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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ January 11
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The latest on the City’s search to fill the vacant at-large council seat, the City receives a $2.35 million grant for trail improvements and a look at the latest Confluence Gallery exhibit at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
A
Thank
you
welcome
to
Bloomington
today,
I'm
Emily
taplin
thanks
for
joining
us.
First,
we
bring
you
the
Buzz
for
the
week
of
January
11th
through
the
17th.
The
process
to
fill
the
vacant
at
large,
City
Council
seat
continues.
The
city
council
conducted
two
rounds
of
interviews
on
January
4th
and
January
7th
five
of
those
20
residents
moved
on
to
the
second
round
of
interviews
which
were
conducted
January
11th,
an
appointment
is
expected
late,
January
or
early
February.
A
The
person
appointed
will
fill
Nathan
coulter's
unexpired
term
until
the
next
regular
municipal
election
this
year
on
November
7th,
whoever
is
elected,
then,
will
fill
the
remainder
of
the
term
through
January
5th
2026.
Coulter
was
elected
to
the
Minnesota
House
of
Representatives
Bloomington
will
receive
2.35
million
dollars
for
trail
improvements.
The
city
will
receive
federal
funds
to
construct
a
key
portion
of
the
Minnesota
Valley
State
trail.
The
funding
for
the
project
is
included
in
the
2023
federal
budget
that
Congress
passed
at
the
end
of
2022..
A
The
project
will
bring
a
multi-use
trail
and
a
bike
pedestrian
bridge
over
Nine
Mile
Creek.
The
trail
will
begin
at
Lindale,
Avenue,
Run
West
about
1.6
miles
and
bring
access
to
Nine
Mile
Creek
via
a
new
bridge.
The
city
worked
with
the
DNR,
who
will
construct
the
trail
to
prioritize
the
construction
of
this
segment
of
the
trail.
The
DNR
is
working
on
the
final
design
of
this
portion
of
the
project.
A
The
covid-19
vaccine
site
at
Mall
of
America
is
now
closed.
This
news
comes
as
vaccines
are
more
widely
available
across
the
state.
The
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
says
more
than
236
000
vaccinations
have
been
administered
at
the
Moa
site
since
it
opened
in
February
of
2021..
If
you
need
help
finding
a
vaccination
location
visit,
the
link
on
your
screen,
new
art,
is
lining
the
walls
of
the
Minnesota
Valley
National
Wildlife
Refuge,
the
newest
Confluence
Gallery
features
wild
and
precious
Life
by
artist
Kat
Corrigan.
B
I
felt
more
comfortable
with
animals
through
a
lot
of
my
life
than
I
did
with
humans,
because
it's
partially
I
suppose,
because
there's
not
a
you,
don't
get
confused
about
words,
it's
an
unspoken
language,
but
just
to
to
get
people
to
see
these
are
these
are
living
beings
like
you
and
so
with
the
faces,
especially
it's
I
want
people
to
see
that
this
is
an
individual.
This
is
an
animal.
This
is
a
being
there's
a
soul
in
there
and
they
share
this
world
too.
A
Her
work
is
on
display
through
April,
2nd
during
Visitor
Center
hours,
which
are
Thursday
through
Sunday
from
10
a.m,
to
4
P.M.
That
is
the
buzz
on
Bloomington
today
for
the
week
of
January
11th
through
the
17th.
If
you
would
like
to
watch
other
stories
from
the
show
go
to
this
week's
playlist,
there
you'll
find
a
new
notable
neighbor
segment
featuring
Kai
and
Buddy
Michaelson,
plus
a
check
in
with
mayor
Tim
Bussey
in
the
council
minute.
Thanks
for
watching
foreign.