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From YouTube: Council Minute November 4
Description
Mayor Tim Busse looks inside the numbers for organized collection and ranked choice voting election results, gives an update on the community survey results and updates residents on plans with the Extended Stay America Hotel.
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Hello
bloomington,
I'm
mayor
tim
bussey,
and
this
is
the
council
minute
for
the
first
week
of
november.
We
didn't
have
a
city
council
meeting
this
week,
but
we
had
a
slightly
more
interesting
event.
You
may
have
heard
there
was
an
election
this
year
there
were
three
questions
on
the
ballot
for
bloomington
voters
to
decide,
two
of
them
related
to
organized
collection
of
trash
and
recycling,
and
one
related
to
rank
choice.
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Voting
regarding
organized
collection,
voters
approved
question,
one
54
percent
to
45
amending
the
city
charter,
so
that
residents
could
have
a
say
on
whether
the
city
could
organize
the
hauling
of
trash
and
recycling.
The
second
question
on
the
ballot
then
asked
residents
if
they
wanted
to
continue
with
the
current
organized
hauling
system.
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The
outcome
for
organized
collection
was
absolutely
clear
on
question:
2
bloomington
residents,
overwhelmingly
favored
keeping
the
current
form
of
city
organized
hauling
of
trash
and
recycling
with
more
than
70
percent
saying
they
didn't
want
to
change
how
things
are
done
now
that
wasn't
a
surprise
to
us.
Our
recent
resident
survey
showed
that
80
percent
of
residents
were
pleased
with
their
garbage
service
and
that
percentages
they
were
even
higher
for
the
recycling
and
yard
waste
services.
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So,
if
you're
wondering
what
all
of
this
means,
it
means
that
you
should
keep
rolling
your
cans
out
to
the
curb
waste.
Hauling
will
continue
as
it
is
today
on
the
third
question.
Residents
were
asked
if
the
city's
charter
should
be
amended
to
elect
the
mayor
and
city
council
members
by
the
ranked
choice,
voting
method.
This
was
much
closer
and,
as
I
record
this,
the
outcome
is
not
yet
certain
ballot
questions
require
the
approval
of
51
percent
of
voters
in
order
to
pass
ranked
choice.
Voting
received
the
support
of
51.02
of
voters.
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However,
at
this
time
there
are
still
some
absentee
ballots
that
still
need
to
be
counted,
and
it's
possible
that
those
ballots
could
change.
The
current
numbers
if
51
percent
have
voted
in
favor
residents
can
expect
to
see
more
information
in
the
next
couple
of
months
about
how
ranked
choice
voting
will
work
for
the
city's
2021
elections
and
a
quick
caveat
here.
All
of
those
numbers
are
unofficial
until
the
city
council
has
not
had
an
opportunity
to
canvass
the
elections.
That
will
happen
on
november
13th
and
a
couple
of
last
observations
on
the
election.
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Congratulations
also
to
each
and
every
one
of
you
who
exercised
your
civic
right
to
vote.
And,
finally,
I
want
to
extend
my
heartfelt
thanks
to
all
of
the
election
judges
who
worked
tirelessly
under
tricky
circumstances
to
make
this
election
work
thanks
also
to
the
staff
in
our
city,
clerk's
office
and
special
thanks
to
assistant
city
manager,
chris
wilson,
who
stepped
up
when
she
was
needed
most
and
did
an
outstanding
job
leading
the
voting
efforts
here
in
bloomington
with
the
elections
in
mind.
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The
survey
asks
about
opportunities
to
participate
in
social
events
and
activities
in
community
matters
and
to
volunteer
63
percent
of
those
surveyed
rated
opportunities
to
participate
in
social
events
and
activities
as
excellent
or
good
in
community
matters.
64
responded,
favorably
and
69
percent
said
there
are
ample
opportunities
to
volunteer
now.
Those
are
solid
numbers,
but
each
of
those
numbers
are
four
points
lower
than
2019
and
are
equal
to
or
close
to
the
lowest
positive
responses
in
the
nine
year
history
of
the
survey
I
mean
it's
certainly
possible
that
the
pandemic
influenced
this
question.
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Since
we
all
know
that
this
year
there
have
been
very
few
opportunities
to
volunteer
or
to
socialize,
even
if
that's
the
case,
it's
concerning
that.
These
three
questions
have
been
in
steady
decline
since
peaking
in
the
first
year
of
the
survey
in
2012,
when
80
percent
said
there
were
opportunities
to
volunteer
and
73
saw
opportunities
to
participate
in
social
events
and
community
matters.
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Now
this
is
an
area
that
I'm
imagining
we're
going
to
spend
some
time
trying
to
understand
when
I
think
about
all
the
people
who
volunteer
to
help
out
at
baa
or
baja
or
in
any
of
the
athletic
organizations
in
town
or
with
their
faith
community
or
with
their
school.
It's
hard
for
me
to
imagine
that
only
30
percent
of
our
community
members
are
volunteering.
We
need
to
look
into
that
a
bit
more
now,
if
you
are
in
that
category
of
people
who
are
volunteering,
thank
you
for
what
you
do
to
strengthen
our
community.
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There
is
one
area
voting
that
scored
right
about
where
we
expected
it
to
register
with
78
percent
saying
they
participated
in
the
most
recent
local
election
in
evening
year.
Elections.
Bloomington
turnout
is
regularly
around
80
and
consistently
among
the
higher
community
participation
rates
in
the
metro
area.
Now
we
don't
have
the
voter
turnout
for
this
year's
election
yet,
but
I
have
no
doubt
it
will
be
very
high.
So
again,
congratulations
and
thank
you
to
every
one
of
you
who
cast
a
ballot
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks.
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I've
shared
information
with
you
about
hennepin
county's
plans
to
buy
the
extended
stay
america
hotel
at
lindale
and
american
boulevard
to
house
homeless
persons
and
to
provide
services
during
the
pandemic.
Last
week,
we
learned
that
hennepin
county
had
decided
not
to
buy
the
extended
stay
and
was
instead
looking
at
other
options
at
this
time.
Our
understanding
is
that
those
options
do
not
include
buying
any
other
property
in
bloomington.
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So,
even
though
the
city
council
won't
need
to
consider
an
application
by
hennepin
county
for
longer
term
sheltering
our
staff
is
continuing
to
move
an
ordinance
amendment
related
to
temporary
pandemic
housing.
We're
doing
this
because
we
know
that
sheltering
the
homeless
in
the
twin
cities.
Metro
region
during
a
pandemic
is
going
to
continue
for
many
months
to
come
as
communities
across
the
country
grapple
with
the
impacts
of
the
covet
19
pandemic.