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Bloomington City Council/Port Authority Concurrent Meeting
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Thank
you,
mr
mayor
president
members.
So
tonight
we
have
barb
wolf
and
becky
schindler,
who
will
provide
some
detail
on
on
this
program.
Really.
This
is
the
beginning
of
the
conversation
that
we'll
have,
with
both
the
port
and
council
on
work
that
is
related
to
business
development
in
bloomington
to
expand
what
we're
already
doing,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
small
businesses,
and
so
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
barb
and
becky.
J
So
throughout
the
year
we
did
continue
those
connections
by
sending
out
relevant
information
to
any
of
the
businesses
that
applied
to
the
loan
program,
whether
they
receive
funding
or
not
just
to
let
them
know
about
resources
that
came
available,
such
as
the
hennepin
county
grant
programs.
So
tonight
we
will
review
current
resources.
The
city
and
county
are
providing
and
then
staff's
suggested
approach
to
future
assistance.
J
So
this
program
provides
up
to
50
hours
of
free,
technical
assistance
to
any
and
all
businesses
within
hennepin
county
as
easy
as
going
to
the
website
and
registering
so.
This
assistance
can
take
many
forms,
whether
that
be
peer-to-peer,
roundtables,
webinars,
group,
training
or
just
one-on-one
coaching
and
all
of
these
technical
services
that
are
actually
provided
through
the
platform
and
administered
are
done
by
local
businesses.
J
K
President
and
members
I'll
continue
going
over
our
current
business
assistance
program
and
then
touch
on
our
proposed
business
approach.
So
first,
the
city
has
partnered
with
hennepin
county
since
2013,
to
offer
the
open
to
business
program
through
mccd,
our
metropolitan
consortium
of
community
developers.
K
The
program
provides
advising
and
technical
assistance
to
small
businesses
already
in
bloomington
or
bloomington
residents,
looking
to
start
a
business,
this
technical
assistance
can
include
business
and
strategic
planning
or
marketing
and
communications
planning.
The
program
also
offers
businesses
access
to
capital.
K
Please,
as
barb
mentioned
earlier,
staff
administered
the
siebel
program
in
2020,
with
underwriting
done
by
john
endress,
with
mccd
and
program
promotion
by
our
co-ed
division,
along
with
the
alliance,
a
total
of
nine
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
cares.
Act.
Funding
was
used
for
business
loans
and
program
administration.
K
K
K
Thank
you.
Okay.
Next
slide,
hennepin
county
also
had
a
small
business
relief
program,
as
barb
stated
earlier,
they
funded
it
in
five
different
rounds.
They
provided
69.4
million
dollars
via
6400
grants
of
that
total
296
grants
were
awarded
to
bloomington
businesses,
who
received
three
point:
four:
four
million
dollars
grants
range
between
three
thousand
and
thirty
thousand
from
hennepin
county
and
a
list
of
those
businesses
was
included
with
agenda
materials.
K
Staff
reviewed
other
metro
suburbs
websites
to
determine
the
programs
or
assistance
offered
to
businesses.
We
found
that
cities
in
hennepin
and
dakota
county
offer
the
open
to
business
program.
Many
cities
offer
tax
increment
financing
and
tax
abatement
programs
and
st
louis
park
also
offers
a
two
percent
loan
program
and
a
revolving
loan
fund
and
a
summary
of
that
research
wasn't
enclosed.
With
the
agenda
next
slide.
Please
staff
is
proposing
to
hire
morris
leatherman
company
to
conduct
a
survey
of
about
400
bloomington
businesses.
K
The
survey
would
consist
of
50
to
70
questions,
would
cost
about
20
thousand
dollars
and
take
about
three
months
to
complete.
Leatherman
has
conducted
surveys
for
many
cities
in
the
metro
area,
including
bloomington,
in
2019,
for
the
parks
and
recreation
division.
Actually,
I'm
sorry,
it's
a
department.
Now
the
survey
would
provide
valuable
information
about
the
bloomington
business
community,
including
location
size
and
ownership
data,
and
it
will
also
help
staff
determine
what
program
or
assistance
businesses
would
like
to
have
available
from
the
city
and
I'd
like
to
turn
it
back
over
to
barb.
J
I
A
question
on
on
the
survey
and
the
selection
criteria
for
the
businesses
that
would
receive
the
survey
what
those
might
be
and
have
you
seen
the
proposed
questions,
and
then
I
noticed
it
was
with
eden
prairie,
and
these
are
verbal
voice,
oral
surg
surveys.
The
other
question
with
that
is:
are
the
businesses
told
in
advance
about
this,
or
is
how
that
communicated
versus
just
getting
a
lot
of
hang-ups?
So
a
number
of
questions
in
there.
K
Mr
president
and
commissioner
hunt,
so
I
did
speak
with
peter
leatherman
to
talk
about
how
we
would
perform
this
survey.
I'm
trying
to
remember
all
of
your
questions
now,
but
they
would
do
a
random
survey
of
businesses
and
what
he
typically
does
is
call
the
business
and
set
up
a
time
that
they
would
be
available
to
answer
all
the
questions,
and
he
said
when
they
do
that.
You
know
they
with
that
random
list.
They
only
replace
that
business
when
they
resist
as
in
they
tell
them.
You
know
we
don't
have
time
for
this.
K
We
don't
want
to
set
up
a
different
time
to
go
over
this,
we're
just
not
interested.
Then
they
would
move
on
to
another
business
on
the
list
they
do
offer
these
calls.
They
have
associates
that
speak
spanish,
somali
and
mum.
So
if
there
is
a
language
difference
for
the
business
owner,
they
would
be
able
to
set
that
up
when
they're
doing
their
questions
in
terms
of
setting
up
the
questions.
K
K
You
know,
predetermined
questions
that
would
lead
us
in
a
certain
direction,
so
they
might
have
examples
when
we
tell
them
okay,
we
want
to
learn
more
about
the
demographics
or
you
know
that
type
of
thing,
but
they
don't
want
to
give
us
kind
of
a
standardized
list.
They
want
to
find
out
what
we're
really
looking
for
from
the
business.
K
We
did
not
get
into
the
specifics
of
revenue.
Okay,
we
could
certainly,
you
know,
come
back,
you
know
if
the
if
the
boards
would
like
us
to
come
back
with
the
questions
we
were
just
going
to
perform,
the
you
know
the
brainstorming
with
them
and
get
their
ideas
based
on
their
experience.
Since
they've
done
surveys,
you
know
with
many
different.
A
Cities
well,
perhaps
perhaps
because
commissioner
works
so
many
much
with
these
businesses
it
might
be
worthwhile
to
to
when
you
you
get
something
more
definitive
or
he's
ready
to
maybe
have
set
up
a
conversation
with
commissioner
hunt,
because
I
I
think
she
brings
a
wealth
of
knowledge
to
that
area
and
there
may
be
other
commissioners
or
city
council
members
too.
That
would
like
to
to
participate
more
on
that.
I'm.
L
Thank
you
mayor,
so
I
just
had
really
just
one
question
and
if
you're
taking
names,
I'd
like
to
put
forward
sean
nelson
for
that
other
piece
there.
But
my
question
is
around
the
survey.
Will
this
be
in
lieu
of
the
survey
that
we
do
for
it's
in
conjunction
with
the
citizen
survey,
this
business
survey?
Or
will
we
still
do
that
that
business
survey
that's
associated
with
citizen
survey,.
K
Mayor
and
council
member
lowman,
I
think
we
would
want
to
make
sure
that
we
didn't
have
a
duplicated
effort
on
that.
If
they're
going
to
continue
to,
you
know,
do
that
survey
from
community
services,
we
would
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
information
that
would
be
important
for
whatever
program
we
would
bring
forward
to
help
businesses
in
bloomington.
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G
But
you
know
we
do
have
a
certain
amount
of
activity
as
barb
and
becky
laid
out
tonight
with
business
retention
and
attraction
and
attraction
has
been
mostly
for
bigger
businesses
and
things
like
that,
but
a
little
bit
of
a
I
don't
call
it
trial
and
error,
but
with
the
survey
we'll
learn
what
the
existing
businesses
are
looking
for
and
then
we'll
come
back
to
the
boards
present
options
and
things
like
that,
and
so
it's
going
to
be.
This
is
just
the
start
of
this
it'll
be
an
iterative
process.
J
An
economic
development
call
that
both
becky
and
I
participate
in
with
hennepin,
county
and
other
municipalities,
but
really
it
keeps
coming
down
to.
We
don't
know
the
challenges
that
we're
trying
to
create
a
solution
for,
and
so
we
really
want
to
hear
from
the
business
community
what
they
need
from
us
and
what
kind
of
assistance
they
would
need.
A
You
know
I
would
like
to
make
it
raise
the
point
years
ago,
at
a
super
value,
the
chair
of
the
board
and
president
ceo
of
the
company
said
you
know
it
would
be
great
to
hear
from
our
retailers
and
find
out
what
they
would
like
and
for
those
of
you
not
familiar.
Super
value
was
a
large
wholesale
operation
with
operations
in
20
or
30
states.
At
any
rate,
he
he
sent
a
letter
to
all
of
our
retailers
asking
them
what
they
thought
comments
and
things
like
that,
and
it
was
really
valuable.
A
It
really
was
a
lot
of
valuable
information,
so
it
could
be,
mr
mayor
that
this
could
be
something
that
a
letter
could
go
on
under
your
signature
or
something
just
saying
we're
undertaking
this.
On
behalf
we
want
to.
We
want
to
hear
what
your
concerns
are.
We'd
like
to
hear
what
we
could
do
and-
and
you
know
it-
I
know
we
were
all
just
blown
away
with
the
with
the
kind
of
input
that
we
got
from
our
retailers
very
thoughtful.
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Business
incubators
for
businesses,
large
and
small
and
generally
tied
to
an
educational
institution
as
well,
and
I
think
we've
got
a
great
opportunity
here.
We
can
set
ourselves
apart
in
a
lot
of
different
ways
in
terms
of
how
we
set
up
how
we
are
set
up
to
attract
business,
to
support
business,
to
to
get
small
businesses
launched
in
conjunction
with
our
our
our
with
normandale,
with
our
other
hiring
level,
our
other
institutions
of
higher
learning,
and
for
that
matter,
our
school
system,
our
public
school
system.
Here.
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I
Mr
president
and
mr
mayor,
just
reiterating
a
little
bit
what
you
said
about
the
super
value
survey
there,
there
can
be
some
very
good
discussions
and
good
ideas.
I
mean
I
was
talking
with
a
business
owner
today
and
said
what
what
do
you
think
would
help
well
a
reduction
in
my
property
tax
as
well?
Okay,
how
about?
I
Let's
talk
about
some
other
options,
so
you
know
you
could
run
the
gamut
of
something
hey
help
me
on
licensing
or
fees
or
something
like
that,
and
then
you
could
get
some
really
out
of
the
box
new
ideas,
but
business
owners
have
gone
through
depending
on
their
industry,
but
such
a
painful
year
and
and
challenges-
and
you
know
large
or
small,
there's
many
things
that
have
impacted
them
along
the
way.
So
anything
you
know
the
day-to-day
reality
is.
How
can
we
help
them?
I
I
Seemingly
small
amount,
but
yet
that
you
know
10
15,
30
000
was
probably
a
game
changer
in
the
lifeblood
for
some
of
those
business
to
keep
continuing
last
year,
so
anything
that
we
can
do
and
and
to
publicize
that
and
make
it
known
that.
That's
what
we
want
to
hear
from
business
owners,
how
they
can
be
helped
along
the
way
and
what
ideas
they
might
have
is
going
to
be
very.
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M
Well,
I
would
be
prepared
to
do
that.
I
appreciate
that
council
member
lohman-
I
like
you,
said
this
is
very
important
to
me
and
I
think
very
important
to
the
community,
and
so
I
appreciate
the
work
of
staff
to
pull
this
together
and
to
continue
to
look-
and
you
know
I
know
we're
hopefully
coming
out
of
this
pandemic,
and
but
businesses
still
have
needs
and
looking
at
the
whole
toolbox
that
we
have
to
support
and
nurture
and
recruit
and
retain,
I
think,
is
important.
This
is
really
good
work.
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C
M
A
A
A
C
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G
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
and
council
members,
president
erickson
and
board
commissioners,
so
tonight
we're
here
to
discuss
hospitality
legislation.
We
talked
about
it
on
march,
2nd
and
march
22
we're
back
again
on
april
6th
to
have
the
council
consider
adopting
a
motion
to
change
the
legislative
policy
if
they're
so
inclined.
G
G
We
have
46
or
48
hotels,
depending
on
how
you
count
them
with
one
under
construction
right
now
and
another
one
that
is
converting
at
least
part
of
their
rooms
to
residential,
so
we'll
be
about
a
net
roughly
in
that
zero
gain
in
2021
for
hotel
rooms
in
bloomington.
I've
got
a
slide
on
that
here
in
a
second.
G
So
if
the
general
fund
portion
of
the
levy
is
about
54
million
dollars,
the
lodging
and
admissions
taxes
that
go
to
the
general
fund
are
about
10
million.
So
you
can
see
the
large
impact
large
benefit
that
lodging
and
admissions
taxes
have
to
the
city's
budget
to
the
general
fund
and
that's
10
million
dollars
that
doesn't
need
to
be
levied
onto
the
property
taxpayers
in
bloomington.
In
order
to
provide
the
services
that
the
city
provides.
G
So
we're
at
about
9
700
and
change
hotel
rooms.
Again,
one
hotel
is
going
to
reduce
the
number
of
rooms
that
they
have
and
another
one
will
come
online
in
2021,
the
height
house
and
so
we'll
be
hovering
right
in
that
neighborhood
for
at
least
for
a
little
while
we
don't
have
any
other
hotels
that
are
in
the
pipeline.
G
We
had
march
madness
here
in
minnesota,
so
there's
a
blip
in
march
that
the
revenues
are
up,
but
before
that
it
was
a
super
bowl
and
then
before
that,
a
couple
years
before
that
was
ryder
cup
and
so
on.
So
a
baseline
year
is
kind
of
hard
to
come
by,
but
we're
using
2019,
because
it's
as
good
as
we've
got
obviously
in
2020.
G
You
know,
march
and
april
were
of
course
terrible.
The
second
half
of
march
in
particular-
and
you
know
things
started
to
get
better
in
q3
of
2020
and
then
with
you
know,
caseload
and
upper
coved
and
restrictions.
You
know
all
through
november
and
december
things
were
looking
pretty
bad.
What
we've
seen
in
january
and
february
is
a
is
a
big
uptick
and
the
march
data
is
not
formalized
yet,
but
march
looks
better
than
february,
and
so
the
hotel
revenue
is
coming
back.
G
It
appears
from
this
and
from
traffic
at
some
or
other
attractions,
small
america
and
other
things
like
that
that
there
is
a
fair
amount
of
pent-up
demand,
in
particular
for
leisure
leisure
travel.
Business
travels
is
going
to
be
slower
to
come
back
than
leisure,
and
this
all
relates
to
the
cost
of
bloomington
services.
Of
course,
again,
our
general
fund
levy
and
our
budget
is
in
the
range
of
50
to
80
million
dollars,
depending
on
which
number
you
look
at,
and
the
cost
of
providing
those
services
to
the
citizens.
G
Unfortunately,
the
minneapolis
area
is
usually
the
loss
leader
of
the
top
25
markets,
boston,
close
behind
it
there.
You
can
see
the
text
at
the
bottom,
but
you
know,
I
think
what
you'll
hear
from
bonnie
here
in
a
few
minutes
is
that
we
need
to
continue
to
drive
people
to
minneapolis
and
st
paul
in
this
market
and
that's
going
to
be
a
challenging
thing
moving
into
the
future.
G
I
showed
this
last
time
as
well.
It's
just
an
anecdotal
data
point
that
you
know
some
of
the
regions
of
the
country
are
seeing
growth
and
are
going
to
be
not
as
affected
by
covid
in
whatever
the
the
new
normal
is
after
covid,
then
regions
that
have
climate
challenges
frankly
and
we're
of
course,
in
that
category,
this
allowed.
You
know
the
additional
lodging
tax
of
course
allows
us
to
do
things
that
aren't
related
to
logic.
G
Attacks
at
all,
they're
allow
they
allow
us
to
deliver
on
our
strategic
priorities
in
the
city-
and
you
know,
since
you
know,
especially
starting
in
2015,
mostly
due
to
terrorism
and
other
e-commerce
challenges
that
we
were
seeing.
We
started
to
work
harder
on
diversification
of
the
tax
base
in
bloomington,
in
particular,
with
housing
and
then
also
with
businesses.
G
But
again,
the
council
and
port
deserve
a
lot
of
credit
for
investing
in
the
indigo
project,
because
count
them
down
the
line
for
that
node
insult
the
family,
rosa
arder
quinn,
the
crown
plaza
conversion
and
roars
and
the
bcs4
and
then
potentially
parking
go.
There
are
seven
or
eight
projects
that
are
happening
in
that
node
and
I
think
a
large
part
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
fact
that
the
indigo
project
proved
that
people
want
to
live
in
salt
group.
G
They
want
to
live
near
the
airport,
they
want
to
live
in
bloomington
and
near
the
light,
rail
and
so
on.
So
this
really
set
the
stage
for
a
lot
of
these
projects.
The
indigo
project
did
our
project's
doing
well,
and
these
other
ones
are
messing
up.
The
family
is
now
leasing
and
things
are
going
going
well,
after
a
likely,
slow
january
february
and
march
have
been
doing
pretty
well
the
business
development
work.
We
just
had
a
conversation
about
that.
G
G
N
Hey
good
good
evening,
mr
mayor
members
of
the
city
council
and
president
of
port
authority
and
board
commissioners.
First
of
all,
thank
you
for
inviting
me
and
allowing
me
to
speak
on
my
favorite
subject.
I
should
say
those
of
you
that
know
me:
I
can
talk
for
a
long
time
about
hospitality
in
our
industry
and
we
have
a
real
passion
for
it,
and
so
I'm
happy
to
do
that.
N
N
So
what's
happened
in
bloomington
over
the
years
has
been
so
wonderful
with
adding
the
development
and
the
leadership
of
council,
not
only
all
of
you
in
office,
but
the
ones
before
you
in
the
development
of
the
south
loop.
There's
absolutely
no
question.
It's
a
very
popular
place
to
visit
live
with
light
rail
airport.
N
Certainly,
the
mall
of
america
is
a
certainly
popular
attraction
and
but
a
destination
is
made
up
of
a
lot
of
things
and
it's
made
up
of
a
lot
of
businesses
and
restaurants
and
and
we're
proud
of
that
in
bloomington.
But
let's
just
say
that
we
do
have
to
work
a
little
harder
to
have
people
come
and
visit
us.
N
N
It's
certainly
the
restaurant
association
in
minnesota
resorts
and
hotel
minnesota
lodging
and
I
have
served
on
the
minnesota
lodging
board
for
quite
a
number
of
years.
I
just
went
off
the
board,
but
the
one
thing
that
so
I
am
supporting
the
recovery
of
that.
I
think,
though,
what
this,
where
we
are
today,
is
we
really
have
an
opportunity,
I'm
hoping
to
reinvest
in
the
destination
in
whatever
form
that
comes
down
the
road.
I
think
it's
important.
N
One
of
the
reasons
we
have
been
so
successful
in
bloomington
again
is
the
largest
industry.
Is
hospitality
that
development
of
that
and
now
attractions
and
other
businesses
that
people
want
to
visit
and
come
and
make
and
visit
our
destination
and
stay
in
our
hotels,
and
so
the
fact
that
we
may
want
to
get
a
tool
in
our
toolbox.
That's
what
we
call
it
when,
when
we're
doing
things
at
the
convention
bureau
any
any
tool
that
we
can
get,
that
would
promote
future
development.
N
That
supports
this
industry
is
essential
to
our
future,
and
so,
for
those
reasons,
I'm
just
excited
about
this
opportunity.
I
know
that
over
at
the
state,
capitol
and
and
within
hospitality,
minnesota's,
I'm
also
serve
on
their
legislative
committee.
There's
a
real
appetite
to
help
our
industry,
and
so
I
think
that
I
would.
N
It
would
be
in
our
best
interest
to
to
look
to
the
future
and
and,
as
I
said,
reinvest
take
take
the
opportunity
what
that
is
down
the
road
that
will
be
for
you
to
decide,
and
but
I
just
think
this
is
a
real
important
time
as
we
move
forward.
So
I'll
stop
there
and
take
any
questions
or
if
I've
missed
anything.
Please.
Let
me
know.
C
C
C
N
Mr
mayor
members
of
city
council,
yes
I'd
be
happy
to
one
of
the
things
we've
always
tried
to
do
at
the
bloomington
convention
of
visitors.
Bureau
is
kind
of
get
ahead
of
the
curve
and
and
b.
Thank
you
unique,
innovative,
not
to
rest
on
our
laurels,
but
to
really
take
a
lead
in
some
of
the
areas.
One
program
that
I
know
many
of
the
council
members
and
mayor
have
been
to
city
staff,
as
was
our
bloomington
diamond
service
awards,
and
what
I
think
we
created
that
24
years
ago.
N
N
So,
sadly,
it's
not
going
to
happen
in
21,
but
we
hope
to
bring
it
back
in
22.,
but
why
this
is
so
important
is
because
this
program
honors
the
the
men
and
the
women
who
work
in
our
industry
from
all
facets
of
life,
it
gets
their
academy
awards.
It's
those
people.
We
have
always
believed
that,
where
the
rubber
meets
the
road
they're,
the
ones
that
service
the
guests-
and
so
it's
become
it's
one
of
the
only
one
of
its
kind
in
the
united
states,
so
we're
very
proud
of
that,
so
again,
innovation.
N
N
I'm
sorry.
On
the
west
end
on
the
east
end,
we
could
do
anything
from
the
hilton
and
the
embassy,
or
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
was
at
the
mall
of
america
and
what
we
created
was
with
the
jw
marriott
and
the
radisson
blue
hotel
and
what
we
are
calling
it
is
under
one
roof
so
that
a
person
could
a
company
could
come
and
have
a
meeting
use.
N
Now
we
find
ourselves
in
a
situation
of
what
to
do
about
this
hybrid
meeting,
much
with
the
digital
aspect,
which
I
think
mr
mayor
you're,
referring
to,
we
have
had
some
groups
come
in
and
our
hyatt
hotel
at
a
very
successful
meeting
by
offering
the
virtual
package
as
well
as
important.
You
know
in
in-person
attendance
later
this
week
I
have
been
asked
to
emcee
a
a
meeting
with
it's
going
to
happen.
N
Sadly,
it's
not
in
bloomington
it's
in
the
hotel
up
by
the
vikings
sports,
complex,
the
new
omni,
but
it's
the
meeting
professional
international,
the
minnesota
chapter,
it's
global
meeting
and
event
day
on
thursday,
and
so
every
major
association
is
part
of
this.
I've
been
asked
to
emcee
a
meeting.
There
will
be
about
110
people
in
person
and
there
will
be
also
a
large
virtual
audience
to
be
able
to
patch
in
on
that.
This
is
something
that
is
is
tasking
all
of
us,
because
you
know:
how
do
you
do
this
effectively?
N
N
and
what
it
is
is
we
we
implemented
it
on
our
website
so
that
anybody
can
come
and
take
a
look
at
a
hotel,
digitally
take
a
look
at
the
meeting
space,
look
at
their
facilities
so
forth.
I
can't
tell
you
what
a
lifesaver
that
would
be
to
us
in
2020
we,
it
was
the
most
popular
thing
that
was
being
used
in
19,
but
today
it's
really
helped
us
communicate
all
the
wonderful
things
on
our
space.
So
again
we
have
lots
of
programs
that
we're
looking
at.
C
M
Yeah
thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
bonnie
for
taking
the
time.
I
appreciate
our
conversation
and
appreciate
you
coming
here
to
chat
with
us
a
little
bit
just
a
couple,
quick
questions.
We
obviously
had
some
basic
information
that
minneapolis
area,
the
bloomington
area,
saint
paul
area,
the
hospitality
industry
in
our
region
has
been
hurting,
especially
in
comparison
to
some
of
the
national
trends,
and
what
I'm
just
wondering
is
if
you
can
provide
a
little
bit
of
additional
context
to
that,
you
know.
M
Where
are
we
at
in
terms
of
bookings
during
the
week
on
the
weekend?
You
know,
I
think,
there's
an
idea
that
leisure
travel
is
coming
back.
Business
travel
is
not.
Can
you
talk
to
that?
How
has
the
spring
break
time
frame
been?
We've
got
I
mean
we
talk
about
lodging
and
admissions.
We've
got
it.
You
know
kind
of
both
of
those.
Obviously,
in
some
of
the
areas,
there's
some
severe
restrictions
on
capacity
due
to
the
pandemic
and
just
to
keep
everyone
safe
and
healthy.
N
Great
yes,
council,
member,
nelson
and
members
of
the
council
and
mr
mayor,
so
for
the
last
year
and
a
half
we
we
at
the
bureau,
always
work
with
smith
travel
research.
We
get
monthly
reports
on
occupancy
when
the
pandemic
hit,
we
immediately
pivoted
and
we
asked
them
to.
We
enlisted
them
to
do
weekly,
occupancies,
and
so
we've
been
doing
that
now
for
since
well
since
last
april
and
what
we're
seeing
today,
you
are
absolutely
right.
N
Council,
member
nelson,
is
that
leisure
there's,
a
great
pent-up
demand
for
travel
and
leisure
is
now
leading
not
only
our
bloomington
hotels
but
the
nation.
As
far
as
people,
that's
where
the
occupancy
is
building
this
last
week
we
had
a
so
it
would
be.
A
week
ago,
we're
always
a
week
behind
it's
about
48
occupancy,
which
I
never
thought.
That
would
be
something
to
get
excited
about,
but
we
are
very
excited
about
that
and
it
is
primarily
leisure.
N
What
we
are
seeing,
however,
business
travel
that
the
jury's
still
out
on
that.
I
have
a
personal
belief
that
business
travel
will
be
back
sooner
than
what
is
predicted,
but
that
remains
to
be
seen.
It
depends
on
a
lot
of
things
we
are
seeing.
Some
excuse
me
some
meetings
and
conventions
book
in
the
third
and
fourth
quarter
and
into
early
22..
N
N
N
I
wish
we
had
a
facility
of
some
sort,
but
people
who
come
to
town
for
these
sporting
events.
They
love
to
stay
in
our
hotels,
they
feel
safe
and,
of
course
they
love
the
mall
of
america.
This
is
very
important
and
we
just
booked.
It's
called
one
hockey.
It's
an
international
hockey
event
that
will
be
in
october
of
21
in
january
of
22.
N
So
they're
feeling
very
optimistic
that
some
of
these
international
teams
will
come.
It's
a
minor
league
and
we
just
did
a
press
release
on
that,
and
so
we're
very
excited
about
that
and
coming
up
now
in
the
summer
months,
we
do
have
some
amateur
sports.
We
have
some
tournaments
that
are
coming
in
that
we
that
we
have
worked
with
for
years.
So
so
the
point
being
is:
there's
some
sentiment
that
this
travel
now
people
are
feeling
better
about
traveling
and
that
it
will
start
to
pick
up.
N
M
Thank
you
for
that
context.
I
appreciate
it
in
terms
of
what
we're
looking
at
tonight.
Are
there
any
specific
proposals,
ideas
things
like
that,
I
mean
there's
a
request
for
some
additional
flexibility
and
supporting
legislation
that
would
allow
that.
Can
you
give
us
any
context
on
what
the
hospitality
industry
is
is
looking
for,
or
is
this
at
this
point,
just
hey
we'd,
like
all
the
tools
we
possibly
can
have,
and
we
will
figure
some
of
those
details
out
as
we
go
forward.
N
N
Yes,
I
have
several
ideas
down
the
road,
but
I
would
say
it's
really
important
for
us
what
I
hear
from
our
hotels,
you
know
they'll
always
get
nervous
when
they
hear
that
another
hotel
is
going
to
be
built.
They
always
think
that
perhaps
it's
going
to
take
their
business,
but
you
know
the
market
really
in
normal
times
takes
care
of
that.
What
I
hear
is
we
need
things
that
draw
people
we
need
attractions.
N
We
need
those
kinds
of
popular
things
that
people
travel
to
go
and
see.
I
mean
right
now
we're
we
talked
about
occupancy.
We
are
experiencing
a
little
uptick
in
occupancy,
and
a
lot
of
that
is
spring
break
spring
break
in
march
and
it
kind
of
went
into
early
april
and
we've
always
said
you
know
not.
Everyone
can
afford
to
go
away
to
disneyland
for
a
week
or
two
vacation,
and
so
they
have
a
staycation
or
they
come
to
our
area.
It's
easy
to
get
around.
We
have.
N
The
mall
of
america
is
a
huge
draw
for
well,
not
only
for
bloomington,
for
the
state
and
for
the
region,
and
so
we
can
create
this
destination
experience
so,
but
as
far
as
specific
projects,
anything
that
complements
the
development
in
the
south
loop.
I
think
that
certainly
we'd
love
we'd
look
at
any
kind
of
amateur
sports
arena.
N
N
Right,
council,
member
nelson,
I
think
that
definitely
I
have
to
say
that
leisure
is
is
a
very,
very
important
part
of
a
hotel's
business
because
it
can
come
on
the
weekends
they
really
like
that
it
is.
It
is
the
leader
coming
back
from
this
as
the
recovery
people
are
saying
and-
and
we
believe
that
as
well-
the
business
traveler.
You
know
that
corporate
traveler.
N
I
do
think
that
the
market
will
take
care
of
itself
on
that,
but
we
do
get
business
travelers
that
bring
their
families
and
then
they
have
extended
vacations
you'll
see
that
in
a
lot
of
destinations.
We
know
that
that
happens
and
also
promote
it.
We
are
working
on
a
piece
of
business
right
now,
I'm
I'm
not
sure
if
I
can
say
who
it
is,
but
it
will
definitely
be
family
travel
and
we're
we're
just
waiting
for
the
contract
and
so
and
it's
in
the
south
loob
area.
N
So
yes,
very
much
so
I
think
one
of
the
ways
to
help
our
employees
and
the
hospitality
industry
is
to
get
business
coming
back
to
create
excitement,
reinvest
in
the
destination.
Then
the
jobs
and
the
people
will
get
back
to
work.
It
will
help
them.
You
know
they
look.
I
think
that
people
want
to
work,
and
I
think
they
want
that.
N
You
know
that
job
and
our
hotels-
and
I
think
the
market
will
take
care
of
that
from
a
wage
standpoint
and
the
supply
and
demand
factor,
and
so,
let's
you
know
reinvesting
building
things
getting
this
travel
back
is
is
for
sure
how
we
can
best
help
our
hotels
from
from
a
long-term
perspective.
You
know,
I'm
sure
if
you
ask
them,
everybody
would
say
we
need
money.
In
fact,
you
know
this
type
of
thing,
but
this
is
really
an
important
part.
Hospitality
minnesota.
A
A
No,
I
it's
more
of
a
comment.
I
just
having
been
involved
with
this
since
well.
We
built
our
house
in
bloomington
in
1980
and
I'll
share
a
little
story
that
I
think
kind
of
encapsulates.
This
whole
thing
jim,
linda
lives
in
our
lived
on
our
block
at
that
time,
and
we
had
a
progressive
dinner
party
on
new
year's
eve,
and
I
met
jim
and
I
was
saying
jim,
it's
really
too
bad
bloomington
lost
the
stadium,
and
he
said
oh
bob.
A
It's
this
great
opportunity
and
the
city
proceeded
with
the
city
council
support
and
that
to
take
a
lot
of
risk,
we
bought
the
property.
We
owned,
the
property.
There
was
litigation.
There
was
a
lot
of
different
things,
but
I
think
the
whole
point
is
this.
Whole
thing
that
has
occurred
was
a
very
deliberate
action
on
the
part
of
the
city
to
invest
and
invest
smartly
and
do
it
with
limitations
and
make
sure
that
that
the
investment
by
the
private
sector
was
was
much
more
than
the
investment
by
the
public
sector.
A
But
I
think,
as
we
get
into
this
context,
it's
sometimes
helpful
to
think
that
that
in
bloomington
this
has
been
a
very
deliberate
effort
over
many
many
years,
which
has
paid
huge
dividends
to
the
city,
both
in
in
terms
of
probably
being
the
envy
in
the
metro
area
for
the
liquor
and
lodging
tax
that
we
get,
although
when
it
goes
down,
obviously
we're
impacted,
but
that's
been
plus
revenue
for
the
city
for
for
many
many
years.
So
I
think,
as
we
look
into
this
you,
you
won't
survive.
A
C
N
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
with
president
eric's
comment.
I
don't
want
to
date
myself,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
I
was
there
when
the
mall
was
built
and
when
those
presentations
and
those
and
all
the
city
council
members
that
came
after
that
and
president
erickson
is
so
right
about
that.
I
often
brag
about
our
city
and
their
professionalism
and
their
vision
and
leadership
in
developing
making
the
hospitality
industry
the
number
one
industry,
the
development
bringing
the
mall
of
america.
D
Thank
you
mayor.
Well,
first
of
all,
I
I
just
really
wanted
to
echo
and
you'll
have
to
excuse
me.
I
my
I
suspect,
like
many
of
you,
my
allergies
are
wreaking
havoc
with
with
my
nose
at
the
moment,
but
I
just
first
of
all
just
really
wanted
to
echo
the
comments
that
council
member
nelson
made
about
the
the
workers
and
the
employees
within
the
hospitality
industry.
D
D
Excuse
me
that
we
need
to
be
very
intentional
about
supporting
them
as
well
that
that
a
lot
of
these
folks
are
the
ones
who
have
been
in
hardest
over
the
last
year,
and
so
I
I
do
hope
that
we're
going
to
be
very
intentional
about
about
supporting
workers.
But
the
question
I
had
and
I'm
not
sure,
if
maybe
bonnie
or
shane,
if
either
of
you-
which
one
of
you
might
be
better
to
address
this.
D
And
so
my
I'm,
my
I'm
a
little
hesitant
because
I'm
I'm
worried
that
we're
just
going
to
be
doing
more
of
the
same
things
that
we've
been
doing
rather
than
you
know,
thinking
boldly
thinking
differently
about
what
we
can
do.
So
I'm
wondering
if
I
know,
bonnie
or
shane,
if
you
could
speak
to
that
intent
a
little
bit
and
kind
of
what
the
thought
is
behind
that.
N
Well,
council,
member
coulter,
if
I'll
say,
certainly
a
destination
experience
is
encompasses
a
lot
of
different
things.
When
a
tourist
comes
to
town,
they
spend
dollars
in
many
places,
whether
it's
a
restaurant,
a
gas
station,
a
convenience
store
a
unique
business
or
or
whatever.
But
it
is
true
that
that
we
want
our
hotels,
healthy
with
visitors,
because
that
keeps
people
employed
and-
and,
as
you
said,
this
is
a
very
important
thing
to
consider
as
far
as
future
development.
N
What
I
do
know
going
on,
there
are
destinations
that
are
investing
right
now,
for
example,
I
know
that
we,
our
colleagues
in
fort
worth
texas,
we
just
talked
to
them
they're
in
the
process
of
embarking
on
a
15
million
dollar
sports
complex
and
it
is
it
has
retail
and
other
businesses
around
it.
Those
infrastructures,
you
know,
are
growing
denver
just
has
taken
this
opportunity
to
expand
their
convention
center
and,
and
so
in
a
downturn
like
this.
N
There
also
becomes
new
opportunity,
and
so
the
vision
and
leadership
I
think
determining
what
that
is
and
what
best
fits
I'm
going
to
always
advocate
for
hospitality
and
the
jobs
and
and
our
hotels,
but
a
visitor
does
actually
do
draw.
You
know
their
money
transfers
in
a
lot
of
different
ways.
So
that's
how
I
see
it,
but
anyway.
G
To
address
yes,
thank
you,
mr
mayor
president,
members
councilmember
coulter,
so
I
think
you
know
a
couple
of
things.
Certainly
we
don't
want
to
bring
people
to
bloomington
and
have
them
stay
in
hotels
just
for
the
sake
of
them.
Staying
in
hotels,
I
think,
as
outlined
earlier,
you
know
the
benefit
to
the
general
fund
so
that
the
city
can
pursue
its
strategic
priorities
is
huge
and
if
we
continue
to
add
hotels
in
bloomington
and
drive
that
number
up,
it
allows
you
to
do
more
strategic
priorities
through
the
budgeting
process.
G
I
think
that
what
kovit
has
showed
us
is
that
we
need
to
be
cognizant
of
that
number,
but
I
think
the
council
should
think
about.
You
know
the
benefit
of
that
money
and
what
it
allows
you
to
do
so
many
cities
would
love
to
have
that
revenue
stream
so
that
they
can
do
so.
Many
things
that
bloomington's
able
to
do
that
that
other
cities
can't
so
it's
not.
I
don't
think
just
more
of
the
same.
G
You
know
we've
been
studying
a
lot
of
different
ideas
for
the
past
number
of
years,
be
it
from
you
know,
expo
to
water
park,
to
space
shuttle
to
event
center,
as
bonnie
said,
minor
league
sports.
So
you
know
all
of
those
types
of
things
are
on
the
table
and
if
you
know,
I
certainly
would
rank
those
in
the
innovative
category.
G
I
think
what
the
council
and
port
authority
have
done
over
the
past
five
years
or
so
is
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
want
just
another
select
service
hotel
in
town,
because
we
could
have
easily
five
or
ten
more
of
those.
If
we
didn't
buy
the
ramada
thunderbird
hotel,
there
would
be
a
number
of
select
service,
hotels
and
a
couple
of
small
restaurants.
There.
G
G
I
think
it's
very
feasible
that
we
could
have
another
thousand
hotel
rooms
in
bloomington
if
we
wanted
to,
but
they'd
all
be
150
room,
select,
service,
hotels,
and
so
we've
continued
to
try
to
do
things
bigger,
better
and
different
and
presented
that
to
the
council
and
port
authority
and
and
the
council
to
date
has
supported
that,
and-
and
you
know,
if
we
want
to
consider
continue
on
that
path,
we
can
otherwise.
We
can
change
course,
of
course,
as
it
relates
to
resiliency.
G
I
guess
the
way
that
I
look
at
that
is
again
to
continue
to
diversify
the
offering
in
bloomington
from
a
lot
of
different
perspectives.
You
know
back
in
2015,
we
really
took
a
look
at
that
and
I
think
we've
made
strides
in
that
again.
We
could
be
pigeonholed
in
the
select
service
hotel
with
the
design
life
of
those
hotels
of
20
years.
G
You
have
to
tear
them
down.
It
seems
like
we
both
look
to
diversify
our
hotel
stock,
as
well
as
just
the
land
use
type
in
general
by
adding
residential
working
on
big
businesses,
and
things
like
that
resiliency,
in
my
mind,
means
diversity
and
that's
diversity
in
the
drivers
of
hotel
rooms
to
provide
things
just
beyond
mall
of
america.
It's
hard
to
drive
business
use
besides
things
like
sick,
for
example,
not
to
keep
bringing
that
up,
but
they're
super
excited
about
being
next
to
order
a
bunch
of
hotels,
they're,
an
international
company.
G
So
you
know
people
come
and
visit
their
facility
stay
in
a
hotel.
That's
right!
Next
door,
there's
a
number
of
good
operators
right
there,
there's
hazelwood
et
cetera,
and
so
that
brings
in
the
business
traveler
when
when
they
come
back
outside
of
outside
of
koben.
So
hopefully
I've
answered
your
questions.
If
not
I'm
happy
to
go
back
and
hit
on
anything.
D
Else,
no,
I
I
think
that
was
really
helpful
and
I
I
think
it
was.
It
was
really
important
for
all
of
us
and
and
for
the
you
know
the
folks
watching
at
home
to
hear
that
too,
because
I
think
that
you
know
that
we
we
just
need
to
be
clear
sort
of
you
know
what
to
what
end
are
we
are
we
pursuing
this?
What
is
what
is
the
ultimate
goal,
and-
and
I
think
you
articulated
it
very
well-
and
I
I
think
that
is
the
the
the
proper
course
as
as
you've
outlined
it
there.
D
G
G
I
spoke
with
ben
over
there
who's
their
government
relations
head
and
they're
hopeful
that
a
number
of
these
things
will
make
it
through
the
legislative
process.
Of
course,
nobody
knows
what
the
end
of
the
session
will
look
like
in
may,
but
this
is
what
they're
pushing-
and
I
think
you
know
each
one
of
these
has
their
own
merits
and
has
targeted
it
targeted
at
a
different
thing,
and
I
know
bonnie's
been
engaged
with
hospitality
minnesota
as
well,
so
a
number
of
them
already
have
bills
that
are
moving
through.
G
You
can
see
the
house
and
senate
file
numbers
there,
but
ppp
tax
free,
that's
the
federal
conformance,
conformancy
property
taxes.
Everybody
would
love
to
not
pay
property
taxes,
everybody
likes
what
taxes
do,
but
nobody
wants
to
pay
them.
I
put
myself
in
that
category
personally,
no
interest
loan
assistance.
Just
you
know
again.
G
This
is
financial
assistance
for,
and
you
know
the
near
coven
impacts
to
the
hotel
business
workforce,
pro-starting,
hospitality,
tourism
management,
high
school
workforce
programs-
bonnie
may
know
more
about
that
than
I
do
and
I'll
give
her
an
opportunity
to
speak
here
in
just
a
second
sales
tax
on
equipment.
I
think
that's
pretty
self-explanatory
and
then
you
know
the
american
rescue
rescue
plan,
the
1.9
trillion
dollar
bill
that
was
just
passed.
G
N
Mr
mayor
council
members,
the
only
thing
I
can
say
on
the
workforce.
This
is
a
program
that
hospitality
minnesota
has
had
for
many
years
and
it
was
just
really
growing
starting
to
get
stronger
grants
to
people
that
are
in
hospitality,
management,
school
and
so
forth.
There's
a
there's
a
foundation
in
the
workforce.
All
of
us
we're
always
taking
a
look
at
the
workforce.
N
How
can
we
really
persuade
more
people
to
come
into
the
hospitality
business?
I
think
a
lot
of
people
thought
that
it
is
a
you
know,
a
part-time
job
or
something
you
did
as
you
went
through
school,
so
which
is
not
the
case,
and
so
this
is
this
pro
start
has
been
a
a
real
good
tool
for
them
and
because
this
is
statewide
agenda,
so
a
lot
of
support,
whether
you're
in
northern
minnesota
or
in
bloomington,
so
but
generally
and
and
they're
they
do
a
good
job.
C
G
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
councilmember.
Nelson,
the
only
thing
that
rings
a
bell:
that's
not
exactly
what
you're
you're
asking
about,
but
is
related
in
some
ways
to
that
is
a
bill
that
was
authored
in
a
press
release
or
excuse
me,
a
press
conference
that
our
own
representative,
andrew
carlson,
had
probably
five
or
six
weeks
ago
that
related
to
the
jobs
that
these
folks
have,
if
they've
been
laid
off,
that
their
place
would
be
held.
Basically,
so
they
can
get
that
job
back
so
that
people
have
some
job
security
in
that
situation.
M
C
G
Mr
mayor
council,
members
and
port
authorities-
so
I
can
do
some
more
research
on
this,
but
the
way
I
read
this
is
that
it
would-
and
maybe
the
terminology
that's
used
here
is-
is
imprecise.
But
you
know,
as
you
know,
the
on
non-non-residential
taxes,
there's
fiscal
disparities
about
30
or
40
percent
in
the
metro,
and
then
state
county
schools
is
roughly
a
third
or
third
third
of
that,
a
third
third
third
of
a
third.
G
So
in
the
in
the
low
teens
and
then
the
state
general
priority
tax
is
roughly
a
third
ish
of
property
taxes
on
a
hotel,
and
so
my
recollection
is
that
this
relates
to
the
state's
portion
of
someone's
property
tax
and
not
the
city
county,
school
or
the
fda
portion.
But
we
will
clarify
that
if
that
is
not
true.
B
G
Mr
mayor
and
council
members
and
port
authority
yeah
it's
late
in
the
session
for
sure,
be
it
this
legislative
policy,
a
bullet,
the
hospitality
minnesota
platform
or
the
other
flexibility
which
I'm
happy
to
talk
about
here.
Next,
if
you'd,
like
they're
they're,
both
late
in
the
session,
the
house
and
senate
are
creating
their
tax
bills
today,
that
said,
and
they
both
have
rules
about
deadlines
and
things
like
that,
but
they
can
also
amend
those
rules.
G
So
it's
certainly
not
impossible
for
hospitality
minnesota
to
move
these
things
forward.
Certainly,
the
bills
that
have
already
been
introduced
and
heard
have
a
lot
more
likelihood,
but
things
that
haven't
been
introduced
and
heard
are
are
much
less
likely
to
move,
but
it
isn't,
it
isn't
impossible
for
things
to
be
introduced
later.
There's
lots
of
ways
that
a
bill
can
become
a
law
in
the
next
six
weeks.
G
Happy
too
so,
on
march
22,
the
council
passed
a
motion
on
these
bullet
points
to
help
the
hospitality
that
we
would
not
simply
monitor
the
hospitality
legislation,
but
we
would
look
to
support
hospitality
legislation
that
helps
the
industry.
Minimize
his
private
single
entity
benefit
that's
temporary,
covert
related
that
helps
the
whole
city.
G
That's
led
by
someone
else,
bcvb
preferred,
and
then
there
was
a
discussion
between
you
know.
Are
we
talking
about
the
covet
downton
bridge
so
to
speak
through
when
business
returns
to
whatever
the
new
normal
will
be
versus
long-term
hospitality,
stability
or
resiliency
or?
However,
we
want
to
talk
about
that.
G
So,
since
then,
staff
tried
to
bake
that
into
this
b
item,
so
funding
flexibility
and
one
of
the
things
that's
been
discussed.
Some
is
the
2011
legislation
which
was
tip
flexibility
which
did
become
law,
and
it
was
frankly
a
direct
subsidy
option
for
cities.
They
could
give
money
directly
to
projects.
Bloomington
did
not
activate
that
and
didn't
use
that
2011
legislation,
but
other
cities
did.
G
But
there
is
legislation.
That's
modeled
after
that.
That's
seen
some
discussion,
so
these
financing
tools
are
likely
to
be
introduced
even
yet
late.
This
session
they're
not
specific
to
any
particular
project
or
city,
and
they
are
flexibility
using
existing
dollars
and
not
new
money
from
any
new
revenue,
stream
or
source
and
so
yeah.
D
Thank
you
mayor,
not
so
much
a
question
actually,
but
just
to
to
follow
up
on
the
question
that
you
asked.
I
looked
up
this
the
the
property
tax
levy
exemption
and
it
does
refer
to
the
statewide
property
tax
levy,
that's
on
commercial,
industrial
and
seasonal
residential
property.
So
it's
not
it's
not
local
property
tax
levies.
C
H
H
A
long
history
in
bloomington,
so
I
really
appreciate
you
being
here
tonight.
I
just
had
more
kind
of
a
curiosity
shane
when
you
mentioned
that
2011
legislation
and
that
other
cities
took
advantage
of
that.
But
bloomington
didn't
what
were
the
types
of
projects
that
they
were
able
to
accomplish,
and
I
know
for
our
our
purposes.
It
would
probably
look
different
in
bloomington
because
we
have
different
goals,
but
I'm
just
curious
what
that
can
look
like.
G
G
H
G
Sure,
mr
mayor
council,
members
and
councilmember
carter,
so
the
2013
or
11
legislation
was
again
very
broad
and
non-specific.
It
did
not
include
those
types
of
that
type
of
language,
and
so
could
that
be
done.
Certainly,
yes,
and
whether
the
cities
that
did
use
that
2011
legislation
required
those
types
of
things
they
certainly
could
and
again
with
the
with
the
council
and
port
authority
tonight
you
know:
should
any
project
move
forward
out
of
any
legislation.
That's
passed
out
of
the
2000.
G
That's
what
you
know
could
happen
this
this
session,
but
again
it's
late
in
the
session
and
who
knows
if
legislation
will
be
passed,
you
know
delivery
tax
bill
people
think
it
probably
will
be
a
tactical
this
year,
but
you
never
know.
But
again,
the
council
and
port
authority
can
decide
if
and
how
they
want
to
use
the
tool
and
if
they
want
to
add
additional
restrictions
on
the
use
of
that
tool.
That's
certainly
something
that
that
you
all
have
the
power
to
do.
M
Thank
you
mayor
just
a
couple,
quick
questions.
In
terms
of
the
things
that
hospitality
minnesota
is
advocating
for,
I
think
mayor
you
had
asked
about
the
sales
tax
one,
but
would
any
of
the
other
ones
the
ppp
tax
forgiveness,
the
sales
tax,
any
of
those
items
would
they
have
any
budgetary
impact
on
the
city
of
bloomington.
G
G
No
interest
loan
assistance,
no
direct
impact,
workforce
cantini,
impacts
there
and
we
don't
have
a
sales
tax
on
general
equipment
in
bloomington,
so
short
of
the
city,
you
know
doing
a
local
auction
sales
tax.
There
would
be
no
impact
there
and
the
arp
funds,
our
federal
funds
and
again
sort
of
you
know
reducing
the
pot
that
would
be
available
for
who
knows
what
you
know:
494
improvements
or
something
like
that.
That's
no
direct
impact
so
going
around
the
hub.
I
I
don't
see
any
impacts.
New
city.
B
M
Okay,
just
as
legislation
moves
forward
that
would
be.
My
only
concern
is
just
keep
an
eye
on
that,
but
it
seems
like
the
state
is
trying
to
take
responsibility
for
absorbing
that
in
terms
of
the
assistance
for
hospitality,
which
I
think
is
the
right
approach.
In
terms
of
the
other
part
of
this,
the
flexibility
and
utilizing,
I
think,
there's
two
components:
the
hospitality
and
emissions
tax,
as
well
as
the
tiff.
M
Would
the
tif
still
have
certain
requirements
related
to
public
purpose
or
public
benefit,
and
would
it
have
to
meet
that
the
normal
but
four
tests
that
it
wouldn't
happen,
but
for
the
assistance
of
the
city
with
those
types
of
tests
still
apply
to
anything
that
we
did?
And
I
know
maybe
there
isn't
legislation
but
do
based
on
the
past
and
based
on
what
you've
seen
do
you
think
those
would
still
be
in
place.
G
G
I
will
make
an
attempt
and
then
I'll
hand
it
over
to
melissa,
but
generally
speaking
again
in
the
2000
legislation
was
was
pretty
broad
and
if
that's
what
ends
up
moving
forward
and
ends
up
ultimately
being
passed
again,
it
gives
the
city
very
broad
authority
to
to
do
those
types
of
things
again.
The
city
can
put
whatever
restrictions
it
wants
through
the
use
of
that
money.
M
Okay,
thank
you.
My
last
question
on
that
is,
you
know,
and
I
think
I'll
probably
get
the
same
or
similar
answer
that
it's
a
very
broad
authority
and
all
that,
but
just
wondering
if
there's
any
parameters
that
you
see
that
are
being
looked
at
in
terms
of
what
is
support
for
the
hospitality
industry
and
one
of
the
things
in
my
mind
that
you
had
brought
up.
M
Shane
was
the
sick
investment
within
our
community
and
the
work
that
you've
done
to
keep
them
here
in
our
community,
and
you
mentioned
that
one
of
the
things
that
they
really
like
as
a
business
are
all
those
hotels
and
that
they
can
as
an
international
company,
they
can
have
their
meetings.
It's
very
convenient
to
come
into
our
airport
right
next
door
have
places
to
stay,
have
places
for
dinner,
have
places
for
meeting.
M
G
Mr
mayor
council,
members
customer
nelson,
so
you
you're
right,
counselor
nelson,
that
the
city
could
use
the
tool
if
that's
the
tool.
However,
they
wanted
to
and
stipulate
that
it's
used
for
that
type
of
diversity
that
you're
looking
for
but
yeah
I
mean
we
talked
to
lots
of
businesses
as
thick
as
the
precious.
You
know
in
the
mind,
just
because
we're
in
constant
communication
with
them
right
now
and
have
been
for
a
while,
but
especially
as
they're
working
through
the
entitlement
process
that
you
know.
G
And
self-loop
are
are
a
huge
benefit
and
you
know
being
three
three
minutes
from
the
airport
and
staying
in
a
hotel
and
then
walking
over
to
sick
for
a
meeting
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
they
wanted
to
be
there
and
and
not
in
some
other
location,
in
the
metro
or
even
in
the
location
that
they're
in
right
now,
which
is
still
in
bloomington.
But
it's
a
good
15
minutes
from
the
airport,
a
lot
down
on
driving
down
east
old,
russell,
chuck,
b,
road
and
so.
G
No,
but
I
I
think
you
know
we're
talking
to
a
number
of
businesses
that
are
looking
to
locate
in
that
area,
and
they
they
see
those
benefits,
be
it.
You
know
the
grocery
store,
or
you
know,
residential
uses,
but
also
just
businesses
that
that
want
to
be
in
that
area.
For
one
reason
or
another
and
the
more
businesses
you
have
there,
the
more
amenities
you'll
get
more
residents,
you
have
there,
the
more
amenities
you'll
get
the
grocery
store.
G
You
know
that
if
we
can
get
that
done
over
at
bloomington
central
station,
that
will
just
help
all
those
people
that
live
over
there
and
it
also
helps
hotel
rooms
and
also
helps
the
businesses
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
And
so
you
know
that
was
the
goal
of
the
celta
district
plan
was
to
create
this.
You
know
community
and
build
on
what
we
already
had
there
and
use
the
infrastructure
that
was
in
place,
and
I
think
what
you're
seeing
now,
as
I'm
sure
president
erickson
would
love
to
talk
about
which
he
does
often
about.
G
You
know
the
long-term
vision
and
it's
finally
getting
to
a
point
where
you're
starting
to
see
a
critical
mass
in
there
and
things
that
are
outside
the
mall.
Yes,
the
mall
is
a
huge
anchor.
It's
the
reason.
We
have
light
rail
and
drives
lots
of
hotel
rooms,
but
we've
been
working
since
you
know
well
for
a
long
time
to
make
south
loop.
You
know
more
than
the
more
than
the
mall
and
different
than
them
all,
and
we
continue
to
continue
on
that
work.
C
It
I
see
council,
member
martin
and
then
council,
member
loma,
and
I
do
want
to-
I
don't
want
to
have
our
council
members
donate
or
dominate
the
conversation
here.
If
any
of
the
port
authority
members
want
to
speak
up,
please
do
give
a
shout
and
make
sure
you're
you're
heard
I'm
just
calling
on
the
folks.
Who've
got
their
hands
up
and
here
and
now
councilmember
martin
and
councilmember
loman
councilmember
martin.
O
O
I
I'm
just
curious,
considering
that
hospitality
again
obviously
extends
well
beyond
south
loop
and
throughout
our
community.
Are
there
any
conversations
at
the
legislature
or
would
we
be
encouraging
any
conversations
to
expand
the
expand?
Tif
districts
expand
the
scope
of
pooled
tiff.
Do
things
like
remove
geographic
fencing
around
some
of
the
funds
that
we
have
that
are
currently
tied
in
south
loop
things
like
sldf?
O
G
All
america
is
aware
of
that,
talk
to
them
about
that,
and
so,
if
that's
something
that
the
council
wants
to
take
up
in
their
legislative
policy
and
move
that
either
now
or
in
the
future,
we
definitely
can
do
that,
and
staff,
of
course,
will
do
what
the
council
wants
to
do.
But
that's
not
currently
part
of
this,
or
at
least
that's
that
hasn't
been
part
of
the
conversation
today.
L
I
wonder
if
we
want
to
be
a
little
more
explicit
around
this
idea
of
directly
seeking
to
support
employees
when
we
look
at
the
legislation,
I
wonder
if
we
want
to
look
to
add
a
you
know:
item
number
seven
there
I
know
we
we've
talked
about
that
and
it's
kind
of
implied,
but
do
we
wanna?
You
know
you
know,
write
that
out
and
add
that
you
know
to
that
that
piece.
L
I
know
that
some
of
this
legislation
does
help,
but
I'm
hearing
the
rest
of
my
colleagues
and
that
kind
of
resonates
with
me
mayor
does
it
make
sense
to
to
add
something
to
that.
To
that
degree,
that
would
you
know
let
folks
know
that,
as
we
go
to
the
legislature
that
we're
also
seeking
to
make
sure
that
we're
supporting
our
employees
directly
that
tradition
that
we
have
with
the
you
know
as
bonnie
you've
talked
about
our
diamond
service
awards.
L
C
No,
I
think
that
makes
sense,
I
think,
to
to
state
that
explicitly
within
a
legislative
policy
document.
I
think
it
it
makes
it
clear
where
our
priorities
are
and
what
we
hope
to
accomplish.
You
know
the
next
steps
have
been
having
rolled
into
legislation
having
it
legislation,
that's
ultimately
passed
and
signed
into
law.
It's
it's
a
process,
but
I
think
to
make
that
statement
within
the
city
of
bloomington's
policies
and
priorities.
I
think
it
it
makes
sense
and
it
could
be
a
powerful,
a
powerful
statement
as
we
move
forward
with
this.
L
So
then,
just
you
know,
as
we're
trying
to
you
know,
move
this
forward
here.
With
this
a
and
b,
you
know,
I
I'm
just
one,
I'm
curious.
You
know
mayor
kind
of
worry
we're
how
you're
looking
at
both
items
a
and
b
and
what
some
of
my
other
colleagues
are
looking
at
this
I
I
really
think
there's
some
advantageous
things
that
we
could
really
do
with
this.
L
C
No,
and-
and
I
was
going
to
jump
in,
I
want
to
make
sure
people
had
an
opportunity
to
ask
questions
and
get
clarification
first,
but
agree
I
mean
if
we
want
to
start
moving
forward
with
this
a
bit.
I
I
mean
looking
at
the
two
looking
at
the
a
and
the
b
in
separately,
I
think,
for
the
a
for
to
to
look
at
what
hospitality
minnesota
has
brought
forward,
what
their
goals
are,
what
they're
hoping
to
accomplish
to
revive
the
entire
hospitality
industry
in
the
state
of
minnesota.
C
I
think
if
bloomington
was
not
part
of
that,
I
think
it
would.
It
would
be
very
obvious
and
it
would
stick
out
like
a
sore
thumb.
Bloomington
is
hospitality
in
the
state
of
minnesota.
Yes,
there's
a
a
great
a
number
of
great
spots,
whether
it's
the
north
shore
or
the
cities
or
the
lakes
area.
I
mean
obviously
there's
so
many
great
hospitality
and
tourism
areas
in
minnesota.
C
I
think
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
and
I
I'm
in
favor
of
this
as
well
as
I
was
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
for
a
couple
of
reasons.
I
think
what
I
like
about
this
is
that
nothing,
absolutely
nothing
is
required
of
us
at
this
moment
other
than
to
put
this
tool
in
our
tool
chest
and
have
it
there
available
for
possible
for
future
use.
C
It
does
not
address
a
specific
project.
It
allows
us
a
great
deal
of
flexibility.
It
allows
council
oversight
and
final
decision
on
anything
we
move
forward
on.
As
I
said,
it
doesn't
require
us
to
do
anything,
but
it
gives
us
a
tool
as
we
move
forward
as
we
try
and
figure
out
what
our
next
steps
will
be
as
we
work
to
bring
our
hospitality
industry
out
the
other
side
of
this
pandemic,
and
now
I
think
we
had
the
discussion
a
couple
of
weeks
ago.
C
If,
if
we
did
nothing,
what
would
happen-
and
I
think
we've
seen
yes-
the
numbers
are
are
kind
of
staggering
along.
They
could
be
headed
in
the
right
direction.
I
appreciate
bonnie's
optimism
about
the
business
traveling
travelers
numbers
going
up,
but
I
think
the
bigger
risk
is
if
we
do
nothing,
if
we
don't
have
this
tool.
C
If
we
look
at
an
opportunity-
and
we
don't
have
this
tool-
we're
missing
the
opportunity
to
help
bring
that
hospitality
industry
along
with
us
as
we
start
to
recover
from
this
pandemic,
and
so
I'm
I'm
strongly
in
favor
of
both
a
and
b
and
council
member
loman.
I
appreciate
your
addition
of
the
seventh
kind
of
bullet
point
there
to
indicate
our
support
of
the
of
the
workers
in
all
of
the
the
hotels
and
restaurants
and
buyers
in
our
hospitality
industry.
But
I
I
that's
where
I'm
that's,
where
I
sit
right
now.
C
C
A
D
Thank
you
mayor,
so
I
guess
I'm
gonna
kind
of
take
these
in
reverse
order.
I
would
be.
I
would
be
comfortable
supporting
letter,
b
and
and
shane.
I
appreciate
you
kind
of
working
on
the
fly
here.
My
request
would
be
that
we
remove
the
words
the
jobs
of
and
then
to
make
it
to
make
sure
it
makes
sense
grammatically.
D
It
probably
works
better
to
move
the
word
workers
to
after
trades
and
so
that
we
are
so
that
it
reads
that
we
are
supporting
hospitality,
work,
hospitality
and
building
trades
workers.
I
want
to
be
clear
that
we
are.
We
are
concerned
about
the
employees,
not
just
the
jobs
that
they
hold
beyond
that.
I
I'd
be,
I'm
I'm
glad
we
are
specifically
calling
out
workers.
I
think
that
that
is
really
really
important,
and
that
makes
me
frankly
much
much
more
enthusiastic
about
supporting
letter
b
so
reading
through
this
letter
from
hospitality
minnesota.
D
My
my
issue
is
that
you
know
personally
I
you
know,
I
know
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
the
specific
legislation
that
they
cite
from
my
day,
job
and
but
you
know,
and
and
sort
of
some
of
that
kind
of
thing.
I'm
I'm
not
sure.
I'm
comfortable
every
bill
listed
in
that
letter
and
and
that's
where
I
get
a
little
bit
wary.
I
know
it's
I
mean
I
know
it's
it's
just
a
letter,
but
I
you
know,
I
think
the
city
of
bloomington
is
going
to
support
something
we
should.
We
should
support
it.
D
C
C
D
E
You
know
my
goal
tonight
was
to
get
you
to
call
me,
council,
member,
and
you
just
took
care
of
that
on
my
to-do
list,
so
you're
welcome.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
So
so
I'm
glad
that
this
is
I'm
glad
that
this
is
back
at
the
meeting
tonight
the
and
I
understand
why
the
council
was
reluctant
to
act
on
the
previous
language,
because
that
was
very
broad
and
not
very
specific
at
all,
and
I
think
the
language
that
the
staff
has
brought
back
here,
particularly
with
the
with
the
change
that's
been
made.
E
I
think
that's
an
improvement
too,
but
the
language
in
general,
under
b,
really
does
a
good
job
of
kind
of
setting
some
guardrails
on
things,
but
at
the
same
time
you
know
realizes
that
you
know
we.
We
won't
do
every
project
that
that
you
could
conceivably
come
up
with.
That's
that
would
fit
under
the
bee
umbrella.
We
have
a
long
history
of
using
the
powers.
E
You
know
both
at
the
city
and
in
the
port
authority
conservatively
to
to
kind
of
make
proj
to
do
projects
that
make
sense,
and
so
I'm
I'm
glad
that
it's
back,
and
I
really
want
to
see
you
know
us
stepping
up
to
supporting
the
hospitality
industry.
It
is
one
of
the
biggest
industries
in
the
city
and
it's
the
sort
of
thing.
E
You
know
you
heard
bonnie
talk
a
little
bit,
but
the
the
you
know
there's
a
constant
need
for
kind
of
fresh
things
to
come
along
and
things
and
and
to
kind
of
make,
make
the
destination
be
a
place
where
people
are
interested
in
coming
back.
The
water
parks
you
know,
have
really
been
or
the
water
park
hotel
that
was
built
about
15
years
ago.
E
Now
was
really
something
that
that
that
was
something
that
brought
things
back
and
I
think,
looking
for
other
projects
that
are
complementary
to
the
hospitality
industry
and
create
new
reasons
for
people
to
have
visits.
Bonnie
talked
about
sports
facilities
is
another
example.
Are
things
that
we
can
really
do
in
order
to
support
the
industry
and
make
bloomington
continue
to
be
a
destination
that
people
want
to
go
to?
E
You
know,
I
think,
on
the
a
concept
I
think
you
know
the
my
thought
on
a
is
that
if
we
were
kind
of
kind
of
generally
supporting
it,
but
I
I
think
you
know
with
respect
to
council
member
coulter's
feedback,
you
know
a
lot
of
times
on
these
letters.
You
end
up
having
to
take
kind
of
a
binary
position,
and
so
I
think
that
sometimes
in
those
letters
that
it's
not
everything
that
you
support,
but
in
general
you
support
the
intent
of
it.
Like
council
member
culture,
said
that's
my
comments
today,.
F
F
F
C
O
Thank
you
very
much
mayor
and
thank
you
bonnie.
Thank
you
staff
for
for
all
the
work
here.
I
I
appreciate
this
is
very
responsive.
The
conversation
we
had
last
time
around
and
individual
conversations
I've
had
with
folks
have
been
helpful
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
that
time.
I
I
guess
in
terms
I
I'm
kind
of
two
minds
on
this
a
little
bit.
Just
briefly,
I
I
appreciate
I
can.
I
can
certainly
support
a
I
think.
O
That'll
make
sense
on
b,
I'm
a
pretty
big
proponent
of
local
control
and
kind
of
municipalities
being
able
to
create
their
own
destiny.
We've
seen
this
recently
in
terms
of
ordinances
and
protections
we
would
put
in
place
around
stuff,
like
noise
standards,
really
ensuring
we're
supporting
the
the
health
and
wellness
of
our
communities.
I
think,
on
the
fiscal
front,
that's
true
as
well
having
as
much
local
control
over
the
tools
we
can
leverage
to
ensure
economic
vibrancy.
O
While
we
will
be
able
to
take
bites
at
this
apple
can
avoid
things
up
or
down.
I
think
it's
just
worth
mentioning
that.
I
think
a
lot
of
folks
in
town
when
they
hear
support
for
the
hospitality
industry
are
going
to
picture
forgivable
loan
programs
or
eliminating
licensing
fees,
as
we
mentioned
in
previous
meetings.
O
Kind
of
that
short
term
support,
and
it
is
just
worth
kind
of
having
on
the
record
saying
it
is
another
couple
of
steps
forward
to
say
the
city
is
going
to
leverage
new
financial
tools
to
become
an
active
player
in
the
hospitality
industry
and
help
bring
to
fruition
projects
that
are
going
to
generate
visits
to
town.
That
may
not
otherwise
happen
to
to
support
the
very
laudable
goal
of
ensuring
our
hospitality
industry
continues
to
thrive.
O
So
I
I
think,
with
with
that
idea
of
maximizing
local
control
and
local
authority
in
mind
I'll
support
this
here
tonight,
but
I
think
just
to
put
it
out
there,
I'm
going
to
have
a
lot
of
chewing
to
do
over
the
next
few
months
about
when
a
resident
asks
me
or
a
resident
says
you're
there
to
make
sure
my
park
survivor,
my
roads
are
paved
and
our
budget
is
sound.
How
is
this
in
the
scope
of
what
should
be
frontline
duties
for
a
municipality
building?
O
C
M
Thank
you.
Sorry,
it
started
to
be
confusing.
No,
I
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
one
I
support
a
I.
I
recognize
that
there
are
some
concerns
about
specifics,
but
I
think
councilman
beloga
hit
it
on
the
head
there.
Let's
not
let
perfect
get
in
the
way
of
good
and
I
think
there's
some
good
things
in
there
and
I
think
they'll
wrestle
with
the
things
that
aren't
as
great
in
terms
of
b.
M
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
our
staff
to
shane
jamie
to
the
bloomington
convention,
visitor
bureau,
bonnie
coming
in
and
talking
with
us.
That
was
one
of
my
big
concerns
at
our
last
meeting.
Is
you
know
where
do
they
stand
where?
Where
are
they
at?
What
is
really
going
on?
You
know
and
that's
why
I
was
asking
some
questions
about
that
and
I
really
appreciate
the
update
and
how
this
could
potentially
impact
what
they're
doing
with
what
is
happening
in
bloomington.
I
I
strongly
think
that's
good.
M
L
Well
mayor,
I
don't
want
to
rush
the
process
here.
You
know
we've
had
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
a
number
of
council
members
and
some
of
their
concerns,
I'm
so
glad
that
we're
we're
here.
I
think,
that's
where
blogger
said
that
we're
back
at
the
table
again
from
a
legislative
kind
of
standpoint-
and
I
I
know.
L
L
C
A
We
discussed
this
at
the
last
meeting,
but
I
think
in
general,
any
tool
that
gives
this
more
flexibility
is
something
that
is
is
beneficial
and
I
fully
understand
you
know
some
of
the
concerns
when
you,
you
have
a
number
of
pieces
of
legislation
in
80,
but
I
think
most
of
these
things
are
in
the
context
of
a
brain
in
general,
to
support
something,
and
obviously
people
recognize
not
everything
on.
There
is
going
to
become
reality,
but,
but
I
think
we
are
dealing
with
something
that
is
is
very
important.
C
Well,
if
we
are
to
the
point
and
again
I'd
be
happy,
I'd
be
fine
if
we
split
them
into
a
and
b.
If
folks
would
like
that,
whoever's
got
the
control
there.
If
we
could
put
the
motions
back
up
on
the
screen,
perhaps
there
we
are
and
again
I'm.
I
think
if,
if
we
want
to
split
them
to
a
and
b
we
we
certainly
can
and
council
member
lowman.
If
you
wanted
to
craft.
J
L
Yeah
yeah,
I
think
that-
and
I
I'll
be
happy
to
second
this
first
motion
here.
I
think
that
patrick
this
is
in
your
district.
You
got
a
lot
of
hospitality
in
your
district,
so
I'd
hate
to
step
on
that.
So
my
suggested
amendment
to
this
would
be
is
to
say
the
city
council
would
support
moving
a
motion
to
support
the
hospitality
of
minnesota
platform,
as
outlined
in
the
letter
onto
governor
walls
on
march
29th,
21st.
C
C
C
D
B
C
C
L
Okay,
mayor
I'll
move
to
consider
a
motion
amending
the
city's
legislative
policy
to
add
the
following
provision:
seeking
funding
flexibility
for
local
units
of
government
like
bloomington,
to
build
and
to
facilitate
projects
that
drive
hospitality
demand
in
the
future
that
are
supported
by
hospitality.
Stakeholders
helps
a
broad
portion
of
the
industry,
supports
hospitality
and
building
traders
and
minimize
private
single
entity
benefits.
B
C
B
C
Motion
carries
7-0,
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
the
thoughtful
discussion
on
this
for
the
the
work
that
has
gone
into
it.
Bonnie.
Thank
you
for
your
perspective.
Thank
you
for
the
perspective
of
all.
I
think
this
was
this
is
an
important
move
forward
by
the
city.
I
think
this
is
an
important
statement
by
the
city
of
bloomington,
and
I
appreciate
it,
as
I
said,
the
thoughtful
discussion
that
went
into
this.
This
was
clearly
something
that
was
was
heavy
on
everybody's
mind.
C
We
were
thinking
about
it
and
I
know
it
was
a
good,
strong
discussion
back
and
forth
on
this
council,
and
it
worked
just
like
it
should
have
with
a
discussion,
additional
discussion,
additional
information
and,
ultimately
a
vote.
So
thank
you
so
very
much
for
this
bonnie.
Were
you
raising
your
hand
or
were
you
just
giving
a
wave.
N
I
was
going
to
do
both
thank
you,
mr
mayor
city,
council,
members,
president
and
commissioner
port
authority
members.
First
of
all,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
appear
tonight
and
talk
about
the
thing
that
I'm
so
passionate
about,
but
I
just
want
to
leave
you
with
one
comment:
I'm
I'm
thrilled
at
your
vote
tonight.
I
think
it
is
such
a
position
of
strength
and
from
the
local
from
the
city.
C
A
C
C
C
I
believe
that
completes
our
agenda
for
this
evening.
The
two
items
that
we
had
on
our
agenda
unless
there's
anything
for
the
greater
good
council,
I
would
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
this
evening
so
moved
second
got
a
motion
by
council
member
coulter
in
a
second
by
council
member
martin,
to
adjourn
the
council
portion
of
the
concurrent
meeting
with
the
port
authority.