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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: October 12, 2011
Description
On this episode of Bloomington Today we'll find out what Bloomington Public Schools did to celebrate International Walk/Bike to School Day, and in light of a new emerald ash borer outbreak in Ramsey County, we'll remind residents how to prevent the spread of this insect.
A
Welcome
to
bloomington
today,
I'm
kailyn
cockerel.
Thanks
for
joining
us,
the
city
of
Bloomington
finance
department
is
again
receiving
a
considerable
amount
of
recognition
for
its
fiscal
responsibility
and
high
quality
communication,
ranking
them
among
the
best
in
the
nation.
This
was
made
apparent
at
the
October
third
City
Council
meeting
city
budget
manager.
Cindy
Rollins
was
on
hand
to
accept
the
government,
finance
Officers
Association
budget
award
in
front
of
the
city
council.
This.
B
Award
represents
us
to
give
it
significant
achievement
by
the
city.
He
reflects
the
commitment
of
the
governing
body
and
the
staff
at
me.
The
highest
principles
of
government
budgeting.
In
order
to
receive
this
budget
award,
the
city
had
two
satisfied
nationally
recognized
guidelines
for
effective
budget
presentations.
Therefore,
is
my
privilege
to
resent
to
Cindy
Rollins
and
the
Bloomington
City
Council
distinguished
budget
presentation
award.
Congratulations.
A
This
is
the
15th
consecutive
year.
Bloomington
finance
has
been
honored
with
the
GF
OA,
a
distinguished
budget
presentation
award
only
20
other
Minnesota
cities
receive
the
award
this
year
and
it's
definitely
something
to
be
proud
of.
City
Public
Health
has
teamed
up
with
Bloomington
schools
to
promote
an
international
event
that
works
to
create
safer
routes
for
walking
and
biking
while
increasing
physical
activity
in
children.
If
you
are
driving
through
bloomington
on
october
fifth
odds
are
you
saw
quite
a
few
kids,
walking
or
biking
to
school?
A
C
Walk
at
school
today
is
a
tremendous
effort
to
encourage
kids
to
walk
or
bike
to
school.
Here's
what
we
know
we
know
a
lot
of
the
traffic
in
the
morning
is
due
to
commuting
to
school.
If
we
can
reduce
the
number
of
cars
on
the
streets,
we
can
not
only
make
it
easier
for
people
to
get
to
work,
but
also
promote
the
Wellness
of
children.
Bloomington.
A
Mayor
Jean
Winstead
joined
the
staff
and
students
of
Oak
Grove
Elementary
School
grieving
hundreds
of
students,
as
they
walked
a
rolled
to
various
participating
entry
schools
in
the
US.
More
than
3,500
schools
participated,
walking
together
with
children
and
adults
in
40
countries
around
the
world,
Bloomington.
C
Has
had
a
tremendous
history
of
working
with
the
public
health
and
Karen
Selznick,
the
director
and
our
superintendent
Fuji
taki
have
long
been
concerned
about
how
to
improve
the
health
of
children
so
together,
these
kinds
of
partnerships
are
things
that
we
want
to
do
to
promote
the
Wellness
of
children.
The.
A
C
A
You
said
that
a
total
of
a
hundred
and
fifteen
students
bike
tour
walked
to
school.
That
day.
That's
about
thirty
percent
of
Oak
Grove
Elementary's
total
enrollment.
This
was
made
possible
through
assistance
from
the
statewide
health
improvement
program
or
ship
Bloomington,
public
schools
and
bike
walk
Twin
Cities.
Last
week
on
Bloomington.
Today
we
brought
you
news
of
the
city's
plan
to
keep
students
more
safe
while
encouraging
physical
activity
by
highlighting
the
safe
routes
to
school
sidewalk
improvement
program.
Today,
we'll
show
you
how
the
city
has
gone.
A
One
step
further
in
one
area
of
Bloomington,
take
a
look
every
day:
kids
cross
West,
106
street
in
front
of
Oak,
Grove
middle
school
on
their
way
to
class
or
home
from
school,
and
thanks
to
recently
installed
signage.
Those
kids
will
now
be
better
protected.
This
isn't
your
average
pedestrian
crosswalk.
This
is
called
a
rectangular
reflective
flashing,
beacon
studies.
D
A
D
A
D
A
legal
crosswalk
so
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
drivers
need
to
yield
to
pedestrian
that's
in
the
crosswalk,
so
that
means
you
need
to
stop
for
the
pedestrian
until
they
have
gone
past
your
lien
of
traffic,
so
you
can
start
driving
after
the
pedestrian
has
safely
cleared
your
lane
for
pedestrians.
We
want
you
in
this
estate
law
as
well.
You
push
the
button
and
then
you
step
out
when
there
is
an
adequate
gap.
A
A
The
city
of
Bloomington
has
partnered
with
tree
trust
to
plant
trees
in
one
area
park,
a
dozens
of
volunteers
gathered
at
marsh
Lake
Park
on
Saturday
October,
8th
to
plant
trees.
Approximately
40
trees
were
put
into
the
ground
at
the
event.
Their
turnout
included
individuals,
families
and
small
groups
of
all
ages.
A
Staff
from
tree
trust
and
trained
volunteers
were
on
hand
to
teach
volunteers,
the
do's
and
don'ts
of
correct
tree
planting
that
looked
like
a
great
way
to
spend
a
beautiful
Saturday
and
tree
Trust
is
always
looking
for
volunteers
for
other
events,
log
on
to
their
website
at
wwt
trust
org,
to
find
out
how
you
can
get
involved
and
from
bringing
trees
to
life
to
facing
a
destructive
insect
that
harms
many
Minnesota
trees.
Another
st.
A
E
The
emerald
ash
borer
is
going
to
move
on
its
own.
It
can
only
move
about
a
half
a
mile
a
year,
so
the
spread
would
be
extremely
slow
and
it
would
certainly
give
us
a
chance
to
kind
of
try
to
control
it
and
do
things.
But
what
happens
is
we
as
humans
spread
it?
We
haul
firewood.
We
here
all
infected
wood
or
whatever,
and
so
that's
probably
how
it
got
from
the
Milwaukee
area
of
Wisconsin
all
the
way
across
Wisconsin
to
Eastern
Minnesota,
tiny.
A
E
A
Minnesota
department
of
agriculture
estimates
that
millions
of
ash
trees
across
the
country
have
fallen
victim
to
emerald
ash
borer
and
if
proper
precautions
aren't
taken
to
stop
the
spread,
millions
more
could
be
infested
to
help
ensure
that
doesn't
happen.
Follow
the
guidelines
set
forth
by
the
professionals,
we're.
E
In
a
quarantined
area
in
hennepin
and
ramsey
county,
which
means
any
ash
material
of
any
kind,
whether
its
lumber,
trees,
logs
branches,
can't
be
moved
out
of
hennepin
and
ramsey
county,
and
that
also
goes
for
any
hardwood
species
of
firewood.
They
can't
be
moved
out
of
those
counties
and
that's
probably
the
way
that
it's
going
to
get
moved.
So
we
need
to
be
aware
of
that
and
keep
all
of
those
materials
in
the
quarantine
counties.
This.
A
City's
website
has
links
to
the
Minnesota
DNR,
the
department
of
agriculture
and
more
if
residents
should
have
questions
or
concerns
about
emerald
ash
borer
here
in
Bloomington
and
in
other
outdoor
news
emerald
ash
borer
isn't
the
only
thing
causing
a
potential
threat
to
your
shrubbery
winter
can
be
equally
dangerous.
If.
E
A
E
Trees
will
take
up
that
water
and
obviously
in
their
roots
and
in
their
branches
and
everything
it's
the
food
for
them.
It
helps
them
stay
strong
throughout
the
winter.
So
it's
it's
kind
of
helps
them
store
energy
to
when
they
go
dormant
in
the
winter
to
be
ready
to
wake
up
again
in
the
spring
and
be
healthy.
The
metro.
A
Area
has
not
seen
this
year's
hard
freeze
just
yet
so
make
sure
you're
out
there
getting
your
trees
and
shrubs
lots
of
water.
While
you
still
can
now
it's
time
for
a
short
break.
When
we
come
back
we're
joined
by
a
public
health
specialist
to
talk
about
flu
season
and
the
city's
emergency
preparedness
system,
the
medical
outbreak
should
ever
occur,
stay
right
here
for
the.
E
C
F
E
I
A
Welcome
back
to
bloomington
today
we
are
now
joined
by
Lisa,
Brodsky
and
lisa.
Is
the
city's
public
health
emergency
preparedness
coordinator?
Welcome
to
the
show
Lisa
thanks
for
having
you
dad?
Oh
thanks
for
being
here.
So
there's
been
a
lot
of
buzz
about
the
movie
contagion
and
it
follows
the
rapid
progression
of
a
lethal
airborne
virus
that
kills
within
days
so
I
guess
what
we
want
to
talk
about
today
is
kind
of
the
myth
fact
vs..
M
Contagion,
although
it's
a
work
of
fiction,
it
really
is
I
mean
it's
not
a
documentary.
Nonetheless,
it
does
really
present
a
scientifically
credible
scenario.
It
really
could
happen.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
in
the
last
hundred
years
there
has
been
several
pandemics.
Most
well-known
is
the
1918
spanish
flu,
which
killed
approximately
25
to
50
million
people
worldwide,
and
since
then,
we've
had
some
other
ones:
1957
Asian
flu,
the
nineteen
sixty
eight
hong
kong
flu,
not
as
virulent,
didn't
kill
as
many
people,
but
still
a
pandemic,
so
it
did
affect
the
entire
globe.
What.
A
M
H
M
A
M
Typically,
it
takes
five
to
six
months
if
it's
a
new
virus
to
create
a
vaccine.
So
in
the
me
time
until
a
vaccine
is
is
created,
what
we
would
be
doing
would
be
recommending
social
distancing.
We
could
close
schools,
canceled
events,
possibly
canceled
public
transportation,
really
focusing
on
minimizing
this
spread
of
infectious
disease,
but
really
really
have
been
doing
a
lot
of
preparedness
planning
over
the
past
10
years,
both
at
the
state
and
local
and
national
level
and
plans
are
in
place.
A
M
It's
the
movie
in
this
case
did
a
fairly
good
depiction
of
what
some
of
the
things
are,
that
we
would
do.
If
we
started
to
see
clusters,
we
would
notify
Minnesota
Department
of
Health,
who
would
notify
the
CDC
and
it
it
really
focused
on
a
lot
of
Education.
During
this
movie
we
talked,
they
showed
us
an
alternate
care
site
being
set
up
and
that
is
set
up
when
hospitals
would
become
overrun
and
Clinics
become
overrun
and
they
need
an
additional
place
to
put
sick
people.
So
we
have
alternate
care
sites
plan
plans
written.
M
We
have
we
practiced
it.
We
have
several
identified
throughout
the
metro
area
and
we
also
have
very
detailed
plans
on
mass
dispensing.
You
saw
some
mass
dispensing
in
the
movie
of
vaccine
of
food
of
other
services
and
products
that
people
need.
So
we
do
have
some
really
detailed
mouse,
dispensing
plans
written
and
we
work
very
closely
with
the
CDC
on
the
strategic
national
stockpile,
which
contains
a
large
amount
of
antivirals.
M
Antibiotics,
personal
protective
equipment
masks
gloves
whatever
we
may
need
in
in
such
an
emergency,
and
these
are
strategically
located
throughout
the
United
States
and
if
we
ran
out
of
supplies,
our
governor
could
call
for
a
strategic
national
stockpile
push
back,
which
would
be
here
in
about
12
hours.
So
a
lot
of
plans
are
rich
in
its
a
really
partnership
between
the
local,
the
state
and
the
federal
government.
All
right.
A
M
Of
the
things
that
was
also
actually
pretty
well
shown
in
the
movie,
but
we
often
forget
that
if
everybody's
sick
cub
foods
might
not
have
any
food
on
the
shelf,
because
the
truck
drivers
are
sick,
we
may
run
out
in
the
pharmacies.
They
may
not
be
any
motrin
any
tylenol.
Anything
left
in
the
pharmacies,
because
the
supplies
are
coming
from
overseas,
so
that
they
did
a
really
good
job,
showing
that
the
grocery
stores
might
not
be
open.
The
pharmacies
might
not
be
open.
M
So
it's
really
important
to
have
stockpiles
of
food
water
medications,
all
those
things
that
you
might
need
in
your
home
and
we
recommend
nine
essential
items
that
a
person
may
need
in
their
home
if
they're
going
to
shelter
in
place
if
they
need
to
stay
in
their
home.
Okay,
especially
if
social
distancing
is
highly
recommended-
and
you
don't
want
to
be
to
be
in
contact
with
anybody
else
who
possibly
might
be
infected
and
also
washing
your
hands.
M
We
can't
stress
that
enough
wash
your
hands
covering
your
cough,
you
know,
don't
touch
your
eyes
and
your
nose
and
your
mouth
and
as
well
as
I'm
staying
home.
If
you're
sick,
a
lot
of
people
will
feel
sick
and
they'll
go
to
work
anyways
where
they
run
out
of
supplies
and
they'll
go
to
the
grocery
store.
So
they're,
really,
you
know
not
following
protocol
that
they
could
be
infecting
other
people
and.
H
A
M
It's
always
important
to
get
a
flu
shot,
a
flu
can
be
life-threatening,
especially
for
certain
people,
frail
the
elderly,
etc
it
penning
on
the
flu,
the
actual
virus,
and
it
really,
each
year
the
flu
shot
targets.
What
they
think
is
the
most
likely
flu
that
we're
going
to
get
it's
based
on
what
is
happening
in
the
rest
of
the
world
and
again
it
does
take
that
forward
six
months
to
create
that
vaccine.
M
But
this
is
you
know
it's
the
best
that
we
have
and
it
will
protect
against
like
a
novel
virus
like
h1n
one,
although
this
year
the
h1n1
is
in
the
flu
shot.
So,
unlike
you
know,
that
is
what
happened
during
the
2009
8,
1
and
1
outbreak.
It
wasn't
in
the
current
flu
shot
because
it
was
really
unexpected.
It
was
a
new
virus,
but
now
it
has
been
included
in
the
button.
The
vaccine,
okay,.
A
Well,
we'd
like
to
thank
Lisa
for
being
here
today.
There
is
a
flu
vaccination
clinic
coming
up
here
in
Bloomington,
it's
on
Thursday
November
10th
from
four
to
six
pm
at
Oak
Grove
middle
school.
If
you
need
any
more
details
on
where
that's
located
or
the
times
or
if
you'd
like
to
find
out
more
about
Bloomington's
preparedness
plan
visit
the
city's
website,
it's
now
time
for
a
short
break,
we'll
be
right
back
my.
G
Name
is
Andy
Metcalf
I
enjoy
working
in
my
yard,
and
you
know
I
can't
I
can't
do
that
anymore,
because
I'm
missing
most
of
my
own,
they
did
a
cat
scan
of
my
kitties,
no
more
kidney
stones,
that's
a
good
news,
but
we
found
a
spot
on
your
own
that,
frankly,
scared
the
hell
out
of
me,
I
hadn't
smoked
in
22
years.
How
could
this
happen
to
me?
He
said:
well,
you
know
about
radon
gas.
You
know
I
heard
about
it.
He
said
well.
The
second
leading
cause
of
cancer
in
America
is
great.
G
On
22,000
people
a
year
die
from
this
I
literally
left.
The
doctor's
office
got
a
test
kit
that
it
in
the
house
and
our
result
was
a
39.8.
The
upper
limit
is
four:
we
got
to
get
this
fixed,
that
was
on
a
Monday
and
on
Wednesday.
Our
mitigation
system
was
up
and
running
well
I
think
everybody
should
have
their
house
testing
we've
never
known
would
still
be
living
there.
I
could
get
another
tumor
from
it
right
now.
It's
changing
my
life.
You.
A
Welcome
back
to
bloomington
today
it's
no
surprise
and
no
one
wants
to
think
about
it.
Just
yet,
but
another
winter
is
closing
in
on
us,
and
public
health
is
encouraging
residents
to
have
a
plan
for
how
they'll
continue
exercising
even
after
the
first
snow
flies
walking
biking
pickleball,
whatever
your
spring
summer
and
fall
activities,
maybe
they
don't
have
to
go
into
hibernation
once
the
weather
cools.
J
A
J
D,
we
call
it
d
condition
over
the
winter.
Then
all
the
positive
effects
of
that
exercise
really
goes
away
within
well
less
than
two
months.
A
person
who
just
is
out
doing
regular
exercise
during
the
spring
in
the
summer
will
have
lost
all
the
benefits
in
less
than
two
months,
then,
to
get
back
in
shape.
It
can
take
up
to
three
months
to
get
up
to
where
you
were
in
the
fall
the
previous
year.
So
it
really
does
affect
our
bodies.
J
The
cold
then
really
try
to
think
of
some
indoor
activities
that
you
would
like
to
do
that
you
can
replace.
Perhaps
your
outdoor
activities
with
it
might
be
that
you're
going
to
the
mall
before
work
and
exercising
if
your
workplace
has
a
little
gym
facility
use
it
during
your
breaks
or
during
lunch,
try
to
figure
out
how
you
can
make
it
easier
fit
it
into
your
day
or
you
won't
do
it.
A
Bofur
also
urges
residents
to
embrace
an
outdoor
sport
for
the
colder
months.
Cross-Country,
skiing,
snowshoeing,
skating
or
sledding
are
a
few
fun
and
easy
activities
to
try
out
this
winter,
and
it's
now
time
for
another
city
faces
segment
where
we
take
you
into
a
day
in
the
life
of
a
Bloomington
city
worker
and
see
how
they're
meeting
the
city's
mission
of
providing
quality
services
at
an
affordable
price
today
will
step
into
the
shoes
of
public
health
specialists.
Robin
Weissman
take
a
look
as
a.
K
L
Thing
I
enjoy
most
about
my
job
is
that
I
have
a
lot
of
variety
and
both
what
I
do
every
day
and
the
people
that
I
work
with,
which
is
really
enjoyable.
Working
with
the
people
in
schools
and
city
offices,
throughout
Bloomington
and
Dinah
and
rich
fields
and
I
like
it
that
I'm
always
doing
something
different.
The.
K
L
Statewide
health
improvement
program
is
a
statewide
effort.
The
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
made
an
appropriation
of
47
million
dollars
throughout
the
state
and
all
community
health
boards
and
tribal
governments
were
eligible
to
apply
for
that
funding
and
everyone
that
applied
received
funding.
So
basically,
ship
is
everywhere
throughout
the
whole
state,
which
is
really
exciting
that
all
these
communities
are
doing
a
lot
of
the
same
interventions
to
reach
the
same
goals.
To
really
prevent
obesity
and
tobacco
use,
not.
F
L
A
The
city
of
Bloomington
and
hennepin
county
want
to
keep
residents.
In
the
know.
The
community
action
partnership
of
suburban
Hennepin
is
working
with
the
volunteer
lawyers
network.
There
are
two
legal
services
clinic
left
in
suburban
Hennepin
County
on
Wednesday
October
19th,
stop
by
Bloomington
civic
plaza
from
430
to
630,
or
on
Tuesday
November
15th
from
430
to
630.
You
can
stop
by
the
community
action
partnership
of
suburban
hennepin
county
office
located
at
8800
highway
7
in
st.
Louis
Park.
A
The
clinics
provide
low-income
clients,
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
a
volunteer
attorney
about
legal
questions
and
obtain
information
about
going
to
court.
In
addition,
foreclosure
prevention
specialists
are
also
available
for
each
clinic
to
address
foreclosure,
specific
questions
and
that's
all
the
time
we
have
for
today
to
get
more
information
on
city
projects,
parks,
road
construction
and
events
visit.
The
city's
website
to
check
out
past
bloomington
today
shows
or
other
city
production
visit,
bloomington's
youtube
channel
accessible
right
from
the
city's
homepage
that
I'm.
A
So
much
more
is
online
right
now
at
wwc,
I,
bloomington
MN,
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today,
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of
the
city
of
Bloomington
communications
division,
I'm
kailyn
cockerel
thanks
so
much
for
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us.