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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: February 8, 2012
Description
On this week's episode of Bloomington Today, we'll find out why pre-icing Bloomington roadways makes snow or sleet less hazardous for motorists, and find out how one South Loop District business is upholding the City's promise of environmentally friendly sustainability.
A
Welcome
to
Bloomington
today
I'm
Kaylen
cockerel,
thanks
for
joining
us,
Bloomington
residents
were
out
in
full
force
in
late
January,
showing
their
support
for
the
2012
winter
fete
celebration,
city
parks
and
recreation
staff
pulled
out
all
the
stops
to
make
the
10th
annual
winter
fete
a
success
from
January
21st
through
the
29th
city
parks
were
filled
with
families
participating
in
various
winter
activities,
the
family
chill-out
pond
dakota
winter
history
festival
and
international
ski
jump.
Competition
attracted
hundreds
of
people,
city
staff,
says
the
ice
fishing
for
beginners
with
the
DNR
was
another
family
favorite.
A
According
to
recreation
supervisor,
mark
Morrison
more
than
two
thousand
people
turned
out
for
14
different
events.
Morrison
would
like
to
thank
residents
and
sponsors
for
their
participation.
In
this
year's
event.
Due
to
unseasonally
warm
temperatures,
the
dog
sled
rides
were
canceled,
but
park
and
recreation
staff
quickly,
rebounded
and
offered
wagon
rides
for
children
and
families.
Instead,
Park
and
Recreation
Division
staff
would
again
like
to
thank
sponsors
and
residents
for
participating
in
the
2012
winter
fat
celebration.
A
We've
learned
on
Pass
Bloomington
today
shows
how
street
maintenance
crews
take
advantage
of
the
lack
of
snow
and
warmer
temperatures
to
get
trees,
trimmed
and
preventative
maintenance
on
city
trucks
and
plows
underway
in
this
next
segment.
We'll
show
you
how
city
plow
operators
jump
in
action
with
the
news
of
the
first
sign
of
snow
days
before
the
first
flake
has
even
fallen.
The
roadways
are
clear
and
there
isn't
a
snow
flake
in
sight,
but
the
upcoming
weather
forecast
has
ticked
the
Bloomington
street
maintenance
crews
into
high
gear
when.
B
A
Without
that
bond
formed
between
the
road
and
the
fresh
snow
cleanup
on
the
day
of
a
storm
is
significantly
more
efficient.
Huge
takes
inside
the
Public
Works
garages
house,
thousands
of
gallons
of
choice,
fluids,
liquid
corn,
salt,
calcium
chloride
and
salt
brine
are
blended
by
crews.
The
result
is
the
anti-icing
mixture.
If.
B
The
snow
event
is
a
guaranteed,
which
is
not
often
we
use
just
a
plain
salt
brine
solution.
If
we
need
some
longevity
out
of
it,
we
add
a
liquid
corn
salt,
which
basically
is
a
binder.
It's
like
a
glue
to
help
it
stick
to
the
road
and
last
longer
and
colder
weather
conditions.
We
will
out
add
calcium
and
magnesium
to
that
to
help
us
with
some
melting
down
to
negative
temperatures.
B
One
of
the
things
anti-icing
does
is
it
does
create
heat
consult
is
the
heat
reaction
which
gives
us
the
liquid
layer,
the
brine
layer
now
having
the
brine
layer
beneath
the
salt
it
keeps
from
having
to
bond.
So
that's,
basically,
what
we're
going
for
in
a
frost
condition.
That's
the
same
thing.
Salt
is
a
chemical
reaction.
Energy,
it's
heat
heat,
helps
us
melt
the
snow
on.
A
A
B
A
B
You
see
the
city
bloomington
truck,
so
it's
spraying
liquids
on
the
road
anti-icing.
You
can
pretty
much
bet
yourself.
We
got
a
snow
event
coming
in
one
to
two
days,
so
you
can
plan
on
then
know
that
we're
ahead
of
the
game
and
trying
to
keep
you
safe,
getting
to
school,
getting
the
church
getting
to
work
wherever
you're
going
we're
working
on
it
and.
A
Here's
another
fun
fact
about
anti-icing
cruise
determined,
whether
it's
cold
enough
to
apply
solution
not
based
on
the
air
temperature
outside,
but
the
ground
temperature.
The
concentration
of
salt
used
in
anti-icing
depends
on
that
temperature
and
as
public
works,
crews
are
staying
ahead
of
the
forecast.
This
week's
in
the
loop
segment
focuses
on
one
local
business
in
the
South
Loop
district.
That
is
looking
ahead
to
find
new
sustainable
ways
to
conserve
energy.
The
IKEA
store
located
just
north
of
the
Mall
of
America
will
soon
be
the
state's
largest
generator
of
electricity
from
the
Sun.
A
A
This
time-lapse
video
shows
the
solar
array.
Installation
from
start
to
finish
in
IKEA
representative
tells
us
that
the
Bloomington
store
will
generate
enough
electricity
to
power
112
homes
through
its
new
solar
arrays
IKEA
is
working
with
Chicago
based
soccor
energy
to
build
the
solar
array
panels
in
Bloomington
and
three
others
in
Illinois
and
Michigan
IKEA
is
upgrade
in
energy.
Saving
efficiency
is
yet
another
example
of
how
the
South
Loop
district
is
working
to
meet
the
goals
of
sustainability
and
environmentally
friendly
practices
within
the
district.
We'll
revisit
this
site
a
once.
A
Construction
begins
in
late
spring
or
early
summer,
and
while
we
are
on
the
topic
of
sustainability,
a
record
number
of
Minnesotans
spent
last
year
using
public
transportation
according
to
Metro
Transit.
Eighty
point:
nine
million
passengers
boarded
Metro
Transit
buses
and
trains
in
2011,
an
increase
of
2.7
million
or
3.5
percent
over
2010
buses
accounted
for
a
huge
portion
of
the
year-to-year
ridership
gain
passengers
on
Metro
Transit's
123
bus
routes,
increased
by
2.8
million
in
2011.
A
That
increase
is
offset
by
a
slight
decrease
in
rail
rides.
The
Hiawatha
light
rail
transit
line
carried
ten
point:
four
million
passengers,
a
decline
of
about
55,000
from
2010,
the
Northstar
commuter
rail
carried
just
over
700
thousand
passengers
down
about
7,000
from
a
year
ago.
Bloomington
is
continually
working
on
ways
to
improve
the
accessibility
of
alternate
transportation
in
and
around
Bloomington,
whether
you're
traveling
by
bus,
light,
rail
or
walking
or
biking.
A
Now,
let's
check
back
on
a
project,
we've
been
following
for
some
time
and
find
out
what
progress
has
been
made
on
the
169
I
494
interchange
since
assuring
in
the
new
year.
According
to
a
MnDOT
spokesperson,
the
reconstruction
of
the
northbound
lanes
of
169
is
now
complete.
This
summer
the
southbound
lanes
of
169
will
begin
to
be
reconstructed.
During
that
time,
traffic
will
temporarily
shift
to
the
northbound
lanes.
A
Representatives
tell
us
that
things
are
quieter
in
the
colder
months,
but
there's
still
plenty
that
can
be
worked
on
ongoing
efforts
to
complete
the
new
flyover
ramps
and
retaining
walls.
Will
take
place
until
the
weather
heats
back
up.
The
new
Washington
Avenue
Bridge,
spanning
I-494,
was
completed
in
December
and
opened
to
traffic.
Two
of
the
six
new
roundabouts
on
the
local
frontage
roads
have
been
completed.
A
A
This
is
required
to
place
bridge
beams
over
the
highway
for
the
new
flyover
ramp
from
westbound
I-40
for
two
southbound
169
more
details
will
be
released
once
the
specific
weekend
is
selected.
Do
you
know
an
individual
or
group
that
promotes
healthy
living
if
so,
stay
tuned?
It's
now
time
for
a
short
break.
I'll.
Give
you
more
details
on
this.
When
we
come
back
the.
D
C
E
A
Welcome
back
to
Bloomington
today
we
are
now
pleased
to
be
joined
by
Karen
zoella's
knack
Karen
is
the
public
health
administrator
with
Bloomington
Public
Health
Division,
thanks
for
being
here
well
this
pleasure
to
be
here:
okay!
Well,
every
year
around
this
time,
Bloomington
Advisory
Board
of
Health
seeks
nominations
for
a
very
special
award.
Why
don't
you
tell
us
a
bit
about
that.
F
Award
yes,
this
is
the
award
is
known
as
the
health
promotion
award
and
this
award
was
developed
in
1990
and
the
Bloomington
Advisory
Board
of
Health
really
established
it
to
draw
attention
to
them
to
its
mission
of
supporting
the
city
leaders
in
efforts
to
promote,
protect
and
care
about
the
health
of
Bloomington
residents.
And
so
it
was
their
attempt
to
draw
more
attention
to
this
to
really
honor
those
people
who
had
spent
many
years
and
many
of
them
committed
over
a
lifetime
of
work
to
improving
the
health
of
Bloomington
residents.
Wonderful.
A
F
Going
to
well,
you
know
when
you
think
about
a
health
promotion
award
and
that's
coming
out
of
the
Public
Health
Division.
You
might
necessarily
jump
to
doctors
and
nurses
and,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
we
have
given
some
of
those
awards
to
doctors
and
nurses,
but
it's
not
just
two
people
in
the
medical
field,
but
let
me
just
give
you
some
examples
and
one
of
them
I'll
start
with
an
organization,
a
long
time,
Bloomington
organization,
the
bloomington
athletic
organization.
F
Now
you
can
and
when
you
think
about
the
impact
that
they've
had
on
the
life
of
thousands
of
youngsters
growing
up
in
Bloomington,
just
to
keep
them
physically
active
and
give
them
an
opportunity
that
might
they
might
not
get
through
the
school
district.
You
know
with
organized
the
really
good
athletes
on
those
sports
teams.
We
have
a
lot
of
other
youngsters
in
our
communities
who
want
to
play.
F
F
Another
one
that's
actually
one
of
our
current
council
members,
councilmember
Nordstrom,
was
given
the
award
several
years
ago
before
she
became
a
council
member
and
she
was
honored
for
her
work
because
she
was
a
nurse
and
she
was
a
nurse
for
a
part
of
her
career
at
Kennedy,
but
also
she
was
very
instrumental
in
working
on
tobacco
issues
and
in
2004
I.
Believe
the
City
Council
passed
its
comprehensive
smoke-free
ordinance
and
they
were
the
first.
They
were
the
first
in
the
metropolitan
area
to
pass
a
comprehensive
ordinance
and
at
that
time,
councilmember
Nordstrom.
F
She
was
working
on
this
issue.
She
worked
with
youngsters
and
one
of
the
things
that
they
did
is
they
collected
butts
cigarette
butts
at
Bush
like
Beach,
just
to
show
kind
of
the
impact
of
what
smoking
was
having
in
our
own
community.
So
she
received
the
award
for
some
of
her
work
in
the
community
around
these
health
issues.
A
F
I
think
it
just
helps
raise
up
in
the
community.
You
know,
sometimes
you
know
these
health
issues.
I
mean
they
get
a
lot
of
press,
but
you
know
it
sometimes
in
our
own
community,
it's
a
little
bit
more
invisible.
So
this
is
a
chance
for
us
to
really.
You
know
bring
some
of
this
work
up
and
shine
a
light
on
it
and
talk
about
what
individuals
are
doing
in
the
community
or
organizations
to
try
and
help
make
us
more
healthy,
absolutely.
A
Well,
if
what
we're
encouraging
people
to
do,
if
you
know
of
an
organization
or
an
individual,
that
you
know
it
has
really,
you
know,
come
full
circle
and
has
done
what
they
can
to
promote
healthy
living
and
healthy
lifestyles.
We're
asking
them
to
submit
a
nomination.
Tell
us
how
someone
would
go
about
doing
that.
Well,
there.
F
A
F
Have
the
form
right
here
so
I'm
going
to
get
it
right
here?
We're
asking
people
kind
of
basics
of
you
know.
People
must
either
live
or
work
in
Bloomington,
okay,
okay,
so
that's
that's
kind
of
the
criteria
and
we
ask
people
to
summarize
the
actions
that
the
person
has
taken
to
make
a
significant
impact
and
significant
is
underlined,
so
it
needs
to
be.
F
You
know
it
needs
to
be
big,
yeah,
significant
impact
on
the
health
and
wellness
of
Bloomington
residents,
and
then
we
also
want
people
to
think
about
the
number
of
people
that
might
have
been
impacted
by
this
person
or
programming
or
organization
and
the
length
of
the
service
and
program.
So
those
are
kind
of
oh
and
describe
any
health
or
wellness
outcomes
and
really
the
last
question
is
what
makes
this
person
or
organization
so
special
that
they
deserve
this
award.
Okay,.
F
A
G
You're,
looking
for
a
new
pet
that
your
family
will
cherish
every
day,
consider
adopting
from
a
shelter
shelters
are
the
best
places
to
find
a
new
pet.
That's
where
you'll
discover
healthy,
loyal
and
loving
animals
are
eager
to
become
a
part
of
your
family.
A
person
is
the
best
thing
to
happen
to
a
shelter
pet,
so
bring
home.
Your
new
buddy
today
to
find
out
more
visit,
the
shelter
pet
project
org
the.
H
A
Welcome
back
everyone,
this
very
studio,
we're
in
right
now,
bringing
you
Bloomington
today
is
shared
by
another
channel
operated
by
the
city
of
Bloomington
for
residents
who
don't
know
what
I'm
talking
about.
Let
me
introduce
you
to
be
Katt.
Bloomington,
community
access,
television
or
be
cat
is
a
public
forum
devoted
to
free
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Individuals
and
organizations
are
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to
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and
then
the
real
fun
begins
be.
I
Cat
is
Bloomington
community
access,
television,
its
Bloomington's
public
access
facility,
so
you
can
come
in
and
produce
your
own
television
show
based
on
whether
you
want
to
entertain,
inform
or
educate
your
viewers.
You'll
then
put
together
your
show
that
is
cable
cast
to
Bloomington's
cable
subscribers
on
Bloomington
channel
16.
We
currently
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65
active
members
and
we're
looking
for
new
members
every
day
once.
A
I
Really
have
a
state-of-the-art
facility
here
at
be
cat.
We
have
a
great
studio
with
three
cameras
and
a
control
room.
We
have
editing
suites
where
people
can
put
their
shows
together.
We
have
cameras
and
lighting
kits
where
they
can
take
the
equipment
out
into
the
field,
and
we
also
have
a
music
library
where
people
can
add
background
music
to
their
shows
exercise.
A
I
A
K
I
A
Experience
no
necessary
would
be
cat
grants
you
access
to
the
airwaves
in
your
city.
B
cat
is
open
to
the
public
monday
through
thursday,
2
p.m.
to
9
p.m.
and
every
other
Friday
and
Saturday
from
10
a.m.
to
2
p.m.
if
the
world
of
television
production
has
ever
interested.
You
there's
no
time
like
the
present
to
get
your
feet
wet
and
give
it
a
try
for
yourself
for
membership.
Information
visit
the
city's
website,
keyword
search,
be
cat,
or
you
can
also
call
nine
five.
Two
five
six,
three,
four:
nine
eight
zero.
A
L
A
L
One
really
good
thing
about
coming
in
here
is
the
convenience
of
parking.
Our
parking
is
right
outside
our
door.
It's
a
single-level
building
in
and
out
for
people
that
may
find
stairs
or
parking
ramps
difficult.
We
have
a
son
aline.
We
call
the
super
service
line
where
you
come
in
to
buy
your
tabs.
If
you
have
your
notice
and
you're
in
and
out
in
less
than
five
minutes,
what
we
really
like
is
the
shorter
wait
times
here.
Then
you
find
maybe
in
one
of
the
larger
offices.
A
The
deputy
registers
office
is
located
at
ninety
nine
thirty
Logan
Avenue
next
to
the
city's
public
health
building
and
keeping
the
office
open
in
Bloomington
keeps
your
dollars
in
the
local
economy,
while
creating
jobs
in
the
city
and
rather
than
just
scraping
the
surface
about
what
goes
on
behind
the
counter
at
the
Bloomington
deputy
registers
office,
let's
step
into
Kim
Griffiths
shoes
a
bit
further
and
take
a
closer
look
at
her
position
as
the
city's
motor
vehicle
supervisor.
With
this
next,
a
city
faces
segment
well,.
L
H
L
L
Job
here
is
to
help
the
customers
to
help
the
citizens
of
Bloomington
get
done.
What
needs
to
get
done,
and
it's
funny
because
over
the
years
sometimes
they
get
to
be
like
friends,
old
friends
and
family
that
come
in
year,
after
especially
that
here,
because
we
probably
see
more
citizens
face-to-face.
Like
any
other
department,
though.
M
L
Are
an
enterprise
fund,
so
we
live
or
die
on
our
service
fees,
which
is
why
trying
to
keep
customers
coming
in
here
instead
of
going
to
the
internet
or
going
to
mail.
If
we
can
make
their
trip
quicker,
we
can
keep
that
small
portion
of
that
costing
in
the
community
instead
of
going
to
the
state
of
Minnesota.
So
that's
what
we
run
on
at.
L
My
customers
I've,
been
here
now
for
26
years,
so
I
have
my
regulars.
So
a
lot
of
them
know
my
name.
A
lot
of
them
I've
gone
from
being
the
young
girl
to
the
old-timer
over
the
years,
but
seeing
those
same
faces
that
come
in
or
when
someone
moves
in
new
to
Minnesota
and
they
come
in
and
we
help
him
out
and
they
go.
This
was
so
much
easier
than
where
we
were
before
I
like
I,
like
the
customers,
I
I'm
not
meant
to
sit
in
a
cubicle.
Those.
M
L
A
To
step
into
the
shoes
of
many
other
city
employees,
with
a
variety
of
jobs,
visit
the
city's
YouTube
channel,
it's
here,
you'll
find
several
City
faces
segments
a
Bloomington,
Human
Services
Division
is
inviting
residents
to
celebrate
the
National
Day
of
love
by
attending
a
Valentine's
Day
lunch
on
Tuesday
February
14th
join
the
Creekside
crafters
and
quilters
for
the
annual
Valentine's
Day
lunch.
This
event
held
at
Creekside
community
center,
start
seeding
at
11:15
a.m.
with
the
lunch
beginning
at
11:30,
while
residents
tastebuds
will
enjoy
the
hearty
menu
of
beef
pot
roast
mashed,
potatoes
and
green
beans.
A
The
genetic
advantage
barbershop
quartet
will
provide
a
treat
for
their
ears,
call
nine
five,
two
five
six
three
four:
nine
four:
eight
to
reserve
your
seat.
A
contribution
of
up
to
three
dollars
is
suggested
for
residents,
60
years
of
age
or
older,
there's
a
six
dollar
fee
for
guests
attending
who
are
under
age
60,
and
that's
all
the
time
we
have
for
today
to
get
more
information
on
city
projects,
parks,
road
construction
and
Eve
visit.
A
The
city's
website
to
check
out
pass
Bloomington
today
shows
or
other
City
productions
visit
Bloomington
to
YouTube
channel
accessible
right
from
the
city's
homepage.
That
and
so
much
more
is
online
right
now
at
WWII,
Bloomington
MN
us
if
Facebook
or
Twitter,
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your
thing
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This
is
Bloomington
today,
a
presentation
of
the
city
of
Bloomington
communications,
division,
I'm,
Kailyn,
Caprio,
thanks
so
much
for
joining
us.