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From YouTube: Chamber Candidate Meeting: City Council
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Presented by the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce
A
A
A
Yeah,
it
is
so
for
you
to
come
and
take
the
time
to
share
your
thoughts,
your
priorities
in
your
platform
for
this
upcoming
election.
We
deeply
appreciate
your
time.
We
all
know
you're
very
busy
out
there
campaigning
just
so
the
group
knows
we
did
invite
all
candidates
to
the
forum.
We
did
receive
responses
from
all
that
they
were
coming,
but
we
do
have
a
couple
of
candidates
that
have
not
surfaced
yet
so,
hopefully,
if
they
come
we'll
just
get
them
right
into
the
fold
and
we'll
go
from
there.
A
B
Lorraine
told
me
this
morning,
I
had
to
say
so.
I
grew
up
in
bloomington
moved
away
as
we
often
do
and
then
came
back
just
a
couple
of
years
ago
to
help
my
folks
get
out
of
their
house
on
the
west
side
and
get
into
seniors
living,
and
so
we
they
helped
them
move.
We
said
we'll
buy
the
house
that
wasn't
my
plan.
So
now,
I'm
back
in
bloomington
over
the
west
side.
B
I
work
in
my
office
is
over
on
the
east
side
and
the
old
one
apple
tree
square
for
those
of
you,
who've
been
around
long
enough
to
remember
it
when
it
had
that
address.
It's
now
the
riverview
office
tower
and
I've
been
in
the
investment
business
since
starting
with
payne
weber
back
in
1980,
left
pain,
weber,
went
independent
working
through
raymond
james
and
they
they
handle
all
my
securities
business
and
everything
from
my
clients
and
provide
a
variety
of
services,
primarily
investment.
B
But
after
30
years
you,
you,
hopefully
learn
a
few
things,
and
so
we
do
a
variety
of
provide
a
variety
of
services.
But
it's
we
just
run
a
kind
of
a
slim
down
simple,
kindle
gentler.
If
you
will
practice
and
that
really
happy
to
be
back
in
bloomington
and
came
to
see
the
chamber
a
few
years
ago
as
a
way
of
getting
re-involved
and
it's
it's
been,
it's
been
a
good
good
decision.
A
This
form
is
put
on
by
the
public
affairs
committee
of
the
bloomington
chamber
of
commerce,
and
we
do
have
some
of
our
members
here
in
the
room.
Robert
freeman
is
our
current
chair,
who
will
be
leaving
at
the
end
of
this
year
and
robert.
Is
our
new
chair
elect
for
the
board
of
directors?
We
have
orv
philbrandt,
who
is
on
the
committee,
ken
vinji
ken?
Can
you
wave
to
everyone?
A
Ken
is
a
newly
elected
board
member
to
the
chamber
board
and
he
will
be
taking
over
as
chair
for
the
public
affairs
committee.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Chris
gennaro
from
premier
bank
also
is
on
the
committee.
Tom
kendall
is
on
the
committee.
Who
else
have
I
oh
well
and
then,
of
course,
john
stanley.
I'd
also
like
to
recognize
mark
adkins,
who
is
our
current
chair
for
the
board
of
directors
for
for
the
chamber?
So
thank
you
mark
for
taking
time.
A
C
Well,
welcome
everyone
thanks
again
to
our
sponsor
who
who
ran
away,
I
think
but
he'll
be
back,
so
please
feel
free
to
thank
him
thanks
very
much
so
the
way
we
want
to
do
this
is
first
of
all,
we'd
like
to
go.
I
think
we'll
go
from
my
right
to
my
left
and
have
the
candidates
just
introduce
themselves
and
take
maybe
just
two
minutes
or
so
to
just
say
who
they
are
and
why
they're
running.
So
thanks
if
you'd
like
to
start
right
well,.
D
I'd
like
to
thank
the
chamber
for
having
this
event,
I'm
rick
boner
and
I'm
running
for
district
one.
I've
lived
in
bloomington,
my
entire
life
37
years
love
the
city,
and
I
really
want
to
be
part
of
it.
I
want
to
help
keep
continuing
running
smooth,
I'm
a
gas
station
owner,
I
own
a
couple
gas
stations
in
south
minneapolis,
a
bp
and
an
exxon
mobile
just
recently
as
of
like
two
days
ago,
I'm
president
of
monocle
oil,
which
is
actually
a
new
brand
development
that
is
coming
up
here.
D
E
E
E
Well,
now,
I'm
into
doing
the
real
thing
and
running
for
running
for
office
and
the
reason
why
I
decided
to
to
run
after
talking
with
a
number
of
leaders
who
were
in
the
community
is,
I
think
it's
important
that
we
have
a
have
a
balance
between
between
high
quality
service
that
we
have
in
bloomington
and
then
also
keeping
our
continuing
our
legacy
of
fiscal
management.
We
have
a
aaa
rating
in
the
city
of
bloomington.
We
want
to
keep
that
moving
forward
now,
when
I'm
not
out
watching
the
twins
or
cooking
food.
E
For
my
mom
who
worked
on
hra
for
a
number
of
years
for
the
city,
I
am
working
at
now,
united
healthcare.
I
am
a
senior
scheduling
analyst
for
them.
I
run
a
call
center
there
of
about
200
folks
there
and
that
that's
helped
me
depends.
I've
done
a
number
of
other
things
in
the
community
worked
for
habitat
for
humanity.
I
worked
for
the
minneapolis
consortium
community
developers,
so
I'm
happy
here
to
discuss
and
talk
about
development
issues
and
about
how
to
make
this
city
even
better
than
it
already
is.
Thank
you.
F
F
I
received
a
bachelor's
of
science
from
iowa
state
university
and
a
master
of
business
administration
from
the
university
of
st
thomas
in
my
professional
career,
I'm
a
project
manager
with
a
background
in
economic
development,
and
I
currently
serve
as
a
commissioner
on
the
bloomington
housing
and
redevelopment
authority,
my
top
priorities
for
the
city.
I
I
wrote
down
three
and
this
may
come
up
again
in
our
conversation,
but
I'll
touch
on
them
briefly
here.
The
first
is
to
remain
committed
to
providing
high
quality
city
services
by
approving
a
balanced
budget
with
an
eye
towards
the
future.
F
I
think
we
can't
approach
our
budgets
in
a
vacuum.
We
need
to
look
at
not
only
what
our
current
needs
are,
but
what
our
future
needs
are
as
well.
I
think
the
chamber
has
a
role
to
play
in
that.
The
second
is
to
emphasize
safe
neighborhoods
and
schools
to
sustain
our
quality
of
life,
but
also
our
property
values.
It's
a
fact
that
good
schools
are
an
attraction
to
to
new
families,
so
even
for
families
without
children
in
schools,
we
need
to
maintain
them
and
provide
them
with
the
necessary
resources
they
need.
F
This
will
allow
our
children
to
achieve
their
goals
and
become
bloomington's
future
leaders
and
third,
I
support
bloomington's
development
and
redevelopment
efforts.
Bloomington
is
95
developed.
So
when
we
talk
development,
we're
really
talking
redevelopment
and
redevelopment
is
just
inherently
more
complicated.
G
I'm
running
for
the
bloomington
city
council
at
large
to
fill
the
seat
being
vacated
by
car
nordstrom,
who
has
served
very
well
for
two
terms:
I'm
a
lifelong
bloomington
resident.
I
have
lived
in
every
zip
code
in
the
city,
which
might
not
seem
like
it's
that
big
of
a
deal
except
that
you
really
get
to
know
the
neighbors
you
get
to
know
the
neighborhoods
and
it's
more
than
just
door,
knocking
into
those
neighborhoods
again.
It's
remembering
what
houses
used
to
be
or
what
businesses
used
to
be.
G
15
years
ago,
I
served
for
one
term
on
the
bloomington
school
board,
which
was
again
a
really
fascinating
education
in
terms
of
revisiting
the
the
school
district
that
had
raised
me
so
well
and
has
since
raised
my
kids
stepped
back
from
the
school
board
in
order
to
raise
those
kids
take
care
of
some
frail
parents,
and
here
I
am
back
with
as
an
empty
nester
saying
I
have
time.
Where
can
I
commit
and
it's
public
service?
G
G
We
all
want
balance
of
the
neighborhoods
with
the
retail
districts,
so
we
have
to
ask
ourselves
the
questions
every
time
we're
making
decisions
and
as
we're
talking
to
our
professional
staff,
about
what
is
it
that
why
is
it
that
people
stay
in
bloomington
or
like
our
sponsor?
Why
would
you
return
to
bloomington,
as
opposed
to
having
a
choice,
to
live
in
edina
or
eden
prairie?
Why
do
people
come
to
bloomington
in
the
first
place?
What
is
it
that
we
provide
them
either
as
a
resident
or
as
a
visitor
that
we
need
we
do
well?
G
We
know
we
need
to
continue
to
do
well
and
we
need,
and
we
need
to
perhaps
even
improve
upon
and
then.
Finally,
we
also
have
to
ask
our
question
of
our
residents
and
our
businesses.
Why
do
people
leave?
Why
do
they
either
leave
temporarily
for
the
day
to
go,
get
a
better
cup
of
coffee
and
a
better
pastry
item
on
a
saturday
morning,
instead
of
staying
in
bloomington,
or
why
do
they
choose
to
leave
to
go,
do
business
somewhere
else,
and
are
we
asking
those
questions?
G
H
Thank
you.
My
name
is
xavier
bickett
and
I'm
a
candidate
for
bloomington
city
council.
I
submitted
my
candidacy
for
at
large
to
be
a
voice
and
fill
a
void
of
liberty
on
a
council
by
offering
less
coercive
and
more
voluntary
solutions
to
city
governance.
Now
what
does
that
mean
for
business
owners?
What
does
that
mean
for
businesses
in
bloomington?
H
What
I
would
like
to
see
is
to
free
up
the
marketplace,
so
businesses
can
do
what
they
do
best
and
have
the
government
focus
on
what
the
what
the
city
does
best
and
it
really
does
affect
the
businesses
on
a
day-to-day
operation.
When
it
comes
to
tax
regulations
and
other
kind
of
red
tape,
it
really
does
can
provide
a
burden
or
hindrance
to
how
businesses
run
in
bloomington.
H
H
Currently,
I
work
as
an
account
manager
at
ascent
marketing
services,
which
is
in
burnsville,
and
I
work
as
an
account
manager
in
numismatic
coins.
What
I
would
like
to
see
for
bloomington,
I
was
doing
some
some
research
just
on
data
and
property
taxes
and
something
I've
brought
up
in
recent
forms
on
the
bloomington
league
of
women.
Voters
is
the
property
tax
rates
for
bloomington
compared
to
other
cities,
and
if
you
want,
I
have
some
of
that
data.
I
brought
off
brought
with
me
from
the
league
of
minnesota
cities.
H
I
I
I
I
I
J
J
J
J
We
are
working
people,
I
don't
see
too
many
dirty
fingernails
in
my
audience,
I
myself
have
spent
my
career
in
teaching
and
in
manufacturing
and
presently
have
written
and
pursued
two
patents,
one
of
which
I
had
to
carry
to
arbitration
in
which
I
won.
I'm
not
a
person
who
starts
something
he
does
not
finish.
J
J
J
J
J
C
J
K
K
I've
been
very
involved
in
a
lot
of
activities,
jobs
as
a
little
kid
as
a
seventh
grader.
I
I
think
I
remember
what
I
got
paid.
It
would
be
a
sob
story.
I'm
sure
that
my
grandkid
kids
wouldn't
care
about,
but
pulling
weeds
in
a
bean
field
worked
for
a
potato
farmer
for
three
years:
real
electrical
cooperative.
These
are
all
part-time
jobs.
K
Later
on,
when
I
became
a
teacher,
I
was
a
milkman
and
so
forth.
I've
done
a
lot
of
different
things
and
I
think
that's
significant,
because
when
I
became
a
manager
type
as
a
as
a
principal
in
schools,
I
had
an
understanding
of
of
how
things
happened
from
the
ground
up
and
I
think
the
most
successful
leaders
are
those
who
understand
what
what
happens
at
that
level.
K
I
started
my
professional
career
in
duluth
as
a
youth
director
for
three
churches
in
a
depressed
area
of
the
city.
Economic
depressed
area
became
a
teacher
which
was
my
original
plan,
and
I
was
a
teacher
for
23
years
and
an
administrator
for
410.
I
formed
after
retiring
from
public
education.
I
formed
a
conflict
management
business
as
an
llc.
K
I
became
a
member
of
this
chamber
at
that
point
and
have
been
involved
in
the
city
in
quite
a
variety
of
ways.
I
volunteer
on
a
regular
basis
through
the
chambers
community
outreach
committee
and
have
been
very
active
in
my
church.
I've
been
a
mentor
for
sixth
grade
students
at
valley
view.
I've
been
involved
in
rotary
and
on
the
bloomington
united
for
youth
board
and
and
of
course,
most
recently
for
the
last
five
years.
K
I've
been
a
member
of
the
planning
commission
where
I've
learned
a
lot
about
how
the
city
operates
and
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
come
before
the
the
chamber
or
the
excuse
me,
the
city
council
issues
as
we
move
forward.
We
need
to
plan
the
future
as
well
as
has
resolved
problems
that
come
in
front
of
us
and
I'm
just
going
to
use
one
example
in
terms
of
of
different
types
of
people
that
we
need
to
serve.
K
The
millennials
and
and
baby
boomers
have
different
interests
and
needs
in
transportation
and
in
housing,
and
we
need
to
be
responsive
to
to
all
of
those
in
in
terms
of
transportation.
The
minneapolis
area
chamber
of
which
this
chamber
is
is
a
part,
has
been
very
active
in
working
toward
the
congestion.
That's
on
our
freeways,
and
one
of
the
ways,
of
course,
is
to
encourage
mass
transportation.
K
The
millennials
like
to
some
of
them
don't
even
want
to
have
cars,
and
so
we're
moving
into
an
area
that
we
need
to
be
thoughtful
about
what
we
plan
in
that
regard,
jobs
we
need
to.
As
I
go
door-to-door
and
I'm
sure
many
of
you
hannah
as
you
do,
that
are
finding
that
there
are
many
stories
out
there
about
people
losing
jobs
in
the
great
recession
and
not
necessarily
being
trained
and
ready
for.
What's
what's
available.
Now
I
want
to
work
with
the
business
community
to
help
with
that
housing.
K
As
kent
indicated,
we
are
the
oldest
part
of
the
city,
which
ends
up
meaning
that
the
housing
stock
is,
I
want
to
say,
hats
off
to
those
who
have
been
working
to
keep
their
homes
up
and
that
kind
of
thing,
but
we
need
to
be
doing
programs
like
the
loan
program
that
we
already
have.
The
role
of
government
is
about
relationships
and
so
building
relationships
with
people
who
can
help
district
4
is
important
to
me
and
I
believe
I've
already
developed
those
kinds
of
relationships
pretty
well.
C
D
Well,
right
now,
I
would
think
that
the
most
important
thing
is
to
make
sure
that
the
projects
we
have
going
right
now,
whether
it's
pen,
american
or
the
mall
development,
go
smooth.
I
think
that
we
want
a
good
transition
doing
that.
I
think
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
traffic
moves
smooth
and
the
infrastructure
is
adequate
to
handle
the
increased
traffic.
D
Another
thing
that
I
would
like
to
see-
and
I
think
that's
going
to
be
coming
down
the
pipeline
for
those
of
you
that
actually
that
have
morning
rush
hour
traffic
that
494
35w
corridor
is
horrible
for
lack
of
a
better
word,
and
I
think
that
that's
something
that
I'm
sure
there's
other
government
agencies
that
are
going
to
be
involved
with
that,
but
I
would
definitely
encourage
that
to
be
developed
in
a
manner
that
actually
can
handle
the
traffic
right
now.
I
think
it's
since
it's
it's
lacking.
D
Those
are
a
few
things
other
than
that
I
mean.
I
think
that
the
city
is
overall,
ran
very
well.
I
think
that
our
roads
are
in
good
condition
and
they
are
continuing
to
be
in
good
condition
with
the
services
and
stuff
that
we
have
also.
The
police
fire
is
also
in
very
good
condition,
but
that's
basically,
my
main
thing
is
just
to
make
sure
that
the
city
continues
running
smooth
and
I'd
like
to
be
a
part
of
the
decision
making.
Thank
you
all
right
right.
E
E
No
matter
how
we
look,
we
have
a
we've,
always
had
a
tradition
of
diversity
here
in
the
city,
and
I
think
we
need
to
harness
that
and
be
able
to
get
more
people
involved
in
our
government
and
find
innovative
ways
of
of
doing
that,
and
that
will
help
us
and
it
was
wonderful
when
I
saw
that
survey
come
out
and
it's
just
what
I've
seen
why
I've
knocked
on
doors.
People
say
to
me:
yeah
bloomington
is
a
great
place
to
live.
It's
a
great
place
to
be
from
as
I've.
E
F
F
F
F
F
80
percent
is
going
to
come
from
retaining
the
businesses
we
have.
The
example
I
like
to
give
is
with
the
toro
expansion.
Toro
is
an
international
company.
They
could
have
gone
anywhere.
They
chose
to
expand
here,
that's
wonderful!
Those
are
high
paying
jobs.
We
also
benefit
from
our
our
neighbors,
such
as
richfield,
with
attracting
best
buy
most
some
of
those
employees
probably
live
and
shop
here
in
bloomington.
So
that's
great.
We
need
to
compete
with
those
other
communities,
but
we
also
need
to
work
in
in
in
conjunction
with
them
as
well.
G
In
terms
of
the
number
one
priority,
which
is
the
way
you
ask
the
question
for
the
next
few
years,
I
believe
it
should
be
leveraging
the
amount
of
activity
that
we
have
going
on
on
the
east
side
in
order
so
that
it
penetrates
to
the
neighborhood
level
in
a
very
positive
way.
This
is
our
opportunity,
as
someone
on
this
end
was
talking
about
that
in
east
bloomington.
We
have
an
a
tremendous
asset
of
affordable
housing.
G
G
It's
a
it's
a
neglected
side
of
a
suburb.
We
have
old,
cedar
bridge
coming
in
what
an
opportunity
for
a
redevelopment
opera
of
redevelopment
of
the
old
cedar,
avenue
and
old
shakopee
road
intersection,
there's
no
reason
that
that
should
not
become
a
hub
for
millennials,
exers
and
hipsters,
and
anybody
else
who
wants
to
come
and
have
wine
or
coffee
or
a
scone.
G
C
H
H
H
The
residents
tell
us
what
what
is
important
to
them.
Some
of
the
least
ratings
that
were
received
were
affordable
health
care
and
affordable
housing.
Also
ease
of
ease
of
bus
travel
in
bloomington,
but
when
it
comes
to
the
chamber
of
commerce,
I'm
looking
at
affordable
health
care,
affordable
housing,
I
think
if
we
have
job
growth
that
has
quality
jobs,
people
are
going
to
be
able
to
afford
these
things
and
they're
not
going
to
have
the
struggle
of
finding
affordable
housing
and
finding
affordable
health
care
with
job
growth.
H
H
We
can
just
use
a
250
000
value,
26
percent
higher
than
eden
prairie
bloomington
is
62
percent
higher
than
edina
we're
doing
better
than
richfield
and
st
paul
eagan
double
digits
higher
than
bloomington
or
bloomington's
double
digit
higher
for
property
taxes
than
than
eagan
now,
property
tax.
Isn't
the
only
thing.
That's
just
one
one
piece
of
the
puzzle.
I
understand
that
and
when
and
when
companies
are
looking
for
cities
to
move
in,
it's
not
the
only
thing
they're
looking
at
strengths
of
the
community.
H
When
I
was
working
at
360
financial
in
minnetonka,
I
was
on
the
twin
west
chamber
of
commerce,
our
tournaments
chamber
of
commerce
government
affairs
committee
and
what
the
business
owners
were
telling
me
is
they
they
want
to
have
things
that
they
can
expect
from
government.
They
don't
want
this
uncertainty
and
that's
what's
preventing
them
from
hiring
is
uncertainty
and
I
think,
on
the
city
level,
one
thing
that
we
can
do
is
when
we
free
up
the
marketplace
they're,
not
as
worried
about
what
is
the
city
going
to
do?
I
I
I
I
J
J
So
we
have
no
no
incentive,
there's
parks
have
been,
parts
of
the
parks
have
been
sold
off
and
other
parts
of
the
park
are
used
for
landfill,
so
who's
going
to
move
into
east
bloomington.
You
wonder
why
housing
prices
are
depressed
in
the
la
the
the
bloomington
briefing.
There
was
an
interesting
thing.
It
was
a
graft
and
it
says
here
at
the
top
of
it.
It
says
city
property
tax
on
medium,
valued
median,
and
I
need
to
express
that
median
valued
single
family
homes.
J
J
J
J
K
Number
one
priority
for
me
is
that
we
need
to
keep
this
city
council
in
a
nonpartisan
mode.
We
don't
identify
by
party
on
the
ballot,
but
sometimes
we
do
get
into
partisan
kinds
of
battles,
and
that's
not
good
for
bloomington,
so
we
need
to
problem
solve.
As
I
said
earlier,
we
need
to
problem
solve
whatever
the
issues
are
that
confront
us
and
we
need
to
plan
the
future
in
a
manner.
K
That's
what
what's
right
for
bloomington
and
yes,
as
a
council
representative
for
the
fourth
district
that'll,
be
my
priority,
but
I
certainly
will
be
aware
that,
what's
healthy
for
the
whole
city
is
ultimately
healthy,
also
for
district
four
everything
else
falls
into
place.
We
get
a
budget
that
works.
We
end
up
getting
programs
that
are
are
quality.
C
C
So
I'd
just
like
to
remind
people
to
just
try
and
keep
their
answers
to
a
couple
of
minutes
so
that
we
have
some
time
for
questions
from
the
audience
at
the
end,
too,
so
bloomington's
expected
to
grow
substantially
over
the
next
two
decades.
As
some
of
you
have
already
mentioned,
that's
obviously
a
lot.
You
know
it's
a
key
priority
for
the
chamber
of
commerce.
K
Well,
our
economic
development,
obviously
is,
is
centered
in
many
respects
in
terms
of
the
business
community,
and
as
I
indicated
in
my
opening
comment,
it's
important
that
that
the
jobs
are
are
created
that
that
we
have
a
training
program.
I
think
I
have
a
background
in
education.
Rasmussen
is
here
that
we
need
to
be
encouraging,
fostering
supporting
creating
dialogue
to
to
make
that
that
relationship
work
when
when
businesses
are
are
doing
well
in
part,
because
they
have
a
good
trained
workforce
it.
K
J
J
J
We
do
it's
surprising
on
the
internet
business.
It
is
because
you
you
figuratively,
do
not
have
a
fixed
place.
Okay,
a
brick
and
mortar
store
you're
in
cyberspace,
and
so
you
don't
pay
sales
tax.
It
is
interesting
that
we
receive
very
few
purchases
from
minnesota
where
we
have
to
pay
seven
or
seven.
What
and
a
half
percent
sales
tax
most
of
our
sales
come
from
outside
of
the
state
where
they
don't
have
to
pay
sales
tax.
J
I
think
you
all
understand
what
I'm
saying,
because
most
of
you
are
in
economics.
I
may
not
be
able
to
use
your
terms,
but
we
understand
what
we're
talking
about.
We
want
profit
right.
We
want
our
businesses
to
be
profitable,
profitable
business
expands
so
but
anyways.
That
would
be.
I
think,
the
what
we
need
for
economic
development
is.
We
need
to
lower
our
taxes,
lower
the
cost
of
government
and
therefore
increase
the
amount
that
families
have
is
disposable
income
and
increase
the
profitability
of
running
a
business
in
bloomington.
I
I
These
districts
are
important
to
the
city
because
they
leverage
public
investment
that
has
already
been
made
in
each
of
those
areas.
It
does
in
terms
of
basic
infrastructure,
water,
sewer,
streets
and
roads
and
in
the
case
of
south
loop,
the
lrt,
which
is
the
great
one
of
the
greatest
assets
of
that
development
district.
K
C
H
This
this
topic
was
brought
up
at
the
last
forum
as
well
league
of
women,
voters
about
the
growth
of
bloomington
and
the
population
growth,
and
there
was
a
little
bit
of
confusion.
I
remember
on
the
council
for
the
candidates
for
city
council
on
the
forum
last
time
about
what
that
growth
is
going
to
be.
H
H
Just
reviewing
the
numbers
that
jack
put
down
for
they,
they
gave
a
range
out
to
2040..
It
was
part
of
the
thrive
plan
for
me
on
the
city
council.
What
can
the
city
council
do
to
foster
growth?
One
thing
I
think
that
the
city
council
can
do
is
get
out
of
the
way
of
businesses
developing
one
of
the
things
that
I
would
not
be
an
advocate
for
is
tax
subsidies
for
private
business.
One
of
the
parts
with
me
is
offering
voluntary
solutions
to
governments.
H
I'm
not
going
to
be
a
council
member
that
businesses
can
come
to
and
say
hey
we
want.
We
want
to
it
for
developing.
Here
we
want
to
care
for
developing.
Here
we
want
tax
incentives,
are
developing
there,
I'm
very
wary
of
city
government,
picking
and
choosing
which
areas
they
want
to
develop,
for
which
businesses
it's
something
I'm
very
wary
of
where
you
get
into
picking
favoritism
among
among
businesses
in
bloomington.
So
I
will
not
be
a
city
council,
member
that
businesses
can
come
to
and
say
we
want.
We
want
special
deals
here.
H
I
was
looking
at
the
growth
from
all
of
on
our
economic
growth,
and
I
see
that
the
mall
of
america
you
know
was
it
is
ten
percent
of
our
tax
base
here,
and
one
thing
that
I
wouldn't
necessarily
have
agreed
with
is
how
we're
funding
the
mall
of
america
expansion.
I
know
there
was
some
confusion
last
night
at
the
city
council
study
session
on
are
the
are
the
parking
lots
city
property
or
are
they
mall
of
america
property?
And
I
was
just
how
do
we
not
know
this
like?
How
do
we
is?
H
How
is
this
you
know?
When
did
this
change
happen?
I
was
asking
today
some
of
the
council
members.
When
did
this
change
happen
and
there
wasn't
a
real,
clear
consensus
on
when
this
was
going?
You
know,
when
did
the
parking
lots
become
property
of
the
mall
of
america?
When
was
it
property
of
bloomington?
So
it
worried
me
a
little
bit
because
I
don't
I
don't
mind
the
mall
of
america
developing,
but
when
you're
using
tax
dollars
for
private
business,
I'm
just
very
wary
of
that.
H
G
It
requires
balance.
It
requires
an
understanding
of
how
any
new
development
fits
in
with
the
existing
neighborhood
and
and
that
they
they
coalesce
both
visually
as
well
as
culturally
as
to
whatever
the
unique
character
of
that
neighborhood.
Is.
That
requires
a
lot
of
outreach
and
requires
engagement,
not
just
of
the
city
council
members
with
the
residents,
but
also
the
the
economic
development
interests
as
well.
G
So
the
fact
that
we've
got
some
tremendous
relationships
with
our
non-profit
communities,
with
the
chamber
of
commerce
with
convention
with
the
convention
and
visitors
bureau,
everybody
talks
to
each
other
and
they
talk
to
each
other
and
they
trust
each
other.
Because,
ultimately
we
are
all
in
this.
We
could
all
be
making
a
lot
more
money
in
the
real
private
sector,
but
we're
all
in
this,
because
we
care
so
much
about
bloomington
and
its
future.
G
So
I
guess
I
really
believe
that,
through
the
amount
of
transparency
that
people
expect
today
that
they
understand
what's
coming
and
that
we
are
using
the
best
of
the
private
sector
to
make
the
most
of
every
infrastructure
improvement.
As
jack
said,
every
every
decision
that
the
city
has
to
make
by
virtue
of
its
core
service
delivery
is
being
reflected.
Then
in
the
promise
and
the
future
and
the
prosperity
of
tomorrow.
F
K
F
F
Geographically
speaking,
we
are
well
positioned
sitting
between
two
interstate
highways,
the
airport,
the
existence
of
transit
options.
Light
rail
was
mentioned
before
probably
more
on
the
way,
so
we
are
clearly
a
part
of
the
state's
economic
engine
and
we
help
fuel
the
state's
economy
so
that
that
that
is
our
legacy,
that's
our
destiny
and
how
we
approach
growth
is
is
up
to
us
and
that
leadership
needs
to
come
through.
The
city.
F
Council
surprises
do
occur
in
life,
and
it's
going
to
be
how
you
address
those
surprises
that
are
going
to
be
a
indicator
as
to
how
successful
this
coming
council
is,
but
we
do
have
a
strong
basis
in
which
to
base
those
decisions
with
the
plans
that
are
already
in
place.
We
heard
mentioned
the
idea
of
looking
at
our
land
use
and
zoning
policies
do
they
need
to
be
updated.
F
F
Also.
What
that
then
means
is.
We
need
to
talk
about
density
in
a
real
way.
What
what
does
density
mean
for
bloomington?
We
talked
a
lot
about
south
loop
and
making
that
more
of
an
urban
type
of
development.
That
doesn't
mean
it
has
to
come
with
the
negatives
that
are
associated
with
urban
development.
We
can
incorporate
all
the
positives
as
well,
so
I'm
excited
about
this
projected
future
growth.
I
hope
you
all
are
too.
F
E
E
I
could
do
whatever
I
want.
There's
no
zoning
codes,
there's
no
ordinances!
I
could
keep
my
rv
anywhere.
I
want
in
those
little
streets.
I
could
pile
them
up.
Man
was
that
great
then
my
friend
came
over.
Then
he
had
all
these
rules
about
what
he
wanted
to
do.
I'm
like
oh,
come
on
guys.
Let's
do
it
my
way,
then
I
had
to
work
with
them.
Well,
you
know
that's
what
we've
got
to
do
in
the
city.
E
E
We
may
need
to
take
additional
steps
beyond
what
we're
doing
with
our
loan
program
to
help
build
up
our
housing
stat.
That
means
that
we've
we've
got
to
make
sure
that
our
public
services
are
supported
the
police
and
fire
so
that
we're
ready
for
these
challenges.
You
know
our
our
city
is
going
to
change
in
terms
of
its
diversity.
We've
got
to
be
able
to
be
prepared
and
be
ready
for
when
different
cultures
come
in
to
our
our
city
and
and
and
that
kind
of
thing.
E
But
you
know
what,
though,
I'm
not
afraid.
We've
got
a
wonderful
base
here
in
this
city,
we've
got
the
chamber
of
commerce
working
together,
it's
not
just
government,
we've
got
a
chamber,
we've
got
non-profit
organizations
like
veep
that
are
involved,
and
we
as
a
team
as
a
team
effort.
We
will
work
together
to
meet
this
challenge.
This
exciting
opportunity
of
growth,
I'm
looking
forward
to
it-
and
I
know
that
that
my
predecessor,
steve
peterson,
did
a
wonderful
job.
Neil
peterson,
the
mayor
former
mayor
of
they
have
set
us
with
a
wonderful
track
record.
E
Isn't
that
wonderful
that
we
have
a
triple
a
rating
in
this
city,
so
we
are
financially
posed
and
ready
from
an
economic
standpoint
to
be
able
to
take
this
next
step
for
growth,
and
I
hope
that
we
have
more
than
130
000
people
here
in
a
quicker
period
of
time.
That
means
that's
more
customers
for
us
to
be
able
to
deal
with,
and
so
we
just
need
to
keep
moving
forward
and
that's
what
I'd
like
to
do
as
a
city
council,
member
from
district
1..
Thank
you.
D
All
right
richard
well,
I
think,
there's
been
a
lot
of
good
points
that
have
been
made
here
and
I
think
that
I
just
want
to
add
to
a
few
of
them.
One
thing
that
I
want
to
make
sure
our
city
government
does
is
it's
lined
up
with
all
the
other
entities?
There's
there's
nothing
worse
than
when
you
talk
to
one
entity
of
government
and
then
there's
another
entity.
That's
that's
preventing
you
from
doing
something.
I
get
that
a
lot
in
the
my
retail
business
over
in
minneapolis.
D
One
thing
I
see
minneapolis
and
ridgefield.
Doing,
though,
is
we
there's
been
a
lot
of
talk
here
about
the
east
side
and
how
we
want
to
develop
that
you
know,
and
I
think
that
we
do
want
to
encourage
development
at
all
price
points,
not
just
necessarily
the
big
mall
project
in
the
pen,
american,
but
the
guy
that
wants
to
spend
50
grand
to
add
on
a
room
to
his
house.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
that
gets
done
too
we're
trying
to
attract
younger
families,
because
we
are
an
aging
community.
D
D
A
lot
of
people
want
to
add
onto
the
garage
and
there's
a
there's,
an
ordinance
that
somehow
it's
related
to
the
square
footage
of
their
house
and
there's
some
obstacles
there.
I
think,
if
we're
going
to
want
to
bring
younger
families
in
here
and
develop
the
east
side
of
bloomington,
I
think
we
want
to
maybe
loosen
a
little
bit
of
those
ordinances
and
make
it
a
little
bit
easier.
D
D
D
A
A
F
H
C
All
right,
very
good
that
was
painless.
Okay,
so
what
we'd
like
to
do
is
we
didn't
get
any
questions
submitted
at
the
front?
But
if
folks
have
questions
for
the
candidates,
maybe
we
can.
If
you
live
in
that
area
or
you
work
in
that
area,
you
can
you
can
ask
a
question
and
direct
us
to
the
pair
of
candidates.
So
stick
your
hand
up.
If
you
want
to
ask
a
question:
yes
would
esteem
sponsor
and.
E
B
B
Part
of
the
problem,
it
seems
to
me,
with
with
the
development
of
the
east
side,
is
in
part
because
of
the
change
over
the
40
years.
Since
I
first
lived
here
in
the
makeup
of
the
eastside,
how
do
you
get
the
east
side
residents
and
businesses
more
involved
than
I
think
they
are
in
the
processes
that
affect
them?
B
J
Well,
one
of
the
things
that
I
would
like
to
see
is
a
senior
center
in
east
bloomington,
where
the
seniors
live.
I
think
that
we
might
find
space
at
the
portland.
What
used
to
be
the
portland
junior
eye?
There
might
be
space,
so
we
could
put
a
senior
center
that
would
bring
at
least
part
of
the
community
together.
That
is
one
of
the
goals
I'm
having
I'm
trying
to
do
is
trying
to
get
more
people
voting
in
east
bloomington.
K
K
You
can
go
into
virtually
any
street
and
you'll
find
some
homes
that
really
stand
out.
The
yards
are
kept
well
and
so
forth,
so
the
core
values
and
the
the
talents
and
so
forth,
attitudes
of
the
people
in
district
four
there's
a
lot
of
great
people
that
that
we
can
work
with
as
a
city
council,
I
as
a
city
council
member
for
them
to
to
build
up
who
we
are
and
and
from
that
attitude
end
up
doing
some
planning
about.
What
would
we
like
to
do?
K
Some
of
the
economic
or
some
of
the
businesses
are
also
very
economically
depressed.
I
mean
they,
they
just
don't
attract
people
in,
and
so
I
think,
working
with.
Maybe
it's
time
to
have
an
east
side
or
a
district
4
business
association,
or
something
like
that,
I
don't
know,
can
work
with
a
chamber
to
find
out
how
many
are
members
and
maybe
start
from
that
point
and
encourage
more
growth,
whether
it
becomes
a
subgroup
of
this
chamber
or
not,
but
both
with
residents
and
with
businesses.
There's
a
lot.
I
We
are
working
with
you
know
the
umbrellas
of
the
comprehensive
plan
and
the
redevelopment
districts
and
those
sort
of
things,
and
we
generally
are
making
progress.
This
is
not
washington
where
we're
deadlocked.
We
continue
to
push
forward
on
the
issues,
the
the
difficult
ones
and
the
easy
ones
together.
So
while
there
are
normally,
it
seems
to
be
like
a
five
to
two
vote
in
in
some
of
the
more
contentious
issues.
I
More
often
than
not,
you
will
find
that
the
vote
is
seven
zero.
So
I
think
we
have
a
good
working
relationship
in
the
existing
council
and
hope
that,
with
the
new
members
coming
on,
we
can
continue
to
have
that
kind
of
cooperation,
understanding
and
cordial
nature
between
members
did
that
respond
to
your
question.
I
was.
I
I
We
will
not
approve
a
new
structure
to
continue
to
serve.
It
made
it
quite
clear
to
me
that
a
renovation
was
the
only
option.
There's
historic
value
in
there.
Different
people
place
different
values
on
what
historic
items
should
be,
but
when
I
looked
at
it
in
totality,
I
supported
that
and
changed
my
position
from
the
new
to
the
renovated
based
upon
what
the
circumstances
were
at
the
time.
So
again
it
passed
and
we
had
the
same
collegial
kind
of
reaction.
C
L
I
personally
think
not
enough
people
in
our
community
think
enough
about
public
service
to
to
own
up
to
the
responsibility
and
run
for
office.
So
I
appreciate
you
guys
doing
what
you're
doing,
and
it's
amazing
to
me
to
listen
to
the
variety
of
discourse
between
all
of
you,
the
personality
and
the
viewpoint,
differences.
L
G
C
H
Xavier
I
thanks
for
the
question.
I
think
one
of
my
greatest
attributes
is
finding
what
people
agree
upon
and
focusing
on
where
we
can
move
forward
and
where
we
agree
and
really
tailing
things.
We
don't
necessarily
agree
upon,
so
we
can
focus
on
the
positives.
I
think
I
think
I
bring
a
good
ability
for
people
to
work
together
and
moving
forward
on
where
we
agree,
not
necessarily
fighting
necessarily
what
we
disagree
about
richard.
D
E
Right,
human
relations,
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
work
within
government
several
years
there
within
non-profit
and
also
now
in
business.
I've
got
a
diversity
of
experience,
working
with
a
diversity
and
a
group
of
different
people
from
different
age
groups,
different
socioeconomic
backgrounds,
business
owners,
churches
all
across
the
the
spectrum.
So
I
would
say
that
that
the
why
bring
from
a
talent
level
is
the
ability
to
to
relate
with
human
beings
wherever
they
come
from.
F
Oh
boy,
I
have
a
passion
for
for
community
service.
I
would
also
say
that
I
have
a
true
desire.
I
actually
enjoy
going
out
and
knocking
on
a
stranger's
door.
Believe
it
or
not.
I
I,
if
I
wasn't
doing
this,
I
would
probably
be
in
sales,
but
that's
not
my
that
is
not
my
skill
set.
My
strengths
are
really
in
in
the
government
sector
in
the
economic
development
sector,
and
I
want
to
focus
on
what
I
feel
I
do
best,
which
is
to
serve
people
service.
All.
K
C
J
I
think
my
strongest
intellectual
asset
is
problem
analysis.
That's
why
I'm
a
new
vendor!
That's
why
I
write
patents.
I
can
look
at
a
problem
and
tear
it
apart
and
pick
out
those
pieces
that
need
to
be
prepared,
repaired
and
directed
in
the
direction
it
should
go
and
that's
I
don't
know
my
father
was
an
inventor
I'm
an
inventor.
I
Thank
you
well
tom,
you,
you
thanked
all
of
us
for
our
service
and
want
to
recognize
your
service
for
creating
heritage
days.
What
a
great
event
to
celebrate.
Bloomington's
history,
thanks
for
doing
that,
one
one
of
the
the
the
strength
I
bring
is
is
my
passion
for
service
and
the
ability
to
get
things
done.
I
Tom
asked
that
question
and
we
share
our
background
in
commercial,
real
estate
and
development,
and
tom
knows
that
until
you
can
move
things
until
you
can
get
things
done
until
you
can
work
through
the
myriad
of
problems,
nothing
happens
and
that's
what
needs
to
happen.
That's
how
government
serves
its
constituents
and
that's
what
I
bring
to
the
table
is
my
strength.
C
C
If
you
know,
if
you
succeed,
that's
great,
we
look
forward
to
working
with
you
if
you're
unsuccessful,
then
we
still
look
forward
to
working
with.
We
hope
you
enrage
and
remain
engaged
in
the
community.
I
hope
to
see
you
at
other
gatherings
and
thanks
very
much
so
you're
joining
me,
giving
a
big
hand
for
all
of
our
members.