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From YouTube: April 20 Council Minute
Description
Mayor Tim Busse explains the Capital Improvement Plan, provides an update on Organized Collection and discusses Charter Amendments.
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Hello
Bloomington:
this
is
Mayor
Tim
Boise,
and
this
is
your
council
minute
recapping,
the
April
20th
council
meeting
at
our
April
20th
City
Council
meeting
the
City
Council
approved
the
ten-year
capital
improvement
plan,
also
known
as
the
CIP
for
the
city.
I
want
to
spend
just
a
bit
of
time
today,
talking
about
what
the
CIP
is
and
what
it
is
not.
First
of
all,
the
CIP
is,
above
all
things
a
planning
document.
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The
CIP
is
used
as
a
tool
by
the
City
Council
and
the
city
staff
to
best
manage
the
city's
infrastructure
and
buildings
and
large
equipment.
The
CIP
provides
better
budget
forecasting
and
enhances
our
long-term
financial
sustainability.
This
planning
document
is
one
of
those
reasons
that
Bloomington
has
maintained
the
highest
bond
rating
possible
for
many
many
years,
all
of
our
roads,
trails
parks,
all
of
the
playgrounds
and
fire
stations
all
of
the
pipes
under
the
ground.
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Our
staff
has
to
make
sure
we
are
planning
for
all
of
those
things
to
be
in
good
shape
and
to
be
repaired
or
replaced
at
the
right
time.
The
CIP
also
allows
us
to
plan
for
other
projects
that
we
have
heard
are
wanted
by
the
community,
such
as
the
expansion
of
the
Arts,
Center
or
upgrading
the
Bloomington
ice
garden.
The
plan
helps
us
to
identify
funding
to
support
these
projects.
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For
many
of
these
projects,
it
takes
many
years
to
get
commitments
from
the
federal
government
or
the
state
of
Minnesota
or
Hennepin
County
or
the
Metropolitan
Council.
That's
why
this
document
often
has
projects
in
it
for
five
to
ten
years
before
actually
getting
those
projects
done.
It's
also
important
to
be
clear
about
what
the
CIP
is.
Not
the
CIP
is
not
a
wish
list.
The
vast
majority
of
the
items
in
this
plan
are
existing
already
and
because
they
are
getting
older,
they
need
to
be
replaced.
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The
CIP
is
not
a
blank
check
for
the
staff
or
the
council.
Items
in
the
CIP
are
considered
in
the
budgeting
process
and
many
of
the
projects
because
of
the
amount
of
the
cost
have
to
be
publicly
bid.
And/Or
approved
by
the
City
Council.
The
CIP
is
not
a
guarantee
of
spending.
Approving
the
plan
does
not
automatically
approve
all
of
the
projects.
The
last
thing
I
want
to
say
about
the
2020
capital
improvement
plan
is
that
this
year
it
is
clearly
unique
because
of
the
current
economic
issues
related
to
the
pandemic.
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Our
staff
is
evaluating
evaluating
all
of
the
items
in
the
2020
schedule
to
see
which
projects
still
need
to
be
done,
which
can
be
deferred
and
if
any
should
be
cancelled,
staff
will
be
bringing
additional
information
back
to
the
City
Council,
as
updates
to
the
2020
budget.
Bloomington
has
a
city
charter
in
Minnesota.
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Cities
are
organized
in
several
different
ways,
but
the
simplest
way
to
explain
it
is
that
cities
are
either
statutory,
meaning
the
powers
and
authority
of
the
city
are
defined
by
the
state
legislature
or
they
are
charter
cities,
meaning
there
is
a
local
Constitution
of
sorts
that
determines
what
powers
and
authority
the
city
has.
We
don't
spend
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
the
city
charter,
but
there
is
probably
going
to
be
quite
a
bit
of
discussion
about
the
Charter
this
year.
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As
many
of
you
are
aware,
there's
been
a
legal
challenge
by
members
of
the
community
that
would
require
the
city
to
amend
its
charter
related
to
the
organized
trash
and
recycling
collection.
In
Bloomington
this
November
there
will
be
a
vote
by
the
people
of
Bloomington
on
this
issue.
Even
though
the
city
has
been
operating
an
organized
system
dating
back
to
2016.
The
ballot
question
will
ask
residents
to
decide
if
this
Bloomington
City
Charter
should
be
amended
to
require
residents
to
decide
how
garbage
is
collected
and
if
the
Charter
is
amended.
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A
second
vote
will
be
necessary
to
decide
if
the
current
system
stays
in
place
or
if
it
will
go
back
to
a
system
where
everyone
selects
their
own
trash
hauler.
The
specifics
of
the
questions
still
have
to
go
to
the
Charter
Commission
in
May
before
coming
back
to
the
City
Council.
So
there
is
still
a
ways
to
go
on
this,
but
the
bottom
line
is
this.
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Residents
will
see
a
lot
of
information
in
the
coming
months
about
amending
the
city
charter
and
talking
about
how
the
current
system
of
trash
and
recycling
is
managed
be
sure
to
educate
yourself
before
November
at
the
April
20th
meeting.
The
City
Council
also
discussed
two
other
possible
city
charter
amendments.
The
first
issue
was
ranked
choice.
Voting
the
Charter
Commission
looked
at
the
issue
in
2019
to
get
background
information
and
to
better
understand
how
a
ranked
choice,
voting
works,
st.
Louis,
Park,
Minneapolis
and
st.
A
Paul
have
all
moved
to
rank
choice
voting
in
the
last
few
years,
and
there
is
a
group
of
Bloomington
residents
who
have
been
advocating
that
the
city
of
Bloomington
give
residents
the
option
to
choose
this
form
of
voting
as
well.
The
council
directed
staff
to
prepare
an
ordinance
requesting
voter
approval
to
adopt
rank-choice
voting.
The
ordinance
will
be
considered
at
a
public
hearing
by
the
City
Council
on
May
18th,
and
if
the
council
passes
the
ordinance,
it
will
go
to
the
Charter
Commission
for
review
a
lot
more
to
come
on
this
one.
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So
please
stay
tuned
on
this
issue.
The
City
Council
also
discussed
a
request
by
some
residents
to
propose
a
charter,
amendment
related
to
parks
and
Park
purposes.
Residents
advocating
for
this
charter
amendment
wanted
voters
to
decide
if
all
decisions
related
to
changes
in
parks
that
are
not
for
park
purposes
only
would
have
to
be
approved
by
a
vote
of
the
people.
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The
council
struggled
with
this
proposal
because
there
is
no
definition
of
park
purposes
and
the
effect
of
this
proposal
would
override
the
city's
ordinances
related
to
parks,
and
it
would
create
confusion
about
what
authority
the
City
Council
has
and
what
has
to
be
decided
by
voters.
This
would
create
a
voter
mandate
that
doesn't
exist
for
any
other
aspect
of
city
operations.
The
City
Council
voted
to
not
consider
this
proposal
and
did
not
direct
staff
to
do
further
work
on
it.
That's
it
for
our
council
update
today.