had
to
work
not
to
hit
your
head
against
the
wall,
but
actually
get
stuff
done
was
a
lot
so
on
behalf
of
the
folks
in
my
patch
of
Bloomington.
Thank
you.
H
I,
especially
think
that
we
know
that
40
of
the
population
of
Bloomington
is
over
the
age
of
50.,
so
the
work
that
we're
doing
for
seniors,
whether
it
be
through
public
health
or
through
those
tax
credits
or
through
the
expansion,
even
I,
don't
think
you
mentioned
it,
but
the
increase
that
we're
getting
in
the
homestead
credit
right.
Big
deal
there
too,
because
a
lot
of
our
seniors
are
in
their
homes,
saw
their
homes
increase
by
Leaps
and
Bounds,
even
though
they
didn't
do
anything
to
them.
H
F
And
I
I,
just
like
to
say
I,
mean
my
for
next
year.
There's
a
lot
of
stuff
left
to
do
and
I
know
one
of
mine
I'm
still
pressing
very
hard
on
my
zoning
Reform
Bill
to
make
it
you
know
easier
for
all
cities
to
allow
affordable
housing
to
be
built
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
guys
for
making
my
job
so
easy
by
setting
such
a
good
example
with
all
of
the
reforms
that
you've
been
undertaking
on
your
own
eye,
it's
noticed
and
I
really
appreciate
it.
A
Thank
you,
representative
also
I
want
to
thank
you
for
all
of
you
for
following
bloomington's
lead
on
things
like
earn.
Second,
safe,
leave
and
and
affordable
housing
and
the
conversion
therapy,
but
I
I
don't
think
it's
it's
not
lost
on
anyone.
That
leaders
like
you
took
that
lead
at
coming
from
Bloomington
I.
Think
everybody
understood
where,
where
your
your
values
and
where
your
bases
were
with
those
some
of
those
decisions
that
were
made.
So
we
appreciate
that
and.
A
A
I
know
that
for
the
first
time
ever,
the
state
created
a
Minnesota
forward
fund
of
500
million
dollars
for
business,
matching
grants,
basically
and
and
specifically
250
million
dollars
for
for
the
chips
industry,
which
we
know
is,
is
a
a
sizable
and
growing
industry
here
in
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
to
have
that
as
a
as
a
a
state
match
for
the
potential
Federal
funding
is
I.
Can't
unders
I
can't
overstate
how
important
that
is
in
terms
of
some
of
the
proposals
going
forward.
E
Just
now
that
I,
you
know
one
of
the
ways
I
think
that
you
know
I
know
and
I,
I
and-
and
my
colleagues
think
about
the
Investments
that
we
made
in
our
budget
is
real,
is
really
paying
back
Minnesota
more
in
a
variety
of
different
ways:
the
Investments
that
we've
made
in
job
creation
in
our
K-12
education
system
in
our
I
know,
Senator
wickling
has
worked
very
hard
on
our
early
care
and
education
system
as
well.
We
know
those
are
going
to
have
huge
huge
payoffs
in
the
future.
E
E
We
froze
tuition
for
Minnesota
the
Minnesota
state
system
for
our
friends
over
at
Normandale,
Community
College.
You
know
I
I,
think
the
the
work
that
we
did
shows
what
paying
it
back
really
looks
like
and
I
I
think
everyone
in
Bloomington
and
across
the
state
is
is
going
to
be
the
beneficiary
of
that.
And
then
the
the
final
thing
I
would
say
to
to
representative
point
is
as
blinking
legislators.
E
Does
you
all
want,
run
a
really
really
good
operation
and
that
matters
immensely
I'm
not
going
to
name
names
but
I
know
there
are
legislators
who
don't
have
that
kind
of
strong
relationship
that
strong
ability
from
City
staff
in
communities
that
they
represent
to
actually
get
things
across
the
finish
line,
and
that
does
make
such
a
huge
difference
for
folks
here
in
Bloomington.
So
I
did
want
to
name
that,
because
that
is
important.
Thank.
B
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
I
also
want
to
thank
our
three
legislators
standing
in
front
of
us
and
also
recognize.
We
have
five
that
represent.
Bloomington,
representative
Adelson
and
Senator
Mann
live
in
a
diner.
They
don't
live
in
our
community,
but
they
work
very
hard
on
behalf
of
their
constituents
here
in
Bloomington.
So
so
I
want
to
make
sure
to
say.
Thank
you
to
all
five
of
you
and
just
mayor
and
Council.
B
You
know
this,
but
I
think
the
community
should
know
that
that
our
legislative
delegation
is
exceptionally
responsive,
and
we
really
appreciate
that
you
you
serve
on
multiple
committees.
Senator
Wicklund,
you
chair,
one
of
the
more
substantial
committees
in
the
entire
Government
funding,
a
good
amount
of
the
of
the
state
investment
in
people
and
HHS.
So
the
fact
that
you
still
make
time
for
us
amidst
that
really
important
task
is,
is
appreciated.
B
G
G
As
you
know,
things
move
fast
and
just
the
ability
to
to
reach
out
and
contact
any
of
you
and
get
responses
so
quickly
that
we
really
appreciate
it
and
I
appreciated,
and
it
was
a
pleasure
to
present
the
the
bill
about
the
Expo
and
I
wish
that
we
had
been
selected,
but
it
was
definitely
I,
really
appreciated,
being
able
to
present
that
and
educate
my
colleagues
about
all
the
great
things
that
we
had
the
potential
to
do.
So.
Thank
you,
though,
for
for
all
your
help,
absolutely.
A
F
A
Item
three
item:
the
next
item
on
our
agenda
is
item
2.3
and
we
have,
over
the
past
few
months,
have
been
conducting
an
audit
of
our
public
relations
and
our
social
media
and
we've
got
we're
we're
going
to
get
a
presentation
tonight,
an
overview
of
the
findings
of
that,
because
I
think
it
was.
It's
been
something
that's
been
front
of
mind
for
the
Council
on
a
lot
of
different
fronts
and
something
that
we've
talked
about
a
number
of
different
times.
A
J
It
thank
you
and
good
evening,
mayor
and
city
council
members
in
response
to
the
city
council's
interest
in
how
the
city
could
more
effectively
tell
its
Story.
The
communications
division
has
been
working
with
Michelle
Bono,
a
Bono
Communications
and
marketing
to
conduct
research
and
develop
public
relations,
Communications
and
marketing
strategic
plan.
The
Bono,
Communications
and
marketing
Services
include
strategic
communication
and
community
plan
planning,
Community
planning,
crisis,
communication,
marketing
and
Communications
training
before
launching
her
firm
Michelle
was
an
award-winning
Communicator
for
local
governments
in
Virginia,
Colorado
and
Florida,
including
20
years
with
the
city
of
Tallahassee.
J
As
the
Director
of
communications
and
assistant
to
the
city
manager.
Tonight
Michelle
will
present
an
overview
of
the
new
public
relations
strategic
plan
and
our
own
Communications
administrator.
Janine
Hill
will
share
the
findings
from
an
audit
of
the
city's
social
media
that
helped
to
inform
the
new
strategic
plan.
Please
welcome
Michelle
Bona.
K
Good
evening
it
is
very
nice
to
see
you
all
again,
the
first
time
that
I
was
in
Bloomington
I
had
been
into
your
region
before,
but
the
first
time
I
was
here
was
right.
When
you
had
had
a
nice
snowstorm
and
the
first
thing
that
impressed
me
was
the
sidewalks
that
they
were
all
clear
and
I
was
like.
I
grew
up
in
Kansas,
we
didn't
clear
sidewalks
and
you
didn't
have
that
kind
of
great
service.
K
So
I
was
immediately
calling
home,
saying
wow,
look
what
they
do
here
in
Bloomington
and
I
was
taking
selfies
with
the
snow,
because
I
was
so
excited
to
be
back
in
snow
having
been
in
Florida
for
a
while.
So
it's
a
great
honor
to
present
to
you.
This
strategic
plan
I
want
to
try
to
go
through
it
quickly,
but
I'm
very
passionate
about
this
and
I'm
very
excited
to
see
I
hope.
K
So
some
quick
background
and
again
I
know
you
all
know
this,
but
for
maybe
some
of
your
residents
that
are
watching
the
meeting.
The
fact
that
you're,
a
city
of
90
000,
you
have
a
Workforce
of
eighty
four
thousand
I
heard
from
some
of
your
residents
that
we
are
the
biggest
small
City
around
right.
There
is
this
sense
of
neighborliness
there's
a
sense
of
real
passion
for
this
community
that
exists.
K
You
have
a
very
diverse
economy,
some
of
which
we've
heard
about
tonight,
and
the
fact
that
a
third
of
the
city
is
used
for
conservation
recreation
use
is
a
great
attribute
that
you
can't
find
in
many
other
cities,
not
to
mention
you
have
excellent
Financial
Bond
ratings,
so
why
this
plan?
Well,
my
understanding
is
that,
first
of
all
our
elected
leaders,
the
city
council,
said
we
want
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
do
even
more
and
I
would
tell
you
you
do
a
very
good
job
now
we'll
talk
about
that
as
we
go
through.
K
But
most
strategic
plans
are
in
fact
pretty
boring
right,
they're
very
much
about
build
this.
Do
that,
and
so
when
I
saw
your
strategic
plan
and
it
talked
about,
we
want
to
have
a
connected
welcoming
Community,
a
healthy
community
and
Equitable
economic
growth.
That's
the
kind
of
Visionaries
that
I
think
helps
create
a
really
great
City,
and
so
we
tried
to
be
sure
that
the
work
of
this
strategic
plan
for
outreach
and
engagement
tied
into
that
and
so
you'll
hear
some
of
that
in
our
in
our
discussion.
K
So
a
little
bit
about
the
research
approach.
So
again
the
city
has
a
focus
on
inclusion
and
diversity,
and
so
we
felt
like
that
was
an
important
thing
to
reflect.
As
we
worked
on
this
plan,
internal
audiences
I
had
the
pleasure
of
meeting
with
each
member
of
the
council,
and
you
all
were
not
at
all
shy
without
saying
here's
where
we
can
improve
here's.
K
What
we
do
well
here
are
some
opportunities
that
we
see
and
again
you'll
notice,
there's
an
appendix
that
is
associated
with
this
plan,
where
we
tried
to
capture
all
of
those
not
by
person
but
more
collectively.
Here's
what
we
heard
but
I'm
sure
you'll,
look
at
some
of
those
and
go
I
said
that
typically,
the
things
you
said
were
repeated
by
others
as
well
in
the
community
as
well.
So
you'll
see
a
lot
of
that
reflected.
K
We
did
a
lot
with
external
audiences.
I
had
the
benefit
of
being
here
for
about
a
week,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
when
it
was
cold
and
snowy,
but
everyone
was
very
warm
and
we
talked
to
business
owners
and
said
how
do
you
get
information?
What's
what
do
you
need?
What
are
we
not
giving
to
you?
What
do
you
get
that
you
appreciate?
We
met
with
a
group
of
neighborhood
leaders
and
I,
say
leaders.
They
were
folks
from
throughout
the
community
that
came
in
and
said,
we'll
give
you
feedback
on
what
we
want
to
see.
K
We
talked
to
City
staff,
from
different
divisions
and
different
departments,
and
your
executive
leadership
team
and
the
city
manager
to
say:
where
do
we
need
to
be
going
as
well
as
the
existing
staff
within
Communications
and
public
engagement?
So
we
had
a
lot
of
feedback
into
this
plan,
so
guiding
principles.
K
I
want
to
mention
this
because
to
me,
these
principles
become
really
the
litmus
test
and
they
are
best
practices
as
we
consider
how
we
communicate,
and
so
these
principles
you're
gonna
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
them
in
great
detail,
but
you're
going
to
see
them
reflected
in
the
plan.
These
principles
are
things
that
again
we
heard
from
the
stakeholders
that
we
need
to
be
more
proactive.
We
need
to
be
ahead
of
issues.
Let's
not
wait
till
the
crisis
is
there
and
then
respond.
K
K
We
talk
about
celebrating
the
city's
personality,
people
don't
always
know
what
you
have
in
Bloomington,
even
people
from
Minneapolis
some
of
the
people.
That
said,
oh
I,
don't
live
in
Bloomington,
but
I
own,
a
business
here
and
I
didn't
know
how
wonderful
it
was
until
I,
located
my
business
and
now
I'm
thinking.
Maybe
I
should
move
here,
because
I
don't
know
as
much
as
I
should
about
the
city.
There's
a
focus
on
being
inclusive.
K
We
need
to
be
sure,
we're
talking
to
people
throughout
the
community
right,
not
only
the
bypoc
populations
that
you're
focused
on,
but
everyone
in
this
community
that
wants
to
be
engaged
should
have
that
opportunity.
Finding
people
where
they
are,
we
shouldn't
expect
them
to
have
to
come
to
a
commission
meeting
council
meeting
right.
We
want
to
be
able
to
say
where
are
you?
It
may
be
in
a
group
that
has
nothing
to
do
with
government.
It
might
be
with
a
group
that
manages
adoptions.
K
It
might
be
with
a
group
that
has
that
it's
baseball
or
it's
you
know,
youth
activities
or
it
might
be,
churches
go
to
where
people
are
and
then
have
strong
themes.
We
should
be
talking
about
things
in
ways
that
people
can
understand.
We'll
highlight
that
more
respect
for
all
this
is
from
your
strategic
plan.
If
we're
going
to
be
a
welcoming
Community,
we
have
to
show
respect
for
people,
and
the
last
one
is
we'll
reward
and
encourage
Innovation
going
for
a
World's.
K
Fair
is
a
great
example
of
saying
we're
going
to
show
courage
and
we're
going
to
do
innovation.
We
should
do
that
in
everything
we
do.
So
these
principles
are
what
we
will
judge
things
by
is
we
have
ideas?
Come
up
I
want
to
jump
into
the
communication
strategies
that
we're
recommending
the
first
one
is
about
building
Community
identity,
and
the
point
is
when
we
talk
about
Bloomington.
How
do
we
describe
the
city
and
we
each
might
have
a
different
example.
We
have
things
that
we
highlight.
K
K
So
when
we
talk
about
you
know
and
again
coming
right
after
the
legislative
delegation,
you
all
are
doing
things
that
are
models
for
the
rest
of
the
state,
and
so
you
should
be
presenting
at
State
conferences.
You
should
be
submitting
articles
into
Publications,
you
should
let
the
rest
of
the
state
learn
from
the
work
you're
doing
again,
whether
that's
Workforce
housing
or
Economic
Development,
or
your
Parks
master
plan.
K
One
of
the
things
you'll
see
in
this
plan
too,
is
that
it's
phased
in
by
some
dates,
because
everything
we're
going
to
talk
about
tonight.
We
don't
have
the
staff
to
take
that
on
and
we're
going
to
have
to
figure
out
how
to
implement
that
and
do
that
within
our
resources
and
some
recommendations
for
some
additional
assistance.
But
we
can't
do
it
all
overnight.
It's
going
to
take
a
little
time,
so
you'll
see
dates
that
are
included
in
that
plan.
K
The
next
recommendation
is
to
increase
media
outreach.
I
heard
this
a
lot
from
those
of
you
here,
but
also
from
people
in
the
community.
That
said,
we
don't
always
see
stories
in
the
Minneapolis
paper
about
in
the
Tribune
about
what's
happening
in
Bloomington.
How
do
we
try
to
get
more
media
attention?
So
the
first
thing
is,
you
have
to
know
who
are
those
contacts?
I
would
tell
you
in
most
cities
they
buy
a
media
list,
because
those
reporters
are
changing
almost
see
feels
like
daily
right.
K
K
You
see
that
I
promise
you
for
Expo.
It
was
a
crazy
number.
I
bet
it
was
over.
A
billion
people
that
had
never
seen,
but
my
guesstimating
isn't
very
good.
How
do
we
be
able
to
track
that
so
sometimes
Media
Services
will
say
here
was
the
reach
of
this
story,
and
here
was
the
tone
of
this
story,
and
that
is
helpful.
To
be
able
to
know
are
we
being
effective
with
our
media
outreach?
K
We
do
want
to
Garner
coverage
of
Bloomington
by
the
regional
media.
I
heard
that
over
and
over
that
takes
putting
in
place
someone
that
builds
those
relationships.
You
have
to
go
meet
those
reporters
and
say
what
do
you
need?
When
do
you
need
it?
How
do
you
like
to
get
it?
What's
the
best
way
to
get
it?
Interestingly,
media
still
recount
on
Twitter
a
lot
which
many
of
the
rest
of
us
you'll
see
in
some
of
the
reports.
Don't
use
it
as
much
the
media
still
do.
Is
that
how
you
want
to
get
it?
K
We
have
to
build
that
and
then
we
have
to
use
social
media
to
share
that
story.
Beyond
just
Bloomington,
so
quite
a
few
recommendations
related
to
Media
the
next
one
is:
how
do
we
get
more
feedback?
So
you
won't
have
many
ways
you
get
feedback,
you
get
emails.
You'll
get
calls
you
get
letters.
You
have
the
listening
session
before
Council
on
before
you
have
Council
meetings,
one
of
the
things
that
we
recommend
and
I
should
also
mention
you
take
part
in
the
National
Community
survey,
which
is
super
valuable.
K
It's
very
helpful
to
get
the
kind
of
feedback
on
a
national
basis.
One
of
the
things
we're
recommending
is
exploring
some
tools
and
many
cities
have
done
this
and
counties
where
they
hire
a
survey
company
that
surveys
residents
regularly
on
issues.
So
it's
not
just
the
big
issues:
it's
not
just
sales,
tax
and
Expo,
but
we're
talking
about
replacing
a
bridge
and
looking
at
some
Alternatives
how
we
might
do
that
or
what
the
impact
might
be.
K
You
do
a
survey
that
lets
you
get
feedback,
not
just
from
the
people
who
come
to
the
to
the
council
meeting
but
more
representative
of
the
entire
community.
So
there
are
companies
that
do
that.
That
is
one
more
option
and
then
use
those
surveys
for
key
projects.
So
you
get
some
good
feedback
and
you
have
a
little
more
confidence.
Maybe
in
what
I'm
hearing
I
would
tell
you
that
does
not
change
the
feedback
you
get
from
the
people
who
know
you.
K
They
are
still
going
to
call
you
and
they're
going
to
share
things,
and
we
encourage
that
because
that
is
important
feedback.
But
how
do
we
hear
from
a
broader
base
is
the?
Is
that
recommendation
foreign
be
proactive?
You
all
have
said
this
over
and
over
again
and
what
we
know
is
that
being
proactive
means.
We
know
ahead
of
time.
What's
coming
and
the
staff
has
said
the
first
thing
we
know
and
understand
the
city
manager
drives
this
all
the
time
is.
The
council
wants
no
surprises.
K
Now
we
may
occasionally
mess
up.
We
may
occasionally
have
those
occasions
where
we
didn't
get
the
right
communication,
but
typically
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
We
want
you
all
to
be
the
first
to
know
and
the
reason
is
you're
the
ambassadors
when
your
residents
turn
to
you.
They
expect
you
to
know
what's
happening
at
City
Hall
and
our
job
is
to
make
sure
that
you
know
that,
but
in
addition
to
council
members,
we
feel
like
it's
important
to
have
proactive
communication
plans
with
key
messages.
K
So
when
we
talk
about
what
are
those
key
messages,
it's
how
do
you
explain
to
someone
actually,
just
like
the
city
manager
did
tonight?
How
do
you
explain
why
we
did
Expo?
What
did
it
cost?
What
came
out
of
it
and
what
are
the
long-term
benefits
for
us?
We
have
to
be
able
to
position
that
in
words
that
people
understand
now
he
did
not
pay
me
to
say
this,
but
one
of
the
residents
said
I
like
the
way
the
city
manager
explains
things
so
that
I
can
understand
right.
That's
important.
K
We've
got
to
be
able
to
say
it
in
words.
They
can
understand,
and
so
on
key
issues.
Our
recommendation
is
having
a
project
plan
and
a
one-pager
that
has
here's
the
key
messages.
Here's
the
most
important
things
to
know
and
it
lets
people
who
hear
it
decide
whether
they
agree
or
disagree.
They
may
not
agree
with
what
we're
saying,
but
they
have
the
right
to
know
the.
Why,
behind
what
the
recommendation
was,
I
would
tell
you
from
my
30
years
in
local
government
governments.
Don't
just
recommend
things
for
no
reason:
there's
a
rationale
behind
it.
K
You
might
not
agree
with
it,
but
we
can
tell
you.
This
is
why
we're
doing
it
and
the
other
part
is
to
identify
my
key
spokespersons
and
share
those
plans.
Widely
I
was
telling
the
staff
today
I,
went
and
visited
the
new
website.
That's
been
created
to
provide
factual
information
about
the
sales
tax.
If
you
have
not
seen
them,
you
should
watch
the
two
videos
that
are
on
there
that
are
tours
of
the
two
City
facilities
that
you're
recommending
be
replaced.
K
Somebody
picked
the
Reich
spokesperson.
First
of
all,
there
are
staff
from
those
facilities
and
then
there's
a
facilities.
Person
and
I
would
tell
you
the
things
I
remember
from
watching
those
is
in
one
of
the
buildings.
The
building
is
so
old.
There's
no
sprinkler
system
and
their
fire
alarm
system
is
a
handheld
horn
that
they
pick
up
and
blow.
If
there
happen
to
be
a
fire
I'm
like
that,
that's
the
level
of
service
we're
providing
in
these
buildings
I
understand
why
you're
recommending
we
replace
this,
the
other
one
they
talked
about.
K
We
have
this
room
full
of
seniors
and
we
have
one
restroom:
that's
not
good
right,
it's
an
old
building
and
and
the
facilities
lady
talks
about.
Yes,
this
is
a
compressor
I
think
she
said
it
has
that
this
sounds
that
you
used
to
hear
60
years
ago
at
your
grandparents
house.
That's
what
we're
using
to
to
fuel
these
buildings
right
so
for
me,
I
need
those
facts.
K
What
you
do
in
a
crisis
will
create
more
of
an
impact
on
your
reputation
than
anything
else
right.
So
I
heard
from
many
residents,
as
well
as
some
business
owners
about
the
great
job
the
city
of
Bloomington
did
during
the
pandemic.
They
said
all
the
time
we
got
regular
updates.
We
knew
what
was
happening.
We
had
opportunities
to
go,
get
vaccinations.
We
heard
good
communication.
K
What
we
know
is
you
have
to
have
a
crisis
plan
in
place
for
every
kind
of
thing
that
happens,
so
it
can
be
snow.
It
can
be
tornadoes.
There
was
a
tornado,
I
think
last
night,
someplace
here
in
Minnesota
I'm
from
Kansas.
So
we
think
tornadoes
are
normal
right,
that's
a
normal
thing,
but
understanding
when
those
things
impact
your
city,
you
have
to
have
the
plan
already
done.
A
quick
quick
example
on
when
9
11
happened
in
New
York
City
the
statements
that
mayor
Giuliani
made
the
day
of
9
11..
K
Those
statements
were
written
for
him
seven
years
before
and
you're
like
well.
How
did
he
know
the
plane
would
hit
New
York
City?
No,
he
didn't
know
a
plane
would
hit
New
York
City.
He
knew
New.
York
City
was
an
icon
for
the
United
States
and
that
there
was
a
potential
for
something
to
happen.
That
would
be
Monumental
and
they
had
those
messages
already
written
out
and
they
used
them
after
9
11
and
they
were
poignant
and
they
were
heartfelt
and
they
related
to
creating
hope
for
the
future
and
recognizing
the
devastation.
K
K
The
next
thing
involves
business
Outreach.
Here's
the
great
news
is,
you
are
already
working
on
this,
so
the
Community
Development
Department,
as
well
as
the
workforce
steering
committee
I
heard
from
businesses.
That
said,
like
the
city,
but
I
need
to
know
who
to
call
who's.
My
person
who's,
my
liaison.
So
if
I
have
a
question,
one
said:
if
there's
going
to
be
something
rezoned
near
my
business,
I
want
to
know
about
it
before
it
goes
to
a
public
hearing.
K
Can
you
give
me
a
heads
up
if
this
is
what's
happening
near
me,
and
they
want
to
have
more
communication
with
the
city
and
they
and
they're
busy?
They
tell
me
they
absolutely
read:
The
Briefing
but
they'd
like
a
little
more
personal
attention
and
that's
exactly
what
the
Community
Development
Department
and
the
steering
committee
are
working
on.
How
do
we
do
that?
So
we
recommend
surveying
businesses
to
assess
their
needs
and
creating
then
a
new
Communications
program
to
launch
that
program
in
the
same
vein,
provide
communication,
training
for
city
leaders
and
staff.
K
L
L
L
We
did
the
audit,
as
part
of
our
normal
work,
to
assess
and
take
a
closer
look
at
City
Communications.
What
we're
doing
right,
where
we
can
make
improvements
and
to
learn
more
about
current
best
practices
in
social
media
and
to
also
be
forward
thinking.
It's
important
for
the
city
to
keep
up
with
changing
demographics
know
our
know
who
our
audiences
are
and
know
what
platforms
various
constituents
prefer.
L
L
Part
of
our
research
also
included
asking
residents
in
the
National
Community
survey
what
sources
they
use
to
get
City
information.
We
found
the
briefing
and
the
city's
website
were
the
most
common
sources
of
City
information
according
to
respondents,
but
we
also
wanted
to
know
people's
interest
in
receiving
news
and
information
from
the
city
on
social
media,
among
social
media
and
networks.
Facebook,
YouTube
and
Nextdoor
were
of
greatest
interest
to
survey.
Respondents
and
here
are
some
of
our
key
takeaways
from
the
audit
so
that
we
or
that
we
need
to
be
successful
on
social
media.
L
We
need
to
communicate
in
ways
that
people
expect
On
Any
Given
platform.
People
have
different
expectations
for
Content.
They
see
on
Facebook
versus
Twitter
versus
Instagram
versus
next
door.
We
should
leverage
the
strengths
of
each
platform
thoughtfully
and
with
respect
to
what
type
of
content
each
system's
algorithm
favors.
L
L
Our
consultant
recommended
that
we
post
about
topics
that
speaks
to
the
interests
of
residents
and
followers
posts
that
highlight
beloved
aspects
of
Bloomington,
attract
engagement,
posts
that
highlight
Bloomington
locations
and
local
stories
also
do
well
if
you're
on
Facebook.
You
know
that
these
are
typical
of
the
types
of
posts
that
you
post,
that
you
see
from
your
friends
and
family
over
the
years.
Our
social
media
accounts
have
become
catch-all
for
the
kinds
of
City
information.
So
it's
less
about
government
news,
strategic
initiatives,
event
invitations.
L
L
So,
overall,
our
social
media
strategy,
Guided
by
our
audit,
is
also
a
key
Communications
element
included
in
the
new
public
relations
Communications
and
marketing
plan.
That
Michelle
is
presenting
to
you
tonight
as
well
as
Bloomington
tomorrow,
together
strategic
plan
that
has
a
priority
of
Bloomington
being
a
welcoming
Community.
We
want
to
show
that
we
are
a
welcoming
community
in
the
way
we
communicate
on
all
of
our
Communications
channels.
L
I
should
note
our
current
Facebook
directive
does
not
allow
comments
and
the
reason
why
is
some
of
the
vitriol
on
that
platform?
People
have
said
that
when
they
see
that
level
of
uncivil
discourse,
they
don't
want
to
engage
or
look
at
Facebook,
not
allowing
comments.
There
is
something
we
are
still
figuring
out.
We
want
our
page
to
be
a
welcoming
environment
to
all,
and
we
are
continuing
to
assess
that.
L
So
we
will
include
these
key
audit
takeaways
I,
presented
to
you
in
our
social
media
strategy
and
Beyond
to
Aid.
In
our
new
communication
strategic
plan,
we
will
share
content
that
showcases
the
good
things
Bloomington
offers
images
that
showcase
our
city,
popular
amenities,
Parks
arts,
places
to
visit
stories
about
residents
and
staff,
making
a
positive
difference
and
create
posts
that
encourage
people
to
think
I
love
this
about
my
city.
This
is
something
I
want
to
share
with
my
friends.
L
M
K
We're
jumping
back
and
forth
between
presentations,
so
there
were
a
couple
things
I'd
wanted
to
mention.
I
would
appreciated
Janine,
giving
me
a
second
to
just
look
back
over
my
notes,
but
I
wanted
to
mention.
As
we
talk
about
proactive
communication,
a
really
strong
example
was
actually
the
response
that
came
after
the
Expo.
Some
of
you
may
have
seen
the
video
that
came
out
from
the
mayor.
That
explained
what
happened,
how
we
move
forward
and
why
it
was
important
to
put
Bloomington
on
the
map.
K
I
watched
that
video
and
then
I
looked
at
the
media
coverage
and
the
Outreach
to
the
media
that
video
almost
every
story
talked
about
exactly
what
the
mayor
said.
We
talk
about
key
messages,
putting
Bloomington
on
a
worldwide
map.
I
found
that
in
every
story
that
I
read,
because
that
message
was
clear
about
what
this
benefit
was
now.
Did
the
mayor
just
come
in
at
the
last
minute
and
tape
that
video
no,
it
was
anticipated.
K
It
was
planned,
it
was
part
of,
and
was
there
a
success,
video,
okay,
yes,
probably
so
right
we
had
to
be
prepared
because
we
didn't
know
there
was
no
way
to
know
you
have
to
think
ahead.
You
have
to
have
a
strategy
you
have
to
talk
about.
How
are
we
going
to
do
it
and
I
was
telling
the
mayor
when
I
read
that
and
heard
his
message
and
saw
that
message
repeated
in
every
story.
I
said
we're
doing
it
right.
K
The
goal
is:
how
do
we
do
that
on
every
plan
that
we
can
not
just
those
big
those
big
and
I,
think
the
staff
have
clearly
embraced
that
okay
last
couple
of
things,
oh
I,
also
wanted
to
mention
at
the
listening
session
earlier
today,
one
of
your
residents
talked
about
I.
We
want
to
know,
what's
coming
up
on
the
council
agenda,
what
a
wonderful
thing,
because
people
who
care
are,
who
those
are
your
best
residents
they
care
about?
What's
coming,
they
want
to
know.
K
What's
on
the
agenda,
they
want
to
be
engaged
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
is
so
incredible
is
when
you
have
30
000
people
who
have
signed
up
for
email
updates.
Folks,
that
does
not
happen.
That's
I
understand
they
don't
all
maybe
live
in
Bloomington,
but
that's
more
than
I
think
it's
35
000.,
it's
more
than
a
third
of
your
population
have
signed
up
to
get
emails
from
the
city.
That
does
not
happen
and
the
fact
that
such
a
high
percentage
of
them
and
Janine
said
maybe
20
percent.
K
Most
businesses
are
happy
if
they
get
a
six
percent
open
rate.
The
city
outperforms
that
in
so
many
ways
one
of
the
messages
is,
we
have
to
be
sure
we're
making
sure
people
know
that
that's
an
option
and
how
do
we
know
what?
The
short
address
is
to
get
to
the
website
that
the
council
member
shared,
so
that
people
understand
they're,
looking
at
the
right
website
and
getting
the
information
they
need,
and
we
have
to
continue
to
find
ways
to
tell
that
story
so
that
people
feel
more
engaged.
K
But
again,
the
fact
that
people
care
enough
to
come
and
share
is
an
important
part
of
what's
good
about
Bloomington.
Okay,
just
a
couple
more
recommendations,
one
is
to
enhance
the
alignment
between
the
two
groups.
You
have
doing
Outreach
and
engagement
and
communication,
and
that
is
the
community
outreach
and
engagement
and
the
Communications
Department
I'm
division.
K
Of
course,
you
can't
talk
about
this
without
talking
about
the
budget.
I
know
always
tough
decisions.
One
of
the
things
that's
particularly
important
and
I'm,
not
sure
that
residents
know
is
that
for
the
communications
division,
more
than
half
their
budget
comes
from
cable
franchise
fees,
and
so
we
do
have
an
obligation
and
we
do
a
good
job
of
programming
and
having
a
city
Channel
and
using
those
video
resources.
Some
of
those
great
stories
you
see
come
from
that
work.
We
need
to
think
about
long
term.
What
happens
if
there
are
changes
in
that
industry?
K
What
happens
if
fewer
people
sign
up
for
cable?
What
happens
if
that
cable
franchise
Revenue
changes
in
the
future?
Again
we're
not
anticipating
we're
just
knowing
we
need
to
be
prepared
for
that,
because
it
may
require
additional
sources
of
funding
for
that
communication
funding
for
the
things
that
we
talked
about
tonight.
There
is
in
your
in
your
document
or
some
recommendations
in
terms
of
potential
budgets.
Those
can
come
back
to
you
as
they
look
at.
K
What's
going
to
be
the
cost,
if
we
add
these
things
that
we're
talking
about
whether
that's
surveying
or
a
media
plan
or
the
things
that
so
there's
some
hard
dollars
that
would
be
associated
with
these
recommendations,
there's
also
the
question
about
funding
for
staff,
and
so
there
are
some
recommendations
for
additional
staff,
one
one
and
a
half
two
people
that
could
help
Implement
these
things
that
we're
talking
about
again.
Those
are
things
that
that
can
be
approached
as
you
talk
about
budget.
K
The
other
point
I
want
to
reiterate:
is
it's
a
phased
in
approach,
and
so
the
plan
has
dates
in
it.
Those
are
Target
goals.
So
here's
what
we
would
like
to
try
to
do.
What
I
would
tell
you
is
a
lot
of
it's
already,
starting
because
the
staff
has
said
we
hear
this.
We
get
it
they're
they're,
beginning
to
implement
the
things
they
can
within
the
resources.
There's
some
things
that
will
require
additional
resources,
and
so
for
me,
when
we
talk
about
yeah.
But
how
do
you
know
it's
working?
You
have
to
measure.
K
You
know
we
love
that
I
love
the
statement.
What
gets
measured
gets
done
if
you're
not
measuring
it?
How
do
we
know
we're
doing
any
good,
and
so
there
are
both
qualitative
and
quantitative
measures,
and
so
for
me
the
quantitative
are
things
like
media
tensions
website,
analytics
social
media
followers?
How
many
people
came
to
the
event,
your
e-subscribers?
That's
all
numbers
and
data
that
we
can
use
to
say:
hey.
Did
we
move
the
needle?
Did
we
change
that?
Qualitative,
though
then
goes
to
what's
the
overall
image
of
the
city
do
residents
feel
welcomed?
K
Is
there
a
sense
of
Civic
and
Community
Pride?
Do
people
feel
engaged?
Those
are
things
that
we
measure
through
qualitative
measurements,
and
so
those
things
you
have
in
place
there'll
be
some
opportunities
for
that
to
continue.
So,
for
me,
the
key
takeaways
takeaways
from
this
whole
process
is
you
have
some
great
products.
You
have
great
communication,
I
think
if
it's
93
of
the
people
on
the
statistically
valid
random
sample
survey
say
they
read
the
Bloomington
briefing
folks,
that's
unheard
of
find
me
another
city
where
93
say
they
rely
on
this
newsletter
from
the
city.
K
K
So
I
know
we've
taken
some
time.
You've
got
a
full
agenda
tonight,
but
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
I
do
hope
when
you
have
time
you'll
read
through
the
citizen
and
business
comments
that
are
included,
there's
quite
a
few
of
them
and
you'll
see
small
things
like
we
love
that
the
city
cleans
the
greats
in
other
communities.
They
don't
you're
going
to
see
lots.
I
mean
there
were
so
many
comments
about
how
much
they
love
your
water.
K
They
love
your
water,
it's
they
take
water
with
them
on
vacation
from
Bloomington
because
they
love
your
water.
So
you'll
see
some
of
those
things
that
people
love
and
also
things
that
they
suggest
about
how
to
improve
that
I
hope
you
see
reflected
in
the
recommendations.
So
any
questions
for
Janine
and
and
myself
thank.
N
N
K
Is
and
we
didn't
put
a
specific
timeline,
but
each
recommendation
will
say
beside
it,
recommend
by
July,
2024
or
recommend
by
so
there
are
Target
dates
for
each
one.
That
timing
was
put
a
little
bit
with
the
priorities
of
what
working
with
your
staff,
to
where
the
idea
of
communication
plans,
for
example,
like
it's
August
of
2023
I,
think
some
of
them
are
are
more
quickly
and
some
of
them
we
know,
will
take
a
little
bit
of
time.
K
I,
remember
the
business
recommendations
it's
like
well,
we
want
to
survey
businesses
first
and
then
we
want
to
put
together
a
plan
and
then
we
need
to
roll
it
out
and
have
a
Communications
plan.
So
there
are
timelines.
They're
really
Target
dates
not
died
in
the
wool
we'll
have
it
all
done
by
then,
but
to
give
us
some
way
of
trying
to
measure
okay.
Thank.
N
You
that's
helpful,
so
I'm
wondering
I,
guess
I
mean
most
of
these
sound
like
great.
All
of
them
sound
like
great
ideas
to
me
and
I'm
I.
Guess
I'm
wondering
what
next
step
sorry,
maybe
I'm
kind
of
jumping
ahead
a
little
too
much.
But
what
does
that
decision?
Making
process?
Look
like
and
I'm
kind
of
looking
over
at
you,
Jamie
I,
don't
know
who
would
be
the
right
person.
B
I
can't
keep
looking
to
my
right:
can
I
so
Mr
Baron
council
members,
councilmember
Carter.
First
off,
we
wanted
to
come
here
and
get
your
your
feedback
before
we
started
talking
about
what
is
next.
We
wanted
to
hear
the
council's
perspective
on
the
analysis.
That's
been
done
by
both
Michelle
and
Eric
really
appreciate
their
work.
B
They
they
work
very
closely
with
their
staff
and,
as
you
heard
in
the
presentation,
a
fair
amount
of
community
engagement
as
well,
because
we
tried
to
include
the
voices
of
those
who
were
impacted
by
the
decisions
that
we
make
in
coming
up
with
the
plans
that
we're
going
to
do
so.
Hearing
from
you
is
the
first
step
we're
getting
into
budget
season.
B
I
know
that
sounds
crazy
because
it
feels
like
we
just
wrapped
up
the
last
budget
season,
but
we
have
to
put
the
you
know
the
next
steps
into
the
context
of
all
the
other
needs
of
the
organization
and
so
over.
The
next
couple
months
we'll
be
working
to
identify
where
we
think
the
priorities
are
based
on.
What's
in
the
report
here,
what
we
hear
from
you
and
then
how
we
incorporate
some
of
those
into
the
choices
that
you're
going
to
make
over
the
next
few
months.
K
Council,
member
I
would
also
just
add
one
other
thing
we
did
send
today
this
plan
and
all
the
information
to
every
person
that
we
met
with,
so
that
they
also
have
a
chance
to
see
it
react
to
it
and
give
any
feedback
they
have
to
Janine
and
the
communication
staff.
So
we're
meeting
with
the
executive
leadership
team
tomorrow
to
talk
about
responsibilities
because
that's
the
other
big
part
of
it.
One
of
my
messages
to
the
entire
team
is
this
is
not
the
communications
department's
plan.
This
is
the
council's
plan.
K
N
B
It's
really
hard
to
communicate
with
the
city
that
the
entire
zoning
area
almost
of
the
city
is
largely
included
in
what
was
being
discussed
right
and
short
of
sending
a
postcard
to
every
house
which
gets
really
expensive
right.
You
have
to
figure
out
how
do
you?
How
do
you
get
that
information
out
because
City
Communications
is
literally
proverbially?
It
is
leading
the
horse
to
water.
You
can't
make
the
horse
drink
right,
and
so
we
can
put
as
much
information
as
we
can
generate
in
front
of
people.
B
A
And
I
appreciate
your
comments.
Mr
vibrugi,
especially
the
the
notion
of
communications,
is
only
as
good
as
the
rest
of
us
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
jotted
down
here,
the
number
nine,
the
an
enhance,
the
alignment
between
Communications
and
community
outreach
engagement,
divisions,
I'm,
a
big
alignment
guy
always
have
been,
and
but
to
see
these
two
call
out
in
particular
I
it
just
it.
A
I
took
note
of
it,
because
I
think
we
need
to
align
the
entire
all
of
the
Departments,
along
with
the
work
of
communications
and
community
outreach
and
development
and
I
think
it's
it's
a
certainly
a
much
larger
task,
but
Public
Works
police.
Everybody
else
has
Communications
issues
that
need
to
align
with
the
overall
Communications.
The
things
that
you
just
outlined
here
and
I
think
it's.
K
Great
great
explanation,
sir
and
I
would
tell
you
in
our
meeting
tomorrow
with
the
executive
leadership.
The
biggest
discussion
is
ownership
and
it's
the
exact
message
you
just
gave,
which
is
we
have
to
and
it's
hard
sometimes
when
you're
in
the
work.
You
don't
always
think
about
it
being
quote
of
interest
to
others
right
because
you
do
it
every
day
and
you
think
this
is
and
it's
like:
no,
no,
what
you're
doing
how
you
remove
the
snow
or
what
we
do
in
partnership
with
citizens
to
clean
the
grates.
K
Those
things
may
not
sound
real
sexy,
but
people
care
about
that
because
that's
the
quality
of
life
and
so
trying
to
also
get
our
departments
to
all
look
at
things
with
fresh
eyes
to
say:
oh
I,
never
thought
about
that.
Being
a
video
or
being
a
communication
message,
absolutely
that
alignment
is
is
key.
Thank
you,
sir.
H
K
Ma'am,
thank
you,
council,
member,
some.
So,
for
example,
what
we
know
is
we
do
a
lot
of
long
form
video.
We
do
that
in
part
because
of
our
partnership
with
our
cable
franchise
fee.
So
there's
an
obligation
to
continue
some
of
that.
One
of
the
things
we
talked
about
was
that
doesn't
work
well
in
any
kind
of
social
media
post.
Our
attention
on
social
media
is
20
seconds
right.
So
how
do
we
take
those
short
stories
and
and
find
ways
to
do
them
so
I,
don't
think
we're
eliminating.
K
K
People
don't
want
to
give
up
the
things
they
have
now
so,
for
example,
in
Eric's
audit.
He
said
you
know.
Well,
you
don't
have
a
lot
of
people
who
are
are
following
the
golf
course
that
may
be
true,
but
the
people
who
follow
the
golf
course
on
social
media
are
super
passionate
about
the
golf
course
and
so
sometimes
the
numbers,
so
it's
like
well,
can
we
stop
doing
that?
Well,
you
could
at
risk
of
alienating
some
of
our
very
loyal,
golfers
and
so
I
think
that
the
staff
is
having
those
discussions
too.
K
Are
there
things
that
we
can
modify
without
eliminating?
One
of
the
things
we
talked
about
was
maybe
not
quite
as
many
social
media
posts,
but
maybe
making
those
social
media
posts.
The
things
to
Janine
talked
about
that
the
audit
recommended,
so
there
I
think
there
are
recommendations
in
terms
of
maybe
changing
frequency
and
the
volume
or
maybe
how
we
do
it.
I
did
not
have
anybody
that
said,
you
know,
let's
just
stop
Instagram
there's
only
you
know
whatever
the
number
was
23
on
Instagram,
but
those
23
percent
love
Instagram,
so
I
I.
B
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
councilmember
dalessandro,
that's
a
good
question.
We
actually
did
have
conversation
about
whether
we
should
abandon
platforms
and
to
the
last
point
that
Ms
Bono
made.
We
understand
that
the
people
who
are
on
the
various
platforms
have
different
motivations
for
being
there,
and
so
part
of
the
recommendations
is
that
we
actually
tailor
our
message
and
our
approach
to
the
specific
platform.
So
the
to
the
question
of
what
are
we
doing
less
of
that
comment
about
we?
C
Lawman
more
of
a
comment:
I
really
appreciate,
I,
like
hearing
good
news,
so
I
like
the
fact
that
you
highlighted
some
things
that
were
doing
well
and
I'm,
just
really
looking
forward
to
this.
You
know
we
a
number
of
us
gathered
to
to
talk
about
what
we
wanted
to
do
with
the
Strategic
plan,
the
community
and
doing
that
and
then
just
getting
this
communicated
out
so
that
folks
will
will
really
have
that
opportunity
to
to
know
what
we're
doing.
C
That's
I
think
one
of
the
best
things
that
we
can.
We
can
kind
of
do
it's
kind
of
that
fear
of
doing
the
work
you
know
in
a
in
the
dark
and
nobody
sees
the
great
stuff
that's
happening.
I'll,
never
forget
what
my
my
wife
told
me.
I
just
didn't
know
that
Bloomington
was
doing
all
this
stuff
because
she
was
living
in
Eagan
before
she
moved
here.
So
I'm
really
excited
and
looking
forward
to
see
what
this
will
mean.
D
Yeah,
thank
you
mayor
to
councilmember
Dallas
Andros
Point.
In
addition
to
what
would
we
stop
doing?
What
items
do
you
see
just
being
moved
up
to
be
more
more
proactive?
You
gave
the
example
of
the
zoning
changes
and
the
reality
is.
Is
we
probably
did
a
lot
of
communication
about
that
after
we
got
feedback
from
residents
and
wanted
to
make
sure
they
were
informed
about
this
I
see
part
of
the
concept
here.
D
K
Council,
member
I
would
tell
you
that
I
think
a
lot
of
it
is
going
to
be
shifting
some
of
this
work
out
to
the
Departments
to
say
and-
and
we
have
in
the
plan
very
specifically,
they
have
to
begin
to
identify
what
are
upcoming
projects.
What
are
things
that
are
a
year
two
years
out?
What
are
things
that
we
need
to
calendar
and
start
working
on
those
one-page
communication
plans
now
so
I
think
there
will
be
a
lot
more
proactive
and
again
in
every
government.
K
There
are
things
that
we
just
don't
see
or
anticipate
that
and
we
have
to
respond
to.
But
the
goal
is
that
that
becomes
the
three
percent,
not
the
25,
so
that
you
know
we're
we're
thinking
more
proactively
ahead
of
things
and
trying
to
spread
that
out,
so
that
the
ownership
of
that
is
from
the
Departments.
That
does
mean,
though
you
have
to
bring
Communications
in
early
on,
and
that
gives
them
an
additional
workload
because
they
have
to
come
sit
in
meetings
and
go
through
okay.
What's
the
strategy,
what
are
we
doing
so?
K
There
will
be
a
lot
more
of
communications
and
the
community
engagement.
Integrating
into
the
department
processes
so
I
would
hesitate
to
say
that
their
workload
will
be
any
lighter,
I
think
in
some
ways
to
be
more
proactive
may
take
more
staff
time
we're
hoping
there's
some
benefits
from
maybe
not
posting
as
often
I'm,
not
sure
those
two
things
will
equal
out
I.
Think
it's
still
going
to
take
additional
work.
I
think
the
outcomes
will
be
what
you
all
have
said.
We
want
to
see.
K
We
want
to
see
that
that
our
residents
have
an
opportunity
to
see
what's
coming
before
we're
at
that
point.
That
and
again
they
still
have
the
right
to
say:
I
choose
to
engage
as
the
manager
mentioned,
I,
write
or
I
choose
that
I
don't
want
to
engage
in
this,
but
I
know
about
it
and
I
get
to
make
that
choice
as
a
resident.
I
think
that's
what
people
want
to
know.
K
I
think
that's
what
they're
looking
for
I
want
a
relationship,
so
I
know
who's
my
person
to
call
at
the
city,
because
that
that's
meaningful
to
them.
They
might
not
need
them
for
11
months
out
of
the
year,
but
when
they
have
a
question,
they
want
to
know
who's
that
person,
so
thank
you.
The
businesses
will
be
included.
Thank.
D
You
and
then
my
last
one
is,
you
know,
I
see
so
the
quantitative
and
qualitative
measurements
I
saw
goals
kind
of
listed
for
each
area,
but
the
part
that
I'm
not
getting
is
you
know?
How
do
we
know
if
we're
successful?
What
are
the
large
goals?
What
does
that
look
like
to
say?
Okay,
we're
doing
this.
How
do
we
measure
that?
How
do
we
know
how
to
future
councils
know
that
this
this
is
working?
People
are
better
informed
earlier
in
the
process.
D
K
I,
don't
think
it's
a
perfect
system,
but
I
think
surveys
are
the
answer
in
my
work
in
local
government
we
surveyed
people
that
came
to
every
single
thing.
If
you
came
to
a
potluck
dinner
at
a
neighborhood
center,
we
had
a
one
page.
You
can't
make
it
long.
That
said,
how
did
you
hear
about
it
and
again?
Is
that
statistically
valid?
No,
it's
valid
for
the
people
who
came
to
that
event,
but
everything
we
do.
We
have
to
be
asking
people.
K
What
can
you
tell
us
what
kind
of
feedback,
because
you
all
take
part
in
that
National
survey,
that
is
a
statistically
valid
random
sample
survey
that
that
is
designed
to
capture
sentiment
and
part
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
move
the
needle
when
people
say
do
you,
do
you
have
civic
pride
for
this
community?
We
want
to
look
at
those
numbers
and
see.
Did
that
go
up?
Did
that
go
down,
you
know
what
are
we
doing,
and
so
it's
it's
difficult.
You
all
will
receive
feedback
from
from
residents
as
well.
K
It's
not
statistically
valid,
it's
people
who
know
you
and
who
felt
comfortable,
saying
but
I'm
My
Hope
Is
that
you
begin
to
hear
from
other
people
saying:
hey
I
actually
knew
that
was
coming
up:
you're,
not
the
first
person
telling
them,
because
they've
seen
it
and
they've
seen
it
out
there
in
this
government
work.
You
know
we
don't
have
Nielsen
ratings
for
our.
You
know:
government
Channel.
K
P
P
K
Is
a
great
question:
the
topic
that
every
government
is
talking
about
in
every
aspect
is
artificial
intelligence.
What
does
that
mean
and
again
I
know
some.
Some
of
us
react
with
like.
Oh
my
gosh.
What
does
this
mean?
There
are
governments,
I
I
just
was
talking
to
a
company
that
their
take
using
artificial
intelligence
to
take
long
police
reports
and
create
a
summary.
K
Now
the
officer
still
has
to
review
it
and
see
if
it
was
right,
but
they
said
it's
amazing
how
much
friendlier
and
the
language
level
is
easier
to
understand
through
AI
you're,
absolutely
right,
there's
going
to
be
changes
in
technology
that
we
have
to
stay
on
top
of
when
we
talked
about
making
sure
staff
was
able
to
attend
training.
That
is
part
of
that
and
again,
the
city
does
training
throughout
every
department,
but
beyond
AI.
K
What's
going
to
be
the
next
thing,
and
that's
the
benefit
of
keeping
your
staff
in
the
position
to
where
they're
staying
on
top
of
that
and
trying
to
see
what
those
opportunities
are
and
also
understanding
the
there's
opportunities
and
then
there's
downsides.
What
about
the
ethics
and
I
would
tell
you
from
a
communication
perspective.
Ai
can
be
a
little
scary
because
people
can
create
things,
as
we've
seen
happen
at
the
national
level,
where
it
could
be
your
image
and
saying
something
that
you
never
said.
That's
scary,
how
do
we
try
to
make
sure
we
help?
K
Our
citizens
understand
how
to
know
a
fake
from
a
real
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
things
and
I
would
tell
you.
The
technology
today
will
be
dramatically
different
in
six
months,
so
I
think
that's
a
great
point.
I
think
training
is
the
key
to
keep
your
staff
to
where
they're,
constantly
learning
and
being
prepared
for
that
next
thing:
Beyond
AI
That's.
The
extent
of
my
future
forecasting
but
I
think
that's
going
to
become
a
very
big
issue
in
many
aspects
of
local
government.
H
This
is
a
separate
question,
probably
for
the
city
manager,
I
I
know
a
number
eight
here
we
have
a
key
recommendations
from
the
social
media.
Audit
I
know
Janine
provided
some
information
about
that.
What
what?
What?
What
substantively
are
we
going
to
get
as
it
relates
to
that
audit?
In
terms
of
those
recommendations,
are
they
going
to
be
listed
like?
Are
we
going
to
know
what
our
strategy
is
for
each
of
the
platforms
and
how
they're
going
to
work
together?
H
You
know
that
kind
of
thing,
I
think
people
as
as
you
know,
people
were
surprised
by
when
we
turned
off
the
comments
for
some
of
our
social
media
accounts.
We
didn't
do
it
for
all
of
them,
so
people
had
levers
for
that
anyway,
but
I
think
people
are
asking
they
just
want
to
know
like.
When
are
we
going
to
get
specific
about
what
we
are
and
not?
What
are
we
all
what
we
are
and
what
we're
not
going
to
do
on
which
of
the
platforms?
L
Mary
and
council
members
and
council
member
dalessandro
we
Eric
Hansen,
had
provided
us
with
13
thought
starters
from
his
audit
and
so
from
that
and
from
all
of
the
information
that
he
gathered
and
all
of
the
information
that
we
had
from
interviewing
neighboring
cities.
From
looking
at
the
surveys
and
information
we
had
put
together,
we've
put
together
a
plan,
a
communication,
a
digital
communication,
strategic
plan
that
we
have
and
right
now
we
we're
looking
at
it
with
staff
we're
sharing
with
all
of
our
social
media
administrators
I
mentioned.
L
We
have
18
social
media
accounts,
so
we
do
have
approved
administrators
besides
Communications,
who
are
doing
posting
on
their
accounts
and
so
we're
taking
a
look
at
all
of
those
thought
starters
and
prioritizing
those
similar
to
what
we're
doing
with
this.
This
plan
that
Michelle
is
presenting
to
you
tonight
and
to
look
at
how
we're
going
to
do
things
differently
and
we're,
starting
with
we
were
waiting
to
present
this
plan
together
with
this
plan,
because
this
is
the
overall
plan.
L
But
our
audit
is
looking
at
social
media,
typically
and
digital
communication,
specifically
and
looking
at
the
different
platforms
and
how
we're
communicating
on
those
platforms
and
what
we
can
do
for
improvements
for
looking
at
what
meets
the
needs
of
the
the
employees
in
the
city
to
get
their
information
out
to
the
community.
What
works
for
engagement
and
looking
at
all
of
those
thought
starters,
and
then
we
have
those
recommendation
and
those
activities
underneath
those
too.
A
K
Just
want
to
say
it
was
a
great
pleasure
to
show
you
this
one.
It
was
a
really
great
pleasure
to
meet
you
all.
One
of
the
things
that
that
you
love
about
a
city
is
when
people
are
passionate
and
the
elected
leaders
here
are
passionate.
The
staff
is
passionate,
I
would
say
we
heard
the
same
thing
from
the
residents,
so
you
have
a
great
City
and
it's
great
to
see
that
somebody
said
they
like
the
good
news.
The
good
news
is
people
love
this
city
and
they
just
want
to
see
it
get
better.
L
A
N
We
are
approving,
is
continuing
to
move
this
forward,
adopt
the
things
that
aren't
going
to
require
additional
staff
time,
maybe
look
at
other
things
that
can
be
done
differently
to
reduce
the
amount
of
resources
that
go
toward
those
and
that
when
we
go
into
the
budgeting
season,
officially
that
we'll
be
at
will
be
asked
to
consider
whether
or
not
we
want
to
increase
Staffing
levels
based
on
whatever
additional
priorities
are
not
being
able
that
are
not
being
Incorporated
because
of
limits
and
capacity.
Okay,
thank
you.
A
Q
Q
Evening,
mayor
and
council
members,
it
is
my
pleasure
to
introduce
a
herring
tonight
who
will
provide
the
results
of
our
2022
external
audit.
Andy
worked
on
the
red
path
team
as
a
manager
with
Bloomington,
when
they
last
added
us
five
years
ago
upon
red
path
being
awarded
the
contract
again
for
2022
through
2026
Andy
returned
leading
their
team
as
the
partner,
so
welcome.
Andy.
R
R
And
when
I,
when
I
speak
about
the
the
audit
I'm
referring
to,
we
audited
the
operations
of
the
city,
the
HRA
and
the
Port
Authority.
So
it
includes
all
three
entities
and
I'll
also
just
clarify
we.
You
know
we
work
with
the
finance
department
as
we
conduct
the
audit,
but
we're
really
working
for
the
city
council.
So
if
you
have
any
questions
after
this
presentation
or
anytime
feel
free
to
reach
out.
R
R
The
snapshot
of
the
results
of
the
audit,
an
unmodified
opinion
of
One
financial
statement,
finding
related
to
internal
controls
to
report
that'll
comment
here
on
in
a
minute:
no
compliance,
Finance
relating
to
Minnesota,
legal
compliance
or
federal
and
then
just
standard
Communications.
In
the
governance
letter,
he
looked
back
at
2021.
The
city
once
again
received
a
certificate
of
achievement
for
excellence
in
financial
reporting,
which
it's
which
it
has
received
with
the
past.
51
years,
and
so
that
certificate
demonstrates
comprehensive,
transparent
and
consistent
financial
reporting.
R
The
first
report
that
we
issue
our
opinion
on
the
financial
statements
and
a
recap
of
the
audit
process.
The
audit
began
back
in
December
with
planning
and
Performing
preliminary
procedures
and
then
there's
a
period
of
several
months
where
staff
is
in
addition
to
their
day-to-day
duties,
closing
the
books
on
2022
preparing
for
the
audit
and
that's
an
extensive
process
to
prepare
for
the
audits.
So
there's
a
lot
that
goes
into
that
and
then
by
April
24th
is
when
we
started
our
audit
and
then
staff
prepares.
The
financial
statements.
R
R
R
Completeness
we're
thinking
about,
should
everything
or
has
everything
been
included
in
the
financial
statements
that
should
be
such
as
liabilities
and
expenses
or
all
the
liabilities
and
expenses
of
the
city
included
in
the
financial
statements
and
then
we're
also
looking
at
accuracy
cut
up
cut
off
classification
making
sure
amounts
are
recorded
at
the
correct
year
in
the
correct
accounts,
those
sorts
of
things
so
the
results,
an
unmodified
opinion
or
a
clean
opinion
on
the
financial
statements
and
that's
the
highest
level
of
opinion.
The
city
can
receive.
R
The
next
report-
a
report
on
internal
controls
over
financial
reporting,
so
we
gain
an
understanding
of
the
city's
internal
controls.
Examples
of
controls,
approval
over
disbursements,
approval
over
the
bank,
reconciliation,
ideal
segregation
of
Duties,
which
is
ensuring
that
no
one
person
has
too
much
responsibility
in
any
given
area.
R
You
know
making
sure
there's
a
system
of
checks
and
balances
in
there
and
also
a
review
of
financial
information
to
detect
any
errors,
and
that's
really
where
the
finding
kind
of
triggers
from
or
evolves
from
noted,
one
finding
related
to
two
items
we
detected
during
the
audit
financial
statement.
Corrections
is
the
name
of
the
finding
it's
the
most
common
finding
we
give
as
Auditors,
and
it
really
means
we
detected
something
that
staff
didn't
prior
to
the
audit.
So
it
was
corrected
during
the
audit.
R
The
two
items:
there
was
an
assessment
that
was
adopted
in
2018
that
the
entire
amount
of
the
assessment,
as
far
as
Revenue
should
have
been
recorded
at
that
time.
But
since
then
it's
been
recorded,
the
revenue
that's
been
recorded.
Is
the
amount
that's
due
every
year.
So
it's
really
a
timing
of
the
revenue.
R
The
second
item
is,
with
the
hra's
opportunity,
housing
fund
there's
a
receivable
from
a
developer
and
receipts
started,
began
being
received
in
2021
and
that
receivable
balance
was
reduced
for
the
entire
amount
received
and
there's
actually
a
interest
component
of
that
payment
that
was
being
received.
That
should
have
been
coded
to
interest
income
rather
than
reducing
the
principal
and
the
amount
of
the
alone.
So
we
corrected
that
again.
The
correct
amount
was
received.
It
was
just
the
accounting
for
that.
R
The
next
report,
a
report
on
Minnesota
legal
compliance,
the
state
auditor
issues,
a
guide
of
seven
sections
that
were
required
to
complete
as
part
of
the
audit
and
see
the
seven
sections
listed
there
I'm.
So
there's
a
large
variety
of
statutes.
The
city
must
follow
as
you're
familiar
with
so
we're
testing
for
a
variety
of
items.
R
R
Well,
if
the
city's
Banks
were
ever
to
fail
where
they
have
their
money,
the
city
has
a
secondary
level
of
insurance
or
collateral
on
those
funds,
so
we're
testing
to
make
sure
that
the
city
has
that
extra
level
of
insurance
really
and
it
does
there's
also
statutes
relating
to
bidding
and
when
you
issue
debt
and
tax,
increment
and
all
kinds
of
different
areas
that
the
city
is
involved
with
the
results.
No
compliance
findings.
R
So
as
part
of
that
audit,
we
tested
two
programs,
the
Section
8
vouchers
program
and
the
American
Rescue
plan
act
dollars
or
arpa
dollars.
So
we
gained
an
understanding
of
the
controls
over
how
that
money
is
spent.
Now
we
tested
a
sample
of
federal
expenditures
and
where
we
considered
whether
any
control
deficiencies
were
detected
when
conducting
those
tests
and
no
findings
were
detected.
R
Lastly,
the
letter
to
those
charged
with
governance
highlights
that
there
was
one
significant
new
standard
implemented
in
2022
I'm
following
leases,
and
that
really
resulted
in
a
least
receivable
being
recorded
on
the
city's
financial
statements
that
hadn't
been
recorded
in
the
past.
That's
the
lease
of
cell
tower
antenna
space
in
the
future.
There's
the
gasby,
the
governmental
Accounting
Standards
Board.
There
they're
always
coming
up
with
additional
standards
to
follow.
There's
another
one
here
in
2003
relating
to
Information
Technology
subscription
Arrangements,
there's
more
on
the
horizon
for
2024.
R
R
There
are
a
few
accounting
estimates
in
the
financial
statements
relating
to
the
net
pension
liability.
One
relating
to
these
leases
I
just
discussed
I'm
happy
to
report
that
there
were
no
difficulties
encountered
during
the
audit
or
disagreements
with
management.
Everyone
we
worked
with
was
well
prepared
and
Cooperative
during
the
audit
and,
lastly,
there's
a
section
of
corrected
and
uncorrected
misstatements.
There
were
no
significant
uncorrected
items
and
then
just
the
two
that
I
mentioned
that
we
detected
that
were
corrected.
R
The
general
fund
balance
increased
about
2.3
million,
but
it's
important
to
remember
that
those
that
increase
in
fund
balance
is
needed
for
a
variety
of
topics
or
variety
of
uses
such
as
reserve
requirements,
encumbrances
budget
carryovers.
So
that's
it's
there's
necessary
plans
for
that
money
and
a
five-year
history
of
the
general
fund
balance.
R
As
you
know,
the
the
council's
the
city's
primary
funding
source
is
property
taxes
which
is
received
around
the
Midway
point
of
the
year.
So
the
city
needs
to
have
substantial
cash
and
fund
balance,
reserves
on
hand
to
begin
in
the
year,
and
that's
really
what
this
slide
shows
is
the
and
receiving
that
money
about
halfway
through
the
year
makes
sense,
with
the
fund
balance
as
a
percentage
of
ensuing
years
Appropriations
there.
R
D
D
My
understanding,
those
did
were
not
part
of
the
rule,
changed
that
right.
It
was
only
the
more
the
larger
leases,
correct.
Okay,
thank
you
and
then
on
the
finding
regarding
the
developer
payment.
So,
if
I
understand
correctly,
the
revenue
was
wrong.
We
didn't
book
interest
revenue
and
then
the
asset
was
wrong.
We
took
all
of
the
payment
off
of
the
principal
of
Mountain
Dew.
Is
that
accurate,
so
I
got
two
questions
there?
R
M
D
So
you're
confident
we
would
have
collected
it
yeah,
okay
and
then,
based
on
the
finding
did
we
review
any
other
loans
in
the
city,
either
the
HRA,
the
port
Bloomington
itself
to
see
if
there
are
other
similar
accounting?
If,
if
we
coded
it
one
way
on
this
loan,
why
would
we
have
coded
it
differently
on
other
loans.
A
At
most,
there
are
two
one
or
two
technical
issues
that
need
to
be
corrected
and
and
are,
and
we
move
forward,
I
think
that
says
so
much
about
our
our
finance
staff,
the
work
that
they
put
in
the
the
detail
that
they
follow
just
so
meticulously
and
I
think
it.
It
helps
us
more
than
anything,
just
maintain
that
confidence
and
that
understanding
that,
yes,
the
on
an
86
million
dollar
general
fund,
the
city
of
Bloomington,
is
doing
a
darn
good
job
with
it.
H
A
Second
motion
by
councilmember
Dallas
member
Lohman
to
accept
the
city's
annual
comprehensive
financial
report
for
calendar
year
2022..
No
further
Council
discussion
on
this.
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed
motion,
carries
7-0
Mr
Herring.
Thank
you.
So
very
much
extend
our
thanks
to
the
folks
at
redpath
for
the
work
done
on
this
greatly
appreciated
and
once
again,
thanks
to
our
finance
staff,
for
the
outstanding
work
done
on
this
once
again,
greatly
appreciated
thanks.
So
much
you're
welcome
and.
A
S
What
I
added
here
was
just
different
types
of
situations
that
would
contribute
and
or
allow
for
these
situations
to
exist
and
for
people
to
be
able
to
move
from
this
situation
into
what
may
be
considered
for
them.
A
better
situation
at
that
time.
I
also
want
to
be
clear:
I
use
the
terminology
experiencing
homelessness,
because
we
are
talking
about
people,
they
are
not
their
situation
or
their
circumstances,
so
we
will
talk
as
experiencing
homelessness
and
we
will
not
refer
to
people
that
may
be
experiencing
that
as
homeless.
S
So
what
have
we
done?
Well,
in
2020,
we
had
something
called
a
pandemic
that
has
continued
in
some
shape
or
form,
but
you
also
hired
me
so
in
2020.
I
did
start
during
that
pandemic
as
the
HR
administrator
prior
to
me,
starting
there
were
things
that
were
happening,
though
I
want
to
highlight
that
we
did
receive
a
specific
allocation
of
Community
Development
block,
grant
coronavirus
dollars.
S
S
People
could
not
be
very
close
to
each
other
and
the
planning
division
did
start
doing
some
engagement
around
the
needs
based
on
that
hotel
usage
coordination
and
so
moving
into
2021.
This
body
did
pass
resolution
2021-11.
This
was
the
temporary
pandemic
housing
permit.
This
was
a
better
coordinated
effort,
understanding
and
information
sharing
around
the
use
of
those
hotels
and
the
needs,
as
it
did,
pull
on
our
Public
Safety,
public
health
and
other
services
of
the
city.
The
HRA
also
did
a
strategic
plan.
S
We
also
received
more
funding
this
body
approved
using
cdbg
CV
funding
for
specific
Street
Outreach
for
people
experiencing
homelessness,
rental
and
ownership,
housing
assistance,
utility
assistance
and
housing
Navigators
to
get
people
to
those
resources
and
services
as
needed.
We
Institute
a
cross-departmental
response.
This
included
fire
Public,
Works,
police,
environmental,
health
planning,
HRA,
multiple
departments
and
divisions,
and
this
was
working
with
Street
Outreach.
S
In
order
to
respond
I,
don't
think
people
understand
or
know
that
when
some
of
our
Public
Works
staff
may
be
cutting
the
grass
in
some
of
the
open
city-owned
areas,
they
may
come
come
across.
People
that
may
be
experiencing
homelessness
may
be
intense
or
that
are
parks,
maintenance
people.
So
you
don't
think
about
that,
but
they
are
also
considered
front
line.
S
In
seeing
some
of
these
things,
we
provide
a
Housing
Resource
pop-up
at
the
previous
Hotel
on
Days
Inn,
for
people
that
were
experiencing
it,
and
this
body
approved
American
Rescue
plan
act,
funding
for
homelessness
response
and
prevention
takes
us
into
2022,
where
we
did
participate
in
the
point
in
time.
Count
coordination.
This
is
something
that's
done
by
Hennepin
County,
as
required
at
the
federal
level.
S
Historically,
Bloomington
was
not
necessarily
participating
as
actively
in
that
count.
So
we
worked
on
that.
We
have
a
partnership
with
Bloomington
Public
Schools.
We
did
do
nine
emergency
vouchers.
This
comes
from
the
Housing
Resource
pop-up
started
specific
population
vouchers,
Foster
youth
to
Independents
and
veterans.
S
S
So
now
we're
in
2023.
What
do
we
have?
The
HRA
will
not
be
doing
another
strategic
plan
by
itself
because
we
are
a
part
of
Bloomington
tomorrow.
Together,
that's
number
one:
we
have
representation
on
the
heading
home,
Hennepin
executive
committee.
This
is
the
executive
board
for
the
Continuum
of
Care
plan,
which
is
focused
strictly
on
the
supports
and
services
of
for
those
experiencing
homelessness
through
the
county.
So
Bloomington
is
the
only
suburb
with
representation
on
that
body.
S
We
have
Partnerships
with
Hennepin
streets
to
housing
team.
We
have
monthly
resources
coordinated
resource
for
singles.
This
is
single
adults,
and
this
is
a
monthly
pop-up
that
happens
at
Veep.
In
Bloomington
we
have
County
city
and
Transit
coordination.
We
have
relaunched
our
Bloomington
housing
action
team
to
focus
on
the
whole
housing
Continuum.
We
have
been
doing
eviction
prevention,
clinics
and
resource
fairs.
This
just
happened
this
past
Saturday,
which
was
successful.
This
is
just
getting
the
information
and
we
have
done
a
state
of
homelessness
assessment
which
you
approved
in
the
ARP
funding.
S
So
the
assessment,
the
purpose
is
for
the
assessment
to
identify
existing
gaps
and
possible
duplications
of
services
in
the
overall
social
safety
net
relative
to
the
community's
desire
to
develop
a
comprehensive
response
to
homelessness.
The
Firm
that
was
selected
was
analytic
Insight.
This
was
done
through
a
RFP
process.
This
is
a
full
service
research
firm,
that
is,
woman,
owned
and
small
business.
S
T
T
My
presentation
this
evening
starts
with
the
foundation
of
the
current
state
of
homelessness
in
Bloomington,
so
I'm
going
to
present
to
you
some
data
about
the
current
state
of
what
the
problem
is
of
homelessness.
I
have
a
few
recommendations
and
next
steps
to
offer
for
your
consideration
and
I
believe
Erica
also
has
done
some
work
on
this
topic,
so
starting
out
with
the
current
state
of
homeless
homelessness.
Here
in
Bloomington,
there
are
a
few
data
sources
that
I
wanted
to
explain
before
we
get
started.
T
I
did
some
key
informant
interviews
with
people
who
provide
services
here
in
Bloomington
and
also
in
Hennepin
County.
Most
of
the
analysis,
though,
is
based
on
secondary
data.
That's
available.
That
includes
the
census.
Some
HUD
data,
the
hmis,
which
is
a
system
of
collecting
information
about
the
people
who
are
receiving
Services,
who
are
either
experiencing
homelessness
or
at
risk
of
homelessness.
T
There
are
over
800
beds
for
chronic
homelessness,
763
for
veterans
and
645
for
Youth,
and
what
we
want
to
do
is
compare
that
to
the
number
of
people
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
to
see
if
those
are
adequate
and
these
numbers.
This
is
for
the
pit
count
for
Hennepin
County
again,
because
we
don't
have
numbers
specific
to
the
city
of
Bloomington.
T
So
overall
in
the
county,
there
are
about
2678
people
experiencing
homelessness.
Total
among
those
685
are
under
the
age
of
18.
and
in
this
slide,
I've
broken
down
by
the
number
of
people
in
Emergency,
Shelters,
transitional
housing
and
those
who
are
unsheltered,
and
so,
as
you
can
see,
among
those
who
are
in
Emergency
Shelters,
30
percent
or
under
the
age
of
18.
as
compared
to
the
total,
which
is
just
25
percent.
T
T
In
terms
of
race
and
ethnicity,
there's
some
really
Stark
differences
to
observe
African
Americans
comprised
88
of
those
experiencing
homelessness
in
the
county,
even
though
they
only
amount
to
about
15
percent
of
the
population
overall,
so
they're
tremendously,
over
represented
in
the
homelessness
population
among
those
African
Americans
experiencing
homelessness,
they're,
also
much
more
likely
to
be
unsheltered
as
compared
to
just
25
percent
of
Asians.
20
percent
of
those
who
are
multi-racial.
T
T
Next,
looking
at
the
hmis
data,
now
we're
looking
we're
turning
from
looking
at
the
population
of
people
experiencing
homelessness
in
the
county
in
general
to
those
who
are
receiving
services,
and
so
the
homeless
management
information
system
or
hmis
collects
data
on
the
provision
of
Housing
and
services
to
those
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
and
also
those
who
are
risk
of
homelessness,
it's
overseen
by
Hud
and
the
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
and
the
U.S
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs.
But
it's
conducted
locally
by
the
COC,
the
Continuum
of
Care
for
the
county.
T
T
There's
about
a
five
percent
female
transgender
population
and
the
remainder
were
male.
That's
a
large
proportion,
though,
of
people
experiencing
homelessness
who
are
female,
and
when
you
look
at
domestic
violence,
you
see
that
almost
half
of
those
experiencing
homelessness
say
that
they
have
also
been
a
survivor
of
domestic
violence.
So
there's
a
strong
relationship
between
those
two.
T
In
Hennepin
County,
the
people
receiving
Services
there,
who
were
formerly
Bloomington
residents
about
eight
percent,
were
Hispanic
and
I
have
to
put
on
my
glasses
to
see
some
of
these
numbers.
Now
the
black
or
African-American
population
was
about
50
percent
again
a
great
over
representation
compared
to
the
population
and
I
have
some
of
the
census
numbers
just
for
comparison
purposes.
Here.
Next
among
the
people
receiving
Services
28
were
white
compared
to
69
in
the
county
overall.
T
When
it
comes
to
age
and
disability,
almost
half
of
the
people
receiving
Services,
who
are
from
Bloomington
had
some
kind
of
a
physical
disability
and
with
regard
to
age
at
entry
to
the
services
that
they
were
receiving
under
18
was
28.
So
almost
one
in
three
started
receiving
Services
related
to
homelessness
when
they
were
under
the
age
of
18..
T
T
In
terms
of
the
services
being
received,
24
percent
were
receiving
emergency
shelter,
which
would
indicate
a
strong
need
for
emergency
services
for
emergency
shelter
here
in
the
city
of
Bloomington
as
well.
A
permanent
Supportive,
Housing
and
permanent
housing
with
Services
together
make
about
40
percent
of
the
services
that
are
being
received
so
again,
very
strong
need
related
to
housing,
especially
housing,
supported
by
additional
services,
to
help
make
sure
that
people
are
able
to
re
to
maintain
that
housing
and
that
it's
enduring
for
them
homelessness.
Prevention
was
also
needed
for
about
12
percent
of
the
people.
T
Prior
to
entry
into
the
Hennepin
County
shelter,
most
people,
30
percent,
came
from
an
another
emergency
shelter,
including
the
hotel
motel
paid
for
with
the
es
voucher,
which
the
city
of
Bloomington
had
been
providing
previously
20
percent
are
almost
or
about
one
in
five
came
from
a
place
not
meant
for
habitation.
In
other
words,
they
were
in
an
unsheltered
environment.
T
12
were
in
rentals
previously
to
being
homeless,
so
that
they
had
either
other
ongoing
housing
subsidies
to
help
them.
That's
that
12,
but
another
10
were
in
a
rental
with
no
ongoing
housing
subsidy.
So
together
those
two
are
about
25
of
those
experiencing
homelessness,
who
had
previously
been
in
a
rental
situation
of
their
own
20
were
unsheltered
30
percent
had
previous
shelter
or
a
hotel
voucher.
So
this
really
shows
that
some,
some
of
the
the
stages
of
homelessness,
if
someone
is
in
danger
in,
is
vulnerable
to
homelessness.
T
It
can
often
be
stopped
with
a
very
small
amount
of
money
if
someone
is
in
danger
of
eviction
from
an
apartment
or
is
losing
the
services
that
keep
them
in
their
stable
housing.
At
that
point,
intervention
at
that
point
can
be
very
effective
and
very
low
cost.
Just
a
few
months
later
after
that
person
has
been
evicted
and
has
experienced
homelessness,
they
tend
to
snowball,
because
the
homelessness
itself
is
a
very
stressful
and
difficult
thing.
For
them
they
tend
to
lose
possessions.
T
T
In
terms
of
the
needs
of
Bloomington
residents,
who
are
there
in
the
shelters,
emergency
shelter
was
the
most
common
need
at
24,
one
in
four
needed
emergency
shelter.
There
are
often
barriers
to
to
achieving
emergency
shelter.
Sometimes,
shelters
are
run
by
faith-based
organizations
that
make
requirements
on
people
to
attend
services
that
they're,
unwilling
or
unable
to
attend.
People
sometimes
have
substance
use
problems,
and
not
all
shelters
will
accept
them
under
those
conditions.
T
There's
a
movement
called
housing.
First.
That
says
that
you
need
to
address
the
housing
issue
before
you
can
address.
Your
substance.
Use
needs
that
it's
very
difficult
for
someone
who's
experiencing
homelessness
at
that
time
to
address
something
like
a
substance,
use
need
or
even
to
to
make
access
of
of
Mental
Health
Services
that
are
needed
until
they
have
a
stable
place
to
live.
T
When
we
look
at
bloomington's
veterans,
we
also
see
a
little
bit
of
a
vulnerability
in
this
area.
So
Bloomington
tends
to
have
veterans
who
are
a
little
bit
older
than
the
national
average,
and
you
can
see
that
by
the
wars
that
they
participated
in
in
the
gulf
and
Iraq
Wars,
there's
a
lower
than
average
number
of
veterans
in
Bloomington.
But
when
you
look
at
World,
War,
II
veterans
almost
three
times
the
national
average,
it's
a
smaller
percentage,
but
it's
it's
quite
a
bit
higher
than
ever
than
national
average.
T
Some
of
the
quick
facts
that
American
Community
survey
facts
that
I
thought
were
interesting
with
regard
to
this
issue.
The
median
household
income
in
Bloomington
is
about
eighty
thousand
dollars
median
gross
rent.
Thirteen
hundred
dollars
a
month
about
eight
percent
of
Bloomington
residents
currently
live
in
poverty
and
seven
percent
live
in
occupied
units
who
have
no
Transportation
available
and
transportation
is
very
important
too,
to
be
able
to
maintain
an
occupation
that
pays
for
your
rent,
as
well
as
to
access
services
that
may
be
needed,
including
Health
Services.
T
The
rental
vacancy
rate
is
three
and
a
half
percent
which
is
very
low.
It's
a
tight
rental
market
out
there.
So
if
you
are
in
stable
housing,
you
know
it's
it's
important
to
hold
on
to
it,
because
it's
hard
to
find
a
new
place
to
live
percent,
almost
one
in
ten
people
with
a
disability
under
the
age
of
65
years
old
again,
people
with
disabilities
are
often
vulnerable
to
homelessness.
T
T
The
first
is
along
the
lines
of
prevention,
as
I
mentioned,
it's
much
easier,
it's
cheaper
and
it's
it's
better
for
the
person
if
homelessness
can
be
prevented
and
one
of
the
ways
to
prevent
it
is
through
preventing
evictions
offering
Services
legal
services
and
other
Aid
to
people
who
are
in
danger
of
being
evicted.
Rent
stabilization
is
also
important,
as
rents
are
going
higher
and
higher
wages
are
not
keeping
up
with
them,
and
it
leaves
many
people
vulnerable
to
homelessness.
T
An
emergency
shelter
could
be
very
helpful
in
the
city
of
Bloomington,
one
of
the
things
that
came
out
in
some
of
the
interviews
that
I
did
and
that
often
communities.
It's
a
concern,
often
with
communities.
They
think
if
they
build
an
emergency
shelter,
people
will
be
attracted
from
other
areas
to
come
to
the
shelter.
T
But
the
truth
is
when
someone
is
experiencing
homelessness,
they
often
have
family
or
other
resources
available
to
them,
that
family
and
and
the
support
network
that
they
have
is
also
often
very
much
on
the
line
in
terms
of
poverty.
So
they
may
not
be
able
to
offer
someone.
You
know
a
son
or
a
brother
or
a
friend.
T
They
may
not
be
able
to
offer
housing
to
that
person
to
say
you
can
come
and
stay
with
me,
but
they
can
often
offer,
or
do
often
offer
food,
for
example,
or
a
ride
to
get
somewhere
when
they're
needed,
so
people
who
are
experiencing
homelessness,
especially
those
who
dip
in
and
out
of
homelessness,
who
become
homelessness
homeless.
Briefly,
those
kinds
of
resources
are
very
important
to
them,
and
people
experiencing
homelessness
often
do
not
want
want
to
go
to
a
different
Community.
T
T
So
an
emergency
shelter,
that's
in
a
location,
that's
familiar
and
that's
available
to
the
people
experiencing
homelessness
is
very
important.
The
low
or
no
barrier
aspect
is
also
very
important.
If
the
barriers
are
too
great,
then
people
may
not
use
the
shelter
it
may
be
more
convenient
or
easier
for
them
or
just
more
possible
for
them.
T
If
something
like
a
criminal
conviction
is
going
to
keep
them
out
of
being
able
to
access
that
shelter
and
then,
lastly,
the
linkage
to
Services
is
very
important
in
this
area
too,
that
emergency
shelter
is
important,
but
it's
not
enough
for
most
people.
They
need
to
be
placed
into
permanent
Supportive
Housing
and
many
need
additional
services
to
be
able
to
access
that
and
to
make
it
work
for
them.
T
Also,
businesses
have
an
interest
in
not
having
their
customers
encounter
people
experiencing
homelessness
and
they're,
often
there
they
can
often
be
engaged
in
the
fight
to
make
sure
that
homelessness
is
brief
and
non-recurring,
and
then
lastly,
advocacy
efforts.
You
have
to
bring
the
community
along
with
you
and,
as
the
communication
consultant
was
explaining
it's
very
important
for
the
city
to
communicate
with
residents
about
the
importance
of
services
addressing
homelessness,
about
having
people
understand
who
is
experiencing
homelessness
in
the
community
and
that
it's
not
always
people
who
are
different
from
them.
T
T
So
I
think
that's
the
last
of
my
slides.
As
my
clicker
isn't.
Oh
no
here
we
go
there's
a
few
next
steps,
identification
of
some
action
items
so
for
the
city,
as
in
terms
of
next
steps,
identifying
what
it
is
that
you
want
to
do
in
terms
of
prevention,
of
homelessness
and
emergency,
shelter,
transportation
and
the
other
items
that
are
needed
involves
looking
at
the
priorities
and
the
feasibility
timeline
of
the
items.
In
order
to
do
some
strategic
planning
to
make
sure
that
homelessness
is
very
rare
in
the
city
and
very
brief.
S
Thank
you.
I
just
have
a
couple
more
things
based
on
Dr
flowers,
presentation
and
the
landscape.
We
have
here
in
Bloomington
of
the
work
that
is
and
has
been
done.
I
have
some
recommendations
so
recommending
that
we
align
with
Hennepin
County
Office
of
housing
stability.
This
is
our
partner,
so
it's
aligning
in
our
partnership
under
the
consumer
of
care
plan
that
they
do
have
and
applying
that
so
that
there
may
be
a
bloomington-specific
congregate
living
facility.
What
does
that
look
like
for
Bloomington
and
how
will
that
operate
and
be
managed?
S
One
of
the
things
in
aligning
with
our
Hennepin
County
partner
is
that
they
receive
funding
for
these
types
of
services
and
activities,
but
they
also
have
a
network
of
Partnerships
for
service
providers,
because
in
looking
at
a
congregate
living
facility
who
is
going
to
operate
it
and
what
does
that
cost,
let
alone?
Where
is
it
going
to
be
located?
Is
it
going
to
have
to
be
built?
S
S
Where
does
the
where
feasible
come
from,
because
the
funding
comes
directly
from
HUD,
and
so
that
is
working
with
HUD
to
make
sure
that
we
can
get
more
funding
for
more
population,
specific
vouchers,
transitional
housing?
We
actually
do
have
some
transitional
housing
in
the
city
of
Bloomington,
through
some
Partnerships,
with
the
Housing
and
Redevelopment
Authority
for
different
populations.
Survivors
different
things
like
that,
where
can
we
expand
transitional
housing
opportunities
for
those
types
of
operations,
as
well
as
continue
to
work
towards
our
deeply
affordable?
S
This
is
30
percent
area,
meeting
income
or
below
and
long-term
homelessness
units.
These
are
special
units,
they're
called
lth
for
short
that
come
with
funding
and
supportive
services
that
are
integrated
into
new
and
or
existing
multi-family
buildings.
We
have
some.
How
can
we
get
more
continue
and
expand
our
eviction
and
foreclosure
prevention,
resources
and
services?
This
is
education.
This
is
funding.
This
is
connection
to
resources
and
information
a
lot
of
times.
It's
information,
a
lot
of
people,
don't
know
what
they
don't
know
and
they
don't
know
their
rights
and
then
Bloomington
Public,
Schools
collaboration.
S
We
are
already
collaborating
very
well
with
Bloomington
Public
Schools
on
temporary
emergency
rehousing
efforts,
and
there
are
opportunities
that
we
are
speaking
with:
Bloomington
Public
Schools
and
our
partner
in
Hennepin
County
about
other
types
of
programs
for
rental
assistance
that
is
specific
to
Bloomington
Public
School
students,
families
that
are
at
risk
of
homelessness,
then
implementation.
This
is
immediate
action,
steps
that
I'm
recommending
transportation
services
and
our
support
for
those
that
are
experiencing
homelessness
in
Bloomington.
S
While
we
work
through
other
things,
who
can
we
partner
with
communicate
with
and
coordinate
with
on
making
sure
that
those
that
are
experiencing
homelessness
in
Bloomington?
Sadly,
because
we
don't
have
it
here,
but
they
need
to
be
able
to
trans
get
transported
to
different
locations
where
they
can
get
resources
and
or
shelter.
S
That
is
just
the
reality,
and
that
is
some
place
that
we
can
do
something
about
and
then
advocacy
and
information
sharing.
This
is
immediate,
but
it's
also
ongoing
continuing
to
share
the
information
about
the
state
of
homelessness
in
Bloomington
work
with
other
partners
on
different
studies
and
different
things
that
are
happening
to
make
sure
that
we
are
included
in
these
counts.
But
then
also
there
was
a
billion
dollar
housing
bill
passed
at
the
state.
Little
piece
of
that
that
I
saw
in
the
explanation
included
homelessness.
H
You
thank
you
for
the
thorough
presentation
it's
really
nice
to
meet.
You
Doctor
may
I
start
with
just
a
couple
of
of
definitional
questions,
because
there
are
a
couple
of
terms
in
here
that
I
personally
probably
didn't
know
I
apologize
if
I'm
taking
time
away,
but
the
difference
or
a
definition
of
the
difference
between
transitional
housing,
permanent
Supportive,
Housing
and
permanent
housing
with
services.
S
So
ideas
of
transitional
housing
could
be
those
that
are
survivors
of
domestic
violence,
those
that
are
in
re-entry.
They
can
enter
into
transitional
housing
before
completely
integrating
back
into
society.
Then
you
said
permanent
Supportive,
Housing,
permanent,
Supportive,
Housing,
permanent
Supportive
Housing.
Is
that
somebody?
Typically
they
can
live
on
their
own,
but
they
need
the
supports
ongoing.
S
So
permanent
housing
with
Services
may
not
be
services
that
are
ongoing,
24
7,
all
the
time.
Maybe
I
just
need
this
right
now
to
get
over
it,
so
that
could
be
somebody,
that's
elderly
somebody
that
may
have
a
short-term
disability.
It's
things
like
that.
That
would
be
permanent
housing
with
services
and
it
may
not
be
live
in.
It
could
be
more
like
a
community
environment
where
there
may
be
an
office
and
they
can
go
get
that,
but
it's
not
necessarily
as
intense
as
permanent
Supportive
Housing
perfect.
H
One
was
you
mentioned,
that
of
the
14
000
households
that
were
identified
in
the
one
study.
172
individuals
identified
themselves
as
having
lived
in
Bloomington
most
recently.
That
was
their
last
address.
That
number
seems
like
a
very
small
percentage
of
that
total
I'm.
Assuming
that
we
should
make
some
assumptions
that
how
many
like
what
percentage
are
not
counted
in
that
or
maybe
their
last
residency
was
Minneapolis
because
that's
where
they
went
for
service,
but
they
came
from
here
like
so
their
second
or
third
prior
address
would
have
been
a
Bloomington
Community
address.
H
S
Even
though
Bloomington
may
be
home,
they
have
to
go
out
of
the
city
to
get
support
and
services
and
or
shelter.
They
may
not
list
Bloomington
as
the
most
recent,
but
a
lot
more
people
probably
are
from
Bloomington
and
I
will
say.
This
information
came
forward
in
2021
I
think
it
was
when
I
was
speaking
with
service
providers,
in
particular
the
YMCA
and
others,
and
they
were
like
oh
Bloomington,
there's
many
people,
but
because
they
have
to
leave
to
get
help.
They
don't
identify
it
as
a
last
known
address
for
the
hmis
system.
H
N
N
Who
are
experiencing
homelessness
and
I?
Think
you
actually
presented
this
number
at
some
point
within
the
last
probably
a
year
that
they
wrote
about
300
and
so
then
I
kind
of
was
wondering.
Then
you
know
if
some
of
those
students,
some
of
the
families,
ended
up
in
Minneapolis
or
St
Paul,
but
I
mean
some
may
have
moved
south
of
the
Metro
or
south
of
Hennepin
County
right
in
Carver
or
Scott
County,
and
so
would
that
also
be
a
number
that
we
need
to
take
into
consideration.
N
Even
if
we
can't
get
identifying
information
and
kind
of
find
out
more
details.
But
I
did
also
feel
like
the
number
seemed
a
little
low,
based
on
just
knowing
how
many
students
experiencing
homelessness
were
tracked
by
the
school
district
and
then
I
know
even
the
school
district
believes
that's
an
undercount,
because
that's
only
when
they
find
out
right.
So.
S
S
That's
the
whole
spectrum
and
population
that
the
Bloomington
Public
Schools
are
working
with,
and
then
on
top
of
that
there
are
children
that
have
aged
out
of
being
in
a
foster
care
system
that
have
no
supports
that
Bloomington
Public
Schools
is
also
working
with.
So
there
is
the
homeless
management
information
system.
Hmis
data
but
then
there's
additional
data
from
Minnesota
Department
of
Education.
S
That
does
track
this
information
because
of
the
federal
act
known
as
the
mckinney-vento
act
that
is
supposed
to
offer.
Transportation
food
clothing
supports
for
students
and
their
families,
but
for
students
to
remain
in
school
to
get
schooling,
but
they
have
to
be
experiencing
homelessness
or
at
risk
of
homelessness.
And
under
this
federal
act
you
get
help
with
everything
but
actual
homes.
S
So
it's
a
qualifier,
but
they
don't
help
you
with
the
actual
thing.
So
that's
how
we
have
those
numbers
from
Bloomington
Public
Schools,
so
it
is
higher
than
this
data,
that
of
people
reporting
to
Hennepin
County.
Part
of
that
is
we
don't
have
a
shelter
here
in
Bloomington
we
don't
have
the
coordinated
Services
here
in
Bloomington,
so
we
don't
have
the
entities
required
to
submit
that
information
for
Bloomington.
C
Lohman
raised
it
earlier
in
terms
of
those
14
000
in
20
20
21
172,
but
what
my
question
would
be.
Certainly
there
there's
going
to
be
folks
that
don't
identify
but
I'm
curious
what
that
number
is
for
Edina
and
and
Richfield
if
we
were
to
add
those
numbers
together,
because
that's
typically
from
a
public
health
standpoint,
the
same
population,
you
know
that
we
work
with
so
I'd
be
curious.
C
If
there's
data
around
that
and
then
my
other
question
was
around,
there
was
a
slide
that
had
something
to
do
with
disability
and
I
thought.
I
heard
you
mention
that
that
was
physical,
but
I
was
curious.
If
there
was
a
mental
or
other
types
of
disabilities
were
included
with
that.
That
number
as
well.
C
C
That's
very
interesting
because
you
know,
especially
when
you
look
at
populations
of
veterans
and
other
folks.
We
do
know
that
that's
a
a
driver
for
those
things
as
well,
so
I'd
be
curious
about
that,
and
then
I
saw
that
there
was
a
population
segment
that
over
88
percent
of
Hennepin
County
folks
that
kind
of
fit
in
this
category
and
one
of
the
questions
I
have
and
I.
Don't
think
that
you
necessarily
have
an
answer
for
this,
but
I
I'm,
just
curious
about
it.
C
I
kind
of
you
know
kind
of
work,
my
way
backwards.
You
know
how?
How
did
you
know?
How
did
these
this
population
experience
this
this
homelessness?
How
did
they
get
there?
So
my
question
is:
you
know
we're
talking
about
health
type
of
things.
You
know
that
drive
the
eviction.
You
know,
joblessness,
you
know
lack
of
salary,
you
know
certainly
I
have
you
know
you
know
folks
who
I've
talked
to
or
you
know
it
we're
you're
talking
to
them
and
they're.
C
S
All
of
the
above
people
are
in
crisis
mode.
People
have
been
in
crisis
mode
for
generations.
For
being
honest,
what
does
crisis
mode
mean?
It
means
that
they
may
not
make
enough
to
make
ends
meet
that
the
rising
costs,
inflation,
food,
Gas,
Utilities,
rent,
all
makes
a
factor.
They
may
have
a
record.
S
C
You
know
X
percentage
well,
you
know,
might
be
driven
by
Health
X
percentage
by
homelessness.
You
know
criminal
record
I'm
more
curious
about
some
of
those
things
because
I
think,
as
we
look
to
try
to
you,
know
quickly,
move
folks
from
one.
You
know
from
the
what
they're
experiencing
in
terms
of
homelessness
to
you
know
having
a
home
or
living
in
Bloomington
permanently.
C
C
We've
we've
raised
this
many
times,
I've
been
on
Council
and-
and
it
unfortunately
has
has
turned
to
a
conversation
of
we're
just
going
to
work
on
jobs
and
I.
Think
part
of
the
fear
is
I'll,
be
blatant,
I
think
you've
referred
to
it
had
Dr
flowers.
Now,
with
the
idea
of,
if
you
build
a
center,
it's
going
to
attract
and
bring
people
here.
C
You
know,
in
addition,
and
above
and
beyond
that
and
I
appreciate
your
your
comment
as
a
part
of
this,
and
so
one
of
my
questions
that
I
have
is
in
terms
of
the
Oasis
for
youth.
We
have
that's
been
around
for
a
very
long
period
of
time.
I
know
it's
a
different
population,
but
you
know
what
have
we
experienced
there
from
a
from
a
data
perspective?
In
terms
of
of
you
know
how
many
you
know,
how
much
did
that
drive?
C
You
know
homelessness
in
Bloomington,
because
I
just
think
that
you
know
this
is
just
folks
have
a
fear.
I
I
watched
it
when
folks
came
in
to
our
hotels.
There
was
this
perception
of
crime
increase
in
crime
and
I
think
that
we
we
have
to
address
that
and
and
be
able
to
have
conversation
about
that
and
acknowledge
that,
because
I
think
there
is
a
there's,
a
Prejudice,
that's
there,
especially
with
the
demographic
folks
that
we're
talking
about
here
so
more
of
a
commentary
to
that.
But
I
want
I
want
to
put
that
out.
C
D
Yeah,
thank
you
mayor.
This
is
probably
just
me
not
understanding
things
so
I'm
just
going
to
ask
if
you
can
help
me
on
slide.
44
talked
about
the
housing
inventory
credit
and
know
that
there's
11,
500
and
33
beds.
The
next
slide
is
the
pit
count
and
it
noted
in
need
of
2678
or
on
that
night,
that
that
was
many
people.
How
many
people
were
experiencing
homelessness.
D
T
So
the
pit
count
is
on
one
night,
and
so
the
available
beds
are
spread
out
over
time.
So
during
the
pit
count
they're
looking
for
people
experiencing
homelessness
who
are
in
you
know,
unsheltered
conditions
and
all
around,
whereas
the
available
beds
would
not
be
counted
if
they
were
in
transitional
housing.
For
example,
those
are
counted
as
available
beds,
but
they
would
not
necessarily
be
counted.
Those
people
in
the
pet
count
so.
D
The
the
11
500
includes
other
types
of
housing
for
people,
transitional
housing
and
people
more
supportive,
okay,
that
that's
what
I
assumed
so
the
follow-up
question
of
that
is.
Is
there
a
comparison
between
the
available
emergency
shelter
beds
in
the
area
somewhat
broadly
defined
versus
the
need
just
I
mean
one
of
the
recommendations
is
that
we
look
at
emergency
shelter
in
the
community
and
trying
to
understand
what
that
need
actually
looks
like
what
you
know
the
number
of
beds,
how
big
that
would
be.
That
type
of
thing
is
that
number
available.
T
One
of
the
challenges
to
that
is
that
we
don't
have
good
data
available
for
the
city
of
Bloomington,
so
we're
kind
of
jumping
back
and
forth
a
little
bit
in
a
way
that
I
think
is
probably
confusing
between
the
city
of
between
the
county
of
Minneapolis,
the
county
of
between
Hennepin
County
and
the
city
of
Bloomington.
So
what
we
would
really
need
to
assess
is
the
number
of
people
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
in
the
city
of
Bloomington
and,
as
Erica
mentioned
about
the
schools.
S
And,
and
so
the
process
would
be,
as
I
mentioned,
aligning
with
Hennepin
County
is
really
aligning
and
tapping
into
Hennepin
County
and
their
information,
their
staff,
their
resources,
I,
don't
have
the
history
and
working
on
p
on
homelessness
efforts,
I
work
more
on
built,
environment,
housing,
affordable
housing,
Hennepin
County
are
the
experts
in
this
and
we're
in
their
County,
and
so
because
of
that
in
order
to
get
those
numbers
and
reach
those
numbers,
we
need
to
talk
to
them
and
we
need
to
work
with
them.
Okay,.
D
when
they
do
the
pit
count
I
mean
because
to
me
there's
there's
that
that's
a
lot
of
you
know
difference
there.
I
mean
24
to
55
is
vastly
different
than
someone
75
years
old,
that
is
experiencing
homelessness
and,
in
my
mind
and
I,
think
it
gets
to
the
question
of
what's
driving
homelessness
and
it's
got
to
be
largely
different
in
those
age
groups.
So
any
idea
why.
S
I
am
not
sure
why
they
cut
off,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
they
do
this
count
on
one
of
the
never
fails,
in
my
opinion,
the
coldest
day
in
January
because
of
guidance
and
direction
from
HUD,
and
so
this
is
a
requirement
Across,
the
Nation,
those
that
have
the
Continuum
of
Care
plans
that
they
do.
This
count
on
a
certain
date
and
also
the
guidance
because
we
mentioned
people
at
risk
of
homelessness
and
different
things
like
that.
They
are
not
allowed
to
count
people
in
shelters.
S
They
are
not
allowed
to
count
people
in
hotels.
They
are
not
allowed
to
count
people
that
are
doubled
up.
They
can
only
count
people
that
are
outside
unsheltered,
so
sleeping
in
their
car
or
sleeping
outside
and
I
was
just
like
nobody's
doing
that
on
January
26th.
Sorry,
so
that's
also
something
that
is
skewing
the
numbers
and
the
counts
specifically
in
Minnesota
yeah.
D
So
I
just
have
one
quick
follow-up
and
then
one
other
question.
Maybe
the
city
manager
can
add
that
to
our
federal
legislative
priorities,
to
ask
HUD
to
actually
come
during
that
count
and
do
it
with
people
in
the
county
I've
been
to
Washington
DC
in
January.
It's
it's
not
that
awful.
So
my
last
question
is
related
to
the
recommendations
and
one
of
the
things
that
sort
of
caught
my
eye
that
was
not
in
there
is
public
health.
Considering
that
we
had,
you
talked
about
the
housing
part
of
it.
S
O
So
I
know
at
the
food
bank
I
work
at
for
the
day
job
right
now
it
was
record
need
before
the
pandemic,
and
it's
catastrophic
need
now
and
all
those
folks
getting
our
food
assistance
are
one
busted
Tire
away
from
being
homeless.
So
I
appreciate
the
timeliness
of
this
conversation,
but
I'm
wondering
to
the
recommendation
specifically
around
shelter.
O
O
If
we
put
up
the
shelter
here,
is
it
with
the
goal
of
reducing
the
number
of
people
experiencing
homelessness
that
are
currently
residing
in
Bloomington
or
that
tend
to
when
they're
able
to
or
is
it
because
we
need
one
more
asset
in
a
network,
that's
coordinated
by
Partners
like
the
county
to
be
able
to
alleviate
the
problem
overall,
which
the
more
we
do
that
we'll
lifting
tight
all
boats.
Just
what's
the
the
end
goal
here,
because
I'm
not
sure
we
can
just
reserve
it
for
people.
Thank.
S
S
A
shelter
is
actually
a
particular
model
where
people
come,
but
they
need
to
leave.
So
I
was
very
particular
in
using
that
language
because
it
needs
to
be
what
fits
for
Bloomington,
and
we
don't
know
exactly
what
that
is.
Yet
we
know
it's
a
built
something,
but
we
don't
know
exactly
what
that
model
is,
and
so
it
is
a
congregate
living
facility
that
I
would
be
recommending
and
exploring
what
that
kind
of
living
facility
is
in
partnership
with
Supportive
Services
and
our
County
Partners
at
minimum.
P
Councilmember
Moore,
thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you
so
much
Erica
and
Dr
Fowler
for
doing
the
presentation.
It
made
a
lot
more
sense
once
you
guys
were
up
here
to
me,
and
mine
is
more
of
a
comment.
I
think
this,
along
with
some
of
the
other
presentations
tonight,
really
highs
our
need.
We
are,
as
we
said
earlier,
the
biggest
small
town
in
Minnesota
and
growing
up
in
a
small
town.
N
Thank
you
mayor
so
similar
sentiments.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
work
on
this
one
of
the
comments.
I
just
want
I'm
going
to
keep
it
very
brief,
because
I
know
we're
it's
getting
late.
But
oh
one
of
the
things
that
was
discussed
in
the
report
was
the
school's
partnership
and
the
I
wrote
it
down.
Probably
some
some
notes
somewhere,
but
it's
an
actual
program
with
the
schools
and
so
I'm
kind
of
I'm
curious.
Is
that
something
that
you're
going
to
look
into
and
start
working
with?
N
The
school
district
on
I
mean
for
me
when
I
see
one
in
three
kids
in
Bloomington
are
experiencing
homelessness
and
that
it's
I
think
25
percent
of
the
population.
I
can't
remember
if
it
was
in
Bloomington
or
Hennepin
County,
but
I
mean
I
feel
like
that
is
a
a
a
partnership
and
a
program
that
be
could
be
pursued
to
get
quick
results
or
not
quick
results.
N
But
until
I
mean
it's
like
a
very
clear
starting
point
where
we
have
a
defined
need
and
I
also
appreciated
that
you
put
information
in
there
about
veterans
and
and
that
they
actually
have
probably
one
of
the
kind
of
the
best
support
systems
for
veterans
experiencing
homelessness.
So
what
can
we
learn
from
what
they're
doing
kind
of
right
in
that
space?
Maybe
they
have
more
resources?
S
C
Council
member
Lohman,
thank
you,
mayor,
I
I'm,
not
looking
for
a
response
now,
but
I'm.
You
know
maybe
looking
for
later
on,
but
you
know
if
you
look
at
in
a
not
rightly
or
wrongly
I
know:
I
went
to
a
a
convention
and
they'd
say
to
be
careful
about
comparing
other
cities,
but
if
you
look
at
communities
of
our
size,
I'm
interested
to
know
how
many
others
have
a
building
whatever
that
may
be,
that
Services,
you
know
the
the
these
populations
and
what
can
be
learned
by
you
know
what
they
do.
C
S
A
Thank
you.
Thanks
for
the
questions,
Council
I
think
good
discussion.
Just
one
follow-up
question
on
councilmember
Carter's
point
that
she
started
to
make
I
think
we're
headed
on
the
same
path
here
on
on
strategy.
Three
here
you
talk
about
or
it
talks
about
aligning
efforts
across
organizations
in
the
community
and
I
I,
see
the
the
other
language
to
align,
specifically
with
Hennepin
County
Office
of
housing,
stability
and
I,
get
at
the
the
billion
dollars
or
whatever
is
coming
from.
A
V
A
A
A
O
First,
off
I
have
a
long
series
of
questions
about
the
consent
agenda
tonight.
I
just
want
to
really
get
into
it.
So
far,
I
have
one
hold
from
council
member
Lohman
that
I'll
touch
on
in
a
minute
here
on
3.7
I
have
not
heard
of
any
other
holds
unless
anybody
has
something.
Last
minute.
Okay,
I
will
motion
approval
of
items
3.1
to
3.6
and
3.8
through
3.19.
Second,.
A
O
O
N
A
A
Motion
carries
five
two
with
mua
and
Lowman
voting,
no
very
good.
Thank
you,
councilmember
Martin.
Moving
on
to
item
four
on
our
agenda.
These
are
our
hearings,
resolutions
and
ordinances.
We
have
two
of
them
this
evening.
Item
4.1
is
a
public
hearing
on
an
ordinance
modifying
the
partial
vacation
of
lindau
Lane
Mr
Keel
good
evening.
Welcome.
V
Good
evening,
mayor
council,
this
is
an
item
that
is
associated
with
the
development
proposal
by
the
Mall
of
America
holding
companies
for
the
Water
Park
of
America.
The
there's
a
series
of
vacations
needed
to
accommodate
that
development,
quite
complicated
frankly
having
to
do
with
the
Development
Across,
lindau
Lane
and
the
location
of
both
public
and
private
utilities.
And
so
it's
quite
an
extensive
and
complicated
vacation
process.
V
That
original
ordinance
was
set
to
expire
tomorrow
and
the
Mall
of
America
companies
has
asked
that
we
extend
that
until
the
end
of
2024
to
allow
them
to
continue
to
search
to
finalize
the
financing
for
that
development
and
for
it
to
pursue
or
to
to
complete.
So
we
are
recommending
approval
of
this.
A
H
V
We're
making
sure
that
it
is
not
a
common
practice.
We
don't
have
many
developments
like
that,
one
first
off
that
are
as
complicated
as
this
one,
but
also
that
takes
so
long
to
to
kind
of
finalize
whether
they're
moving
forward
or
not
so
I
would
say
it's
not
a
common
practice,
so
we
don't
have
a
typical
application
process
to
cover
this
kind
of
fund.
So
it
is
just
a
modification
to
the
originally
approved
ordinance.
V
I
would
say
that
it's
not
routine
routine
requests,
but
we
are
recommending
approval
because
the
situation
hasn't
changed
at
all
from
the
original
approval.
So
all
the
nuances
and
the
needed
vacations
are
the
same
and
that
it
is
the
the
applicant's
expectation
that
they
will
eventually
complete
the
financing
of
this
deal
and
it
will
move
forward
and
so
we're
good
with
that
and
that's
why
we're
recommending
approval.
H
W
Me
remembers
if
you
look
at
section
five
on
page
195
of
your
agenda
on
the
PDF.
It
talks
about
the
conditions
in
order
for
the
vacation
to
become
effective.
When
we
previously
had
this
before
the
body
we
we
don't
want
to
vacate
this
right-of-way
until
certain
other
things
come
into
play.
So
this
is
extending
the
time
Horizon
for,
for
that
to
happen
as.
W
A
A
X
Y
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
address
you
I'm
just
here
to
answer
any
questions.
I
would
simply
state
that
last
December,
you
extended
the
development
approvals
plan
development
approvals
for
this
project.
When
this
ordinance
was
about
to
expire,
we
made
a
similar
request.
There
were
all
those
approvals
would
be
in
alignment
and
the
Quest
for
financing
continues.
A
Last
call
here
in
the
chambers,
anyone
speaking
to
item
4.1
this
evening,
Council
no
one
in
the
chambers
coming
forward,
no
one
on
the
line
wishing
to
speak
specifically
to
this
other
than
Mr
Griffith.
Look
for
a
motion
to
close
the
public
hearing
on
item
Four
Points,
so
moved
second
motion
by
council
member
Lowman.
Second,
my
councilmember
dallasandro
to
close
the
public
hearing
item
4.1
no
further
Council
discussion
on
this.
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed
motion,
carries
7-0,
closing
the
public
hearing
Council
any
additional
questions
or
comments
on
this.
C
Where
I'd
be
happy
to
make
the
motion
councilmember
Lowman,
where
I
moved
to
adopt
an
ordinance
modifying
the
partial
vacation
of
Lindell,
Lane
FKA
East,
81st
Street
as
dedicated
in
the
plant
of
airport,
south
Edition,
Mall
of
America
Mall
of
America
fifth
edition
and
Mall
of
America
8th
Edition.
According
to
the
recorded
plant
thereof,
Hennepin
County
Minnesota.
A
By
councilmember
Lowman,
second
by
council
member
Martin
to
adopt
the
ordinance
modifying
the
partial
vacation
of
Lindell
Lane,
as
stated
no
further
Council
discussion
on
this.
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed
motion,
carries
7-0
item
4.2
on
our
agenda
is
our
second
and
final
public
hearing
of
the
evening.
This
is
an
ordinance
to
convey
by
quit,
claim
deed,
real
property
located
in
the
city
of
Bloomington.
S
Thank
you
mayor
members
of
the
council.
I
do
have
a
brief
presentation
because
it's
just
easier
to
digest
the
information.
So
we
are
talking
about
the
Ralph
Lots,
the
right-of-way
acquisition,
loan,
lots
of
82nd
and
Humboldt
and
I
learned
from
my
colleague
and
special
projects
and
initiatives
to
give
you
the
information,
the
bottom
line
up
front.
So
what
is
the
bottom
line
that
staff
is
recommending?
S
S
8440-8422-8446
and
8452
Humboldt
and
then
off
to
its
Lonesome
1210
82nd
Street.
These
Lots
came
before
you
previously,
because
this
is
what
the
Met
Council
Minnesota
Department
of
Transportation,
has
decided.
They
do
not
need
for
any
future
Highway
expansion
or
Improvement
projects.
The
lots
that
are
identified
in
blue
they
still
need
and
the
lots
that
are
identified
in
yellow
will
be
held
for
Water
Resources
hope.
S
So
what
is
the
timeline?
Because
I
like
to
give
you
a
timeline
of
what
has
happened?
Well
in
2003,
the
city
council
authorized
the
Met
Council
funding
application
to
purchase
28
Parcels.
You
did
soak
the
resolution
2003-25
granting
that
approval
between
2004
and
2005
the
city
executed
loan
documents,
purchase
agreements
with
voluntary
owners
and
took
title
of
the
land
that
the
owners
decided
to
sell
during
that
time
as
well.
The
structures
were
removed
from
the
properties
and
so
between
2008
and
2022.
We
were
quiet,
then,
in
2022,
five
Lots
were
released.
S
Minnesota
Department
of
Transportation
notified
the
city
that
they
would
be
releasing
five
Lots,
but
that,
due
to
the
funding
that
was
received
from
the
Mac
Council,
there
was
a
need
to
pay
that
back.
So
in
talking
with
met,
Council
appraisals
were
completed
because
that
total
funding
was
about
1.6
million
dollars
for
five
Lots.
There
were
no
structures
on
them,
and
appraisals
were
completed
to
show
the
actual
market
cost
of
the
vacant
land.
S
Today,
the
HRA,
at
the
same
time
towards
the
tail
end,
did
submit
an
application
for
the
Met
Council,
affordable,
homeownership
pilot
funding
that
if
we
release
these
got
these
Lots
released
and
free
of
encumbrances.
How
could
we
build
affordable
home
ownership
on
these
Lots
with
hap
Twin
Cities
Habitat
for
Humanity
partner
resolution?
S
So
now
in
2023,
the
Met
Council
awarded
the
HRA
funding
of
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
build
a
minimum
of
four
units
that
is,
with
the
HRA
providing
a
match
of
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
this
is
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
get
a
minimum
of
four
units
affordable
at
80,
Ami
or
below,
with
a
focus
on
50
Ami.
S
The
Met
council
did
approve
acceptance
of
the
appraised
value
for
the
five
Lots
in
April
of
2023,
and
so
remember,
I
said
that
the
total
loans
that
were
taken
out
were
1.6
million.
The
appraised
values
came
back
at
549
000
for
all
five
Lots
met.
Council
went
through
their
policy
making
and
approval
process
and
said
we
can
accept
549
000,
please,
remit,
payment
well,
I,
went
to
the
HRA
board
and
said
well.
S
S
S
It
aligns
by
strategic
objective
number
two,
because
we
will
achieve
significant
Improvement
in
the
indices,
measuring
the
community's
environmental
and
individual
health,
and
we
will
identify
and
align
efforts
across
organizations
in
the
community
to
leverage
develop
and
maximize
assets
to
achieve
mutually
beneficial
outcomes.
I
have
mentioned,
met,
Council
I
have
mentioned
Habitat
for
Humanity
I,
mean
I,
think
we're
we're
trying
to
do
that
here
right
and
so
with
that.
What
is
the
process
on
June
13th?
S
Next
steps
will
be
working
with
Twin
Cities
Habitat
for
Humanity
to
develop
a
minimum
of
four
long-term,
affordable
ownership
properties.
I've
already
had
conversations
with
them.
They
do
know.
Our
focus
is
to
maximize
density,
where
we
can,
especially
with
our
single
family,
to
family
zoning
standards
being
amended.
They
are
on
board.
We
just
need
to
get
the
plans
and
the
numbers,
and
then
HRA
will
also
seek
additional,
affordable
housing,
Mission
based
developer
for
additional
lot
or
Lots
reason
that
it's
phrased
that
way.
There
are
three
lots
that
are
contiguous.
A
A
C
S
Thank
you,
councilmember
Lowman.
Let
me
clarify
that
question
for
those
listening.
The
question
was
about
long-term
affordability
and
how
would
we
ensure
that
so
long-term
affordability
is
defined
by
affordable
at
15
of
15
years?
However,
through
law
at
this
at
the
state,
we
cannot
go
beyond
30
years
in
a
deed
restriction
for
affordability,
and
so
the
maximum
affordability
is
30.
We
will
be
looking
at
a
minimum
of
15,
but
we
can
explore
what
that
would
look
like
for
deed
restrictions,
so
minimum
15
maximum
30.
A
Additional
questions
Council,
if
not
I,
will
open
the
public
hearing
now
on
item
4.2.
This
is
a
public
hearing,
an
ordinance
to
convey
by
quit
clean
quit,
claim
deed,
real
property
located
in
the
city
of
Bloomington,
as
Albin
in
the
presentation
is
there
anyone
in
the
council
chambers
who
wishes
to
speak
to
item
4.2
this
evening.
I
Good
evening
Council
and
to
your
manager
and
mayor
this
is
commissioner
hre
board
member
yeah.
You
called
him
tonight
as
a
resident
Bloomington
to
just
explain
that
this
is
the
reason
why
I
was
excited
about
becoming
a
HRA
board.
Commissioner,
this
is
the
kind
of
work
that
Julie
makes
a
community
very
inviting
and
it's
the
reason
why
I
moved
to
six
years
ago.
A
A
D
A
A
Motion
by
councilmember
dalessandro,
second
by
council
member
Nelson,
to
accept
the
funds
from
the
HRA
in
the
amount
of
549
thousand
dollars
to
remit
repayment
to
the
Met
Council
in
the
same
amount
for
the
Ralph
properties.
No
further
Council
discussion
on
this.
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed
motion,
carries
seven
zero.
A
AA
Good
evening,
thank
you
good
evening
to
Mr
Mayor
and
our
council
members
I'm
here
to
present
the
2023
Cultural
Arts
support,
grant
funding
recommendations
for
the
city
of
Bloomington,
so
for
those
watching
or
listening
that
are
not
familiar
with
the
city's
Grant
process.
The
purpose
of
this
program
is
to
provide
Cultural
Arts
opportunities
for
Bloomington
residents,
bring
Arts
activities
to
people
who
may
not
otherwise
have
access,
make
Bloomington
a
more
desirable
place
to
live
and
work
use.
AA
A
very
brief
history
of
the
cas
program.
The
city
has
allocated
arts
program
support
funds
since
the
1960s
and
70s
prior
to
2010,
Bloomington
Fine
Arts
Council
distributed
Cas
funds
to
member
organizations
in
2011.
There
was
a
Cas
application
process
that
was
implemented
and
since
that
time,
a
little
over
1.5
million
dollars
has
been
distributed
through
this
program
impacting
over
630
000
people
in
the
community.
AA
AA
AA
AA
There
we
go
our
2023
review.
Panelists
are
very
similar
to
previous
years,
in
that
it
is
a
mixture
of
the
city
staff
that
have
arts
background
of
some
sort,
Community
Arts
members,
and
then
we
also
have
a
representative
each
year
from
the
park
commission
and
then
I
I,
serving
as
Center
for
the
Arts
manager
and
the
non-voting
moderator
of
said
panel.
AA
AA
C
AA
Thank
you
for
your
question:
councilmember
Mr,
Mayor
and
council
members
to
my
understanding,
know
that
is
that
has
not
happened
before
the
park.
Commission
did
excuse
me
a
review,
panelists
and
then
Park
commission
did
generate
some
ideas
for
how
that
funding
may
be
used.
I
did
actually
add
one
additional
slide
just
for
that,
as
they
did
list
potential
uses
for
the
remaining
funds.
There
is
no
official
plan
on
how
to
use
this.
There
is
not
anything
put
into
into
place
right
now.
Cas
review
panel
suggestions.
C
C
AB
A
past
history,
so
that's
why
I'm
supporting
him
from
the
wings
here.
This
is
only
the
second
year
where
there
have
been
funds
remaining
last
year.
I
believe
there
are
some
funds
remaining,
because
that
had
predominantly
been
due
to
covet
impacts,
and
so,
as
a
rule,
applicants
can
only
apply
for
up
to
30
percent
of
their
annual
operating
budget
so
because
of
covet
impacts,
lowering
operating
budgets
across
the
board.
AB
The
remaining
funds
last
year,
just
weren't,
spent
on
anything
I
think
there's
around
ten
thousand
dollars
last
year
that
were
left
over
and
the
money
just
didn't
go
anywhere
this
year.
That
amount
is
more
considerable
for
a
very
varying
reasons,
and
so
there
is
no
set
plan
for
these
dollars.
That's
part
of
the
conversation
I
believe
that
may
or
may
not
happen
tonight.
C
AA
Mr
Man,
council
members,
so
there
was
a
late
submission
that
was
considered
for
this
for
Bloomington
Corral.
We
did
verify
with
it
that
our
city
servers
blocked
that
email
and
I
was
able
to
verify
that
it
was
sent
in
on
time
through
a
couple
different
Outlets
checking
directly
with
Bloomington
Corel.
So
it
was
a
city
server
issue
that
caused
the
delay
in
that,
which
is
why
that
application
was
considered
late
in
the
process
and.
AB
If
you
don't
mind
adding
on
to
that,
what
happened
is
according
to
it,
for
whatever
reason
Gmail
accounts
over
the
span
of
a
number
of
days
were
being
blocked,
the
it
contacted
individuals
remedied
the
problem,
but
it
was
not
discovered
until
later
that
this
particular
email
had
not
made
it
through
to
its
destination.
So
it
was
able
to
look
back
see
what
emails
were
blocked
and
found
the
date
and
time
it
was
submitted
and.
C
I'm
just
going
to
make
an
assumption
that
we're
confident
that
we
have
all
the
other
applications
that
were
were
out
there,
I'm,
assuming
that
that's
the
case,
that
there
aren't
any
other
applications
blocked
by
the
server
that
we
haven't
gotten
yet
I
assume
somebody
would
have
called
or
said
something
by
now,
but
I'm.
Just
making
that
assumption.
Council.
AB
A
D
Thanks
mayor,
just
following
up
on
the
Bloomington
Corral
I
saw
something
that
there
were
some
changes
in
the
program
that
it
would
be
the
responsibility
of
the
applicant
to
follow
back
up
to
make
sure
it
was
received.
And
so
let
me
just
ask
a
couple
questions
before
I.
Get
to
my
point
on
that
Bloomington
Corral
had
received
funding
in
the
past.
Is
that
accurate,
correct
approximately
how
many
years.
AB
AB
One
of
the
reasons
why
council,
member
Eric
Nelson,
thank
you
for
the
question.
One
of
the
reasons
why
we
didn't
re-outch
that
specific
group
is
because
then
we
would
have
to
reach
out
to
all
groups
that
we
sent
out
the
application
process
to
the
network,
so
even
though
they
had
applied
for
in
the
past
the
Assumption.
As
far
as
staff
was
concerned,
it
would
be
unfair
for
us
to
contact
them
and
not
contact
any
of
the
other
arts
groups
that
were
made
aware
of
this
opportunity.
AB
D
That
would
be
helpful
because
I
know
their
amount
was
reduced.
I
know
there
were
reasons
both
based
on
the
organization
and
based
on
the
lightness
of
the
application,
and
things
like
that
and
I
just
want
to
see.
You
know
the
organization
doesn't
seem
to
have
changed
that
much
so
I
want
to
see
if
it's
consistent
with
what
they've
received
in
the
past.
N
Thank
you
mayor,
so
I
have
a
question
related
to
the
questions
that
are
asked
in
the
application.
So
do
you
have
kind
of
do
you
have
a
corresponding
document
that
lists
criteria
so
when
we,
of
course
it
scrolling
through
here
but
okay?
So
when
we
talk
about
Administration
fiscal
stability,
is
there
like?
N
Is
there
criteria
associated
with
that,
so
that
when
reviewers
are
reviewing
the
applications,
they
have
some
kind
of
objective
pieces
to
go
by
like
for
me
like
I,
might
think
fiscal
stability
means
one
thing
and
another
reviewer
might
mean
something
else
right,
and
so,
given
that
we
have
had
some
Arts
organizations
experience
some
pretty
significant
financial
issues
over
the
last
year,
I
guess
I'm
just
curious
yeah.
For
me,
it
would
be
helpful
to
know
if
there
were
some.
There
was
criteria
associated
with
these
things,
because,
because
of
everything
that's
been
happening,
especially.
AA
Mr
Marin
council
members
they're
a
pretty
extensive
criteria.
Actually
so
there
are,
is
it
five
or
six
scoring
categories
and
I'm
trying
to
remember
specifically,
but
there
are
five
or
six
scoring
categories
and
then,
within
that
there
are
criteria
listed
in
a
breakdown
of
that.
So
we
do
have
the
full
application
process
to
share
and
and
available
to
read
through
for
anybody.
That's
interested
okay.
AB
N
Awesome
I
will
say
that
just
kind
of
more
high
level
comment
not
necessarily
related
to
the
specific
vending
requests
for
such
a
small
amount
of
money.
These
are
it's
a
lot
of
questions.
I
mean
I
kind
of
feel,
like
we
really
put
these
organizations
through
the
ringer
in
terms
of
like,
for
you
know
what
ends
up
being
five
thousand
or
seven
thousand
dollars.
N
You
know,
I
I
saw
the
comments
related
to
public
benefits,
and
you
know
that
they're
not
doing
classes
anymore,
and
that
is
true,
but
I
also
I
mean
they're
doing
summer.
Camp
programs
and
they're
still
doing
theater
and
they're,
so
you
know
they're
still
providing
a
public
benefit
and
so
I
guess
that's
my
kind
of
one.
D
Thank
you,
mayor,
I,
agree
with
the
council
member
Carter
with
regards
to
Artistry.
However,
I
also
still
think
it
would
be
important
for
us
to
get
some
more
information
from
Artistry.
We
obviously
provided
a
significant
amount
of
money
to
them
in
the
past,
and
I
would
still
like
to
have
a
little
bit
more
transparency
on
where
those
funds
went,
and
things
like
that
before
approving
that
but
I.
So
I'm
kind
of
of
two
minds
like
I,
want
to
know
what
happened
to
the
last
money
before
I.
D
Give
you
more
money
but
I
think
they're
probably
eligible
for
additional
money.
But
the
question
I
have
related
to
that
is
part
of
it
is
the
programming
that
they're
providing,
but
part
of
it
is
also
the
box
office
and
so
I
guess
maybe
for
the
city
manager
talking
about
sort
of
that
change
that
transition.
What
costs
we're
going
to
see
there
going
forward?
Are
we
going
to
see
any
of
those
in
this
year
or
how
that's
going
to
impact
the
budget?
Maybe
it
impacts
future
years.
B
AB
Councilmember
Nelson,
it
came
down
to
a
number
of
factors.
So,
for
a
time
their
Artistry
was
unable
to
offer
a
box
office.
It
was
closed,
so
the
result
of
that
because
Bloomington
Center
for
theirs
did
not
hold
their
own
box
office
and
manage
it.
They
had
to
find
other
outside
means
to
do
that
and
they
all
picked
different
ones,
and
so,
as
you
can
imagine,
when
it
comes
to
patrons
who
are
used
to
going
to
one
place
now,
there
are
two
different
places.
AB
They
could
not
no
longer
provide
it,
and
we
have
a
number
of
artists,
guest
artists
and
Resident
groups
who
needed
box
office
services
that
we
attached
the
art
center
onto
the
contract.
The
ice
Garden
was
already
signing
and
we've
been
moving
forward
with
that,
since
just
to
make
sure
that
we
had
that
service,
and
it
was
consistent
for
not
only
the
patrons
but
for
the
resident
arts
groups
and
guest
artists
that
were
performing
in
the
center
as
well.
D
Okay,
I
appreciate
that
information
and,
like
I,
said
I
think
Artistry
maybe
deserves
a
little
bit
Fuller
conversation
about
how
much
we
fund
them.
The
other
one
that
I
wanted
to
raise
is
the
concerto
dance
and
not
that
I.
Think
it's
a
bad
organization
or
anything
like
that.
It
sounds
very
Innovative
and
actually
pretty
cool.
D
My
concern
is
the
seven
thousand
dollars
when,
to
my
knowledge,
they've
done
one
event
in
Bloomington
this
year,
they've
done
one
last
year.
They
did
one
before
and
you
know
I
look
at,
you
know
just
pulled
up
notable
singers
and
they
have
one
at
the
Schneider
theater
The
Band
Shell,
the
Lions
summer
house,
redemption
Lutheran
Church.
You
know
they
have
you
know
six
things
listed
that
they're
doing
and
they
get
five
thousand
dollars.
D
The
other
organization
is
out
of
Inver,
Grove
and
I'm,
assuming
that
most
of
their
people
that
participate
in
it
are
from
Inver
Grove,
not
from
Bloomington,
and
so
that
that
one
is
of
concern
to
me
as
well,
just
not
being
a
bloomington-based,
not
being
a
Bloomington
focused.
You
know
I
appreciate
that
they
want
to
grow.
That
and
I
think
that
would
be
great,
and
at
that
time
it
may
make
sense
to
increase
the
funding
to
them,
but
just
relative
to
what
they're
doing
in
our
community
to
somebody
I
mean
even
just
Artistry.
D
You
know
you're,
comparing
seven
thousand
to
thirty
thousand.
Given
you
know
two
major
Productions
that
Artistry
will
produce
the
summer
classes.
They
did
do
some
classes.
I
know
they
got
rid
of
a
lot
of
the
education
that
have
been
done
upstairs,
but
their
theater
education
has
still
somewhat
continued
on
that.
So
I
mean
I.
Just
look
at
that
what
the
community
is
receiving
for
these
dollars,
that
one
isn't
making
a
lot
of
sense.
In
my
mind,.
H
Apologies
I
I
know
we
were
thinking
about
I
thought
we
were
still
in
question
mode
for
them
as
opposed
to
discussion
mode
amongst
us.
So
I
I
want
to
just
double
check
if
we're
Are,
We
Now
talking
amongst
ourselves
about
what
our
decisions
are
or
because
I
don't
have
any
questions,
but
I
did
want
to
make
comments
and
I
just
want
to
be
sure
they
can
have
a
seat
or
whatever,
as
opposed
to
waiting
for
me,
to
make
a
question
I'm
not
going
to.
A
C
Comments
till
I
will
apologize,
you
know.
Obviously,
the
the
staff
and
the
the
committee
had
made
a
recommendation.
One
question
I
had
about
is
is
artistry
in
terms
of
from
a
historical
perspective,
what
they
have
gotten
in
the
past
and
what
services
they
provide.
I'm,
not
looking
for
an
answer
now,
because
I
think
that's
that's
a
very
complicated
question.
So
I'm
not
looking
for
the
answer,
but
there
seemed
to
be
some
dissatisfaction
with
respect.
C
AA
C
And
then
the
list
of
additional
funding
sources
was
that
information,
Germaine
and
and
all
there,
yes,
okay
and
then
the
fiscal
year
financial
statements,
a
copy
of
the
organizations,
must
most
recent
Financial
year
statements,
those
those
were
not
there
right
with
income
and
the
expenses
correct.
Okay,
so
those
are
missing.
The
other
organizations
that
were
there
was
that
information
provided
by.
B
B
I
think
is
Mr,
Burke
and
misuse
of
referenced
in
the
memo
and
the
information
provided,
Council
and
discussion
today,
a
lot
of
the
activity
of
artistry
that
has
historically
been
funded,
utilizing
the
cultural
arts
support
grants
has
gone
towards
Arts
education
and
and
the
the
education
activity
that
occurs
in
the
classrooms
here
in
the
Center
for
the
Arts.
Nowhere
in
the
proposal
or
I
think
there's
very
little
reference
to
continuing
to
do
that.
B
Arts
education,
they
are
providing
summer
camps,
but
in
terms
of
one
of
the
major
services
that
they
provided
for,
the
community
was
the
Arts
education
work
that
was
done
previously,
and
they
have
not
indicated
that
any
of
the
funds
that
will
be
provided
will
go
to
that.
They
are
they're
focused
on
theater
and
and
the
galleries
which
are
important,
but
the
Arts
education
piece
is
absent
from
the
services
that
they're
offering
near
as
we
can
tell.
C
And
so
into
the
recommendation,
just
so
I'm
very
clear
and
I'll
be
done
here,
mayor
yeah,
the
the
committee
felt
that
those
activities
would
not
necessitate
a
a.
You
know,
a
larger
number
that
that
that
number
should
be
done
at
the
thirty
thousand
I'm
just
trying
to
understand
in
terms
of
the
recommendation,
how
that
basis
got
there
or
was
there
not
enough
information
to
to
sufficiently
be
able
to
make
the
understanding
that?
This
is
why
you
would
need,
above
and
beyond
the
thirty
thousand
yeah.
B
A
AA
Mayor
and
council
members,
the
the
Review
Committee
discussed
this
quite
extensively
actually
and
we
I
did
attempt
to
provide
as
best
of
a
summary
as
I
could
in
the
written
memo
which,
which
is
accessible
of
course.
But
the
the
main
points
that
were
discussed
were
the
reduction
of
public
benefit
in
the
Arts
education
program
that
had
always
been
provided
and
is
actually
written
into
the
lease
agreement
of
artistry.
AA
So
that
was
that
was
a
major
piece
that
came
through
that
the
application
focused
very
much
on
theater
and
the
BCA
stage,
which
the
committee
the
panel
felt,
was
very
valued
and
that
they
wanted
to
provide
funding
of
some
sort
that
that
continued
that
process.
They
also
listed
the
other
values
that
they
found
in
Artistry.
AA
The
the
community
benefit
piece
was
important:
they
just
they
did
discuss
Community
engagement
overall
and
that
the
application
lacked
specific
details
as
to
how
that
was
going
to
happen
and
that
it
was.
It
was
very
much
in
the
these
are
our
hopes
and
dreams,
and
this
is
what
we
intend,
but
we
didn't
see
any
action
items
within
that
and
then
the
administrative
piece
I
think
has
has
been
discussed
already
in
detail.
But
those
were
the
three
points
that
the
the
panel
discussed.
C
Thanks
for
that
clarification
because,
in
my
mind,
I
just
want
to
be
sure
that
I
understand
that
the
recommendations
coming
out
is
not
based
on
the
idea
that
that
that
it's
not
the
programming
that
they're
providing
that
you
know
an
organization,
can't
change
their
programming
and
say
hey.
No,
we
want
to
do
this
now
and
we're
locking
into
what
you
had
to
do
in
the
past,
because
that's
that's
the
way,
I
read
it,
and,
and
that's
not
what
you're
saying
so.
Thank
you.
A
If
there's
no
additional
questions
I
want
to
remind
Council
and
we
we
had
the
discretion
to
to
do.
What
we
want
with
this
I
mean
so
I
and
I
would
I
would
recommend
that
if,
if
we
have
different
ideas
or
different
suggestions,
somebody
bring
forward
a
proposal
and
we
can
move
forward
with
it
or
not
and
eventually
get
to
where
we
we
need
to
be
with
this.
So
councilmember
dalessandro.
H
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
I
appreciate
it
like
I,
said,
I
thought
we
were
in
question
time
and
not
in
comment
time.
So,
yes,
I
do
have
a
proposal.
In
fact,
I'm
with
councilmember
Carter
I
think
our
Cultural
Arts
grants
should
go
to
Cultural
Arts
organizations
I'd
like
to
see
us
spend
all
of
this
money
with
our
friends
and
Cultural
Arts
I'm,
also,
probably
a
little
bit
more
lenient
than
councilmember
Nelson
in
the
sense
that
I
love
the
idea
that
we
have
a
new
Cultural,
Arts
organization
coming
forward.
Saying
hey!
H
I
also
I,
also
I'm,
not
100.
Sure
I
agree
with
the
sentiment
that
I
heard
from
council
member
that
the
way
that
councilmember
Lumber
took
the
same
conversation
I.
If,
if
Artistry
had
come
to
us
today
and
had
never
offered
education
to
us
and
said,
I
need
eighty
thousand
dollars
to
do
these
things.
Would
we
have
given
them
the
eighty
thousand
dollars,
because
I
think
that
that's
what
they're
allowed
to
do
is
to
say
like?
No,
we
don't
provide
that
service
now.
H
The
lease
agreement
for
the
for
the
the
location
is
a
whole
other
conversation.
That's
not
what
this
grant
is
about
and
I
think
that
we
could
talk
about
that
separately.
If
we
want
to
bring
the
grant
the
lease
up
again,
I'd
hope
we
don't
do
that.
I,
just
I,
don't
want
to
keep
sticking
it
in
the
eye
of
artistry
because
they
don't
have
their
act
together.
H
Yet
when
they
provide
such
valuable
services
to
us,
this
place
would
be
empty
if
we
didn't
have
them
right
now
for
for
a
lot
of
those
season
and
I
want
them
to
get
back
on
their
feet
and
I
want
to
support
them.
So
here's
my
proposal,
I,
actually
think
we
should
just
give
all
of
the
money
that
was
asked
for
for
everybody.
H
I
know
we
don't
have
enough
to
support
Artistry
completely,
but
if
we
gave
the
7
900
that
Bloomington
Corral
asked
the
5498
dollars
that
the
notable
singers
asked
an
additional
twenty
thousand
dollars
to
Artistry
to
make
it
a
fifty
thousand
dollar.
Grant
we'd
still
have
thirty
thousand
dollars
left
over
in
that
fund,
and
so
that
would
be
the
proposal
that
I
would
offer
as
a
way
of
compromise,
to
getting
us
to
a
place
of
voting
on
something.
H
The
full
Grant
to
Bloomington
Chorale
I
think
that
we
awarded
them
five
thousand
dollars,
but
we
they've
asked
for
7
900.
Maybe
it's
78,
something
something
because
I
know
that
30
000,
like
the
30
number
right,
it's
like
78,
something
something
then
the
five
thousand
dollar
award
to
notable
singers
they
asked
for
5498
seems
like
we
could
probably
is
that
doable
and
is
that
that
doesn't
take
them
over
their
thirty
percent
number
right.
My.
H
H
C
C
D
Nelson
yeah,
thank
you.
I
agree
with
councilmember
Lowman
in
terms
of
the
financials
and
I
had
been
under
the
assumption
that
we
were
going
to
get
some
audited
financials
after
we
had
made
the
last
investment.
There
was
a
conversation
that
they
were
going
to
have
an
audit
done
and
so
I'm
a
little
disappointed
that
we
don't
have
that
and
that
they
didn't
provide
it
with
that.
H
Well,
if
I
may,
Mr,
councilmember,
Nelson
I
believe
could,
and
maybe
Miss
mandersheid
needs
to
clarify
this,
but
I
believe
that
when
we
decided
not
to
give
them
a
loan
and
we
decided
to
just
give
them
the
Grant
and
we
took
ourselves
off
the
board
that
we
removed
ourselves
from
the
obligation
or
their
obligation
to
give
us
any
financial
information.
So
I
don't
think
they're
under
any
obligation
to
give
us
that
it's
because
of
the
change
that
we
we
made
do
I
have
that
right.
B
Mr
Mayor
and
council
members,
councilmember
Nelson,
D'alessandro
City
attorney,
is
checking
for
the
the
last
final
version
of
the
term
sheet.
My
belief
is
that
you're
correct
that
the
obligation
they
have
is
to
provide
quarterly
reports
on
box
office
and
the
information
that
we
have
from
them
was
essentially
a
report
on
the
number
of
tickets
that
were
sold
during
that
quarter,
and
so
they
are
not
obligated
to
provide
financial
information
to
us
as
a
result
of
that
agreement.
H
And
and
I
understand
that
the
financial
statements
that
they
provided
to
us
as
part
of
this
Grant
application
were
from
the
2021
fiscal
year,
but
that
makes
sense
given
what
we
know
about
their
situation
and
that
they
probably
aren't
yet
at
the
position
where
they
can
give
us
audited
Financial
results
for
last
year.
What
we
do
know
is
that
they've
they've
been
able
to
negotiate
70
of
their
their
obligations
in
terms
of
their
debt
and
other
things
like
that.
H
A
H
B
In
my
understanding,
Mr,
Mayor
and
council
members
is
that,
because
of
the
dire
financial
situation
last
year
and
the
timing
of
when
the
grant
applications
were
due,
they
may
not
have
had
the
financial
statements
finalizer
and
order.
I,
don't
know
that
to
be
certain,
but
I
do
know
that
for
a
good
part
of
last
year,
they
did
not
have
the
the
financial
data
available
to
them,
so
they
provided
what
they
did
have
most
recently,
which
was
you
know
the
the
fiscal
year
prior
to
them
right.
B
H
Okay,
I,
don't
know
anything
about
that
particular
one.
What
what
I
would
just
suggest
is
that
the
the
recommendation
in
front
of
us
was
made
with
the
financial
information
that
they
provided.
So
it's
not
like.
We
said
no
we're
not
going
to
give
them
any
money
because
they
didn't
give
us
the
data
that
we
needed.
If
we
wanted
to
disqualify
their
application.
H
Somebody
can
go
as
an
independent
and
get
on
the
board
or
give
them
a
big
check
and
then
go
get
all
their
financial
data.
I
mean
they're,
a
non-profit,
there's
lots
of
ways
to
get
that
information.
I.
Just
don't
think
that
they're
obligated
to
give
it
to
us
and
if
the
information
they
did
give
us
give
to
us,
was
comfortable
enough
for
this
or
for
this
recommendation
recommendation
to
give
them
money,
then
I'm
not
sure
we
should
be
having
a
conversation
about
whether
or
not
they
were
they
should
have
been
on
the
list
or
not.
H
I.
Guess
that's
what
I'm
saying
I
don't
know
if
I'm
making
any
sense
anymore
but
I
would
just
if
we
don't
want
to
give
them
the
money.
That's
fine,
but
I,
think
holding
them
accountable
to
something.
Now
after
the
recommendation
has
been
made
with
information
that
they
did,
that
that
he
give
give
is
necessarily
appropriate.
Thank.
B
You
Mr
mayor
council
members,
councilmember
dalessandra
I,
just
want
to
be
clear
that
nobody,
at
least
from
the
staff
perspective
or
the
review
committee's
perspective,
is
suggesting
that
Artistry
should
have
been
disqualified
from
this
process
that
couldn't
be
further
from
the
truth.
The
recommendation
from
the
planning
committee
is
based
on
the
information
presented
to
us
in
an
evaluation
of
the
quality
of
the
Grant
application,
which
was
indicated
in
the
memo.
B
The
committee
felt
that
it
was
the
lowest
scoring
among
all
of
the
applicants
in
terms
of
the
quality
of
the
application
and
the
understood
benefit
to
the
community
that
was
going
to
be
gained
by
providing
the
grant
dollars.
Nobody
is
saying
that
they
should
be
disqualified
from
the
process
by
any
means
whatsoever.
A
And
I'm
I
would
also
add
this
notion
of
spending
all
the
money
which
I
understand
that
we
we'd
like
to
support
the
Arts
and
I
support
the
Arts
as
much
as
anybody,
but
I
also
support
the
committee
that
was
evaluating
the
grant
applications
as
to
whether
or
not
they
were
the
the
applications
and
what
they
saw
as
the
programming
coming
out
of
that
was
adequate
for
full
funding.
I
mean
I
support.
A
The
Arts
I
also
support
good
roads,
but
if
we
had
a
road
budget,
a
budget
for
a
project
and
whoever's
doing
the
project
wasn't
doing
everything
we
asked
of
them
or
they
didn't
meet
the
applic.
The
the
expectations
of
what
we
were
hoping
to
accomplish,
and
we
still
decided
well,
but
we're
gonna,
give
them
all
the
money
anyway,
I.
It's
it's
comparable
and
I.
O
Thank
you,
mayor,
yeah,
just
just
briefly,
I
think
I'm,
just
thinking
how
how
nice
it
would
have
been
all
the
nonprofits
I
fundraised
for
if
I
had
this
panel,
reviewing
a
subpar
application
that
I
put
in
front
of
them
because
it's
these
are
all
good
organizations,
doing
good
work,
obviously,
and
our
assets
to
the
community.
But
along
those
same
lines.
O
That's
why
we
we
have
a
process
why
these
are
reviewed
and
why
we
allocate
based
on
the
quality
of
what's
put
in
front
of
us
and
and
if
this,
if
we
want
to
have
a
conversation
at
some
point
down
the
line
about
the
Review
Committee
and
how
it's
made
up
and
where
we
recruit
from
that's,
that's
certainly
possible.
But
they
came
forward
with
us
with
a
recommendation
saying
this.
What
the
plans
put
in
front
of
us
were
worth
30
grand,
not
80
grand
and
that's
kind
of
just
how
it
works.
O
When
you're
asking
for
money
and
I'm
also
nervous
about
the
impression
that
we're
just
picking
favorites
to
say
these
organizations
that
have
done
great
things
in
the
past,
they
could
do
great
things
in
the
future
and
because
of
the
stress
they're
under
they're,
not
obligated
to
to
put
forward
accurate
or
detailed
enough
information
in
their
application.
Last
time,
the
issue
of
moral
hazard,
maybe
not
quite
the
right
term,
basically
moral
hazard
of
bailing
out
the
organization
to
a
large
extent
in
the
first
place,
and
what
happened
three
weeks
later.
O
Another
organization
came
to
our
public
conversation
upstairs
to
say:
oh,
how
can
I
get
a
100
Grand
or
do
I
submit
an
application
to
and
and
on
the
back
end
of
this
process?
I
I
just
don't
see
how
organizations
are
coming
out
of
the
woodwork
saying.
Well,
you
didn't
get
you
didn't
chase
me
down.
You
didn't
request
more
information.
You
didn't
understand
that
I
was
in
a
tough
place
and
super
busy
when
I
filled
out
the
application
too,
so
I,
honestly
I
just
kind
of
think.
O
C
I
I
want
to
thank
both
the
mayor
and
and
councilmember
Martin
in
terms
of
what
what
you're
saying
I
I
do
agree
with
my
my
colleague,
councilman
D'alessandro.
The
only
thing
I'm
asking
for
is
from
a
fiduciary
responsibility
in
the
application.
The
fiscal
year
financial
statements
I'd
like
to
have
that
information
before
we
provide
additional,
so
I
can
support.
You
know
the
7900.
You
know
the
you
know.
Whatever
else
we
have
here,
the
the
other
awarded
for
the
notable
singers,
the
498
I.
Don't
have
any
issue
with
that.
C
But
I
just
think
before
this
body
you
know,
gives
Artistry
additional
dollars
and
I
would
support
up
to
80..
You
know
certainly
I
respect
what
and
what
the
committee
has
come
up
with.
But
you
know
I
do
think.
I
agree
with
your
your
statement
that
you
made
the
fact
that
you
know
they're,
providing
a
different
service
and
and
I
do
think
it's
it's
it's
it's
worthwhile
to
consider
that,
but
I
just
need
to
see
additional
financials
that
every
other
organization
that
submitted
their
application
put
forward.
A
C
Out
you
know
what
mayor
I
can
go
ahead
and
get
that,
so
we
can
get
moving
on
us
happy
to
throw
that
out
there
and
see
what
we
got
here.
So
I'll
go
ahead
and
move
the
recommendation
that
dalessandro
did
with
35
000
award
for
Angelica
kante
30
000
awarded
to
the
artistry
7900
I
think
it
was
for
the
Bloomington
Corral
and
then
the
other
ones
are
fine.
A
W
C
W
N
So
can
you
share
what
was
included
in
artistry's
application
like
what
did
they
say?
They
wanted
to
do
because
I
think
I'm,
making
an
assumption
that
it's
just
theater
the
theater,
like
kind
of
you
know
just
theater
and
the
summer
camps,
or
something
because
it's
not
actually
noted
in
here,
but
then
the
panelists
did
say
that
they
appreciate
the
strengths
for
their
high
quality
of
Productions,
diverse
leadership
that
works
to
serve
the
vipoc
community
efforts
to
start
re
engagement
with
the
local
school
system,
which
I
have
heard
from
teachers.
N
How
much
they've
appreciated
the
Artistry
Partnerships
pay?
What
you
can
performances,
which
I
think
are,
is
great
and
is
increasing
access
to
the
Arts
and
then
positive
steps
of
Engagement
with
other
resident
organizations
was
all
of
that
included
in
their
application.
Or
is
that
just
what
was
known
about
Artistry
like
what
was
in
what
was
actually
included
in
what
they
were
proposing
to
do
so.
AA
Mr
Mayor
and
council
members,
my
role
as
moderator
one
of
the
first
things
that
I
stressed
was
that
this
review
process
was
about
the
applications
submitted,
and
so
everything
within
the
memo
that
was
summarized
from
their
discussion
is
noted
from
their
application.
So
I
stressed
very
hard
to
the
panelists
that
no
assumptions
could
be
made,
and
it
was
also
explained
to
me
in
inheriting
this
process
that
we
would
not
have
any
sort
of
consideration
from
this
council's
previous
decisions.
That
would
affect
this
process
in
any
way.
N
N
That
is
kind
of
mentioned,
and
so
I
don't
know
about
you
guys,
but
it's
very
hard
for
me
to
make
a
decision
without
actually
knowing
what
was
in
The
Proposal
like
I
get
I
I
totally
see
like
public
benefit.
Ministry
like
the
the
remarks
from
the
panel,
but
I,
don't
know
how
to
judge
if
it's
thirty
thousand
dollars
worth
of
work
or
eighty
thousand
dollars
worth
of
work,
because
it's
not
in
there.
AB
Council,
member
Carter,
would
it
be
helpful
for
us
to
share
their
application
narrative
with
you
so
sure
that
you
can
review
that
yourselves
as
a
council,
and
then
we
can
share
the
criteria
and
you've
already
got
the
blank
RFP
I
mean
those
three
pieces
should
give
you
a
pretty
good
look
at
the
application
criteria,
the
questions
and
how
they
they
answered,
those
via
their
narrative
and
what
was
there
and
then
some.
Many
of
you
know
them
well,
frankly,
what
wasn't
there
be
helpful,
because
we
can
certainly
do
that,
for
you.
N
And
I
would
say
in
the
future,
it
would
be
nice
to
just
have
like
a
little
summary
of
like
what
it
is.
I
mean
like
for
some
of
them,
it's
obvious,
but
for
some
it
might
not
be
into
council
member
Nelson's
point
right,
one
of
the
organizations
on
their
website
they're
doing
one
show
in
Bloomington,
but
maybe
in
their
proposal
they're
proposing
10.
like
we
just
don't
necessarily
know
that.
So
for
future,
though.
A
So
what
I'm
hearing
the
numbers
that
we
talked
about,
but
some
additional
information
requests
based
on
what
Artistry,
with
their
financials
their
most
recent
financials
and
their
application
to
understand
a
little
bit
better?
What
we're
talking
about
with
Artistry
again
to
councilmember,
Carter's
Point,
don't
know
if
it's
worth
thirty
thousand
or
eighty
thousand,
because
we
need
more
information.
So.
D
Thank
you,
mayor
I'll,
likely
support
this,
but
I
I
am
very
concerned
about
Artistry.
You
know
we
ran
into.
They
ran
into
a
situation
where
they
didn't
have
financials
for
a
long
time
and
what
I
just
heard
is
they
don't
have
financials
and
I
I'm,
just
I
mean
frankly,
I'm
just
kind
of
dumbfounded
by
that
that
they'd
still
don't
have
financials
I
mean
that
I
mean
I'm,
just
candidly
really
hesitant
to
give
them
anything
right
now
that
was
the
problem.
B
They
didn't
provide
the
most
recent
Financial
year
data
in
the
application
and
we
all
know
they
were
having
issues
with
their
finances
at
the
end
of
the
last
fiscal
year.
We
also
don't
know
because
we're
no
longer
ex-officio
to
the
board
and
don't
have
access
to
the
financial
information,
the
organization
and
they're
under
no
obligation
to
provide
it
if
they
have
concluded
last
year's
fiscal
year,
update
or
audit
or
any
of
that
information,
and
it
wasn't
required
as
part
of
this.
B
So
the
only
thing
you
have
to
go
on
is
by
what
they
submitted
the
the
most
recent
fiscal
year
that
they
had
so
I
I
think
it
is
reasonable
to
ask
them
if
again,
if
they
want
to
share
that
information.
If
the
council
wants
to
consider
providing
a
higher
I
have
talked
to
the
board
president,
he
he
believes
that
they
are
in
a
a
stable
and
encouraging
position.
D
Thank
you,
man,
I
will
just
read
from
I
believe
what
does
the
application
copy
of
your
organization's
most
recent
fiscal
year?
Financial
statements
doesn't
say
most
recent
completed.
It
just
says
the
most
recent
financial
and
they
didn't
provide
that
and
I
mean
it.
Just
it's
a
huge
concern
for
me:
I
mean
they
understood
understood.
You
know.
A
All
right,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
on
the
table.
I
think
I
think
we
should
go
to
a
vote
here,
just
to
figure
out
where
we
are
and
where
we
can
move
forward
everybody's
comfortable
with
that.
Does
everybody
understand
the
motion.
That's
on
the
table,
I
think
yeah.
We
read
it
back
pretty
clearly
and
we
understand
where
we're
at
everybody
cool
all
right.
All
in
favor
of
the
motion
on
the
table,
please
signify
by
saying
I.
A
I
opposed
no
motion
carries
6-1
with
council
member
Martin
opposing
and
so
those
those
numbers
that
we
had
adjusted
and
then
kept
the
same
are
are
what
we're
moving
forward
with
and
with
the
understanding
that
we
may
I
don't
know
that
we
will,
but
we
may
consider
additional
for
Artistry
given
if
we,
if
we
see
more
information
from
them.
That
would
justify
that.
Is
that
fair
to
say,
councilmember,
Nelson.
H
A
Council
before
we
move
on
to
fight
item
5.2
and
3
I'm,
going
to
ask
that
we
extend
our
deadline
by
30
minutes,
I
think
no
more
not
to
exceed
30
minutes,
because
we've
got
some
more
work
to
finish
up
here.
So
I
will
move
that
we
will
extend
our
deadline
to
11
30.
second
Motion
in
a
second
all.
Those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye.
Aye
opposed
motion
carries
7-0
no
later
than
11
30..
So
now
we've
got
a
hard
deadline,
not
just
a
deadline,
but
a
hard
deadline
in
this
item.
AE
AE
AE
We've
completed
the
park
master
plan
back
in
2021.
This
is
foundational
to
the
planning
work
we
started
a
year
ago
and
to
the
projects
before
you
tonight.
These
Park
redeveloping
the
park
Redevelopment
plans
and
this
planning
is
consistent
with
the
master
plan
and
balancing
the
locations
of
new
amenities
across
the
park
system.
AE
AE
So
we
started
the
concept
planning
for
nine
Parks
a
year
ago,
we're
here
tonight
with
the
30
percent
design
of
Bryant
and
trepa
to
prepare
for
2024
construction.
The
other
seven
Concepts
have
been
delivered,
we'll
be
reviewing
those
with
the
public
and
those
will
also
include
cost
estimates
and
then
be
used
as
a
planning
tool
for
our
CIP
moving
forward.
AE
The
process
again
that
we
we
initiated
a
year
ago
came
with
public
engagement
throughout
and
engagement
of
the
council
and
our
Parks
arts
and
Recreation
Commission,
as
well
as
staff
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
Brad
to
formally
introduce
himself
a
bit
and
then
he'll
review
the
concept
plans
for
each
of
the
parks.
Thank.
AC
Your
name
council
members
about
Brian
tretbaugh,
considering
the
time
I,
will
go
over
the
30
plans
at
a
pretty
high
level
and,
as
you
wish
and
want
more
detail,
we
will
answer
answer
questions
about
those
as
Renee
said,
we're
going
to
sort
of
couch
this
and
frame
it
with
the
priorities
that
we
discussed
from
the
park
system
master
plan
so
starting
with
treadbaugh
if
you're
familiar
with
treadbaugh.
Now
it
is
currently
I
guess
it
was
a
broomball
courts,
essentially
in
a
large
kind
of
gravel
area
in
a
small
warming
house.
AC
So
this
is
the
plan
that
was
actually
explored
in
the
park
system,
master
plan
that
really
consists
of
turning
the
broomball
court
area
into
a
bike
skills
area,
so
that
kind
of
Cloverleaf
item
kind
of
on
the
west
side
of
the
park
would
be
that
area
and
I'll
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
more
a
little
later
and
then
some
supporting
infrastructure
for
that
bike.
Skills
area,
including
a
parking
lot
and
a
kind
of
a
picnic
Pavilion
for
Gathering,
so
just
kind
of
referring
back
to
the
key
Park
priorities.
AC
I
think
number
one
natural
resources
is
so
huge
in
Bloomington,
and
really
the
key
element
for
natural
resources
at
trepa
is
a
lot
of
invasive
species
control
around
that
buffer
area.
If
you
know,
treadba
is
flat
on
top
and
there
it
kind
of
dips
down
to
the
large
Wetland
on
the
south
side
and
I
think
it's
really
critical
to
restore
that
area,
control
out
of
the
Buckthorn
and
invasive
trees
that
are
in
that
area,
but
that
also
will
open
up
a
lot
of
views
to
that
beautiful
Wetland
to
the
South
as
well.
AC
The
next
is
Park
needs
and
that's
really
looking
at
what
the
community
wants-
and
this
is
really
about
updating
this
park,
especially
to
kind
of
a
really
more
modern
kind
of
recreational
amenity.
These
bike
skills
areas
are
really
popular
Nationwide
in
Minnesota,
especially
and
I
would
say
even
more
so
in
the
Metro
there's
a
lot
of
them
planned.
This
will
be
the
first
one
in
the
city
and
I
think
it
will
be
very
highly
used
from
an
equity
and
access
perspective.
AC
I
think,
building
on
that
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
a
really
unique
feature,
because
we
are
planning
to
reuse
the
lighting
that
was
at
the
broomball
courts
and
light
the
bike
skills
area
to
my
knowledge,
I,
don't
know
of
any
other
facility
in
the
Metro
or
in
the
state.
That
would
have
that.
So
I
think
this
would
be
kind
of
extending
that
usage
later
into
the
evening,
especially
in
Fall
and
spring
evenings.
I
think
would
be
a
real
benefit.
AC
I
think
this
is
also
a
park
that
might
be
a
little
bit
difficult
to
with
the
soils
with
it
so
near
Wetland
to
really
introduce
like
a
lot
of
really
big
infrastructure
moves,
such
as
buildings
such
as
extensive
courts.
We're
really
kind
of
using
what
this
site
is
giving
us
I
think
these
these
facilities
really
kind
of
lend
themselves
to
this
low
impact
use
and
then,
lastly,
the
the
last
priority
is
Trails
Mobility.
You
know
we're
building
a
bike
skills
course.
AC
We
would
love
it
if
the
neighborhood
would
actually
bike
to
the
bike
skills
course.
This
facility
will
help
make
better
bike
riders
in
Bloomington.
It
is
also
kind
of
the
center
of
that
area
is
designed
for
all-wheel.
So
you
can
use
scooters,
you
can
use
skateboards,
you
can
use
rollerblades,
and
it's
really
about
training
and
learning
how
to
do
these
things
better
and
I.
AE
Yeah
thanks
Brad
council
members
throughout
the
community
engagement
process,
access
to
Parks,
safe
access
was
mentioned
a
lot
around
both
trepa
and
Bryant.
The
team
included
a
lot
of
coordination
with
our
colleagues
in
engineering
to
examine
safe
access
routes.
We
looked
at
that
through
the
active
Transportation
plan
and
then
just
individually
as
a
team
designing
these
Parks.
What
I
have
shown
on
here
across
90th
is
the
cited
location
for
an
improved
Crossing.
AE
The
final
Concepts
have
sidewalk
new
sidewalk
from
France
up
to
this
park.
What
we've
discussed
with
Public
Works
staff
is,
they
will
be
developing
a
project
to
add
these
amenities
and
will
be
coming
to
council
to
order
a
feasibility
study
looking
at
those
sidewalk
and
safety
connections
around
both
parks
at
a
subsequent
meeting.
So
that's
not
forgotten
or
not
included,
but
just
going
to
be
planned
and
built
by
engineering
through
a
separate
project.
AC
Great
and
then
Bryant
Park
a
much
bigger
Park
and
a
much
different
Park,
but
I
think.
As
her
name
mentioned,
it's
a
pretty
important
Park
in
kind
of
redeveloping
the
park
system,
master
plan
and
I
think
it's
Unique
in
this
location
and
what
we're
sort
of
trying
to
discuss
here
tonight,
I
think
just
looking
at
it
from
the
part
priorities
perspective
number
one
again
is
natural
resources
and
if
you
currently
are
familiar
with
Bryant
Park,
it's
almost
broken
up
into
two
sections.
AC
AC
I
think
the
northern
section
is
a
lot
more
going
on
from
a
natural
resource
perspective,
there's
a
significant
Wetland
restoration
up
to
three
acres
of
wetland,
restoration
that
we're
proposing
four
acres
of
of
Upland
restoration.
That
would
go
with
that,
so
that
Northern
sex
would
really
be
sort
of
beautified
and
kind
of
put
more
to
work.
There's
significant
flooding
issues
at
this
park.
What
we're?
AC
There's
a
number
of
interesting
things
here
that
are
going
on
that
really
sort
of
update
the
park
system,
master
plan
and
one
of
those
key
items
is
an
accessible
playground.
There
isn't
really
one
in
the
city.
This
would
be
the
first
one
that
would
be
fully
accessible
and
I
think
it
would
be
a
huge
benefit
to
this
area.
AC
Another
key
element
from
an
equity
and
access
perspective
that
is
really
important
with
Bryant
Bloomington,
has
great
access
to
most
of
the
parks.
This
is
one
area
of
the
city
where
Bryant
Park
maybe
needs
to
do
a
little
bit
more
work.
There
is
a
gap
to
the
east
and
west
side
of
Bryant
that
there
really
is
difficult
access
to
it.
So
looking
at
this
park,
I
think
compared
to
some
other
parks
in
the
system.
AC
It
might
need
to
serve
a
little
bit
more
people
and
more
uses
and
be
a
little
bit
more
flexible,
especially
from
a
natural
resource
perspective.
When
we
looked
at
Natural
Resources,
if
you
are,
you
know,
east
of
Bryant
Park,
you
have
pretty
good
access
to
the
Minnesota
River
Valley.
If
you're
west
of
Bryant
Park,
you
have
good
access
to
Highland.
This
is
kind
of
a
little
bit
of
a
natural
resources
desert.
That's
again,
one
of
the
reasons
we're
putting
so
much
emphasis
on
natural
resources
in
this
design
and
then
again
from
trails
and
Mobility.
AC
This
is
an
important
Park
and
we're
trying
to
connect
to
it.
Renee
is
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
but
I
think
the
other
thing
to
point
out
is
all
the
sort
of
you
can
see
the
white
sidewalks
and
trails
we're
really
trying
to
create
Loops
in
this
park.
It's
a
big
park.
It
can
really
serve
the
neighborhood.
You
know
this
is
a
great
place
to
do
your
after
work
walks
with
a
dog
with
the
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
there's
actually
a
lack
of
sidewalks
here
as
well.
AE
Sure
I
just
would
like
to
add
the
30
design
and
the
project
we're
requesting
authorization
to
move
forward
with
tonight
includes
the
trail
Loops
within
the
parks.
The
engineering
study
and
separate
construction
project
would
include
the
sidewalks
around
the
parks
and
addressing
access
to
the
park.
Crossings
I
think
the
86th
Street
is
a
little
more
straightforward
to
solve
than
we
looked
at
on
82nd
Street,
which
I
think
is
a
little
bit
more
difficult
to
solve,
but
also
something
that,
in
the
engineering
study,
will
evaluate
and
do
separately.
N
You
mayor
so
in
the
Trap
vowel
Community,
listening
planning
I
know
that
a
couple
other
versions
had
a
potential
dog
park.
I'm
just
wondering
the
rationale
for
taking
it
out.
I
mean
I
saw
that
there
was
one
at
Bryant
potentially
so
my
thinking
is
like
well,
maybe
it's
because
it's
in
close
proximity
I
mean
we
don't
need
to
have
them
at
every
Park.
So
I
guess
just
curious.
The
rationale
behind
that
decision.
AE
AE
The
cost
estimates
at
this
phase
I
packaged
the
cost
into
categories.
Both
parks
aim
to
accomplish
many
different
Services.
We've
I
highlighted
the
playground
in
the
bike
skills
course
for
trepa
the
park,
shelter
building,
which
will
be
designed
and
constructed
on
a
concurrent
phase,
the
park,
amenities
and
cytamenities.
AE
B
B
You
I
just
want
to
go
back
to
that
slide
real
quickly
if
we
can
Renee.
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
reiterate
just
to
make
sure
that
that
bottom
line
is
not
confusing
to
anybody
that
the
dollar
amount
is
not.
The
30
is
not
30
of
what
the
estimated
cost
is.
That's
after
30
percent
pre-design.
This
is
what
we're
estimating
the
project
cost
to
be
right.
We
haven't
done
the
full
design.
Yet
this
is
the
30
estimate
and
here's
the
total
cost
of
the
project.
So.
AE
There
are
three
primarily
primary
funding
sources
identified
for
the
project:
Federal
ARP
dollars
that
we
dedicated
to
natural
resource
work
in
Total,
five
hundred
thousand
dollars,
stormwater
utility
budget
that
will
go
towards
the
storm
water
designs
for
the
parks
and
then
Charter
bonds.
For
the
remainder
I'll
note
that
if
Council
elects
to
move
forward
with
the
project
as
proposed
or
any
modifications
of
Staff
will
come
before
you
with
reimbursement
resolution
in
July
to
initiate
the
charter
bonding
process.
AE
In
addition
to
reviewing
and
approving
the
30
designs
for
the
project,
staffs
also
requesting
authorization
to
enter
into
a
service
agreement
to
complete
the
design,
do
construction
documents
and
construction
Administration,
we
did
an
RFP
for
proposals
received
three
responses
from
Confluence
Bolton
and
mink
and
stantec.
We
had
a
staff
review
team
of
five
people
from
Parks
five
people
total
and
they
came
from
the
parks,
department,
Park,
maintenance
and
engineering.
AE
The
planning
process,
so
the
the
takeaway
here
is
the
shelter
building,
design
and
construction
and
playground.
Design
and
construction
will
move
on
a
concurrent
process
with
a
different
design
team
that
will
coordinate
with
the
prime
consultant
here
on
the
park
and
I've
got
three
check-ins
with
Council
as
part
of
this
process.
One
is
the
July
I
mentioned
with
the
reimbursement
resolution,
but
a
staff's
proposing
to
come
back
at
around
90
percent
design,
with
a
near
completed
plan
and
a
more
final
cost
estimate
and
then
requesting
authorization
to
go
out
for
bids
for
the
project.
AE
A
H
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
I
would
be.
I
would
be
interested
in
understanding
a
little
bit
more
about
the
specifics
for
the
actual
facility
at
Bryant
Park.
The
three
million
dollar
price
tag
is
a
lot
and
you
know
I
I'm,
just
not
con
I'm,
not
sure
what
amenities
are
included
in
that
you
know
so
a
bit
more
of
a
description
of
what
that
entails,
so
that
we
know
what
we're
getting
for
that
three
million
dollars
would
be
really
helpful.
H
If
that's
possible
and
I
don't
mean
that
it
has
to
be
in
front
of
this
vote
tonight,
but
You
Know
It.
It
would
be
useful
to
have
a
little
bit
more
specifically
on
that
30
design
of
that
actual
building,
and
maybe
is
the
way
to
put
that
I,
don't
know,
but
to
understand
what
that
facility
is,
is
what
you're
thinking
about
with
it
today
would
be
great
sure.
Thanks.
AE
Mr
Mayor
members,
the
council,
the
building
is
building
off
the
concept
design
that
we
did
during
planning
last
year,
and
it's
also
intended
to
create
a
standard
for
other
Park
shelter
buildings.
The
cost
estimate
at
that
concept,
level
of
the
design
we
did
was
I
believe
3.6
million.
So
that
was
the
basis
for
establishing
a
budget
there
were
it.
AE
Was
it
really
maximized
our
wish
list
and
was
a
very
nice
unique
design,
but
the
general
scope
includes
about
2
000
square
feet
of
indoor
spaces,
with
two
gender
neutral
bathrooms
accessible
from
the
inside
and
to
gender
neutral
bathrooms
accessible
from
the
outside
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year-round
programming
to
support
private
events
as
well
as
our
Park
programming,
and
then
also
the
kind
of
extra
function
durability
as
a
winter
warming
house.
AE
Sustainability
is
also
requested
as
part
of
the
design
and
in
the
request
for
proposals
we're
asking
to
meet
a
Minnesota
B3
standard
or
one
of
the
lead
levels.
We
didn't
request
certification
but
sort
of
set
that
Benchmark
as
we're
still
evaluating
what,
where
Bloomington
will
land
on
on
ordinance
but
set
a
sustainability
Benchmark
there
too,
which
contributes
to
cost.
P
P
P
A
P
And
I'd
move
to
authorize
the
city,
the
mayor
and
city
manager
enter
into
a
Professional
Services
agreement
or
any
amendments
or
modifications
there
too,
for
design
and
construction
management
for
the
Bryant
and
tripod
Parks
reconstruction
projects
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
412
378
dollars.
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A
U
A
Motion
carries
7-0.
Thank
you
so
very
much.
This
is
very
exciting.
Looking
forward
to
this
I
I
I
know
the
the
desire
by
so
many
folks
for
a
a
bike
track.
So
that's
fantastic
and
love
to
see
that
and
the
Bryant
Park
design
is
fantastic
as
well.
I
think
there's
going
to
be
certain
a
lot
of
folks
there.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
A
Okay,
so
we're
on
item
5.3,
the
city,
council
policy
and
issue
update
I,
will
give
a
quick
recap
of
our
listening
session.
Earlier
this
evening,
heard
from
a
couple
of
people,
Brian
savig
talked
about
different
Communications
opportunities,
specifically
suggesting
that
the
draft
agenda
appear
in
the
sun
current
a
week
or
so
in
advance
of
the
meeting
just
an
opportunity
to
give
people
more
time
and
a
better
understanding
of
the
agenda
a
little
more
time
to
see
it
ahead
of
the
meeting
itself.
A
We
had
a
good
conversation
about
all
the
different
tools,
the
different
Communications
tools,
including
our
listserv
and
our
email
groups,
and
so
on.
So
it
was
a
good
conversation
and
I
think
some
of
it
was
reflected
actually
in
the
presentation
we
heard
earlier
this
evening
as
well,
and
Michael
list
spoke
to
us.
He
spoke
to
us
about
the
issues
around
group.
Homes
in
residential
areas
talked
about
different
issues,
around
code
enforcement
and
just
the
concerns
his
concerns
that
it's
a
business
in
a
residential
area
and
that
the
two
were
not
compatible
at
all.
A
But
two
good
discussions
actually
once
again
this
week
in
our
in
our
listening
session.
With
two
residents
who
I
think
we're
we're
glad
to
have
the
opportunity
to
talk
to
us
so
Mr
verbruogi
anything
tonight,
no
sir
counsel,
anything
tonight,
councilmember
Lowman
and
the
council
member
dallasandra.
You
guys
split
up
the
seven
minutes,
all
right.
C
I'll
be
quick
I
wanted
to
to
raise
the
issue
from
last
meeting
the
310.
The
resolution
authorizing
the
port
authority
to
use
funds
within
the
South
Loop
Development
Fund
for
the
purchase
of
certain
properties
located
in
the
city.
I
know
that
we
had
the
last
time
we
got
together.
There
was
some
confusion
about
that
and
I
just
wanted
to
just
get
clear
clarification
mayor.
You
were
part
of
the
the
port
authority
and
then
I
know
manager.
We've
had
conversations
about
this
and
I
wanted
to
send.
C
C
C
The
opportunity
to
you
know,
have
a
meeting,
or
at
least
have
a
conversation
with
the
city
manager,
so
that
we
understood
what
it
was
that
we
were
actually
voting
on,
and
so
it
just
from
from
my
perspective
as
a
council
member,
it's
very
disappointing
to
not
have
the
details
in
the
that
information
and
I'm
not
looking
to
blame,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we've
set
up
a
process
kind
of
going
forward
that
we
not
find
ourselves
in
that
position
again.
So
very
good.
H
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
all
the
folks
that
coordinated
and
put
on
our
first
Juneteenth.
It
was
awesome.
I
had
a
blast
and
I
wanted
to
call
that
out,
because
anytime
we
can
do
that
kind
of
good
work
together
as
a
community.
We
should
be
proud
of
ourselves
and
and
I,
don't
know,
raise
a
glass
or
two
so
I
had
a
great
time.
I
hope
everybody
else
got
the
chance
to
go
out
there.
H
A
C
If
we
have
a
second
more
I
want
to
make
sure
you
got
your
stuff
in
I'm,
just
going
to
mention
that
this
past
Thursday,
our
sustainability
commission,
really
our
whole
city.
We
won
an
award
as
a
sustainability
City
for
our
our
revamping
of
our
old
spring
cleanup
program
and
I.
Think
we've
done
it.
We
did
a
nice
job
on
that
I
know
they're,
going
to
come
back
and
have
a
bigger
presentation,
but
just
wanted
to
congratulate
staff
and
and
Council
for
our
hard
work
on
on.
A
And
to
be
clear,
this
was
an
award
given
by
the
league
of
Minnesota
cities
that
it
was
Bloomington
set.
Apart
from
all
the
cities
in
Minnesota
and
being
recognized
for
the
outstanding
work
that
our
staff
and
the
sustainability,
commission
and
and
this
council
did
in
rethinking
the
the
spring
cleanup
and
and
how
to
do
it
more
efficiently
and
more
effectively
and
with
less
trash
going
to
landfills.
A
Oh,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
You
heard
me
for
a
second
there
Summerfest
next
Monday.
Thank
you.
Our
annual
July
3rd
celebration,
Summerfest
Monday
at
the
Normandale
Lake
Bandshell,
always
a
fantastic
time:
food
trucks,
activities,
great
music
and,
of
course,
the
best
fireworks
in
Minnesota
on
July
3rd.
So
please
do
join
us
if
you're
able
to
hope
to
see
everybody
there
as
we
get
an
opportunity
to
stand
on
the
stage
and
wave
everybody
and
but
have
a
chance
to
talk
to
a
lot
of
folks
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
the
reminder.
A
We
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
adjourn
tonight.
No
further
discussion.
All
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
I
opposed
motion
carries
7-0.
We
are
adjourned
thanks
so
much
for
the
council
to
the
council
for
your
discussions
this
evening,
thanks
staff,
thanks
to
everybody
who
helped
out
and
tuned
in
thanks.