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From YouTube: January 4, 2021 Bloomington City Council Meeting
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Bloomington Minnesota City Council Meeting
A
Good
evening,
everyone
and
welcome
I'd
like
to
call
this
meeting
of
the
bloomington
city
council
to
order
our
first
city
council
meeting
in
the
year
2021
and
our
first
with
our
new
six
o'clock
start
time.
So,
as
I
said
good
evening,
and
welcome,
and
thanks
for
joining
us,
we'll
start
the
meeting
as
we
always
do
with
the
pledge
of
allegiance.
If
you
could,
please
join
us
in
the
pledge.
A
B
A
Here
we
have
six
of
the
seven
members
of
the
bloomington
city
council
in
attendance.
I
think
council
member
martin
will
be
joining
us
here
shortly.
We've
got
some
audio
issues
somewhere
along
the
line
there.
So
I
hope
we
can
get
those
straightened
out
because
it
sounded
a
little
rough,
but
I'm
sure
we
will
get
it
straightened
out.
A
Next
order
of
business
is
and
approval
of
the
agenda.
Council
you've
got
the
agenda
in
front
of
you
and
I
would
like
to
make
one
suggestion.
One
recommendation
one
motion
here:
in
our
consent:
business
we've
got
item
6.6
and
item
6.8,
which
is
the
appointment
to
the
bloomington
fire
department,
relief
association
and
the
council
secretary
appointment.
A
I
would
like
to
move
those
under
item
eight
and
make
those
items
eight
point
eleven
and
eight
twelve,
no
controversy
no
issue
with
either
of
those,
but
I
would
like,
if
we're
going
to
be
doing
an
appointment
of
a
if
a
council,
member
or
a
staff,
I
would
like
to
do
it
under
organizational
business
and
not
part
of
the
consent
agenda
and,
if
you'd
be
in,
I
would
want
to
make
those.
As
I
said,
item
811
and
812.
A
B
B
A
So
right
away
in
the
meeting,
give
people
a
set
time
and
let
them
have
a
better
understanding
and
a
knowledge
of
when
the
public
comment
period
is
going
to
take
place,
and
then
it
also
gives
them
a
little
freedom
if
they
don't
want
to
stick
around
for
the
rest
of
the
meeting
that
they
could
go
to
the
rest
of
their
evening
if
they
would
like.
But
it
just
puts
a
little
bit
more
structure
and
a
little
more
certainty
to
when
public
comment
period
is
going
to
take
place.
A
E
E
So
this
year
we
did
do
an
assessment
of
it.
The
firm
that
looked
at
the
condition
said
that
we
are
fortunate
and
that
there's
a
probably
a
couple
decades
of
life
still
in
it,
and
we
anticipated
that
if
we
had
moved
that
money
out
of
the
facilities
fund
to
cover
some
of
the
shortfall
related
to
the
pandemic,
that
when
it
came
time
to
do
the
replacement
that
we
would
utilize
bonding
money
instead
of
using
cash.
E
Now
the
good
news
about
the
condition
of
the
vessel
is
it's
going
to
be
a
much
less
costly
project
at
the
time
when
it
comes
around
here
in
the
next
10
years?
To
maybe
do
some
updates
there,
but
there
will
probably
be
some
updates
necessary,
and
so
we
reduced
the
amount
that
we
had
in
the
cip
for
the
family
aquatic
center,
from
about
12
million
dollars
down
to
about
5
million
dollars
in
the
document
that
the
council
recently
adopted.
E
E
E
So
at
this
point
in
time
there
is
not
a
projected
use
of
reserves
beyond
the
reduction
of
our
fund
balance
from
40
to
35
percent,
which
the
council
signed
off
on
as
a
strategy
early
on,
and
then
there
was
just
a
question
about
the
information
about
the
pool
and
that
had
been
shared
in
the
vessel
asking.
You
know
who's
going
to
be
held
accountable
for
inaccurately,
informing
the
residents
that
the
pool
needed
to
be
replaced.
E
F
Sorry,
headed
on
the
wrong
input,
just
a
quick
question
for
city
manager,
ruby
the
money
from
the
pool
vessel
just
could
you
clarify
for
people
where
that
is
what
fund
it
is
in
currently
and
kind
of
what
the
thought
process
is
on
its.
You
know
what
that
fund
is
for
and
what
this
money
might
be
potentially
used
for
in
the
future.
E
A
There
is
the
phone
number
on
your
screen
now
and
the
conference
id.
So
if
you
have
something
that
you
would
like
to
bring
before
the
council
again
not
on
tonight's
agenda,
you're
certainly
welcome
to
do
so.
Each
caller
is
limited
to
five
minutes
and
that's
in
an
effort
to
make
sure
that
we're
we're
being
equitable
and
fair
to
everyone
who
does
call
in
and
so
I'll
be
keeping
time,
and
if
we
get
to
the
five
minute
limit
I'll
I'll,
stop
you
and
also
the
council
will
not
be
responding.
A
We
won't
respond
to
your
questions
or
comments
at
this
time.
That's
what
our
previous
our
our
previous
item
here
was
it's
a
we.
We
take
the
time
to
format,
foment
an
actual
response
and
and
a
good
response
and
a
complete
response
to
any
questions
that
we
get
from
residents
and
it
and
then
we
do
it
at
the
next
council
meeting
and
mr
verbuge
brings
it
forward
at
the
next
council
meeting.
A
If
it's
a
basic
question
of
fact,
we're
certainly
able
to
answer
it,
but
if
it
requires
a
little
bit
more
detailed
analysis
and
understanding
and
information,
we
generally
make
those
responses
at
the
next
council
meeting.
So
we
are,
I'm
gonna
pull
my
phone
up
here
and
I
know
that
we
have
at
least
one
person
who
was
called
in
ahead
of
time.
Ms
linda
fletcher
called
and
said
that
she
wanted
to
speak
at
the
public
comment
period.
Ms
wilson,
could
you
see
if
ms
fletcher
is
on
the
line
for
us.
B
Yes,
chris,
I
can't
hear
you
jerome
we're
ready
to
take
callers
wishing
to
speak
on
agenda
item
4.2
and
if
you
have
a
linda
fletcher
on
the
line,
we
would
like
to
take
her
comments
first
sure,
before
I
open
up
the
line
of
linda.
If
you
wish
to
speak
for
agenda
item
4.2,
please
press
bar
one
on
your
telephone
in
the
your
lines
now
open.
G
Yes,
it
is
good
evening,
mayor
messi
and
members
of
the
council
of
the
city
council.
I
I
have
a.
I
understand
that
you
will
answer
this
question
probably
next
week,
but
I'm
calling
about
an
email
that
I
sent
to
you
yesterday
and
to
all
the
members
of
the
city
council
regarding
the
verizon
situation,
and
I
want
my
real
question
is
I
want
to
make
sure
that
all
of
you
got
it
received
it?
A
G
G
No,
no,
I
I
just
sent
it
yesterday,
so
it's
just
fine.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
got
that
every
one
of
you
got
it
and
that
I
wanted
to
emphasize
that
the
last
time
that
I
spoke
with
you,
as
I
said
in
the
email,
if
the
question
was
answered
from
the
viewpoint
of
of
of
any
violations
that
verizon
might
make
and
what
the
response
of
the
city
would
be,
but
as
I
really
want
to
emphasize,
there's
big
problem
now
and
we
need
your
guidance.
G
A
It
isn't
easy,
ms
fletcher,
thank
you
for
the
call,
and
thanks
for
the
reminder-
and
yes,
I
know
that
I
received
it,
and
I
saw
a
couple
of
other
heads
nodding
that
other
council
members
received
it
as
well
and,
yes,
we
will
address
it
next
week
and
I'm
sure
it
will
be
part.
I
believe
it
is
part
of
the
agenda
next
week
is
a
review
of
that.
A
A
B
Yes,
we
have
a
caller
named
adam,
rich
and
natalie
maros.
Would
you
like
me
to
open
up
their
lines?
Would
you
offer
them
each
the
opportunity
to
speak?
This
is
the
only
item
on
the
agenda
that
calls
for
public
comments.
So,
oh
that's
right!
The
uav,
if
you
could
check
with
them,
to
make
sure
that
they
are
not
here
for
4.2.
That
would
be
appreciated.
G
Good
evening,
thank
you
good
evening,
mr
mayor
and
members
of
the
city
council.
My
name
is
natalie
moreaus,
I'm
a
resident
of
bloomington
I'd
like
to
start
tonight
by
giving
some
background
on
december
6
2019,
and
I
didn't
misspeak
december
2019,
councilmember
belogas,
dated
over
a
million
dollars
which
was
later
clarified,
as
over
a
million
a
year
that
we
were
being
over
taxed
on
property
taxes
by
the
county
to
fund
the
public
health
department.
G
It
was
not
mentioned
again
until
late
january
2020
during
public
comment
when
a
resident
brought
it
up
during
public
comment
and
asked
you,
the
city
council,
to
take
action
and
resident
brought
it
up
again.
On
february
24th,
at
that
meeting,
council
member
balodica
made
a
motion
to
give
hennepin
county
60
days,
two
to
compel
state
law
that
motion.
G
A
A
B
B
A
G
Hi
good
evening
this
is
sharon
billings,
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
a
couple
quick
comments.
I
don't
require
any
follow-up
just
wanted
to
say
that
as
a
pedestrian
in
bloomington
and
a
regular
dog
walker,
I
just
wanted
to
commend
the
city
on
the
great
job
that
they're
doing
cleaning
up
sidewalks
after
our
snow
falls.
G
I
really
appreciate
that
it's
just
so
much
safer
for
me
to
be
walking
my
dog
up
on
the
sidewalk,
where
they're
available
and
while
it
does
take
a
you
know
a
day
or
two
or
sometimes
three
after
a
snowfall
understanding
that
the
roads
have
to
be
plowed
first.
I
really
appreciate
the
great
job
that
the
city
is
doing
on
the
sidewalks,
and
so
it's
really
a
big
plus
secondary
to
that.
G
I
also
want
to
commend
the
city
for
replacing
the
trash
receptacles
at
the
city
managed
parks,
especially
the
lake
gerard
park,
where
I
walk
my
dog,
it's
very
convenient
not
only
for
me,
but
for
all
the
other
dog
walkers
to
have
a
place
to
throw
those
poop
bags.
After
we
circle
around
the
lake,
I
always
bring
mine
back
home
if
there's
no
trash
receptacle,
but
some
folks
don't
and
they
do
kind
of
pile
up,
and
then
we
have
to
bring
them
home
for
someone
else.
G
So
they
came
back
and
I
understand,
there's
probably
some
budget
constraints
at
work
there
that
caused
them
to
be
picked
up
and
they
were
absent
for
a
while,
but
they
have
reappeared
and
I'm
just
very
appreciative.
So
that's
all
I've
got
for.
You
just
wanted
to
call
and
say
thanks
very
much
and
happy
new
year.
B
A
G
As
I've
just
explained,
he
went
on
to
to
write
quote.
I
have
not
heard
anything
recently
on
the
progress
of
those
conversations.
End
quote
so:
according
to
council
member
below,
according
to
council
member
coulter,
despite
the
march
2nd
2020
vote
to
change
from
60
days
ensuing
to
six
months
and
a
report
from
the
staff.
G
No
report
was
given
in
september
2020
or
in
october
or
november
or
december,
from
what
we
are
being
told
or
not
being
told.
Still
nothing
has
been
done
about
this.
It
has
been
over
a
year.
You
are
quick
to
push
through
things
that
fit
your
agenda.
You
push
through
ranked
choice
voting
right
through,
even
though
the
charter
commission
said
on
two
separate
occasions,
not
to
you
once
again
change
zoning
pushing
through
building
condos
on
pen,
even
though
you
know
600
residents
do
not
want
it
in
their
neighborhood.
G
G
I
don't
even
know
how,
many
months
ago,
what
you
referred
to
mr
mayor
as
accrued
news
being
found
in
the
firefighter's
locker.
I
don't
know
when
that
took
place.
Even
it
was
so
long
ago.
Many
of
us
think
that
was
done
in
order
to
make
people
believe.
Bloomington
is
racist,
so
you
could
impress
others
with
your
wokeness,
our
new
racial
equity
department.
G
My
reason
for
calling
it
tonight
is
because
we
are
all
overpaying
on
property
taxes
that
go
to
the
county.
State
law
allows
for
local
municipalities
to
have
a
public
health
department
separate
from
the
county.
If
a
municipality
has
a
public
health
department
that
is
meeting
state
criteria,
then
local
residents
aren't
using
the
county
public
health
system
as
such,
their
share
of
the
property
taxes
that
go
to
fund
the
county
system
are
to
be
deducted
from
the
property
taxes.
G
G
A
A
H
Thank
you
very
much
mayor
and
just
briefly,
apologies
for
me
being
a
little
delayed
here.
It's
what
I
get
for
checking
my
internet
at
two
to
six.
I
I
know
we
have
the
policy
if
it's
just
kind
of
straight
factual
things
replying
and
keeping
more
in-depth
for
proposals
or
responses
to
the
next
week,
would
we
be
able
to
just
issue
a
quick
no
to
the
kind
of
disgusting
and
scary
suggestion
that
we
put
a
noose
in
a
firefighter's
locker
to
look
woke.
It
might
be
a
pretty
straightforward
one.
A
I
would
agree
with
you
councilmember,
martin
of
all
of
mrs
morose's
comments.
I
think
that
was
was
one
that
we
it's
not
appropriate
to
stand
by
and
and
just
let
that
wait
until
next
week.
Of
course,
the
city
and
and
no
one
associated
with
the
city
intentionally
put
that
in
there
as
a
way
to
draw
attention
or
to
to
show
the
city's
wokeness.
A
I
mean
that's
that's
a
ridiculous
allegation
and
I
would
hope
that
people
would
see
that
as
a
ridiculous
allegation
and
as
for
the
rest
of
the
the
the
comments
and
the
rest
of
the
questions
that
ms
morose
had,
we
will
address
them
next
week.
At
the
the
public
comment
period,
council,
member
lohman,.
D
D
A
That
is
correct,
councilmember
lohmann.
In
fact,
I
know
that
the
city
city's
been
contacted
by
a
private
vendor
looking
to
to
take
over
the
the
the
motor
vehicle
operations,
but
that
that
remains
to
be
seen.
It's
not
a
done
deal
yet.
But
yes,
it
certainly
is
a
possibility
and
council
member
coulter
a
question
on
your
part.
I
Sorry
mayor,
I
I
not
to
sort
of
jump
on
the
train
here,
but
one
other
brief,
factual
correction.
Ms
meros
referenced
the
verizon
expansion
that
has
not
been
approved.
I
just
want
to
make
that
very
clear
that
we
continued
that
item
to
our
january
11th
meeting
where
we
will
discuss
it
again,
but
given
that
somebody
specifically
called
about
it
this
evening,
I
just
wanted
to
make
it
very
clear
for
the
the
folks
watching
at
home
that
the
verizon
expansion
has
not
been
approved
by
the
city
council.
A
Thank
you
for
that
clarification,
council,
member
coulter
and
thank
you
all
council
members
for
the
real
time
fact
checking.
I
appreciate
that
and
I
think
it
is
important
to
get
the
information
the
factual
information
out
there
and
we'll
respond
with
the
other
to
the
other
questions
and
with
the
other
information
as
necessary
next
week.
A
A
One
of
policy
126,
which
is
our
unmanned
aerial
vehicle
policy
here
in
the
city
chief
potts,
is
going
to
lead
us
through
this
and
this
reporting
and
retention
requirements.
This
is
part
of
state
law
and
part
of
the
reporting
requirements
is
the
solicitation
of
public
comments.
This
isn't
necessarily
a
public
hearing,
but
it's
an
opportunity
to
hear
public
comments
on
our
on
this
on
this
policy
that
we
do
have.
A
So
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
chief
potts
and
recognizing
also
that
we've
got
commander
mike
hutec
here
from
the
bloomington
police
department
and
from
our
bloomington
fire.
Deputy
chief
tim
barrett
is
here
as
well
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
council
might
have
chief
potts
good
evening
and
welcome.
J
Well,
thank
you
mayor,
first
of
all,
happy
new
year
to
you
and
the
rest
of
the
council
and
our
viewers.
Tonight
we're
happy
to
be
back
with
you
again
tonight
to
talk
about
a
relatively
new
piece
of
equipment
that
is
in
the
police
department,
as
well
as
in
the
fire
department,
and
that
is
a
what
we
call
a
uav
or
unmanned
aerial
vehicle,
otherwise
known
as
a
drone.
J
So,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
there's
some
recent
legislation
that
passed
just
this
past
session
that
has
some
new
requirements
for
police
departments
who
would
like
to
use
these.
This
type
of
equipment,
and
the
first
of
which
is,
I
just
want
to
be
clear-
with
the
council
and
the
community
that
in
most
cases,
the
use
of
a
uav
you
know
in
a
police
department
setting
would
require
a
search
warrant.
J
This
type
of
equipment
there
are
concerns
out
there
in
some
communities
about
privacy
issues
and
things
like
that,
and
so
the
legislature
was
pretty
clear
that
in
most
cases,
a
search
warrant
is
required
to
use
an
aav
to
collect
information.
Now
they
did
have
in
the
legislation.
They
they
have
some
exceptions
and
I'm
gonna
go
over
those
really
quickly
and
then
I'm
going
to
kind
of
go
through
just
a
little
bit
more
background
on
this
and
then
we'll
turn
it
over
to
some
public
comment.
J
So
that
means,
if,
if
the
water
department,
for
example,
here
at
the
city
of
bloomington,
had
some
concerns
about
a
water
tower,
we
could
use
the
drone
with
written
requests
to
assist
the
water
department
to
assess
the
the
the
the
fire
or
the
water
tower
structure
or
another
building.
Within
the
city
a
publicly
owned
facility,
if
there's
concerns
from
another
government
entity,
those
are
the
only
exceptions
that
would
allow
the
police
department
to
use
the
drone
without
a
search
warrant.
J
J
The
law
prohibits,
deploying
facial
recognition
or
other
biometric
matching
technology
on
drones,
so
they
can't
be
used
to
collect,
for
example,
official
or
other
artificial
intelligence
that
might
be
kept
in
a
server
somewhere.
The
law
very
specifically
prohibits
that
type
of
use.
The
law
provided
for
a
data
classification
and
the
data
collected
by
a
drone
is,
for
the
most
part,
it's
non-public.
J
It
also
provides
that
the
retention
period
for
law
enforcement
to
hold
the
data
collected
on
a
drone
is
is
only
seven
days
and
anything
after
that
would
be
have
to
be
held
if
it
is
a
active
criminal
investigation
or
could
be
held
if
it's
an
active
criminal
investigation,
otherwise
the
data
would
need
to
be
deleted.
After
seven
days,
the
the
law
requires
documentation.
J
Law
enforcement
agencies
are
required
to
document
each
use
of
the
uav,
including
the
providing
a
case
number.
The
factual
basis
for
the
use
documentation
also
must
include
the
statutory
exception
under
this
particular
statute
that
allows
the
law
enforcement
agencies
to
use
the
uav
without
a
search
warrant.
If
that
is
in
fact
the
case,
the
law
requires
a
public
comment.
J
That's
what
we're
doing
here
tonight
that
we
have
posted
this
on
the
police
department,
social
media
sites,
the
city
website,
and
also
we
have
brought
the
policy
before
our
multicultural
advisory
committee
for
their
input
as
well.
So
not
only
have
we
posted
it
for
public
comment
on
the
social
media
and
the
city's
website
again
using
our
multicultural
advisory
is
a
kind
of
a
citizen
advisory
board
for
the
police
department.
We
brought
this
policy
to
them
and
received
their
questions
or
answered
their
questions
and
received
comment
from
them
as
well.
J
J
It
also
requires
that
by
january
15th
of
each
year
that
each
law
enforcement
agency
maintains
a
use
log
and
that
we
have
to
report
that
to
the
commissioner
of
public
safety,
we
have
to
let
them
know
the
total
cost
of
the
uav
program
and
the
number
of
times
that
the
uav
has
been
deployed
without
a
search
warrant.
This
includes
the
date
and
deployment
of
the
statutory
warrant
exception
under
the
current
minnesota
state
law
that
I'm
just
that
I'm
referencing
right
now.
J
That's
what
the
new
law
requires
again,
our
our
policy
that
we
have
proposed
meets
that
it
is
a
verbatim
in
many
areas.
We
have
not
received
very
many
comments
so
far
from
social
media.
There
was
one
comment
posted
on
the
city's
facebook
page
that
had
concern
privacy
concerns
but
mentioned
facial
use
of
it
for
facial
recognition,
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you're
aware
that
that
was
the
only
comment
that
received
on
that
we've
received
so
far
on
any
platform
that
we
put
this
out
there.
J
But
the
law
does
prohibit
the
use
of
facial
recognition
in
connection
to
a
uav.
So
I
hope
that
alleviates
some
of
the
concern
by
that
particular
individual
that
posted
a
comment
on
the
facebook
page.
As
I
said,
we
haven't
received
any
other
comments.
The
mac
committee
asked
some
very
good
questions
for
kind
of
clarification,
but
I
did
not
have
concerns
about
the
policy
and
again
we
haven't
heard
or
seen
any
additional
comments
on
the
social
media
sites.
I
Thank
you
mayor,
just
a
quick
one,
chief
under
procedures
for
deployment
of
uav
the
exceptions
for
the
requirement
for
a
warrant
number
five.
Could
you
just
talk
a
little?
It's
a
that's
the
to
conduct
a
threat
assessment
in
anticipation
of
a
specific
event.
You
just
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
what
that
means
that
that
sounds
like
really
vague
language,
so
I
think
it
might
help
folks
to
understand
a
little
bit
more
about
what
that
means.
J
Sure,
mr
mayor
council,
member
culture,
I'll
give
you
one
example,
and
then
I
can
we'll
see
if
commander
utep
has
another
one
or
or
deputy
chief
barrett.
So
it's
not
uncommon
in
bloomington
that
we
have
large-scale
special
events.
I
can
remember
a
year
a
couple
of
years
back.
There
was
a
visit
by
the
sitting
president
and
that
was
going
to
take
place
at
a
local
hotel.
J
K
Good
evening,
good
evening,
no
that's
the
example.
I
was
gonna
use,
basically
any
kind
of
high
profile
event
like
that.
It
would
give
us
another
perspective
of
where
we
could
look
for
any
potential
threats.
You
know
and
an
aerial
perspective.
You
know
this
on
some
of
these
events.
You
know
we
would
you
know:
we'd
have
a
helicopter
from
the
state
patrol
come
in
or
whatever
to
in
the
past,
to
check
those
venues.
We
could
use
the
drone
to
check
those
areas.
We'll
just
give
you
another
viewpoint.
K
Is
the
f8
sets
fourth
standard
for
remote
pilot
certificate
and
what
that
is,
it's
a
part
107
license
and
that
allows
our
pilots
to
get
the
most
basic
level
for
aeronautics,
for
whether
you're
a
pilot
for
an
airplane
or
for
an
unmanned
aircraft,
and
that
involves
an
eight-hour
class
and
also
a
40-hour
online
course.
So,
in
that
you
learn
weather
mapping,
us
grid
space
and
just
overall
aircraft.
A
K
D
A
Seeing
none-
this
is
officially
part
of
our
public
comment
period
and
I
would
like
to
open
it
up
now
to
any
members
of
the
public
who
would
like
to
call
in
and
comment
on
this.
I
believe
you
can
see
the
the
number
on
the
screen.
So
if
you
would
please
call
in
if
you've
got
comments
on
this
on
this
new
policy
or
this
policy,
120
126,
our
unmanned
aerial
vehicle
policy.
B
B
A
A
B
A
J
J
J
Mr
mayor,
can
I
just
give
you
another
like
10
seconds
on
this
uav
drone,
because
I
think
there
may
be
a
question.
That's
just
not
being
asked
in
there.
Thank
you.
What
would
the
police
department
use
this
for,
and
I
can
tell
you,
I
think
the
most
common
use
is
kind
of
on
what
we
call
kind
of
search
and
rescue
mode.
J
We
want
to
try
and
do
everything
we
can
to
help
find
their
their
loved
one.
This
equipment,
this
type
of
equipment
just
gives
us
another
way
to
do
that.
So
there
are
other
uses,
but
I
think
kind
of
from
you
know
what
do
we?
What
can
the
community
expect
that
that
search
and
rescue
and
locating
missing
people
is,
is
probably
one
of
the
most
common
uses
that
you'll
see
within
the
police
department
and
I'm
sure
the
fire
department
has
other
very
valuable
uses
as
well.
A
L
L
We
know
that
hospitalizations
and
deaths
are
a
lagging
indicator,
so
we
can
expect
those
numbers
to
continue
to
go
up,
given
our
current
case
numbers.
As
we
start
this
new
year.
It's
important
to
recognize
that
2020
was
a
horrible
year
for
many.
We
confronted
the
reality
of
a
pandemic
and
the
changes
that
brought
to
daily
life.
They
included
social
isolation,
changes
to
employment,
education,
delivery,
how
we
interact
with
others
and
the
pain
of
having
loved
ones
hospitalized
or
die,
and
not
being
present
with
them.
L
L
These
clinics
initially
are
small
until
there's
enough
vaccine
we're
going
to
be
following
the
state's
lead
in
vaccinating
for
impact
and
those
most
at
risk
for
cova
19.
In
the
coming
months,
we
anticipate
holding
larger
clinics
where
we
can
vaccinate
many
members
of
our
community.
In
addition,
with
the
federal
support
for
vaccine
becoming
available
when
this
campaign
is
over,
it'll
be
one
of
the
largest
public
health
operations
in
modern
history.
L
L
Since
it
takes
time
for
us
to
roll
out
the
vaccine
to
everyone
who
wants
it,
we
still
have
to
stay
vigilant
with
our
practices
of
social
distancing
masking
and
hand
washing
for
a
while
longer.
We
all
have
a
role
to
play
in
getting
through
the
next
few
months
and
keeping
our
neighbors
safe
with
cobit
19.
D
I'm
mayor,
thank
you
mayor
and
dr
kelly.
I
had
an
email,
and
hopefully
you
saw
it
prior
to
the
meeting,
and
I
wanted
to
at
least
get
the
conversation
started.
One
of
the
residents
in
my
district
is
particularly
concerned
as
I
am
about.
What's
the
proper
procedure,
both
from
the
cdc
standpoint
and
also
from
the
minnesota
health
department,
a
recommendation
in
terms
of
mask
wearing
outside
is
it
okay
for
me
to
be
outside
without
a
mask.
D
L
Councilmember
lohman
the
the
guidance
that
we
have
from
the
cdc
and
the
minnesota
department
of
health
and
that
we
we
encourage,
is,
if
you're
anywhere,
where
you're
within
six
feet
of
somebody
else,
you're
wearing
a
mask.
So
if
you're
outside
in
public
at
a
park
and
you're
gonna,
be
within
six
feet
of
somebody
else,
you
should
be
wearing
a
mask.
D
A
A
A
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
I
tim
bussey
mayor,
the
city
of
bloomington
minnesota
do
hereby
proclaim
january
18
2021
as
dr
martin
luther
king
jr
day
in
bloomington.
I
ask
all
citizens
of
bloomington
to
remember
and
reflect
on
the
principles
of
racial
equality
and
non-violent
social
change
espoused
by
dr
king
and
to
rededicate
themselves
to
the
philosophy
that
we
can
all
share
the
dream
for
a
better
life.
Not
only
in
bloomington
but
also
in
the
world
signed
this
day,
the
4th
of
january
2021.
A
So
what
I
didn't
realize.
So
I
think
I
mentioned
at
our
last
meeting
or
one
of
our
last
meetings
when
I
talked
about
our
human
rights
commission,
that
our
human
rights
commission
is
beginning
its
53rd
year
serving
the
city
of
bloomington
and
and
the
city
council
and
the
members
of
the
the
community
of
bloomington,
and
I
didn't
realize
that
it
was
at
the
request
of
the
community
that
this
commission
was
formed
back
in
1968
shortly
after
the
assassination
of
dr
king
and
so
to
have
this
day.
A
A
A
F
F
I
A
D
D
I
am
going
to
be
voting
no
on
this
particular
item,
because
one
of
the
depositories
that
we
didn't
do
business
with
now
has
the
opportunity
or
the
option
to
have
us
do
business
with.
So
I
will
be
voting
in
the
negative
on
this
one
and
I
just
wanted
to
let
the
general
public
know.
While
I'd
be
doing
that,
I
want
to
be
consistent
with
what
I
brought
up
during
our
last
budgetary
meeting.
A
F
D
Thank
you
councilmember,
nelson
and
mayor
blissey.
I
would
like
to
do
that.
However,
as
I
did
have
conversation
with
commentary
earlier
today,
and-
and
I
think
his
points
are
well
after
having
the
opportunity
to
reflect
on
that,
since
we
do
not
have
a
policy
in
regards
to
that,
and
I
did
bring
this
forward.
I
I
I
I'm
not
gonna
I'll
certainly
would
entertain
that
idea,
but
I'm
reluctant
to
kind
of
want
to
put
our
our
city
in
any.
C
E
E
C
F
Thank
you
mayor.
I
I
would
just
like
to
hear
maybe
from
the
city
manager
the
concerns
that
staff
had
raised
earlier
council
member
loehmann
had
indicated
that
there
may
be
some
and
I
just.
I
think
it
would
be
good
before
voting,
that
we
that
we
all
understood
what
those
concerns
are
and
got
a
little
bit
of
an
information
from
council
member
logan,
but
yeah.
E
Mr
pabugi,
thank
you,
mr
mayor
and
council
member
nelson.
The
the
issue
is
that
we
don't
have
a
policy
that
specifically
articulates
the
the
concern
that's
addressed
here.
Right
is
that
we
had
an
institution
that
had
some
that
had
a
write-off
and
we
don't
have.
You
know,
what's
often
referred
to
as
a
social
responsibility
policy,
or
you
know
some
sort
of
a
community
investment
policy
that
speaks
to
this,
and
I
you
know
I
I
just
didn't
want
to
make
a
recommendation
that
would
seem
arbitrary
without
something
to
back
it
up.
E
It's
obviously
the
council's
discretion
to
choose
the
institutions,
and
I
would
I
would
certainly
welcome
recommendation
from
council
if
you
would
like
us
to
look
at
developing
additional
policy
language
that
we
can
do
that
and
come
back,
I'm
not
going
to
argue
that
you
shouldn't
do
this.
It's
just.
I
didn't
without
anything
that
says
specifically,
there's
a
reason
not
to
I
just
didn't
feel
it
was
wise
to
exclude
them.
A
Mr
verbruggie
or
I
believe
ms
economy
shoulder
is
here:
do
we
have
any
context
around
the
write-off?
I
think
it
was
a
number
of
years
ago
and-
and
I
don't
even
remember
the
amount-
I
remember
the
discussion
that
we
had,
but
do
we
have
any
context
or
details
around
around
the
amount
that
was
written
off.
E
G
B
A
A
C
C
I
think
this
is
important,
and
it's
something
that
we've
heard
during
the
budget
conversation
a
lot
of
discussion
from
the
public
about
that
police
can't
be
expected
to
have
the
skills
that
social
workers
do
and
that
we're
now
getting
a
second
social
worker
within
the
bloomington
police
department
is
great
news
and,
as
sort
of
the
icing
on
the
cake
is,
is
that
the
the
cost
for
this
is
being
funded
by
a
department
of
justice
grant?
So
there
is
no
additional
cost
to
the
bloomington
taxpayers
while
we
will
get
the
benefits
of
it.
C
A
Motion
carries
7-0,
we
move
on
now
on
the
agenda
item,
seven
are
hearings,
resolutions
and
ordinance.
We
don't
have
anything
under
item
seven
this
evening,
but
we
go
to
item
eight,
which
is
our
organizational
business
and
item
eight
point,
one
which
is
affirming
the
emergency
actions
undertaken
by
the
city
manager.
Mr
verbruggie.
E
It
provided
the
the
act
provided
two
weeks
of
leave
for
employees
with
certain
eligibility
criteria
related
to
covet
and
the
deadline
on
that
was
december.
31St
2020.,
the
the
deadline
was
a
little
bit
arbitrary
at
the
time
because
we
didn't
know
how
long
the
pandemic
was
going
to
last,
and
we
we
made
a
determination
that
it
was
appropriate
to
continue
to
extend
that
leave
past
december
31st.
E
We
have
a
number
of
employees
who
have
utilized
it,
and
this
is
not
creating
a
new
two-week
bank
of
leave.
It
is
just
continuing
the
two
weeks
that
was
originally
afforded
to
them
in
the
federal
legislation
for
those
who
have
not
tapped
it.
Yet
if
somebody
has
already
used
that
leave
in
2020
and
then
has
additional
coveted
related
issues,
they'll
they'll
have
to
leave
use
their
own
personal
or
vacation
leave
for
that.
E
A
A
Aye
motion
carries
7-0,
move
on
to
item
8.2,
which
is
our
strategic
priorities,
fund
allocations
for
2021,
and
we
had
this
discussion.
I
think,
in
conjunction
with
our
budget
discussion
that
we
didn't
want
to
get
ahead
of
ourselves
with
any
policy
or
direction
to
the
count
or
two
to
staff
about
what
we
hope
to
accomplish
without
making
sure
that
we
had
funding
available
with
it
as
well,
and
the
the
strategic
priorities
fund
allocation.
A
It's
it's
a
fund,
that's
been
in
place
for
a
number
of
years.
It
helps
the
council
it's
available
to
the
council,
so
we
can
allocate
resources
to
support
issues
and
activities
that
are
a
council
priority,
and
we
wanted
to
have
this
discussion
to
marry
to
marry
up
not
only
the
the
the
the
strategies
and
the
issues
and
the
direction
we
want
to
go,
but
also
with
the
money
that
we
have
available
to
do
it.
So,
mr.
E
E
So
the
hra,
I
believe,
is
looking
at
about
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
home
improvement
loan
program
for
2021.
The
recommendation
is
that
we
would
supplement
that
by
about
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
last
couple
years,
we've
written
loans
totaling
a
little
more
than
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
have
done
41
and
51
loans
respectively
in
the
last
couple
years.
E
C
Thank
you
miss
mayor.
I
I
wasn't
certain
that
we
were
going
through
these
serially,
so
pardon
the
interruption-
jamie,
that's
okay,
but
I
I
wanted
to
weigh
in
I'm
the
council
representative
to
the
hra,
and
this
appears
as
an
expense
to
the
city,
but
in
reality
it
gets
paid
back
because
it
is
a
loan.
So
what
we're
doing
is
increasing
the
funds
available
within
the
hra
for
additional
loans.
C
E
E
The
the
next
item
on
here
is
the
equity
and
inclusion
initiatives
of
forty
thousand
dollars.
I
included
information
from
our
racial
equity
coordinator,
faith
jackson,
responding
to
questions
that
council
had,
as
we
were
talking
about
the
consideration
of
a
resolution
on
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis
of
and
how
we're
going
to
resource
the
work
that
we're
doing
around
racial
equity
faith
is
available.
E
So
this
is
for
a
short
duration
project,
working
with
a
consultant
to
facilitate
the
development
of
the
strategic
plan
specific
to
the
racial
equity
work.
It'll
also
involve
a
fair
amount
of
community
engagement,
and
that
will
be
beneficial
for
two
reasons:
one
it's
intended
to
help
attract
and
engage
traditionally
in
historically
underrepresented
communities
and
individuals
in
the
public
process,
but
it
also
serve
as
a
nice
stepping
off
point
into
the
community-based
strategic
planning
process
as
well.
E
A
And
I
think
it
was
the
presentation
of
the
racial
equity
business
plan
that
prompted
this
entire
discussion
as
we
and
they
kind
of
brought
it
all
forward.
So
I'm
glad
we're
having
that
discussion
and-
and
it
actually
was
a
good
way
to
frame
all
of
our
discussion
around
strategic
initiatives
and
strategic
priorities.
E
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
and
council
members.
The
next
item
on
the
list
is
for
sustainability
initiatives.
I
should
also
point
out
which
I
haven't
been
doing
so
far,
is
that
each
of
these
items
are
consistent
with
one
of
the
core
pillars
of
a
strategic
plan.
So
the
home
improvement
loan
program
relates
to
our
strategic
priority
around
focused
renewal,
the
equity
and
inclusion
initiatives.
Obviously,
for
that
very
specific
strategic
initiative,
we
have
a
strategic
pillar
of
sustainability.
E
So
we
wanted
to
leave
a
certain
amount
in
the
general
fund
which
we've
left
80
000
and
then
have
the
council
be
able
to
allocate
from
the
strategic
priorities
for
the
remainder,
and
so
we
will
learn
more.
I
think,
on
february
1st,
when
the
sustainability
commission
visits
with
the
council
on
their
work
plan
and
will
specifically
identify
the
initiatives
they've
specifically
budgeted
already,
but
then
this
remains
for
other
items
that
come
up
as
they
do
their
work.
I
Thank
you
mayor,
and
actually
I'm
sorry.
I
just
didn't
get
my
virtual
hand
up
quickly
enough
on
on
the
last
one,
but
I
just
wanted
to
ask
a
quick
question
to
sort
of
clarify
with
the
city
manager
make
sure
my
understanding
is
is
the
same
as
perhaps
everyone's
with
regards
to
equity
and
inclusion
initiatives.
I
Thank
you,
and
then
I
do
have
a
question
on
this
and
I
just
want
to
clarify
something
as
well
that
the
intent
of
funding
these
sustainability
initiatives
through
the
strategic
priorities
fund
is
to
cover
these
sort
of
one-time,
one-off
expenses
rather
than
ongoing
commitments,
because
I
I
get,
I
always
get
a
little
bit
wary
when
we
take
something
out
of
the
general
fund,
that's
an
ongoing
commitment
and
just
fund
it
through
a
different
fund
and
pretend
we're
saving
money
that
way
yeah.
So
I
just
kind
of
want
to
clarify
that
that
that's
the
case.
E
I
E
D
D
E
E
E
E
If
that's
the
case,
we'll
have
several
months
of
additional
information
here
to
be
able
to
project
forward
to
july
and
make
a
decision
if
we
need
to
change
the
structure
of
the
process
and
move
more
to
a
virtual
or
some
sort
of
a
hybrid
to
get
that
engagement
on
the
front
end
that
we
will
work
to
do
that.
And
that's
one
thing
that
hopefully
members
of
the
community
who
have
been
participating
in
a
number
of
our
events
and
conversations
over
the
course
of
the
last
nine
months
will
recognize.
E
E
And
my
great
hope
is
that
we
don't
have
to
do
that.
But
if
we
get
to
a
point
where
it's
just
not
safe
to
still
have
public
gatherings.
Or
it's
not
permitted
by
the
the
guidance
from
the
state
that
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
start
the
process.
Because
we
recognize
the
council's
desire
to
move
ahead
with
our
strategic
planning
and
to
not
let
it
wait
any
longer
so
I'll
stop
there
and
see
if
there
are
any
questions.
A
Process,
a
quick
teaser
for
you
as
we
get
into
discussions
later
about
individual
priorities.
What
we
we're
hoping
individual
council
members
are
really
hoping
to
get
done
next
year.
This
is
number
one
on
my
list
that
we
we
absolutely
need
to
move
forward
on
this.
I
think
for
for
a
couple
of
reasons,
the
fact
that
it
it
is
sun
setting
we're
at
the
end
of
that
five-year
period.
Then
we
talked
about
this
extensively
about
a
year
ago
now
and
and
just
the
need
to
to
really
do
a
long
range,
comprehensive
strategic
plan.
A
That
really
does
include
and
involve
so
many
members
of
the
community,
and
I
think
we
absolutely
need
to
do
that.
So
again,
I
spoiler
alert
this.
This
is
going
to
be
priority
number
one
for
me
as
we
as
we
have
that
discussion
in
just
a
few
minutes
here
about
what
we
hope
to
accomplish
in
the
coming
year.
Councilmember
martin.
H
Thank
you
mayor
just
to
clarify
for
kind
of
sequencing
tonight.
I
so
right
now
it
would
this
be
the
appropriate
time
for
discussion
of
kind
of
the
nature
of
the
strategic
planning
process
itself,
or
does
that
come
a
little
bit
later?
I
know
official
concrete
action
wasn't
requested
tonight.
So
just
timing
on
it.
A
H
Yeah,
if
you
don't
mind
mayor,
thank
you
looking
through
that
I
I
try
to
avoid
pontification,
but
just
kind
of
a
few
thoughts
here
I
first
off.
I
I
do
to
echo
the
city
manager's
points.
I
have
been
consistently
amazed
with
how
staff
has
been
able
to
continue
connecting
with
residents.
We've
had
an
awful
lot
of
stuff
coming
out
as
fast
and
furious
and
staff's
ability
to
to
meet
people
where
they
are
digitally.
H
But
I
guess
we,
we
have
a
really
tremendous
opportunity
in
front
of
us
at
a
time
when
faith
in
government
is
at
a
rock
bottom,
at
least
as
far
back
as
I've
seen
to
to
really
build
faith
and
trust.
On
the
ground
and
bring
folks
into
the
governing
process,
who
who
have
felt
barriers
would
have
felt
nervous,
but
it
feels
like
every
time
recently
we've
reached
out
to
do
that.
It's
been
under
somebody
else's
logo.
H
I
think
that's
the
biggest
challenge
and
opportunity,
not
only
our
city,
but
every
city
has
right
now
moving
forward
and
we've
taken
good
steps
in
that
area.
Everybody
here
and
hopefully
the
folks
watching
at
home,
know
the
work
that
we've
done
around
televising
study
sessions
and
multicultural
advisor
committees,
racial
equity
coordinator,
there's
dozens
of
things.
We've
done
to
make
city
government
more
accessible
to
folks,
and
we
know
when
the
pandemic
abates,
as
was
mentioned
a
little
bit
ago.
We
know
what
we
need
to
do
to
double
down.
H
We've
talked
about
listening
sessions
at
odd
hours,
whether
early
morning
or
late
at
night,
for
folks
that
are
getting
off
work
at
the
restaurants
or
hotels,
whether
that's
providing
child
care
for
parents
to
take
their
burden
off,
so
they
can
participate
in
public
comment.
There's
a
thousand
things
that
we've
talked
about
still
on
the
list
to
allow
folks
to
participate,
and,
while
I'm
sure
stuff
like
world
cafes,
are
a
really
helpful
tool
to
do
that.
H
I
don't
know
that
that
one
tool
quite
holds
a
candle
to
us,
just
allocating
resources
to
the
front
line
of
saying
that
year-round
beyond.
Just
when
we
have
a
major
planning
initiative,
we're
going
to
be
a
city
that
meets
people
where
they
are
we're
going
to
take
the
tools
that
have
been
around
forever,
but
we're
going
to
deploy
them
in
a
way
that
reaches
people
that
have
never
been
able
to
use
them
before
and
if
the
dollars
we
would
allocate
to.
This
consultant
fee
would
help
us
to
get
there.
H
I
really
think
our
code
division
and
our
racial
equity
coordinator
could
make
that
75
000
go
a
long
way
and
last
last
point
not
to
ramble.
I
I
just
get
nervous
that,
with
the
the
structure
of
the
core
planning
team
itself,
it
feels
like
it
undermines
the
the
trust
that
our
residents
place
when
they
cast
a
vote.
I
think
the
the
cbac
was
a
terrific
example
of
the
way
to
handle
this
correctly.
H
We
were
in
a
situation
where
we
needed
feedback
quickly.
We
found
engaged,
passionate
informed
community
members
who
took
a
look
at
the
numbers,
gave
us
a
series
of
recommendations
informed
by
broader
community
input,
and
then
it
came
to
us,
the
seven
council
members
representing
districts
where
we
knocked
thousands
of
doors,
we've
talked
to
countless
people
and
we
were
able
to
express
on
their
behalf
our
thoughts
on
where
that
recommendation
should
head
next,
and
I
think
this
core
planning
team.
H
H
In
that
room,
I
mean
I'm
sure,
they'd
communicate
with
us.
We
could
hand
it
off
to
the
right
people,
but
all
of
us
spent
quite
a
long
time
talking
about
our
broader
strategic
vision,
how
we
would
incorporate
feedback,
how
we
make
our
constituents
voices
heard,
and
it
feels
like
the
core
planning
team
sidelines
a
good
chunk
of
that
for
community
members
and
city
staff,
who
nobody
had
cast
a
vote
for,
or
I
guess
who
residents
may
not
know
what
their
thoughts
are
or
had
those
conversations.
H
So
again,
I
I
don't
doubt
the
motives
of
this
plan.
I
appreciate
the
creativity
I
just
would
really
like
to
see
us
build
up
the
internal
capability
and
folks
voted
for
us
for
a
reason,
and
if
they
don't
like
our
final
decision
on
a
strategic
plan,
they
can
get
somebody
else
in
there
who
would
take
a
different
approach
the
next
time.
So,
thank
you.
That's
that's
all
I
got.
E
The
the
consultant
cost
in
this
process
is
actually,
I
think,
pretty
minimal
for
as
extensive
a
process
of
the.
As
this
is
the
proposal
that
you
have.
You
see
it's
about.
Forty
thousand
dollars
of
cost
the
world
cafe.
Component
of
it
is
actually
only
about
thirty,
two
hundred
or
thirty,
five
hundred,
it's
a
one
day,
engagement
that
they
would
do
we're
we're
going
to
do
more
than
that
and
our
co-ed
team
is
able
to
do
that.
E
I
feel
very
strongly
that,
if
we're
going
to
have
a
strategic
planning
process,
that
is
a
co-creation
of
a
strategic
plan
for
the
community
that
it
really
does
require
expert
facilitation.
And
that's
that's
the
experience
that
the
consultant
brings
to
this.
That
it
is,
I
don't
think
it's
possible
for
our
co-ed
staff
or
for.
I
A
K
E
There's
there's
five
different
levels
of
participation
on
that
spectrum,
and
we
had
this
conversation
a
little
bit
when
we
were
utilizing
the
community
budget
advisory
committee
approach
as
well,
and
so
on.
One
end,
there's
inform,
which
is
a
pretty
basic
approach,
providing
public
with
information
to
assist
in
understanding
the
problem.
E
And
then
the
last
one
is
empower
which
is
to
place
final
decision
making
in
the
hands
of
the
public,
and
I
would
say
that
this
process
is
somewhere
between
collaborate
and
empower
in
terms
of
the
level
of
public
participation
that
we're
expecting.
And
you
know
if
we're
truly
going
to
develop
a
community-based
strategic
plan.
I
E
E
Those
are
all
things
we
want
to
include
the
council
on.
In
the
front
end,
we
will
come
back
to
the
council
early
and
have
those
conversations
so
the
next
time
you're
having
a
discussion
about
strategic
planning,
isn't
going
to
be
july,
it'll
be
within
the
next
two
months.
Probably,
but
part
of
that
is
just
going
to
be
understanding
if
this
is
the
process
here,
you're
comfortable
with,
and
so
if
there
needs
to
be
more
discussion
about
this
at
a
subsequent
meeting,
we
can
come
back
and
talk
about
it
again.
A
I
Thank
you
mayor.
I
guess
to
to
pick
up
a
little
bit
on
what
what
council
member
martin
raised,
having
been
through
a
strategic
planning
process.
As
I
know
others
have.
I
certainly
can
respect
the
need
to
have
have
qualified
experienced
facilitators,
and
I
guess
I
would
say
if
coed's
staff
feels
that
this
is
the
that's
the
best
direction
to
go
if
they
feel
that
that
that
that's
not
the
role
they
want
to.
Take.
I
E
Mr
mayor
and
council
members
council,
member
coulter,
I
do
not
believe
it
is
a
distinction
without
a
difference.
I
think
they're
two
different
things,
and
I
think
that
you
are
right
to
point
that
out
and
what
what
I,
what
we've
been
talking
about,
and
if
I
haven't
been
clear
about
it.
Maybe
that's
bad
on
me,
but
is
is
recommending
that
our
next
strategic
planning
process
is
one
that
is
focused
on
the
community.
E
The
the
role
of
the
city
in
advancing
that
is
really
important
because
of
how
it
relates
to
many
of
the
issues
that
the
community
is
going
to
value,
whether
it's
amenities
in
the
community
or
services
that
are
provided
or
being
the
convener
or
facilitator
of
really
important
issues.
You
know
things
around
equity
and
inclusion.
I
I
M
Thank
you
mayor.
I
do
believe
councilmember
beloga
had
his
hand
up
first,
but
if
he
doesn't
mind
I'll
go
okay,
so
I
have
a
couple
of
comments
on
a
couple
of
the
items
that
were
discussed
already,
as
it
relates
to
the
community-based
strategic
planning
process
in
general.
I
am
supportive
of
this
approach.
M
I
think
that
you
know
we
adopted
a
pillar
that
was
engagement
and
transparency,
and
I
think,
by
doing
that,
we
also
committed
to
doing
things
a
little
bit
differently
and
not
just
making
tweaks
to
our
current
processes
but
engaging
more
of
the
community
as
we
make
really
big
decisions
like
our
strategic
priorities
for
the
next
four
to
five
years.
I
do
have
questions
and
and
look
forward
to
kind
of
ironing
out
the
details
as
we
continue
those
conversations
like.
M
Ultimately,
you
know:
where
are
the
decision
points
and
who
makes
those
decisions
and
what
exactly
is
the
role
of
residents?
What
are
we
asking
them?
How
will
their
input
be
used?
How
will
we
report
back,
and
I
know
a
lot
of
the
details-
are
within
the
documents,
but
since
they
were
recent
this
afternoon
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
really
look
at
them
again
again,
since
I
originally
did
back
in
february
or
march
when
that
was,
and
so
again
in
general,
I'm
supportive.
I
think
that
we
need
to
take
this
kind
of
approach.
M
A
M
And
then
I
do
have
just
one
last
comment
about
this.
I
guess,
although
I
appreciate
councilmember
martin's
concerns,
I
do
think
that
we
can
design
a
process
and-
and
it
may
mean
that
we
need
to
use
a
consultant
during
this
instance
that
not
only
engages
residents
right
now
but
really
demonstrates
and
builds
trust
with
our
community
members,
so
that
they
continue
to
return
and
want
to
engage
with
us
further
like
on
boards
and
commissions
or
in
other
opportunities
that
are
available
in
the
city.
C
I
will
say
that,
yes,
we
are
elected,
and
one
of
the
major
things
that
we're
elected
to
do
is
create
policy,
and
I
believe
that
the
strategic
plan
is
one
of
the
most
important
policy
items
that
we
create
for
this
community,
so
I
believe
to
pardon
the
expression,
but
to
not
fully
engage
all
of
the
council.
Members
in
that
process
is
doing
a
disservice
to
the
community
that
elected
us.
D
Thank
you
mayor.
You
know
I
just
wanted
to
just
say
that
I
think
to
the
city
manager
in
particular
that
I
think
the
council
member
martin
really
raised
some
very
interesting
points,
and
I
know
that
we've
had
conversations
in
the
past
about
this
process,
how
it
works
and
and
and
and
and
how
that
moves
forward.
D
The
salesmanship
of
this
particular
idea,
because
it
is,
as
you
said
at
the
end
of
our
retreat,
a
very
complex
idea
and
you
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
completely
articulate
what
this
can
do
for
the
community
and
how
it
has
worked
in
past
places.
But
I
think
that
those
questions
that
councilmember
martin
has
brought
forward
are
are
all
very
important
ones,
in
particular
the
one
that
that
resonates
with
with
me
in
terms
that
I
like
to
get
an
answer.
D
D
But
I
want
to
give
you
that
opportunity,
not
necessarily
tonight
but
where
it
makes
the
most
amount
of
sense,
because
we
got
to
be
able
to
sell
this
idea
not
only
to
this
council
but
also
to
the
broader
public,
and
I
think
that
councilmember
martin
has
really
outlined
the
questions
and
the
things
that
not
only
that
part
of
this
council
has,
but
I
think
the
broader
community
will
be
asking
going
forward,
not
necessarily
looking
for
a
response
now.
But
I
know
that
in
the
past
you've
been
very
articulate
about
this.
D
You
never
seem
to
have
enough
time
to
get
it
across
like
tonight
and
also
at
the
retreat,
but
I'm
hoping
that
we
will
make
time
so
that
you
can
finally
make
the
case,
because
I
think
it
is
important
that
you
are
able
to
articulate
exactly
what
your
thoughts
are
around
this
vision,
because
the
incomplete
vision
can
end
up
as
we've
seen
in
some
of
the
other
things
we've
done
can
come
to
a
crashing
halt.
I
don't
want
that
to
happen.
I
want
you
to
be
able
to
get
this
point
across.
D
F
Yeah,
thank
you
mayor.
First,
I'd
just
like
to
thank
the
city
manager
for
putting
this
together.
It
is
overall,
extremely
well
thought
out,
and
I
know
that
a
lot
of
effort
has
gone
into
it,
and
I
think
it
is
absolutely
the
right
direction
to
try
to
engage
the
community
in
a
planning
process
for
that
strategic
plan.
So
we
we
are
leading
the
community
where
the
community
wants
to
be
going
and
kind
of
in
that
partnership.
I
think
this
goes
a
long
way
to
doing
that.
F
I
think
you
know
some
of
the
concerns
that
have
been
raised
in
terms
of
the
appropriate
role
of
consultants
versus
staff.
I
think
you
know
it
sounds
like
we'll
have
a
more
broad-based
conversation
about
that.
I
have
voiced
several
times.
I
share
that
concern.
Overall,
maybe
it's
answered
in
this
case.
Maybe
we
need
some
more
information
in
terms
of
just
one
concern
that
I
have
with
you
know
from
what
councilmember
coulter
said
about.
Is
this
the
city
council's
plan?
Is
this
the
community's
plan?
F
My
concern
is
that
this
will
become
the
core
planning
team's
plan
and
it'll,
be
a
limited
group
of
people,
unelected
people
that
it's
it's
their
plan
and
and
I
would
like
to
even
further
look
at
how
we
continue
to
engage
broadly
within
the
community.
It
looks
like
we
do
a
little
bit
of
that
up
front
with
the
world
cafes
and
then
we
select
sort
of
a
select
group
to
represent
the
community,
and
I
don't
see
a
lot
in
this
plan
at
this
point
for
continued
engagement
with
the
broader
community.
F
So
those
are
the
points
that
I
want
to
raise,
but
I
do
want
to
just
make
sure
that
that
I
tell
you
I
appreciate
what
you're
doing
here,
mr
city
manager.
I
think
this
is
going
the
right
direction
and
I'm
excited
about
the
process
and
having
a
further
conversation
about
how
to
get
this
done
and
how
to
really
make
sure
people's
voices
are
heard
in
this
plan.
A
Well,
sounding
to
me,
like
the
next
steps
on
this
particular
item-
and
we
can
talk
about
other
items
as
well,
but
this
particular
item
I
think
we
need
to.
We
need
to
find
time
for
a
more
in-depth
discussion
on
this
and
I
think
council,
member
loehmann
is
exactly
right.
We
always
seem
to
be
kind
of
rushed
as
we
talk
about
this
and
so
to
set
aside
a
significant
portion
of
time
and
and
to
really
understand
this,
a
little
bit
better
about
what
what
how
it
would
all
work
and
what
it
would
all
entail.
A
Certainly-
and
I
think,
similarly
with
some
of
the
other
items
that
are
on
this
list
for
our
strategic
funds,
I
think
a
follow-up
conversation
that
tonight
I
think
was
the
was
the
introductory.
I
don't
think
we
were
expecting
any.
We
weren't
expecting
any
action
on
these
items
right
now,
but
I
think
sooner
rather
than
later,
whether
it's
the
next
meeting
or
the
meeting
after
sometime
in
january.
Here.
A
I
think
we
need
to
to
double
back
to
this
and
complete
these
conversations
that
we've
been
having
about
the
strategic
funds
and
and
what
direction
we
want
to
take
them
and
and
continue
this
conversation
now.
I
know
we
have
one
more
item
on
this
as
well.
I
know
that
we
have
upgraded
placement,
a
couple
more
items
on
this
as
well,
but
I
just
don't
want
to
lose
sight
of
the
fact
that
we
need
to
this
isn't
the
be-all
and
end-all
conversation
on
this
that
we
need
to
continue.
These
conversations
got.
E
But
there
are
plenty
of
other
things
that
fall
into
that
category
too.
If
we
want
to
see
artistic
expression
throughout
the
community
and
just
not
located
in
one
area
and
then
the
last
item
is
one
that
I
actually
sent
out
to
the
council
today.
My
apologies
that
I
left
it
out
of
the
packet
was
a
continuation
of
a
project
that
was
proposed.
Last
year
again,
pre-pandemic.
M
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
mayor,
so
going
back
to
the
expanded
home
improvement
loan
program,
I'm
just
wondering
so
first
I'll
just
say:
I'm
very
supportive
of
allocating
resources
to
that
program.
But
I
know
that
there
is
another
one
saying
it's:
the
rental
homes
for
future
home
buyers
program
and
I'm
wondering
if
that
has
also
been
looked
at
as
another
area
for
us
to
consider.
M
Maybe
dedicating
some
investments
too,
and
I
say
that
because
we've
talked
numerous
times
about
increasing
opportunity
for
homeownership
and
and
so
I
guess
I
raise
that
as
as
an
idea
for
us
to
consider
as
we
look
at
that
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
and
what
we
could
do
if
we
were
to
maybe
look
at
other
options.
In
addition,
so
if
there
are
any
thoughts
from
city
staff
on
that,
I
welcome
them,
but
otherwise
just
kind
of
want
to
ask
that
and
plant
that
seed.
Now
and
then.
M
E
Yeah,
it
is
for
2021
the
the
only
additional
ask
for
financial
resources
related
to
our
equity
and
inclusion
work
this
year.
I
I
would
expect
that
we
will
see,
depending
on
the
outcome
of
the
the
planning
around
the
racial
equity
work.
An
identification
of
you
know
additional
resources
that
may
be
needed
in
the
future
and
that
those
would
come
forward
in
the
budgeting
process
for
the
coming
year.
M
Do
we
go
with
40
000
this
year
and
intend
to
increase
budget
in
the
following
years,
or
do
we
ask
staff
to
propose
a
solution
that
would
actually
help
us
make
more
progress
more
quickly
and
wouldn't
be
hiring
consultants,
and
I
think
another
council
member
has
asked
this
question
in
the
past
too.
So
I
guess
that
would
be
my
my
last
point.
So
thank
you,
mayor.
I
Thank
you
mayor.
I
will
attempt
any
way
to
keep
things
brief,
but
my
wife
is
sitting
outside
and
just
laughed
at
that
comment,
but
I
I
just
wanted
to
just
sort
of
generally.
You
know
joining
in
folks
and
thanking
the
the
city,
manager
and
staff
for
doing
the
work
and
just
wanted
to
also
echo
council
member
beloga's
comments
about
the
home
improvement
loan
program.
I
also
previously
served
on
the
hra,
and
I
mean
it's
almost
the
definition
of
win-win
for
the
city
of
bloomington.
I
C
I
know
that
this
is
a
discussion
item,
but
with
respect
to
the
hra
and
council
member
carter's
question,
there
is
some
rental
ownership
funding
available
within
the
hra
budget.
Today,
it's
a
small
amount.
It
doesn't
get
utilized,
it's
more
of
a
conversion
from
a
rental
of
some
of
the
housing
stock
that
the
hra
does
own
and
sets
aside
a
portion
of
the
rents
each
period
to
go
to
down
payment
assistance.
I
A
Do
we
have
a
second
second
nelson?
We
have
a
second
by
council
member
nelson.
Now
the
understanding,
of
course
was
we
were
gonna.
Have
this
conversation
in
in
whole?
I
think,
as
opposed
to
the
the
individual
knockoffs,
and
I
don't
know
that
we
were
looking
to
approve
anything
this
evening,
but
I
think
we
certainly
could
mr
verbruge
anything
to
add
here.
E
Mr
mayor
and
council
members,
I'm
supportive
of
the
action
agree
with
you.
It
wasn't
intended
that
we'd
have
action
tonight.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
council
members
understand
that
we
will
need
to
make
a
budget
adjustment,
and
that
requires
a
resolution.
So
if
it's
acceptable
to
the
motioner
and
seconder
that
we
would
just
modify
that
to
direct
staff
to
bring
back
a
resolution
for
the
budget
adjustment,
and
then
we
can
process
that
as
subsequent
meeting.
I
agree
with
the
council
member
below
good.
A
A
E
Mr
mayor
and
council
members,
one
thing
I'd
also
like
to
suggest
we're
we're
more
than
happy
to
do
if
council
would
like
us
to
do
is
just
work
with
the
folks
at
hra
and
see
if
there
are
other
programs
within
the
hra.
That
would
benefit
from
supplemental
council
support,
and
I'm
also
mindful
that
council
members
have
expressed
interest
in
the
past,
not
just
in
rental
assistance
or
home
buyer
programs,
but
also
concern
about
mortgage
foreclosure
issues
that
may
be
resulting
from
the
economic
issues
as
they
play
out
at
this
point
in
time.
E
We
we
don't
have
any
indication
that
there's
going
to
be
a
foreclosure
crisis
as
a
result
of
the
economy,
but
that's
one
that
we've
discussed
in
the
past
and
have
indicated
that
the
the
timing
on
foreclosures
is
such
that
we
will
probably
not
know
that
yet
for
another
six
months,
maybe
or
even
12..
So
I
would
just
recommend
that
if
we
are
seeing
that
sort
of
an
issue
that
that's
exactly
what
the
strategic
priorities
fund
is
set
up
for,
that
we
can
come
and
have
a
conversation
about
it.
At
that
time.
F
E
Yeah,
mr
mayor
and
council
members,
council,
member
nelson,
that
that
project
was
in
my
mind
when
making
the
recommendations
here,
but
this
is
actually
thinking
beyond
that,
because
there
have
been
a
number
of
other
conversations,
we
did
have
additional
resources
that
were
available
for
that.
We
can
certainly
come
back
to
that.
My
understanding
from
council
is
that
we
wanted
to
revisit
that
in
a
couple
months
from
now.
D
I've
been
kind
of
fighting
and
pushing
for
that,
and
also
the
city
manager
mentioned
a
couple
other
items
that
been
kind
of
pushing
forward
and
because
I
don't
have
to
raise
that,
I
got
two
of
them
out
of
the
way
see
if
I
can
go
for
a
third
one
for
my
priorities
for
this
next
year,
get
knocked
off
the
list
here.
So
turn
back
to
you,
mayor.
A
Thank
you,
caller
council,
any
additional
comments
or
questions
specifically
to
this.
Now,
as
as
we
talked
about
this
was
a
discussion
and
it's
a
very
good
discussion.
I
appreciate
the
the
input
and
the
feedback
on
this
and
we
we
will
have
opportunities
at
the
end
of
our
meeting,
to
go
through
what
possible
strategic
priorities
that
individual
council
members
would
have
to
either
add
to
this
list
or
or
supplement
this
list
in
some
way
or
shape
or
form.
A
So
I
don't
think
the
goal
right
now
isn't
to
to
officially
approve
this
list,
but
to
rather
to
continue
this
conversation,
it's
going
to
continue
here
in
just
about
a
half
hour,
45
minutes
or
so,
but
also
within
within
our
within
our
our
council
discussions
over
the
next
couple
of
meetings
as
well.
So
as
we
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
on
this,
I
want
you
to
keep
thinking
about
this
holistically
that
it's
a
these
aren't
the
be
all
and
end
all.
We've
got
other
things
we
want
to
talk
about.
A
A
A
With
that,
let's
move
on
to
item
8.4
and
start
some
of
our
appointments.
This,
of
course,
to
to
folks
who
might
be
walking
watching.
This
is
our
first
meeting
of
the
year.
Obviously,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
do
out
of
our
first
meeting
of
the
year
is:
do
some
of
this
specific
and
intentional
business
about
not
only
strategic
priorities
and
strategic
funding
and
so
on,
but
also
appointments
to
boards
and
commissions
and
just
the
general
appointments
that
we
have
as
council
members,
and
so
this
is.
A
This
is
part
of
this
meeting
traditionally
as
part
of
what
we
do
and
what
I
would
like
to
do
just
because
I
think
sometimes
we
kind
of
get
through
a
lot
of
these
things
very
quickly
as
we
go
through
each
of
the
appointments.
What
I
would
like
to
do
is
simply
kind
of
read
very
quickly,
at
least
a
portion
of
the
description
in
the
council
packet.
A
So
the
folks
who
are
watching
might
understand
exactly
what
we're
appointing
people
to
and
exactly
what
these
groups
do,
because
I
think
sometimes
it
might
be
a
little
bit
of
a
a
mystery
to
folks
exactly
what
the
convention
and
visitors
bureau
is
or
what
the
what
the
suburban
raid
authority
is.
And
so,
if
you'll
indulge
me
council,
I
would
like
to
do
that
as
we
go
through.
All
these
just
so
folks
understand
exactly
what
we're
doing
here
and
what
we're
trying
to
accomplish
so
item.
A
8.4
is
our
appointments
to
the
bloomington
convention
and
visitors
bureau
and
the
convention
and
visitors
bureau,
the
city
of
bloomington.
We
have
three
representatives
on
the
board
of
directors
for
the
bloomington
convention
and
visitors,
bureau
and
the
bcvb
is
a
private,
not-for-profit
organization
and
their
policy-making
body
is
a
12-member
board
of
directors
representing
the
city
of
bloomington,
the
bloomington
hospitality
industry,
other
bloomington
businesses
and
at-large
representatives
of
businesses
benefiting
from
visitors.
A
So
three
directors
are
appointed
by
the
city
council
and
this
the
directors
we
serve
one
year
terms
and
the
bylaws
require
at
least
one
representative
be
a
current
member
of
the
city
council
and
our
current
appointees
are
myself
council,
member
jack,
baloga
and
city
manager,
jamie
verbruggy.
We
served
during
2020.,
so
I
believe
there
is
the
the
desire
for
those
the
folks
who
are
serving
now
to
continue
serving
those
unless
there
is
a
consideration
or
discussion
on
that.
I
would
look
for
a
motion
for
the
appointments
to
the
bloomington
convention
and
visitors
bureau.
B
A
Obviously
it
it's
the
work
on
business
affecting
the
highway
169
corridor
and
the
coalition
plans
and
advocates
for
improvements
along
trunk
highlight
169
from
mankato
on
the
south
to
bloomington
and
edina
on
the
north
and
in
2020
council
member
coulter
served
as
a
representative
and
council
member
nelson
was
the
alternate
and
our
traffic
engineer.
Kirk
roberts
served
as
the
staff
representative
public
works
director
carl
keel
served
as
the
staff
alternate.
A
I
Certainly
am
mr
mayor,
I
we've
been
on
a
bit
of
a
hiatus,
as
many
things
have
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic,
but
I
know
certainly
before
that
happened
the
the
new
chair,
the
the
169
corridor
coalition.
I
had
a
lot
of
really
interesting
plans
and
and
ideas
about
involving
cities
on
the
entire
length
of
that
of
that
stretch.
So
I
I
certainly
wouldn't
would
continue
to
be
interested
in
serving.
A
A
Counsel
any
questions,
if
not,
I
would
look
for
a
motion
to
appoint
council
member
coulter
as
the
representative
and
council
member
nelson.
As
the
council
alternate
and
traffic
engineer.
Kirk
roberts,
as
the
staff
representative
and
public
works
director
carl
keel
to
serve
as
the
staff
alternate
on
the
u.s
highway
169
corridor
coalition
with
terms
expiring
december
31st
2021.
A
I
A
Aye
motion
carries
seven
zero.
Next
up
is
item
8.6,
which
is
an
appointment
to
the
I-35w
solutions
alliance
and
the
I-35w
solutions
alliance.
It's
a
joint
powers
group
made
up
of
communities
along
or
near
35w
from
minneapolis
south
to
lakeville.
Actually,
I
think
it
goes
even
further
south
in
lakeville.
I
think
it
goes
down
to
elko
new
market.
A
If
I'm,
if
I'm
recalling
correctly
and
each
city
is
allocated
two
voting
members
and
one
alternate
who
make
up
the
overall
decisions
concerning
the
organizations
and
its
mission
is
to
find
reasonable
ways
to
improve
35w
as
soon
as
possible,
which
is
you
can't
argue
with
that
in
any
way,
shape
or
form.
In
2020,
the
council
appointed
council
member
sean
nelson.
As
the
city
council,
representative,
councilmember
nathan,
coulter,
is
the
repre.
The
alternate
public
works
director
carl
keel
was
the
staff
representative
councilmember
nelson
councilmember
coulter?
Are
you
comfortable
in
your
current
positions?
G
A
We
have
a
motion
by
council
member
below
and
a
second
by
council
member
carter
to
appoint
council
member
nelson.
As
the
council
representative
council,
member
coulter
is
the
alternate
and
public
works
director
carl
kiel
is
the
staff
engineer
or
a
staff
representative.
Excuse
me,
35w
solutions,
alliance
term
set
to
expire
december,
31
2021.,
further
discussion
hearing
none
is
christensen.
I
A
A
Hi
motion
carries
7-0
item.
8.7
is
appointments
to
the
I-494
corridor.
Commission
we
just
are
surrounded
by
by
highways.
Aren't
we
the
494
corridor
commission,
another
joint
powers,
organization,
representatives
from
bloomington,
eden,
prairie,
dina,
minnetonka
and
richfield
established
in
1988
to
implement
travel
demand
management
strategies
and
pursue
mobility
improvements
within
cities
along
the
494
corridor
council
member
balogua
served
as
a
representative
councilmember
martin
is
the
alternate
planning
manager.
Glenn
marker
guard
served
as
the
staff
representative.
A
A
A
I
B
A
Motion
carries
7-0
item.
8.8
is
an
appointment
to
the
suburban
rate
authority,
another
joint
powers,
agreement
comprised
of
34
member
cities
representing
a
population
of
more
than
850
000,
and
it
is
it
was
formed
in
63
and
reorganized
in
74.
see.
I
did
not
know
that
and
the
suburban
raid
authority
is
is
inter
it
provides
substantial
support
for
right-of-way
control
issues
and
monitors
and
approved
intervenes
as
appropriate
on
regulated
cases
before
the
commission
2020.
A
A
C
A
A
A
Hi
motion
carries
7-0
and
I'm
8.9
the
port
authority,
commissioner,
appointments
and
the
bloomington
port
authority
was
created
to
deliver
orderly,
real
estate
development
and
economic
development
throughout
the
city
and
the
ports.
Efforts
currently
are
concentrated
in
the
south
loop,
which
is
the
area
around
the
mall
of
america.
A
We
have
two
members
with
terms
ending
on
december
31st
and
the
term
lengths
are
six
years,
and
this
is
a
unique
one.
This
is
a
an
appointment
made
by
the
mayor
and
confirmed
by
the
council,
and
I'm
recommending
the
reappointment
of
current
commissioners
tim
keller
and
rob
lunz.
They
both
applied
for
reappointment
and
asked
to
be
reappointed
and
I'm
recommending
reappointment
of
them.
We,
we
had
a
handful
of
of
applicants,
council
member
belloga,
to
your
concern
that
you
raised.
A
A
I
Right,
I
I
just
wanted
to
sort
of
emphasize
the
point
that
that
you
just
made.
Mr
mayor,
I
was,
I
guess
I
would
say
I
was
underwhelmed
by
the
applications
that
we
received,
not
that
the
the
folks
who
applied
are
not
good
folks
or
who
could
well
do
a
good
job,
but
for
the
most
part
I
couldn't
tell
because
we
just
got
such
limited
information
from
each
of
the
applicants.
I
I
I
will
vote
to
confirm
these
these
appointees
reluctantly,
but
I
I
think
we
we
can
and
should
do
a
better
job
in
the
future,
and
the
other
point
that
I
wanted
to
bring
up.
I
we
have
term
limits
for
many
of
our
other
city
boards
and
commissions,
and
my
understanding
is
that,
although
the
port
authority
board
is
a
statutory
board,
its
creation
of
state
statute
that
that
particular
statute
is
silent
on
term
limits.
I
So
that
could
be
something
that
that
the
city
council
could
institute,
and
I
would
I
would
like
us
to
discuss
that.
I
I
think
we
you
know
we.
I
am
all
for
institutional
knowledge.
I
am
all
for
experience.
Those
are
all
good
things,
but
I
think
they're
they're,
with
with
the
nature
of
the
work,
the
nature
of
council
appointments
rather
than
elections.
A
D
Oh
sorry,
I
couldn't
find
the
mute
button
there
mirror
I
just
wanted
to
just
you
know
really
just
thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
what
you
did
here.
Your
initiative
that
you
took
regarding
the
port
authority
kind
of
making
a
decision
there
on
what
you
were
gonna
do
here.
I
just
I
wanted
to
just
publicly
say
how
much
I
appreciate
that
you
took
in
the
initiative
to
try
to
dig
deeper
to
make
sure
that
we're
making
the
right
type
of
steps
moving
forward.
A
M
F
Along
those
lines,
I
still
have
a
question
in
terms
of
timing
on
this:
does
this
appointment
need
to
be
made
right
now,
or
is
it
possible
to
have
that
conversation
about
term
limits
and
what
impact
would
that
have
on
the
port?
If
we
push
this
off
and
or
if
we
weren't
really
thrilled
with
the
level
of
applicants,
you
know,
is
there
a
way
to
go
out
and
get
more,
and
this
is,
I
hope,
our
current
port
members
on
there
nothing
personal
on
them.
F
A
F
So
thank
you
for
that
answer.
I
guess
you
know
I
could
go
either
way
if,
if
anybody
else
has
thoughts
on
that
of
slowing
this
down
to
address
some
of
the
questions
and
concerns
that
have
been
raised
again,
stuff
and
personal
against
the
two
people
that
you're
recommending
they
are
they're,
they're
they're,
fantastic
people
who
serve
this
community
very
well.
So
I
just
want
to
put
that
out
there.
D
Oh
mayor,
this
is
your
appointment,
so
I
would
like
to
hear
what
you
think
about
those
ideas
that
our
fellow
council
members
are
are
are
raising
given.
This
is
kind
of
you
know
you're
the
mayor,
and
you
know
you,
you
brought
forth
these
these
two
folks.
Do
you
want
to
slow
this
down,
or
is
it
something
you
want
to
look
to
in
the
future?
I
just
kind
of
want
to
get
your
opinion
around
that.
A
I
appreciate
that
councilmember
lohmann.
I
appreciate
councilmember
nelson.
I
appreciate
your
suggestion
and
it
would
be
my
preference,
I
think,
to
move
forward
with
the
appointment,
with
the
understanding
that
this
is
something
that
we
we
do
need
to
look
at
for
a
couple
of
different
reasons.
I
think
council
member
coulter
brings
up
the
good
point
about
term
limits.
We've
we
have.
A
We
have
20
year
members
on
on
the
port
authority
which,
as
he
said,
the
institutional
knowledge
is
fantastic,
but
20
years
is
a
long
time
on
on
anything,
and
it
might
be
worth
a
discussion
and
something
to
think
about.
The
second
issue
that
I
think
we
we
do
need
to
consider
and
start
to
work
toward
is
to
begin
to
work,
as
we
do
with
all
of
our
boards
and
commissions
to
consider
a
port
authority
that
that
reflects
the
bloomington
community
at
large
and
right
now.
A
Frankly,
it
does
not
and
to
look
at
ways
to
either
recruit
a
more
a
more
diverse
port
authority
membership
or
to
to
bring
together
folks
who
could
represent
our
different
communities
in
in
different
ways.
There's
a
lot
of
different
ways.
There's
a
lot
of
work
that
we
need
to
get
done
on
this.
Unfortunately,
I
don't
think
it's
it's
a
a
process,
that's
going
to
happen
overnight.
I
don't
think
it's
something
that
we
can
necessarily
if
we
delay
this
by
a
week
or
a
month
or
two,
it
wouldn't
necessarily
solve
itself.
We
could.
A
Asking
any
additional
questions
on
this,
and
I
appreciate
the
I
appreciate
the
feedback
and
the
questions
and-
and
I've
talked
to
a
couple
of
council
members
on
this
already
and
I
think
they're
they're
good
questions
and
it's
good
discussion
to
have
it
as
as
one
council
member
said,
you
know
it's
the
the
way.
It's
always
been
done,
isn't
the
way
it
always
needs
to
be
done,
and
I
think
we
should
we.
A
A
I
A
Hi
motion
carries
7-0
thanks
for
the
discussion
on
that
folks
and-
and
I
I
agree-
let's,
let's
move
this
conversation
forward
on
this-
I
think
it's
something
that
we
need
to
do
in
the
context
of
all
of
our
appointments
to
our
boards
and
commissions
that
we've
been
discussing
recently.
So
I
think
it's
definitely
something
to
do.
D
I'd
like
to
continue
doing
that,
and
I
also
would
like
to
try
to
make
sure
the
rest
of
the
council
has
the
opportunity
to
learn
more
about
the
fire
pension
fund.
I'm
not
sure
how
we
might
do
that,
but
want
to
just
you
know,
make
sure
you
know
that
folks
are
able
to
gain
that
experience.
I
just
think
that
helps
from
a
long-term
perspective
to
make
sure
we
sustain
the
fund.
A
A
A
Aye
motion
carries
7-0.
Our
final
appointment
for
the
evening
is
item
8.12
of
a
council
secretary
appointment,
and
we
we
officially
within
the
council
within
state
statute.
We
have
to
appoint
a
secretary
of
the
council
and
according
to
statute,
it
says
the
council
secretary
must
record
and
maintain
minutes
of
council
proceedings,
maintain
other
records
relating
to
council
meetings
and
perform
all
other
duties
required
by
this
charter
or
by
the
council,
and
the
council
can
designate
the
city
clerk
or
other
city
official
or
employee,
except
the
city
manager
or
another
council
member.
A
So
I
wanted
to
pull
this
one
aside,
just
because
we
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
make
appointments
of
of
of
staff
or
of
council
members.
I
want
to
do
this
publicly
and
not
on
on
the
consent
agenda,
but
also
to
make
sure
that
we
publicly
recognize
and
appoint
ms
denise
christensen
as
secretary
of
the
council
for
the
term.
A
That
runs
this
the
course
of
this
year,
because
she
has
done
an
outstanding
job
over
the
past
few
years,
and
I
fully
expect
her
to
continue
the
outstanding
job
and
want
to
extend
my
thanks
and
gratitude
for
her.
For
the
work
that
she
does
for
this
council,
so
thank
you
so
very
much
and
I
personally
will
move
to
appoint
denise
christensen
as
secretary
of
the
city
council
for
the
year
of
2021.,.
C
A
C
C
E
A
D
E
You
know
the
hra
one,
I'm
just
wondering,
because
I
think
that
that
is
a
set
term,
and
the
question
that
I
have
is
whether
we
have
still
chosen
to
appoint
it
annually,
even
though
it
is
for
a
three-year
term.
I
believe
her
four-year
term,
so
we'll
just
we'll
find
out
the
answer
to
that,
but
I
don't
believe
that
we
deferred
any
of
them
to
a
later
month.
D
E
A
B
A
You
all
right
well
that
we'll
move
on
to
item
back
to
item
8.10,
which
is
city,
council
policy
and
issue
update.
We
can
do
this
one
of
two
ways
this.
This
is
generally
the
point
of
the
the
first
meeting
of
the
year
council,
where
I'd
like
just
to
have
the
general
discussion
and
everybody
get
a
bite
at
the
apple
to
talk
about
some
some
policy
initiatives,
some
strategic
priorities,
some
things.
A
But
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
we
have
this
discussion.
I
think
this
is
an
important
one
for
us
to
have.
Every
year,
at
the
start
of
the
year
and
to
to
have,
in
the
context
of
the
earlier
discussion
that
we
had
about
our
strategic
priorities
fund,
because
obviously
people
have
ideas,
they
have
priorities.
A
So
I-
and
I
would
and
I'd
like
to
kick
it
off
and
and
my
list
is
actually
pretty
short
and
and
want
to
hear
reaction
to
it
and
see
what
folks
think
I
I
think,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
this
conversation
about
a
community-based
strategic
priorities,
discussion
planning
process.
However,
we
do
it-
and
I
agree
it's
it's-
it
may
not
be
set
in
stone.
We
we
don't
necessarily
have
the
finished
product
right
now.
A
We
there's
we're
open
for
discussion,
but
I
do
think
a
discussion
about
strategic
priorities
that
in
some
way,
significantly
involves
the
community
of
bloomington.
I
think
is
an
important
thing
for
us
to
do
this
year,
so
I
would
like
to
make
sure
that
that
that
moves
forward
and
then
the
the
other
thing
that
I
absolutely
would
like
us
to
see
move
forward.
I
think
it's
it's
time
now
that
we
we
dip
our
toe
back
into
this
to
the
question
of
a
community
center
or
more
specifically,
centers
of
community.
A
I
think
it
needs
to
be
reopened
among
our
the
council
and
among
city
staff,
but
again
also,
as
we've
talked
about
with
with
the
community
deeply
involved
in
this
as
well,
to
try
and
figure
out
exactly
what
we
want
to
do.
As
a
community
moving
forward,
whether
it
is
a
community
center,
whether
whether
it
is
centers
of
community,
however,
we
wanted
to
find
it.
However,
we
want
to
look
at
it.
However,
we
want
to
frame
it
up.
I
think
it's
a
discussion
that
we
need
to
continue.
A
I
think
we
we
don't
necessarily
need
to
put
a
stake
in
the
ground
and
say
this
is
what
we're
doing
and
we
this
year,
because
obviously
this
year
is
going
to
still
have
some
issues
around
it,
but
I
think
it's
a
conversation
that
we
need
to
restart
and
and
start
to
move
forward
on
so
council
additional
thoughts
or
ideas
for
the
coming
year
for
2021
other
than
trying
to
get
you
all
back
here
at
some
point.
So
it's
not
just
the
three
of
us
sitting
here
in
a
big,
empty
room.
I
Well,
I
am
happy
to
kick
things
off
mr
marin
and
just
to
sort
of
touch
base
on
what
you
brought
up
specifically
the
community
center
conversation.
I
have
you
know
long
said
that
that
we
need
to
be
clear
that
that
creek
side
as
it
exists
now
is
not
it.
It's
not
sustainable
to
to
continue
indefinitely.
I
It's
simply
not
what
we
need
from
a
community
center
and
we're
going
to
have
to
make
a
decision
on
it
sooner
or
later,
and
I've
also
said
that
that
I
would
not
support
closing
it
permanently
unless
and
until
we
made
a
decision
on
a
future
community
center.
So
I
am
always
perfectly
willing
to
pursue
that.
I
I
have
always
believed
in
the
strong
potential
of
our
community
and
that's
because
I've
lived
here.
My
whole
life
and
I've
seen
it
for
myself,
and
I
know
that
if
we
can
embrace
that
dedication
to
our
neighbors
and
that
potential,
we
can
continue
to
be
a
community
that
everyone
everyone
is
proud
to
be
a
part
of.
So
how,
in
my
mind,
do
we
do
that?
I
The
first
two
ideas
that
I
have
are,
I
would
say,
a
little
more
sort
of
high
level,
but
the
others
are
a
little
more
sort
of
direct
policy
ideas
and
the
first
one
I
want
to
talk
about
is
future
focused
planning.
I
think
we
have
done
some
really
really
great
work
recently
on
planning
and
zoning
and
redevelopment
for
the
kind
of
bloomington
that
we'd
like
to
see,
and
I
just
want
to
frankly
issue
a
challenge
to
staff
to
be
even
bolder
on
that
work.
I
You
know,
for
example,
I'm
still
very
much
interested
in
the
work
that
we
did
on
neighborhood
commercial
centers,
but
I
know
I'm
not
alone
in
feeling
that
there's
kind
of
a
pent-up
demand
for
that
kind
of
you
know
future
focused
planning,
and
I
I
guess
I
would
just
say
that
I
I
think
the
time
is
always
right
to
talk
about
the
future,
and
you
know
one
of
the
one
of
the
most
consistent
things
that
I
get
asked
about.
I'm
sure
others
as
well.
I
I
The
second
one
is
values-based
budgeting
and
I'm
going
to
say
it
again.
Budget
decisions
are
policy,
decisions
and
budgets
are
the
truest
expression
of
our
values,
and
I
think
you
know
what
we
saw
with
the
budget
advisory
committee
last
year
was
just
the
beginning
of
the
kind
of
conversation
and
process
that
we
could
have.
I
was
thrilled
with
the
conversation
and
the
ways
in
which
folks
engage
deeply
with
the
budget
work.
I
That
was
done,
and
I
you
know
I
said
this
and
when
we
adopted
the
budget
too,
but
ultimately,
I
think
the
final
product
was
immensely
stronger
as
a
result
of
all
of
that
work.
So
I
would
like
to
see
us
create
a
permanent
budget
advisory
committee,
ensure
that
that
folks
can
add
their
own
ideas
and,
instead
of
simply
reacting
to
what
others
have
been
have
been
saying
and
just
continue.
I
As
far
as
the
sort
of
more
direct
policy
things
that
I
want
to
focus
on,
for
me,
I
mean
you
know:
housing
continues
to
be
at
the
top
of
the
list.
You
know
we've
seen
that
this
pandemic
and
the
resulting
economic
downturn,
and
even
the
discussions
that
we've
had
about
racial
inequities
have
laid
incredibly
bare
how
central,
safe,
stable,
affordable
housing
is
to
people's
lives,
and
we've
had
some
conversations
recently
about
the
work
that
we've
done
and
what
lies
before
us.
I
So
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
too
much
detail,
but
some
things
that
I'd
like
to
see
us
look
very
carefully
at
are
being
much
more
intentional
about
targeting
resources
and
incentives
where
they
can
do
the
most
good.
The
basis
of
the
affordable
housing
crisis
is
lack
of
the
complete
spectrum
of
housing
options.
I
I
I
am
incredibly
disappointed
that
the
coveted
bill
that
congress
just
passed
didn't
extend
the
ability
for
folks
to
take
time
off
and
while
I
understand
why
I
am
to
be
frank,
disappointed
that
that
we
have
not
been
able
to
move
more
quickly
on
it.
I'm
disappointed
because
one
of
the
most
glaring
inequities
that
we've
seen
come
from
this
pandemic
is
how
few
people
have
the
right
to
get
sick.
I
I
H
Thank
you,
mayor
yeah.
I
I
agree
with
pretty
much
everything
councilmember
cole,
coulter
shared
and
especially
when
it
comes
to
investing
in
our
residents
not
only
coming
out
of
a
pandemic,
but
just
making
sure
this
city
is
viable
and
relevant
for
generations
to
come.
It's
not
going
to
happen
if
the
folks
that
work
here
every
day
have
no
shot
of
affording
to
live
here
and
don't
feel
comfortable
or
that
the
city
is
approachable.
So
a
lot
of
the
ideas
councilmember
culture
mentioned.
H
I
appreciate,
I
guess
just
a
couple
of
quick
things
from
me.
I've
mentioned
here
before,
and
I've
mentioned
to
to
my
colleagues
that
I'm
excited
about
thinking
about
bloomington
as
a
city
that
can
really
be
a
model
for
the
country
in
terms
of
defining
what
is
between
a
suburb
and
an
urban
center,
we're
going
to
keep
growing
and
being
smart
about.
It
allows
us
an
opportunity
to
to
really
create
a
pretty
cool
place,
moving
forward
a
couple
of
key
areas
to
focus
on
and
mayor
you
and
you
would
kind
of
well.
H
You
mentioned
this
directly
I'd
like
to
focus
on
expanding
the
scope
of
the
opportunity.
Housing
ordinance
not
only
to
the
points
councilmember
culture
raised
about
allowing
more
folks
to
invest
and
put
down
routes
in
bloomington
in
an
equitable
way,
but
also
as
a
catalytic
project
or
a
way
to
catalyze
some
of
our
neighborhood
commercial
notes
across
the
community.
We've
been
talking
for
quite
a
while
about
where
how
we
need
some
targeted
development,
whether
it's
old
sea
year
old
shock,
portland
american,
especially
on
the
east
side.
H
Also
kind
of
include
with
that
things
like
the
new
types
of
businesses
that
were
poised
to
walk
them
into
the
community,
whether
it
be
breweries
and
distilleries
live
work,
spaces
work
that
we
did
a
year
ago
now,
but
haven't
really
been
able
to
to
help
usher
into
fruition?
How
can
we
use
that
to
get
these
neighborhood
nodes?
H
Just
to
start
turning
around
here
and
also,
I
think-
and
I
suppose
this
is
what
I
was
referring
to
a
moment
ago,
mayor
when
you
had
mentioned
centers
of
community
again
quite
a
lot
of
work,
to
do
to
kind
of
define
that
to
work
with
the
community
to
see
what
they
would
want
to
have
included.
But
again,
how
can
the
city
help
to
be
a
catalyst
for
some
of
these
larger
projects,
whether
that's
as
an
anchor
or
just
a
collaborator,
with
some
kind
of
more
creative
approaches
to
city
facilities?
H
Even
I
I'd
also
like
to
see
us
committing
to
fairly
aggressive
implementation
of
whatever
the
final
parks
master
plan
looks
like
I'm
particularly
excited
about
kind
of
the
service
area
model
that
our
parks
and
rec
director
had
shared
with
us
and
how
we
can
really
allocate
resources
most
efficiently
to
the
specific
recreational
desires
of
the
neighborhoods
closest
to
those
parks.
And
then
you
have
a
step
beyond
that.
H
So
I
know
none
of
this
is
necessarily
reinventing
the
wheel,
but
just
as
we're
coming
out
of
this
period
of
pandemic,
really
being
able
to
step
on
the
gas
for
some
good
work,
we
were
doing
a
year
ago
informed
by
some
new
policies,
we've
discussed
over
the
past
12
months
and
a
willingness
to
experiment.
So
thank
you.
F
Thank
you,
mayor
I'll,
try
to
be
quick,
just
got
a
few
subject
areas
one.
I
appreciate
my
colleagues
bringing
up
affordable
housing.
I
would
add
into
that
conversation
and
emphasis
on
providing
home
ownership
opportunities
within
our
community
and
trying
to
find
a
way
to
put
together
as
robust
a
plan
for
that,
as
we
have
for
the
rental
portion
of
it.
F
Obviously,
rental
play
is
a
component
and
then
there's
different
reasons
to
rent
in
different
aspects
or
times
in
your
life.
You
want
to
do
that,
but
you
know
we
want
to
find
ways
to
do
that
and
you
look
at
some
of
these
projects
that
that
we
that
we
have,
which
are
which
are
good,
they're
providing
housing.
But
you
know
the
rent
at
80
percent
is
probably
a
mortgage
for
a
rambler
in
bloomington,
and
how
do
we
get
those
people
into
those
types
of
opportunities
is,
I
think,
extraordinarily
important.
F
F
The
idea
that
recently
crossed
my
plate
was
the
the
river
bottoms
somehow
getting
that
as
a
regional
park,
which
would
bring
in
additional
funding
for
some
of
the
things
that
we've
talked
about
down
there.
We
have
a
plan
for
the
improvement
of
that,
but
we
don't
have
good
funding
for
that,
and
so
looking
at
that
is
in
terms
of
part
of
the
regional
parks,
may
make
sense
to
help
provide
some
of
those
dollars.
F
The
last
area
I
want
to
talk
about
was
just
kind
of
the
business
community.
You
know
our
hospitality
industry
has
been
absolutely
decimated
and
we
all
know
that
what
we
don't
know
is
how
quickly
when,
if
ever
it'll
completely
come
back-
and
you
know,
lives
and
businesses
have
been
dramatically
impacted,
I
think,
in
terms
of
looking
at
the
city
in
the
future,
what
can
we
do
to
help
diversify
our
economy?
F
You
know:
we've
done
a
really
nice
job
with
some
high-tech
companies
with
what
we're
doing
with
sick,
and
you
know,
we've
seen
a
number
of
our
companies
investing
like
donaldson,
so
there's
some
good
work
going
on.
How
do
we
continue
that
one
of
the
ideas
that
I
know
has
been
talked
about
as
a
business
incubator
to
kind
of
self-generate
some
of
those
businesses?
F
That
way,
I
know
we
started
to
look
at
that
in
terms
of
the
pandemic
ordinance,
but
I
think
kind
of
in
the
long
term,
business
development
you
know,
is
there
a
case
to
be
made
for
some
of
those
switching
from
hotels
to
residential
properties,
and
where
does
it
make
sense?
Where
does
it
not
make
sense?
I
think
it's
something
we
need
to
be
really
proactive
about.
C
M
M
My
colleagues
here
on
council
that
you
know
the
strong
lens
that
I
bring
to
to
this
work
that
I'm
doing
on
council
is
really
that
public
health
lens
and
health
equity,
and
so
so
the
priorities
that
are
really
going
to
be
a
strong
focus
for
me.
Moving
forward
in
2021
are
really
going
to
be,
because
you
know
that's
the
passion
and
the
expertise
that
I'm
bringing
to
council,
and
I
want
to
really
push
us
on
that.
So
this
will
come
to
as
no
surprise
given
the
situation
we're
in
with
the
pandemic.
M
I
just
want
to
continue
to
show
strong
support
for
our
public
health
staff
and
the
work
that
they're
going
to
be
doing
to
get
vaccinations
out
in
our
community
as
well
as
the
community
table.
That's
been
created
with
all
of
our
partner
organizations,
so
continuing
to
have
our
those
conversations
with
them
and
assessing
needs
and
doing
as
best
as
we
can
to
really
fill
the
gaps
that
are
being
experienced
by
our
residents.
So
we
did
a
great
job
in
2020.
M
Using
cares,
funding
for
rent
assistance,
emergency
rent
assistance,
so
continuing
to
look
for
opportunities
where
we
can
leverage
those
partners
and
support
our
residents
and
then
the
second
priority
for
me
is
passing
the
resolution
to
declare
racism
a
public
health
crisis.
You
know
almost
all
of
the
national
health
organizations
have
have
made
these
declarations,
I'm
pretty
sure
that
most
of
us
on
council
feel
really
strongly
that
that
work
needs
to
happen
so
continuing
to
support
the
racial
health.
M
The
racial
equity
work,
the
strategic
planning,
that's
going
to
happen
and
then
really
being
open
to
the
different
priorities
and
plans
that
may
come
from
that
that
work
together.
The
second.
The
second
piece
is
around
housing.
Like
it's
already
been
mentioned,
you
know
we
had
a
great
event
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
around
homelessness.
M
That
continuum
like
has
been
mentioned
really
that
home
ownership
piece.
So
in
a
recent
report,
the
legislature,
the
house
just
put
out
there's
a
statement
in
there
that
the
racial
wealth
gap
is
primarily
a
housing
wealth
gap
and
so
to
the
point
that
council,
member
nelson
was
making
you
know,
we've
got
to
be
reacting
to
the
emer.
The
needs
right
now,
but
we
also
need
to
be
planning,
for
you
know:
people
as
they
move
through
that
continuum
of
housing.
For
those
who
want
to
move
into
home
ownership.
M
M
M
The
last
two
points
I'll
make
very,
very
high
level.
I
echo
the
sentiments
around
our
parks,
master
planning
process
and
really
supporting
that
effort
and
the
recommendations
that
are
coming
from
that
when
I
met
with
parks
and
rec
staff.
Earlier
this
year,
I
was
very
vocal
about
wanting
to
have
one
of
the
best
park
systems
in
not
just
the
state
but
with
the
region,
and
I
know
we
can
get
there
and
I
love
the
ideas
and
the
the
suggestions
that
are
on
the
table.
M
Right
now,
with
you
know,
mountain
bike
parks-
and
you
know
more
splash
pads
and
all
of
the
different
things
that
that
they're
planning
and
related
to
that
I'm
definitely
excited
to
continue.
The
conversation
mayor
about
community
center
or
centers
of
community
and
then
the
last
last
thing
I
will
bring
up
is
around
our
sustainability
work
and
I'm
assuming
council
member
loehmann
will
talk
more
to
this,
as
he's
been
serving
on
that
commission.
M
I
guess,
plug
that
as
an
intentional
conversation
or
an
intentional
plan
that
we
should
discuss
further
specific
to
natural
resources,
management
and
a
better
understanding
of
where
that
work
actually
lives,
whether
it's
with
sustainability
or
parks
and
rec,
and
how
we're
making
sure
that
we're
just
being
strategic
in
that
work
and
really
maximizing
the
resource
resources
that
we
have
to
do
that.
So
I
think
that
that's
all
I
have
for
now.
Thank
you.
D
I
thank
you
mayor
and
total
council
members
and
just
to
pick
up
where
councilmember
carter
talked
about
around
sustainability,
you'll
see
the
the
work
plan.
My
thoughts
are
there
with
what
comes
forward
with
the
sustainability
commission,
but
just
to
comment
specifically
on
a
natural
resources
piece
really.
I
think
those
are
things
where
we
have
both
the
park
and
sustainability
kind
of
shaking
hands,
and
I
know
there's
some
discussions
happening
behind
the
scenes
around
that
and
I'll
I'll.
D
Let
that
play
itself
out
as
it
goes
we
talked
earlier
about.
I
know
the
manager
talked
about
earlier,
the
discussion
around
funding
policies
or
a
social
funding
policy
that
we
talked
about
that
earlier.
We
talked
about
affordable
housing,
which
also
calls
him
over
nelson
had
brought
forward
and
also,
I
know,
councilmember
beloga
at
discuss.
D
So
those
are
items,
I'm
not
gonna
necessarily
bring
up,
and
then
we
also,
I
know
I've
brought
up
in
the
past
around
looking
at
our
home
loans
and
focusing
on
using
those
in
a
sustainable
way.
But
what
I
wanted
to
just
spend
my
time
talking
about
just
briefly
today
is
a
question
that
I
was
asked
a
couple
years
back
by
a
resident
mayor
and
he'd.
D
I
know
mayor,
you
have
talked
in
the
past
about
the
the
centers
for
community
and
and
started
that
discussion
around
a
place
for
us
to
be
at,
and
I
think
that
just
for
me,
you
know
both
the
vision
piece
that
you've
kind
of
talked
about,
and
also
this
community
center
really
is.
The
is
the
touch
point
of
where
this
this
this
work
kind
of
starts.
You
gotta
kind
of
have
that
community
vision
piece
that
you've
kind
of
put
forward.
D
D
I
think
that
was
a
good
question
and
that's
the
question
that
I'm
hoping
that,
through
the
policies
that
we're
going
to
work
over
the
next
year,
we
try
to
answer
those
questions
and
I
hope
that
we
are
a
place
that
is
open
to
all
who
have
different
opinions
and
different
points
of
view,
and
we
can
open
this
place
up,
as
I
think
that
that's
what
we've
done
for
so
many
residents
to
come
here
to
bloomington,
I'm
hoping
we
can
do
that
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
council,
member
lowman,
and
thank
you
to
everybody
for
your
your
input
and
your
comments,
and
it's
it's
inspiring
and
it's
exciting
to
sit
here
and
hear
everybody
with
the
the
big
ideas
and
the
big
thinking.
I
think
nothing
gets
done
without
big
thinking
and
big
ideas,
and
I
appreciate
everybody's
throwing
throwing
their
ideas
out
there
taking
the
shot
thinking
about
what
what
we
can
be
as
a
community.
A
I
think
it's
just
a
wonderful
way
to
start
the
new
year
and
to
look
at
where
we
might
be
12
months
from
now,
as
opposed
to
where
we've
been
over
the
past
10
months.
I
think
it's
it's
it's
an
exciting
prospect
and
I
appreciate
everybody's
input
and
I
appreciate
bringing
these
forward.
I
think
the
the
idea
being
with
all
of
this,
I
think
I
saw
mr
verbruge
frantically
writing
everything
down
and
we'll
take
taking
notes
and-
and
what
I
would
like
to
do
moving
forward
now
is
to
continue
these
discussions.
A
We've
had
a
lot
of
these
discussions
and
to
to
try
and
put
it
together
in
a
in
a
work
plan
for
for
for
the
council
for
staff
for
for
our
community
in
general,
with
a
lot
of
these
ideas.
How
do
we
put
this
all
together
in
kind
of
a
a
form,
a
shape
that
we
can
start
to
move
forward?
And
but,
as
I
said,
it's
the
the
how
to's
and
the
the
what
to
do,
and
the
specifics,
the
they're
they're,
the
nuts
and
bolts,
that's
the
important
stuff,
but
boy.
A
I
No,
I
I
don't
have
any
more
ideas
to
share
and
actually
what
the
the
question
I
have
is
is
very
much
along
the
lines
that
you
just
raised,
and
I
guess
my
question
and
I
I
know
I'm
sort
of
putting
the
city
manager
on
the
spot
a
little
bit
here,
but
what
what
is
sort
of
the
next
step?
What
is
the
the
follow-up
that
comes
from
the
the
thoughts
and
ideas
that
that
we
all
have
raised
here
tonight.
E
Thank
you,
council,
member
colter,
mr
mayor
and
council
members.
If,
if
it's
satisfactory
to
counsel
my
plan
is
to
summarize
these
comments
and
then
I
think
it'd
be
appropriate
to
bring
them
back
at
a
subsequent
meeting.
Here.
I
will
tell
you
that
our
next
couple
meetings
are
pretty
full,
so
it
will
either
be
january,
25th
or
perhaps
early
february
before
I
bring
them
back.
A
A
E
Mr
mayor
and
council
members,
I
had
sent
out
some
information
earlier
today
to
council
members.
We
have,
we
have
an
issue
we
need.
Some
input
from
the
council
on
hennepin
county
requires
cities
with
more
than
10
000
people
to
make
curbside
residential
organics
recycling
make
that
service
available
by
january
1st
of
next
year.
E
So
if
the
city
chooses
to
contract
for
the
service,
citywide
haulers
have
indicated,
they
need
six
months
to
prepare
and
purchase
additional
trucks
and
other
equipment.
So
if
we
were
go
to
that
route,
the
city
would
need
to
have
a
service
agreement
in
place
by
probably
june
1st
to
give
them
sufficient
time.
E
If
the
city
chooses
to
require
haulers
through
licensing
to
offer
organic
service
on
subscription
basis,
they'll
still
need
ample
time
to
gear
up
for
offering
the
service
to
residents.
So
we
need
to
move
relatively
quickly
here
to
figure
out
what
the
preferred
option
is
going
to
be,
and
so
the
real
question
doesn't
have
to
do
with
getting
an
answer
on
one
of
these
two
options.
It's
how
the
council
wants
to
process
this.
E
Mr
baby,
we
can
certainly
consult
with
the
commission
and
see
if
they
are
able
to
work
it
into
their
work
plan.
I
suppose
obviously,
council
maintains
a
discretion
to
direct
the
commission
to
do
certain
things.
So
you
know
if,
if
that
is
the
route
that
the
council
wish
to
do,
you
certainly
could
do
that.
A
D
Yeah,
if
we
did
go
with
that
process,
I
do
think
that
your
idea
is
a
good
one
mayor.
One
of
the
issues
we
ran
into
with
another
initiative
was
we
wanted
to
have.
We
started
having
problems
with
the
sustainable
nature
of
the
the
question
and
the
the
budgetary
implications,
and
so
I
think
that
that
would
help
us
to
be
able
to
have
some
of
those
broader
policy
discussions
and
also
kind
of
marry
those
together
with
sustainable
recommendations.
E
Yeah,
mr
mayor
and
council
members
council,
member
beloga,
we
can
certainly
do
that.
Let
me
you
know
I'm
going
to
invite
carl
keel
into
the
conversation
real
quickly.
I
know
that
he
is
teed
up
here.
You
know.
One
of
the
issues
here
is
that
there
is
a
financial
aspect,
and
so
you
know
with
the
involvement
of
the
commission,
how
much
of
the
financial
decision
making
do
you
want
to
involve
them
in
carl?
Are
you
available
to
address.
L
I
think
that
I
think
the
the
issues
I
think
the
the
the
difficult
issue
for
the
council
will
be
a
question
of
how
do
we
finance
or
how
do
we
pay
for
the
cost
of
this
service
and,
as
jamie
had
outlined,
there's
really
a
range
of
approaches.
One
is
a
very
low
impact,
but
really
doesn't
support
organic
recycling,
and
that
is
just
to
offer
it
for
those
who
wish
to
pay
and
they
will
pay
a
rather
high
amount
for
that
service.
L
Our
current
contract,
you
may
recall,
does
have
a
provision
for
one
type
of
organics
recycling
city-wide,
and
that
is
the
strong
bag
or
the
blue
bag
process,
and
we
have
a
very
good
price
actually
for
that
in
the
contract.
The
big
problem
is
that
is
not
really
a
viable
alternative
at
this
time
that
relies
on
a
great
deal
of
industry
investment
in
in
in
that
process,
which
is
not
currently
available,
and
actually
with
some
recent
changes
in
the
industry
is
probably
not
likely
to
be
available
by
2022.
L
So
really
we
have
to
decide
a
different
method.
The
way
our
contract
is
written
is
that
we
agree
that
we
will
negotiate
first
with
the
consortium.
If
we
provide
a
city-wide
organics
program
and
if
we're
not
able
to
arrive
at
an
acceptable
price
for
that
service
with
the
consortium,
then
we
have
the
ability
to
go
outside
and
to
look
elsewhere.
C
L
That
is,
that
is
correct
and
actually
the
one
individual
hauler
in
our
consortium,
who
was
the
biggest
proponent
of
that
method,
which
was
randy's
sanitation.
They
have
recently
been
acquired
by
republic,
the
large
one
of
the
larger
ones
in
the
consortium,
so
I
expect
that
there
will
be
less
pressure
from
the
consortium
itself
to
develop
that
system.
L
I
think
again
depends
somewhat
on
exactly
what
the
terms
that
the
council
would
direct
us
to
try
to
achieve,
but
I
think,
as
we
begin
the
conversation
with
the
council,
we
would
continue
our
conversations
with
the
consortium,
so
I
expect
we
would
be
close
to
having
a
scope
of
services
that
we
could
negotiate
with
them.
Probably
in
a
with
the
consortium
in
a
couple
months,
I
would
expect.
E
A
E
If
that's,
if
that's
comfort
level
for
council,
we'll
proceed
with
that,
we'll
invite
a
couple
of
sustainability.
Commission
members
to
participate
in
that,
and
you
know
our
solid
waste
working
group.
Those
meetings
are
are
public
meetings.
Even
you
know
that
that
group
was
established
for
a
formal
process
related
to
organizing
collection
of
solid
waste,
but
for
an
issue
like
this,
I
think
we'll
still
want
to
have
those
conversations
be
public
as
well.
So.
A
A
I
I
I
A
Hi
motion
carries
7-0.
We
are
officially
adjourned.
This
seemed
to
work
out
the
six
o'clock
start
time.
I
think
we
did
okay
well
done
thanks
much
for
your
input,
very
good
discussion
tonight,
thanks
so
very
much
council
members
thanks
to
the
staff
thanks
to
everybody
who
tuned
in
this
evening-
and
we
hope
to
see
you
again
thanks
so
much
be
safe.