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From YouTube: August 30, 2021 Bloomington City Council Meeting
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Bloomington Minnesota City Council Meeting
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A
D
E
A
A
F
G
H
A
As
I
said,
we
have
a
full
agenda
and
a
lot
of
folks
a
lot
of
things
going
on
a
lot
of
folks.
I
think
who
will
be
interested
in
a
number
of
different
things,
nothing
enormous,
but
plenty
going
on.
I
do
not
have
any
changes
to
bring
forward
for
our
agenda
council.
Do
we
have
any
changes
or
additions
to
the
this
evening's
agenda?
A
A
Aye
motion
carries
7-0;
we've
got
an
agenda
for
this
evening's
meeting.
Next
up
on
the
agenda
is
item
4,
which
is
our
public
comment
period.
It's
a
20-minute
period
that
we
have
at
each
meeting
where
we
have
an
opportunity
to
hear
members
of
the
public
on
items
not
on
tonight's
agenda
and
the
first
part
of
our
public
comment
period
is
always
a
response
to
the
prior
meetings.
Public
comments,
that's
item
4.1
I'll
call
that
now
mr
verbruge.
A
No
follow-up,
so
then
we
will
move
to
item
4.2,
which
is
our
public
comment
period,
and
I
did
want
to
say
I
since
our
last
meeting
when
we
had
public
comment,
I
think
I
I
have
heard
from
four
different
people,
independently
of
each
other
who
had
comments
or
concerns
about
the
tone
and
the
the
the
tenor
of
our
public
comment
period
over
the
past
few
meetings
that
we've
had
here
and-
and
I
would
I
had
to
agree
with
him-
we
have
seen
personal
attacks
name,
calling
interruptions
from
the
audience.
It's
just.
A
It's
been
bad
behavior,
it's
not
been
bloomington
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
avoid
that,
and
I
don't
want
that
to
become
our
public
comment
period
here
in
bloomington.
So
what
I
will
do
tonight
is
ask
everyone:
let's
do
this
respectfully
and
on
our
best
behavior,
and
I
will
also
say,
council,
if
we're
not
able
to
achieve
that
over
the
next
few
meetings.
I
would
like
to
open
up
the
discussion
about
how
we
can
achieve
that
through
our
rules
or
procedure.
A
G
G
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
dedication
that
has
gone
into
the
execution
of
this
event.
Additionally,
special
thanks
does
need
to
be
given
to
an
underdog
in
the
evolution
of
this
event,
bloomington
patriots
and
warriors
for
christ
out
of
washington
dc,
both
of
which
deserve
notable
recognition
for
their
efforts.
You
see
the
first
pride,
it
wasn't
a
joyous
celebration,
it
wasn't
a
humble
get-together
or
a
social
festivity.
G
It
was
a
rebellion,
an
uprising
at
that
it
was
my
community,
our
community
standing
up
standing
strong
in
the
face
of
criticism,
arrest,
verbal
physical,
legal
and
harmful
degradations.
In
the
face
of
great
adversity,
we
rose,
we
overcame,
we
thrived
through
years
of
marginalization
and
pride.
My
band
of
brothers,
sisters
and
others
have
formed
communities
based
on
openness,
transparency,
support
and
appreciation
of
each
other.
Now
I
know
you're
thinking.
Why
would
I
mention
that
immediately
following
my
commendations
to
these
other
groups?
G
It's
almost
uncommon
to
see
a
group
chastising
an
event
so
vehemently.
What
I
saw
that
weekend
gave
me
hope.
Well,
it
nearly
brought
a
tear
to
my
eye.
It
seems
to
be
so
metaphoric
and
impactful
parents
teaching
their
children
the
harmful
impacts
of
words
explaining
to
their
children
that
this
is
not
the
way
that
you
treat
your
neighbors,
your
friends,
your
family
or
anyone.
G
No
one,
no
matter
their
walk
of
life
deserves
martyrs,
screaming
at
them
without
hesitation
or
background.
It
was
up
to
the
parents
who
stood
up
rose
up
if
you
will
to
show
their
children.
Why
pride
is
so
important
why
it's
so
important
to
embrace
your
neighbors,
our
neighbors
and
harbor,
a
community
event
flowing
with
support
for
one
another
hate
exists
in
our
communities.
It
always
has
and
likely
always
will.
G
But
I
now
know
that
there
is
a
generation
of
bloomington
families
who
have
successfully
raised
their
children
with
humility,
humbled
by
the
words
they
endured
stronger,
more
prepared
for
what
the
world
has
to
offer
them
more
open,
loving
and
accepting
of
the
people
they
will
meet
in
their
lives.
So
again,
thank
you
to
the
city
of
bloomington
for
your
hard
work.
Putting
this
together
and
thank
you
to
the
bloomington
patriots
and
the
warriors
for
christ
without
your
necessary
evil.
This
would
have
just
been
a
regular
festival
in
a
park.
You
made
it
truly
a
pride.
K
Good
evening,
council
good
evening,
I'm
sorry
good
evening,
oh
good
evening,
my
name
is
dave.
Allman
I've
been
a
resident
here
in
bloomington
for
30
years.
I,
like
most
other
people
that
came
to
bloomington,
to
do
nothing
more
than
to
enjoy
life,
liberty
and
the
pursuit
of
happiness.
This
is
a
community.
In
my
thirty
years
I
raised
three
children,
they're
all
college
in
college
or
out
of
the
city.
I
have
volunteered
countless
hours
with
all
their
sports.
I
coach
63
youth
teams
for
all
my
kids.
K
I
volunteered
at
church
confirmation
elementary
middle
school
high
school
heavily
involved
in
the
community,
and
the
unfortunate
thing
is,
I
didn't
have
enough
time
to
follow.
What's
going
on
here
in
this
room
that
makes
up
bloomington
I've
seen
our
community.
Our
community
is
full
of
different
race,
creed,
sexual
identity,
incomes,
political
everything.
That's
what
makes
your
community
that
you
repre,
that
you're
in
charge
of
and
the
unfortunate
thing
in
our
community
is
there's
division
and
I
go
back
and
I
kind
of
look
over
the
last
several
years
and
I
look
at
well.
K
K
We
have
violent
crime,
we
got
murders,
assaults,
police
officers
going
out
there
handcuffed
with
everything
with
society.
That's
how
they're
telling
police
how
to
do
their
job
and
it's
it's
affecting
all
of
us.
So
when
I
talk
about
the
division,
the
items
I'm
talking
about-
and
I
don't
need
to
rehash
things,
but
this
is
what
the
council
has
passed
has
caused.
Division
there
is
the
garbage
garbage
was
something
that
the
council
wanted
to
do
on.
K
That
was
your
agenda,
not
what
the
community
pursued
to
get
so
then
the
big
push
was
the
driving
on
the
streets.
Well
then,
there's
always
an
opposite
side
to
whatever
you
pass,
and
you
know
that
because
that's
what
you
were,
I
think
what
you
were
referring
to.
Mr
mary
mayor
and
the
people
never
had
a
chance
to
vote
to
change
the
charter
and
we
spent
thousands
and
thousands
of
dollars
of
our
taxpayer
money
to
fight
to
get
things
done
through
legally
there's
a
yard
cleanup
and
house
cleanup.
K
We
want
all
the
houses
to
look
all
nice.
They
created
division
with
my
neighbor
myself
for
almost
two
years.
He
never
talked
to
me
and
we
always
agreed
on
stuff
and
I
finally
confronted
him
on
it
and
I
found
out
the
city
said
people
out
there
look
at
his
house
because
there
was
stuff
that
needed
repair.
K
He
thought
it
was
me
that
called
and
now,
with
this
whole
thing,
I'm
not
sure
what
the
title
of
it
is,
but
is
pitting
neighbor
against
neighbor
winners
and
losers.
Now
I
like
to
keep
a
nice
plush
yard,
but
I'm
punished
because
my
water
bill,
I'm
embarrassed
to
say
I
paid
the
city
of
bloomington
453
dollars.
K
You
want
a
nice
house,
you
want
nice
lawns,
that's
how
much
it
cost
me
to
give
you
a
nice
beautiful
property
diversity.
I
think
I
already
hit
on
that
with
the
diversity.
There's
only
a
couple
items
that
the
city
really
promotes:
there's
black
history
month
and
then
now
with
this
pride
and
what
happens
is
we
have
hispanics
in
our
community
among
him
in
this
community
vietnamese
and
everything
else,
but
you're
literally
discriminated
against
those
people
in
our
community,
because
we
want
to
elevate
these
groups
again.
We
had
the
police
support
week.
K
There
was
a
police
flag
up
on
the
flagpole.
Somebody
called
you
guys
got
into
a
big
controversy
and
you
had
to
take
the
you
took
the
flag
down.
Well,
what
about
our
law
enforcement
for
one
week,
they're
losing
lives
out
there
we're
seeing
innocent
when
people
are
just
going
up,
shooting
cops,
they
barely
have
a
chance
when
they
go
out
there
in
the
seat
out
in
the
city,
because
everything
is
against
them,
and
this
is
how
we
support
them.
This
is
how
we
back
her
police
officers.
K
A
B
Ahead,
thank
you
very
much
mayor
city
manager
and
council
members.
My
name
is
paul
code.
I'm
a
resident
of
award
one.
I
regret
I'm
not
in
person
today.
I
pulled
off
to
the
side
of
the
road
on
my
way
to
madison,
as
I'm
moving
my
oldest
daughter
into
her
college
dorm
tomorrow,
she's
a
kennedy,
grad
top
10
percent
of
her
class
class
of
21.,
can't
tell
I'm
a
proud
papa,
but
pride
is
exactly
what
I
want
to
speak
to
you
about
today.
B
In
recent
weeks,
several
vocal
citizens
warned
you
that
there
would
be
obscenity
on
full
display
at
bloomington
pride
on
august
14th,
and
they
were
right.
What
might
surprise
some
people,
though,
is
the
fact
that
the
real
obscenities
came
not
from
the
participants
of
the
pride
event,
but
from
the
protesters
across
the
street
who
tried
to
do
their
best
westboro
baptist
impersonation,
as
they
shouted
the
most
vile,
sexually
explicit
language.
You
can
imagine,
even
as
they
proclaimed
in
the
same
breath
how
allegedly
christians
they
were.
B
I
can't
even
say
in
this
place
of
decorum
the
profane
words
they
shouted
at
my
family
and
at
my
children
as
we
walked
down
98th
street
to
attend
bloomington
pride
as
we
approached
the
entrance
of
the
pride
event
at
5
pm
that
evening
my
son
noticed
several
masked
members
of
the
protest
group
standing
at
the
entrance.
They
were
dressed
head
to
toe
as
if
they
were
heading
off
to
war
or
something
my
13
year
old
son
leaned
over
to
me-
and
he
said,
I'm
not
gonna
lie
dad.
B
I'm
kind
of
scared-
and
I
told
him,
hold
your
head
up
high
son
and
walk
right
by
tough
people.
Dress
like
you
and
me.
Sometimes,
tough
men
might
wear
a
dress,
but
tough
guys,
don't
dress
like
they're
ready
for
war
in
the
middle
of
bloomington
minnesota.
Only
scared
guys
do
that.
That's
what
I
told
my
son
now
in
a
way
the
protesters
who
ultimately
failed
to
intimidate,
disrupt
or
stop
bloomington
pride
inadvertently.
Helped
me
as
a
father
to
show
my
kids.
B
What
standing
up
to
a
bully
is
really
all
about
now
the
people
that
pride
celebrates.
They
don't
need
that
reminder
because
they
endure
this
hatred
out
in
the
community
all
the
time.
This
small
contingent
of
extremists
who
are
against
pride
are
the
very
reason
pride
exists
and
anyone
who
attended
or
drove
by
cannot
possibly
admit
the
blatant
hypocrisy
of
people
waving
an
american
flag
as
they
spit
upon
people
protected
by
that
very
flag.
B
Simply
for
standing
up
for
bloomington's
lgbtq
community
and
you
didn't
back
down,
you
stood
your
ground.
You
were
able
to
recognize
that
the
concerns
and
complaints
you
fielded
were
an
indication
of
progress,
not
a
reason
to
roll
it
back.
That
is
toughness
now.
The
toughest
of
all,
of
course,
though,
are
the
beautiful
members
of
the
lgbtq
community
who
came
to
the
event
and
celebrated
sharing
and
fellowship
enjoying
the
food
and
the
art
and
the
comedians
and
the
and
the
dread
performers,
people
of
all
ages.
They
showed
up.
B
They
came
together
largely
out
of
earshot
of
the
bullhorn
hatred,
festering
a
block
away,
and
they
brought
much
lead,
meaning
much
needed
love
into
this
community,
and
you
mayor
and
city
council.
You
helped
advocate
for
that
and
you
helped
make
it
a
reality.
Your
love
for
this
city
is
absolutely
stronger
than
the
hate
that
was
on
meager
display
across
the
street.
B
That
day
now,
people
dress
tough,
sometimes
not
because
they
are,
but
because
they
aren't
and
people
shout
loudly
constantly,
not
because
they
are
strong,
but
because
they
aren't,
and
it's
important
to
remember
that,
even
as
you
are
getting
shouted
at
and
anyone
who
isn't
strong
enough
to
love
all
of
the
citizens
of
bloomington,
including
equally
all
of
bloomington's
lgbtq
citizens,
doesn't
deserve
a
place
at
the
table
of
city
leadership.
And
so
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
good
work,
mayor
and
council
and
also
city
manager
for
your
strength.
B
Your
clear
and
poignant
demonstrations
of
love
for
this
community,
including
for
bloomington's
youth
and
especially
of
those
bloomington
youth
who
may
not
get
that
kind
of
love
at
home.
This
community
would
be
even
stronger
if
the
fringe
few,
who
sadly
feel
the
need
to
hurl
hate
towards
our
neighbors
and
family
members,
would
consider
a
radical
change
of
heart
and
follow
your
lead
instead
of
seeking
to
obstruct
it.
And
I
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
A
N
N
N
I
know
you
may
have
received
some
criticism
for
the
event
and
what
I
believe
is
that
sometimes
critics
are
just
loud
and
it
doesn't
mean
they're
right
and
it
doesn't
mean
that
they're
in
the
majority.
Sometimes
it
simply
means
that
they're
loud.
So
I'm
here
to
tell
you
that
you
have
support
in
the
community
and
implore
you
to
continue
to
host
pride
and
to
not
let
you
loud
dissenters
detract
from
your
mission
to
celebrate
an
inclusive
and
diverse
painting
and
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
the
time.
A
A
O
You
know
who
I
am
come
on.
You
could
give
me
an
introduction
better
than
that
we're
we're
ruled
for
miss
strawmeyer.
You
know
that
I
want
to
start
tonight
by
taking
a
moment
to
remember
and
honor
the
13
brave
american
heroes
who
were
killed
in
afghanistan
at
the
kabul
airport
on
august
26th,
these
young
men
and
women
were
sent
into
harm's
way
to
help
rescue
americans
from
a
real
insurrection
and
they
paid
the
ultimate
price
over
the
weekend.
The
mother
of
slain
marine
riley
mccollum.
O
O
I
know
I'm
not
alone
today
in
thanking
and
honoring
these
service
members.
May
god
bless
and
be
near
their
families
in
the
days
ahead?
And
may
god
bless
our
troops
next
order
of
business?
I
would
like
the
minutes
from
the
august
2nd
council
meeting
to
be
corrected
to
accurately
reflect
my
statements
during
public
comment
period.
O
Lastly,
I
would
like
to
remind
you,
mayor
and
council
that
you
work
for
the
residents
of
bloomington
and
we
decide
when
we
are
done
discussing
issues
that
are
important
to
us.
That
being
said,
I
am
again
demanding
the
removal
of
anita
smithson
from
human
rights
commission,
while
you
claim
she
apologized
for
her
hate
speech
towards
us
in
the
star
tribune.
O
Apologies
generally
consists
of
the
words.
I'm
sorry
and
no
such
words
exist
in
her
statement
if
she
did
in
fact,
email
chief
hartley
to
say
those
words,
that's
great,
but
she
claims
she
wasn't
referring
to
the
bpd.
So
does
that
alleged
apology
even
mean
anything?
No,
of
course
it
doesn't.
Basically,
you
felt
the
pressure
of
the
state's
largest
police
union,
calling
you
out.
So
you
mixed
up
a
word
salad
and
said
case
closed.
O
Unfortunately,
though,
that's
not
good
enough.
As
a
chair
of
the
bloomington
patriots,
I
have
not
received
any
sort
of
apology.
Only
a
doubling
down
of
our
original
hate
speech
towards
conservatives
in
bloomington
and
our
event
to
support
our
police
and
raise
money
for
officer
ryan,
given
the
number
of
conservatives
and
police
supporters
in
bloomington,
it's
obvious
that
commissioner
smithson
is
too
biased
to
serve
this
community
as
a
human
rights.
Commissioner,
there
are
plenty
of
other
residents
in
this
city
who
can
fulfill
that
role
without
actually
violating
the
human
rights
of
residents
in
the
process.
O
This
kind
of
seems
like
a
no-brainer
here,
also
I'm
still
waiting
on
the
data
requests
I
filed
over
three
weeks
ago
regarding
ms
smithson's
appointment
to
the
hrc.
What
are
you
guys
hiding
why?
Why
isn't
that
here
regardless?
I
have
an
arsenal
of
screenshots
from
the
last
year
with
numerous
instances
of
hate
speech
and
dog
whistles
to
local
antifa
terrorists.
O
O
A
A
See
no
one
coming
forward.
We
will
close
tonight's
public
comment
period,
move
on
on
our
agenda,
move
on
to
our
introductory
items
in
item
5.1,
which
is
the
introduction
of
new
employees.
We
actually
we're
doing
this
quite
frequently
before
the
pandemic
and
once
the
pandemic
hit,
we
kind
of
fell
away
from
it,
because
we
didn't
get
a
chance
to
welcome
and
say
hello
to
new
employees,
but
we
want
to
we've
reinstituted
it
and
we've
done
it
for
the
last
couple
of
meetings
and
want
to
continue
with
this
evening.
A
C
Thank
you,
mayor
members.
It's
my
honor
to
invite
to
the
remote
podium,
our
newest
employees.
During
the
co-ed
pandemic,
we
have
been
able
to
do
actually
a
fair
amount
of
hiring.
We
had
a
couple
of
retirements
and
a
couple
of
people
move
on,
and
actually
you
all
also
created
some
new
positions,
and
so
we've
been
busy
feeling
them
and
getting
up
to
full
staff,
and
so
we
have
most
of
them
here
tonight.
C
I've
asked
them
to
be
brief
because
there's
quite
a
few
of
them-
and
I
know
we
have
others
here
tonight
too-
so
don't
take
that
in
any
way
as
a
lack
of
interest
in
being
an
employee
here.
I
also
know
that
several
of
them
have
ties
to
bloomington
and
I'll.
Let
them
decide
whether
or
not
they
want
to
share
that.
C
P
P
N
N
N
A
C
G
D
G
G
A
C
All
right,
as
adrian
indicated,
the
next
person
that
we're
going
to
meet
tonight,
her
name
is
sandra
and
she
will
tell
you
that
she's
our
crime
victim
liaison,
which
I
know
the
council,
has
learned
about
periodically
over
over
the
past
few
years.
It's
a
grant,
funded
position.
So
with
that
as
an
introduction
sandra,
take
it
away.
P
Hi
hi
council,
it's
nice
to
meet
you
guys.
All
I
am
sandra
and
my
last
name
is
steel
hammer
and
I
am
the
crime
victim
liaison.
I
started
back
in
december
working
mostly
remotely,
of
course,
so
I'm
working
with
all
the
people
that
have
been
victimized
by
crime
in
the
city
of
bloomington
and
that
can
be
a
dwi
that
they
were
involved
in
a
crash
that
could
be
a
domestic
assault,
an
assault,
that's
not
domestic,
related
or
thefts
of
similar
other
crimes.
P
So
I'm
involved
in
that
process,
helping
them
to
maneuver
the
criminal
justice
system,
because
our
court
system
is
not
always
user
friendly,
as
ali
can
attest
to,
but
also
just
to,
let
them
know
their
rights
under
our
minnesota
state
statute
so
that
they
know
what
they
have
a
right
to
ask
for
another,
or
I
I
love
my
job.
I
love
working
with
the
victims,
so
I'm
really
glad
to
be
here.
C
All
right,
the
last
person
that
we
have
with
us
tonight
is
wendy.
Murphy.
You've
met
her
during
the
racial
equity
update,
but
before
we
get
started
I'll
just
mention
the
two
folks
that
weren't
able
to
join
us
tonight,
tammy
christensen
and
julie
craft,
and
they
are
the
two
folks
that
you
see
at
our
front
desk
when
you
come
up
and
they
have,
they
are
both
part
time
and
they
split
the
day
and
they
have
nearly
single-handedly
or
all
double-handedly
quadruple-handedly.
However,
you
want
to
think
about
it.
C
I've
been
holding
down
the
fort,
they
were
opening
all
the
mail
taking
the
majority
of
the
calls.
Other
people
have
certainly
helped
a
lot,
but
they
have
done
a
lot
of
heavy
lifting
here
in
coved,
so
we
certainly
appreciate
them
and
wish
they
were
here
to
join
us,
maybe
at
a
future
meeting.
So
with
that,
I
will
turn
it
over
to
wendy
murphy.
P
Evening,
council
mayor,
it's
nice
to
see
you
guys
again.
I
am
the
deputy
city
attorney
for
the
criminal
division.
I
started
in
march
of
2020,
so
pretty
much
once
the
building
shut
down,
I
came
to
work
and
it
was
was
very
interesting.
I
think
it
was
four
months
before
I
met
mr
verbugi
without
a
mask
on
or
maybe
longer
and
it
was.
It
was
very
interesting.
I've
so
enjoyed
my
time
here
at
bloomington
I
went
to
elementary
school
at
ridgeview
elementary,
I
learned
to
skate
at
the
ice
garden.
P
I
learned
to
swim
over
at
busch
lake
and
I'm
married
to
kennedy
grad.
So
I
just
feel
like
a
lot
of
the
high
points
of
my
life,
I
were
connected
to
bloomington
and
certainly
my
position
here
and
the
people
that
we've
we've
have
here
tonight.
They
have,
they
are
not
touting
as
what
the
extent
of
the
wonderful
work
that
they
do,
they've
all
been
just
a
wonderful
asset
to
the
bloomington
team
and
I'm
so
grateful
that
the
positions
were
funded
and
we
were
able
to
make
these
new
hires
and
it's
just
been
great.
P
C
All
right
mayor,
that
is
all
for
legal
wendy.
I
don't
know
if
she
mentioned
her
position,
but
she's
our
deputy
city
attorney
and
she
supervises
the
criminal
team,
so
not
all,
but
a
majority
of
the
folks
that
you
met
tonight.
So
it's
been
wonderful
having
wendy
on
board
and
she
has
deep
deep
knowledge
and
experience
with
not
only
the
sort
of
practical
side
of
it,
but
also
the
technology.
She
has
been
able
to
automate
so
much
of
our
process
not
single-handedly.
C
We've
worked
with
I.t
and
others,
but
really
done
the
heavy
lifting
on
those
integrations
which,
as
you
all
learned
recently,
was
able
to
save
us
quite
a
bit
of
money,
so
welcomed
additions
as
well.
So
with
that,
thank
you
again
for
having
legal
and
thank
you
for
funding
all
these
lovely
folks.
Well,.
A
Q
P
A
P
Vogel
from
the
finance
department,
I'm
here
because
well
we
have
two
new
employees,
but
two
weeks
before
covet
hit,
we
lost
in
a
division
of
two
one
person
and
two
weeks
later
we
lost
the
other
person
they
left
for
other
greener
pastures
and
we
were
thrilled
that
we
got
so
much
assistance
from
departments
around
the
city
during
that
time.
So
thank
you
to
everybody
that
assisted,
but
about
a
year
ago,
dana
chao
started
with
the
city
as
the
purchasing
agent
and
I'll.
Let
her
say
what
she
wants
to
share
good
evening.
P
R
A
A
Is
there
anyone
else,
mr
manager?
I
think
that's
everyone
on
the
on
the
docket
for
this
evening,
so
we
will
move
on
to
item
5.2
in
our
agenda
and
mr
bill
flatley
who's.
The
the
board
chair
for
the
angelica
cantonti
youth
choirs,
wanted
just
a
moment
to
address
the
city
council
and
given
the
long-time
relationship
between
the
city
and
angelica,
we
certainly
wanted
to
afford
him
that
opportunity
and
we'll
welcome
him
good
evening.
G
Thank
you,
mayor
members
of
the
city
council.
I
really
appreciate
it.
I
will
be
very
brief.
I
have
nothing
formal
to
present
other
than
gratitude
these
last
18
months
or
so.
I
don't
think
we
have
to
rehash
how
the
world
was
turned
upside
down
and
having
sat
on
the
other
side
of
that
table.
Watch
what
you
asked
for.
G
You
know
it
was
dangerous
and
we
couldn't
do,
and
and
thankfully,
with
all
the
safety
protocols
and
various
things
that
we
know
today
and
with
the
help
of
you
all
your
support
and
the
support
of
staff,
I
really
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
be
back
at
it.
We
were
very
grateful
for
the
use
of
the
normandale
bandshell
this
summer
to
see
the
kids
back
singing
together
smiles
on
their
face.
They
were
so
impacted.
G
You
know
by
their
you
know,
school
back
and
forth
online
in
person
and
all
the
things
they're
sports
and
activities
that
they
like
to
do.
I
think
kids
took
you,
know
the
heavy
heavy
impact
in
all
of
this
and
to
see
them
for
us,
our
singers.
This
is
their
main
activity
for
many
of
those
kids.
This
is
what
they
love
and
and
to
see
those
smiles.
And
last
night
we
kicked
off
as
close
to
normal.
G
As
I
guess
we
can
be
we're
back
we're
at
creekside
now,
rather
than
here
in
the
rehearsal
hall,
we
have
a
lot
of
space.
Kids,
it's
you
know
we're
able
to
space
everybody
out.
You
know
people
singing
keeping
their
masks
on,
but
we're
back
in
person
and
the
smiles
of
kids
coming.
You
know
into
creekside
to
be
back
together
to
see
each
other
again,
and
none
of
it
would
be.
G
A
G
A
And
actually
tonight
I'm
going
to
do
this
correctly.
I
think
the
last
time
I
did
this.
I
faced
the
wrong
way
and
I
realized
my
bad
on
that
one.
So
this
is
a
proclamation
for
national
suicide
for
prevention
week
and
world
suicide
prevention
day
and
I'm
gonna
read
the
proclamation,
make
a
couple
of
points
afterward
and
then
I
believe
daniel
dr
daniel
reidenberg,
from
save
is
going
to
join
us
virtually
as
well
to
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
this
also.
A
A
A
A
and
during
the
spring
of
2021
emergency
visit
for
suspected
suicide
attempts
among
u.s
girls
aged
12
to
17
were
51
percent
higher
than
during
the
same
time,
in
2019,
the
national
council
for
suicide
prevention
has
a
campaign
called
take
five
to
save
lives,
which
encourages
everyone
to
take
five
minutes
to
complete
five
action
steps
on
september
10th,
I
invite
you
to
visit
the
website.
It's
called
take
five
to
save
lives.org
and
get
involved.
Let's
take
five
in
the
numerical
five
to
save
lives.org.
D
D
I
am
really
proud
to
be
able
to
say
that
our
office
remains
in
bloomington
and
for
20
years
we
have
had
an
office
in
the
city
of
bloomington
and
every
day
that
I
send
out
emails
around
the
world.
I
get
to
put
in
my
email
address
that
our
office
is
located
in
bloomington
and
that
may
seem
like
a
small
thing,
but
it's
actually
a
really
large
thing.
Where
save
is
the
leading
national
organization
working
to
prevent
suicide,
and
we
actually
do
this
around
the
world.
D
We
have
people
that
come
to
our
office
to
the
city
of
bloomington
from
all
over.
Just
two
weeks
ago,
we
had
a
family
who
lost
their
son
in
washington
dc.
It
came
to
our
office
in
bloomington
to
see
our
memorial
wall
to
learn
about
how
to
deal
with
the
grief
losing
someone
to
suicide,
so
we
are
proud
to
be
in
bloomington
now.
The
last
thing
I
want
to
say,
mr
mayor,
is
that
last
year,
when
you
graciously
had
me
on,
you
ended
the
session
by
saying.
D
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
work
and
we'll
see
you
next
year
and-
and
I
have
to
say
that
when
I
left
the
call
I
was,
I
was
a
little
frustrated
by
that.
I
was
a
little
disturbed
by
that,
as
as
my
goal
in
working
in
this
effort,
24
hours
a
day
for
the
last
30
years,
has
been
to
try
to
eliminate
suicide
and
try
to
reduce
the
impacts
of
suicide
that
that
have
on
a
community
and
on
families.
D
So
I
was
really
frustrated
because
I
was
thinking
to
myself
that
you
didn't
believe
we
were
gonna,
do
that
and
over
time
and
then
talking
to
others.
As
I
said
to
you
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
mr
mayor,
I'm
actually
thankful
to
you
for
what
you
said
what
you
said
changed
a
frame
for
me.
It
changed
the
frame
in
the
sense
that
you
understood
what
we
have
been
saying
for
so
long
that
this
is
not
a
one-time
event.
D
This
is
not
a
one-and-done
suicide
prevention
is
something
that
is
going
to
be
forever
for
us.
It
is
only
because
of
people
like
you
and
other
members
of
the
city
council
that
we
have
risen
to
the
place
that
a
city
would
step
up
and
say
we
need
to
address
this
issue
in
our
city
all
year
and
every
year,
as
opposed
to
other
places
that
still
won't
recognize
it.
This
is
a
long
road.
This
is
a
hundred
years
war.
D
This
is
something
that
is
a
travesty
on
our
cities,
our
state,
our
country
and
in
the
world,
somebody
dying
every
11
minutes
and
somebody
attempting
to
take
their
life
every
28
seconds.
We
need
to
do
more,
and
we
can
only
do
that
with
leadership.
Thank
you
that
you
have
provided
here
so
on
behalf
of
everybody,
at
save
our
board,
our
staff,
our
volunteers
and,
most
importantly,
those
people
that
are
impacted
by
somebody
fearing
for
their
life
or
someone
that
has
lost
someone.
D
A
A
P
Evening
again,
we
started
out
the
year
or
the
racial
equity
initiatives
with
forming
the
racial
equity
action
teams
in
each
department.
I
chair
the
racial
equity
action
team
for
the
finance
department
through
the
process
of
identifying
what
our
priorities
were
going
to
be.
It
became
clear
that
equitable
contracting
was
going
to
be
a
major
one
and
that's
a
big
lift
too
big
of
a
lift
for
one
department,
one
person.
P
P
The
most
recent
report
from
the
small
business
administration
reports
that
there
are
currently
over
thirty
thousand
minority
owned
businesses
in
minnesota.
These
businesses
contribute
greatly
to
the
economic
output,
job
creation
and
preservation,
as
well
as
local
state
and
federal
tax
revenue.
Increasing
spending
with
diverse
business
owners
is
a
powerful
step,
as
it
relates
to
advancing
economic
inclusion
and
access.
P
P
N
Hear
me
all
right:
okay,
so
next
steps
in
the
short
term
we're
looking
at
a
consultation
with
someone
who's
experienced
in
establishing
local
government
supplier
diversity
programs,
with
the
idea
that
we
will
learn
from
existing
efforts,
not
reinvent
the
wheel,
learn
what
barriers
we
specifically
might
have
to
overcome,
what
tools
are
available
for
us
to
use
and
what
opportunities
we
might
have.
Some
of
the
deliverables
that
we
anticipate
from
this
consultation
include
training
engagement
with
vendors
and
recommendations
on
a
supplier,
diversity
program
next
slide,
please
they're.
N
In
terms
of
longer
term
next
steps,
there
are
sort
of
two
paths
to
consider
the
first,
an
informal
supplier
diversity
program.
This
is
sometimes
called
a
race
and
gender
neutral
program.
This
is
focused
on
education
and
outreach,
focus
largely
on
the
marketing
of
our
opportunities
to
increase
more
diverse
participation
in
the
city
of
bloomington's
contracting
process.
N
The
second
is
a
more
formal
program
with
participation
and
goals
tied
to
specific
criteria
such
as
bypoc
owned
or
women-owned
businesses.
Now,
if
we
wanted
to
pursue
this
kind
of
more
formal
program,
we
would
need
to
do
a
disparity
study
to
evaluate
whether
there
is
a
level
playing
field
for
minority
and
women-owned
firms.
A
disparity
study
would
provide
valuable,
necessary
information
to
support
this
kind
of
more
formal
supplier
diversity
program,
but
it
does
come
with
a
cost.
P
So
this
is
the
map
of
the
process
that
we'll
have
to
follow
or
plan
on
following
we're,
currently
in
the
assessment
phase
or
entering
into
the
assessment
phase
to
sort
of
decide
which
is
going
to
be
our
next
step.
Whether
we
are
prepared
to
do
a
disparity
study,
whether
we're
able
to
what
the
timeline
for
that
looks
like
so,
we
will
be
returning
to
council
with
an
update
on
this
and
potential
associated
costs.
A
A
N
Hi,
yes,
sorry,
I
just
had
the
the
video
and
audio
capability
come
on
so
good
evening,
mayor
city
manager
of
ruby
and
city
council
members.
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
you
some
updates
that
we
are
doing
in
human
resources
regarding
our
workforce,
diversity,
recruitment
process,
enhancement
enhancements.
N
N
The
city
of
bloomington's
workforce
needs
to
reflect
the
diversity
of
the
community
that
we
represent
across
the
breadth
and
depth
of
the
organization.
So
what
do
we
want?
What
are
our
goals
to
do
this?
We
want
to
increase
diversity
of
our
workforce
so
that
it
mirrors
the
population
we
serve
and
increase
diversity
in
city
leadership
positions
as
well
so
strategies.
How
do
we
get
to
those
goals?
N
So
tonight
I'm
focusing
on
this
third
bullet
point,
which
is
to
design
and
implement
proactive
recruitment
strategies.
So
we
have
some
new
components
to
our
recruitment
process
at
the
city.
We
are
now
implementing
a
search
committee
for
all
of
our
positions
for
regular
and
full-time,
regular,
full-time
and
part-time
positions.
N
They
are
selected
by
the
hiring
manager
and
it's
an
expanded
role,
but
typically
in
the
past,
we've
had
additional
people
serve
on
an
interview
panel,
but
this
is
more
than
just
being
on
the
interview
panel
they're
engaged
in
the
process
earlier
on
and
on
an
ongoing
basis
throughout
the
recruitment
process
search
committee
members
will
help
to
finalize
the
posting.
Are
we
asking
the
right
questions?
Are
we
looking
for
the
right
qualifications
for
the
position
that
we
need?
Are
we
putting
obstacles
in
the
way
in
our
postings
that
that
shouldn't
be
there?
N
The
committee
members
will
also
help
recruit.
Applicants
then
serve
on
the
interview
panel
in
an
effort
to
keep
everyone
on
the
search
committee
on
the
same
page
as
well
as
an
alignment
regarding
the
process,
our
timelines.
What
salaries
we
advertise
the
requirements
for
the
position
and
so
forth.
We
now
have
a
recruitment
process,
includes
the
addition
of
a
hiring
planning
meeting
in
the
hiring
planning
meeting
the
search
committee
members,
along
with
the
human
resources
representative.
We
review
the
draft
posting.
How
is
the
position
described?
N
N
I
know
this
is
very
small,
but
this
is
just
an
example
of
a
hiring
plan
checklist
and
it
talks
about
who
is
going
when's.
The
meeting
going
to
happen.
These
are
the
bullet
points.
Are
the
things
that
that
group
that
search
committee
group
are
going
to
do.
We
talk
more
about
the
do's
and
don'ts
for
a
search
committee,
member
review.
The
steps
in
the
process
solicit
ideas
from
those
folks
where,
where
is
the
best
way
to
advertise?
How
do
we
get
the
word
out?
N
We
are
including
a
written,
inclusive
recruitment
plan
for
the
majority
of
our
regular
full-time
and
part-time
positions.
So
again
we
have
an
inclusive
recruitment
plan,
where
it's
more
intentional,
we
are
intentionally
looking
at
our
process.
It's
planned.
It's
documented,
it's
holding
those
that
are
part
of
that
recruitment
process,
accountable
to
the
steps
that
are
needed
to
strategically
diversify
our
recruitment
pools.
It's
a
team
effort.
There
are
both
active
and
passive
approaches
reaching
out
to
groups,
organizations
and
individuals
and
using
our
networks
again.
N
I
know
this
print
is
small,
but
this
is
just
an
example
of
the
first
part
of
the
inclusive
recruitment
plan
where
we
talk
about
who's
on
the
search
committee,
but
specifically
that
middle
section,
which
I've
highlighted
here,
is
who
are
each
of
the
search
committee
members?
What's
their
assignment
going
to
be?
Are
they
going
to
reach
out
to
which
group,
what
network
are
they
going
to
contact
and
then
to
track
those
contacts
and
what
the
responses
were?
N
There's
a
resource
guide
for
inclusive
recruitment,
developed
by
faith
jackson,
our
racial
equity
coordinator-
and
this
covers
a
variety
of
organizations,
including
those
that
support
marginalized
groups
based
on
race,
ethnicity,
gender,
disability,
sexual
orientation
and
so
on.
So
it
helps
the
search
committee
to
identify
who
do
we
need
to
reach
out
to
who
do
we
need
to
develop
relationships
with
to
let
them
know
about
our
positions
with
the
city.
N
So,
as
an
overview
of
our
new
recruitment
process,
a
position
becomes
vacant,
the
authorization
the
fill
form
is
submitted
to
hr.
This
is
an
updated
form
where
the
search
committee
is
outlined.
There's
the
hiring
planning
meeting
prior
to
the
posting
to
make
sure
everything
is
how
we
want
it
to
be
that
we're
asking
the
right
questions.
N
The
position
is
posted
out
and
then
that
recruitment
plan
is
implemented
by
hr
in
the
search
committee
at
a
midway
point
during
that
posting
there's
a
check-in,
and
this
is
important,
because
what
we
do
at
this
time
is
we're
looking
at.
Where
are
people
hearing
about
our
jobs?
What
is
the
diversity
of
the
applicant
pool
so
far?
Do
we
need
to
make
additional
efforts
at
this
point
before
the
posting
is
closed
to
diversify
our
applicant
pool,
then
the
application
deadline?
N
So
what's
next
for
hr
in
our
recruitment
strategies,
we,
you
know
we
have
additional
changes
and
improvements
to
our
hiring
process
that
are
likely
coming.
We
want
to
enhance
our
interview
process
and
our
scoring
for
our
interview
process.
We
want
to
involve
inclusive
culture,
training
for
supervisors,
as
well
as
possibly
search
committee
members
and
the
new
process.
This
is
not
written
in
stone.
N
H
Good
evening,
mayor
busse
and
council
members,
I'm
ellen
bialis
and
I'm
the
deputy
director
of
public
works
and,
as
you
mentioned,
I'm
joined
by
kim
larson
who's
our
office
coordinator
and
we're
going
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
what
we've
been
doing
with
the
racial
equity
impact
assessment,
micro,
business,
so
amy.
If
you
could
advance
this
slide,
I
believe
the
council
has
had
some
previous
presentations
on
racial
equity
impact
assessment,
so
we're
not
going
to
go
too
into
the
weeds
on
it
tonight.
H
So
next
slide
a
little
bit
about
our
micro
business.
There
were
some
conversations
that
started
on
our
eias
as
early
as
2017
in
the
city
and
after
kind
of
giving
a
little
more
time
and
thought
to
how
we
wanted
to
approach
this,
the
council
kind
of
recommitted
to
the
process
of
doing
raia's
back
in
2020,
early
2020,
and
at
that
time
our
micro
business
was
formed.
We
were
two
departments
that
were
tasked
with
taking
on
this
work,
so
public
works
was
one
of
the
departments
in
community
development.
H
Is
the
other
department,
that's
been
working
on
it
and,
as
you
can
see
our
community,
our
committee
members
are
on
the
screen
there,
and
I
would
say
that
our
our
committee
has
been
very
thoughtful
and
engaged
throughout
this
process.
We've
been
meeting
for
every
two
to
three
weeks
since
april,
and
I've
had
a
lot
of
really
in-depth
conversations
about
where
we're
headed
with
this
next
slide.
H
Amy,
we
got
started
in
the
process
by
understanding
a
little
more
about
reias
and
how
they
can
help
staff
to
think
through
decisions
and
how
they're
made
in
our
early
meetings.
We
reviewed
some
of
the
equity
questions
that
the
council
had
developed
early
on,
and
we
also
took
a
look
at
what
other
cities
have
been
doing
in
regards
to
our
reias
to
see
what
kind
of
work
they
had
done.
H
We
also
asked
our
micro
business
members
to
consider
a
current
project
or
policy
that
they
might
be
working
on
and
to
give
it
a
try.
A
trial
run
that
exercise
really
helped
us
better
refine
the
tool
and
provided
us
with
another
series
of
questions
that
we
needed
to
consider
in
order
to
kind
of
figure
out
what
our
format
would
be
and
how
we
might
roll
out
the
tool
going
forward.
H
Micro
business
members
were
assigned
different
of
those
questions
to
review
and
brought
those
topics
back
to
the
group
which
we
discussed
in
greater
detail
and
following
those
in-depth
conversations,
we
had
a
consensus
workshop
which
helped
us
pull
together.
How
we
wanted
to
move
forward,
and
we
now
have
a
draft
form
which
again,
I
think,
is
in
your
packet
and
now
we're
working
on
developing
supporting
materials
and
thinking
about
how
we
train
others
to
to
use
the
tool
I'll
hand
it
over
to
kim
to
talk
about
next
steps.
H
H
Phase
two
would
include
any
new
projects
or
programs
and
staff
policies,
and
then
the
third
phase
would
be
any
review
of
current
programs
or
policies,
and
so
we
have
the
draft
form
in
there
and,
like
ellen
said,
we
did
look
at
other
cities
and
we
also
include
the
questions
that
you've
previously
seen.
The
next
item
we'll
work
on
is
getting
the
process
guide
included.
That
kind
of
includes
how
to
utilize
the
data,
how
to
utilize
the
form
and
if
there's
any
questions,
kind
of
a
go-to
sheet.
We're
working
on
gathering
data
sets.
H
A
H
H
That's
happening
in
the
city
to
move
these
things
forward,
and
there
are
also
some
tangible
examples
of
what
it
looks
like
to
have
equity
inclusion
in
practice
in
a
city
government
and
so
really
excited
about
the
work
we'll
be
back
at
the
end
of
the
year
for
sort
of
a
general
update
on
all
the
things
that
we've
accomplished
this
year
and
as
always,
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions
and
concerns
both
from
public
and
from
members
of
the
council
as
it
relates
to
this
work.
So
thank
you.
A
A
R
I
would
like
to
hold
item
6.4
and
then
mayor.
I
have
a
question
for
you
about
how
you
want
to
address
item
six
eight,
which
is
the
minutes.
We
had
a
resident
request
that
we
make
a
change
to
those
minutes
and
I
didn't
know
if
anybody
wanted
to
just
review
what
was
in
those
regarding
that
and
if
I
should
pull
it
or
I
guess
I'll
defer
to
you
mayor
and
how
you
want
to
handle
that
one.
A
A
R
614
yeah
I
held
that
one
quickly,
just
because
it
dovetailed
a
little
bit
with
our
introduction,
and
I
want
to
thank
you,
mayor
for
your
proclamation
regarding
suicide
awareness
and
helpful
things
like
that
and
make
sure
the
community
is
aware
of
one
of
the
other
areas
that
this
council
and
city
is
supporting,
that
with
our
police
mental
health
program.
And
if
I
might
just
a
quick
story
last
week,
I
believe
it
was
wednesday.
R
Sometime
after
four
o'clock,
a
young
man
came
into
my
office
and
sat
down
on
a
bench
in
the
reception
area
and
was
just
sobbing
and
had
his
hands
his
head
in
his
hands.
Wouldn't
even
look
up
to
me
and
basically
engaged
and
was
talking
with
this
young
man,
and
he
basically
told
me
he
didn't
want
to
be
alive.
Everyone
thought
he
was
a
bad
person,
maybe
they're
right.
R
I
think
any
one
of
you,
any
member
of
our
bloomington
community,
most
members,
would
have
done
the
same
thing
spending
the
time
they
needed
to
with
this
young
man
and
getting
him
to
a
better
place,
and
I
just
I
wish
him
the
best
and
always
he's
in
a
tough
spot
right
now.
But
it
was
nice
to
see
him
headed
home
with
resources
with
a
follow-up
plan
with
next
steps
and
having
a
chance
to
know
that
some
people
care
about
them.
So
with
that,
I
would
move
approval
of
item
6.4.
A
A
Q
Member
coulter,
thank
you
mayor.
This
is
not
unless
there
are
other
members
of
the
council
who
want
to
discuss
this,
I
don't
have
any
questions
about
this.
I
did
just
want
to
bring
this
up.
I
know
some.
Some
members
of
the
public
have
expressed
some
concerns
and
asked
some
questions
related
to
this
project,
and
this
is
a
resolution
related
to
the
use
of
eminent
domain,
and
I
just
wanted
to
clarify-
and
I
want
to
thank
staff
for
their
their
answer-
these
questions.
This
is
not
saying
that
the
city
is
going
to
use
eminent
domain.
Q
Q
F
A
G
I
think
august
9th,
I
think,
was
the
last
time
you
had
heard
this
item
and
at
that
point
you
had
ordered
this
project
with
direction
to
staff,
to
bring
back
an
analysis
of
the
potential
for
some
changes
to
the
timing
of
left
turns
at
that
intersection.
Some
some
restrictions,
and
now
we
committed
to
bring
that
back
to
you
before
you
authorize
plans
and
specifications
so
kind
of
on
a
timeline.
We're
anticipating
that
plans
and
specs
would
be
approved
early
in
february
of
this
year.
G
The
way
the
right-of-way
acquisition
process
works
is
that
we
have
made
initial
offers
to
the
seven
properties
that
we've
been
talking
to
and
are
in
the
process
of
hopefully
negotiating
a
settlement
for
those
acquisitions,
and
we
would
anticipate
that
that
will
happen
sometime
between
now
and
february
or
so
so.
We
would
anticipate
that
there
will
be
a
number
of
of
settlements
brought
to
you
kind
of
piece
by
piece
as
they
occur
in
the
event
that
we
are
not
able
to
reach
settlement.
G
That
would
be.
We
may
have
to
invoke
our
eminent
domain
rights
to
do
that,
and
that's
the
purpose
of
taking
this
action
this
evening
is
so
we
have
as
an
option
if
need
be
in
the
event,
those
those
agreements
would
be
would
be
set
up
so
that,
in
the
event,
the
council
were
not
to
approve
this
project,
that
negotiation
or
that
payment
would
not
proceed.
A
So,
in
summary,
what
we're
voting
on
tonight
is
basically
just
the
legal
machinations
to
get
the
eminent
domain
process.
Rolling
negotiations
have
begun
with
the
the
affected
landowners,
property
owners
already,
and
ideally,
we
reach
a
settlement
with
them
sometime
between
now
and
february,
prior
to
the
time
that
the
the
staff
brings
back.
The
report
on
the
possibilities
of
left
turn
signals,
but
whatever
settlement
that
is
agreed
to
isn't
in
any
way
binding,
it's
dependent
upon
what
the
council
decides
and
after
hearing
that
the
presentation
from
the
staff
did,
I
did
I
sum
that
up
correctly.
G
The
only
maybe
slight
tweak
I
would
make
to
that
is
that
we
would
anticipate
that
the
report
regarding
left
turns
restrictions
will
be
to
you.
This
fall,
this
fall,
thank
you
and
that
actually,
when
you
approve
the
project
and
eventually
award
the
contract
for
this
work,
if
you
were
to
proceed
with
that
would
occur,
probably
in
february
march
got
it.
Thank.
A
A
Q
A
A
A
Aye
motion
carries
7-0,
move
on
to
item
7
on
our
agenda,
which
is
our
hearings,
resolutions
and
ordinances
section
of
the
agenda.
We
actually
have
a
number
of
public
hearings
tonight.
Eight
public
hearings-
I
don't
believe
any
of
them
are
especially
contentious,
so
I
think
we
might
be
able
to
move
through
these
at
at
a
pace.
That's
not
gonna
keep
us
here.
In
late
into
the
evening.
We
will
start
with
item
7.1,
which
is
a
public
hearing
of
9201
old
cedar
avenue,
comprehensive
plan
map
amendment
and
rezoning.
A
J
So
here
we
are
at
the
subject
site.
We
are
it's
a
property
within
the
esol
shakopee
old,
cedar,
avenue,
commercial
node,
and
so
the
the
subject
studies
outlined
in
blue.
We
have
a
service
or
gas
station
facility
to
the
north
and
to
the
west
to
the
northeast.
We
have
an
existing
office
building
and
then
to
the
east
and
to
the
south.
We
have
single-family
residential.
J
So
as
we
often
see
in
these
commercial
nodes,
we
have
different
an
assortment
of
land
uses
within
a
relatively
confined
space.
So
a
lot
of
our
review,
centered
around
land
use
transitions
and
and
what
would
be
compatible
with
the
surrounding
land
uses
a
couple
photos
of
the
existing
conditions.
So
this
this
has
in
the
past,
been
used
as
a
residential
care
facility.
J
Not
much
to
the
existing
building
or
site
is
proposed
to
change
with
the
application
before
you
tonight.
You
can
see
the
building
that
would
really
stay,
as
is
the
parking
at
the
at
this
site,
is
to
the
east
of
the
building.
You
can
kind
of
see
the
the
parking
lot
to
the
behind.
You
can
see
a
car
there.
Access
is
proposed
to
stay
the
same
and
the
user
for
this
facility.
J
They
have.
They
serve
kids
with
autism,
and
so
in
terms
of
the
category
for
zoning.
It
would
most
certainly
be
a
like
a
medical
office,
type
user
and
providing
therapy
services
for
kids
with
autism
would
fit
into
that
medical
office
use
and
in
order
to
accommodate
that
use
the
comprehensive
plan
land
use
designation
would
have
to
be
amended.
So
this
is
the
existing
land
use
designation.
You
can
see
the
the
brown
hdr
high
density,
residential
designation
of
the
site
and
consistent
with
the
existing
land
uses.
J
You
see
that
the
various
land
uses
in
the
in
the
surrounding
neighborhood,
the
pink
is
general
business,
so
that
includes
some
auto
oriented
uses
or
auto
service
uses
retail
retail
uses.
You
see
the
existing
office
building,
that's
purple
that's
office
and
then
the
yellow
is
a
single
family,
residential.
J
J
So
similar
in
concept
to
the
comprehensive
plan
amendment
in
order
to
accommodate
a
medical
office
use,
the
the
zoning
would
also
have
to
change.
Currently,
it's
a
it's
an
rm12
or
multi-family
district,
and
in
order
to
have
a
very
low
intensity
office
user,
the
b1
district
is
proposed
or
the
neighborhood
office
district,
and
this
actually
is,
is
really
an
appropriate
district
for
these
land
use
transition
areas
because
that
it
really
accommodates
low
intensity
office
users.
J
Here's
a
site
plan,
as
I
mentioned
before,
not
much
would
change.
If
approved
you
can
see.
One
of
the
improvements
that
the
applicant
is
proposing
would
be
to
have
a
play
area.
Part
of
their
services
involves
a
lot
of
play
with
their
clients
and
due
to
sensory
challenges
with
their
clients,
they
would
have
an
opaque
fence
so
that
noises
and
lights
and
movements
wouldn't
necessarily
cause
challenges
for
their
clients,
so
it
would
be
an
enclosed
play
area
where
children
and
their
their
therapist
could
directly
exit
the
building
into
the
play
area.
J
Recent
conversations
indicate
that
they
they
would
want
to
move
forward
with
that
parking
expansion
right
away
because
they
they
do
think
that
they
they
need
that
parking.
So
should
this
application
be
approved,
the
next
step
would
be
an
administrative
zoning
review
or
site
plan
application
to
ensure
that
the
parking
lot
expansion
is
is
code,
complying.
J
J
Going
back
to
the
re
review
considerations.
Quite
a
few
and
staff
is
supportive
of
both
the
comprehensive
plan
amendment
and
the
rezoning.
This
project
really
entails
minimal
changes
to
the
site.
It
is
a
low
intensity
land
use.
So,
unlike
a
residential
care
facility
which
has
folks
living
there
and
potentially
some
disruptions
at
night,
this
business
would
have
regular
business
hours,
so
there
probably
would
be
more
activity
during
the
day
but
little
to
no
activity
in
at
night.
J
So
we
do
feel
it
is
compatible
with
the
surrounding
land
uses,
screening
between
the
commercial
fleet
use
and
the
residential
use.
They
would
maintain
that
screening
and
in
some
places,
enhance
it,
and
notably,
there
is
a
need
for
this
type
of
service,
and
so
this
would
therapy
services
for
kids
with
autism
would
meet
would
meet
a
need.
J
A
couple
notes
about
the
conference
of
plan
amendment
itself.
Like
most
zoning
applications,
we
did
provide
notices
to
property
owners.
We
didn't
hear
of
any
opposition
and
a
couple
conversations
that
I
had
with
property
owners
who
inquired
did
voice
support
once
they
understood
what
the
application
entailed
per
metropolitan
council
requirements.
We
provided
notice
to
affected
jurisdictions,
which
includes
neighboring
municipalities,
the
school
district,
other
taxing
jurisdictions,
and
we
did
not
receive
any
substantive
comments
on
the
application
again.
J
J
L
Thank
you,
mayor
yeah,
so
I
mean
in
general,
of
course
I
am
supportive
of
this
type
of
business
in
bloomington,
but
I'm
just
wondering
you
know,
given
the
need
for
housing
and
the
abundance
of
commercial
office
space
we
have
in
bloomington.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about?
You
know
why
this
specific
location
and
then
I'm
just
wondering
you
know,
does
it
make
sense,
or
does
it
make
sense
in
the
long
term
to
change
the
comprehensive
plan
for
this
use
now,
if
that
makes
sense,.
J
Sure,
mr
mayor
council,
member
yeah,
I
think
one
of
the
one
of
the
reasons
the
applicant
chose.
This
site
is
as
for
one
it
it
was
available.
You
know
some
office
space
can
be
difficult
to
find
to
meet
your
needs
in
it,
and
you
know
in
conversations
with
the
applicant,
it
really
meets
their
needs,
as
is
in
large
part,
so
they
wouldn't
have
to
build
a
building.
J
It
is
a
freestanding
building
a
separate
site,
so
they
wouldn't
have
to
compete
for
space
with
other
with
other
tenants.
So
I
think
I
think
that
was
very
appealing
to
the
to
the
applicant.
You
know
it's
it's
a
it's
a
quiet
site.
You
know
a
lot
of
mature
trees.
So
it's
quite
nice.
Actually,
you
know
the
questions
about
whether
or
not
to
amend
the
conference
of
plan.
You
know
absolutely.
J
I
don't
believe,
there's
any
storage,
you
know
we
have
conversations
about
storage
and
there
really
hasn't
been
an
interest
from
well.
I
should
I
should
back
up.
There
has
been
interest
for
the
property
as
part
of
a
larger
redevelopment
for
multi-family,
but
a
project
hasn't
materialized
for
this
site
in
isolation
to
have
a
redevelopment
that
makes
sense
for
an
apartment
project.
A
developer
would
be
interested
in
acquiring
adjacent
properties
and
assembling
those
properties
for
residential
development
hasn't
materialized.
R
Thanks
mayor,
my
question
is
probably
someone
on
the
lines
of
council
member
carter's,
I'm
just
stepping
back
from
the
specific
applicant
looking
at
the
land
use
at
what
we're
looking
at
doing
here,
and
I
know,
we've
had
a
lot
of
conversations
about
this
intersection
right
there
and
about
the
need
for
redevelopment
in
that
area,
and
I
know
we
proactively
redid
some
stuff.
You
know
further
west
to
that
along
old,
shocking
98th,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
in
your
mind.
R
J
J
So
that's
always
in
the
back
of
our
mind,
what
could
move
into
the
space
if
the
applicant
moves
away-
and
you
know
we
still
think
that
low
scale
or
low
intensity
office
users
would
would
be
an
appropriate
land
use
for
the
site.
So
you're,
you
know
a
dentist
or
other
sort
of
medical
office
or
general
office
or
in
insurance
or
a
salon
or
some
of
those
types
of
uses
that
bring
a
certain
level
of
activity
to
a
neighborhood
but
aren't
intense.
If
you
will
so
thinking
long-term.
R
I
appreciate
your
expressing
opinion.
My
opinion
on
that
is
is
similar
in
that
it's
particularly
given
its
proximity
to
the
single-family
residential
there
to
have
it
be
that
lower
intensity
as
opposed
to
a
much
higher
intensity.
I
think
that's.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
weren't
getting
ourselves
in
a
box.
A
D
Hello,
my
name
is
chris
wayne
right
tonic
and
I'm
the
executive
director
for
this
property
yeah
we're
very
excited.
I've
actually
worked
with
this
property
for
many
years.
It's
actually
the
same
owner
or
the
same
company.
That's
used
the
the
property,
and
we
just
really
felt
that
when
we
were
doing
the
the
high
density
residential
most
recently
it
was.
D
It
was
a
little
bit
challenging
for
the
population
we
served
and
I
think
it
was
a
little
bit
challenging
for
the
neighborhood,
so
we're
very
exciting
for
excited
for
this
opportunity
to
look
at
using
this
building
for
an
autism
center.
The
building
is
actually
set
up
perfect.
In
fact,
we
have
this
same
blueprint
built
in
many
communities
and
are
you
know
looking
at
doing
the
same
thing,
because
it
really
is,
you
know,
kind
of
the
perfect
perfect
match
for
the
services
we
provide.
A
A
G
A
D
You
know
we
find
that
to
be
a
very
unique
or
a
very
individualized
thing,
I'm
very
unique
to
each
child
what
what
environment
works
well
for
them,
so
that
certainly
would
be
something
their
parents
would
be
able
to
consider
before
they
look
to
begin
services
at
that
location.
The
outside
space
is
mainly
used
for
breaks
throughout
the
day.
Just
to
you
know,
burn
off
a
little
bit
of
steam
and
get
some
fresh
air.
So
it's
not
like
there's
a
lot
of
activity
outside
throughout
the
whole
day.
Okay,.
K
A
A
P
A
L
A
A
Q
A
L
A
D
Well,
we've
been,
you
know,
very
optimistic
that
this
we
felt
it
was
a
good
use
for
this
property,
so
we've
been
working
on
just
some
painting
and
some
stuff
inside.
So
as
soon
as
we
can
get
the
next
steps
completed,
we're
ready.
We've
already
got
kids,
who
are
here,
families
who
are
hearing
about
the
possibility
and
so
yeah
we're
excited
we're
hoping
once
all
of
all
of
the
approvals
are
in.
It
will
likely
only
be
a
few
weeks.
A
A
Have
a
good
evening
moving
on
item
7.2,
another
public
hearing,
this
is
for
a
code
amendments
related
to
the
environmental
review
and
procedures.
Excuse
me:
environmental
review
procedures
and
fees
and
julie
farnam
from
our
planning
department
is
going
to
lead
us
through
this
good
evening.
Ms
farham
good
to
see
you
again
welcome.
T
T
T
That
said,
the
information
provided
in
an
environmental
review
can
be
used
when
the
decision
maker
is
making
a
a
decision
about
an
approval
or
a
permit.
So,
for
instance,
something
that
comes
out
of
a
mitigation
plan
might
be
incorporated
into
conditions
of
approval
on
a
project
there's
essentially
two
types
of
environmental
review
mandatory
and
discretionary
and
I'll
just
drill
down
in
those
a
little
bit.
T
Sorry
about
that,
I'm
not
sure
what
happened
here,
but
my
there
we
go.
So
these
are
the
two
types
of
mandatory
environmental
review.
There
is
the
environmental
assessment
worksheet
an
eaw
that
is
the
less
intensive
review
and
it
applies
to
smaller
projects
and,
and
you
can
see
on
the
screen,
the
types
of
projects
or
the
sizes
of
projects
that
would
trigger
a
mandatory
environmental
review.
T
T
So
the
changes
proposed
touch
on
several
chapters
in
in
the
code
and
I'm
going
to
drill
down
into
each
one
of
those,
so
under
chapter
15,
which
is
the
buildings
and
structures.
So
this
is
where
there
is
current
language
about
essentially
what
we
call
generic
studies
and
it's
really
about
how
to
pay
for
these
large
kinds
of
studies
in
practice.
Well.
Well,
this
language
has
been
on
the
books
since
1982.
In
practice,
the
only
place
we've
really
applied.
T
And
then
the
bulk
of
changes
are
happening
to
chapter
21,
which
is
the
basically
the
zoning
and
land
development
regulations,
and
all
of
the
changes
are
happening
to
article
5,
which
is
under
administration
and
non-conformity.
So
there's
several
different
divisions
that
are
being
modified
so
under
division,
a
that's,
a
section
of
the
code
that
describes
the
various
approvals
and
permits
so,
for
instance,
a
plan
development,
a
preliminary
plan
development
or
a
conditional
use.
Permit,
there's
a
description
about
the
types
of
approval
process
and
permits
required.
T
So
this
is
just
simply
adding
some
language
in
there
that
basically
highlights
the
need
for
a
mandatory
environmental
review
or
or
it
says
that
if
one
is
required,
that
must
be
done
under
division
b.
That's
application
process
and
fees.
There
is
currently
an
application
fee
for
a
mandatory
environmental
review
and
the
proposed
changes
to
upgrade
or
increase
the
fee
to
better
reflect
the
actual
costs.
T
So
that's
going
to
become
the
new
division
f,
so
the
new
division
f
will
describe,
as
I
said,
the
the
processes
here
that
are
in
state
statutes
for
eaw,
eis
and
aur.
A
couple
of
things
to
note
is
that
these
documents
are
prepared
under
the
direction
of
the
city
as
the
rgu.
That's
the
responsible
governmental
unit.
T
It's
also
possible
that
the
developer
or
the
project
proposer
would
hire
their
own
consultant
and
that
actually
happens
fairly
often
on
a
private
development,
so
they
might
do
their
own.
A
key
thing
to
keep
in
mind
is
that
the
city
council
must
formally
accept
any
mandatory
environmental
review
prior
to
taking
any
official
action
to
approve
a
project
or
a
permit
associated
with
the
project.
T
That
said,
public
review
can
occur
concurrent
with
that
environmental
review.
In
other
words,
the
planning
commission
could
hold
a
public
hearing
on
a
project,
but
the
city
council
could
not
finalize
it
if
a
mandatory
review
was
required
and
then
the
aur
must
be
updated
every
five
years
to
remain
valid
and,
as
you
know,
we
have
an
aur
in
the
south
loop
district,
it's
our
only
aur,
and
that
is
coming
due
for
an
update
by
may
of
2022.
T
L
P
T
And
these
are
project
specific
kinds
of
reviews,
and
so
we
felt
that
the
approach
that
we're
currently
using
for
special
studies-
you
may
be
familiar
with.
Sometimes
we
order
a
traffic
study
or
a
utility
study
and
such
in
conjunction
with
a
development
proposal
that
is
coming
through
and
we
require.
We
estimate
how
much
that
study
is
going
to
cost
and
we
require
the
developer
the
project
proposer
to
put
up
an
escrow
to
cover
those
costs.
T
So
in
our
case,
that's
only
in
the
southwood
district
and
so
that
fee
gets
deposited
into
a
special
fund
that
can
be
drawn
upon
to
cover
the
costs
of
the
aur
updates.
So
if
there's
a
traffic
study
needed,
for
instance,
we
can
pull
from
from
that
fund.
That's
how
we've
been
doing
it
for
many
years
and
that's
how
we're
proposing
to
continue
to
do
it.
T
Finally,
chapter
22,
which
is
planning
and
subdivisions,
there's
just
a
very
minor
change
here,
just
to
the
language.
Just
noting
that
the
plat
is
cannot
be
in
conflict
with
state
law
and
as
usual,
we
provide
public.
We
provide
notification
in
the
sun
current
as
well
as
we
send
out
notices
via
e-subscribe.
T
T
T
So
it
was
a
bit
of
an
interesting
kind
of
a
test.
We
do
have
several
kinds
of
things
like
that,
where
we
incorporate
state
requirements
into
our
code,
so
so
that
is
something
that
you
will
see
moving
forward.
When
we
roll
out
the
reia,
I
would
say
that
it's
possible
that
the
reia
could
perhaps
be
used
to
inform
where
we
want
to
use
or
order
discretionary
eaws,
because
those
are
eaws
that
don't
meet
the
mandatory
thresholds
but
because
of
their
nature
or
location.
T
A
T
Yes,
mayor
a
council
member,
there
is
language
in
here
that
points
to
any
changes
in
the
state
law,
so
it
says
something
to
the
effect
you
know
or
as
updated
by
the
state.
I
don't
have
the
language
right
in
front
of
me,
sorry,
but
but
it
does,
the
language
does
accommodate
future
changes
to
state
law.
L
A
G
A
A
S
A
A
Q
A
Aye
motion
carries
7-0,
mr
arnhem,
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
clean
this
up.
I
know
it
was.
It
had
to
be
an
arduous
task,
to
pull
it
all
together
and
to
make
sure
everything
matched
up
with
state
statutes,
but
appreciate
the
fact
that
it
does
now
and
I
think,
we're
in
a
better
place.
So
thank
you
so
very
much
for
that.
A
G
Mr
mayor
council,
this
is
another
similar
action
that
we've
taken
over
past
meetings
having
to
do
with
the
vacation
of
public
easements
in
anticipation
of
a
new
plat,
and
what
will
happen
is
once
these
are
vacated.
The
new
easements
that
are
in
the
appropriate
locations,
conforming
to
the
new
plat,
will
be
dedicated
as
part
of
the
plat.
G
A
Very
good
council
any
questions,
basically
a
cleanup
of
the
public
drainage,
utility
and
sidewalk
bike
lanes,
bikeway
and
site
street
easements.
Anything
else
any
questions.
This
is
a
public
hearing,
I'd
like
to
call
the
public
hearing
for
item
7.3.
As
I
said,
it's
for
the
vacation
of
public
drainage,
utility,
sidewalk
bikeway
and
street
easements
5821
southwood
drive
and
170
norman
ridge
drive.
G
G
We're
looking
to
accomplish
that
you
had
taken
action
on
on
august.
9Th
was
a
reconfiguration
of
lot
lines
on
two
existing
lots
into
two
new
lots.
I
think
the
stated
purpose
by
the
property
owners
was
that
they
were
trying
to
make
it
more
difficult
for
an
additional
lot
to
be
built
in
this
area.
So
previously
there
was
one
lot
very
large
lot
that
had
frontage
on
both
southwood
and
on
norman
ridge
drive
the
platte
effectively
cut
off
the
frontage
from
that
same
lot
to
normandridge,
drive
and
added
that
piece
to
the
adjoining
property.
G
That's
not
to
say
that
property
owners
in
the
future
could
ask
for
a
different
plat
that
might
have
a
different
configuration
of
lot
lines,
but
I
think
the
the
plat
that
you
had
approved
on
august
9th
started
with
two
lots:
two
buildable
lots
and
has
two
buildable
lots
in
it.
So
no
change
the
number
of
buildable
lots.
G
H
A
A
A
F
That
in
the
interest
of
the
public,
approve
the
vacation
of
public
drainage
utilities,
sidewalk
bikeway
and
street
easements,
and
also
terminate
all
rights
of
egress
and
access
within
lot,
one
block
one
majestic
stag
estate
and
lot
two
block.
One
ellery
states
is
recommended
with
the
adoption
of
this
ordinance
approving
a
vacation
of
said,
public
easements
and
all
rights
and
ingress
and
access.
F
G
F
A
G
G
A
A
E
A
F
A
F
That
it
is
in
the
interest
of
the
public
to
approve
the
partial
vacation
of
the
public
drainage
and
utility
easements
within
lot.
One
block,
one,
france,
494
fourth
edition
and
lot
one
block.
One
p,
a
waltzer
edition
is
recommended
with
the
adoption
of
this
ordinance
approving
a
partial
vacation
of
set
easements.
Second,.
A
A
A
G
A
A
L
A
G
A
A
A
I
A
A
G
S
A
A
A
A
A
Q
A
R
G
No,
mr
mayor
council,
member
nelson,
actually
a
good
catch
there.
No,
this
is
a
that
office
building.
You
might
be
familiar
with
you're
down
on
pen
and
they've,
actually
kind
of
out
or
they're
marketing
a
section
or
one
a
couple
floors
over
there
to
wellness
so
acupuncture
massage
we've
got
a
couple
office
buildings
that
have
done
this,
but
this
one
I
think
we've
got.
G
G
A
A
A
I
A
A
G
A
A
A
A
A
L
A
A
So
much
move
on
to
item
seven
excuse
me
item
eight
in
our
on
our
agenda,
which
is
our
organizational
business,
and
the
first
up
is
item
8.1,
which
is
the
adoption
of
the
park
system
master
plan
and
something
that
we
have
been
working
on
for
a
while
now
and
renee
clark,
our
assistant
director
of
parks
and
projects.
This
has
been
a
big
one,
a
big
project
and
looking
forward
to
hear
what
you
have
to
say
in
the
discussion
about
the
adoption
of
the
park
system
master
plan
good
evening
welcome.
M
M
M
The
process
began
in
late
2019.
We
started
with
a
needs
assessment,
a
statistically
valid
survey
with
interviews
of
stakeholders
and
and
council.
This
information
is
included
in
appendix
b.
This
started
our
community
engagement
process
to
discuss
and
learn
how
our
parks
can
better
serve
bloomington
residents.
M
Several
studies
and
analysis
have
been
done
that
informed
our
work,
including
a
level
of
service
analysis
comparing
bloomington's
parks
and
amenities
to
national
standards,
a
benchmark
survey
comparing
bloomington
to
similar
communities,
a
demographic
and
trends
analysis
looking
at
who
lives
here
and
who's
projected
to
live
here,
along
with
trends
in
parks
and
recreation
and
a
program
assessment.
Looking
at
our
core
services
and
pricing,
based
on
the
information
and,
most
importantly,
community
input,
a
prioritization
framework
for
implementation
and
the
final
document
were
created.
M
The
engagement
plan
has
been
purposeful
and
endeavored
to
capture
a
wide
range
of
stakeholders,
even
as
we
transitioned
from
in-person
to
virtual
meetings.
The
project
bloom
interactive
website
was
a
tool
we
used
for
over
a
year
collecting
input
in
a
variety
of
ways.
From
there
we
transitioned
to
the
city's
platform.
Let's
talk
bloomington,
we
did
focus
group
interviews
of
internal
and
external
stakeholders.
In-Person
events
to
promote
project
bloom
pictured
here
is
our
work
with
kennedy
high
school
students
that
we
did
in
cooperation
with
the
lindell
planning
project.
M
Communications
to
promote
and
inform
residents
about
the
plan
and
participation
opportunities
have
been
through
a
variety
of
means,
including
the
city's
website
and
social
media
signs
in
parks.
The
bloomington
briefing
flyers
in
the
sun
current,
which
we
did
in
english
and
spanish
and
then
our
communications
department
has
done
a
great
job
of
creating
some
specific
project.
Videos
for
us
one.
We
did
in
both
english
and
spanish
and
some
specific
productions
for
the
youtube
channel
and
things
like
the
mayor's
minute.
M
M
Through
the
extensive
community
engagement
process,
these
four
priority
elements
for
the
plan
have
emerged:
natural
resources,
trails
and
mobility,
new
park,
amenities
and
equity,
I'll
review.
The
key
findings
and
recommendations
for
each
of
these
first
natural
resources
emerged
as
a
priority
through
this
project,
as
it
has
through
other
city
surveys.
M
We
learned
through
this
project.
Balancing
access
and
preservation
is
important
and
we
receive
some
thoughtful
public
comments
specific
to
natural
resources.
Some
reflected
directly
in
this
plan
and
some
that
would
be
will
be
considered
in
a
natural
resources.
Management
plan,
which
is
a
key
recommendation.
M
Recommendations
in
the
plan
include
a
natural
surface
trails
plan
to
be
developed,
which
would
include
things
such
as
the
feasibility
of
single
track
and
mountain
bike
park
locations,
community
park,
designs
that
incorporate
trail,
walking
loops
and
then
coordination
on
the
implementation
of
streets
and
the
alternative.
Natural
alternative
transportation
plan
to
improve
on
street
trails
and
connections.
M
We've
agreed
that,
while
bloomington
has
beautiful
abundant
park,
land
parks
are
old
and
outdated.
We've
learned
through
these
studies
and
analysis
that
bloomington's
over
served
by
some
park
amenities
and
is
lacking
in
others,
such
as
fully
accessible
playgrounds,
pickleball
courts
and
an
indoor
recreation
space.
M
M
This
is
an
initial
plan
that
may
change
based
on
our
asset,
inventory
and
condition
ratings
and
the
annual
review
and
prioritization
of
our
capital
improvement
plan.
I'll
note
the
park
system
master
plan
recommends
at
least
4
million
annually,
so
funding
will
be
a
factor
on
progress
and
timeliness
of
community
impact
of
this.
M
The
first
cip
project
scheduled
in
2023,
is
trepa
park.
This
example
was
used
in
the
park
master
plan
as
a
example
of
park
renovation
and
reimagining.
What
a
park
could
be
in
this
case
at
trepa
park.
Last
year
we
decommissioned
two
ice
rinks,
so
here
this
concept
reimagines
new
experiences,
including
access
to
nature,
a
potential
bike,
skills
park
and
playground
that
that
could
be
considered
here
and
determined
through
more
planning
and
influenced
by
the
community.
Of
course,
a
geographic
information
study
is
also
something
that
staff
is
currently
working
on.
M
M
Recreation
and
program
assessment
looked
at
core
programs
offered
and
examined
program
life
cycle
and
offered
this
cost
recovery
model.
That's
recommended
as
part
of
the
final
plan.
The
cost
recovery
model
considers
community
benefit
versus
private
benefit
in
setting
fees,
staff
are
currently
working
on
business
plans
for
our
programs
to
inform
pricing
and
implementation
of
this
model.
We're
also
reviewing
core
programs
so,
as
new
ones
may
be
added
in
the
future,
and
declining
programs
can
be
phased
out
annually.
Council
set
fees
for
our
programs,
and
this
work
will
influence
staff
recommended
for
future
fees.
M
Staff
in
parks
and
recreation
and
park
maintenance
are
continuing
to
improve
our
collaboration
for
the
services
we're
providing
this
year
park.
Maintenance
will
have
its
own
separate
budget
from
parks
and
recreation
within
public
works.
The
park
maintenance
will
be
developing
work
plans
in
coordination,
though
with
parks
and
recreation.
Together.
We're
also
recommending
that
natural
resources
management
position
as
well
so
continued
and
improved
coordination
and
and
planning
in
our
parks
is,
is
ongoing.
With
park
maintenance.
M
This
initial
effort,
as
proposed
in
the
park
system
master
plan,
is
a
narrow
scope
specifically
to
guide
investments
in
natural
resources
for
the
next
five
years,
we're
looking
at
natural
resources
management
we're
currently
doing
ensuring
it's
adequately
resourced
and
then
using
existing
data
and
plans
to
build
priorities
off
that
work.
This
is
largely
a
technical
exercise.
At
this
time,
phase
two
scope
of
a
natural
resources
management
plan
for
bloomington
would
more
fully
look
at
ecosystem
services
and
management
strategies
as
part
of
that
larger
scope
in
the
future.
M
M
P
Evening,
thank
you
for
having
me
here,
as
rooney
said,
I'm
laura
pelton,
the
vice
chair
of
the
parks,
arts
and
recreation
commission,
on
behalf
of
and
on
behalf
of
myself
and
chairperson
stephanie
tungs
up
in
all
current
and
past
park.
Commission
members,
I
am
here
to
endorse
the
park
system
master
plan
as
presented
to
you
tonight
and,
respectively,
request
council
to
consider
adoption
of
the
plan.
P
As
you
know,
this
plan
has
been
in
the
works
for
nearly
two
years
and
the
park
commission
has
been
involved
in
every
step
along
the
way.
The
park
commission
is
incredibly
proud
and
impressed
with
the
master
plan
not
only
with
the
end
result,
but
how
staff
engaged
and
focused
on
community
involvement
throughout
the
entire
process.
P
The
community
was
involved
early
in
the
process
and
they
were
engaged
frequently
throughout.
On
top
of
that,
every
time
staff
received
feedback
from
the
community.
We
were
incredibly
impressed
of
how
thoughtful
they
were
about
the
feedback
received
and
how
they
integrated
that
feedback
into
the
plan.
P
A
A
In
my
estimation,
it
just
the
fact
that
it
was
done
somewhat
virtually
somewhat
in
person
with
some
of
the
barriers
that
were
in
place
over
the
past
year
and
a
half
with
with
so
many
questions
to
answer
and
such
a
comprehensive
look
at
things,
I'm
just
blown
away
at
how
well
the
process
how
well
you
made
the
process
work
in
such
trying
circumstances.
So
again,
the
the
final
document,
the
end
result
is
great.
A
S
S
I
too
share
your
just
how
impressive
this
you
know
that
really
this
whole
process
has
been
very
comprehensive,
and
you
know
I
just
have
three
short
little
items
here.
I
did
notice
in
the
staff
report
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
clear
in
my
mind
on
page
two,
he
had
a
piece
on
here
on
equity
and
it
said
something
about
the
effect
of
the
north
west
portion
of
the
city
has
the
least
acres
of
parkland,
but
I
saw
in
the
presentation
it
said
northeast.
S
S
The
national
parks
and
recreational
services
are
often
cited
as
one
of
the
most
important
factors
in
surveys
of
how
livable
communities
are
and
when
you
just
look
at
how
this
has
been
laid
out,
just
fantastic
in
that
regard,
and
maybe
even
council
member
carter
would
have
said
this
next
line.
That's
in
here
now
parks
provide
gathering
places
for
families
and
social
groups
as
well
for
individuals
of
all
ages
and
economic
status,
regardless
of
their
ability
or
their
ability
to
pay.
S
S
If
council
priorities
are
adjusted,
which
we
know
we're
in
that
process
of
strategically
getting
ready
to
do
that
following
the
publication
of
this
master
plan,
guiding
principles
should
be
evaluated
for
compatibility
with
the
plan,
so
it
just
seems
like
you've
thought
of
everything,
with
this
entire
plan
and
and
if
not
we'll,
come
back
and
modify
it.
So
you
know
with
that
being
said
and
there's
so
many
more
things
that
could
be
said,
and
certainly
people's
priorities
and
just
the
things
that
have
been
done.
S
Q
Q
Q
This
is
not
saying
we're
committed
to
doing
anything
or
or
whatever
it
is,
but
this
is
a
plan
for
us
to
follow
when
we
get
to
those
decision
points-
and
I
would
I
would
just
not
that
I
need
to-
but
I
would
certainly
encourage
staff
and
and
everyone
to
sort
of
continue
seeking
out
this
feedback
and
having
these
conversations
with
the
community.
This
has
been
an
incredible
process
and
something
I've
heard
from
a
lot
of
folks
about,
and
I
I
think
it's
it
really
is
an
impressive
document.
Q
That's
gonna
serve
the
community.
Well,
I
you
know.
The
other
piece
I
would
just
add
is
that
I
would,
I
would
say
in
some
sense,
you
know
you
you've
cleared
a
major
hurdle,
but
in
some
sense
your
work
is
really
just
beginning,
because
now
you
got
to
actually
execute
this
and
you
have
to
make
this
plan
something
that
the
city
implements.
Q
In
addition
to,
oh
by
the
way,
there
are
all
these
other
individual
parks.
You
know
that
folks
have
lived
next
to
for
20
30
years
20
30
years
and
feel
very
protective
of,
and
doing
that
in
a
way
that
that
moves
the
community
forward
is
going
to
be
incredibly
challenging
and
oh
yeah.
We
got
to
pay
for
all
of
it
too.
Q
So
I
I
in
many
ways
I
don't
envy
the
task
you
have
ahead
of
you,
but
I
I
know
that
that
you
are
excited
for
the
work
and-
and
I'm
just
I'm
really
really
excited
about
this.
As
I
said,
this
is
something
that
a
lot
of
folks
have
talked
to
me
about.
A
lot
of
folks
are
really
excited
to
see.
I
think
you
know
a
lot
of
folks
in
the
community.
Q
I
mean
they
really
value
our
parks,
but
I
hear
from
a
lot
of
folks
that
that
you
know
we
we
can
do
some
updating
here
there
is,
there
is
a
space.
There
is
a
desire,
even
a
need,
I
would
say,
to
move
forward
and
and
just
come
to
sort
of
grips
not
only
with
how
folks
are
using
the
parks
right
now,
but
how
they're
going
to
you
know
over
the
coming
years.
So
I
think
this
is.
Q
This
is
just
a
really
really
exciting
time,
and
I
I
you
know
again
to
echo
the
other
comments
that
folks
have
made.
I
think
this
is
is
a
really
impressive
body
of
work
and
something
that
is
going
to
serve
the
community
really
really
well,
because
so
much
of
it
came
directly
from
the
community.
So
thank
you.
G
Thank
you
very
much
mayor,
yeah,
just
just
kind
of
in
general
and
a
quick
question
for
you.
I
just
really
appreciate,
and
especially
as
I've
been
out
kind
of
talking
to
neighbors
across
the
east
side,
really
the
the
two-prong
approach
here
and
council
member
coulter
mentioned
it
right
not
committing
to
any
specific
projects
or
features
in
a
specific
park
at
this
point,
but
committing
to
saying
we're
going
to
ensure
the
vibrancy
of
the
single
greatest
asset
in
this
community,
our
parks
and
our
green
spaces
for
decades
to
come.
G
We're
committing
to
doing
that
right
now
and
now
again
to
that
point
figuring
out
on
a
park
by
park
neighborhood
by
neighborhood
basis.
What
does
that
look
for?
What
does
that
look
like
for
you?
What
does
that
look
like
for
your
neighbors,
because
I
I've
referenced
this
document
to
folks
when
they
struggle
back
with
me
and
get
so
excited
to
say?
Oh,
my
gosh,
there's
going
to
be
dog
parks
or
bike
skills
or
accessible
playgrounds.
G
G
M
Mayor
council,
member
martin
and
members
of
council
the
year
prior
is
the
planning
year
for
these
projects.
So
generally
we
have
a
planning
year
prior
to
a
construction
year
and
then
or
construction
year
or
two,
and
that's
that's
generally
the
process
and
we're
currently
working
out.
What
that
community
engagement
process
looks
like
with
our
other
colleagues
at
the
city.
F
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
renee
to
you
and
the
rest
of
the
team.
I
think
this
is
a
good
job.
Well
done
it's,
unfortunately,
for
me,
it's
very
reminiscent
of
what
I
was
part
of
with
the
former
parks
master
planning
group
in
around
2005
2006..
It
was
about
a
two-year
project.
Back
then
came
up
with
a
plan
which
this
this
plan
is
much
more
comprehensive
than
what
that
plan
was.
F
R
Thank
you
mayor.
You
know
I'd
echo
my
appreciation
for
this.
I
think
it
was
the
process
and
I
think
that's
the
most
important
part
was
well
done.
The
engagement
that
your
team
did
and
was
great,
and
I
appreciate
that
it
has
some
of
the
things
that
we've
talked
about.
Particularly
you
emphasized
it
that
we're
not
just
going
to
rebuild
our
older
parks.
Many
of
them
do
need
maintenance.
R
Many
of
them
do
need
to
be
rebuilt,
but
we're
not
going
to
rebuild
them
based
on
a
1970s
model,
but
we're
going
to
rebuild
them
for
today
and
tomorrow
and
along
those
lines.
The
one
thing
I
would
just
encourage
you
to
keep
in
mind
is:
I
think
we
need
to
continue
to
communicate
this
shift,
that
this
plan
is
making
from
our
parks
being
largely
similar,
neighborhood
parks
sort
of
have
a
model
within
bloomington.
R
And
the
reality
is,
I
think,
that's
where
the
council
is
going
to
get
most
of
the
pushback
is
when
you
know
we
saw
it
with
ice
rinks
we're
going
to
see
it
with
whatever
else
we
want
to
take
out
and
change
to
something
different
as
we
go
into
the
future,
and
I
think
just
continuing
to
communicate
the
benefit
of
this.
When
we
see
this
plan
and
to
customer
member
biloga's
point,
I
mean
the
only
way
to
see
this
plan
or
see.
R
Those
benefits
is
actually
to
implement
this
plan,
because
I
think
there's
widespread
when
you
talk
to
people
about
the
diversity
of
amenities
within
an
area
around
them,
maybe
not
just
in
their
neighborhood
park.
They
get
it,
but
it's
hard
when
we
send
a
notice
to
the
neighborhood
and
say
hey
we're
we're
taking
this
out
and
they
get
some
pushback
there.
R
The
other
thing
just
very
quickly.
A
couple
of
things
is,
I
really
appreciate
the
many
business
plans.
I
think
that's
extremely
important
to
have
the
people
operating
the
facilities
and
the
programs
having
a
plan
having
goals
measurable,
see
how
we're
doing
so.
We
can
continue
to
improve.
There
really
appreciate
the
look
at
alternative
revenues
and
partnerships.
I
think
many
have
talked
about.
You
know
this
is
going
to
take
money.
R
But
this
is
a
community
plan.
This
is
a
way
to
make
it
a
place
that,
as
the
council
has
talked
about
a
number
of
times,
be
a
community
of
choice
for
people
to
move
into
that
they
want
to
live
here.
They
want
to
stay
here,
it's
a
destination
for
people
and
we
have
destinations
with
big
with
the
river
bottoms,
the
trails
there
on
all
of
these
things.
R
L
L
I
think
people
are
super
super
excited
about
the
opportunity
there
I
mean,
I
think
we
saw
in
the
feedback
the
public
comments,
that
you
know,
people
have
ideas
and
they
want
to
see
improvements
and
they
want
to
see
different
amenities,
and
so
I
think
it
just
speaks
to
the
need
to
continue
to
prioritize
that
that
really
authentic
community
engagement
at
the
neighborhood
level,
and
so
again
I
thank
you
so
much.
I
think
it's
it's
really
really
exciting,
and
I
know
you
know.
L
M
P
E
And
the
parks,
arts
and
recreation
commission-
this
is
really
truly
a
very
visionary
document,
and
it
just
makes
my
heart
very
proud
to
hear
all
the
comments
from
from
the
city
council
this
evening
we're
very
proud
of
the
work
and
we
look
forward
to
serving
the
residents
of
bloomington.
We
look
forward
to
continuing
to
engage
as
we
work
on
these
plans.
This
is
all
about
what
the
bloomington
residents
want.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
your
support.
S
We
are
curious,
or
at
least
that
the
chair
was
curious
in
terms
of
of
how
that
is
going
to,
and
he
may
not
have
the
answer
for
this
right
now,
but
want
to
just
put
this
out
there
so
that
we
kind
of
figure
out.
How
does
the
sustainability
commission
going
to
be?
You
know
part
of
that
that
discussion
in
terms
of
of
that
natural
resources
discussion.
S
S
Is
that
the
best
and
that's
out
there
and
again,
I
don't
want
to
get
too
far
down
on
the
weeds,
because
this
is
sort
of
tangential
to
what
we're
doing
here
tonight,
but
did
want
to
make
sure
that
I
raised
that
that
that
is
a
question
that
is
out
there.
That
sustainability
members
have
questions
about.
Mr
verbruge.
I
Right
now
to
your
first
question,
though,
about
the
the
involvement
of
the
sustainability
commission
in
these
issues,
as
we
move
forward
as
we
are
putting
together
the
priorities
for
implementation
within
the
net
within
the
natural
resource
management
plan,
but
within
the
the
larger
parks
system,
master
plan
as
well
the
the
work
plan,
as
it's
prioritized,
we
will
identify
what
other
groups
or
departments
or
individuals
will
need
to
be
involved.
As
we
proceed
through
that
process.
S
Thank
you
manager,
mayor
for
the
clarification
that
certainly
poses
a
number
of
questions,
but
I'm
going
to
get
you
afterwards,
so
don't
worry
about
that.
We'll
certainly
get
our
questions
answered
again.
Thank
you
for
that.
I
have
one
other
thing,
but
I
think
I'll
cast
that
one
offline,
that's
a
more
specific
question
around
moyer
park,
so.
A
A
E
A
A
An
8.2
on
our
agenda
is
really
pretty
much.
The
only
study
item
on
our
agenda
this
evening,
no
action
on
this
one.
This
is
a
discussion
item
only
regarding
notification,
practices
for
land
use
applications
or,
more
simply,
when
something
is
going
to
happen
who
gets
notified
and
how
far
that
circle
is
drawn.
So
I
think
shawn,
james
and
glenn.
Marker
are
here
to
talk
to
us
this
evening
good
evening
and
welcome.
E
E
So
for
most
land
use
proposals
that
require
a
public
hearing,
the
city
mails,
a
notice
notice
of
public
hearings
are
also
published
in
the
sun
current.
So
both
of
these
things,
the
mailed
notice,
the
publication
and
the
sound
current
are
required
by
statute,
but
the
city
also
provides
other
methods
to
notify
about
public
hearings.
So
this
includes
the
email
updates.
There
are
e-subsidies
subscribe
system,
so
anyone
can
go
onto
the
website
and
subscribe
to
these,
and
then
we
also
post
information
online
in
several
different
web
pages.
E
E
E
And
the
intent
of
all
of
this
is
to
maximize
awareness,
increase
participation
in
the
meetings
and
then
to
improve
transparency
about
the
public
decision-making
process,
keeping
in
mind
you
know
we
want
to
do
so
in
a
cost-effective
manner.
You
know
we
can't
afford
to
simply
mail
a
letter
to
every
single
resident
or
property
owner,
and
we
also
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
notifying
fairly
consistently
throughout
on
each
application.
E
So
I
want
to
focus
particularly
on
the
mailing
distance
requirements,
as
this
topic's
come
up
previously,
when
people
feel
that
they
have
not
received
adequate
notice
and
first
touch
on
the
statute
requirement.
So
a
statute
requires
that
mailings
go
out
here
shown
on
that
first
line
to
property
owners
that
are
within
350
feet
of
certain
land
use
applications.
So
these
applications
include
conditional
use,
permits
and
interim
useful
permits,
as
well
as
rezonings,
but
there's
not
a
minimum
requirement
for
say
a
re-guiding
or
a
site
plan.
E
So
some
cities
follow
the
minimum
requirements.
Others
choose
to
notify
a
little
bit
further
away.
So
in
bloomington
we
noticed
500
feet
out
for
most
applications
in
some
other
cities.
Neighboring
choose
to
do
that
as
well.
You
know
some
might
notice
a
little
bit
further
out
for
rezonings,
but
then
the
350
feet
for
like
a
conditional
use
permit.
It
varies
city
to
city.
E
The
one
thing
that's
consistent
is
variances
those
types
of
applications.
Most
cities
will
notify
a
closer
distance
they're,
not
quite
as
far
from
a
subject
property,
and
this
is
because
variances
mostly
affect
the
neighboring
properties
and
don't
have
as
much
impact.
Typically,
you
know
on
the
opposite
side
of
a
block.
E
This
is
a
indian
mounds
elementary.
So
the
building
is
on
the
north
side
of
the
lot,
but
it's
quite
a
long
lot
that
extends
away
to
the
south.
Even
so,
in
this
case,
if
there
was
a
project
here,
residents
to
the
south
would
be
notified,
even
though
they're
further
away
from
the
building
than
say
some
built
some
residence
to
the
east
and
west
of
the
building
here.
So
it's
seemingly
uneven,
but
the
way
the
property
lines
are
on
the
map.
You
know
we
simply
mail
500
feet
away.
E
E
E
E
So
in
the
past,
when
property
owners
have
expressed
concern
not
receiving
adequate
notification,
sometimes
a
couple
of
ideas
are
offered
for
improvement.
So
one
I'll
talk
more
about
on
is
you
know?
Why
not
increase
the
notification
distance?
We
hear
that
it's
not
far
enough
away.
So
here's
another
example.
Look
at
this
is
the
fire
station
4
site
you'll,
hear
in
a
few
weeks,
so
this
is
at
4201
west
84th
street,
and
the
current
requirement
on
the
left
is
the
mailing
distance
of
500
feet,
so
that
goes
out
to
84
properties.
E
Now,
if
the
requirement
was
a
thousand
feet,
it
would
capture
an
additional
condo
building
to
the
south,
what
the
east-
and
so
here
we
would,
with
a
thousand
foot
notification
we'd,
send
the
letters
out
to
296
properties.
So
significantly
more,
you
know,
doubling
the
distance
of
the
notification
usually
means
not
tripling
or
quadrupling
the
number
of
notifications
and
keep
in
mind
too.
E
E
The
other
issue
with
this
is
that,
regardless
of
the
mailing
distance,
there's
always
properties
that
just
miss
the
cut
off.
We
often
hear.
Why
did
my
neighbor
receive
a
letter
and
not
me?
No
people
don't
always
see
the
map
aspect
and,
frankly,
it's
not
always
perfect,
depending
on
how
the
property
lines
are
are
drawn
out,
but
it
again
it's
objective.
E
E
E
So
another
idea
people
have
suggested
is
to
notify
by
neighborhood
somehow
why
don't
we
do
that?
So
and
really
this
concept
sounds
good.
The
idea
you
know
if
your
neighbors
get
a
letter,
you
should
receive
one
as
well
and
it
works
well
in
cities
with
defined
neighborhoods.
Maybe
a
neighborhood
organization
that
helps
coordinate
how
people
are
notified,
but
bloomington
doesn't
have
defined
neighborhoods.
E
So
that's
an
issue,
but
a
different
approach
is
to
notify
by
say,
maybe
by
block,
so
we
usually
think
about
this
as
blocks
delineated
by
streets.
This
has
limitations
too.
So
if
we
look
at
this
example
here
again,
this
is
a
made-up
proposal.
No
no
proposal
here
but
mapped
in
yellow
are
the
properties
that
would
receive
the
notice
if
there
was
a
project
here
along
normandale
boulevard,.
E
So
you
can
imagine
it'd
be
easy
to
decide
well
the
properties
in
green.
They
share
a
block
with
these
other
properties
that
received
a
letter.
They
should
be
included
and
get
a
letter
too.
You
know,
maybe
we
would
include
these
as
well,
because
they're
adjacent
properties
that
got
a
letter
they're
defined
by
a
block.
It's
really
just
adding
a
few
more.
It's
not
significant,
and
this
approach
works
well
in
more
grid
like
neighborhoods,
but
it's
difficult
here.
You
know
for
this
area
in
orange.
E
How
would
we
it'd
be
difficult
to
decide
how
to
which
properties
to
include
and
which
one's
not
to
you
know,
in
this
case
the
roads
are
curvilinear,
so
it's
difficult
to
tell
which,
which
properties
face
the
same
street
as
the
others,
and
really
it
gets
to
be
just
too
much
properties
further
to
the
south,
probably
don't
want
to
receive
a
letter.
We
do
get
complaints
on
occasion
also
of
people
getting
too
much
mail.
E
This
would
also
address
some
of
the
racial
equity
concerns,
since
ownership
rates
vary
heavily
by
race.
However,
I'll
admit
this
is
a
little
easier
said
than
done.
Address.
Information
for
occupants
is
incomplete,
it's
a
little
better
for
residential
than
commercial
industrial,
but
it
varies
across
the
city
and
the
other
consideration
is
you
know
if
we
notified
occupants,
there's
a
significant
cost
or
cost
to
that
as
well.
E
Some
cities
around
us
use
postcards
it's
a
little
bit
more
user-friendly
option.
It's
easy
to
quickly
interpret
hey.
What's
going
on
in
my
neighborhood,
the
downside
to
that
is
you
can't
fit
as
much
onto
our
postcards.
We'd
have
to
decide
what's
needed,
and
then
the
city
also
makes
use
of
some
of
those
online
notification
methods
I
mentioned.
E
But
there's
always
the
option
to
you
know,
make
more
use
of
social
media
or
even-
and
we
have
the
let's
talk
tool
now
as
a
possible
way
to
notify
about
land
use
applications.
But
I'll
admit
this
would
as
easy
as
some
of
those
tools
are
to
use.
It
does
take
staff
time
to
input
them,
keep
them
updated,
watch
for
comments,
and,
frankly,
it
might
be
just
too
much
for
some
projects
that
aren't
as
high
profile
and
just
looking
back
at
our
intent
here
in
this
green
box.
E
So
staff
and
planning
commission
recommend
to
keep
the
current
mail
just
notification
distance.
A
couple
of
commissioners
did
comment
that
they'd
be
open
to
reducing
the
distance,
but
I
didn't
want
to
increase
it.
They've
cited
environmental
concerns.
You
know
just
printing,
more
more
process
to
mail,
those
out
and
there's
some
sentiment
that
no
paper
notices
are
becoming
more
more
old-fashioned,
that
most
people
find
out
through
email,
but
that
opinion
varied
and
staff
planning
commission
do
suggest
further
evaluation
of
some
of
these
other
methods
that
I
just
covered.
E
A
A
E
E
A
E
S
S
In
order
to
do
that-
and
so
I
don't
know
if,
if
staff
still
has
that
breakdown,
but
that
may
be
an
interesting,
I
can't
because
I
don't
have
it
in
front
of
me-
I
can't
I
don't
know
what
how
big
those
areas
were
or
how
small
they
were,
but
if
that
was
a
way
to
maybe
get
at
trying
to
do
a
notification
from
the
neighborhood.
Now
I'm
saying
I
would
support
that.
I'm
just
saying
that
that
may
be
a
way
to
to
organize
that
thinking.
That
was
in
the.
I
I
I
But
to
your
point
it
is
something
that
we
do
already
have
in
place,
and
I
think
that
the
question
is,
you
know
what
happens
if
you're
taking
a
neighborhood
approach,
as
mr
james
pointed
out
when
you
have
something
on
the
edge
of
those
neighborhoods
right,
and
so
you
know,
there's
always
going
to
be
this
issue
of
cut
off,
and
you
know
where
you're
going
to
draw
the
line.
So
I
think
for
the
starting
point
of
defined,
neighborhoods
or
defined
boundary
areas
for
areas
within
the
community.
I
S
And
I
I
just
I
I
do
think
that's
an
interesting
way
of
you
know,
maybe
with
a
postcard,
maybe
you
could
go
about
doing
I
don't
again.
If
it's
right
in
the
middle
of
all
four
of
them,
then
you
got
yourself
a
whole
different
problem.
So
I
do
like
the
idea
of
you
know.
As
we
continue
to
you
know.
Look
at
you
know.
We
just
had
the
parks
item
that
just
came
before
us
and
a
number
of
other
priorities
as
we
continue
to
you
know
kind
of
drill
down
in
that
area.
S
I
think
it
may
make
some
sense
to
start
looking
at
trying
to.
Maybe
we
use
that
or
some
other
means
by
which,
but
I
do
think
it
may
make
some
sense
to
kind
of
do
that.
So
that
was
one
question
that
I
had
and
the
other
one
was.
This
opt
out
thing
that
I
saw
in
the
piece,
and
I
wanted
to
just
how
does
that
work
with
the
with
the
regulations
if
a
if
we
were
not
again
not
supporting
this,
but
I
just
wanted
to
get.
S
E
Yeah
thanks
mr
mayor
and
councilmember
loman.
So
that's
a
good
question
that
was
a
idea
just
kind
of
thrown
out
there
by
one
of
the
commissioners,
maybe
one
other
agreed
or
like
the
proposal
to.
However,
it
would
likely
conflict
with
that
statute
requirement,
not
aware
that
any
other
cities
allow
an
opt-out
and
I'm
not
sure
how
that
process
would
work.
S
And
then
finally
mayor,
I
know
other
folks
probably
have
questions
here.
When
we
look
at
that
list
of
we've
got
variances.
I
notice
how
we
are
we're
at
200
feet
and
every
other
city
seems
to
be
at
350
feet.
Is
there?
Is
there
a
reason
why
we
are
you
know?
Well,
I
guess
I
didn't
see
that
other
one
there
that
the
200
feet,
but
it
seemed
like
the
one
I
saw
and
wanted
to
pack
it
at
350..
S
L
E
K
F
R
E
Yeah
thanks
council
member
nelson,
I
did
look
into
that
service.
The
postal
service
has
tried
to
make
it
more
user-friendly
online,
and
so
you
can
actually
look
them
up
yourself
now
and
see
how
they're
mapped
out
the
challenge
with
that
is
that
they're
based
on
postal
routes-
and
so
you
know
if
we
wanted
to
capture
a
distance
away
from
a
given
property,
we
might
end
up
selecting
you
know
five
or
six
different
routes
and
they
captured
quite
a
large
area.
R
All
right
that
makes
sense.
Thank
you
in
terms
of
some
of
the
online
stuff.
How
much
are
we
doing
with
like
next
door?
What
are
the
requirements
there?
We
have
a
number
of
facebook
community
groups.
Would
it
be
a
possibility
for
our
outreach
and
engagement
to
connect
with
their
moderators
to
be
able
to
provide
information
through
those
sources,
those
types
of
activities?
I
know
next
door
divides
into
neighborhoods.
E
Yeah
thanks
council
member
nelson.
I
agree,
I
think,
that's
a
possibility.
I
know
our
communications
team
has
different
protocol
and
how
and
what
types
of
postings
are
made
on
nextdoor
and
I
have
to
check
with
them
further,
but
it
might
be.
You
know
some
applications,
not
others.
We
have
to
develop
a
policy
around
it.
R
E
C
I
I
Q
Thank
you
mayor
just
picking
up
on
this
last
note,
and
this
would
be
a
probably
a
very
different
system
than
I
think
what
the
city
is
used
to,
but
in
my
day
job
we
use
a
can.
We
use
a
constituent
database
right,
and
this
obviously
is
folks
having
to
proactively
sign
up
for
it
and
opt
into
to
emails,
and
that
kind
of
thing,
but
something
staff
may
want
to
consider
it'd,
be
a
not
insignificant.
Q
As
far
as
postcards
I
I
think
there
are
ways
to
communicate
enough
information
there,
if
not
on
the
postcard,
then
a
place
that
folks
can
go
to
find
it.
I
am
not
a
communications
professional,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
sometimes
communications
I
receive
from
the
city
are,
shall
we
say
not
written
for
the
average
resident?
I
actually
because,
because
I
lived
not
too
far
from
there,
I
got
a
notification
about
the
public
meeting
about
xerxes
and
old
shakopee
and
I
I
think
it
even
used
the
word
like
whomsoever
it
like.
Q
Q
If
we
raised
it
to
a
thousand
feet,
there
would
be
folks
at
a
thousand
and
one
feet
who
would
be
upset
that
they
didn't
get
anything
to,
and
I
think
the
challenge
is
that
being
area
objective
for
a
lot
of
these
things
is
not
necessarily
desirable,
because
the
impacts
for
that
proposals
have
on
traffic
on
sight
lines
on.
You
know,
whatever
else
take
your
pick,
they
they
can
vary
quite
widely.
Q
In
terms
of
you
know
how
folks
are
interested,
you
know,
one
proposal
might
bring
a
lot
of
traffic
into
the
neighborhood,
and
so
folks
you
know
it.
I
think
it.
It
depends
on
sort
of
the
geography
a
lot
of
times,
and
so
you
know
understanding
that
there
there
are
the
minimums
that
we
we
have
to
sort
of
adhere
to.
Q
I
guess
what
I
would
suggest
is
for
staff
to
consider
a
you
know
beyond
that,
a
sort
of
more
subjective
approach
to
how
notifications
are
sent
out.
You
know
understanding
the
nature
of
individual
proposals
and
how
that
would
affect
you
know,
neighborhoods
and
residents,
and
who
may
want
to
hear
based
on
you
know
what
the
individual
impact
may
be,
understanding
that
we're
never
going
to
get
it
100
perfect,
there's
always
going
to
be
the
person
who's
just
outside
the
notification
zone
who
thinks
they
should
have
been
inside
it.
Q
So
I
think
that's
the
thing
I
hear,
though,
most
often
when,
when
folks
are
upset
that
they
didn't
get
notified,
is
that
it
it
because
of
this
objective
standard
you
know
they're
still
in
the
neighborhood,
and
so
it
affects
their
traffic,
but
they're.
You
know
at
that
351
feet.
So
just
I
think
something
to
to
consider
in
terms
of
sort
of
the
applicability
of
these
notifications
beyond
that.
That
area
objective.
A
So
what
I'm
hearing
is
that
I
think
just
in
general-
and
I
think
is
in
agreement
with
what
the
planning
commission
said.
Basically,
I
think
the
distances
are
right.
I
mean
in
my
mind
the
distances
are
right
because,
as
councilmember
coulter
just
said,
you
get
one
or
two
feet
out,
no
matter
where
you
set
it.
A
We
a
lot
of
times
we
would
stencil
on
the
sidewalk
because,
as
they
would
walk
looking
down
at
their
phone,
there
would
be
the
message
in
front
of
them.
I
mean,
and
it
worked
it's
so
it's.
I
think
I,
unless
I'm
wrong,
I'm
hearing
that
the
consensus
is
to
look
for
as
many
different
possibilities
as
there
are,
and
I
think
I
think
you
can
try
a
lot
of
different
things
and
see
what
works
and
what
doesn't
work
or
what
is
effective
and
what
people
find
to
be
useful.
A
I
don't
think
there's
a
magic
bullet
for
any
of
this.
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
different
possibilities.
It
could
work
and
and
and
the
the
opportunities
are
expanding
and
changing
rapidly,
also
whether
it
is
in
text
notifications,
whether
it
is
next
door
or
social
media
or
anything
along
those
lines,
so
a
lot
of
different
possibilities.
So
I
I
think,
could
I
don't
know
mr
mark
regard,
mr
james?
A
Could
we
have
you
know,
get
you
guys
to
brainstorm
with
the
communications
department
to
come
up
with
all
these
different
possibilities,
so
what
other
best
practices
there
might
be
across
minnesota
and
other
cities
and
and
then
just
start
trying
some
things
and
see
what
see
what
the
response
is
and
what
kind
of
feedback
you
get
from
doing.
A
lot
of
different
things.
A
Q
Q
I
believe
it
was
last
winter
fall-ish
on
normandale
lake
to
address
some
of
the
invasive
species
there,
and
I,
I
think,
certainly
be
good
for
the
council
to
know,
but
it
might
be
good
for
the
the
public
to
know
sort
of
what
the
what
the
result
has
been.
What
are
what
next
steps
are
and
and
kind
of
where
that's
heading
from
here.
I
I
Q
F
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
and
this
is
a
bit
of
a
take
on
to
two
things.
One
is.
We
talked
about
the
natural
resources
segment
of
the
parks,
master
plan
and
all
of
council
went
through
the
sustainability,
guided,
walk
in
the
woods,
and
I
think
it
was
quite
enlightening
for
all
of
us
to
see
what
the
removal
of
the
buckthorn
did
to
lighten
the
forest
and
make
it
a
real
forest
again,
as
opposed
to
where
that
project
ended
and
all
the
buckthorn
was
there
making
it
a
dark
forest.
A
And
I
think
I'd
support
having
that
discussion
also,
I
think
that
it's
a
worthwhile
discussion,
it's,
I
think
it's
already
listed
as
a
weed
tree
along
with
cottonwood
and
a
few
other
trees
in
the
city.
You
know
the
forest.
The
forced
removal
might
be
an
interesting
discussion
to
have,
and
but
I
think
it's
worth
it's
worth
at
least
looking
at
and
thinking
about.
F
F
F
I
think
it
may
exist
in
different
formats,
but
this
seems
like
it's
the
right
time.
This
is
something
that
has
been
brought
up
by
many
people
through
the
public
comment
period,
so
we're
doing
part
of
it
already.
So
let's
do
inclusive
to
that.
I
think
we
should
have
the
same
kind
of
codes
of
convict
that
frankly
govern
city
council
also
govern
the
members
of
our
boards
and
commissions.
L
L
I
you
know
thinking
about
it
from
the
perspective
of
somebody
sitting
on
one
of
our
boards
and
commissions
and
like
even
from
the
time
they
apply
to
when
they're
on
the
board.
I
think
it's
only
fair
for
them
to
have
those
very
clearly
articulated
and
transparent,
because
I
don't
know
if
they
really
are
right
now,
and
so
I
agree
with
councilmember
beloga
and
and
would
like
to
have
that
conversation.
R
I
I
So
it's
just
off
of
logan
avenue,
just
north
of
old
shakopee
road
and
just
north
of
our
public
health
building.
So
we
are
very
strongly
encouraging
people
to
again
at
any
sign
of
symptoms
of
covet
19
to
get
tested
whether
you've
been
vaccinated
or
not
vaccinated.
I
don't
have
in
front
of
me
the
hours
of
operation
council,
member
nelson,
but
we
will,
through
our
communications
division,
continue
to
get
the
word
out
about
the
hours.
I
R
Thank
you
senior
manager.
I
appreciate
that
information.
I
think
it's
nice
and
convenient
and
great
opportunity
for
our
community
so
and
then.
The
other
item
that
I
wanted
to
bring
up
is
earlier
in
the
public
comments.
Mr
allman
had
made
a
few
comments
and
one
of
them
was
regarding
water
bills
and
that's
something
I've
been
contacted
by
a
number
of
people.
R
Obviously,
when
we're
going
through
an
extreme
drought
like
we
were
before
it
started
raining,
you
know
that
was
a
huge
impact
on
people
and
I
think
sometimes
people
don't
completely
understand
how
that
budget
works,
and
so
I'd
encourage
them
to
follow
our
discussions.
This
fall
as
those
budgets
come
forward
and
just
for
clarification,
and
maybe,
if
I'm
wrong
about
this
mayor
city
manager,
correct
me,
but
that
money
all
goes
into
that
enterprise,
that
utility
fund
in
order
to
support
that
infrastructure
and
the
actual
cost
of
the
water,
and
things
like
that.
R
On
other
things,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
is
clear
to
people
and
if
they
watch
our
budget
meetings,
they'll
understand
that
the
other
thing
that
I've
had
a
conversation
with
a
few
people
about
is
there
was
some
misunderstanding
with
regards
to
police
week
and
the
flag-
and
I
know
I
spoke
with
you
earlier
city
manager
about
that.
But
can
you
correct
the
record
there
that
we
did
not
lower
that
flag
or
remove
it
prior
to
what
was
already
planned?
I
R
Oh
and
then,
with
regards
to
the
couple
of
items
that
council
member
beloga
brought
up,
I'm
absolutely
open
to
having
those
conversations,
I
do
think
it's
important
that
we
make
sure
that
we
respect
the
first
amendment
rights
of
commission
members
as
well
as
council
members
to
be
able
to
express
their
opinion,
particularly
outside
of
their
role
as
a
commissioner,
and
I
also
think
it's
important
within
our
public
comment
that
we
refrain
from
attacking
other
individuals
personally
and
we
we
need
to
find
a
way
to
end
that
practice.
It's
fine
to
disagree!
R
It's
it's
important
that
we
disagree.
It's
important
that
we
hear
from
a
diverse
number
of
positions
and
things
like
that,
but
to
personally
attack
people
because
you
would
disagree
with
them
becomes
complicated,
particularly
when
you're
doing
it
in
public
comment,
and
you
know
encouraging
the
entire
community
to
do
that,
and
they
maybe
don't
have
the
full
context
of
the
situation.
So
I
appreciate
that
those
were
brought
up
for
further
conversation
or
looking
at
it,
and
appreciate
that
you
made
your
remarks
mayor
before
public
comment.
R
I
think,
for
the
most
part,
the
comments
were
improved
and
the
the
reality,
though,
is
is
you
know.
We
have
a
commissioner
that
is
personally
getting
attacked
and,
and
frankly
I
I
don't
support
that-
I
think
it's
it's
very
unfortunate.
Regardless
of
whether
or
not
you
agree
with
her
or
not,
it
just
seems
inappropriate
to
me.
A
A
Mayor
bussey,
hi
7-0,
we
are
adjourned.
Thank
you
much
for
joining
us
this
evening.
Next
week,
obviously
labor
day,
we
will
not
have
a
meeting
so
we'll
see
you
again
on
what
is
it
the
13th,
the
13th
of
september?
So
thank
you
very
much
thanks
to
the
staff,
thanks
to
everybody
who
visited
us
this
evening,
thanks
to
all
who
watched
good
meeting.
Thank
you
much.