GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WILL CALL OUR BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT IS MONDAY, JULY 20TH, 2026. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO HAS JOINED US AND THANKS TO ALL THE FOLKS WATCHING ONLINE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION HERE. WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO. IF YOU ARE ABLE PLEASE RISE, REMOVE ANY HEAD COVERINGS 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, WELCOME TO EVERYONE, COUNSEL. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT . WE ARE WAITING ON COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER IN WHICH HE OH SHE IS ON OKAY WHEN SHE IS ON
WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER REMOTE THIS EVENING SO ALL OF OUR VOTES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ROLL CALL VOTE SO LITTLE ADDED LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY BUT I'M SURE WILL BE FINE. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE IS TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S
AGENDA AND WE'VE GOT A FULL AGENDA AGAIN TONIGHT. COUNCIL UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS ITEM 2.1 WE HAVE A MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION AWARD OF EXCELLENCE PRESENTATION AND
SINCE THEY ARE HERE I BET YOU KNOW WHO THE EXCELLENCE IS CELEBRATING HERE. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I CAN SEND BUSINESSES 19 ITEMS LONG. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS TONIGHT UNDER
ITEM FOUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES WE'VE GOT TWO WE'VE GOT ONE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ONE APPROVAL THAT WE HAVE TO DO. THE FIRST IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A 4.1 REGARDING A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR A MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND
APPLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY AND 4.2 IS TO APPROVE THE TYPE TWO PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF SELL TOWN SHOPPING CENTER FIFTH EDITION UNDERWRITING FIBER ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THERE AS
WELL AND AND 5.1 IS THE MINNESOTA MINNESOTA VALLEY STATE TRAIL THE BLOOMINGTON PHASE TWO SEGMENT AND ITEM 5.2 IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE 2016 MASTER REDEVELOPMENT CONTRACT FOR PRIVATE
REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND. WE'LL WRAP UP WITH OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND WE WILL HAVE A MEETING COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA AS
STATED HEARING NONE. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA MOTION AND COUNCIL MOTION AND THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER REEVES TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION
ON THIS MISS RIGHT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I D'ALESSANDRO I REVERSE HI
NELSON I I ROBERTSON I MAYOR I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA AND WE WILL START WITH ITEM 2.1 THIS IS A PRESENTATION FOR THE MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARKS
ASSOCIATION AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. WE'VE GOT ANTHONY DIBELLA IS HERE. ARE YOU GOING TO KICK IT OFF FOR US, ANTHONY? ARE WE GOING TO GO RIGHT TO MITCHELL RIGHT TO MITCHELL VERY GOOD.
MITCHELL CHECK IS WITH THE CITY OF SHOREVIEW BUT IS YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION THIS YEAR IS THIS ORDER MCLEOD YES. OKAY.
I'M WITH THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD. I SURE WOULD EXCUSE NOT FOR YOU. I'M SURE YOU GET THAT ALL ACROSS ALL FOR THE SHOREWOOD COMMUNITY OR SHOREVIEW COMMUNITY EVENTS CENTER ALL THE TIME. NO, WE DON'T HAVE A POOL IN SHOREWOOD SO BUT I'M A PART OF THE AWARDS COMMITTEE FOR
THE MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS MRP. IT'S MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO BE HERE TO PRESENT NOT ONE BUT FOUR AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON'S
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PARKS AND REC FIELD IN 2025 AWARDS WERE VERY HEAVY CARRYING UP HERE SO BEAR WITH ME THERE BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE AWARDS THEMSELVES I'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW
OF MINNESOTA PARK AND REC ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS KIND OF THE AWARDS AND WHERE THEY COME FROM. SO MRP WAS FORMED IN 1937 WITH THE BASIS OF FOSTERING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE
PARKS AND RECREATION FIELD. PRESENTLY THERE ARE AROUND 850 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS THAT INCLUDES CITIES, COUNTIES, DISTRICTS, RETIREES, STUDENTS
AS WELL AS SOME COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE AGENCIES AS WELL. THE AWARDS COMMITTEE WAS CREATED IN 1987 WITH THE PURPOSE OF ACKNOWLEDGING THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE GREAT WITHIN THE PARKS AND
RECREATION FIELD. IT'S IMPORTANT WITHIN THE COMMIT COMMITTEE THAT WE INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING THINGS PEOPLE ARE DOING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES MYSELF BEING ON
THE BOARD IT IS AWESOME TO JUST SEE ALL THE THINGS HAPPENING AS A SMALLER CITY. SOME OF THEM AREN'T ALWAYS FEASIBLE BUT REALLY SPARKED SOME IDEAS REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS AND JUSTEEING THE OUTSTANDING WORK AND THE PROFESSIONALS WE HAVE IN THE
FIELD. THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROGRAM ON THE THE AWARDS COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF OUR GOOD CROSS-SECTION OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
ALL OVER AND ROLES FROM DIRECTORS TO SUPERVISORS STAFF KIND OF ALL OVER THE BOARD. SO WE REALLY GET A GOOD SEGMENT OF PEOPLE WORKING IN A VARIETY OF FIELDS TO RADICALLY ADEQUATELY ASSESS THE
NOMINATIONS. MRP MEMBERS MAY NOMINATE A PROJECT FOR AN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE AND SEVEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. THOSE CATEGORIES ARE ADMINISTRATIVE OR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, COMMUNICATIONS
PARK AND FACILITY PROGRAMING AND EVENTS SPONSORSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS SUSTAINABILITY AND VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES. ONCE NOMINATIONS ARE RECEIVED THEY COME IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE REVIEW THEM, SCORE THEM AND THEN DELIVER THEM OUT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE THIS EVENING. SO WITH FOUR AWARDS I'LL KIND OF GO ONE ON ONE. I'LL PROVIDE JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EACH AWARD. WE'LL CALL UP FOR A LITTLE
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AWARD. >> SO OUR FIRST AWARD RECEIVED THIS EVENING IS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT CATEGORY. IT'S FOR BLOOMINGTON'S DATA DRIVEN PARK MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATIONS PLAN. SO THIS PLAN DEVELOPED A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PLAN THAT DELIVERS CLEAR COMMUNITY CENTERED BENEFITS BY IMPROVING CONSISTENCY, QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE
CITY'S PARK SYSTEM. THE PLAN RESPONDS DIRECTLY TO COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS FOR SAFE, CLEAN AND WELL-MAINTAINED PARKS BY ESTABLISHING DEFINED SERVICE LEVEL LEVELS AND ALIGNING RESOURCES TO MEET THOSE
STANDARDS. SO WITH THAT I WILL CALL UP WHOEVER IS ACCEPTING THAT AWARD. THANK YOU.
YOU ARE HERE . THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CATEGORY IS UNDER THE PARK AND FACILITY CATEGORY.
THIS IS FOR THE LOGAN LODGE INTERIM SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. SO FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF THE CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER STAFF NEEDED TO FIND A SOLUTION TO MAINTAIN SENIOR PROGRAMING WHILE AT THE VOTER APPROVED COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
WELLNESS CENTER WAS CONSTRUCTED. THEY'RE ABLE TO CREATE A WELCOMING AND FUNCTIONAL INTERIM SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER AT A DECOMMISSIONED DMV'S FACILITY FOR THIS INTERIM CENTER CALLED LOGAN LODGE. THIS CREATIVE RE-USE OF AN
EXISTING FACILITY HAS ALLOWED THE CITY TO MAINTAIN VERY CRUCIAL IMPORTANT CITY PROGRAMING UNTIL THE NEW CENTER OPENS IN 2027. SO WITH THAT I WILL CALL UP
THE LOGAN LODGE . THANK YOU. WELCOME. CONGRATS GUYS.
THIRD ON THE LIST WE HAVE THE PROGRAM BEING AND EVENTS CATEGORY FOR THE BLOOMINGTON INDIGENOUS ART FAIR. THIS NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED A PERMANENT PLATFORM
IN BLOOMINGTON WHERE OVER 40 INDIGENOUS ARTISTS CAN SHOWCASE THEIR WORK, TELL THEIR OWN STORIES AND FOSTER DEEP CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH IMMERSIVE ARTS AND PERFORMANCE. IT PROVIDES OUTSTANDING ARTIST
REPRESENTATION, CULTURAL IMMERSION, INTERACTIVE LEARNING AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP . AND LASTLY, UNDER VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES CATEGORY WE HAVE
THE DRED SCOTT FIELD IMPROVEMENT KICKOFF. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO ENHANCE FIELDS THREE AND FOUR AT THE DRED SCOTT PLAY FIELDS TO BETTER SERVE THE FAST PITCH COMMUNITY AND THE CITY'S PARTNER THE BLOOMINGTON
FASTPITCH ASSOCIATION TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL FIELD SAFETY AND PLAYABILITY THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, ENGAGED VOLUNTEERS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. THEY COLLABORATED ON WORK ON A WORK EVENT THAT COMBINED
FINANCIAL INVESTMENT, LABOR AND SHARED RESOURCES. THE TORO COMPANY SUPPORTED THE PROJECT BY PROVIDING SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR TURF MAINTENANCE AND FIELD RENOVATIONS AND THIS COORDINATED PLANNING EFFORT
ALLOWED THE CITY TO REDUCE ITS COSTS WHILE IMPROVING ITS VALUED AMENITIES AND ON
GRADUATION. GET IN HERE FOR OH NO I'M TOO GREEDY
. SO WE'LL SAY THAT EVERY CITY RECEIVES FOUR AWARDS SO YOU GUYS SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOUR PARKS AND REC TEAM AND THE STAFF THERE TRULY HAVE DONE SOME PHENOMENAL WORK THIS YEAR AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. MITCHELL AND I AGREE.
YES, I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE IS VERY PROUD OF OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF AND EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD BE. WHAT STRUCK ME COUNCIL IS SO WE HAD WE HAD PROGRAMING. WE HAD WE HAD ARTS.
WE HAD A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT KIND OF THING AND WE AND VOLUNTEERS I MEAN WE REALLY WENT THE GAMUT ON EVERYTHING WE THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF WORK THAT WE CAN DO IN OUR PARKS ARTS AND RECREATIONS DIVISION
. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU TO OUR OUR FOLKS. THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT OUT AT DRED SCOTT WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT CLEANED UP AND YOU GUYS DID
GREAT WORK AND WE'RE SEEING THE FRUITS OF THAT PAYOFF NOW AND SOME NICE TROPHIES THAT FASTPITCH IS BRINGING HOME TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO WELL DONE. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.
YOU'RE GREATLY APPRECIATED. VERY PROUD OF YOU. VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU REPRESENT BLOOMINGTON EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH
. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, YOU DON'T HAVE THE QUESTION. OKAY, VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION I'M HERE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF IF I MAY MISSED PLEASE.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT'S THE LIKE DO DO DID. JUST A VERY QUICK UNDERSTANDING OF HOW DO WE APPLY AS A CITY TO DO DO WE NOMINATE OURSELVES AND THEN
YOU GO THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS OR ARE YOU AS PEERS LIKE ACTIVE LIKE PROACTIVELY FINDING PROJECTS? I JUST WAS CURIOUS HOW THAT WORKED. SO THERE'S A LITTLE MIX I'D SAY MOST OF THE APPLICATIONS ARE BY THE CITY THEMSELVES.
HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHERE WHETHER IT'S A SPONSOR, AN ORGANIZATION THEY'LL NOMINATE THE CITY. BUT A LOT OF TIMES FOR THE LEGWORK FOR THE APPLICATION STAFF NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED FOR
THOSE THINGS GET THE BUDGETING NUMBERS, GET THE TIMELINE, ALL THAT FUN STUFF. SO IT IS A BIT OF A MIX. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND MITCHELL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS ALL OUR BEST TO SHOW AND THANKS. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA
COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I'VE GOT 312 ANY ANY OTHER HOLDS? SEE NONE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE 3.1
THROUGH 311 AND THEN 313 THROUGH THREE 92ND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO FOR
CLARIFICATION I THOUGHT WE HAD THREE POINT OF THE 3.19. DID YOU SAY 171? I HAVE MY BAD. I MISHEARD YOU. PARDON ME. YEAH, YOU GOT TO TURN THE PAGE. NO, NO, I THOUGHT HE SAID 170, I'M SORRY BUT I MISUNDERSTOOD.
APOLOGIZE. THANKS. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
IF NOT, MISS RIGHT ORDER. I JUST I REVERSE HI NELSON I ROBERTSON I MAYOR BASI I MOTION CARRIES 700 ITEM 3.12
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TOLD COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I JUST WANTED TO HOLD THIS ONE AGAIN. I APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HELD THIS ITEM OVER A COUPLE OF TIMES HERE AND FOR SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS FRANKLY I FOUND THIS TO BE ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING THINGS THAT I'VE LOOKED INTO.
I GOT TO SPEND TIME ON THE REVISER OFFICE WEBSITE GOING THROUGH OUR CITY CODE, BREAKING OUT MY BUILDING CODE BOOK CROSS-REFERENCING DEFINITIONS THERE IS I THINK
MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN ASLEEP BUT I ACTUALLY FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING AND FASCINATING. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE FOLKS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE COME OUT AND I APOLOGIZE
THAT I DID NOT TAKE YOU UP ON YOUR OFFER BUT I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY SITUATION MULTIPLE TIMES, ALSO BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON OTHER PREVIOUS OCCASIONS THROUGHOUT THE PAST EIGHT
YEARS OF OF OF MY SERVICE HERE AND AS I'VE GONE THROUGH IT AND REVIEWED IT THE REALITY IS IS IT MEETS THE CODE AND WE
ARE OBLIGATED AS OUR YOU KNOW ALL AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT TO FOLLOW CODES, ORDINANCES AND LAWS AND IT MEETS ALL
OF THOSE FROM ALL OF MY REVIEW I SPENT HOURS ON THIS AND IT MEETS THOSE AND YOU KNOW WE CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THAT. WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE THAT MAY NEED TO BE CHANGED.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME QUIRKY PROVISIONS IN THERE HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, CHOOSING YOUR FRONT YARD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, IT DOES MEET IT
DOES MEET THE CODES. IT DOES MEET THE BUILDING CODE, IT DOES MEET ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT AND SO I CAN'T FIND A REASON WHY WE WOULD NOT MOVE IT FORWARD.
THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT AND I LIKE I SAID I DID CANDIDLY REALLY TRULY ENJOY LOOKING INTO IT. IT WAS IT WAS QUIRKY AND
INTERESTING AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS IN THERE. BUT AT THIS POINT EVEN THOUGH I'VE HELD IT FOR TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS, I'M PREPARED TO MOVE IT FORWARD. I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WOULD BE
WILLING TO MAKE THE MOTION. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT FOR YOU NEXT COUNCILMEMBER LOAN THERE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE 312 I MOVE TO APPROVE A PRELIMINARY PLAT AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION
APPROVING THE FINAL PLAN FOR ALL OF I'LL ADDITION LOCATED AT 8350 AMSTEL RIDGE DRIVE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND CODE REQUIREMENTS ATTACHED STAFF REPORT SECOND MOTION BY
COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO ACCEPT THAT AND 3.12 ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA IS THERE ANY FURTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN THAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCILMEMBER LOMAS JUST BRIEFLY I JUST WANT TO THANK
BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE MANAGER AND THE ENTIRE STAFF TEAM FOR HAVING THE ABILITY TO LET US KIND OF WORK IT THROUGH. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DID AND TO TO BRING IT FORWARD AND IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE.
I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, I ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS AND I DO JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW, THE ANYTIME WE HAVE THESE THINGS ONE OF THE I GO BACK TO THE CHALLENGE THAT
WE'VE WE'VE HAD ABOUT PASSING YOU KNOW, THESE OR THESE ORDINANCES IN THESE ZONES ACROSS THE ENTIRE R ONE SPECTRUM AND IT'S 77% OF THE CITY AND THIS IS THE KIND
OF THING THAT STARTS TO HAPPEN WHEN WE WHEN WE DO THAT LARGE PAPER WHY I WAS FRANKLY A FAN OF SMALLER CUTS AT THAT OR EARLY ON RIGHT BUT SO WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE STAFF TO DO IS
IF IF AS THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF REVISIT THAT WE COULD PLEASE HAVE THEM BROUGHT FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THEM. YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAYBE IF WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS WHERE THEY
REQUIRE THIS ADDITIONAL EFFORT THERE'S SOMETHING CENTRAL SOME CENTRAL THEME OR SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW THE BUBBLES TO THE TOP THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND HOW IN IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WE MIGHT LOOK AT THE CODE DIFFERENTLY.
SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO US. WE'VE KIND OF GONE BROAD PAPER AND NOW MAYBE CUT BACK VERSUS SMALLER CUTS AND INCREMENTALLY OUT. BUT EITHER WAY THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT
THAT. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE STAFF TO DO THAT BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. AND I'LL JUST ADD THANK THE THREE OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU ESPECIALLY
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS ON THAT. AND I AND I AGREE I THIS MAY BE A MATTER OF TASTE OR THOUGHT OR WHETHER OR NOT IT'S RIGHT BUT BUT IT MEETS CODE. IT ULTIMATELY DOES MEET CITY
CODE AND WE ARE OBLIGATED I THINK TO MOVE IT FORWARD BASED ON THAT OR FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION. MS. RIGHT.
CARTER I HANDLE I REVERSE I'M NELSON ROBERTSON I HEREBY SEE I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN WE'LL MOVE ON.
ITEM FOUR ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. ITEM 4.1 IS OUR ONLY PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING. THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR A MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND APPLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC.
ALAN THOUGHT FROM OUR PORT AUTHORITY IS HERE. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME YOU YOU CAN TURN EITHER ONE OF THOSE AROUND. THIS ONE WORKS AS WELL SO IF YOU PICK UP I THINK THIS IS MY
FIRST TIME. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AM HERE TO DO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR MYTH WHICH IS THE MINNESOTA INVESTMENT TO FUND
PROGRAM THROUGH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. DID OKAY SO THE MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND PROVIDES
FINANCING TO HELP ADD NEW WORKERS AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY JOBS IN MINNESOTA. SO HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS IS MINNESOTA. DEDE WILL GRANT THE FUNDS TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THEN IN THIS CASE THE CITY
OF BLOOMINGTON WOULD LOAN THE FUNDS TO SEAGATE AND A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME SEAGATE PROJECT BACKGROUND IT IS A ESTABLISHED WAREHOUSE CAPACITY DATA STORAGE COMPANY
IN BLOOMINGTON. IT HAS PREVIOUSLY APPLIED TO THE MINNESOTA FORWARD FUND IN DECEMBER OF 2025 AND IT COMPLETED A BUILD OUT OF AN 81,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY ON ITS CAMPUS IN MARCH OF 2026
CITY STAFF WAS CONTACTED FOR ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL PROJECT AND SEAGATE IS EVALUATING BLOOMINGTON AND TWO OTHER SITES SEAGATE IS APPLYING TO
MYTH FOUR MYTH FUNDS AS WELL AS THE JOB CREATION FUNDS ARE JCI OF WHICH THE COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THAT IN JANUARY ON JUNE
29TH 2026. SO THE THIS THIS IS THE POTENTIAL COUNCIL ACTION AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR
QUESTIONS. I THINK IS THE NEXT STEP IS THE NEXT QUESTION THAT'S NEXT STEP ABSOLUTELY COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. APPEAR ALL
RIGHT PARDON ME I'M SORRY I HAVE A REALLY QUICK QUESTION. >> OH, I CAN'T REMEMBER. CARTER I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER NO, NO WORRIES. >> BUT MAYBE JUST SOMETHING TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR A I THINK USE LANGUAGE BEST MASS CAPACITY DATA DATA STORAGE CENTERS AND THE EXACT LANGUAGE. >> OH, AND WITH ALL OF THE
DEBATE AROUND DATA CENTERS, I THINK IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT SEAGATE IS AND WHAT A DATA CENTER IS. >> YES, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER EXCELLENT
CLARIFICATION. THIS IS NOT A DATA CENTER. THEY MANUFACTURED TECHNOLOGY THAT DOES MASS CAPACITY DATA STORAGE. SO THINK OF LIKE A HARD DRIVE
AS KIND OF THOUGH YEAH THE TECHNOLOGY HERE THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND I'M SORRY I MISSED YOU THERE BUT THAT'S YES THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD POINT TO BRING FORWARD. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL NO
QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. DON'T GO FAR. WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK WHAT I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY HERE
YOU WILL HAVE ANYBODY CAN COME FORWARD AND SPEAK AND THEN 4.1 YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND THE CLOCK ON THE WALL WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF YOUR THREE MINUTES I WILL STOP YOU JUST BECAUSE I
WANT TO MAKE IT FAIR FOR EVERYONE WHO IS TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS YOU COME UP IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF, STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN WHEN YOU FINISH UP SIGN IN AND I KNOW WHERE I DON'T SEE YOUR CLIPBOARD BUT I'M
SURE IT'S AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE AND AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME UP DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING WHAT WE WILL DO IS ANSWER THEM AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING RATHER THAN TRY TO ANSWER THEM ON THE FLY.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR A MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND APPLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY SO ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING NO ONE COMING FORWARD IS RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ON THE PHONE? MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE.
LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THEM. 4.1 SO MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER
DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 4.1 NO FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS RIGHT AFTER I'M DALLAS AND I REVERSE
NELSON ROBERTSON I HEREBY SEE MY MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL ANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS ON THIS? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO
OKAY SO I THINK I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE INTENTION OF THIS SO THIS IS A THIS IS AN APPLICATION BY SEAGATE TO THE COUNTY FOR $5 MILLION
IN ASSISTANCE IN BUILDING OUT THIS NEW THING. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? AND THEN WE ARE THE FIDUCIARY THAT IF IT FIRST OFF THIS IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM US SAYING WE LIKE THE IDEA OF IT
HAPPENING IN BLOOMINGTON AND THEN IF THEY WERE TO BE AWARDED WE'D BE THE FIDUCIARY THAT DOLES OUT THE MONEY AT A 0% INTEREST RATE. IS THAT DO I HAVE IT IN LIKE REAL SUM UP EXCEPT FOR THE POINT WHERE YOU SAID COUNTY
THIS IS IN FACT A STATE STATE PROGRAM. I'M SORRY. MY BAD. OKAY. RIGHT. OKAY. WHY WHY IS IT NO INTEREST? I'M JUST CONFUSED BY WHY IT'S
NO INTEREST GIVEN THE FACT I MEAN I SEE GATES STOCK PRICE IS $800 A SHARE. I DON'T REALLY NEED FREE MONEY FROM THE STATE AT ALL TO DO ANYTHING, LET ALONEHETHER
IT'S HERE OR NOT. SO I'M ALL FOR SUPPORTING LIKE HEY, I LOVE THE IDEA OF IT BEING IN BLOOMINGTON WHEN I'M NOT I'M CONFUSED BY IS WHY THEY NEED $5 MILLION IN FREE MONEY FROM THE STATE AND WHY
WE WOULD SUPPORT THAT WHEN THEY MADE I DON'T KNOW I'M GOING TO GUESS PROBABLY A 40% PROFIT MARGIN ON THEIR PRODUCTS LAST YEAR. SO I JUST I JUST I WOULD HOLD
THAT STAND I WOULD JUST HOLD THAT THOUGHT IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY WHY IT WOULD BE IMPERATIVE NOW IF SOMEBODY COULD EXPLAIN TO ME THAT THE JOBS THAT WE WOULD GET FROM
THEM ARE MORE THAN $5 MILLION WORTH TO THE CITY. I WOULD BUY THAT BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S TRUE ESPECIALLY IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE WITH THE ADVENT OF AI, THE
GUARANTEE IS THAT MOST OF THOSE JOBS ARE HALF OF WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IF WE HAD DONE THIS 30 YEARS AGO. SO MAYBE IT'S 100 JOBS MAYBE AT 150,000 A YEAR WHICH MEANS
OUR TAX BASIS IS YOU KNOW WHAT, $4,000 IF THEY BUY A HOUSE THAT'S $8,000 AND THEN IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THE $5 MILLION. AND SO I JUST I'M CONFUSED. I LOVE THE IDEA OF I MEAN I'M
A HUGE FAN OF SEAGATE HAVE HELD THEIR STOCK IN THE PAST. I'M CURRENTLY NOT ENCUMBERED BY THEIR STOCK SO I DON'T HAVE ANY STAKE IN THIS AT ALL TO SAY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT BUT I GET IT AND I USE THEM
THE PRODUCTS, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FREE MONEY THING. I DON'T AND SO IF SOMEBODY HAS SOME INSIGHTS I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR THEM AND I'D BE HAPPY TO
TRY AND ANSWER. SO THANKS. THE MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND ORIGINALLY WAS THE MINNESOTA FORWARD FUND WHICH WAS APPROVED I THINK SIX YEARS AGO FIVE SIX YEARS AGO WHEN WHEN
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE CHIP TAX AND THE CHIP ACT WAS A REINVESTMENT IN MICHAEL PROCESSING THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY TO TRY AND RESHORE THAT IN THE UNITED STATES AND
IT WAS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WITHOUT SUPPORT THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT CHIPS INDUSTRY IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE IN SINGAPORE AND IN ELSEWHERE. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES AND
IN TAIWAN ELSEWHERE. SO THE MINNESOTA FORWARD FUND WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CHIPS ACT BECAUSE THE CHIPS ACT REQUIRED A LOCAL MATCH AND SO FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I ONLY SAY THIS BECAUSE I WORKED
ON IT AND I'M NO LONGER INVESTED IN IT EITHER I'M DIVESTED MYSELF THE CHIPS ACT NEEDED THAT LOCAL INVESTMENT SO THE MINNESOTA FORWARD FUND WAS THAT LOCAL MATCH AND WE'VE SEEN OUR LOCAL COMPANIES
SEAGATE, WE'VE SEEN POLAR, WE'VE SEEN SKY WATER ALL USE THIS LOCAL MONEY TO MATCH AT LEAST PORTIONS OF WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS MADE
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CHIPS ACT THEN EVOLVE MOVED BECAUSE IT WAS A SUM OF MONEY THAT THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAD NEVER EARMARKED FOR THIS TYPE OF THING BEFORE AND IT WAS THE UNDERSTAND ING THAT FRANKLY
IN TERMS OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY WE WERE WE WERE GETTING OUR LUNCH EATEN BY JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE WERE BASICALLY THE HUB OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY, THE BEGINNING OF IT
WE WE WERE NOT WE WERE AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE IN PHENIX IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, IN BOISE, IDAHO, THEY WERE GETTING SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC SUBSIDIES TO TO BUILD
THERE. AND SO IT WAS IF WE NEEDED IF WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD, IF WE WANTED TO KIND OF LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AND GET IN THE GAME THIS MONEY WAS NECESSARY. SO THAT'S WHERE THE FORWARD FUND CAME FROM AND WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THERE WAS A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT BUT IT STILL DIDN'T MATCH I THINK THE ORIGINAL WAS IT 400 MILLION OR 250 MILLION? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE ORIGINAL NUMBER WAS THROUGH THE FORWARD FUND THAT THE LAW WAS PASSED THIS PAST
LEGISLATIVE SESSION OR MAYBE IT WAS LAST YEAR CHANGING THE FORWARD FUND TO THE MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND WHERE IT WAS NO LONGER NOW A MATCHING FUND FOR CHIPS BUT IT RATHER IT WAS FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY JUST
IN GENERAL JUST TO PROVIDE AGAIN FUNDING AND SUPPORT AND LOCAL LOCAL SUPPORT FOR THE EFFORTS THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE CONTINUING TO GET OUR LUNCH EATEN BY BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PLACES. THIS IS IT'S AN INVESTMENT AND IT'S IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND AND A DESIRE TO TO CONVINCE SEAGATE TO STAY HERE. THEY HAVE OTHER SUITORS AND OTHER POSSIBILITIES WHERE THEY
COULD GO AND WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE THEM TO STAY IN BLOOMINGTON. WE WERE VERY MUCH LIKE TO THEM STAY IN MINNESOTA ACTUALLY STRADDLING BLOOMINGTON AND EDINA IF I REMEMBER EXACTLY. SO IT'S IT'S BASICALLY AN
INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO STAY WITHIN WITHIN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL BECAUSE THE COMPETITORS RIGHT NOW ARE ALL OFFSHORE. SO THIS IS THAT IS WHAT THE
MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND WAS DESIGNED FOR WHEN IT STARTED AS THE MINNESOTA FORWARD FUND . THAT'S WHAT THE MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND IS FOR AND IT'S IT'S JUST AN INCENTIVE TO
TRY AND ENTICE A A A LARGE VERY SUCCESSFUL COMPANY TO CONTINUE BUSINESS HERE IN MINNESOTA. AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S AN ADEQUATE ANSWER, THAT'S THE ANSWER.
HOLD ON, COUNCIL MEMBER REVERSE COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON NO, NO. >> I APPRECIATE THE INSIGHTS AND THE INFORMATION. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE MY FEELINGS ABOUT IT BUT I DO UNDERSTAND AND I APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM IN THE BACKGROUND IS VERY HELPFUL.
SO THANKS VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS YEAH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION CONCERNING THAT THE SEAGATE MOVING OVERSEAS OR OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY, IS THAT FEASIBLE FOR
ANY COMPANY TO TRY TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT ALL THE TARIFFS THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED THUS ONE OF THE HEAVIEST ONES THAT IS IN IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. SO FOR A COMPANY TO MENTION
THAT THEY WILL MOVE OUTSIDE A COUNTRY IS JUST UNFEASIBLE. AND SECONDLY, DID THE 600 MILLION THAT WE GOT AS A GROUNDSWELL OF FEDS A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO HAD NO CONTRIBUTION TO SEAGATE AT ALL? WAS IT JUST FOR THE OTHER TWO COMPANIES IN BLOOMINGTON THAT THE INITIAL MINNESOTA FORWARD FUND WAS A MINNESOTA FUNDED?
IT WAS NOT A FEDERAL GRANT. IT WAS A MINNESOTA IT WAS MINNESOTA FUNDED AND WE WERE THEN MATCHING THE CHIPS ACT WHICH WAS I BELIEVE A $51 BILLION INVESTMENT IN THEM. SO WE DID WE DID GET A GRANT
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TWO YEARS AGO THAT WAS IN 5 TO $600 MILLION FOR IT. THE COMPANIES HERE IN BLOOMINGTON CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT I KNOW I PARTICIPATED AT CONGRESS WITH
THIS. WE WENT AND MADE A PRESENTATION AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT AND AWARDED IT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL OR IF SPECIFICALLY FOR CHIPS THAT THAT WAS WHAT WE WENT FOR AND
I AM AWARE THAT WE DID GET THAT GRANT SO WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE $600 MILLION WHERE THEY INVESTED IN ONLY 1 OR 2 OF THE COMPANIES THAT PRODUCED CHIPS IN BLOOMINGTON OR THEY WERE DIVERSE WENT TO EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF THEM. THAT'S MY QUESTION TODAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT UNTIL DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT OR I
COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, THE QUESTION IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY IS WHAT HAPPENED TO PREVIOUS ALLOCATIONS TO SEAGATE IN REGARDS TO CHIPS
YET BECAUSE I WHAT I KNOW IS SPECIFICALLY THAT WE DID GET A GRANT THAT WAS IN $600 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CHIP INDUSTRY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. OKAY A YEAR AGO PERHAPS A YEAR
AGO WE US THE CITY. SO I THINK WHAT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING OF COUNCILMEMBER IF I COULD SO SKY WATER AND POEHLER BOTH HAVE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED CHIPS FUNDING SO THAT'S MY QUESTION WITH THE
ONLY TOOL WAS SEAGATE PART OF THAT ALSO SEAGATE DID NOT HAS NOT EVER RECEIVED AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND THE OTHER ONE IS I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY WOULD THEY BE TRYING TO MOVE OUT OF THE
COUNTRY? IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR ANYONE TO DO THAT. ALL COMPANIES ARE MOVING IN JUST TO PREVENT BEING HAD TO PAY TARIFFS. YOU KNOW TO YOUR I JUST ANNOUNCE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
INVESTED IN THE COUNTRY WHY WOULD SEAGATE TRYING TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTRY PERHAPS ANOTHER STATE AND TO COMPETE WITH ANOTHER STATE I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU MAYOR, THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY IN MINNESOTA.
I MEAN I'M ALL FOR THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THEIR USING THAT AS LEVERAGE SAYING OH, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY WHICH I WOULD I WOULD SAY GO AHEAD, SEE HOW IT GOES FOR THEM.
I WOULD ANSWER THAT COUNCILMEMBER FIRST OF ALL, YES, THEY ARE USING THAT AS LEVERAGE. THEY CERTAINLY ARE. AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT THEIR WORLD HEADQUARTERS ARE IN NORTHERN IRELAND SO THEY'RE
THERE AND THEY'RE NOT A UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THEY'RE OFFICIALLY IN NORTHERN IRELAND. THEY CAN OF ALREADY IN THAT CASE YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IF WE IF HE'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE STATE I YOU KNOW OF COURSE
I WOULD SUPPORT IS THIS WELL AND THAT IS VERY HARD AS I KIND OF AGREE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER YEAH HE'S UNDER THAT YOU KNOW IT'S A SENSELESS THING BUT IF HE'S TO KEEP THEM
HERE IN MINNESOTA YEAH ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE CAN'T REMEMBER THE MOMENT. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANTED TO JUST THANK YOU FOR GIVING US AND THE PUBLIC A A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE
BACKGROUND OF THAT. I DID NOT KNOW ALL THAT THAT INFORMATION. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE. CAN SOMEBODY ELSE BRING FORWARD THIS IDEA WE'RE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO
GET BY. WELL, WHY ARE WE YOU KNOW, GIVEN A 0% LOAN TO A COMPANY? I JUST THINK THAT'S KEY THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT FORWARD AND
YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU YOU KNOW THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT FORWARD. THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D SAY, MAYOR I'LL MOVE THIS FORWARD IS IS THE YOU KNOW, THE WAY I
KIND OF LOOK AT THIS IS THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS AS WELL. SO WE COULD LOSE JOBS AND THAT'S THE THING I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THIS WHY NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THAT? SO WITH THAT BEING SAID,
MAYOR, I'D BE HAPPY TO TO TO MOVE THIS. I WILL ASK ONE LAST CALL FOR THE COUNCIL. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN MERRILL MOVED TO ADOPT A
RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT FOR THE MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND APPLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
ROBERTSON TO ACCEPT ADOPT THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND APPLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON
IS THERE ANY OPTION TO HAVE THIS LOAN NOT BE A 0% LOAN? IT IS IT IS NOT THE CITY'S MONEY. I MEAN IT'S IT'S STATE MONEY AND PART OF THE STATE PROGRAM IS THAT WE ARE SIMPLY THE
FIDUCIARY WHICH SIMPLY COMES TO WHERE PASSTHROUGH IS. >> IS THERE ANY OPTION TO NOT FORGIVE IT MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS IF I MAY, THIS IS AN APPROVAL FOR AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE.
THIS IS NOT AN AGREEMENT OF THE LOAN OR OF THE GRANT OF IT. WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT YES, WE SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND ANY
OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE HELD PUBLICLY AGAIN WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE AGREEMENT PROCESS AND TECHNICALLY NOT TO BE SPECIFIC ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT
OUR CITY ATTORNEY LOT OF SPECIFICITY FROM OUR ATTORNEY THIS MORNING THAT THIS THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN JOB AND WAGE GOALS FOR THAT MONEY TO BE CONSIDERED SO I, I
UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN OF IT BEING FREE MONEY BUT IT IS A GRANT FROM THE STATE AND IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE IN THE CORRECT AGREEMENT THAT IT IS SET UP THAT CERTAIN GOALS
WOULD BE MET AND THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF VERIFICATION OF WHAT THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR AND THEN THAT THOSE GOALS WERE MET. SO SO MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO ME, MR. MEYER, WHAT THE VALUE OF OUR SUPPORT FOR IT IS
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE HAVE ANY AUTHORITY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. WE DON'T GET TO SET THE GOALS. WE DON'T GET TO SET THE PRICE. WE DON'T GET TO SET THE TERMS. WE DON'T GET TO SAY ANYTHING BUT WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE WHY MAYBE THESE JOBS
WILL BE IN BLOOMINGTON. >> WELL, THEIR JOBS WILL EITHER BE IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF THE BUILDING THEY WORK ON AND ALL OF THE JOBS OR WILL MINNESOTA GO LIKE OH NO, THOSE THAT'S COOL.
YOU'RE THE TARGETS THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET FOR THESE JOBS TO COUNT TOWARDS YOUR MONEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE IN BLOOMINGTON BECAUSE THEY GET TO SET THE RULES NOT US. >> I IF I RECALL THE RULES
OF THE FORWARD FUND THAT AS MS.. THORPE SAID I MEAN IT WAS PRETTY STRINGENT ABOUT JOB CREATION LOCAL INVESTMENT AND WHERE THE MONEY HAS TO GO. >> MAYOR IF I CAN JUST OFFER A
COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND IS A SEPARATE PROGRAM FROM MINNESOTA FORWARD FUND MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUNDS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE BUT THEY DO WHEN AND IN MY EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THESE
BIGGER COMPANIES, OFTENTIMES THE STATE IS WORKING ON A PACKAGE AND THEY GO THROUGH THEIR DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AND IN THIS CASE THEY LANDED ON THE MYTH AND GCF AS PROGRAMS THAT WOULD SUPPORT
THE INITIATIVE THAT THEY'RE DOING SO AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION AROUND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE IT IS A DANCE STAFF SPENDS A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH ALL OF THE INVOLVED PARTIES AROUND
THESE THINGS. IN THIS CASE THE STATE IS WORKING TO HAVE JOB GROWTH BE HERE RATHER THAN IN OTHER PLACES OUTSIDE OF THE US AND SO THAT'S KIND OF VERY COMMON
IN THESE SITUATIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW THOSE NEGOTIATIONS HAPPEN BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY TODAY THEY'RE ASKING FOR SUPPORT THAT DO YOU WANT THE STATE TO INVEST THESE STATE RESOURCES
TO SUPPORT SEAGATE IN A POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF A FACILITY HERE? IT WILL BE NEW SPACE, NEW JOBS, PRETTY EXCITING PROJECT. BUT AGAIN WE'RE COMPETING IN A
GLOBAL MARKET FOR THESE JOBS AND THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT THE STATE USES TO TRY TO INCENTIVIZE THESE BUSINESSES TO STAY OR TO GROW HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION BETWEEN THE MYTH
AND THE FORWARD. FINAY APPRECIATE THAT. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER VERY GOOD. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THIS MISS
RIGHT CARTER I DALLESSANDRO I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN IF I CAN THANK YOU. REVERSE. ALL RIGHT. NELSON LOWMAN I ROBERTSON I
MAYOR BUSSE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WITH COUNCILMEMBER DALLAS DALLESSANDRO ABSTAINING THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT AND WE WILL BE HEARING FROM THESE FOLKS AGAIN I'M HOPING VERY SOON.
UP NEXT IS THAT IN 4.2 THIS IS TO APPROVE THE TYPE TWO PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF SOUTH TOWN SHOPPING CENTER FIFTH EDITION. JULIE LONG, OUR CITY ENGINEER IS HERE. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
HOPEFULLY THIS ONE GOES SMOOTHLY AND THE APPLICANT FROM COW SANDERS IS CROSSING ANDERSON THEY PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024. SINCE THEN THEY HAVE NOT FILED THEIR PLAT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY SO THEIR APPROVAL HAS EXPIRED. THEY DECIDED TO REAPPLY AND THAT'S WHAT IS BEFORE YOU. SO IT'S THE SAME PLAT YOU
APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024. THEY'RE JUST RESUBMITTING IT FOR APPROVAL AND THE FIRST THE DEVELOPMENT THE FIRST THING THAT WOULD BE BUILT IS THE
DICK'S HOUSE OF SPORT WHICH COUNCIL HAS SEEN PREVIOUSLY. >> VERY GOOD COUNCILOR, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? BASICALLY APPROVING AS AS LONG SAID APPROVING WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED PREVIOUSLY.
ALL RIGHT. NO QUESTIONS I'D LOOK FOR ACTION COUNCIL ON IT AND 4.2 I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION FOR SUMMARY. ALESSANDRA SURE. MOVE TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND ADOPTION AND ADOPT
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT FOR SOUTH TOWNE SHOPPING CENTER FIFTH ADDITION LOCATED AT 7803 PENN AVENUE SOUTH SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND CODE REQUIREMENT TO THE STAFF ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT.
SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE FINAL PLAT OF SOUTH TOWN SHOPPING CENTER FIFTH EDITION LOCATED AT 7803 PENMAN.
NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS MISS WRIGHT CARVER I D'ALESSANDRO I RIVER'S NELSON
LOWMAN ROBERTSON OH IT'S I MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO STANDING BY NOT READ THE RIGHT THING MAY REMEMBER I'M DOUBLE
CHECKING TO SEE IF THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. TYPICALLY WE WOULD HAVE IT LISTED AS SUCH IN THE IN THE PACKET. I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK LATER ON IN THE STAFF REPORT SO IT IS NOT OFFICIALLY LISTED
TO OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO BE SURE. THANK YOU JULIE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON. ITEM FIVE ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS TONIGHT. FIRST UP IS ITEM 5.1.
THIS IS NO ACTION REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM. IT'S A DISCUSSION ON THE MINNESOTA DNR MINNESOTA VALLEY STATE TRAIL BLOOMINGTON PHASE TWO SEGMENT. WE'VE GOT MR. JACK DESOTO HERE.
GOOD EVENING MR. DISTAL AND ALEX YELICH IS THAT VERY GOOD. WELCOME. THANK YOU MR. DISC MAYOR BASSY COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
I AM BRINGING FORWARD A PRESENTATION ON AN APPLICATION FOR REPLACEMENT AND NO LOSS UNDER THE WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT. I ASSUME THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE
NOT SEEN MUCH OF THE WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND THE ACRONYM WCA IS COLLOQUIALLY CALLED WHACK US. SO IF YOU HEAR ME SAY THAT THAT'S THE WETLAND
CONSERVATION ACT, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A SPEED REVIEW OF WHAT THE WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT IS AND THE CITY'S ROLE IN ITS ADMINISTRATION. I WILL THEN TURN IT OVER TO
ALEX WHO'S REPRESENTING THE MINNESOTA DNR AND THEY WILL ALEX WILL TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT AT HAND AND THE WETLAND IMPACT IN QUESTION AND I'LL END IT WITH A DISCUSSION
ON WHAT OUR DECISION NEXT STEPS ARE. SO THE WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1991. ITS SOLE PURPOSE IS TO STOP THE NET LOSS OF WETLANDS
ACROSS THE STATE. IT IS A POLICY THAT REGULATES THE DRAINING FILLING OR EXCAVATION ING OF ANY WETLAND THAT'S CONSIDERED THE IMPACT
ALL PROJECTS HAVE TO ATTEMPT TO AVOID FIRST OR MINIMIZE THEIR IMPACTS TO WETLANDS. THIS IS REFERRED TO AS SEQUENCING IF A WETLAND LOSS
OCCURS ANYBODY WHO DOES THAT WETLAND LOSS IS REQUIRED TO EITHER REPLACE THAT WETLAND IN A RESTORATION NEARBY OR THEY BUY CREDITS OUT OF THE WETLAND BANKING'S SYSTEM.
IT IS PREFERRED THAT THE CREDITS PURCHASED OR THE RESTORATION OCCURRED NEARBY TO THE WETLAND THAT WAS IMPACTED AND IT REPLACES THE SAME TYPE OF WETLAND THAT WAS IMPACTED.
IT'S A STATE POLICY WHICH IS RUN BY THE BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES BUT IT'S ADMINISTERED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT THAT ADMINISTERS DWELLING
CONSERVATION ACT WITHIN OUR FULL JURISDICTION OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS INCLUDE PROVIDING A TRAINED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF MEMBER SERVICE, COORDINATING THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME THROUGH
AND OR ISSUING CONCURRENCE THAT A PARTICULAR PROJECT DOES NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH. THE WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT A PART OF THE APPLICATION IS COORDINATING WITH THE TECHNICAL EVALUATION PANEL OR
TAP THAT IS MADE UP OF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF WATER OR RESOURCES, THE DNR, THE COUNTY AND THE LOCAL WATERSHED DISTRICT WHICHEVER ONE IT IS IN IN THE CITY ITSELF THE VAST
MAJORITY OF DECISIONS MADE UNDER WACKER ARE DONE BY CITY STAFF AND SIGNED BY JULIE LONG, THE CITY ENGINEER. THE ONLY DECISION THAT
REQUIRES CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL ARE REPLACEMENT PLANS IN BLOOMINGTON. BECAUSE WE ARE FULLY DEVELOPED CITY WE DON'T SEE A HUGE NUMBER OF WETLAND APPLICATION
THAT COME THROUGH MOSTLY THEIR BOUNDARY AND TYPE WHICH IS JUST FIGURING OUT WHERE THEY ARE ON THE LANDSCAPE. SO WE DON'T MESS WITH THEM. THE REPLACED LANDS ARE PARTICULARLY RARE. THIS IS MY FIRST ONE THAT I'VE DONE AT THE CITY SO I'VE BEEN
HERE SINCE 2020 I BELIEVE THE LAST ONE WAS IN 2018. SO THE BIG THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND ARE THAT A REPLACEMENT PLAN NEEDS TO MINIMIZE AND AVOID IMPACTS AS BEST THEY CAN
AND THE APPLICANT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PROVING THAT THEY'RE MEETING THOSE STANDARDS AND THEN IF THEY SHOW THAT THEY PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE OF GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE
WETLAND AT HAND WHETHER IT'S A RESTORATION OR PURCHASE OF BANKING CREDITS. SO WE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION BY THE MINNESOTA DNR ON JUNE
17TH AND THIS PERTAINS TO THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY STATE TRAIL WHICH IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED A PART OF THAT TRAIL CONSTRUCTION IS
GOING TO BE IN THE APPLICATION PROPOSED TO IMPACT WETLAND. THAT MEANS THAT WELL AND WILL BE PERMANENTLY DESTROYED AND
BECAUSE OF THAT THEY ARE THE DNR PROPOSING TO PURCHASE BANKING CREDITS TO REPLACE THAT WELL AND IN THE APPLICATION IF YOU WANT TO READ THROUGH ANY OF THE DETAILS IN YOUR PACKET THEY GO
THROUGH THAT SEQUENCING PROCESS, THAT MINIMIZATION AND AVOIDING PROCESS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO TO PROVE THAT THAT IMPACT IS THE ONLY OPTION
AVAILABLE. SO I WANT YOU ALL KEEP IN MIND WE'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION TODAY. WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO YOU. THE SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'LL BRING IT BACK ON AUGUST 3RD COUNCIL MEETING. HOWEVER, IF THERE'S
OUTSTANDING ITEMS WHICH CAN BE DELAYED BUT SO THIS IS JUST TO BRING YOU ALL IN AS PART OF THAT EVALUATION APPLICATION EVALUATION PROCESS. SO AT THAT WE TURN OVER TO ALEX. YEAH.
THANK YOU JACK. ALL RIGHT. VERY BUSY COUNSEL. MY NAME IS ALEX YELICH AND I'M A SENIOR ADVISOR SCIENTIST
WITH ANDERSEN ENGINEERING AND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PARKS AND TRAILS CONSULTANT CHARGED WITH LEADING THE WETLAND DONATION
AND THE PERMITTING PROCESS. AND SO JUST NOT ON THAT AS AS JACK HAD INDICATED, YOU KNOW,
WE THE WETLAND PERMITTING PROCESS FOLLOWS A TWO TRACK PARALLEL PROCESS BY WHICH IT'S YOU KNOW, REVIEWED AND
REVIEWED BY THE STATE STATE AGENCIES IN THIS CASE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON STATE DELEGATED AGENCIES INCLUDING THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER
SECTION 4 OR 4 OF CLEAN WATER ACT THAT'S MAINTAINED BY ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. SO THERE ARE TWO CONCURRENT APPLICATIONS MOVING FORWARD AT THIS TIME BOTH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND YOU FOLKS HAVE RECEIVED THAT. SO TODAY I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AS THE DELEGATED STATE
REGULATORY AUTHORITY AND YOU KNOW WHICH IS INCLUDING YOUR PACKET. SO IN GENERAL REGULATORY
REVIEW AGENCIES ASKS HAS THE PROJECT VOID MINIMIZED WETLAND IMPACTS TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE? AND MY ROLE HERE TODAY IS TO SHOW YOU OUR WORK SO I'M JUST
GETTING TO IT. SO THE MINNESOTA VALLEY STATE TRAIL IT WAS INITIALLY AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE
LEGISLATURE IN 1969 AND THEN IN FISCAL YEAR 14 2014 IT WAS FUNDING WAS APPROVED AS CAPITAL BONDING AND THIS BONDING REQUIRES THAT THE
TRAIL IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER AND THAT THE USE SHALL BE FOR AS A PAPER TRAIL FOR WALKING
AND BIKING. SO THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS PHASE TWO OF A MULTIPHASE TRAIL PROJECT BASICALLY FROM
FORT SNELLING UP HERE I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT SO BUT BASICALLY FROM FORT SNELLING DOWN TO SIBLEY COUNTY AND SO
THIS PROJECT IS A SUBSET OF THAT 2.23 MILE TWO IS TRAIL WITH A BRIDGE CROSSING BETWEEN
THE 35 BRIDGE AND JUST WEST OF NINE MILE CREEK OUTLET INTO THE MINNESOTA RIVER . ALL RIGHT.
SO BEFORE WE DIVE INTO SOME PROJECT DETAILS, YOU KNOW IT'S ALWAYS USEFUL TO REVIEW PROJECT HISTORY. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. SO WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS BUT IN 2018 NATURAL RESOURCES COMPLETED THE UW PROCESS OF THE CORRIDOR AND UPON
ACCEPTANCE OF THE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THAT STUDY THE DNR EXECUTED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY BASICALLY OUTLINING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
THE PROJECT, THE LOCATION OF THE ALIGNMENT AND THAT SORT OF THING. SUBSEQUENTLY IN 2023 SOME FEDERAL FUNDING WAS RECEIVED
WAS AWARDED TO CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOR FOR THIS SEGMENT. SO IN ABOUT 2024 MY I BECAME INVOLVED THE DESIGN ENGINEERS
HAD ENOUGH OF A PROJECT FOR US TO COMPLETE THE WETLAND DONATION. AND SO COMPLETED THAT AND YOU KNOW IT WAS A PROCESS TO TO TO
GET IT REVIEWED AND APPROVED. THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL SEGMENT THAT WE NEEDED TO DELINEATE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY THAT'S A LONG, LONG WINDOW THERE.
BUT YEAH, IN GENERAL THE APPLICATION FOR THE WETLAND BOUNDARY AND THE COMMUNITY TYPE WAS APPROVED BY JACK
IN CONSULTATION WITH BOARD AND SO I WANT TO RESOURCES DNR HYDROLOGISTS AND AND OTHER TECHNICAL EVALUATION MEMBERS.
SO CURRENTLY KNOW I'M JUST STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU TO YOU'LL DISCUSS HOW WE'VE AVOIDED AND MINIMIZED THESE
THESE IMPACTS . SO BEFORE I DIVE INTO HOW WETLAND IMPACTS WERE AVOIDED AND MINIMIZE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND SORT
OF THE ENGINEERING DESIGN CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS PROJECT. SO OF COURSE WE WANT TO AVOID AND MINIMIZE WETLAND IMPACTS
BUT ENGINEERS ALSO HAVE TO YOU KNOW, CONSIDER AND ABIDE BY YOU KNOW, REDUCING AND MINIMIZING AND AVOIDING IMPACTS TO THREATEN NATIVE
SPECIES TO INCLUDE ABIDING BY SEASONAL HABITAT RESTRICTIONS . YOU KNOW THERE'S A NORTHERN LONG YEAR BAT IN THIS CORRIDOR
AND AND YEAH SO THERE'S SEASONAL OR TREE CLEARING REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TREE ALSO HAS TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL USERS AND
ABILITIES. SO NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND THEN IMPORTANTLY THE BRIDGE ALSO MUST ACCOMMODATE
YOU KNOW MAINTENANCE VEHICLES SO THAT GOES FOR THE BRIDGE AS WELL AS THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT TO FACILITATE MAINTENANCE. YOU KNOW WE ARE IN A ACTIVE FLOODPLAIN.
AND SO YOU KNOW, THE BRIDGE DESIGN HAS TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, EROSIVE FORCES OF FLOWING WATER AND SO YOU KNOW AND WE LIVE IN A CHANGING
CLIMATE AND SO THINGS HAVE TO BE KIND OF BUILT PRETTY STURDY TO PROTECT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. SO SO YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
HAVE THE BEST PROJECT ON PAPER BUT IT ALSO HAS TO BE CONSTRUCTED. SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION THAT ENGINEERS HAVE TO MAKE. SO A MAJOR PART OF ANY PROJECT IS SCHEDULE.
SO AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, TREE CLEARING IS ANTICIPATED IN YOU KNOW, THE EARLY FROZEN SEASON OF 2026 HERE IN NOVEMBER.
LIKE I SAID, THAT'S TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO NORTHERN LONG YOU'RE ABOUT POPPING AND YOU KNOW HABITAT LATER IN THE
WINTER IT'S PLAN TO COMPLETE THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND IN WATER WORK AND THAT IS REALLY TO YOU KNOW LIMIT
IMPACTS TO FISHERIES AND YOU KNOW MOVEMENT OF OF FISH POPULATIONS AS WELL AS ALLOW THE FUTURE A CONTRACTOR TO
WORK UNDER LOW WATER CONDITIONS THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO, YOU KNOW, PULSING FLOODING. AND THAT'S REALLY TO ALSO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY OUTCOMES AND PREVENT SEDIMENT FROM FROM
GOING DOWNSTREAM. SO AND THEN FINALLY IN APRIL OF NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION OF THE
TRAIL, BUILD THE THE PROFILE, MAKE PAVEMENT OR LAY THE PAVEMENT AND THEN DO A FINAL STABILIZATION OF VEGETATION
WHICH WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN LATER IN SPRING OF 2028. SO HOW DOES THIS AFFECT OUR WETLANDS?
SO THE ENGINEERS WERE ABLE TO ,YOU KNOW, AVOID WETLAND IMPACTS BY LEAVING THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT THROUGHOUT YOU KNOW, BETWEEN OUR DELINEATED WETLAND
TO THE NORTH AND THE MINNESOTA RIVER TO THE SOUTH. I DO WISH I HAD JUST BLOWN UP THIS THIS PICTURE BECAUSE IT
DOES HELP BUT BUT YEAH SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT IS IN IN YELLOW SO YOU KNOW THE THE BIG DRIVER
OF OUR ABILITY TO AVOID IMPACT IS OUR YOU KNOW MINIMIZING OUR FOOTPRINT. AND SO I HAVE CROSS SECTION A
THERE REFERENCING PAGES 16 AND 49 OF THE APPLICATION AND THAT'S DESCRIBING YOU KNOW THE CROSS SECTION. SO HERE IT'S A -3 TO 1 JUST
FOR A POINT OF COMPARISON, YOU KNOW TRANSPORTATION PROJECT WHEN THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING ADJACENT WETLANDS THEY USUALLY MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO A -4 TO 1 .
SO THIS GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND ABOVE THAT. SO SO YEAH, THE I GUESS I'LL
JUST GO INTO THE IMPACTS HERE. SO I OH MY GOSH MAYBE YOU CAN SEE THAT.
SO I GUESS THE FIRST RED POLYGON THAT'S THAT'S SIGNIFYING A PERMANENT IMPACT THAT IS WITHIN THE NINE MILE CREEK THAT SIGNIFIES RIPRAP
IMPACTS BASICALLY JUST TO PREVENT THE RIP RAPIDLY PLACED UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE SPAN TO PREVENT SCOURING AND UNDERMINING OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION PERIOD FOLLOWING THE SAME TRAPEZOIDAL 3 TO 1 THAT KIND OF CURVES AROUND AND
JOINS BACK TO THE WETLAND. AND SO YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE YOU KNOW WE HAD A MEETING WITH YOU KNOW, TENT MEETING WITH
HENNEPIN COUNTY AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAD HAD SUGGESTED LIKE OH HEY ALEX, WHY WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS BUILD A BOARDWALK HERE AND COMPLETELY AVOID WETLAND ONE ONE THERE THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION. YOU KNOW, BOARDWALKS DO NOT SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, OUR DESIGN VEHICLE AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT RESILIENT IN IN A FLOODPLAIN SETTING IN ORDER TO
CONSTRUCT THEM THEY HAVE TO BE CONSTRUCTED ABOVE 100 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN ELEVATION IN THIS SETTING. YOU KNOW AT THIS ELEVATION HERE THERE'S ABOUT 12 TO 14FT
OF WATER OVER TOP THAT SO IT'S NOT VERY PRACTICAL FROM A FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE. SO SO YEAH SO THAT'S THAT'S
SORT OF AVOIDANCE AS FAR AS IMPACT MINIMIZATION, YOU KNOW WE YOU KNOW LOCATED THE SPAN
AT A THE NARROWEST CROSSING OF NINE MILE CREEK I BELIEVE THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME UP EARLIER TODAY ABOUT WELL HEY, WHY WHY DON'T YOU PLACE
THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT ON THE EMBANKMENT FURTHER SOUTH? WELL IT'S A IT'S AN ISSUE OF OF PROTECTED SPECIES. THERE ARE STATE PROTECTED
MUSSEL SPECIES IN THIS CHANNEL AND IN THE RIVER FOR THAT MATTER. AND AND SO YOU ANY REGULATORY PROCESS IS FULL OF YOUR CONTRADICTION.
AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO STATE PROTECTED SPECIES HERE AS WELL AS MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO FEDERALLY REGULATED WATERWAYS
. SO AND THEN YOU KNOW, I GUESS AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WE PUT THE THE THE 3 TO 1 CROSS SECTION
WAS WAS APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT CORRIDOR SO MINIMIZE IMPACTS THAT WAY AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO INDIRECT IMPACTS THAT THAT WE HAD TO
THINK ABOUT AS WELL. SO YOU KNOW ANYTIME WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING FILL OR AN EMBANKMENT THROUGH A WETLAND AND CUTTING OFF LOBES THAT CAN RESULT IN HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS.
SO IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT WATER WILL COLLECT AND CHANGE THE WETLAND TYPE PHENOTYPE AND THAT IS VIEWED AS AN IMPACT BY BY A
REGULATORY STAFF. SO TO GET OUT OF THAT WE INSTALLED A OR THE ENGINEERS INSTALLED A EQUALIZING PIPE TO ALLOW FLOOD WATER TO GO IN AND
OUT AND DRAIN AND AND BE FUNCTIONALLY THE SAME AS AS THE ADJACENT FLOODPLAIN FOREST. SO IN ADDITION WE ALSO YOU
KNOW, INSTALLED SEDIMENT AND ROGER CONTROLS IT'S PRETTY STANDARD STUFF BUT STILL IT IT HELPS TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL SEDIMENTATION FROM FROM
CONSTRUCTION MOBILIZE THAT SEDIMENT SO SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF MY BELIEF THAT WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE CAN
TO MINIMIZE AND AVOID THESE WETLAND IMPACTS AND WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS UNAVOIDABLE . AND SO I'M I HAVE IDENTIFIED
POINT TWO ACRES A PERMANENT FILLS TO FLOODPLAIN FOREST AS WELL AS A 128 SQUARE FOOT IMPACT DUE TO A TEMPORARY SPAN CROSSING TO FACILITATE
CONSTRUCTION . WELL ALL RIGHT SO THE PROPOSAL HERE IS TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS WITH WETLAND
MITIGATION CREDITS WHILE THE MITIGATE JASON CREDITS ARE A MARKET BASED ECONOMIC INCENTIVE DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE NO NET LOSS AT THE WATERSHED
SCALE. YOU KNOW IN MINNESOTA WE ARE HELD TO SITING CRITERIA. SO YOU KNOW IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH WATERSHEDS AND DIFFERENT
SUB CATCHMENTS BUT IN GENERAL FOR THIS PROJECT WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE ALL MITIGATION
WITHIN THE SAME SUB CATCHMENT, SAME BANK SERVICE AREA AND SAME COUNTY AND IF WE HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT THEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO
MITIGATE AT A TO GO FIND THE CREDIT OR MITIGATE AT A TWO POINT OR TWO AND A HALF TO ONE MITIGATION RATIO. SO IN THIS CASE WE MET THOSE CRITERIA.
SO WE'RE MITIGATING TO 2 TO 1 MEANING FOR OUR POINT TWO ACRES OF PERMANENT IMPACT WE'RE PLANNING ON PURCHASING PRIOR APPROVED WHAT THE
MITIGATION CREDIT FROM AN ADJACENT BANK UPSTREAM. AND YEAH IT'S IT'S GOING TO REPLACE IT SO YEAH SO IT'S
IT'S POINT TWO ACRES OF OF PERMANENT AND THEN REPLACE IT WITH POINT FOUR ACRES OF RESTORED WETLAND OF OF THE SAME WETLAND COMMUNITY TYPE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL RIGHT. OKAY SO BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTION AND COMMENTS I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF A RUNDOWN ON THE REVIEW PROCESS THAT'S OCCURRED SO FAR. THAT TECHNICAL ADVISORY
EVALUATION PANEL HAS MET WE MET WITH THE COUNTY SEPARATELY BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULING CONFLICTS BUT THE REVIEW RESULTED IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE
ON AS ALEX MENTIONED WHY WAS A ARE IF A BOARDWALK WAS EVALUATED AS A AVOIDANCE MEASURE WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT MATERIAL
IN THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION TO PROVIDE ENOUGH DETAIL ON HOW THAT EVALUATION WAS DONE. AN ADDENDUM IS REQUESTED BY THE TO THE DNR TO BE SUPPLIED
THAT PROVIDES THAT DETAIL. WE DO CONCUR THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A BOARDWALK WOULD NOT BE PRACTICABLE IN THIS AREA DUE TO THE FLOOD
REGIME AND THE LOAD CAPACITY IT REQUIRES THE MAINTENANCE VEHICLES THE BOARDWALK AND SOIL RESOURCES AND DNR. WE MET LAST FRIDAY.
SOME NOTES THERE IS THAT THEY ALSO FOUND IT WAS INSUFFICIENT OF DETAIL FOR THE BRIDGE PLACEMENT SCENARIO. WITH THAT SAID WE DO CONCUR
THAT THE RESTRICTIONS PUT ON WHERE THAT BRIDGE CAN BE PLACED ACROSS NINE MILE CREEK DOES MEET THE STANDARDS FOR THE PRACTICABILITY OF MOVING
IT WHERE IT IS. ALISYN MENTIONED IN THE APPLICATION AND THIS WILL BE DETAILED MORE IN THE ADDENDUM THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THE BRIDGE AT THE NARROWEST POINT
COULD BE PLACED IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. IT WAS SCOOTED TO A SLIGHTLY WIDER SPAN ACROSS THE CREEK IN ORDER TO AVOID WELL, AN IMPACT IF I HAD PUT IT PUT IN THE NARROWEST POINT IT
WOULD HAVE FORCED THAT PATH TO CUT THROUGH MORE WELLAND THAN IT DOES. SO IT'S A IT'S A TOSS UP BETWEEN TRYING TO PROTECT THE CREEK ITSELF WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED UNDER WACKA.
IT'S A SEPARATE REVIEW WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE DNR BUT WE CONCUR THAT PROTECTING THAT SPAN A CREEK IS VITALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT
ENGINEERING STANDARD RESTRICTION IS APPARENT. WE FOUND THAT THE MITIGATION MEASURES TO INSTALL DRAINAGE BENEATH THE PATH WHERE IT IS
IMPACTING WETLAND IS AN APPROPRIATE MEASURE TO AVOID CHANGING THE TYPE OF WETLANDS THAT WILL BE NOW CUT IN HALF BY THE PATH ITSELF.
SO BASICALLY THE PATH DOESN'T CREATE A DAM THE FLOODPLAIN FOREST THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THAT AREA A SILVER MAPLE FLOODPLAIN FOREST IS LISTED BY THE DNR AS A
SENSITIVE PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE . SO AVOIDING CHANGING THAT TYPE IS AN IMPORTANT MEASURE WITHIN THEIR APPLICATION AND WE CONCUR TT THAT WAS DONE CORRECTLY. HENNEPIN COUNTY WANTED TO
POINT OUT THAT WHILE IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT THEY DO HAVE A COUNTY POLICY TO ATTEMPT TO REPLACE ALL WETLANDS AND OR PURCHASE
BANKING CREDITS IN THE COUNTY ITSELF. AND THIS APPLICATION DOES SUCCESS. WE DO THAT. IN FACT IT'S JUST A SHORT JAUNT UP THE RIVER WITH A NEWLY BUILT BANK THAT WAS DONE
BY THE COUNTY. SO THEY THEY DO APPRECIATE THAT MOVE AND WANTED TO PASS THAT THAT INFORMATION ON. SO OUR GOAL HERE IS THAT ON
THE AUGUST 3RD MEETING OR LATER IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU TO MAKE A DECISION ON DOES THIS PROJECT MEET THE APPLICABILITY STANDARDS OF WAGGA? THERE ARE TWO PTS OF THIS
APPLICATION YOU MIGHT SEE AND THERE'S THE REPLACEMENT PLAN WHICH IS THE ONE WE SPOKE ABOUT MOST. THERE'S ALSO A NO LOSS USUALLY NO LOSSES ARE APPROVED BY CITY STAFF, NO LOSS JUST SIGNIFIES
BY THE NAME. NO WETLAND IS BEING LOST BUT IT IS BEING IMPACTED AND IT'S USUALLY A TEMPORARY IMPACT. IN THIS CASE IT'S CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS SO THE WETLAND WILL BE RESTORED POST-CONSTRUCTION SO
JUST GETTING THE EQUIPMENT IN AND OUT IT'S GOING TO KIND OF TEAR UP THE WETLAND A BIT, PUTTING IN A TEMPORARY CROSSING TO BUILD THE BRIDGE AND SO THAT WILL BE REPLACE IT IS MEETING THE STANDARDS OF NO LOSS AND AS THAT AVOIDANCE
MECHANISM MOSTLY A LOT OF THOSE COME DOWN TO THE RARE SPECIES. AN IMPORTANT POINT OF CLARIFICATION WE CANNOT APPROVE THE DECISION UNTIL THE
TAKE PERMITS WHICH ARE THE PERMITS REQUIRED BY THE DNR TO WORK IN THESE RARE SPECIES COMMUNITIES WHEN THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT DAMAGE WILL BE DONE TO THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE REQUIRED.
SO WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL DNR PROVES THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED THOSE TAKE PERMITS AS THE DATE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED COPIES OF THOSE PERMITS. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE
PERMITS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE AUGUST 3RD MEETING. THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF AN OUTSTANDING ITEM THAT WE WILL NOT BRING THIS BACK TO UNTIL THOSE PERMITS HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO US THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED VERY GOOD. MR. DISTEL MR. YORK THANKS SO MUCH COUNSEL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I JUST WANT TO JUST BE JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR TONIGHT FROM US AND JUST ALSO ESTABLISH SOME SOME KIND OF SOME STUFF HERE AT EAW IS
OH ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET IT'S STANDARD ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS REQUIRED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY REVIEW BOARD. APPRECIATE THAT. SOMETIMES FOLKS WHO ARE LISTENING DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THAT IS. SO NOT NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL. I JUST I SAW IT AND I'M LIKE WAIT, I DON'T KNOW THAT FOLKS WE KNOW THIS SO SO THEN THIS
IS A STATE TRAIL THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1969 AND THEN THE ALIGNMENT IN OUR AGREEMENT FROM THE CITY WAS KIND OF LOCKED IN BACK
IN DECEMBER OF 2018. STOP ME IF THERE'S SOMETHING I'M SAYING THAT'S THAT'S WRONG HERE. AND THEN WE AT THAT TIME WE HAD SIGNED A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO KIND
OF ADMINISTER THIS THIS TRAIL DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, DECEMBER 28TH TO MAKE SURE THIS KIND OF MOVES FORWARD. SO THE DISCUSSION TODAY IS REALLY AROUND THE THE
REPLACEMENT PLAN AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT MAKES SENSE AND THEN THE NO LOSS WETLANDS THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. THEY JUST WANT TO BE SURE I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FROM US TODAY
COUNCILMEMBER AND THAT'S CORRECT. WE ARE SPECIFICALLY DOING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT THAT IS THE ROLE WE ARE PLAYING RIGHT NOW IS THE CITY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT NECESSARILY THE ENTIRE TRAIL ALTHOUGH THE FACT THAT THEY WENT AHEAD AND AVOIDED IMPACTS ALONG MOST OF THE TRAIL DOES COUNT IN OUR ASSESSMENT
OF IMPACT AVOIDANCE. BUT WE'RE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON THAT SECTION OF TRAIL THAT IS IMPACTING WETLAND AND TRIGGERING THOSE PARTS OF THE WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION.
THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE IMPACTED WETLAND THAT CANNOT BE AVOIDED AND THE NO LOSS SIGNIFYING THAT THERE AS WELL AND BEING IMPACTED BUT IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY AND BLUE RESTORED POST-CONSTRUCTION SO THEN REALLY WHAT MY MY ONLY
REAL QUESTION THAT I HAVE I THINK STAFF HAS BROUGHT FORWARD SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS HERE AND I THINK I'VE ALREADY SEEN IT IN THE IN THE PRE WORK THAT WAS WAS SENT OUT TO COUNCIL EARLIER BECAUSE IT
SOUNDS LIKE THE ALIGNMENT REALLY CAN'T BE MOVED AROUND AT ALL UNLESS THERE'S A REALLY JUSTIFIABLE REASON TO KIND OF DO THAT. AND WHAT I'VE HEARD BOTH OF YOU SAY HERE TONIGHT IS
THAT YOU KNOW YOU KNOW IF YOU MOVE IT ONE WAY IT MAKES IT WORSE ONE WAY AND KIND OF THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT. SO I GUESS WHEN I LOOK AT THAT REPLACEMENT PLAN I GUESS TO ME FROM THE UNTRAINED EYE I'D SAY
THAT LOOKS YOU KNOW, LOOKS REASONABLE TO ME THAT SOUNDS FROM THE NO LOSS STANDPOINT FROM THE WETLAND PART I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE COULD DO. SURE. THAT YOU KNOW, NOT BUILDING THE TRAIL BUT WE'VE KIND
OF ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'VE PUT FORTH HERE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO THIS COUNCILMEMBER. SO THANK YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER
DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OF CLARIFICATION IF I COULD. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE IN ONE
OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES IT WAS ASKED WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO BE REPLACING OR PLANTING NON-NATIVE PLANT SPECIES AND THE ANSWER WAS YES. AND I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE
WOULD BE PLANTING NON-NATIVE PLANT SPECIES AS PART OF ANY KIND OF A RESTORATION. SORRY. NO, I'M A SMOKER. LAST WEEK MAYBE A LITTLE
SENSITIVE. SO UNDERSTOOD. SO AS I UNDERSTAND THE SEED MIX SHOULD BE A NATIVE NATIVE
SEED MIX. I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW BUT I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT. YEAH I. I COULD PROBABLY HAVE GIVEN YOU THE NAME OF THAT. IT WAS LIKE QUESTION NUMBER
SIX BUT I DON'T REMEMBER ON WHICH RESPONSE FORM IT WAS BUT IT WAS I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY IT WASN'T THE BAT ONE,
IT WAS THE OTHER ONE WHY WHY WE WOULDN'T BE YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THAT NATIVE PLANT SPECIES WOULD OH YEAH WHICH THIS ONE HERE QUALIFICATION INTERVIEW THAT YOU HAVE
IN LIKE 221 OF THE PACKET SAYS DOES THE ACTION INCLUDE OR WILL IT CAUSE PLANTING OR SEEDING OF NON-NATIVE PLANT SPECIES AND THE ANSWER WE GAVE WAS YES. SO JUST WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHY
WE WOULD NOT WHY WE WOULD DO NON-NATIVE INTO YOUR POINT IF THE SEED MIX IS A COMBINATION MAYBE THAT'S WHY OR YOU CAN'T CONFIRM THAT OR NOT OR WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE A FINE ANSWER.
>> I JUST WANTED TO CARRY CURIOSITY ABOUT THAT. YEAH SO USUALLY THE SEED MIXES ARE SPECIFIED STATE SEED MIXES THAT ARE APPLIED ELSEWHERE
ALONG THE TRAIL. SO THIS ISHASE TWO OF OF THE TRAIL. PHASE ONE A AND B ARE ONLY CONSTRUCTED AND I BELIEVE THEY WOULD HAVE USED THE SAME SEED
MIX. SO I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT. I'M SORRY I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THAT AT MY FINGERTIPS. >> RIGHT. THAT'S OKAY. THAT WAS THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE. THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD WAS AND I DON'T KNOW THIS IS MORE OF A GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT
HOW WHEN YOU EITHER BANK CREDITS I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS BANK THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SOME AREA OF WETLAND THAT'S BEEN SET ASIDE THAT CANNOT BE THAT CANNOT BE DEVELOPED AND
YOU KIND OF BUY AGAINST THAT MEANING LIKE AT SOME POINT THAT BANK IS GOING TO BE USED UP MEANING EVERYBODY'S DECIDED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR PIECE OF IT AND IT'LL THEN BE PRESERVED FOR AD INFINITUM OR WHATEVER. IS THAT LIKE HOW THAT WORKS?
OKAY. YES IT DOES THAT INCLUDE THE SPECIES ITSELF? SO LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW WAS PRETTY IMPACTED WOULD BE THE TAKE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CRICKET FROG. SO LIKE DO YOU ACTUALLY TRY TO
LIKE MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE CRICKET FROGS IN THE BANK LIKE I GET THE WETLAND PORTION BUT LIKE WHAT ABOUT THE SPECIES CONSIDERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WETLAND AND DO YOU TRY TO BANK THOSE OR LIKE POPULATE THOSE SO THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE
MOVING THE CRICKET FROGS DOWNSTREAM OR UPSTREAM IN THIS CASE OR WHATEVER IT IS AND JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW THAT PART OF IT WORKS? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO STATE WETLAND MITIGATION
BANKS ARE AGAIN A JNT STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORY PROCESS . THERE'S GUIDELINES THAT WE MUST FOLLOW THAT SPECIFIES THE FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF OF
HYDROLOGY THAT'S MONITORED. WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY AND REESTABLISH AND RESTORE NATIVE NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES AND THEY CANNOT BE INVADED BY
NON-NATIVES. AND SO IN AND THEN THE THE DEGRADED WETLAND THAT'S BEING RESTORED HAS TO BE ACTUALLY
COMPLETELY DRAINED OR FARMED OR MANIPULATED IN SOME WAY THAT IT'S NOT FUNCTIONING THAT'S ITS FUNCTIONS. VALUES ARE NOT NOT ADDRESSING
YOU KNOW, THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED HERE. AND SO THE THESE WETLAND BANKS ARE RESTORED AHEAD OF ANY PROJECT PERMIT AND THEY'RE ALL
APPROVED WITH CREDIT AND YOU KNOW THE THE THE PROJECT PROPONENT PURCHASES THAT AND IN SO DOING CREATES AN
ECONOMIC INCENTIVE FOR MORE BANKS TO BE CREATED AND SO BASICALLY TO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN RESTORING THE WETLAND FUNCTIONS VALUES
WITHIN NATURAL SELF A SELF-SUSTAINING WETLAND YOU KNOW IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME. SO YOU KNOW THE CRICKET FLY
FROGS SHOULD COME. BUT AS FAR AS A A COMPLIANCE STANDARD I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN IN BANK
PLANS. OKAY I CAN SO ONE OF THE MY UNDERSTANDING IS ONE OF THE RATIONALE WHY WEEQUIRE TO SEE THE TAKE PERMITS IN HAND IS WE'RE RELYING ON THE PROCESS OF THAT PERMITTING
SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR OBLIGATIONS TO NOT CAUSE OUTSTANDING DAMAGE OR WHATEVER SENSITIVE SPECIES THAT IS. SO EITHER WETLAND BANK IS A TYPE COMMUNITY ISSUE.
WE KIND OF RELY ON A SEPARATE PRUNING PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SURE THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE A YOU HAVE A RESTORED WETLAND THAT'S GREAT IF THE CRICKET FROGS ARE TAKEN
FROM HERE BEFORE THEY CAN GET OVER THERE THEN THERE AREN'T ANY CRICKET FROGS TO GO OVER THERE. RIGHT? AND SO LIKE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIES THAT IS REALLY LIKE I MEAN ACCORDING TO THE LOGIC THAT'S
IN THE DOCUMENTATION IT IS A VERY, VERY ISOLATED AIR POCKETS OF PLACES WHERE THAT CRICKET FROG EXISTS. SO IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE TO KIND OF PICK THEM UP AND MOVE THEM TO THE NEW ONE
OR ELSE YOU'LL TAKE THEM AND THEN THEY WON'T HAVE THE CHANCE BECAUSE THEIR COMMUNITIES ARE ISOLATED AND SO I WAS JUST KIND OF THINKING THROUGH THAT AND HOPING THAT MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THOSE TAKE PERMITS TO YOUR POINT ALSO INCLUDE THAT IT'S NOT JUST HOW MANY CAN YOU KILL IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS WHICH I'M SURE THAT'S PART OF WHAT THAT IS. BUT ALSO CAN YOU KIND OF HAVE
SOME GUARANTEE OR SOME ASSURANCE THAT THE BANK THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE BETTING AGAINST HERE HAS ENOUGH OF THOSE TO KIND OF MITIGATE THE TAKE AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS CURIOUS
ABOUT. SO IF YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN GET US BEFORE THE THIRD. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN JUST TO CONFIRM IT'S ONLY POINT TWO ACRES TOTAL
THAT IS BEING PERMANENTLY FILLED IN, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. IT'S A SEVEN AND A HALF MILE. TWO AND A HALF MILE TRAIL, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. AND ONLY AND SO THE REST OF IT
IS KIND OF THE STANDARD ISSUES YOU KNOW, PLANES THAT WE HAVE, FLOODPLAINS THAT WE HAVE DOWN THERE NOTHING NOTHING ECOLOGICALLY SPECIAL ABOUT THEM. I MEAN ASIDE FROM YES. OKAY. THESE THE STATE PROTECTED
SPECIES AND ALL THAT. YES. OKAY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON THANKS MAN. COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS HERE.
THE BRIDGE OVER NINE MILE WHY DOES IT NEED TO SUPPORT VEHICLES? IS THAT LAW IS THAT REGULATION OR IS THAT JUST CONVENIENCE?
I THINK IT'S A MAINTENANCE CONSIDERATION. SO IT IS A DYNAMIC FLOODPLAIN . IF YOU WALK OUT THERE THERE'S SEDIMENT AND YOU KNOW TREES
THAT BLOW AROUND AND SO IT'S DYNAMIC AND SO I IMAGINE MAINTENANCE CREWS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OR ARE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE SOME WAY OF GETTING EQUIPMENT BACK THERE TO CLEAN UP THE TRAIL OR
MAKE REPAIRS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE ONLY THING I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT THE INTENTION IS TO EXTEND THIS ALL THE WAY OVER TO BLOOMINGTON FERRY SO YOU'D HAVE ACCESS FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS OR WOULD NOT NEED TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE TO DO
MAINTENANCE. YOU COULD GO FROM EITHER DIRECTION EVENTUALLY AND WOULD THAT REDUCE COST AND IMPACT BECAUSE I THINK FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MINIMIZE THE
IMPACT AND THE IMPACT IS AT THAT BRIDGE AREA AND THAT SO I STRONGLY QUESTION THE NEED FOR THAT TO CARRY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. SECOND THING THAT I HAD IS AS
PART OF THIS PLAN ANY TYPE OF HABITAT RESTORATION WE MAY HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EARLIER TONIGHT AND AS YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU'RE DOING THIS STUFF AND WE TALKED
YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO BROUGHT UP SOME OF THE STUFF BUT YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE EQUIPMENT ARE DEAD DISEASE TREES ARE INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVED AND
TO WHAT EXTENT ARE THEY REMOVED SO THAT WE CAN SET PROPER EXPECTATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY GET DOWN THERE? MM HMM. THAT IS A THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A
NUMBER OF TREES THAT ARE BEING PROTECTED WITH THIS PROJECT. SO I BELIEVE I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE IT BUT I BELIEVE IT'S 30 OR SO TREES THAT ARE
BEING PRESERVED AS FAR AS INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. THAT'S RIGHT.
I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANYTHING BUT CERTAINLY I CAN I CAN LOOK INTO THAT. NEXT QUESTION I GOT IS IN THE INFORMATION THAT I READ AS I
THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE THERE'S AN EXISTING TRAIL THAT THAT PEOPLE USE DOWN THERE. IT'S YOU KNOW, MAINTAINED BY A LOCAL GROUP AND WITH SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT WILL GO AWAY IN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT I READ THAT CORRECTLY. YES. I BELIEVE SO. YES. I WILL JUST TELL YOU THAT FOR ME THAT SEEMS LIKE A BIG SHIFT
FROM OUR PRIOR CONVERSATIONS AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN CONVERSATION THAT BOTH OF THEM WILL BE MAINTAINED. WE DID THAT TO THE EAST OF LYNDALE AND MAINTAINED BOTH AND SO THAT THAT IS A
SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IF THAT IS THE CASE. THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE AND THIS IS PROBABLY VERY TANGENTIALLY RELATED THERE'S A PROPERTY THAT SOMEONE BOUGHT
AND ARE SIGNS UP NO TRESPASSING AND SO FORTH ON IT. IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S FURTHER WEST OF THIS AREA. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS
THERE? I'M JUST GETTING PERFECTLY BLUNT IF SOMEBODY OWNS THAT PROPERTY AND YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO CROSS IT FOR YOUR PATH, WHAT'S THE POINT OF BUILDING THIS?
SO YEAH, SO I AM SORT OF ON THE THE WETLAND REPLACEMENT AND IN TERMS OF LIKE RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BUT I CAN CERTAINLY
RESEARCH THAT AND TAKE A LOOK SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER I WOULD THINK ALSO THE THE BRIDGE WOULD SERVE A SAFETY FEATURE AS WELL AS SAFETY PURPOSE FOR WHENEVER IF
ANYTHING HAPPENED DOWN THERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET VEHICLES ACROSS THAT BRIDGE. YEP YEP YEP. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU MH. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THE
DISCUSSION. THIS WILL COME BACK TO US AND IF NOT OUR NEXT MEETING THE MEETING AFTER THAT. SO VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU ARE FINAL ITEM OF THE EVENING COUNCIL IS ITEM 5.2.
THIS IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE 2006 MASTER REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND REDEVELOP THE CONTRACT FOR THE PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND AND THIS IS IN THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT SO MR. KEVIN CASE IS WITH US.
GOOD EVENING, MR. GRACE. YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. SO AS THE MAYOR SAID, I'M KEVIN KENNETH. I'M WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY HERE AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
2016 MASTER REDEVELOPMENT CONTRACT FOR PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND. SO THAT'S A LONG NAME AND IN SUMMARY THE CONTRACT PROVIDES TERMS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FUTURE
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON THE MIDWAY PROPERTY. SO THINK OF THE PROPERTY TO TH NORTH OF THE MALL ITSELF AS WELL AS TIMELINES FOR PERFORMANCE AND THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
THE CONTRACT HAS ADDITIONAL GOALS THAT IT OUTLINES ABOUT MAKING PRUDENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS THAT SUPPORT THE LONG TERM VIABILITY OF THE MALL ITSELF AS WELL AS PROTECTING THE CITY AND THE
PUBLIC RESOURCES THAT GO INTO THOSE PROJECTS. THIS CONTRACT REALLY IS KIND OF THE OVERLAY THAT GUIDES ANY SPECIFIC CONTRACTS FOR REDEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS ON
SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT ITSELF IS A RECOGNITION OF DELAYS THAT ARE CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC. SO COVID 19 AND AS OUTLINED
IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE DOES CONTEMPLATE THAT THERE MAY BE UNAVOIDABLE DELAYS THAT EXIST AND IT INCLUDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EXTENSION FOR THE
PERFORMANCE PERIOD AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. THOSE TERMS INCLUDE EPIDEMICS, GOVERNMENT ACTION AS WELL AS FOREST CLOSURES AND AS STATED
THEY ARE ARTICULATED IN THE CONTRACT ITSELF. IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE EXTENSION AS PROPOSED TODAY IT WOULD THEN GO TO THE PORT AUTHORITY TOMORROW NIGHT. THEY ARE ALSO SIGNER OF THE
CONTRACT ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND MLK LAND WHICH IS A DIVISION OF 555 CORPORATION PORT STAFF AND 555 WHICH IS
THE OWNER OF THE MALL OF AMERICA WORKED TOGETHER TO COME TO THE TERMS OF WHAT WOULD BE A REASONABLE EXTENSION IN LIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON FUTURE PROJECTS.
AND THE RESULT OF THAT IS WHAT IS HERE TODAY WHICH IS A TWO YEAR EXTENSION TO THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD. SO THERE ARE TWO TERMS BY WHICH PERFORMANCE NEEDS TO
HAPPEN AND THAT IS A TEN YEAR AND 20 YEAR MARKS AND THIS EXTENSION WOULD PROVIDE FOR TWO YEARS OF EXTENSION AT EACH OF THOSE. SO FROM 10 TO 12 AND THEN FROM
20 TO 22 YEARS ADDITIONALLY IT DOES MODIFY A PROVISION THAT REQUIRES AN AMOUNT OF VALUATION OF CONSTRUCTION IN OR AT THOSE TERMS AND IT
REDUCES THE $500 MILLION VALUATION AT THAT TEN YEAR TERM WHICH WOULD NOW BE 12 TO 400 MILLION BUT THEN INCREASES THE AMOUNT AT YEAR 2020 OR YEAR 22 TO 800 MILLION.
AND THEN IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR $1.2 BILLION OF ESTIMATED VALUE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT STILL WOULD REMAIN IN IS NOT MODIFIED.
SO WITH THAT I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN I KNOW THAT 555 HAS IN HERE AS WELL AS AS COUNSEL AND THEN THE SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE PORT IS ALSO
ON LINE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MR. KENNY'S COUNSEL QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IF ANYONE ELSE DOES, I COULD GO. I JUST HAD A FEW COMMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL I'VE GOT SOMEWHERE TWO COMMENTS HERE PLEASE. COMMENTS? TO BE HONEST THIS SEEMS EXTRAORDINARILY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME. IT'S A SIMPLE EXTENSION AND IT TIES IN WITH OTHER ACTIONS WE'VE TAKEN WITH STAFF AND
THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW I BE PREPARED TO JUST MOVE THIS AT IT SEEMS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SIMPLE TO ME WHERE WE'RE ALL JUST TRYING TO WORK THROUGH AND NEGOTIATE THE DETAILS OF THIS AND
APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S STEP. THANKS SO THANK YOU COUNSEL. MY LAST QUESTION YEAH, SO I'LL DO IT RIGHT IT WE'LL NEED YOUR MICROPHONE ON COUNCIL MEMBER
ALREADY? YEAH YEAH YEAH WE ON YEAH OKAY I MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
2016 MASTER REDEVELOPMENT CONTRACT FOR PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND WITH A MORE H.S. LAND HOLDINGS SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2016 MASTER REDEVELOPMENT CONTRACT FOR PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND WITH THE WITH A M OAC LAND HOLDINGS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT. JUST A QUICK ONE. GET IT DONE MY KIDS WANT TO GET IN THERE MAN. LIKE WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? DAD.
LET'S GO. NO OTHER QUESTIONS ARE THE COMMENTS ON THIS COUNCIL. VERY GOOD. THAT'S RIGHT. CARTER I AM D'ALESSANDRO MY
PREVIOUS NELSON LOWMAN WATERPARK, RIGHT? YES. ROBERTSON I MAYOR BUSSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU MUCH GENTLEMEN. THANKS FOR STICKING IT OUT WITH US.
THANK YOU MR. CASE FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I WILL BE MISSING TOMORROW NIGHT'S PORT AUTHORITY MEETING. I WON'T BE THERE BUT YOU HAVE MY AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A IT'S A LOGICAL EXTENSION AND MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THAT'S COUNCIL WAIT FOR THAT. EARLIER THIS EVENING WE HEARD MRS. MANASSEH CHECKING ON WHETHER OR NOT WE NEEDED A
PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN M 4.2 AND SHE WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT WE DID INDEED NEED A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 AND IT WASN'T LISTED IN OUR DOCUMENTS. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO
ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER THAT ITEM SO WE CAN'T HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU MIGHT RECALL THIS IS A IT'S A TWO STEP PROCESS. FIRST WE VOTE TO RECONSIDER OUR THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS
REOPEN ITEM 4.2 AND WE WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE WILL VOTE ONCE AGAIN. SO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, WE CAN HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. WE CAN. THAT'S WHEN IT WAS OKAY. IT WAS ADVERTISED IT WAS
ADVERTISED FOR ALL RIGHT. WAS IT WAS IT JUST WAS IT WAS INCORRECTLY STATED IN THE DOCUMENTS. SO SO I'M GOING TO MOVE A I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO
RECONSIDER THE VOTE AND ITEM 4.2 SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON ITEM 4.2. MS. RYAN CARTER I ALESSANDRA I
REVERSE RIGHT NELSON LOWMAN ROBERTSON I MARE I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. OPENING UP ITEM 4.2 FOR RECONSIDERATION. SO WE'VE HAD OUR PRESENTATION WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT
ITEM 4.2. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO NOW IS OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2. THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF THE SOUTH TOWN SHOPPING CENTER FIFTH EDITION IS SO ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBER IS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THEM. 4.2 MS. RIGHT DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON LINE? >> MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE. LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE
CHAMBERS COUNCIL. WE HAVE NO ONE COMING FORWARD. WE HAVE NO ONE ON LINE TO SPEAK TO 1 IN 4 POINT TWO I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.2 SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON
SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AND 4.2 NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SO I'M SORRY MISS RIGHT COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL QUARTER I
D'ALESSANDRO I REVERSE OKAY NELSON MR. ROBERTSON I MAYOR I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO NOW COUNCIL I LOOK FOR A MOTION AT AN OF 4.2 COUNCILMEMBER
ROBERTSON THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE PLEA PRELIMINARY PLAT OH I'M GONNA START OVER. I MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT SOUTH
TOWN SHOPPING CENTER FIFTH ADDITION LOCATED AT 7803 PENN AVENUE SOUTH. SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION AND CODE REQUIREMENTS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT ITEM
4.2 AS STATED IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS RIGHT ORDER I D'ALESSANDRO I RIVAS
NELSON LAMAR ROBERTSON MAYOR I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE AS WE CORRECTED THAT COUNCIL IT'S GOOD TO GET THAT DONE AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T THANK YOU MISS VANDER SHAD FOR CATCHING THAT FOR US AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IS
DONE. MOVING ON TO OUR FINAL ITEM TONIGHT THIS IS THE COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUES UPDATE. I WILL START OFF AS I DO I WILL RECAP OUR CITY COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION.
WE HAD 1234567 SPEAKERS TONIGHT AND THEY BROKE DOWN BASICALLY INTO TWO CAMPS. SO WE HAD CONNIE ROTH, MARK MERCER, MATTHEW HALLETT, ERICA MCMULLAN ALL SPEAK ON
THE NINE MILE CREEK RESTORATION PROCESS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MATTHEW HALLETT THEY WERE OPPOSING IT. MR. HALLETT WAS IN FAVOR OF IT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. WE ALSO HAD TWO SPEAKERS
REGARDING THE OLIVE ISLE ADDITIONS MARK HANSEN AND KEITH KEVIN JOHNSON SPOKANE IS THE ITEM THAT WE VOTED ON THIS EVENING AND SALLY NESS SPOKE TO US ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE SMITH PARK SHARED USE
AGREEMENT ONCE AGAIN A GOOD PUBLIC LISTENING SESSION AND JUST TO REITERATE WHAT I SAID, WE WILL HAVE A WE WILL CONSIDER THAT NINE MILE CREEK
CONTRACT AT OUR AUGUST THIRD MEETING. WE ARE KICKING AROUND THE IDEA OF PERHAPS HAVING A PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY ON THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO TO ADDRESS THAT AND I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO BE ABLE TO
GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT. BEYOND THAT I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING. MR. CITY MANAGER I THANK YOU MAYOR MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR
YOU TONIGHT. YOU MAY RECALL EARLIER IN THE YEAR THE CITY TOOK A NUMBER OF STEPS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY IN RESPONSE TO OPERATION METRO SURGE.
ONE OF THOSE ACTIONS WAS TAKEN BY OUR PORT AUTHORITY, A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM OF UP TO $400,000 WAS APPROVED BY THE PORT AND ADMINISTERED BY OUR
PORT AUTHORITY STAFF. THE PORT AUTHORITY IS GOING TO HEAR A MORE ROBUST UPDATE ON THIS TOMORROW NIGHT BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE FOR THE COUNCIL'S BUSINESS OR FOR THE COUNCIL'S UPDATE AND AWARENESS THAT AS THE FINAL NUMBERS HAVE
COME IN ON THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT 25 BUSINESSES TO THE TUNE OF $180,000 THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. AND AS YOU'LL SEE IF YOU WATCH THE PORT MEETING TOMORROW
NIGHT, REALLY GOOD CROSS REPRESENTATION OF AGES GENDERS ,RACES ETC. SO I THOUGHT OUR STAFF DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING THOSE DOLLARS INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ENSURING
THAT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WAS SUPPORTED IN THAT REALLY DIFFICULT TIME. SO KUDOS TO THEM AND AGAIN THANKS TO OUR PORT COMMISSIONERS AND OUR PORT STAFF WHO ADMINISTERED THAT PROGRAM. SECONDLY, I WANT TO REMIND
EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING TONIGHT THAT THE BLOOMINGTON REMEMBERS VETERANS DOG TAG SALE I WILL CLOSE ON AUGUST 1ST. THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING USED TO HELP SUPPORT THE COST
OF CONSTRUCTING THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AND I THINK REALLY IMPORTANT CAVEAT TO REMIND OURSELVES IS THAT YOU NEED NOT HAVE BEEN A BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT TO BE HONORED THROUGH THAT JUST NEED TO CONFIRM THE
PERSON YOU'RE HONORING IS VETERAN STATUS SO THAT CAN BE DONE ONLINE BY MAIL OR HERE AT CITY HALL AT OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. I WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT. LAST WEEK THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS NORTHERN LIGHTS AWARDS WITH FIVE DIFFERENT AWARDS.
THERE WERE OVER 200 AWARD ENTRIES AND WE BROUGHT HOME FIVE AWARDS ACROSS SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. SO KUDOS TO OUR TEAM AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS WHO WERE ABLE TO
ATTEND AND SUPPORT OUR STAFF. I WAS SLINGING ROOT BEER FLOATS AT OUR EMPLOYEES SUMMER PICNIC SO I'M GLAD WE HAD GOOD REPRESENT NATION AT THAT. AND THEN FINALLY JUST A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE THAT WE
WILL NOT HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK. ORIGINALLY WE WERE SCHEDULED FOR ONE THE COUNCIL CALENDAR THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR HAD A JULY 27TH MEETING BUT WE ARE CANCELING THAT MEETING SO AUGUST 3RD WILL BE OUR NEXT
MEETING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. WALKER. ANY QUESTIONS, MR. WALKER AND ANYTHING VERY GOOD COUNCIL ANYTHING TO BRING FORWARD TONIGHT WITH THAT IT LOOKS
LIKE WE'VE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVED WHAT MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON SECOND MY COUNCIL MEMBER REVISE TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING
. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION MS. RAY CARTER I'M DALLAS AND I REVISE NOW SO I LOWMAN I ROBERTSON I
MAYOR BASI I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE ARE ADJOURNED THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION THIS EVENING THANKS TO THE STAFF AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO JOINED US OR TUNED IN EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT REST
OF YOUR WEEK