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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: May 9, 2012
Description
On this week's episode of Bloomington Today, we'll take a look at what's new in the City's South Loop District. We'll also take a look at one branch of Bloomington's Police Department, often heard, but rarely seen. All that and more on this week's episode of Bloomington Today!
A
Welcome
to
Bloomington
today,
I'm
kailyn
real
thanks
for
joining
us.
This
week
will
begin
with
an
exciting
in
the
loop
segment.
It's
here
we
bring
you
news
and
events
happening
within
the
city's
South
Loop
district
and
on
April
24th
city
officials
announced
in
agreement
with
the
state
was
decided
upon,
and
the
49
million
dollar
Linda
Lane
corridor
project
will
begin
soon.
Linda
Lane
runs
along
the
north
side
of
the
mall
of
america
between
trunk
highway,
77
and
24th
avenue.
A
Right
now,
once
motorists
hit
twenty
fourth
Avenue,
they
only
have
the
option
to
go
right
or
left.
This
multi-phase
project
will
extend
linda
lane
through
the
south
loop
district,
several
blocks
all
the
way
to
bloomington
central
station,
creating
a
key
corridor
for
motorists
as
well
as
pedestrians
and
bicyclists.
It
will
also
set
the
scene
for
future
mall
of
america,
expansion
out
into
the
lot
adjacent
to
the
malls
north
entrance
and
just
east
of
ikea
right
now.
A
Crews
are
beginning
phase,
one
which
is
the
demolition
of
the
alpha
office
buildings
along
24th
avenue
studies
by
the
city
of
Bloomington
predict.
Sixty-Five
percent
of
the
city's
growth
will
occur
in
the
south
loop
district
over
the
next
30
years,
adding
thousands
of
jobs
and
residents
the
state
will
inverse
15.4
million
dollars
of
the
project
costs,
leaving
a
balance
of
33.5
million
coming
from
local
sources,
including
tax
increments
generated
by
the
mall
of
america.
A
On
an
upcoming
episode
of
Bloomington
today,
we'll
take
a
look
at
how
the
city's
fire
department
is
using
the
empty
alpha
buildings
to
train
prior
to
their
demolition
and
whether
it's
focusing
on
training
or
working
on
a
timely
response.
Public
safety
personnel
are
dedicated
to
their
jobs.
The
week
of
april
eighth
through
the
14th
marked
National
Public
Safety
telecommunications
week.
A
C
A
C
Dispatchers
are
the
first
link
to
the
public
when
somebody
needs
help
in
an
emergency
they're,
the
first
one
to
answer
your
call,
it
all
starts
with
a
911
facility.
They
collect
information
very
quickly
and
and
relay
that
information
on
to
and
our
police
officers
or
firefighters,
medical
response
personnel.
It
doesn't
matter
they're
always
going
to
be
the
first
ones
to
start
the
police,
our
fire
emergency
services
coming
to
your
location,
seventy.
A
Percent
of
911
calls
originated
from
cell
phones
and
computer.
Locating
software
can
generally
get
responders
within
150
feet
of
the
caller,
depending
on
the
carrier.
This
makes
giving
the
exact
location
of
your
emergency
that
much
more
crucial.
However,
if
you
call
from
a
landline,
the
location
is
immediately
seen
by
dispatchers
here's
an
example
of
that
right.
A
B
D
A
call
this,
as
I
was
working
dog
watch
those
the
number
of
years
ago,
and
I
got
a
call
from
a
partygoer
at
the
end
of
the
party.
He
was
still
inebriated
and
called
911
because
he
couldn't
get
out
of
the
backyard.
It
was
a
fenced
back
yard
and
he
felt
like
he
had
to
dial
911
to
have
the
police
come
rescue
him
from
his
backyard
and.
C
A
dispatcher
for
any
agency
across
the
United
States
Alec
out
here
is
that
really
a
thankless
job,
most
of
time
that
the
people
are
in
a
trauma
situation.
Don't
have
the
time
to
thank
them,
even
though
they
received
very
professional
services
and
timely
services
from
just
don't
have
that
so
the
National
telecommunicators
week
is
a
way
for
the
public
for
the
coworkers
police
fire
to
say
thanks
to
those
people
for
the
hard
work
that
they
put
forth
and
we'd.
A
Like
to
extend
a
huge
thank
you
to
our
police
dispatchers,
the
city,
would
it
be
able
to
provide
quality
public
service
without
you
another
way,
Public
Safety
staff
strives
to
meet
the
goals
of
Bloomington's.
Overall
well-being
is
through
the
use
of
speed
trailers.
Speed-Related
motor
vehicle
complaints
are
one
of
the
most
frequent
types
of
grievances
Bloomington
police
receive,
and
in
order
to
address
this
issue,
Bloomington
police
place
these
mobile
speed
trailers
in
high
visibility,
high
speed,
infraction
areas
around
the
city
purpose.
E
Of
the
speed
trailers
at
currently
the
traffic
investigation
remind
drivers
of
what
their
speed
is.
We
generally
get
complaints
for
neighborhood
speeding
in
the
area,
so
what
we
do
is
we'll
send
out
a
trailer
and
monitor
the
speed
for
a
week
and
then
we'll
go
out
to
enforce
methods.
Later
we
have
three
trailers
and
they're
generally
deployed
between
a
bog
in
a
march
through
November,
the.
A
Trailer
is
equipped
with
a
laser.
Much
like
the
handheld
unit
and
officer
would
use
in
the
street.
A
numeric
display
shows
the
speed
of
an
approaching
vehicle
and
can
be
programmed
to
flash
when
a
vehicle
reaches
a
certain
speed.
Indicating
a
motorist
is
traveling
at
a
speed,
great
enough
to
warrant
a
citation
speeding.
E
Is
a
greater
cause
of
concern
because,
obviously,
when
you're
traveling
faster
takes
longer
for
you
to
react
to
a
problem
ahead
of
you
and
if
it's
around
a
school,
it's
even
more
of
a
problem
with
the
kids
in
general
residential
areas,
because
the
streets
are
generally
narrower
speed
limits.
Are
30
we'd
like
to
keep
the
speed
at
30
no
higher,
with
pretty
tough
on
speed
laws
and
Bloomington?
Just
for
that
reason,
Andrew.
A
E
A
Their
goal
is
simple:
provide
nutritious
meals
to
hungry
people
in
the
Twin
Cities,
that's
loaves
and
fishes,
and
since
its
start,
30
years
ago,
nearly
4,000
volunteers
have
served
more
than
9
million
meals
at
10
metro
area
dining
sites.
And
what
many
may
not
know
is
one
of
those
sites
is
right
here
in
Bloomington
we.
F
A
F
Cannot
speak
highly
enough
of
the
city
of
Bloomington
team
they're,
the
only
team
and
I've
worked
for
loaves
and
fishes
for
21
years
they're.
The
only
team
that
takes
money
out
of
their
own
pockets
to
support
the
program.
All
the
other
companies
or
churches
are
supported
by
their
company,
whereas
this
team,
they
all
put
their
fives
and
tens
and
20s
in
a
bowl
every
month
and
that's
how
they
purchase
the
food
and
to
me
that
is
very
special.
It
it's
a
deeper
commitment
and
so
I'm
very
grateful
for
the
city's
team.
I
was.
A
On
site
for
the
april
twenty
fourth
meal
at
creekside
cooks
began
preparing
food
long
before
this
room
had
even
filled
with
people
anywhere
from
160
to
180
people
of
all
ages
and
backgrounds
make
their
way
into
creekside
each
night,
sharing
a
common
appreciation
for
what
loaves
and
fishes
offers,
which,
according
to
Tom
Ince
key,
is
more
than
just
a
meal.
This.
F
Not
only
serves
a
need
for
helping
them
financially,
it
also
serves
a
need
for
socialization.
A
lot
of
our
seniors
are
alone
and
isolated
from
their
families.
A
lot
of
the
people
that
come
are
really
isolated
and
to
be
able
to
come
and
sit
around
the
table
and
visit
with
other
people
is
just
extremely
important
for
their
mental
health,
as
well
as
their
physical
health,
because
they're
not
going
to
stay
at
home
and
feed
themselves
cook
a
nice
well-rounded
meal,
and
that
is
something
we
have.
A
G
H
A
Find
a
dining
site
other
than
creekside
or
to
learn
how
you
can
become
elopes
and
fishes
volunteer
visit
their
website
at
WWF
and
fishes
mn.org.
If
you
live
work
or
visit
Bloomington,
it's
no
secret
that
there's
never
a
shortage
of
things
to
do.
You
can
head
to
the
refuge
visit
the
Mall
of
America
dine
in
one
of
the
many
restaurants,
and
now
the
city's
Convention
and
Visitor's
Bureau
is
asking
for
your
help
in
getting
Bloomington
recognized
as
the
most
fun
city
in
America.
A
The
contest
put
on
by
rand
mcnally
and
USA
Today
asks
residents
to
visit
w
WB
c
of
the
road,
calm
and
click.
The
review
and
vote
tab
select
minnesota
on
the
left
side
of
the
next
screen
and
click
Bloomington.
You
can
then
register
yourself
on
the
site,
submit
a
short
review
of
Bloomington
and
choose
the
most
fun
category
voting
ends
on
May
fifteenth.
So,
let's
all
help
the
Bloomington,
Convention
and
Visitor's
Bureau
show
the
country
why
this
city
deserves
to
be
recognized
as
the
most
fun
in
America
vote.
A
A
Welcome
back
to
bloomington
today
we
are
now
pleased
to
be
joined
by
recreation
supervisors
and
mow
deck
and
carry
hemp.
Welcome
back
to
the
show
pee-yew!
Well,
you
know,
the
city
of
Bloomington
is
proud
to
offer
activities
for
people
of
all
ages,
and
you
know
you're
wrong,
but
now,
as
we're
heading
in
the
summer
and
kids
are
getting
out
of
school,
we
have
lots
of
upcoming
summer
activities
that
residents
can
get
their
kids
involved
with.
Let's
talk
about
all
of
those
sounds.
J
Great
well,
we
have
a
lot
of
youth
and
family
programs
going
on
this
summer,
I'd
like
to
focus
on
our
summer
spectrum
program.
That
is
our
program,
that
is
a
collaboration
between
the
city,
the
school
district
and
the
bloomington
theater
and
arts
center.
We
offer
class
type
programs
monday
through
friday,
it's
a
week,
long
session
from
930
to
1230
in
the
morning.
That
program
does
have
bussing
to
and
from
it,
and
we
have
lots
of
openings
in
our
different
class
offerings.
Very
cool.
J
J
We
are
open
at
six
different
playground
sites
throughout
the
city,
we're
open
monday,
tuesday
and
thursday,
from
nine
to
four
every
day.
It's
a
great
program
for
kids
to
come
and
play
with
their
friends
and
get
to
know
neighborhood
kids
and
have
staff
there
to
help
them
interact
and
have
fun
on
wednesdays
and
fridays.
We
go
on
field
trips,
Wednesday's
our
trips.
Throughout
the
city's,
we're
going
to
the
Minnesota
Zoo
will
go
to
Apple
Valley
Aquatic,
Center,
cascade
bay,
we're
going
to
a
trampoline
park
this
year
and
a
climbing
wall,
indoor,
climbing
walls.
J
So
a
lot
of
fun
places
Fridays
we
go
out
to
the
Bloomington
family,
Aquatic
Center
or
bush
lake
beach.
So
those
are
our
trip
programs
with
that.
We
also
have
a
couple
other
programs
that
run
monday.
Through
friday.
We
have
our
playground
at
the
view
program
which
is
for
ages
six
to
ten
and
then
on
the
older
side
for
ages,
10
to
14.
J
We
have
galaxy
summer
of
surface,
which
is
ran
by
the
school
district
and
that's
held
right
at
valley
view
middle
school
when
they
get
to
go
to
that
program
that
you
get
to
go
swimming
in
the
afternoon.
So
it's
a
fun
program
and
it's
monday
through
friday.
The
one
site
that
we
did
add
new
this
year
is
our
smith
park
playground
site.
We've
changed
that
from
a
three
day
a
week
site
to
a
five-day-a-week
site,
so
kids
can
come
Monday
through
Friday
to
that
site
from
94
every
day.
Every.
A
J
Do
we
have
participants
that
want
to
participate
in
our
programs
that
may
have
a
disability
where
it
could
be
a
mental
physical
disability,
or
it
could
be
something
to
do
with?
They
have
a
medical
condition,
and
so
we
do
provide
services
and
support
to
help
make
sure
that
everybody
and
anybody
can
participate
in
our
programs
and
we
try
to
find
a
right
fit
for
a
program
for
them.
That's.
A
J
Us
a
bit
about
that.
We
do.
We
have
our
adaptive
softball
program,
we
have
a
competitive
league
and
we
have
just
a
fun
recreational
league.
They
are
both
held
on
Tuesday
nights
at
turn
hill
park
and
we
have
many
openings
for
that
and
that
gets
started
in
june
and
we
run
eight
weeks
for
that
program
and
we
have
a
lot
of
participants
with
disabilities
that
love
to
come
and
play
in
that
program.
Monday
nights
is
when
the
youth
can
play
so
anybody
with
disabilities
that
wants
to
play
on
Monday
nights.
A
K
A
K
About
correct,
we
do
have
swimming
lessons
out
at
both
facilities;
they
stir
they
go
through
the
month
of
July.
They
start
july
9th
and
go
through
august
second
they're,
both
like
a
you
had
mentioned
at
the
aquatic
center
and
the
beach
in
the
morning,
at
the
aquatic
center
and
in
the
evenings
at
the
beach
okay
and
now.
K
A
K
Opened
Saturday
jun,
9th
at
11am
people
can
start
purchasing
passes,
will
of
course,
at
City
Hall
now,
but
starting
wednesday
june
sixth
at
4pm
until
7pm
will
start
selling
them
that
time
in
the
evenings
until
we
open
on
set.
So
they
can
kind
of
jump
ahead
before
the
rush
on
Saturday
and
come
in
the
evening
for
27
wednesday
through
friday
of
that
week,
perfect.
K
A
A
J
You
can
go
to
the
website
and
visit
the
parks
and
recreation
pages.
You
can
find
more
information.
All
of
our
brochures
are
on
there.
We
also
have
an
online
registration
system
that
you
can
find
in
the
same
spot
as
well,
or
you
can
simply
call
our
phone
number
at
9525,
638
877
and
anyone
would
be
able
to
assist
them
fact.
A
Well,
we'd
like
to
thank
Parks
and
Recreation
supervisors,
Carrie,
hemp
and
animals
act
for
being
here
today
for
more
information,
you
can
go
online
and
download
the
2012
summer
program
packet.
That
includes
details
on
everything
we
talked
about
today
and
so
much
more.
It's
now
time
for
a
short
break,
we'll
be
right
back.
A
Welcome
back
everyone
on
Saturday,
May,
5th,
Bloomington,
Civic
Plaza
was
the
site
of
the
eighth
annual
city
tree
sale.
Each
year,
the
city
plants,
more
than
1,000
trees
in
parks
and
other
public
areas
to
ensure
bloomington's
urban
forest
continues
and
to
encourage
tree
health
and
growth
on
private
lands.
Park
maintenance
holds
their
annual
tree
sale,
250,
trees
of
varying
types
were
for
sale
and
every
last
one
of
them
sold
out
residents
buying
the
trees
say
the
sale
is
a
big
help.
We.
L
A
M
A
Event
highlights
included
mayor,
Winstead
reciting,
a
proclamation
marking
May
5th
2012,
as
the
hundred
and
fortieth
Arbor
Day
celebration.
Informational
booths
were
also
on
site.
At
the
event,
there
was
even
arborist
and
Han
to
teach
residents
how
to
make
sure
their
newly-purchased
trees
flourish
as
you're.
N
Digging
down
just
keep
setting
the
tree
into
the
hole,
and
so
if
it's
up
a
little
bit
higher
than
until
that
rook
gets
down
to
flush
with
your
soil
surface,
when
it's
at
that
level,
you're
doing
dig
anymore.
Just
take
the
soil,
you
dug
out,
put
it
right
back
into
the
hole
water
it
in
really
nicely
bring
in
about
three
inches
of
wood
chips.
You
want
to
put
them
about
an
inch
and
a
half
away
from
the
trunk,
and
you
want
them
about
two
feet
wide
and
even.
A
Though
the
weather
wasn't
great
that
day,
lots
of
residents
turned
out
to
pick
up
their
pre-ordered
trees,
get
some
information
on
Arbor
Day
and
take
in
some
helpful
facts
about
tree
maintenance.
The
Bloomington
crime
prevention,
Association
needs
your
used
books,
DVDs,
CDs
and
games.
Why
do
they
want
those
things?
It's
for
the
20th
annual
use
book
fundraiser,
put
on
by
the
bcp
a
right.
Now
the
sale
is
in
its
collection
period.
Residents
will
have
until
May
seventeenth
to
drop
off
their
items
for
donations
at
various
locations
around
the
city.
A
Drop-Off
sites
include
Bloomington,
Civic,
Plaza
Creekside
community
center,
either
of
the
two
high
school
activity
centers
and
any
of
the
Richfield
Bloomington
credit
unions.
There
are
plenty
of
other
sites
as
well
that
can
be
found
on
the
city's
website
after
donations
are
collected,
they're
priced
and
displayed
at
the
sales
side
on
the
southeast
corner
of
lyndale
and
98th
street
from
june.
Second,
through
the
16th
residents
are
invited
to
shop
weekdays,
11am
to
8
p.m.
and
saturday
and
sunday
from
11am
to
5pm.
A
Last
year,
the
book
of
event
raised
more
than
a
hundred
and
nineteen
thousand
dollars
the
bcp
a
hopes
to
top
that
at
this
year's
sale.
This
is
a
free
event,
except
on
june.
First
one
will
be
a
preview
sale
from
five
to
nine
p.m.
that
sale
is
five
dollars
per
person,
proceeds
from
the
book,
em
sale,
help
fund
crime
prevention
and
awareness
programs,
as
well
as
the
Bloomington
police
explorers
and
the
Bloomington
Police
Department.
A
It's
a
great
cause
and
a
great
way
to
make
room
on
your
bookshelves
or
inside
your
entertainment,
centers
for
new
books,
DVDs
and
more
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
others
Productions
visit,
Bloomington's
youtube
channel
accessible
right
from
the
city's
homepage.
That
and
so
much
more
is
online
right
now
at
wwc,
I,
bloomington
MN
us.
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or
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