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From YouTube: September 20, 2021 Bloomington City Council Meeting
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Bloomington Minnesota City Council Meeting
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A
Once
again
welcome
everyone
here
and
everyone
watching
at
home,
we
have
a
fairly
light
agenda
this
evening,
but
we
will
get
through
it
just
as
quickly
as
we
can.
First
order
of
business.
Of
course,
is
our
roll
call,
ms
lane,
if
you
could
please
call
the
role
of
the
council,
noting
that
council,
member
patrick
martin,
is
not
with
us
this
evening.
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A
A
All
right
motion
carry
6-0,
we
have
an
agenda
for
tonight
and
four
on
our
agenda
is
the
public
comment
period.
It
is
a
20-minute
period
at
each
council
meeting
where
we
allow
individuals
to
come
forward
and
address
the
council
not
on
tonight's
agenda,
and
we
have
two
parts
to
the
public
comment
period
of
item
4.1
or
response
to
the
prior
meetings.
Public
comments
on
4.2,
which
is
the
public
comment
period
itself.
A
Do
not
have
any
responses
on
item
4.1,
so
we'll
move
on
to
item
4.2,
which
is
the
public
comment
period.
As
I
said,
it's
a
20
minute
period.
We
do
limit
individuals
to
5
minutes
to
their
comments,
just
to
keep
it
fair
for
everyone
involved,
and
it
is
not
a
back
and
forth.
We
don't.
We
don't
interact,
we'll
answer
basic
questions,
but
it's
an
opportunity
for
the
council
to
listen
and
take
in
information
as
opposed
to
get
into
a
back
and
forth
with
with
residents
about
issues
at
hand.
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F
The
day
after
the
three
officers
came
to
my
door
to
inform
me
that
they
have
an
obligation
to
follow
up
on
felony
reports
and
that
they
don't
just
do
don't
just
get
general
misdemeanor
cases,
because
I
spoke
with
four
children.
After
one
said
my
first
and
last
name,
there
was
a
planning
commission
hearing
for
a
canoe
conditional
use
permit
that
would
allow
an
increase
in
the
use
of
the
8201
property.
F
Those
who
objected
to
the
new
conditional
use
permit
were
concerned
about
the
city
allowing
an
increase
to
an
institutional
use
that
is
not
adjacent
to
a
collector
or
arterial
as
required,
and
to
a
building
that
is
overused
and
non-compliant,
regardless
that
there
were
opposing
sides.
The
few
people
who
objected
greeted
some
of
the
many
who
attended
the
hearing
to
request
the
increase
in
use,
including,
as
I
found
out
later,
the
person
who
called
the
police
on
me.
F
The
person
who
called
the
police
on
me
was
from
the
school
and
we
exchanged
greetings
at
the
planning
commission
meeting.
Of
course,
while
at
the
planning
commission
meeting
I
did
not
know
this
was
the
person
who
called
the
police.
I
did
not
find
that
information
out
until
later,
when
I
received
the
data
again,
I
did
not
know
it
was
someone
from
the
school
that
called
the
police
on
me
and
I
continued
to
talk
with
the
students
when
they
approached
me
and
the
grandchildren.
F
I
took
the
grandchildren
over
to
the
swings
while
at
the
swing
students
were
talking
with
me,
then
the
person
who
called
the
police
on
me
came
over
to
say
hi
this
person
comments
seeing
that
I
am
joining
the
park.
He
said
this
after
I
had
calmed
down
the
grandchild
that
was
crying
because
he
was
stuck
on
the
playground
equipment
with
students
running
past
him.
I
then
said
to
this
person
that
I
knew
they
had
called
the
police.
F
F
I
told
this
person.
The
reply
did
not
make
sense
because
the
children
said
my
name
before
I
spoke
to
them
and
before
they
would
have
seen
me
on
camera
footage
to
be
clear.
This
person
inaccurately
said
the
children
knew.
It
was
me
because
they
saw
me
on
the
cameras
when
it
was
at
the
park
that
the
four
children
approached
me,
and
once
said
my
first
and
last
name,
I
said
to
this
person.
You
know
me,
and
this
person
replied
that
the
school
is
required
to
report
all
concerns.
F
I
said
you
did
not
even
come
out
to
investigate
the
person
replied
that
they
had
to
go
to
prayer.
This
person
knows
me
has
seen
me
talk,
has
seen
students
talk
with
me
and
play
with
the
grandchildren,
and
this
is
the
person
who
called
the
police.
That
is
not
right
and
it
is
not
right
that
the
police
wrote
up
a
citation.
F
Last
week
I
pointed
out
that
the
report
inaccurately
states
harassing
a
group
of
judah
niles
by
videotaping
them
at
the
park
and
she
believed
ness
was
recording
them
and
ness
had
some
sort
of
camera
attached
to
her
shirt,
which
she
thought
might
be
her
phone
and,
as
I
clarified
last
week,
I
did
not
harass
them
or
stalk
them.
I
did
not
videotape
them
and
I
did
not
and
have
not
ever
had
a
camera
attached
to
my
shirt
again.
A
A
No
one
on
the
phone
wishing
to
speak.
We
have
no
one
in
the
chambers
coming
forward,
so
counsel
with
that
I
will
close
tonight's
public
comment
period
and
that's
actually
the
last
instance
where
we
will
need
our
operators
so
zen.
Thank
you
for
your
time
this
evening,
but
we're
going
to
be
able
to
let
you
go
quite
early
this
evening.
So
thank
you
very
much.
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A
Now,
therefore,
I'm
mayor
tim
bussy
do
hereby
proclaim
september
september
21st
as
the
international
day
of
peace
sign
this
date,
the
20th
of
september
2021,
and
in
recognition
of
this
year's
international
day
of
peace,
the
human
rights
commission
will
celebrate
with
an
installation
of
a
peace
poll,
that'll
be
just
to
the
east
of
the
normandale
lake
bandshell,
and
the
poll
was
donated
by
a
bloomington
resident
short
ceremony
will
be
held
at
the
site
of
the
newly
installed
poll
at
4
30
on
tuesday
september
21st,
everyone's
invited
to
intent.
So
I
hope
to
see
you
there.
A
G
G
Before
I
begin,
I
wanted
to
provide
just
some
background,
a
reminder
of
how
we've
come
to
this
point
here
today.
Last
november,
voters
in
bloomington
elected
to
pass
or
pass,
I
should
say
a
ranked
choice-
voting
charter
amendment
that
now
allows
us
to
use
ranked
choice,
voting
or
requires
us.
I
should
say
to
use
ranked
choice,
voting
to
elect
our
local
officials,
officials,
our
mayor
and
city
council
members.
G
At
the
beginning
of
august,
we
held
a
ranked
choice,
voting
mock
election
so
that
voters
could
practice
in
a
fun
unofficial
way
on
using
ranked
choice,
voting
and
get
their
questions
answered
in
september,
as
required
by
city
code.
I
approved
ranked
choice,
voting
administrative
rules
which
are
consistent
with
the
ordinance
and
really
get
into
the
the
nitty-gritty
and
the
logistics
of
how
we
manage
ranked
choice
voting
and
how
we
process
those
tabulation
rounds
and
on
november
2nd
it's
the
big
day
ranked
choice.
G
If
there
was
an
event
in
bloomington,
we
tried
to
get
staff
there
in
july
to
share
information
about
ranked
choice
voting
and
to
encourage
folks
to
attend
our
mock
election.
That
was
kind
of
the
culmination
of
our
outreach
efforts.
For
the
summer
we
had
401
votes
cast
during
our
mock
election,
which
was
held.
G
It
kicked
off
july
31st
during
the
farmers
market,
and
then
it
was
held
open
that
whole
following
week
until
august
6th,
and
so
we
had
401
folks,
participate
in
that,
and
we
also
estimate
that
we
spoke
to
about
another
150
people
who
had
questions
regarding
ranked
choice.
Voting
who
we
shared
information
with,
went
through
what
a
ballot
looks
like
that
chose
not
to
actually
participate
in
the
mock
election,
we're
continuing
moving
forward
to
coordinate
with
our
communications
division.
Our
community
outreach
and
engagement
division
to
provide
additional
video
newsletters
updates.
G
Our
our
block
captains
really
use
everything
that
we
have
here
at
the
city
to
communicate
out
to
voters
and
ensure
that
they
know
their
ballots
are
going
to
look
different
when
they
go
to
the
polling
place
on
november
2nd
and
to
ensure
they
feel
comfortable,
filling
out
that
ranked
choice.
Voting
ballot,
we're
also
continuing
our
efforts
to
provide
translated
materials
so
that
that
message
is
available
to
our
entire
community.
G
There
we
go
so
what
can
we
expect
when
we
go
to
the
polls
on
election
day
and
I'm
going
to
back
up
for
a
minute
and
talk
about
all
those
who
don't
go
to
the
polls
but
receive
an
absentee
ballot
in
the
mail?
As
you
know,
hennepin
county
mails
out
absentee
ballots
on
behalf
of
bloomington
to
our
voters
and
we
have
provided
them
with
rank
choice,
voting
instructions
that
will
be
mailed
out
to
every
voter.
It
has
information
about
how
to
complete
the
ranked
choice
voting
ballot.
It
has
information
about
common
ballot,
marking
mistakes.
G
It
has
information
about
how
we
count
those
ballots
on
election
night
and
in
tabulation
rounds,
and
then
it
also,
very
importantly,
has
contact
information
for
city
clerk
staff
here
at
the
city.
So
voters
have
questions.
If
they've
made
a
mistake
on
their
ballots,
if
they
would
like
to
go
on
our
website
to
learn
more
information,
they
know
exactly
who
to
contact
to
get
their
ranked
choice.
Voting
questions
answered
we're
just
gearing
up
now
to
train
all
of
our
election
judges
who
will
be
working
on
november,
2nd.
G
We
are
providing
training
for
all
of
our
judges.
In
person
training
so
that
they
get
all
their
questions,
answered
about
rank,
choice
voting
and
they
feel
comfortable,
answering
voters,
questions
regarding
rank
choice,
voting
that
they
all
have
a
consistent
script.
They
all
have
consistent
answers
and
across
our
32
polling
places.
Our
voters
have
the
same
experience
when
they're
going
to
the
polls
and
if
they
need
assistance,
marking
their
ballots
or
have
questions
about
how
rank
choice
voting
works.
We
also
are
providing
those
same
written
rank
choice,
voting
instructions
in
all
of
our
polling
places.
G
So
if
a
voter
would
rather
read
something
versus
hearing
it
verbally,
we
have
the
ability
to
provide
them
with
written
instructions
in
the
polls
as
well.
Additionally,
we
are
reminding
all
of
our
election
judges
that
we
do
have
interpreter
services
available
at
our
polling
locations,
we're
ensuring
that
our
head
judges
are
all
trained
on
how
to
use
that
and
that
our
election
judges
know
it's
available
and
know
that
that's
a
resource.
We
really
encourage
folks
to
use.
If
it's
helpful
in
facilitating
the
voting
process
for
our
residents.
G
Can
I
get
the
next
slide
so
what
happens
at
8
pm
that
magic
hour
after
the
polls
close
just
as
it
is
happens
every
year?
First,
choice,
votes
and
results
are
going
to
be
reported
out
on
mnvotes.org,
that's
the
secretary
of
state's
website,
and
so
all
those
first
choice
results
will
be
tabulated
and
reported
out
by
precinct
on
election
night
on
election
night.
We
will
determine
if
there
are
any
candidates
that
have
met
the
fifty
percent
plus
one
threshold
to
be
declared.
G
So
you
wouldn't
just
want
to
add
up
all
of
the
votes
for
candidates.
We
need
to
look
at
the
overvotes
and
undervotes,
and
then
that
is
the
number
we
use
to
divide
in
half,
add
one
and
then
that's
the
threshold
for
election
night
for
being
considered
elected
on
election
night.
If
you
will
can
I
have
you
switch
to
the
next
one,
so,
on
election
night
we
will
know
which
races
require
ranked
choice,
voting
tabulation
those
will
be
listed
on
the
city's
website
so
that
members
of
the
public
can
go
on
and
can
learn.
Okay.
G
These
are
the
races
that
the
city
will
be
doing
additional
tabulation
rounds.
We
plan
on
having
those
posted
on
election
night
once
all
of
our
results
are
in
from
all
of
our
precincts
and
all
of
our
absentee
voting
just
a
reminder:
all
results
are
unofficial
until
they
are
certified
by
the
canvassing
board,
which
I'm
sure
you're
aware,
but
I
always
like
to
put
that
out
there
next
slide,
please
so
ranked
choice.
Voting
tabulation
rounds
will
be
held
here
at
bloomington,
civic
plaza
in
the
black
box
theater
this
year.
G
We
are
using
the
hand,
count
method
for
tabulation
rounds
and
the
reason
we
are
doing.
That
is
because
we
want
to
provide
a
very
open
and
transparent
process
for
all
of
our
community
members,
and
so
folks
can
actually
come
and
watch
those
ranked
choice,
voting
tabulation
rounds
and
and
see
how
it
works
physically,
see
us
move
the
ballots
physically,
see
us
count.
The
ballots
be
able
to
see
who's,
doing
that
work,
and
so
for
this
year
to
provide
that
level
of
transparency.
G
G
We
need
one
day
to
get
all
of
the
absentee
ballots
from
back
from
the
county
to
organize
all
of
our
precinct
supplies
for
returns
to
the
county
and
so
thursday
after
the
election
is
when
we
will
start
those
tabulation
rounds
and
those
rounds
will
continue
each
day
until
approximately
5
pm.
We
might
go
a
little
later
or
stop
a
little
earlier,
depending
on
when
we
have
a
good
spot
for
kind
of
pausing
for
the
day
tabulation
rounds
if
needed,
they
will
be
held
on
saturday
november
6th.
G
So
we
plan
to
tabulate
thursday,
friday
saturday,
we're
hopeful
that,
based
on
volume,
we'll
be
able
to
take
sunday
november
7th
off
and
come
back
if
we
need
to
on
monday,
but
the
administrative
rules
are
written
so
that,
if
our
volume
is
such
we
need
additional
time,
we
can
do
tabulation
on
sunday
november,
7th
that
would
be
posted
on
our
website
and
at
the
tabulation
center.
If
I
determine
that,
it's
necessary,
we
tabulate
on
that
sunday
next
slide,
please
so
who's
in
this
tabulation
center
right.
G
G
Next
slide,
we
will
begin
our
tabulation
rounds
doing
one
race
at
a
time,
so
the
order
that
we
have
is
council,
member
district
at
large
races.
Excuse
me,
council,
member
district
races
in
numerical
order
and
then
the
council
member
at
large
race.
So
if
district
3
requires
a
tabulation
round,
that
would
be
the
first
one
in
this
this
year.
District
4
would
be
the
next
and
then
at
large
would
be
the
final
one
that
we
would
tabulate
after
we
conduct
a
round
of
tabulation.
G
We
will
re
report
those
results
by
posting
them
in
the
tabulation
center
and
we're
posting
them
on
our
website.
So
for
those
folks
who
aren't
able
to
come
to
the
fun
tabulation
center
and
watch
it
in
person,
they
will
still
be
able
to
follow
along
with
that
tabulation
process
and
the
round
reporting
by
checking
our
website
as
and
we
will
update
as
those
rounds
are
completed.
G
G
As
you
know,
the
city
council
serves
as
the
canvassing
board,
so
those
results
become
official
upon
certification
by
the
canvassing
board,
and
then
those
elected
candidates
would
take
office
on
monday
january
3rd
2022
next
slide.
I
appreciate
your
time
and
I'm
available
for
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
A
G
A
G
A
G
Certainly
well,
the
number
one
question
is:
do
I
have
to
complete
all
of
these
rankings
and
so
of
course
the
answer
is
no.
You
can
rank
as
many
as
few
candidates
as
you
like,
and
so
that
was
that
was
the
biggest
question
that
we
had
and
then
we
had
folks
asking
questions
about
how
they
will
be
tabulated.
You
know
after
election
day,
and
so
we
walked
through
that
with
voters
and
explained
how
they
can
watch
that
process
on
our
website,
and
you
know
if
they
want
to
attend
our
tabulation
center
accounting
as
well.
E
Thank
you
mayor
just
a
couple
of
quick
questions.
You
know,
I
think
it's
been
a
while.
Obviously,
since
we've
gone
over
the
language
but-
and
I
this
may
even
be
better
answered
by
the
city
attorney,
but
as
far
as
so
if
somebody
gets
50
plus
one.
Obviously
there
are
no
tabulation
rounds
that
would
be
required,
but
theoretic
I
mean
okay
question.
I'm
asking
basically
is
if
somebody
gets
50
plus
one,
you
know
they're,
obviously
very
close
to
50
minus
one.
E
G
Correct
so
council
member
coulter,
the
the
rules
regarding
elections
and
recounts
still
apply,
and
so
what
happens
in
that
case
is
when
you
have
a
very
small
margin
like
that.
The
canvassing
board
would
still
certify
that
and
then
there's
a
seven
day
time
frame
where
the
unsuccessful
candidate
has
the
ability
to
request
a
recount
and
when
it's
within
that
small
of
a
margin,
then
it
would
be
a
publicly
funded
recount.
And
so
then
we
would
go
through
the
the
recount
process,
but
there
isn't
anything
that
triggers
an
automatic
recount.
E
Thank
you.
I
think
I
may
not
have
phrased
the
question
correctly.
Let
me
try
this
again.
So
if
say,
one
candidate
gets
50
plus
one,
and
you
know
one
candidate
gets
15.
One
candidate
gets
another
15.
Let
me
make
sure
I'm
doing
my
math
right
and
one
candidate
gets
20
say
just
for
the
sake
of
illustration.
E
B
A
No-
and
I
think
I
understand
your
question
councilmember
coulter-
if,
if
if
one
candidate
gets
50
plus
one
and
four
other
candidates
combined
get
fifty
percent
minus
one,
but
none
of
those
four
candidates
are
within
that
that
state
mandated
or
that
so
so
it
is
so
then
it's
no
recount
it's
one.
One
of
the
challengers
must
be
within
that
that
that
margin
of
loss.
B
G
G
So
marrying
counsel,
to
kind
of
add
to
that.
If
a
candidate
did
want
to
request
a
recount,
they
still,
they
still
can,
even
if
they're
with
you
know
outside
of
that
threshold,
it's
just
not
publicly
funded
at
that
point.
Unless
the
results
change
and
then
at
that
point
it
would
be
a
publicly
funded
recount.
E
Yes,
thank
you
that
that
answers
my
question
and
then
again,
just
to
clarify
absentee
ballots,
obviously
are
are
as
long
as
they're
postmarked
by
election
day
they're.
They
are
and
are
legal.
Otherwise
they
will
be
counted,
but
absentee
ballots
that
have
been
received
in
advance
of
8
pm
on
election
day
will
be
counted.
That
night
correct.
G
Absentee
ballots
need
to
be
either
postmarked
by
election
day
or
physically,
delivered
by
3
p.m.
On
election
day,
so
8
pm
is
only
the
cut
off
it's
if
it's
the
mail
or
a
courier
service,
or
something
like
that,
otherwise
it
would
be
if
I
physically
wanted
to
bring
my
absentee
ballot
here
to
civic
plaza.
That
would
be
a
3
p.m.
Deadline.
E
G
That's
correct
council
member
coulter.
The
law
actually
allows
the
counting
of
accepted
absentees,
starting
at
the
close
of
business
seven
days
before
the
election,
and
so
the
vast
majority
of
absentees
that
hennepin
county
has
received
and
accepted
at
that
point
will
have
already
been
processed
by
our
tabulators.
So
it's
not
as
though
we're
waiting
until
8
pm
to
go
through
and
and
process
everything
that's
been
received.
E
Perfect,
thank
you
and
then
the
last
comment
I
just
want
to
make.
I
was
playing
at
the
park
with
my
daughter
in
a
group
of
in
july
and
a
group
of
parents
and
other
kids,
and
there
was
miss
scipione
talking
to
folks
about
ranked
choice
voting
and
it
was.
It
was
just
really.
I
really
really
appreciated
the
level
of
engagement
and
and
willingness
to
have
the
conversations
that
staff
has
demonstrated.
So
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
that.
Thank
you.
A
Council
members,
nelson
or
baloga
any
questions
on
your
ends,
no
well
very
good.
I
think
I
appreciate
the
efforts
to
this
point.
I
know
you
have
you
have
more
to
do,
I
know
and
to
make
sure
that
people
understand
and
are
able
to
move
forward
with
with
comfort
and
with
knowledge,
as
you
go
into
the
election
booth
this
year
and
confidence
that
it's
going
to
happen.
So
thank
you
for
your
work
so
far,
and
thanks
for
the
presentation
and
the
update
and
continue
the
good
work.
Thank.
A
A
Moving
on
to
item
5.3,
which
is
our
introduction
of
new
employees,
something
we've
gotten
back
to
doing
post
pandemic,
but
now
that
we're
all
back
together,
meeting
some
new
employees
and
getting
a
chance
to
introduce
them
to
the
both
council
and
to
the
public.
Here
at
our
council
meetings,
mr
kiel,
from
public
works,
I
see
that
you
have
brought
two
new
city
employees
along
with
you
this
evening.
C
C
Prior
to
coming
to
the
city
of
bloomington,
he
worked
for
a
a
local
equipment,
comp
company-
I
grew
up
in
in
vermont
in
southwest
vermont,
so
it's
quite
a
distance
from
home
and
enjoys
working
outside
and
spending
time
with
his
son,
our
traffic
group
they're,
the
group
that
does
like
striping
and
sign
maintenance
signal
maintenance
and
those
types
of
work
and
ben
is
one
of
the
people
that
keeps
up
all
that
type
of
infrastructure
in
the
city.
So
ben.
D
A
Well,
welcome
aboard
we're
very
glad
to
have
you
and-
and
I
always
take
note
every
summer
when,
when
I
see
the
handiwork
of
your
group,
I
love
to
see
the
freshly
painted
lines
on
the
streets.
It's
just
it's
amazing
how
much
it
fades
over
the
course
of
the
year
and
you
don't
notice
it
until
you
get
the
repainting
done
and
it
looks
fantastic.
So
once
again,
thanks.
C
And
our
second
employee
this
evening
is
kathy
eugster
she's,
an
office
support
specialist
in
our
maintenance
group.
So
she
is
one
of
the
the
people
that
kind
of
provide
administrative
support
to
the
to
the
whole
division
and
is
one
of
the
the
first
people
that
people
talk
to
when
they
call
our
division.
So
when
we
have
snowstorms
or
other
types
of
natural
disasters
or
general
questions
about
mailboxes
getting
hit
or
those
types
of
things
kathy
is
the
person
that
gets
kind
of
those
first
calls
and
really
sets
the
tone
nicely.
C
C
B
B
A
A
E
E
B
A
A
Aye
motion
carries
six
zero.
With
that
we'll
move
on
to
item
seven-
and
I
mentioned
earlier-
this
is
a
a
brief
agenda
tonight
we
do
not
have
any
public
hearings,
we
don't
have
any
additional
presentations.
We
don't
have
frankly
anything
else
on
the
agenda
this
evening
we
are
to
item
seven,
which
is
our
city
council
policy,
and
issue
update
mr
verbi.
D
Yeah,
mr
mayor
and
council
members,
it
almost
sounded
like
you
were
disappointed
there.
So
I
apologize
if
we've
disappointed
you,
we
actually
did
have
items
scheduled,
but
for
various
reasons
they
weren't
quite
ready
for
prime
time
so
every
now
and
then
it's
okay.
If
we
don't
have
a
meeting
that
goes
until
11
o'clock,
I
hope
you
feel
the
same.
So
one
thing
I
just
wanted
to
highlight-
and
I
appreciate
others
up
here
for
reminding
me
of
this-
we
have
river
rendezvous
this
weekend.
D
A
Thank
you,
mr
verbroogle
yeah
river,
rounded
goodwill,
always
an
educational
and
interesting
and
fun
time
so
and,
and
I
think
under
under
appreciated
by
folks.
I
think
they
need
to
get
out
more
and
actually
see
what
they're
missing,
and
I
think
they
would
appreciate
it
more
council.
Anything
additional
to
add
our
policy
and
issue
update.