. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. TONIGHT IS MONDAY, APRIL 27TH. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO'S JOINED US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE.
WE WILL START OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU'RE ABLE IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND REMOVE ANY HEAD COVERING 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 AND WELCOME. GLAD YOU'RE HERE ON THIS RAINY MONDAY NIGHT FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS COUNCIL IS WE
ADOPT OUR AGENDA AND WE'VE GOT A BUSY AGENDA TONIGHT BUT I THINK WHILE IT'S A FULL ONE I THINK WE CAN GET THROUGH IT IN REASONABLE TIME IF WE PUT OUR MINDS TO IT AND GET OUR WORK DONE. UNDER ITEM TWO OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE THREE ITEMS.
ITEM 2.1 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR DRINKING WATER WEEK 2026 AND IN 2.2 WILL BE INTRODUCED TO NEW BLOOMINGTON EMPLOYEES IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. ITEM 2.3 IS A RECAP OF THE
BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND I SEE WE'VE GOT A GOOD GROUP HERE FROM THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. ITEM FOUR IS OR ON THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM THREE. IT'S OUR CONSENT BUSINESS.
COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAS OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT WE HAVE 16 ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOUR IS OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. AND WE DO HAVE THREE PUBLIC
HEARINGS THIS EVENING COUNCIL OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON A 4.1 IS RELATED TO AN ORDINANCE AMENDING OUR EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME ORDINANCE 4.2 IS REGARDING A SUPPLEMENTAL
MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING ORDINANCE AND ITEM 4.3 OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING ON ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE RELATED TO LICENSE PERMIT AND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION
FEES UNDER ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE DO HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT UNDER OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS. ITEM 5.1 IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING CHARITABLE GAMBLING IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.
ITEM 5.2 WILL BE GETTING A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ASSESSOR THE 2026 ASSESSMENT REPORT AND ITEM 5.3 IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND RECEIPT OF RESOLUTIONS
FROM THE CHARTER COMMISSION AND TWO SET OF PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CHARTER COMMISSION. WE'LL WRAP UP WITH OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND HOPEFULLY LIKE I SAID IN A
GOOD CRISP EFFICIENT MEETING SO COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA AS STATED? IF NOT I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS STATED.
SO SECOND MOTION ANY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA. AND FIRST UP ON THAT AGENDA IS THAT A 2.1? IT'S A PROCLAMATION AND I'M GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO THE PODIUM
. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I SAID. SECOND ROW WE HAVEN'T SEEN DROOPY. THEY SAID IT THIS IS OUR PROCLAMATION FOR DRINKING WATER WEEK.
NOW I HAVE THREE NAMES ON MY AGENDA ON MY LIST HERE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE BUT THEY'RE VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. I PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING
FOR DRINKING WATER WEEK MAY 3RD THROUGH THE NINTH HARD TO BELIEVE NEXT WEEK IT'S MAY ALREADY THIRD THROUGH THE NINTH DRINKING WATER WEEK AND IT READS AS FOLLOWS WHEREAS WATER IS OUR MOST VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCE. AND.
WHEREAS WATER HELPS DELIVER PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION FIRE PROTECTION SUPPORT FOR OUR ECONOMY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE ENJOY. AND. WHEREAS ANY MEASURE OF A
SUCCESSFUL SOCIETY LOCAL MORTALITY RATES, ECONOMIC GROWTH, DIVERSITY, PRODUCTIVITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY ARE IN SOME WAY RELATED TO ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER.
AND. WHEREAS, WE ARE ALL STEWARDS OF THE WATER IN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPON WHICH FUTURE GENERATIONS DEPEND AND. WHEREAS EACH MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY IS CALLED UPON TO
HELP PROTECT OUR SOURCE WATERS FROM POLLUTION TO PRACTICE WATER CONSERVATION AND TO GET INVOLVED IN LOCAL WATER ISSUES BY GETTING TO KNOW THEIR WATER NOW THEREFORE I, MAYOR TEMBUSU DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK
OF MAY 3RD THROUGH THE NINTH 2026 AS DRINKING WATER WEEK IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND I CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH ISSUES INVOLVED IN PROVIDING OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND TO
RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS MAKE EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT AND QUALITY OF LIFE. DATE OF THIS 27TH DAY OF APRIL
2026 THIS WAS I THINK I DRINKING WATER WEEK OR THIS TYPE OF THING WAS FIRST PROCLAIMED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN 1988 AND ACTUALLY IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST
PROCLAMATIONS THAT I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED ON THE COUNCIL 15 YEARS AGO WAS THIS ONE AND I THINK WE TOASTED BLOOMINGTON WITH A GLASS OF DRINKING WATER. ACTUALLY EVERYBODY IN BLOOMINGTON I KNOW IS VERY
PROUD OF THE DRINKING WATER THAT WE DO HAVE. I THINK IT'S TOP OF MIND FOR MOST PEOPLE. IT'S A POINT OF PRIDE CERTAINLY FOR THE CITY AND WE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE. SO THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR
THE WORK THAT YOU AND ALL DO PROVIDING THAT WATER. I WANT TO TURN THE MIC OVER TO YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE PLEASE. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR BUSSE THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE
GET. WE CERTAINLY ARE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE DO AND A LITTLE BIT OF A BRAG WE HAVE TROPHIES TO PROVE IT. SO YEAH WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD
DRINKING WATER WE CAN KEEP PROVIDING THAT EXCELLENT DRINKING WATER. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.
VERY GOOD RESOLUTION THAT IS YOURS. PUT THAT ON THE WALL ALONG WITH RESTAURANT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH . ITEM 2.2 TONIGHT IS OUR INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND LOOK HOW EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE YOU FOLKS ARE. JAMIE HANSON, OUR CITY CLERK IS HERE TO MAKE THE
INTRODUCTION. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TONIGHT WE ARE INTRODUCING WAYNE BARNHART AS OUR CITY'S LEAD LICENSING SPECIALIST. HE JOINED THE CITY IN JANUARY
STEP IN STEPPING INTO THE ROLE PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY HELD BY LAURA ALONZO. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS HE HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON GETTING UP TO SPEED, LEARNING OUR PROCESSES AND BUILDING STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
IN HIS ROLE HE ASSISTS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY'S LICENSING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING WORKING DIRECTLY WITH APPLICANTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL CITY AND STATE REGULATIONS AND COORDINATING WITH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE
CITY. HE BELIEVES LICENSING IS REALLY ABOUT FINDING THE BALANCE BETWEEN SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND MAINTAINING PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE MAKING OUR PROCESSES CLEAR AND CONSISTENT. HE IS PLEASED TO SHARE THAT HE
COMPLETED HIS MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION THIS PAST THURSDAY. THAT EXPERIENCE HAS REINFORCED HIS FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY PRINCIPLES HE IS COMMITTED TO APPLYING
IN THIS ROLE. I'M LOOKING AHEAD. HE PLANS TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE AMAZING TEAM IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE REFINING OUR LICENSING PROCESSES SO THEY ARE EFFICIENT, ACCESSIBLE AND SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH OUR COMMUNITY AND LOCAL
BUSINESSES. HE LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND HIS CITY COUNCIL. WAYNE GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. WHERE DO YOU JOIN US FROM WHEN
TWO YEARS AT HAMLINE. OH WONDERFUL. WELCOME ABOARD I PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT CITY OF CORCORAN. GREAT. PRIOR TO THAT GREAT. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND WELCOME ON BOARD. GLAD TO HAVE YOU. IT'S A PRIVILEGE.
THANK YOU. AND KIM BERGGREN, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ALSO HAS A COUPLE OF NEW EMPLOYEES THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO US THIS EVENING. OKAY. I HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES TO
INTRODUCE THIS EVENING. FIRST I'LL START WITH BRYCE TURNEY. HE'S A PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR THE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. BRYCE STARTED IN THE CITY ON MARCH 23RD AND HE GREW UP
IN NORTHWEST OHIO, GRADUATED FROM BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. HE HAS TAUGHT ENGLISH IN JAPAN, WORKED IN STUDENT SERVICES AT TEXAS A&M AND
HOMELESS SERVICES IN SAN FRANCISCO IN HIS SPARE TIME, BRYCE PLAYS DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS. GOOD EVENING BRYCE. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. AND AFTER ABOUT 15 YEARS
OF TRAVELING AROUND I'M GLAD TO BE BACK IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CALL IT POP AND SERVE SODA OR COKE. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. THANKS. OUR OTHER EMPLOYEE TO
INTRODUCE TONIGHT IS ROB CASSIDY. YES, SHE IS WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TEAM AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST AND SHE ALSO STARTED ON MARCH 23RD. RAQUEL IS ORIGINALLY FROM NEW
YORK CITY AND COMES WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FROM ROCHESTER, NEW YORK BEFORE JOINING BLOOMINGTON'S SHE CAME FROM THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEY WORKING AS A CODE COMPLIANCE
OFFICER AND OUTSIDE OF WORK. RAQUEL IS A TWIN CITIES LATIN DANCER AND ALSO IS TRAINING TO BE A MASTER GARDENER. WOW. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. HI.
I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY TO BE BACK . I WAS AN INTERN IN 2022. I WAS HERE FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS. SO GLAD TO BE BACK. WELL, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK. IT'S GREAT. BEEN GREAT TO GET YOU BACK.
SO THANK WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO WAYNE AND BRYSON RECALL I SAY THIS TO ALL OF THE NEW
EMPLOYEES EVERYBODY EVERYBODY KNOWS THE FOLKS WHO SIT UP HERE BUT THE FOLKS WHO THEY REALLY CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY WORK WITH EVERY DAY AND THAT WOULD BE YOU FOLKS. AND SO WITH THAT COMES A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY AND EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE OF THE
OUTSTANDING STAFF THAT WE HAVE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. AND I THINK IT ALSO COMES WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE DEFINITELY UP TO THE TASK. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU BEING OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TO WORK WITH YOU AND ALONGSIDE YOU AS WE MAKE THIS CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS A GREAT CITY. SO WELCOME ABOARD. GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. THANK YOU.
ITEM 2.3 ON OUR AGENDA IS A RECAP OF OUR BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. WE HAVE WE'VE DONE THIS IN PAST YEARS AS WELL AND I HOPE IF PEOPLE HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM I CERTAINLY
ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND GET INVOLVED IN IT IF YOU COULD. IT'S A GROUP A COHORT THAT COMES TOGETHER. WE DO IT ON A YEARLY BASIS AND THESE ARE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON WHO SIMPLY WANT
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY, WHO WANT TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO HONE THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR WE HAVE JUST AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF PEOPLE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THESE FOLKS ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS AND I WILL SAY ONCE AGAIN IT'S AN OUTSTANDING
GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THE COHORT THE NOTION OF A COHORT IS REALLY EMBRACED BY THESE FOLKS AND I THINK THAT IT COMES FROM OUR CITY STAFF THAT GUIDES US AS WELL TO REALLY DEVELOP A COHORT OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW WE KNOW EACH
OTHER, CAN TRUST EACH OTHER AND LEARN TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD IN THIS AND I KNOW IT'S IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED THAT WE CAN DO IT ON A YEARLY BASIS
AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS COHORT YEAR AFTER YEAR UNTIL AND NOW WE DO HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE GRADUATES OF OUR PROGRAM INCLUDING THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM TONIGHT. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR
LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND OFF YOU GO . YOUR FIRST I THINK MUST BE GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BUSSE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. MY NAME IS NICOYA INGRAM AND I AM A PROUD 2026 GRADUATE OF THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. I AM A WIFE MOM OF EIGHT, A
BUSINESSWOMAN COMMUNITY LEADER AND SOMEONE WHO IS DEEPLY, DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING STRONGER, MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES
. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MATTIE JOHNSON AND I'M GRATEFUL TO SHARE ABOUT MY INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE IN THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
I CURRENTLY WORK AS A PROJECT MANAGER AT HENNEPIN COUNTY. I HAVE SERVED AS A STAFF LEAD TO COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS BUT I'VE ALWAYS REALLY DESIRED TO FIND MY OWN VOICE OUTSIDE OF WORK AS A RESIDENT WHERE I
LIVE. MY PARTNER AND I MOVED TO BLOOMINGTON LAST YEAR. AS WITH ANY MOVE THERE'S ALWAYS THIS FEAR OF WELL I BELONG HERE. AND PROGRAMS LIKE THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
FOSTER THE TYPE OF BELONGING THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. >> HI, I'M DANNY AND OF YOU KNOW CALLIE. I HAVE BEEN IN BLOOMINGTON EIGHT YEARS. I ALSO WORK IN BLOOMINGTON AND HEALTHPARTNERS AND I HAVE TWO
KIDS AT BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I AM A DISABILITY ADVOCACY SELF ADVOCATE. I ALSO HAVE TWO KIDS AT DISABILITIES. THAT'S A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I DO. AND I WAS JUST REALLY EXCITED
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CITY SERVICES AND CITY LEADERSHIP BECAUSE THE MORE OF THAT WORK THAT I DO, THE MORE THAT I REALIZE THAT THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO GOVERNMENT, THE MORE IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY.
I KEEP GOING. SO I'M HERE TO SHARE ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCES IN THIS 2026 LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. THIS YEAR OUR GRADUATING COHORT COMPOSED OF 17 BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS WITH A
SHARED DESIRE TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, DEVELOP LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY, BREAK DOWN BARRIERS AND INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH I
THINK WE ALL DID VERY WELL. THE GROUP MET TEN TIMES OVER EIGHT WEEKS SO WE HAD TO EXIT TWO TIMES AND PARTICIPATE. WE POSTED IN EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS PRESENTED BY THE CITY STAFF. WE DID BOARD. WE TALKED TO BOARD AND
COMMISSION MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL. AND SO WE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE FROM BASIC SERVICES SO FROM PROVIDING ROADS TO CLEAN WATER WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT TO THOSE MORE COMPLEX
FUNCTIONS LIKE HOUSING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS PROGRAM DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF HELPING US GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON HOW THINGS ARE FUNDED, WHAT DECISIONS THE
CITY STAFF HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH AND HOW THE COUNCIL IS ASKED TO BALANCE EVERYTHING ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE.
ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE SESSIONS FOR ME WAS WITH PARKS AND RECREATION. WE WERE SPLIT INTO TEAMS AND GIVEN A MAP OF ALL THE CITY'S PARKS WITH THE INSTRUCTION TO
CONSIDER WHAT PARKS SHOULD BE ELIMINATED DUE TO FUNDING CONSTRAINTS. THOUGH THIS WAS HYPOTHETICAL. I'LL LET YOU KNOW. IT GAVE US INSIGHT INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF EVERYTHING CITY
STAFFERS NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN MAKING DECISIONS AND ALL THE CONFLICTING INFORMATION THAT THEY MAY NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN MAKING A DECISION. OUR GROUP DID OUR BEST TO CENTER EQUITY IN OUR WORK
CONSIDERING WHAT AREAS OF THE CITY MIGHT HAVE MORE PARK ACCESS THAN OTHERS AND I FOUND THIS ACTIVITY TO BE INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL AND THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, WITH LIMITED FUNDING HOW CAN YOU DO THE BEST TO
SERVE RESIDENTS? WE ALSO LEARNED HOW IT'S NOT JUST STAFFERS WHO GET TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. THE ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO
HAVE A VOICE IN CITY DECISIONS AS WE REALLY SAW THIS FIRSTHAND DURING OUR TOUR OF THE SOUTH LOOP WHERE WE LEARNED HOW THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION HAS INFLUENCED THE ART DESIGN
OF THE AREA. I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY AND CAPTIVATED BY THE WE MURAL AND I HAD RESEARCHED A LITTLE BIT MORE ON ONE OF THE ARTISTS AND THERE WAS A QUOTE THAT I WANTED TO SHARE FROM THE
ARTIST THAT SAID PUBLIC ART CONVERGES PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T ALWAYS CONVERGE. AND I REALLY SEE THIS IN THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AS WELL THROUGH THE CONNECTIONS THAT I'VE MADE
ACROSS THE CITY. WHEN I THINK ABOUT BLOOMINGTON NOW I DON'T JUST SEE CITY. I SEE PEOPLE SYSTEM AND
INTENTIONAL CONNECTIONS THAT MAKE IT ALL WORK TOGETHER. THROUGH BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY LEARN ABOUT OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY BUT TO TRULY
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTION COLLABORATION AND BEING INTENTIONAL IN HOW WE SHOW UP. COMMUNITY DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN. IT'S BUILT INTENTIONALLY
CONSISTENTLY AND TOGETHER. AND FOR ME THAT BECAME REAL THROUGH EXPERIENCE FROM ENGAGING WITH DIFFERENT LEADERS TO BEING PART OF CONVERSATIONS THAT CHALLENGE AND GROW YOU.
BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM EXPANDED MY PERSPECTIVE IN A POWERFUL WAY. PRIOR TO MOVING HERE I HAD
HEARD THAT BLOOMINGTON WAS A HARD PLACE TO BREAK INTO AND MAKE CONNECTIONS. HOWEVER, I AFTER ONLY BEING HERE A YEAR THIS HASN'T BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT I HAVE MET THROUGH THIS PROGRAM HAVE BEEN WARM, THOUGHTFUL, INSPIRING AND WELCOMING. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM I HAVE LEARNED I HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY
COMMUNITY. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT I PLANNED A NINE MILE CREEKSIDE CLEAN UP THIS MAY PARTNERING WITH THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT AND WITHOUT
THIS PROGRAM I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE COURAGE OR CONNECTIONS TO PLAN SOMETHING IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'M REALLY PROUD TO CALL
BLOOMINGTON HOME. SO A BIG TAKEAWAY I HAVE FROM THIS PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY LEARNING THE CITY FUNCTIONS OR WHAT THE CITY DOES BUT LEARNING HOW BOTH STAFF AND ELECTEDS ARE ASKED TO PROCESS
THAT INFORMATION AND MAKE REALLY HARD DECISIONS AND THAT HELP BUILD EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING FOR ALL OF THOSE LEADERS. FOR ME I THINK JUST UNDERSTANDING EVERY SINGLE THING THAT GOES INTO ALL THOSE CHOICES AND ALSO THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE THAT DO THAT IS A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU THINK . AND SO THAT REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND LIKE WHO THE LEADERS ARE AND WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY GREAT. THERE'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES
ALONG WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF MAKING A CITY FUNCTION AND THIS PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTED BOTH OF BOTH THAT FACT AND HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT WHEN IN THOSE POSITIONS. SINCE COMPLETING THE PROGRAM
I'VE STEPPED INTO LEADERSHIP AS VICE CHAIR OF CAUCUS. I BECAME A NEW AMERICAN LEADER AND I'M CURRENTLY HELPING LEAD THE JUNETEENTH PROJECT HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO THIS EXPERIENCE DIDN'T JUST
INSPIRE ME, IT ACTIVATED ME. IT SHOWED ME THAT BUILDING A COMMUNITY STARTS WITH US LEARNING EACH OTHER, SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER AND CHOOSING TO BE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN OURSELVES.
AND FOR ME THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. BECAUSE BUILDING A COMMUNITY IS IN A MOMENT. IT'S A COMMITMENT. AND WHEN WE COMMIT TO THAT, WE DON'T JUST STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HELP SHAPE ITS FUTURE. THANK YOU GUYS . THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR REFLECTIONS AND YOUR MORE PERSONAL INSIGHTS AS TO WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY
AND AS A LARGER GROUP AS WELL. COUNSEL ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT TO ASK THE FOLKS IN FRONT OF US? I DO KNOW ALSO THAT YOU WERE THE LUCKY DRAW. I KNOW I THINK EVERYBODY
IN THE GROUP THROUGH THERE HAD THEIR NAME AND THEY HAD TO TRY AND MAKE THE PRESENTATION. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO THE FOLKS WHO DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AT LEAST AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE
YOU AS WELL. PLEASE. SURE. MY NAME IS RON SARICH. RON, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANKS. MY NAME IS KAREN MADISON.
GOOD EVENING. I'M POLLY MEYER. HELLO EVERYONE. I'M ROBERT PRESS. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. AND I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE NOT
HERE. BUT THANKS FOR THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS AND IT'S IT'S A BIG ASK. YOU COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING ON THOSE THURSDAY NIGHTS. I THINK THEY WERE THURSDAY NIGHTS. RIGHT. YOU COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING
ON THOSE THURSDAY NIGHTS AND YOU CHOSE TO BE HERE AND THAT'S THAT MEANS A LOT AND THAT WAS BIG OF YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO BLOOMINGTON AND NOW GO FORTH
AND AND DO GOOD FOR US. THANK YOU AGAIN. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE BLOOMINGTON STAFF WHO DOES JUST AN OUTSTANDING JOB PULLING THIS ALL TOGETHER.
JACKIE AND ERIC ONCE YOU STAND UP AND WAVE IF YOU COULD PLEASE LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WHAT IS THIS? I THINK THIS WAS OUR EIGHTH YEAR OF EIGHTH YEAR
OF BLOOMINGTON, THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND IF YOU DO DO THE MATH EIGHT TIMES 15, 20, WHATEVER IT IS. SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD NUMBER 140 PLUS I THINK GRADUATES OF OUR
PROGRAM NOW WHO ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY DOING DOING GOOD THINGS AND SO I THINK OF ALL THAT WE DO WITH SO MUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND IT'S CERTAINLY
MONEY WELL SPENT AND I JUST I LOVE THE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE SEE. SO WELL DONE TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR FOR BEING PART OF THIS. ON TO OUR CONSENT BUSINESS
COUNCIL ITEM THREE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS THIS EVENING . COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN THANK YOU, MAYOR AND JUST DO ONE LAST CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO HOLD.
HAVE YOU GOT SOMETHING? OKAY. YOU CAN GO HOME AND ENJOY THE BALLGAME. MAYOR I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AT THE END OF THE MEETING
I'LL BRING UP 3.9 WHICH IS THE THE HOME VISITING AND THEN 315 THE LOCAL APPROVAL OF SPECIAL STATE LEGISLATION FROM THE ONE GOLF COURSE. WITH THAT BEING SAID I'LL GO
AHEAD MOVE 3.1 THROUGH 316 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWE AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING?
NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANKS SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. MOVING ON TO OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THREE
PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. ITEM 4.1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ORDINANCE AMENDING EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY MELISSA AMANDA SHINE GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT.
I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK A MIRROR WHO'S OUR COMPLIANCE MANAGER TO MAKE HIS WAY UP TO THE PODIUM. I BELIEVE HE HAS THE PRESENTATION. WE'RE ROLLING IN A NEW PRODUCTION METHOD
OF PRESENTING SO BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME DOING IT THIS WAY. SO OKAY, WHILE AMIR IS GETTING THAT BOOTED UP AS A POWERPOINT
WAS IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL SO I CAN GET STARTED ON THE HISTORY EARN SICK AND SAVE TIME AS YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER
WE TOOK ACTION ON IT A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES HERE AT THE CITY EAST. HE IS HOW WE CALL IT NOW. WHEN HE FIRST ADOPTED THE ORDINANCE WE CALLED IT ESL
EARNED SICK AND SAFE LEAVE AND BLOOMINGTON AT FIRST ADOPTED ITS ORDINANCE AND TWO 2022 IT HAD A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE
OF JULY FIRST 2023 IF YOU IF YOU RECALL WE HAD A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH AND YOU ALL ALSO WANTED A DELAYED COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT
. THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT MADE TO THE ORDINANCE AND 2023 THE COUNCIL ACTED ON THAT AND PASSED IT UNANIMOUSLY.
THIS WAS DID A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS IT AMENDED EARNED SICK AND SAVE TIME OR BECAME EARN SICK AND SAFE LEAVE BECAME EARN SICK AND SAVE TIME TO MATCH WHAT THE
STATE WAS CALLING IT AND THEN WE DID A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL TWEAKS OUR STAFF WERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY MAKING LOTS AND LOTS OF VISITS, HUNDREDS OF VISITS. THEY DID A TRAINING AT THE
MALL OF AMERICA. WE MAILED OUT LETTERS TO BLOOMINGTON BUSINESSES PROVIDING INFORMATION. WE DEVELOPED A PROCESS TO HANDLE VIOLATIONS.
WE ALSO DEVELOPED POSTERS AND RULES AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WERE PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN THE STATE TOOK ACTION. THE STATE LEGISLATURE ADOPTED
A STATEWIDE SICK AND SAVE TIME. THAT WAS IN MAY OF 2023 AND IT TOO HAD AN EFFECTIVE A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 2024
A MERE MONTHS BEFORE. SO THE CITY NEEDED TO TAKE ACTION AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 WE AMENDED OUR CITY
CODE TO ALIGN WITH STATE LAW AND THEN THE STATE LAW WENT INTO FULL EFFECT IN 2024 AND THEN IT AMENDED IT A COUPLE
MORE TIMES. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING OUR BEST TO RESPOND TO THE THE CHANGING SITUATION AND WE STILL HAVE OUR LOCAL CODE ON THE BOOKS.
OVERWHELMINGLY THE PRIMARY PURPOSE HAS BEEN FULFILLED BY THE STATE LAW. THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FEW MINOR CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE WE HAVE SEEN THE
COMPLAINTS DRAMATICALLY DECREASE SINCE THE STATES EARNED SICK AND SAVE TIME WENT INTO EFFECT I COLLECTED THE DATA ARE ACTUALLY A MIRROR
COLLECTED THE DATA AND IN 2024 WE HAD 15 COMPLAINTS. IN 2025 WE HAD 12 AND SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE ONLY HAD THREE. SO WE'VE SEEN REALLY GREAT
RESPONSES IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH REGARD TO COMPLIANCE. SO AGAIN THIS IS SERVING BOTH EMPLOYERS AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES . THE STATE CONTINUES TO CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS AND IF WE
KEEP OUR LOCAL ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS WE WILL NEED TO BRING BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU ALL TO MAKE IT REALIGN OUR RECOMMENDATION IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT WOULD BE TO WAIT UNTIL
THE LEGISLATURE FINISHES THIS YEAR IN CASE IT DECIDES TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL ACTION ON THIS AREA OF THE LAW. OUR BLOOMINGTON LOCAL CODE IS NOT SUPERIOR TO THE STATE LAW
IN THIS WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT THIS DUAL SYSTEM IS POTENTIALLY CREATING BURDENS FOR OUR EMPLOYERS AND AND POTENTIALLY CREATING CONFUSION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHILE THEY'RE TRYING TO TRACK TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF COMPLIANCE
REQUIREMENTS. WE ALSO HAVE TO WORK TO NAVIGATE THESE OVERLAPPING RULES WHEN THEY'RE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR BUT MINOR INCREMENTAL DIFFERENCES
. SO WITH THAT AMERICA, WHAT IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD. THE ONE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION IS AFTER THE STATE
ADOPTED ITS ORDINANCE, CITY OF DULUTH REPEALED ITS LOCAL EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME ORDINANCE. SO IF YOU ALL MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT WITH A STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF REMOVING OUR
CITY CODE ORDINANCE, IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF DULUTH AS WELL. LAST SLIDE.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE WE HEAD INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING REMEMBERING THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANY QUESTIONS CLARIFICATIONS COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN OR JUST ASK A REAL BRIEF
ONE. SO IF WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING AFTER WE DO THIS REPEAL TO TO MODIFY IT A LITTLE BIT, IS THAT STILL
POSSIBLE AS MENTIONED MAYOR MEMBERS WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION TO BE IS COULD YOU TAKE ACTION TO REPEAL THE EARN SICK AND SAVE TIME ON THE BOOKS TONIGHT AND THEN TAKE
ACTION TO PUT SOMETHING ELSE IN THE CODE RELATED TO EARN SICK AND SAVE TIME? ABSOLUTELY. YOU COULD DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. RIGHT NOW JUST TO BE CLEAR
THOUGH THAT THE THE ORDINANCE THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET FOR ACTION TONIGHT IS A COMPLETE DELETE ALL OF THE SECTION ON EARN SICK AND SAVE TIME OTHER QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL COUNCIL
MEMBER DALLESSANDRO MAYBE PIGGYBACKING ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MR. MAYOR IF IF THERE ARE CHANGES AT THE STATE IN THE
FUTURE DO WE HAMSTRING OURSELVES BY A COMPLETE DELETION VERSUS A LIKE BUT FOR TYPE SITUATION WHERE YOU KNOW IT WOULD STAY AVAILABLE BUT NOT ENFORCEABLE UNLESS
SOMETHING WERE TO CHANGE AND REQUIRE IT TO BE LIKE IS THERE AN OPTION IN THAT REGARD ONLY BECAUSE THE VOLATILITY OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS IS REAL AND YOU KNOW WE WE DON'T
NECESSARILY STILL WANT THIS PROGRAM TO BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO. I AGREE IN SPIRIT WITH THE CONCEPT HERE. NO PROBLEM. THERE AT ALL. I JUST WONDERED IF LIKE A COMPLETE DELETION IS THE RIGHT
ANSWER HERE AS OPPOSED TO A STAND DOWN TYPE SITUATION AS MANAGEMENT. MAYOR MEMBERS I'M GOING TO DEFER TO AMIR ON THIS QUESTION. HE'S ON NATIONAL OUR STATEWIDE CALLS ALL THE TIME ON THE
TOPIC YEAH COMES FROM BILL SANDRA CITY COUNCIL AND IN THIS SITUATION IF LET'S JUST GIVE THE EXAMPLE OF THE STATE REPEALING THEIR URNS
THEY CAN SAVE TIME WHICH IS NOT EXPECTED TO HAPPEN I THINK JUST STARTING A NEW ONE WHICH WOULD MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE PARTS THAT THE OLD STATE
ONE HAS JUST AN EXAMPLE FOR INSTANCE LIKE BEREAVEMENT BEREAVEMENT IS NOT IN OUR URNS THEY CAN SAVE TIME ORDINANCE IS IN THE STATE ONE IF THE
STATE ONE GOT RID OF IT WE WOULD PROBABLY JUST START A NEW ONE AND WE'D PROBABLY ADD IN THINGS LIKE THAT AND MAKE OUR OWN CHANGES. BUT I THINK AT THAT TIME YOU COULD ALSO SEE WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG PUSH TO ME TO RESURRECT THIS ORDINANCE EXACTLY THE WAY WE WANTED IT .
OKAY. I I MEAN I APPRECIATE THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE. I DON'T NECESSARILY SHARE THAT CONFIDENCE.
SO I IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COUNCIL IS SO I'LL DEFER TO COMMENT TIME WHEN WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AFTER THE FACT MAKES ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS COUNCIL ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING SO THANK YOU MUCH. DON'T GO FAR. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 AND AS A QUICK PRIMER FOR WHAT WE
DO IN OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, EVERYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IS ABLE TO SPEAK. YOU WILL HAVE NO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOUR FIVE MINUTES BY THE SHOT CLOCK ON THE WALL AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF FIVE MINUTES I WILL CUT YOU
OFF BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEAK. WHAT I WILL ASK IS IF YOU AS YOU COME UP IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THEN AS YOU FINISH UP JUST
KIND OF GRAB THE CLIPBOARD AS YOU STEP TO THE SIDE WHILE THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES UP AND JUST SIGN IN AS WELL. AND IF YOU ASK ANY QUESTIONS WHAT WE'LL DO IS COLLECT ALL THE QUESTIONS AND THEN ANSWER THEM AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING RATHER THAN TRYING TO
ANSWER THEM OFF THE CUFF AS YOU HAVE THE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED. SO IF ALL OF THAT IS CLEAR I WILL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.1 ORDINANCE AMENDING EARNED SECOND SAVE TIME.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING ? THIS RATE DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT MARRIED DO NOT HAVE
ANYONE ONLINE LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL NO ONE IN THE CHAMBER IS COMING FORWARD. NO ONE ON THE PHONE TO SPEAK. I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN IN 4.1 MOTION BY COUNCIL
MEMBER DANIEL ROBINSON I WAS GOING TO CALL YOU DANIELSON AND I KNEW THAT WASN'T RIGHT. ROBERTSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON
THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING SO COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THOSE THOUGHTS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN JUST BRIEFLY MAYOR, I KNOW I'VE
ALWAYS HAD A CONCERN I TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN WE PASSED OUR ORIGINAL ORDINANCE FOR THIS AS HAVING REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE
FOLKS TO MEET THE STANDARD WITHOUT HAVING INSURANCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR ME BUT I'M NOT LOOKING TO FIX THAT PROBLEM TONIGHT. I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN MAYBE LOOK TO TO HAVE SOME LEGISLATION KIND OF TYPE CHANGE.
WE CAN HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT BUT I WILL SUPPORT THIS CHANGE TODAY. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE'S FOLLOWING ME. I'M TRYING TO BE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE SO WE KEEP IT MOVING HERE TONIGHT AND COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANKS MAYOR. I SUPPORT THIS. I HAVE ASKED FOR IT IN THE PAST. I APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, YOU SAID YOU HAD QUESTIONS REGARDING. WELL, NO, IT'S JUST A COMMENTARY. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT I AGREE CONCEPTUALLY WITH THE WITH THE WHOLE THING. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME. I JUST DON'T LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE TO START AT THE
VERY BEGINNING IF IF YOU KNOW THINGS WERE TO CHANGE AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT COULD HAPPEN 510 YEARS FROM NOW AND NONE OF US COULD BE HERE AND IT COULD BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COUNCIL AND THEY MAY NOT BE INTERESTED
IN IT AND THEN OUR PROTECTIONS AREN'T THERE AND SO THAT'S THE RISK WE TAKE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I JUST I APPRECIATE AMIR'S CONFIDENCE IN THAT BUT I DON'T
SHARE THAT RIGHT AND AND SO IF WE BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT, IT FEELS IT FEELS COMFORTABLE TO ME TO HAVE SOME KIND OF BUT FOR IN HERE ALL THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE
DUPLICATION OF EFFORT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT AND I DON'T WANT US TO BE DOING DUPLICATIVE WORK AND I WANT US TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE THE COMMENT I POSE IN FRONT
OF COUNCIL LIKE IS THERE A REASON THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE SOMETHING IN HERE THAT SAYS IF IN FACT THIS WOULD HAPPEN THEN THIS CAN BE RETROACTIVELY EFFECTIVE BY CONSENT OR I DON'T KNOW LIKE WHY WOULDN'T
WE DO THAT AND IF THERE'S NO HARM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER I GUESS AND I'M OPEN EITHER WAY. >> JULIE THANKS MISS MANDATORY THOUGHTS ON THAT MAYOR MEMBERS
I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN DELETE IT AND THEN RESUSCITATE IT IN THE EVENT OF A SUBSEQUENT LAW CHANGE. THE OTHER THING I'LL OFFER AND PERHAPS CONSOLATION IS THAT
THIS IS A VERY DYNAMIC SPACE IN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. WE HAVE PAID FAMILY LEAVE ALSO IN MINNESOTA AND SO WE HAD TO
INTERNALLY SQUARE THOSE TWO. WE ALSO HAVE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED FMLA AND SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER AND SO ANYTHING THAT WOULD COME ONLINE IN THE
FUTURE WOULD HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY TO ACCOMMODATE THESE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN PLACE. AND SO I SUSPECT THAT THERE WOULD BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF EDITING NECESSARY UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCE IN THE FUTURE. THAT WOULD BE MY MY GUESS WITH REGARD TO A CONTINGENCY IN THE ORDINANCE, THAT'S THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M FAMILIAR WITH AS AN APPROACH THAT THAT'S A FAIR
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION I GET WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. YOU'RE SAYING IF I CAN INTERPRET IT CORRECTLY YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING NBER ONE NOT NECESSARILY A MECHANISM AVAILABLE TODAY THAT DOES THAT
WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF FINAGLING. AND NUMBER TWO, IF IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN ENOUGH WOULD PROBABLY HAVE CHANGED THAT IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT REWRITE ANYWAY TO THE POINT WHERE YOU
MIGHT AS WELL START FROM SCRATCH AND DO YOUR THING. IS THAT HOW I'M INTERPRETING YOUR COMMENTARY CORRECTLY? >> I MAY REMEMBER THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ARE OTHER THOUGHTS COUNCIL I
MEAN FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SAID, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST AND IT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE FROM REMOVING AN EXTRA BURDEN FROM OUR EMPLOYERS
IN TOWN AND ALSO TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS IN ANY WAY. WE WE DON'T NECESSARILY SUPERSEDE STATE LAW IN THIS ANYWAY SO WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST MAKE THAT THE RULES WE'RE
FOLLOWING AND IF WE ARE IN WORST CASE SCENARIO MODE AND SOMETHING BAD DOES HAPPEN WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO TRY AND RESURRECT THIS IF NEED BE.
SO ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS ? IF NOT COUNCIL I WOULD I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON THEN 4.1
COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT MAYOR I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 23 RELATING TO EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
TO AMEND I ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AND AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 23 RELATED TO EARN SICK AND SAVE TIME ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE
SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN MARILYN MOVE RESOLUTION DIRECTING SOME REPUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION
ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU MUCH MISS MANAGER THANKS MUCH AMIR FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
I THINK THAT THIS BRINGS SO WELL DONE WHEN I MOVE ON ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING AND THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE HEARING REGARDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING ORDINANCE.
MR. CASSIDY GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. YEAH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I MAY JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK SLIDES HERE SO AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, BACK IN MARCH MARCH 23RD WE ADOPTED AN
ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHED FIVE NEW HOUSING TYPES IN THE CITY. SO THREE FAMILY DWELLINGS, FOURPLEX DETACHED TOWNHOUSES, MULTIPLEXES AND COTTAGE COURTS. AND SO THAT ORDINANCE
ADDRESSED CHANGES WITHIN THE ZONING CODE IN CHAPTER 21. BUT OF COURSE WHEN YOU INTRODUCE NEW HOUSING TYPES HE KIND OF FIND OTHER THINGS ELSEWHERE IN THE CODE THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED AND JUST GIVEN THE KIND OF LENGTH AND
COMPLEXITY OF THAT ORIGINAL ORDINANCE STAFF WANTED TO SEPARATE OUT ALL THE OTHER CHAPTERS THAT WEREN'T THE ZONING CODE IN A SEPARATE ORDINANCE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCES TODAY
IS TO ADD THESE FIVE NEW HOUSING TYPES INTO OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE OR REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS ADD THEM INTO OUR RENTAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.
SO JUST FOR THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE THIS WOULD ONLY APPLY WHEN A MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONTAINS 20 OR MORE UNITS. STAFF DO NOT ANTICIPATE MANY PROJECTS TO GO OVER THAT 20
UNIT THRESHOLD BUT IN THE CASES THAT THEY DO WE JUST WANTED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE TREAT LARGER DEVELOPMENTS OR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE 20 OR MORE UNITS TO HAVE THAT AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT JUST
TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SOME AFFORDABILITY ACROSS DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES. AND I CAN I HAVE IT ON THIS SLIDE AND TRY TO REITERATE IN THE STAFF REPORT WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY POLICIES OR INCENTIVES WITH THIS ORDINANCE
JUST SIMPLY ADDING THE NEW HOUSING TYPES INTO THE EXISTING STANDARDS SIMILAR TO RENTAL LICENSING SO MIDDLE HOUSING UNITS COULD EITHER BE OWNER OCCUPIED OR RENTAL UNITS
IN THE CASES WHEN THEY ARE RENTAL WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING OUR RENTAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND FEES. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF FINDING ALL OF THOSE PLACES TO ADD THOSE NEW HOUSING TYPES AND
AGAIN NOT CHANGING ANY RENTAL LICENSE LICENSING POLICIES JUST SIMPLY ADDING THE NEW HOUSING TYPES INTO THOSE EXISTING STANDARDS. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE
OTHERWISE OUR KIND OF RECOMMENDED MOTION THERE IN SUMMARY PUBLICATION AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL QUESTIONS I THINK I QUESTION I MEAN TO ME THIS
SOUNDS LIKE AFTER WE PASSED THE BROADER ORDINANCE AND THIS GOES BACK AND JUST CLARIFY SOME THINGS CROSSES TEASED OUT SOME IDEAS AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. MAYOR YEP.
JUST DOING THAT MAKING SURE THERE'S ALIGNMENT ACROSS DIFFERENT CHAPTERS OF CODE DOTTING ALL THOSE I'S, CROSSING ALL THE T'S AND THIS REFLECTS WHAT WE PASSED BACK IN MARCH. YEP, THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. ALL THE DEFINITIONS THAT WERE
PASSED IN THAT MARCH 23RD ORDINANCE ARE THE SAME SO IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THOSE ARE REFLECTED IN THESE CHAPTERS AS WELL AND NO CONFLICTS EXIST THERE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I HAD ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM
WHICH WAS THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PLACES IN THIS AREA THAT WE USE SOME ACRONYMS AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WERE DEFINED IN THE IN THE
LARGER LIKE SECTION NINE TYPE SITUATION OR WHATEVER IT WAS SO THAT WE DIDN'T WE WEREN'T USING ACRONYMS THAT HADN'T BEEN DEFINED IN THE ORDINANCE AND JUST DOUBLE CHECKING THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE.
OH SURE. MAYOR COUNCILMAN RATHER SANDRA ARE YOU MEANING JUST LIKE THE H OH VERSUS THERE WAS NO AND THEN THERE WAS AMI AND THEN THERE WAS A COUPLE OTHER ONES ,RIGHT? SO LIKE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WERE DEFINED
IN THE ORDINANCE SECTION NINE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ACRONYMS LAYING AROUND SOMEWHERE WITHOUT DEFINITIONS ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS WERE IN THE REQUESTED CONTENT. >> YEAH. OH YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER
DALLESSANDRO YEAH. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO YES I BELIEVE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE OR EACH OR IN THE DEFINITIONS THE REASON YOU DON'T SEE THEM HERE IS BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT CHANGING THEM AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF SENDING IT TO AMERICAN LEGAL PUBLISHING WHO KIND OF THEN UPDATES THIS ON WHEN ORDINANCES ARE ADOPTED IT'S MORE JUST TO REDUCE THE LENGTH
OF THAT BUT THOSE ARE IN THE DEFINITIONS AND GREAT YEAH I JUST WANTED TO CHECK BECAUSE IN THE IN THE LANGUAGE WE WERE ADDING SOME DEFINITIONS IN THE DEFINITION 9.04 AND THEY WEREN'T ALL LISTED SO THAT'S
TOTALLY GREAT. GOOD WITH IT. I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE SHOW BRINGING 20 OR MORE UNITS OF THESE TYPES HERE SUCH THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE
THEM? I DIDN'T I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED NOT THAT IS A BAD IDEA. I JUST WAS SURPRISED BY THEM BEING INCLUDED HERE IN HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE LARGELY INTENDED TO BE SINGLE FAMILY OR LIKE RESIDENCE SHALL ARE
ONE UNITS NOT MULTIFAMILY UNITS I GET THE DISTINCTION BUT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR ALL YOU HAVE TO BRING 20 OR MORE. SO CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME LIKE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHY THEY
WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD IS VERY VERY LOW? YEAH. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT'S A GOOD CLARIFICATION. SO YEAH THE THOUGHTS STAFF HAD
WAS JUST IN THE RARE CASE THAT YOU MAYBE HAVE A LARGER REDEVELOPMENT OR MAYBE IT'S A DEVELOPMENT OF LIKE MULTIPLE FOURPLEX OR MULTIPLE TRIPLEXES THAT THE TOTAL OF THAT DEVELOPMENT BECOME 20 OR MORE
UNITS. IT WOULD THEN HAVE TO KIND OF MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND I THINK THAT'S HOW IT'S SET UP ON LIKE CURRENT SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS LIKE JUST BECAUSE
THERE'S YOU KNOW, SO MUCH LIMITED DEVELOPABLE LAND IN BLOOMINGTON, YOU KNOW, JUST THE ODDS OF HAVING A DEVELOPMENT WITH 20 OR MORE UNITS IS VERY LOW. BUT IN THAT YOU KNOW, 1 TO 5%
CHANCE WHEN IT HAPPENS WE JUST FELT WE WANTED TO JUST BE CLEAR AND KIND OF CONSISTENT IN THERE THAT REGARDLESS OF THE HOUSING TYPE OF THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF THAT IS
BEING CONSTRUCTED HAS 20 OR MORE UNITS THAT THAT WHOLE REQUIREMENT COMES INTO PLAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT BUT I, I CAN SEE THE LOGIC.
>> THANKS. I'LL SPARE MY NELSON THANK MAN. ALONG THE SAME VEIN, I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN BLOOMINGTON BUT WHY NOT INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY IF THEY
BUILD 20 OR MORE IN E SAME DEVELOPMENT? YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT SHOULD BE THE CASE ALREADY AND NO OH OH AND YEAH
WHERE IT GETS WHERE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT AS IF IT'S LIKE OWNER OCCUPIED THEN IT HAS A DIFFERENT AREA MEDIAN INCOME THRESHOLD THAT'S CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE BUT IT
DOES THOUGH CURRENT STANDARDS DO ALREADY REFERENCE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS AND IF THEY DID HAVE 20 OR MORE UNITS THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH SOME KIND OF WHOLE INCENTIVE OR STANDARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. CARSON. THEY DON'T GO FAR. THANK YOU. I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR
THE SUPPLEMENTAL OR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING ORDINANCE THAT WE ADOPTED THE SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE ADOPTION THAT WE DID BACK IN MARCH AND NOW WE'RE JUST SUPPLEMENTING THAT ORDINANCE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING
SAME RULES AS APPLIED AS APPLIED TO AN IN 4.1. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE CHAMBER WHO'S LOOKING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING PLEASE?
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRIAN SAVING I DIDN'T PLAN TO SPEAK TONIGHT BUT AS LONG AS IT'S COMING UP THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE HOUSING IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS AND POSSIBLY BEYOND THE SCOPE OF TONIGHT TO ASK QUESTION ABOUT A RESCUE ANYWAY, I LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN A SINGLE FAMILY
NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD IF SOMEONE COULD SUMMARIZE WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES THAT A NEIGHBOR COULD WITHOUT MY
CONSENT CHANGE THEIR HOUSE FOR 2 OR 3 FAMILY HOME OR BUILD THREE HOUSES ON THAT LOT OR YOU KNOW ANY OF THE ABOVE
BECAUSE I'M CLEAR I'M TOTALLY UNCLEAR ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE IMPACT OF ALL OF THESE CHANGES ARE AND THEN WE CHANGED MINIMUM PROPERTY SIZE DOWNS
WITH I THINK THE UNSTATED GOAL OF BEING ABLE TO TO INCREASE HOUSING DENSITY. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL IMPACT IS ON
PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE BEEN HERE 50 YEARS OR MORE. THANK YOU. WHAT I WHAT I MIGHT SUGGEST. MR. SOUTHWICK BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A SHORT ANSWER BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS ASK MR. CASSIDY TO PERHAPS STEP OUT INTO THE HALL AND ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. IT'S A BIT FAR OFF FAR AFIELD BUT I THINK WE COULD I THINK FOR FOR A DECODER TO EXPLAIN THINGS TO YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER IS PROBABLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING THIS.
OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. OTHERS IN THE CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK MISSOURI. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE PHONE? MAYOR THERE ARE NO CALLERS ON
LINE. LAST TIME FOR ANYBODY TO SPEAK HERE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS, NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 OR LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE
THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.2 SOME MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AN ITEM 4.2 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.
I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ANYTHING MORE THAT YOU NEED ON THIS COUNCIL AS I SAID AND AS MR. CASSIDY KIND OF EXPLAINED I MEAN THIS IS CLEANING UP
WHAT WE DID ON MARCH 23RD AND THE WHOLE CROSS CITY DATA I KIND OF THING IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED CLARIFICATION ON? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON NOT REALLY. CLARIFICATION IS APPROPRIATE TO MAKE A COMMENT. PLEASE DO. YES.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR THE WORK ON THIS. I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THIS. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ASK AS WE GO FORWARD IS IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE MIGHT TIP THE INCENTIVES
TOWARDS OWNER OCCUPIED BECAUSE THESE ARE PRIME PROPERTIES FOR YOUNGER FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO BUY THEIR FIRST HOME. THESE ARE GREAT HOUSES FOR
SENIORS THAT WANT TO STAY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AND NOT MOVE INTO A LARGE, YOU KNOW, SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND BUT MAYBE DON'T WANT TO STAY IN THE TWO FAMILY OR THE TWO
STOREY HOUSE AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT NOW AT THE FAMILY ISN'T THERE SO GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH OF THOSE GROUPS TO HAVE OWNER OCCUPIED SITUATIONS I'D LOVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE
BALANCE THAT AS OPPOSED TO SOMEONE COMING IN AND BUILDING 20 TOWNHOMES AND RENTING THEM ALL OUT AND AND HAVING THAT SORT OF THING. SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT I'D LIKE TO JUST PUT THAT ON THE RADAR
GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THESE ARE PRIME WHAT WE CAN DO. AND THEN I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR NOT PUTTING A MORATORIUM ON BUILDING HOUSING THAT WE'RE DESPERATELY NEED IN THIS REGION.
WELL SAID COUNCILMEMBER. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. >> COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A SIMILAR COMMENT. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON BEEN FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF LIKE
CONDO DEVELOPMENT FOR YEARS AND YEARS, BEEN PUBLICLY STATING ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG TIME. MY FIRST HOME WAS A CONDO AND EVERYBODY I KNOW FIRST HOME WAS A CONDO IN THAT REGARD
BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE WHERE YOU GET INTO THESE THINGS. THE FACT THAT WE CANNOT GET THEM IN THIS CITY DRIVES ME CRAZY. I KNOW IT'S STATE LEGISLATURE PROBLEMS AND BUT WE DON'T PUT IT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA EITHER. SO I'D LIKE US TO THROW IN MY
EXTRA COMMENT HERE CAN WE PLEASE RAISE THAT TO THE LEVEL OF GETTING IT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES BECAUSE WE DON'T TODAY AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT SO WOULD LOVE TO BE I'D LOVE TO FIGHT WITH
OUR STATE LEADERSHIP ON THAT. I REALLY WOULD TAKE ME TO THE HOUSE HONESTLY. SO NO BUT NO OTHER COMMENTS OTHER THAN TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF TO I THINK THESE ARE GREAT CHOICES FOR PEOPLE AND I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM DONE. I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT OPEN QUESTION THAT MIGHT COME UP AS WE STUDY THIS MORE IS YOU KNOW DO IF YOU BUILD 20 TRIPLEXES
OR SORRY SEVEN TRIPLEXES EACH OF WHICH HAVE THREE SO YOU HAVE 21 UNITS TOTAL IS THAT HALF DOES IT FALL UNDER HOA REQUIREMENTS OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IF IT IF WE CAN AVOID THAT THAT WOULD ALSO
BE GREAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE HAVE IS WITH HOA IS RIGHT NOW IN CONDOS RIGHT? SO YOU KNOW JUST BEING CREATIVE AND LIKE HOW DO WE AS POLICY MAKERS HELP INCENTIVIZE GETTING AROUND SOME OF THOSE
REAL CHALLENGED AREAS WOULD BE SOMETHING I THINK IT WOULD BE FUN FOR US TO TO TO LOOK AT AS A FEW FEATURE ITEM. AND WITH THAT IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THE MOTION. ANYBODY ELSE?
COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO ALL RIGHT, THANKS MR. MAYOR. SO I AM MOVING TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ADDING THREE FAMILY DWELLING FOURPLEX DWELLINGS, DETACHED TOWNHOME DWELLINGS, COTTAGE COURT DWELLINGS AND
MULTIPLEX DWELLING TO THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE AND RENTAL LICENSING STANDARDS THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 914 AND APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE. >> SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO
SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO ADOPT ITEM 4.2 AS STATED IN THE MOTION NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCILMEMBER DELLA SANDRO I MOVED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ADOPTED ORDINANCE THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTERS 914 IN APPENDIX A
OF THE CITY CODE. >> SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION ON IT AND 4.2 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY
SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS MS. CARES AND IN CLEANING THIS ALL UP I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN THIS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN
AS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SAID CONTINUE TO BE LEADERS IN THIS AND CONTINUE TO SHOW OTHER CITIES THAT THIS CAN BE DONE VERY EFFECTIVELY IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO DO IT, IT CAN BE I THINK IT'S AN IN 4.3 AND OUR
AGENDA IS OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO LICENSE PERMIT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FEES. MR. BRILLANT OUR DEPUTY CITY
CLERK IS HERE. GOOD EVENING SIR AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER. WE HAVE A ROUTINE ITEM HERE AMENDING THE APPENDIX A FEE
SCHEDULE CHAPTER CITY CODE CHAPTERS INVOLVED LISTED HERE IN THE PAST THESE FEE SCHEDULE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE PERHAPS EVERY YEAR OR
EVERY OTHER YEAR WE'VE HAVEN'T DONE ONE SINCE 2023 AND SOME FEES HAVE NOT BEEN ADJUSTED SINCE EVEN PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A KIND
OF ACROSS THE BOARD ADJUSTMENT TO MOST LICENSED BUSINESS LICENSING FEES AROUND 6% REFLECTING THE INCREASED COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION AND CARRYING OUT INSPECTIONS.
RENTAL LICENSE FEES ARE NOT PART OF THIS AMENDMENT HERE BECAUSE THOSE WHICH SAW SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN LATE 2020 FOR SOME NOTABLE CHANGES
WHERE FEES ARE INCREASING FAR ABOVE THAT 6% LEVEL OFF SALE LIQUOR LOOKING AT AN INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT $200 FEE TO
$380 AS PERMITTED BY STATE STATUTE TOBACCO PRODUCT SALES INCREASING FROM $180 TO $350 GAS STATION GAS STATION
LICENSE FEE INCREASING FROM $57 TO $300 AND I'LL SHARE SOME SOME DATA ON SURROUNDING CITIES AND THOSE TWO AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE. WE DID MAILED NOTICES TO THE
HOLDERS OF OFF SALE LIQUOR AND TOBACCO LICENSES. SO CONSIDERATIONS AGAIN THE COSTS OF CONDUCTING INSPECTION FEES AND FOR TOBACCO AND LIQUOR LICENSES CAN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CONDUCTING THE AGE VERIFICATION COMPLIANCE CHECKS SO ON THOSE ON THOSE TWO I'VE GOT SOME SURROUNDING CITY DATA. SO LOOKING AT THE TOBACCO LICENSE FEES, WE'VE GOT
BLOOMINGTON'S CURRENT FEE THERE ON THE FAR LEFT TEN COMPARISON CITIES AN AVERAGE AND THEN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AT $350 FOR THE TOBACCO LICENSE, A GAS STATION LICENSE
FEE SIMILAR STORY BLOOMINGTON'S CURRENT FEE IS THERE THE LOWEST ON THE FAR LEFT TEN COMPARISON CITIES AND THEN AN AVERAGE AND WE'RE
PROPOSING TO SET THAT FEE AT $300 RIGHT AROUND THE AVERAGE . WE'RE ALSO ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS AMENDMENT ARE BUILDING AND INSPECTION FEES. I DO WANT TO MENTION THE THE
NEXT TWO ITEMS THE BUILDING AND INSPECTION FEES AND THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FEES WERE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL AS A STUDY ITEM IN LATE FEBRUARY I BELIEVE. SO SOME OF THIS YOU'VE HEARD
BEFORE ON THESE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. SO REAL QUICK SO THE LAST OF THE LAST AMENDMENT TO THE BUILDING INSPECTION FEES WERE IN 2017. CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO AN INCREASE IN THE BASE FEES AND
TO THE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES THAT ARE VALUATION BASED. AND AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING AT INFLATION AND INCREASED OPERATING COSTS PRIMARILY
EMPLOYEE WAGES, VEHICLE FUEL AND MAINTENANCE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT. ALL OF THESE FACTORS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY RAISED THE COST OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES PROMOTE FAIR AND SUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERY BY MAKING
SURE THAT THOSE INCREASED COSTS FALL ON THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE SERVICES IN THIS CASE SUCH AS CONTRACTORS AND PERMIT APPLICANTS RATHER THAN TAXPAYERS.
I DO HAVE AN EXTENT I DO HAVE A SLIDE ON THE FULL CHART BUT ABSENT THAT BUILDING OFFICIAL DID PROVIDE THIS SLIDE JUST WITH EXAMPLES OF THE PERMIT FEE IMPACT. SO ON A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY
HOME LOOKING AT A PERMIT FEE DIFFERENCE OF $80 OR ABOUT 3% ON A I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A TYPICAL COMMERCIAL BUILDING BUT ON A $15 MILLION
COMMERCIAL BUILD OUT A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT $100 IN THE BUILDING PERMIT FEE. CHAPTER 20 ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL AS A STUDY ITEM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND THEY LOOKED AT BOTH THE COST OF SERVICE DELIVERY AND AND
PIERCE WHAT PEER CITIES ARE CHARGING CAME UP WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE DO HAVE PLANNING MANAGER NICK JOHNSON ON THE CALL AS WELL. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THOSE FEES AND THEN A AFTER CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING WE'VE GOT SOME RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR YOU. THANK YOU MR. BRILLIANT.
LOTS QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN YES. SO THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I SEE IN YOUR STAFF REPORT HERE THAT YOU'VE GOT THESE REVISIONS ARE INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT LICENSES, PERMITS AND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FEES REMAIN FAIR, REASONABLE
AND PROPORTIONATE TO THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES. AND SO WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY OVER THE PRESENTATION WAS THIS IDEA THAT INFLATION WAS LOOKED AT COMPARISONS TO
OTHER PEER CITIES WERE LOOKED AT AND THEN JUST THE COST OF THE GENERAL SERVICES IS IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CORRECT? YES. I MEAN FOR FOR MOST OF THESE SERVICES I MEAN THE BIGGEST COST IS LABOR.
THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT FOR ME AND THE QUESTIONS COUNSEL NO HANDS GOING UP.
THANK YOU MR. BRILL IT WE'LL SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.3. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO
LICENSE PERMIT AND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FEES. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING IS
RAISED OR ANYONE ON THE LINE? MAYOR WE HAVE NO ONE ON LINE. LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL. NO ONE COMING FORWARD TO SPEAK TO THEM 4.3 AND NO ONE ON THE PHONE. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT IN 4.3 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE
SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCIL MY MY THOUGHTS ON THIS A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ON THIS FIRST OF ALL MR. BRILEY, THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND THANKS FOR THE WORK OF PUTTING THIS ALL
TOGETHER. I DO AGAIN WANT TO REPEAT AND CLARIFY WHAT COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SAID FEES AND FOR FOR THIS TYPE OF THING. THESE AREN'T MONEYMAKERS FOR THE CITY. WE'RE SIMPLY COVERING THE
COSTS THAT WE INCUR DOING IMPOSING THESE FEES IN GETTING THESE LICENSE GRANT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THE BACKGROUND OF DOING THE INSPECTIONS NECESSARY. WE'RE SIMPLY COVERING OUR COSTS ON THIS. IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? YES, MAYOR. THAT'S CORRECT.
AND I WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THIS ISN'T A THIS ISN'T A CASH GRAB. WE'RE SIMPLY COVERING THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE AS THE CITY. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE WE STAY IN LINE WITH OUR PEER CITIES
AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BASICALLY WE WE I WE'RE SURPRISINGLY LOW ON A COUPLE OF THOSE. AND SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONCE AGAIN AND I THINK WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION EVERY TIME
WE TALK ABOUT FEES OR OR CHARGES THAT SOMETIMES WE GET BEHIND WE LET IT SLIP MORE THAN THREE, FIVE, EIGHT YEARS AND THEN WE END UP WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WHEN WE'VE SEEN THESE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
SO I'D LIKE US TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP A CLOSER LOOK CLOSER WATCH ON WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF FEES, IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IN LINE WITH THE NEIGHBORS, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COVERING OUR COSTS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY
EXTRAORDINARY INCREASES BUT INCREASES THAT ARE MATCHING THE COSTS AS THEY GO AND PERHAPS NOT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES SOME WORK TO DO ALL THIS BUT CERTAINLY NOT EVERY NINE YEARS EITHER SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT BETTER
THAN THAT. SO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, JUST A QUICK NOTE ON THAT. I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY, MR. MAYOR. I IF THE IF IT TRULY IS HERE'S HOW WE COVER OUR COSTS AND THE
FORMULA SHOULD BE READILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. RIGHT? I MEAN THEY SHOULD BE PRETTY OBVIOUS TO ALL OF US WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE FORMULAS AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE LIKE MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT
OR PUT THEM ON A WEBSITE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT LIKE IT IT IT FEELS LIKE IT'S LIKE X PLUS Y TIMES SUCH AND SUCH PERCENTAGE PLUS CARRY THE ONE
EQUALS THIS IS THE NUMBER AND IF WHEN WE WENT IF IT WERE TO BE REGULARLY THEN REVIEWED IT WOULD BE REALLY EASY TO COME AND SAY GUESS WHAT IN THIS FORMULA THIS NUMBER HAS GONE UP BY 5%.
THEREFORE THIS IS THE NEW NUMBER. I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT WE DO BUT WE DON'T REALLY SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE NEED TO LIKE MAKE A BIG DEAL
OUT OF THAT AS MUCH AS TO SAY LIKE MAYBE MAYBE WE JUST DO THAT AND THEREFORE TO YOUR POINT IT BECOMES EVEN MORE ROUTINE THAT WE JUST MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS EVERY 2 OR 3 YEARS DEPENDING ON HOW THE
FORMULA CHANGES AND IT'S SOMEBODY SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY CAN SEE IF THEY NEED TO SEE IT I DON'T KNOW THAT'S ON THAT. I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT I'D BE COUNCILMEMBER I THINK AS MR. BRILEY SAID MOST OF IT IS JUST STAFF TIME AND AGAIN WE
DON'T WE'RE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. WE DON'T MAKE WE DON'T MAKE WIDGETS AND SO IT'S A MATTER OF THE STAFF TIME TO GET THE INSPECTION DONE TO GET THE PAPERWORK DONE TO GET IT FILED AND GET IT TAKEN CARE
OF BASICALLY. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CARING OF THE ONE THERE. I THINK IT'S JUST BASICALLY HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES A MEMBER OF THE STAFF TO TO GET THIS PROCESSED AND TAKEN CARE OF. BUT I AGREE.
I THINK IT'S I MEAN IF WE COULD KEEP TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IF WE WANTED TO I DON'T KNOW MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR. I THINK IT'S IT COULD BREAK DOWN. IT DEPENDS ON YOU KNOW, WHAT
LEVEL OF STAFF IS DOING IT AND HOW MANY HOURS ARE SPENDING ON IT BASICALLY AND WHAT IT TAKES. SO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU, MAYOR SO I AGREE WITH
WHAT STAN SAID AND THEN I WOULD SAY KIND OF BUILDING ON THE CONVERSATION YOU KNOW, REALLY I KNOW A LOT OF THE COST IS STAFF TIME BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF OPERATIONS THAT UNDERPIN
ALL OF THAT AND ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB AND DO IT EFFECTIVELY. AND SO I THINK IT JUST MAKES THE CASE FOR CONTINUING TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN BE EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING
RETREAT AS A COUNCIL AND SO THAT'S I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ADD AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO SO THANK YOU. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON YEAH.
THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST QUICKLY I THINK EVERYONE UP HERE KNOWS BUT FOR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT DOESN'T KNOW I'M A LICENSED BUILDING CONTRACTOR THAT'S HOW I EARN A LIVING AND I PULL BUILDING PERMITS IN THE CITY
OF BLOOMINGTON. I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE TWO POINTS TO COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO IS POINT WITH REGARDS TO BUILDINGS AND INSPECTIONS AND SOMEONE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M
WRONG BUT WE'RE REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY FILE A REPORT ITEMIZING THE FEES THAT WE TOOK IN AND THE COSTS THAT WE HAD TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE REASONABLE AND PROPORTIONATE TO THAT. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE
AVAILABLE TO ANYONE THAT WANTED IT. THAT IS ONE AREA AND THAT'S IN MINNESOTA LAW. IT'S A STATUTE THAT I MEAN IT'S WILDLY BORING BUT ALSO I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
LOOK AT IT BUT I DO KNOW FOLKS THAT LOOK AT IT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IN TERMS OF THE BUILDING PERMIT SIDE OF IT BECAUSE IT'S AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER ONES WHICH ARE FIXED FEE, IT'S A
VALUATION BASED SYSTEM AND TO BE BLUNT IN INFLATION AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS CUT BOTH WAYS THAT $435,000 HOUSE PROBABLY COST 400,000 A FEW
YEARS AGO AND SO THE FEE ALREADY WENT UP THAT LET'S JUST SAY 10% IT'S PROBABLY 9% OR WHATEVER IT IS IT ALREADY WENT UP 9% JUST BECAUSE IT'S VALUATION BASED.
AND SO YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL THAT THAT GOES BOTH WAYS ON THOSE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. BUT AGAIN I'M SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE I KNOW WE FILE THAT REPORT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
AND LET'S JUST KEEP LOOKING AT THAT AND MAYBE IF COUNCILMEMBER SANDRA WANTS TO SEE IT OR OTHERS WE CAN GET THAT TO THEM BECAUSE IT'S IT'S INTERESTING. LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE IN LINE
WITH THOSE COSTS IF WE ARE I'M TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. NO ONE IN THE INDUSTRY THAT I KNOW IS GOING TO BE SIDEWAYS ABOUT IT. SO IN BLOOMINGTON HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS BEING VERY COMPETENT IN THIS AREA.
SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT. I KNOW WE VISITED ON THIS IN THE PAST. WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE TRY TO DO IT EVERY EVERY
TWO YEARS AT LEAST WHEREVER WE ARE THE YEAR IF IT'S POSSIBLE. I KNOW IT TAKES STAFF TO DO TO LOOK AT IT BUT IF WE PUT IT ON A SCHEDULE THAT AT LEAST EVERY TWO YEARS WE VISIT THESE FEES
WILL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER AND AND THE RESIDENTS WOULD WORRY THE BUSINESSES WOULD TAKE IT A LITTLE MORE IN IN STRIDE THAN HAVING A BIG YOU KNOW, 38%
INCREASE IN SORT OF IN MY THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE BILL SO THAT I CAN SUPPORT IT. RIGHT. THANK YOU REALLY COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN MOVE THIS OR WANT ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN WELL I'LL MOVE TO ORDINANCE AMENDING A AFC CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSE PERMIT AND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FEES NOT MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER
LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE RELATED TO LICENSED PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FEES AND FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING SOME REPUBLICATION
OF THE ORDINANCE STATED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO REGARDING A SUMMARY PUBLICATION ITEM 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU MR. BRAWLEY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND JUST TO CLOSE OUT TO RESPOND TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IS COMMENT THE STAFF WORK GROUP THAT WORKED ON THESE FEES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE OF DOING THEM AT LEAST EVERY TWO YEARS AND NOT LETTING THEM GO THREE OR MORE YEARS AND WE WILL DELIVER ON THAT. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT IS THE LAST OF OUR PUBLIC
HEARINGS THIS EVENING. COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS THIS EVENING AND IN 5.1 IS OUR DISCUSSION ON CHARITABLE GAMBLING. JAMIE HANSON, OUR CITY CLERK IS BACK ONCE AGAIN THIS
EVENING TO LEAD OUR DISCUSSION ON THIS. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING , COREY
. IT'S ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT WE WILL WE WILL BE REVIEWING CHARITABLE GAMBLING IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS WELL AS IN COMPARABLE CITIES AND POTENTIAL CODE CHANGES
THAT COULD INCLUDE DIRECTING A PORTION OF GAMBLING REVENUES TO AN ANIMAL SHELTER FUND. TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT, WE WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE BASICS OF CHARITABLE GAMBLING STATE
STATUTE AUTHORIZES FRATERNAL RELIGIOUS AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS OTHER NONPROFITS TO CONDUCT LAWFUL GAMBLING. BLOOMINGTON LIMITS EACH ORGANIZATION TO FOUR LOCATIONS
WITHIN THE CITY GAMBLING CAN BE CONDUCTED AT LOCATIONS WITH CERTAIN LIQUOR LICENSES AND ORGANIZATIONS HALL WHERE IT HAS REGULAR MEETINGS OR PLACES OF WORSHIP, BLOOMINGTON LIMITS EACH LOCATION TO THREE
ORGANIZATIONS. ALLOWABLE EXPENSES ARE DEFINED AS COSTS INCURRED BY THE ORGANIZATION TO PURCHASE ANY GOOD SERVICE OR OTHER ITEM DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF LAWFUL GAMBLING. A FEW EXAMPLES ARE ACCOUNTING
SERVICES, PAYROLL EQUIPMENT, GAMBLING, PRODUCT RENT, UTILITIES AND INSURANCE. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROFIT GROSS PROFIT IS MONEY REMAINING AFTER PRIZES HAVE
BEEN ACTUALLY PAID OUT? THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT A 3% GAMBLING TAX WOULD BE CALCULATED FROM. NET PROFIT IS GROSS PROFIT LESS ALLOWED EXPENSES AND GAMBLING TAXES. THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT A 10%
CITY ADMINISTERED FUND WOULD BE CALCULATED FROM. THE TRADE AREA IS DEFINED AND STATE STATUTE OUR TRADE AREA INCLUDES MENDOTA HEIGHTS, EAGAN, BURNSVILLE, SAVAGE,
SHAKOPEE, EDEN PRAIRIE, EDINA AND RICHFIELD. LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURES ARE LEGAL CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS THE ORGANIZATION CAN MAKE EXAMPLES INCLUDE ACTIVITIES BENEFITING YOUTH
UNDER 21 PAYMENT OF GAMBLING TAXES FUNDS TO OTHER 501 SEE ORGANIZATIONS SCHOLARSHIPS REAL ESTATE TAXES, GAMBLING LICENSE AND PERMIT FEES AND REAL PROPERTY AND ASSETS. WHEN WE CALCULATE AN
ORGANIZATION'S LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURE WE ARE ONLY LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT SPENT DURING THE YEAR NOT THE AMOUNT MADE DURING THE YEAR. A LIST OF LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURES WAS ATTACHED TO
THE AGENDA ITEM IN THE PACKET . STATUTE ALLOWS THE CITY TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE STATE INCLUDING BANNING CHARITABLE GAMBLING COMPLETELY. THINGS THE CITY CAN DO ARE COLLECT AN ANNUAL PERMIT FEE
OF UP TO $100 REQUIRE A CONTRIBUTION TO A CITY ADMINISTERED FUND, COLLECT A GAMBLING TAX, REQUIRE A PERCENTAGE OF LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURES TO BE SPENT WITHIN THE TRADE AREA OR CHARGE AN INVESTIGATION FEE
OF UP TO $250. CURRENTLY OF THE SIX CATEGORIES THE CITY DOES THREE WE LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS TO FOUR AND EACH LOCATION CAN HAVE UP TO THREE ORGANIZATIONS IN IT WE
CHARGE A $250 INVESTIGATION FEE FOR THE FIRST PREMISE ONLY AND WE REQUIRE 60% OF LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURES BE SPENT WITHIN THE TRADE AREA AREA. ANY REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE CITY MUST BE APPLIED EQUALLY
TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS. EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT OTHER CITIES DO THAT ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN STATE STATUTE ARE REQUIRING A TIE TO A CITY REQUIRING GAMBLING GAMBLING OPERATIONS BE CONDUCTED FOR A
MINIMUM NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK OR PLACING A LIMIT ON THE GAMBLING MANAGER SALARY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE STATE STATUTE THAT ALLOWS CITIES TO RECEIVE FUNDS
FROM CHARITABLE GAMBLING. THE FIRST IS A LOCAL GAMBLING TAX OF NO MORE THAN 3% OF GROSS PROFITS. THESE FUNDS ARE USED TO OFFSET THE CITY'S COSTS TO REGULATE CHARITABLE GAMBLING. SHOULD A CITY COLLECT THIS
TAX, THE CITY MUST FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT DOCUMENTING THE FUNDS WERE ONLY USED FOR THE REGULATION OF CHARITABLE GAMBLING AND ANY OVERAGES MUST BE REFUNDED TO THE ORGANIZATIONS. THE SECOND IS TO DIRECT ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTRIBUTE UP
TO 10% OF THEIR NET PROFITS TO A CITY ADMINISTERED FUND. THESE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. MANY OF THESE SAME PURPOSES AS THAT LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURES ARE. IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR POLICE
,FIRE AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED SERVICES USING THE CITY ADMINISTERED FUND GUARANTEES THAT FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY SPENT IN THE CITY AND THAT THEY'RE SPENT THE YEAR THAT THEY'RE GENERATED GENERATED. NOW WE'LL LOOK AT CHARITABLE
GAMBLING IN BLOOMINGTON. FOR YOUR REFERENCE, A BREAKDOWN OF THE BLOOMINGTON ORGANIZATION'S 2025 FINANCIALS WAS ATTACHED ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA PACKET. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 11
ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING OUT OF 22 LOCATIONS GENERATING OVER $9 MILLION ANNUALLY IN THE CITY. OF THAT 1.6 MILLION WAS SPENT ON LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURES IN THE TRADE AREA.
OF THAT 1.6 MILLION 900,000 OF THOSE LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURE IS CAN BE TIED TO A BLOOMINGTON ADDRESS BASED ON THE ANNUAL REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE ORGANIZATIONS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NET
RECEIPTS FOR ALL LOCATIONS AS THE ORGANIZATION OPERATED NOT JUST BLOOMINGTON. THE ALIVENESS PROJECT AND THAT'S METRO BASEBALL LEAGUE MINNESOTA YOUTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION AND SAINT THOMAS ACADEMY HAVE LOCATIONS IN OTHER CITIES.
ORGANIZATIONS PAY BETWEEN 7 AND 42% OF NET PROFITS IN COMPENSATION IN PAYROLL TAXES FOR THE GAMBLING MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES. UP TO 2019 THE CITY COLLECTED
A GAMBLING TAX OF A QUARTER OF 1% OF THE UP TO 3% ALLOWED. REVENUE EXCEEDED THE COST TO REGULATE CHARITABLE GAMBLING IN THE CITY AND REFUNDS WERE ISSUED TO THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE TAX WAS NO LONGER COLLECTED.
IN 2022 CITY COUNCIL REVIEWED CHARITABLE GAMBLING AND OPTED TO INCREASE THE LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENT FROM 30% TO 60%. CURRENTLY WE HAVE ROBUST PARTICIPATION IN CHARITABLE
GAMBLING IN BLOOMINGTON BY ORGANIZED ORGANIZATIONS BASED BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. THEY BRING BUSINESS TO LOCAL BARS AND RESTAURANTS FROM OUR RESTAURANTS THE POPULATION THAT CAN BE A TOURIST CITY DAILY AND OUR GUESTS VISITING THE CITY.
SOME ORGANIZATIONS PAY RENT TO THE LOCATIONS THEY OPERATE OUT OF. GENERATING REVENUE FOR OUR LOCAL BARS AND RESTAURANTS. ON AVERAGE, 46% OF THE MONEY RAISED THROUGH CHARITABLE GAMBLING IN BLOOMINGTON IS USED FOR LAWFUL PURPOSE
EXPENDITURES BENEFITING LOCAL YOUTH, VETERANS AND OTHER CAUSES. HOWEVER, CHARITABLE GAMBLING ALSO TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME OF WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY COST RECOVERY. THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY
LICENSES AND PERMITS THAT WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY FEE FOR. ASIDE FROM THE COST OF THE BACKGROUND CHECKS THE REPORTS REQUIRED IN CITY CODE FROM ORGANIZATIONS ARE REQUIRING MULTIPLE POINTS OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE TO RECEIVE WHAT IS REQUIRED IN CITY CODE. SOME ORGANIZATIONS HAVE NOT KEPT THE PROPER RECORDS AND ARE UNABLE TO PRODUCE THE REPORTS REQUIRED IN CODE. WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A PROCESS IN CODE TO REVOKE THE
CITY'S APPROVAL OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT COMPLIANT. SOME OF THE ORGANIZATION ONES THAT OPERATE IN BLOOMINGTON MEET THE LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE TRADE AREA BUT $0 ARE ACTUALLY TD TO A BLOOMINGTON
ADDRESS. WILL NEXT BE COMPARING WHAT WE DO IN BLOOMINGTON TO THE TEN MOST POPULOUS CITIES. EIGHT OF THE TEN CITIES REQUIRE A MINIMUM PERCENTAGE
OF LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURE IS TO BE SPENT WITHIN THEIR TRADE AREA RANGING FROM 60 TO 90%. FOUR OF THE TEN CITIES COLLECTING A TAX ON GROSS PROFIT TO COLLECT THE TAX ON
GROSS PROFIT TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF REGULATING CHARITABLE GAMBLING. SEVEN OUT OF TEN CITIES REQUIRE A CONTRIBUTION TO A CITY ADMINISTERED FUND. THREE OF THE TEN CITIES
REQUIRE SOME FORM OF LOCAL TIE TO THE CITY WITH LAKEVILLE HAVING THE MOST STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS. THEY REQUIRE THREE YEARS OF OPERATIONS IN THE CITY PRIOR TO APPROVING A PREMISES PERMIT AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS MUST HOLD AT LEAST SIX
MEETINGS PER YEAR IN THE CITY OR HAVE AN OFFICE OPEN AT LEAST TEN HOURS PER WEEK IN THE CITY. THEY WILL ALSO ALLOW A PERMIT TO A YOUTH ORGANIZATION IF AT LEAST 10% OF THE YOUTH BENEFIT AT OUR LAKEVILLE RESIDENCE.
LOOKING AT THE OVERALL COMPARISON, BLOOMINGTON FALLS TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF WHAT WE REQUIRE FROM OUR ORGANIZATIONS . IN PREPARATION FOR THIS PRESENTATION WE CONDUCTED OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY
THROUGH LET'S TALK AND TO THE CHARITABLE GAMBLING ORGANIZATIONS THREE WRITTEN SURVEY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER ERIC HOLTHOUSE. WE CONDUCTED A LET'S TALK
SURVEY IN MARCH AND APRIL OF THIS YEAR. WE HAD OVER 200 RESPONSES. A COPY OF THE SURVEY WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA PACKET. WE SENT A SURVEY OUT TO THE 11 ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONDUCT
GAMBLING WITHIN THE CITY. THREE OF THOSE RESPONDED AND THE RESULTS WERE ALSO ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA PACKET. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE SOME POTENTIAL CITY CODE CHANGES. STAFF RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD
ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING USING A STANDARDIZED FORM CREATED BY MY OFFICE RECEIVING A COPY OF OUR REPORTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE AND CREATING AN ANNUAL RENEWAL PROCESS.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD A PROCESS IN CITY CODE TO REMOVE THE CITY'S APPROVAL OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT MEETING CITY CODE. AND FINALLY IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT A CITY ADMINISTERED FUND OF 10% OF NET PROFITS BE
ESTABLISHED. THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS GENERATED IN THE CITY ARE DIRECTLY BENEFITING THE CITY. THE ORGANIZATION NATIONS WOULD BE ABLE TO COUNT THIS TOWARDS THEIR 60% LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURE.
WHAT WOULD AN ANIMAL SHELTER FUND LOOK LIKE? AS YOU RECALL ON FEBRUARY 9TH DEPUTY CHIEF BRITTNEY GAME GAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER HIGHLIGHTING THE
LIMITED CAPACITY AND SAFETY CONCERNS. CHARITABLE GAMBLING WAS IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER. IF COUNCIL FOLLOWS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF ESTABLISHING A 10% CITY ADMINISTERED FUND, IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT
THIS FUND BE USED FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER. WHAT REVENUE COULD THE CITY ANTICIPATE FROM A 10% FUND BASED ON THE 2025 FINANCIAL REPORTS? THIS WOULD RESULT IN OVER $195,000 ANNUALLY.
SHOULD COUNCIL DECIDE TO ESTABLISH THIS FUND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO BEGIN COLLECTING THESE FUNDS IN 2027 TO GIVE THE ORGANIZATIONS TIME TO ADAPT WITH PAYMENTS DUE TO THE CITY QUARTERLY. HERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT THIS
WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR EACH ORGANIZATION. THE ALIVENESS PROJECT DID NOT SUBMIT THE REQUESTED INFORMATION SO WE WERE UNABLE TO CALCULATE THEIR CONTRIBUTION.
AND NOW I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU MUCH. THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION VERY QUICKLY SO ABSOLUTELY THE COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS
THOUGHT WERE REMEMBERED ALESSANDRA. SURE. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I GUESS
IN ORDER OF FOR AGAINST AN AMBIVALENT I AM DEFINITELY FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO BE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT WE NEED.
IT MAKES SENSE TO BE ABLE TO REVOKE SOMEBODY'S ABILITY TO OPERATE LIKE THIS IF THEY DON'T COMPLY. I MEAN ALL THOSE THINGS MAKE TOTAL SENSE TO ME. SO I, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
I AM I'M GENERALLY AGAINST THE IDEA OF THIS 10% FEE BECAUSE I DON'T LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE TAKING MONEY OUT OF NONPROFITS. I GET WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND
I'M 100% BEHIND THE ANIMAL SHELTER. SO THIS IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE FOR ME TO SAY LIKE NO, DON'T GET MONEY FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER. BUT I'D LIKE US TO THINK ABOUT A WAY THAT WE CAN WE CAN INSTEAD OF IMPOSING SOME KIND
OF TAX, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE COULD WE COULD FIND A WAY TO TO IN ENDEAR THESE NONPROFITS WHO WORK WITH US TO ACTIVELY GIVE MONEY TO US TO DO AN
ANIMAL SHELTER BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS NOT IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE PERSONALLY. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. I AMBIVALENT ON THE TAX ALTHOUGH I THINK COVERING OUR
COSTS WITH THE TAX MAKES SENSE TO ME LIKE WHETHER YOU DO THAT UPFRONT BY SAYING YOU GET YOU HAVE AN ANNUAL PERMIT FEE AND THAT COVERS THE COST OF ADMINISTERING THIS OR YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF A A PERCENTAGE FEE THAT COVERS THE
COST OF THIS. LIKE THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. IF WE DID DO A 0.25% TAX BEFORE AND THAT WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER THE COSTS, I'M KIND OF SURPRISED
WHY WE DON'T HAVE THE COSTS COVERED BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT THAT MUCH SO I'D LOVE TO KNOW IN A FUTURE SESSION WHAT ACTUALLY THE COST OF SUPPORTING THEM IS SO THAT WE HAVE A COMPARISON AND WE
CAN FIND A WAY TO DO THAT. SO I GUESS IN THAT ORDER FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TOTALLY AGREE NOT NOT REALLY ON BOARD WITH THE 10% FEE BUT TOTALLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT HOW TO COVER OUR COSTS AND FIND A WAY TO DO THAT AND CAN BE REALLY FLEXIBLE ON HOW WE DO
THAT. BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO. THAT WAS A SORRY I DON'T KNOW IF I MEANT TO SHORTCUT ALL THAT BUT THERE WE ARE. YEAH. HAD A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT
IT, MR. MAYOR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN. I'LL GO RIGHT AFTER HER. THAT'S A PERFECT SEGUE WAY SO I CAN TRY TO SAVE SOME TIME IN THERE. SO I THINK I AGREE EXACTLY
WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT COMES FROM IT GOES ON TO WITH THE WITH A 10% FEE. I DON'T REALLY SUPPORT THAT THAT 10% FIX. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MORE CLOSELY TIE THIS DIRECTLY TO
THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT ARE THAT ARE PART OF THIS. CERTAINLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER. I THINK WE'VE GOT TO FIND WAYS
IN WHICH TO KIND OF DO THAT. I DO THINK IT'D BE BETTER IF WE JUST ASK FOR THAT BUT THEN THE OTHER PORTION I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO IF WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE FEES AROUND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION AND ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT
REALLY THINGS SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED ON ON HEALTH CONCERNS RELATED TO GAMBLING ITSELF. NONE OF THE STATE HAS REALLY KIND OF PUT OUT YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THIS IS BEING, YOU
KNOW, A DANGEROUS THING. AND SO I THINK THAT MAYBE SOME FUNDS COULD BE ON THE BACK END MOVED AROUND FROM OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AREA. WITH THAT BEING SAID, SO AND
THERE'S SOME OTHER REASONS TOO THAT I'VE I'VE MORE OUTLINED AND I'VE SENT THAT TO THE MANAGER. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT HAS BEEN FORWARDED OUT BUT WE COULD FORWARD THAT OUT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE TIME DISCUSSING THAT TODAY. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I
WOULD WANT TO WANT TO MENTION IS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES KIND OF LACK WHERE YOU CAN SEND THOSE FUNDS AND I WANT TO JUST ,YOU KNOW, BE CAUTIOUS.
I KNOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS YOU KNOW, WITH OUR AREA TRY TO GET AS MUCH IN THAT AREA. BUT I DO THINK THAT OUR CITY IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE VERY MUCH AN INTERNATIONAL CITY AND REALLY
A CITY THAT LEAVES FOR THE STATE AND WANTED TO. SO THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT OUR NONPROFITS MAY BE WORKING ACROSS THAT BRINGS OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OR THE WORLD.
AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE KIND OF BEING COGNIZANT OF THAT BEFORE WE KIND OF MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF OF REALLY LOCKING ALL THOSE THINGS DOWN THAT SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS MAY PARTICIPATE IN. BUT IT MAY BE ORGANIZATION
THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY MIGHT BE ON THE ON THE FRINGES OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT STILL HAS A BIG IMPACT. SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE CAREFUL WITH THAT AND JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT MEANS. THAT'S ALL.
THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE TRADE AREA IS THAT DEFINED BY STATE LAW? IT IS THAT WE CAN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT THE TRADE AREA AND BECAUSE AS I SEE MENDOTA HEIGHTS AS PART OF OUR TRADE AREA AND I THINK IT HAS TO BE CONTIGUOUS AND I THINK IT'S CONTIGUOUS BASICALLY AND A MAP INTERSTATE. YES, CORRECT.
AND I BELIEVE IT CAN I BELIEVE IT CONNECTS ON LIKE FOR 94. OH YEAH. YEAH. RIGHT OVER THE RIVER. YEAH, RIGHT. YEAH AND THE SAME IS TRUE ALSO WITH SHAKOPEE WE JUST PERHAPS
BUMP INTO THEM AT SOME POINT SO SO THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME. THE SECOND QUESTION I MEAN TO TO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IS POINT ABOUT YOU KNOW THIS NEED IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FOR A FOR
THE FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER, IS THERE ANYTHING STOPPING SUPPORTERS OF AN ANIMAL SHELTER FROM DEVELOPING THEIR OWN FIVE ON ONE TYPE OF ORGANIZATION AND GETTING A
A LICENSE TO DO CHARITABLE GAMBLING AT ONE OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS IN BLOOMINGTON AND THEN PROCEEDING AND THEN GIVING ALL THE PROCEEDS WHAT THEY GET SENDING TOWARD THE THE ANIMAL SHELTERS FUND IS
THAT THE YEAH THERE'S NOTHING AGAINST THAT BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS YOU KNOW THINGS AROUND SOLICITING FOR ANYTHING AND SO WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO BE YOU KNOW MINDFUL
OF SOLICITING ORGANIZATIONS FOR DONATIONS AND AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN. NO, NO, NOT SOLICITING. I'M JUST SUGGESTING IF YOU KNOW IF SOME IF A GROUP OF RESIDENTS WANTED TO DO THAT, THEY CERTAINLY COULD AND
THERE WOULD BE A REVENUE SOURCE THEN FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE ADAMANT ABOUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER. SO COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIKE
HUMPHREYS OH GOSH, I AM SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> JUST TO GO TO COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER EXCUSE ME D'ALESSANDRO IS POINT THE QUESTION ABOUT 2020 2019 AND PRIOR THAT .25 YEAR TAX I WOULD
JUST LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW BUT WHY WE DECIDED TO CHANGE THAT IF IT WORKED IF IT DIDN'T WORK AND JUST SOME NUMBERS BEHIND THAT I THINK WOULD REALLY HELP INFORM MY OPINION GOING FORWARD. YEAH.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WERE COLLECTING IT BUT WE WERE NOT TYING IT TO WHAT WE WERE ACTUALLY DOING FOR CHARITABLE GAMBLING. WE WERE JUST CONTINUALLY TAKING IN THE MONEY AND NOT DOING THE REPORTING AND THE
FOLLOW UP THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN AND I THINK THE STAFF THEN JUST DECIDED THAT IT WAS TOO BURDENSOME ON THEM. I WILL SAY THAT THE CHARITABLE GAMBLING, THE WORK THAT MY
OFFICE IS DOING IS SIGNIFICANT. IT IS A VERY TIME CONSUMING WE AS WE SIT TODAY 75% OF THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE NOT SUBMITTED AN ACCURATE REPORT FOR 2025.
I AM CONTINUOUSLY GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM SO FOR ME TO TRY TO EVEN QUANTIFY HOW MUCH TIME THIS IS TAKING, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DO BECAUSE IT IS VERY TIME
CONSUMING. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH.
THANK YOU MAYOR. MY THOUGHTS ARE PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO IN TERMS OF WHERE TO GO. I DO THINK THAT LOCAL FOR LACK
OF A BETTER TERM THE LOCAL TIE IS WORTH LOOKING AT AND HOW THAT MIGHT BE IMPLEMENTED AS WELL. I MEAN THE MORE OF THIS THAT CAN STAY IN BLOOMINGTON THE BETTER OFF WE ARE.
BUT I MEAN IF WE HAVE COSTS WE SHOULD COVER THOSE COSTS. I THINK THAT'S FAIR AND REASONABLE. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT WITH BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND OTHER INSPECTIONS AND THAT'S A REASONABLE EXPECTATION.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO USE THIS AS A POT OF MONEY TO FUND OTHER STUFF IF WE WANT TO BUILD AN ANIMAL SHELTER THEN WE TAKE IT. WE TALK ABOUT IT. WE WE BUDGET FOR IT. WE WE BRING IT FORWARD AND THEN THE BUDGET AND I'VE YOU
KNOW, BEEN CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND THAT NATURE. SO I APPRECIATE THIS WORK. THIS IS THIS IS GOOD AND I DO KNOW THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT THIS A FEW YEARS AGO BUT THIS
I FEEL IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE LOOKED AT AT THAT TIME AND ADD SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND THOUGHTS INTO IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, I DO HAVE AN EXTRA SLIDE IN HERE JUST SHOWING TWO SLIDES. WE HAVE FIVE ORGANIZATIONS OF OUR 11 OPERATE IN DIFFERENT
CITIES AND THEY HAVE NUMEROUS LOCATIONS AND SO THOSE LOCATIONS ARE ARE IN THE CITIES THEY'RE OPERATING IN ARE PAYING IN SOME CASES
BOTH THEY HAVE AN 80% LAWFUL PURPOSE EXPENDITURE IN MINNEAPOLIS, THE 10% FUND AND THE 3% TAX AND SO THERE'S LIKE 15 LOCATIONS THERE.
SO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT OPERATE IN OTHER LOCATIONS ARE USED TO THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND SO THEN IF WE WERE REQUIRING A LOCAL TIE THAT WOULD IMPACT THOSE THOSE FIVE
ORGANIZATIONS IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHERS THE LAST 6 OR 7 ORGANIZATION ONES YOU KNOW THEN WITH THE LOCAL TIE THEY ARE NOT USED TO THAT.
SO WE ARE KIND OF DEALING WITH TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF FOLKS HERE. I'M SORRY TIM, I CAN'T ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK ONLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ADVERTISE THIS AS A PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S A TECHNICAL THING.
IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH MY OPINION. I WAS IS THE MAP FOR AN AREA IF YOU COULD JUST EMAIL IT TO US AND YOU DID PROVIDE NICE BACKGROUND DURING THE LISTENING SESSION.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND I DON'T MEAN TO GO INTO YEAH NO BUT OTHERWISE WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T ADVERTISE THIS AND I'M SURE OTHERS WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF WE IF THIS MOVES FORWARD WELL WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THEN. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL COMMENTS. SO I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT THE THE NEED TO SOMEHOW RECOUP
THE COSTS OF YOUR OF YOUR OFFICE CERTAINLY AND TO MAYBE PUT THE THE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE THAT WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO GET TO YOU THEY DO GET TO YOU AND IT'S NOT YOU CHASING THEM
AROUND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THEY I MEAN IF THEY'RE IN OTHER ORGANS THEY'RE IN OTHER CITIES AS WELL THAT YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND AND BE ABLE TO TO DO THIS KIND OF THING.
I DO THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ACTUALLY A BIT EARLIER ALSO I THINK SOME SORT OF MECHANISM IS MECHANISM IN PLACE THAT IF THEY DON'T COMPLY, YOU KNOW, STRIKE ONE, TWO AND THREE AND YOU'RE OUT
AND WE CAN LOOK FOR SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WOULD COMPLY WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND I'M SURE AGAIN IT WOULDN'T BE PLOWING NEW GROUND THERE. I'M ASSUMING OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE
LINES THAT WILL HOLD THE ORGANIZATIONS ACCOUNTABLE. AND AS FOR THE AS FOR THE LOCAL NEXUS OF THE USE OF THE FUNDS, I DON'T KNOW. I'M HEARING A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH FROM THE COUNCIL HERE BUT I CAN SEE THE PLUS AND
MINUS AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE WORTH THAT MIGHT BE WORTH A CONVERSATION TO WITH A WITH A PUBLIC HEARING. I WOULD SAY IF THIS MOVES FORWARD AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING NOW IS THAT WE PROBABLY
WANT TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION AND IF WE GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING PERHAPS TO HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS IN FRONT OF US IN TERMS OF HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THAT AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO GET FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL I
THINK WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING THAT CUSTOMER DALLESSANDRO IT JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> YOU PROMPTED SOMETHING FOR ME, MR. MAYOR, WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. I THINK THAT LOCAL NEXUS I DIDN'T REALLY ADDRESS THAT IN MY COMMENTS EITHER. I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY
GOOD THING AND I WOULD ALSO SAY YOU KNOW, KIND OF TO TO COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN'S POINT, YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE GAMBLING IS AN ADDICTION TYPE AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMING AROUND
BOTH THE EDUCATION AROUND GAMBLING AND ITS HARMS AND ITS SUPPORT NETWORK IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE DO WITH ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT
OF IN TERMS OF REGULATION. SO I DO THINK US THINKING ABOUT THAT I KNOW IT'S WEIRD TO THINK LIKE OH YOU HAVE AN ADDICTION AND YOU GO DO PULL TABS AND NOW YOU'RE BENEFITING ALONG. NO NONPROFIT SO WE'RE GOING TO
NOT LOOK AT IT WHEREAS YOU KNOW THE OTHER ONES WE DO ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? SO I THINK IT'S WORTH US HAVING THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE SCOPE OF THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION BUT YEAH,
I WOULD BE MORE INCLINED TO TO TAKE A 10% FEE IF WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH THAT WAS EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT THE HARMS OF A GAMBLING ADDICTION, RIGHT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT WHICH WE'VE DONE AS IT RELATES TO TOBACCO TAXES AND ALL KINDS
OF OTHER THINGS FOR A LONG TIME. SO I THROW THAT OUT THERE AS AN OPTION NOT I STILL LOVE THE ANIMAL SHELTER DON'T GET ME WRONG BUT I BUT I YOU KNOW IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT THAT WAY THAT MIGHT BE WORTH
LOOKING AT. I ALSO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OUR GAMBLING ADDICTION PROBLEMS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. IT'S NOT AN AREA OF ADDICTION THAT WE TALK VERY MUCH ABOUT AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DATA THAT'S BROUGHT TO COUNCIL.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO RAISE THAT UP AS A PUBLIC HEALTH QUESTION THAT WE COULD DOVETAIL INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY SINCE IT'S THE ONLY TYPE OF GAMBLING WE ALLOW IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. SO JUST THROW THAT OUT.
THERE'S ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION LIKE SO WHAT I'M HEARING COUNCILOR I'VE BEEN GETTING IS WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS BUT I THINK WE ALSO WANT TO PROBABLY INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS
DISCUSSION AS WELL WITH A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE WITHOUT YOU KNOW, WITHOUT COMMITTING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER JUST TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION AND
SEE WHERE WE ARE. THE CHAIR ABSOLUTELY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ALONG COUNCIL ON OUR
AGENDA ITEM 5.2 IS THE 2026 ASSESSMENT REPORT. MR. BOLGER OUR CITY ASSESSOR IS HERE UNINCORPORATED. GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR SINCE WE'VE SEEN HERE SO THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. I SAW IT AT THE HOMES THERE.
JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE HERE STOOD WALK OUT . ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. WELL, AS I SAID, TIM BOLGER,
CITY ASSESSOR I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE 2026 ASSESSMENT REPORT. WE PUBLISHED A REPORT ON MARCH 25TH THIS YEAR IT'S 25 PAGES OF CHARTS, GRAPHS AND DATA THAT SUMMARIZE THE 2026
ASSESSMENT. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS WHAT GOES INTO THE ASSESSMENT. WE'LL TOUCH BRIEFLY ON LOCAL ASSESSING TIMELINE, IMPORTANT DATES AND VALUATION AND WE'LL GET INTO THE MARKET UPDATES
FOR THE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL SECTORS. FINALLY I'LL CLOSE OUT WITH A SLIDE ABOUT EXCLUSIONS, PROGRAMS AND REFUNDS AVAILABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. I JUST WANT TO TOUCH BRIEFLY
ON A LOCAL ASSESSING SINCE WE'RE UNIQUE IN THAT WE'RE ONE OF EIGHT JURISDICTIONS IN HENNEPIN COUNTY THAT HAVE OUR OWN ASSESSING OFFICE OR THEIR OWN CITY ASSESSOR. THE BENEFITS OF THAT ARE PRETTY LARGE BUT FOR OUR RESIDENTS THE MOST APPARENT IS
THE ONSITE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE LOCALIZED EXPERTISE WHICH KIND OF DRIVES A FAIR AND EQUITABLE ASSESSMENT WHICH TURNS INTO FAIR AND EQUITABLE TAXES. SO EVERYONE'S PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE AND THEN VALUE TO
THE CITY OUTSIDE OF THE STATUTORY DUTIES THAT WE PERFORM WE ALSO COLLABORATE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY HRA PLANNING AND FINANCE ANYTHING FROM TIFF
ANALYSIS FOR THE PORT TO LEVY ESTIMATES AND CALCULATIONS FOR FINANCE AND COUNCIL HERE. SO ON TO THE 2026 TIMELINE I JUST WANT TO KIND OF SET THE
TABLE FOR THE REPORT FOLLOWING THE RED DOT THAT'S THE VALUATION DATE JANUARY 2ND, 2026 AND SO OUR WORK FOR THE 26 ASSESSMENT STARTS BACK OCTOBER 1ST OF 2024. SO WE USE 12 MONTHS OF SALES
TO DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO CALIBRATE OUR MODELS FOR THIS ASSESSMENT. SO THAT'S OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 25 AND THEN DURING THE SUMMERTIME LEADING UP TO THE ASSESSMENT WE'RE DOING OUR QUINTILE REVIEW
WHICH IS WHERE WE LOOK AT 20% OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY AND IN GREAT DETAIL ROUGHLY 6200 PARCELS AND THEN IN THE FALL WE REVIEW PERMITS AND DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF VALUE THEY ADD FOR THE ASSESSMENT
ROLL AND THEN WE SPENT ABOUT 2 OR 3 MONTHS ACTUALLY SETTING THE ASSESSMENT AND THEN WE MAIL OUR VALUE NOTICES IN MARCH AND RESIDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US A CALL, ASK QUESTIONS OR FEEL THE VALUE. SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME
INFORMING AND EDUCATING ON THE TAX PROCESS AND THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS. THIS SLIDE JUST LETS OUT SOME OF THOSE IMPORTANT DATES. WE TALKED ABOUT THE SALES STUDY PERIOD, THE ASSESSMENT DATE VALUE NOTICES WERE MAILED
ON MARCH 6TH. THE LOCAL BOARD OF APPEALS CONVENED AND ADJOURNED ON APRIL 15TH THIS YEAR AND THE COUNTY BOARD WILL CONVENE ON JUNE 15TH THIS YEAR. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED,
ASSESSMENT DATE IS JANUARY 2ND 26. YOU ACTUALLY PAY YOUR TAXES IN MAY AND OCTOBER OF 2027 FOR THAT VALUATION. JUST WANTED TO REHASH THE VALUATION PROCESS.
AS I MENTIONED, 12 MONTHS OF SALES ROUGHLY 700 OR SO RESIDENTIAL. WE REVIEW EVERY SALE THAT OCCURS IN THE CITY TO DETERMINE IF IT'S AN ARM'S LENGTH TRANSACTION MEANING WAS THIS A MARKET TRANSACTION AND SHOULD WE USE IT FOR OUR
MODELS? SO WE TAKE THOSE SALES AND WE SLICE AND DICE THEM IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS IF YOU SEE OFF TO THE RIGHT THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES STRATIFICATION SIZE, QUALITY EDGE STYLE NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATION YOU NAME IT.
SO WE BASICALLY TAKE THOSE SALES AND DETERMINE HOW THE MARKET IS REACTING TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES. WE THEN CALIBRATE OUR MODELS AND THEN WE'RE GRADED ON BOTH OUR RATIO BUT ALSO MEASURES
OF VERTICAL EQUITY AND UNIFORMITY INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. SO THEN HOW TO IN COUNTY ONCE WE SUBMIT OUR ASSESSMENT THEY'LL REVIEW IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER HENNEPIN COUNTY CITIES BEFORE IT GOES UP TO THE STATE WHERE THEY PERFORM THEIR REVIEW.
SO DIVING INTO THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT DATA, THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE SLIDE. SO I HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW PERCENT CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR AFTER THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE THE PROPERTY TYPES .
JUST BRIEFLY I'LL TALK ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UP 3.2% YEAR OVER YEAR, TOWNHOMES UP 2.2 AND WHAT STICKS OUT IS THE CONDOS ARE DOWN 4.2. YEAR OVER YEAR. A LOT OF THIS IS DUE TO HOA
EXPENSES. YOU'VE GOT YOUR HOA DUES GOING UP. YOU HAVE INSURANCE EXPENSES GOING UP AND SO AS AN ENTRY LEVEL HOME IT'S NOT QUITE AS AFFORDABLE AS IT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, A DECADE AGO OR SO. SO THERE'S WHERE THE
DIVERGENCE THERE IS BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY AND CONDOS. THEN AFTER THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AND APARTMENT. I KIND OF LUMP THESE THREE TOGETHER VERSUS THE RESIDENTIAL AS WE TYPICALLY TALK ABOUT TACK SHIFT AND SO WHETHER IT'S SHIFTING ON TO
THE RESIDENTS OR OFF THE RESIDENTS IF YOU SUM THIS UP. COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL APARTMENTS WERE FLAT AS A COMBINED SEGMENT AND RESIDENTIAL IS UP 1.5% MEANING WE'LL SEE A SLIGHT TAX SHIFT
TO RESIDENTS THIS YEAR. TO SUMMARIZE COMMERCIAL THAT WAS FLAT YEAR OVER YEAR INDUSTRIAL WERE DOWN 2.1% WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN DECLINING VALUES IN 4 OR 5 YEARS HERE.
THAT'S MOSTLY DUE TO THE GLUT OF SUPPLY COMING ONLINE OVER THE PAST 2 OR 3 YEARS. THERE'S A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL BUILD OUT WHICH IS INEVITABLY CREATING VACANCIES HERE IN THE CITY AND RENTS AREN'T
INCREASING AS THEY USED TO AND THEN APARTMENTS WERE ROUGHLY FLAT AFTER NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUE. BUT LOOKING IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER IN ORANGE THAT'S THE TOTAL NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUE IN THE CITY 93 MILLION
THIS YEAR LAST YEAR WAS 128. THE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS 163 AND THE CHANGE IN THAT IS DUE TO THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN. SO PROJECTS THAT COMPLETED LAST YEAR IN THE YEAR PRIOR THEY WERE STARTED UNDER A DIFFERENT INTEREST RATE
ENVIRONMENT INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY FLAT THE LAST THREE YEARS. THE PROJECTS BEING COMPLETED THIS YEAR ARE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO THAT HIGHER RATE AND THIS THIS CHART IS HISTORICAL
VALUES BY PROPERTY TYPE OVER THE LAST DECADE BLUE IS RESIDENTIAL, ORANGE IS COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RED IS APARTMENT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS APARTMENTS OF NEARLY DOUBLED IN VALUE. THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF ALL THE NEW BUILDING THAT
HAVE COME ONLINE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL UP ROUGHLY 20% OVER THAT TEN YEAR PERIOD AND THEN RESIDENTIAL IS UP 50% AND WE'RE WE'RE A PRETTY BUILT OUT CITY HERE. SO THAT'S THAT'S MOSTLY
APPRECIATION AND RENOVATIONS THERE HASN'T BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT ON A FUTURE SLIDE SO RESIDENTIAL VALUES HAVE APPRECIATED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST DECADE AND THEN TO
DIVE INTO MORE RESIDENTIAL STATS ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE OUR MEDIAN VALUE HOME. SO 370 376,000 IS OUR 2026 MEDIAN VALUE HOME UP 2.9% FROM LAST YEAR.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE 2017 TO 46 FOUR SO WE'RE UP 130,000 IN THE LAST DECADE ON OUR MEDIAN VALUE HOME OFF TO THE RIGHT. THIS CHART SHOWS WHEN OUR HOUSING STOCK WAS BUILT THESE
ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES 1990 AND NEWER THAT SLIVER AT THE TOP 4% OF OUR HOMES WERE BUILT IN THE LAST 25 YEARS OR 35 YEARS. SORRY IF YOU LOOK DOWN 1960 1950S THAT'S TWO THIRDS OF OUR
HOUSING SUPPLY. I ALWAYS LIKE TO INCLUDE SOME INTEREST RATE CHARTS WAS FOR FREDDIE MAC. THE BLUE LINE IS 30 YEAR CONVENTIONAL GREEN IS 15 YEAR
YOU'LL NOTE JANUARY 2026 IS HOVERING RIGHT ABOVE 6% FOR THAT 30 YEAR. IF YOU LOOK BACK JANUARY 2023 VERY CLOSE TO THAT 6% A LITTLE NOISE IN BETWEEN BUT INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY FLAT.
SO APPEARS TO BE THE NEW NORMAL. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE THOSE LOWER INTEREST RATES HERE ON THE 2022 AND 2021. ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. SO THIS HAS A LOT GOING ON.
VERY COLORFUL BUT THIS IS THE SHARE OF MORTGAGES AT VARYING RATES AND 2026 IS THE FAR RIGHT OF THIS CHART AND GREEN AT THE BOTTOM THOSE ARE MORTGAGES OUTSTANDING MORTGAGES WITH LESS THAN 3%
INTEREST RATE AND AS YOU GO UP THE BLUE IS 3 TO 4%. RED IS 4 TO 5% ORANGES 6 TO 7% OR 5 TO 6% AND SO ON. SO WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE HERE BACK IN 21 AND 22 EVERYONE
REFINANCED AND 70% OF THE OUTSTANDING MORTGAGES WERE 4% OR LESS. NOW THIS IS CALLED THE LOCKED IN EFFECT. A LOT OF FOLKS WANT TO MOVE. THEY MAY NEED TO MOVE. THEY MAY WANT TO DOWNSIZE OR
NEED ANOTHER BEDROOM BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A 2.5% MORTGAGE RATE, THEY'RE NOT MOVING MORE THAN A NEW MORTGAGE WILL BE 6%. SO WE HAVEN'T SEEN AS MANY SALES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AS WE TYPICALLY WOULD.
BUT IF YOU LOOK OFF TO THE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 51.5% OF PEOPLE WITH 4% OR LESS MORTGAGE. YOU KNOW IT'S EASING UP A LITTLE BIT. IT'LL CONTINUE TO EASE UP BUT YEAH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FEW MORE YEARS OF 6% MORTGAGES FOR
PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THE LOCKED IN EFFECT HERE. AND THEN MY FINAL SLIDE ON RESIDENTIAL THIS IS CHANGE BY MARKET VALUE RANGES SO I HAVE ALL THESE STRATIFICATION HERE
HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS 250,000 AND BELOW YOU'LL NOTE THERE'S ONLY 407 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE CITY 250,000 OR LESS YOU KNOW 14% FEWER HOMES
300 OR LESS FROM LAST YEAR WE TAKE A LOOK AT THESE EVERY YEAR AND MOST OF THEM ARE LOCATED INDUSTRIAL AREAS OR THEY HAVE A CONDITION ISSUE OR THEY'RE SMALL HOUSES OR TEAR DOWN. SO THERE'S THERE'S REALLY NOT
A LOT OF THAT 250,000 AND UNDER HOUSING AVAILABLE ALSO ON THIS CHART IF YOU LOOK TO THE 5 TO 600,000 THE 6 TO 800,000 RANGES THOSE RANGES MOVED UP IN VALUE MORE THAN THE AVERAGE.
THAT'S KIND OF YOUR MOVE UP BUYER YOUR WEST BLOOMINGTON LITTLE LARGER HOME LARGER LOT THOSE ARE ALSO HIGHER IN DEMAND AS PEOPLE DO END UP MOVING UP DIVING INTO
APARTMENTS AT THE TOP WE HAVE IT STRATIFIED BY CLASS A, B AND C CLASSES ARE NEWER STUFF NEW BUILDINGS, POOLS HIGHLY AMENITIES. CLASS C IS YOUR TYPICAL 60S YOU MIGHT HAVE COMMON AREA
LAUNDRY NO POOL, NO AMENITIES CLASS A DOWN 1.2% YEAR OVER YEAR IT'S KIND OF PROPPED UP BY THE 52 MILLION IN NEW CONSTRUCTION THEY'RE CLASS B DOWN TO CLASS C DOWN TWO AND A HALF AND THAT CAN BE
ATTRIBUTED TO EXPENSES UP KEEPING A CLASS B BUILDING IS MORE EXPENSIVE THESE DAYS AND INSURANCE IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO INSURE AN OLDER BUILDING DOWN IN THE BOTTOM LEFT YOU'LL SEE OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR
APARTMENTS FOR THE CITY. YOU'LL NOTE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE ARE AT OUR LOWEST POINT AS MENTIONED WITH THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE A BIT LOWER THAN TYPICAL AND THEN IF YOU LOOK TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT THIS PARAGRAPH OR
PIE CHART SORRY THE PINK AND THE GREEN REPRESENT 2010 AND NEWER BUILDS THAT'S 33% OF OUR APARTMENT STOCK HAS BEEN BUILT IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. THEN YOU LOOK AT THE LITTLE
RED AND ORANGE SLIVER THERE. THOSE ARE THE 1990S AND THE 2000S WHERE WE ONLY BUILT 5.5% SO WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERSUPPLIED NOW WE'RE GETTING THERE WITH ALL OF THIS NEW HOUSING STOCK WE'RE ADDING
AND ON THE VALUATION SIDE FINAL SLIDE IS COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL OFF TO THE LEFT YOU HAVE YOUR PROPERTY TYPES OFF TO THE FAR RIGHT YOU HAVE A NET CHANGE. I JUST HIGHLIGHTED HOSPITALITY HERE IN YELLOW WE'RE DOWN
ABOUT 7% YEAR OVER YEAR. HOSPITALITY IS FACING A LOT OF CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW THE EXPENSE SIDE STAFFING IS DIFFICULT FURNITURE FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT,
FURNITURES FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT FOR FUNNY THAT'S A LOT OF THOSE GOODS INSIDE THE HOTEL ROOMS COME FROM OVERSEAS. THERE'S PREDICTABILITY ISSUE AND COST ISSUE WITH BRINGING THAT IN. INSURANCE HAS BEEN GOING UP
AND THEN FINALLY THE OCCUPANCY HAS NEVER RECOVERED TO PRE-COVID LEVELS. A LOT OF BUSINESS TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, JUST DIDN'T COME BACK. A LOT OF WEEKDAY STAYS AREN'T THERE. WE'RE SEEING LEISURE TRAVEL IS
DOING GREAT BUT CONFERENCES AND BUSINESS TRAVEL NEVER PICK BACK UP TO PRE-COVID LEVELS AND THEN BELOW IN ORANGE IS OFFICE AND MEDICAL AND I HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE WE'VE
HAD 3 OR 4 YEARS OF DECLINING VALUES AND LARGE VACANCIES AND THE SKY IS FALLING AND THE MEDIA JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE ACTUALLY WENT UP IN VALUE FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE COVID THIS YEAR SLIGHTLY WE'VE HAD A FEW QUARTERS OF POSITIVE ABSORPTION MEANING MORE SPACE HAS BEEN OCCUPIED THAN VACATED THE LAST FEW QUARTERS. THERE'S KIND OF INDICATING WE
MAYBE HIT THE BOTTOM COMPANIES HAVE RIGHT SIZED THEY'VE THEY'VE SIGNED LEASES AND NEW SMALLER SPACES. THEY UNDERSTAND FOLKS ARE GOING TO WORK FROM HOME AND THEY'RE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR SPACE RIGHT SIZE SO WE WERE FEELING LIKE WE HIT THE BOTTOM
AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO RECOVER AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS SOME BUILDINGS GET TORN DOWN, SOME GET REPURPOSED IN APARTMENTS AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY BUILDING NEW SUPPLY THAT WE THINK VACANCY KIND OF HIT THE
BOTTOM AND IT'S RECOVERING. AND THEN MY FINAL SLIDE I LIKE TO INCLUDE EXCLUSIONS PROGRAMS AND REFUNDS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED BY RISING PROPERTY TAXES, INSURANCE COSTS AND SO I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE
AWARE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS HOMESTEAD MARKET VALUE EXCLUSION IT'S AN EXCLUSION WE WE SET YOUR ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE AND THEN IF YOU ARE PART OF HOMESTEAD CLASSIFICATION
YOU CAN RECEIVE AN EXCLUSION TO LOWER YOUR TAXABLE MARKET VALUE. NOW THIS CAPS AT 517,200 IN VALUE. IT'S PROGRESSIVE EXCLUSION MEANING THAT AS YOUR VALUE INCREASES YOUR EXCLUSION
DECREASES AND THEN IT DISAPPEARS AT 517 IF IT'S YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE AND YOU QUALIFY YOU SHOULD QUALIFY. I THINK I'VE SIGNED SOMETHING LIKE 200 HOMESTEAD ABATEMENTS IN THE LAST YEAR. PEOPLE ARE JUST NOW FINDING
OUT ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR FIVE, SEVEN, TEN YEARS. SO WE'RE DOING OUTREACH ON THAT BUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT. YOU ALSO NEED TO BE HOMESTEAD TO QUALIFY FOR PROPERTY TAX REFUND.
MY NEXT ITEM DOWN THERE THERE'S A REGULAR REFUND FOR RENTERS OR OWNERS IT'S INCOME RESTRICTED IF YOU OWN THE PROPERTY YOU HAVE TO MAKE LESS THAN 142,000 AS A HOUSEHOLD TO QUALIFY. IF YOU MAKE MORE THAN THAT
THERE'S A SPECIAL REFUND AVAILABLE. YOUR TAXES NEED TO HAVE INCREASED OVER 12% YEAR OVER YEAR TO QUALIFY FOR THAT AND THEN THE FINAL ITEM IS THE SENIOR DEFERRAL. SO THE SENIOR DEFERRAL IS FOR
FOLKS 65 AND OLDER. THEY NEED TO HAVE LIVED IN THEIR HOME FOR FIVE YEARS AND HOMESTEAD FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND THEY NEED TO MAKE 96,000 OR LESS. AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT CAPS THEIR TAX LIABILITY AT 3% OF THEIR INCOME.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS DEFERRED ON A LOAN BUT THAT LOAN WON'T EXCEED 5% INTEREST. SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL TO KEEP SENIORS IN THEIR HOMES LONGER IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WISH TO DO. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. WELL, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. GREAT INFORMATION AND VERY INTERESTING AND ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE INTEREST RATE DETAILS THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER. THAT'S INTERESTING STUFF.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU MENTIONED BACK ON 415 THE LOCAL BOARD OF APPEALS MET. CAN YOU GIVE US A QUICK RECAP AS TO HOW THAT WENT? SURE. YEAH. SO THIS YEAR WAS WE'VE HAD
THREE QUIET YEARS IN A ROW NOW WE'VE HAD WE HAD ABOUT 200 PHONE CALLS THIS YEAR. I THINK WE WE ADJUSTED ABOUT 60 VALUES OUT OF THOSE PHONE CALLS AND WE'RE ALWAYS SEEKING
PHONE CALLS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC, UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED TAX SYSTEM. SO THE LOCAL BOARD WE HAD TWO CASES THAT APPEARED FOR THE BOARD. THE BOARD AFFIRMED ONE
OF THEIR VALUES LOWERED ONE SLIGHTLY. BUT IT'S ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO GET AN IMPARTIAL REVIEW OF IT AND IF WE'RE NOT SEEING EYE TO EYE WITH THEM SO YEAH, BUT ON A PRETTY PRETTY SHORT MEETING THIS YEAR.
GOOD AND AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR 200 CALLS AND 60 ADJUSTMENTS AND THAT'S YOU FOLKS DOING YOUR WORK AND IN DOING WHAT YOU ARE ASKED TO DO WHEN RESIDENTS CALL YOU WORK WITH THEM AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT FOR THEM.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT COUNSEL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AS TWO QUICK QUESTIONS THERE GENERATED FROM EARLIER CONVERSATION TODAY FROM MY COLLEAGUES A SOMEONE ELSE
IN AND A CUSTOMER A MEMBER OF DALLAS ON OR ON YOUR SLIDE 170 ARE YOU YOU KNOW HAD THAT YELLOW BOX THERE THAT SAID THAT WE HAD ABOUT 407 YOU KNOW THERE WERE UNDER 300,000
OF PROPERTY VALUE AND THE QUESTION THAT NOT REALLY ANSWERING ASKING FOR AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW AND I WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT THE QUESTION THAT CAME TO MIND IS YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE CONDO OR IF THAT'S A DIFFERENT
CATEGORY, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE RENTALS? YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE ALL OF US ALL OF US UP HERE PROBABLY I KNOW JUST THE THREE OF US ARE
REALLY INTERESTED IN OWNER OCCUPIED OCCUPATION SO THOSE ARE JUST QUESTIONS THAT ONE A COUNCIL MEMBER HAS ABOUT ABOUT THAT SLIDE AND THEN AS TO NOT
PUT YOU ON THE SPOT KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE THE INDUSTRIAL CHART AND SURE WHICH PAGE THIS IS ON BUT IT'S
THE PROPERTY TYPE WAS THE QUESTION TO GET GENERATED IN 172 BUT IT'S BACK FURTHER FURTHER BUT WE HAVE THOSE INDUSTRIAL GRAPHS THAT ARE THERE THAT YOU'VE GOT THERE
AND OR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL THAT ARE PUT TOGETHER AND YOU'VE GOT THOSE TYPES KIND OF MOVING ALONG THERE. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WAS WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF INDUSTRIAL HAS
THAT BEEN REDUCED OVER TIME WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE PROPERTY TYPES? YEAH. AND AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT BUT THOSE ARE JUST QUESTIONS OF INTEREST AND PROBABLY NOBODY ELSE UP HERE
CARES OR ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT I JUST I DO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT AND I'M JUST JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. SO IN THE PREMISES IS THAT INDUSTRIAL TENDS TO TO DRIVE
HIGHER PROPERTY VALUES AND PROBABLY AT HIGHER REVENUE SOURCES FROM THAT AND SO THAT'S WHAT MY MY CURIOSITY AND THAT IS WHERE COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN THE INDUSTRIAL YOU KNOW THE VALUE
OF THE TOTAL VALUE IN THE CITY IS 1.3 BILLION RIGHT NOW I'D HAVE TO DIG INTO WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE OVER TIME. WE TYPICALLY LUMP THAT IN COMMERCIAL TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME TAX RATE. THEY'RE BOTH A 2% TAX RATE BUT
INDUSTRIAL HAD HAD A PRETTY HOT RUN UP THE PRIOR YEAR. YOU KNOW SEEING SEVEN, EIGHT, 10% INCREASES. SO I COULD PIECE THAT TOGETHER REGARDING THE THE HOMES UNDER
250,000. THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND SO I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THAT. SO THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE CONDOS IN THIS ANALYSIS. BUT YOU DO BRING UP A GOOD POINT AND I THINK IT WOULD BE
WORTH OUR TIME TO KIND OF PARE THIS LIST ALONG WITH EACH RENTAL LIST TO DETERMINE HOW MANY THERE ARE THAT ARE RENTALS AND HOW MANY ARE OWNER OCCUPIED BECAUSE TYPICALLY THESE IS HOMES THAT HAVE CONDITION ISSUES THAT THEY AREN'T.
I'VE KEPT THE BEST AND SOME OF THEM ARE RENTALS. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES
HAVE GONE UP, APARTMENTS HAVE GONE DOWN AND THEN OVERALL KIND OF LOOKS LIKE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL HAVE GONE DOWN. SO WILL THIS CREATE ANY KIND OF MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN TERMS OF WHERE THE PROPERTY TAX
BURDEN IS FALLING SOMEWHERE? COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YEAH. SO IFOU LOOK ON A SUMMARY SLIDE AND THIS IS A GOOD NOTE FOR ME NEXT YEAR TO SUMMARIZE
THIS A LITTLE CLEARER BUT THAT ADDING COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL APARTMENTS UP TOGETHER IS ABOUT FLAT AFTER YOU INCLUDE NEW CONSTRUCTION BUT THE CITY MOVED UP 1.5% SO THAT GROWTH WAS DRIVEN BY RESIDENTIAL AND
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEW HOMES BEING BUILT. SO THE TAX BURDEN IS GOING TO SHIFT FROM COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL APARTMENTS ONTO THE RESIDENTS SLIGHTLY. SO YEAH, THERE WILL BE SOME
CHANGE AND AS THOSE VALUES GO UP, THE HOMESTEAD EXCLUSION THAT THOSE HOMES ARE RECEIVING GOES DOWN. SO IT'S KIND OF DOUBLE FOLD THERE. I MEAN THERE YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER AND
CONSIDER ESPECIALLY AS WE GO INTO BUDGET CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND IF THAT IF WE'RE HOW FAR THAT 5050 SPLIT THAT
WE LIKE TO TOUT AS A POSITIVE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON IS ACTUALLY SHIFTING RIGHT? IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR US TO KNOW THAT EARLY ON. I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S NOT AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE TALKING
7030 LIKE MOST CITIES BUT IF I'M INCHING CLOSER TO 6040 THAT'S GOING TO MAKE AN IMPACT. YEAH. YEAH. MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN JUST THOSE ON YOUR OWN. YEAH, WE WE DO SOME OF THESE NET TAX CAPACITY CALCULATIONS
AND PROJECTIONS AHEAD OF PRELIMINARY LEVY SO I'LL MAKE SURE TO CONNECT WITH FINANCE AND GET THAT PUT TOGETHER. OTHERS COUNCIL I THINK THAT I
MEAN TO WRAP UP THE KEY TAKEAWAY HERE THE 2020 6PI MEAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $18 BILLION WORTH OF VALUE IN THE CITY WHICH IS NOT NOTHING TO IT'S IT'S IT'S IMPRESSIVE AND
TO SEE THE INCREASE EVEN THOUGH IT HASN'T BEEN THE SIZABLE INCREASE WE'VE SEEN IN PAST YEARS BUT IT'S STILL AN INCREASE AND IT'S A THERE'S THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT VALUE IN THE CITY SO THANK YOU THANK
YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT. I APOLOGIZE FOR COMING IN LATE GETTING IN SORRY SORRY. REALLY SORRY. I KNEW I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION WRITTEN DOWN AND I FORGOT TO ASK IT. I APOLOGIZE.
DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE FOR THE PROPERTY VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH UNIMPROVED LAND? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THIS IS DEVELOPABLE IF NOT FOR NOW BUT
IF WE COULD GET THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF INCREASING TAX CAPACITY AND THE VALUE OF THE FUTURE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND YOU AND I HAD THAT CONVERSATION HERE AT THE HOME
FAIR ON SATURDAY, RIGHT. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THAT THE INCREASE IN TAX CAPACITY WILL OFTEN WILL MOST LIKELY INTIMATE IN BLOOMINGTON COME FROM DEVELOPMENT OVER IMPROVED
VALUE IN THIS CASE. AND SO WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE TAX THE POTENTIAL TAX IMPROVEMENT CAPACITY FOR THE CITY BASED ON UNIMPROVED LAND LIKE I WOULD THINK THAT THAT
WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO KNOW. SO IF WE COULD GET THAT AT SOME POINT I MEAN MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT I AGREE. I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING. SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN LIKE RUNNING ON THAT ONE BUT BUT BUT I THINK THE SECOND PIECE
OF THAT IS IT'S NOT JUST UNDEVELOPED LAND BUT IT'S LAND THAT CAN BE IMPROVED. SO A KNOCK DOWN IN A REBUILD ALSO I MEAN YES I WOULD AGREE WOULD AGREE. YEAH. I MEAN AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO TO DO JUST
THAT. SURE. SO YOU KNOW TO YOUR POINT IN TERMS OF TOUTING THE THE VALUE OF THE CITY HAVING $18 BILLION IN TAX CAPACITY RIGHT NOW IS AMAZING WHAT A PORTION
OF THAT IS IMPROVABLE ALSO VERY APPEALING TO SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE LOOKING TO DO DEVELOPMENT IF WE HAD THAT INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE . APPRECIATE THAT. THANKS, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS. YES, I DO HAVE THAT NUMBER. I DON'T HAVE IT HANDY BUT I
CAN GET IT TO YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE IN LATE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MUCH, MR. BALL. I THANK YOU.
OUR FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA COUNCIL ITEM 5.3. THIS IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF RESOLUTIONS FROM THE CHARTER COMMISSION AND SET THE PUBLIC HEARINGS DATE MR. VANDER SHOW ALL RIGHT, MAYOR
MEMBERS, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS IN THE PAST, THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF IT, VERY ADMINISTRATIVE. BUT I'LL GO INTO A TINY BIT
MORE DETAIL BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEWER MEMBERS SO THE CHARTER COMMISSION HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN A MULTIPLE YEAR PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH
EACH PART OF THE CITY CHARTER SECTION BY SECTION AND THEN IT DISCUSSES THEM AND SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS RISE TO A SUGGESTION FOR AMENDMENT.
SIMILARLY EACH YEAR WE ASK OUR STAFF TO READ THE CITY CHARTER AND MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR ANY AMENDMENTS OR CLARIFICATIONS. SO OUT OF THAT PROCESS COMES
ORDINANCES OR EXCUSE ME REQUEST TO AMEND BY ORDINANCE SOME YEARS THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS TO AMEND THE CHARTER BY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIR OF THE CHARTER
COMMISSION HE AND I RECOMMENDED THAT WE PROCEED TO AMEND THE CHARTER BY ORDINANCE THIS YEAR AND THAT WOULD BE
WITH THE REQUESTED PATHWAY. THERE ARE SPECIFIC STEPS THAT HAVE TO OCCUR WITHIN VERY SPECIFIC TIMEFRAMES AND THE PROPOSED TIMELINE IS ON THE
COUNCIL AGENDA ON PAGE 181. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE A VERY SPECIFIC DATE ON THE CALENDAR TO MAKE THOSE CALCULATIONS WE BRING THIS PARTICULAR MOTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT
YOU CAN FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY FROM THE CITY'S CHARTER COMMISSION THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO TONIGHT. BACKING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT
WHEN THE CHARTER COMMISSION MET I GUESS IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO IT DISCUSSED AND ULTIMATELY PASSED FIVE
DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THEY ARE IN CHAPTERS FIVE AND SEVEN IN CHAPTER FIVE THEY RELATE TO A AN EFFORT TO MAKE
OUR SAMPLE PETITION THAT IS CURRENTLY IN OUR CHARTER MORE INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T ACCIDENTALLY RELY ON
THAT SAMPLE EXCERPT IN OUR CHARTER AND THINK THAT THAT IS ALL THEY NEED TO INCLUDE. SO WE'RE GOING TO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO SHIFT THE LANGUAGE TO BEING HOUSED
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. THE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER SEVEN RELATE TO TAXATION AND FINANCE AND COVER A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT TOPICS MAINLY
MANY OF THEM RATHER RELATE TO BONDING AND OFFERING A CLARIFICATION ON THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT ARE REQUIRED. A VARIOUS STEPS ALONG THE PROCESS AND THEN THE OTHER ONE RELATES TO THE SPECIFIC DATE
BY WHICH THE COUNCIL HAS TO AMEND ADD EXCUSE ME ACT ON THE ADOPTION OF ITS BUDGET. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AMBIGUITY. SO THERE THERE'S AN EFFORT TO CLARIFY THAT AND THEN THE LAST
ONE RELATES TO DISBURSEMENTS AND UPDATES IT FOR THE MODERN ERA CREDIT CARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S THE GIST OF IT.
THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL IN THE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION BUT AGAIN WHAT YOU'RE ASKED TO DO TONIGHT IS SIMPLY ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THOSE FIVE RESOLUTIONS RECOMMENDING
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE ACTION ON THESE IN THE FUTURE. THEY ARE ALSO ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT PUBLIC
HEARING WOULD BE ON JUNE 1ST. THE ONE THE ONE EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT BIT OF NUANCE HERE IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS THAT WE'RE USING AMENDMENT BY ORDINANCE
REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS SEVEN MEMBER VOTE TO ADOPT THIS CHARTER OR ANY OF THESE CHARTER AMENDMENTS. SO THE EARLIEST YOU CAN ACT IS
JUNE 1ST AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE LATEST YOU CAN ACT IS JULY 1ST. AND SO THAT'S ALL MAPPED OUT IN YOUR REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION IN THE TIMELINE DOWN
THERE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACT ON ALL FIVE OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME. YOU COULD ACT ON THEM PERIODICALLY ALONG THE WAY. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. MS. MANAHAN COUNCILMEMBER
DALLESSANDRO, I HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT WHY SO APPRECIATE THE MODERN ERA COMMENTARY. I NOTED IN THERE THAT LIKE IT JUST SAID CREDIT CARD.
I JUST WAS KIND OF SURPRISED WE DIDN'T MORE GENERIC SIZE IT INTO SAYING CREDIT OR DEBIT OR VENMO OR LIKE I MEAN WHY WE DIDN'T EVEN GIVE OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY THERE SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS AT SOME
POINT. DO WE KNOW THE THE CITY'S CFO PARTICIPATED IN THE DRAFTING PROCESS AND SHE'S HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THAT. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MISS ECONOMY SCHULER MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS IS DISPERSEMENT OF CITY FUNDS. IT'S NOT TAKING FUNDS SO WE CAN TAKE ALL SORTS OF THINGS
BUT RIGHT NOW THE CITY HAS WE DISPERSE FUNDS BY CHECK ELECTRONICALLY AND BY A AND WE EVEN WANT TO GO INTO SPECIFICALLY OF A TRAVEL CARTER CARD. WE SAID CREDIT CARDS.
SO AT THIS MOMENT IT IS JUST HOW WE DISPERSE FUNDS. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANKS. AND I DID HAVE A QUESTION WHAT WHAT FUELED THE DECISION TO GO TO DO THIS BY ORDINANCE THIS
YEAR? >> MAYOR REMEMBERS THE DECISION TO PROCEED BY ORDINANCE IS THAT MANY OF THESE EDITS ARE CLARIFYING THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY
CHANGING EXISTING PROCESS. SO FOR EXAMPLE ALL THE THE LANGUAGE IN I BELIEVE IT'S 7 OR 7 THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHEN THE ADOPTION WHEN THAT BUDGET HAS TO BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT SAYS THE THIRD WEEK IN DECEMBER AND ON FIVE WEEK MONTHS OR FIVE YEARS FIVE FIVE WEEK MONTH YEARS. THAT GETS TO BE A LITTLE BIT
SQUISHY AS TO WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE ESPECIALLY IF THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER IS LIKE A THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO BE MORE
CLEAR ON WHAT IS THE THIRD WEEK OF DECEMBER THE RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND IS DECEMBER 23RD SO THAT YOU ALL WOULD ADOPT THE BUDGET BY DECEMBER
23RD? >> THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN MORE SO
JUST A COMMENT. IT WAS NICE TO SEE AND HEAR AND I KNOW I COULD WAIT TO THE PUBLIC HEARING BUT IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT PART OF THIS PROCESS IS DRIVEN BY THE LEAGUE AND MINNESOTA CITIES THAT WERE PART OF A LARGER
GROUP THAT'S KIND OF REVIEWING THIS STUFF. SO ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL. IF NOT THIS IS ONE OF OUR
ITEMS UNDER ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WHERE WE ACTUALLY NEED ACTION. SO I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON IT IN 5.3. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON THANK YOU MAYOR.
I MOVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF RESOLUTIONS 2026 ONE SEE 2026 TO SEE 2026 THREE SEE 2026 FORESEE AND 2026 FIVE SEE FROM THE CITY CHARTER
COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL ENACT A CHARTER AMENDMENT BY ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY CHARTER SECTIONS 5.05 5.11 AND 5.16 RELATING TO INITIATIVE,
REFERENDUM AND RECALL 20 61C AND SECTIONS OF 7.06 7.10 7.14 7.15 7.16 AND 7.17 RELATING TO CITY TAXATION AND FINANCING
2026 2C3C4C AND FIVE C AND TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR EACH SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
CARTER TO ACCEPT ITEM 5.3 AS STATED AND I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THE TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR EACH AS OF JUNE
1ST 2026 THANK YOU. MAYBE IT WAS ON THE SECOND PAGE WAS ON THE FLIP OVER SO I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU WERE THERE WAS A LOT TO READ AND YOU GOT THROUGH IT VERY NICELY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON. WE HAD A SECOND SECOND BY
COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE
PROCESS CONTINUING MOVING ON COUNCIL TO OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUES UPDATE I WILL KICK IT OFF AS I DO A RECAP OF OUR LISTENING SESSION EARLIER
TONIGHT WE HAD ONE SPEAKER WE HAD TIMOTHY ENGSTROM WHO IS THE GAMBLING MANAGER FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 550 HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND ALSO THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT
OF MINNESOTA AND THE BUDGET SERVICE BUILDING. HE BROUGHT FORWARD A NUMBER OF ISSUES REGARDING THE TOPIC WE DISCUSSED EARLIER ABOUT CHARITABLE GAMBLING. MR. ENGSTROM OBVIOUSLY KNOWS HIS BUSINESS AND HE HAD SOME
THINGS TO SAY AND SOME GOOD THINGS FOR US TO CONSIDER. HE WE WE DID ENCOURAGE HIM TO COME BACK KNOWING THIS WAS MOVING TO A PUBLIC HEARING EVENTUALLY AND WE'LL HEAR FROM I'M SURE MR. ENGSTROM AGAIN AS
WE SET A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER SOME OF THESE SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD. UM, AND THAT WAS ALL I HAD FOR THE COUNCIL'S LISTENING SESSION.
AS I SAID, WE JUST HAD ONE SPEAKER THIS EVENING AND I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED BOTH ON A COUNCIL STANDPOINT AND THE STAFF STANDPOINT AND EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO OUR HOME FAIR ON
SATURDAY WE HAD REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE IN THE MORNING. IT'S IT SEEMED TO DROP OFF A LITTLE BIT AFTER LUNCH. I THINK THE WEATHER STARTED TO CLEAR A LITTLE BIT AND PEOPLE FOUND BETTER THINGS TO DO ON THEIR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BUT IT WAS IT WAS VERY IT WAS
WELL ATTENDED. THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION GOING ON, A LOT OF GOOD VENDORS, GREAT INFORMATION AS ALWAYS BY OUR CITY STAFF. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A REALLY A POSITIVE EVENT THAT
WE HAVE AND I THINK IT'S IN EVERY OTHER YEAR KIND OF THING NOW AND I THINK THAT TIMING IS JUST RIGHT AND BUT IT WAS IT WAS WELL DONE AND A COMPLIMENT STAFF AND PULLING THAT ALL TOGETHER AND COMPLIMENT THE MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL THAT WERE THERE TO TO TO TAKE PART NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. WALKER NO UPDATES FOR THE COUNCIL TO NIGHTMARE THANK YOU COUNCIL
AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAD A COUPLE THAT HE WANTED TO DO QUICKLY I'LL TRY TO DO THIS FOR THOSE POSSIBLY HERE BUT I WANTED TO MENTION THAT I DID DURING THAT 4.3 WE TALKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC
HEARING ON A RELATED LICENSING AND I DID LIKE THE IDEA OF BROADENING THE FORMULA AS WE ALWAYS TRY TO LOOK AT TRYING TO DO TRANSPARENCY
BECAUSE WHATEVER ELSE UNDER YOU BROUGHT THAT UP I DO LIKE THAT FORMULA IDEA. I DON'T KNOW FOR THERE YET BUT I LIKE THAT IDEA CONCEPTUALLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW FOLKS SEE KIND OF HOW WE MAKE THE DECISION. I'M NOT SURE FORMAL IS THE RIGHT WORD BUT I LIKE IT
CONCEPTUALLY KIND OF MOVING FORWARD AND THEN I ALSO RAISED A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WERE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNEW ABOUT OR ARE CONTINUING SUPPORT OF FAMILIES THROUGH HOME VISITING
SERVICES. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON APPROVED OR GOT ACCEPTANCE OF SOME GRANT FUNDING TO CONTINUE PUBLIC HEALTH IN OUR
STRONG FOUNDATION OF EVIDENCE BASED FAMILY HOME VISITING PROGRAM WHICH SUPPORTS FAMILIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN'S ACROSS THE CITY REALLY TO HELP THEM WHERE WE WE SEND OUT
PUBLIC NURSES TO FAMILY HOME VISITORS AND THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH THOSE PARENTS IN THEIR HOMES TO SUPPORT HEALTHY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, POSITIVE PARENTING PRACTICES AND FAMILY STABILITY AND YOU
KNOW THIS THIS TRAINING WILL HELP THOSE FOLKS TO TO HAVE A BETTER EXPERIENCE AND HOME VISITING REALLY STRENGTHENS OUR OUR FAMILIES AND AND HELPS OUR CHILDREN GET A HEALTHY
START AND IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THEIR SUCCESS AS THEY MOVE ON IN THEIR ACADEMIC YEAR. AND THEN THE SECONDARY ITEM I WANTED TO JUST BRING UP IS THE
LOCAL APPROVAL FOR THE ALCOHOL SERVICES AT DWAN GOLF COURSE THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED LOCAL AUTHORITY'S AUTHORIZATION FOR NEWLY ENACTED STATE LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
TO ISSUE ON SALE INTOXICATED LIQUOR SALES OVER AT THE DUANE GOLF COURSE. THIS LEGISLATION DESIGNATES THE CITY AS A LICENSE HOLDER AND ALLOWS ALCOHOL SERVICE AT THE MUNICIPAL OWNED GOLF
COURSE UNDER THE STATE LIQUOR LAW AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT CHANGE THAT'S THERE AND I'M HOPING I WON'T END UP WITH MORE GOLF IN OUR YARD OR
A CERTAIN ONE OF MY MY FRIENDS THAT LIVES OVER THERE IN HIS YARD EITHER. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MARE THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN AND JUST TO CALL OUT TO OUR
BLOOMINGTON LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION WHO'D WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT GOT PASSED AND WAS PART OF THE OVERALL OMNIBUS LIQUOR BILL AND SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN AND
APPRECIATE THAT THE LEGISLATURE COULD GET SOMETHING DONE THIS YEAR AND THEY GOT THAT DONE. SO THAT WAS ONE THING. SO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO ON A ON A WHIMSICAL NOTE RELATED TO THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO THE
PRESBYTERIAN HOMES AND HAVING A HAPPY HOUR WITH THE RESIDENTS THERE TOO BECAUSE THEY FINALLY GET THE RIGHT TO HAVE LIQUOR IN THEIR OWN HOU WHICH IS VERY COOL. SO LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT DO GO A LONG WAY TO IN CHANGING
THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE IN A POSITIVE WAY SO NOT TO MAKE LIGHT OF IT BUT APPRECIATE THAT I HAD TO END IT. ON A SOMBER NOTE THOUGH I THINK IT'S I WANT TO DRAW
ATTENTION TO WHAT I SAW ON THE AGENDA AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN CALLED OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION, THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORK THAT WE
DO FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN GENERAL. YOU KNOW THE CONTRAST BETWEEN ITEMS 3.8 AND 3.9 THAT SOME TOTALED ABOUT I DON'T KNOW
$1,500 TOWARDS PUBLIC HEALTH AND A 710,000 POTENTIAL GRANT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE HERE IS REALLY STARK RIGHT AND REALLY COMPELLING.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT THERE IS MONEY AVAILABLE BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY TO HELP US WITH JUVENILE OPIOID ADDICTION SERVICES. DO I THINK THAT THE POLICE SHOULD LEAD THAT? NO, NOT BECAUSE THE POLICE IS NOT GREAT.
I UNDERSTAND THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, ENFORCEMENT AND ALL THAT BUT BECAUSE THAT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE BUT WE CAN GET $700,000 FOR THE POLICE TO DO A PROJECT WE
CAN'T GET PUBLIC IF WE SAID IT WAS A PUBLIC HEALTH THING WE WOULD NEVER GET THAT MONEY AND THAT'S NOT A LOCAL THING. THAT'S A STATE AND LEGAL AND FEDERAL PROBLEM RIGHT.
AND SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE I'M I'M ALL FOR US GETTING ALL THE GRANTS WE CAN THAT HELPS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND I LOVE THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT LEADS IN SO MANY AREAS AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF MENTAL HEALTH
CRISES AND PUBLIC INTERVENTION AS A PREVENTION TO TO ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY. I ADMIRE THAT DESPERATELY. BUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN WE SEE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT
IS A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN PREVENTION SERVICES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND AND THAT'S A STATE AND FEDERAL ISSUE. SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ALL
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE WHO SEE THE SAME STARK CONTRAST THAT I SEE TO TALK TO THEIR LEGISLATIVE BODIES AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO TO TO TRY TO RESOLVE THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ASKING A LOT
OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO WORK THAT BELONGS SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WE CAN DO BETTER AS A STATE AND AS A COUNTRY ON THAT FRONT IN MY OPINION. SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION
TONIGHT. THANK YOU. DO APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS, SIR. LET'S REMEMBER. NELSON THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME COMMENTS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MR. BANKS MADE AT
THE LAST LISTENING SESSION AND I APOLOGIZE I WASN'T ABLE TO BE THERE AND THEY WERE RELATED TO VOIP AND THE ALLOCATION THAT THE COUNCIL MADE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE THERE AND
BECAUSE I AM ON THE BOARD OF VOIP I DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THAT DISCUSSION OR RECUSE MYSELF. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS HAD ASKED A QUESTION. MR. MANX DIDN'T THINK IT WAS
FULLY RESPONDED TO. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING FORTH TO THE COMMUNITY THAT VOIP IS VERY THOROUGH IN REVIEWING ALL APPLICATIONS INCLUDING THEY
REVIEW THE APPLICANT, THE RENTER THEMSELF AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS MONEY WILL ACTUALLY HELP BRIDGE THE GAP AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR YEARS NOT ONLY HERE BUT WITH THE DYING ON
RICHFIELD AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW CANDIDLY I MEAN IF IF YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB YOU DON'T HAVE PROSPECTS FOR INCOME IS NOT GOING TO HELP TO PAY ONE MONTH OF RENT AND THEY AREN'T THERE TO PROVIDE ONGOING AND
THIS IS FOR THINGS YOU KNOW LIKE YOUR TRANSMISSION GOES OUT, YOU HAVE A HUGE MEDICAL BILL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THEY SCREEN THESE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO HELP.
THEY ALSO SCREEN THE THE LANDLORD AND THEY REQUIRE BECAUSE THEY MAKE THEIR PAYMENT DIRECTLY AS MR. BANKS NOTED DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORD FOR THE RENT. SO THAT RENTER CAN'T USE THAT
MONEY FOR ANYTHING ELSE. IT GOES TO PAY THE RENT AND BUT THEY SCREEN THAT THEY GET THE TAX ID NUMBER INSURANCES ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND THEY SCREEN THAT THROUGH DATABASES
YOU KNOW COMMON DATABASES TO ENSURE THAT AT THE INFORMATION IS ACCURATE. SO I JUST WANT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THAT VOIP IS VERY ROBUST IN THEIR PROCESSES FOR THAT MONEY AND LOOKING OUT FOR
THE MONEY THAT THAT OUR COMMUNITY DINER RICHFIELD IS PROVIDING TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE MOST IN NEED. I DO APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT AFTER OUR STUDY SESSION OR
STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION AND WENT THROUGH THAT AND I THINK YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG I THINK HE'S COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AND I DID ALSO SPEAK WITH MR. BANKS TODAY ABOUT IT AND EXPLAIN
THAT TO HIM AND HE FELT COMFORTABLE ABOUT IT AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, INFORMATION GETS A LITTLE CROSSWAYS. COMMUNICATION GOES TWO WAYS NOT GOING TO POINT FINGERS AT
WHO SAID WATCH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICULARLY THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT UNDERSTOOD WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND AND WHAT THE ACTUAL SITUATION WAS. SO BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR MONEY IS GOING WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO. THAT'S A VERY FAIR QUESTION AND TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT AND I CAN GIVE GREAT ASSURANCES THAT THE MONEY GOING TO BE IS HELPING THE PEOPLE THAT NEED
IT AND BEING TRACKED AND SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, JUST TWO QUICK COMMENTS ON REGARDS TO THAT. SOMEBODY MADE A MISTAKE
SOMEWHERE ANSWERING THE PHONE AND MR. MINKS GOT THE INFORMATION WRONG INFORMATION TO CLARIFY THAT AND HE TOOK THAT RIGHT INTO THE LISTENING STATION.
BUT HE'S HE'S IN THE CLEAR NOW THAT EVERYTHING IS KOSHER WOULD BE SO AND THE OTHER COMPANIES BASED ON THEM BUT COUNCILMEMBER YARIV SANDERS SAID IN REGARDS TO THE FUNDS
BEING AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO DO ASSISTING PEOPLE IN NEED THERE IS OPPORTUNITY THERE. I JUST CAME TO MY MIND AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL THERE IS THERE IS NO ADVOCACY COMMITTEE THAT PUSHES THAT WITH SENATORS AND HOUSE I REPRESENTATIVES RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE COULD WRITE A LETTER TO THE NLC AND AND SUGGEST THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST AT THE MOMENT.
SO I SO AGAIN THANK YOU. THERE YOU GOT CONCERNED ABOUT THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SO ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL HEARING NONE WE HAVE REACHED THE END
OF OUR AGENDA. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN TONIGHT SO MOVED SECOND A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANKS MUCH FOR THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT COUNCIL THANKS TO STAFF FOR YOUR GREAT WORK AS ALWAYS THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO TUNED IN AND PARTICIPATED.
HAVE A GREAT REST YOUR WEEKEND