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March 22, 2023 Joint City Council and Bloomington School Board Meeting
A
All
right
good
evening
and
welcome
to
another
joint
meeting
of
the
Bloomington
City
Council
in
the
Bloomington
School
Board,
which
is
now
called
to
order
on
behalf
of
my
fellow
school
board
members.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
and
for
your
participation,
I'm
going
to
let
mayor
Bussey
say
his
welcome
is
as.
B
I
want
to
thank
superintendent,
Melby
and
Mr
verbruhi
for
doing
the
work
to
put
this
all
together
and
making
sure
this
happens,
because
this
is
I
think
a
very
important
thing
for
this
community
and
the
more
often
we
can
do
this
and
whether
it's
with
a
deep
formal
kind
of
agenda
or
an
opportunity
just
to
sit
and
chat
I
think
we
anytime,
we
can
do
it.
I
think
it
is
very
valuable.
So
thank
you
for
having
us
today,
we're
very
glad
to
be
here
absolutely.
A
Thank
you
and
we
welcome
our
viewing
audiences
here
at
home
and
watching
on
BEC
TV.
Our
last
joint
meeting
of
the
city
council
school
board
was
held
on
September
28
2022,
and
our
joint
meetings,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
provide
the
respective
governing
bodies
with
valuable
data
and
broadening
perspectives,
as
will
be
the
case
against
tonight.
This
partnership
is
vital
to
enhancing
the
social,
economic
and
academic
well-being
of
our
community.
A
Tonight's
meeting
will
provide
updates
and
information
on
items
of
interest
to
both
of
our
organizations
and
our
Bloomington
community,
and
so
in
a
few
minutes
you
will
hear
from
presenters
on
Workforce,
Development
legislative
priorities,
strategic
planning,
Community
connections
and
project
child
safe
and
be
smart
and
then
following
each
presentation
we
invite
members
of
the
city,
council
and
the
school
board
to
ask
questions
and
dialogue.
However,
with
that
I'm
just
going
to
put
a
caveat,
there
are
14
elected
officials
at
this
table.
A
We
have
six
quite
meaty
topics,
so
I
encourage
questions,
but
we
also
have
to
make
sure
that
we
stay
on
task
and
on
time
and
then
just
for
the
those
folks
that
are
coming
up
to
give
presentations.
I
know
this
got
tricky
last
time
so
since
we
all
are
called
by
different
names
in
our
respective
bodies,
if
you
just
want
to
refer
to
us
as
member
stigoff
and
member
Carter,
just
to
make
it
easier,
that's
totally
fine!
C
We
are
here
tonight
to
present
an
update
on
our
Innovative
K-12
Workforce
Development
information
system
that
measures
Workforce
program,
success
as
I
mentioned,
I'm
Julia,
Caesar,
director
of
research,
evaluation
and
assessment,
and
here
with
me
tonight,
is
my
colleague,
Mr
Nicholas
Marans
from
our
partner
vendor
Insight
works
at
his
colleague,
Dr
Raymond,
Robertson
commutes,
to
and
from
from
Texas.
So
he
can
join
us
tonight.
C
So
the
purpose
of
this
presentation
is
to
share
our
research
findings
around
the
use
of
an
information
system
to
rigorously
evaluate
Workforce
programs
to
generate
the
highest
impact
results.
That,
in
turn
will
help
improve
the
Minnesota
K-12
and
higher
education
Workforce
Development
system.
So
before
we
dive
into
the
research
results,
let's
entertain
the.
Why?
Why
does
the
Minnesota,
K-12
and
higher
education
Workforce
Development
system
need
Improvement
now,
looking
at
the
most
recent
graduation
data,
what
we
know
from
our
2018
ninth
grade
cohort
is
that
83
percent
of
our
students
graduated
high
school
within
four
years.
C
Now
this
is
a
lower
rate
than
the
85
percent
National
graduation
rate.
The
results
show
that
36
percent
of
students
from
this
cohort
enrolled
in
a
two-year
or
a
four-year
or
a
certificate
or
diploma
program
or
institution
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
after
graduating,
high
school
18
percent
left
the
state
of
Minnesota
to
pursue
a
college
experience
elsewhere
and
29
of
students
that
now
pursue
any
post-secondary
education.
C
That's
three
out
of
every
10
students
from
that
ninth
grade
cohort
note,
also
that
this
percentage
is
four
points
higher
than
the
previous
graduating
cohort
among
those
who
didn't
graduate.
We
have
about
nine
percent
of
students
who
are
continuing
their
high
school
education
and
approximately
eight
percent
dropped
out
or
are
of
an
unknown
status.
C
Now,
looking
at
Trend
data,
we
then
examine
whether
the
graduation
rates
have
been
improving
for
my
research
from
a
recent
graduating
cohorts.
The
quick
answer
is
no:
their
graduation
rates
have
been
in
stagnant
in
83.
Graduation
rate
in
2016
was
the
same
in
2017
same
in
2018,
a
little
bit
higher
in
2019
a
little
bit
higher
in
2020,
but
now
we're
back
down
to
283
percent
in
2021.
C
for
those
graduating
students
not
enrolling
in
college.
We
asked
how
are
they
doing
to
answer
this
question?
We
analyzed
the
workforce
earnings
of
the
2019
graduating
cohort,
starting
from
the
third
quarter
following
High
School
graduation
on
average
or
2019
non-college
graduates
earned
18
156
dollars
a
year
after
graduating
high
school.
C
These
wages
are
concerning,
especially
when
we
compare
these
earnings
to
the
Minnesota
average
minimal
annual
wage,
which
is
the
bar
in
the
middle
and
the
Minnesota
average
Living
annual
wage,
which
is
the
bar
on
the
right.
Now
we
know
high
school
graduates
don't
make
a
lot
of
money.
The
concern
is
that
these
students
are
now
pursuing
a
higher
education,
nor
are
they
in
track
to
learn
a
trade
immediately
after
high
school
graduation
and
also
keep
in
mind
that
nationally,
on
average,
13
percent
of
high
school
graduates
live
in
poverty.
C
With
this
line
with
this
Baseline
information,
let's
investigate
why
Workforce
Development
is
imperative
for
Minnesota's
future.
A
robust
research
study
by
the
urban
Institute
of
U.S
partnership
and
Mobility
found
that
16
percent
of
persistently
poor
children,
that
is
those
living
in
more
than
half
of
their
lives
in
poverty,
become
economic,
economically
successful
adults.
C
C
Not
only
are
there
costs
to
these
families,
they're
also
costs
to
society,
namely
tens
of
billions
of
dollars
a
year
in
Lost
productivity,
as
well
as
expenses
through
related
to
poor
health
and
crime.
Let's
also
recall
that
perhaps
the
biggest
threat
to
the
economy
and
our
competitiveness,
competitiveness
is
the
lack
of
skilled
workers
in
2015.
The
manufacturing
Institute
reported
that
the
skill
Gap
is
increasing
significantly
now
it's
2015
and
this
Gap
was
expected
to
result
in
millions
of
manufacturing
jobs
going
on
filled.
C
Additionally,
as
you
may
all
be
aware,
currently
we
have
a
national
skilled,
labor
shortage,
as
well
as
an
uncertain
labor
market
with
those
statistics,
provided
that
don't
even
take
into
consideration
the
full
covid-19
pandemic.
We'll
now
talk
about
the
makeup
of
our
Workforce
Development
information
system
and
how
we
are
utilizing
these
data
to
evaluate
our
Workforce
programs
that
wdis
in
Bloomington
schools
is
made
up
of
four
components.
The
first
component
is
our
K-12
BPS
data
consisting
of
historical
information
going
back
to
2002,
consisting
of
attendance
as
well
as
test
scores
and
gpas
by
grade.
C
C
Most
importantly,
this
data
have
given
us
the
ability
to
longitudinally
track
our
students,
progress
from
middle
school
to
career
and
or
college
generating,
of
course,
interesting
results
for
some
research
questions
to
date.
So
how
are
we
using
this
data
to
improve
our
K-12
higher
education,
Workforce
Development
system
here
in
Bloomington,
so
our
district
strategy
to
address
the
problems
we
highlighted,
including
the
lack
of
skilled
workers,
intergenerational
poverty
and
the
number
of
high
school
graduates
living
in
poverty,
is
to
start
career
and
College
Programs
to
increase
the
average
earnings
of
our
graduates.
C
We
have
a
number
of
programs
to
do
so
here
we
have
a
the
Bloomington
career
in
college
academy,
which
is
bcca
for
short.
Bcca
is
one
of
the
many
Workforce
Development
programs
that
families
from
Bloomington
and
across
the
Twin
Cities
can
access
to
help
their
kids
explorations
of
career
and
academic
pathways.
C
The
Strategic
goal
here
is
that
students
from
bcca
graduate
high
school
ready
to
continue
their
education
and
their
training
or
ready
to
jump
jump
start
a
career
including
part-time
jobs.
Internships
as
well
as
apprenticeships
and
I,
encourage
those
folks
who
have
access
to
these
slides
to
click
on
the
watch
bcca
in
action
to
get
a
little
bit
of
Glenn
sweater
programs
are
like
so
in
order
to
see
if
this
goal
is
being
met.
First,
let's
look
at
the
graduation
rates
for
students
who
have
participated
in
the
bcca
program
since
it's
Genesis
in
2016.
C
C
C
Now
this
match
group
is
identical
to
the
bcca
program
in
Baseline
variables,
including
social,
social
demographic
factors
as
well
as
ACT
scores.
We
found
that
bcca
were
more
likely
to
enroll
in
a
post-secondary
program
or
institution.
That's
the
bar,
the
blue
category
bar
less
likely
to
go
into
the
workforce,
that's
the
red
category
and,
more
importantly,
less
likely
to
be
in
the
other
unknown
group,
the
yellow
bar,
especially
when
compared
to
the
state
match
sample
more.
C
D
Thank
you,
Dr
Caesar
and
thanks
everyone
for
the
opportunity
to
present
this
evening.
It's
good
to
be
here
with
you
all
so
as
researchers.
The
real
thrust
of
our
of
our
study
is
to
understand
the
impacts
of
the
bcca
program,
specifically
the
impacts
on
earnings
and
post-secondary
enrollments
and
completion,
not
only
the
benefits
for
the
student,
but
the
benefits
for
taxpayers
in
the
broader
Bloomington
community.
D
So
specifically,
like
I,
said
we're
interested
in
this
question
about
student
earnings,
we're
relying
heavily
on
the
data
systems
that
Julio
and
the
district
have
helped
put
together
to
make
that
all
work.
It's
been
a
lot
of
work
and
I.
Think
it's
really
starting
to
pay
off
now
we're
interested
in
that
earnings
question
also
in
the
post-secondary
completion
question,
as
I
mentioned,
though
it's
a
little
early
days
yet
to
be
able
to
see
what
kind
of
impacts
we're
seeing
there
and
we're
really
interested
in
how
these
impacts
are
persist
over
time.
D
So
before
we
get
into
the
results,
just
a
few
things
you
know
these
results
are
preliminary.
The
study
is
ongoing.
We
continue
to
collect
data.
We
continue
to
refine
our
methodologies
the
program
itself.
The
bcca
program
continues
to
evolve
and
grow.
So
all
these
results
are
preliminary
and
they're
all
kind
of
subject
to
change.
But
that
being
said,
I
would
say,
broadly
they're,
very
positive.
D
We've
been
kind
of
looking
at
these
results
for
a
few
years
now
kind
of
internally
and
they've
been
fairly
consistently
positive,
so
we're
ready
to
say
that
the
impacts
are
looking
quite
quite
real,
so
on
the
screen
here,
you'll
see
kind
of
an
array
of
estimates
using
statistically
rigorous
methods.
We
you
know,
as
Julio
mentioned,
we
compare
the
bcca
graduates
statistically
with
similar
non-participants,
both
in
the
district
and
across
the
state.
D
So
the
thing
I
want
to
kind
of
point
out
about
this
whole
array
of
estimates.
That
we've
done
is
that,
across
all
the
cohorts
we've
looked
at
and
all
the
years
we've
measured.
The
results,
we're
seeing
positive
impacts
across
the
board
sometimes
vary
in
terms
of
their
statistical
reliability
and
that
kind
of
comes
down
to
the
small
sample
sizes,
because
sometimes
the
number
of
students
were
tracking
through
bcca
is
a
relatively
small
number.
But
the
fact
that
all
these
results
are
positive
is
to
really
heartening.
D
So
on
this
chart
here,
there's
a
few
lines:
I
want
you
to
look
at
the
the
kind
of
bottom
line.
That's
a
light
gray
dotted
line
is
kind
of
our
baseline
or
our
counterfactual.
It's
what
we
imagine
what
we
think
based
on
the
data
high
school
graduates,
lifetime
earnings
trajectory,
looks
like
the
purple
line.
That's
dotted
at
the
top
represents
that
37
percent
increase
in
earnings
kind
of
constant
over
the
life
of
an
individual,
but
we
know
from
the
research
literature
that
programs
like
bcca
their
effects,
often
kind
of
taper
off
over
time.
D
We
don't
quite
know
what
that's
going
to
look
like.
That's,
why
we're
continuing
to
measure
the
data,
but
we
developed
three
scenarios
that
we
think
are
all
fairly
realistic,
each
kind
of
more
conservative
than
the
one
before,
and
we
wanted
to
use
that
to
kind
of
see
what
that
would
imply
for
the
kind
of
costs
and
benefits
that
this
program
is
generating.
D
So
here
in
this
chart,
we
kind
of
see
those
costs
and
benefits
cumulatively
over
time,
and
this
particular
chart
is
on
a
per
student
basis.
So
at
the
zero
point,
we're
seeing
a
big
negative,
you
know
negative
numbers,
I
shouldn't,
say
they're
huge,
but
they're
the
costs
associated
with
the
program,
which
kind
of
happened
initially
right
and
those
costs
here
are
both
the
costs
to
the
district,
but
also
the
cost
to
the
student
in
terms
of
opportunity
costs
essentially
the
time
they
could
have
spent
doing
other
things
working
a
job
things
like
that.
D
So
we
take
that
into
account
and
what
you'll
see
on
this
chart
here
is
that
you
know
that,
there's
that
early
upfront
investment
and
then
the
increase
in
earnings
starts
to
take
hold
and
has
impacts
for
the
student
as
well
as
broader
Society,
through
the
form
of
taxes
and
taxes
paid
in
and
even
under
the
most
conservative
scenarios.
We
see
a
positive
cash
flow,
so
the
program
is
actually
Revenue
positive
for
from
the
taxpayer
point
of
view,
and
certainly
very
positive
from
the
point
of
view
of
students.
D
Here's
another
way
of
kind
of
looking
at
the
same
data
rather
than
showing
you
a
chart.
Year
to
year.
We
just
add
up
all
the
costs
and
all
the
benefits.
Looking
at
the
five
year
mark-
and
so
these
are
Net
Present
values
of
the
bcca
investment
across
not
only
kind
of
the
different
scenarios,
but
also
delineated
by
the
student's
point
of
view
in
terms
of
all
the
earnings
they've
increases
they
might
have
experienced,
as
well
as
the
taxpayer
bottom
line.
And
what
we
see
here
is
under
almost
every
scenario
at
that
five-year
Mark.
D
D
Another
way
of
kind
of
looking
at
that
kind
of
benefits
and
costs
of
these
programs
and
those
cash
flows
over
time
is
to
consider
where
the
break
even
happens.
When
does
the
program
kind
of
recuperate
all
of
the
initial
Investments
and
start
to
become
Revenue
positive
to
the
taxpayer
or
to
the
broader
community
and,
as
you
can
see
from
this
table,
even
under
the
more
conservative
scenarios
that
that
break-even
time
is
happening
usually
within
the
first
five
years?
D
So
that's
just
an
initial
kind
of
glimpse
of
the
work
we've
been
doing.
As
I
said,
this
work
is
ongoing,
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
collect
data,
continue
to
refine
our
methodologies
and
really
I.
Think
our
goal
as
researchers
not
only
to
be
able
to
demonstrate
that
impact
to
students
into
the
community,
but
to
start
to
understand
why
the
program
is
having
that
impact
what's
working
and
how
can
we
continually
improve
the
program
as
we
collect
more
data,
it's
going
to
become
possible
to
maybe
delineate
results
by
things
like
gender
things
like
race.
D
D
We've
built
out
this
methodology
and
we've
built
out
the
data
kind
of
infrastructure.
It
becomes
a
lot
easier
to
start
to
apply
the
analysis
to
other
programs
as
well.
So
I'm
excited
to
be
back
here,
hopefully
in
the
future,
to
share,
updates
and
excited
for
any
questions
you
might
have
now.
Thank
you.
H
G
I,
don't
really
have
a
question
but
I'm
anticipating
what
one
of
the
questions
might
be
and
that's
like
what
what
programs
are
they
running
at
bcca?
What
are
the
industries
that
that
students
can
go
into
so
I'll,
just
read
them
off
for
the
folks
around
the
table
and
watching
Automotive
technician:
cosmetology
criminal
justice,
law
enforcement,
Health
Care,
Information,
Technology,
Marine,
Motorsport
and
Outdoor
Power
engines,
technology
and
motion
control
manufacturing.
And,
if
you
ask
me
to
explain
what
some
of
those
are
I'll
get
back
to
you
later.
K
L
Thank
you,
I
have
a
question
along
that
same
line.
So
how
were
these
Pathways
determined
and
are
you
paying
attention
to
how
many
people
are
staying
in
these
programs
once
they
leave
and
get
into
the
workforce?
So
personally,
for
myself,
my
career
has
been
a
zigzag,
so
I
was
seeing
people
staying
in
these
careers
long
term,
or
is
it
a
launching
pad
to
get
into
other
fields
once
they
get
into
the
workforce.
C
Excellent
question
so
I
want
to
defer
to
Sprint
and
Dr
Moby
for
the
first
part,
but
I'll
I
can
start
with
the
second
part.
So
we
are.
We
have
beginning
tracking
our
students
from
where
they
started,
which
pathway
they
chose
to
where
they
ended
up
after
either
a
degree
or
certificate
completion,
and
what
we're
seeing
is
pretty
initial
findings,
because
our
numbers
are
pretty
small.
If
you,
if
you
remember
our
first
graduating
cohort,
was
2016.
so
so
far,
given
the
Pandemic,
those
numbers
haven't
been
as
successful
as
we
have.
G
Yep
and
I
can
jump
in
real,
quick
back
in
2015
or
so
when
we
started
planning
or
thinking
about
how
to
do
this.
There
was
of
course
believe
it
or
not.
A
committee
of
people
pulled
together
right,
so
there
were
folks
from
Hennepin,
Tech
and
Normandale
and
our
school
district
and
then
some
industry,
folks
from
around
the
area
and
and
the
initial
course
offerings
have
changed
a
little
bit
over
time.
G
Yes,
yep
and
and
I
would
add,
Dr
Caesar
mentioned
the
bcca
program
has
had
a
lot
of
focus
on
research
and
trying
to
understand
how
this
impacts-
students,
which
you
just
heard
about,
but
we
certainly
have
other
Career
Tech
offerings
in
the
district
that
aren't
tied
to
that
bcca
program
and
and
as
Mr
marins
was
pointing
out
now
that
we're
getting
good
at
figuring
out
how
to
measure
impact
of
this
stuff,
we
can
hopefully
translate
to
other
areas
as
well.
Thank
you.
M
G
Yeah
I
can
take
it
yeah,
it's
it's
a
student
choice
so
and
both
Kennedy
and
Jefferson
students,
the
program's
actually
located
at
Old
Lincoln,
High
School,
and
so
we,
we
Bus
kids
from
both
high
schools
over
to
take
classes.
So
we're
doing
some
cross
Bloomington.
You
know
classes
with
students
which
is
nice
as
well,
but
they
they
are.
You
know,
made
aware
of
what
their
offerings
are.
G
G
Like
a
pretty
important
job,
helicopter
repair
person,
yeah
I
mean
we're
always
to
your
question.
Looking
at
you
know
what
what's
the
next
thing
and
I
I
know
that
the
next
presentations
from
folks
from
the
city
will
there's
there's
a
lot
of
focus
on.
What
are
our
neat
areas
right
here
in
Bloomington
for
positions
that
perhaps
bcca
or
High
School
Career
Tech
classes
could
could
create
some
Pathways
to
get
kids
as
quickly
out
of
high
school
into
semiconductor?
G
You
know
kind
of
positions
or
Hospitality
positions,
a
lot
of
opportunities
in
Bloomington.
We
want
to
make
sure
we're
working
together
with
city,
folks
and
and
folks
from
the
chamber
and
other
business
community
members
to
to
to
meet
the
needs.
I
I
sit
on
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
board
and
for
the
first
time
this
is
halfway
through
my
second
year
here
so
the
first
year
I
would
go
to
those
meetings
and
kind
of
they
opened
up
with
everybody
going
around
the
table.
Going
can't
find
workers
can't
fight.
G
You
know
it
didn't
matter
what
the
business
was
and
I
kept
scratching
my
head
going.
Geez
we've
got
700
some
graduates
every
year
that
you
know
we
might
be
able
to
work
together
to
help.
So
this
is
all
an
effort
to
figure
out
how
we
can
partner
together
to
help
our
students
help
our
families
and
help
meet
the
needs
of
the
industry
in
Bloomington.
K
K
Okay,
thank
you
for
that.
So
I'm
curious.
If
it's!
If,
when
I
look
at
this
as
an
uneducated
person
in
this
space,
I
I'm
surprised
by
the
the
pathways
which
imply
more
of
a
technical
kind
of
go
right
into
the
workforce,
journeyman
apprenticeship,
type
situation
that
could
be
happening
and
the
the
skewed
post-secondary
schooling,
that
seems
to
be
happening
for
these
kids
and
I'm
just
curious.
Not
that
that's
a
bad
thing!
Everybody
can
go
to
college
I!
C
C
If
they
don't
want
to
pursue
a
college
or
career
that
they
are
able
to
jump
right
into
the
workforce,
getting
some
earnings
higher
than
those
who
would
otherwise
would
if
they
wouldn't
go
to
college
they
didn't
have
the
skills
would
would
have
so
I.
Wasn't
surprised
in
that
sense.
But
I
don't
know.
If
there's
anything
else
to
remember,
you
would
like
to
add.
G
Just
a
little
bit
I
mean
so
this
is
a
this
launches.
A
lot
of
our
students,
so
I'll
take
Automotive
technician,
program,
the
partnership
with
HTC,
so
our
Bloomington
Kennedy
and
Jefferson
students
who
are
taking
that
class
and
I'm.
Looking
at
my
notes,
Here
we'll
take
16
college
credits,
nine,
high
school
credits
and
I
think
this
number
is
fairly
accurate
but
save
about
three
thousand
two
hundred
dollars
and
complete
the
first
semester
of
there.
So
it's
it
just
launches
them.
G
They
save
some
money,
they
front
load
some
credits
and
then
can
finish
up
their
their
certificate
or
their
their
program
at
HTC,
fairly,
quickly
and
and
start
working.
We
have
I
mean
it's
no
surprise
that
folks,
like
the
walzer
foundation,
give
us
grants
every
year
because
they're
it
benefits
them
and
it
benefits
our
students
and
and
that's
the
kind
of
stuff
that
we
we
want
to
keep
working
on.
K
You
appreciate
it
sure,
just
a
quick
follow-up
for
you
Doctor
do
the
do
the
the
post-secondary
certificates
and
or
degrees
that
these
folks
earn?
Are
they
in
related
fields?
Then,
generally
speaking,
I
mean
law.
Enforcement
might
make
obvious
sense
to
me
in
the
sense
that
we
know
that
that
that
is
a
you
know.
Criminal
justice
is
a
fairly
common.
You
know
Associates
or
bachelor's
degree
somebody
who
might
be
in
cosmetology
as
a
starting
point.
O
G
G
K
I
think
the
ultimate
question
for
me
would
be
like
how
close
to
the
how
close
to
the
career
path,
where
they're
indicating
they're
on
do
they
end
up
in
in
that
regard
and
I
know
that
that
you
said
50
or
so,
but
is
that
is
that
related
to
did
they
go
to
school?
To
get
like?
Did
they
have
to
continue
to
go
to
school?
To
get
that
or
were
these
folks
that
came
out?
Are
the
50?
K
C
A
follow-up
Dr
Melby
mentioned.
We
can
actually
look
at
those
numbers.
We
just
haven't
really
looked
finally
into
those
we've
We've
jumped
from
what
pathway
did
you
go
to
after
you
got
your
degree,
but
we
haven't
looked
at
specifically
those
who
went
right
into
what
degree
paths
they
went
into.
So
that's
something
that
we
definitely
can
do
and
maybe
for
our
next
meeting
we
can
give
an
update.
P
Thank
you
chair,
thank
you
both
for
being
here
tonight
and
for
this
presentation.
Those
presentations
are
always
fascinating
for
all
that
information
that
you
we
get
I
was
just
gonna
make
the
comment
that
these
Pathways
actually
give
our
students
the
opportunity
to
explore.
Even
if
you
don't
think
that
you
will
continue
in
some
sort
of
a
career
that
is
related
to
that
pathway,
at
least
it
gives
you
an
opportunity
to
know.
Well,
you
know.
Maybe
this
might
be
something
I
might
be
interested
in
oh
I'm
kind
of
curious
about
this.
P
Maybe
I'll
try
it,
and
you
know
we
have
so
many
students
that
by
12th
grade
don't
really
know
a
in
which
direction
they're
gonna
be
going.
This
gives
us
students
once
again
that
opportunity
to
have
something
that
they
can
grab
a
lot
quicker
than
even
thinking
about
a
four-year
degree
College,
because
for
many
of
our
students,
that's
not
even
a
possibility.
Q
So
I
happen
to
look
at
the
slide
here
with
respect
to
the
the
the
investment
that
we
make
and
then
the
the
return
on
investment
from
to
the
community
and
I'm
I'm
just
really
encouraged
to
see
that
you
know
there's
also
intangible
things
that
come
with
this,
in
terms
of
you
know
like,
for
example,
hope
for
some
students
that
are
involved
with
this.
So
the
first
thing
that
comes
to
mind
is
what
seems
to
be
the
obstacles
or
barriers
that
these
folks
run
into
and
then
I'm
just
I'm.
Q
Also,
you
know
if
there's
something
we
could
help
to
remove.
Just,
for
example,
Transportation
I
know
that
that's
something
the
city
kind
of
works
with
there's
something
we
could
do
with
that
and
then
just
looking
at
the
numbers
themselves
looks
like
we
got
534
students
roughly
and
if
you
had
a
control
group,
what
are
some
of
the
differences
between
you
know
that
that
control
group
with
respect
to
you,
know
his
family
income
determinant
in
terms
of
you
know
better
success
in
terms
of
the
investment
that
we
place
in
this
you
know.
Q
Q
C
D
Sure
so,
you're
right
that
we
analyzed
four
cohorts.
It
was
about
534
students.
The
comparison
group
is
actually
built
out
of
a
huge
data
set
that
encompasses
the
entire
State
and
it's
actually
about
a
quarter
million
people
in
that
data
set.
So
we're
able
to
kind
of
narrow
down
that
data
set
to
a
smaller
group
of
individuals
that
closely
match
our
own
and
then
we
use
a
technique
called
propensity
score
matching
to
further
even
kind
of
hone
in
on
finding
good
matches.
D
So
the
the
comparison
like
I
said
helps
us
kind
of
filter
out
some
of
the
noise
and
the
other
kind
of
intangibles
that
might
be
contributing
to
a
student's
pathway
through
life.
So
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
with
that
data
and
again,
like
the
infrastructure
building
to
get
those
data
talking
to
each
other
across
different
state
agencies
and
districts
has
been
a
huge
part
of
that
so
yeah.
So
that's
I,
guess
a
quick
answer
about
the
comparison
group
and
how
that
works.
C
Yeah
so
some
of
the
surveys
that
so
there's
a
couple
of
ways
to
do
propensity
score
matching
some
of
the
pieces
that
I
mentioned
before
is
the
social
domestic,
social
demographic
variables
as
well
as
ACT
scores,
but
so
that's
at
the
individual
level.
So
what
we
also
do
is
that
we
use
the
survey
at
the
at
the.
C
What
do
you
call
it,
the
district
level
or
the
state
level
to
be
able
to
match
not
only
at
the
individual
level,
but
also
take
into
consideration,
what's
happening
at
the
group
level,
so
we're
not
only
looking
at
the
individual
but
also
taking
consideration.
You
know
districts
with
higher
poverty
or
districts
with
higher
social
economic
factors
such
as
frl
and
whatnot.
C
The
only
difference
between
these
two
groups
is
that
one
of
those
one
of
the
groups
were
participants
in
bcca,
whereas
in
the
other
group
we
actually
don't
even
know
because
they
could
be,
they
could
be
participating
in
programs
that
are
similar
to
bcca,
and
some
of
the
folks
are
not.
But
that
gives
us
a
it's.
A
clean,
Apple
swapple
comparison
when
it
comes
down
to
to
looking
at
groups
comparisons.
G
And
now
I'm,
trying
to
remember
the
party
of
member
lohman's
question
but
I
will
say
you
mentioned
transportation
and
certainly
transportation
is,
is
a
is
a
hurdle
that
some
of
our
students
and
families
have
to
deal
with.
Now
we
do,
as
I
mentioned,
do
our
own
busing,
but
even
I
mean
if
you're
familiar
with
we're
head
up
and
Tech
and
Eden
Prairie.
Is
it's
not
real
easy
to
get
to?
You
know
bus
line
kind
of
things
like
that?
G
A
A
So
we
these
these
microphones,
you
do
need
to
speak
quite
closely
to
them
to
be
heard,
they're,
also
hot,
all
the
time.
So
if
you
need
to
sneeze
or
something
you
can
just
turn
them
off,
we
also
don't
have
enough
for
everyone,
so
you
might
have
to
share
with
your
neighbor
or
your
partner.
So
if
you
can
go
ahead
and
introduce
yourselves,
please
that
would
be
fantastic.
Thank
you.
R
S
T
R
S
And
so,
if
you
have
any
people
in
your
network
who
are
interested
in
a
career
in
law
enforcement
or
perhaps,
as
others
were
saying
before,
they
don't
know
what
they're
interested
in
but
they're
just
looking
to
explore.
Please
encourage
them
to
take
advantage
of
that
opportunity.
The
other
thing
that
we
have
on
the
screen
is
new
to
the
city.
It
is
the
pathways
to
Public
Works
position,
so
this
is
actually
a
position
within
the
public
works
department,
and
this
position
was
created
by
the
public
works
racial
Equity
action
team.
S
They
wanted
to
create
an
opportunity
for
people
to
get
on
the
job
training,
while
also
being
able
to
earn
some
money
and
get
some
technical
skills.
And
so
what's
unique
about
this
program.
Is
that
the
person
who
fills
this
position?
They
spend
some
of
their
time
working
in
the
public
works
department
and
they
spend
some
of
their
time
being
trained
at
our
technical
partner.
S
And
so
it's
really
cool,
because
whenever
they
finish
set
up,
they
have
those
skills
that
they
needed
and
licenses
that
they
needed
to
walk
right
into
a
full-time
position
and-
and
the
idea
is
that
we
can
start
investing
in
people
and
also
allowing
them
to
make
a
little
bit
of
money
while
they're
going
to
school.
And
the
hope
is
that
when
they
finish
that
program
and
they
have
those
licenses,
they
come
use
those
skills
and
work
for
the
city
of
Bloomington.
And
so
we're
really
excited
about
that
program.
S
The
Next
program
that
we're
going
to
talk
to
you
about
is
something
I'm
really
excited
about,
because
it's
something
that
we've
been
talking
about
a
while
in
the
city
of
Bloomington,
and
it
really
speaks
to
the
idea
of
sort
of
creating
Windows
of
opportunity.
And
so
one
of
the
things
that
Carl
and
I
were
talking
about
earlier.
Is
that
Miriam
Wright
elderman?
Who
is
the
president
of
the
children's
defense
fund,
the
president
and
founder?
S
She
often
talks
about
that
like
you,
as
young
people
can't
be
what
they
don't
see,
and
so
we've
created
a
program
that
allows
young
people
to
get
an
opportunity
to
see.
What
is
it
like
to
work
in
government
and
I
can
tell
you,
because
over
the
last
three
days,
I've
been
spending
a
lot
of
time
inside
the
high
schools
talking
to
classes
about
the
program
that
young
people
have
interested
perspective
about
what
we
do
in
City.
S
Hall
I
have
to
correct
a
few
things,
but
so
we're
really
excited
about
being
able
to
give
them
an
opportunity
to
come.
Hang
out
with
us
for
the
summer
and
then
hang
out
with
some
of
our
partner
employers
and
really
get
to
see
what
is
it
like
to
work
in
City
Hall,
so
on
the
next
slide,
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
sort
of
what
this
program
is
intended
to
do
and
sort
of
what
our
core
values
are
and
then
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Carla.
To
talk
about
the
meat
of
the
program.
S
You
really
give
people
that
real
life
experience,
but
then
also
an
opportunity
to
make
some
earn
some
money
over
the
summer,
and
so
this
program
is
intended
to
address
racial
disparities
that
we
have
in
our
community
and
so
there's
a
focus
on
those
who
are
applying
being
able
to
show
that
they
are
committed
to
in
both
their
work
and
thoughts
and
things
of
that
nature.
Those
principles
of
equity,
inclusion
and
belonging,
and
so
that's
a
real
center
point
of
this
work,
and
so
here
on
the
screen.
S
You'll
see
some
core
values
for
this
program
again
that
Equity
inclusion
is
belonging
as
a
really
core
value.
The
other
thing-
that's
a
core
value
for
us
at
the
city
of
Bloomington,
is
that
we
take
that
first
step
and
invest
in
our
students,
and
so
again
we
partner
with
the
school
district
and
with
other
organizations
and
some
of
their
Workforce
Development
opportunities.
S
R
So,
thank
you
faith
for
that.
What
I
love
about
working
with
faith
every
day
is
that
she
and
the
mayor
get
together
and
come
up
with
all
these
ideas,
and
then
they
say:
where
are
we
going
to
place
it
and
then
I
get
a
call,
and
so
that's
always
a
good
thing,
but
but
I'm
very
happy
to
be
here.
So
why
will
this
work
in
Bloomington?
R
Not
only
because
we
have
fabulous
leadership
in
our
mayor
and
our
city,
council
and
our
city
manager,
but
also
because
we
are
an
economic
engine
for
this
state
and
really
wanting
to
tap
into
that
the
economy
that
we
have
here
within
our
city
limits
and
I've,
been
here
for
two
years
and
last
year
we
businesses
started
reaching
out
saying:
what
can
we
do?
How
can
we
hire
youth
part-time
for
the
summer
and
then
I
was
like?
Oh
man,
we
got
to
put
together
a
program.
R
This
is
also
aligns
with
the
city
council,
racial
Equity
business
plan
that
was
adopted.
It's
one
of
the
four
pillars.
We
have
a
great
relationship
with
Bloomington
Public,
Schools
leadership
and
our
superintendent
and
other
offices
that
Faith
works
with
very
very
closely,
and
so
we
have
a
pipeline
for
students
and
our
departments
have
vacancies,
and
so
what
better
way
to
introduce
our
young
people
to
kind
of
the
careers
that
they
may
see?
I
would
tell
you.
The
city
of
Bloomington
is
an
excellent
employer.
It's
a
great
place
to
work.
R
R
So
that's
another
reason
and
of
course,
as
mayor
likes
to
talk
about
alignment,
it
is
aligned
with
the
community's
vision
under
our
strategic
plan
Bloomington
tomorrow
together
and
it
falls
under
our
initiative
of
Equitable,
Economic
Development,
and
so
this
was
we
had
to
put
a
list
together,
we
pulled
together
some
violent,
violent.
We
volunt
told
some
groups,
but
Communications
our
legal
staff
has
been
awesome.
R
Risk
management-
you
know:
what's
the
risk
we're
taking
here,
but
that's
one
of
the
things
that
are
Bloomington
tomorrow
together,
Pro
strategic
plan
talked
about
is
be
bold,
take
risk
and
so
here's
kind
of
where
we
are
and
we
are
checking
off
the
boxes.
We
are
getting
ready
to
close
our
application
and
begin
our
interviews.
I
do
want
to
give
credit
to
Larkin
Hoffman.
They
are
our
first
outside
private
employer
that
has
signed
up.
R
We
spend
a
lot
of
time
with
them
because
they
represent
a
lot
of
developers
here
in
the
city
and
so
I
want
to
just
acknowledge
that
they
were
they're,
the
first
ones
to
come
to
the
table
and
we're
extremely
grateful
for
that
next
slide.
And
so
here
we
are
moving
forward,
we're
continuing
to
recruit
students,
as
Faith
mentioned.
She
was
here
completely
yeah.
R
So
basically
we're
saying
students
need
the
interns
need
to
be
between
the
ages
of
16
and
24,
and
then
we're
going
to
have
two
programs.
One
will
be
for
high
school
students
that
will
run
June
12th
to
August
4th
and
then
there'll
be
a
12-week
internship
for
youth
that
are,
that
will
run
from
May
15
to
August.
R
T
Good
evening,
everyone
thanks
so
much
again
for
the
opportunity
to
present
on
Workforce
Bloomington
steering
committee
before
we
present
on.
What's
on
the
slide,
I
want
to
give
some
a
little
bit
of
a
global
and
National
context
on
why
mayor
busty's,
Vision,
on
growing
Workforce
in
Bloomington,
especially
with
high-paying
jobs,
is
so
important.
So,
almost
a
year
ago,
to
this
day,
I
was
in
Berlin,
presenting
to
the
Munich
Security
Council,
on
the
changing
landscape
of
Workforce
in
the
U.S
and
how
a
dual
education
system
could
be
the
solution
that
we're
looking
for.
T
So
what
we're
finding
out
is
through
the
St
Louis
feds
report,
and
you
could
make
that
available
for
everyone.
It's
that
post-secondary
education
is
not
having
the
kind
of
value
that
it
once
had
and
for
most
students.
Actually,
when
you
look
over
time,
it
actually
costs
students
more
to
get
a
four-year
degree
than
the
return
on
investment
in
terms
of
entering
into
the
workforce.
T
At
the
same
time,
in
the
U.S,
56
percent
of
folks
or
students
who
participate
in
an
internship
are
extended
offer
by
the
job
that
they
participate
in
that
internship
with
and
then
of
that
56
percent,
80
percent
of
them
accept
the
offer
that
they
receive,
and
so,
as
we
begin
to
see,
a
changing
landscape
on
Workforce.
It's
not
only
an
economic
development
challenge,
but
it
could
also
become
a
national
security
issue,
especially
in
jobs,
including
cyber
semiconductors
and
other
and
other
aspects
of
our
Workforce
that
are
affecting
our
Global
competitiveness.
T
And
so
when
mayor
Bussey
came
with
the
vision
of
growing
bloomington's
Workforce,
especially
for
the
jobs
of
Tomorrow,
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
and
its
Partners
has
the
opportunity
to
become
a
national
leader
on
Workforce
and
Innovation
and
I
think
with
the
potential
of
the
world
fair
that
the
world
is
going
to
be
looking
at
Bloomington
even
more,
and
this
is
one
of
those
opportunities
that
can
affect
the
education
system
throughout
our
throughout
our
country.
So
it
was
really
important
to
highlight
that
first.
T
So
when
we
think
about
the
two
aspects
that
were
moved
forward,
one
was
positioning
Bloomington
as
a
national
hub
for
talent
and
Innovation.
Bloomington
is
already
that
but
oftentimes.
When
you
hear
the
conversation,
we
talk
about
the
Twin
Cities
or
many
St
Paul,
and
it's
Minneapolis
St
Paul
Bloomington,
the
Mall
of
America,
is
in
Bloomington
I.
T
That
we
can
do
this
is
by
supporting
and
amplifying
vocational
training
programs.
The
city,
along
with
the
school
board,
can
play
such
a
pivotal
role
of
being
a
connection
point
so
on
the
steering
committee.
Again,
we
have
large
employers.
We
have
academic
leaders
and
other
institutions
who
have
vocational
training
programs
that
already
exist,
but
the
unique
opportunity
that
we
have
through
Workforce
steering
committee
is
by
standardizing
some
of
those
practices
and
applying
unique
opportunities
across
the
board
where
folks
are
using
the
same
language
using
the
same
opportunities
using
the
same
branding.
T
One
of
the
challenges
that
we've
seen
with
less
Innovative
programs
is
that
there
are
vocational
training
programs
that
folks
go
into
and
then
when
there
is
a
disruption
in
our
economy
or
challenges
that
exist,
those
jobs
go
away,
especially
as
we
consider
digitization
the
rise
of
artificial
intelligence
and
other
kinds
of
disruptive
forces.
That
may
happen
over
the
next
five
years.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
the
trainings,
the
vocational
training
and
the
apprenticeship
program
are
not
just
roles
that
will
go
away,
but
roles
that
will
continue
to
grow.
T
Then,
in
terms
of
partnering,
with
local
high
schools
to
increase
internship
opportunities.
We
view
that
as
a
significant
opportunity
for
the
city
of
Bloomington,
as
some
of
our
most
talented
students
are
right
here
in
Bloomington,
are
we
viewing
our
students
as
talented
individuals
that
may
be
ready
to
enter
the
workforce
or
maybe
ready
to
enter
into
into
an
apprenticeship?
So
as
we
consider
how
what
does
increasing
those
internship
opportunities?
Look
like
it
looks
like
partnering,
with
the
school
districts
and
with
specific
schools
with
programs
that
already
exist.
T
Even
within
the
first
six
months
of
Workforce
Bloomington
I'm
standing
up
before
we
even
have
developed
a
work
plan,
we're
seeing
some
of
those
results,
as
these
industry
leaders
are
coalescing
around
their
Industries
to
come
up
with
Solutions
already
and
then
lastly,
creating
easier
Pathways
for
high
earning
two-year
and
four-year
degrees.
Yes,
going
into
a
post-secondary
education
for
a
high
school
student
is
very
important.
Getting
a
college
degree
is
very
important.
I'm,
a
first
generation
college
graduate
I'm,
actually
a
first
generation,
a
master's
degree
graduate.
T
But
the
thing
that
I
didn't
know
about
was
that
a
college
degree
didn't
necessarily
equal
the
job
and
oftentimes
students
who
come
from
underserved
communities,
whether
they're
from
the
rural
areas,
whether
they're
students
of
color.
They
may
get
degrees
that
might
not
equal
the
kind
of
jobs
that
the
future
has
to
offer,
and
so,
in
addition
to
creating
better
Pathways,
the
pathways
that
already
exist
is
doing
a
better
job
of
guiding
folks
to
degrees.
That
will
actually
lead
to
employment.
And
so
the
question
is:
do
we
focus
on
internships?
T
Do
we
focus
on
vocational
training?
Is
it
is
it
about
Pathways
to
post-secondary
education
and
mayor
busty
thought
that
it's
not
about
a
question
of
which
one
do
we
choose,
but
it's
choosing
all
of
them
and
having
the
right
Partners
to
move
forward,
and
so
it's
really
what's
a
really
privilege
for
us
to
work
with
the
committee
in
order
to
guide
that
and
by
the
end
of
the
year,
we'll
have
a
work
plan
on
specifically.
What
are
the
action
steps
we
can
take
over
the
next
four
years,
but
I
think
what's
been.
T
The
most
impressive
for
me
has
been
the
results
that
are
already
happening,
while
the
work
plan
is
being
developed
and
and
I
think
it's
a
this
kind
of
setting
represents
that
kind
of
partnership,
city,
council
and
School
Board
having
a
meeting
together
and
we're
having
an
opportunity
to
share
best
practices,
and
so
you'll
be
hearing
a
lot
more
about
Workforce
Bloomington
steering
committee
and
the
mayor's
vision
for
a
better
Bloomington
tomorrow
for
everyone.
Thank
you.
A
B
Dr
Melby
is
a
member
of
the
the
steering
committee
also,
and
it
I
wish
that
you
could
be
in
that
room
when
we're
having
these
discussions
just
to
see
the
ideas
bounce
around
and
the
enthusiasm
and
the
excitement
led
by
these
folks
and
by
the
way.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
for
the
presentation
and
bringing
us
all
along
on
this.
B
It's
fantastic,
but
the
the
the
the
energy
and
excitement
around
this
is
is
honestly
palpable,
as
we
talk
in
in
in
in
the
council
chambers,
as
we
meet
on
this
because
of
the
possibilities
because
of
the
vision
that
people
have
every
time.
Somebody
brings
something
up.
There's
another
connection
made
it's
it's
just
very
exciting
and
one
of
the
things
that
Jeff
didn't
bring
up.
One
of
the
what
I
really
wanted
to
do
was
make
sure
that
I
wanted
this.
This
Tri-City
I
wanted
us
to
be
a
bit
selfish.
In
this
we
have.
B
We
have
a
great
City.
We've
got
a
great
School
District
we've
got
an
incredible
community
of
students
and
and
Learners
we've
got
higher
education.
We've
got
businesses
Galore,
International
businesses,
Galore
and
I'm,
a
regionalist
I
get
it
I
want
to
help
the
entire
Twin
Cities,
but
I
really
want
to
see
Bloomington
succeed,
Beyond
everything
else-
and
this
is
just
such
a
great
opportunity
to
do
that
kind
of
thing.
For
us
to
focus,
Inward
and
say
this
is
what
we're
doing
for
our
community.
H
Are
there
supports
in
place
in
the
internships
for
Youth
and
our
students
with
disabilities
so
that
they
can
also
participate
because
a
lot
of
times
companies
find
out
that
once
they
give
them
a
chance
that
they're
very
good
employees,
but
they
often
aren't
given
a
chance,
so
I'm
just
curious
about
support,
and
if
there
are
what
supports?
Can
you
describe
some
of
the
sports
that
might
be
in
place.
S
Yeah
I
always
hate
that
question.
I
will
say
right
now,
because
we're
just
starting
out
we're
still
trying
to
build
out
what
this
program
will
be.
But
we've
had
some
conversations
with
two
individuals
and
right
now:
I'm
drawing
a
blank
on
their
name
from
the
school
district,
who
do
some
work
with
students
who
have
different
abilities
and
trying
to
create
Pathways
for
employment
for
them.
And
so
that's
something
that
we're
taking
into
consideration.
But
right
now
we're
mostly
just
saying
how
can
we
sort
of
like
Leverage
The
Partnerships
that
we
have?
G
I'll,
just
do
a
quick
follow-up
on
that,
because
I'm
not
sure
who
Faith
was
talking
to
but
I
I
I'm
sure
you
are
and
I
would
say
that
we
probably
have
opportunities
through
because
it's
a
summer
program,
some
kind
of
esy
opportunities
for
some
of
our
students
on
IEPs
to
get
some
different
kind
of
esy
experiences.
If
we
can
partner
with
the
city-
and
you
know,
provide
whatever
supports,
we
can
provide,
that
would
be
an
interesting
opportunity
and
be
fun
to
come
back
and
talk
about.
Hopefully,
successes
with
with
those
students.
P
S
For
high
school
students,
our
plan
is
to
interview
every
student
that
applies
and
after
that
we'll
go.
We
have
a
selection
criteria
that
we'll
use
to
sort
of
narrow
that
scope
down
right
now
we
have
about
five
employers
who
are
going
to
take
high
school
students,
and
so
as
of
now,
there
are
five
slots,
but
we're
going
to
interview
every
high
school
student
that
applies
utilize,
that
criteria
to
narrowed
it
down
to
five
and
then
we'll
place
them
based
on
the
interest,
and
so
in
the
application.
We
asked
them
to
complete
an
essay.
U
S
Yeah,
that's
a
really
good
question,
so
Dina
Wade
and
her
team
in
the
office
of
educational
Equity
are
definitely
great
Partners
in
this
work
and
when
we
left
the
idea
they
were
already
out
and
running
sort
of
telling
students
about
it.
In
addition
to
that,
we've
been
working
with
the
counselors
in
both
high
schools,
and
so
our
staff
sent
over
some
packets
of
information
to
all
of
the
counselors
Jefferson.
S
Similarly
at
Kennedy,
and
then
we've
also
been
doing
some
school
visits,
so
primarily
over
the
last
two
weeks,
we've
been
visiting
government
and
history
classes
and
thankfully
the
teachers
there
have
agreed
to
give
us
about
15
minutes
of
their
time.
To
just
talk
about
the
program.
That's
when
I
found
out
a
lot
about
what
students
think
about
what's
happening,
government
and
what
type
of
job
opportunities
are
available.
We've
also
done
some
tabling,
so
we
set
up
set
up
outside
the
cafeteria
during
lunch
time
and
bring
a
bucket
of
candy.
A
So-
and
my
apologies,
if
you
did
mention
this
in
your
presentation-
are
the
internships
paid
and
if
so
like?
What's
the
pay
range
and
then
what
I
know
you're
still
working
on
getting
folks
to
agree
to
take
students,
but
like
do
you
have
some
Industries
or
some
Pathways
that
you've
already
identified
will
be
available.
S
Yes,
I'll
take
the
first
part
of
that
question
in
Carl.
If
you
want
to
take
the
second
part,
that's
actually
the
first
question
that
the
students
ask
us:
how
much
are
we
getting
paid
and
so
for
high
school
students?
It's
15
an
hour
as
a
minimum,
but
for
outside
employers
they
may
be
willing
to
pay
more
and
then
for
students
who
are
18
or
over
is
20
as
a
minimum
pay.
R
R
How
do
you
Mo,
you
know,
leases,
and
you
know
social
media
and
that
kind
of
thing,
so
they're
they're
they're
working
out
how
many
they're
going
to
take,
and
then
we
have
an
architect
firm
that
that's
really
who
came
to
us
first
last
year
was
interested
in
a
local
architect
firm
here
in
Bloomington
and
the
principals
live
in
Bloomington
and
they
said
we
started
our
firm
with
12
Architects
we're
up
to
80..
We
have
a
lot
of
work.
R
How
do
we
get
some
young
people
in
the
door
to
just
introduce
them
to
this
field
so
that
you
know
we
can
help
support
them
if
they're
interested,
and
so
those
are
the
ones
that
come
to
mind?
Oh
and
and
yes
in
the
city.
So
we
have
a
couple
our
public
works
department
is
taking,
our
assessor
is
taking
an
intern,
Community
Development
and
then
I
was
volunt
told
yesterday
that
we're
going
to
have
a
rotating
internship
that,
in
turn
that
will
my
colleague
is
back
here.
Our
City
attorney
Melissa
manderscheid.
R
So
we're
going
to
take
an
intern
and
they'll
spend
two
weeks
rotating
through
City
departments.
So
two
weeks
in
the
city
manager's
office,
then,
hopefully
two
weeks
with
the
legal
staff,
two
weeks
in
finance
two
weeks
in
Parks,
my
other
colleagues
back
there,
and
so
they
will
kind
of
complete
the
rotation.
So
they
just
can
get
first-hand
knowledge
of
all
the
positions
that
we
have
in
the
city
and
the
different
departments,
and
that
these
are
excellent
jobs,
excellent
opportunities
for
them.
A
T
There's
testing
new
things
next
year,
there'll
be
a
presentation,
but
then
you
know
perhaps
some
of
the
things
that
work
this
year
may
not
work
next
year
and
then
work,
whereas
with
the
workforce
steering
committee,
it's
more
taking
the
best
practices
on
what
already
exists,
and
that
is
one
of
the
things
now
that
you
know
I'm
sure
that
it
would
have
emerged
as
we
work
on
the
work
plan.
But
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
asking
that
question.
T
A
F
G
Thanks
sounds
good:
I
I
can't
seem
to
have
not
not
talk
about
legislative
priorities.
If
I
have
a
microphone
near
me,
so
we're
in
the
middle
of
the
legislative
session.
Folks,
watching
and
folks
in
the
room,
I'm
sure
understand
that
we
have
a
17.5
billion
dollar
Surplus
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
about
it's,
not
all
structural
and
ongoing,
that's
more
like
about
5
billion,
but
there
is.
G
If
we're
going
in
rank
order,
that's
number
one
on
our
list.
We
have
about
a
12
million
dollar
in
this
District
cross-subsidy
issue,
and
that
means
the
money
we
get
for
general
education
has
to
be
used
to
cover
the
you
know
morally
imperative
and
legally
mandated
special
education
services
that
we
offer,
but
we
don't
get
fun
funded
for
all
those
services.
So
we
don't
have
a
choice.
G
We
should
do
it
and
we
by
law,
have
to
provide
those
services,
but
we
don't
get
funded
for
those
services,
and
so
so
we
have
to
take
money
from
our
general
fund
to
cover
the
the
cost
of
that,
and
so,
if
they
would
fully
fund
special
education
services,
it
would
be
you
can
do
the
math,
because
I
just
said
it
12
million
dollars
at
least
next
year
for
the
Bloomington
Public
Schools
same
issue
exists
in
English
learner
funding.
We
should
do
it,
we
need
to
do
it.
G
We
have
a
lot
of
newcomers
and
and
students
with
English
language
learning
needs
in
our
district
and
we
don't
get
full
funding
from
the
state
to
cover
the
costs
of
that
program,
and
so
we're
asking
for
that
cross
subsidy
to
be
addressed
with
Surplus
and
ongoing
structural
funding
and
then
finally,
the
state.
We
get
a
basic
formula
allowance
and
they
adjust
it
every
two
years:
the
money
we
get
per
pupil
basically,
and
so
it
has
over
past
years,
hovered.
G
You
know
one
and
a
half
two
percent,
maybe
three
percent
at
certain
points,
point
being
it
doesn't
keep
up
with
inflation
and
I
I.
Don't
need
to
give
a
speech
about
how
inflation's
impacted
folks
this
year,
so
everybody
understands
that
everything
costs
more
and
so,
if
you're
not
getting
the
funding,
your
your
deficit
spending
and
so
what
we're
asking
for
is
is
five
percent
on
the
formula
each
of
the
next
two
years.
That
sounds
like
a
lot
and
it
would
be
great.
It
still
doesn't
fully
fund
education.
G
I
just
want
to
be
clear
about
that
and
then
tie
that
funding
mechanism
to
inflation
moving
forward,
and
there
are
proposals
at
the
state
right
now
for
special
education
funding,
El
funding
and
that
general
formula
tied
to
inflation
and
there's
some
there's
some
five
and
five
language
in
the
bills
over
at
St
Paul.
Right
now,
we
wanted
to
be
focused
on
those
areas
and
we
have
focused
on
those
areas.
G
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
great
detail.
If
anybody
in
the
public
is
interested,
I'm
happy
to
have
a
discussion,
we've
shared
our
information
with
our
local
legislators
and
actually
shared
it
out
with
education
policy
and
finance
committee.
Members
and
I've
had
some
conversations
with
folks
who
don't
represent
Bloomington,
who
are
interested
in
in
that
piece
of
the
equation
at
the
end
of
the
day,
if
the
state,
so
the
governor's
proposal
was
50
on
on
special
ed
cross,
subsidy,
I
think
20
on
El,
cross,
subsidy
and
and
some
formula
allowance.
G
If
we
got
50
of
our
special
ed
cross,
subsidy,
five
and
five
and
25
of
el
would
be
about
26
million
over
the
next
two
years
for
the
Bloomington
Public
Schools,
it's
a
big
number.
It
would
help
us
stabilize
a
lot
of
things
and
it
would
allow
us
to
locally
figure
out
what
we
need
to
address
in
terms
of
student,
mental
health,
academic
interventions,
whatever
we
need
to
address
I
think
we
would
be
pretty
successful
in
in
coming
up
with
plans
and
having
the
funding
to
do
that.
G
If
all
the
other
unfunded
mandates,
that
they're
having
in
bills
are
in
conversation
and
St
Paul
were
to
come
to
fruition
and
I
know
that
that's
I
have
to
look
at
the
worst
case
scenario
right,
but
if
that
were
to
come
to
fruition,
even
with
that
26
million
we'd
still
be
about
2.5
million
shorts.
So
we
it
wouldn't
it.
It
would
create
more
fiscal
issues
than
the
El.
The
special
education
and
the
formula
allowance
would
fix.
So
my
message
for
anybody
who
cares
to
listen
to
it?
G
One
more
time
is,
if
you
can,
you
know,
reach
out
to
your
Bloomington
legislatures
and
reinforce
that
special,
ed
funding,
the
English
learner
funding
and
the
formula
allowance.
That
is
our
priority.
Anything
else
that
they
want
to
tackle
they
can
tackle,
but
we
would
appreciate
funding
came
along
with
it
so
that
we
don't
have
to
figure
out
how
to
fund
it
and
all.
In
my
brief
update
there,
I'll.
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Good
evening,
everybody
usually
I
just
sort
of
jump
right
into
the
details
and
I
often
forget.
It's
really
important
to
start
with.
Why
so,
I
think
you've
all
heard
that
the
city's
mission
statement
is
that
we
are
cultivating
and
enduring
and
remarkable
Community
where
people
want
to
be
and
I
think
that
the
initiatives
that
we
have
at
the
legislature
are
directly
tied
to
that
mission
of
trying
to
make
Bloomington
a
place
where
people
want
to
be.
J
We
have
bonding
requests
for
two
projects
that
we
have
submitted
for
the
Public
Health
Building.
That
building
is
in
need
of
replacement.
It's
a
1960s
building,
actually
in
1960
exactly
it
is
approaching
functional
obsolescence.
It's
a
it's,
a
building
that
actually
costs
way
more
to
operate
because
of
the
systems
it's
hard
to
get
equipment
replacement
for
the
systems
when
they
break
down,
and
the
number
of
staff
that
we
have
in
public
health
is
about
twice
what
that
building
can
accommodate.
J
So
we've
asked
the
state
for
10
million
dollars
to
support
replacement
of
the
Public
Health
Building
total
project
cost
on
that
is
about
21
million
dollars.
We've
also
asked
the
for
15
million
dollars
in
bonding
for
renovation
of
the
Bloomington
Ice
Gardens.
Obviously,
Bloomington,
Jefferson
and
Bloomington
Kennedy
hockey
are
our
primary
tenants
there,
but
not
our
only
tenants,
and
we
serve
not
just
the
city
and
not
just
the
region.
We
actually
have
users
from
around
Minnesota
and
around
the
United
States
and
even
Canada
that
come
and
use
the
Bloomington
Ice
Garden.
J
It
has
a
long
and
storied
history.
It
was
built
in
1970,
the
first
ranked
second
rank
was
75.
Third
rank
was
1993,
and
this
is
kind
of
a
theme
here,
as
it's
approaching
functional
obsolescence,
in
that
the
the
mechanical
systems
are
in
need
of
replacement.
The
refrigerant
that
we
use
is
actually
banned
for
Salem
well
for
manufacturer
in
the
United
States,
we
can
only
buy
it
on
the
secondary
market
and
obviously,
with
other
you
know,
people
who
are
trying
to
buy
an
increasingly
rare
commodity.
J
The
price
is
just
going
to
contain
you
to
go
up,
so
we
need
a
significant
mechanical
and
systems
overhaul.
We
have
to
repair
repair
the
roof,
we're
also
going
to
downsize
rink
3,
because
even
though
the
Olympic
size
sheet
was
really
cool
30
years
ago,
when
we
put
it
in,
it's
fallen
out
of
favor,
because
you
know
young
hockey
players.
Don't
don't
do
well
on
a
really
big
sheet
of
ice
like
that
right,
and
so
it's
actually
hard
to
get
youth
groups
to
want
to
use
that
sheet.
J
They
all
want
to
be
on
the
standard
size
sheet.
So
that's
a
big
project
that
we're
working
on
right
now
too.
So,
aside
from
the
bonding
request,
we've
also
requested
approval
from
the
legislature
to
implement
a
local
option,
sales
tax
and
the
local
option.
Sales
tax
would
fund
three
projects,
two
of
which
I've
actually
just
talked
about
so
I'll
come
back
around
because
this
may
seem
like
a
little
bit
repetitive.
The
process
for
a
local
option.
J
J
J
J
Hopefully
you
all
remember
that
we've
talked
about
that
a
little
bit
we
have
requested
the
state
of
Minnesota
provide
10
million
dollars
of
essentially
startup
funds
for
the
Expo
host
Committee
in
the
event
that
we
are
successful
and
are
awarded
in
June
of
this
year.
The
governor
included
that
recommendation
in
his
revised
budget
that
was
released
last
week.
So
that's
positive
news
as
well,
and
that
request
is
moving
in
both
the
house
and
the
Senate.
We've
had
hearings
on
those
and
are
generally
getting
a
favorable
reception,
so
we're
hopeful
for
that
as
well.
J
One
other
issue
that
we
are
keeping
an
eye
on
is
the
earn,
sick
and
safe
leave
proposal.
That's
moving
through
the
legislature
right
now,
I
think
you
all
recall.
The
city
council
adopted
an
ordinance
last
June
that
implements
earnsic
and
safe
leave
in
Bloomington,
we're
the
fourth
city
in
Minnesota
to
move
forward
with
that
our
effective
date
is
July
1st
in
the
audience
was
he
just
stepped
out?
Okay,
Amir
Malik
is
our
compliance.
J
Because
for
us,
it's
really
important
for
people
to
understand
that
the
earn
sick
and
safe
Leaf
ordinance
aligns
the
Bloomington
Public
Schools
interests
with
the
city's
interest,
and-
and
it
does
so
in
this
way,
none
of
us
want
ill
students
to
be
at
school
if
they
have
a
contagious
condition
or,
and
nor
do
we
want
them
to
be
supervised
unsupervised
at
home
right.
So
we
want
students
to
get
the
care
that
they
need
and
with
the
earn,
sick
and
safe
leave
ordinance.
J
The
parents
can
take
paid
time
off
from
work
and
meet
the
needs
of
their
students
attending
Bloomington
schools.
So
what
Amir
has
asked
for
is
to
help
us
increase
the
effectiveness
of
the
ordinance
is
that
we're
hoping
the
the
BPS
can
help
us
in
a
couple
ways.
One
is
that
when
a
parent
calls
a
BPS
attendance
line
to
report
an
absence
that
information
about
the
ordinance
would
be
provided,
so
that's
one
way
that
we
can
help
communicate
that
and
then
we'd
like
information
regarding
the
ordinance
to
be
provided
to
parents
during
orientation
too.
J
Regarding
what
happens
at
the
state
level,
we're
tracking
it
just
to
see
what
what
Provisions
will
be
in
there
for
cities
that
have
already
adopted
the
ordinance
and
make
sure
that
we're
aligned
I
know
that
Amir
is
talking
to
folks
who
are
involved
in
in
that
policy
creation,
and
the
cities
who
have
an
ordinance
in
place
are
are
making
sure
that
that's
being
considered
as
as
the
legislation
is
moving
forward,
so
I'll
stop
there
Mr
Marin
Madam
chair.
Thank
you.
Thank.
K
You
chair,
I,
don't
have
a
question
about
the
city's
priority
specifically,
but
I
also
realized
that
we
didn't
talk
about
a
the
free
school
lunch
program
and
I
would,
since
it's
just
passed
recently.
I
would
love
to
hear
about
it
if
it's
okay
in
this
moment
or
if
you're
planning
on
that
later
in
the
session,
I'm
very
happy
to
wait,
but
I
didn't
see
it
on
the
agenda
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
I
I
at
least
asked
a
question
about
it.
If,
if
we
have
the
time
to
talk
about
it,.
G
G
G
Whatever
changes,
those
are
so
probably
a
later
date,
I
can
give
you
a
better
update
on
kind
of
what
that's
going
to
look
like
in
the
Bloomington.
Public
excuse,
Bloomington,
Public
Schools,
of
course,
we're
thrilled
that
everybody's
going
to
get
lunch,
but
we
need
to
understand
better
the
the
rules
and
the
details
behind
it.
Before
I
comment,
much
more
yeah.
K
That's
very
fair
I
appreciate
that
I
I've
heard
from
residents
ancillarily
because
it's
not
obviously
Council
business
that
there
have
been
some
challenges
here
in
Bloomington,
both
from
a
sustainability
perspective
and
also
from
a
nutritional
perspective,
and
so
to
the
extent
that
those
things
get
resolved
as
part
of
this.
That
would
be
why
I'm
mostly
curious,
but
I
mean
to
your
point.
You
know
if
you
can
only
buy
so
much
you
know,
then
then
it
doesn't
necessarily
solve
all
the
problems
that
need
to
be
solved
so
fair
enough
and
I
appreciate
it.
A
A
M
Member
Carter,
thank
you
I
guess
I
would
just
say
to
knowing
some
of
the
people
who
led
the
campaign.
I
would
just
say
that
that's
a
known
issue
and
I
I
do
think.
Mde
is
very
aware
of
it
and
there
are
many
states
who
have
found
other
ways
to
determine
eligibility.
Eligibility
for
the
compensatory
Aid,
so
I
feel
like
fingers
crossed
and
then,
if
I
can
be
helpful
at
all
or
we
can
be
helpful.
Let
us
know.
U
A
G
Brief,
thank
you,
chair
Starks,
just
for
the
the
city
council,
members
and
and
for
the
public.
We
are
in
the
midst
of
a
of
creating
a
new
strategic
plan.
This
thing
on
the
on
the
screen
is
our
website
and
I
just
want
to
point
out
so
we're
working
with
a
with
a
consultant
who's
got
expertise
in
this.
We've
got
a
90
person
team,
representing
students,
staff,
parents,
Community
folks,
Business
Leaders
in
town,
some
of
the
Business
Partnership
stuff
that
you
heard
about
earlier
tonight.
G
I
mean
we've
got
business
partners
from
Donaldson
from
hu
construction.
My
credit
union,
a
few
chamber
members,
some
city
folks,
I
mean
it's
a
Well
represented
group,
I,
think
working
on
the
Strategic
plan.
It's
been
about
15
years
since
we've
had
a
new
strategic
plan
in
the
district,
and
sometimes
when
you
get
a
new
superintendent,
they
like
to
do
a
strategic
plan,
so
timing
was
good.
G
G
After
these
sessions,
the
staff,
the
students
and
the
public
have
opportunity
to
view
all
of
our
work.
It's
all
posted.
That's
part
of
the
reason
I
wanted
to
show
the
website
if
you
click-
and
we
won't
do
it
right
now.
But
if
you
click
on
buttons,
you
can
see
everything
that
this
strategic
planning
team
has
seen
and
all
the
output
of
all
their
work.
G
And
then
we
ask
for
feedback
from
the
public
in
the
form
of
surveys
and
and
even
some
focus
groups
that
I've
done
in
Dr,
Mitchell
and
I
did
in
the
last
week
with
students
at
both
high
schools,
so
just
pointing
out
that
I
believe
it's
a
highly
transparent
process.
We've
got
a
good
representation
across
Bloomington
working
on
this
thing
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
bringing
it
forward
as
a
as
a
finished
public
document
that
the
board
can
take
a
vote
on
before
before
summertime.
It's
for
real.
So
that's
it.
A
F
Starks
mayor
Bussey
board
members
and
City
Council
Members.
Thank
you
very
much
for
inviting
us
here
this
evening.
My
name
is
Ann
catry
and
I.
Am
the
Parks
and
Recreation
director
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
I
have
with
me
Allison
Warren
Allison
is
our
Recreation
manager,
but
Allison
assists
in
all
areas
of
recreation
and
facilities
and
is
also
now
helping
with
our
Park
maintenance
team,
and
she
has
a
presentation
for
us
this
evening
and
after
that
we'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
X
X
So
there's
a
lot
of
slides
and
I'm
going
to
talk
pretty
fast,
because
we
do
a
lot
here
but
feel
free
to
jump
in
and
ask
me
questions
or
at
the
end,
I'm
happy
to
answer
those
as
well,
but
to
continue
the
theme
of
our
night,
we're
going
to
start
with
jobs.
Seasonal
jobs
are
really
what
bring
our
programming
to
the
public,
and
so
that
is
our
high
need,
but
also
a
great
opportunity
for
our
youth
here
in
Bloomington,
especially
through
Bloomington
Public
Schools.
To
get
their
first
time
job.
X
Our
summer
Adventure
playgrounds
is
a
summer
long
program,
a
really
affordable
program
that
we
offer
at
up
to
six
sites
depending
on
our
staffing
levels.
That's
every
day
from
9am
to
3
P.M
from
grades,
one
through
seven
and
a
cost
of
300
for
the
entire
summer.
Our
playground
Littles
program
is
new.
This
year,
it's
very
similarly
structured
to
our
playgrounds
program,
but
for
our
younger
kids.
X
We've
really
heard
that
our
preschool
age
is
in
need
of
programming
so
trying
to
offer
that
and
that
one's
150
for
the
whole
summer
of
half
day
sessions,
you
could
do
full
day
programming.
If
that's
an
opportunity
for
you
at
the
300
level.
The
last
thing
that
we've
really
started
to
do
is
try
and
offer
some
free
programming
to
get
people
introduced
to
what
we
have
to
offer.
So
our
mobile
Rec
program
is
seven
free
events
on
Tuesdays
from
one
to
three
at
a
variety
of
sites
throughout
the
city.
X
To
really
get
people
introduced
to
Parks
and
Recreation
know
what
we
do
and
have
that
opportunity
for
some
free
programming.
It's
worth
noting
as
well
that
we
do
offer
fee
assistance
based
on
our
free
and
reduced
lunches
through
Bloomington
Public
Schools
for
those
that
apply
that
offers
up
to
50
off
of
these
programs,
and
we
also
have
inclusion
services
for
those
individuals
with
disabilities
or
who
need
extra
support
for
anyone.
We
are
here
to
provide
those
services
for
anyone
and
everyone.
X
Some
new
Pro
additional
programs
that
maybe
you
haven't
heard
about
that
we've
really
started
diving
into.
Is
our
soccer
shots
program
for
youth
learning
soccer
amazing
athletes,
it's
another
one,
really
to
get
introduced
to
sports
at
a
super
young
age
again.
Hearing
the
preschool
programming
needs.
This
one
starts
at
a
year
and
a
half
and
my
my
child
has
participated
in
this,
and
it
is
great
I'm,
a
really
fun
one
to
see
out
in
our
Parks
new
this
year.
X
We're
going
to
be
getting
to
offer
youth
tennis
lessons
at
Dred,
Scott
and
Bryant
Park
again,
just
a
new
opportunity
for
some
of
our
youth
that
we
haven't
had
before,
and
paddle
boarding
is
new
too
over
at
Bush
Lake
we're
using
some
grant
funding
to
offer
that
opportunity
and
boxing.
This
is
something
that
we've
heard
from
our
community
that
youth
are
really
interested
in
and
I
will
in
case
our
risk
manager
is
listening.
This
is
non-contact
boxing,
so
this
is
an
opportunity.
X
We've
heard
that
this
is
something
people
are
interested
in,
but
it
would
be
extremely
low
cost
like
a
dollar
or
two
to
participate,
and
it
will
be
over
at
Valley
View,
so
another
opportunity
to
us
to
provide
what
people
are
looking
for
and,
lastly,
not
the
least.
We
have
free
programming
every
week
at
the
pond
house,
from
Saturdays
from
one
to
four
family
programming
that
is
craft
nature,
history,
based
which
is
also
an
opportunity
that
anyone
can
participate
in
for
free
our
Aquatics
program.
X
We
have
the
Bloomington
family,
Aquatic
Center,
which
is
going
to
be
open
this
year
from
June
10th
to
August
20..
We
have
daily
and
season
passes
and
again
fee
assistance
is
available
for
those
programs
up
to
50
off,
so
it
could
cost
you
20
for
a
youth
to
have
a
season
pass
to
the
pool
for
the
entire
summer
and
have
that
opportunity
there.
There
is
additional
time
for
those
families
that
have
youngers
to
experience
the
pool
before
the
pool
opens
so
that
they
can
have
that
experience.
X
X
We
offer
a
number
of
adult
athletic
opportunities
throughout
the
summer
and
the
school
year
listed
up
here,
and
we
also
do
offer
adult
tennis
lessons
some
of
our
rental
opportunities
for
you,
people
here
in
Bloomington
and
outside,
but
Bloomington
residents,
do
get
priority
in
all
of
our
programming
here
is
you
can
rent
out
the
Band
Shell,
the
picnic,
shelters,
canoe
racks,
any
of
our
athletic
fields?
Creekside
Community
Center
has
a
number
of
rental
opportunities.
X
We
have
three
community
garden
sites,
a
fourth
one
arriving
here
over
by
fire
station
three
this
summer
and
the
Art
Center
has
rental
opportunities
as
well.
I
think
this
is
the
biggest
one.
When
we
talk
about
Community
connections,
the
opportunity
that
park
and
rec
provides
for
our
community
to
gather
is
our
special
events
and
our
arts
in
the
Park
series
is
every
day
of
the
summer.
All
Summer,
Long,
free
entertainment,
primarily
at
Normandale
lake
or
at
Bloomington
City
Hall.
But
we
are
expanding.
X
Our
programming
for
arts
in
the
Parks
into
other
Parks
throughout
the
city,
so
that
we
can
reach
those
neighborhood
parks,
Wrights,
Lake,
Park,
Ronnie
and
park,
Valley,
View
and
others
that
I
think
one
to
highlight
is
our
Monday
Morning
series
is
for
kids,
and
so
that
is
in
the
morning.
It's
a
really.
If
you
haven't
been
there,
it's
at
Moyer
and
also
at
Valley,
View
puppet
shows
magic
shows.
X
Fed
I'm.
Sure
you
you're
all
aware
of
I.
Don't
need
to
tell
you
about
that.
The
farmer's
market-
hopefully
you
all,
are
also
aware
every
Saturday
in
the
summer,
and
then
we
have
our
midweek
music
and
Market,
which
has
become
a
really
great
Community,
Gathering
space
with
food
and
music
and
opportunities
for
youth
to
to
really
engage
with
others
in
the
community.
And
again
it's
free,
our
Halloween
party,
winterfet
River
Rendezvous,
the
pride
festival
I
could
probably
go
on
and
on
about
the
opportunities
that
are
here
today.
X
These
are
more
highly
directed
at
seniors
at
this
point,
as
listed
on
the
screen,
but
special
events,
fitness
programs
we're
starting
a
walking
Club
this
summer,
some
new
opportunities
for
some
of
our
seniors
in
the
community
and
also
at
Creekside,
there's
a
number
of
Partnerships
that
are
out
there.
That
could
help
some
Bloomington
families.
Here
the
nurses
in
there's
a
nurse
that's
on
site
there,
there's
a
flu
shot
clinic,
there's
Community
resources
that
are
available
to
anyone
and
everyone.
X
If
you
walk
into
Creekside,
fairfall
is
a
program
that
we
work
with
consistently
to
provide
discounted
food
to
people,
there's
no
eligibility
requirements.
Anyone
can
come
and
get
those
offerings
this
last
Friday
I
think
was
it
and
they
had
a
great
Brunch
Box.
That
honestly
made
me
quite
hungry.
Listening
to
it.
I
X
I
would
recommend
checking
it
out,
it's
a
really
good
opportunity
for
anyone
and
everyone,
and
then
there
is
Martin
Luther
Adult
Day
program,
also
at
the
community
center.
We
have
two
golf
courses
here
in
the
city.
Highland
greens
is
a
partnership
with
Three
Rivers,
Park
District
and
with
them
in
Partnership.
We
offer
youth
teen
and
adult
golf
lessons
through
the
city
at
their
course,
so
those
would
be
available
to
sign
up
here
at
the
end
of
March.
X
Also
dwan
is
one
of
our
golf
courses
here
in
Bloomington,
one
of
the
busiest
courses
in
the
state,
if
not
the
busiest
and
with
that
we
do
offer
Patron
card
rates,
but
also
Junior
Pass
rates.
So
for
our
youth,
who
are
interested
in
golf,
there's
a
discounted
rate
for
you
to
get
as
much
golf
as
you're
looking
for
in
the
summer
and
that's
a
great
opportunity
for
us
here
in
Bloomington
and
of
course,
there's
opportunities
for
corporate
events
and
sponsorships.
X
K
X
As
you
know,
it's
over
serves
a
diverse
clientele.
They
have
a
range
from
ages,
three
up
to
83
and
they
have
a
number
of
different
programs
here.
I
think
the
best
thing
to
highlight
here
is
our
partnership
with
our
high
school
hockey,
as
well
as
the
Bloomington
skate
school,
which
is
growing
exponentially.
I
would
say
again:
my
children
participate
in
that,
and
it
has
been
excellent
to
see
them
Excel
and
really
gain
that
opportunity.
X
X
Volunteers.
Here
is
something
that's
also
really
near
and
dear
to
our
hearts
and
very
important
to
our
city
programming,
as
well
as
a
great
opportunity
for
youth
to
really
get
involved.
A
number
of
our
volunteers
continue
on
to
be
seasonal
staff
for
us
and
really
promote
what
we're
working
on
here.
Adaptive
Recreation.
We
have
our
dancer
socks
off
and
softball
program,
the
farmers
market,
Park,
cleanups,
special
events,
all
kinds
of
opportunities
for
our
youth
to
really
participate
in
volunteers
and
get
that
work
experience.
X
If
you
have
a
second
job,
you're,
not
able
to
be
there,
you
don't
have
access
to
a
computer.
You
also
could
come
in
and
give
us
a
paper
registration
which
was
not
an
option
in
the
past.
So
we're
really
trying
to
to
expand
the
opportunities
there
as
well
as
you
don't
have
to
pay
to
get
entered
into
the
lottery.
So
you
wouldn't
pay
only
if
you
were
accepted
so
another
opportunity
to
give
people
more
chances
to
be
a
part
of
that,
but
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions.
A
W
X
N
A
X
X
Olson,
yes,
that
is
one
of
our
programs.
I
apologize
to
I
missed
that
one.
The
Dakota
language
Camp,
is
a
three-day
camp
that
we
partner
with
our
Dakota
community
and
we
are
actually
continuing
to
build
that
relationship
stronger
and
stronger.
We
have
a
Dakota
Community
working
group
now
that
we're
really
trying
to
get
some
of
that
history
and
that
opportunity
and
activities
there,
so
that
is
still
an
ongoing
program
that
is
growing.
Y
Thank
you
just
a
quick
question
since
it's
a
joint
meeting
here,
I
was
curious
and
I.
Don't
need
a
ton
of
detail
on
this
of
the
status
of
the
discussions
regarding
the
use
of
playgrounds
at
schools
that
are
half
funded
by
the
city,
half
funded
by
the
school
district
and
not
available
to
Residents
that
aren't
students
at
the
school
during
hours
before
during
school
and
after
school
programs.
I
know,
there's
been
some
discussions
on
those.
F
Member
Nelson,
thank
you
for
the
question.
We
are
beginning
discussions
with
the
school
district
on
what
we're
referring
to
as
a
master
agreement.
We've
been
partnering
with
the
district
for
the
last
year
to
18
months
on
developing
a
list
of
all
of
the
Partnerships
that
we
currently
have
with
the
school
district
and
safe
to
say
it's
20
to
30..
It's
a
it's
a
very
long
list
of
of
things
that
we
are
going
to
have
on
our
Master
agreement
and
the
the
playgrounds
is
definitely
one
the
the
way
that
we
intend
to
work
through.
F
Q
So
what
one
thing
I
wanted
to
just
highlight
again
and
then
also
I,
had
a
question
for
you
is
that
that
fair
for
all
program,
I
know
that
if
any
person
in
the
community
wants
to
utilize
that-
and
that
does
help
those
folks
who
are
challenged
from
a
from
a
food
sustainability
standpoint.
Please
do
that.
I've
done
that
for
many
many
years.
My
family's
done
that
so
I
want
to
encourage
folks
to
to
do
that.
X
Councilmember
lemon,
thank
you
for
the
question.
I
think
that
we
are
continuously
trying
to
improve
you
know
and
look
to
the
community
of
what
they're
looking
for
I.
Think
boxing
is
a
really
good
example
of
us
hearing
from
the
community.
This
is
what
they're
looking
for
and
trying
to
provide
that
I.
Think
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
is
really
funding
and
cost
for
participants
to
participate,
so
really
we're
trying
to
investigate.
X
How
can
we
continue
to
offer
these
services
at
an
affordable
price,
but
also
continuing
to
pay
our
staff
a
livable
wage,
because,
as
you
know,
it
is
difficult
for
us
to
get
staff
either
way
so,
balancing
that
act
and
creating
business
plans
and
a
number
of
other
items
CR
really
getting
us
towards
how
we
can
succeed
in
those
ways.
But
I
would
say,
funding
and
Staffing
are
the
two
biggest
challenges
that
we
that
we
run
into.
F
I
think
the
other
thing
councilmember
Lowman,
that
I
would
like
to
point
out
that
Allison
and
her
team
are
really
doing
an
excellent
job.
Doing
is
taking
programs
to
the
community
so
instead
of
having
programs
at
just
one
or
two
parks,
we
are
taking
our
programs.
Our
special
events,
our
concerts,
our
movie
series
to
all
of
the
different
parks
in
the
community
to
make
it
easier
for
residents
to
participate,
participate
and
then
also
to
continue
to
develop
those
relationships
and
bring
people
to
other
programs
as
well.
A
F
V
I
V
Four
chair
and
mayor
and
council
members
and
school
board
members
I
want
to
be
very
brief.
My
presentation
here
so,
if
you've
got
any
questions,
don't
hesitate
to
ask
so
first
the
police
department.
We
primarily
promote
two
programs
when
it
comes
when
it
comes
to
child
gun
safety,
and
we
do
that
primarily
because
when
you
talk
about
guns,
you
always
get
the
politics
that
are
involved
with
it.
So
we
promote
two
programs,
as
opposed
to
one
so.
V
I
V
But
project
Child
Safe,
they
they
emphasize
and
they
discuss
responsible
gun
ownership,
Safe
Handling
and
Secure
Storage.
There's
a
website
link
on
the
bottom
for
people
who
want
to
look
at
that
program.
But
again
we
have
these
links
on
our
website
with
the
police
department.
The
next
program
is
be
smart
for
kids.
V
V
If
I
come
home
and
I
put
my
belt
on
a
chair
and
I,
don't
take
it
to
my
safe.
They
already
say
something
to
me
right
and
that's
something
that
I
think
these
programs
are
really
instrumental.
If,
if
people
can
really
just
take
the
notion
that
you
got
to
safely
secure
secure
your
weapons,
so
your
kids
don't
have
access
to
them.
V
If
you
do
have
weapons
and
you
don't
have
access
to
gun
locks,
we
do
have
these
gun
locks
at
the
police
department
and
they
are
available
free
of
charge.
So
you
can
come
to
the
Bloomington
Police
Department
on
the
first
floor
and
if
you
can't
come
to
a
police
department,
we
can
even
consider
mailing
them
to
you.
V
So
if
the
school
district
wants
some,
we
do
have
some
of
these
cable
gun
locks
up
here
for
free
for
people
to
lock
your
weapons
and
it's
important
for
people
to
understand
what
the
cable
gun
locks.
Why
we
really
emphasize
people
getting
these
even
if
you
do
have
a
safe
as
if
a
child
is
able,
if
you
for
somehow
reason,
forget
to
lock
your
safe
but
still
have
your
gun
with
one
of
these
cable
locks
on
the
the
ability
of
a
child
to
have
access
to
that
weapon.
V
N
So,
on
the
be
smart
for
kids
website,
I
learned
that
8.6
million
students
attend
schools
that
require
the
distribute
that
require
the
distribution
of
safe
gun
storage
information
and,
since
Firearms
are
now
the
leading
cause
of
death
for
children
and
teens.
That
would
love
to
have
Bloomington
students
added
to
the
number
receiving
this
information.
So
I'm.
N
But
in
the
meantime,
I
encourage
people
listening
right
now
to
go
to
the
website,
be
safe,
for
kids.org
happens
to
have
statistics,
provided
if
people
are
interested
in
statistics
such
as
how
many
children
are
living
in
homes
with
unsecured
guns,
as
well
as
talking
points
for
parents
to
normalize
asking
about
gun
storage
at
homes.
Children
spend
time
at
so
you
know
just
as
parents
do
when
it
comes
to
water
safety,
around
pools,
lakes
and
rivers
in
a
state
where
both
water
and
guns
are
prevalent.
N
I,
just
like
that
idea
that
we
just
normalized
the
topic
and
we
talked
to
parents,
should
be
able
to
talk
to
other
families
about
if
their
child's
allergic
to
peanut
butter,
I
like
to
say
peanut
butter
and
pools.
If
they
have
a
pool,
you
know
they
talk
about
what
what
protocols
they
use
at
home.
If
somebody's
going
to
be
there
supervising
and
if
they
have
a
gun
in
their
home,
will
they
be
supervised
and
will
the
guns
be
lactomoted?
N
M
Echo
that
sentiment
I
mean
I.
Think
at
this
point,
kids
start
doing
lockdown
drills
when
they're
in
kindergarten,
so
I
mean
it's
an
uncomfortable
Topic
at
times
for
people,
but
I
think
it's
an
important
one
to
have
the
conversation
about,
and
so
as
much
as
we
can
share
resources
with
families.
I
mean
I.
Think
the
communications
from
the
Bloomington
school
district
is
excellent,
and
so
just
adding
it
to
some
of
those
emails
every
once
in
a
while
I
mean,
maybe
there
could
be
a
campaign
strategy
developed
so.
T
V
I'll
wrap
with
this
I.
My
message
is
this:
if
you're
gonna
get
a
goldfish,
you're,
not
gonna
buy
the
fish
without
buying
the
tank
first
right.
So
when
people
are
buying,
these
guns
buy
a
safe
or
even,
if
you
don't
own,
a
gun
and
you're
at
one
of
these
events,
pick
up
a
gun
lock,
because
if
you
happen
to
get
to
a
point
to
where
you
want
to
buy
a
gun,
it's
better
to
have
that
beforehand
and
I.
Guess
that
simple
analogy,
you're
not
gonna,
buy
a
goldfish.
V
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
all
right.
Everyone
we've
come
to
the
end
of
our
evening.
Thank
you
so
much
for
to
all
of
our
presenters
for
all
of
the
information
that
they
shared.
Thank
you
to
everyone
at
this
table
for
the
Fantastic
questions
that
you
asked
I.
Think
as
elected
officials,
you
know
we
have
a
very
strong
opportunity
and
need
to
connect
with
our
community,
but
also
a
very
important
need
to
connect
with
each
other
and
I
know.
This
was
mentioned
in
our
last
meeting,
but
I'll
just
Echo
it.
A
We
are
extremely
fortunate
that
our
School
District
boundaries
mirror
our
city
boundaries,
and
that
is
not
true
for
many
school
districts
across
the
state.
So
we
have
a
very
unique
opportunity
to
have
this
partnership
I
appreciate
that
we
were
able
to
meet
a
second
time,
I,
look
forward
to
seeing
when
it'll
be
on
the
calendar
again,
a
third
time
back
at
the
city
and
I
just
really
appreciate
the
shared
interest
in
topics
that
we
discussed
tonight
mayor.
Do
you
have
any
closing
comments.
B
Y
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
bring
up
one
quick
item.
We
had
a
public
hearing
on
Monday
that
lasted
a
little
while,
and
there
was
a
school
board
issue
that
came
up
at
that
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
it
was
regarding
busting
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
leadership
connected
with
regards
to
that
question
that
was
raised
by
the
public.