##VIDEO ID:1UDiI8UqYNc## .  EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. TONIGHT IS MONDAY, JANUARY 27. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING WITH US. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO IS WATCHING ONLINE. WE WILL START MEETING AS WE ALWAYS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU ARE ABLE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.  I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL .  ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING, COUNSEL GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY . WE HE OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT IS TO ADOPT OUR AGENDA AND I'VE LOST IT IN THE MESS THAT'S UP HERE OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE ITEM 2.1 AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES. I THINK WE HAVE ONE NEW EMPLOYEE IN OUR LEGAL STAFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING THIS EVENING. WE HAVE TO ITEM 2.2 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND.  ITEM 2.3 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR WINTER SALT WEEK AND ITEM 2.4 WE GET AN UPDATE FROM OUR FRIENDS AT METRO TRANSIT INCLUDING OUR METRO TRANSIT COMMISSIONER WHO IS HERE TO TALK TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW BUS SERVICE AND THE BUS SERVICE THE METRO TRANSIT SERVICE AS IT AFFECTS BLOOMINGTON. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE ARE CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER ONE MORE HAS OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT COUNCIL I THINK THE ORIGINAL AGENDA THAT CAME OUT IN THE ORIGINAL PACKET HAD ITEM 3.12 THE APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF UNLEADED AND DIESEL FUELS THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH IT SO IT WAS BEEN REMOVED SO I THINK IT MIGHT EVEN BE ON AT LEAST A COUPLE OF RECEIPTS BUT IT IS NO LONGER TRE. SO WE'VE GOT 11 ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT BUSINESS ITEM FOR OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING REGARDING OUR CABLE FRANCHISE RENEWAL ORDINANCE AND THEN UNDER FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STUDY ITEMS. ONE IS ON OUR CO-LIVING SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY STANDARDS REVIEW.  WE WILL GET AN UPDATE ON OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMING AND THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR CITY COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND WE WILL WRAP UP AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING TO ADD OR CORRECTIONS TO BE I WOULD MOVE THE AGENDA AS STATED AGAIN NOTING THAT ITEM 3.12 HAS BEEN REMOVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA.  NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO NOTING THAT COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING SO NOW THAT WE HAVE AN AGENDA WE'LL GET TO IT. ITEM 2.1 THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND AS I SAID I BELIEVE IT IS A NEW MEMBER OF OUR LEGAL TEAM MATTER.  YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SHE'S HERE IF YOU'D LIKE HER TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM. ABSOLUTELY. ALL WELL, SHE'S MAKING YOUR WAY. THIS IS OUR NEWEST HIRE IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.  I AM PULLING UP HER BIO AS WE STEP DANCE HERE. ALL RIGHT. UH, MARY KAY MARY CLARE MULCAHY JOINED US ON THE CALL TWO MONTHS AGO. TIME FLIES AND YOU'RE HAVING FUN.  SHE GOT SHE OBTAINED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN JOURNALISM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON.  I KNOW WE HAVE SOME BADGER FANS HERE AND ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS. WELL, NOT HERE HERE, HERE IN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS FOR LAW SCHOOL AFTER GRADUATION SHE CLERKED FOR TWO MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND SHE JOINS US FROM PRIVATE PRACTICE WHERE SHE LITIGATED COMPLEX CLASS ACTIONS SHE'S PRIMARILY ASSIGNED TO FINANCE PUBLIC WORKS I.T PUBLIC HEALTH.  GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT.  I COULD IF YOU COULD GO OVER TONIGHT. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. AND WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU FOCUSING ON WITHIN OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT? SO I'M ADVISING THE DEPARTMENTS THAT MELISSA MENTIONED. SO PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER LEGAL ISSUES OR CONTRACTS THEY HAVE, THEY SEND MY AND I HELP ADVISE THEM REPRESENTING THE CITY. VERY GOOD. AND WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR BEING WITH US TONIGHT AND BEING INTRODUCED TO THE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. WE WE TELL PEOPLE THERE ARE EMPLOYEES ARE ARE BASICALLY THE FACE OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.  AND SO IT'S KIND OF A IT'S AN HONOR BUT ALSO A RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE SEE YOU, THEY THINK OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND SO TURN OVER THEIR TRUST TO YOU TOO TO REPRESENT US IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HERE. ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT THE CITY THUS FAR. THANK YOU. THANKS .  COUNCIL'S IDLE ITEMS 2.2 AND 2.3 ARE PROCLAMATIONS AND I'M GOING TO MAKE MY WAY DOWN TO THE PODIUM KNOW  I KNOW GENTLEMEN , WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEBRUARY 2025 BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE CHIEF HODGES UP HERE WITH US AND WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY IN THE BLOOMINGTON RICHFIELD ALUMNI CHAPTER INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT, MR. LARRY MCKENZIE WAS GOING TO BE SPEAKING HERE IN JUST A MOMENT BUT I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND WE WILL BE ON OUR WAY. I THINK IT'S LINED UP THERE.  IT'S PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEBRUARY 2025 WHEREAS DR. CARTER G. WOODSON FOUNDER OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY IN 1915, INITIATED HISTORY WEEK IN 1926 AS A WAY OF HIGHLIGHTING THE INVOLVEMENT AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BLACK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NATION'S DEMOCRACY. AND. WHEREAS, PART OF THE NATION'S BICENTENNIAL HISTORY WEEK WAS EXPANDED  BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN 1976 AND. WHEREAS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH WE ACKNOWLEDGE, HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY BLACK AMERICANS TO OUR NATION'S ECONOMIC, CULTURAL SPIRITUAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT. AND. WHEREAS, BY OBSERVING HISTORY MONTH PROVIDES US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF BLACK HISTORY AS AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CENTURIES OF STRUGGLES FOR EQUITY AND FREEDOM AS WELL AS THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND SUCCESSES. AND. WHEREAS IN 2021 TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING INTRODUCED BLOOMINGTON PIONEERS AND CHANGEMAKERS, A PROFE SERIES FEATURING LOCAL BLACK LEADERS WHO ARE WORKING TO ADVANCE CIVIL RIGHTS AND REMOVE BARRIERS TO EQUITY. AND. WHEREAS, IN THIS ANNUAL PROFILE SERIES THE CITY HONORS PIONEERS WHO HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO CHART THE PATH TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND CHANGEMAKERS WHO ARE PAVING THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR WE WILL TO HIGHLIGHT AND HONOR DEDICATED BLACK LEADERS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. NOW THEREFORE I'M HERE TO BLESS YOU DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2025 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN BLOOMINGTON DATE OF THIS 27TH DAY OF JANUARY 2025. IT TRULY IS AN HONOR TO TO DO THIS PRESENTATION AND TO BE STANDING UP HERE WITH WITH THESE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMEN AND I LOVE YOU ALL TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER WHO'S GOING TO STEP UP, LARRY MCKENZIE, WHO AS I SAID IS THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT FOR THE FRATERNITY BUT ALSO IS I MEAN IN THE DISCUSSION OF MOST SUCCESSFUL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACHES IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HISTORY HE'S CERTAINLY IN THAT DISCUSSION AND NOT ONLY AS A AN OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL COACH BUT AS A MENTOR AND A LEADER AND A SHAPER OF YOUNG MEN. AND I SAW IT FIRSTHAND THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT HE DOES AND IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE HERE WITH US, LARRY, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. AND I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU NOW. AND AS I SAID, ONLY 45 MINUTES OR SO IS ALL WE HAVE. SO TO WELL MY SPEECH I WROTE WAS ABOUT FOR 2 HOURS SO BUT BUT ANYWAY ON BEHALF THE RICHFIELD BLOOMINGTON ALUMNI CHAPTER, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOR RECOGNIZING OUR ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 114 YEARS BUILD ON ACHIEVEMENT IN EVERY FIELD OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR AND SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE STARTED IN THIS AREA OF BLOOMINGTON AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE AND EVEN THOUGH I'M THE PRESIDENT I'LL GET A LOT OF THE GUIDANCE FROM THE CHIEF ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE CITY AND HOW WE CAN HELP AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO BE CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS COMMUNITY ON BEHALF OF RICHFIELD,  BLOOMINGTON ALUMNI THANK YOU SIR AND ANYONE ELSE CHIEF AGAIN 45 MINUTES. YOU KNOW I'M QUICK SO AGAIN THANK YOU CITY FOR THIS OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW I'VE A MEMBER OF THIS FRATERNITY I THINK 27 YEARS AND MARCH FOR ME SO IT'S ONE OF THE BEST ORGANIZATIONS I'VE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF AND THEN THE WORK THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO DO IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYBODY IN THE STATE WHO'S BUILT UP MORE YOUNG MEN THAN COACH MCKENZIE SO IT COULDN'T BE MORE BETTER DESERVED THAN TO HAVE THE MEMBERS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS KAPPA ALPHA PSI GET THIS PROCLAMATION SO.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW OF COURSE WE HAVE TO DO THE GRIFFIN GRANT. SO WHEN WE STEP OVER THIS WE'RE GOING WITH GENERAL ANTONIO STEPPING .  THANK YOU TO YOU .  OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION TONIGHT IS FOR WINTER SALT WEEK. IT'S WINTER I THINK YOU ALL KNOW TO STAND AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL IN MINNESOTA ROADS ROAD SALT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF CONTROL AND JUST MAKING OUR ROADS PASSABLE. BUT WITH ALL OF THE GOOD COMES SOME CHALLENGES AND SOME NEGATIVE EFFECTS AS WELL AND.  SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION REGARDING WINTER SALT WEEK AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO LOU AND A LOT OF WHO IS MINNESOTA WATER STEWARD AND WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROCLAMATION WINTER SALT WEEK JANUARY 27TH THROUGH THE 31ST 2025 WHEREAS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON RELIES ON DEICING SALT AS OF ITS WINTER MAINTENANCE PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE ROADWAYS.  AND WHERE HAS ALL THE SALT APPLIED APPLIED TO ROADWAYS ENDS IN OUR FRESHWATER AND WHEREAS CHLORIDE CONTAMINATION FROM DEICING SALT HAS BEEN FOUND IN LAKES STREAMS GROUNDWATER IN BLOOMINGTON'S NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED AND ACROSS THE STATE AND. WHEREAS REDUCING OVERUSE OF DEICING SALT DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTY PROTECTS FRESHWATER RESOURCES AND REDUCES HARM TO AQUATIC AQUATIC PLANTS AND ANIMALS.  AND. WHEREAS, IT IS CRUCIAL TO RAISE AWARENESS AMONG RESIDENTS BUSINESSES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ABOUT THE RESPONSIBLE USE DEICING SALT TO PROTECT BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE LONG TERM HEALTH OF OUR FRESHWATER RESOURCES.  AND. WHEREAS, WINTER SALT WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF THE SALT, THE ICE AND SALT INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AND EFFECTIVE APPLICATION.  AND. WHEREAS, THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SALT POLLUTION REDUCTION EFFORTS LOCALLY BY LEARNING ABOUT SMART SALTING, ENGAGING IN SAFE WINTER DRIVING HIRING TRAIN SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PARTICIPATING IN THE LOW SALT NORTH SALT MINNESOTA PROGRAM.  AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO WINTER MAINTENANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS NOW THEREFORE I MAYOR TIM BUSSEY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 27TH THROUGH THE 31ST 2025 AS WINTER SALT WEEK IN CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AND CITY DEPARTMENTS TO TAKE PART IN ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF DEICING SALT AND ENCOURAGE THE ADOPTION OF WINTER MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES.  MAINTAIN SAFETY WHILE REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL HARM DATED THE 27TH DAY OF JANUARY 2025. AS I SAID WE IT'S DEFINITELY WINTER HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE TAKE FOR GRANTED THE ABILITY GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, FROM A DUSTING TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW ANYWHERE SOUTH OF ABOUT THE MASON-DIXON LINE AND.  REALIZE JUST HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AND TO JUST TO MAINTAIN OUR LIVES DURING THE WINTER MONTHS ICE EXCUSE ME DEICING SALT IS PART OF THAT BUT AS I JUST READ AND AS WE ARE LEARNING THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF DEICING SALT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR FRESHWATER AND GROUNDWATER SOURCES ARE REMAINING UNCONTAMINATED. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LUANNE WARWICK AND GIVE HER THE MICROPHONE AND I THINK WE'VE GOT PROPS HERE AS WELL WHICH IS EXCITING TO SEE WE'RE GOOD TO PROPS.  THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR PASSING THIS PROCLAMATION REALLY GRATEFUL. SO I AM LOUANNE HARDWICK AND I'M MINNESOTA WATER STEWARD TRAINED IN WATERSHED SCIENCE WATER SCIENCE AND I'M ALSO A PART OF A GROUP STOP OVER SALTING AND.  WE'VE BEEN WORKING I JUST MOVED HERE FROM A DINER SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE AND AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR A LONG TIME AND TRYING TO GET A REDUCTION OF SALTS, STOP OVER SOMETHING. SO IF YOU HEARD THE SPEAKER TODAY ON OUR SERIES WHICH STARTED TODAY THERE'S A SPEAKER EVERY DAY ON FOR A HALF AN HOUR TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES OF WATER AND SALT.  SHE NOTED THAT WE PUT DOWN 20 TO 30 MILLION TONS A YEAR TONS MILLION TONS A YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES MINNESOTA PUTS DOWN WHAT MY NOTES GOING BACK AND FORTH 445,000 TONS A YEAR . SO WE'RE REALLY LOADING OUR ENVIRONMENT WITH SALT SALT A TOXIC PERMANENT POLLUTANT IN GERMANY YOU'RE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO PUT SALT DOWN. YOU'RE FINED IF YOU DO, IT'S TOXIC. IT'S PERMANENT. WE CAN'T REMOVE FROM OUR WATERWAYS IN THAT NATURAL AREA WE HAVE 67 IMPAIRED WATER HOT WATER BODIES AND THAT'S ONLY THE ONES THAT WE'VE TESTED. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHERS ARE 75 WE KNOW ARE AT HIGH RISK AND NO SURPRISE BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING SO MUCH DOWN ON OUR ROADWAYS WHAT ELSE DO I WANT TO TELL?  SO ONE TEASPOON OF SALT PERMANENTLY POLLUTES FIVE GALLONS OF WATER AND THERE'S NO WAY TO REMOVE IT.  THESE LAKES THAT ARE IMPAIRED YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO REVERSE OSMOSIS THE WHOLE LAKE. SO ONE SALT LAKE OR WATER BODIES THAT'S IT. SO IT'S BEHOOVES US TO PREVENT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE 70% OF THE SALT WE PUT DOWN STAYS RIGHT HERE. IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE. IT'S IN OUR SOIL, IN OUR VEGETATION.  IT'S DISRUPTING OUR ECOSYSTEMS AND OUR FRESHWATER FISH AND INVERTEBRATES. SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THE DINAH HAS PASSED THIS PROCLAMATION IN ORDER TO EDUCATE BLOOMINGTON.  WHAT DID I SAY DINAH?  TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SO YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO IT OVER TO BRIAN GREENALL, OUR WATER RESOURCE MANAGER. I ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF EQUIPMENT OPERATORS HERE WITH US. I WANT TO READ YOUR NAME SO YOU KNOW CORRECTLY TOM HILLIARD HILBERT AND COOPER WATKIN ARE EQUIPMENT OPERATORS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ARE ALSO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE GENTLEMEN. RIGHT GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON ON LEWIN'S COMMENTS AND YOU KNOW, SALT IS A PERMANENT POLLUTANT OUT THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE A BBMP TO REMOVE IT. SO IN THE STORMWATER WORLD WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT BBMP IS TO REDUCE VOLUME AND NUTRIENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BUT WE DON'T HAVE A BBMP TO REDUCE THE SALT THAT'S BEING PUT OUT THERE AND SO THE BEST WAY TO REDUCE THE SALT BEING PUT OUT THERE IS TO ELIMINATE IT ALTOGETHER. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF OUR GUYS WHO RESPONSIBLE FOR BLOOMINGTON'S DECREASING SALT TREND OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS SO IMPLEMENTING LOTS OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES WITH OUR PLOW DRIVERS FROM SEGMENTED PLOW BLADES TO TEMPERATURE TO PAVEMENT TEMPERATURE GUNS ON ALL ALL OF THE SNOW PLOWS OUT THERE HELPING THESE GUYS MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS THEY CAN TO ENSURE THATE MAINTAIN OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE. BUT WE ARE ALSO BEING SENSITIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENT OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.  ALL RIGHT. NOW WE DO THE GRIP AND GRIN AND MAKE SURE WE GET A PICTURE EVERYBODY WHEN IT GOES DON'T BE SHY.  I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU AND IT'S ALWAYS FUN FOR ME TO HAVE IT PERFECT. THANK YOU. I LIKE THAT. THANK YOU THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN I ADDENDUM 2.4 AGENDA THIS EVENING AN UPDATE FROM OUR FRIENDS AT METRO TRANSIT WHO ARE GOING TO GIVE US A AS I SAID AN UPDATE ON A VARIETY DIFFERENT THE TRANSIT A NUMBER OF THE DIFFERENT TRANSIT ISSUES WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HERE AND NOT ONLY WITHIN THE CITY BLOOMINGTON BUT ACROSS THE SYSTEM I THINK IS IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AND I'M GLAD THEY'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE . WE'RE GOING TO KICK US OFF. OH, OUR BLOOMINGTON REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, JOHN PACHECO. GOOD EVENING, SIR. WELCOME THAT'S YOU PICK IT THIS THIS OUT INTO THIS OUT FACING US. YES. PERFECT. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU THANK YOU. PULL THE MICROPHONE CLOSE TO YOU. JUST ALL RIGHT.  GO. PERFECT. I'M GETTING INSTRUCTIONS. YEP.  IN CHARGE.  LET'S TURN IT UP.  HEY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.  WELL, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US OVER. IT'S NICE TO GET OUT OF THE OFFICE OR IN OUR OWN COMMITTEE MEETINGS. WE JUST LEFT THE TRANSPORTATION VERY MEAN TO GET OVER HERE BUT IT'S NICE TO GET US OUT THERE AND HEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU WHAT YOU'D LIKE US TO DO AND WHAT YOU KEEP UP TO DATE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AGAIN. MY NAME IS JOHN PACHECO. I'M THE DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT INCLUDES BLOOMINGTON RICHFIELD, FORT SNELLING AND ABOUT HALF OF EDINA AND ABOUT FIVE BLOCKS OF MINNEAPOLIS WHERE I LIVE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY COME UP WITH THE MAP BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE IT IS. AND I ACTUALLY IT'S MY SECOND TOUR OF DUTY. I WAS A GOVERNOR PURPOSE APPOINTMENT ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO AND AT THAT POINT IT WAS MORE MUSEUM LINES AND HOUSING AND IT WAS AN WASTE. THE WASTE HAS BEEN WITH US AND IS A PROGRAM AND AND SO SO I HAVE THAT I ALSO SPENT 18 YEARS AT XCEL ENERGY.  THE FIRST TEN OF THAT WAS I MANAGED LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SO I'VE WITH SITING AND AND TRANSMISSION LINES AND ALL ALL THAT GOES WITH IT SO IT'S KIND OF BACK NOW AND I JUST GOT APPOINTED BY WALZ 2023 SO NOW I'M BACK IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUSINESS.  BESIDES THAT I'M PRESIDENT OF LATINO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF MINNESOTA AND I'M ALSO ON THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS BUT WE'RE EXCITED THAT HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU LIKE I SAID AND TODAY WE HAVE MET METRO TRANSIT GENERAL MANAGER LESLIE AND MANAGER OF SERVICE DEVELOPMENT ADAM HARRINGTON.  WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE THE WORK WE'RE DOING ACROSS OUR SYSTEM BUT HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN BLOOMINGTON AS WELL.  SO WE'RE MAKING SOME EXCITING INVESTMENTS AND I THINK YOU'LL LIKE WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH AND AND I'M WORKING WITH YOU IS BUT WHAT WE DO WE DO BEST AND SO WITH THAT I'LL PASS IT OVER TO GENERAL MANAGER KUNDERA'S LIKE THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER KHEDIRA SCREAMING WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING.  AS COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO SAID MY NAME IS LESLIE KANDERS I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER AT METRO TRANSIT TONIGHT I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF METRO TRANSIT AND SOME KEY INITIATIVES UNDERWAY AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT ADAM HARRINGTON WHO GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT UPCOMING SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS AND A FEW OTHER TOPICS PERTAINING TO BLOOMINGTON.  WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES BUT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS TO YOUR COMMENTS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT.  SO METRO TRANSIT IS ONLY QUICKLY THREE METRO TRANSIT IS A DIVISION OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL WE OPERATE BUS LIGHT RAIL AND COMMUTER RAIL. WE SERVE OVER 75 COMMUNITIES IN THE SEVEN COUNTY METRO AREA. WE HAVE ABOUT THOUSAND EMPLOYEES WHO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.  AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEW FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT METRO TRANSIT, WE HAVE ABOUT 700 BUSSES, OVER 100 LIGHT RAIL TRAINS, SIX LOCOMOTIVES, EIGHT PASSENGER RAIL CARS. I WON'T READ ALL THE NUMBERS PERTAINING TO OUR FACILITY IS BUT WE HAVE OVER 10,000 BUS STOPS AND BUS SHELTERS WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE FIGURES AND WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR BUS RAPID TRANSIT NETWORK WHICH INCLUDES ADDITIONAL STATIONS, NUMEROUS RAIL STATIONS AND RIDES AND TRANSIT CENTERS. STEPPING BACK OVERALL MISSION AND METRO TRANSIT IS WE CONNECT PEOPLE STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE LIVES BY DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE SERVE.  SO IN 2024 WE PROVIDED ABOUT 47.5 MILLION RIDES LAST.  THAT'S ABOUT A 6% INCREASE OVER WHERE WE IN 2023. AS THE CHART ON THE RIGHT OF THE SLIDE SHOWS WE ARE NOT BACK TO THE RIDERSHIP LEVELS WE WERE SEEING BEFORE THE COVID PANDEMIC BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE RIDERSHIP GROW AND SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS YOU'LL HEAR. MR. HARRINGTON ABOUT TONIGHT ARE PART OF OUR ONGOING STRATEGY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE TRANSIT ATTRACTIVE AND BUILD RIDERSHIP EVEN.  WHEN WE HAVE SURVEYED OUR RIDERS BOARD TRANSIT WE KNOW ABOUT 29% OF OUR RIDERS ARE THE AGES OF 18 AND 24. A THIRD ARE IN LESS THAN $25,000 A YEAR IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD.  AND CURRENTLY ABOUT 35% OF THE TRIPS ARE FOR COMMUTE PURPOSES WHICH IS LOWER.  WHAT WE SAW WHEN WE DID SIMILAR RESEARCH BACK IN 2016. AGAIN, WE BELIEVE THAT REFLECTS OF THE TRAVEL BEHAVIOR CHANGES WE'VE SEEN SINCE THE START OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.  SOME DESTINATIONS WRITERS TELL US THEY'RE GOING TO THE DOWNTOWN IN OUR REGION PARTICULARLY MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL, THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MALL OF AMERICA AND THE MSP AIRPORT.  NEXT COUPLE SIDES ARE RELATING TO OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY WORK. AS METRO TRANSIT GENERAL MANAGER. THERE ISN'T A TOPIC I AM ASKED ABOUT MORE FROM PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC OUR RIDERS OUR OWN EMPLOYEES THAN PUBLIC SAFETY ON TRANSIT. A TOP PRIORITY OF OURS. BACK IN 2022 THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ENDORSED METRO TRANSIT AND SECURITY ACTION PLAN AND THIS WAS AFTER TWO OR SO YEARS OF WORK THAT STARTED SHORTLY AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN 2020.  THE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL CHAIR ZAL CALLED UPON THE TO REVIEW THE METRO TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT LED TO A TRANSIT SAFETY CONVERSATION WHERE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS ENGAGEMENT WORK TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE TRANSIT AND THEIR SENSE OF WHAT LEADS TO A SENSE OF SAFETY WHILE RIDING TRANSIT. FROM THAT WORK THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DEVELOPED RECOMMENDATIONS AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THAT METRO TRANSIT DEVELOPED AN ACTION PLAN. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT OUR ACTION PLAN. IT'S COMPRISED OF THREE AREAS OF WORK IMPROVING CONDITIONS ON THE SYSTEM SO INCLUDES STRENGTHENING PRESENCE ON THE SYSTEM, IMPROVING OUR FACILITIES SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IS THE IMPORTANCE NOT ONLY OF SEEING OFFICIAL ON OUR SYSTEM BUT ALSO MAKING SURE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE WAITING THEY'RE TRANSFERRING FEEL SAFE AND SECURE. SO LOOKING AT LIGHTING AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE BUILDING DESIGN BY REALLY THINKING THROUGH THE DESIGN AND ENSURING WE'RE DESIGNING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES IN MIND.  SO PART OF THIS IS CERTAINLY MAKING SURE CONDITIONS ON THE SYSTEM ARE CONDUCIVE TO THE FEELING SAFETY.  THE SECOND AREA OF WORK IS TRAINING AND SUPPORTING OUR EMPLOYEES.  WITHOUT EMPLOYEES THERE IS NO TRANSIT AND CERTAINLY EMPLOYEES HAVE TOLD US THAT THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS AND SUPPORT THEM AS PARTICULARLY OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS AS THEY ENCOUNTER ON OUR SYSTEM. SO WE HAVE PUT FORTH A LOT OF EFFORT AND INCREASED TRAINING AND COMMUNICATION AND PEER SUPPORT FOR EMPLOYEES THROUGH THIS ACTION PLAN. AND THE THIRD AREA OF WORK REALLY RELATES OUR CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS AND RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ARE DOING WITHIN TRANSIT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO AS A TRANSIT AGENCY TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECURITY ON OUR SYSTEM. BUT FUNDAMENTAL WE ARE IN COMMUNITY AND MANY OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE HIGHLY VISIBLE ON TRANSIT ARE CHALLENGES OUR COMMUNITIES MORE BROADLY ARE STRUGGLING WITH AS WELL. SO REALLY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD COALITIONS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ENGAGING OUR RIDERS IN THIS WORK AS WELL. I WANT TO DELVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO A PRIMARY AREA OF FOCUS WITHIN THE PLAN WHICH IS GROWING LAYERS OF OFFICIAL PRESENCE. SINCE STARTING THIS PLAN BACK IN 2022 WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS BY ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF PERSONNEL WHO ARE ON OUR SYSTEM SERVING AS EYES AND EARS BUT ALSO ASSISTING CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDING MORE INTERACTION AND HOPEFULLY A MORE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PEOPLE RIDING OUR SYSTEM. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR OFFICIAL LAYERS OF PRESENCE THIS STARTS WITH OUR METRO TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE ABOUT 109 POLICE OFFICERS FULL TIME AT METRO TRANSIT NOW WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS WHICH ARE OUT ON SYSTEM INTERACTING WITH CUSTOMERS AS ANOTHER LAYER PRESENTS.  THOSE ARE NOT SWORN OFFICERS BUT AS COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS THEY ARE STUDENTS PURSUING CAREERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.  IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR WE LAUNCHED THE TRANSIT INVESTMENT PROGRAM AND WE NOW HAVE TRIP AGENTS ON OUR SYSTEM. WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THE TRIP AGENT PROGRAM BUT TRIP AGENTS ARE THERE TO INSPECT FARES ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS WHEN THEY FIND SOMEBODY TO BE NON FARE COMPLIANT BUT THEY'RE ALSO TRAINED TO ASSIST CUSTOMERS PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO REACH CERTAIN DESTINATIONS WAYFINDING THEY CARRY NARCAN AND ARE ABLE TO ASSIST IN MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.  THEY ALSO HAVE RADIOS SO THEY CAN CONTACT OUR TRANSIT CONTROL CENTER AND RECEIVE POLICE SUPPORT OR OTHER SUPPORT AS NEEDED. ANOTHER LAYER OF PRESENCE THAT WE LAUNCHED JUST UNDER TWO YEARS AGO NOW IT WAS OUR SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY PROGRAM WHERE WE CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE SECURITY FOR KEY HIGH RIDERSHIP LOCATIONS WHERE WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE OR EMPLOYEE OR RIDER COMPLAINTS. SO THAT BECOMES ANOTHER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO HELP DETER ISSUES AS WELL AS CONNECT US OR CONNECT TO THE POLICE AS NEEDED. AND THEN FINALLY THE TRANSIT SERVICE INTERVENTION WAS AN INITIATIVE IN THE 2023 TRANSPORTATION OMNIBUS BILL PASSED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO PILOT HAVING A MORE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS ON SPECIFICALLY THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH SOCIAL SERVICES AND ALSO ASSIST WITH CODE OF CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT WHILE THAT PROGRAM AS IT WAS PLACED IN LAW EXPIRED AT THE END OF JUNE LAST YEAR, WE ARE CONTINUING MUCH OF THAT WORK WITH COMMUNITY BASED PARTNERS BECAUSE WE FIND A LOT OF VALUE IN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO BUILD RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST WITH RIDERS AND CAN HELP CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES. I MENTIONED THE TRIP AGENT PROGRAM SO I WILL NOT DWELL ON THIS BUT THIS IS A RAPIDLY GROWING PROGRAM. THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE HAD ZERO TRIP AGENTS. WE WERE JUST GEARING UP TO START THEM ON OUR SYSTEM AND NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 70 TRIP AGENTS. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON LIGHT BUT WE'RE EXPANDING THEM TO BUS RAPID TRANSIT AS WELL AS METRO CONTINUES TO GROW. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADD TRIP AGENTS.  WE PLAN TO HIRE SEVERAL DOZEN MORE YET THIS YEAR AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE NEEDED SIZE OF THAT PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO SERVICE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ADAM TO TALK ABOUT NETWORK NOW AND SOME OTHER SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS COMING UP. SO ADAM GOOD EVENING MR. HARRINGTON. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS HAPPY TO BE HERE. I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE DECEMBER 2022 TO REALLY TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM SINCE OUR TRAVEL PATTERNS OF CHANGE WE HAD A NUMBER OF SUSPENDED ROUTES AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE WORKING REMOTELY AND THE CHANGE IN TRAVEL TO OUR DOWNTOWNS AND REALLY ACROSS THE REGION. SO OUR PROJECT CALLED NETWORK NOW IS OUR VISION FOR HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR SYSTEM AND REALLY UPDATED TO THE TRAVEL NEEDS OF TODAY THE WAY OUT TO 2027 SO IT'S AN ACTION ORIENTED AND AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN WE'VE GOT THREE MAIN COMPONENTS. I'LL START WITH ON THE RIGHT BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ENGAGING WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITIES AND REALLY RIDERSHIP PATTERNS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GO SURVEYING OUR CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THINKING ABOUT HOW THIS RELATES TO POLICY AND LAND USE DEVELOPMENT FOR METRO TRANSIT WHEN WE TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO WE THINK ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO. ON THE LEFT WE'RE AT IMPROVING OUR METRO LINE'S FREQUENCY AND SPAN OF SERVICE INVESTING IN MICRO TRANSIT WHICH YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES IN ADVANCE BUT ALSO RESOLVING SOME OF THOSE ROUTES THAT HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND FINALLY ADDRESSING CONCLUDING SOME OF THOSE AND REINVESTING BACK SOME OF THAT SERVICE BACK TO OUR CUSTOMERS LOOP.  THERE WE GO. SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE NETWORK NOW CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC FALL. WE SPENT QUITE A LOT OF TIME FROM SEPTEMBER ALL THE WAY THROUGH NOVEMBER MEETING WITH OUR CUSTOMERS SERVING CUSTOMERS HOLDING MEETINGS. AND WHAT WE PRESENTED WAS A PLAN THAT ACROSS OUR SYSTEM WAS AN INCREASE IN SERVICE HOURS OF 35% WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM. SO IT'S A REALLY BIG INVESTMENT AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE THAT FOLLOW THROUGH FROM THAT FIRST SLIDE AND SIMPLY NAMING SOME OF THOSE METRO LINES THAT WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF 2027.  WE GET 1600 COMMENTS BACK FROM OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WHICH WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH. WE ACTUALLY GOT NEARLY THE SAME OR MORE WHEN WE WERE OUT ENGAGING CUSTOMERS IN 2023 TO HELP US THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN BEFORE WE BEGAN. AND OUR AIM IS TO REALLY TAKE THOSE COMMENTS BACK, MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLAN WE PRESENTED LAST FALL TO RESPOND TO THOSE AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL MARCH FOR THEIR ENDORSEMENT SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS. I'LL JUST MENTION THIS MAP ON THE RIGHT ILLUSTRATES ALL OF THE ROUTES THAT WOULD SEE IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM AND THE SHADED GREEN AREAS ARE THE PROPOSED MICRO ZONES WHICH AGAIN I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. THEY'RE EIGHT OF THEM ACROSS THE METRO AREA THAT ARE REALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ACCESS IN AREAS WHERE FIXED DROUGHT CAN ALWAYS DO THE JOB OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO MULTIPLE LOCATIONS BUT CONNECTING BACK INTO THE SYSTEM AT TRANSIT CENTERS AND METRO LINES.  SO BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON JUST A DIAGRAM OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AGAIN WE JUST FINISHED UP OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS STAFF ARE THE DETAILS RIGHT NOW OF FINISHING UP MODIFICATIONS TO THAT PLAN.  I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THOSE DRAFT IDEAS TONIGHT.  SO WE'RE CONTINUE TO WORK AND REFINE THOSE IDEAS AGAIN BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL INTO MARCH 2025 FOR THEIR ENDORSEMENT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY BEEN MAKING ACROSS THE YEAR AND LEVERAGING THE LARGER INVESTMENTS IN THE METRO LINES MOVING FORWARD.  SO WE HEARD SPECIFIC THINGS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS AND HERE'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT THEY ARE NOW 1600 COMMENTS I'M GOING TO GO INTO SOME OF THE STATS ON WHAT WE HEARD ON THE BLOOMINGTON ROUTES BUT AGAIN THERE WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THE METRO LINES. THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR SPEED RELIABILITY INVESTMENTS . IT'S A PHRASE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ONE PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN ROLLING OUT TO IMPROVE HOW WE ACCESS OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND HOW WE IMPROVE BUS STOP ACCESS AND HOW MOVE THOSE BUSSES ALONG A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AN EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING ALL THE EXPRESS SERVICE. THAT'S KEY TO THIS PLAN WE'VE 53 ROUTES THAT ARE CURRENTLY SUSPENDED. MOST OF THOSE ARE COMMUTER EXPRESS. WE HAD A MODEL IN 2019 THAT WE HAD PURSUED OVER THE DECADES THAT REALLY PROVIDE A MYRIAD OF SMALLER EXPRESS RAILS ACROSS THE NETWORK.  BUT GIVEN THE BIG CHANGE IN THE TRAVEL MARKET, WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS THAT DOWN TO THOSE PRIMARY FREEWAY CORRIDORS INTO THE DOWNTOWNS AND PROVIDING ALL DAY SERVICE OR YOU HAVE OPTIONS TO COME AND GO A LITTLE BIT MORE EASILY AND THEN PARTICULARLY FOR BLOOMINGTON MORE REQUEST FOR BETTER FREQUENCY OF SERVICE AND LATER NIGHT SERVICES AS WELL AS MICRO TRANSIT SERVICE.  HERE'S A SLIDE SUMMARIZING ALL THE COMMENTS BY A ROUTE THAT TOUCHES BLOOMINGTON. SO IT'S 15% OF ALL THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED WERE ABOUT THESE ROUTES.  THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING THAT THEY'RE NOT ALL SAYING WE WANT MORE BUSSES OR WE WANT THEM LATER OR SOME OF THEM ARE SAFETY SECURITY QUESTIONS OR BETTER CONNECTIONS OR FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS WHETHER IT BE 98 BLOOMINGTON SOUTH TRANSIT STATION OR THE MALL OF AMERICA. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE'RE BREAKING THIS DOWN IN DETAIL AND OUR STAFF ARE SPENDING QUITE A LOT OF TIME TO LOOK AT THESE AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE TELLING US.  SO HOW DO WE COMPARE WHERE WE WERE IN 2019 TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THE FRAMEWORK? THE BARS ON THIS PAGE START AT THE BOTTOM AND GO TO THE TOP. SO PRE-PANDEMIC IS REALLY 2019 AND THE COLORS REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF SERVICE HOURS THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC FOR EACH OF THESE TIME SEGMENTS. THE BLUE ARE THE LOCAL BUS ROUTES. THE ARE THE METRO LINES AND THE BATTLE LINES AND THE RED THE COMMUTER EXPRESS. NOW WHEN WE GO UP TO OUR CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS, WE ACTUALLY ARE PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN BLOOMINGTON THAN WE IN 2019 AND WE GO UP TO THE CONCEPT AND WE'RE PROVIDING EVEN MORE SERVICE TO BLOOMINGTON THAN WE WERE IN 2019 OR TODAY. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE GREEN WHICH IS THE METRO MICRO SERVICE ZONE WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED JUST TO ANCHOR OURSELVES THE SERVICE WE PROVIDE TODAY IN BLOOMINGTON. SO THIS IS A MAP OF ALL THE ROUTES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OPERATION.  YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE LINE IN THE MIDDLE 35 W THE RED LINE OF CEDAR THE ROUTE 542 ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD WHICH WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT AS WELL AND A NUMBER OF THE ROUTES THAT PROVIDE THAT ACCESS.  BLOOMINGTON.  A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE CHANGES. SO THIS GRAPH ON THE LEFT REPRESENTS OUR SCHEDULED SERVICE AND REALLY A RIDERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE DAY YOU CAN SEE THE PEAKS THESE TWO PEAKS ON A GRAPH THAT ARE IN BLACK THAT REPRESENTS OUR PRE-COVID OR 2019 RIDERSHIP ACROSS THE DAY AND VERY PEAK ORIENTED THAT'S THE MORNING RUSH HOUR AND THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR.  WELL, RIGHT NOW THIS RED LINE IS MUCH MORE SUBDUED IT'S NOT AS SHARP OF A PEAK. WE HAVE GOT MUCH MORE RIDERSHIP EVEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND SO OUR SERVICE IS AIMED MORE TO SERVE THAT NEED THAN PROVIDING THAT HIGH PEAK SERVICE IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR BLOOMINGTON ON THE CHART BELOW ARE THE PARK AND RIDE LOGS. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL CAPACITY WHAT IT'S BUILT TO HOLD AND THE 2024 USAGE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY COMPARED TO THE 2019 USAGE. SO WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN FROM WHERE WE WERE IN 2019 AND THERE'S TWO FACILITIES THAT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING SERVICE TO THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DISCONTINUE.  THESE ARE JOINT USE AGREEMENTS AND THEY'RE FACILITIES THAT WE OWN.  SO IT WOULD BE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. AND AGAIN WE'RE PROVIDING DIFFERENT SERVICES TO THOSE OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN REALLY FOCUS OUR SERVICE AND PROVIDE WE THINK BETTER SERVICE IN THE RUSH HOUR AND ALL DAY LONG AND ACTUALLY ON.  WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ORANGE LINE NOW RUNNING FROM 5 A.M. TO 1 A.M. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK THE OTHER PART OF THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING A CHANGE WITH 81ST RATE TRANSIT LAYOVER NEAR 35 W THIS BUILT 1520 YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD MANY ROUTES CONNECTING HERE BEFORE ORANGE LINE BEFORE WE HAD THAT ACCESS UNDER THE FREEWAY AND NOW THERE'S ONE ROUTE THAT USES IT BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND A POTENTIAL FUTURE BRT AND WE USE IT FOR A TURNAROUND AND A RESTROOM FACILITY FOR OPERATOR YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT VENDORS LOOKING TO USE THAT SPACE AS PART OF THE FOUR 9435 W SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF WHICH HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR US AND OUR MAINTAINING A GOOD TURNAROUND AND LAYOVER FACILITY FOR OUR OPERATORS.  WE MOVE FORWARD THERE.  NOW A LITTLE BIT OF A SNEAK PEAK AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED AGAIN THE CURRENT NETWORK THAT I SHOWED ON A LARGER SCREEN IS ON THE LEFT AND WHERE WE'RE MAKING SOME OF THE BIGGER CHANGES IN OUR NETWORK IS ON THE RIGHT OF FIRST POINT OUT THAT THE GREEN SHADED AREA HERE IS JUST TO REPRESENT THE KIND OF AREA THAT METRO MICRO'S ZONE COULD COVER . WE RECENTLY STARTED TWO NEW ZONES ONE OF WOODBURY ONE IN ROSEVILLE ANCHORING ON METRO LINES BUT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING THE CITIES TO DETERMINE WHERE THOSE BOUNDARIES ARE. THEY WON'T BE THIS SMOOTH,  NICE NICE CIRCLE HERE. THERE'S BE A LOT OF WORK WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF ADDING A MICRO ZONE BLOOMINGTON AND WE'RE AIMING TO DO TWO NEW MICRO ZONES PER YEAR AS WE MOVE FORWARD BETWEEN NOW AND 2027 AND ACTUALLY 2025 COUNTERS ANOTHER YEAR. SO WE'RE HOPING TO ADD TWO MORE THIS YEAR FROM MICROSOFT'S.  A COUPLE OF THE FEATURES ON THIS ON THESE MAPS I WANT TO OUT FROM A ROUTE STRUCTURE STANDPOINT AGAIN ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD IS MORE CONSISTENT FREQUENCY ON THE ROUTES THAT WE OPERATE AND REALLY PROVIDING TRYING TO PROVIDE BETTER TO THOSE PRIMARY DESTINATIONS. ON THE LEFT SIDE YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF BOXES THAT CORRELATE TO THE LINE ON THE MAP 120 MINUTES THAT MEANS THERE'S A BUS TRIP EVERY 120 MINUTES OUT THERE TODAY THAT'S PRETTY WIDE . IT'S NOT WHAT WE WOULD AIM TO DO OR WANT TO HAVE AS A STANDARD OF SERVICE. WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR ONE ROUTE TO EVERY 30 MINUTES THROUGHOUT THE SPAN A LARGE SPAN OF THE DAY AND 60 MINUTES FOR THE ROUTES THAT'S SHOWN ON THE LEFT TO 537 WHICH IS REROUTED A LITTLE BIT TO PROVIDE SOME COVERAGE TO THE WESTERN OF BLOOMINGTON THERE AND THEN ON DOWN FRANCE AVENUE . SO JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A FRAMEWORK OF WE'VE SOME CHANGES. THIS IS A SNEAK PEEK. WE'RE STILL REFINING THIS MAP A LITTLE BIT AND WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN THERE. BUT OUR MAIN GOAL IS PROVIDE BETTER FREQUENCY, BETTER CONNECTIONS, STRONG CONNECTIONS, NEW ARMADALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STRONG CONNECTIONS AT 98TH STREET STATION AND 35 W WHICH BY THE WAY HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST YOU PASS STATIONS IN THE SYSTEM DOWN HERE AS MUCH AS ALL OF AMERICA. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT AND HAVE GOOD PARTNERSHIPS WITH MINNESOTA VALLEY AS WELL WHO ALSO SERVES LOCATION.  SPEAKING OF METRO LINES SNAPSHOT THESE ARE ALL ON OUR WEBSITE SO ANYONE CAN GO OUT AND LOOK AT THEM.  THE THREE MAIN I WANTED TO FOCUS ON TODAY ARE THE ORANGE ON THE LOWER LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE RIDERSHIP CONTINUING TO GROW AND AGAIN I MENTIONED IN DECEMBER WE JUST ADDED MORE FREQUENCY OF SERVICE TO THE ORANGE LINE SO WE EXPECT THAT RIDERSHIP CONTINUE TO CLIMB DE LINE WHICH ENDS AT MALL OF AMERICA CONTINUING TO GROW. THAT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT SERVICE AND BLUE LINE IS REALLY KIND OF GROWING INCREMENTALLY.  WE DID ADD MORE FREQUENCY TO BLUE LINE LAST SUMMER IT SEEMS IT MIGHT BE LEVELING OFF BUT WE'RE AIMING TO ADD TEN MINUTE FREQUENCY THE BLUE LINE IN THE COMING YEAR OR SO. SO WE CAN START TO BOOST THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL. BUT IT GIVES YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT WE MIGHT EXPECT FROM A METRO LINE SO ORANGE BRT IS CARRYING ABOUT 2000 RIDES A DAY DE BRT IS CARRYING 14,000 RIDES A DAY AND BLUE LINE IS CARRYING ABOUT 15 TO 20000 RIDES A DAY . SO OUR GROWING METRO NETWORK .  I'M SHARING THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LINES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THROUGHOUT OUR NETWORK. WE AS YOU KNOW, HAD A ROBUST PLANNING PROCESS AND THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT WE ENDED UP WITH. WE HAD HOPED TO IMPLEMENT A BRT EVERY OTHER YEAR BUT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SOMETIMES HAVE A LIFE OF THEIR OWN WITH MANY UNKNOWNS AND A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH BOTH THE ROADWAY AUTHORITY AND UTILITIES AND LOCAL PROPERTIES. BUT WE'RE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS AND THIS WE'RE OPENING THREE BRT LINES WHILE SOUTHWEST GREEN LINE EXTENSION LRT IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.  SO IT'S A REALLY BIG LIFT FOR US THIS YEAR. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FUTURE FOR WHAT WE'RE AIMING TO IMPLEMENT IN 2025 RELATED TO NETWORK NOW AND WE G LINE EFLIN EACH LINE ALL QUEUE AS PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMED OUT BEYOND 2027 SO OUR NEXT STEPS AS WE SEE THEM AND AS COMMUNICATED WITH YOUR STAFF ARE WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPLETING OUR NETWORK NOW FRAMEWORK BUT WE STILL HAVE MORE WORK TO DO AND INTERESTED IN CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD TRANSIT DEFINING THOSE METRO MICRO ZONES, WORKING TOGETHER ON TRANSIT FACILITIES THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP OUR OPERATION WORK WELL WHETHER THAT'S ONGOING MAINTENANCE TO THE MALL OF AMERICA OR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AROUND 90TH AND BLOOMINGTON SOUTH TRANSIT STATION OR THE SMALL TURNAROUND AT 81ST AND 35 W THERE'S A LOT OF KEY AREAS THAT WE HAVE PARTNERSHIP ON AND THEN OF COURSE WE WANT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU IN COMMUNICATING WHAT THESE CHANGES ARE ONCE.  WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THEM AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND OF COURSE YOU CAN ALWAYS DO MORE BUT WHERE WE'RE GOING AT THE SPEED OF WORKFORCE AND RESOURCES IN TERMS OF BUSSES AND FACILITIES SO IT ALL TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE OUR WORK HERE. SO WITH THA I'LL CONCLUDE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR..  APPRECIATE IT.  COUNSEL QUESTIONS FOR EITHER MR. HARRINGTON OR MS.. CANARIS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANKS. MAN I'VE GOT TWO AREAS OF QUESTIONS ONE SAFETY AND SECURITY.  IT INDICATED THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY 109 OFFICERS. WHAT IS THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH AND HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO THAT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THE AUTHORIZED IN OUR 2025 BUDGET IS 171 FULL TIME OFFICER SO STILL QUITE A WAYS TO GROW TOWARDS THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NUMEROUS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS UNDERWAY INCLUDING A CSO PATHWAYS PROGRAM WHICH IS A NEW APPROACH TO US LAST YEAR TO REALLY TRY TO RECRUIT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN CAREERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHERS WHO MAY BE LOOKING TO CHANGE CAREERS INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SUPPORT THEM TOWARDS BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER. THANK YOU.  I DIDN'T SEE IN THE PRESENTATION ANY NUMBERS ON CRIME AND THE DIRECTION IT'S GOING AND ALL THAT.  I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE NUMBERS BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DON'T INCLUDE OTHER AGENCIES NUMBERS OF POLICE ACTIVITY THE LINE SO IF OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAD TO INTERVENE IN A SITUATION THAT WOULD NOT GET COUNTED THOSE NUMBERS IS THAT ACCURATE? AND SO CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE ME A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT'S FOR SAFETY? SO MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER FIRST ONE CRIME STATS YOU KNOW I MENTIONED IS GOING UP I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED CRIME IS ALSO GOING DOWN. WE'RE TO PROVIDE OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND PART OF WHAT WE'LL SHARE WITH THEM IS WE CONCLUDING 2024 WITH ROUGHLY A 6% DECREASE IN CRIME COMPARED TO 2023 IN TERMS OF WHAT IS COUNTED IN THOSE REPORTS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THOSE ARE CRIME REPORTS WITHIN THE METRO TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT SYSTEMS. SO DEPENDING ON THE PARTICULARS OF THE INCIDENT IT'S POSSIBLE WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING WOULD NOT BE COUNTED. I WILL ADMIT I AM NOT FULL EXPERT ON HOW WE MANAGE THAT DATA SO CERTAINLY WE CAN UP IF THERE'S MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU.  AND THEN A PART OF THE REASON THAT I ASK AS THESE QUESTIONS IT'S PERSONAL TO ME. MY DAUGHTER LIVES IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS.  I'LL BE CANDID SHE WON'T RIDE LIGHT RAIL. SHE'S HAD TOO MANY NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES ON THERE AND FRANKLY UNTIL SECURITY IS REALLY SERIOUSLY ADDRESSED. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET PEOPLE BACK RIDING AND FEELING SAFE ABOUT THAT.  SO WITH THAT SAID, MY NEXT QUESTION IS SAFETY AND SECURITY. AS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HAD A PARTNERSHIP, A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND METRO TRANSIT AND THAT WAS STOPPED.  IS THERE ANY RECONSIDERATION OF THAT OR ANY LOOKING AT THAT AGAIN UTILIZING FACT THAT BLOOMINGTON IS AT ITS FULL AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF POLICE OFFICERS IS AND I THINK IS IS READY AND WILLING TO PARTNER WITH YOU SO THAT ASSETS CAN BE DEPLOYED IN THE RIGHT AREAS AND I APPRECIATE THAT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER BEFORE COMING HERE TONIGHT I SPOKE WITH INTERIM CHIEF JOE DODSWORTH OF POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SHE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING ASSURED ME THAT HE IS WORKING AND WILLING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN GENERAL OUR INTERIM CHIEF HAS REALLY PUT A PRIORITY ON STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH LONG OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WE ARE IN OVER 75 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE METRO SO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESSENTIAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY. I THINK IN PARTICULAR I DO RECALL THE CONTRACTED OVERTIME AGREEMENT WITH BLOOMINGTON AND YOU KNOW I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD THE CHIEF INTERIM CHIEF DR. I'M SURE HE'D BE WILLING TO TALK FURTHER ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WE HAVEN'T ACTIVELY TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT THAT BUT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T REFUSE THE CONVERSATION. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I APPRECIATE OPENNESS AND SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE NEW MORE OPENNESS UNDER THE INTERIM CHIEF THAN THAN THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY. SO THANK YOU.  IN TERMS OF SERVICE, I GOT A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS ON IT.  IS IT ACCURATE THAT THERE IS NO BUS SERVICE WEST OF NORMANDALE OR MAYBE EXTRAORDINARILY LIMITED, MAYBE A BLOCK AWAY FROM THAT THAT BECAUSE I REMEMBER MY YOUNGER DAUGHTER DIFFERENT DAUGHTER USED TO RIDE THE BUS OVER TO DRED SCOTT I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DID THAT.  IS THAT SOMETHING THAT USED TO LIKE PRE-COVID HAPPENED?  YEAH. MR. MAYOR? COUNCILMEMBER YES. WE DIDN'T EXPRESS ROUTES THAT WOULD RUN MORNING AND AFTERNOON AND I THINK HAD THREE TRIPS ON IT. THERE WAS A 588 AND A 589 THAT WOULD PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AND THOSE WERE VERY LIGHTLY USED BY THE TIME WE GOT TO 2019 AND WHEN COVID HIT THERE WAS JUST NOT MUCH TO COME BACK TO.  SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THAT KIND OF SERVICE IN THOSE MARKETS SO WE'RE JUST NOT PROPOSING TO BRING THOSE BACK.  OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. SO PROBABLY JUST MY DAUGHTER RIDING IT SO AND THEN THE THERE WAS A CHANGE IT LOOKED LIKE THAT THE I BELIEVE IT'S THE 546 IS NO LONGER GOING TO NORMAL NOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT AND HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE PICKED UP BECAUSE THAT'S A CONCERN. I KNOW NORMANDY DALE BEING THE LARGEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE THE STATE AND A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE YOUR STATS SHOW THAT A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE UTILIZE YOUR SERVICE SO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A DECREASE IN SERVICE FOR THOSE YOUNG FOLKS. YEAH. MR. COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT DESTINATION FOR US TOO AND I WOULD SAY THAT THIS MAP BECAUSE OF THE LAYERS OF THE LINES ON THE MAP DOESN'T MAYBE REPRESENT WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL BUT CERTAINLY THE 539 WHICH SERVES IN ARMADALE TODAY CONTINUE TO SERVE IN ARMADALE EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T SEE IT GO UP AND AROUND TO TURN AROUND AND COME BACK AT WILL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WALK THE ROAD SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE ON THERE. IT'S JUST ON THE BELOW OTHER ROUTE LINE. SO THEN THE GREEN LINE ON THIS MAP IS THE ROUTE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND SO NOW THIS LINE IS GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO ARMADALE UP TO LOGAN PLAZA AND IT WILL INTERLINE IT'LL BE THE SAME BUS CONTINUES ON AND GOES OVER TO IN ARMADALE ON THE 539 SO THOSE TWO ROUTES ARE GO TOGETHER THEY'LL GO TOGETHER YEAH THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION THEN THE SERVICE HOURS I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT YOU'RE EXPANDING LIKE EVENING SERVICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL AS THE FREQUENCY SO YOU'LL HAVE MORE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GET SOMEWHERE LATER.  YEAH MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER THE TYPICALLY WHAT YOU SEE ON SCHEDULES IS THEY'RE REALLY SCALED FOR THE LEVEL OF DEMAND AND SO IT'S HIGHER FREQUENCY AND THERE'S MORE RIDERSHIP AND AS YOU GET ON INTO THE EVENING IT'S LESS AND LESS IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT BE LATER TRIPS THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO THAT ARE LATER BUT THERE'LL BE MORE TRIPS SO IT'S EVERY HOUR A CERTAIN TIME IT MIGHT BE EVERY HALF HOUR. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR AND ONCE WE GET THE PLAN FINALIZED THOSE DETAILS WILL BE IN THERE. IF YOU'VE SEEN THE CONCEPT PLAN WE THROUGH BY TIME OF DAY AND WHAT THE FREQUENCY IS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AIMING AT. OKAY.  AND IS THAT IS THIS ALL SIMILAR FOR THE WEEKENDS AS WELL? IS THERE FREQUENCY AND THOSE THINGS DURING THE WEEKENDS AS WELL RIGHT MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE AIMING TO IN THE CONCERT PLAN AND WE WERE REINFORCED WITH THROUGH THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IS MORE SERVICE ON WEEKENDS GENERALLY THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK WHICH IS TRUE HERE AS WELL. SO YOU'LL SEE ON A NUMBER OF THESE ROUTES WHERE IT'S HOURLY FREQUENCY ON SATURDAY OR THOSE WOULD MOVE UP TO 30 MINUTE FREQUENCY AT SOME PARTS OF THE DAY AS WELL.  LAST QUESTION ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE 18 ROUTE? THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE. I THINK THAT HAD BEEN ASKED ABOUT WELL LET'S SEE THAT VERY TEEN HAS VERY GOOD SERVICE.  WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING SURE WE HAVE TEN MINUTE FREQUENCY THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHICH WE DO IN SOME PARTS OF THE DAY ON THOSE LOCAL ROUTES THAT HAVE VERY GOOD FREQUENCY. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING ADDING THIS EXTENDING THAT HIGHER FREQUENCY PERIOD OF TIME IT'S MORE EARLIER IN THE MORNING AND LATER IN THE EVENING I'M SAYING LATE EVENING BUT JUST WIDENING THAT SPAN OF HIGHER FREQUENCY.  OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.  APPRECIATE IT. TWO COMMENTS QUESTIONS FOR YOU THE.  FIRST ONE WAS KIND OF A FOLLOW UP ON 18 I THINK FOR FOR ME THE 18 BUS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IT DIDN'T RUN AFTER RUSH HOUR. IT WAS KIND DOWNTOWN IN RUSH HOUR AND YOU COULD GET A PRETTY GOOD SERVICE AND THEN BACK DURING RUSH HOUR, LATE RUSH HOUR BUT I LIVE LITERALLY BLOCKS FROM THERE AND I COULD NEVER FIND A BUS AFTER 6:00 AND SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T RIDE IT RIGHT.  SO SO IT'S IN LINE WITH PICTURE. I THINK THERE ARE TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. FIRST OFF, I'D LOVE TO GET YOUR YOUR UNDERSTAND YOUR DEFINITION OF WHAT A METRO MICROSOFT NEWS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED IT HERE AND IT LOOKS AWESOME. I LOVE GREEN BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.  SO IF I COULD GET YOU TO ANSWER THAT FOR ME AND THEN SECONDLY ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES I THINK WE HAVE IS EAST-WEST ROUTES IN BLOOMINGTON.  WE JUST DON'T HAVE COVERAGE GOING WEST TO EAST. IF I WANTED TO GO FROM NORMAN DALE TO THE MALL OF AMERICA FOR EXAMPLE THAT'S A BIT OF A CHALLENGE UNLESS I CAN TIME IT RIGHT SO THAT I'M GETTING ON THE 539 AND I'M GETTING DOWN TO THE AMERICAN BOULEVARD LINE AND GETTING OVER WITH THE RIGHT TIMING AND EVERYTHING. SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW MIGHT BE ABLE TO SOLVE THE EAST WEST PROBLEM THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE WITH BLOOMINGTON. BUT IF YOU COULD ANSWER THOSE TWO QUESTIONS I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ON THOSE BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT BUT YEAH WHAT A MIGHT METRO MICROSOFT ACTUALLY MEANS FOR US WOULDE GREAT.  SURE. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER AGAIN THE METRO MICRO ZONE WHAT WE'RE AIMING AT IS TO DELIVER A SAME DAY APP ENABLED TO JUST SIMILAR TO UBER LYFT YOU GO TO BOOK YOUR RIDE ON YOUR APP. OUR GOAL IS THAT THAT VEHICLE WOULD BE ABLE TO PICK YOU UP WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF YOUR BOOKING SO THAT REALLY CONSTRAINS HOW FAR YOU CAN GO WITH A FIVE VEHICLES WILL HAVE ASSIGNED TO THAT AREA SO THAT'S REALLY THE CONSTRAINT FOR THE DISTANCE AND WHY WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO REALLY DEFINE WHAT THOSE BOUNDARIES ARE THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN ALL AGREE TO TO PROVIDE THAT CONNECTION INTO THE SYSTEM.  SO AGAIN IT'S APP ENABLED YOU CALL UP OR YOU CAN CALL THE DISPATCH IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH USING THE APP BUT CAN REQUEST A RIDE FROM YOUR LOCATION TO DESTINATION AND IT WILL PICK YOU UP AT THE CURB, BRING YOU TO THAT LOCATION.  MULTIPLE PEOPLE CAN RIDE THEIR BIKE, GRABS BIKE RACKS THAT'S LYFT EQUIPPED. THERE'S A FARE BOX ON THERE IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR METRO PASS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICE AND AGAIN IT'LL BE A COORDINATED EFFORT WITH THE CITY AS FAR AS THE ROAD 18 GOES BUT IT DIDN'T MENTION IS THAT THERE ARE SHORT LINES ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THE ROAD 18 SO IT MAY NOT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN TERMINAL EVERY 10 MINUTES AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING. MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY YOUR QUESTION WAS COUNCILMEMBER BUT HOW FAR SOUTH DOES IT GO? I DON'T KNOW. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IN THE CONCEPT PLAN WITH THE CHANGES ARE BUT I'M HAPPY TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO HAVING THIS FINISHED UP SO AS WE GET TOWARDS MARCH WE CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK AND GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY AND THEN EAST WEST IN GENERAL. OH YES EAST WEST IN GENERAL.  SO THE YOU KNOW TO THE TWO MAIN CORRIDORS IT'S REALLY 98TH STREET AND WE'VE GOT A REALLY STRONG SERVICE THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE BE THAT WAY AS WELL AS ALONG AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND ON 76 THOSE TWO PAIRS SO PROVIDING MORE CONSISTENT SERVICE THERE THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE OBSERVED WHAT ARE THOSE TRAVEL PATTERNS BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH?  HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? AND SO YOU'LL SEE ON THIS MAP WHAT WE'RE TO DO IS JUST WITH THIS ROUTE 537 WHICH WOULD GO ALL THE WAY DOWN FRANCE AVENUE AND MAKE THIS JOG PROVIDE THAT COVERAGE BUT WOULD BE AN EVEN SERVICE DELIVERY BETWEEN THOSE TWO POINTS. AND THAT'S THE BIG TRADE OFF FROM TODAY WHERE IT RUNS EVERY 120 MINUTES AND KIND OF JOGS OVER TO PENN AVENUE AND UP.  SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE A BETTER DIRECT CONNECTION THERE EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT COMPLETELY DIRECT AS WELL AS THE LYNDALE SERVICE AND THE CLOUD SERVICE THERE AT 18. OKAY. SO YEAH THANK YOU FOR THAT I WOULD SAY TIMING IS GOING TO BE REALLY VALUABLE THERE RIGHT . AND SO I'D LOVE TO SEE A STUDY AT SOME POINT TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING FROM ONE DESTINATION TO ANOTHER THROUGH TRANSFER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WE UNDERSTAND IF IT'S WORKING LIKE WE EXPECTED.  THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING FOR ME. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER KRAMER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I GUESS I'M WONDERING IS THE MICRO ZONE CONCEPT THE IDEA TO MOVE FORWARD WITH INTEREST FREE TRAVEL ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE WE DID DISCUSS THERE'S REALLY NO SERVICE ON THE WEST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON AND SO IS THAT THE IDEA OF MOVING FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO SERVE RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO NEED TO MOVE INSIDE THE CITY? THIS IS MICRO ZONE KIND OF THE CONCEPT THAT WOULD HELP WITH THAT SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CITY. MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER MIKE,  THIS MICROSERVICE IS IN SOME WAYS COULD BE USED EVERYWHERE AND WE'VE HEARD THAT WE WANT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TEST IT OUT AND HAVE SOME SUCCESS. PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN WITH THIS NEW MICRO ZONE IS HOW FAR WE CAN GO AS I MENTIONED. BUT WE MAY LEARN AS WE'RE OPERATING IT THAT WE CAN GO FARTHER THAN THOUGHT AND SO GETTING TO THE WEST BLOOMINGTON PART OF THAT WOULD BE A GOOD MODEL FOR THIS BECAUSE SOME OF THE ROUTES WE'VE TRIED IN THE PAST THAT SERVE WEST BLOOMINGTON THAT JUST ISN'T ENOUGH REGULAR RIDERSHIP REALLY SUSTAIN THAT KIND OF REGULAR SERVICE AND THAT'S WHERE THIS OF SERVICE MIGHT BE A BETTER STOPGAP FOR IT. AGAIN, WHEN WE GET THERE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADD AND PROVIDE THAT RELIABLE SERVICE OR WE'LL HAVE TO TEST IT AS WE GO. BUT IT IS THAT KIND OF SERVICE AND AS YOU LOOK BACK AT THE WHOLE REGIONAL MAP WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE REGION. THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS IN BETWEEN WHERE WE'RE CONNECTING A TRANSIT CENTERS THAT ARE THAT SAME QUESTION AND THAT'S VERY HELPFUL ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY BIG PROJECTS GOING ON IN BLOOMINGTON BUT THE RENOVATION OF OUR ICE GARDEN'S NEW COMMUNITY AND WELLNESS CENTER KEY AREAS WHERE PEOPLE I KNOW WILL WANT TO BE USING PUBLIC TRANSIT AND GETTING PUBLIC TRANSIT TO AND SO I KNOW OUR STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY INTERESTED IN HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH YOU TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU.  SO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN JUST COMING HOME TO SEE YOU AT THE NEXT 35 W SOLUTIONS WHERE YOU CAN ASK ALL MY QUESTIONS THERE SO GOOD SEEING YOU. YEAH YOU AS WELL. YEAH. SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED THE 90TH STREET TRANSIT STATION WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST USE OF THE PETROL PASS. WILL YOU PASS EXPLANATION FOR THAT OR THAT THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOGICAL SPOT FOR ME BUT WELL ON THAT, MR. MAYOR, PART OF WHAT THAT DOES IS IS A PARKING ALL THESE ROUTES CONNECT THERE. SO WHEN I PULLED THE DATA ON IT THERE'S ALL THE ROUTES ALL THE ROUTES HAVE TRANSFERS THAT HAPPEN TO ORANGE LINE OR THE METRO WHICH IS A ONE SEAT RIDE OVER TO THE YOU. IT DOES GO DOWNTOWN LIKE THE ORANGE LINE DOES BUT IT CONTINUES ON OVER TO THE USE OF BETWEEN THOSE TWO. IT'S A REALLY ATTRACTIVE SERVICE TO YOU.  YEAH USED TO RIDE ON ALL THE TIME SO I TO COMMEND YOU ON THE THE THE WORK THAT THE TRANSIT DONE ON THE OFFICIAL PRESENCE AND TO THE DIFFERENT WAYS LOOKING AT THIS CHAIR'S ALIEN I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION FOR A FEW YEARS NOW ABOUT  THE NEED FOR PRESENCE BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND MEAN THERE'S THERE'S BEING SAFE AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR CRIME NUMBERS ARE COMING DOWN AND THEN THERE'S FEELING AND THE FEELING SAFE I THINK IS IS EXPONENTIALLY MORE AND I WOULD JUST I MEAN MIGHT OFFER A BIT OF SUGGESTION YOU AGAIN APPRECIATE THAT THE THAT THE CRIME STATISTICS ARE COMING DOWN BUT I'VE GOT TO IMAGINE YOU KNEW THE QUESTION WAS COMING ESPECIALLY FROM A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY OF OUR SIZE AND SO TO INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION IN THE PRESENTATION WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL AND WOULD HAVE BEEN WOULD HAVE BEEN USEFUL AND THEN JUST FROM A TRANSPARENCY STANDPOINT AS I LOOK AT THE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ACTION PLAN, THE LIBRARY THAT THE LAST PROGRESS REPORT POSTED WAS FOR QUARTER ONE OF 2024 AND AGAIN THE TRANSPARENCY THE ARE TO TO LOOK IN TO LEARN JUST AS IT AS A CITY AS A CITY COUNCIL BUT ALSO AS A PUBLIC THAT IS RELYING ON METRO TRANSIT TO KEEP US SAFE AS WE AS WE RIDE PUBLIC TRANSIT. SO JUST SOME SUGGESTIONS AS YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU. I THINK YES.  MR. MAYOR MEMBERS FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK AGAIN FOR INVITING ME OUT HERE. THIS IS VERY HELPFUL EVEN FOR ME AS A MEMBER AS A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TO HEAR DIRECTLY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN TRANSIT.  JUST ONE OF THE PARTS OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS THERE'S ECONOMIC IN HOUSING, THERE'S THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACES. WE HAVE ALL THESE SO YOU HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION I MAY NOT HAVE ANSWER BUT I CAN GET IT AND SO SO WE CAN ANSWER SOME YOUR QUESTIONS RATHER THAN WAIT TO ANOTHER MEETING OR ANOTHER INVITATION. BUT SPEAKING OF INVITATIONS,  WE HAVE OUR STATE OF THE REGION. THERE'S COMING UP THIS THURSDAY AT ALLIANZ FIELD. I THINK YOU'LL MEET SOME OF YOUR AND OTHERS AROUND THERE AND YOU'LL HEAR WHERE WE ARE AS THE BIGGER PICTURE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND THIS COMING YEAR AND HIGHLIGHTS MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WE'VE SOME SUCCESSES AS YOU KNOW AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS CHALLENGES. SO ANYWAY THANKS AGAIN AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN ON THURSDAY.  ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK WE I KNOW WE'VE GOT AT LEAST A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS AND I I'M REGISTERED AS I LOOK AT SO FAR I BELIEVE I'M REGISTERED. YES, I WILL BE THERE AS WELL SO I'LL SEE YOU ON THURSDAY SO WELL GREAT THANK SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO THIS EVENING. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION.  MOVING ON TO CONSENT BUSINESS THIS EVENING COUNCILMEMBER HAS TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA COUNCILMEMBER FEMALE I HAVEN'T HAD ANY OTHER HOLDS HALL CEREMONY OC HEARING NONE BUT MOVE CONSENT ITEMS 3.1 THROUGH 3.11 AS STATED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. MOVING ON TO FOUR HERE ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND OUR ONLY PUBLIC THIS EVENING THIS REGARDING OUR CABLE FRANCHISE RENEWAL ORDINANCE JANINE HILL OUR COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR IS GOING TO KICK US OFF AND TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN GROGAN WHO IS OUR ATTORNEY WORKING ON THIS AND.  GOOD EVENING, MR.. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE PURSUING COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT YOU WILL CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE RENEWING THE GRANT OF A CABLE FRANCHISE TO COMCAST TO PROVIDE CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES IN BLOOMINGTON. WE'VE BEEN WORKING THE RENEWAL PROCESS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND OUR LONG TIME CABLE ATTORNEY BRIAN GROGAN IS WITH US HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE KEY POINTS OF THE NEW FRANCHISE, BRIAN IS A SHAREHOLDER AND DIRECTOR WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS LAW FIRM OF MOSS BARNETT PRACTICING IN THE FIRM'S COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS LAW AND INFRASTRUCTURE PRACTICE GROUPS SINCE 1988, BRIAN HAS WORKED WITH MUNICIPAL AND TWO ENTITIES IN MINNESOTA AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ON A VARIETY OF CABLE, TELECOM, WIRELESS AND BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES.  I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN. MR. GROGAN GOOD, EVENING.  WELCOME. THANK YOU. MAY SEE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, BRIAN GROGAN WITH MY AND BURNETTE HERE WORKING THROUGH YOUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.  I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN OUT IN FRONT OF THIS CITY COUNCIL SINCE EARLY 1990S. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME I'VE MADE A PRESENTATION A NEW FRANCHISE AND AT LEAST THE LAST TWO TIMES I SAID YOU PROBABLY NEVER SEE ME AGAIN. BUT HERE WE ARE. WE'RE HERE AGAIN.  SO I'LL TRY TO RUN THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. I KNOW YOU HAVE A BUSY AGENDA TONIGHT.  JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INDUSTRY. THIS IS A CHANGING INDUSTRY WE ALL KNOW THAT CABLE TELEVISION FROM THE EIGHTIES AND THE NINETIES IS IS NOT WHAT IT ONCE WAS. NOW PEOPLE ARE STREAMING SERVICES.  BUT THINK ABOUT THIS CONTRACT IN TERMS OF A RIGHT OF WAY.  WHO IS IN YOUR RIGHT OF WAY? WE KNOW ABOUT GAS ELECTRIC,  TELEPHONE. THOSE ARE ALL REGULATED AT THE STATE THROUGH THE STATE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.  CABLE TELEVISION IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S REGULATED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.  FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES YOU DECIDE WHO GETS A FRANCHISE AND WHO GETS INTO YOUR RIGHTS OF WAY WHEN YOU HOLD THIS FRANCHISE AS A COMPANY AND YOU'VE HAD OTHER COMPANIES BESIDES COMCAST CENTURYLINK ONCE HELD A FRANCHISE JUST LIKE THIS IT GIVES THE RIGHT NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE CABLE SERVICE BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE BROADBAND SERVICE, TELEPHONE SERVICE, ANY SERVICES THAT THEY CAN OVER THAT WIRE AS LONG AS THE LAW DOESN'T PROHIBIT THEM FROM DOING IT. SO WHEN YOU GRANT YOU'RE NOT JUST GIVING A COMPANY THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE PLAIN OLD CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE. IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT. IT'S VERY VALUABLE ASSET THAT YOU'RE GIVING BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT TO USE YOUR STREETS PUT IN THEIR FACILITIES AND THEN DELIVER THESE SERVICES. THEY PAY FEES TO YOU FOR THIS. THEY ONLY PAY ON THE CABLE SERVICE PORTION. THEY DON'T PAY ON THE BROADBAND. THEY DON'T PAY ON THE TELEPHONE OR ELSE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO OFFER OVER THAT. SO YOUR REVENUE THIS IS SOMEWHAT DECLINING BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY GETTING ON THE CABLE TV PORTION WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE BUYING THAT SERVICE THEY'RE NOW BUYING NETFLIX OR HULU OR YOUR FAVORITE SERVICE.  WE DO HAVE SOME LEGISLATION AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT'S ACTUALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT ISSUE OF GIVING YOU THE CITY THE TO NOW GRANT A FRANCHISE FOR BROADBAND SERVICE SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. I SEE THE MAYOR NODDING HIS HEAD. YOU'RE ALL VERY WITH THAT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT BUT IT'S IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE IT PROBABLY REPRESENTS THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF YOU CONTROLLING YOUR RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE DELIVERY OF THESE SERVICES.  A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS PROCESS. THE LAST TIME YOU GRANTED A FRANCHISE IN THE CITY WAS IN 2015. IT WAS A TEN YEAR TERM. IT'S ACTUALLY AN EXPIRED STATE RIGHT NOW.  SO IT'S A CARRYOVER WERE PASSED BY A LITTLE LITTLE LESS THAN A MONTH AT THIS POINT. THEY THEY THE COMPANY COMCAST PROPERLY ASKED FOR RENEWAL AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE THERE WERE SOME DELAYS IN THE MIDDLE THERE JUST COMING OUT OF THE COVID. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT SO IT'S NOT AS IF WE HAVE BEEN IN TWO SOLID YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS. THERE'S BEEN SOME AND STARTS ON IT BUT WE ARE AT THE FINISH LINE TONIGHT POTENTIALLY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE KEY TERMS OF THIS FRANCHISE. IT'S A TEN YEAR FRANCHISE JUST LIKE THE LAST ONE I'M GOING TO STATE WITH CONFIDENCE THAT I WILL NOT BE HERE IN TEN YEARS BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE YET ANOTHER FRANCHISE AT THAT POINT. MAYBE I'LL BE PROVEN WRONG BUT I DO THINK WE'RE MOVING TO A DIFFERENT PATHWAY FOR THE DELIVERY OF THIS THIS WILL BE THE STEPPING STONE TO GET TO THAT NEXT LEVEL HAS THE SAME 5% FRANCHISE FEE THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD SO THERE'S NO INCREASE IN THE FEE.  WE DID TRY TO STRENGTHEN THE DEFINITION OF GROSS REVENUES TO BE AS BROAD AS FEDERAL LAW WOULD ALLOW US SO THAT YOU CAN CAPTURE AS MUCH REVENUE OFF OF THIS AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN REMEMBER IT ONLY ALLOWS TO CAPTURE REVENUE ON CABLE NOT BROADBAND, NOT ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY OFFER.  WE HAVE LEFT IN VERY STRONG CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS.  THE INDUSTRY IS STARTING TO TAKE THAT OVER FOR US BECAUSE IF ARE DISSATISFIED WITH CABLE THEY CAN MOVE TO NETFLIX OR TO ANOTHER SERVICE BUT THEY'RE THERE. SHOULD THE COUNCIL EVER WISH TO EXERCISE RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT'S A POINT THAT THE CITY IS VERY ON ARE YOUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS VERY FOCUSED ON RIGHT OF WAY YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN YOUR STREETS AND RIGHT OF WAY RIGHT NOW THIS FRANCHISE OR CONTRACT IF YOU WILL DRIVES TO YOUR CITY CODE . SO IF NEXT YEAR YOU DIRECT YOUR TEAM TO, MODIFY YOUR CITY CODE TO IMPOSE SOME ADDITIONAL OBLIGATION THIS FRANCHISE WILL NOT SUPERSEDE THAT. IT'LL ACTUALLY BE SUBORDINATE TO YOUR CODE SO YOUR CODE WILL ALWAYS GOVERN SO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MAKE CHANGES AS YOU DEEM NECESSARY TO PROTECT YOUR STREETS LOCAL PROGRAMING THIS IS WHILE A NARROWING BAND OF PROGRAMING IT IS STILL IMPORTANT THIS NICHE PROGRAMING PEOPLE ARE WATCHING US TONIGHT ON THE CHANNEL I KNOW YOU MAY SAY WELL NOT A LOT ARE THEY MAYBE STREAMING IT AGAIN A STONE TO A FULL STREAMING ATMOSPHERE SO WE CALL THIS PEGGED PROGRAMING PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL WHAT ARE THE KEY THINGS THAT THROUGH JANINE'S LEADERSHIP WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE IS A STRONGER FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAMING BECAUSE OUR SUBSCRIBERS IT'S DROPPING WE NEED MORE REVENUE BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE KINDS OF FACILITIES AND THE HIGH DEFINITION SIGNALS THAT YOU SEE SO THAT IS ONE KEY FINANCIAL CHANGE IN THE DOCUMENT ENFORCEMENT IN A CONTRACT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE BOND, WE HAVE A SECURITY FUND, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO IMPOSE DAMAGES. YOU HAVE NOT HAD TO USE THOSE TYPICALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THEM BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY'RE THERE.  IF THEY WEREN'T THERE THERE'D BE A PROBLEM. SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT TOOL IN A FRANCHISE. WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN ALL OF YOUR CONNECTIONS AT THE CITY SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DISTRIBUTE THE PEG PROGRAMING AND THEN THERE'LL BE A CONTINUED COMPLIMENTARY CABLE SERVICE BUT A SMALLER LIST OF INSTITUTIONS THE MONITORS OUT HERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN THIS AN EXAMPLE OF A COMPLIMENTARY SERVICE SCHOOLS DON'T USE THOSE AS MUCH ANYMORE THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ALL BROADBAND BASED. WE USED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT IT'S NOT AS BIG OF AN ISSUE THESE DAYS.  THIS IS A BIG SLIDE ALL OF A SUDDEN MY FONT GOT MUCH SMALLER HERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO PUT IT ON ONE SLIDE IN 2015 WE HAD THIS CODIFIED SO WE TOOK THIS FRANCHISE ORDINANCE AND WE CODIFIED IT AS PART OF YOUR CITY CODE THROUGH THE WORK OF YOUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WE'VE DETERMINED THAT WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO DO THAT. IT'S FINE TO DO IT BUT.  IT'S ACTUALLY NOT NECESSARY AND THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE THAT RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO CODIFY IT WILL SIMPLY HAVE IT SET OFF AS A SEPARATE EXHIBIT WILL ADOPT IT AS A FRANCHISE ORDINANCE BUT WE DON'T TO ACTUALLY PUT IT INTO THE CODE IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST SO YOU CAN SEE MY DESCRIPTION THERE. I WON'T READ THIS. EVERYONE CAN AT THE SLIDE BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO CONSIDER TWO THINGS TONIGHT. ONE WOULD BE AN ORDINANCE THAT STRIKES THE LANGUAGE 80 YEAR OLD CODE . RIGHT. SO WHAT WE HAD 2015 WE'RE GOING TO STRIKE IT AND GET RID OF IT. THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THIS NEW FRANCHISE IF YOU SO CHOOSE AND.  WHAT YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO DO AT THAT TIME IS BASICALLY CREATE AN APPENDIX THAT WILL INCORPORATE IT THERE. SO FROM THE PRACTICAL STANDPOINT NO DIFFERENCE. IT'S JUST A STYLISTIC WAY TO SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE A CODE SECTION, IT'S GOING TO BE AN APPENDIX BUT IT WILL STILL BE AN ADOPTED ORDINANCE. IT WILL STILL GOVERN FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. WITH THAT I'LL PAUSE AND STAND ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. GROGAN. COUNSEL QUESTIONS NO QUESTIONS . THE KEY IS TO PUT A REALLY CONFUSING SLIDE AT THE VERY END AND WELL-DONE. WELL LOOKS AS EVERY ONE OF . WELL DON'T GO AWAY.  WE'RE GOING OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW YOU GOT ME. I NEED YOU IN A MOMENT HERE I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ITEM 4.1 REGARDING OUR CABLE FRANCHISE RENEWAL ORDINANCE.  LET FOLKS KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT OUR PUBLIC HEARING. FIRST OF ALL, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANYBODY SPEAKING THAT WE NEED YOU TO SIGN IN . WE NEED TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE. WE HAVE A FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND WE DO HAVE A SHOT CLOCK TO KEEP YOU ON TIME AND WHEN IT HITS 5 MINUTES IF YOU'RE STILL TALKING I WILL STOP YOU NOT BECAUSE I MEAN BUT BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEAK AND I WANT TO BE FAIR WITH EVERYONE. AND THEN IF YOU ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WHAT WE GENERALLY IS RATHER THAN TRY TO ANSWER THEM ON THE FLY WE HOLD THEM TO THE END AND WE ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO THOSE ARE THE GROUND RULES FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING IT OUT IN 4.1 HOUR CABLE FRANCHISE RENEWAL ORDINANCE ORDINANCE PLEASE STEP ON UP .  GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS OF BOBBY KATARIA. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS.  I DIDN'T COME TO SPEAK ABOUT COMCAST. I HAVE I CAME HERE TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, SAY SOMETHING ABOUT COMCAST AND THEN I'LL SAY WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY AND WHY IS IT'S WITHIN 5 MINUTES BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS IT'S MY OPINION. BEEN LIVING IN BLOOMINGTON SINCE 2002. I LIVE IN I LIVE OFF OF BUSH LAKE DRIVE AND LINDSTROM IF YOU PULL THE WATERS OF BLOOMINGTON ABOUT COMCAST, YOU'LL GET MORE WATERS THAT WILL VOTE AGAINST COMCAST THAN THEY'LL VOTE IN YOUR ELECTIONS . I GUARANTEE YOU WE ARE SO MAD AT COMCAST THE WAY THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE AND I WISH WE HAD ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE. WE HAD EXCAVATION AND DIGGING GOING ON ON LINDSTROM AND WE HAD RECEIVED SOME FLIERS FROM T-MOBILE FIBER THAT THEY MIGHT BE PROVIDING SERVICE.  SO WE THOUGHT WE WILL GET SOME COMPETITION.  WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? ARE THEY ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STILL BE ABLE GET T-MOBILE FIBER OR THEY OR COMCAST IS GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT WE HAVE TO GET THE CABLE FROM OR THE INTERNET FROM.  I AM ASKING THAT QUESTION AND YOU CAN ANSWER THAT LATER IF WANT TO. SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. BUT I ALSO CAME HERE JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAYING SOMETHING ELSE WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY I AM FROM A HINDU COMMUNITY AND I AM I'M I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW. SO MY NAME IS BOBBY CATARINA.  I'M A RESIDENT OF BLOOMINGTON AND I LIVE I'VE BEEN LIVING IN BLOOMINGTON 2002. I REPRESENT KONA THE COALITION OF HINDUS OF NORTH AMERICA.  I'M CRITERIA.  CAN I ASK DOES THIS HAVE TO DO SPECIFICALLY WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT? NO. WHAT WE GENERALLY DO JUST BY BY OUR ORDINANCE OR BY ARE RULES OF PROCEDURE HERE.  WE DON'T ALLOW STATEMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE TOPIC THAT WE'RE TALKING ON. OKAY. SO THERE ARE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO DO THAT AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOU OUT ESPECIALLY IN OUR LISTENING SESSIONS WHICH WE HOLD PRIOR THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. OKAY. BUT JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT,  SOMETHING OFF TOPIC. WE DON'T ALLOW THAT BECAUSE OKAY. MY APOLOGIES. I WON'T ANYTHING.  I'LL COME TO THE NEXT MEETING AND I'LL TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THAT.  BUT DO PLEASE CONSIDER MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE COMCAST AND LET US KNOW IF WE THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON WILL BE ABLE TO GET LIKE T-MOBILE FIBER OR SOMETHING ELSE OR NOT . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.  ANYONE ELSE IN THE CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR PROPOSED CABLE FRANCHISE ORDINANCE?  MR. HOLZMAN DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE? MR. MAYOR THERE'S NO ONE ON LINE LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL NO ONE ON THE PHONE NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE COUNCIL TO SPEAK AT TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING AND ITEM 4.1 I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING SOME MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.  SO TO THE QUESTION OF WHAT WILL BE AVAILABLE I THINK T-MOBILE FIBER IF MAYBE YOU COULD HELP US OUT WITH THIS? MR. GROGAN I THINK THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST FIBER OPPOSED TO CABLE TV SERVICES IS MY ASSUMPTION CORRECT? IT'S 100% IT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE MYSELF INCLUDED THINK OF THEM IN THE SAME WAY IT'S A WIRE,  IT'S ON THE STREET, IT PROVIDES SERVICE BUT BROADBAND OR INTERNET SERVICE IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T REGULATE IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE DO CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES WHICH IS WHAT THIS FRANCHISE IS ABOUT.  SO THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. OKAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ANY QUESTIONS THOUGHTS ON THIS PROPOSED CABLE FRANCHISE RENEWAL ORDINANCE? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THIS IS OUR SECOND FRANCHISE RENEWAL FOR YOU AND I. YEAH, IT WAS KIND OF MENTIONING THAT TO THEM. I WAS MUCH IN I HAD HAD HERE BACK THEN I WANTED TO REALLY JUST SAY IS I JUST APPRECIATED THE THE THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE REVENUES THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY. IT'S ALWAYS A PERTINENT QUESTION THAT THAT'S ON OUR MINDS AND I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT WAS DONE TO GET US TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY AND MAYBE IN TEN YEARS THESE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WON'T SEE YOU COME BACK.  VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. ANYTHING ELSE?  IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS ON THIS COUNCIL WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON AN 4.1.  ALL RIGHT, MERRILL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN MERRILL MOVED TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO OF THE CITY CODE THEREBY DESIGNATING I'M KIND OF FIGHT ORDINANCES AS SPECIAL ORDINANCES RENEWING THE GRANT OF A CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE TO COMCAST OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A CABLE SYSTEM IN THE CITY AND CREATING APPENDIX D OF THE CITY CODE FOR UNQUALIFIED SPECIAL ORDINANCES SO GET MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER HOME AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS ONE AND 20 OF THE CITY CODE DESIGNATING AND UNCUT CODIFIED ORDINANCES, SPECIAL ORDINANCES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THE REGARDING OUR CABLE FRANCHISE RENEWAL ORDINANCE ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVORITE PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE SUMMARY PUBLICATION MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS ONE AND 20 OF THE CITY CODE THEREBY DESIGNATING UNQUALIFIED ORDINANCES SPECIAL ORDINANCES RENEWING  GRANT OF A CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE TO COMCAST TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A CABLE SYSTEM IN THE CITY AND CREATING THE NEXT D OF THE CITY CODE FROM CODIFIED SPECIAL ORDINANCES SO MOST BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION FREEDOM 4.1 I'LL SHORTEN THAT FOR YOU SUMMARY PUBLICATION FOR ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. MR. RUBIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I KNOW IT'S NOT A SMALL TASK TO PULL ALL THIS TOGETHER AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK OVER THE YEARS AS WELL FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IT IS GREATLY AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY I HOPE WE DON'T SEE YOU AGAIN BUT I YOU KNOW, I'M VERY GOOD. I HOPE WE DON'T SEE AGAIN.  IT SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JANINE. THANKS FOR PULLING THIS.  TOGETHER WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS.  ITEM 5.1 IN OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS IS STUDY ITEM REGARDING CO-LIVING AND SRO STANDARDS REVIEW NICK AND EMILY HESS BACK ARE HERE TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS. GOOD EVENING.  HI MARIA. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL I JUST WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD THAT I'M A GOLFER FAN NOT A BADGER FAN.  JUST WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD ABOUT THAT. GOOD TO KNOW.  YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRESS ON THE SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY CO-LIVING PROJECT AND JUST BY WAY OF MECHANICS I'LL JUST NOTE THAT EMILY HAS AS I'M TAKING THIS PROJECT OVER AS THE PROJECT PLANNER SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BUT I'M I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTING HER AND WE'RE HERE PRESENTING TO YOU IN TANDEM.  SO WITH THAT EMILY I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANKS, NICK. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THIS IS A STUDY SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DISCUSSION KIND OF TOWARDS THE END THE AGENDA WILL BE TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND ON THIS TOPIC, DISCUSS THE CONCEPT ORDINANCE, GO THROUGH A DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS FOR FEEDBACK AND THEN TALK ABOUT NEXT STEP.  SO IS A SIDE OF THE PROJECT TIMELINE. SO NICK HAS COME BEFORE COUNCIL BEFORE WITH THE RESEARCH AND FINDINGS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT WE COME BACK WITH A DRAFT ORDINANCE. SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU.  THE PROCESS FOR THIS HAS BEEN VERY DELIBERATE AND WE HAVE A FOUNDATION FOR THE ORDINANCE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. WE HAVE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND ALSO HRA BECAUSE THE TOPIC ALIGNS WITH THEIR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND IT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO HAVE THEIR FEEDBACK JUST TO GROUND HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT THE FIRST SERIES OF STUDY SESSIONS WAS REALLY TRYING TO LAY OUT THE INITIAL FINDINGS OUR RESEARCH AND TRYING TO GIVE THE DECISION MAKERS A GENERAL IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING NOT ONLY IN THE TWIN CITIES REGION BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH RESPECT TO THIS TOPIC. AND SO IN TERMS OF POLICY DECISION MAKING THAT WAS ACHIEVED DURING THAT FIRST STUDY SESSION, IT REALLY FOCUSED ON KIND OF BROAD CONCEPTS DIRECTIONALLY OF WHERE WE WANTED TO GO AS PART OF THE PROJECT SO THE THINGS THAT WE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT WAS AMENDING THE FAMILY DEFINITION AND OUR ZONING CODE . I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MINUTE TO CLARIFY THAT CO-LIVING IS ALLOWED UNDER SITUATION AND LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SITES THAT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY PERMITTED USE IN OUR CODE AND CERTAINLY HAS BEEN DONE INFORMALLY AS PART OF RENTAL LICENSES FOR A LONG TIME CREATION OF A CO-LIVING DEVELOPMENT USE THAT ADDING A DEFINITION TO OUR ZONING CODE AND ADDING IT TO USE TABLES AND THEN ADOPTING SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO THIS NEW CO-LIVING USE.  SO THAT CAN CERTAINLY INVOLVE PARKING AND INVOLVES OTHER SPECIFIC THINGS ARE UNIQUE TO CO-LIVING AND MAYBE WORK THAT'S EVEN MORE FRESH SINCE WE LAST VISITED THE HRA, THE BOARD AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ADDITIONAL WORK WITH OUR LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STAFF ON THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE, FIGURING OUT HOW THAT INTEGRATES INTO THAT BROADER POLICY AS AS IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE TO THE RENTAL HOUSING CHAPTER. I'LL ADMIT THOUGH THAT THIS ONE HAS BEEN THE MORE COMPLEX OR SPIDERWEB OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE OUR CODE THAN THAN WE PROBABLY ORIGINALLY EVEN INITIALLY ANTICIPATED SO SOME ADDITIONAL WORK IS NEEDED BASED ON WHAT THE DRAFT THAT'S EVEN IN THIS CODE BUT WE VIEW THESE THINGS REALLY AS JUST KIND OF ENHANCEMENTS, REFINEMENTS, MECHANICS WE THINK THE THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF WHAT THE FUNDAMENTAL POLICY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PRESENT TO YOU IS HERE IN THE DRAFT OF THE EXHIBIT A SO ONE MIGHT ASK WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WHY THIS ON OUR WORKPLAN? WHY IS CITY OF BLOOMINGTON LOOKING AT THIS USE?  CERTAINLY IT'S BECOMING MORE POPULAR IN MORE HOUSING CONSTRAINED IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE HOUSING COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE.  THERE'S A LACK OF UNITS THAT ARE IN ANY WAY AFFORDABLE.  THE MAIN REASON THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON LOOKED AT THIS USE THAT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN OUR GRAPH SINCE THE ADOPTION OF OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT ON AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THE OTHER BANDS OF THE 50% 60%, 70 AND 80% ARMY UNITS THAT WE COMMITTED TO AS PART OF OUR DECENNIAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THE NUMBERS THE BOTTOM ARE WHAT OUR GOALS ARE AS IDENTIFIED AND MET MET COUNCIL REGIONAL POLICY AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE'RE DOING VERY WELL AT A NUMBER OF THOSE WHERE WE'RE NOT DOING WELL IS IN THE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE BAND OF 30% AMI IT'S NO SECRET TO THE COUNCIL IS THE MOST DIFFICULT UNITS TO CREATE THEY REQUIRE TYPICALLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY PER UNIT TO CREATE THEM.  SO I'VE OFTEN HEARD COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AT SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS TALK ABOUT WHY DON'T WE GET OUT OF OUR OWN WAY A LITTLE BIT?  OFTENTIMES CITIES ADOPT STANDARDS THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT OR RIGOROUS MEET AND DO ADD TO THE COST OF HOUSING. OF COURSE THEY ALSO ADDRESS SAFETY, WELFARE THINGS THAT DO COME UP FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE LIKE PARKING AND OTHER THINGS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.  BUT THE WHY OF WHY WE'RE HERE IS REALLY THAT CO-LIVING OR ASTRO'S OFFER CITIES ARE REGULATORY PATHWAY TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT DOESN'T NECESSITATE AS MUCH DEEP SUBSIDY AS SOME OF THE OTHER FORMS OF DEVELOPMENT. NOW HOW MUCH SUPPORT IT WILL NEED OF VARIOUS TYPES DEPENDS ON THE STANDARDS THAT CITIES AND OF COURSE ON THE BACK END OF THAT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE MARKET IS WILLING TO BUILD AND THE CONSUMER IS WILLING TO ABSORB AND AND UTILIZE OF COURSE SO BUT THAT'S THAT'S GENERALLY THE WAY WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ALL THESE OTHER BANDS. WE BEEN SUCCESSFUL I WOULD ARGUE IT IS SUCCESSFUL SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF OUR PEERS BUT AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE WANT TO BE.  SO THIS HAS THE ABILITY THIS SLIDE HAS THE ABILITY TO GET INTO THE WEEDS IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE WEEDS BUT BASICALLY THE ZONING CODE INCLUDES A WHOLE LITANY OF DEFINITIONS IN ADDITION TO THAT OUR OTHER CHAPTERS OF OUR CODE INCLUDE ALSO INCLUDE DEFINITIONS AND HOW WE REGULATE RENTAL HOUSING THE BUILDING CODE HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS. I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT THE ZONING CODE TALKS ABOUT SO INCLUDED IN THIS ORDINANCE WHAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH TO YOU WOULD BE AMENDING THE FAMILY DEFINITION THAT'S IN THE ZONING CODE CREATING THIS UNIT AND CO-LIVING DEVELOPMENT DEFINITIONS THESE NEW AND THESE WOULD BE CREATED IN ORDER TO APPLY DIFFERENT STANDARDS IN SAY MULTIFAMILY WHICH IS PROBABLY ITS CLOSEST PEER RELATED USE.  YOU HAVE TO DEFINE IT. YOU HAVE TO DEFINE IT IN A WAY THAT'S SEPARATE OR DIFFERENT.  ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF REMNANT HISTORIC USERS IN OUR CODE CONGRUENT LIVING BOARDINGHOUSE, SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF USERS WHICH ARE REALLY NOT SEEING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE THINGS BUT FOR KIND OF A RESIDENTIAL CARE SETTING AND SO BASICALLY WE HAVE TO DO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CLEANUPS RELATED TO THESE OLD DEFINITIONS.  WE KIND OF USE THIS VENN DIAGRAM IN THE PLANNING DIVISION QUITE A BIT.  A BOARDINGHOUSE IS DIFFERENT THAN A RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY BUT OUR DEFINITION OF CONGREGATE CARE APPLIES TO BOTH OF THESE USES AND THEIR STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO CONGREGATE CARE LIVING THAT WE WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE IN APPLICABLE TO A TYPICAL CALL LIVING THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF SERVICES . YEAH. THANK YOU CHIEF.  SO THAT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I MOVED THE NEEDLE ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING ON THAT SLIDE WHATSOEVER BUT THE POINT IS IS THAT WE HAVE CLEAN UP KIND OF THESE OLD ZONING DEFINITIONS AND WE HAVE TO BE WHAT WE MEAN WHAT IS CO-LIVING VERSUS RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY AND WE DON'T WANT STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO CO-LIVING THAT ARE MORE REFLECTIVE OF HOUSING WITH SERVICES IF THAT MAKES SENSE.  SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE CRUX OF THAT MATTER IS AND AS I SAID ON THE LAST SLIDE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TOPICS THAT NEEDS ADDITIONAL REVIEW FROM LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS SOMEONE TO KIND OF MISINTERPRET OR MISUSE THESE DIFFERENT USE DEFINITIONS IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT COMPLICATED FOR THE CITY ON DOWN THE ROAD SO THE USE TABLES WHEN WE WERE BEFORE YOU LAST TIME WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS THAT WE THOUGHT THAT CO-LIVING DEVELOPMENT AGAIN ITS CLOSEST PEER USERS IT CAN USE IS MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SO THE CITY HAS AFTER YOU DEFINE THIS USE AFTER YOU CREATE THIS USE THE CITY HAS A DECISION TO MAKE AROUND WHERE SHOULD IT BE ALLOWED AND WHAT FORM SHOULD IT BE ALLOWED?  THE GENERAL GUIDANCE THAT WE GOT FROM THAT MEETING WAS THAT CO-LIVING SHOULD BE ALLOWED ANYWHERE THAT MULTIFAMILY IS ALLOWED IT MAKES SENSE. IT'S THE CLOSEST EQUIVALENT USE. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE IS THAT IT'S A PERMITTED USE IN ALL OF THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AS AS THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES.  NOW FOR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES IT'S TYPICALLY ALLOWED A MIXED USE FORMAT. YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF NONRESIDENTIAL USE IN ORDER FOR RESIDENTIAL USES TO BE DEVELOPED. THERE.  SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. THE ALTERNATIVE TO MAKING THIS A PERMITTED USE WOULD BE TO MAKE IT A CONDITIONAL USE.  NOW THE PROS AND THE CONS OF THAT ARE THE PROS ARE THAT IT MIGHT ALLOW YOU TO CONSIDER THE LOCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SITE WITH GREATER CERTAINTY THAN AS A PERMITTED USE. IT MIGHT ALLOW YOU TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL SAFETY WELFARE ISSUES THAT COULD ARISE WITH THE USE THE DOWNSIDE AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS DISCUSSION ALL LAST FALL AROUND STREAMLINING AND SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS IS THAT YOU ALSO ARE INCREASING THE BARRIERS TO DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALLY NOT NOT IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES BUT POTENTIALLY THE ONE THING ONE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT THIS THOUGH IS THAT BY LIMITING IT TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ,WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS BASICALLY THE ONLY ELIGIBLE SITES THAT COULD CREATE CO-LIVING NOW ARE THE SITES THAT ARE ALREADY HAVE THIS ZONING DESIGNATION. SO THERE BE CONVERTING SOME FORM OF THEIR UNITS TO CO-LIVG OR THEY WOULD BUILD BUILDING A NEW BUILDING ON SITE POTENTIALLY BUT IF NOT FOR THAT A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION IS GOING TO NECESSITATE A REZONING ACTION WHICH AS WE'VE DISCUSSED THE PAST HAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CITY DISCRETION ASSOCIATED MUCH MORE THAN A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. SO AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT DISTRICTS TO ALLOW IT IN AND IN WHAT DESIGNATION PERMITTED OR CONDITIONAL THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT AS YOU CONSIDER THIS DRAFT. AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN BACK TO EMILY. THANK YOU, SISTER. EXCUSE ME FOR JUST ONE SEC. MR. MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE. WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO?  JUST WRITE DOWN ALL OUR QUESTIONS AND TRY TO GO BACK IN THE SLIDE DECK OR CAN WE ASK ALONG THE WAY JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE BEING RELEVANT WAS YOUR PREFERENCE? I THINK WE IF YOU GUYS ARE AMENABLE TO IT I THINK WE COULD ASK AS WE GO ALONG WOULD THAT BE WOULD THAT BE OKAY? I JUST HAD A QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT PREVIOUS THEN IF I MAY MR. MAYOR. YEAH, LET'S LET'S NOT DERAIL THE CONVERSATION BUT A OH YES, FINE QUESTION. YEAH, YEAH. JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION. I KNOW THAT FOR EXAMPLE THE R THREE DESIGNATION IS USED FOR SOME BOARDING HOUSES AND OF LIKE CARE FACILITIES THINGS WITH SERVICES. SO SO IS THERE AN AUTOMATIC REQUIREMENT TO IN THESE DESIGNATIONS YOU'RE PROPOSING HERE TO THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS. IS THAT WHY THEY IS THAT IS THAT WHY THEY BE BETTER DESIGNATED IN THE SAME AREA AS THE MULTIFAMILY? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE YEAH ONE OF THE THINGS WELL I AM GOING TO DERAIL THE CONVERSATION I DIDN'T WITH MY ANSWER BUT THE RECORD MR. MAYOR THAT WAS NOT COUNCILMEMBER ELLIS MAYOR COUNCILOR D'ALESSANDRO I THINK YOU'RE THINKING OF THE FOR ZONING DISTRICT AND THAT'S OKAY. I GET THEM CONFUSED SOMETIMES BUT THE THE R FOUR IS LIKE A REMNANT OLD ZONING DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL USES IN IT THAT THE CITY USED TO DEVELOP MULTIFAMILY. BUT IT'S TRUE RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES ARE OFTEN CALLED GROUP HOUSING DOES A GROUP HOUSING OVER A CERTAIN NUMBER THERE IS A CARVE OUT IN STATE STATUTE FOR SIX OR FEWER SO ANYTHING HAS SIX OR HAS SEVEN OR MORE HAS TO HAVE IN EFFECT A HIGHER DENSITY ZONING DESIGNATION TO ALLOW IT OR IT'S LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME IN THE CITY WHERE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING WAS APPROVED IN THE R-1 ZONING DISTRICT A PPD OR PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ALSO JUST TO MAKE IT MORE CONFUSING SO IN MANY CASES THERE ARE USES ON SITE ZONED R-1 OR EVEN OUR FOR THAT NECESSARILY LEGALLY CONFORMING TO OUR CODE TODAY. I THINK MY QUESTION IS I KNOW THAT THE R THREE DESIGNATION IS USED OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU CONVERT A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE TO A A DEVELOPMENT A SIX OR SIX OR LESS DEVELOPMENT SO THAT JUST HAPPENED FOR EXAMPLE NEXT DOOR TO MY HOUSE, RIGHT? SO IT WENT FROM A SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO A AN R THREE HOME WHICH ALLOWS FOR A GROUP HOME ESSENTIALLY OF SIX OR FEWER. MY QUESTION IS ARE WE SUGGESTING THIS DESIGNATION YOU HAVE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US HERE THAT CO-LIVING DEVELOPMENTS WOULD NEVER BE LESS THAN SIX PEOPLE? MAYOR COUNCILMAN DOLSON WROTE THOSE UNDER ACCORDING TO OUR CODE NO AND WE'VE OF WE WERE KIND OF OUR OWN WORST ENEMY IN THIS REGARD IS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE IT EXPLICITLY CLEAR THAT CO-LIVING WHICH IS AKIN TO HAVING A ROOMMATE SITUATION YOU COULD HAVE FIVE WHILE TODAY FOR UNRELATED LIVING TOGETHER AND EFFECTIVELY YOUR ROOMMATES BUT THIS IS FORM OF LITE CO-LIVING IN EFFECT YOU HAVE YOU SHARE ONE KITCHEN YOU SHARE BATHROOM FACILITIES IN MANY CASES SO THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER ROOMMATES YOU CAN GET A ROOM RENTAL IT'S CALLED IT ACTUALLY IS A DEFINED USE IN OUR CODE SO IT'S ALLOWED IN OUR ONE. OKAY SO YOU CAN STILL DO CO-LIVING AT THAN THAT NUMBER. YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING THEN THAT THIS CO-LIVING DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED USE AS YOU'VE DEFINED HERE NOT ALSO BE AVAILABLE IN R ONE THROUGH R3 YOU'RE SAYING IT'S HANDLED BECAUSE THAT'S HANDLED VIA THE THE THE THE CODE FOR ROOMMATES. THAT'S CORRECT THAT THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT APPLIED TO THE HIGHER DENSITY THANK YOU ITERATIONS UNDERSTAND APPRECIATE THANK YOU SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU I CONTRACT THANK YOU MAYOR YEAH SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE ABOUT PARKING AND NEW STANDARDS AND WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THE MORE STRINGENT THE CODE REQUIREMENTS ARE ON THIS STUFF THE LESS LIKELY IT IS THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, ARE THE MOST AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE THAT THEY CAN POSSIBLY BE AND.  SO YOU MIGHT SEE THAT IN SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WHY WE DO CERTAIN THINGS IS KIND OF KEEPING THAT IN MIND. SO FOR EXAMPLE FOR THE PARKING STAFF IS RECOMMENDING PARKING REQUIREMENTS BE 0.5 SPACES PER ONE CO-LIVING UNIT SO THE CO-LIVING UNIT IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE THE SLEEPING AREA IN THE BATHROOM AND THEN WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDED A COVERED PARKING BECAUSE THAT ADDS EXTRA COST AND THEN PARKING WOULD REQUIRE ONE SPOT PER FOUR CO-LIVING UNITS AND WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE FOR LONG TERM USE AND I SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROBE MORE LATER.  SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. YEAH.  SO ON THIS SLIDE THE SECOND BULLET POINT IS TALKING ABOUT DENSITY CALCULATIONS. SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THAT THREE CO-LIVING UNITS WOULD BE EQUAL TO DWELLING UNIT. SO SINCE THE CO-LIVING UNIT IS JUST KIND OF THE BEDROOM AND PROBABLY THE BATHROOM WE DON'T THINK THAT WARRANTS BEING WHILE IT'S NOT A DWELLING UNIT . SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WHEN WE DO DENSITY CALCULATIONS THAT IT WOULD BE KIND OF 3 TO 1 FOR MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM DENSITY CALCULATIONS AND ZONING DISTRICTS AND THEN ALSO FOR OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY AND THEN SO NOT INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE ATTACHED TO THE PACKET WAS MINIMUM UNIT FOUR AREA MINIMUM COMMON AREA OR STORAGE SPACE REQUIREMENTS STAFF DOESN'T RECOMMEND STORAGE SPACE REQUIREMENTS AGAIN KIND OF BECAUSE OF THE COST THING BUT WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ON ABOUT WHETHER TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM FOUR AREAS FOR EACH UNIT AND FOR COMMON AREAS.  ALSO DESIGN STANDARDS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED ABOUT TO REQUIRE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO MULTIFAMILY USES SUCH AS MINIMIZING BLANK FACADES AND ENSURING BUILDING COMPATIBILITY WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS SITE SO THE UNDER THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY SO THE SECOND MAYBE QUESTION SOMEONE WILL ASK RELATED TO THIS PROJECT WHY DOES THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY IN THE BLOOMINGTON'S ZONING CODE RELATE TO CO-LIVING?  GREAT QUESTION. FAIR QUESTION. THE REASON THAT IT IS RELEVANT IS THAT SIMILAR HOW WE HAVE ALL THESE REGULATORY MECHANISMS WHICH CAN AFFECT THE AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING IN THE CITY FAMILY THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY ACTUALLY REGULATES THE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF A SINGLE DWELLING UNIT ITSELF AND SO THERE IS A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOW WE DEFINE FAMILY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN RESIDE IN A DWELLING. I SHOULD ALSO  THAT THE STATE BUILDING CODE ALSO DOES THIS IN VARIOUS WAYS TYPICALLY JUST THROUGH SQUARE FOOTAGE OF WHAT HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN OCCUPY A BEDROOM FOR EXAMPLE AS WELL AS REQUIRED COMMON SPACES. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT HERE. SO CITIES ARE TWO THINGS ARE STATE BUILDING CODE AND THEN CITIES TYPICALLY HAVE A OCCUPANCY RESTRICTION OFTENTIMES ROOTED IN THIS DEFINITION OF FAMILY.  SO IF YOU RECALL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE FAMILY DEFINITION FROM OUR RENTAL HOUSING CODE BUT THIS DEFINITION FAMILY STILL EXISTS IN THE ZONING CODE RIGHT NOW?  IT ALLOWS FOR A FAMILY RELATED UNDER MINNESOTA LAW OR FOR UNRELATED PERSONS. THE REASON THAT THIS AND SO THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN ON THE STAFF AND THE CITY I WOULD SAY IS RADAR SCREEN FOR SOME TIME MOSTLY RELATED TO EQUITY CONCERNS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT DEFINING WHAT A FAMILY IS TO TWO PEOPLE AND RESIDENCE BUT RELATED THIS PROJECT THIS SUGGESTION ACTUALLY CAME TO STAFF DIRECTLY THE PUBLIC FROM A DEVELOPER WHO IS ENGAGED IN TRYING TO CREATE INTENTIONAL CO-LIVING COMMUNITIES IN LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SO JUST FRANKLY WHAT THEY SAID ONE OF THE EASIEST THINGS THAT CITIES CAN DO TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AVAILABLE AND MORE AFFORDABLE TO PEOPLE IS JUST TO OR REMOVE SOME OF THESE OCCUPANCY RESTRICTIONS THAT EXIST WITHIN DWELLINGS. AND SO WE A STAFF RECOMMENDED ORDINANCE OR A DEFINITION OF FAMILY BEFORE YOU ON THE SLIDE THAT'S WHAT'S REFLECTED IN EXHIBIT A THE CONCEPT CODE CHANGES THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO PRESENT ALTERNATIVE OPTION AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING WORK DONE IN SAINT PAUL.  TYPICALLY WHEN WE'RE BEFORE YOU WE DON'T HIGHLIGHT ONE INDIVIDUAL CITY THAT HAS IN TERMS OF THE MODEL THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL REALLY HAS PUT THEMSELVES FORWARD AS THE MODEL IN THIS WORK AND THE REASON BEING IS THAT THEY PREPARED OVER 80 PAGE REPORT WITH NUMEROUS STUDIES AND CITATIONS ON THIS WORK AND OF COURSE SAINT PAUL AND BLOOMINGTON ARE DIFFERENT. NO, NO, NO, CERTAINLY NO. I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.  BUT THE POINT IS THAT THEY'VE DONE SUBSTANTIAL WORK IN TERMS OF THE IMPACTS OF WHAT SOME OF THESE LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS CAN OFFER. SO WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO YOU IS ALLOWING SIX OR FEWER ADULTS OR ANY NUMBER OF ADULTS WHO ARE RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER UNDER MINNESOTA LAW AS AS CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE TO LIVE IN A SINGLE HOUSEKEEPING UNIT . THE PRACTICAL IMPACT OF THAT NOW IS ACTUALLY WE HAD SOMEONE THE COUNTER THE OTHER DAY WHO HAS A FIVE BEDROOM HOUSE AND ALONG WITH THEIR TENANTS WANTED TO BRING ON A FIFTH RENTER AS PART OF THAT SINGLE HOME. THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO DO SO BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT DEFINITION FAMILY. THAT'S WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF AND THEY'RE A RENTER AND GOOD OR THEY'RE A TENANT OR A LANDLORD GOOD STANDING HAVE EXCELLENT YOU KNOW RECORD OF THEIR RENTAL AND CREDIT TO THEM THEY'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW THE RULES ASKING QUESTIONS AND THIS IS KIND OF THE PRACTICAL IMPACT OF THAT.  THE SECOND OPTION WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL ADOPTED WAS SIX OR FEWER ADULTS TOGETHER WITH MINOR CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE LIVING AS A SINGLE HOUSEKEEPING UNIT. THE CONCERN ABOUT FOLLOWING SAINT PAUL MODEL WHICH HAS ACTUALLY RAISED MORE WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH STAFF IS THAT YOU DO HAVE SOME MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILIES IN BLOOMINGTON THAT MORE THAN SIX ADULTS RELATED ADULTS LIVING IN A SINGLE HOME SO OPTION TWO WITH WHAT SAINT PAUL WENT FORWARD WITH WOULD POTENTIALLY CREATE A PROBLEM THERE YOU COULD IMAGINE WHERE YOU HAVE A 17 YEAR OLD CHILD IN YOUR CARE THE SPRING OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL THEY TURN 18 AND NOW A HOUSEHOLD IS OUT OF IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR OCCUPANCY RESTRICTIONS SO I'LL PAUSE HERE JUST IF THERE'S QUESTIS ABOUT THIS TOPIC THANK YOU MARY IS KIND OF A TANGENTIAL THING BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THESE TWO DEFINITIONS. I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CEMETERY IN TERMS OF GETTING IN THERE AND I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW DIFFERENT THOSE DEFINITIONS OF FAMILY SO I REMEMBER WE WENT THROUGH A LONG CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT IN TIME ABOUT REDEFINING FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE ABILITY TO GET INTO THE INTO THE CEMETERY. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THOSE ARE FROM FROM FROM FROM THESE DEFINITIONS.  THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND I'M GUESSING WE DON'T KNOW AND I DON'T KNOW MIGHT BE A FOLLOW UP. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A FOLLOW UP SITUATION BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT CAME TO MIND WHEN I WHEN I THOUGHT OF THIS IS THAT I JUST I WOULD HATE TO GO DOWN THE ROUTE I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CONVERSATION LATER ON BUT MAYBE MAKE THIS MORE EQUITABLE AND THEN HAVE THAT SITTING OUT THERE. SO THAT'S THE ONLY POINT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ENOUGH.  COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANKS FOR MY VERY QUICK QUESTION.  DOES GUARDIANSHIP INCLUDE ADOPTION? IT DOES YES. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.  OKAY. IS THERE WELL WE CAN KEEP MOVING BACK TO PARKING THIS ASPECT.  YEAH. SO WE JUST WANTED TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE PROPOSED PARKING REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE IN THE ORDINANCE. SO AGAIN IT WAS 0.5 PER ONE CO-LIVING UNIT TWO PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS SUGGESTED STARTING OUT ONE PARKING SPACE PER CO-LIVING UNIT AND THEN ONE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER SUGGESTED OFFERING INCENTIVES FOR MORE BICYCLE PARKING. SO JUST KIND OF DO YOU THINK THESE STANDARDS ARE TOO LOW TO HIGH WHAT ARE THOUGHTS? MAYOR IF I MAY ADD ONE THING TO THAT IS THAT WITH A LOT OF THIS WITH A NEW USE OF A DEVELOPMENT TYPE THAT HAS NOT STRONGLY EMERGED YET IN THE REGION, IS THAT TO AN EXTENT WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF RAPID PROTOTYPING AND I THINK THAT IT WILL BE IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF HOW WE EVALUATE AND REVIEW ANY POTENTIAL FIRST DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME THROUGH THE DOOR AND THINGS THIS TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE, HOW IT'S FUNCTIONING ETC. AND YOU KNOW BE PREPARED TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS WHEN NECESSARY BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT NOT LIKE SOME OF OUR USES IN OUR CODE WHERE WE HAVE COUNTLESS EXAMPLES THAT CAN GO AND STUDY WITHIN OUR OWN COMMUNITY AND HAVE A REALLY STRONG SENSE SOME OF THE OUR PARKING REQUIREMENT AS WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS HIGHER THAN MOST OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY THAT WE'VE STUDIED.  BUT MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES ARE IN MORE TRANSIT RICH AND DENSE THAN BLOOMINGTON IS AS WELL. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE. SO LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION GIVEN BLOOMINGTON AS IT IS WAS THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THIS WAS IT ENVISIONING NEW CONSTRUCTION OR WAS THIS REUSE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS? BECAUSE IN MY MIND I'M SAYING REUSE I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF THIS TYPE OF THING. SO IF WE ENDED REUSE AND ACTUALLY HEARD A VERY INTERESTING PRESENTATION LAST WEEK AT THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS FROM THE PEW FOUNDATION ABOUT OLDER OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE PERFECTLY SUITED FOR THIS THE WINDOWS AND THE OUTSIDE AND ALL THE IN THE MIDDLE FOR THE YOU KNOW, FOR THE RESTROOM FACILITIES AND FOR KITCHENS, YOUR KITCHEN AND ALL THIS AN OFFICE FACILITY, AN OFFICE BUILDING IT WOULD ALREADY HAVE PARKING, YOU KNOW, ARE WE ARE WE CONSIDERING THIS FROM A NEW CONSTRUCTION OR A REUSE OF WHETHER IT'S OFFICE OR STRIP MALLS?  I MEAN THAT'S ANOTHER POSSIBILITY THAT TYPE OF THING WHERE THE PARKING IS ALREADY IN . SO IS THIS KIND OF A DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRING A WHOLE LOT OF CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE THERE ANYWAY?  YEAH, THANKS.  THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. WE'RE ACTUALLY IF YOU'LL RECALL THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT ON THE WORK PLAN. IT'S ABOUT THE OFFICE CONVERSION STUDY IN CO-LIVING IS A SUB ELEMENT OF THAT BECAUSE WE'VE FOUND THAT SAME LITERATURE, SAME DISCUSSION IS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUTER DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES CO-LIVING IS A BETTER FIT THAN APARTMENTS SOME CONVERSIONS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO RUN THE PLUMBING SO MANY DIFFERENT AND IT'S ALREADY A COSTLY ENDEAVOR IN GENERAL CONVERT AN OFFICE BUILDING SO THAT IS ON OUR RADAR SCREEN. I THINK WHAT WE'RE ENDEAVORING TO DO IS TRY AND CREATE STANDARDS THAT ARE DURABLE FOR BOTH SCENARIOS.  WE CERTAINLY COULD LOOK AT HOW THOSE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS SHOULD BE EVALUATED FROM SEPARATE STANDARDS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE OFFICE CONVERSION STUDY IS DOING BUT THAT'S NOT LIMITED TO RESIDENTIAL USES.  WE WANT TO LOOK AT OTHER THINGS IN ADDITION TO THAT BUT I AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT I'M HEARING THE SAME DISCUSSION THAT OLDER OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS. THE GOOD NEWS IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING IS THAT MANY THOSE SITES ARE SERVED BY HIGH VOLUME ROADWAYS THAT CAN HANDLE MORE TRAFFIC AND OFTENTIMES HAVE SOME ACCESS TO TRANSIT SERVICE IN MANY LOCATIONS NOT ALL IN MANY.  SO I THINK IT COULD BE A GOOD FIT THERE.  COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. RELATED TO THAT IS THERE ANY REASON WE GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS IS VERY NASCENT AND WOULD PROBABLY GO WE'LL FIND OURSELVES IN REVISION OVER THE OF THE NEXT TEN YEARS OR SO IS THERE ANY REASON TO PUT IN A PARKING REQUIREMENT?  IS THERE COULD WE JUST LEAVE IT ALONE AND NOT HAVE IT THERE AND LIKE LET IT LET IT PERCOLATE BASED ON WHETHER WE GET A MAJORITY TO MR. MAYOR'S OF OF REUSES WHERE THAT DOESN'T BECOME AN ISSUE AT ALL OR ALL OF A SUDDEN SEE YOU KNOW NEW DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS QUESTION I JUST AM CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A REASON TO MAYBE ASK THE QUESTION OR MAKE A NOW I THINK ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR EXAMPLE SAID IN THE NOTES RIGHT MAYBE WE SHOULD MAKE IT ONE BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE IT LOWER BUT IT'S HARDER TO MAKE IT HIGHER AGAIN. RIGHT. I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT IN A PLACE OF LIKE WE DON'T KNOW. SO IS THERE WHAT WOULD BE THE WHAT WOULD BE THE DOWNSIDE OF NOT NOT MAKING A REQUIREMENT IN THE CODE TO START WITH IN THE FIRST PLACE I GUESS YEAH. MARY CUSTOMER ALESSANDRA SO AND AGAIN ASSUMING THAT IT'S A PERMITTED USE BECAUSE THAT YOU HAVE LESS OF THAT CONDITIONAL PERMIT LAYER TO THAT ELEMENT OF IT WHICH GIVES THE CITY A LITTLE MORE DISCRETION ABSENT A STANDARD YOU YOU KNOW THEORETICALLY COULD SEE THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING THAT DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF PARKING MOST BLOOMINGTON OFFERS TWO SITES DO BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OLDER ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED PREVIOUSLY AS OFFICE WAREHOUSE OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS EVEN IN SOME COMMERCIALLY ZONED AREAS THAT COULD DO SOME CONVERSIONS THAT DON'T MUCH OF A PARKING SUPPLY AT ALL. AND SO UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES I THINK YOU'RE BEING FAIRLY RELIANT UPON EITHER THE A THEM CREATING SOME AS THE MARKET AS AS THE DEVELOPER THINKS THEY NEED WHICH DOES HAPPEN OR IT JUST FUNCTIONING AS IS EXISTING CONDITIONS SO I AGREE ON THE RAPID ELEMENT OF THIS PROJECT AND I DO THINK THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT BUT I THINK STAFF WOULD ADVOCATE JUST TO CREATE SET A MINIMUM SOMEWHERE TO START SOMEWHERE AND JUST AS NEEDED FROM THERE.  COUNCILMEMBER NELSON UM JUST A QUICK QUESTION. IF WE DID MAKE IT HIGHER THAT WOULD STILL PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A DEVELOPER TO COME AND SAY HEY, I CAN'T MEET THAT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR ME THEY THEY COULD DO THAT BUT IF WE MAKE IT LOWER BECAUSE A PERMITTED USE WE'D THEN HAVE NO DISCRETION ABOUT WHAT THEY DID IS THEY JUST UNDERSTANDING THOSE TWO OR YOU ARE MAYOR COUNCILMAN NELSON SO THAT'S CORRECT.  ONE OF THE WE DON'T INTEND TO GET INTO THE INCENTIVES WE CAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO BUT THE PARKING INCENTIVE IS NOT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING ADDING BECAUSE OF THE LOWER PARKING REQUIREMENT. IF WE WERE SUGGESTING A HIGHER PARKING REQUIREMENT THAN WE THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ABSOLUTELY ADD THAT INCENTIVE FOR CO-LIVING SIMILAR TO MULTIFAMILY BUT YOU'RE AGREE SO I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID. I THINK THAT THE ONLY THE ONLY PATHWAY AND THEY CERTAINLY COULD PURSUE THIS WOULD BE A PLAN OR OTHER FORM OF PARKING FLEXIBILITY THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM IN OUR CODE SHARED USE PROOF OF PARKING THERE'S DIFFERENT THAT DEVELOPERS CAN USE OR PROPERTY OWNERS CAN USE SO THEY COULD PURSUE THAT BUT YES THEY THEY WOULD HAVE THAT PATHWAY AVAILABLE TO THEM ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS CUSTOMER INVOLVEMENT I GUESS IS AS I LOOK AT THIS, THE QUESTION I KIND OF THINK ABOUT IS THE THE IMPACT TO THE OVERALL COMMUNITY AROUND THIS THIS DEVELOPMENT WHERE IT IS. I MEAN I HATE TO CREATE YOU KNOW TOO HIGH OF STANDARDS TO YOU KNOW ESSENTIALLY MAKE YOU KNOW MAKE THE GOAL WHICH IS TRYING TO DRIVE THAT OVERALL RATE LOWER OR TO TO GET TO THAT THAT OVERALL GOAL THAT'S STATED BY MY IN TERMS OF TRYING TO GET TO THAT. SO I WONDER IF SOME THINK IT'D BE WORKED OUT IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU START TO SEE THOSE ISSUES. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THAT PROOF PARKING THAT YOU COULD IMPLEMENT LATER ON IF YOU START SEEING ISSUES OR SOME OTHER METHOD TO TRY TO MITIGATE THOSE ISSUES ON THE BACK END OF IT SO THAT YOU DON'T SLOW DOWN DEVELOPMENT. SO I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT IF WE GO INTO THIS TO YOU KNOW, HAVING TOO HIGH OF A STANDARD SOMETIMES DEVELOPERS SKIP YOUR ENTIRE CITY AND GO TO ANOTHER CITY WHERE IT'S EASIER TO BUILD IT. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. I JUST THINK ABOUT OUR EXPERIMENT WITH A TO USE THAT YOU KNOW WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS RIGHT SO THAT'S JUST ONE YOU KNOW COUNCILMEMBER PERSPECTIVE AS I LOOK AT THIS MAYOR ONE LAST FINAL THOUGHT ABOUT PARKING IS THAT SOME CITIES AND AGAIN THIS MORE CHARACTERISTIC OF COURSE CITIES MORE URBAN CITIES EITHER OF COURSE SOME ARE ELIMINATING THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENTS ALTOGETHER BUT MANY CITIES DO OFFER SOME REDUCTION AS A RESULT OF PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT SERVICE IN SOME CASES ACTUAL USE SPECIFIC REDUCTION. SO MULTIFAMILY SAY IT WITHIN QUARTER MILE OF A HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIT LINE HAS A LOWER PARKING REQUIREMENT IF NOT CLOSE TO TRANSIT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT FOR THIS BECAUSE I THINK THE INTENT HERE IS THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE IN LOCATIONS THAT ARE WELL-SERVED BY TRANSIT AND IF THEY'RE WELL-SERVED BY TRANSIT THEY NEED LESS PARKING. SO AND I I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT WE ARE DOING ANOTHER PROJECT AND THE WORK PLAN THIS YEAR IS THE OUR PARKING EVALUATION KIND OF POST-PANDEMIC PUTS ONLINE RETAILING SO THAT TRANSIT IS SOMETHING IS ON OUR RADAR TO INCLUDE IN THAT EVALUATION WITHIN THAT PROJECT OF HOW THAT SHOULD AFFECT OUR PARKING STANDARDS SO COUNCIL CONSENSUS I MEAN THE AND I WE AGREE THE 1.6 IS SET THERE FOR THE BLOOMINGTON STUDIO APARTMENTS IS PROBABLY EXCESSIVE THE THOUGHT OF ONE VERSUS 0.5 THE PROS AND CONS OR EVEN GOING DOWN TO ZERO ZERO AS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SAID LET THE MARKET DECIDE WHAT'S IN IT AND IF IT HELPS MATTERS. SORRY TO INTERRUPT BUT IF IT HELPS YOU KNOW FOR A FOR IF YOU HAD FOUR IF YOU HAD SIX CO-LIVING UNITS EFFECTIVE LIKE WITH ONE POD ONE SHARED KITCHEN YOU'D EFFECTIVELY HAVE TO PROVIDE THREE PARKING SPACES UNCOVERED. OKAY YEAH.  I MEAN I'M I THINK WITH HALF AS PROPOSED HERE I THINK I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND SEE WHERE IT GOES AND YEAH IT WOULD BE HARD IF WE WANTED TO ADJUST UP BUT IT WOULD BE DOABLE WOULDN'T BE IMPOSSIBLE AND AND IF WE WANTED TO ADJUST DOWN DEPENDING ON WHAT THE MARKET SAYS I THINK THAT WOULD I THINK THE HALF THE POINT FIVE I THINK MAKES GOOD SENSE FOR ME. MR. MAYOR. I THINK I JUST THINK WE'RE BEING KIND OF ARBITRARY SO YOU KNOW, THROW A DART AT THIS POINT IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AT POINT FIVE IS FINE. I JUST I LIKE YOU MENTIONED MR. JOHNSON THAT THE THAT SOMEONE HAS COME AND KIND OF PROPOSED A OPPORTUNITY WITH US DID THEY HAVE A POINT OF VIEW ON PARKING?  THEY DID NOT COUNCILMEMBER OR I'M SORRY MARY CULTURAL CENTER THEY DID NOT THEY ALSO ARE MOSTLY WORKING IN MINNEAPOLIS AND SAINT PAUL WHICH DON'T HAVE A PARKING REQUIREMENT. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THEIR RADAR IN SO MUCH AS THEY EXPRESSED THAT MORE RIGOROUS STANDARDS LIKELY WOULD BE A KILLER FOR A FOR PROJECTS LIKE THEIRS. YEAH I MEAN I'M FINE.  COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH HALF STALL PER UNIT AND I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU KNOW LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH A LOT OF OTHER THINGS IN A YEAR AFTER WE'VE ON THE CHANGE OR I GUESS AFTER WE'VE HAD SOMETHING DEVELOPED OR REPURPOSED BUT AS THE MAYOR WAS MENTIONING THAT WE DO SOME KIND OF EVALUATION AND AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE HEARING FROM DEVELOPERS?  IS IT IS IT STILL TOO MUCH? SHOULD WE JUST KIND OF GO TO ZERO OR IF IT'S WORKING WELL,  I THINK THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE. AND MR. MAYOR, IN RELATED I THINK WE SAW BY BICYCLE REQUIREMENTS WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT BUT I'D SAY MORE BICYCLES BETTER LIKE SO YOU KNOW TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT WE WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT PER SE BUT IF WE CAN INCENTIVIZE THAT THAT WOULD BE GOOD.  THAT'S MY TAKE ON THAT TOO.  AND SCOOTERS I'M ALL ABOUT SCOOTERS.  OKAY NEXT DISCUSSION QUESTION SO WE WANT TO KNOW IF YOU THINK THE USE STANDARDS SHOULD INCLUDE A MINIMUM FLOOR AREA PER UNIT WHEN WE WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING COMMISSIONER AND BOARD MEMBERS IN GENERAL THOUGHT THAT THERE SHOULD BE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE MARKET TO DECIDE AND LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES STAFF HAS SEEN RANGES BETWEEN A MINIMUM OF 70 SQUARE FEET AND A MAXIMUM OF 250 SQUARE FEET. LIKE NICK MENTIONED EARLIER,  THE BUILDING CODE DOES ALSO HAVE LIKE MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS.  THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THAT TOO WHICH IS 70 SQUARE FEET FOR ONE PERSON JUST AS I HEARD FROM I'M SORRY COULD YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE?  THE BUILDING CODE REQUIRES 70 SQUARE FEET FOR A BEDROOM FOR FOR A SINGLE PERSON THAT'S NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE BATHROOM, JUST THE BED. THAT'S CORRECT.  THANKS. YEP. AND THAT'S BASICALLY A WALK CLOSET. I MEAN REALISTICALLY 70 FEET IS A 70 SQUARE FEET IS A WALK IN CLOSET.  MM HMM.  THOUGHTS ON THIS CUSTOM COUNCILMEMBER CARTER? THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M I'M ACTUALLY I'M COMFORTABLE WITH LETTING THE MARKET DETERMINE THIS ONE. I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF I THINK FOR THIS ONE I THINK THE MORE FLEXIBLE WE ARE THE BETTER OFF WE'LL BE IN ACTUALLY SEEING THESE TYPES OF UNITS CREATED . AND SO YEAH SO I'M COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. MR. MAYOR, IF THE BUILDING CODE AUTOMATICALLY HAS 70 THEN DON'T WE JUST LET THAT APPLY AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL BURDEN HERE IS THAT IN MY INTERPRETING CORRECTLY? YES, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN I'M WITH YOU, MR. CARTER. I THINK THAT'S FINE AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ON BOARD WITH THAT AS SO THAT DOES REFLECT THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THEM AT THE HRA AND CONCUR MEETING. OKAY WE'RE GOOD WE AND THEN LAST DISCUSSION QUESTION THAT WE HAVE IS SHOULD YOU STANDARDS INCLUDE A MINIMUM COMMON SPACE PER UNIT SO THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE THE KITCHEN AND IF THERE'S LIKE A LIVING ROOM OR WHATEVER THERE MAYBE WHEN WE WENT TO A PLANNING COMMISSION HRA THREE COMMISSIONERS AND BOARD MEMBERS WERE IN FAVOR OF LETTING THE MARKET DECIDE AND ONE COMMISSIONER THOUGHT THE CITY SHOULD REGULATE THE SIZE TO PROVIDE A BETTER USER EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE MAY BE LIVING THERE.  YES SO IF I COULD ASK THIS IS A JUST THE AREA OF THE THE SPACE OF A COMMON AREA AS OPPOSED TO NOT A QUESTION OF THERE BE A COMMON AREA CORRECT ME SO AND THAT I MEAN I'M SOMEWHERE THIS IS WRITTEN THAT THE FOLKS HAVE TO COOK SOMEHOW RIGHT IN THERE.  MAYOR THANK YOU. YEAH THERE IS REQUIREMENTS IN STATE BUILDING CODE AROUND MINIMUM LIVING AND COOKING SPACE FOR A DWELLING. YES. OKAY.  THAT'S COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO.  AS LONG AS YOU ASK FOR THOUGHTS I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM TO YOU. MR. MAYOR.  EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T NECESSARILY I MIGHT.  SO WHAT ARE THOSE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, NICK? I APOLOGIZE. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE STATE REQUIREMENTS ARE? I SHOULD FOR FORGIVE ME I DON'T HAVE THE TIME MY HEAD RIGHT HERE THERE I DON'T LET ME ASK IT THIS WAY THEN DO YOU THINK OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD YOU RECALL THAT THEY'RE REASONABLE LIKE WE'VE NOT HAD A CHALLENGE TO ANYTHING,  RIGHT? YES, CERTAINLY.  AND I THINK ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THIS ONE IS HOW MANY UNITS ARE SHARING A KITCHEN. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WE HAVEN'T PRESENTED THIS EVENING. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE IN MORE CONVERSATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN VERY GREAT TO WORK WITH AND BEEN A GREAT SUPPORT AS PART OF . BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN AFFECT THE USER EXPERIENCE IS HOW MANY UNITS ARE SHARING A KITCHEN AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING. WE DIDN'T PRESENT THAT IN OUR MATERIALS TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING ONGOING.  DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE IT GIVE IT TO YOU IN KIND OF THE FLUID MODE BUT IT COULD BE AN ISSUE OF WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM AMENITIES THAT SERVE EACH ARE YOU SHARING IT WITH TEN ROOMMATES OR YOU'RE SHARING IT WITH SIX ROOMMATES FOR EXAMPLE? SO THAT'S KIND OF MORE THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING LESS SO THAN AROUND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT MAKES SENSE.  THANK THANK YOU. THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL BECAUSE WHERE I WAS GOING TO GO WITH THIS, MR. MAYOR WAS, IF WE HAVE A STATE STANDARD, WE JUST DEFER TO STATE STANDARD. OTHER ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THAT STATE STANDARDS SHOULD BE APPLIED FOR EVERY X-NUMBER OF RESIDENTS KIND OF THING.  SO IF YOU HAVE FIVE RESIDENTS AND THAT'S A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION THE STATE STATUTE REASONABLE FOR FIVE IF YOU DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO DO TEN YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE TWO TIMES THAT RIGHT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT WOULD BE THE WAY I WOULD LOOK AT IT BUT I IF I DON'T WANT US TO GET INTO A POSITION WHERE OUR CODE IS IN WEIRD SHAPE AGAINST STATE STATUTE OR WHATEVER ANYWAY SO IF WE DEFER TO STATE STATUTE BUT THEN MAYBE ADDED AN APPLICATION TO THAT YOU'LL YOU'LL BRING BACK TO US IT SOUNDS LIKE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES THAT ACCURATELY SERVE IN A REASONABLE WAY AND COULD DO A MULTIPLIER ON THAT FOR EVERY X NUMBER OF UNITS THAT YOU EXPECT A PERSON TO BE HOUSED IN YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, A KITCHEN OF A CERTAIN STATE SIZE.  OKAY. THANK THANKS.  THANK YOU, MARIA. AND THAT IN ADDITION TO THAT IT'S ALSO PROXIMITY. SO THE SHARED KITCHEN 200 FEET AWAY AND DOWN THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS, IT'S NOT VERY ACCESSIBLE. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A GOOD HOME TO LIVE IN . AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION AS JUST LOOKING AT THIS AS AN EXAMPLE 170 97 SQUARE FOOT BEDROOMS WE'RE ASSUMING I'M SINGLE PERSON OCCUPANCY, IS THAT CORRECT? OR COULD THIS TWO ADULTS THE MAYOR THE BUILDING CODE WOULD TWO ADULTS TO RESIDE IN A ROOM OF THAT SIZE?  YEAH, I THINK IT GOES AS LOW AS ACTUALLY 120 SQUARE FEET AND THE STATE BUILDING CODE FOR TWO. OKAY SO WAS GOOD GUIDANCE. THANK YOU. WE WILL BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU ON THIS TOPIC.  GENERALLY OUR NEXT STEPS ARE JUST TO REFINE THE ORDINANCE I MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES NOW ALL LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STAFF LUNCH FOR ALL THE TIME THEY'VE BEEN WILLING TO SUPPORT US AND HELP US WITH THIS PROJECT. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE THIS EVENING IS MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING AND THAT AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS THAT THIS POLICY IS READY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS THROUGH AN ORDINANCE.  WELL, IF I'M IF I'M READING THE ROOM HERE AND THINK YOU'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS THAT FOLKS I THINK THERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS BUT I THINK THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT YES, PROCEED AND WE'LL WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TALKS IN MARCH AND BRING THIS BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN APRIL. IS THAT IS THAT GENERAL CONSENSUS COUNCIL?  MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN ASK FOR ONE OTHER THING TO MAYBE COINCIDE WITH THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN APRIL, CAN WE JUST GET A BIT A RECAP ON ALL OF THEM KIND OF COMBINED BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING KIND OF PIECEMEAL AT THESE BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WE WERE THIS IS WHAT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH EDU THIS IS WE'RE AT WITH SRO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER ONE IS THE MISSING MIDDLE STUFF YOU KNOW LIKE ALL THE THINGS IF WE COULD JUST GET SENSE FOR IT MAYBE JUST A ONE PAGER THAT JUST KIND OF DESCRIBES WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS OF ALL THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE A LOT OF OVERLAP ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET DOWN TO DEFINITIONS LIKE A PER UNIT OR FAMILY OR WHATEVER IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.  I HOPE THAT'S NOT AN EXTRA BURDEN TO ASK AND JUST GET A SUMMARY.  I DO THINK THAT MAKES SENSE AND NOT ONLY THE SUMMARY BUT A SUMMARY AND JUST A 10,000 FOOT ANALYSIS OF HOW THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER.  YEAH, IT ALL KIND OF FITS WE CAN WE CAN PREPARE THAT. WE COULD DO IT PART OF BLOOMINGTON THIS WEEK OR AS PART OF THE FORMAL PRESENTATION OR BOTH. OKAY.  ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL? IF NOT THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE TIME .  AND 5.2 IS NEXT COUNCIL THIS IS AN UPDATE ON OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMING WE'VE GOT HOLLY MESSICK OUR PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR AND BARB WOLFE, OUR ASSISTANT PORT AUTHORITY HERE.  NO FORMAL ACTION ON THIS THIS JUST AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S GOING ON. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS STATED I'M BARB WOLF ASSISTANT PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR AND HOLLY MESA PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR.  WE ALSO HAVE KIM BERGGREN, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL JUST TO STAY AS THE MAY ALREADY STATED THERE'S NO FORMAL ACTION THIS EVENING WE'RE JUST GIVING A PRESENTATION ON OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMING IN THE CITY AND ALSO TO SHARE UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PREVIOUSLY SCOPED SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.  SO AS WE ALL KNOW THIS WORK WITH THE CITY IS NEW IT'S NEW HERE. SO JUST FOCUSING IN ON SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE FOR ADDING BUSINESS ASSISTANCE OUR PORTFOLIO SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND TRUST WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. ALL OF THIS BECAME CLEAR THROUGH THE PANDEMIC REDUCING DISPARITIES SO THAT WE HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.  IT IS FOR ALL BUSINESSES AND MAKING RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY ACROSS OF BLOOMINGTON CHANGING THE PERCEPTION OF IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CARE FOR ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES NOT JUST IN ONE AREA OF THE CITY AND ALSO CONNECTING OUR BUSINESSES WITH AND EACH OTHER.  SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, IF WE THINK BACK TO 2020 WE HAD ONE RESOURCE AVAILABLE AND THAT THE SAME ONE THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE FOR OVER TEN YEARS AND THAT WAS OPEN BUSINESS WITH CWD. SO WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WHAT  HAVE NOW WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE OFFERING AND CONTINUING ADDING TO AND BUILDING OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SO WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS SO STARTING WITH SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES AND OUTREACH, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS HAVE CITY NAVIGATION SERVING AS A BUSINESS NAVIGATOR FOR BUSINESSES ARE COMING IN HOW THEY PROCESS THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AT CITY HALL INTENTIONAL BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT VISITS OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY CITY PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS LIKE EARLIER IN JANUARY PLANNING STAFF WAS HERE WITH THE SIX ORDINANCES TAKING THOSE COMMENTS THAT WE HEAR FROM BUSINESS OWNERS AND FORMALIZING A PROCESS TO MOVE IT FORWARD AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS GOING OUT AND WELCOMING BUSINESSES WHEN THEY COME IN LAST YEAR WE ADDED GROUNDBREAKING AND RIBBON CUTTINGS AND FORMALIZING PROCESS WITH THAT AND THEN ALSO A BUSINESS RESOURCES NEWSLETTER.  WE HAVE OVER 2500 SUBSCRIBERS TO THAT AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE BUSINESSES THROUGH VIDEOS.  SO HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF OUR RIBBON CUTTINGS AND GROUNDBREAKING WE HAD NINE EVENTS LAST YEAR AND SO FORMALIZING THIS PROCESS AND MAKING MORE OF AN INTENTIONALITY INVITING MORE STAFF TO THIS TO CELEBRATE ALL THE WORK THAT IS DOING ALONG WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND PROMOTING AND LIFTING THEM . OKAY. IF I COULD JUST SAY AS STAFF SURE. I NEED TO POINT OUT TO ME THAT I'M WEARING THE SAME OUTFIT IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE SHOES.  COME ON STAFF NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT ME HERE I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE HERE BUT IT'S A POPULAR OUTFIT THERE AND IT LOOKS GREAT CLASSIC. SO OUR SECOND BUCKET OF ADVISORY SERVICES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND NETWORKING WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND SO WE DO OFFER WELCOMING WEDNESDAYS WHERE WE HAVE INTENTIONALITY OF TECHNICAL BUSINESS ADVISING HOURS THIS YEAR WE'RE UTILIZING HIROMI YOKI WITH NEXT STAGE THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD YEAR OFFERING WELCOMING WEDNESDAYS WE ALSO HAVE START WHICH IS A COHORT PROGRAM FOR ENTREPRENEURS.  THIS IS OUR GRADUATING CLASS OF THE SECOND COHORT IN 2024 THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY.  WE'LL BE HOLDING OUR THIRD COHORT THAT BEGINS IN MARCH.  WE ALSO HAVE ELEVATE HENNEPIN 30 PLUS DIFFERENT ADVISORS ON THERE OFFERING FREE TECHNICAL BUSINESS HOURS AND BLOOMINGTON BUSINESS CONNECTIONS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS REGIONAL CHAMBER. WE HAD SIX EVENTS IN BLOOMINGTON LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE FOUR SLATED FOR 2025 AND AGAIN OUR OPEN TO BUSINESS PROGRAM CD OUR FINAL ONE IS DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OFFERED THROUGH CITY PROGRAMING. SO THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED HACH BLOOMINGTON SCRAMBLING AG WAS OUR WINNER OF THE PITCH COMPETITION IN 2024 WE HAVE SEWER ACCESS CHARGE A SMALL CITY WIDE CREDIT PROGRAM WHICH IS A GRANT PROGRAM ON ASSISTING BUSINESSES AS THEY OPEN AS LOCATE TO OUR COMMUNITY OR EXPAND.  THIS CAN BE A SIGNIFICANT COST FOR BUSINESSES ALSO I SAXMAN BUSINESS DEFERRAL PROGRAM WHICH IS A LOW INTEREST RATE LOAN OVER FIVE YEARS SITE AND FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR WE AWARDED $223,000 IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A $5.4 MILLION INVESTMENT AND IN 2025 WE HAVE $200,000 FOR THAT PROGRAM AND WE ALREADY HAVE THREE APPLICATIONS. WE ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS RETENTION THAT DUE TO DEVELOPMENT OR PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA FOR BUSINESSES JUST LOCATED WE OFFER $15,000 TO HELP THEM RELOCATE WITHIN BLOOMINGTON.  I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINNESOTA SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.  THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S OVERSEEN BY MINNESOTA THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ALL OF THIS REPORTS UP TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IS A FEDERAL ENTITY. SO THIS IS LEVERAGING OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS, MATCHING THAT WITH FUNDING.  THIS IS SO WE'RE MAKING INTENTIONAL PROGRAMS IN ONE ON ONE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS IN OUR COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITH DIFFERENT POPULATIONS.  SO ESSENTIALLY CREATING A SMALL BUSINESS CENTER WITHOUT WALLS SO THAT WE BE MORE NIMBLE AND FLEXIBLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE HAD NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL EVENTS I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT WORKING WITH THE ZAWADI CENTER AND THE LEADERSHIP THERE WE HELD AN EVENT IN DECEMBER WE HAD 225 REGISTRANTS FOR THE EVENT NEARLY 175,000 PEOPLE. SO THAT'S A LOT THAT'S A LOT 175 PEOPLE SHOWED UP. IT WAS A LOT OF IT WAS A LOT AND THEN WE'VE HELD TWO SUBSEQUENT WORKSHOPS WHERE WE HAD 19 ATTENDEES AT ONE IN 31 AT THE SECOND ONE. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.  YUSEF THE CEO THERE IS WORKING WITH US. HE KNOWS US AS PILOT PROGRAMING WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO CONNECT ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND HOW WE CAN REPLICATE THAT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINNESOTA SPDC THEY ALSO HAVE A THAT'S TRIED AND TRUE CALLED THE COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM.  THIS IS AN EIGHT MONTH PROGRAM THAT STARTS WITH A SIX WEEK BOOT CAMP. WE'LL BE HOLDING THAT BOOT CAMP HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND HOSTING 30 APPLICANTS FOR THAT AND THAT WILL START IN APRIL IN OUR COMMUNITY.  AND SO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO HOLLY I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW YOU SEE LOTS OF SMILES AND WE'VE SEEN OF THEM OUT IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHAT BRINGS ME JOY IN THE PASSION OF CONNECTING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS, TELLING THEM ABOUT THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE. ALL THE BUSINESS OWNERS LEARN IN DIFFERENT ABSORB THE INFORMATION IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND A LOT OF IT IS HAPPENING WITH THAT ONE ON ONE CONNECTION AND SO I'M JUST ENDING WITH SOME SMILES HERE I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HOLLY.  ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE KNOW AS WE SAID A LOT OF THIS PROGRAMING IS NEW AND SO IT IS OUR INTENTION TO EVALUATE TO TRACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING DATA TO YOU TO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPACT THESE PROGRAMS.  SOME OF THE THINGS WE WILL BE TRACKING INCLUDE OF COURSE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.  WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO COLLECT DEMOGRAPHICS OF MANY THE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION RATES SO THAT WE CAN PROVE OUR PROGRESS EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS WE'LL BE TRACKING BUSINESS AND LENDING TOTALS AND THAT'S BOTH OUR INTERNAL PROGRAMS LIKE OUR FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT AND PROGRAMS LIKE THE SBA LENDING PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH MOVING FORWARD THERE ARE OTHER DATA SETS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO GROW OVER TIME BUT ARE CHALLENGING THE GRANULAR LEVEL LIKE THE NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN BLOOMINGTON ACTUALLY A VERY DIFFICULT NUMBER TO ARRIVE AT BUT WE'RE WORKING AT IT AND SOMETHING WE'RE HOPING TO TRACK IN THE FUTURE NUMBER AND VALUE OF CONTRACTS THE CITY HAS A SMALL BUSINESSES IN BLOOMINGTON WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING THAT IS BEING LOOKED AT HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD WE'VE DONE A LOT SO FAR.  BARB DID A WONDERFUL JOB RECAPPING BUT SOME THINGS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING IN 2025 INCLUDE CONTINUING TO PURSUE OUR SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES AS OR SMALL BUSINESS CENTER WITHOUT WALLS MODEL WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT A CRM SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO TRACK ALL OF OUR BUSINESS INTERACTIONS. AS WE'VE MENTIONED, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I THINK YOU ARE TWO IMPROVING OUR PERMITTING PROCESSES AND NAVIGATION AND WE'RE DOING THAT IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHERS IN COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC WORKS AND THEN EXPLORING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND I SHOULD SAY AS WELL UNIQUE FUNDING TYPES LIKE ISLAMIC FINANCING THAT DOESN'T USE INTEREST AND IS A FEE BASED LENDING MODEL INSTEAD AND WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO WORK WELL WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WHICH IS DEDICATING A LOT OF ENERGY AND COLLABORATION WITH US TO PROMOTE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN BLOOMINGTON AND WITH THAT WE WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS BECAUSE REMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO FIRST I JUST HAVE TO SAY I THINK BACK TO 2020 WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON COUNCIL AND TO YOUR POINT EARLIER BARB,  JUST THE FACT THAT WE WEREN'T DOING A TON TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES BUT THE PANDEMIC MADE IT VERY APPARENT THAT WE NEEDED DO MORE AND IT'S INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMING AND, SUPPORT AND RESOURCES AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN FIVE YEARS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN . THIS I ALSO WILL SAY REALLY APPRECIATE THE IMPACT REPORTING SO THANK YOU FOR THAT TOO. I GUESS A COUPLE PROBABLY ONE MAJOR QUESTION CONCERN THAT I HAVE WE DID HAVE ADVISORY GROUP FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER AND SO I GUESS I'M CURIOUS WHAT HAS BEEN COMMUNITY THAT COMMUNICATED THAT GROUP? I THINK THE ORIGINAL VISION WAS A BRICKS AND MORTAR AND NOW WE ARE PIVOTING AWAY FROM THAT AND I THINK IT'S FOR UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS BUT I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLOSE THE LOOP WITH THAT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY CREATING VISION.  THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER.  WE RECONNECTED WITH WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN JULY OF LAST YEAR TO UPDATE THEM ON ALL THE PROGRAMING WE'RE DOING . SO THERE WAS THREE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WAS PROGRAMING PARTNERSHIPS AND SYSTEMS AND SO A LOT OF THAT WAS WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE PRE-BUILT SO THAT THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY EXISTING.  IT IT'S A PHYSICAL SPACE AND SO WHAT WE WENT TO WORK DOING AND PROVIDING ALL SO UPDATING THE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH THAT WAS THERE WERE SORT OF BLOWN AWAY WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AND THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE AND THAT IS HAPPENING AND SO WHERE IT IS MAKING THE BIGGEST IMPACT IS TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND IT IS ALLOWING US TO BE FLEXIBLE AND NIMBLE I WOULD SAY WELL I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.  THANK YOU.  THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE.  THANK YOU. HI, HOLLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI, BARB. GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS. WOULD YOU MIND PUTTING THE IMPACT STATEMENTS BACK BECAUSE I HAD ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT. I DON'T THINK THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION WE GOT. SO WHAT I WHAT I'M REALLY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT NEEDLE ARE WE TRYING TO MOVE AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IS OUR GOAL MORE SMALL BUSINESSES AND LONGEVITY OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE IN BLOOMINGTON THE IS IT JUST THAT THE SENTIMENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT BUSINESSES IN BLOOMINGTON IS HIGHER THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WE CAN OFFER LIKE I'M ALL FOR ALL THIS STUFF IS SO GREAT RIGHT AND TO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER'S WE WEREN'T DOING IT BEFORE AND THIS HAS GOT TO MOVE THIS HAS GOT TO DO GOOD AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. BUT BUT IF IF IF WE'RE GIVING THE IF WE'RE GIVING THE THE MONEY, FOR EXAMPLE THE FOR THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS IS THE EXPECTATION THAT THAT'S HAPPENING AND AS A RESULT OF THAT PEOPLE THAT ACCEPT THAT IMPROVEMENT ARE GOING TO BE THERE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR YOU KNOW AND THEN THEN WE CAN MEASURE THAT AGAINST WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE. RIGHT. SO THE I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN THINK ABOUT DOING THAT BUT.  THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S DOING THE WORK WHICH IS NO MATTER WHAT BUT THEN THERE'S DOING THE WORK BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE A PARTICULAR OBJECTIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS JUST YET AND AS YOU ALL ARE, I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR MIND AS YOU'RE DEFINING AND I WOULD LOVE TO JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YOUR OUTCOMES YOU'RE EXPECTED OUTCOMES ARE AND THEN HOW WE CAN TRACK TOWARDS THOSE OUTCOMES OVER AND ABOVE JUST THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT WHICH IS REALLY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT. MM HMM. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO,  THE REALITY IS THIS IS DIFFICULT TO TRACK. I BELIEVE I SENT SOME DATA EARLIER THAT SHOWS AT THE STATE LEVEL THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IN SMALL THE NUMBER OF BUSINESS STARTS THE NUMBER THE FRACTION OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS. SO TO SOME DEGREE THE IMPORT IS US BUILDING OUT THAT SMALL BUSINESS MUSCLE.  THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE ECONOMY IN GENERAL FOR US TRACKING WHERE WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THIS INTERNALLY JUST TRACKING BUSINESS STARTS IS A DIFFICULT INDICATOR BECAUSE THE REALITY IS SOMETHING LIKE 50% OF SMALL BUSINESSES CLOSE IN FIVE YEARS OR SOMETHING SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. SO TRYING TO TRACK THAT DATA IS IMPORTANT. IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT AND IT'S ALSO A REALITY THAT THIS IS A A GROUP THAT IS CONSTANTLY IN FLUX. HOWEVER, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THE VACANCY RATE IN OUR SMALL BUSINESS AREAS, IN OUR STRIP MALLS AND COMMERCIAL NODES WE WILL BE AT THAT. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT JUST ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS AT THE CITY TOWARDS THE CITY WHICH IS MEASURED IN THE BUSINESS SURVEY THAT GOES OUT EVERY OTHER YEAR EVERY THIRD YEAR.  AND I WOULD SAY WITH PROGRAMS LIKE THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT THAT ONE'S VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT HAS MULTIPLE IMPACTS. ONE IS BARB QUOTED THE INVESTMENT FIGURES SO IF WE SPEND $222,000 THEN $5 MILLION IS INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN AN IDEAL THEY'RE USING A LOT OF LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND THEY'RE INVESTING THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. THAT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT INTERIM STEP AS I MENTIONED WITH THE COMMERCIAL NODES I THAT THERE IS A HOPE OVER TIME THAT THOSE COMMERCIAL NODES WILL REALLY PERHAPS ORGANICALLY REDEVELOP BEGIN TO THRIVE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. BUT IN THE INTERIM THEY NEED TO BE UPDATED, THEY NEED TO DEMONSTRATE TO WHO DRIVES THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY THAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE ACTIVE AND HEALTHY AND THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ACTIVE AND HEALTHY. THEY MAY RESULT IN INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES OVER TIME WHICH INVOLVED RESULTS AN INCREASED TAX BASE. BUT YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT IS THAT MAY IMPACT BUSINESSES AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT WITH A PROGRAM LIKE THAT THAT COMES OUT AND THAT WAS A BIT OF A ROUNDABOUT ANSWER BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO. WE HAVE RESOURCES LIKE THE SBA ,HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THE STATE'S STATE HAS A SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP GROUP PARTICULARLY.  THEY ALL HAVE CHALLENGES TRACKING THE IMPACT BUT THEY ARE ALL HELPING TO PUT THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER FOR US. YEAH THIS IS THAT WAS ALL REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS OF YOUR ANSWER THERE I THINK I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE I'M I WOULD MAYBE RECOMMEND THAT WE THINK ABOUT THIS AS A REALLY INTERESTING INTERNSHIP PROJECT FOR ONE OF THE MBAS OVER AT DALE BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE STUFF LIKE THIS BEFORE WHERE THEY'VE COME IN AS A COHORT AND AND HELPED US WITH SOME DEMOGRAPHICS AND DATA AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.  I JUST THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS GOING AND TO YOUR POINT EVEN A PERCENT OR TWO YOU KNOW TRAJECTORY ON THAT CLOSINGS NUMBER IF YOU TOOK IF YOU IF WE COULD SAY THAT BLOOMINGTON YOU KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE THE AVERAGE WORLDWIDE NATIONWIDE STATEWIDE IS 50% OF BLOOMING OF SMALL BUSINESSES FAIL WITHIN FIVE YEARS YOU KNOW IT IS HERE IT'S 38% THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. RIGHT. SO IT'S JUST THE SMALL THINGS LIKE THAT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. I AM HOPING THAT WE HAVE THE BE ABLE TO KIND OF TRACK TO MAY NOT WORK OUT THAT WAY BUT ASPIRATIONALLY WOULD BE VERY COOL IF WE COULD. YEAH AWESOME. THANKS. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ANYTHING COUNCIL WELL I WANT TO ECHO THE THANKS KUDOS AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR TAKING THIS FROM 0 TO 60 BASICALLY IN JUST A FEW YEARS BECAUSE I WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY AND BASICALLY PEOPLE THAT UP UNTIL FIVE YEARS AGO WE REALLY DIDN'T DO A WHOLE LOT IT IT'S A THAT'S VERY SURPRISING THAT A CITY THE SIZE OF BLOOMINGTON REALLY DIDN'T DIG INTO THIS IN THE PAST AND B IT'S SURPRISING HOW MUCH WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE SHORT TIME.  MY COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT BEING SAFE AND FEELING SAFE I MEAN TO YOUR POINT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S SEEING MOMENTUM AND ACTUALLY FEELING AND IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT MOMENTUM IN THE BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY BOTH IN THE SMALL BUSINESSES COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO FOR LARGER I MEAN WE'VE SEEN IT WITH A NUMBER OF THE LARGER BUSINESSES IN THE BUSINESS RELOCATIONS THAT ARE UNDERWAY HERE IN THE CITY.  BLOOMINGTON IS THE PLACE TO BE RIGHT NOW FOR WHATEVER REASON IT'S IT'S DOING VERY WELL AND I THINK IN LARGE PART IT'S THE WORK THAT YOU DOING AND THE THE PERCEPTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOW OF AND THE WORK THAT THEY CAN GET DONE HERE SO WELL DONE WELL DONE TO YOU AND TO ALL THE STAFF WORKING ON IT. WELL THEN WELL DONE TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WAS A PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF THAT WE NEEDED TO DO BETTER AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A IN ANYONE'S MIND WE ARE DOING BETTER. SO THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU  ADAM 5.3 COUNCIL ON THE AGENDA IS A DISCUSSION UNDER CITY COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT ON BOARDS AND EMILY LARSON IS HERE TO TALK US THROUGH THIS ONE. THIS WAS A AN OFFSHOOT OF OUR CONVERSATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT SHOULD OR COULD BE AND WHAT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL WAS. AND SO WE DID TASK THE STAFF TAKING A LOOK AT THIS AND BRINGING SOME OPTIONS FORWARD AND BASED ON THE STAFF REPORT WE DO HAVE SOME OPTIONS BROUGHT FORWARD AND WE'RE GOING HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME HERE TONIGHT. SO THE TOPIC CITY INVOLVEMENT OR COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SO START BY PROVIDING SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO YOU ALL JUST A LEVEL SET MAKE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. I WILL ALSO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THIS CONVERSATION. I'LL SOME SCENARIOS THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS SO TO REVIEW AT THE JANUARY 6TH COUNCIL MEETING A FEW WEEKS BACK THE CITY DIRECTED STAFF TO PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A CONSISTENT PROCESS AND GUIDELINES FOR CITY COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. ALSO GIVEN THAT I ON THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT DIVISION PART OF WHERE I COME FROM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC IS ALSO THINKING ABOUT MEANINGFUL CONNECTION AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE THEMES THIS EVENING.  WELL SO WHAT DOES CITY CODE TELL US ABOUT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WE FIND THIS LANGUAGE IN CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE FIVE AND TONIGHT WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE BOLDED ON THIS SLIDE. SO I CALL THESE GROUPS THE BIG FIVE. THEY'RE THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH, THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION, THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, THE PARK COMMISSION, THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND THEN ALSO JUST RELEVANT TO OUT TONIGHT THE BOARDS WITH AN ASTERISK NEXT TO IT ALSO HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS WHICH WE COULD DIG INTO OFFLINE.  YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION THERE WITH ASSISTANCE THE CITY ATTORNEY THE RELEVANT LANGUAGE AND CODE THAT WANTED TO COVER THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT AREAS SO FIRST THERE'S REFERENCE TO SERVICE LIMITS THAT SPECIFY SIZE MEMBERS NOT BEING ABL TO SERVE MORE THAN SIX YEARS IN A ROW ON A PARTICULAR COMMISSION AND ALSO SPECIFIES THAT NO SERVICE LIMITS APPLY TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW OR TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL SERVING ON A COMMISSION.  THERE'S ALSO A SECTION THAT SPECIFIES THE RELATION TO CITY COUNCIL OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SO THERE'S THREE AREAS THAT ARE INDICATED IN CODE. THE FIRST IS PROVIDING MINUTES AFTER EACH MEETING. THE SECOND IS AN ANNUAL REPORT AND WORKPLAN WHICH I THINK ARE COMING AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND THEN ALSO TO PARTICIPATE IN JOINT MEETINGS UPON REQUEST FOR MEMBERSHIP RELEVANT TO OUR CONVERSATION THERE'S TWO COMMISSIONS THAT REFERENCE COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT. SO THE FIRST IS THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION AND THE SECOND IS THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN THE LANGUAGE FOR THESE TWO BOARDS. THE FIRST PLACEMAKING SAYS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL MAY SERVE ON THE COMMISSION AND FOR SUSTAINABILITY SAYS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL SHALL SERVE ON THE COMMISSION. SO WE HAVE HAD A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION OVER THE YEARS HAVE NEVER HAD A REPRESENTATIVE ON CREATIVE PLACEMAKING.  OKAY.  SWITCHING GEARS I WANTED TO FOCUS SOME TIME ON THE CONNECTED AND WELCOMING BOARD AND COMMISSION INITIATIVE AND AS PART OF THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN WE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING OUR COMMISSION PROCESS AND ALSO DOING STRATEGIC PLANNING SPECIFIC TO THIS WORK. SO IN 2023 WE DID SOME ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMISSION MEMBERS AND STAFF LIAISON AND DEVELOPED WHAT'S CALLED A PRACTICAL VISION FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND IN DOING SO WE ASKED COMMISSIONERS WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE IN PLACE IN 3 TO 5 YEARS TO BUILD CONNECTED IN WELCOMING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND I WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT ONE OF THE PILLARS OF THE VISION IS CITY COUNCIL CONNECTION AND SO THINKING ABOUT HAVING COUNCIL MEMBERS ON BOARDS OR LIAISONS OR SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION WITH COMMISSIONS IS SOMETHING WE'VE HEARD EXPRESSED BY CURRENT MEMBERS. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE WE ALSO DID A WORLD CAFE CONVERSATION AND CONTINUED TO HEAR FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONS THAT SOMETIMES THEY FEEL UNSURE ABOUT THEIR ROLE AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL OR THE VALUE THAT THEY BRING TO YOUR WORK AS PART OF BEAUTY WE'VE ALSO IMPLEMENTED AN ANNUAL EXPERIENCE SURVEY AND WHEN I SAY ANNUAL I MEAN WE'VE DONE IT ONCE AND WE'RE ABOUT TO DO IT AGAIN AND SO WE STARTED PULLING OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS EVERY YEAR TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS LIKE AND SEE WE MIGHT IMPROVE THAT EXPERIENCE FOR OTHERS. SO WE HAD 33% OF MEMBERS COMPLETE THE FIRST SURVEY LAST YEAR AND YOU'LL SEE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT DATA HERE THAT POINTS TO OVERALL A VERY HIGH OF SATISFACTION WITH OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS AMONG OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS AND ALSO ANOTHER THEME RELATED TO CONNECTION.  SO HERE'S SOME QUOTES THAT I PULLED FROM SURVEY RELATED TO QUESTIONS ABOUT AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT OR WAYS WE COULD THINK ABOUT PRIORITIZING OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES WITHIN COMMISSIONS. SO THINKING ABOUT HAVING MORE INTENTIONAL CONNECTION WITH COUNCIL, MORE INTERACTION WITH CITY GOVERNMENT AND WITH CITY COUNCIL AND JUST THINKING ABOUT HAVING A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE ROOM ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT COMMISSIONS ARE MEANT TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL.  SO A FEW QUOTES OF REFERENCE THERE.  SO IN LINE WITH THIS THEME PUT TOGETHER SOME SCENARIOS FOR CONSIDERATION AND IN SOME WAYS THIS FUNCTIONS AS A SPECTRUM GOING FROM NO REPRESENTATION ON COUNCIL OR ON COMMISSIONS WITH NO TIME COMMITMENT ALL THE WAY OVER BEING A REGULAR INFORMAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A COMMISSION.  SO I'LL START WITH TOUCH POINTS AND UPDATES AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER AROUND A GENERAL PROCESS FOR COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT.  RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING THINGS LIKE COMMISSION CONNECT ACTIVITIES.  WE'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH THE MAYOR AND CHAIRS IN THE PAST AND THAT RELATES TO WHAT WE CONSIDER TOUCH POINTS AND UPDATES SO THINKING ABOUT OPTIONS LIKE HAVING ANNUAL JOINT MEETINGS MAYBE PER COMMISSION HAVING ONE OR TWO TOUCH POINTS WITH COMMISSIONS SPECIFICALLY DURING THE WORK PLAN PROCESS SO THAT COMMISSION MEMBERS BE ASSUR THAT THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH THE WORK PLAN ITEMS THEY'RE PULLING TOGETHER, CONSIDERING DISCUSSIONS AT CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE OR DIRECTION ON CERTAIN INITIATIVES CONSIDERING A BI ANNUAL MEETING OR AN ANNUAL MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMISSION CHAIRS WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVE EXPLORED IN THE PAST.  SO PULLING TOGETHER MAYBE AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 8 TO 12 HOURS A YEAR OF COMMISSION CONNECTION MOVING ON TO THE LIAISON OPTION THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERING ASSIGNING COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS BUT NOT NECESSARILY HAVING REGULAR INTERACTION AT MEETINGS OR VOTING RIGHTS OR BEING A FORMAL MEMBER OF THAT COMMISSION. SO MORE OF A CONSULTATIVE.  SO THAT WOULD BE A COMMITMENT OF PERHAPS 1 TO 2 HOURS A MONTH. IT COULD VARY DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANTED TO ESTABLISH THAT LIAISON ROLE AND THEN CONSIDERING THE OPTION OF HAVING A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ON EACH BORDER COMMISSION WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE EQUAL STANDING AND VOTING RIGHTS GUIDING WITH THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE COUNCIL YOU WOULD SEE BEING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TIME COMMITMENT LOOKING AT ABOUT 2 TO 4 HOURS A MONTH ALIGNING WITH EXISTING REGULAR MEETINGS.  SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FROM IS TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM STAFF AND COMMISSION MEMBERS TO HAVE A GREATER SENSE OF WHAT THE PERSPECTIVE OF IMPACT IF WE WERE TO PURSUE THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.  AND SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE COMMISSION MEETINGS AND A STANDARD FOCUSED CONVERSATION WHERE EACH COMMISSION WOULD FOLLOW A DISCUSSION GUIDE AND WE'D COMPILE NOTES AND THEMES FOR YOU SO YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF WHAT EACH GROUP IS THINKING . WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH STAFF AT A LIAISON TYPE OF A FOCUSED CONVERSATION AND THEN I MENTIONED THE ANNUAL EXPERIENCE SURVEY I WAS ABOUT TO SEND IT AND THEN WE APPROACHED THIS TOPIC EARLIER IN THE YEAR SO I HELD OFF FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN A CUSTOM QUESTION FROM THIS GROUP.  SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD ADVISE STAFF ON TODAY.  AND FINALLY A PROPOSED TIMELINE WOULD BE TO DO THE ENGAGEMENT IN FEBRUARY SO TAP INTO THOSE MEETINGS AND GET THE EXPERIENCE SURVEY OUT THERE EARLY IN MONTH.  WE USUALLY LEAVE IT OPEN FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND THERE'S ALSO POTENTIAL TO DO RESEARCH TO SURROUNDING CITIES IF THERE'S AN INTEREST FROM THIS BODY TO DO SO.  AND THEN WE WOULD COME BACK IN MARCH WITH THE REPORT DISCUSSION DIRECTION AND DECISION AND START IMPLEMENTING IN THE SPRING SO MARCH AND APRIL TIMEFRAME.  I ALSO INCLUDED SOME APPENDIX DATA RELATED TO COMMISSION REPRESENTATION IF IT IS OF INTEREST TO YOU AND WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DATA IN OUR NEXT BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE WE BEGAN COLLECTING DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR COMMISSIONS IN 2019 SO THIS IS A COMPILATION OF ALL OF THOSE YEARS AND THE RACE OR ETHNICITY OF THOSE WHO APPLIED TO SERVE ON COMMISSIONS. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN WORK THROUGH THIS DATA SO IF THERE'S PARTICULAR INTEREST AREAS WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO IN THE MARCH IN THE MARCH UPDATE AND THEN WE ALSO HAD TOOK A LOOK BACK TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AT THE HISTORY OF CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATION DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. SO THINKING ABOUT THE HRA BOARD AUTHORITY SUSTAINABILITY AND PLACEMAKING AND THEN LOOKING AT WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SERVED ON WHICH BOARDS FOR ABOUT THE LAST TEN YEARS SO THAT'S ALSO THERE FOR YOU.  THERE MAY BE SOME INCOMPLETE DATA BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE COULD DIG INTO FURTHER IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.  AND SO WITH THAT AND I WENT THROUGH VERY QUICKLY BUT I WANTED TO OPEN THINGS UP TO QUESTIONS TO SEE IF I CAN PROVIDE FURTHER CLARITY AND NOW WOULD BE THE TIME LOTS OF QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENTAL DATA THAT YOU HAD SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT DATA IS JUST THE APPLICANT DATA IS THERE DATA AVAILABLE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME I'M SURE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WE DO HAVE THAT DATA. IT JUST HASN'T BEEN ORGANIZED IN ONE PLACE IN THE PAST. SO IT'S THAT STAFF CAN PULL TOGETHER BECAUSE I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF WE'VE GOT THESE NUMBER OF FOLKS FROM THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE HERE APPLYING HOW MANY GET IT AND THE OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC DATA I'M INTERESTED IN IS IN TERMS OF THE BREAKDOWN OF PEOPLE'S AGE LIMIT TOO IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW WE KIND OF GO FROM A SPECTRUM OF BEING YOUNG ALL THE WAY TO OLD.  WHAT DOES THE COMPOSITION OF OUR GROUP LOOK LIKE? AND THEN THE LAST ONE I'D BE INTERESTED IN IF WE HAVE IT IS GENDER SURE.  MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WE DO NOT COLLECT DATA ON GENDER. WE DIDN'T BUT WE DO COLLECT ON AGE.  WE HAVE AN AGE RANGE AND ALL OF OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IS OPTIONAL BUT WE HAVE OVER THE PAST FIVE OR SO YEARS BEEN ABLE TO BUILD A GOOD FOUNDATION OF THAT DATA .  ALSO THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I DON'T THINK THERE IS A SPECIFIC QUESTION. I THINK JUST BASICALLY OPEN FOR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO,  THANKS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING JUST A COMMENTARY HERE ON THE APPLICANT DATA IF YOU GO TO THE 2021 CENSUS, THE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR APPLICANT DATA IS HIGH WHICH IS CRAZY, RIGHT? SO ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS 69% WHITE WE HAVE 74% APPLICANTS, 11.2% BLACK, 9% APPLICANTS ARE BLACK, 5.2% OF THE POPULATION 6% OF THE POPULATION ARE ASIAN LIKE I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE SELECTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE. I THINK THAT COUNCILMEMBERS LOEHMANN'S QUESTION ABOUT LIKE WHO'S ACTUALLY SERVING BUT IN TERMS OF APPLICANTS THAT WAS I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRACTICAL VERY INTERESTING IS WHEN I SAW THOSE NUMBERS I WAS LIKE THAT'S NOT BAD YOU KNOW FAIRLY REPRESENTATIVE THE COMMUNITY THEN THAT'S NICE TO SEE AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THEIR WILLINGNESS TO APPLY AND ENGAGE WITH US WHICH IS GREAT. SO WAS MY FIRST COMMENT. SECOND COMMENT IS I THINK YOU'RE AWESOME, YOU DO GREAT WORK SO.  THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THIS. I KNOW I WAS THE ONE THAT THROUGH THIS OUT AND I AS HOPEFULLY YOU CAN TELL BY WHAT EMILY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WE DO HAVE SOME DISCREPANCIES TO WORK THROUGH HERE WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD THING FOR US TO GET GET RESOLVED MY MY IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR COMMENTARY I THINK THE YOU ASKED FOR A QUESTION FOR YOUR FOR YOUR SURVEY.  I THINK WHAT WE HAVE WHAT I WOULD BE VERY IN IS AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION THERE'S AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE A COMMITTEE COULD HAVE HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER AND HAVEN'T WE HAVE A COMMITTEE ONLY EVER HAD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER AND WE HAVE COMMITTEES NEVER HAD THE OPTION I DON'T KNOW HOW WE SO I WORRY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET INPUT FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY OH I'D LOVE TO HAVE ONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE LITERALLY NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS VERSUS PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE OR, THOSE WHO COULD HAVE AND DECIDED NOT TO AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET TO THAT QUESTION TONDERSTAND LIKE TO BE NUANCED THAN JUST SAYING YEAH WE GOT 70% OF THE PEOPLE THAT SAID HERE THEY SAID THEY'D LOVE ONE BUT GUESS WHAT 100% OF THOSE 70% NEVER HAD ONE SO THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE SIGNING UP FOR LIKE AND THAT'S WHAT I WORRY ABOUT RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SOLVE FOR THAT BUT I IF THERE'S WAY TO TO TO CREATE THE QUESTION OR QUALIFY THE BASED ON THE THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S ANSWERING THE QUESTION. SO WE AT LEAST GET A SENSE FROM YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD HAVE IF YOU WERE YOU ON COMMITTEE THAT HAD WON NO WOULD YOU HAVE WISHED YOU HAD IF SO, WHY WHERE YOU WANT A COMMITTEE THAT HAD ONE? YES. DID YOU LIKE IT YES OR NO?  YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF THERE MIGHT BE A PART ABC QUESTION BASED ON HOW YOU GO ABOUT THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE MY MY MY THOUGHT ON YOUR QUESTION I'M PERSONALLY NOT A HUGE FAN OF THE IDEA OF A COUNCIL MEMBER. I THINK I SAID THIS PUBLICLY LAST TIME OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ON COMMISSIONS BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO ACT AS INDEPENDENT BODIES BUT IF THEY ALL WANT US TO BE THERE THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION RIGHT.  I THINK THEN IT MIGHT BE BEHOOVE US AS A BODY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS ARE WE COMING TO THIS THIS BODY AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMISSION WE'RE ON ARE WE COMING BACK HERE PUTTING OUR COUNCILMEMBER ON AND MAKING A SERIES OF DIFFERENT DECISIONS THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS POTENTIALLY?  RIGHT. WE DON'T LIKE WE COULD WE COULD GO THAT WAY BUT WE'D MEET I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR ROLE IN THAT IF IN FACT THEN WE END UP ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHICH IS YEAH WE'RE NOT ONE OF US IS ON EVERY COMMITTEE REALLY.  THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY MAYOR IS I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE I THINK VOTING RIGHTS ARE FINE BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD BE IN THE ELECT LIKE IN THE CHAIR VICE CHAIR SECRETARY AREA SIMPLY BECAUSE WE GET REAPPLIED EVERY YEAR AND SO THAT LIKE I MIGHT NOT I MIGHT BE THAT PERSON ONE YEAR AND THEN NOT THAT PERSON THE NEXT AND LIKE THEN I SCREW UP THE WHOLE RUNNING OF THE COMMITTEE KIND OF THING SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D SAY THAT I DIDN'T SEE IN THIS REPORT AT ALL. THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER AND TO YOUR POINT I THE CONVERSATION AT THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER THAT THEIR WORK PLAN WHEN THE THE GROUP KIND OF CAME TO THE END THERE SHOULD BE A A COUNCIL MEMBER ON EACH AND EVERY BOARD AND COMMISSION BUT I THINK AS YOU STATED THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANT. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA BUT THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT IT MEANT . AND SO IT I I THINK IT WOULD IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO HAVE THESE FOCUSED CONVERSATION WITH THE THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OVER THE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND SEE AND TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL IN CONVERSATION AND I DON'T WANT TO SIT IN ON THE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I THINK IT AFFECTS THE CONVERSATIONS IF ANY OF US ARE THERE.  BUT I DO THINK JUST THE THE THE GENERAL THEMES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP THE FEELING, THE HOW THEY'RE PERCEIVING WHAT THE BENEFIT COULD BE AS OPPOSED THE COST OF HAVING A COUNCIL MEMBER ON EVERY COMMISSION BE INTERESTED TO HEAR YOU TO HEAR WHAT YOU LEARN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.  SO OUR COUNCIL MEMBER CARTERTON COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN AND OKAY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING MORE CONNECTION WITH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND JUST BEING MORE CLOSELY I WILL JUST SAY THAT I HAVE VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIKE THE REPRESENTATIVE SECTION SO MUCH SO THAT LIKE I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE SHOULD BE ASKING THAT QUESTION QUITE FRANKLY I ALREADY HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE ROLES THAT WE'RE THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE I TALK TO WHO I TRY TO ENCOURAGE TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL AND THEY'RE LIKE I JUST COULDN'T DO IT FROM A TIME PERSPECTIVE AND AS LONG AS WE'RE MAKING $11,000 A YEAR AND THESE ARE ALMOST VOLUNTEER POSITIONS, THE MORE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE PLACE ON THIS POSITION THE HARDER IT IS FOR OTHER PEOPLE BE ABLE TO COMMIT TO DO IT. AND WE'RE JUST MAKING THESE ROLES MORE AND MORE INACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE. I MEAN I WILL BE HONEST LIKE I HAVE A FULL TIME JOB, I HAVE A FAMILY I CAN BARELY PUT HOURS IN AND I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE ADDING O MORE THING AND AGAIN I HAVE A TON OF PRIVILEGE TO BE UP HERE AND SO ADDING LAYERS OF OBLIGATION LIKE IT JUST REALLY REALLY CONCERNS ME AND I PERSONALLY DON'T EVEN THINK WE SHOULD BE ASKING THE QUESTION  IT MIGHT COME BACK TO US. I WILL NOT SUPPORT IT. I CAN ALREADY IT NOW IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T IN MY MIND REALLY MATTER WHAT IS SAID I BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE TOUCH AND UPDATES AND SO IF WE COULD HAVE A QUESTION IN THE SURVEY THAT SAYS LIKE WE WANT TO BUILD CONNECT STRONGER CONNECTIONS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE HERE ARE ALL THE OPTIONS LIKE RANK WHICH YOU THINK WOULD BE THE BEST ANNUAL JOINT MEETINGS? OH I THINK THAT'S ONE BY IN BIANNUAL MEETINGS WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT'S NUMBER TWO . I JUST I WANT TO I WANT TO BE A REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT OF EACH OTHER AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE IF WE'RE NOT WILLING TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. THANK COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.  YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.  IN MY MIND IF THERE IS A QUESTION IN THE SURVEY TO FOLKS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FRAMING IT UP, GIVING THEM A CHOICE BETWEEN DO THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE, WOULD THEY LIKE SOME TYPE OF LIAISON? WOULD THEY LIKE A FULL VOTING MEMBER WHICH I'LL REPEAT WHAT I SAID LAST TIME. I'M VERY SKEPTICAL OF THAT.  I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN BECAUSE IF I READ CORRECTLY WE SEVEN COMMISSIONS PLUS WE HAVE PORT AND HRA WHICH IS NINE AND THEN I COUNTED AND THERE'S SEV OF US SO I MEAN THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY ON ALL OF THOSE NOW I DO THINK THERE'S TWO THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY NOT LIKE MERIT WITH THAT JUST DON'T THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND THAT SORT OF THING SO I THINK THERE'S TWO YOU'D WIPE OUT BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT ALL SEVEN MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO HAVE ONE COMMISSION AND TWO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER'S POINT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THAT EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. EVERYONE HAS A SLIGHTLY SITUATION AND I'M STILL APPREHENSIVE THAT IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMISSION BECAUSE I THINK THEIR INDEPENDENCE IS IMPORTANT. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE STUFF YOU HAVE AND TOUCH POINTS AND UPDATES EVEN TODAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID WITH GREAT AND STAFF USUALLY DOES THE PRESENTATIONS MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE THE COMMISSIONER OR ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS HERE MORE OFTEN TO TALK ABOUT THEIR DISCUSSION WHY THEY THINK IT WENT AWAY ONE DIRECTION VERSUS ANOTHER DIRECTION. GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLAVOR OF THAT.  STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THEM BUT THAT MIGHT BE A SET OF EYES YOU KNOW IT'S KIND OF US BEING THERE FOR THEM TO WORK THROUGH THOSE THINGS SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THOSE TOUCH POINTS AND I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO IS TO SORT OF CONNECT WITH THEM MORE OUTSIDE OF HAVING THEM HAVE ONE OF US SIT IN THEIR MEETING AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT SOME OF US MIGHT HAVE PERSONALITIES THAT MAY LEAD THE DISCUSSION IN A WAY THAT PRODUCTIVE FOR THE COMMISSION SO LET'S REMEMBER MORE.  YEAH I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SORT OF THERE. I, I DO THINK I HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE I WAS JUST A RESIDENT WHEN WE DID THE PTT AND NOW HAVING THE EXPERIENCE AS A MEMBER NOW I THINK THE THE ULTIMATE WAS THAT COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAD ANY CONNECTION TO COUNCIL SO FROM THEM COMING TO COUNCIL ONCE A YEAR TO PRESENT THEIR PLAN ASIDE THAT WHEN DO WE SEE THEM I LIKE I COULD GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET AND I WOULDN'T KNOW ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE ON THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SO I THINK ULTIMATELY FOR ME I JUST WANT TO KNOW AND MAKE AND HELP OUR COMMISSIONS UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WE HAVE TASKED THEM WITH THESE ASSIGNMENTS AND WE CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THAT CONNECTION AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY THAT WE'RE ALL SITTING EACH ONE OF US SITTING IN A ROOM WITH THEM BECAUSE I CAN JUST FEEL MY OWN EXPERIENCE IN NATURE. I ACTIVELY HAVE TO CONTROL THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND OPINIONS THAT I HAVE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO OVERSHADOW OVERPOWER THE REST OF THE THE BOARD THAT'S UP THERE. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU TO YOU REALLY HAVE AN OPINION YOU'VE GOT TO GET IT OUT THERE BUT FOR THE MOST PART YOU HAVE TO CONSTRAIN YOURSELF TO TO ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE TO HAVE SPACE AS WELL AND WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME STEP UP AND STEP BACK. RIGHT. THAT'S A PART OF WHAT WE DO AND COIT SO BUT ALL DAZZLING I THINK IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE CREATE BETTER CONNECTIONS WITH OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS I THINK THAT QUESTION IS WITHOUT A DOUBT WHAT WE NEED TO DO HOW WE DO IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT AND FOR US I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY LIKE I THINK FROM OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR THROUGH DECEMBER WITH COUNCIL WITH HRA, WITH KIDS SPORTS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF I THINK THERE WAS ONE DAY A WEEK LITERALLY THAT I WAS AT NIGHT AND TO ADD ANOTHER THING TO THAT IT GETS REALLY DIFFICULT TO SAY OKAY THIS IS WORTH DOING OR OKAY I CAN LIKE JUSTIFY SKIPPING OTHER THINGS TO DO THIS SO MY THOUGHTS ON THAT BUT AT THE END OUR CONNECTION NEEDS TO BE WORTH THE COMMISSIONS AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE. I ADD ALSO UNDER THE TOUCH POINTS AND UPDATES ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED AND ACTUALLY TRIED TO IMPLEMENT WAS TO BRING ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TOGETHER SO THEY GOT TO KNOW OTHER BETTER UNDERSTOOD A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHO THEY'RE WORKING WITH, WHAT WHAT THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE DOING AND I THINK WE SCHEDULED A HANDFUL OF THEM AND I THINK EMILY, JAMI AND I WOULD MAKE UP A THIRD OR MAYBE A HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.  AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THE POINTS AND UPDATES, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO IT AMONG THE COMMISSIONS AS WELL AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO NOT MAKE IT TO MAKE IT PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME IF YOU'D LIKE TO. BUT YOUR BORDER COMMISSION BETTER HAVE TWO PEOPLE THERE EVERY TIME WE DO LIKE THAT BECAUSE IF WE REALLY WANT TO DO THIS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY WE NEED SEE WE NEED TO SIT DOWN FACE TO FACE. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT NOW AND WE SHOULD.  SO THAT'S VERY RELEVANT. OH THANK IT'S GOOD TO HEAR WHAT OTHER FOLKS HAD TO SAY. YES. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS WHOLE I KIND OF START OFF WITH THE WEBPAGE AND I SENT THAT TO THE CITY MANAGERS EARLIER TODAY OVER THE WEEKEND. SO I KIND OF TOOK A MOMENT TO KIND OF STEP BACK AND JUST KIND OF HAVE LOOK AT THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY CONFUSED ME LOOK AT THE WEB IT REALLY ISN'T IS THAT CLEARLY DISTINGUISH THIS TO ME I LOOK WHAT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A BOARD AND A COMMISSION I MEAN AND WE KNOW I MEAN I'VE BEEN ON THIS FOR YEARS AND LIVED HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND IT'S JUST NOT REALLY CLEAR TO ME AND EVEN WHEN YOU GO TO THE CHARTER IT'S NOT REALLY ALL THAT CLEAR AS TO WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE. IN FACT, YOU GO ON THE WEB PAGE IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS THIS WHEN WE REFERENCE YOU KNOW, AND IT TAKES YOU BACK TO, YOU KNOW, SECTION FIVE, YOU KNOW, IN THE CHARTER AND IT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT BOARDS A LITTLE BIT BUT THEN IT GOES STRAIGHT TO TALKING ABOUT COMMISSIONS AND SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE FIRST PART OF CONFUSION FOR ME IN TERMS OF THAT. SO SOME BOARDS WERE OKAY SERVING YOU KNOW FLIP YOU KNOW THE PORTS YOU KNOW ON ON HRA BUT THEN ON THE OTHER HAND WE HAVE THESE OTHER YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONS THAT YOU KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T FIND TIME TO SERVE ON. I KNOW FOR THE YOU KNOW FOR THE HRA THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF PAY THAT GOES WITH THAT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PAY THAT GOES WITH PORT IS THERE IS OR PAY THAT GOES WITH PORT SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF PAY GOES WITH THOSE TWO NOT THAT I SAW JUST QUOTING WHAT OKAY. I'M SORRY I WASN'T AWARE OF SO PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING PAID A LOT SO DIVIDEND IS SOMETHING BIG.  I WISH I WOULDN'T EVEN BROUGHT THAT UP SO SO TO KEEP FOCUSED HERE PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING PAID IN TERMS OF YOU JUST IN TERMS OF HOW WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE SOME SOME IN TERMS OF OF YOU KNOW, WHO SERVES ON THOSE THINGS, WHAT MAKES SENSE. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY AS I SERVED ON THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT A NUMBER OF TIMES. I'VE BEEN THROUGH A FEW EXPERIENCES WHERE THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT I JUST DIDN'T THINK WOULD KIND OF PASS MUSTER WHEN WE GOT IT TO THIS BODY BUT I NEEDED TO BE IN SENSE A LIAISON TO THAT GROUP TO HELP THEM KIND DRAFT THEIR THEIR THEIR FEELINGS AND THAT TYPE OF THING AND THEN WHEN IT GOT GONE UP TO THE UPPER BOARD THEN I DIDN'T NECESSARILY AGREE WHERE IT WAS GOING. THAT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION AND I KNOW THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO SERVE ON PORT AND WHO ON THE HRA HAVE THOSE THOSE TYPES OF EXPERIENCES AND HAVE THERE WHERE YOU HAVE TO KIND OF MODERATE BETWEEN THAT. BUT I DO THINK THAT IT HAS BEEN VERY USEFUL FOR ME TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION TO THAT COMMISSION OR ANY OF THE OTHER AREAS WHERE I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU KNOW ON THE PENSION JUST TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF SAY HEY WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS GOING TO A FULL TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT.  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU GUYS? WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT SHOULD I BE THINKING ABOUT AS A POLICYMAKER AS WE KIND OF COME BACK HERE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND SO YOU KNOW, I DO HEAR YEAH I MEAN I'M DEFINITELY BUSIER I KNOW KIDS ARE GETTING OLDER. THEY'RE GETTING INVOLVED IN THINGS.  YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE PAY, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T MATCH WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT I WOULD NEVER REPLACE THOSE THOSE THOSE THE TIME THAT I SPENT ON EITHER THOSE BOARDS OR OTHER THINGS THAT I'VE DONE BECAUSE OF WHAT MADE ME AS A POLICYMAKER IN TERMS OF HOW I LOOK AT THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE GOTTEN AND NOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SERVE THAT WAY I REMEMBER TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT MAYOR AND SAY HEY, YOU GOT TO STEP BACK IF.  YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO TO KIND OF DO THAT. AND I'VE MADE THE TIME A GREAT SACRIFICE TO KIND OF KIND OF DO THAT AND I AND I AS I LOOK AT THESE ELEMENTS THAT ARE UP HERE, YOU KNOW, AND I OSCILLATED I KNOW MARY YOU REMEMBER WHETHER OR NOT IT MADE SENSE TO BE A LIAISON. YOU GET THE VOTE ON THE STUFF ANYWAYS YOU KNOW EVEN ON HRA STUFF STILL COMES BEFORE YOU SECOND TIME SO THAT HASN'T BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME BUT WHAT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT IS THOSE MOMENTS WHERE THAT COMMISSION HAS THE QUESTION AND THEN WHAT'S THE MOTIVATION TO GET YOU THERE?  AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES AT THE TIME THEY SAID YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU VOTE YOU'RE GOING TO PROBABLY SHOW UP AND THAT'S TRUE.  YOU KNOW, HEY, I WANT TO BE THERE BUT I KNOW IF I GOT A VOTE THE REST OF THE COMMISSION IS COUNTING ON ME TO MEET THAT QUORUM TO GET THERE TO MAKE THAT VOTE. AND SO THAT'S MOTIVATED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT OH, I'M LEAVING FOR THIS OR THAT KIND OF THING. SO CERTAINLY I HEAR THE YOU KNOW, HEAR THE THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST ONE MORE RESPONSIBILITY BUT THAT'S KIND OF A CONTRADICTION BECAUSE WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE ON OTHER BOARDS AND THAT WE TAKE THE TIME TO SERVE ON THOSE BOARDS . SO I DON'T KNOW THE LAST THING I WAS GOING COMMENT ON IS THE VICE CHAIR SAYING I GOT SUCKERED INTO DOING THAT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FIND ANYBODY ELSE TO DO THAT ON COMMISSION.  THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO BUT IT DID I DID SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY BECAUSE WE HAD NO LITERALLY NOBODY WHO WANTED TO DO IT AND SO I ENDED UP DOING THAT.  YOU KNOW IN HINDSIGHT MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT BUT I WAS JUST AGAIN JUST TRYING TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF YOU KNOW, AND HELP MY HELP MY GROUP OUT BY SERVING AS A AS THE VICE CHAIR. IN FACT, I'VE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN A LOT OF ROLES IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP LIKE THAT. SO IT WAS KIND OF FUN TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. I GOT TO CHAIR MEETING FOR ONE PORTION OF THE TIME AND I DEFINITELY ENJOYED THAT.  SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO JUST IN SUMMARY TO KIND OF WRAP THIS UP IS I'D LIKE TO SEE US CLARIFY WHAT IT MEANS IN THE CHARTER FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSION. I REALLY THINK THAT SHOULD BE CLARIFIED.  THAT MEANS IN THERE AND WRITING THAT IN THERE I THINK ONCE WE GET TO DECISION ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO I THINK WE OUGHT TO WRITE IT INTO THE CHARTER IN TERMS OF WHAT THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE OF OF THIS COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO HOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A PROMISING KEY IN TERMS OF CLARIFYING THAT I'M GLAD THIS WAS BROUGHT UP. WE SHOULD CLARIFY THAT BUT WE SHOULD LOCK IT IN SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND KIND OF GOING FORWARD THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THE CHARTER AND THEN YOU KNOW, FINALLY I DO THINK THERE IS SOME INEQUITY IN TERMS PAY AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RECRUITING D AND LOOKING FOLKS, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT HOW WE PAY FOLKS THAT ARE BOARDS AND HOW WE PAY FOLKS THAT ARE ON COMMISSIONS BECAUSE I THINK THERE SOME SOME INEQUITY THERE AND WE OUGHT TO HAVE A LOOK AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BRING UP PAY WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE BUT I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF HAVE A HAVE A LOOK AT THAT IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET FOLKS MOTIVATED AND CERTAINLY I HAVE WRITTEN UP MORE QUESTIONS THAT I SENT TO THE MAYOR.  HOPEFULLY THE CITY MANAGER CAN CAN CAN AFFORD THOSE AND MY COMMENTS THE FULL COMMENTS THAT I HAD ON TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AROUND THIS TOPIC BECAUSE I DO HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS HERE I'M NOT GOING TO ENUMERATE THEM ALL HERE BUT I'D LIKE TO TO HAVE SOME OF THESE ANSWERED BY THE TIME WE GET DONE WITH THIS THIS PROCESS.  THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.  SO AS I LOOK AT THE TIMELINE HERE ULTIMATELY BACK BEFORE US SOMETIME MARCH, APRIL COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, I APPRECIATED YOUR YOUR THOUGHT OF DON'T EVEN BRING IT UP AS A POSSIBILITY BUT THEN I'M AFRAID WE GET BACK TO I MEAN THE COMMENT THAT I MADE EARLIER TO OUR FRIENDS THE MET COUNCIL THE THE THE QUESTION OF CRIME WAS GOING TO COME UP THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE ON THERE IS GOING TO COME UP AND THEN I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND IF WE MAKE THE DECISION THAT NO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY AND AND BRING IT FORWARD. BUT I AM CONFIDENT THAT IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION THAN IT IF IS TALKED ABOUT. SO THAT'S USUALLY HOW THOSE THINGS WORK. IT'S THE DARNDEST THING.  EVERYBODY GOOD ON THE TIMELINE HERE. THIS SEEMS TO TO MAKE SENSE.  I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. I THINK THE THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BE AS I SAID INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW IT ALL COMES BACK AND TO HEAR WHAT THE ANNUAL EXPERIENCE SURVEY AND I THINK COUNCIL IF HAVE IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION MIGHT BE MAYBE CONNECT EMILY OFFLINE AND AND MAYBE IF AS YOU ARE WRITING THE SURVEY SURVEY IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION WITH THE COUNCIL JUST WE GET A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THE END OR $0.02 ON THAT IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY. YES MR. MAYOR, I CAN DO THAT OKAY WE COULD THEN COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOOK AT THIS OBVIOUSLY IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR ME TO SIT IT ON THE SUSTAINABILITY QUESTION WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS BUT ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT MAY MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO THE POINT OF SO MY COLLEAGUES HERE WE'VE BEEN ASKED WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE WORKED WELL WITH HAVING A CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DRAWBACKS OF THAT? I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ILLUMINATING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THAT I'VE BEEN ON THERE AND YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN ALSO ASK OF THE HRA AND ALSO YOU KNOW THE PORT BUT THOSE ARE COMMISSIONS SO SO BUT THERE ARE BOARDS WHERE THIS BODY DOES SERVE SO ALL RIGHT.  I THINK WE ARE GOOD AND WE HAVE A COMMON COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANKS MUCH FOR PULLING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE RESULTS ARE. I'M ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTED SEE WHERE THIS DISCUSSION LEADS. SO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL I APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION YOU PROVIDED AND WE'LL SEE YOU LATER THIS THANK YOU MUCH.  OUR FINAL ITEM TONIGHT THE COUNCIL ITEM 5.4 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE I WILL KICK IT OFF JUST QUICK RECAP OF OUR CITY COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION. EARLIER THIS EVENING WE HAD FOUR SPEAKERS THIS EVENING DAN WILL HEAR US FROM THE BLOOMINGTON SPORTS HALL OF FAME CAME IN AND HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE THE HALL OF FAME DISPLAY THAT IS THAT WAS CURRENTLY AT THE ICE GARDEN HAD TO BE TAKEN NOW OBVIOUSLY WITH THE WORK GOING ON THE ICE GARDEN AND DAN AND MANY OTHERS IN THE ROOM HAD CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE GOES DOWN WORK GOES NEXT AND I THINK WE WE HAD THE WE CAME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THE ANSWER IS WE'RE NOT SURE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT JUST IN TERMS OF SIZE IN TERMS OF WHERE IT MIGHT FIT BEST IN TERMS OF WHERE THIS TO BE MOST APPROPRIATE. I THINK THE GENERAL AGREEMENT WAS THAT THIS TYPE OF HISTORY OF THIS TYPE OF FIELD IS IMPORTANT AND WE'VE GOT TO FIND A PLACE FOR IT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AND MAKING SURE IT WORKS WITHIN THE CONSTRUCT OF THE BLOOMINGTON NICE GRAND RENOVATION AND MEETING THEIR GOALS AS SALLY NESS SPOKE AND IN HER HER MANY COMMENTS BUT SHE HAD TWO QUESTIONS TWO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT I ANSWERED WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD OPEN AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION WITH SOME OF HER CONCERNS AND THE ANSWER WAS NO. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD GO BACK INTO A TEN YEAR OLD BLOOMINGTON POLICE RECORDS AND MAKE CHANGES TO THOSE AND I TOLD HER THAT SIMPLY DOES NOT HAPPEN. THEY ARE THEY ARE PUBLIC RECORDS BASED ON THE THE THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS OF OFFICERS AT THAT TIME THERE IS NO PROVISION TO GO BACK IN AND EDIT THEM ESPECIALLY A DECADE LATER SO THAT WON'T BE HAPPENING EITHER.  ALLAN REDDING FROM THE BLOOMINGTON PARENTS ALLIANCE HE AND HIS ORGANIZATION HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE 2024 OMAR BORRUD AWARD VIDEO AND IS CONCERNED THAT IT ENCOURAGES HARASSMENT AGAINST HIS ORGANIZATION. THE VIDEO HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN FROM BLOOMINGTON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER POSSIBLE FEEDS OF YOUTUBE AND OUR FACEBOOK FEED AND SO ON AND AGAIN THE CITY IS LOOKING AT IT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED WHETHER IT'S AN EDIT WHETHER IT'S A REDO. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED ON THIS AND SURE, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT IN JUST A FEW DAYS COMING JUST A FEW DAYS AND PASTOR TRACY WAS A GREENFIELD. HELP ME WITH THAT LAST AND I COULDN'T I THINK IT WAS GREENFIELD HAVE PASTOR TRACY GREENFIELD WHO IS A PASTOR OF LOCAL CHURCH THERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO TO CALL THEIR CHURCH AND WAS ASKING ABOUT POSSIBILITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. WE PUT PASTOR GREENFIELD IN TOUCH WITH OUR PLANNING STAFF TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT HOW IT WOULD ALL FIT TOGETHER, WHETHER OR NOT IT COULD BE  AN INDUSTRIAL OR A BUSINESS ZONE OR HOW IT ALL WORKS. THE PLANNING STAFF HAS ALL THOSE ANSWERS AND WE SAT IN THAT DIRECTION AND SO HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL WORK OUT FOR FOR PASTOR GREENFIELD AND HIS CONGREGATION HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THE OTHER UPDATE I WANTED TO GIVE TO YOU COUNCIL I WAS LAST WEEKEND LAST WEEKEND I WAS IN WASHINGTON DC FOR THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS MEETING AND IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT MEETING AND A VERY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE TO BE IN THE CITY RIGHT BEFORE THE INAUGURATION. IT WAS I'VE NEVER BEEN IN WASHINGTON BEFORE WHERE THERE WAS ARMORED AND ARMORED PERSNEL CARRIERS ON THE STREETS BLOCKING BLOCKING TRAFFIC IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SO I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED WASHINGTON D.C. LIKE THAT BEFORE.  THE MEETING ITSELF WAS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS. THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD CONNECTIONS MADE. THERE ARE TWO SPECIFIC GROUPS LIKE EVERY ORGANIZATION BREAK DOWN INTO SUBGROUPS AND SUBCOMMITTEES AND SO ON AND THE TWO THAT I'M GRAVITATING TOWARD AND MADE GOOD CONNECTIONS WITH ARE THE GROUP WORKING ON HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM CHAIRED BY THE MAYOR OF ANAHEIM SHOCKINGLY AND THEY HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH HER AND I HOPE TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH THAT ORGANIZATION THAT GROUP. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE AND IT'S VERY WELL WAS THE CHIPS THE CHIPS ARE GROUP IT'S A GROUP OF MAYORS WORKING ON THAT. I WILL SAY IT'S IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO HEAR OBVIOUSLY THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GOING TO CHIPS RESEARCH CHIPS CONSTRUCTION AND SO ON INCLUDING SOME MASSIVE PLANTS ,PLACES LIKE PHENIX AND IN OHIO. AND TO HEAR THAT IN OHIO THE FIRST CHIP WILL COME OUT OF THAT PLANT IN 2029, 28 OR 29. AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER HERE IN BLOOMINGTON WE HAVE TWO OF OUR COMPANIES THAT RECEIVED FUNDING AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND CHIPS IN ABOUT 12 TO 18 MONTHS. AND SO IT'S A IT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL PROUD OF OUR FOLKS AT SKY WATER IN BOULDER FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID PUTTING THOSE APPLICATIONS TOGETHER AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHEN WE BEING THERE WHEN WE CUT THE RIBBON AND GET THOSE OPEN AND PRODUCING CHIPS THAT ARE JUST SO ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY HERE IN THE IN THE UNITED STATES.  BUT ALL IN ALL A VERY GOOD MEETING AND A VERY GOOD CONNECTION, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF CONGRESS.  KELLY MORRISONS GOOD TO SEE HER AND TALK TO HER MET ALSO WITH TINA SMITH'S OFFICE WAS NOT ABLE TO MEET WITH SENATOR KLOBUCHAR. SHE WAS ACTUALLY THE CHAIR OF THE RULES FOR THE INAUGURATION WHEN AND ALL ALL OF THAT CHANGED IT WAS JUST A MESS SHE WASN'T ABLE TO MEET BUT A GOOD MEETING. ALL IN ALL A VERY GOOD MEETING AND A GOOD WEEKEND OUT IN DC MEN AND THE CITY MANAGER ANYTHING TO REPORT?  WOW. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I THINK TONIGHT JUST THE REPORT WOULD BE THAT MY CO CITY MANAGER ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN AND I WE'RE THREE WEEKS INTO THIS PROCESS THINGS ARE GOING WELL. STAFF ARE AMAZING AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.  I WOULD SAY THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'VE ALL BEEN VERY BUSY A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WE'RE READING ABOUT AND LEARNING ABOUT AND EVERYONE'S NAVIGATING VERY WELL THROUGH THESE CHANGES. SO WE'LL COME WITH DIFFERENT UPDATES AS WE AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THESE EVENINGS BUT EXCITED TO BE HERE AND HELPING TO KEEP US MOVING ALONG.  VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS OF ANYTHING TO REPORT COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER ALESSANDRA OR COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SHUT OUT OUR PUBLIC OUR AND REC DEPARTMENT. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING TO OUTDOOR SKATING EVENTS. THE JEFFERSON MEETS OUTDOOR CLASSIC AND THEN ALSO LAST WEEKEND WITH THE WINTER FENCE BLADES AND BITES AND THE ICE WAS PERFECT. THE TEMPERATURE FANTASTIC. WE HAD GREAT WEATHER STAFF WAS JUST INCREDIBLE IN APPROACHING RESIDENTS WHO WERE THERE MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE WARM HAVING NO SKATES, JUST INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE AND I WAS JUST VERY VERY IMPRESSED WITH JUST THE LEVEL OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT ARE STEPPING IT SO MCMURTRIE PLEASE SEND MY THANKS TO OUR PARKS AND WORK STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND DEDICATION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FANTASTIC EVENTS WE HAD AND HOW WELL THEY WENT OFF.  THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THAT'S FUN.  TWO THINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMISSIONS TONIGHT, I I AM NOT FAMILIAR ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE OTHER COMMISSIONS COME FORWARD. I KNOW WE'VE HAD PLANNING COMMISSION AND WE THINK WE'VE HAD SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION ALREADY BUT I HAD NO IF WE'VE GOTTEN THE REPORTS ON THE OTHER ONES YET AND SO I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHEN THEY MIGHT BE SHOWING UP. I'M HEARING THE WHISPER BEHIND ME MARCH, MARCH, MARCH. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, I'M EXCITED THAT.  JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE ON THE RADAR. ANY THOUGHTS ON YOUR MEMBERS WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TIMING OF THAT AND NOT WANTING THEM ALL TO BE IN JANUARY BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THEIR WORK AND WHEN THEY START THAT. SO WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK.  WE HAVE A MEETING ABOUT IT TOMORROW MORNING AND WE CAN REPORT BACK BUT I HAVE A RECOLLECTION OF MARCH.  I THINK THAT MIGHT BE RIGHT. THANK YOU. AWESOME YOU.  SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP SO I'VE ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I THINK WE JUST I THINK IT JUST GOT OVERLOOKED AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THIS A SPECIFIC REQUEST FROM A CONSTITUENT.  SO IN SECTION 13.25 OF OUR LICENSING CODE AROUND IT'S CALLED SPECIAL EVENT LICENSING WHERE WHERE FOR LIKE LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENTS OR RESTAURANTS OR WHATEVER WE HAVE THIS WE HAVE THIS WHAT I THINK THE LOLA'S TAKE ON IT ARBITRARY LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN DO DURING A PERIOD OF TIME. SO SPECIFICALLY IT SAYS A SPECIAL EVENT SORRY NO MORE THAN THREE SPECIAL EVENTS SHALL TAKE PLACE AT ANY ONE LOCATION WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD. AND I, I CAN TELL YOU FOR A FACT FOR OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT NINE MILE BREWING THAT IS A PROBLEM, RIGHT? THEY CAN'T USE THEIR OUTDOOR SPACES BECAUSE THEY EXPAND THEIR OUTDOOR SPACE TO INCLUDE THEIR PARKING LOT AND THEY CAN'T DO IT DURING THEIR PRIME TIME LIKE MAY THROUGH BECAUSE IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE ONE A MONTH THEY COULDN'T DO THEY COULD ONLY HAVE THREE. RIGHT AND SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHY LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THIS WAS BACK IN 2022 AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE ABOUT THIS AT THE TIME AND AND AND WE MAKE A CHANGE THAT THAT THEY COULD OWN YOU KNOW FROM A THERE WAS LIKE A LIMIT ON 30 EVERY 30 NO MORE THAN ONCE EVERY 30 DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE TOOK THAT OUT BUT WE DIDN'T FIX THIS PART OF IT. AND SO I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT HOW WE IF THERE'S A REALLY GOOD REASON WHY THAT IS I'D LOVE TO KNOW IT BUT.  MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO LOOK AT CREATING A KIND OF A SPECIAL EVENT LICENSE THAT'S SEASONAL THAT APPLIES SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN I'M MAKING THIS UP BUT LIKE APRIL 1ST AND AND OCTOBER 31ST THAT SAYS DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE IT'S OUTDOOR BECAUSE IT'S IT'S BLOOMINGTON AND WE LIKE BEING OUTDOORS TOO. YOU CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, UP TO TEN EVENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THIS LICENSE I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL TO ME LIKE THERE'S ANY GOOD OR BAD REASON TO HAVE IT LIKE IT IS WHICH MEANS IT'S PRETTY OKAY FOR US TO MAYBE IT AS LONG AS WE ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SO I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE TO THE GROUP AND I SEE A LOT OF NODDING.  I THINK IT'S WORTH THE CONVERSATION. IF I RECALL THAT NUMBER WAS SET WE WANTED TO AVOID A PERPETUAL SPECIAL EVENT, A SIX MONTH SPECIAL EVENT WHERE THEY'RE ALWAYS OUT IN THE PARKING AND THEN IT BECOMES NOT ANYTHING SPECIAL. SO I THINK THAT WAS THAT WAS THE REASONING BEHIND IT. WHY THE NUMBER THREE I DON'T KNOW BUT YOU KNOW WHY THEY DON'T PRETEND WHO KNOWS? I MEAN I'M MAKING IT UP BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING ESPECIALLY YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN THE OUTDOOR SEASON IN MINNESOTA IS SHORT ENOUGH SO THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE AND BUSINESSES HAVE TO TO CASH IN ON THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THEM THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. SO I THINK DOES EVERYONE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD PERHAPS CONSIDER THIS OR TALK ABOUT AND OUR STAFF TO TO TAKE LOOK AT THIS AND MAYBE BRING BACK SOME OPTIONS FOR US? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I SUPPORT LOOKING AT IT. JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT. NINE MILE MAY BE A SLIGHTLY USE THAN OTHER PLACES I KNOW LIKE NORTHSTAR HAS EVENTS AS WELL BUT THERE'S AN APARTMENT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET VERSUS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW THE NIGHT WATCHMAN IS GOING TO DUPLICITOUS WHATEVER'S GOING ON. SO I JUST THINK AS PART OF THAT PROCESS WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.  YES, I AGREE WITH THAT COMPLETELY. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE CODE IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T SAY NOT SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THERE'S OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CODE THAT THAT THAT NOISE ORDINANCE AND TIME OF TIME OF AND WHEN THEY HAVE TO CLOSE AND ALL THAT I THINK THAT COVERS THOSE.  AND TO YOUR POINT, MR. MAYOR, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT HERE THAT AN ORGANIZATION NOT BE GRANTED MORE THAN THREE FOUR SPECIAL DAY EVENT LICENSES,  THREE SPECIAL DAY LICENSES OR 62 SPECIAL DAY EVENT LICENSES . AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT THERE'S THIS THING ON THREE FOR ANY ONE LOCATION. SO A LITTLE BIT OF A CLEANUP ON THAT. BUT MAINTAINING TO YOUR LIKE NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE A SIX MONTH EVENT LIKE THAT KIND OF THING MAKES SENSE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. I'D LOVE FOR US TO GET SOME LOOKING AT THAT IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. SO IT'S 13.25 AND THERE IS A $440 LICENSE FEE ON TOP OF ANY OTHER LICENSE THAT IS PAID BY THE FOLKS. SO IF WE WANT TO CREATE A NEW TYPE OF LICENSE SEASONAL AND RAISE THAT FEE TO $1,000 OR SO I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR PLAN IS BUT THERE'S PROBABLY OPTIONS WE COULD CONSIDER THERE TOO THAT WOULD GIVE SOME FLEXIBILITY.  GOOD. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. BECAUSE REMEMBER MOMENT WELL I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS HERE. ONE, I WANTED TO JUST THINK THE STAFF FOR THEIR WORK IN MEETING MANAGEMENT THIS EVENING IN TERMS OF TRYING TO LOOK THE TIME WITH ALL THE TOPICS THAT WE COVERED AND THE GROUND WE COVERED EVEN THE INTRODUCTORY THING REALLY WELL WELL DONE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. NEXT WANTED TO JUST MENTIONED YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME NATIONAL DISASTERS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW CERTAINLY CLIMATE HAS CHANGED AND YOU KNOW I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN L.A. AND IT JUST MAKES ME THINK ABOUT THIS IDEA OF OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND I'M JUST HOPING I KNOW THAT PROBABLY CAME UP WHEN YOU WERE OUT HERE AT YOUR YOU KNOW, AT YOUR MAYORAL CONFERENCE AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN YOU KNOW GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SITUATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF PREPARE FOR THOSE THINGS HERE AND THEN JUST AS MUCH AS WE CAN HELP OUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WE SURELY CAN SEE IN THAT EVENT THAT EVEN THE NEIGHBORS ARE IMPACTED AND THEN KNOW CERTAINLY THE CHANGES IN WASHINGTON. I KNOW THAT THE STAFF IS PREPARING AND LOOKING INTO THOSE ITEMS AND THEN THAT BEING SAID, I JUST AS WE COME OUT OF OUR LAST BUDGET SEASON THERE, I JUST I AM CERTAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR BUDGET ITEMS AND YOU KNOW, I LOOKED TO STAFF AS ANYTHING THAT I CAN STUDY AND LOOK AT TO GET IN PREPARED PREPARATION FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET SESSION. I'D LIKE TO START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I KNOW WE'VE GOT A WE'VE GOT A PLAN BUT I'M JUST I'M JUST A LITTLE I'VE NEVER BEEN THIS ANXIOUS BEFORE A BUDGET CYCLE BUT I'M CERTAINLY FEELING THAT AND I JUST WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT I'M ABLE TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME PREPARING FOR THAT AND JUST DOI EVERYTHING THAT I CAN POSSIBLE.  SO IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND MAYOR OR A CITY MANAGER MANAGERS I'D LIKE TO HAVE THOSE THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT GIVEN OUR OUR CURRENT COMPOSITION THE WAY WE LOOK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL ANYTHING ELSE?  I'M NOT SEEING A HAND GO UP. OUR LAST ITEM FOLKS I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN TONIGHT.  A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADJOURN EVENING NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE SIX ZERO WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU MUCH COUNTS GREAT CONVERSATION THANKS TO STAFF. A LOT OF GOOD STUFF TONIGHT AND IT WORKED WELL. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH THANKS TO CHIEF HODGES AND HIS FOLKS FOR THEIR WORK TONIGHT AND EVERYONE ELSE AND THANKS TO OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO TUNED IN AND WHO PARTICIPATED THIS EVENING EVERYBODY. HAVE A GREAT TUESDAY. THANKS