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September 28, 2022 Bloomington Minnesota City Council / School Board Joint Meeting
A
A
A
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
tonight.
I
appreciate
it.
We
realized
it
was
more
than
three
years
ago
as
pre-pandemic
the
last
time.
These
two
boards
got
together
and
much
has
happened
in
the
community
since
then,
and
there's
been
a
lot
going
on
and
so
I
really
appreciate
the
work
that
went
into
pulling
this
meeting
together.
I
appreciate
the
willingness
of
the
bodies
to
come
together
and
have
this
discussion
and
learn
and
I
appreciate
in
advance
everybody's
willingness
to
do
this
again
in
the
future.
A
This
I
think
is
something
I
know
that
the
city
council
has
spoken
about
and
has
spoken
that
we
want
to
make
a
common
occurrence
a
regular
occurrence
hope
that
we
could
see
that
also
from
our
school
board.
I
will.
It
was
interesting
that
our
strategy,
our
racial
Equity,
strategic
planning
process,
one
of
the
recommendations
they
made-
was
that
these
two
bodies
should
meet
on
a
regular
basis
and
I.
A
Think
that's
a
it's
a
very
Sound
Idea
for
for
many
many
reasons,
so
very
happy
that
we
are
here
this
evening
and
very
happy
that
we've
got
such
a
robust
agenda
and
a
lot
of
good
information
that
will
be
coming
forward.
For
us.
I
will
point
out
to
our
guests
and
to
our
council
members.
The
microphones
in
front
of
you
are
are
quiet
unless
the
green
light
is
on.
A
So
you
have
to
push
the
green
light
for
the
microphone
to
be
hot
and
otherwise
and
then
push
it
when
you're,
when
you're
not
push
it
too
off
when
you're,
not
speaking,
and
it
cuts
down
on
the
ambient
noise
in
the
room
and
the
the
hot
mic
syndrome
that
sometimes
goes
on
when
you
have
a
hot
mic
in
front
of
you
as
well.
So
Mr
chair
welcome,
thanks
for
being
here
this
evening.
Anything
to
add,
as
we
get
started.
B
So
it's
great
to
to
be
back
here
and
hopefully
we
can
get
in
the
pattern
of
doing
these
every
couple
months
and
going
back
and
forth
of
you
guys
hosting
and
then
us
hosting
and
I
think
we
had
some
productive
conversations
back
when
we
were
doing
this
so
I'm
glad
we're
back
at
it
and
look
forward
to
the
future.
Absolutely.
A
Absolutely
Council
board
members.
We
have
the
agenda
in
front
of
us.
Actually,
we've
got
seven
items
on
the
agenda
beyond
the
call
to
order
and
the
adjournment,
we
have
five
items
and
they're
all
pretty
beefy
items,
and
so
I
would
ask
that,
as
these
informational
items
come
before
us,
we
make
sure
our
questions
are
directed
and
our
comments
are
are
succinct,
so
we
can
make
sure
that
we
get
everything
through
everything
in
a
timely
fashion.
If
we
could
do
that,
that
would
be
fabulous.
A
So
with
that
I
will
call
item
two
on
our
agenda
discussion
tonight
on
enrollment
trends.
John
weisser
am
I
pronouncing
that
correctly
John
Meister
good
evening.
Welcome.
C
Thank
you.
You
don't
want
me
to
do.
This,
I
was
going
to
say,
we'll
see
how
how
well
I
do
it
using
technology
I've
never
used
before
in
another
environment
good
evening,
mayor
board,
chair
council
members
board
members
and
speaking
public
I'm
here
tonight
to
give
you
an
update
on
our
enrollment
Trends
over
the
past
several
years
and
looking
a
little
bit
into
the
future
I'm
John
Weiser
director
of
technology
for
for
the
Bloomington
School
District
included
in
your
packet
is
the
20
2021
enrollment
report.
C
C
This
is
often
the
place
that
I
send
them
when
they're
asking
about
what
our
schools
are
like
if
they're
not
familiar
with
Bloomington,
if
they're
not
familiar,
if
they're
just
having
school-aged
children,
and
they
want
to
know
more
about
the
school
down,
the
street
I'm,
a
former
teacher
so
I
like
to
give
a
some
homework,
and
so
my
homework
would
be
I'm
going
to
touch
on
a
few
of
the
slides
in
this
report.
C
But
I
think
it's
always
a
good
idea
for
leaders
in
our
community
and
leaders
of
our
district
to
be
really
familiar
with
the
types
of
families
that
come
to
our
school
system
that
live
in
our
community
and
I.
Think
this
gives
a
good
Snapshot
from
a
data
perspective
on
that
on
that
information,
so
I'm
going
to
ask
you
to
go
to
slide
five.
As
I
said,
there's
a
lot
of
numbers
in
this
report.
C
I'm
I'm
just
going
to
touch
on
a
couple
things
that
that
pertain
to
enrollment
I'll,
give
you
a
little
guide
a
little
walk
through
his
on
a
couple
of
those
a
couple
of
those
pages.
So,
on
page
five
of
that
report
you'll
see
an
enrollment,
a
nice
chart
that
gives
you
kind
of
a
breakdown
by
grade
level
and
by
school
along
the
left
hand,
column.
You
see
our
two
High
Schools
Jefferson
High
School
Kennedy
High
School,
their
9th
10th
11th
and
12th
grade
enrollments
there
again.
C
This
is
last
year
2021,
so
the
the
class
had
just
graduated
this
spring.
Our
three
middle
schools
are
there
Oak
Grove,
Middle,
School,
Olson,
Middle,
School,
Valley,
View,
Middle
School,
giving
you
a
little
Guide
to
the
the
initials
and
then
10
elementaries
in
our
community,
starting
with
Hillcrest
and
the
last
one.
There
is
Westwood
ww
you'll
see
NCA
sprinkled
throughout
each
three
levels:
ncaa's
new
code
academy,
that
is
our
online
school
for
families
who
are
entirely
online
with
us
in
the
district.
C
This
is
a
program
in
a
school
that
was
developed
really
in
response
to
the
pandemic,
but
also
as
part
of
representing
the
needs
of
our
families.
The
growing
needs
to
be
more
remote,
we're
continuing
this
program
as
we
come
out
of
the
pandemic
because
we're
finding
it's
not
a
lot
of
our
our
community,
but
it
is
some
important
number,
an
important
part
of
our
community
that
still
needs
these
kind
of
services.
So,
where
you
see
NCAA,
that's
new
code
along
the
bottom,
you
can
see
in
the
lower
right.
C
Our
enrollment,
coming
out
of
coming
into
this
school
year
was
9805
students.
We
typically
I'm,
going
to
steal
a
line
from
our
superintendent.
Dr
Melby
sometimes
says
we're
a
school
district
built
for
10,
000
students
and
meaning
the
facilities.
The
Staffing.
The
infrastructure
is
built
for
about
10
000
students.
We've
had
about
10
000
students
for
pretty
much
as
long
as
I've
been
in
this
role,
we're
down
a
little
bit
9805
students,
but
we're
rebounding
and
I'll
touch
on
that
a
little
bit
later
right.
C
Next
to
that
number,
you'll
notice,
our
graduating
class
from
the
spring
of
812
students
by
comparison
I,
went
in
and
looked
a
little
earlier.
Today.
Our
current
graduating
class
is
is
a
little
higher
than
that.
840
students
in
Bloomington
will
graduate
this
year
on
the
other
end
of
that
bottom
row
is
our
incoming
kindergarten
class.
This
is
an
important
number
we
pay
attention
to
because
it
represents
the
students
who
start
their
Journey
with
us
tend
to
stay
with
us.
C
We
like
to
see
an
incoming
kindergarten
class
around
700.
You
can
see
there.
It
was
at
708
last
year
when
I
checked
again
earlier
today.
I
saw
that
our
kindergarten
glass
is
down
a
little
bit
we're
at
about
680,
so
we're
off
about
20
students
and
that's
a
that's.
So
that's
something
we'll
be
watching
over
time
to
understand
the
nuances
of
our
of
our
school
as
it
changes
from
different
parts
of
the
of
the
city
and
the
district.
C
If
you
look
at,
if
you
look
at
slide,
six
I'll
talk
you
through
a
little
bit
of
the
demographics
that
we
pay
attention
to
and
that
kind
of
gives
you
a
guide
for
the
next
few
pages.
Again,
my
guidance
to
leaders
in
our
district
are
get
to
know
the
schools,
especially
those
that
you
live
next
to
or
that
are
down
the
street
or
when
you're
going
to
present
to
to
a
building.
C
You
should
have
a
sense
of
who
you're
talking
to,
and
it
really
is
part
of
the
goals
of
our
board-
is
to
engage
our
community
understand
our
community
as
we
engage
with
them
along
that
left-hand
column,
you'll
see
toward
the
top
there
that
we
are
54
ethnically
diverse
District.
C
We
have
about
36
percent
of
our
families,
of
our
students,
our
families
that
qualify
for
free
and
reduced
lunch
to
us.
This
is
an
indicator
of
other
learning
barriers.
Those
families
might
also
have
challenges
around
Transportation,
providing
food
outside
of
the
school
day,
things
like
winter
coats
and
so
on.
So
these
represent
challenges
for
us
so
that
we
can
get
to
learning
learning
supports.
C
C
C
I
think
I
got
these.
These
two
slides
mixed
so
bear
with
me
I'm,
looking
at
the
slide
here
with
the
blue
line,
that
blue
line
represents
our
enrollment
looking
a
few
years
back,
starting
at
the
15
16
school
year
and
going
forward
to
the
current
year,
plus
a
couple
years
into
our
future.
That
blue
line
up
until
2223
represents
our
actual
enrollment.
Everything
forward
of
2223
is
projections
forward.
C
C
The
black
line
is
the
projections
what
we
were
projecting
forward
when
we
were
in
2019
so
pre-covered.
Our
projections
developed
by
our
finance
department,
executive
director,
Rod
zivkovic,
here
he's
going
to
be
presenting
with
me
in
a
moment.
Does
those
projections
they're
very
accurate?
We
usually
hit
those
marks
pretty
well.
You
can
see
that
that
dip
that
we
took
that
kind
of
took
us
off
that
projection
track.
C
You
can
also
see
the
good
news
which
is
coming
out
of
the
2021
school
year.
We
saw
a
rebound
start,
and
so
we
saw
a
jump
of
about
150
students
and
we
see
that
rebound
continuing
into
this
school
year
and
so
in
the
2022-23
school
year
this
current
school
year
we
see
that
our
numbers
are
are
about
the
same.
There.
C
The
slide
that
you
have,
that
might
be
one
one
back
in
your
packet,
because
I
again,
I
apologize,
I,
think
I
put
these
in
the
wrong
order,
shows
two
orange
lines
that
shows
our
forecasting
or
director.
Ziv
is
just
forecasting
on
an
optimistic
projection
of
where
enrollment
might
go,
as
well
as
a
conservative
projection.
C
The
good
news
about
this
slide
is
like,
as
we
plan
for
coming
out
of
covet
and
coming
back
into
it
and
a
more
regular
cycle
of
Education
we're
hugging
that
optimistic
line,
so
that
would
indicate
to
us
that
we're
we're
coming
back
in
that
rebound
of
families
coming
back
to
public
education
in
Bloomington
is
is
going
to
continue.
C
The
last
slide
I
want
to
share
with
you
and
then
I'll.
Open
up
to
questions
is
well.
I'll
start
with
a
thank
you,
I
thought
was
connecting
with
Dr
Nick
Kelly,
as
we
were
getting
ready
here.
We've
worked
with
Bloomington
Public
Health
Bloomington
Bloomington
schools
has
I've
worked
with
Nick's
team
on
many
data
projects
where
we
share
information.
It's
always
been
a
very
great
working
relationship.
One
of
the
pieces
of
data
that
we
we
monitor
in
the
district
is
the
births
in
Bloomington.
C
Not
all
of
these
families
that
have
kids
end
up
in
our
Public
School
System,
but
the
number
of
births
in
Bloomington
is
kind
of
a
good
forecast
indicator
of
what
our
kindergarten
class
is
going
to
look
like
a
few
years
down
the
road
or
our
early
childhood
programming
just
a
couple
years
coming
after
those
births.
So
what
we
look
for
here
in
a
healthy
Community
from
a
school
perspective,
is
we've
had
about
a
thousand
births
per
year
and
you
can
see
that
that
line
over
this
over
this
10-year
period.
C
Staying
at
about
a
thousand
bursts
per
year.
That's
generally
a
good
sign.
The
last
two
numbers
on
that
green
line
have
a
little
asterisk.
That
means
it's
provisional
data
we
get
updated
when
Nick's
team
and
and
my
team
connect
in
the
spring,
and
so
those
numbers
they
do
get
corrected,
and
so
they
do
move
a
little
bit.
We
would
be
hoping
that
those
numbers
would
get
closer
to
that
thousand
mark.
C
You
can
see
there
also
how
that
corresponds
to
our
our
kindergarten
class
again,
you'd
have
to
kind
of
go
back
for
it
five
years
or
forward
five
years
to
to
have
those
kids
enter
our
kindergarten
class,
but
you
can
see
our
kindergarten
enrollment
over
that
similar
period
of
time
when
births
are
stable.
Typically,
our
enrollment
stays
stable.
So
we
like
that
in
in
planning
for
Education,
we
like
a
stable
community,
stable
environment
in
terms
of
of
birth
rate
and
in
terms
of
our
planning.
So
with
that
I'll
answer,
any
questions.
D
Thank
you,
mayor,
I'm,
just
curious.
Looking
at
the
the
timeline
of
free
and
reduced
lunch,
eligibility,
I
guess,
I
sort
of
would
have
expected
during
the
pandemic,
with
the
economic
challenges,
and
so
on
that
there
would
be
an
increase
in
pre-introduced
lunch
eligibility
and
in
fact,
we've
seen
the
opposite.
I'm
just
curious.
If
you
have
any
insight
into
why
that
might
be
the
case.
C
Yeah
I
think
I
I
think
I
do
but
I'm,
but
it's
a
little
bit
of
my
personal
insight
and
observation,
because
I
don't
have
the
data
to
back
this
up,
but
what
we
saw
was
Federal
lunch
program
became
free
and
open
to
families.
C
Having
that
free
and
having
that
lunch
program
be
paid
for
is
an
incentive
to
do
the
paperwork
to
apply
for
free
and
reduced
lunch,
and
so
that
combined
with
families
actually
not
coming
to
school
right,
remote
learning
or
maybe
moving
from
remote
learning
back
to
school
and
back
and
forth
meant
the
number
applications
and
getting
parents
to
fill
out.
Applications
to
qualify
for
free
and
reduced
lunch
was
down
and
it
was
more
of
a
struggle.
So
most
of
that
difference,
I
would
assign
to
those
two
those
two
purposes.
A
So
the
difference
between
projections
and
axles
in
terms
of
enrollment,
that
you
see
three
questions:
where
did
the
students
go?
C
C
A
Next,
up
on
our
agenda,
we'll
make
a
switch
to
the
housing
market
which
in
Bloomington,
is
about
as
interesting
as
enrollments
is
a
lot
a
lot
of
times.
Mike
Palermo
from
our
planning
department
is
here
to
lead
us
through
our
discussion
on
housing.
E
E
Now,
I
apologize
to
give
you
a
little
background
of
Elizabeth
the
planning
department
for
five
years
I
about
a
month
ago.
Maybe
not
I'm,
not
entirely
sure
it
kind
of
Blends
together
I'm,
not
with
the
Port
Authorities
and
economic
development
analyst,
but
in
my
new
role,
I
will
continue
to
be
working
with
housing.
E
You
can
see
our
households
didn't
grow
at
quite
the
same
rate,
so
part
of
why
we
have.
That
is
because
you
can
see
there
are
household
size
grew
so
people,
children
in
your
more
children
in
your
household.
You
can
see
our
housing
units
didn't
grow
at
that
same
rate
either.
So
vacancy
rate
goes
down.
So
all
those
can
impact
what
our
total
population
is
similar
to
the
school
district.
We
saw
increase
in
bypoc
population.
We
see
the
school
district
numbers
as
kind
of
leading
indicators
of
Greater
city-wide.
We've
really
enjoyed
that
report.
E
You
put
out
I,
look
at
that
annually
and
see
how
that
compares
with
census,
data
and
other
sources.
So
keep
doing
that
and
I
know
our
playing
division.
We'll
use
that
quite
a
bit.
But
you
can
see
our
white
non-hispanic
population
is
relatively
stable,
a
little
bit
of
a
decrease,
so
that's
holding
stable.
While
we
see
most
of
our
population
growth
in
the
bipoc
population,
and
then
you
can
see
here
under
18
is
growing,
but
not
as
fast
as
over
18
and
it's
just
kind
of
how
they
put
out
the
decennial
senses.
E
So
where
did
we
see
that
population
growth
from
2010
to
2020?
It
was
in
our
development
districts?
So
we
have
three
development
districts
that
we've
worked
to
really
focus
constant
and
concentrate
our
development.
So
we
have
the
South
Loop
development
districts
on
the
Eastern
Portion
by
the
mall.
It's
kind
of
a
big
census
track,
but
you
can
see
we
had
30
percent
increase
in
population
in
that
census
tract
our
second
highest
growth
was
in
the
Pan
American
District.
E
You
can
see
our
census
tracts
are
a
little
bit
wonky,
but
it's
primarily
where
the
population
growth
is
happening
and
then
our
Normandale
Lake
District
to
the
the
West
kind
of
by
Normandale
towers.
That
area.
That's
also
seen
population
growth
as
well,
and
we
anticipate
continued
growth
in
those
districts.
E
So
since
2020,
since
the
2020
count,
we've
had
11
buildings
that
were
completed
with
a
little
over
2
000
2072
units
that
have
opened
so
we're
continuing
to
see
population
growth,
and
you
can
see
here.
We
distinguish
affordable
versus
fully
market
rate.
Most
of
our
buildings
now
have
an
affordable
component
and
it's
kind
of
important
when
you're
thinking
School
District,
because
those
affordable
units
tend
to
have
families
in
them
with
children,
you
tend
to
more
likely
to
income
qualify.
E
E
Met
Council
gives
us
population
updates,
or
estimates
kind
of
building
off
the
census,
data
that
comes
out
to
senially.
We
have
not
received
our
22
2022
estimate
yet
so
we
know
how
they
formulate
it.
So
our
planning
division,
kind
of
came
up
with
what
we
anticipate
will
be
our
2022
population.
E
We
can
see
here
with
those
2
000
units
using
a
factor
of
1.8
for
multi-family,
plus
the
vacancy
rate
thrown
in
there,
and
then
we
also
have
group
quarters
which
I'll
explain
in
the
next
slide.
You
can
see
we're
experiencing
about
one
percent
growth
per
year,
so
that's
something
we
can
kind
of
use
to
kind
of
extrapolate
out
into
the
future,
and
so,
if
we
use
that
22
as
our
base
looking
forward,
we
have
41
000
units
vacancy
rate
of
4.3,
which
is
about
what
we
would
like
and
expect
about.
E
E
So
you
can
see
on
this
slide
with
the
asterisks.
Those
are
the
ones
that
were
completed
that
were
on
that
initial
map
and
then
I'll
go
over
the
ones
with
the
double
asterisk.
Those
are
the
ones
that
are
under
construction
right
now.
These
are
all
our
projects
and
then
there
are
some
at
the
bottom
there
that
have
been
what
we
call
entitled
they've
been
approved,
but
they
have
not
started
construction
yet.
E
So
this
is
a
table
that
our
council
is
very
familiar
with.
It
highlights
our
Metropolitan
Council
housing
goals.
As
we
update
our
comprehensive
plan
every
10
years
we
get
from
the
Met
Council
kind
of
what
our
allocation
for
affordable
housing
units
should
be,
and
you
can
see
here
they
break
them
down
by
what
we
call
income
bans,
so
60
area,
median
income
Ami
and
that's
about
for
a
family
of
four
that's
about
seventy
thousand
dollars
a
year,
and
so
we
break
it
by
sixty
percent
fifty
percent
and
thirty
percent.
E
The
50
is
about
fifty
eight
thousand
and
thirty
percent
is
thirty.
Five
thousand
dollars
for
a
family
of
four,
so
extremely
low
income-
and
you
can
see
that's
where
our
greatest
needs
are:
it's
the
hardest
to
construct
units
that
can
serve
those
families
and
kind
of
fill
that
Gap
fun.
It's
a
priority
for
the
city
to
kind
of
work
on
encouraging
those
production.
We
have
our
opportunity,
housing,
ordinance
and
other
tools
that
we
use
to
kind
of
help,
get
us
closer
to
those
goals.
E
And
so
we
can
use
that
information
to
kind
of
come
up
with
what
our
future.
In
Bloomington,
we
like
to
tie
it
to
units
that
population
growth
give
us
a
little
more
grounded
forecasting,
there's
lots
of
different
ways
to
do
it.
The
births
are
great,
for
you
know,
looking
at
that,
enrollment
factor
and
that's
one
way
that
some
communities
do
it,
but
we
have
this
Rich
robust
project
pipeline
that
we
can
rely
on.
So
we
know
the
certain
projects
are
ones
that
are
under
construction,
so
we're
fairly
certain
that
it'll
be
completed.
E
The
likely
ones
are
ones
that
we
know
are
are
most
likely
going
forward
and
we
still
have
a
lot
quite
a
few
in
the
maybe
that
have
are
the
ones
that
have
been
entitled,
but
we're
not
not
sure.
If
they'll
move
forward,
for
whatever
reasons
it
could
be
costs
or
timing
or
all
sorts
of
different
things
that
happen
in
development.
That
might
prevent
that.
One
thing
to
point
out:
we
have
oxboro
Heights
on
this
list.
If
we
did
this
presentation
a
year
ago,
oxboro
Heights
wouldn't
have
been
on
there.
E
This
is
a
new
one
that
has
just
popped
up
and
I
believe
going
to
council
pretty
soon
here
for
their
entitlement.
So
it's
not
a
perfect
science.
You
know
what
we're
saying
today:
might
change
Project
X
or
might
end
up
on
that
likely
list
as
it
moves
forward
in
the
development
cycle,
and
some
of
these
might
fall
off
and
you
know
it's
all
going
to
be
a
wash
in
the
end.
Hopefully.
So
these
are
our
best
kind
of
estimates,
and
so
we
kind
of
came
up
with
a
low
and
medium
estimates.
E
We
have
a
high
estimate,
but
we're
you
know
didn't
want
to
kind
of
put
that
out.
There
I
think
the
median
estimate
is
kind
of
comfortable
where
we're
comfortable
in
the
playing
division
for
the
next
five
years
that
five
percent
a
little
over
five
percent
so
that
one
percent
growth
per
year
kind
of
kind
of
fits
with.
If
we
just
took
that
trend
line,
but
also
it
fits
with
what
we
see
on
the
units
that
are
in
the
pipeline-
and
we
apply
a
few
different
assumptions
to
get
our
low
estimate.
E
That
assumes
that
there's
no
change
in
our
household
size
that
maybe
our
vacancy
rate
goes
up
a
little
bit,
so
less
units
are
or
more
vacant
units
and
then
just
less
units
that
were
produced.
Maybe
some
of
those
in
the
maybe
category
don't
get
under
construction,
whereas
the
medium
kind
of
assumes
that
those
likely
and
will
actually
get
completed,
that
our
vacancy
rate
stays
about
the
same
that
maybe
our
population
per
household
kind
of
grows
a
little
bit
Bloomington
it's.
E
It
was
kind
of
a
surprise
to
see
that
uptake
in
the
last
census,
and
hopefully
that
will
continue
to
grow
and
just
variation
with
the
group
quarters.
So
we
hope
see
in
27
2027
a
population
about
97
000.
E
I
want
to
highlight
just
want
to
point
out
there,
because
this
often
gets
lost
that
oh,
these
are
multi-family
projects
that
are
getting
constructed.
But
how
is
this
going
to
impact
schools?
Well,
our
renter
and
owner
population
is
almost
equally
occupied
by
families
with
children,
so
24.7
percent
of
our
renters
have
children
and
25.8
percent
of
our
owners
have
children.
Now
we
have
some
single-family
homes
that
are
renter.
We
have
some
multi-family
that
are
owner
occupied,
but
you
know
it's
all
about
the
same
throughout.
E
So
when
we're
talking
about
unit
production,
you
know
part
of
it
is
that
affordability
part
of
it,
is
that
you
know
seniors,
move
into
a
senior
facility
and
free
up
a
single
family
home.
There's
different
factors
that
kind
of
weigh
into
that.
But
just
because
most
of
our
projects
are
multi-family
doesn't
mean
we're
going
to
see
we're
not
going
to
see
that
growth
in
our
youth
population
and
so
I'll
kind
of
quickly
go
through
this.
That's
kind
of
the
the
meat
of
the
presentation,
but
these
are
developments
that
are
coming
online.
E
We
have
HRA
development
Maps,
so
people
can
go
online
and
kind
of
click
on
and
see
more
detailed
information.
We
also
have
our
HRA
annual
report
that
gets
into
some
more
of
the
demographic
data,
if
you're
interested
in
that,
so
both
of
those
are
available
on
the
Bloomington
website,
but
the
Air
apartments
has
recently
opened
I
think
it's
fully
open.
E
There
might
be
a
few
more
units
under
construction,
but
this
was
a
unique
project
where
the
Crowne
Plaza
Hotel
converted
units
converted
some
Hotel
rooms
into
units,
so
185
units
there
and
that's
located.
You
can
see
the
light
rail
right
there
in
South
Loop.
We
have
the
Cadence
this
recently
opened
on
Old
Cedar,
Avenue
68
units,
and
you
can
see
this
one
was
100,
affordable
and
different
income
bands.
There
we
have
the
Riser
Senior
Living
facility.
E
This
is
also
in
the
South
Loop
kind
of
you
can
actually
see
the
Crowne
Plaza
in
the
background
there,
but
this
will
be
a
beautiful
property
once
it
opens
pretty
soon.
You
can
see
it's
getting
close
and
look
over
the
bluff,
and
then
we
have
carbon
31,
which
is
BCS
our
Bloomington
Central
Station.
Fourth
phase.
So
right
on
that
kind
of
central
Plaza
area,
we'll
have
a
grocery
store
in
there,
that's
kind
of
part
of
it
and
it
doesn't
look
like
much
for
now.
E
This
is
a
rendering,
but
you
might
remember,
on
8200
Humboldt
there
was
that
white
office
building
that
was
kind
of
dilapidated
I'm,
trying
to
be
kind
about
it,
but
it's
gone
actually
I'm
driving
in
one
day,
I
saw
a
rainbow
as
I
was
driving
by
seeing
that
vacant
side
I
was
like,
but
when
the
starting
construction
on
that
and
we'll
have
this
nice
building
that
they
kind
of
really
kind
of
try
to
integrate
in
the
neighborhood
and
be
less
impactful
to
the
single
family
and
really
took
design
aspects
to
it.
A
Thank
you,
Mr
Palermo,
I
I
do
want
to
point
out
if
you
could
double
back
to
the
Metropolitan
Council
goals
slide
that
you
had
there,
because
if
the
council
has
heard
me
talk
about
this
in
the
past
and
and
I
sure
others
have
as
well.
But
when
we
talk
about
this
one,
when
we
talk
about
the
notion
of
affordable
housing,
immediately
images
come
to
people's
mind
of
affordable
housing,
but,
as
Mike
said,
what
we're
talking
about
here
is
housing
that
people
can
afford.
If
we're,
what
did
you
say?
Was
it?
A
Percent
of
eight
yeah
so
that
that's
basically
our
first
year
police
officers,
our
our
teachers
in
in
the
city
are
people
who
work
in
our
hospitality
industries.
So
it
is
a
it's
something
that
we
focused
on
and,
as
you
see
there,
with
the
Metropolitan
Council,
they
set
goals
for
everybody
in
the
metropolitan
area,
all
cities
in
the
metropolitan
area
and
right
now,
Bloomington
for
our
2030
goals.
We
are
at
77
of
that
goal.
A
Right
now,
and
I
always
make
a
point
of
saying,
I
guarantee
that
we
have
neighbors
not
too
far
from
us
that
are
about
77
behind
us
in
that
goal.
In
reaching
that
goal,
there
are
folks
that
talk
about
this.
They
they
strive
for
it,
they
they
think
about
it
and
they
don't
do
what
has
been
done
here
in
Bloomington,
and
so
this
is
something
we're
very
proud
of.
A
This
is
the
the
leadership
by
by
members
of
our
city
council,
members
of
the
community,
who
brought
this
forward
originally
the
work
that
we're
able
to
do
with
our
opportunity,
housing,
ordinance
and,
frankly,
a
willingness
to
tackle
this
and
take
this
on
in
our
development
districts.
Here
in
the
city
of
Bloomington,
and
we
have
made
significant
strides-
and
it
is
something
to
be
proud
of
as
a
city
and
as
I
mean
as
a
city
as
a
whole,
not
just
the
folks
who
who
sit
in
this
room
but
as
a
whole.
A
F
F
E
Councilmember
Lawman
Mr
Mayor
board
members.
We
do
tend
to
skew
a
little
bit
lower.
We
have
about
20
percent
of
our
population
is
Youth
and
I'm.
Trying
to
I.
Don't
have
the
specifics
in
front
of
me,
but
I
know
communities
like
Brooklyn
Park
tend
to
be
more
25
30.
You
know,
whereas
Edina
is
an
older
community,
they're
they're
about
what
we
are,
and
so
you
can
definitely
see
in
some
of
those
growing
communities.
They
tend
to
attract
more
of
those
families,
whereas
the
inner
being
suburbs
for
the
most
part
hover
about
that
20.
A
Thank
you
additional
questions
board
chair
and
then
on
councilmember
Nelson.
B
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
love
the
conversation
of
the
housing,
affordability
and
I.
Think
you
you
hit
it
right
on
the
head
beginning
when
you
said
District
enrollment
goes
hand
in
hand
with
our
housing
and
affordability
and
I'm
grateful
that
the
city
council
is
looking
at
a
home
affordability
to
try
to
recruit
more
people
to
move
to
to
Bloomington
which
helps
our
school
district.
B
So
this
is
one
of
the
big
issues
that
the
school
district
and
the
city
council
can
work
together
on,
and
so
the
question
that
I
have
is
when,
in
Bloomington
there's
a
good
stock
of
well
I,
guess
we
used
to
call
starter
homes
like
a
smaller
home
for
like
a
young
couple
with
maybe
one
or
two
kids,
and
then,
when
they're,
ready,
they're
outgrow
that
and
they're
looking
for
a
bigger
home,
there's
not
a
lot
of
availability
for
for
those
families
and
we're
losing
a
lot
of
people.
B
E
Board
president,
all
right,
Lord
chairs,
Mr
Mayor-
that
there
is
some
work
on
that
so
part
of
is
part
of
that
Movement
we
see
here.
We
have
one
two,
three
four
senior
five
senior
projects
that
have
just
opened
and
the
Riser
is
the
Sixth,
and
so
what
we
saw
in
the
last
10
years
with
there
was
a
lot
of
Aging
in
place.
E
That's
part
of
why
we
skew
older
is
that
a
lot
of
those
empty
nesters
just
stayed
in
their
home
those
homes
that
otherwise
those
starter
homes
would
have
moved
into
right
and
they
didn't
have
a
whole
lot
of
options.
Now
we're
playing
a
little
bit
of
ketchup
with
those
six
projects,
and
we
hope
that
that
will
create
some
more
of
that
movement.
E
They
say
I
for
getting
on
the
exact
number,
but
when
the
project
opens
I
think
they
said
about
75
of
the
people
that
move
into
those
senior
projects
are
within
the
community,
so
you're
going
to
see
that
movement
a
little
bit
in
the
market
and
so
that
that's
one
way
other
ways
that
we're
looking
at
is
just
encouraging
some
infill
development.
E
We're
working
in
Council
will
shortly
have
an
update
on
our
single
family
home
standards
on
ways
to
encourage
some
more
of
those
infill
lots
to
kind
of
create
that
movement
and
then
create
just
that
broader
Spectrum,
so
that
people
previously
had
single-family
homes
or
a
certain
type
of
multi-family
home
in
Bloomington.
Now
we're
getting
a
wide
range
of
multi-family
home
that
you
can
live
in
and
we
can
continue
to
work
on
that
gradation
and
that
stratification
of
different
single-family
homes
to
encourage
that
movement.
E
But
I
think
that
was
part
of
the
bottleneck
was
the
senior
population
or
Aging
in
place
that
was
kind
of
a
newer
phenomenon
used
to
see
this
kind
of
30-year
cycle
of
turnover
in
neighborhoods,
and
we
were
reaching
that
and
then
people
didn't
move
out
because
there
wasn't
anywhere
to
move
in
the
Boomer
population.
That
was
larger
and
it
wasn't
just
facilities
there.
Yet
so,
hopefully,
with
this
latest
round
of
development,
we'll
see
more
of
that
movement
in
the
next
four
or
five
years.
G
Yeah,
thank
you
mayor
and
Mr
Palermo
I,
don't
know
if
you'll
be
the
right
one
to
answer
this
or
not,
but
my
question
is
so
went
through
your
information.
We
saw
eight
percent
growth
in
the
last
decade,
based
on
the
census
we're
doing
about
one
percent
growth
per
year.
The
number
of
households
with
children
went
from
24
to
25
percent,
but
in
the
presentation
from
the
school
we
saw
projections
of
a
decline
in
enrollment
coming
forward
and
I'm
just
frankly
trying
to
understand
that.
G
Maybe
it
has
a
little
bit
to
do
with
what
board
chair
Bennett
had
mentioned
about
people
getting
to
that
school
age.
The
kids
are
getting
bigger,
they
maybe
are
ready
for
a
little
bit
bigger
house
and
not
having
opportunities
here.
But
you
know
what
else
are
those
barriers
what's
driving
sort
of
that?
You
know.
If
we
see
that
the
household
growth
is
there,
the
the
number
of
children
are
there.
What
else
is
driving
the
decline
in
the
enrollment
in
the
schools
and.
E
Mr
Mayor
board
chair
what
you're
seeing
yeah
I
think
that's
part
of
it
is
right.
You
have
that
zero
to
four
population
right
and
then
they're
now,
baby
number
two
is
coming
on
and
now
they're
thinking,
oh
I
need
a
bigger
house,
and
we
didn't
have
quite
that
movement
in
the
market
in
Bloomington,
so
they're,
looking
elsewhere
as
the
families
expand.
E
So
there's
partly
that
and
then
I
think
you
brought
up
that
partly
just
other
options:
they're
going
to
online
they're
going
to
other
communities,
open,
enrollment,
parochial
schools-
so
that's
that's
part
of
it
as
well.
E
So
I
think
those
are
the
two
factors
where
you're
I
we're
seeing
that
population
growth,
but
also
who's
moving
into
Bloomington
as
well.
Maybe
we'll
see
what
these
apartment
buildings
is
it
too
too
people
or
is
it
more
of
those
families
and
I?
Think
we've
had
such
a
boom
in
the
last
five
years
that
it's
just
now
starting
to
fill
in
and
yeah
I
think
as
those
families
get
to
the
school
age
it'll
be
interesting
to
see.
If
that
changes
at
all.
A
Board
chair
or
Planning
Commission,
member
corpsman,
we
could
you
wear
many
hats
and
you've
got
a
front
row
seat
on
all
of
this
information
and
the
details
for
housing
and
and
enrollment
and
everything
else.
So
thank
you
for
your
work
on
the
Planning
Commission
and
the
the
Insight
that
you
bring
to
a
lot
of
the
decisions
that
are
made
there.
So
thanks
much.
H
Right
now,
okay,
thank
you,
mayor
Mr,
Palermo
I
was
just
just
kind
of
following
up
a
little
bit
on
that
comment.
H
That
council,
member
Nelson
had
and
I
was
just
thinking
about
the
data
that
the
city
keeps
so
is
the
city
or
is
the
city
keeping
data
specific
data
because
I
know
you
have
the
general
data,
but
it's
a
city
keeping
data
or
is
the
city
able
to
keep
data
on
the
specifics
of
how
many
families
or
new
families
are
we
seeing
that
are
moving
into
those
new
projects
that
have
been
developed
and
also
the
number
of
people
within
a
family?
H
Because
one
of
the
concerns
that
I
have
had
for
a
while
also
is,
as
we
continue
to
develop,
do
we
have
enough
space
for
bigger
families?
And
you
just
mentioned
that
the
fact
that
you
know
once
the
time
comes
and
you
have
a
new
baby
or
your
kids
are
growing.
Then
you
need
bigger
spaces.
So
are
we
going
to
have
that
type
of
capacity
with
the
current
projects?
H
So
my
question
is
more
about
the
specifics
of
the
family
and
the
data
that
you
can
that
you
can
have
and
then
later
share
with
us.
E
That
is
a
good
question.
That
is
something
we've
talked
about
in
the
past.
How
do
we
get
at
that
data
when
I
this
data?
Just
is
Census
Data?
It
lags
a
little
bit
behind
and
it
is
a
American
Community
survey.
So
it's
a
survey
so
it
the
accuracy
can
vary
a
little
bit,
but
there
are
other
ways
that
we've
talked
about
in
the
past.
E
We
just
haven't
had
capacity
to
kind
of
go
into
it,
because
when
we
have
these
affordable
units,
most
of
the
time,
they're
Section
8
or
some
other
program
that
the
city
is
kind
of
touching
upon
getting
people
into
those
units
that
we
can
potentially
get
at
are
those
families
moving
into
those
affordable
units,
but
that
doesn't
get
at
some
of
the
market
rate
where
it's
a
little
bit
harder
to
get
at
that
data.
E
That's
where
the
Census
Data
is,
maybe
our
our
best
bet,
there's
potential
surveys
or
other
information
that
we
can
potentially
do
with,
but
I
think
that
it
has
been
something
that
we've
discussed,
at
least
from
our
programmatic
perspective,
how
many
families,
and
because
that
also
plays
into
us,
trying
to
get
with
the
affordable
units
more
larger
units,
three
three
bedroom,
even
four
bedroom
units
to
accommodate
larger
families.
E
But
we
we
do
look
at
other
programs
that
assist
with
first-time
home
buyers
or
other
programs
that
we
can
see
that
we
can
potentially
see
what
that
family
participation
is,
but,
unfortunately
giving
that
whole
city
context
I.
Think
it's
a
little
bit
harder
to
get
at
accurate
data
outside
the
census
does
lag
a
little
bit.
F
There's
a
slide
and
I
can't
find
it
in
my
packet,
so
I
can't
so
it
was
about
like
where
the
percentage
of
growth
was
in
in
the
city
had
a
bunch
of
colors
that
one
so
so.
This
is
interesting
to
me
because
when
we
look
at,
if
you
were
to
Overlay
our
schools
onto
that
map,
we
only
have
two
elementary
schools,
east
of
35W
and
eight
west
of
35W.
So
now
I
see
when
that
huge
growth
in
the
South
Loop.
That
makes
me
a
little
nervous.
F
I
want
higher
enrollment,
don't
get
me
wrong,
but
if
it's
all
concentrated
in
one
area
that
could
cause
problems
for
our
school.
So
my
question
for
you
is
like
how
far
in
advance
when
these
projects
are
going
through,
that
chart
that
you
showed
us
how
far
in
advance
does
the
school
district
get
a
heads
up
that
there's
going
to
be
this
facility?
That's
going
to
have
this
many
units!
We
expect
this
many
families
with
children
that
may
enroll
in
this
school
so
that
we
can
prepare
our
enrollment
projections
per
site,
not
just
overall.
E
That
is
something
that
we
have
not
done
a
good
job
about.
Quite
frankly,
I
know:
I've
met
with
your
predecessor,
maybe
once
or
twice
talking
about
enrollment
and
some
of
these
projects,
but
it's
not
something
that
we
do
on
a
regular
basis,
which
maybe
is
something
that
we
we
can
look
at
doing
in
the
future,
because
you're
right,
we
do
have
this
information
and
a
pipeline
and
where
we
are
expecting
this
growth
and
where
that
potentially
could
have
impacts
on
enrollment.
So.
I
Thank
you,
mayor,
I'm
glad
you
pointed
that
out,
because
that's
one
of
the
reasons
I'm
still
pulling
the
new
superintendent
card
out
at
this
meeting.
It's
just
starting
year,
two,
but
one
of
the
reasons
I
was
excited
to
have
the
opportunity
to
come
back
to
Bloomington.
Is
this
kind
of
discussion
about?
You
know
where
our
interests
intersect
with
the
city
and
the
school
district,
and
that
we
are
one
city
and
one
school
district?
So
folks
have
heard
my
story.
I
I
won't
go
too
deep,
but
coming
from
Anoka
Hennepin,
where
you
had
13
communities
in
two
counties
and
trying
to
they're
lucky
in
the
sense
that
they
have
a
bunch
of
corn
fields
that
are
still
going
to
get
plowed
and
have
houses
built
on
so
they're
not
worried
about
enrollment
like
we
are
in
Bloomington
and
they're,
not
a
built
out
all
built
out.
Communities
like
Bloomington
tends
to
be.
These
are
the
great
kind
of
conversations
that
hopefully
we
can
have
back
and
forth
I
know.
I
A
J
Good
evening,
mayor
busty,
chair
Bennett
and
our
distinguished
city
council,
members
and
school
board,
members
and
audiences
here
in
person
and
watching
on
TV.
So
let
me
share
with
you.
We
are
going
to
take
a
few
minutes.
Colleagues,
John
Weiser
and
Rod
zivkovic,
director
of
technology
and
Director
of
Finance
and
student,
supports
safe
Innovative
schools,
our
capital
projects,
Levy,
that's
on
the
ballot.
This
fall
November,
8th
and
we
hand
it
gave
you
a
handout,
too
excited
to
give
you
more
information
as
well
and
follow
along.
J
So
that's
our
purpose
tonight
provide
you
an
update
on
the
2022,
safe
and
Innovative
schools
referendum,
which
is
a
request
to
renew
the
2013
capital
projects,
Lefty
that
was
passed
in
2013.
that
Levy
approval
funded
six
million
dollars
a
year
for
about
10
years.
It
continues
to
fund
and
it
expires
in
2024..
So
we
are
going
to
the
voters
a
little
bit
early,
but
that's
typical
for
Bloomington
schools
to
ask
voters
before
the
expiration
in
the
unlikely
event
or
the
possibility
that
the
levy
would
not
be
renewed
at
least
the
first
time.
J
We
have
an
opportunity
to
go
back
to
voters
and
make
a
better
case
for
it.
If
you
will
so
it'll
expire
in
2024,
and
so
we're
asking
voters
to
support
a
straight
renewal
for
the
safe
and
Innovative
schools
referendum
should
the
levy
pass,
it
would
fund
about
9.8
million
dollars
a
year
in
our
finance
guy.
Here
is
going
to
tell
us
why
that
has
increased
and
what
that
would
look
like
moving
forward
and
it
would
be
renewed
for
an
additional
10
years,
so
2025
through
2034.
J
So
let
me
share
with
you
what
we
are
at,
what
the
ask
will
include
so
for
many
of
you
that
were
around
back
in
2013
and
14,
we
were
pretty
robust
in
improving
our
school
safety
with
significant
physical
changes.
J
We
front
end
loaded,
if
you
will
a
large
portion,
a
majority
of
the
funds
towards
school
safety,
those
significant
physical
structure,
changes
of
our
schools
and
then
augmented
it
with
a
video
surveillance
system,
access
management
system
to
a
radio
system
that
we
just
brought
online
pre-pandemic
and
actually
just
before
the
pandemic,
and
we
wrapped
up
training
with
the
last
of
our
schools
a
couple
weeks
ago.
The
new
ask
really
would
be
a
visitor
management
system,
so
this
is
in
addition
to
what
we,
what
we
call
single
point
of
entry.
J
So
we
limit
access
to
schools
to
one
point
of
entry
and
you
can't
get
Beyond
the
office
if
you
will,
without
being
verified
that
you
have
business
to
do
in
the
school.
A
visitor
management
system
is
really
an
online
ability
to
do
that,
so
our
staff
does
not
have
to
do
it
each
time,
particularly
in
elementary
schools,
where
we
have
parents
coming
in
parent,
volunteers
or
other
volunteers,
would
just
simply
sign
in
a
kiosk
and
verify
that
you
have
a
reason
to
be
there.
J
There
is
a
continued
need
to
add
more
security
cameras
to
our
facilities
externally
internally
and
then
other
pieces
that
really
we
don't
share
real
publicly
because
of
the
Integrity
of
the
Safety
and
Security
of
our
schools.
What
those
specific
pieces
are.
You
would
also
go
towards
training
threat
and
risk
assessment.
J
C
Welcome
again,
this
is
a
variation
on
our
School
Board
vision
statement.
We,
our
intent
to
in
educating
students,
is
to
prepare
them
for
a
world
that
we
we
can
anticipate
fully,
and
so
we
plan
for
the
kind
of
skills
that
prepare
students
to
encounter
whatever
new
situations
they
develop,
often
that
in
that
comes
with
technology
preparing
for
skills
that
come
with
technology.
So
how.
C
Have
three
main
three
big
categories
of
investment,
so
this
referendum
is
an
investment
in
our
schools.
It's
an
investment
in
our
kids
and
the
three
big
areas
that
we
talk
about
are
foundations
anytime,
anywhere
learning
and
opportunities.
Foundations
entails
all
of
those
structural
changes
that
we've
done
over
the
last
nine
years
of
the
referendum.
We've
moved
our
our
district
to
be
a
one-to-one
district,
where
every
student
has
enhanced
access
to
our
piece
of
equipment
carrying
a
Chromebook
every
day
at
younger
grades,
it's
tablets.
C
We
took
on
the
challenge
of
Wi-Fi
the
Wi-Fi
barrier,
which
is
once
you
leave
our
schools.
How
many
of
our
families
struggle
to
continue
to
stay
online?
Those
those
two
topics,
pre-pandemic,
were
we
were
kind
of
leading
school
districts
in
kind
of
embracing
those
those
issues,
because
our
community
invested
in
US.
C
Learning
is
about
expanding
where
learning
takes
place
for
students,
so
it's
that
in
guaranteeing
that
internet
access,
but
it's
also
how
helping
our
schools
look
differently
if
you
walk
into
one
of
our
schools
these
days,
if
you
haven't
done
so
recently,
I
would
encourage
you
to
do
so.
You'll
find
flexible
learning
spaces
that
that
encourage
students
to
think
creatively,
move
and
move
and
learn
in
different
ways.
Some
of
that
investment
comes
through
this
process.
We've
we've
adopted
learning
platforms,
seesaw
and
canvas
which
allow
families
and
teachers
to
communicate.
C
Even
when
we're
not
in
the
school
day.
As
we
look
at
the
use
of
those
platforms,
we
see
that
some
of
the
most
productive
time
for
students
tends
to
be
later
at
night,
so
I
don't
want
to
get
in
the
way.
I
I
never
want
our
staff
to
get
in
the
way
of
learning,
and
so
when
we,
where
we
can
encourage
learning
we
can
we
do
opportunities
is
another
thing:
is
another
area
we
build
on
that
foundation,
so
one
of
those
areas
is
computer.
Science.
C
I
belong
to
an
organization
called
mintech
here
in
Minnesota.
It's
an
organization
of
technical
leaders
across
the
state,
including
Best
Buy,
on
our
border,
some
techno,
some
tech
businesses
that
who,
who
headquarter
in
Bloomington,
there's
a
there's
a
need
in
Minnesota
to
grow
more
computer
scientists.
We
we
tend
to
have
to
import
computer
scientists
into
the
state
to
meet
the
need
of
business,
and
so
we
are
one
of
those
leaders
who
are
trying
to
grow
that
program,
starting
in
K-12
and
so
I'm
very
proud
of
that
work.
J
Okay,
so
we
have
two
campaigns
underway.
First,
one
is
the
informational
Campaign,
which
is
legally
all
the
school
district.
Personnel
are
allowed
to
do,
and
the
information
campaign
is
really
at
the
school
level
we
found
after
2013,
which
was
a
far
closer
vote
than
the
operational
Levy
in
2017,
that
parents
really
connect
with
schools.
Surprise,
surprise
right,
and
so
we
know
our
greatest
supporters
are
parents,
and
so
the
information
campaign
is
really
driven
by
our
schools.
J
Each
school
has
a
team
of
parents
staff
and
at
the
high
school
students
that
are
charged
with
getting
information
sharing
information
along
with
that
is
to
register
parents
that
are
not
registered
voters.
We
have
taken
the
voter
records
from
the
Secretary
of
State
and
we
can
identify
who's,
not
registered.
That's
all
public
data
by
the
way,
nothing
nefarious
about
getting
that
information
and
really
encourage
parents
to
vote.
J
We
work
with
League
of
Women,
Voters
and
others
that
do
registration
drives
and
then
there's
an
advocacy
group,
and
that
is
the
yes
for
BPS
Community,
Committee,
currently
being
led
by
Paige
Roman
and
Curtis
griesel.
They
are
to
Curtis
and
his
wife.
Had
three
former
students
go
through
our
schools?
I
graduated
from
Kennedy
the
last
couple
years
and
Paige,
and
his
partner
have
two
children
in
our
school
district,
middle
school
and
Elementary
student.
J
They
lead
a
Community
Committee
of
retired
District
staff
members,
some
parents
involved
and
certainly
District
leadership
in
some
of
those
areas,
and
it's
a
small
but
very,
very
active
group
to
advocate
for
getting
people
to
go
and
vote.
That's
the
key
most
important
part
of
it
and
vote
Yes
school-based
information
campaigns,
one
of
the
most
important
things
that
when
we
looked
at
that
data
from
the
Secretary
of
State's
office,
is
that
we
only
have
about
40.
Just
over
52
percent
of
our
parents
are
registered.
J
This
is
a
drop
as
we
would
expect
that
the
population
changes
in
Bloomington
we've
typically
been
getting
closer
to
60
percent
in
past
referendums
and
even
higher
than
that
when
our
population
was
much
higher.
But
what
this
shows
us
is
a
lot
of
room
for
growth
in
terms
of
registering
parents
to
vote,
and
so
we
can
identify
current
and
former
parents
that
are
not
registered
and
encourage
them
to
register,
to
vote
and
again
with
the
help
of
the
League
of
Women
Voters.
Now
I
talked
about
that.
D
Thank
you
overall,
like
Rick
mentioned
earlier,
about
the
explanation
of
we
started
out
with
a
six
million
dollar
Levy
and
now
we're
up
to
9.8.
If
you
remember
back
in
the
2013,
some
of
the
Tiff
of
the
Mall
of
America
was
not
off
the
the
rolls.
So
since
we
have
one
of
our
only
levees
that
has
a
percentage
of
our
tax
capacity,
any
change
in
tax
capacity
adjusts
this
amount.
It's
it's
the
same,
no
matter
what
the
dollar
amount.
It
just
stays
at
that.
D
Well,
that's
the
main
reason
for
the
increase
of
of
that
going
from
a
6
million
to
a
9.8
million
dollar
number
and,
as
we
mentioned
with
that
is
on
a
medium-sized
home.
Yes,
it
would
go
up
over
time
if
the
value
of
the
home
went
up,
but
that
rate
is
still
the
same
throughout
the
time
period.
So
that's
why
we're
we've
we've
stated
many
times
that
this
is
not
a
tax
impact
and
only
a
value
homes.
We
noticed
the
first
year
that
we
pass
this
referendum.
It
wasn't
six
million
dollars
that
we
got.
D
It
was
under
six
million
dollars
because
the
values
of
the
homes
went
down
for
that
period
of
time,
so
it
isn't
a
fluctuation
within
that
number.
So
what
we're
asking
for
is
a
9.8
million
dollar
for
security
and
Technology.
D
One
of
the
things
that
we
want
to
make
very
clear
is
these
dollars
have
helped
us
both
in
our
operating
technology
area
and
our
security
area,
that
if,
after
the
23
24
school
year,
if
we
don't
get
this
renewed,
there
will
be
some
impacts
to
the
general
fund
to
be
able
to
fund
the
basics
that
we
need
for
technology
and
security.
This
has
helped
out
the
general
fund
for
us
not
to
have
to
make
as
many
significant
reductions
over
the
years.
J
And
lastly,
you
all
know
the
dates.
Last
Friday
was
the
first
date
early
voting
November
8th,
the
8th
is
the
election
date
and
canvassing
period
November,
so
we'll
close
and
then
take
questions
and
really
key
points
to
this
is
that
this
is
a
renewal
of
an
expiring
capital
projects
Levy,
it's
simply
a
reinvestment
in
the
dollars
that
we're
receiving
for
Safety
and
Security
and
Technology,
specifically
directed
at
those
two
primary
pieces.
J
As
the
Emergency
Management
director
and
community
relations
director
I've
been
working
in
Emergency
Management
schools
for
more
than
30
years
and
I
can
tell
you
that,
there's
no
final
step
to
school
safety.
There
is
no
one
product,
no
service,
no
individual.
That
can
stop
someone
that
wants
to
put
bring
harm
upon
themselves
or
others.
What
we
can
do,
though,
is
to
focus
on
those
best
practices
through
threat
and
risk
assessment
and
those
other
physical
structures
that
create
barriers
for
persons
that
wish
to
do
harm
to
others.
J
What
that
means
is
it
requires
an
ongoing
commitment,
an
ongoing
commitment
to
an
unwavering
Folk
focus
on
supporting
these
types
of
things.
What
is
interesting
a
couple
weeks
ago,
CBS
News
came
to
us
and
wanted
to
do
a
story
about
school
safety,
because
the
New
York
brass
told
them
that
Bloomington
schools
in
Bloomington
Minnesota
seem
to
be
one
of
those
districts
that
had
a
lot
going
on
in
terms
of
school
safety.
J
We
were
very
proud
of
that,
but
what
we
were
able
to
do
is
to
show
a
lot
of
the
things
that
we
have
in
place:
they're,
not
State
Secrets
anymore,
but
the
reality
is
that
the
fact
is
that
the
commitment
of
our
community
to
support
the
2013
Levy
allowed
us
to
do
these
things.
To
put
us
at
a
point
where
other
districts
haven't
even
begun
to
put
in
even
things
like
access
management-
or
you
know,
trying
to
play
catch-up
I
can
can
count
on
all
my
hands
and
Toes.
J
J
It's
a
very
investment
in
the
security
updates
and
best
practices,
and
it's
reinvestment
in
next
next
Technologies
for
learning
to
allow
for
growth
of
any
time
in
anywhere
Solutions
all
those
pieces
that
John
Weiser
has
brought
to
the
district
and
his
incredible
team
and
before
I
close
I
can't
end
this
without
acknowledging
the
incredible
collaboration
with
Bloomington
Public,
Health,
Dr
Kelly
through
covid,
and
a
lot
of
the
safety
things
that
we
talk
about
and
chief
Hodges
and
his
team
and
his
predecessors.
J
We
have
had
an
incredible
working
relationship
in
the
15
years,
I've
been
with
Bloomington
schools
and
the
sharing
of
information,
and
the
collaboration
is
what
we
know
helps
to
keep
our
kids
safe.
It's
not
just
the
school
district,
it's
all
of
our
partners.
So
with
that
we'll
be
happy
to
take
any
questions
you
might
have.
K
K
If
an
average
person
is
interested
in
knowing
what
the
impact
of
the
levy
from
the
last
10
years
has
been
on
achievement,
especially
in
technology
achievements,
or
anything
like
that,
what's
the
where's
the
best
resource
for
us
to
understand
that,
because
you
know
I'm
I,
these
are
all
great
and
and
yet
you
know,
as
somebody
who
doesn't
have
kids
in
the
school
district
I,
don't
have
access
daily
to
see
the
outcomes
of
those
things.
K
K
C
Know,
thank
you
for
the
question.
We
try
not
to
draw
a
direct
line
from
buy
a
computer
equals
this
Improvement
on
test
scores.
We
view
technology
as
tools
in
the
hands
of
Educators.
C
The
most
impactful
way
to
move
assessment
scores
is
through
instructors,
who
are
highly
trained,
who
are
well
equipped
and
who
have
the
you
know
the
tools
and
equipment
and
Facilities
to
do
their
job
well,
and
so,
in
that
regard,
you
know
we
have
a
an
annual,
an
annual
report
we
put
out
from
our
research
evaluation
and
assessment
Department
that
talks
about
the
achievement
in
our
district
I,
try
again
not
to
draw
a
line
between
technology
equals.
C
You
know
responsibility
for
an
improvement
or
responsibility
for
a
drop
in
that
achievement.
What
we're
doing
is
we're
setting
up
the
environment,
the
foundation
and
the
opportunities
for
kids
and
for
their
teachers
to
to
thrive.
So
that's
it.
K
Yeah,
thank
you.
Just
a
quick
follow-up
to
me.
There's
two
there's
two
pieces
of
that
then
there's
one
is
the.
We
need
to
give
these
students
the
tools
that
they
need
to
stay
current
with
learning
platforms,
skills,
things
of
that
nature
and
then
there's
the
other
piece
of
that
which
you
kind
of
alluded
to,
which
was
preparing
students
for
the
jobs
that
10
years
from
now
they
will
likely
take
on.
Do
we
have
any
data
about
the
latter
like?
Are
we
doing
a
good
job
of
preparing
our
students
to
go?
K
C
You
so
I
would
like
to
invite
you
know
my
colleague,
Dr
Julio
Cesar
are
up
here
I'll
data
system
which
tracks
where
our
students
go
once
they
leave
Bloomington
Public
Schools.
Where
do
they
land
in
the
job
market?
Where
do
they
end
up
in
college
or
if
they
don't
go
to
college?
What
kind
of
earning
potential
do
they
have?
Some
of
those
outcomes
and
I'm
parroting
Julio
here
are
that
we
prepare
students
pretty
well
and
aligning
those
Advanced
outcomes
in
terms
of
monetary
outcomes,
better
Lifestyles
and
so
on.
I
I
I
know
that
preliminary
conversations
with
the
city
manager
and
mayor
and
myself
and
chair
Bennett
are
around
that
exact
topic,
because
we
do
have
interesting
and
robust
and
probably
better
than
any
other
school
district
data
on
those
outcomes
for
students
after
they
leave
Bloomington,
Public,
Schools
and
and
what
programs
they
were
in
and
and
kind
of
where
they
are
three
four
five
I
don't
know
Julio
how
many
years
down
the
road
so
I
would
say.
That
would
be
something
to
potentially
look
forward
to
in
the.
D
D
Coulter,
thank
you
mayor,
just
a
quick
one
and
to
be
frank,
doing
what
I
do
for
my
day,
job
I
feel
like
I,
should
know
this
for
sure,
but
I
just
want
to
confirm
in
order
to
renew
the
the
levy
it
has
to
pass
with
just
a
bare
majority
of
votes
on
the
question
correct
fifty
percent
plus
one
of
yes
votes
on
that
question.
Someone
who
doesn't
vote
on
the
question
at
all
that
doesn't
count
as
a
no
vote
correct.
That's
what
I
assumed
I
just
like
I
said
just
wanted
to
make
sure.
Thank
you.
F
Just
a
comment:
I
just
I
just
want
to
just
say
thank
you
around
Innovation
and
around
security.
You
know,
with
with
the
environment
that
we
live
in
in
today,
just
that
we're
being
proactive
about
this
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you.
That's
all
thanks.
G
You
mayor
I,
just
have
a
quick
question.
I
know
the
the
technology
is
to
enable
learning
not
specifically
to
teach
any
particular
thing,
but
there
is
some
conversation
about
exploring
computer
science.
Can
this
technology
part
of
it
be
used
to
explore
other
areas?
One
of
the
other
areas
that
we've
talked
about
are
the
trades
and
utilizing
people
that
want
to
go
with
that
type
of
path.
Computer
science
is
fantastic
path.
We
we
obviously
have
demand
there.
We
need
nurses,
you
know
we
need.
C
Yeah,
that's
that's
a
terrific
question
when
I
say
computer
science
I'm
talking
about
the
broad
spectrum
of
computer
science,
that
includes
everything
from
a
tech
help
desk,
which
we
would
consider
part
of
the
trades.
We
have
a
program
through
our
Bloomington
career
and
College
Academy
that
helps
students
focus
in
in
that
area
which,
where
in
my
generation,
might
have
been
more
likely
to
go
to
like
a
shop
class.
So
that
is
a
pathway
that
we've
developed
over
time.
C
It
includes
some
of
the
artistic
professions
when
you
think
about
design
around
web
design
and
computer
design.
So
it
includes
that
broad
spectrum
of
Arts
education,
as
well
as
the
deeply
technical
work
of
computer
security,
chip,
design
and
so
on,
so
we're
covering
that
broad
spectrum.
These
Reef,
these
resources
have
to
tie
back
to
something
with
a
technology
focus
and
so
that
that
umbrella
of
computer
science
helps
us
hit
on
many
of
those
areas.
A
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
just
can't
stop
thinking
about
council
member
Dalessandro's
question
and
also
you
know.
The
educator
comes
up
in
here
as
well
and
I
think
this
is
important
for
our
audience,
even
though
we're
getting
more
information
in
the
future
I
think
people
really
want
to
know.
So
what
is
the
benefit
right
now?
H
Where
do
we
track
that
success
right
and
it's
something
I
would
say
something
that
we
said
every
day
in
the
classroom,
because
the
students
are
able
to
have
easy
access
to
information,
immediate
access
to
it
and
they're
able
to
gather
more
information
and
therefore
they're
able
to
have
those
critical
thinking,
skills
developed
while
they're
studying
every
day.
So
that's
one
thing
and
I
think
we
all
know
someone
who
is
I,
don't
know
an
elementary
school
kid,
a
middle
schooler,
a
high
schooler.
H
What
are
they
called
platforms
technology
platforms
and
then
they
teach
them
in
the
classroom
as
well?
And
so
then
you
find
students
who
are
making
videos,
for
example,
they
know
how
to
do
an
interview.
You
know
the
kind
of
things
that
you
probably
also
would
need
for
when
you
have
a
job.
You
know
there's
a
lot
of
things
you
can
do
in
the
marketing
area,
then
now
they
know
how
to
do
and
they're
not
even
they
haven't
even
graduated
yet
so
yeah
I
just
wanted
to
touch
a
little
bit
on
that.
H
L
Thank
you
mayor,
so
first
I
just
want
to
thank
each
of
you.
So
I
have
two
kids
in
the
Bloomington
School
District
one
in
elementary
and
one
now
in
middle
school.
He
is
very
happy
about
that.
He
said
he
was
afraid
he
was
ready
to
be
away
from
the
little
kids
and
I
was
like
all
right.
I
was
like
just
wait
until
you
see,
what's
gonna
happen
at
the
education
like
anyway,
so
I
just
again,
I
want
to
thank
you.
L
Of
course,
I
want
to
Echo
things
around
Safety
and
Security,
especially
during
the
the
day
and
age
we're
in
right
now,
but
I
also
wanted
to
thank
you
on
the
technology
piece.
So
my
daughter
was
in
kindergarten
when
the
pandemic
hit
and
so
really
got
the
experience
of
using
the
platforms
and
all
of
the
technology
so
from
kindergarten.
L
Now,
through
Middle
School
we've
had
that
experience
and
it's
been
great
honestly
and
then,
in
addition
to
the
students
learning
a
lot
I
just
have
to
say,
I,
don't
know
how
my
parents
knew
what
I
was
doing
in
school
when
I
was
in
elementary
school
in
middle
school,
because
I
have
such
good
Insight
I
can
go
on
the
plat.
The
web
platform
I
can
see
what
Dylan's
assignments
were
for
today.
L
I
see
it
right
away,
and
so
I
just
think
that
much
to
his
dismay
and
so
I
guess
I
just
want
to
say
that
it
empowers
students
in
real
time,
but
I
think
it
also
empowers
families
and
parents
and
caregivers
who
can
in
real
time
really
keep
up
with
what
their
kids
are
doing
in
schools
and
and
and
I
also
want
to
say,
I
really
am
looking
forward
to
the
conversation
around
that
longitudinal
data
I
personally
am
like
cannot
stand
the
standardized
tests,
no
offense
to
anybody.
L
I
have
a
kid
and
I
have
a
kid
who
does
not
do
well
on
them,
and
so
it's
not
good
for
anybody's
confidence
when
he
gets
those
scores
back.
But
when
we
look
at
the
longitudinal
data
and
we
see
what
kids
coming
out
of
our
schools
are
doing
in
the
long
run,
that's
going
to
be
really
helpful
and
that's
the
most
meaningful
to
me.
So
thank
you
again.
A
A
You
may
have
heard
a
few
things
about
Expo
2027
we've
been
as
a
city
exploring
the
possibility
of
hosting
an
expo
on
behalf
of
the
United
States
for
almost
a
decade
now
those
discussions
have
been
going
on
and
we
are
well
involved
in
the
process
right
now
and
to
have
some
exciting
things
to
talk
about
so
Mr
veru
is
going
to
give
us
the
presentation,
Mr
verbrugi.
Thank
you.
Mr
Mayor.
M
And
Mr,
chair
directors
and
council
members,
thank
you,
I'm,
going
to
go
backwards
for
just
30
seconds
and
Echo
council
member
Carter's
comments.
I'm
a
first-time
parent
this
year
in
the
Bloomington
Public
Schools,
as
Dr
Melby
knows,
I'm
hosting
an
exchange
student
and
I
have
been
thoroughly
impressed
and
grateful
with
the
amount
of
communication
from
the
school
district
and
the
access
to
learning
and
achievement,
almost
in
real
time
and
frankly,
for
a
new
student
into
the
district.
M
Who
is
not
an
English
first
speaker
that
integration
has
gone
incredibly
well,
and
that's
that's
just
because
of
the
systems
that
you
have
in
place.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
credit
is
given
to
the
school
district
for
doing
well
there
all
right.
Let's
talk
about
Expo,
2027.,
you've
heard
about
this.
M
As
the
mayor
said,
what
we
have
discovered
is
that,
even
though
we
have
put
out
a
fair
amount
of
information
about
Expo
and
why
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
the
state
of
Minnesota
and
the
United
States
are
seeking
this,
there
isn't
a
really
good
understanding
of
what
Expo
2027
is.
So
we
thought
this
would
be
a
perfect
venue
to
try
and
share
more
information.
So,
let's
start
with
just
what
the
heck
is.
Expo
right,
Expos
come
primarily
in
two
different
variants.
M
On
the
left
side
of
the
screen,
you
see
a
specialized
Expo
like
the
one
that
was
held
in
Kazakhstan
in
2017
and
then
there's
an
international
Expo
like
the
one
that
was
held
in
Dubai
earlier
this
year.
Specialized
exposure.
Excuse
me
to
start
an
International
Expo
International
Expos
are
what
we
sometimes
refer
to
as
World
fairs.
They
are
six
months
long
and
the
host
country
can
decide
how
large
of
a
of
a
footprint
it
it
is
on
their
own.
So,
for
example,
in
Dubai
their
site
was
1100
Acres,
the
equivalent
of
600
football
fields.
M
To
give
you
an
idea
of
how
much
space
that
was
specialized,
Expos,
oh
by
the
way
the
international
Expos
are
held
in
the
Years
ending
in
zeros
and
fives.
So
why
did
Dubai
just
wrap
up
in
2022?
It
was
delayed
for
a
year
because
of
covid.
Also
because
Dubai
is
in
a
very
warm
part
of
the
world,
they
had
scheduled
it
to
start
late.
In
2020
wrapping
up
in
2021,
so
that's
why
it
carried
forward
from
21
to
22.
M
specialized
Expos
are
held
in
between
the
international
Expos,
so
there
held
usually
in
the
twos
and
threes
or
the
seven
and
eights,
and
they
can
be
no
larger
than
62
acres
and
they're
only
three
months
long.
So
it's
half
the
duration
and
a
much
smaller
footprint
and
the
specialized
Expo
is
the
type
of
Expo
that
the
state
of
Minnesota
in
the
United
States
are
seeking.
Currently
so
I
mentioned
world's
fairs
and
people
say:
oh,
they
still
do
those.
Yes,
they
still
do
those
they
do
those
all
around
the
world.
M
They
just
don't
do
them
in
the
United
States
anymore.
In
fact,
the
last
time
we
had
a
world
fair
in
the
United
States
was
1984
in
New
Orleans.
So
you,
you
are
seeing
some
of
the
iconic
structures
that
are
leave
behinds
or
legacies
of
world's
fairs.
The
Seattle
Space
Needle,
the
ferris
wheel,
was
unveiled
at
the
Colombian
Exposition
in
Chicago
in
the
early
1890s.
The
Eiffel
Tower
is
a
is
a
legacy
of
World
Fair
in
Paris.
Now,
interestingly,
the
International
Community
prefers
to
call
these
expos
in
America.
M
We
call
them
world's
fairs,
either
way,
they're
tremendous
events
that
are
focused
on
International
Learning
Innovation
showcasing
ideas
for
the
future.
So
what
happens
at
an
expo?
So
it's
a
little
bit
like
a
TED
Talk,
combined
with
Davos,
combined
with
a
trade
show
combined
with
Disney
World,
depending
on
you
know
how
big
it
is
and
and
how
complex
it
is.
M
But
the
the
fact
is
that
there
is
constant
learning
that
goes
on.
That's
sort
of
the
Ted
talk
thing
there
are:
there
are
featured
presentations
every
day
you
have
over
a
hundred
countries
that
are
participating
in
the
international
Expos.
M
It's
usually
close
to
200
countries,
and
it's
like
a
giant
trade
show
because
there's
a
lot
of
business
to
business
activity
that
goes
on
behind
the
scenes,
especially
based
on
the
theme
of
whatever
each
of
the
Expos
are
and
then
just
sort
of
the
glitz
and
Showmanship
of
a
of
an
expo
kind
of
lends
it
that
Disney
World
feel
in
the
Davos
aspect
is
because
it
is
a
huge
International
diplomatic
engagement
for
that
period
of
time.
M
So
the
the
group
that
is
behind
the
Minnesota
effort
has
chosen
the
theme
of
healthy
people,
Healthy
Planet,
wellness
and
well-being.
For
all.
This
theme
is
based
on
the
fact
that
Minnesota
has
frankly
one
of
the
world's
leading
concentration
of
Health,
Medical
and
wellness
ecosystems
in
the
whole
world,
so
our
education,
our
research,
our
manufacturing,
the
the
technology
development,
all
of
that
coming
together
and
then
you
have
some
World
leading
applications
in
the
Mayo
Clinic,
which
is
the
top
rated
hospital
system
in
the
world.
M
M
So
here's
some
of
the
impacts
it
is
like
I,
said
a
three-month
event,
so
it'll
be
93
days.
If,
if
awarded
to
Minnesota,
it
would
be
May
15th
through
August
15th
of
2027.,
so
as
to
wrap
up
in
advance
of
the
opening
of
the
Minnesota
State
Fair,
because
nobody
wants
to
interrupt
the
Minnesota
State
Fair,
like
I,
said
62
acres,
that
13
million
visits
is
actually
in
the
in
the
application.
Put
forward
closer
to
14
million
and
I
want
to
be
clear.
That's
not
unique
visitors,
that's
the
number
of
visits.
M
The
actual
number
of
unique
visitors
is
probably
more
in
line
with
about
7
million,
and
that
is
based
on
a
presumption
that
people
who
travel
here
will
probably
go
for
more
than
one
day
and
people
who
live
in
the
region
are
more
more
likely
to
go
more
than
one
day
because
there's
different
programming
content
throughout
the
whole
three
months.
So,
ideally
people
will
go
they'll,
be
interested,
they'll
see
other
things.
They
want
to
go
back:
one
billion
Global
Impressions
over
two
billion
dollars
in
economic
impact.
M
These
are
some
of
the
recent
world's
fairs
I
mentioned
on
the
zeros
and
the
five.
So
you
see,
Shanghai
and
Milan
were
prior
to
Dubai
and
then
the
specialized
Expos
of
yosu
Korea
and
Austin
akazakhstan
Osaka
Japan,
is
the
next
International
Expo
in
2025..
M
Interestingly
enough,
the
sister
city
for
Bloomington
Izumi
City,
is
a
suburb
of
Osaka.
So
we
had
a
delegation
going
to
visit
our
sister
city
back
in
20,
17,
I,
believe
or
2018
when,
on
the
they
were
departing
on
the
day
that
the
that
Osaka
was
awarded,
the
international
Expo
for
2025
and
so
I
I,
quick,
called
somebody
who
was
part
of
that
delegation.
Councilmember,
Lohman
and
I
said
you
need
to
know
this
before
you
land,
so
that
you
can
celebrate
with
them.
What
an
important
and
big
deal.
M
This
is
you'll
also
notice
on
this
map.
The
left
side
of
the
map
is
pretty
empty
right.
Going
back
to
what
we
said
before
about.
There
hasn't
been
a
world
fair
in
the
United
States
in
almost
40
years
there
has
not
been
one
in
Latin
America,
you
might
recall
back
in
2017,
Minnesota
United
States
were
competing
for
2023
that
was
awarded
to
Buenos
Aires
Argentina
Argentina
is
not
on
the
map
because
they
folded
their
tent.
M
The
purpose
of
this
slide
is
just
to
give
you
an
impression
of
frankly,
the
level
of
professionalism
and
gravitas
behind
this
effort.
Expo
2027,
the
Minnesota
USA
Expo
committee,
is
its
own
independent,
non-profit
organization,
mayor
bosi
and
I
are
members
of
the
board,
but
they
have
their
own
legal
structure.
The
president
and
CEO
is
John
Stanek.
He
may
be
a
familiar
name
to
you.
M
M
So
who's
in
charge
of
these
things.
Well,
it's
this
group.
It's
the
Bureau
of
International
expositions.
The
bie
is
an
international
partnership
organization.
It's
based
in
Paris
France.
There
are
over
160
member
nations,
they
each
have
delegates
and
there
is
one
voting
delegate
per
country
when
it
comes
to
making
the
decisions.
M
So
the
bie
organizes
the
process
for
the
application
and
then
the
decision
and
then
the
governance
once
awarded
for
the
international
Expos,
the
specialized
Expos
and
two
other
events,
Horticultural
expos
in
the
Triana,
the
Milano
Horticultural
Expos,
are
focused
on,
as
you
might
suspect,
plants
and
Agronomy
and
Landscape
architecture.
Natural
environments
in
the
trail
de
Milano
is
more
of
a
food
and
business
organized
Expo.
M
So
here's
a
little
bit
of
a
timeline
and
I
want
you
to
pay
attention
to
the
right
side
of
this
one
going
back
to
2016
the
Minnesota
effort
when
first
when
the
application
was
first
put
forward
to
the
federal
government,
there's
actually
a
process
in
federal
law
to
determine
how
a
decision
is
made
for
which
state
or
city
in
the
United
States
will
be
chosen.
As
the
USA
candidate,
it
has
to
go
through
a
Commerce
Department
review
so
back
in
2016,
the
Commerce
department
and
the
Obama
Administration
vetted
that
application.
M
M
So
I
think
this
may
be
one
of
the
only
initiatives
or
events
or
activities
that
President
Obama,
Trump
and
Biden
all
agree
on.
So,
if
you're
wondering
about
whether
there's
bipartisan
support
for
this
there
always
has
been
and
that
bipartisan
repo
support
remains
strong.
So
again,
the
Commerce
Department
under
President
Biden
sanctioned
the
Minnesota
application
as
the
USA
candidature
and
a
formal
application
was
made
in
June
of
this
year.
M
Here's
some
of
the
impact
numbers
like
I
said
that
13
million
is
actually
closer
to
14
million
in
the
final
dossier
that
was
put
forward.
The
application
for
the
number
of
visitors,
90
percent
of
those
visitors
are
expected
to
come
from
beyond
our
region.
The
the
vast
majority
of
them
will
likely
come
from
what
we
call
the
one
day.
Travel
shed
so
think
about
how
long
it
takes
to
drive
to
the
Twin
Cities
from
places
like
Winnipeg
or
St,
Louis
or
Detroit.
M
That
circle
is
where
most
of
the
visitorship
will
come
from,
but
about
10
percent
will
come
from
International
Travelers
because,
frankly,
there
is
a
group
of
people
who
are
motivated
to
go
visit.
These
events
every
time
that
they're
held
they
like
to
travel
around
the
world.
These
are
Big
attractions,
so
there's
a
fair
number
of
international
visitors
that
will
come:
33,
000
jobs
expected
to
be
created
and
over
a
hundred
dollars
per
person
of
tax
generation
at
the
state,
local
and
federal
level.
For
each
visitor.
M
This
is
the
site
layout.
Hopefully
this
is
familiar
to
you
in
our
South
Loop
District.
You
can
see
the
Mall
of
America
I.
Think
you
all
know
where
the
Mall
of
America
does
this
pointer
work
there
there
he
is,
there's
the
Mall
of
America,
so
the
core
site
is
right
here,
just
east
of
the
Mall
of
America,
in
what
we
call
the
adjacent
lands.
It's
also
been
known
as
the
Kelly
Farm
property.
Historically,
that
has
been
sitting
vacant
as
a
parking
lot
for
the
last
I.
M
Don't
know
35,
maybe
40
years,
if
not
longer
than
that.
It's
currently
owned
by
triple
five.
The
owners
of
Mall
of
America,
the
Bloomington
Port
Authority,
has
a
purchase
agreement,
so
we
have
site
control
on
it
and
then
the
site
is
connected
by
a
try
to
get
my
pointer
working
here
by
a
land
or
a
Bridge
pedestrian
connection.
Here
that
runs
over
24th
to
this
property
at
40,
at
494,
on
American
Boulevard,
which
is
previously
the
Ramada
and
before
that
the
Thunderbird
Hotel,
and
that
is
City
owned
property.
Already.
M
M
This
is
a
the
The
Architects
rendering
of
the
possibility
of
what
the
host
Pavilion
will
look
like
and
as
exciting
and
cool,
as
this
is
I'm
going
to
tell
you
right
now,
it's
not
going
to
look
like
this,
just
because
I
would
imagine
that
this
is
go
if,
if
awarded
this
design
is
going
to
go
through
numerous
iterations
right
and
so
I
expect
that
we
will
see
something
that
is
equally
stunning
and
exciting.
M
This
is
looking
from
the
south
east
part
of
the
property.
So
if
you
see
at
the
left
side,
there's
a
little
conic
shaped
thing
that
is
bluish.
That's
this
right
here
again
Architects
rendering
of
what
a
water
feature
our
public
art
feature
might
look
like
then,
looking
from
the
Northwest
part
of
the
property
to
the
southeast,
and
then
you
can
see
the
the
bridge
and
The
Pedestrian
movement
area
on
the
right
side.
M
M
Remember
when
I
was
a
kid
going
to
that
and
what
a
cool
event
that
was
having
all
these
different
countries
exhibiting
food
and
culture
and
that's
the
experience
that
you
get
out
of
an
international
or
a
specialized
Expo
United
States
gains
a
lot
of
benefit
from
International
Commerce.
In
fact,
the
United
States
Department
of
Commerce
is
very
interested
in
this
because
of
how
it
promotes
that
international
business
opportunity
for
the
state
department.
M
This
is
also
a
significant
effort
because
of
how
it
allows
the
United
States
to
exert
soft
influence
and
public
diplomacy
and
to
make
sure
that
messaging
on
the
importance
of
democracy
is
received
through
throughout
the
world
in
Minnesota
again
recognizing
that
we
have
that
concentration,
that
industry
cluster
around
health
and
Medicine-
and
this
is
a
tremendous
opportunity
to
expand
that
we
have
an
organization
here
called
medical
alley
which
includes
med
tech
manufacturers.
It
is
the
largest
most
successful
organization
of
that
business
cluster
in
the
world,
and
this
is
also
important
for
greater
MSP.
M
Our
regional
Economic
Development
organization
and
the
Department
of
Employment
and
economic
development
for
growing
Minnesota
business
and
here
in
Bloomington,
will
be
very
clear
that
there's
going
to
be
some
Financial
windfall.
As
you
know,
we
maintained
admissions
tax
of
3
percent
on
all
entertainment
venues,
so
every
ticket
that
is
sold
for
Expo
there'll
be
a
three
percent
tax
that
comes
to
the
city's
general
fund.
We
also
have
lodging
tax.
So
imagine
the
Super
Bowl,
which
had
about
a
10-day
impact
here,
where
our
hotels
were
completely
full.
M
Typically,
our
occupancy
is
in
the
range
of
65
to
70
percent,
so
it's
a
pretty
significant
increase
there
and
then
obviously,
as
as
the
construction
is
being
done,
there's
Revenue
that
comes
in
through
the
permitting
and
the
construction,
but
also
this
Legacy
development,
and
this
is
really
the
primary
interest
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
South
Loop
I've
heard
it
said
by
a
number
of
people,
lacks
a
soul
right
and
so
creating
a
soul
for
South
Loop,
but
also
a
signature,
Legacy
aspect
that
will
be
recognized
around
the
world,
because
communities
that
host
Expos
are
permanently
recognized
as
World
Fair
cities.
M
Frankly
right,
so
it
builds
a
certain
amount
of
prestige,
but
even
beyond
all
of
that,
the
importance
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
is
having
lasting
economic
development
in
the
South
Loop.
That
is
hopefully
going
to
build
on
the
theme
and
we'll
create
more
jobs.
We'll
create
more
business
opportunity
in
that
district
and
it
will
just
cement.
The
South
Loop
is
a
live,
work,
District
and
then
other
business
other
benefits
for
Bloomington.
It
brings
people
in
here.
Each
of
the
countries
have
a
day
where
they
they
exhibit.
They
they
celebrate.
They
get
a
parade.
M
Dignitaries
come
in
a
lot
of
Commerce
and
B2B
activity.
That
goes
on
so
a
lot
of
use
of
meeting
rooms,
and
you
know
think
about
the
conference
space
and
the
meeting
space
and
hotels
that
are
near
the
site,
all
of
those
focal
benefits
as
well
and
here's
the
timeline
like
I,
said
in
June,
the
formal
application
was
submitted,
the
bie
inquiry
Mission
will
visit
in
October.
M
That
is
a
essentially
an
executive
committee
that
goes
to
visit
each
of
the
candidate
countries
to
vet
the
applications
to
view
the
sites
to
to
assess
the
political
and
Civic
and
community
support
for
these
types
of
events
for
the
U.S
visit.
They
will
also
spend
time
in
Washington,
DC
I
know,
they'll,
be
visiting
the
White
House
and
the
state
department.
M
While
they
are
there
and
then
in
June
of
next
year,
the
bie
will
vote
to
select
one
of
those
five
countries
and
if
we
are
selected
and
we'll
start
about
a
46
month,
Sprint
to
get
to
May
of
2027,
when
a
heck
of
a
lot
of
work
has
to
get
done
so
I'm
going
to
stop
Mr
Mayor.
There's
a
lot
that
ground
that
I
covered
and
tried
to
do
in
a
short
period
of
time.
F
Lowman,
thank
you.
You've
done
a
nice
job
of
explaining
what
the
benefits
are
to
the
city
and
I.
Also
like
that,
you
pointed
out
that
it's
a
non-profit
organization,
that's
leading
this.
What's
the
cost
to
the
city
and
the
taxpayers,
Trump.
M
Thank
you,
councilmember
Lowman,
Mr,
Mr,
Mayor
and
chair
Bennett,
so
activity
that
is
being
funded
by
the
city
right
now
is
primarily
travel
associated
with
it.
The
mayor
and
I
several
staff
members,
another
council
member,
have
visited
the
Expo
in
Dubai
we've
gone
to
meetings
in
in
Paris
because
that's
where
the
bie
and
the
delegates
are
located.
Most
of
that
travel
is
being
funded
out
of
what
we
call
the
South
Loop
Development
Fund.
M
That
fund
is
the
revenue,
comes
from
Hotel
lodging
tax
that
is
generated
in
the
city
of
Bloomington,
so
it
is
not
general
property
taxpayer
dollars
that
are
paying
for
that.
There
are
some
charges
that
have
been
to
our
general
fund.
M
So
it's
a
very
minimal
amount
back
in
2017,
we
put
a
lot
more
money
into
the
effort
because,
frankly,
it
was
a
less
well
organized
and
structured
effort
back
then
we
needed
to
put
in
a
fair
amount
of
money
to
build
out
the
development
pro
forma
and
I
want
to
be
real
specific
in
saying
that,
if
this
goes
forward,
the
Expo
committee
will
be
responsible
for
the
costs
of
organizing
and
operating
the
Expo
event.
It
will
not
be
a
city-run
event
and
we
are.
M
A
N
Good
evening,
good
evening,
mayor,
chair,
Bennett,
superintendent,
members
of
the
board
and
members
of
the
city
council,
I'm,
Hannah,
hatch,
I,
am
the
director
of
health
services
for
Bloomington,
Public,
Schools
and
joining
me
tonight
is
Jennifer
McIntyre
who's,
the
executive
director
of
student
services
and
Health
Services,
and
then
Dr
Nick
Kelly,
who
is
the
administer
of
Public
Health
administrator
of
Public
Health
for
Bloomington
Public
Health.
So
I
will
start
us
out
tonight,
and
the
purpose
of
our
presentation
today
is
to
discuss
with
you
a
problem
that
we
have
identified.
N
This
fall
and
really
been
working
very
hard
on
as
a
team,
and
that
is
the
identification
of
an
increase
in
chemical
use
and
toxicity
that
we
are
noticing
throughout
our
middle
schools
and
high
schools
in
the
district.
We've
been
partnering
with
Nick
Kelly
around
this
issue
because,
as
you'll
find
in
our
presentation
we're
finding
out,
this
is
a
bigger
issue
than
just
within
our
school
district.
What
we're
seeing
is,
unfortunately,
a
large
increase
since
we've
come
back
from
the
pandemic.
We
know
that
drugs
have
been
an
issue
or
substance.
N
The
drugs
we
are
seeing
used
today
are
a
lot
more
potent
than
they've
ever
been
before.
So
one
of
our
concerns
is
that
the
use
that
we're
seeing
today
is
very
different
than
the
youth
that
we
may
have
seen
when
we
were
kids
or
what
you've
heard
about
when
you
were
younger
for
an
example,
the
THC
that
we
are
seeing
used
today
is
over
nine
times
more
potent
than
it
was
in
1990
in
the
use
that
was
taking
place.
N
Then
so
that's
posing
some
extra
concern
for
us
as
we
navigate
that
another
big
concern
is
with
the
opioid
epidemic.
A
lot
of
the
opioid
use,
we're
seeing
is
fentanyl,
which
is
a
much
more
potent
drug
than
we
previously
had
seen
in
that
category,
and
so
it's
just
creating
some
concerns
and
new
challenges,
as
we
navigate
this.
N
Along
with
that.
Due
to
this
use,
we're
seeing
some
increase
in
medical
Assessments
in
our
district
911
calls
throughout
the
district
and
community
and
an
increased
use
in
Narcan
about
five
years
ago
we
were
approached
by
Bloomington
Police
Department
around
implementing
nercan
within
our
school
district,
so
we
do
currently
stock
Narcan
in
our
district
and
unfortunately,
we
have
had
to
utilize
it.
N
So
the
other
thing
we
wanted
to
address
today
is
that,
as
we've
dug
into
this
issue
and
really
work
to
kind
of
see
how
we
can
find
a
solution
about
around
this,
what
we
noticed
right
away
is
that
the
chemical
use
that
we
are
seeing
both
in
our
schools
and
in
our
community
is
actually
a
symptom
of
a
lot
bigger
issue
going
on.
And
so
we
have
started
to
kind
of
scratch
the
surface
of
that.
But
you
can
think
of
it
as
the
tip
of
an
iceberg
that
we
are
seeing
chemical
use.
N
But
the
use
that
we
are
seeing
is
a
coping
mechanism
for
a
lot
more
going
on
underneath,
and
that
is
what
we've
been
working
to
team
with
public
health
to
kind
of
dig
into
in
this
work,
with
seeing
chemical
use
as
a
symptom.
Some
of
the
things
we've
seen
along
with
that
are
increased
disengagement
from
school
and
activities
decrease
family
engagement
and
involvement
in
some
of
the
students.
We
have
concerns
about
and
then
increased
risk
factors
for
students
that
we've
noticed
have
been
reflected
in
our
student
surveys
and
data.
N
So
an
example
of
that
would
be
in
some
of
our
student
surveys.
We've
seen,
students
identify
and
increase
feeling
of
loneliness
or
we've
seen
them
indicate
that
maybe
they
don't
have
an
adult
that
they
trust
that
they
can
connect
with
and
those
that's
what
we're
referring
to.
When
we
talk
about
increased
risk
factors
reflected
on
some
of
our
student
surveys,.
N
So
some
of
the
risk
factors
that
we've
really
identified
and
are
kind
of
looking
into
are
first
trauma
so
Aces,
which
would
be
the
childhood
events
that
would
take
place.
N
This
is
a
really
big
one
for
us,
if
I'm
sure,
you've
all
heard
the
legalization
of
edible
THC
created
a
lot
more
access
to
THC
or
edibles
throughout
Minnesota,
and
then
in
addition
to
that,
as
I
mentioned
fentanyl
being
on
the
market,
now
is
an
opioid
that
you
really
people
can
manufacture
in
their
basement,
and
so
that
creates
a
huge
increase
in
access
to
some
of
these
concerning
substances
that
we're
seeing
another
one
would
be
untreated
mental
health
issues.
N
As
we
all
know,
we've
seen
an
increase
in
some
of
this
following
the
pandemic,
and
so,
when
left
untreated,
that
definitely
can
be
a
risk
factor
and
then
lastly,
use
among
peer
groups.
So
when
our
students
are
witnessing
their
peers
using,
they
are
much
more
likely
to
then
also
start
using
substances.
N
Okay,
our
slides
are
a
little
mixed
up
too
so
I
apologize.
Lastly,
what
is
the
impact
on
our
students
that
we're
seeing
so
one
the
really
obvious
one
that
we
immediately
wanted
to
get
a
handle
on
and
start
addressing?
Is
it's
a
safety
concern
for
our
students,
so
anytime,
someone
is
actively
using
substances
under
the
influence
in
school
or
out
of
school
or
experiencing
withdrawal
symptoms.
That's
an
immediate
safety
issue,
obviously
that
we
identify
within
our
schools
within
our
health
office
and
our
activities
and
events
outside
of
school.
N
It's
a
safety
issue
for
that
person.
That
is
using
again
we're,
as
I
mentioned
before,
we've
identified
that
this
is
a
symptom
of
much
deeper
issues
going
on,
and
so
that's
something
that's
impacting
our
student.
We
need
to
uncover
kind
of
what
is
going
on
underneath.
Is
it
loneliness?
Is
it
boredom?
Is
it
a
feeling
of
isolation
and
wanting
to
fit
in,
and
so
we
are
working
to
kind
of
identify?
What
is
that?
What
is
impacting
our
students?
That's
driving
to
this
coping
mechanism
that
we
are
seeing
and
then?
N
Lastly,
other
student,
other
students
witnessing
substances
taking
place
around
them
tend
to
feel
less
safe
in
their
environment,
so
if
they
have
peers
using
around
them
at
activities
or
at
in
school
or
at
after
school
activities
at
a
friend's
oftentimes,
they
tend
to
feel
less
safe
in
that
environment.
So
those
are
all
impacts
we've
found
and
are
aware
of
on
our
students,
so
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
Jennifer
now
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
what
we're
doing
as
we've
identified
these
things.
O
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
Hannah,
for
going
over
the
information
we
have
a
meeting
as
a
school
district
and,
quite
honestly,
we've
been
meeting
for
the
last
couple
of
years.
Specifically
in
this
area,
we
have
had
a
team
of
chemical
health
Team.
We
like
to
often
call
our
chem
health
Team,
but
a
chemical
health
team
that
has
come
together
and
has
been
comprised
of
our
health
department.
As
you
have
met
Hannah
tonight,
our
student
services
department,
we
work
closely
with
the
assistant
superintendent,
Dr
mitchler.
We
were
closely
closely
with
Communications
and
safety.
O
You
met
Rick
Hoffman
this
evening.
We've
come
together
as
a
team,
and
we
have
our
principals
represented
and
other
folks
represented
that
come
together
to
discuss
this
and
look
at
the
information
and
Hannah
and
I
also
have
the
unique
opportunity,
and
actually
maybe
we're
very
fortunate
in
that
we
work
closely
with
Nick
Kelly
in
hand
in
hand.
In
sharing
information
back
and
forth.
O
We
look
at
our
Minnesota
student
survey,
data
and
information
to
have
a
better
understanding
of
some
of
these
underlying
issues
that
Hannah
has
been
referring
to,
as
well
as
our
chemical
health
use
and
and
when
we
work
with
Nick
Kelly
and
our
Police
Department.
What
is
the
addiction
rates?
What
is
the
over
overdose
rate?
What
does
that
look
like,
so
we
Factor
all
those
components
into
it,
age
that
we're
seeing
within
Bloomington
what?
O
How
do
we
provide
additional
services
and
training
to
our
social
workers?
Our
school
psychologists,
our
school
counselors
in
the
area
of
chemical
health,
we're
bringing
in
and
looking
at
outside
agencies
who
specialize
in
this
area
to
work
directly
with
our
programs
and
with
our
folks
in
our
buildings,
as
well
as
doing
some
direct
instruction
with
some
of
our
students
who
are
really
needing
the
service
we
have
identified
in
looking
at
the
the
precursor
symptoms
that
we
we
have
been
looking
at
as
a
disengagement,
students
who
are
reporting
not
coming
to
school.
O
What
are
the
absent
rates
where
are
patterns
and
absences?
What
does
that
look
like
for
specific
students,
starting
already
in
our
older
ages
of
Elementary?
Fourth
and
fifth
grade
through
our
middle
schools?
We
are
seeing
an
increase
of
use
of
vaping
and
and
vaping
of
THC
is
also
something
this
year.
Coming
back
that
we're
very,
very
heightened
about
in
checking
and
watching
into
our
high
schools
developmentally.
O
We
have
different
approaches
at
different
levels,
because
students
are
at
different
levels
in
on
that
on
that
journey,
I
suppose,
in
a
sense
right
now
we
are
working
to
obtain
resources
for
our
Stanley's
of
our
students
and
our
families
in
the
community
to
continue
to
support
them,
and
that
has
been
some
of
the
work
we've
been
able
to
do
with
Nick
and
his
Department
to
look
at
what
do
we
have
available
within
Bloomington
within
our
neighboring
cities,
we've
reached
out
to
Richfield
public
schools
in
Edina
Public
Schools
to
really
look
at
this
as
our
neighborhoods
cross
over
one
another.
O
One
more
as
we
sat
down
and
looked
at
the
city
of
Bloomington
strategic
plan,
and
that
was
something
we
had
an
opportunity
to
discuss
with
Nick
Kelly.
What
we
found
is
that
within
the
Strategic
plan,
not
only
for
Bloomington
Public
Schools,
but
then
also
for
the
city
of
Bloomington,
that
there
are
some
very
nice
alignments
as
we
start
to
do
our
work
together,
knowing
we're
coming
to
a
Joint
Council
tonight
and
really
having
both
boards
sitting
to
look
at
this
work
that
we're
really
forging
forward
on,
because
we're
seeing
such
an
increased
need
right
now.
O
Here
are
three
areas
within
the
Strategic
objectives
and
actually,
in
all
three
of
the
Strategic
objectives
we
found,
there
would
be
really
good
crossover
between
the
work
we're
doing
in
our
school
district,
as
well
as
the
work
we're
doing
here
in
the
the
city
of
Bloomington.
Really
having
that
community
and
hearing
about
the
Expo
2027
makes
me
think
about
how
healthy
people
healthy
lives,
healthy
community
and
it
really
forged.
Knowing
we
were
presenting
on
this
tonight.
That's
our
Direction!
That's
what
we
want
to
go
for
all
of
our
all
of
our
young
people.
O
All
of
our
learners,
but
most
certainly
our
community
members
for
sure
having
that
Safety
and
Security
the
the
presentation
we
heard
earlier
today
about
what
we're
doing
with
our
safe
and
secure
schools
and
how
we're
looking
at
the
information
across
our
school
district,
but,
most
importantly
across
our
entire
Community,
to
provide
that
and
then
the
opportunity
to
continue
to
align
our
work.
We
started
some
of
that
alignment
already
last
Friday,
as
we
brought
together
many
departments
to
look
at
our
opioid
opioid
over
overdoses
between
the
Cross
City
discussions.
O
We
were
part
of
those
conversations
and
as
a
school
district,
we're
actively
involved
wanting
to
be
at
the
table
to
have
the
conversation.
We
see
it
coming
up
in
our
schools
and
we
really
want
this
to
be
a
priority
for
us
to
look
at
as
we
move
forward.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
pass
it
over
to
Nick
Kelly
to
share
the
next
part
of
our
presentation.
P
Reframing
it
to
think
about.
Our
community
is
really
created
and
sustained
by
the
people
that
live
work
and
visit
here,
they're
our
foundation
for
us
to
be
in
that
enduring
remarkable
Community
where
people
want
to
be.
We
have
to
work
at
cultivating
that
reality
that
requires
looking
at
those
factors
that
impact
the
foundation
of
our
community,
such
as
the
housing
we
talked
about
tonight:
employment,
education,
Transportation,
access
to
Parks,
health
and
well-being
of
all
individuals.
P
One
concerning
Trend
we're
talking
about
is
the
increase
in
substance
use,
especially
seeing
that
in
our
schools
it
has
already
been
articulated
we're
trying
to
dig
into
the.
Why
not
just
the
fact
that
it's
happening,
and
so
looking
at
those
factors
about
increasing
the
risk
of
substance
use
in
schools,
as
Hannah
talked
about
the
childhood
trauma
in
our
community
substance,
use
in
the
homes,
untreated
mental
health
issues
and
in
use
among
peers,
we
have
an
opportunity
to
address
that
crisis
and
invest
in
our
foundation,
our
community.
P
The
solution
really
looks
at
having
all
of
our
vested
partners
coming
to
that
table
and
working
collaboratively
towards
that
shared
goal.
That
I
think
the
school
board
and
the
city
council
are
both
very
clear
about
what
they
want
to
see
in
the
community,
we're
here
from
the
public
health
standpoint
to
help
work
with
our
partners
to
get
to
that
opportunity.
P
So
when
we
think
about
that
from
a
reality
standpoint,
this
was
a
trend.
That's
not
new.
In
2018
our
community
health
survey,
we
started
to
see
some
of
these
trends
2019
when
we
were
working
and
analyzing
student
survey
data
in
coordination
with
our
district
partners
and
and
talking
with
the
counselors,
we
were
seeing
data
points
that
gave
us
concern:
yeah,
okay,
we're
we're
nervous
about
this.
P
The
next
data
point
we're
going
to
see
is
the
the
student
survey
data.
That's
coming
out,
we'll
get
to
work
more
of
that
towards
the
end
of
this
year,
but
indications
are
it's.
That
trend
is
actually
being
pronounced,
rather
than
just
a
single
data
point
that
was
giving
us
concern.
P
Covid
made
almost
all
those
Trends
worse
and
it
caused
new
challenges.
We're
continuing
to
see
those
challenges
today
and
we're
seeing
those
impacts
right
now
in
our
schools,
bloomington's
not
unique,
we're
seeing
this
across
the
state
across
the
country
and
across
the
world.
This
is
not
a
unique
thing
to
Bloomington.
The
thing
about
Bloomington
is
we're,
uniquely
equipped
with
our
partners
and
our
connections
to
address
it.
P
So
a
lot
of
what
what
has
been
talked
about
and
how
to
deal
with
some
of
the
substance
really
gets
into
the
acute
reality.
That's
that
10
percent
of
that
clinical
care
when
we
think
about
those
root
causes
like
how
do
we
stop
some
of
this
from
occurring,
I
I
think
sometimes
I
frustrate
our
district
partners
because
they're
like
there's
this
challenge.
P
Now
we
need
to
find
a
solution
and
I'm
trying
to
reframe
it
to
be
okay,
let's
think
about
how
we
keep
those
fifth
graders
from
becoming
like
the
11th
graders
that
you're
dealing
with
now.
That's
that's
a
time
frame,
that's
challenging
when
you're
in
a
crisis,
but
that's
the
way.
Public
Health
often
approaches
it
of
okay.
Let's
fix
some
of
those
foundational
issues
and
a
pre
approach.
P
So
our
our
initial
response,
partnering
with
the
school
district,
is
really
trying
to
connect,
provide
technical
assistance
and
support,
but
really
looking
at
those
long-term
mid-term
Solutions.
So,
as
we
mentioned
the
opioid
settlement
work,
you
know
we
have
15
to
18
years
of
funding.
That's
going
to
allow
some
transformative
work
on
opioids,
it's
only
opioids.
P
P
Our
our
Council
may
be
very
familiar
with
this
graphic.
It's
something
that
the
city
looks
at,
for
how
do
we
engage
when
we're
working
with
our
partners,
and
that
was
one
of
the
things
as
we
were
preparing
is
well
what
what
are
we
bringing
back
to
our
our
partners?
What
would
we
bring
back
to
the
youth,
we're
working
in
the
community
or
some
of
the
partners
that
did
some
of
this
work?
A
Yeah
they
are
outstanding
questions
and
given
where
we
are
in
the
meeting
right
now
to
to
start
to
dig
into
them,
I,
don't
think
we
could
do
them
the
Justice
they
deserve,
so
I
mean
I,
I,
say
it.
It
make
light
of
it,
but
I
say
it
for
in
in
all
honesty
as
well.
I
think
this.
This
would
be
a
conversation
for
the
next
time.
We
get
together
to
really
dig
into
this
and
to
really
have
this
conversation,
whereas
tonight
we're
mostly
presentations
and
questions.
A
F
Thank
you
mayor,
just
briefly
kind
of
in
the
interim
here
I'm
getting
back
to
to
the
new
kind
of
landscape
for
THC
in
particular.
If,
if
I'm
understanding
it
right,
there's
no
age
for
consumption
of
the
product,
I
understand
there's
age
for
purchase
of
it,
but
as
we
look
at
something
like
our
legislative
priorities
that
the
city
is
putting
forward,
I
mean,
even
before
we
put
together
a
formalized
program
like
this
potentially
I'm
imagining.
F
There
is
a
lot
of
opportunity
for
collaboration
with
our
state
level
policy
makers
on
because
that's
just
a
crazy
situation,
if
you
ask
me
so,
especially
in
terms
of
collaborations
with
other
levels
of
government
other
organizations,
it's
already
happening
here
and
I
bet,
we
could
get
rolling
before
this.
So.
H
Thank
you
mayor,
so,
until
the
next
time
that
we
meet
what
would
be
the
next
steps
between
now
and
then
I
just
see
it
as
something
that
is
so
urgent.
N
Thank
you,
director,
Carmen,
so
you're
right.
We
feel
like
it's
very
urgent
as
well
and
as
Nick
kind
of
said,
Jennifer
and
I
in
the
school.
We
are
living
the
here
and
now
and
the
crisis
of
it
and
we,
but
then
we're
also
recognizing
right.
This
is
a
bigger
problem
underneath,
so
what
steps
can
we
take?
N
And
so
we
actually
have
been
meeting
very
regularly
as
a
chemical,
health,
Team
and
Jennifer
mentioned,
we
brought
in
some
outside
agencies
of
professionals
to
get
some
input
on
this
and
what
we
could
Implement
for
students
so
where
we're
at
right
now
is
we're
getting
towards
the
end
of
that
planning
stage.
Tomorrow,
we're
bringing
a
proposal
to
principals
next
week,
we're
bringing
it
to
superintendent
Melby
and
doing
some
work
around
hey
here's
some
proposals
we
have
to
put
in
place.
N
We've
been
looking
at
our
policies
and
procedures
throughout
the
district
on
this,
and
a
big
part
of
our
proposal
is
doing
a
lot
of
training
and
equipping
of
our
staff
to
better
be
fit
to
deal
with
these
situations,
because
we
definitely
agree
with
you
that
it's
urgent
and
we're
trying
to
move
on
it.
As
quickly
as
possible,
thank
you.
M
Mr
vibrugi,
thank
you.
Mr
Mayor
and
council
members
and
directors,
Dr,
Melby
and
I
haven't
talked
about
when
the
next
convening
of
concurrent
meeting
might
be,
but
I
think
January
is
probably
a
safe
bet,
because
obviously
we
have
holidays
and
such
at
the
end
of
the
year.
M
I
might
offer
a
suggestion
that
our
staff
work
on
maybe
providing
some
information
to
the
individuals
with
each
body
with
some
very
focused
questions
and
give
you
some
time
to
think
about
them
and
provide
written
response
back
to
our
staff.
And
then
maybe
we
can
start
the
conversation
by
bringing
together
some
of
the
information.
The
feedback
that
you'll
have
an
opportunity
to
think
about
over
the
next
couple
months
and
that
will
maybe
help
shape
the
next
conversation
so
that
it
is
constructive
and
and
we
can
move
towards
a
decision
making
thought
there.
L
You
mayor
so
I
guess:
I
just
want
to
be
I'm
I'm
seeking
some
clarity.
So
what
I'm
hearing
is
that
we
do
want
to
con
like
we
want
to
move
these
conversations
forward.
Just
it's
the
kind
of
more
of
the
specifics
that
we're
wanting
to
make
and
we
can't
make
decisions
on
specifics,
like
even
the
last
question,
would
be
very
hard
to
answer
right
now,
but
in
general
we
agree
with
what
they're
saying
that
we
need
to
be
working
together
on
this
issue.
L
So
point
of
clarity
there
and
then
also
I,
am
curious
with
the
opioid
settlement
work.
I,
don't
I
know
that
there
was
a
settlement.
I,
don't
know
much
more
information
about
that
and
if
Bloomington
is
receiving
local
resources
to
work
on
that,
as
an
issue
I
mean
it
seems
like
the
decision
has
actually
already
been
made
right.
We
are
going
to
be
doing
that
work
and
it
makes
sense
to
partner
with
the
school
district
and
do
that
planning
and
assessment.
So
I
guess
I,
don't
I!
L
C
P
Right
mayor,
chair,
Bennett,
council,
members
and
directors,
we
are
just
starting
that
work
in
earnest,
so
the
cities
of
Bloomington
are
down
in
Richfield,
have
we're
planning
to
partner
and
share
those
resources
across
the
three
cities.
So
it's
a
little
over
two
million
dollars
between
the
three
cities
over
about
18
years,
so
that
that
turns
out
it's
a
nice
amount
of
money.
But
it's
it's
a
small
amount
of
money.
P
Per
year
we
had
our
first
meeting
with
representatives
from
all
three
cities
in
Partners
school
districts
providers
to
try
and
map
out
what
that
looks
like
recognizing
that
if
you
think
back
to
the
transformative
work
that
occurred
with
tobacco
with
the
settlements
that
happened
in
the
90s,
this
is
the
opportunity
of
the
opioids
to
do
that.
Transformative.
P
Massive
changes
to
the
way
we
think
about
those
substances,
and
so
that
work
has
that
charge
of
being
Innovative,
Broad
and
very
collaborative
and
really
driven,
not
by
Nick
and
his
team
coming
up
with
a
great
idea,
but
the
community,
the
partners
that
we
have
at
that
table,
driving
those
decisions
and
bringing
them
back
to
to
Council
in
all
three
cities.
I
I
This
is
a
Minnesota
and
a
national
thing
and
and
I
think
we're
well
positioned
to
come
back
in
January,
with
more
in-depth
conversation
and
some
some
more
information
about
how,
as
a
district,
we're
addressing
things
as
well
as
how
we're
partnering
with
the
city
and
public
health
to
address
things
so
I
I
would
I
would
just
point
out
that
we're
acknowledging
an
issue
that
needs
to
be
dealt
with,
but
we're
in
good
position
to
deal
with
it.
A
B
It's
mayor
I
want
to
thank
all
the
engagement
tonight
from
our
board
members
and
our
council
members,
superintendent
manager
and
mayor
and
all
of
our
wonderful
presenters.
This
is
a
I'm
hoping
to
be
the
first
of
many
meetings
that
we
do
join
together
and
again.
B
I
want
to
thank
you
guys,
all
for
inviting
us
into
your
to
your
home,
to
the
city,
council,
chambers
and
I
look
forward
to
being
able
to
reciprocate
when
we
host
the
next
one
and
hopefully
in
January,
and
it
should
be
a
good
time
so,
if
without
any
other
business
on
the
agenda,
that
I
can
go
ahead
and
adjourn
the
school
board
portion
of
this
meeting
and
turn
it
back
over
to
you
Miss
mayor.
Thank
you.
A
And
and
I
would
Echo
the
thanks
to
everyone
on
both
the
board
and
on
the
council
for
being
here
this
evening
and
for
having
this
conversation
it
has.
It
is
long
overdue
and
I'm
glad
we
finally
did
it
and
I'm
glad
we
I
have
everybody
nodding
in
agreement
that
it's
something
we
need
to
continue
to
do.
Dr,
Melby
kind
of
stole
part
of
my
my
thoughts
here
with
this
notion
of
the
city
and
the
school
district.
A
A
It
was
the
last
presentation
before
anybody
used
the
word
alignment
and,
if
you've,
if
you've
heard
me
talking,
I'm
a
big
fan
of
alignment,
not
only
between
these
two
bodies
and
the
the
schools,
the
the
city,
but
our
business
Community,
our
friends
at
Normandale,
so
many
different
resident
organizations
and
groups.
We
have
a
a
great
Community
here
and
a
great
opportunity
to
bring
this
all
together.
A
I
am
so
encouraged
by
the
work
that
we
was
put
forward
with
the
Bloomington
tomorrow,
together
the
strategic
planning
process
that
a
number
of
you
were
a
part
of
I
I
think
it
sets
a
great
framework
for
us
to
move
forward
and
to
start
all
of
this
and
and
to
move
forward
in
alignment,
whether
it
is
on
Public
Health,
the
opioid
epidemic,
the
fact
that
we
might
host
a
World
Expo,
all
those
different
pieces
that
we
talked
about
tonight.
A
It's
we've
got
some
exciting
things
moving
forward
here
in
the
city
and
I'm
excited
to
continue
the
conversation,
Among
Us
and
continue
moving
forward
with
it
and
I
do
want
to
say
the
final
thing
that
I
want
to
say.
So
it
has
been
a
while,
since
we've
been
together
and
I
have
said
out
loud
and
I
will
say
again
over
the
past
three
years,
I
would
not
have
taken
a
school
board
job
for
all
the
money
that
is
available.
A
It
was
an
enormous
Challenge
and
you
did
it
with
with
with
heart
and
you
did
it
with
logic,
and
you
did
it
with
the
the
best
interest
of
this
entire
community
at
the
Forefront
and
I,
appreciate
that
and
thank
you
so
very
much
for
the
work
that
you
did.
I,
don't
think
you
could
said
often
enough.
So
yes,
thank
you.
Dwayne
I,
think
a
round
of
applause
so
well
done.
Thank
you.
So
very
much
I'm
I'm
proud
to
serve
with
you.
A
So
thanks
much
with
that,
I
will
adjourn
the
city
council
portion
of
this
meeting
and
I
will
say
thank
you
to
everyone,
who's
tuned
in
and
watched
this
evening,
and
thank
you
to
everybody
who
is
here
and
thanks
to
the
staff
members
who
have
presented
tonight
so
wonderfully
thanks
much
good
evening.
All.