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Special Bloomington City Council Meeting
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B
A
And
present,
so
we
have
five
members
officially
present
here
at
the
city
council
meeting.
I
know
that
council
member
beloga
is
working
his
way
through
some
technical
issues
to
log
on,
and
so
we
will
move
forward
with
our
agenda.
We've
got
two
agenda
items
on
this.
This
evening's
special
meeting
agenda.
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The
first
is
item
2.1,
which
is
a
covet
19
organization
and
public
health
issue
update
dr
nick
kelly.
We've
asked
dr
kelly
back
once
a
month
to
give
us
updates,
and
I
think
the
timing
for
this
is
perfect,
because
obviously,
as
we've
seen
in
the
news
and
heard
reports
minnesota
in
general
is
headed
in
the
wrong
direction
with
so
many
of
our
covid
numbers
and
so
wanted
to
get
an
update
as
to
where
we
are
here
specifically
within
the
city
of
bloomington
so
good
evening.
Dr
kelly
welcome
thanks
for
being
here
tonight.
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That's
the
most
we've
ever
seen
in
a
weekend.
Our
average
number
of
new
cases
in
bloomington
over
the
last
seven
days
has
been
increasing
substantially.
It's
the
highest.
We've
ever
seen
it
in
this
pandemic.
As
you
see
in
this
graph
now,
we've
surpassed
the
peaks
we
saw
in
the
two
previous
where
we
went
up
the
spring
and
then
over
the
summer
we
are
in
uncharted
territory.
Now,
in
bloomington,
most
of
the
known
sources
of
exposure
are
around
social
interactions.
C
Gatherings
of
others
outside
your
immediate
household
in
a
social
setting.
Right
now
is
very
risky.
Conditions
have
changed.
Many
activities
that
were
less
risky
a
few
weeks
ago
are
now
more
risky.
This
is
a
very
concerning,
given
that
we're
approaching
the
time
of
the
year
when
many
people
gather
think
of
alternatives
to
gathering
this
year,
and
we
can't
say
it
enough:
keep
your
distance
keep
interaction,
short
and
wear
a
mask.
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C
One
of
the
biggest
challenges
we
see
is
the
impact
that
this
is
having
on
long-term
care
facilities.
As
we
see
those
cases
going
up,
especially
in
that
over
70
group,
our
long-term
care
staff
are
being
impacted
in
the
community.
There's
too
much
community
spread
for
them
to
not
get
infected
and
bring
it
into
those
facilities.
C
We
continue
to
see
a
disproportional
impact
by
race
and
ethnicity
and
who's
getting
covet.
19.
there's
been
a
substantial
increase
in
cases
in
our
hispanic
and
latino
community
in
the
last
few
weeks.
The
lack
of
paid
sick
time
is
a
huge
concern
in
this
community,
especially
that
we're
hearing
from
community
members.
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C
C
We
expect
november,
to
surpass
october
fairly
shortly
october,
had
our
highest
number
of
hospitalizations.
Since
this
pandemic
has
occurred.
We
know
on
average
it
takes
about
10
days
after
a
case
is
developed
to
result
in
hospitalization.
That
means
the
impacts
that
you're
hearing
about
in
the
news
now
are
not
from
our
record-setting
cases
we
saw
last
week.
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C
The
last
several
months
have
been
hard.
It's
going
to
get
harder,
social
isolation,
economic
impacts,
changing
routines
and
the
loss
of
a
loved
one
and
the
uncertainty
around
cobin
19
are
huge
challenges.
On
top
of
that,
we're
wrestling.
Many
are
wrestling
with
understanding
the
impact
of
racism
in
our
community
state
and
nation,
while
others
are
navigating
this
pandemic.
With
the
burden
of
racism.
C
This
year
has
been
unlike
any
other
year
in
recent
history.
This
pandemic
is
not
over
and
it's
going
to
get
harder
in
the
coming
weeks.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
this
way.
We
know
how
to
live
with
covet
19,
what
mitigation
strategies
work
and
how
to
use
them.
Minnesota
has
a
solid
plan
and
a
dial
back
seems
inevitable.
C
The
challenges
we're
facing
now
is
many
are
choosing
to
not
follow
public
health
guidance
like
many
things.
How
we
respond
to
covet
19
has
divided
our
nation
state
and
community.
We've
lost
sight
of
how
our
individual
actions
impact
our
community
and
that
we
are
all
striving
for
the
same
goal
to
get
through
this
pandemic.
C
The
path
we're
on
jeopardizes
the
ability
to
provide
in-person
school
for
our
youth,
the
capacity
and
type
of
medical
care
that
we
have
available
for
emergencies,
the
health
of
our
community
and
our
economy.
Our
common
enemy
is
covid19,
not
each
other.
We
need
to
change
something,
so
our
community
understands
the
importance
of
uniting
around
kobe
19.
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D
Oh,
thank
you.
I
just
had
a
tough
time
getting
in
there
on
the
panel
there
I
was
there
for
a
while,
but
always
fun
with
technical
stuff.
So
I
did
have
a
question
for
deca.
Maybe
it's
more
appropriately
a
question
for
jamie
and
the
mayor.
So
what
I
I'm
concerned
about
is
we
certainly
see
the
the
peaks
that
are
that
are
increasing,
and
you
know.
Certainly
there
are
those
folks
who
are
economically
impacted.
D
Really,
you
know
across
the
the
different
demographics
in
our
city
and
when
I'm
particularly
interested
we've
done
quite
a
bit
of
work
around
those
folks
who
are
living
in
apartments.
I
know
there's
more
work
that
needs
to
be
done
with
that,
but
for
those
folks
who
are
you
know
who
own
homes
and
that
type
of
thing
what
resources
are
available
within
the
city
to
be
able
to
address
those
folks
who
are
economically
impacted.
D
C
E
And
that's
what
I
was
going
to
recommend
to
thanks
nick
is
that
especially
the
services
at
veep,
as
people
are
experiencing
economic
hardship,
whether
it's
housing,
instability
for
renters
or
to
your
point,
councilmember
lowman.
You
know
if
there
is
economic
hardship
that
is
causing
food
instability
too.
Veep
is
a
tremendous
resource
within
our
community
and
that's
available
to
folks
who
are
experiencing
hardship,
whether
they're,
a
homeowner
or
a
renter.
D
E
A
Dr
kelly,
I
have
a
question
for
you.
It
you
mentioned
it
that
we're
we're
moving
into
a
undoubtedly
a
dangerous
time
of
year,
just
because
of
the
shorter
days,
the
colder
days,
people
inside
more
and
combining
all
that
with
the
fact
that
cobia
19
fatigue
is
real
people
are
people
are
tired
and
are
are
frustrated
and
are.
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C
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C
I
I
understand
it
is
real.
It
is
a
hard
thing
to
think
about
this,
not
having
a
defined
end
point
in
a
process.
That's
why
it's
oftentimes
easier
to
take
one
day
at
a
time
and
think
about
the
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel.
The
you
know
what
we're
going
to
do
in
the
spring,
what
we're
going
to
do
in
the
fall
as
things
change.
A
Thank
you
appreciate
that
appreciate
that
advice
and
those
suggestions
we
also,
I
know
on
a
national
level.
Dr
kelly,
a
former
colleague
of
yours,
was
just
recently
appointed
at
a
high
level,
and
did
you
want
to
talk
at
all
about
the
the
the
direction
moving
forward
at
a
national
level
with
that
minnesota
influence?
That
is
on
that
the
new
panel.
C
That
team
has
a
very
challenging
job
ahead
of
them.
The
next
70
some
odd
days
are
going
to
be
very
challenging
in
the
country,
and
so
the
team
is
going
to
inherit
a
based
on
our
current
trajectory,
a
country
with
about
200
to
250
000
new
cases
a
day
along
with
a
vaccine
that
is
likely
going
to
be
close
to
authorized
or
already
authorized
and
trying
to
get
the
public
to
move
forward
with
that
vaccine
as
a
strategy
and
a
tool
to
help
control
cobit.
C
So
they
have
a
tall
order
in
place,
but
they
are
some
of
the
best
minds
in
public
health,
health
care,
and
I
know
they're
up
to
the
task
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
seeing
the
plan
that
they
produce
and
how
we
can
turn
our
covid
response.
Around
we
have
many
examples
of
countries
around
the
world
that
have
done
a
phenomenal
job
managing
covid,
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
that.
B
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
nick.
You
you
mentioned
that
you,
you
know
that
there
are
folks
who,
for
lack
of
a
better
phrase,
are
not
getting
tested
for
fear
of
a
positive
result
and
and
not
being
able
to
work.
I'm
wondering
if
you
could
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
a
little
bit
more
about
that
and
how
you
know
that,
and,
and
specifically
how
that
applies
to
the
community
right
here
in
bloomington.
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C
C
Neighbor
interactions
are
are
having
quite
a
large
contribution
to
the
the
spread
of
kovid
right
now
in
bloomington,
and
so
knowing
that
those
things
are
there
and
the
the
challenges
and
some
of
the
the
limitations
of.
If
I
don't
work
for
this
period
of
time-
and
I
can't
because
I'm
quarantined-
because
I
had
a
positive
test-
result-
puts
a
a
challenging
financial
hardship
on
an
already
challenging
situation.
B
I
I
appreciate
your
your
thoughts
on
on
the
actions
frankly,
that
that
we,
as
as
a
city
council,
can
take-
and
I
think
it
it
really
really
is
important-
to
talk
about
the
things
we
can
do
and
the
the
options
that
we
have
as
far
as
it
as
being
a
policy-making
body
for
the
city
of
bloomington
to
address
not
just
sort
of
the
the
the
virus
itself,
but
the
realities
of
of
what
it
means
for
a
sort
of
everyday
life
in
in
bloomington.
So
thank
you.
B
Hey
mayor,
I
just
wanted
to
claire
clarify
a
point.
Excuse
me
that
was
made
earlier
specifically
about
veep,
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
anybody
that
might
be
listening
knows
that
there
are
no
income
restrictions
for
resources,
food
resources
at
veep,
so
anybody
can
pick
up
food
there.
There
are,
of
course,
income
restrictions
with
the
emergency
rent
assistance
and
I
think
council
members
will
council.
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E
C
Yeah,
mr
mayor
council
members,
the
indication
is
basically
what
many
of
you
have
probably
already
seen
in
the
news
that
the
the
governor
is
looking
at,
potentially
a
more
targeted
dial
back
that
could
potentially
impact
restaurants
bars
gyms
places
where
we've
seen
a
lot
of
community
spread
in
the
last
several
weeks.
So
I
I
don't
know
exactly
where
he's
gonna
go
with
it,
but
that
more
targeted
approach,
backfilled
with
some
additional
financial
support
to
help
those
industries
get
through
the
process
is
one
of
the
recommendations.
A
A
Seeing
done
I
want
to
thank
you,
dr
kelly,
thanks
for
your
work
on
this
recently.
Obviously,
as
you,
I
know,
you've
been
putting
in
a
lot
of
hours
and
it's
been
a
lot
of
stress
and
a
lot
of
work.
I
appreciate
it.
I
appreciate
the
work
that
you've
been
doing
frankly
since
march,
when
this
all
started
to
break
down
and
come
down
on
all
of
our
heads
in
ways
that
we
never
imagined.
A
A
F
Thank
you
very
much
mayor
and
good
evening,
mayor
and
city
council.
It
is
my
pleasure
tonight
to
present
you
with
the
results
of
the
2020
national
community
survey
of
bloomington
residents
and,
yes,
mayor,
you
are
correct.
We
have
been
conducting
that
survey
since
2012
and
I
have
been
spearheading
it
every
year
since
then,
so
I
am
going
to
go
ahead
and
pull
up
my
survey
we'll
pull
up
the
powerpoints.
F
Good
to
go
all
right,
so,
let's
dive
in
and
talk
about
the
resident
survey,
the
survey
is
actually
conducted
by
the
national
research
center
out
of
boulder
colorado
they've
been
conducting
this
survey.
As
I
said
for
the
last
nine
years
here
in
bloomington,
it
is
a
random
sample
scientific
survey
conducted
by
mail
with
an
online
component.
F
This
year,
its
3
300
households
were
randomly
selected
to
participate
in
the
survey
the
polling
took
place
this
year
between
july
31st
september.
15Th.
The
time
of
year
is
significant.
I'll
talk
about
that.
In
a
minute
we
had
978
respondents
who
completed
the
survey
for
a
38,
30
response
rate
and
the
margin
of
error
was
plus
or
minus
3.
With
a
95
confidence
level.
F
F
Now,
let's
talk
about
that
survey
environment?
This
survey
was
conducted
in
the
backdrop
of
a
lot
of
other
things
going
on
not
only
in
this
community
but
throughout
the
nation
and
around
the
world
and
of
course,
number
one.
I'm
sorry
number
one.
There
was
the
global
pandemic
because
the
pandemic
was
going
on
at
the
time
we
conducted
the
survey.
Normally
we
conduct
the
survey
in
the
may
and
june
time
frame,
but
we
were
undergoing
a
shutdown
at
the
time
statewide.
F
F
Other
things
going
on
throughout
this
year.
That
may
have
influenced
survey
results
were
the
financial
crisis
brought
on
by
the
pandemic
and
the
racial
unrest
and
protests
over
the
spring
and
summer
now
pushing
back
the
survey
to
late
for
early
fall
also
placed
the
polling
closer
to
the
presidential
election,
and
we
noticed
back
in
2016
that
the
presidential
election
seemed
to
influence.
Our
survey
results,
the
city
received
its
most
negative
results
back
in
2016.,
so
we
weren't
sure
how
or
if
this
year's
general
election
might
influence
our
results.
F
One
of
the
most
valuable
attributes
of
the
national
community
survey
is
that
it
allows
jurisdictions
to
benchmark
its
results
against
a
nationwide
database
of
communities.
There
are
more
than
500
jurisdictions
in
the
national
research
center's
database.
We
receive
comparisons
for
how
we
rank
against
those
jurisdictions.
On
all
the
questions,
you'll
note
there's
a
clustering
of
jurisdictions
in
minnesota,
where
we
also
choose
to
rent
bloomington
against
a
group
of
high-performing
peer
cities
for
custom
comparisons.
F
F
So
in
2020
there
were
116
items
for
which
comparisons
are
available.
67
ratings
were
similar
to
2019,
the
25
areas
increased,
they
received
higher
ratings
and
that's
an
eight-fold
increase
from
2019
and
we
saw
24
ratings
decreased,
statistically
significant
decrease
the
national
benchmark
comparisons.
This
year
were
very
favorable.
26
categories
had
higher
or
much
higher
ratings
than
the
national
benchmark
in
2020
an
increase
from
last
year.
Higher
ratings
included
areas
such
as
no
removal
drinking
water,
street
repair,
land
use
planning
and
zoning.
F
So
let's
go
over
the
first
key
finding
from
this
year's
survey,
respondents
continue
to
view
bloomington's
quality
of
life
very
favorably
when
asked
about
their
quality
of
life,
88
of
respondents
rated
it
as
excellent
or
good.
This
is
two
percent
higher
than
last
year's
rating
and
it
scores
in
the
upper
one-third
of
the
national
benchmark
residents
and
districts.
One
two
and
three
all
gave
higher
marks
in
the
89
to
91
percent
range
than
those
living
in
district
4,
which
came
in
at
80
percent.
F
Livington
as
a
place
to
live
remains
steady
at
92
this
year,
as
did
your
community
neighborhood
as
a
place
to
live
at
86
percent.
Overall
image
or
reputation
of
bloomington
remains
virtually
unchanged
at
79.
Now
you
may
remember
that
the
city
council,
strategic
goal
for
community
image
is
actually
85.
F
The
percent
of
people
who
said
they
would
remain
in
bloomington
for
the
next
five
years
remains
critical
from
2019
at
85
percent
and
those
who
would
recommend
bloomington
at
92.
That's
up
slightly
from
last
year's
score
scores
for
bloomington
as
a
place
to
raise
children
came
in
at
85,
relatively
stable.
Last
year's
rating.
The
satisfaction
rating
for
bloomington
as
a
place
to
retire
grew
significantly
by
seven
percent
74.
F
F
F
Our
next
key
finding
from
this
year's
survey
is
that
residents
continue
to
identify
safety
as
an
important
focus
area
for
the
city,
but
public
safety
is
one
area
where
we
did
see
slippage
in
the
scores
from
2019
to
2020..
The
overall
feeling
of
safety
dropped
by
six
percent
from
87
percent
in
2019
to
81.
In
2020.
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
The
score
for
the
overall
design
and
layout
of
bloomington's
residential
and
commercial
areas
was
virtually
unchanged
at
75
in
2020
and
with
a
69
approval
rating,
the
variety
of
housing
options
in
bloomington,
ranked
among
the
top
20
percent
of
cities
in
the
nationwide
benchmark
when
it
came
to
the
availability
of
affordable
quality
housing,
48
of
respondents
gave
it
a
score
of
excellent
or
good.
This
was
high
enough
to
rank
it
in
the
top
one
third
of
jurisdictions
in
the
nrc's
nationwide
database
and
place
it
number
four
among
our
peer
cities.
F
F
In
the
category
of
built
environment,
new
development
earned
excellent
or
good
ratings
from
63
of
respondents.
That
sounds
slightly
from
last
year's
score
of
65,
well-designed
neighborhoods,
there's
a
new
question.
This
year
that
came
in
at
72
and
the
overall
appearance
of
bloomington
dropped,
five
percent
from
2019
from
81
to
76.
F
The
score
was
similar
of
the
community's
international
benchmark
within
the
governance
area.
There
was
a
lot
of
good
news
here.
We
observed
a
number
of
increases
in
the
ratings
in
this
area.
A
strong
majority
of
respondents
positively
rated
the
services
provided
by
the
city,
the
value
of
services
for
taxes,
paid
shot
up,
seven
percent
in
2020,
receiving
excellent
or
good
ratings
from
70
percent
of
respondents.
F
Not
only
did
the
ratings
increase
here,
but
this
score
also
placed
bloomington
higher
than
the
benchmark
of
jurisdictions
nationwide.
In
fact,
bloomington
is
in
the
top
10
of
jurisdictions
nationwide.
With
this
score,
respondents
are
feeling
very
favorably
about
the
value
of
services
for
the
taxes
they
pay
in
bloomington
compared
to
other
communities
on
overall
direction.
F
F
F
Services
provided
by
bloomington
was
in
the
top
one
third
nationwide.
Several
other
categories
are
new
this
year,
so
there
aren't
good
benchmarks
for
those
yet
ratings
for
city
services
were
generally
higher
from
a
year
ago.
Some
of
the
more
notable
improvements
included
preservation
of
natural
areas,
which
rose
six
percent
from
2019.
F
F
F
This
is
an
area
that
really
rebounded
this
year
and
it's
very
possible
that
the
time
of
year
that
the
survey
was
conducted
really
helped
out
this
category.
Typically,
when
we
conduct
a
survey
in
the
spring,
especially
if
it's
been
a
difficult
and
a
long
winter,
there
tend
to
be
more
potholes
around
the
time
that
we're
conducting
the
survey.
So
this
was
later
in
the
year
that
may
have
helped
out
these
scores.
F
The
other
thing
to
point
out
is
is
that
this
category
actually
scored
higher
than
the
national
benchmark
of
other
cities
this
year.
So
a
real
turnaround
for
that
area.
An
area
of
snow
removal,
82
score.
That's
a
5
jump
from
last
year,
higher
than
the
national
benchmark
also
moved
up
in
the
rankings
from
number
32
of
all
jurisdictions
in
2019
to
number
25
in
2020,
and
it
also
ranked
number
four
in
the
pure
cities
comparisons
and
when
it
comes
to
street
cleaning
that
grew
by
7
to
80
in
2020.
F
In
other
mobility,
related
categories,
ease
of
travel
by
car
in
bloomington,
grew
by
11
in
2020,
coming
in
at
86
percent,
explainer
good
that
scores
higher
than
the
national
benchmark,
bloomington
ranked
32
in
the
national
comparisons
and
number
two
in
the
peer
cities.
Comparisons
when
it
comes
to
ease
of
walking
in
bloomington
that
increased
by
3
to
74
this
year
and
ease
of
travel
by
bicycle
in
bloomington
rose
by
six
percent
from
2019
landing
at
65
percent
in
2020.
F
Utilities
is
an
area
where
bloomington
has
traditionally
done
very
well
in
the
national
community
survey,
and
it
continues
to
do
so
this
year,
bloomington's
drinking
water
remains
very
popular.
The
2020
rating
of
91
is
tied
for
all-time
high
rating,
that's
higher
than
the
national
benchmark.
It
moved
from
number
five
among
all
jurisdictions
nationwide
in
2019
to
number
three
in
2020
and
number
one
against
our
peer
cities,
storm
water
management,
after
dropping
by
five
percent
in
2019.
F
F
It
ranked
number
10
in
the
national
comparisons
and
number
two
amongst
our
peer
cities
when
it
comes
to
other
utility
related
services.
The
scores
for
all
of
the
services
shown
here
in
2020
garbage
collection
received
excellent
or
good
ratings
from
80
percent
of
respondents
about
3
increase
from
2019
recycling
scores
increased
by
7
over
2019
to
84
in
2020
and
yard
waste
pickup
ratings
grew
by
9
from
77
in
2019
to
86
in
2020..
F
I
also
want
to
note
that,
while
the
availability
of
affordable
quality
mental
health
care
came
in
at
63,
x1
or
good,
that
score
actually
places
it
higher
than
the
national
benchmark
and
it
puts
bloomington
in
the
top
15
of
jurisdictions
nationwide
when
asked
to
rate
their
own
health,
and
I
have
a
pie
chart
for
this
one
and
for
some
reason
it
is
also
not
showing
up
here
when
asked
to
rate
their
own
health.
69
percent
of
respondents
stated
that
they
were
in
very
good
or
good
health,
and
that
is
very
encouraging.
F
Given
the
pandemic,
one
of
the
ways
residents
are
staying
healthy
is
by
taking
advantage
of
the
city's
parks
and
open
spaces.
89
of
respondents,
rated
the
overall
quality
of
parks
and
recreation
opportunities
in
bloomington
as
excellent
or
good
84
residents
were
pleased
with
the
availability
of
paths
and
walking.
Trails
up
8
from
2019
and
recreational
opportunities
remain
statewide
79
for
the
sixth
year
in
a
row,
the
ratings
for
city
parks
dropped
slightly
to
to
89
this
year.
F
Recreation
programs
or
classes
remained
relatively
stable
in
2020
at
78
and
71
of
respondents,
rated
recreation,
centers
or
facilities
as
excellent
or
good.
Now
all
of
these
scores
are
similar
to
the
national
benchmarks.
However,
the
ratings
for
recreation
centers
placed
bloomington
at
number
13
out
of
the
15
pure
cities.
That
asked
this
particular
question.
F
Another
pie
chart
that's
not
showing
up
here's
the
community
to
stay
the
same
in
2020
with
62,
stating
that
it
was
excellent
or
good.
Now
this
ties
with
last
year's
rating
of
lowest
ever
in
the
nine
years
that
we've
conducted
this
survey
demographically.
Those
who
lived
here
five
years
or
less
renters
that
earned
more
than
100
000
per
year
and
are
younger
than
age.
35
responded
more
negatively.
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
The
loss
of
housing
was
a
major
or
moderate
problem
for
one
in
10
respondents.
So
that's
a
look
at
the
survey
results,
but
I
wanted
to
mention
one
more
thing.
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
that
bloomington
was
the
recent
recipient
of
a
voice
of
the
people
award
for
excellence
in
online
engagement.
F
So
that's
a
summary
of
the
results
from
the
2020
national
community
survey
of
bloomington
residents.
So
what's
next
for
the
survey
results.
Well,
we
are
already
starting
to
post
some
of
the
results
on
social
media.
We
are
producing
a
video
for
next
week's
bloomington
today
and
posting
the
video
to
youtube.
F
A
Thank
you,
ms
kirby,
a
lot
of
information
there
and
I
know
there
is
a
lot
more
on
the
website
found
the
page
and
looking
at
the
page
right
here
from
the
national
community
survey,
a
lot
of
information,
a
lot
of
comparison
trends
over
time,
the
the
community
livability
report
much
much
more,
so
I'd
encourage
anybody
with
any
kind
of
interest
or
if
you
want
more
information
or
more
details
on
this,
it's
out
there.
So
please
do
go,
take
a
look
and
check
it
out
and
see.
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
Excuse
me
just
one
and
I
I'm
not
sure
you'll
actually
be
able
to
answer
it,
but
I'll
try
it
anyway.
In
terms
of
transportation,
I
noticed
there
was.
I
think
it
was
a
10-point
drop
in
the
overall
rating
of
and
I
closed
the
thing
out.
So
I
don't
even
remember
how
it's
raised,
but
the
sort
of
the
overall
rating
of
the
transportation
system
generally
in
wilmington,
but
it
seems
like
there
are
increases
or
at
very
least
no
change
in
like
the
specifics.
F
I
you
know,
I
think
that
actually,
that
particular
question
comes
under
the
category.
There's
a
standard
question
on
the
ncs
that
talked
about
how
much
of
a
priority
these
different
areas
should
be,
and
I
think
that
particular
question
actually
appears
in
an
area
about
what
how
residents
would
rank
the
priority
of
various
things
like
housing,
transportation
systems,
those
sorts
of
things.
So
I
think
that's
why
you're
seeing
a
little
bit
of
a
difference
between
the
two
a
little
bit
of
a
disconnect
between
the
two.
A
A
Questions
so
I
miss
kirby
and
the
question
that
I've
received
at
least
from
a
couple
of
people
is,
and
I've
heard
in
the
past
as
well.
Is
people
see
the
results
of
this
survey?
They
see
the
respondents
results
over
the
period
of
time
and
the
thing
I
hear
from
so
many
people
is
well.
They
never
called
me
so
that
can't
be
a
legitimate
number.
They
never
called
me
up.
I
never
talked
to
anybody
about
snow
plowing.
A
You
know
the
the
parks,
transportation
or
whatever
it
is.
So
could
you,
please
repeat
at
least
one
more
time,
just
the
regarding
the
validity
of
the
survey,
the
statistical
validity
of
this
survey,
even
though
only
3,
300
households
responded
the
validity,
the
scientific
and
the
the
official
validity
of
the
the
numbers
that
we're
seeing
here.
F
A
And
I
I
will
freely
admit
that
statistics
have
never
been
my
strong
point.
In
fact,
I
tell
the
story
how
my
statistics,
professor
in
in
graduate
school
liked
me
so
much.
He
asked
me
to
take
his
class
again.
So
I'm
statistics
are
not
my
thing,
but
I
do
know
that
this
is
statistically
significant
and
an
accurate
survey
and
appreciate
that
explanation
and
the
explanation
given
by
the
the
national
community
survey.
D
You
know
mayor,
you
know,
as
you
asked
that
question
something
occurred
to
me
and
I
figured
I
would
go
ask
it
this
way,
diane
when
you're.
Just
looking
at
the
demographic
data
did
we
see-
and
you
pointed
out
a
couple
of
things
that
were
there,
but
you
know
to
that
point.
You
know
I'm
getting
emails
and
people
are
saying
hey.
You
know
on
the
social
media,
we're
not
seeing
that
kind
of
dissatisfaction,
but
you
know
I'm
talking
to
my
neighbors
and
I
see
some
dis
dissatisfaction
out
there.
D
D
If
I
you
have
to
correct
me,
if
I'm
a
fight,
there's
so
many
things
we
were
doing,
I
can't
keep
all
these
things
straight,
but
I
thought
there
was
a
certain
segment
of
the
population
who
had
been
living
here
longer
at
a
certain
age
range
or
something
had
said
that
they
had
some
dissatisfaction
and
that
non-scientific
survey
did
we
see
any
of
that
correlation
between
that
report
that
we
saw
last
year
and
this
year?
Are
we
seeing
some
demographic
trends
there?
F
You
know
still
digging
through
those
results:
council,
member
lowman,
so
in
terms
of
comparing
last
year
to
this
year,
we'd
have
to
take
a
look
and
dig
out
those
both
the
demographic
and
the
geographic
comparisons.
Just
to
see
where
there
are
some
tend
to
be
more
dissatisfaction.
I
would
say
just
looking
in
the
areas
that
I
did
for
this
for
this
presentation,
I
would
say
that
they
were
fairly
consistent
from
what
I
recall
from
last
year
or
similar
areas.
F
D
Diane,
I
want
to
be
sure
that
when
you're-
looking-
I'm
not
talking
about
from
year
to
year
survey,
I'm
talking
about
that
that
off
survey
that
we
did-
maybe
maybe
the
manager
knows
what
I'm
talking
about,
but
it
seemed
like.
We
did
some
you
know.
So
I
think
we
had
one
result
from
our
survey
and
then
we
saw
a
different
result
from
this
non-scientific
survey
and
that's
the
piece
I'm
really
interested
to
see.
If
there's
any
trends
that
we're
seeing
in
that,
even
though
it's
not
really
scientific
but
I'm
just
curious.
E
Yeah,
mr
mayor
councilmembers,
councilmember
lowman.
I
think
I
think
if
I'm
recalling
correctly,
you
may
be
referring
to
the
survey
that
we
did
by
decision
resource
actually
the
morris
leatherman
group
when
we
were
looking
at
community
amenities
in
the
in
the
community
center,
and
that
happened
about
two
months
before
our
annual
residence
survey.
So
we
had
both
of
them
to
compare
and
we
had
some
differing
numbers
in
there.
E
G
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
good
evening,
diane,
just
like
the
mayor,
I've
been
getting
numbers
of
questions
about.
I
didn't
take
the
survey.
I've
never
taken
a
survey.
I've
lived
here,
for
you
know
10
20,
30
years
or
more,
and
we
you
know
just
just
for
the
record
people
kind
of
say
well,
3
300,
households,
and
if
you
do
that
on
a
rolling
basis,
we
should
be
through
there
in
one
of
those
10
years
or
nine
years.
I
should
have
been
sampled,
but
I
haven't
so.
F
F
F
Thank
you
for
asking
council
member
below
a
guy.
Again,
it's
a
it's
a
matter
of
how
they
they
select
the
home.
The
households
like,
I
said
they
select
every
amp
household.
It
could
be
that
some
households
get
oversampled
some,
maybe
under
sampled,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
though,
that
they
can
stay
with
assurance
that
this
is
how
the
community
is
feeling
based
on
survey
results
because
of
how
they
are
sampling.
The
community.
E
The
selections
of
the
address
are
are
truly
randomized,
so
they
don't
go
through.
I
think
the
council
member
beloga
to
one
of
the
questions
that
your
constituents
might
have
you
know
they.
Don't
they
don't
kind
of
make
sure
that
they
have
everybody
in
that
pool.
It's
not
a
rotational
thing.
It
truly
is
a
randomized.
E
E
F
Yes,
I
will
jamie.
Actually,
we
had
over
950
respondents
to
the
online
survey
that
was
open
for
about
a
month
and
actually
that's
the
most
we've
ever
received
for
the
opt-in
survey,
so
we
promoted
it
by
social
media
and
on
the
website.
Anybody
could
opt
in.
So
if
somebody's
never
taken
the
survey
before
this
was
their
opportunity
to
go
ahead
and
take
it.
Looking
at
the
survey
results
just
generally
somewhat
consistent,
you'll
see
a
little
bit
more
negative.
I
would
say
ratings
on
that
particular
those
results.
F
A
If
not
I'll
remind
people
again
that
the
entire
survey
results
have
been
posted
online,
as
of
today,
we
have
been
talking
about
them.
They've
been
trickling
out
on
social
media,
been
talking
about
them
each
week
in
the
council
minute
that
we
record
and
just
teasing
out
some
information
and
getting
some
details
out
there.
So
the
information
is
there.
If
you
have
questions
on
it,
please
do
go
to
the
city
website,
take
a
look
or
take
a
look
at
social
media
and
just
see
some
of
the
details.