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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ August 5
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Nominations are being accepted for the Omar Bonderud Human Rights Award, a recap on the Community Conversation on Race hosted by the Bloomington Rotary Club and an update on the Smith Park summer lunch program.
A
Welcome
to
bloomington
today
I'm
emily
taplin
thanks
for
joining
us.
We
bring
you
the
buzz
for
the
week
of
august
5th
through
august
11th
bloomington
voters
will
be
asked
to
consider
the
city's
organized
garbage
collection
on
the
november
ballot
you'll
be
able
to
vote
on
the
way
solid
waste
is
collected
in
the
city
that
includes
garbage
recycling,
yard
waste
and
curbside
cleanup.
This
is
a
result
of
the
february
2020
minnesota
supreme
court
decision
that
a
resident
petitioned
to
require
a
vote
before
moving
to
city
organized
solid
waste
collection
was
lawful.
B
One
asks
voters
if
they
want
to
change
the
city's
charter
to
prevent
this
city
from
organizing
solid
waste
collection
without
a
vote
by
residents
in
a
general
election.
So
a
yes
vote
to
question.
One
means
you
do
want
to
change
the
city's
charter
to
require
voters
to
decide
if
bloomington
should
continue
with
city
organized
solid
waste
collection.
B
A
no
vote
means
you
do
not
want
to
change
the
city's
charter
and
you
want
to
continue
with
the
regular
city,
organized
solid
waste
collection
system.
So
if
question
one
passes
and
the
city's
charter
is
changed,
then
question
two
gives
voters
the
opportunity
to
decide
whether
or
not
city
organized
solid
waste
collection
should
continue.
B
So
a
yes
vote
to
question
two
means
you
want
to
stop
the
current
city,
organized
solid
waste
collection
program
and
revert
to
a
system
where
each
resident
selects
their
own
individual
private
trash
hauler.
A
no
vote
means
you
want
to
continue
with
the
current
city,
organized
solid
waste
collection
program.
So
it's
important
to
note
that
the
passage
of
question
two
is
contingent
upon
the
passage
of
question
one.
B
So
if
question
one
doesn't
pass
and
the
city's
charter
doesn't
change,
then
question
two
won't
be
considered
and
city
organized
solid
waste
collection
will
continue
and
again
we
recognize
that
this
is
complicated.
So
we
put
together
detailed
responses
to
frequently
asked
questions
on
our
website
to
give
voters
an
opportunity
to
learn
more
about
those
valid
questions.
A
A
The
former
head
of
the
centers
for
disease
control
and
prevention
recently
called
out
minnesota
as
one
of
the
best
in
the
country
when
it
comes
to
the
overall
reporting
of
covid19
data.
Dr
thomas
frieden
was
quoted
in
the
new
york
times
article
singling
out
minnesota
as
the
overall
leader
in
the
country.
He
leads
a
non-profit
called
resolve
to
save
lives
which
looks
at
kovid
19,
metrics
being
reported
by
states
across
the
country
to
inform
communities
and
public
health
action.
A
C
A
lot
of
these,
these
gaps
that
we're
seeing
in
the
data
are
things
that
are
present
around
the
country
and
it's
it's
largely
due
to
investment
in
public
health
infrastructure,
so
public
health
infrastructure
right
now
is
is
being
pushed
and
taxed,
especially
on
the
data
side
and
many
of
the
infrastructure
systems.
We're
using
are
are
older,
they're,
not
as
nimble
they're,
not
as
flexible,
and
so
while
minnesota
has
made
great
strides
over
the
last
few
years
to
build
up
that
capacity.
D
The
more
data
we
have
on
people
with
covid19,
the
better
we
can
address,
what's
going
on
in
public
health,
to
try
to
make
things
better.
So
data
is
a
bunch
of
numbers,
maybe
a
spreadsheet,
but
we
can
look
at
it
all
together
and
say.
What's
going
on,
for
example,
we
saw
earlier
that
the
number
of
younger
people
with
covet
19
was
increasing,
so
that
allowed
us
to
say
that
our
communications
department
should
focus
their
communications
and
outreach
on
the
younger
community,
because
we
know
that
they
were
having
an
uptick
along.
C
The
governor's
office
have
put
out
probably
the
best
guidance
I've
seen
around
the
country
for
how
schools
should
be
making
decisions.
They
literally
updated
some
of
the
data
points.
Last
week
as
new
data
came
out,
it
is
incredibly
sound
from
a
public
health
epidemiology
standpoint
about
the
five
different
thresholds
they've
set
in
place
for
how
to
make
decisions
and
assist
that
decision-making
process
with
schools.
C
We're
working
really
really
closely
with
the
school
district
and
working
with
our
partners
at
the
state
department
of
health
and
department
of
education
to
work
with
the
school
district
to
help
assist
them
in
decision
making,
so
that
they're
doing
everything
they
can
to
provide
the
best
education
possible
for
students,
while
protecting
their
staff
and
students.
Health.
A
Mask
up
bloomington,
the
city
is
encouraging
residents
to
wear
masks
in
a
new
social
media
campaign
featuring
some
of
our
favorite
bloomington
landmarks,
like
old
cedar
avenue,
bridge
and
the
clock
tower.
The
governor's
order
requiring
all
minnesotans
to
wear
face
coverings
inside
public
spaces
went
into
effect
july
25th.
A
A
There
will
be
distribution
sites
across
the
twin
cities,
including
right
here
in
bloomington.
The
first
day
is
monday
august
10th
at
mall
of
america,
from
10
a.m,
to
1
p.m,
and
at
creekside
community
center,
on
thursday
august
13th
from
noon
to
4
and
friday
august
14th
from
1
to
4..
If
you'd
like
to
submit
a
mask
request
for
your
business
ahead
of
time
head
to
blm.mn,
slash
business
masks,
nominations
are
being
accepted
for
the
omar
bondaroo
human
rights
award.
A
E
We
really
want
to
take
the
time
to
recognize
the
good
and
the
positive
work
that's
happening
throughout
bloomington
and
the
people
that
are
really
making
a
difference.
Sometimes
that
work
is,
is
thankless,
work
when
you're
out
striving
for
justice
and
equity
for
people
who
are
downtrodden
by
society.
It
can
be
forgotten,
so
the
human
rights
commission
really
wants
to
to
take
the
time
and
the
effort
to
recognize
that
work,
to
give
them
an
opportunity
to
celebrate
the
work
that
they're
doing,
but
also
to
share
with
the
broader
community
that
good
that
is
happening
locally.
A
On
monday
july
27th,
the
bloomington
rotary
club
hosted
a
community
conversation
on
race.
The
focus
was
on
developing
understanding
around
race
and
equity.
It
was
held
at
the
bloomington
hilton
and
was
live
streamed
on
the
city's
facebook
page.
The
forum
featured
a
panel
of
community
leaders
from
across
the
city
and
city
manager.
Jamie
verbruggy
moderated
the
event.
F
I
think,
as
a
society
when
things
become
uncomfortable,
we
just
walk
away
from
it
and
I
think
that
what
we're
seeing
now
with
the
unrest
that's
going
on
and
people
are
just
getting
tired
right.
You
know,
you
know
sick
and
tired
of
being
sick
and
tired
and
people
are
ready
to
have
these
kind
of
conversations.
G
And
I
think
police
departments
are
finding
out
if
you
have
no
relationship
with
your
community,
like
you,
don't
spend
any
time
other
than
responding
to
911
calls
and
doing
what
people
think
the
traditional
parts
of
policing
are.
You
don't
spend
any
time
you
don't
have
sufficient
staffing
to
go
out
and
really
engage
in
conversation
and
build
deep
and
meaningful
relationships.
You
probably
don't
have
deep
levels
of
trust
in
your
community.
A
To
view
the
entire
conversation
head
to
blm.mn
slash,
fb
live
the
city
has
served
up
more
than
1
000
meals
to
families
in
the
smith
park
neighborhood
over
the
summer
in
june
parks
and
recreation,
and
the
fire
department
teamed
up
with
bloomington
public
schools
to
pass
out
lunches
to
students
on
weekdays.
Throughout
the
summer.
The
school
district
recently
sent
a
thank
you
to
the
city
and
said
more
than
1
121
meals
had
been
served
as
of
july
23rd.
A
That
is
the
buzz
on
bloomington
today
for
the
week
of
august
5th
through
the
11th.
If
you
would
like
to
watch
other
stories
from
the
show
go
to
this
week's
playlist,
there
you'll
find
a
look
at
the
latest.
Atrium
gallery,
exhibit
at
civic
plaza
and
avoid
the
three
c's
to
help
slow
the
spread
of
covet
19.
we'll
tell
you
what
they
are.
Thanks
for.