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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ April 27
Description
The City’s annual Pavement Management Program is underway on Bloomington streets, prescribed burns are happening at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and the Weed It and Sweep event is cleaning up.
A
Welcome
to
bloomington
today,
I'm
emily
taplin
thanks
for
joining
us.
First,
we
bring
you
the
buzz
for
the
week
of
april
27th
through
may
3rd.
Some
city
streets
will
be
getting
a
refresh
as
bloomington's
pavement
management
program
gets
underway.
The
city
maintains
approximately
342
miles
of
streets
and
the
pmp
is
the
system
for
maintaining
and
upgrading
them.
B
In
2022
we
have
two
separate
pmp
projects.
One
is
the
reconstruct
project.
We
have
about
3.3
miles
of
street,
reconstruct
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
this
summer.
The
next
one
is
our
pmp
overlay
program,
which
we
have
about
nine
and
a
half
miles
of
streets
that
we're
going
to
be
milling
and
overlaying.
B
If
you
are
a
property
owner
or
a
resident
on
either
the
reconstruct
or
the
overlay
project,
you
will
be
getting
a
notice
about
three
weeks
before
the
project
begins.
In
that
notice.
We
do
include
contact
information
for
city
staff
as
well
as
project
inspectors,
and
also
contact
information
for
the
project
contractor.
B
A
A
A
Last
call
for
this
year's
curbside
cleanup
this
coming
saturday
april
30th
items
at
homes
with
a
friday
hauling
day
will
be
picked
up
west
of
normandale.
A
reminder
that
curbside
cleanup
will
now
be
held
every
other
year
on
even-numbered
years,
and
small
items
are
no
longer
accepted
for
a
full
list
of
changes,
dates
and
guidelines
head
to
blm.cleanup
help
clean
up
the
community
this
spring
with
more
than
25
years
of
community
cleanup
efforts,
weed
it
and
sweep
is
happening
this
spring
and
expanding
to
bloomington.
A
It's
an
annual
one-day
community
cleanup
event
happening
friday
may
6th
from
9am
to
3pm
to
learn
more
and
register
visit.
Blm.Mn
sweep
participate
in
the
bloomington
police
department's
prescription.
Drug
take
back
event,
it's
happening
saturday
april
30th
from
10
am
to
2
pm,
bring
your
expired
or
unused
prescriptions
for
safe
disposal.
A
It's
happening
at
bpd,
located
at
the
address
on
your
screen,
prescribed
burns
are
underway
at
the
minnesota
valley,
national
wildlife,
refuge
and
wetland
management.
District,
the
u.s
fish
and
wildlife
service
started
the
burns
in
april.
Here
in
bloomington,
expect
to
see
the
burns
happening
near
the
visitor
center
longmeadow
lake
unit.
A
prescribed
burn
is
a
habitat
management
tool
used
to
restore
wildlife,
habitat.
C
The
minnesota
valley,
national
wildlife
refuge,
is
a
excellent
place
for
stopover
habitat
on
birds,
long
migrations,
so
they
need
places
where
they
can
stop
rest
find
food
and
shelter,
but
we
also
see
a
lot
of
birds
coming
back
to
minnesota
to
raise
their
young
year
after
year,
and
the
fish
and
wildlife
service
is
charged
with
conserving,
protecting
and
enhancing
habitats
like
these
for
wildlife,
the
benefits
don't
just
stop
at
wildlife.
They
also
benefit
people.
C
A
The
refuge
says:
last
year's
prolonged
drought
contributed
to
a
historic,
high-intensity
wildfire
season
in
the
state,
and
these
burns
help
reduce
hazardous
fuel
like
dead
vegetation,
to
reduce
the
threat
of
wildfires
to
nearby
land,
to
stay
updated
on
prescribed
burns
in
the
area.
Follow
the
minnesota
valley,
national
wildlife
refuge
on
facebook.
A
That
is
the
buzz
on
bloomington
today
for
the
week
of
april
27th
through
may
3rd.
If
you
would
like
to
watch
other
stories
from
the
show
go
to
this
week's
playlist,
there
you'll
find
an
update
on
the
city's
five-year
strategic
plan
plus
hear
from
residents
about
their
experience
using
the
city's
new
curbside
organics
program.
Thanks
for
watching.