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From YouTube: December 6, 2021 Bloomington City Council Meeting
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Bloomington Minnesota City Council Meeting
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There's
six
of
the
seven
members
of
the
bloomington
city
council
present
this
evening,
so
we
do
have
a
quorum
item.
Three
of
our
agenda
is
the
approval
of
the
agenda
and
our
big
item.
Tonight
we've
got
a
couple
of
introductory
items,
specifically
two
proclamations
and
the
recognition
of
the
omar
bondaroot
award,
but
our
big
item
tonight,
of
course,
is
item
7.1,
which
is
a
public
hearing
or
truth
and
taxation
public
hearing,
and
so
we
will
get
to
that
and
then
we
also
have
our
hra
board
appointments
and
so
on.
A
E
F
A
Bussey
hi
motion
carries
6-0.
We
do
have
an
agenda,
both
council
remember
carter
and
council
member
coulter.
Let's
make
sure
that
we've
got
your
audio
working
tonight,
I'm
afraid
I
don't
know
that
we
heard
you
on
the
the
roll
call
there
with
an
agenda
we'll
move
on
to
item
4
on
our
agenda,
which
is
the
public
comment
period.
It
is
a
20-minute
period
at
each
council
meeting
where
we
ask
people
to
speak
on
items
not
on
tonight's
agenda.
A
G
Mr
verbruge,
thank
you,
mr
mayor
and
council
members
good
evening.
Everybody
last
week
well
not
last
week,
two
weeks
ago
was
our
last
regular
meeting
mr
ray
navarro,
who
is
a
resident
of
the
bluffs
and
sans
pierre
address
the
council
regarding
concerns
about
the
city's
methodology
on
determining
assessments
for
pavement
management
program.
G
Improvements
as
council
will
recall
that
we
did
defer
the
the
bluffs
neighborhood
until
next
year,
because
the
the
way
that
the
calculation
of
assessments
worked
in
that
neighborhood
definitely
had
a
different
impact
than
it
does
in
other
places
around
the
city,
and
so
our
staff
has
committed
that
we're
going
to
review
the
assessment
methodology.
G
Mr
navarro
was
just
reiterating
his
his
interest
in
being
a
part
of
that
discussion,
our
staff
did
follow
up
with
mr
navarro
and
also
spoke
with
a
couple
of
other
residents
in
that
neighborhood
this
past
week.
G
The
plan
going
forward
is
that
in
the
winter
and
spring
of
2022
staff
will
review
the
current
special
assessment
policy
and
draft
a
couple,
different
calculation
methods
to
be
considered
for
inclusion
in
our
special
assessment
policy,
and
that
would
accurately
reflect
the
conditions
that
exist
in
the
bluffs
on
sans
peer
neighborhood,
then
later
in
spring,
staff
will
provide
will
provide
the
proposed
methods
of
special
assessment
calculations
to
the
neighborhood
so
that
we
can
get
their
review
and
their
feedback.
G
And
then
we'll
set
up
a
meeting
with
the
representative
group
in
the
neighborhood
to
discuss
the
proposed
methods
and
gather
additional
neighborhood
feedback.
After
after
hearing
from
the
neighbors
and
then
next
spring
and
summer
staff
review
be
completed
and
we
will
bring
back
to
the
city
council
a
proposed
update
for
our
special
assessment
policy.
G
H
Thank
you.
I
know
one
other
issue
that
the
neighborhood
had
brought
forward
during
the
public
public
hearing
and
also
mr
navarro
had
brought
forward
one
of
the
concerns
about
the
dollars
that
had
been
spent
or
had
been
reserved.
I
can't
remember
what
the
specific
dollars
were,
but
there
were
some
types
of
dollars
that
were
available
for
some
construction
that
had
been
done.
I
wanted
to
just
be
sure
that
those
will
still
be
applied
or
that
discussion
will
be
included
with
that
with
this
process.
G
Those
funds
are
being
reserved
for
that
lindale
avenue,
improvement
and
are
are
not
necessarily
related
to
the
pavement
management
program
that
will
occur
within
the
bluffs
on
sands,
pier
so
a
little
bit
of
two
separate
issues,
but
certainly
recognize
the
concern
that
the
folks
in
the
bluffs
neighborhood
have
because
they're
immediately
adjacent
to
that
portion
of
lindale
avenue
and
so
they're,
certainly
a
concerned
and
interested
stakeholder
group.
So
as
we're
developing
the
the
plans
for
what
that
reconstruction
of
lindale
avenue
looks
like
we
will
be
conducting
community
engagement
in
that
area
as
well.
H
Thank
you.
I
just
hope
that
we'll
be
clear
about
what
what
that
means.
So
there's
no
confusion
with
regard
to
this
program
and
that
that
project.
A
Very
good
anything
else,
mr
verbruge,
that's
all
I
had,
mr
mayor
very
good.
I
had
one
thing
to
bring
up
last
week
at
in
her
public
comments.
A
Ms
ness
brought
forward
some
concerns
about
success,
academy
and
and
her
concerns
and
her
ongoing
description
of
what
she
her
interpretation
of
what
happened
that
day
or
over
the
course
of
months
and
was
referring
to
success
academy,
the
organization
that
run
it
as
a
private
organization
and-
and
I
believe,
is
in
the
middle
of
her
presentation
she
was
interrupted
and
that
that
is
not
a
right
thing
to
do.
A
And
ms
ness,
I
want
to
apologize
for
that
for
the
interruption
that
happened
during
your
your
five
minutes
last
week.
It
should
not
happen.
It
won't
happen
again
in
the
future
council.
I
do
want
to
remind
you
that
we
can't
interrupt.
We
shouldn't
be
interrupting.
A
We
should
be
modeling
the
behavior
that
we
want
to
see
from
others
in
our
decorum,
and
so
ms
nasa,
I
apologize
for
that
with
that
being
said,
ms
ness
did
make
a
number
of
comments
regarding
success
academy,
as
I
said
and
referred
to
the
organization
behind
it
as
a
private
organization,
and
I
I
want
to
make
very
clear
that
success
academy
and
the
organization
around
it
is
part
of
the
public
school
system,
minnesota
statute,
124e.03.
A
Regarding
charter
schools,
subdivision
1
public
status,
it
says
flat
out
a
charter
school
is
a
public
school
and
is
part
of
the
state's
system
of
public
education,
and
it
can't
be
any
clearer
than
that,
and
I
know
it
it's
possible
to
to
pick
knits
or
to
look
at
differences.
Perhaps
within
the
organization.
The
bottom
line
is
success.
Academy
is
a
public
school
and
the
children
that
attend
success.
A
Academy
are
public
school
students
in
the
city
of
bloomington
public
or
in
the
bloomington
public
school
system,
just
like
students
at
valley
view
just
like
students
at
hillcrest,
just
like
students
at
kennedy
or
jefferson.
So
I
just
want
to
make
that
very
clear
that
our
students
at
success
academy
are
indeed
public
school
students
in
the
city
of
bloomington
and
with
the
city
with
the
bloomington
school
district.
So
just
wanted
to
make
that
very
clear
council
any
questions
on
that
anything
to
add.
A
A
It
is
not
intended
to
be
a
back
and
forth,
but
rather
an
opportunity
for
the
council
to
listen.
So
we
take
information
and
comments
from
the
public
and
we
respond,
as
we
just
have
at
a
subsequent
meeting.
If
there
are
questions
or
anything
that
needs
to
be
followed
up
on,
we
do
limit
people
to
five
minutes
per
commenter,
not
to
cut
off
comment,
but
to
make
sure
that
everybody
has
the
same
amount
of
time
as
they
come
forward
and
address
the
council.
A
E
The
following
addresses
comments
made
by
two
parents
and
two
students
from
success
academy.
At
the
october
7th
2019
city
council,
meeting
parent
one
states.
He
had
two
students
out
there
at
the
park
that
day
and
states
I
value
safety
and
well-being
of
others,
their
humanity,
and
yet
he
just
heard
the
fifth
grade
state
teacher
state.
E
She
brought
her
fifth
grade
class
out
to
a
playground
where
there
were
small
children
playing
and
that
is
not
safe
or
being
concerned
about
the
well-being
of
others,
parent
one
being
in
fear
every
monday
morning,
especially
the
first
day
of
school.
When
I
came
and
I
saw
an
individual
in
a
car
taking
pictures
of
the
kids,
that
was
the
first
time
I
knew
there
was
something
wrong.
E
It
was
two
mornings
apparent
one.
I
had
to
cancel
things
tonight
because
every
night
getting
the
kids
ready
the
next
morning,
we
should
not
have
to
be
thinking
about
our
kids.
Are
they
going
to
be
safe
at
recess?
There
was
not
a
safety
issue
for
the
students,
the
safety
issue,
what
concerns
the
preschool
children
playing
on
the
public
playground
with
students,
parent
one?
Why
do
I
feel
this
way,
because
I
see
things
online
inciting
violence
when
we
know
that
we
got
bombed
and
we
have
people
that
can
attack
us
any
day?
E
Parent
one
does
not
state
a
safety
issue
concerning
the
student
use
of
the
playground.
Again,
there
is
a
safety
issue
with
the
preschool
children's
use
of
the
playground
with
students,
parent
one
that
has
crossed
the
line
when
it
gets
to
the
kids.
When
the
kids
cannot
go
to
recess
when
recess
is
canceled,
we
don't
know
if
there's
going
to
be
an
adult
or
someone
up
with
an
agenda
that
shows
up.
E
It
has
crossed
the
line
when
a
private
business
takes
over
a
public
playground
when
a
private
business
believes
their
use
supersedes
the
public's
use
when
the
preschool
children
cannot
use
their
public
playground,
and
I
stated
last
week,
recess
did
not
have
to
be
canceled
parent
two.
I
understand
that
the
playground
my
daughter
uses
for
recess
is
public
playground.
However,
I
have
reasons
to
be
alarmed
when
two
adults
come
to
the
playground,
specifically
during
recess
just
to
take
pictures
of
the
students.
E
I
don't
understand
why
a
grown
man
and
woman
would
take
time
out
of
their
day
to
intimidate
innocent
kids.
I
have
no
idea
why
a
private
business
would
open
a
school
without
constructing
their
own
playground
and
complain
when
the
public
is
using
the
playground
parent
two.
I
also
have
no
idea
what
the
purpose
is,
where
these
pictures
are
being
posted.
What
the
contents
are
with
the
narrative.
All
I
know
is
that
it's
very
creepy
and
I'm
very,
very
scared
for
my
child.
E
The
private
business
knew
what
the
purpose
was,
and
it
should
have
shared
this
information
with
the
teachers
and
the
parents.
Parent
two,
my
daughter,
along
with
many
students,
are
traumatized
by
the
situation.
Success,
academy,
posted
pictures
online
and
the
children
did
not
look
traumatized
or
frightened.
An
officer
did
come
to
the
park
that
day
observed
it
and
left,
which
would
likely
not
have
happened
if
the
students
were
traumatized.
E
If
the
students
were
traumatized,
it
is
possible.
It
was
from
the
additional
adults
that
showed
up
at
the
playground,
then
the
police
and
then
the
ending
of
recess.
It
is
also
possible
that
the
students
were
traumatized
from
what
the
staff
told
the
students
why
recess
ended.
While
I
was
at
the
playground,
I
did
not
see
any
students
in
fear
student
one
I
felt
uncomfortable
felt,
weird
nervous.
E
I
don't
like
how
he
is
coming
to
my
school
and
invading
our
privacy
every
time
I
feel
scared
going
to
the
park
playground
and
I
feel
that
he
should
stop
now,
because
it
makes
me
unsafe
and
harassed
and
intimidated.
Student,
too,
felt
unsafe,
harassed
and
even
intimidated
again.
The
pictures
that
were
posted
online
by
success
academy,
the
children
were
not
traumatized
or
frightened
and
instead
were
enjoying
the
playground,
which
is
what
I
observed
again
student
one.
He
is
invading
our
privacy
every
time
the
attorney
was
at
the
playground.
E
I
I
I
If
we
might
just
note
for
next
time,
if
she
comes
in,
I
do
have
a
few
questions.
I
just
want
to
understand
more
about
this
situation,
so
thank
you
very
good.
Thank.
A
I
A
B
Hi,
sir,
yes,
I'm
sorry
about
that,
mr
hodgins
canceled,
the
question
we
now
move
on
to
the
next
one.
We
have
reema
corey.
Your
line
is
open
and.
A
I
want
to
make
clear
leia
I
if
we
can
make
the
call
for
item
4.2
on
the
agenda
item
4.2,
which
is
the
public
comment
period.
If
these
folks
are
wishing
to
speak
on
item
7.1,
the
truth
and
taxation
hearing
a
little
bit
early.
J
Anderson,
we
have
chris
hodgins
again
on
the
line.
F
Good
evening,
thank
you.
Apologies
for
the
mix
up
there.
My
name
is
chris
hudgins.
I
am
with
the
national
hookah
community
association.
We
are
an
organization
that
represents
the
many
folks
in
the
hiccup
community.
I
work
for
alpaca,
which
is
a
producer
of
hookah
tobacco.
F
We
also
include
in
our
membership
distributors,
retail
hookah
lounges,
as
well
as
consumers
of
the
product,
and
I,
along
with
a
few
my
my
colleagues
in
the
association,
went
to
speak
on
the
flavor
ban
that
that
the
city
passed
a
few
months
ago
and
and
really
wanted
to
educate
the
the
council
on
why
hookah
is
different
from
many
of
the
other
products,
both
in
terms
of
how
it's
used
and
who
can
access
it
and
and
why
it's
for
a
number
of
reasons
is
not
often
accessed
by
youth.
F
Hookahs
are
roughly
three
feet
tall,
they're,
very,
very
large.
It's
the
only
way
you
can
smoke
hookah
tobacco,
it's
not
something
you
can
conceal
in
a
backpack
or
hide
from
from
your
parents,
or
something
like
that.
It's
found
in
retail
shops
as
well
as
hookah
lounges,
which
require
people
to
be
of
age
to
enter,
and
it's
it's
youth,
it's
used
by
youth
is
quite
low.
F
The
cdc
does
a
survey
every
year
on
youth
usage
of
tobacco
products
and
hookah
is
is
usually
around
a
little
over
two
percent
compared
to
something
like
vape,
which
is
which
could
be
20
and
up.
So
there
are
a
number
of
factors
that
that
prevent
youth
access
to
hookah,
it's
important
to
know
that
all
hookah
is
flavored.
So
a
flavor
ban
is
a
complete
ban
on
hoka,
and
this
is
a
cultural
tradition
practiced
by
many
middle
eastern
cultures
and
immigrants
to
this
country.
F
They're,
often
also
the
business
owners
who
own
hookah,
lounges
and
retail
shops
as
well.
So
I
I'm
those
are
some
general
thoughts.
Rima
corey
sounds
like
is
possibly
up.
Next,
I
believe,
has
emailed
a
presentation
and
can
give
you
a
little
more
in
depth,
but
we're
here
to
to
ask
the
city
to
reconsider,
banning
hookah
from
bloomington
and
and
and
request
that
they
create
an
exemption
for
hookah,
only
we're
not
certainly
not
advocating
for
vape
or
any
other
tobacco
product.
F
F
A
H
A
F
My
name
is
rima
court,
I'm
one
of
the
founding
members
of
the
national
hookah
community
association,
which
was
established
to
protect
and
preserve
the
rich
cultural
tradition.
A
lot
of
people
don't
know
or
understand
what
hookah
is
or
what
it
is
about.
It
has
been
around
for
nearly
a
thousand
years
and
it
is
practiced
by
arabs,
armenians,
persians,
indians,
north
africans
and
other
minority
communities.
F
Ahuka
is
generally
a
centerpiece
for
social
events
and
celebratory
events
by
people
of
these
minority
communities.
It's
often
times
a
time
when
people
are
bonding
and
for
the
muslim
community
it
is.
It
is
something
that's
practiced
that
you
know,
whereas
other
countries
there
people
bond,
you
know
left.
You
know,
let's
say
over
a
glass
of
wine.
This
is
what
how
they
get
together
and
bond
over
hookah.
F
It
is
different
from
any
other
tobacco
product,
it's
actually
very
moist.
It
has
generally
15
to
25
percent
tobacco
and
the
people
who
use
hookah
products
use
it
once
a
month
or
less,
it's
very
different
from
combustible
cigarettes
or
vape,
where
people
are
grazing
compulsively
throughout
the
day
and
again
you
know
I'm
palestinian
palestinian-american.
F
You
know
when
I
have
a
hookah,
which
is
three
feet
tall,
as
chris
had
mentioned,
it's
a
very
ornate,
and
actually
it's
almost
like
an
art
piece.
They
take
literally
20
to
30
minutes
to
set
up.
So
you
know,
if
you
can
just
imagine
how
tall
and
how
long
it
takes
to
set
up
kids
are
not
setting
these
up
in
the
bathroom
at
school.
F
They
certainly
can't
hide
it
in
their
pocket
and
sneak
it
behind
their
parents
back,
it's
a
very
what
is
cumbersome
thing
and-
and
that
is
really
why
it
is-
has
such
a
low
prevalence
among
youth,
as
chris
mentioned,
according
to
the
cdc,
it's
one
of
the
least
used
tobacco
products
by
use
it's
consistently
at
two
percent
and
those
numbers
are
dropping
so
over
the
past,
I
want
to
say,
since
2011
it's
remained
low
versus
compared
to
vape,
which
was
as
much
as
27
of
youth
usage.
F
Just
in
2019
and
again,
it's
been
around
for
nearly
a
thousand
years
and
has
not
been
an
issue
with
youth.
In
addition
to
that,
you
know
they're
very
expensive,
there's
ten
parts
and
components
that
put
together
a
hookah
and
the
hookah
that
I
have
is
700,
so
it's
cost
prohibitive
for
most
children
to
have
a
you
know,
an
entry
level
into
using
a
hookah,
and
in
addition
to
that,
according
to
the
cdc
it
it.
F
Not
only
is
it
the
least
used,
but
actually
let
me
pivot
according
to
the
fda,
who
prioritized
their
enforcement.
They
say
that
youth
usage
of
yuka
hookah
is
so
low
that
they
do
not
see
the
pro.
They
do
not
see
the
correlation
between
flavors
and
hookah
as
they
do
with
other
tobacco
products.
So
it's
simply
not
an
issue
with
youth.
F
However,
it's
being
banned
because
it's
flavored,
as
chris
mentioned
it
only
comes
in
flavors,
so
by
default,
a
flavor
ban
is
a
hookah
bat,
creating
these
unintended
consequences
of
eliminating
this
rich
culture
tradition
for
a
completely
unrelated
issue,
because
oftentimes
because
it's
flavored
it's
conflated
with
vape,
it
is
not
vape.
It's
very
different
from
bait,
and,
of
course,
that
is
one
of
the
missions
of
our
association
is
to
educate
the
public
and
lawmakers
of
what
hookah
is
and
isn't,
and
hookah
is
just
just
look
at
the
statistics.
F
You
can
look
at
it
online
and
check
the
sources
from
the
fda
and
cdc.
It
is
simply
not
an
issue
with
youth
usage.
You
know
these
minority
might
business
owners
that
come
to
the
united
states,
sharing
their
cultural
tradition
and
hookah
and,
providing
you
know
hookah
to
their
minority
communities,
are
being
closed
overnight.
F
Many
of
these
people
have
leases
many
years
on
their
leases
for
a
completely
unrelated
issue,
so
we
obviously
want
to
bring
this
to
your
attention.
We
obviously
don't
want
to
become
our.
Have
our
cultural
tradition
become
collateral
damage
in
this
war
against
vape.
You
know
we
we
obviously
you
know
and
we're
not
trying
to
advocate
that
people
should
be
smoking
hookah.
F
We
are
merely
just
trying
to
protect
our
right
to
practice
our
cultural
tradition
and
to
help
people
understand
the
rich
cultural
significance
of
hookah
and
the
minority
communities
that
will
be
affected.
So
we
as
an
organization,
are
here
as
a
resource.
If
anyone
is
interested
in
learning
more
about
hookah,
we
have
a
website,
you
can
vote
at
national
hookah.com
and
you
know
just
know
that
there
are.
You
know
several
states
that
have
actually
two
states
that
have.
F
A
Very
good
with
that
council,
I
will
close
tonight's
public
comment
period
thanks
to
everyone
who
participated
once
again
this
evening,
move
on
to
item
five
on
our
agenda,
which
is
our
introductory
items,
and
our
first
introductory
item
is
actually
the
2021
omar
bonderrood
award
and
even
though
there's
no
one
here,
I
think
I'm
going
to
head
down
to
the
to
the
podium.
If
I
could,
because
it,
I
think
it
adds
a
little
bit
more
to
the
to
the
pomp
and
circumstance
for
this
so
be
down
there
in
one.
A
So,
as
I
said,
this
is
for
our
2021
omar
bonderlude
award
and
our
bonderroot
award
was
is
presented
annually
by
humanity
by
our
human
rights
commission
to
an
individual
or
organization
that
has
made
significant
contributions
to
the
to
the
plight
of
human
rights
in
the
city
of
bloomington,
and
for
those
of
you
who
are
wondering
omar
bonderrood
was
the
first
chairperson
of
the
human
rights
commission
in
the
city
of
bloomington,
and
that
was
founded
back
in
1968
and
so
so
pleased
at
this
year's
honoree.
A
This
year's
group-
I
just
couldn't
be
happier
that
we're
honoring
this
group
oasis
for
youth
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
anita
smithson
from
our
human
rights
commission
to
do
some
introductions,
and
I
think
we
have
a
presentation
we
want
to.
We
want
to
show
everyone
so
we'll
turn
it
over.
Commissioner
smithson
good
evening
welcome.
K
Hi,
thank
you
so
much
mayor,
bussey
and
city
council,
yeah,
so
oasis
for
youth
was
nominated
for
the
omar
bondarood
award
here
in
2021
by
a
member
of
our
bloomington
community
for
their
meaningful
and
continued
impact
in
bloomington
and
beyond.
So
as
we
all
know,
2021
was
an
incredibly
difficult
year.
K
They're
increasing
rates
of
homelessness
and
instability,
and
also
a
really
unfortunate
water
main
break
that
flooded
the
space
that
oasis
for
youth
uses
within
oak
road
presbyterian
church,
which
damaged
many
of
the
supplies
that
oasis
for
youth
has
for
the
youth
that
they
serve
oasis
for
youth,
continues
to
show
up
and
serve
the
young
people
in
our
community,
showing
their
persistence
and
resilience
along
the
way.
K
So,
as
the
mayor
said,
when
the
human
rights
commission
considers
making
this
award,
we
weigh
the
positive
impact
that
the
individual
or
organization
has
on
folks
as
they
intersect
with
the
various
protected
classes
defined
by
the
minnesota
human
rights
act.
K
So
oasis
for
youths
annual
reports
to
the
community
show
that
year
after
year,
the
impacts
that
they
make,
especially
for
black
brown
and
queer
folks
as
well
as
young
parents,
are
really
great
impacts.
The
team
at
oasis
for
youth
has
provided
hundreds
of
meals
this
year,
thousands
of
virtual
or
in-person
visits,
as
well
as
clothing,
resources,
rental
assistance
and
really
so
much
more
meeting
people
where
they
are
at
in
a
way,
that's
culturally,
competent
and
trauma
informed.
K
We
are
now
going
to
watch
a
video
about
oasis
for
youth
and
then,
after
that,
I
would
be
really
happy
to
introduce
their
executive
director.
So
if
we
can
queue
up
that
video,
it's
just
a
couple
minutes
long
here.
B
Oasis
for
youth
supports
whatever
it
is
the
youth
need,
and
that
varies
youth
to
youth.
We
serve
young
adults,
ages,
16
to
24,
experiencing
homelessness
or
housing.
Instability
in
bloomington,
richfield
medina.
What
we're
able
to
do
here?
It
looks
tremendous,
it
looks
endless
and
it
never
looks
the
same.
It
can
look
like
employment
assistance,
it
can
look
like
help
at
school,
help
securing
an
apartment
or
even
helping
a
young
mother
with
the
needs
of
raising
your
kids.
B
Each
young
person,
you
know,
has
unique
needs
and
I
think
our
team
does
a
really
good
job
at
looking
at
those
individual
resources.
Looking
at
those
individual
goals
and
helping
young
people
to
meet
those
goals
and
meet
young
people
where
they're
at
oasis
was
founded
in
2010,
we
actually
have
an
on-site
space
in
the
basement
of
the
mall
young
people
who
are
working
for
the
mall
of
america
can
come.
B
And
how
they're
doing
we
have
snacks
and
food
available?
So
we've
seen
young
people
maintain
their
jobs
for
an
average
of
14
months
and
that's
almost
two
times
longer
than
other
young
people
working
at
the
mall
who
aren't
connected
with
our
services.
We've
been
able
to
be
innovative
and
nimble
to
respond
to
the
needs
of
our
community.
We
set
a
new
strategic
plan
for
the
next
three
to
five
years
and
we
set
that
in
2019.
B
The
way
we
went
about
that
was
we
connected
with
the
youth
staff,
the
board
and
community
members
donors
from
that
work
came
the
concept
of
mobile
oasis.
It
looks
like
you
know,
maybe
a
van
or
two
where
we
can
meet
the
youth
where
they're
at
and
in
some
ways
it's
like.
We
almost
predicted
the
future.
Oddly
enough
and
scarily
enough
transportation
is
a
huge
barrier.
Our
buses
just
don't
run
frequently
to
our
flagship
location
in
oak
grove.
It'll.
Take
you
two
to
three
hours
just
to
get
to
this
location
and
they
still
come.
B
B
The
things
that
we
maybe
would
have
at
our
drop-in
center
to
young
people
as
a
young
person
with
lived
experience
having
to
utilize
resources
having
to
go
through
programs
and
drop-in
centers.
I
know
how
important
those
resources
were
in
order
to
be
successful,
having
an
interaction
with
someone
like
an
outreach
worker
or
a
case
manager
changed
my
life.
This
is
amazing
and
our
young
people
who
walk
in
our
doors.
B
They
have
the
same
dreams
as
any
other
kid,
but
they've
got
a
million
other
barriers
in
front
of
them,
and
you
know
what
a
lot
of
times
they
they
hit
those
goals.
They
reach
those
goals
because
they're
so
strong
and
so
resilient.
Our
clients
are
overwhelmingly
youth
of
color.
2020
has
really
opened
up
all
of
our
eyes
to
just
the
systematic
inequalities
that
are
in
place
in
our
community
and
how
do
we
work
to
dismantle
those
systems?
We
can't
continue
to
just
hand
out
food
or
provide
showers
and
say:
oh,
it's
gonna
go
away.
B
We
have
to
work
on
root,
causes
of
homelessness
and
in
minnesota
and
across
the
country.
That's
really
systematic
racism
in
our
communities.
So
I
think
it's
just
being
understanding
and
knowing
that
young
people
have
experienced
a
lot
of
trauma
and
a
lack
of
support
is
really
really
hard.
Lack
of
resources
or
access
to
resources
is
really
really
hard.
There
are
little
things
that
we
could
all
be
doing
to
help
those
needs
be
met.
We
do
encourage
and
invite
everybody
who
can
to
give
an
amount
that
makes
sense
to
them.
B
Every
donation
matters
every
donor
matters
to
me
when
I
think
about
our
donors,
I
think
about
advocates.
What
do
you
want
to
do
to
help
right?
So,
what's
in
your
world?
What's
in
your
toolbox,
what
do
you
think
you
can
do
and
give
not
just
to
oasis
but
to
your
entire
community?
What
does
that
look
like
when
we
do
good?
We
all
do
good.
These
are
our
young
people.
These
are
young
people
from
bloomington,
richwood
and
edina.
We
don't
believe
that
as
adults
we're
experts
in
young
people's
lives.
B
K
All
right,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
video
and
like
the
mayor.
I
am
really
thrilled
and
pleased
to
introduce
to
you,
nicole,
mills,
nicole,
is
the
executive
director
at
oasis
for
youth,
and
I
just
want
to
say,
as
a
young
person,
I
was
housing
insecure
in
my
early
20s
oasis
didn't
exist
then,
but
I
know
the
difference
that
you
make
for
people,
and
it's
really
touching.
So
thank
you
for
all.
You
do
nicole
turn
it
over
to
you.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
it's
an
honor
for
oasis
to
be
here
and
I
think
what
it's
just
a
true.
I
just
a
true
blessing,
and
I
appreciate
all
of
your
kind
words.
So
very
much
in
your
heartfelt
message.
B
Oasis
won't
be
here
without
our
founders
in
2010,
our
founders
came
together
and
really
identified
a
need
in
our
community
and
they
built
oasis
and
today
I
can't
I'm
proud
to
be
here
and
I'm
proud
to
be
the
one
talking.
But
my
amazing
team
is
really
who
does
the
work
every
day
and
I
just
want
to
name
them
real
quick.
I
can't
see
who's
on
the
call,
but
I
have
jess
jasmine
tina.
Nubia
ran
blame
arash
adam
ian
hudder,
taylor
and
heidi.
You
guys,
like
you,
make
this.
B
All
of
this
work
come
together
and
you're
I'm
getting
for
clamped.
Sorry,
it's
just
my
team
is
the
heart
of
the
organization
and
they
support
our
young
people
every
day
and
truly
come
to
work
and
center.
Our
young
people
and
honor
young
people
and
just
really
live
equity
and
live
with
their
values,
and
it's
an
honor
to
be
accepting
this
award.
I
think
it's
more
of
an
honor
to
be
a
part
of
our
young
people's
lives
and
to
be
part
of
the
team.
B
A
And
thank
you
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do
nicole
and
your
entire
outstanding
staff,
who
have
had
the
pleasure
to
meet
many
of
them
and
seen
the
great
work
that
you
do.
It's
just.
It's
really
awe-inspiring.
So
thank
you
so
very
much
and
thank
you
so
much
to
your
board
of
directors
to
your
supporters,
to
your
donors,
to
the
people
throughout
bloomington,
richfield
edina,
who
realize
this
is
a
need.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
very
much
continue
the
good
work
and,
as
I
said,
can't
wait
till.
I
get
the
opportunity
to
hand
this
to
yourself
to
to
you
myself
and
to
shake
your
hand
and
to
thank
you
in
person,
so
very
well
done.
Thank
you.
A
Our
next
two
items
on
our
agenda
are
two
proclamations
that
I
will
read
since
I'm
down
here.
I
will
read
them
here
and
our
first
is
our
human
rights
day.
Proclamation
and
human
rights
day
is
celebrated
each
year
on
december
10th
and
it
was
established
or
it's
honoring
the
day
in
1948,
when
the
united
nations
general
assembly
adopted
the
universal
declaration
of
human
rights,
and
it's
not
an
understatement
to
say
that
is
a
really
big
deal.
A
What
the
human
rights
or
what
the
united
nations
general
assembly
did,
that
day
back
in
1948
how
forward-thinking
that
was,
and
our
bloomington
human
rights
commission,
as
I
said,
has
been
in
place
since
1968
and
they've
been
aiding
and
advising
and
giving
good
advice
to
the
city
council
since
that
time
and
they
advanced
this
proclamation.
The
human
rights
commission
advanced
this
proclamation
that
recommits
the
city
to
protecting
and
advancing
the
human
rights
of
all
bloomington
residents,
and
I
will
be
honored
to
read
it
now.
A
Proclamation
for
human
rights
day
december
10
2021,
whereas
the
city
of
bloomington
joins
our
nation
in
recognizing
december
10
2021
as
human
rights
day
and
whereas
bloomington
residents
or
bloomington
recognizes
the
importance
of
acknowledging
the
diversity
that
exists
in
our
community
as
we
strive
for
autonomous
participation
in
our
community
affairs
and
whereas
the
universal
declaration
of
human
rights
asserts.
All
human
beings
are
born,
free
and
equal
in
human
dignity
and
individual
liberty.
A
This
is
typically
a
time
when
the
the
council
chambers
are
usually
full.
We
usually
have
a
big
round
of
applause
now,
because
we
have
the
members
of
the
human
rights
commission.
We
have
the
winner
of
the
omar
moderu
award.
A
We
have
a
lot
of
people
here,
typically
for
this,
and
the
fact
that
we
don't
it
saddens
me,
and
it
takes
a
little
bit
away
from
this
proclamation,
but
not
the
the
heart
and
soul
of
this
proclamation,
which
is
for
human
rights
day,
and
so
my
thank
goes
out
to
our
human
rights
commission
for
the
work
that
they
do
and
for
advancing
this
proclamation,
and
I
hope
everyone
takes
this.
This
message
to
heart
and
our
next
item
on
our
agenda
is
a
proclamation
congratulating
the
japan
pavilion
celebrating
its
national
day
at
expo.
A
2020
dubai
we've
been
talking
a
lot
about
expo
lately
and
expo
2020
is
currently
underway
in
dubai
and
japan
will
host
expo
2025
in
the
city
of
osaka,
with
the
theme
of
designing
future
society
for
our
lives
and
obviously
bloomington
for
a
number
of
years
has
had
a
close
tie
with
the
country
of
japan
and
a
sister
city
relationship
with
uzumi
city.
And
so
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
took
a
moment
to
recognize
the
work
that
they
did
with
their
exhibit
in
dubai
for
expo
2020..
A
A
As
I
said,
bloomington
has
had
a
long
relationship
with
izumi
city,
and
I
know
that
council,
member
lohman,
you
were
there
in
that
november.
2018
trip
and
I
know
you've
got
a
lot
of
good
memories
and
we
have
a
lot
of
folks
in
this
community
who
have
wonderful
memories
from
making
that
trip
and
the
exchange
between
the
two
cities
has
always
been
very
strong.
This
is
just
another
effort
to
extend
that
and
continue
that
strong
sister
city
relationship
and
with
our
relationship
with
the
country
of
japan
in
general.
A
I
Yeah
thank
you
mayor
and
I
heard
from
the
city
manager
that
there
were
no
holds,
but
I
just
ask
again
here:
if
there's
anything,
that's
come
up
that
anybody
wants
to
hold.
H
Mayor
and
councilmember
nelson,
I
don't
want
to
hold
anything,
but
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
the
public
knew
about
some
stuff
at
6.9.
So
I'll
wait
till
we
have
our
discussion
at
the
end
to
talk
about
that.
H
I
A
B
Councilmember
coulter
no
audio
coming
through
come
back
around
councilmember
lowman
hi
councilmember,
martin
hi
councilmember
nelson
hi,
mayor
busse
hi
thank
councilmember
coulter,
weighing
on
some
audio
issues.
A
We
still
can't
hear
you
give
us
a
thumbs
up,
so
we
know
that
you're,
an
affirmation
here,
very
good.
We
are
an
affirmation
we
saw
it
and
motion
approved
7-0
to
approve
tonight's
consent
business
and
we
should
get
that
worked
out
as
we
hit.
Excuse
me
six-year-old.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Six,
zero.
A
Moving
on
to
item
seven
on
our
agenda,
this
is
our
hearings,
resolutions
and
ordinances
and
probably
the
main
event
for
tonight's
council
meeting,
which
is
our
public
hearing
on
our
truth
and
taxation,
public
hearing
our
2020
property
tax
levy
and
general
fund
budget,
our
budget
manager,
carrie
carlson,
I
think,
is
going
to
give
us
a
brief
rundown
here,
not
as
long
as
the
two
and
a
half
hours
we
spent
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
on
this
item
at
least
I
hope
not
and
and
then
we
will
open
it
up
to
the
public
hearing
we'll
take
comments
from
the
public,
both
in
person
and
via
phone
so
good
evening,
ms
carlson,
and
welcome.
L
L
So
over
the
past
few
months
I
have
shared
detailed
information
about
the
2022
budget
request
and
tax
levy
with
both
the
council
and
the
public.
There
have
been
several
council
meetings
with
budget
information
and
discussions,
including
two
meetings
that
were
entirely
dedicated,
entirely
dedicated
to
the
budget
and
one
in
august
and
one
in
november.
L
So
the
outline
for
this
evening's
presentation
includes
the
key
points
that
I
will
highlight
in
the
2022
budget
request:
an
explanation
of
the
property
tax
shift
from
commercial
to
residential
information
about
the
state's
property
tax
refund
program,
a
chart
comparing
bloomington's
proposed
tax
levy
increase
to
other
metro
cities.
Preliminary
tax
levy
increases
information
on
the
impact
to
the
median
value
home
in
bloomington.
L
So
the
key
points
in
this
2022
budget
request
is
that
the
amount
of
the
city's
preliminary
tax
levy
was
set
at
68.3
million
dollars,
and
this
was
a
2.75
percent
increase
from
the
city's
2021
tax
levy
of
66.5
million
dollars,
and
that
is
an
overall
increase
of
1.8
million
dollars
and
the
proposed
tax
levy.
Funds
68
of
the
city's
general
fund
budget
and
the
vast
amount
of
new
spending
is
a
major
investment
in
public
safety.
L
Sorry
having
a
problem
there,
we
go
advancing
my
slide,
okay,
so
in
the
general
fund,
let
me
increase
for
2022
of
that
1.8.
L
Million
dollars,
tax
levy,
increase,
707
thousand
nine
hundred
nine
dollars
is
an
increase
for
the
general
fund,
and
the
general
fund
includes
over
1.5
million
dollars
in
new
spending
for
police
and
fire
initiatives
and
staffing,
and
that
that
includes
1.1
million
dollars
for
additional
fire
department,
duty,
crew
pay
and
hours.
L
Ninety
six
thousand
dollars
for
three
new
full-time
fire
department,
italian
chiefs
and
fifty
six
thousand
dollars
for
additional
staffing
needs
in
the
police,
support,
division
and
so
federal
american
rescue
plans
and
a
forecasted
increase
in
lodging
and
emission
taxes
from
this
year
since
2022
for
helping
to
minimize
the
increases
in
property
tax
support
that
are
needed
for
the
general
fund.
L
So
this
shift
of
overall
taxes
from
commercial
to
residential
can
be
seen
in
these
next
three
pie.
Graphs,
I'm
going
to
show
you
so
this
first
graph
is
showing
the
change
in
property
taxes
for
commercial
and
industrial
properties,
so
for
2022,
58
of
commercial
prop
properties
will
experience
a
decrease
in
their
property
taxes,
which
is
shown
in
the
light
blue
color
making
up
more
than
half
of
this
graph.
L
So
you
can
see
for
the
home
it's
increasing
by
7.3
percent
in
one
year,
so
now
it's
up
to
307
thousand
and
for
the
apartment,
the
median
value
it's
increasing
by
just
1.2
percent.
So
it's
up
to
111,
800
and
then
also
showing
at
a
2.75
tax
levy,
increase
the
change
by
per
month
for
a
home
of
ten
dollars
and
23
cents
per
month
compared
to
an
apartment
of
one
dollar
and
81
cents
per
month.
L
These
next
two
slides,
I'm
going
to
show,
are
sharing
information
about
the
state
of
minnesota's
property
tax
refund
program.
The
form
is
called
m1pr
and
it's
available
to
both
homeowners
and
renters
and
for
more
information
residents
can
visit
the
minnesota
department
of
revenue,
property
tax
website.
L
As
I
said,
it's
available
to
both
homeowners
and
renters
and
the
due
date
to
file
the
m1
pr
property
tax
refund
is
august
15th,
but
you
may
file
up
to
one
year
after
the
due
date
and
there's
two
types
available.
There's
the
regular
property
tax
refund
that
looks
at
compares
the
property
taxes
versus
your
total
household
income
and
for
renters.
L
That
starts
at
income
less
than
sixty
two
thousand
nine
hundred
sixty
dollars
for
the
latest
refunds
that
are
available
and
for
homeowners,
less
than
a
hundred
and
sixteen
thousand
one
hundred
eighty
dollars
there's
also
another
type
of
property
tax
refund,
and
that
is
for
increases
at
this.
That
are
beyond
a
certain
level
that
the
state
sets
and
so
for
the
increase
looking
at
2021
to
2020.
L
And
then
some
additional
subtractions
that
can
help
for
someone
to
either
qualify
or
increase
the
amount
of
property
tax
refunds
that's
available.
It
could
be
based
on
number
of
dependents
that
you
have
if
you
or
your
spouse,
are
65
years
of
age
or
older
if
you've
made
contributions
to
a
retirement
account
or
if
you
have,
or
if
your
spouse
has
a
permanent
or
total
disability.
L
So
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
information.
Just
not
everyone
is
aware
of
it
and
make
sure
that
that
that
everyone
knows
that
this
is
available
to
help
with
property
taxes
for
people
that
have
issues
if
their
income
is
lower
or
if
they
have
a
large
valuation
in
one
year.
L
So
this
slide
is
showing
bloomington's
2.75
preliminary
tax
levy
and
that
it's
considerably
less
of
an
increase
than
what
these
15
comparison
cities
and
the
metro
approved
were
their
preliminary
2022
tax
levy
increases.
So
the
average
of
these
other
cities
is
an
increase
of
6.05
percent.
L
68
comes
from
property
taxes,
followed
by
nine
percent
of
local
lodging
and
emissions
sales,
taxes,
and
then
seven
percent
permit
and
licensing
fees,
and
you
can
see
the
other
types
of
revenues
as
well.
That
support
general
fund
services
and
those
general
fund
services
are
these
expenses
on
this
slide.
L
L
So,
overall
an
increase
of
one
point:
eight
million
dollars
or
a
two
point:
seven,
five
percent
increase
from
the
2021
tax
levy
and
the
impact
on
the
median
value
home
is
a
monthly
increase
of
10
dollars
and
23
cents
per
month,
and
then
that
increase
on
this
table
has
been
further
broken
out.
To
show
the
portion
of
the
increase.
That's
based
on
the
increased
tax
levy,
which
is
the
2.93
cents
additional
a
month,
and
then
the
increase
based
on
that
market
valuation
shift
from
commercial
to
residential
of
seven
dollars
and
30
cents.
A
M
A
H
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you,
curry.
I
just
wanted
to
to
look
back
at
the
comparison
cities
that
we
had
there.
You
had
a
had
a
chart
there
where
you
know,
and
you
had
it
highlight
there
with
that
2.75
a
full
3.3
percent
lower
the
levy
that
we
we
are
considering
today
lower
than
than
than
that
average
and
one
of
the
things
I
was
just
curious
about
as
you
look
at
that
you
know
that
that
dichotomy
we're
on
the
top
of
that
list.
H
Do
we
know
what
some
of
these
other
cities
their
drivers
are.
I
know
that
the
the
the
composition
of
the
you
know
the
tax
base
is
different,
but
is
there
any
observations
that
you
could
make
you
know
in
terms
of
what
we're
doing
here?
I
know
that
we
have
won
several
awards
for
our
our
financial
management,
but
is
that
the
whole
story
is
there
anything
that
you
could
add?
Add
to
this?
You
know
what
we're
seeing
here.
That's
going
on
here
in
terms
of
priority.
L
Mayor
and
council
members
councilmember
lohmann,
I'm
I
might
refer
to
the
city
manager
to
see
if
he
has
any
thoughts
about
how
we
compare
to
other
cities
and
how
how
they
are
determining
their
tax
levies
or,
if
there's
any
information
that
you'd
like
me
to
share
that.
I.
G
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
and
council
members,
council
member
lohman.
We
haven't
spent
much
time
digging
into
what
other
cities
are
doing
for
their
levees,
except
that
I
do
know.
A
couple
of
these
cities
with
some
of
the
higher
amounts
have
relatively
significant
capital
projects
that
they
have
done
in
the
last
year
or
two,
and
that
is
adding
by
way
of
debt
service,
adding
a
significant
amount
to
their
local
levies,
but
anything
specific
to
you
know
what
they're
doing
on
operations
or
otherwise.
G
H
You
know
manager,
it's
funny.
You
said
that
and
I
don't
want
you
to
speculate,
but
I
I
did
see
the
other
slide
that
was
up
here
earlier
with
the
residential
area
and
it
looked
like
there
was
roughly
30
percent
of
those
folks
within
the
city
of
bloomington
that
are
in
that
residential
non-apartment
area
that
are
going
to
see.
You
know
an
increase
above
above
10
and
in
my
my
curiosity
kind
of
was
wondering
you
know
what
did
that
look
like
last
year.
How
does
that
compare
to
these
other
other
cities?
H
And
you
know,
and
it's
my
understanding-
and
you
know
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong-
that
it's
that
we've
done
a
pretty
good
job
of
managing
that
that
that
increase
that
folks
have
seen
in
comparison
with
the
situation
that
we
have
here
today.
I'm
not
sure
if
you
want
to
opine
on
that
or
comment
on
that.
I
don't
have
a
specifics
in
front
of
me
and
maybe
you
may
not
have
either,
but
I
just
wanted
to
see
if
you
guys
had
any
comment
on
that.
A
I
see
no
hands
going
up,
so
what
I
would
like
to
do
now
is
open
our
public
hearing
on
item
7.1.
This
is
a
public
hearing.
This
is
our
truth
and
taxation.
Public
hearing
regarding
our
2022
property
tax
levy
and
general
fund
budget
we've
got
a
couple
of
folks
here
in
the
council
chambers.
Yes,
please
come
forward
we're
going
to
limit
you
to
the
five
minutes,
so
we
can
officially
keep
the
public
hearing.
A
Can
I
get
the
overhead
please
equal
to
everybody
yep?
Can
we
please
have
the
overhead?
Thank
you
good
evening.
N
Good
evening,
mayor
manager,
city,
council,
yeah
yeah,
two
point:
seven
five:
if.
N
Thule
resident
of
bloomington
for
50
years,
so
thanks
for
having
me
here
tonight,
I
wanted
to
kind
of
point
out.
I
got
something
from
december
7th
of
2020
when
we
we
got
the
budget
advisory
committee
kind
of
worked
up
and
going,
and
I
was
actually
part
of
that
process
and
I
realized
that
renters
do
pay
more.
You
know
per
month
than
a
resident
homeowner.
When
taxes
go
up
and
I'm
like
whoa,
we
got
a
lot
more
renters.
You
know
in
this
city,
so
that
does
does
concern
me.
N
So
we
want
to
bring
in
lower
taxes
for
our
our
people
of
color,
you
know
and
our
residents
of
bloomington.
That
would
want
to
move
here.
You
know,
so
I
wanted
to
show
real
quick.
You
know
the
proposed
this
is
a.
This
is
december,
7th
2020.
This
is
pulled
from
a
slide
of
your
council
meeting.
I
want
to
a
little
arrow
there,
a
conceptual
2022
property
tax
levy,
increase
of
zero
percent,
and
I
think
you
guys
held
2021
was
a
zero
percent
increase
right,
or
did
we
go
up
a
little
bit?
N
G
Mr
mayor
council,
members,
I
think
maybe
what's
best
to
do,
is
hold
off
and
answer
questions
from
the
public
hearing
at
the
end,
okay,.
N
G
N
Okay,
so
we
got
a
2.7,
so
this
is
accurate
up
here.
It
says
2.75
and
21..
So
now
we're
going
for
a
2.75
in
2022,
like
I
said
this
is
hitting
our
populations
even
harder.
So
this
is
back
in
december
of
2020
that
you
guys
put
a
conceptual
model
out
there
of
a
zero
percent
tax
increase.
Now
I
do
get
that
you
guys
want.
You
know
police
and
fire,
I'm
all
in
for
public
safety,
public
works
and
whatnot.
So
I
have
this
is
kind
of
what
it
looked
like
back.
N
Then
you
guys
reduced
budgets
for
staff
and,
as
I
understand
it,
I
think
you
added
about
400
000
worth
of
new
staff.
You
know
in
this
in
this
proposal
within
this
2.75
percent
increase-
and
you
guys
put
a
budget
advisory
committee
together,
which
I
was
a
part
of,
so
this
is
kind
of
what
happened
in
in
in
the
budget
year
21,
you
know
so
some
reductions,
you
know,
and
some
wage
freezes
and
whatnot.
So
this
is
kind
of
like
some
of
the
stuff
that
I
kind
of
pulled
out
of
the
budget.
N
You
know:
900
000,
you
know
out
of
the
out
of
the
budget,
and
one
of
them
was
eliminating
the
600
000
going
to
the
street
strategic
priorities
fund
or
whatever,
which
was
added
in
the
other,
was
was
reducing
property
tax
dollars
going
to
the
communications
division
by
a
hundred
thousand
and
eliminating
the
grant
position
writer
by
a
hundred
thousand
instead
tasking
the
the
community
engagement
division.
To
do
some
grant.
Writing
I
understand,
grant
writing
can
bring
in
some
revenue.
You
know
it
really.
N
Can
you
know
and
if
that
person
is
sustainable
and
can
bring
in
their
wage?
That's
a
wonderful
thing,
but
I'd
say
we
could
cut
that
out
so
and
you
can
take
another
100k
from
the
strategic
parties
reserve
funds
which
is
in
excess
of
a
5
million
dollars
right
now.
N
So
so
I'm
looking
at
like
900
000
that
we
could
pull
out
of
this
budget
right
off
the
top
so
and
I
think,
by
keeping
the
taxes
lower,
you
know
we
can
attract
more
residents
to
the
city
and
homeowners
are
going
to
bear
more
of
the
burden,
and
I
remember
when
winstead
was
here
there
was
there
was
I
faced
a
5.8
percent
increase
from
the
county
alone
and
a
lot
of
people
are
on
that.
I
saw
cary's
presentation,
but
five
to
ten
percent
is
what
people
are
facing
with
the
county
taxes
right.
N
So
we
have
county
taxes,
we
have
city
taxes,
we
have
organized
trash
collection,
things
just
keep
on
going
up
and
my
wages
are
not
going
up
and
I
think
the
general
public
can
kind
of
feel
that
pain
right
now
we're
seeing
record
high
inflation.
So
everybody
knows
that
right
I
mean
gas.
Prices
are
up,
my
homeowner's
insurance
went
up,
so
thirty
four
hundred
dollars
is
what
my
taxes
is
right
now
and
about
two
grand
out
for
just
a
homeowners
insurance.
N
So
I'm
putting
five
grand
out
of
my
pocket
just
to
just
to
kind
of
live
just
to
kind
of
eat
by
now
it's
affordable.
For
me,
I
got
a
good
job,
thankfully,
but
I
just
think
again.
This
is
a
lot
for
our.
We
have
a
lot
of
people
on
fixed
incomes.
We
have
a
lot
of
seniors.
We
have
a
lot
of
new
families,
so
I
hope
that
a
council
member
here
makes
a
motion
to
vote
in
a
0.0
percent.
I
know
you
guys
can
do
it
shave
some
from
the
budget
and
make
it
happen.
A
N
Yeah
I
was
yeah
yeah,
I
actually
helped.
I
was
on
the
online
meeting
kind
of
giving
some
strategic
and
you
guys
had
some
various
different
models.
M
B
N
As
what
to
choose
you
know
and
whatnot,
but
I
was
involved
in
that
so
but
yeah
I
said
I
hope
you
guys
can
hold
the
line
so.
But
thank
you.
A
D
Now,
with
this
new
proposal
from
hennepin
county
they're,
going
back
up
to
300
or
378
dollars
now
all
I
can
see
is
when
I
come
to
a
meeting,
it
says
truth
and
taxation-
I
don't
see
it
all.
I
see
is
manipulation
and
taxation
where
everybody
gets
involved
and
everybody
glomming
on
to
their
own
secrets.
D
D
D
D
These
are
the
kind
of
things
that
are
manipulating
when
nobody
tells
anybody.
What's
going
on
with
these
taxes,
at
least
when
I
come
down
here
tonight,
I'm
learning
a
few
more
things
that
you
do
have
a
good
control
over
your
taxes
but,
like
I
said,
everybody's
can
screw
up,
but
then
I
see
taxes
being
wasted
when
we
can't
afford
it.
D
D
D
D
D
Now
right
now,
the
way
it's
going
up
and
down
with
me
year
to
year,
I
just
lost
my
wife
so
now
we're
out
another
income
that
we
never
had
much
to
begin
with.
Now,
I'm
sitting
here
with
1863
dollars
a
month
trying
to
pay
my
house
payment,
my
insurance
on
it
property
tax
and
everything.
But
if
I'm
going
to
get
a
bouncy
ball
up
and
down,
how
can
I
ever
budget
out
what
it's
going
to
cost
me
per
month?
D
D
D
D
A
J
Thank
you,
mayor
city
manager,
city
council.
My
name
is
david
clarke.
I'm
calling
tonight
to
express
my
concerns
over
your
proposed
tax
increase
of
2.75
percent.
Last
year
you
had
assembled
a
group
of
nine
residents
who
carefully
went
through
the
city
finances
and
came
up
with
reasonable
spending
cuts
and
wage
freezes,
resulting
in
a
zero
percent
increase.
J
J
J
These
groups
in
our
city
are
struggling
to
find
their
footing
as
costs
are
rising
in
many
areas,
including
food,
gasoline
household
goods,
medical
services,
dining
child
care,
you
name
it
now.
You
want
to
slap
them
with
a
tax
that
will
result
in
many
hundreds
of
dollars
each
year,
particularly
when,
coupled
with
increases
from
the
county
in
the
school
system,
who
are
also
coming
with
hat
in
hand.
J
I'll
give
you
an
example:
conversion
therapy
wasn't
even
occurring
in
bloomington
according
to
molly
bosu,
chair
of
the
human
rights
commission,
and
yet
you
want
to
add
head
count
to
our
city
staff
to
monitor
this
non-existent
issue,
hiring
some
person
who
will
sit
at
a
desk
like
the
maytag
repairman
for
the
phone
call
that
will
never
come
or
take
essl
another
manufactured
crisis.
You
want
to
add
headcount
to
monitor
non-compliant
businesses,
which
will
only
result
in
layoffs
and
possible
closure
during
a
time
where
every
employee
is
precious
especially
to
small
businesses.
J
When
these
businesses
close
or
leave
bloomington,
we
lose
tremendous
amounts
of
revenue
which
you
then
have
to
make
up
with
increased
taxes
since
you're,
incapable
of
cutting
spending
reasonably
at
the
core
of
all.
This
are
your
sacred
cows.
The
things
you
absolutely
will
not
touch
when
it
comes
to
cutting
spending,
so
in
your
minds,
you've
done
all
you
can
and
have
no
choice,
but
to
increase
taxes.
J
J
This
budget
needs
to
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
and
find
the
reductions
necessary
to
keep
us
at
zero
percent
for
another
year.
That's
the
moral
thing
to
do
otherwise:
you're
going
to
kill
the
goose
that
laid
the
golden
egg.
We
are
just
starting
to
recover
and
we
need
a
little
more
breathing
room,
especially
our
most
vulnerable.
J
A
A
See
no
one
coming
forward
and
nobody
on
the
line
council.
I
would
look
for
a
motion
to
close
tonight's
public
hearing
on
item
7.1.
A
M
E
A
Councilmember
nelson
aye,
mayor
bussey
aye
motion
carries
6-0
closing
the
public
hearing
on
item
7.1
this
evening.
Mr
verbruge,
there
was
a
handful
of
questions.
I
think
that
we
heard
specific
questions
we
we
decided.
We
were
going
to
wait
until
the
end
of
the
presentation
to
address
them
all
at
once.
G
Mr
maharan
council
members,
the
one
question
that
seemed
to
be
a
question
of
fact
or
looking
for
information,
was
a
question
from
mr
scott
about
what
the
other
category
is
on
the
tax
notices
and
that's
an
excellent
question.
G
If,
if
folks
have
spent
some
time
looking
at
their
proposed
tax
notices,
they'll
see
a
line
for
the
city
and
they'll
see
a
line
for
the
county
and
the
school
district,
and
then
there's
one
that
says
other
that
other
category
includes
taxing
jurisdictions,
such
as
the
watershed
district,
the
mosquito
control
district.
These
are
generally
much
smaller,
taxing
jurisdictions
that
rather
than
report
each
of
them
individually.
They
summarize
into
one
group.
A
I
think
I
think
you
were
correct
in
terms
of
specific
questions.
I
think
the
rest
were
on
questions
directed
at
policies
and
procedures
as
opposed
to
the
specific
questions
council.
Any
input
council,
member,
nelson
yeah.
I
Thank
you
mayor
just
to
follow
up
on
a
couple
of
the
comments
that
people
had
that
they
may
not
have
framed
up
as
questions,
but
there
was
some
discussion
about
strategic
priorities
and
the
balance
that's
in
that
fund,
along
with
the
amount
that
we're
putting
into
it,
and
then
maybe
some
of
that
is
looks
like
it's
unallocated.
I
If
the
city
manager
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
specifically
what
that
is
used
for
where
we
think
that's
going,
what
you
know,
what
that
fund
balance
is-
and
it
just
provides
some
clarity
to
that
for
people.
Mr.
G
Brookie.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
and
council
members,
council
member
nelson
appreciate
that
question.
The
strategic
priorities
fund
is
a
fund
that
has
existed
within
the
city
of
bloomington
for
many
years
and
has
been
used
at
various
times
to
either
have
a
source
of
funding.
If
there
are
unanticipated
issues
that
arise
or
if
there
is
something
that
comes
up
in
the
course
of
year,
where
the
council
says
this
is
really
an
issue
that
we
need
to
maybe
invest
in
that
we
haven't
done
before
that.
They
have
a
source
of
funding
to
do
that.
G
What
we
have
currently
in
our
strategic
priorities
is
actually
using
more
than
a
million
dollars
a
year
for
the
next
several
years,
for
what
we
refer
to
as
tax
levy
stabilization,
and
what
that
means
is
that
that
fund
is
helping
to
buy
down
the
cost
of
tax
levy
increases
as
a
way
to
it's
a
balancing
strategy
over
the
next
several
years
to
accomplish
some
of
exactly
what
our
commenters
suggested
is
that
that
we
we
do
try
to
hold
that
down
as
much
as
possible,
and
so
that
that
balance
that
was
referred
to
in
the
strategic
priorities
fund
is
a
balance
today.
G
But
we
look
at
where
it
is
in
the
future
years,
and
we
know
that
we
have
commitments
from
that
fund
that
are
in
excess
of
a
million
dollars
each
year.
So
it
is
actively
used
to
to
try
to
manage
the
tax
levy
so
that
we
can
not
have
even
larger
levy
increases
during
the
year,
and
then
we
also
use
that
fund
to
support
some
strategic
initiatives
that
the
council
has
prioritized,
such
as
the
the
home
loan
program.
The
home
loan
improvement
program
for
the
last
couple
years.
G
Those
home
improvement
loans
have
proven
to
be
very,
very
popular
and
in
fact
the
council
heard
about
it
this
year
when
we
we
paused
the
program
for
a
little
bit
just
so,
we
could
work
out
some
policy
issues
and
we
had
a
number
of
residents
who
were
eager
to
to
tap
into
that
program
for
the
benefit
of
themselves
and
ultimately
that
has
a
benefit
for
the
neighborhood
as
well.
So
that's
that's
an
example
of
a
pretty
significant
investment
each
year
that
the
council
has
made
out
of
that
strategic
priorities.
Fund
council
member
nelson.
G
Did
that
answer
the
questions
to
your
satisfaction.
I
Yeah,
absolutely
that's
what
make
sure
people
understand
that
that
we're
putting
pool
in
there
or
putting
money
into
that
pool
to
make
sure
that
we
can
continue
to
maintain
you
know
lower
than
average
increases
going
into
the
future
so
because
we
are
impacted
by
the
reduction
in
liquor
and
lodging
taxes
and
and
admission
taxes,
and
things
like
that,
so
providing
some
stability
to
that.
I
think,
is
important.
One
of
the
other
things.
I
There
was
a
note
about
communications,
going
up
a
hundred
thousand,
and
can
you
talk
to
whether
or
not
that
is
an
increase
in
expenditures
or
because
of
a
decline
in
revenue?
I
know
we've
been
talking
for
a
couple
of
years
about
the
challenges
with
that
communications
fund
and
just
providing
clarity.
Is
this
new
spending
or
is
this
a
revenue
issue?
Mr.
G
Rugby.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
and
council
members,
council
member
nelson.
For
the
most
part,
it
is
a
flattening
of
revenues
and
then
just
a
continuation
of
some
of
the
personal
services
expense
costs
that
we
have
across
the
organization
the
increase
in
salaries
and
benefits
for
employees
that
work
within
that
area.
G
You
know,
I
don't
know
if
cary
wants
to
add
additional
context
or
detail
or
if
this
gets
at
what
you're
looking
for
council
member
nelson,
but
the
communications
budget
is
that
division
has
been
funded
for
many
years
with
the
with
the
revenue
from
the
franchise
fee
associated
with
cable
tv
service
providers
in
the
city
of
bloomington.
For
many
years
that
has
been
comcast,
it's
a
franchise
that
the
comcast
has
with
the
city.
G
They
pay
on
a
per
user
basis,
a
franchise
fee
and
the
city's
been
very
fortunate
that
the
the
franchise
fees
for
cable
services
have
largely
paid
the
communications
costs
for
the
city
for
many
years.
What's
happening
in
the
last
couple
years.
Obviously,
is
the
pressure
of
cord
cutting
as
people
look
at
at
receiving
their
video
services
through
other
providers
like
hulu
or
netflix
or
amazon?
Prime?
G
Is
that
the
you
know
the
the
regular
increase
in
franchise
fees
from
cable
have
not
been
coming
through
and
so
that
that
revenue
fund
has
basically
leveled
off
and
we're
anticipating
it
to
remain
level
going
forward
so
largely
what's
happening?
There
is
it's
just
the
the
modest
increases
annually
for
the
expenses
of
the
department
are
outpacing
the
stalled
out
revenues.
Kari.
Did
you
want
to
add
anything
more
to
that.
L
The
thank
you.
The
only
other
thing
I
would
add,
is
a
few
years
back.
We
did
increase
our
the
briefing
newsletter
to
be
a
monthly
publication,
so
that
did
add
some
expense
to
that
communications
fund.
G
Yeah,
that's
a
good
point
kari
and
that
that
decision
was
made
by
the
council.
I
believe
it
was
2018
or
2019
is
when
we
went
to
a
monthly
schedule
for
our
newsletter,
and
that
was
based
on
resident
surveys
that
told
us
the
the
most
popular
way
that
they
receive
information
about
the
city
is
through
the
the
city's
newsletter
and
the
council
at
that
time
decided
that
the
best
way
to
get
information
into
the
hands
of
our
residents
was
to
increase
the
frequency
of
that
publication.
I
Thank
you.
If
I
might
just
one
last
question
here
and
I'm
going
to
combine
a
couple
of
issues
that
I
heard
from
people.
I
One
was
the
change
from
the
zero
percent
that
we
talked
about
to
the
2.75,
and
then
there
was
some
discussion
of
staff,
salaries
and
and
and
things
of
that
nature
and
it's
my
understanding
that
one
of
the
largest
salary
issues
that
we
ran
into
is
related
to
our
fire
department
and
that
we
had
previously
been,
I
would
say,
hoping
for
not
necessarily
expecting
some
grant
funding
to
help
support
those
that
we
didn't
receive.
I
And
so
I
guess,
if
superman,
if
you
could
just
talk
to
sort
of
the
salary,
the
some
of
the
drivers
of
the
increase
and
maybe
specifically
to
those
fire
positions.
I
know
it
was
mentioned
earlier,
but
it's
not
an
insignificant
amount
and
I
think
it's
an
absolutely
critical
thing
for
our
community
to
support.
G
Mr
virginia,
thank
you,
mr
mayor
and
council
members.
Thank
you,
councilmember
nelson.
I
appreciate
that
question.
One
of
the
one
of
the
biggest
drivers
in
the
budget
is
increase
in
in
salary
cost
for
firefighters
in
the
fire
department.
It's
actually
about
a
one
million
dollar
1.1
million
dollar
increase
this
year,
and
that
is
because
the
fire
department
is
going
to
be
adding
numbers
for
what
we
call
duty:
crew,
staffing.
G
That's
you
know
for
folks
who
don't
have
a
good
idea
of
how
it
is
that
we
provide
our
fire
services
in
the
city
of
bloomington.
We
have
what's
referred
to
as
a
paid
on
call
fire
department
for
the
most
part
of
firefighters
who
get
paid
for
each
call
that
they
respond
to
that's
the
model.
So
some
in
the
past
have
referred
to
that
as
a
volunteer
department.
Our
firefighters
have
not
been
volunteers.
G
For
many
years,
they've
been
paid
per
call
for
many
years
now
they
we,
we
augment
our
fire
service
coverage
by
having
firefighters,
scheduled
for
shift
duties
on
stations
and
the
reason
we
do
that
is
to
try
to
reduce
the
likelihood
that
we
will
have
longer
response
times
when
our
paid
on
call
firefighters
are
having
to
come
from
whatever
their
their.
G
Is
that
our
response
time,
our
firefighter
availability
are
all
being
challenged
in
in
this
day
and
age
and
we're
moving
to
a
model
of
having
more
firefighters
based
on
a
more
consistent
basis
in
the
stations,
so
that
we
can
increase
response
time
and
also
make
sure
that
we
have
adequate
numbers
of
firefighters
on
the
apparatus
when
they
roll
out
on
first
call,
so
that
increases
about
1.1
million
dollars
in
the
budget.
So
it's
a
pretty
significant
investment
that
the
council
is
choosing
to
make
in
public
safety
for
the
city
of
bloomington
residents.
G
The
other,
the
other
thing
I
would
note
referencing
some
of
the
comments
he
made
council
member
nelson.
We
had
been
seeking
a
grant,
what's
called
a
safer
grant
from
the
federal
government
that
would
have
funded
new
full-time
firefighters,
so
that
we
could
make
an
even
greater
investment
in
the
staffing
to
provide
fire
service
coverage.
We
did
not
receive
that
that
grant.
G
G
So
there
was
a
there
was
an
impact
to
us
this
year
for
not
receiving
that
grant,
and
I
do
also
want
to
note
that
we
have
a
grant
that
we're
receiving
or
not
a
grant
that
we're.
I'm
sorry
we're
utilizing
the
arp,
the
federal
pandemic
relief
funds
from
the
federal
government
for
the
next
three
years
to
cover
three
new
battalion
chiefs
that
we're
adding
so
that
we
do
have.
G
G
That's
about
1.5
million
dollars
just
for
fire
alone
and
that's
not
including
some
increases
in
staffing
in
the
police
department
as
well,
in
support
positions
that
will
help
our
police
department
do
the
things
that
they
need
to
do.
So
when,
when
we
look
at
the
roughly
1.71
million
dollar
increase
to
the
general
fund,
a
good
amount
of
that
can
be
directly
attributable
to
investments
in
public
safety.
A
M
Thank
you
mayor.
I
just
wanted.
There
was
a
little
bit
of
a
back
talk
situation,
so
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
again
the
the
levy
increase
for
2021.
That
was
a
2.75
increase,
correct.
M
M
There
was
some
discussion
about
potentially
new
positions
with
regard
to
compliance
and-
and
there
were
specific
things
mentioned,
but
I
know
one
that
was
not
mentioned
was
compliance
related
to
our
opportunity,
housing
ordinance,
but
those
positions
and
my
understanding
is
those
positions
are
not
there.
M
There
is
not
any
sort
of
direct
general
fund
expense
for
new
compliance
positions
in
this
budget
that
that
was
the
decision
was
made
to
revisit
those
next
year
and
and
potentially
use
strategic
priorities
funding
for
those
positions,
at
least
for
next
year,
but
those
those
positions
are
not
in
the
general
fund
in
this
general
fund
budget.
Am
I
correct
in
that.
G
The
two
positions
in
legal
that
were
related
to
compliance
have
been
removed
from
the
general
fund
budget
and
we
will
bring
that
back
to
the
council
as
a
discussion
item
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
as
we
consider
other
issues
such
as
the
earn,
sick
and
safe
leave,
ordinance
and
continued
understanding
of
the
requirements
for
administering
our
opportunity,
housing,
ordinance
program
and
based
on
council's
direction,
that
if
those
positions
are
approved
in
2022,
they
will
be
funded
from
the
strategic
priorities
fund
for
that
first
year
and
therefore
would
not
be
included
or
impacting
the
property
taxes
for
2022..
H
Thank
you
mayor.
Just
a
few
questions.
Let
me
pick
up
where
councilmember
coulter
left
off.
I
just
wanted
to
ensure.
Have
we
had
a
zero
percent
levy?
I
just
wanted
to
just
you
know:
was
it
2020,
2021
20?
Is
there
any
time
we've
had
that
zero
percent
in
the
last
five
years.
G
Mr
mayor
and
council
members
council,
member
lohman,
we
have
not
had
a
zero
percent
levy
to
to
clarify,
and
I
think
the
point
was
relatively
well
made
by
mr
thule,
our
first
commenter
that
when
we
were
discussing
the
recommendations
from
the
community
budget
advisory
committee
last
november
and
december,
we
we
took
their
recommendation
and
and
then
approved
a
2.75
percent
increase.
G
That's
done
annually
for
that
valuation
purposes.
We
knew
that
last
december,
and
so
there
was
a
sensitivity
to
the
by
the
council
of
what
that
was
likely
going
to
mean
for
residents
the
other.
The
second
piece
that
I'll
say
is
that
we
didn't
know
yet
what
the
impacts
of
the
pandemic
continuing
would
be
from
an
economic
or
financial
perspective.
G
There's
no
doubt
about
that,
and
I
think
that
the
council
has
been
sensitive
to
that
in
all
of
the
conversations
we've
been
having
over
the
course
of
the
last
year,
and
I
would
say,
apart
from
this
consideration
of
an
annual
budget,
the
council
has
also
you
know,
directed
resources
to
try
and
address
those
areas
of
economic
need,
especially
for
the
small
business
community
in
making
funds
available
to
try
and
manage
through
some
of
those
pandemic.
You
know
facilitated
challenges
that
folks
are
having.
G
So
we
did.
We
did
conceptually
talk
about
the
zero
percent
last
year
and
I
would
say
the
the
biggest
change
is.
What
we
just
talked
about
is
looking
at
the
public
safety
needs,
and
then
some
of
the
other
staffing
needs
that
we
have
to
continue
to
provide
service
at
the
quality
that
residents
expect
and
again.
1.8
million
dollar
increase
in
our
general
fund
levy.
About
1.1
of
that
is
directly
attributable
to
the
increase
in
public
safety.
H
So
what
I'm
hearing
you
say
manager
is
that,
if
we,
if
even
if
we
did
a
zero
percent
levy,
we'd
see
an
eight
percent
increase
at
that
median
value
home
price
is
that
is
that
my
understanding
is.
H
I
think
we've
walked
through
all
of
these
pieces
here,
but
one
thing
I
wanted
to
point
out
is
that
we
there's
a
talk
and
discussion
about
the
strategic
priorities
and
we
do
have
that
home
loan
piece
in
there,
but
I
wanted
to
point
out
so
that
folks
understand
that
that
is
a
loan
program,
so
those
dollars
do
come
back
to
the
city,
and
so,
if
we
were
to
to
for
some
reason,
cut
that
down
or
preclude
that
those
dollars,
you
know
it,
would
they
just
stop
at
a
certain
point.
H
So
those
are
dollars
that
do
end
up
coming
back
to
us,
and
I
don't
know
that
we
need
to
go
through
the
exercise
of
trying
to
come
down
to
that
zero
percent,
because
I
think
we
have
done
that
in
the
past,
and
we've
done
that
over
other
meetings.
If
folks
have
had
the
opportunity
to
see
those
particular
meetings
just
trying
to
see
if
I
have
anything
else
here
that
I
wanted
to
make
sure
I
wanted
to
bring
forward.
H
I
think
I've
got
everything
here
mayor,
but
I've
got
some
comments
that
I
want
to
make
there
too.
If
there
are
any
questions,
let
me
know.
A
A
H
Yeah
I'd
love
to
to
do
that.
You
know.
First,
I
want
to
just
start
off
by
saying
to
the
members
of
our
public.
H
You
know,
I
heard
the
gentleman
that
came
before
the
council
and
talked
about
his
concerns
and
terms,
and-
and
I
want
to
say
my
heart
goes
out
to
you-
that
you
lost
your
wife
this
year
and
that's
creating
financial
struggles,
and
we
know
what
there
are
a
number
of
our
folks
that
live
in
our
community
that
are
on
fixed
incomes
and
are
struggling,
and
I
want
to
just
let
you
know.
H
Let
those
folks
know
that
this
staff,
this
council
is
committed
to
affordability.
H
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
you
know
I've
seen
my
friends,
I've
seen
them
up
close
and
I've
talked
with
staff
about
this,
and
I
want
to
let
you
know
that
they
care
about
it
and
we're
working
day
in
and
day
out.
It's
a
journey.
It's
not
not
a
goal.
H
We
don't
necessarily
always
get
there,
but
I
want
to
say
that
you
know
for
those
folks
who
say
that
they
want
to
reduce
the
budget.
I
I
I
can't
go
along
with
you
on
that
beyond
this,
because
I
can't
reduce
the
the
work
that
we
need
with
fire.
H
We've
got
a
great
deal
going
with
our
fire
department
paid
on
call
fire
department,
and
many
cities
pay
a
lot
more
for
this,
and
that
could
be
also
be
added
and
we're
going
to
see
some
more
increases
with
that.
As
time
goes
along,
I
we
talk
about
crime
out
in
bloomington,
and
you
know
I
we
have
added
some
additional
support
there
and
we're
trying
to
improve
those
types
of
things.
We
can't
cut
that
back.
Some
folks
say
we
want
to
you,
know,
cut
communications,
but
the
briefings
there.
H
We
need
those
briefings
there.
Those
were
actually
established
by
a
survey
of
the
of
residents.
They
wanted
to
see
it
and
for
those
who
constantly
say
that
bloomington
is,
you
know
we're
not
managing
our
our
finances
appropriately.
I
I
I'm
dumbfounded
by
that,
because
I
look
at
if
you
just
look
at
our
pure
cities
that
we
had
on
the
chart
that
we
had
earlier
we're
on
the
top
of
that
list.
In
fact,
bloomington
is
one
of
only
40
cities.
H
H
It
ensures
the
interest,
costs
will
remain
low,
it
signals
to
businesses
and
individuals
alike
that
bloomington
is
a
financially
healthy
community,
and
I
take
pride
in
that
mayor
that
that
of
all
the
programs
that
we
have
at
the
rate
that
we
have
it
at
and
and
the
work
that
we've
done.
H
Our
city
staff
has
worked
tirelessly
to
try
to
bring,
I
think,
a
quality
service
project
and
to
its
residents
at
a
at
a
very
reasonable
rate,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
our
staff
and
thank
really
our
people
bloomington,
for
allowing
us
to
have
that
ability
to
be
able
to
do
that,
and
so
I
will
be
supporting
the
2.75
percent.
That's
going
to
be
presented
for
us
today.
A
B
Thank
you,
mayor,
yeah,
just
real
quick,
even
going
back
to
in
the
beginning
of
last
year,
when
we
were
projecting
out
what
we're
going
to
be
doing.
In
this
conversation,
it
was
a
pretty
huge
proponent
of
keeping
as
close
to
that
zero
percent
levy
increase
as
possible,
but
especially
as
the
budget
conversations
have
been
going
on,
as
we've
heard
from
chief
seal
and
the
fire
department
about
their
needs.
B
I
I'm
pretty
proud
of
the
work
that
that
staff
has
done
and
that,
hopefully,
council's
gonna
be
approving
shortly
to
kind
of
balance
that
reality
of
the
increased
residential
values
while
continuing
to
make
those
investments
in
basic
safety.
I
think
when
folks
picture
a
city,
things
like
police
and
fire
are
kind
of
the
bedrock
of
a
lot
of
that
work
and
I'm
glad
to
make
sure
our
capabilities
are
still
top
of
class
in
those
areas.
With
this
and
just
moving
forward,
we've
got
a
ton
of
potential
on
the
horizon.
B
The
new
perks
master
plan,
the
10-year
strategic
plan
that
we're
going
to
be
seeing
more
about
our
reflectivity
strategic
plan
and
all
of
those
things
are
impossible.
If
you
don't
have
strong
fundamentals,
if
you're
not
doing
the
basic
stuff
well-
and
I.
I
B
This
budget,
with
an
eye
towards
where
people
are
at
financially
right
now
and
being
sensitive
to
that,
is
still
maintaining
those
strong
essentials
and
budgets
like
this
are
what
are
going
to
allow
us
to
do
that
really
neat
work
in
the
years
to
come.
So
I'm
excited
to
support
this
as
well.
M
Well,
thank
you,
marin
and
before
I
get
too
far
into
it,
I
wanted
to
just
mention
something
that
it
was
a
comment
that
came
to
me
based
on
something
that
council
member
lowman
mentioned
about
our
peer
cities,
and
I
I
went
back
and
looked
and
since
2015
the
average
between
the
preliminary
levy
between
the
final,
obviously
being
the
preliminary
levy,
has
been
a
decrease
of
about
1.1
percent,
and
so
if
we
call
that
a
baseline,
not
a
perfect
measure
by
any
means,
but
if
we
call
that
a
baseline
and
we
look
at
the
preliminary
levies
that
that
those
cities
that
that
kari
had
in
her
presentation.
M
M
M
Your
paycheck
doesn't
go
up
when
your
property
value
does,
but
that's
the
tool
that
cities
have.
I
would
also
argue
they
are
unnecessarily
complicated,
and
I
guess
I
would
just
say
that
if,
if
any
of
those
things
that
I
just
said
upset
you
at
the
risk
of
giving
myself
more
work
at
my
day,
job
call
our
state
legislators.
A
lot
of
the
process
involved
a
lot
of
how
your
property
tax
bills
are
determined,
that's
all
set
at
the
state
level.
M
M
You
know
I
haven't
won
as
many
elections
as
some
of
the
other
folks
here,
but
I
know
from
experience
that
it's
a
heck
of
a
lot
easier
to
say
that
we
need
to
hold
the
line
and
point
to
unspecified
waste
or
make
examples
of
smaller
ticket
items
that
won't
actually
result
in
any
noticeable
savings
for
taxpayers
than
it
is
to
ask
for
our
neighbors
to
contribute
more
to
maintaining
our
city
and
one
example.
You
know
we
councilman
nelson
asked
about
the
the
strategic
priorities
number
that
was
mentioned
earlier.
M
M
It's
a
recipe
for
stagnation
and
decline,
and
we've
heard
a
number
of
folks
call
for
that
flat
levy
that
zero
percent
increase-
and
you
know
I
agree.
It
sounds
really
good,
though
it
is
worth
remembering
that
this
increase
would
be
tied
with
the
increase
for
this
year,
for
the
lowest
levy
increase
we've
had
since
at
least
2015.,
but
we
need
to
be
clear
too
about
the
fact
that,
even
with
a
flat
woody,
most
folks
would
still
be
paying
more.
M
M
Well,
then,
you
could
learn
about
it
by
talking
to
folks,
minneapolis,
redina
or
even
prairie
or
burnsville,
but
what
their
property
taxes
or
water
rates
look
like
bloomington
got
where
it
is
because
we
made
investments
in
our
future.
We've
heard
from
a
lot
of
folks
about
the
concerns
that
they
have
about
crime
and
public
safety.
Around
half
of
our
budget,
and
the
vast
majority
of
this
increase
goes
to
our
police
and
fire
departments.
M
C
Come
here
I'm
going
to
keep
my
comments
brief,
because
I
am
suffering
from
a
horrible
cold
and
I
also
don't
want
to
be
repetitive.
But,
like
my
colleagues
who
have
talked
before
me,
I
I
don't
make
this
decision
lightly
and
I
do
encourage
all
of
those
who
are
watching
and
interested
in
learning,
more
and
understanding
how
we
got
to
this
point
to
go
back
and
listen
to
the
hours
and
hours
of
conversations
that
we've
had
that
have
gotten
us
here
and
I
promise
you
the
transparency.
C
The
openness
is
there.
I
think
it
was
2020
when
we
went
to
moving
our
study
sessions
to
be
virtual
so
that
everybody
could
see
and
hear
kind
of
the
sausage
making.
And
so
I
promise
you
it's
there
and
you
can
go
and
learn
more
about
how
we've
gotten
to
where
we
are
today
and
in
addition,
I
would
encourage
you
to
learn
more
about
the
tax
stabilization
fund.
C
Created
as
part
of
our
strategic
priorities,
because
I
think
that
really
speaks
to
the
thoughtfulness
that
the
council
and
the
city
staff
have
really
brought
in
approaching.
You
know
the
complexities
that
we're
dealing
with
for
thinking
about
the
tax
levy
in
our
city
budget,
and
so
like
was
mentioned
before
you
know.
I.
C
You
know
we've
heard
from
chief
seal
that
we
have
fired
enough
firefighters
on
them.
We've
heard
that
our
planning
staff
are
being
overworked
because
we
had
to
cut
staff
positions
that
they
had
last
year
and
I
could
go
on,
and
so
you
know.
C
I
think
that
when
you
look
at
our
community
surveys
that
have
been
done
in
the
past,
we
have
top-notch
city
services
and
people
love
living
in
bloomington,
and
if
we're
going
to
maintain
that
and
continue
to
appeal
to
families
and
and
and
individuals
outside
of
bloomington,
we
want
to
continue
to
keep
people
in
bloomington.
C
We
have
to
maintain.
We
have
to
maintain
that,
and
so
I
will
be
supporting
this
proposal
tonight
and
I
want
to
thank
staff
for
all
of
the
hard
work
that
has
done
this.
We've
asked
you
I'm
going
to
guess
close
to
100
questions,
not
more
and
you've
done
such
an
excellent
job.
Answering
those-
and
I
appreciate
the
variety
of
ways
that
you
have
tried
to
engage
community
members
in
this
process.
I
know
you
thought
you
were
thinking
outside
the
box
in
a
variety
of
ways,
and
and
so
I
really
really
appreciate
that.
Thank
you.
I
Mayor
I'll
be
brief,
I
did
most
my
talking
in
previous
meetings,
but
for
those
that
that
have
watched,
I
I
think
they
know
that
you
know
I've
asked
a
lot
of
questions.
I've
been
critical
of
some
of
the
things
that
have
been
in
this
budget.
I
had
a
lot
of
questions
about
the
staffing
positions.
Frankly,
there's
things
in
here
that
I'm
not
super
excited
about
with
the
golf
course
needing
taxpayer
support
now
with
the
time
of
sale
and
things
like
that,
but
you
know
the
reality.
I
Is
our
staff
has
done
an
amazingly
good
job
of
listening
to
the
community
and
listening
to
this
council
and
making
sure
that
we're
really
prioritizing
the
priorities
of
the
community
and
making
those
investments
within
our
police,
our
fire,
our
public
safety,
their
basic
functions
and
then
making
prudent
investments
for
those
things
that
are
going
to
help
drive
and
improve
our
community
for
us,
whether
it
be
in
community
development
with
the
planning
stuff
or
in
the
parks,
and
things
like
that.
I
So
this
is,
in
my
mind,
a
really
good
job
of
listening
to
people.
I
may
agree
with
some
things
I
may
disagree
with
some
things.
I'll
continue
to
have
those
conversations
and
we'll
continue
to
work
through
that
process.
I
know
it's,
you
know
you
can
pick
something
out
and
say
I
don't
think
this
is
right
or
that's
right.
I
We
all
do
that,
we're
all
in
that
same
position,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
council,
the
staff,
has
really
listened
to
this
community
and
made
sure
that
this
budget
reflects
the
priorities
of
this
community
of
this
community
and
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
that.
I
also
do
very
much.
I've
talked
about
this
many
times
and
council
member
coulter
brought
this
up
property
taxes
negatively
impact
those
that
are
at
least
able
to
do
it.
I
They
that
is
a
very
regressive
way
of
doing
it,
and
that
is
exacerbated
by
what's
going
on
in
our
economy,
the
lowest
price
homes
in
our
community
are
going
up
the
fastest,
and
so
their
property
taxes
are
going
up
the
fastest,
and-
and
you
know
we
all
know
the
challenge
of
that
face-
is
it's
a
regional
challenge,
there's
so
many
things
going
on
with
that?
Our
community
is
actually
taking
a
leadership
role
in
trying
to
address
that
crisis.
Hopefully
more
communities
join
us
in
addressing
that
throughout
the
region.
I
With
that
said,
I
I
want
to
emphasize
what
kari
carlson
brought
up
in
terms
of
the
relief
that
is
available
to
those
who
are
on
low,
fixed
income,
seniors
things
like
that.
If
you're
experiencing
these
types
of
increases,
there
are
state
programs
that
can
offset
these
increased
costs,
and
things
like
that.
So
there
are
programs
that
really
target
and
provide
assistance
to
those
most
in
need
of.
I
So
those
who
are
are
blessed
and
fortunate
to
you
know
maybe
not
want
to
pay
more
taxes,
but
be
in
a
position
where
it's
not
really
going
to
change
their
lifestyle
meaningfully
can
do
so
and
those
that
it
will
make
a
significant
impact
have
opportunities
to
get
help.
So
please
reach
out
to
staff
if
you
need
any
help
with
that,
they've
always
been
great
in
the
past
for
helping
the
residents
that
have
contacted
me
with
questions.
So
that's
all
I
want
to
say
just
I.
I
I
think
it's
a
good
budget
like
any
budget,
it's
not
perfect
and
but
it's
a
great
great
model
for
our
community.
Thank
you.
A
So,
thanks
to
all
the
council
members
for
your
input
there
for
your
thoughts
and
and
your
observations
on
the
both
the
process
and
the
outcome
of
our
budget
work
that
we've
done
over
the
past
three
months,
four
months
or
or
however
long
we've
been
working
on
this.
So
I
want
to
ask
I
want
to
ask
you
then:
are
there
changes
that
anyone
would
propose
to
either
the
final
2022
general
fund
budget
or
the
final
tax
levy
for
the
year
2022.
I
A
So,
council
hearing
no
proposed
changes
in
what
is
before
us
and
what
we've
been
working
on.
As
I
said
for
the
past
three
or
four
months,
what
I
believe
to
be
a
a
prudent
and
a
an
effective
budget.
I
understand
folks
some
folks
concerned
with
the
initial
preliminary
zero
percent
that
we
talked
about
the
the
conceptual
zero
percent
that
we
talked
about
last
year
and
the
the
fact
the
matter
is.
A
I
think
I
was
the
one
who
brought
it
up,
but
the
truth
is
the
the
work
that
we've
done
over
the
past
year
has
made
it
clear
that
the
investments
that
we
are
proposing
to
make,
I
think,
are
not
only
necessary
but
they're,
very
they're.
A
What
we
need
to
do
to
continue
to
move
this
community
forward,
and
there
is
that
there
is
that
balance
between,
certainly
understanding
that
spending
tax
dollars
is,
is
a
huge
responsibility,
but
at
the
same
time
so
is
maintaining
a
city
and
the
infrastructure
of
the
city
and
the
workings
of
the
city
of
90
000
people.
This
is,
this
is
a
big
responsibility,
and
I
appreciate
the
work
that
that
the
council
has
done
on
this
and
the
comments
and
the
the
input
that
the
council
has
provided.
A
I
absolutely
appreciate
the
work
that
the
staff
has
done.
You've
done
fantastic
work,
pulling
this
all
together,
making
it
making
it
not
only
manageable
and
understandable,
but
bringing
it
out
to
folks.
I
think
the
outreach
and
engagement
efforts
are
have
been
have
been
incredible
and
very
laudable.
I'm
disappointed
we
didn't
get
more
because
there
are
we.
A
We
know
there's
feedback,
we're
hearing
some
tonight
from
folks
that,
frankly,
I
wish
they
would
have
come
forward
months
ago
just
to
to
suggest
well,
we
need
to
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
we
needed
those
comments
months
ago
when
we
were
starting
to
put
all
of
this
together
when
we
were
working
through
all
of
these
different
ideas
and
those
different
suggestions,
and
so
I
I
hope
that
we've
established
a
baseline
here
in
terms
of
the
information
provided,
not
only
the
council
but
to
the
public
and
the
engagement
and
the
the
work
with
the
public
in
terms
of
putting
this
budget
together,
because
I
think
it
is
a
sound
budget,
I
think
it
plans
for
the
future
of
bloomington.
A
I
think
it
reflects
our
priorities
of
public
safety.
75
of
this
increase
is
directly
attributable
to
public
safety,
and
we
can't
overlook
that
and
council.
If
I
think,
if
we
adopt
this
budget
tonight,
I
think
we
can.
We
can
say
that
we
have
worked
hard.
We
have
listened
to
the
priorities
we
have
have
listened
to
residents
who
have
expressed
their
their
the
priorities
that
they
have
in
their
lives
for
public
safety.
A
H
B
C
B
C
N
B
B
No
audio
we'll
come
back,
councilman
got
it
councilmember
coulter.
M
A
So
once
again,
thank
you
to
the
staff
on
this
this
far
and
away
is
the
most
important
work
we
do
as
a
city
council,
I
think,
as
a
city
is,
is
establishing
the
priorities
and
and
how
to
pay
for
them
for
to
run
a
city
of
90
000.,
so
kari.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
to
your
staff.
Thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you've
done.
Mr
babruggy
well
done.
A
G
You,
mr
mayor
and
council,
members
and,
and
the
thank
you
goes
to
you
as
well,
because
staff
has
never
been
unclear
about
what
the
council's
direction
and
priorities
have
been
and
so,
to
the
extent
that
you
know
this
is
a
reflection
of
the
work
that
you've
done.
I
think
you
should
be
feeling
pretty
good
about
that
is
that
you've
communicated
your
expectations
clearly-
and
I
agree
with
you,
mr
mayor
khari
and
lori,
our
cfo
and
the
budget
teams
in
all
of
our
departments
have
done
a
fantastic
job,
understanding
that
and
putting
it
into
action.
A
A
So
the
and
I'm
not
sure,
if
do
we
have
a
presentation
at
all.
Are
we
just
moving
forward
with
this?
Mr
fabregi.
A
Their
separate
jurists
are
they're
separate.
What's
the
word,
I'm
looking
for
help
me
here
so
they're.
A
Thank
you,
they're
statutory
nature
and
they're
separate
from
what
is
typical,
so
because
of
that
officially,
the
mayor
has
the
appointment
authority
for
the
port
authority
and
for
the
hra,
and
that
has
always
been
the
case.
As
has
been
the
case.
What
is
new
this
year
is
that
the
staff
implemented
a
process
to
conduct
the
interviews
to
submit
a
recommendation
to
me,
the
mayor
for
the
hra
board,
appointments
they've
done
a
nice
job
on
it.
A
They
we've
got
a
memo
on
all
of
the
work
that
they
did
to
both
recruit
and
to
vet
and
to
go
through
the
different
applicants
for
the
the
hra
board
of
directors,
and
so
with
that.
What
I
would
like
to
do
council
is
recommend
that
we
make
two
appointments
to
the
hra
board.
A
One
is
to
appoint
victoria
huchem
to
a
term
from
january
1st
2022
to
december
31st
2027,
and
we
have
a
second
opening,
because
our
one
of
our
current
hra
commissioners,
john
olson,
has
resigned
effective
at
the
end
of
this
month,
and
with
that
opening,
I
would
recommend
appointing
ahmed
nur
to
the
term
expiring
december
31st.
2024.
A
I
see
no
hands
going
up,
so
I
would
make
that
motion
to
I'll
make
the
first
appointment.
We've
got
two
motions
to
make,
so
I
will
make
the
first
appointment
to
appoint
victoria,
who
came
to
a
term
from
january
1st
2022
to
december
31st
2027.
A
C
G
A
A
H
A
I
thought
we
did.
We
got
a
motion
by
the
mayor
second
by
council
member
lowman
for
the
the
motion
to
opponent,
ahmad
newer
to
the
hra
with
the
term
expiring
december
31st
24th.
A
C
B
B
D
B
A
Bossie
aye
motion
carries
6-0
and
if
we
don't
get
the
opportunity
to
do
so,
as
I
said,
this
seat
became
open
because
of
the
resignation
by
john
olson.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
commissioner
olson
for
his
service
on
the
hra,
his
past
service
on
the
city
council
and
his
his
his
service
and
his
work
for
the
city
of
bloomington
over
a
number
of
years.
So
thank
you
very
much,
john
for
your
work
there
and
best
of
luck
with
what
you
have
in
your
future.
A
G
So,
as
I
shared
with
the
council
would
like
to
reserve
next
next
monday
night
for
a
special
council
meeting,
and
the
purpose
of
that
meeting
is
to
conduct
city
managers
performance
evaluation,
so
that
information
will
go
out
to
council
a
little
later
this
week
and
for
those
who
are
watching
the
performance
evaluation
is
a
is
a
is
a
topic
for
which
the
city
council
is
allowed
to
go
into
closed
session.
G
But
with
any
closed
session,
the
the
council
will
start
an
open
session
and
we'll
move
into
the
closed
session
for
the
purpose
of
the
evaluation
and
then
we'll
return
to
open
session,
and
if
there's
anything,
to
report
out
at
that
time,
that
they'll
they'll
do
so
at
the
end
of
the
meeting.
So
next
monday
there
will
be
a
meeting
we
will
put
that
on
the
calendar
and
then
a
packet
will
be
published
later
this
week.
G
B
He
was
a
mayor,
councilmember
nelson
was
muted,
but
we
can
hear
him
now
he's
not
on
mute
now.
I
All
right,
just
two
items
quick.
I
had
the
honor
to
be
able
to
join
some
people
for
the
ribbon,
cutting
opening
for
the
orange
line
and
before
I
agree
to
speak
again,
I
should
probably
figure
out
more
about
the
event.
I
did
not
realize
I'd
be
following
the
governor
and
two
senators,
and
all
of
that
I
had
the
distinguished
11th
speaking
spot
outside
in
the
cold
and
was
completely
unprepared
in
terms
of
how
I
dressed
for
that.
But
it
was
a
great.
I
It
was
a
great
event,
really
good
project
that
we've
talked
a
lot
about
with
regards
to.
What's
going
on
in
the
pan
american,
the
knox
avenue
the
underpass
on
494,
some
of
the
stuff
we've
done
proactively
at
98th
and
lindale
regarded
to
the
orange
line
and
so
really
nice
to
see
that
open
and
people
using
it.
I
And
you
know,
I
think,
the
impact
on
people
that
are
trying
to
get
to
and
from
jobs
and
opening
up
those
opportunities
or
whether
they
need
to
get
somewhere
for
educational
opportunities
are
all
extremely
important
and
appreciate
matt
being
there
as
well,
was
able
to
see
things
going
on.
So
it
was
a,
it
was
a
really
nice
event.
I
You
know
was
very
honored
to
be
able
to
speak
on
behalf
of
bloomington
and
the
impact
it
would
have
for
us,
as
well
as
the
excitement
we
have
for
the
d-line
as
well,
which
will
serve
the
south
loop
up
through
minneapolis
and
up
to
maple
grove.
I
think,
starting
next
year.
A
I
Hope
I
did
the
city
proud,
I'm
sure
you
did
great.
Second
item
that
I
I
had
was
we
had
someone
during
public
comment
regarding
hookahs
and
I
will
just
go
on
the
record
that
I'd
be
interested
and
open
to
learning
more
about
that.
I
It
does
not
seem
like
it's
a
targeted
approach
towards
you,
smoking,
which
I
think
was
originally
what
we
were
taking
a
look
at,
but
I
also
recognized
I
was
on
the
side
that
didn't
vote
for
the
ordinance,
and
so
it
probably
would
take
people
that
were
supportive
originally
of
that
ordinance
to
want
to
be
able
to
at
least
look
at
that
narrow
issue
on
it.
If
there
was
willingness
there
are
things
that
I
have
is
in
terms
of
questions,
because
I'm
not
candidly
certain
of
how
hookah
tobacco
is
typically
sold.
I
If
it's
through
you
know
normal
retail
challenge
channels,
if
it's
completely
a
separate
channel
or
how
that
works.
Just
a
lot
of
questions
there
in
my
mind,
but
that's
what
I've
gone.
The
record
that
I'm
I'm
open
to
taking
a
look
at
that.
A
Council
thoughts
on
that,
if
I
can
get
just
kind
of
general
nodding
or
thumbs
up
that
we,
we
might
want
to
consider
that
or
take
a
look
at
that
councilmember
carter.
C
Oh,
I'm
not
super
interested
unsurprisingly,
but
I
will
say
on
the
cdc's
website.
It
says
among
12th
graders
annual
hookah
use
increased
from
nearly
one
in
six
students
in
2010
to
about
one
in
four
in
2014,
but
then
since
then
has
decreased
sharply
and
then,
but
it
is
there's
this
misperception.
That
hookah
is
a
healthier
alternative
or
may
not
be
as
bad,
but
that
is
not
true.
C
It
is
just
as
bad,
if
not
worse,
than
typical,
regular
tobacco,
and
so,
although
it
may
not
have
an
effect,
it
may
not
be
targeted
at
youth.
Specifically,
I
think
it
still
causes
chronic
disease
and
death
in
our
community,
and
so
I
would
not
be
interested
again.
Unsurprisingly,.
A
I
would
agree
council
member,
not
surprisingly,
I
appreciate
your
position,
others
do
we
do
we
at
least
want
to
continue
the
discussion
and
see
if
there's
more,
to
learn
on
this.
That's
not
saying
we're
moving
forward
with
and
going
to
do
it,
but
perhaps
to
learn
more.
A
G
Mr
mayor
and
council
members,
our
our
ordinance
that
was
adopted
earlier
this
year
does
have
exemptions
for
cultural
or
ceremonial
or
religious
use,
so
you
know
we
also
still
have
issues
with
the
state
law
related
to
smoking
indoors
and
the
general
prohibition
for
that
purpose.
G
So
we
will
have
our
staff
pull
together
some
information
and
we'll
share
with
council
and
then
after
seeing
that
information,
if
council
wishes
to
return
this
for
discussion,
we're
certainly
happy
to
do
that.
Thank
you.
M
Thank
you
mayor,
just
a
a
quick
one,
as
I'm
sure
we're
all
aware.
Yesterday
evening,
bloomington's
own
tony
olivo
was
elected
to
the
baseball
hall
of
fame,
certainly
a
well-earned
honor,
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
mention
of
that
and
suggest
that
we
at
the
city
of
bloomington
might
find
a
more
official
way
of
of
honoring
that
achievement
for,
for
one
of
our
real,
really
one
of
our
our
sort
of
hometown
heroes.
Here.
A
I
agree
with
you
completely
councilmember.
You
know
three
batting
titles,
first
time,
first
person
ever
to
win
rookie
of
the
year
in
the
batting
title
in
the
same
year
in
1964.
I
didn't
realize
that
that's
very
impressive
and
and
absolutely
and
and
certainly
a
presence
in
bloomington
for
years
and
years,
and
I
think
yes,
if
we
can
find
a
way
to
recognize
him
here
within
the
city
council
chambers.
I
think
we
should
absolutely
do
that.
A
G
Mr
mayor,
we'll
we'll
take
a
look
and
see
what
we
can
potentially
do.
Thank
you.
C
A
G
Mr
mayor
and
council
members,
we
we
have
extended
an
offer
to
a
new
assistant
administrator
for
public
health
and
that
person,
I
believe,
is
starting
soon.
So
we
will
get
an
announcement
and
put
together
and
share
that
information
with
the
city
council.
G
My
staff
is
excited
one
because
of
the
just
the
the
qualifications
and
the
enthusiasm
for
the
person
who's
been
selected,
but
also
you
know,
public
public
health
has
been
very
busy
and
so
having
that
additional
capacity
built
back
in
to
the
staff
over
there
will
be
a
very
welcome
thing
as
well.
So
we're
looking
forward
at
continuing
to
grow
our
strengths
in
public
health.
H
Thank
you
mayor.
I
just
had
the
one
item
from
the
consent
agenda
that
I
wanted
to
just
make
sure
that
the
the
general
public
knew
something
about.
It
was
the
resolution
to
support
the
2021,
minnesota
federal
lands,
access
program
or
flap
the
grant
application
for
lower
lindell
avenue
in
the
reconstruction
project.
That's
there
that's
down
in
that
minnesota
valley,
national
wildlife,
refuge
and,
and
that
russell
a
soaring
some
landing
with
that
the
bike
trail
that's
down
there
and
all
that's
going
on
down
there.
H
I
wondered
if
there's
anybody
on
staff
that
wanted
to
to
make
comment
on
that.
I
do
think
this
is
you
know
for
that
area,
a
major
development.
G
Mr
mayor
and
council
members
councilmember
lohmann
at
the
lower
lindale
area
that
will
be
expansion
of
what
is,
I
would
say,
an
underutilized
asset
and
resource
in
the
community
with
the
with
the
addition
of
the
the
new
paved
trail,
and
that
area
certainly
gets
a
lot
of
use
by
our
fat,
tire
bike
community
and
just
people
who
enjoy
being
in
nature
and
enjoy
the
river
valley.
G
H
Glad
you
said
it,
I
see
it
when
I
go
down
there,
so
it's
gonna
be
I'm
very
excited
about
this.
So.
G
And
you
know
as
we
as
we
continue
to
focus
on
how
we
can
take
advantage
and
and
thoroughly
enjoy
the
fact
that
we
have
so
much
open
space
in
this
community
and
making
sure
that
our
residents
can
get
connected
to
our
natural
resources.
G
A
I
would
like
to
bring
forward
council
for
about
a
quarter
century
now.
The
city
council
has
granted
time
off
around
the
holidays
for
for
city
staff,
and
usually
it
falls
on
the
day
before
or
the
day
of
christmas
eve,
basically
just
to
give
staff
in
recognition
of
the
outstanding
work
done
to
give
them
some
additional
time
off.
So
I
wanted.
Typically,
we
bring
it
up
closer
to
the
holiday.
A
I
wanted
to
bring
it
up
now,
just
to
make
sure
that
basically,
staff
had
time
to
plan
for
all
of
this
and
and
frankly,
the
holidays
are
coming
up
quicker
than
what
I'd
like
to
admit.
Sometimes
so,
officially
this
year,
the
city
offices
are
closed
on
friday,
the
24th,
because
the
way
the
the
labor
standard,
the
labor
contract,
works.
A
If
christmas
eve
falls
on
a
friday
or
it
falls
on
a
saturday
or
if
christmas
falls
on
a
saturday
christmas
eve
becomes
the
holiday,
and
so
it's
closed
on
on
friday,
the
24th,
so
the
city
hall
will
officially
be
closed
on
the
24th
council.
I
would
propose
that
on
thursday,
the
23rd
I
I
would
like
to
based
on
everything
that
has
gone
on
over
the
past
couple
of
years
and
all
the
work
that
has
gone
in.
A
I
would
like
to
propose
that
we,
we
close
city
hall
for
the
full
day
on
on
thursday
december
23rd,
give
staff
that
day
to
to
spend
time
with
their
family
to
to
catch
their
breath
and
to
come
back
recharged
and
ready
to
go
after
the
holiday
season.
A
I
made
the
motion
to
officially
close
city
hall
on
friday
or
on
thursday
december
23rd
for
a
holiday
for
our
city
staff,
second
by
council
member
carter,
no
further
staff
or
council
discussion
on
this,
mr
brillard
councilman
mccarter.
L
B
A
G
Mr
mayor
and
council
members,
on
behalf
of
the
staff,
let
me
say
thank
you.
You
know
this
has
become
an
annual
tradition
and
it
is
not
unappreciated
by
our
staff
by
any
means.
I
also
want
to
make
sure
you
know
that
it
is
not
taken
for
granted
and
assume
that
it
will
happen
so
each
year.