. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL OUR BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. TONIGHT IS MONDAY, MARCH 23RD. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE JOINED US HAVE JOINED US
HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU'RE ABLE IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND REMOVE ANY HEAD COVERINGS AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. COUNCIL OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE OUR
AGENDA AND OUR AGENDA IS A FULL ONE AGAIN TONIGHT UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS ITEM 2.1 WE HAVE A GROUP HERE FROM THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A A NICE TALK ABOUT THE THE SOFTBALL FIELD WORKS OVER AT DRED SCOTT FIELD SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT. ITEM 2.2 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. ITEM 2.3 IS THE INTRODUCTION
OF NEW EMPLOYEES. 2.4 IS AN APPOINTMENT TO OUR MERIT BOARD AND 2.5 IS THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH 2026 ANNUAL WORK PLAN AND REPORT ITEM THREE IS OUR CONSENT
BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER HAS OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT AND I THINK SHE'S ON LINE. WE'VE GOT 15 ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS. ITEM FOUR ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES.
WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS A COUPLE OF THEM PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEM 4.1 IS CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PHASE TWO ORDINANCE 4.2 IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S
REGARDING THE WOODBRIDGE MARSH AND POLLY'S POND DRAWDOWN FOR STORM SEWER MAINTENANCE AND 4.3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES AND 4.4 A PRIVATELY
INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT REGARDING REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING AND ITEM 4.5 CITY CODE AMENDMENT REGARDING OUR FENCE STANDARDS ORDINANCE AND WE'LL WRAP UP AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY
AND ISSUE UPDATE COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? AS STATED COUNCILMEMBER LEMON DO YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST
IN CHANGING ANY OF THE ITEMS 4 OR 5 I THINK I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD ORDER. I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY. SO YEAH AND THIS READY WE HAVE IS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ON
LINE SO OKAY BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO FOLKS ON LINE. WE'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I THINK WILL EVENTUALLY BE JOINING US ON LINE AND SO ALL OF OUR VOTES THIS EVENING ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ROLL CALL
VOTES. AND SO I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS STATED A SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION
ON THIS IS RIGHT AND CARTER COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, THEY'RE WITH US. >> I'M TRYING TO COME OFF CAMERA OR ON CAMERA. >> OKAY. THERE WE GO.
I DALLESSANDRO I RIVAS HI LOWMAN I ROBERTSON I MAYOR BAZZI I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
OUR FIRST ITEM IS ITEM 2.1 THE DRED SCOTT SOFTBALL FIELDS WORK RECOGNITION BY OUR FRIENDS AT THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM. WE'VE GOT RENEE CLARK HERE THIS EVENING WITH US. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY
COUNCIL. I'M ALSO HERE WITH DANNY BLASI AND AARON RENZ FROM OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE LED PROJECT MANAGE A LOT OF THE WORK HERE AT DRED SCOTT
PRESCOTT PLAY FIELDS AS ORIGINALLY SIGNIFICANT FACILITY THAT SUPPORTS GIRLS SOFTBALL BOTH THE LOCAL AND COMPETITIVE LEVELS SERVING BLOOMINGTON AND TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE REGION. IN RECENT YEARS THE CITY HAS
MADE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE FIELDS INCLUDING FIELD SIX, HOME TO JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT TO IMPROVE ENHANCED SAFETY PLAY ABILITY
AND OVERALL QUALITY. THE UPGRADES HAVE FOCUSED ON MODERNIZING IRRIGATION, IMPROVING GRADING AND DRAINAGE, NEW FIELD LIGHTING IN THE WHEEL AND EXPANDING WARNING TRACKS TO IMPROVE, IMPROVE PLAYER SAFETY.
THE WORK AT DRED SCOTT ALSO REFLECTS STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TORO AND THE BLOOMINGTON FAST PITCH ASSOCIATE SSION AND WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE BOOSTERS HERE TONIGHT AS WELL. TOGETHER THESE INVESTMENTS
ENSURE THAT DRED SCOTT PLAY FIELDS CONTINUES TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCE FOR ATHLETES AND REMAINS A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR GIRLS SOFTBALL. THIS IS REFLECTING CITY COUNCIL'S STRONG COMMITMENT TO
EQUITABLY INVESTING IN COMMUNITY AMENITIES AND YOUTH ATHLETICS. SO THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL AND WITH THAT STAFF WE'LL TURN THIS OVER TO THE BLOOMINGTON FASTPITCH GIRLS SOFTBALL VERY
GOOD. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME EVENING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. I'M I'M GRACE. I'M RAMIE AND I'M AMY.
WE ARE THE CAPTAINS OF THE VARSITY SOFTBALL TEAM AT BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON AND WE ARE JUST HERE TO THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN OUR FIELDS WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR
PROGRAM AND FOR INVESTING IN OUR PLAYERS AND OUR THE FUTURE OF OUR PROGRAM AS WELL . YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS WILL KEEP OUR PLAYERS SAFE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME AND KEEP OUR
FIELDS RELIABLE WHICH IS VERY ,VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR SPORT. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN LIKE THE FUTURE OUR PROGRAM AND OUR SUCCESS THIS YEAR IN YOUR SPORT AND ALSO INVESTING IN THE YOUNGER GIRLS WHO ARE STILL IN BFA WHO
ARE ASPIRING TO PLAY IN THE FIELD WILL STILL BE GOOD BY THEN HOPEFULLY SO. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A THANK YOU CARD TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL. THIS IS SIGNED BY ALL OF THE
VARSITY STATE ROSTER PLAYERS FROM 2025 SO VERY GOOD. THANKS VERY MUCH. A BIG THANKS. BIG THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHEN WE GET OVER YOU GET A PICTURE AND I INTENTIONALLY BOUGHT THE JEFFERSON
. I GOT A VERY GOOD THANK YOU ALSO VERY MAKE IT TO JEFFERSON THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS AT
JEFFERSON AND TO BLOOMINGTON, FASTPITCH AND TO TORO. I MEAN THEY PUT IN A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE AS WELL SO THEY DID OUTSTANDING WORK. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE NOW IN IN OUR PARKS
AND IN OUR PUBLIC AMENITIES. THIS COMING ON THE HEELS OF BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN COMING ON THE HEELS OF THE FIELDS AND THE BALL HIGH SCHOOLS IT'S JUST NICE TO SEE THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE FIELDS BEFITTING THE PROGRAMS THAT WE
HAVE AT OUR TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AND WISH YOU BEST OF LUCK. I ASSUME SEASON IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY AND WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THIS YEAR FOR FABULOUS. WELL I CONGRATULATIONS AND
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR SPEARHEADING THE WORK OUT THERE. I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU .
NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND THAT IS APRIL 6TH THROUGH THE 12TH. I'M GOING TO INVITE UP JOHN ALLEN WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH OR JOHN THERE HE IS.
HE'S GOING TO STAND UP HERE WITH ME AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE THE PODIUM AS SOON AS I GET DONE HERE WITH THE PROCLAMATION AND COME ON RIGHT UP HERE WITH ME. PERFECT CAMERAS RIGHT THERE. SO YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK GOOD. SO PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL
PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK APRIL 6TH THROUGH THE 12 2026 WHEREAS THE WEEK OF APRIL 6TH, 2026 IS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND THE THEME IS READY SET ACTION HIGHLIGHTING THAT PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS
OCCURRING THROUGH SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES, LEGISLATION AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE HEALTH OF ALL. AND. WHEREAS, ONE OF THE CITIES THREE OBJECTIVES IN THE
BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO ACHIEVE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE INDICES MEASURING HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND PEOPLE AND HEALTH AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND.
WHEREAS BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR POPULATIONS IN BLOOMINGTON CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE DISPARITIES IN THE BURDEN OF ILLNESS AND DEATH AS COMPARED WITH THE ENTIRE POPULATION. AND. WHEREAS PUBLIC HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PARTNERS OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR INCLUDING CITY STAFF, FIRST RESPONDERS, SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY RECOGNIZING THAT WE ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO CHANGE HEALTH OUTCOMES.
AND. WHEREAS, EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN MINNESOTA WILL RESULT IN A STATEWIDE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM THAT PREVENTS DISEASE, PROTECTS WELL-BEING AND IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF ALL
RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE NOW THEREFORE I MAYOR TIM YOU DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 6TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK IN BLOOMINGTON AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THIS WEEK
BY RECOGNIZING HOW PUBLIC HEALTH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO CREATING AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE BLOOMINGTON DATA. THIS 23RD DAY OF MARCH 2026 I HAVE SAID BEFORE WE SAW THE VALUE OF OUR DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN IT SHONE THROUGH AND WAS WAS HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR JUST HOW INCREDIBLY VALUABLE OUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS THEN.
AND AS WE'VE CONTINUED PAST THAT NOW, THEIR WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH HAS JUST BEEN UNMATCHED ACROSS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. SO WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
DR. KELLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THANKS FOR THE WORK OF THE BOARD. I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU, JOHN. GO AHEAD. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS I WAS HERE LAST YEAR FOR THIS AND THIS YEAR AS
WELL. I JUST REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TREMENDOUS WORK DONE BY THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN BLIC HEALTH HERE. THIS IS INCREDIBLE CHALLENGING TIMES BOTH FINANCIALLY AND
JUST THE BURDEN OF DISEASE AND PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING ALL ACROSS THE NATION BUT ALSO IN BLOOMINGTON AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT NOT ONLY
DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH BUT ALSO IN CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF HEALTH IN BLOOMINGTON, SLOWING OUR STREETS DOWN, WORKING WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO HAVE ALTERNATIVES FOR BEHAVIORAL
AND MENTAL HEALTH AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE AND IT REALLY REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. VERY GOOD. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND I KNOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THE BOARD HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT WHY DON'T WE GET A PICTURE NOW? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO NEXT? STAND RIGHT HERE AND DO THIS
AND YOU CAN DO THAT. OH, YOU'RE ALL COMING IN PERFECT. PERFECT LIKE THIS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY YOU APPRECIATE IT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY DO THINGS DO YOU
ADAM 2.3 ON OUR AGENDA IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES . I THINK WE HAVE FOLKS FROM PUBLIC HEALTH AGAIN IS THAT CORRECT? DR. NICK KELLY IT'S ALL ABOUT
PUBLIC HEALTH THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TWO NEW STAFF TO INTRODUCE THAT ARE PART OF THAT INCREDIBLE TEAM AND PUBLIC HEALTH. SO FIRST OFF I'D LIKE TO
INTRODUCE JOHN KNIGHT AND HAUSER. JOHN JOINED THE CITY IN NOVEMBER JUST BEFORE THE END OF NOVEMBER AS A PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST ON OUR SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION TEAM.
IN THIS ROLE HE IS DRIVING A LOT OF THE WORK ON OUR OPIOID WORK ASSISTING WITH SOME OF OUR CANNABIS WORK AND REALLY DOING INCREDIBLE WORK ON SUBSTANCE MISUSE PREVENTION AND WELLBEING ACROSS THE
COMMUNITY. HE'S DOING A LOT OF THE WORK COORDINATING OUR WORK WITH FRAZIER, OUR BIG PROJECT WE'RE DOING ON OUR OPIOID SETTLEMENT WORK RIGHT NOW. HE'S VERY FOCUSED ON YOUTH AND
YOUNG ADULTS AND POPULATIONS THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED AND HE COMES TO US WITH A PRETTY EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND WITH A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND A MASTER IN SOCIAL WORK AND JUST
INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE WORKING ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SEXUAL HEALTH AND CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU,. WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH, I THINK MY MY SUPERVISOR HERE SHARED GREAT BACKGROUND ON MYSELF. I THINK THE OTHER THING TO HIGHLIGHT IS I AM NEW TO THE BLOOMINGTON AREA IN GENERAL I MOVED HERE FOR THIS POSITION
CAME FROM MILWAUKEE. I THINK WHAT I'M MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO IS KAYAKING IN THE MANY LAKES AROUND HERE. SO IF YOU GO TO RECOMMENDATIONS I WOULD I WOULD LOVE IT BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. WELCOME. AND THEN OUR OTHER NEW STAFF MEMBER TONIGHT IS A TORY DETERMINED TORY JOINED US AS OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SPECIALIST JUST OVER A MONTH
AGO AND IN THIS ROLE SHE REALLY MANAGES A LOT OF OUR WORK PREPARING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES WITH SOME OF OUR FEDERAL GRANTS SUPPORTING TRAINING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MAKING SURE OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE PREPARED AND RESILIENT FOR AN EMERGENCY. SHE'S GOT A BACKGROUND WORKING AT COUNTY AND STATE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORK AND A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC HEALTH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. AS NICK SAID, I CAME FROM CHICAGO COUNTY BEFORE THIS AND I LIVE HERE IN THE MINNEAPOLIS TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.
SO TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND WORK NOW IN THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN IS IT'S A JOY FOR MYSELF AND I'M HONORED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. I THINK SO FAR EVERYBODY I'VE
MET HAS BEEN JUST WONDERFUL. >> SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WELL, WELCOME TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. SO BOTH TORY AND JOHN IT'S AS I SAY THIS EVERY ALL OF OUR
NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WE WERE THE ONES WHO SET UP HERE BUT YOU ARE THE ONES WHO IN MANY CASES ARE THE FACE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT FOLKS WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THEY THINK ABOUT WORKING WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND HOW YOU
REPRESENT BLOOMINGTON AND THAT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY AND A BIG TASK. BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'RE UP TO IT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVING THE GOOD RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON IN YOUR YOUR OWN CREATIVE AND SPECIAL WAYS.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND WELCOME . ADAM 2.4 ON OUR AGENDA COUNCIL IS AN APPOINTMENT TO OUR MERIT BOARD AND THIS ITEM IS IN THE
IS IN THE PACKET AND WE HAVE WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS ON OUR MERIT BOARD IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE OPENING IS AN OPENING THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE SOMEBODY NOT SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT SO THERE WAS ONE
OPENING WE HAD EXACTLY ONE APPLICANT FOR THAT OPENING AND SO COUNCIL WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MOVE THE NAME OF THOMAS PIERCE FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO BE APPOINTED TO
THE MERIT BOARD TO A TERM FROM APRIL 1ST 2026 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2028 SECOND MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO APPOINT THOMAS PIERCE TO THE MERIT BOARD FOR
A TERM FROM APRIL 1ST, 2026 TO DECEMBER 31ST 2028. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. I DO UNDERSTAND IT NOW I'M SORRY THAT COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON IS ON BOARD. OH YES, HE YES HE IS. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU COULD CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.
CARTER, I NELSON I D'ALESSANDRO I REBUS I LOWMAN ROBERTSON I MAYOR RAMSEY I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CONGRATULATIONS THOMAS PIERCE
YOUR APPOINTMENT TO THE ADVISORY BOARD OR IS EXCUSE ME TO THE MERIT BOARD WELCOME YOU JUMPING AHEAD THE AGENDA BECAUSE ITEM 2.5 IS OUR ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH 2026 ANNUAL WORK PLAN OUR ANNUAL
REPORT AND WORK PLAN AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO DR. NICK KELLY ONE MORE TIME AND WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR FOLKS IN THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH .
WELL, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M GOING TO DO A QUICK HIGHLIGHT OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO DR. ALLEN WHO WILL
DO THE REST OF THE BOARD'S PRESENTATION. A QUICK REMINDER IN OUR CITY CODE THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH REALLY EXISTS TO
ADVISE COUNCIL ON ISSUES AROUND HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE CITY AND SO THE BOARD TAKES THAT THAT FAIRLY SERIOUSLY ABOUT HOW THEY SUPPORT THE COUNCIL'S DECISION MAKING AROUND PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUES. THEY DO THAT IN A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS. RESEARCH AND REPORT STUDY AND COMMENT EVALUATE RECOMMEND AND
PARTICIPATION IN CITY EVENTS SO THEY EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND ARE MIGHT BE WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE FROM LETTERS OR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD ASKING FOR SOME ACTION OR ENCOURAGING ACTION.
THE PRIOR ONES ARE MOSTLY RELATED TO THINGS THAT THEY PUT INTO THEIR MINUTES OR PUSHED THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON YOUR RADAR.
NOW I TURN IT OVER TO JOHN TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT HAPPENED IN 2025. THANK YOU VERY MUCH NICK AS MAYOR BUSSE SAID I'M JOHN ALLEN.
I'VE HAD A 25 YEAR STINT IN BLOOMINGTON LIVING HERE AND A 45 YEAR MEDICAL CAREER. SO I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE PAST AND I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF CHANGES
THAT HAVE RECENTLY OCCURRED THAT I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO MONITOR. BUT FIRST TO GO THROUGH THE 2025 HIGHLIGHTS WE DID PROVIDE DIRECTIONS AND WORK PLAN FOR SUBSTANCE PREVENTION,
WELLBEING AND POLICY. WE PARTICIPATED IN A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH A DINER IN RICHFIELD WHICH WAS VERY GOOD AND HELPED PLAN A TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT AND THAT'S ONE
OF OUR AREAS OF FOCUS. AS YOU KNOW WE PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE CANNABIS POLICY, LEARNED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER THAT'S BEING BUILT.
WE ATTENDED AND HELPED PARTICIPATE IN THE DIAMOND SERVICE AWARDS WHICH WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL EVENING AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED TO GO TO THOSE. I WAS REALLY QUITE SATISFYING
AND WE LEARNED ABOUT THE VERY IMPORTANT WORK OF VEEP AND WHAT IT DOES IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH I THINK WILL BE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AS WE GO FORWARD.
NEXT SLIDE OUR AREAS OF FOCUS IN 2026 INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CHANGING CANNABIS LANDSCAPE PARTICULARLY WITH THE VOLATILITY OF THE FEDERAL
CHANGES IN THE 2018 FARM BILL. THAT'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE FOR US NOT ONLY TO DEVELOP POLICY BUT ALSO TO MONITOR ITS COMPLIANCE
NICOTINE POUCHES, ALCOHOL IMPACTS ON COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTICULARLY OUR YOUNG YOUNG PEOPLE. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT PREVENTION STRATEGIES AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND INCREASING ACCESS TO CARE.
I'LL MENTION THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. ALSO ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS HOUSING AND FOOD AND ALL THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT REALLY PLAY INTO THE HEALTH OF BURLINGTON
COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDE A DIRECTION ON HEALTH, ON FEDERAL IMPACTS AND EMPHASIS ON HEALTH CARE ACCESS ,VACCINATION AND FUNDING. THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT TIME TO WORK THROUGH
UNDERSTANDING THE FEDERAL CHANGES, UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES TO OUR BLOOMINGTON AREA SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO UNDERSTAND THE CASCADING IMPACT OF THE VARIOUS RATES
OF UNINSURED. NEXT SLIDE WE PROVIDE AN INPUT ON THE RECOVERY FROM THE METRO SURGE. AS YOU KNOW THAT HAD AN IMPACT NOT ONLY ON OUR CITIZENS
OF BLOOMINGTON BUT ALSO ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS WHO ARE OFTEN WORKERS OF COLOR AND WERE FRANKLY SCARED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES FOR MUCH OF THE
YEAR MUCH OF THE TIME THAT THE FEDERAL SURGE WAS HERE. WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE PUBLIC TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON WORK GRANTS AND OUTCOMES WHICH AGAIN HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING AND NAVIGATE THESE VERY
COMPLEX ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE HEALTH OF BLOOMINGTON AND WE ANTICIPATE FEEDBACK ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AS WELL. THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT I THINK WE NEED TO MONITOR VERY CAREFULLY AND THIS IS REALLY A TSUNAMI CHANGE IN THE HEALTH CARE LANDSCAPE IN THE TWIN CITIES.
THE FIRST IS IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 116,000 MINNESOTANS WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE THIS YEAR. THE EFFECT ON OUR CAPACITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE E.R. AND MENTAL HEALTH IS GOING TO BE DRAMATIC.
THE SECOND IS LAST WEEK IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT ALLINA WAS BEING MERGED WITH SUTTER HEALTH. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MY CAREER HERE THAT A MINNESOTA
HEALTH SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE GOVERNED BY A NON MINNESOTA COMPANY. I'M FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH SUTTER HEALTH. THEY HAVE A POSITIVE MARGIN. THEY HAVE THEIR REASONS FOR
THAT AND I THINK WE'LL SEE THAT COMING UP. ALLINA HEALTH HAS HAD A NEGATIVE SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE OR MORE NEGATIVE MARGIN AND IS REALLY STRUGGLING FROM A
FINANCIAL STANDPOINT BUT IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED THAT THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY IMPACT AND COMMUNITY HEALTH HERE THEY'VE BEEN A WONDERFUL PARTNER. SO IT'S UNCLEAR AS TO THE
IMPACT OF WHAT THIS WILL BE BUT WE NEED TO MONITOR IT. AND THE THIRD AND MOST IMPORTANT THAT I THINK IS THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AT THE HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER THAT IS IN IMMINENT DANGER
OF ACTUALLY CLOSING. IT IS A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE IN TERMS OF TRAINING, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF E.R. ORTHOPEDICS, MENTAL HEALTH, GERIATRICS.
IT'S ANTICIPATED THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO CLOSE ABOUT 100 INPATIENT BEDS. THE E.R. SEES 195,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR AND IF THAT CONTRACTS IN ANY WAY THAT'S GOING TO PUT
PRESSURE ON THE THREE HOSPITALS THAT SERVICE BLOOMINGTON, THAT BEING METHODIST, SOUTH CAROLINA BUT NORTHWESTERN SO I UNDERSTAND THAT MUNICIPAL POLICY IS NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTING THAT BUT WE
REALLY NEED TO MONITOR THAT AND SEE THE IMPACT AND IT REALLY EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR PREVENTIVE SERVICES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, DR. ALLEN. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. DR. KELLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER I NOTICED WITH THE SLIDES THERE AND THANK YOU
FOR MENTIONED THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU DID THOSE ARE CERTAINLY THERE I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOU KNOW EITHER RAISES PERSPECTIVES ON THE VACCINES AND THE CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF HOW THAT'S ORGANIZED AND HOW THAT'S
ADMINISTRATED AND WHAT THINGS THAT WE AS POLICYMAKERS SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT AS WE SEE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KIND OF SHIFT AND CHANGE AS TO HOW THAT IS ADMINISTERED. YOU KNOW, AT THAT LEVEL WELL,
FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT THAT'S A DISASTER. I'LL JUST SAY IT. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FORTUNATE IN MINNESOTA IS WE
HAVE A VERY CAPABLE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS ON A PROCESS TO CHANGE STATE LAW TO MAKE SURE THAT MINNESOTA IS ABLE TO
FOLLOW EVIDENCE BASED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ADVISORY BODIES NOT ONLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT OUR VACCINES ARE BEING ADVISED
WITH THE BEST SCIENCE POSSIBLE. I THINK THE OTHER COMPLICATION WITH SOME OF THIS FEDERAL CHANGE IS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE SEEN A 50% REDUCTION IN OUR FUNDING TO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE VACCINES
FOR UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS. THAT CONTINUES TO DROP WHICH CREATES ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES AND BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE VACCINATION TO INDIVIDUALS WITH THE MOST RISK WITHOUT
ACCESS TO INSURANCE. AND FINALLY THE DISINFORMATION THAT'S BEING PROMULGATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS IS REALLY A DISASTER FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT.
WELL, THANK YOU AND I'LL HOLD MY MY MY LAST QUESTION, MARIA. I KNOW WE'VE GOT A TIGHT AGENDA HERE SO. WELL, I'LL HOLD OFF AND ASK YOU THAT OFFLINE. THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, ARE THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC STATE LEVEL ACTIVITIES THAT YOU'RE CLOSELY MONITORING RIGHT NOW AS THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS
UNDERWAY THAT WOULD BE WORTH US KNOWING ABOUT AND I ASSUME I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME BUT MAYBE I DO ASSUME THAT YOU ALL ARE MAKING YOURSELVES AVAILABLE FOR ANY PUBLIC
TESTIMONY IN THAT REGARD. SO IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS ANDRE, THERE ARE I WAS TRYING TO
REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER. IT'S LIKE TEN PAGES OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT ARE MOVING THAT HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT THAT THE ASSOCIATION WE'RE PART OF IS
MONITORING VERY CLOSELY THE ONE THAT'S MOST IMPACTFUL FOR US OUTSIDE OF SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDING AND PROCESS ARE MEDICAL CONSULT. WE HAD A MEDICAL CONSULTANT RETIRE.
IT TOOK US A VERY LONG TIME. WE HAD A GAP IN COVERAGE FOR A MEDICAL CONSULTANT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. IT IS TO ALLOW FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND A LITTLE
BROADER SCOPE THAN JUST AN M.D. THERE'S MUCH FEWER MDS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE THAT ARE WILLING TO DO THE MEDICAL CONSULTING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT THAN THERE WERE IN 1976.
WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. IT'S A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S GREAT. I'M GRATEFUL SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU ALL ARE IN PLACE TO HELP US OUT. THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TOO. IT MEANS A LOT AGREE GREAT
MEMBER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNSEL IF NOT ON OUR AGENDA ON OUR MOTION SHEET IT SAYS NO ACTION NEEDED BUT WE TYPICALLY DO APPROVE THESE WORK PLANS
AND ANNUAL REPORTS. SO I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE 2026 ANNUAL REPORT AND THE WORK PLAN MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER OR EXCUSE ME BY
COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH HER ANNUAL REPORT AND WORK PLAN NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS
RIGHT CARTER I'M NELSON I D'ALESSANDRO I RIVAS I LOMAS ROBERTSON I BASI I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR VERY VERY IMPORTANT WORK AND PLEASE SHARE OUR THANKS WITH THE REST OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH IF YOU COULD PLEASE AND CONTINUE THAT WORK. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT AND WE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU.
THANKS MAYOR. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA COUNCIL. IT IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER HAS THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY HOLDS BUT I WOULD LOOK I WOULD DO ONE LAST CALL HERE AND YOU
MIGHT HAVE TO HELP ME OUT IF THERE IS ANYBODY SAYING ANYTHING SO I'M NOT SURE I CAN HEAR THEM. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN WITH HIS HAND UP. >> YOU KNOW, MAYOR, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE THE
PATHWAYS TO POLICING 3.7 AND 3.9 THE I HEARD SIXTH STREET BRIDGE PRESERVATION BUT I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS SO I'LL JUST HOLD OFF ON THIS UNTIL LATER ON. SIT IF WE HAVE TIME. VERY GOOD. THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
ANY OTHER RULES? OKAY. >> SO JUST CLARIFYING NOT HOLDING THEM AT THIS TIME WE'RE NOT KNOWING COUNCIL OR ANY OTHER REQUEST THAT HOLDS YOU'RE FREE TO GO. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER OKAY, WELL THEN I WOULD HOLD 3.1
WHICH ARE THE DONATIONS AND THEN MOVE TO APPROVE 3.233.1 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.2 THROUGH 3.15 ON OUR CONSENT
AGENDA TONIGHT NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS RIGHT CARTER I NELSON I
D'ALESSANDRO I PREVIOUS I ROBERTSON I MAYOR BETSY I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ITEM 3.1 YEAH SO 3.1 IS THE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE TO ACCEPT
DONATIONS AND WE HAD SEVERAL THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY I WOULD HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL DONATIONS THAT HAVE COME IN FOR VETERANS MEMORIAL AND SPECIFICALLY THE
PURCHASE OF THE DOG TAGS TO REMEMBER SPECIFIC VETERANS AND THAT WAS AROUND 60 2000S OF COURSE THAT WILL GO TOWARD THE MEMORIAL ITSELF. IN ADDITION, WE HAD SEVERAL DONATIONS TO THE BLOOMINGTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES AND THEN A COUPLE OF BUNDLES OF LOVE FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
AND THEN A AN APPLE AIRTAG FOR IT WHICH IS VERY NICE. SO I EXPRESSED MY SINCERE THANKS TO EVERYBODY IN OUR
COMMUNITY THAT HAVE MADE THOSE DONATIONS AND WE JUST ASK STAFF TO DO THE FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND WITH THAT WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE 3.1 SAME MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER
CARTER, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.1 ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS RIGHT CARTER I DALLESSANDRO I
NELSON I REVERSE I LOWMAN ROBERTSON I HEREBY SEE I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU MUCH COUNCILMEMBER CARTER FOR TAKING CARE OF TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOREIGNER AGENDA ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND WE WILL START WITH A CONTINUED CONTINUATION OF OUR DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PHASE TWO ORDINANCE. THIS IS ITEM 4.1 TO CALL TO
CAST AND DAVE FROM OUR PLANNING STAFF IS HERE FOR US TO WRAP UP THIS DISCUSSION. WE HAD A CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ON THIS NOT TOO LONG AGO IN THIS I THINK WE HAD SOME COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND
CLARIFICATIONS BUT I KNOW STAFF ALSO HAS SOME CLARIFICATIONS AND AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL. YEAH. YEAH. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL THE I JUST WANT TO I WON'T
DIVE INTO THE FALL ORDINANCE OVER AGAIN JUST GOING TO SUMMARIZE THE CHANGES MADE FROM THE FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING WHERE THIS ITEM WAS CONTINUED. SO AT THAT MEETING COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO DO THREE
THINGS ALLOW COTTAGE COURT DWELLINGS TO BE A PERMITTED USE IN THE R-1 ZONING DISTRICT REVISED DETACHED TOWNHOUSE DWELLINGS TO BE A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE R-1 ZONING DISTRICT INSTEAD OF PERMITTED AND THEN
JUST THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO REVIEW THE FULL ORDINANCE JUST FOR ANY KIND OF FURTHER CLEAN AND CONSISTENCY BY MAKING THOSE FIRST TWO CHANGES. SO THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE AND ARE NOW REFLECTED
IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE A AND IT'S A LONG ORDINANCE. SO REALLY JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZING HERE THOSE ARE THOSE KEY CHANGES KIND OF FOR THOSE THREE BULLET POINTS. SO AGAIN, DETACHED TOWNHOUSE DWELLINGS WOULD BE CONDITIONAL
IN OUR ONE COTTAGECORE DWELLINGS WOULD BE PERMITTED IN OUR ONE IN THE UPPER RIGHT IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF NOW BY NOW ALLOWING COTTAGE COURTS IN OUR ONE WE ALSO JUST WANTED
TO SET KIND OF REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS FOR APPLICANTS THAT KIND OF GIVEN YOU NEED AT LEAST FIVE COTTAGES IN A COTTAGE COURT DEVELOPMENT AND THEN WE HAVE THE MAXIMUM DENSITY THRESHOLD OF 12 UNITS
AN ACRE. THAT'S WHERE WE DID THE MATH TO KIND OF LAND AT YOU NEED AT LEAST 3700FT PER DWELLING UNIT ON THAT MINIMUM LOT SIZE. SO JUST A SMALL TWEAK THERE BY
MAKING DETACHED STALLINGS CONDITIONAL IN OUR ONE WE ALSO ADDED THEM AS AN EXCEPTION THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE ADJACENT TO A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT OR BE ON AN INTERSECTION OF TWO ARTERIAL
STREETS. AGAIN TO JUST KIND OF MEET THE MORE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE TO BE FLEXIBLE IN IN IN LOCATION AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A CLEANUP ITEM THAT
TRUTHFULLY SHOULD HAVE JUST BEEN IN THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE BUT MADE THE CHANGE NOW JUST TO HAVE A GENERAL STATEMENT REFERRING PEOPLE BACK TO THIS USE TABLE INSTEAD OF EXPLICITLY LISTING ALL OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS UNDER
EACH TYPE. SO WHEN WE WANT TO CHANGE IT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN JUST MAKE CHANGES IN THE USE TABLE AND STAFF DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER TO GO TO MULTIPLE SECTIONS TO MAKE THAT CHANGE SO IT SORT
OF STAFF DID KIND OF JUST THROUGH THIS PROCESS WANTED TO ALSO OFFER ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE OPTION AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE REASONS BEHIND THAT AND SO TYPICALLY A BEST PRACTICE
FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION IS KIND OF RESERVED FOR WHEN USES ARE HAZARDOUS OR INJURIOUS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES OR REQUIRE SPECIFIC USE STANDARDS NOT
OTHERWISE REFLECTED IN IN CODE. IT'S SO SO STAFF KIND OF FELT AT THE CORE A DETACHED TOWNHOUSE DWELLING OR A VILLA KIND OF WHATEVER TERM YOU WANT
TO USE IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME . IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE ON A LOT THAT'S NARROWER THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED BY THE ZONING DISTRICT AND SO I THINK STAFF WOULD STRUGGLE TO KIND OF MEET THAT FINDING AND A FUTURE
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION THAT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS HAZARDOUS TO ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND THEN THE ORDINANCE DOES OUTLINE SEVERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR DETACHED
TOWNHOUSES. AND SO I THINK STAFF I THINK ARE CONCERNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS WE WOULD REALLY ADDRESS THROUGH THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS .
JUST SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD AT PREVIOUS STUDY SESSIONS WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL WAS THAT ANY MIDDLE HOUSING TYPE THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN OUR ONE WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO MEAN CONSISTENCY IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN AT THE MEETING ON THE 23RD JUST HEARD SOME FEEDBACK AROUND MAYBE CONCERNS ON HEIGHT FOR
DETACHED TOWNHOUSE DWELLINGS AND THEN MAYBE JUST SOME CLARIFICATIONS AROUND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC HEARING. SO EVEN IF FOR USE IN THIS CASE A COTTAGE COURT OR DETACHED TOWNHOUSE WOULD BE
PERMITTED OR CONDITIONAL, IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING THROUGH OUR FINAL SITE PLAN PROCESS. AND MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ALSO REQUIRE SOME KIND OF PLANNING APPLICATION AND
THAT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IN OUR CODE THAT MEANS THAT WE SEND A NOTIFICATION TO ALL THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES WITHIN 500FT AS WELL AS POSTED ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AND THEN
IT GETS POSTED IN THE SUN CURRENT AS WELL. SO JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT TO OR CLARIFICATION THAT REGARDLESS IF IT WAS PERMITTED OR CONDITIONAL THERE'S THAT PUBLIC NOTIFICATION SO ORDINANCE BE
IN THE PACKET WHICH JUST WOULD ALLOW COTTAGE COURT DWELLINGS AND DETACHED HOUSE TOWNHOUSE DWELLINGS TO BE PERMITTED IN R ONE AND THEN FURTHER ENSURE THAT COTTAGE COURT DWELLINGS
AND DETACHED TOWNHOUSE DWELLINGS MEET THE SAME HEIGHT STANDARDS AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE R-1 ZONING DISTRICT. AND SO IN THIS CASE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THEY CANNOT EXCEED
TWO STORIES OR A MAXIMUM OF OF 40FT. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL HEIGHT STANDARDS IN RELATION TO HOW THE DWELLING SITS ON THE PROPERTY LIKE IN RELATION TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY LINE.
SO AS AN EXAMPLE IF YOUR BUILDING IS LIKE RIGHT AT THE FIVE FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK I HAS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF FT AND THEN IT KIND OF TEARS INWARD AS YOU GET FURTHER INTO
THE PROPERTY AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE STREET. SO THOSE ARE THE THE MAIN CHANGES THAT ARE THEN REFLECTED IN ORDINANCE B AGAIN JUST WANT TO SUMMARIZE HERE THAT IN THE USE TABLE IT WOULD
MAKE DETACHED TOWNHOUSE DWELLINGS PERMITTED IN THE TABLE AND THEN HERE IS THAT LANGUAGE THAT JUST FURTHER CLARIFIES THAT THE DETACHED TOWNHOUSE COTTAGE COURTS
IN OUR ONE HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE SAME HEIGHT STANDARDS AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME STATING THAT IT CAN'T EXCEED TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT IF IT'S FLAT ROOFED BUILDING IT CAN'T EXCEED 30FT AND THEN IT HAS
THAT KIND OF TIERED SETBACK APPROACH AND SO THERE'S TWO MOTIONS AND NOW PACKET THE FIRST ONE IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COTTAGE COURT DWELLINGS PERMITTED AND THEN DETACHED TOWNHOUSE DWELLINGS
CONDITIONAL ON THAT'S THE FIRST MOTION OR FOR ORDINANCE A OR IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A MAKE BOTH OF THOSE USES PERMITTED BUT THEN HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT STANDARDS REFLECTED IN THE ORDINANCE AND
THERE'S A RECOMMENDED MOTION THERE FOR ORDINANCE B AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CASSIDY APPRECIATE IT. I SEE YOUR HAND. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, WE'LL
GET TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THE TO CLARIFY THAT I THINK WE AGREED ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE. THIS WAS JUST IT JUST CAME DOWN TO THE MATTER OF THE THE
DETACHED TOWNHOME DWELLINGS AND WHETHER WHAT WHAT THEIR STATUS WAS GOING TO BE. IS THAT CORRECT. YEAH MAYOR COUNCIL THAT THAT'S CORRECT SO YEAH THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES ARE BETWEEN OPTION A AND B IS
MAKING DETACHED TOWNHOUSES EITHER CONDITIONAL OR PERMITTED IN THAT R-1 ZONING DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT. AND THE REASON SO STAFF AS YOU DUG INTO THIS A BIT, IT SEEMED
TO MAKE MORE SENSE THAT EXCUSE ME THE THE THE DETACHED TOWNHOMES WOULD FIT BETTER AS A PERMITTED USE. BUT WITH THESE CONDITIONS AROUND THEM IS THAT CORRECT. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCIL THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
I THINK JUST FOR SOME OF THOSE REASONS STAFF JUST FELT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO MEET SOME OF THOSE STANDARDS IN THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS OR WE'RE NOT SURE KIND OF WHAT ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
YOU WOULD ADD THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND SO THAT'S WHERE JUST WANTING TO KIND OF HONOR SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AT THE LAST MEETING AROUND THE HEIGHT CONCERNS JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT AS PERMITTED AND THEN HAVE THAT FURTHER HEIGHT
REQUIREMENT IN THE KITCHEN. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. >> THANK YOU MAYOR I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT RAISED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND I
JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR GREAT WORK AND THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY GAVE ME IN BETWEEN MEETINGS AND I AGREE WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR OPTION B
BECAUSE IN PARTICULAR THERE STILL IS AN ADDITIONAL REVIEW. THERE'S NOTICE TO NEIGHBORS IN MOST CASES IF IT HAS TO BE REPLANTED AND IT MEETS ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY STANDARDS.
SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND JUST THE RECHECK ON THIS BUT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING IT PERMITTED. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OTHER THAN WHAT I
MADE LAST TIME ON A COLLEGE COURSE BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THAT'S GOOD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THEIR INPUT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON BECAUSE YEAH YOU WERE I REMEMBER YOU WERE THE ONE JUST WANTING A
LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GOT YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED THROUGH THROUGH STAFF AND YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH US COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO NO, NOT QUESTIONS. A COMMENT SO I'LL WAIT.
OH NO PLEASE. I THINK WE'RE OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. JASON I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. I KNOW I WAS PART OF THE GROUP THAT WAS ASKING ABOUT THE NOTIFICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION ON PUBLIC NOTICE MIGHT I'LL JUST BE BLUNT MY ISSUE WITH IT IS THAT I THINK OUR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION HAPPENS TOO LATE IN SOME OF THESE PROCESSES AND I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW WE COULD GET IT BUMPED UP AND GET OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMED UP FRONT. SO THAT WAS MORE MY COMMENT THAN EXPLICITLY RELATED TO THIS. I THINK THIS IS A PERFECTLY REASONABLE MOTION AND OPTION B LOOKS CORRECT IF COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON WHO I ALSO REMEMBER WAS THE MAIN REASON WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IS COMFORTABLE WITH IT. I'M GREAT WITH IT TOO SO THANKS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL ANY OTHER INPUT ON
THIS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IF NOT COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.1 COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION. >> I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING DEFINITIONS USE ALLOWANCES AND
ZONING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THREE FAMILY DWELLINGS, FOURPLEX DWELLINGS, DETACHED TOWNHOUSES, WELLING'S COTTAGE COURT DWELLINGS AND MULTIPLEX DWELLINGS AS AMENDED TO MAKE DETACHED TOWNHOUSE DWELLINGS A
PERMITTED USE IN THE R-1 ZONING DISTRICT AND REQUIRING COTTAGE COURT AND DETACHED TOWNHOUSE DWELLINGS IN R-1 MEET THE HEIGHT STANDARDS OF SINGLE AND TWO FAMILY USES THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 21
OF THE CITY CODE. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER REBUS AND TO BE CLEAR THIS IS ORDINANCE OPTION B THE STAFF RECOMMENDED OPTION JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THAT
COUNCILOR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE IS RIGHT . CARTER I NOW SAID I DID.
ALESSANDRA, I ALL RIGHT. ROBERTSON I SEE MY MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. MR. CASSIDY THANK YOU MUCH FOR THIS. WE ALSO NEED A SUMMARY
PUBLICATION MOTION. >> YEP. MY APOLOGIES. MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ADOPTED ORDINANCE THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE MOTION.
>> MY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS RIGHT
CARTER I'M NELSON I TELL SANDRA I REVERSE HI I'M ROBERTSON I HEREBY SEE MY MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO NOW I WILL THANK YOU MR. CASSIDY AND THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE
REST OF THE PLANNING STAFF HAS PUT INTO THIS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL HAVE ANY MOVING ON ITEM 4.2 ON OUR AGENDA?
THIS IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE WOODBRIDGE MARSH AND POLLY'S POND DRAWDOWN FOR STORM SEWER MAINTENANCE. BRIAN RIEDEL FROM OUR WATER
RESOURCES UNIT IS HERE. MR. GREENALL, WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL . OKAY, HERE WE GO. SO AGAIN MY NAME IS BRIAN
GREENALL. I'M WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING GROUP AND TONIGHT I'M HERE TO TALK WITH YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME TEMPORARY DRAWDOWNS ON MARSH ON WOODBRIDGE MARSH AS WELL AS
POLLY'S POND TO FACILITY STORMWATER MAINTENANCE TO PLACE THE OUTLET CONTROL STRUCTURES ON EACH OF THESE WATER BODIES PROJECT LOCATIONS WOODBRIDGE MARSH ON THE EAST
SIDE OF TOWN JUST OFF BLOOMINGTON FERRY ROAD AND POLLY'S POND IS JUST EAST OF NORMANDY BOULEVARD NORTH OF 84TH STREET.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE CURRENT OUTLET STRUCTURE ON WOODBRIDGE MARSH. THE CURRENT CONSTRUCT THE CURRENT STRUCTURE ROUTINELY PLUGS WITH DEBRIS. AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POND ESSENTIALLY
AND SO THAT MAKES MAINTENANCE OF IT WHEN IT PLUGS QUITE DIFFICULT AND IT WE'VE ALSO HAD REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT IT ALSO CAN ENDANGERED WILDLIFE DURING ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH FLOW EVENTS WHERE IT KIND OF CREATES LIKE A
LITTLE VORTEX AS THE WATER IS RUSHING OUT OF THERE. SO PRIMARILY THE MAINTENANCE ACCESS IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS TO GET THIS OUT TO
ALTERNATE AND WE GO SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WHAT WE PLAN TO DO ESSENTIALLY REMOVING THE EXISTING OUTLET STRUCTURE TO INSTALL A SKIMMER STRUCTURE.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE GOING TO DRAW WATER INTO THIS STRUCTURE FROM UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE OF THE POND AND SO THAT DECREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF PLUGGING. IT ALSO ELIMINATES THE WILDLIFE RISK AND THEN BY
PLACING THE STRUCTURE UP IN THE BANK IT MAKES MAINTENANCE ACCESS MUCH EASIER. WE DON'T HAVE TO GET IN A BOAT IN ORDER TO GET OUT THERE. HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE
POLLY'S POND OUTLET STRUCTURE. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE WITH THE VEGETATION AROUND IT BUT THIS THIS STRUCTURE IS DETERIORATING AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT.
THE CONTROLS LIKE POND CONTROL IS SET BY BY THAT INLET PIPE WHICH CURRENTLY HAS A PLUGGING ISSUE. IT DOES TAKE SURFACE WATER
FLOW OFF THE POND AND THAT SETS THE ELEVATION OF THE POND. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THIS DETERIORATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND BY DOING SO WE'RE USING THIS SIMILAR
OUTLET CONTROL STRUCTURE WHICH WILL TAKE WATER IN FROM BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE POND WHEN THE POND IS AT ITS NORMAL WATER LEVELS. AND SO WE'RE DECREASING OUR PLUGGING RISK AS WELL AS
DECREASING ANY ISSUE WITH WILDLIFE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT . SO THE REASON THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO BRING THAT WATER LEVEL DOWN ON THESE PONDS TEMPORARILY IN ORDER TO
FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE OUTLET STRUCTURES WE GET A MUCH BETTER PRODUCT AND LONGEVITY IF WE'RE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THESE THINGS LIKE IN DRY CONDITIONS. AND SO WHEN WE ORIGINALLY BID THE PROJECT WE OFFERED
FLEXIBILITY IN THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS AND OFFERED THE CONTRACTORS TO TO TELL US HOW THEY WANTED TO DO IT EITHER DRAW THE DRAW THE POND DOWN IN ITS ENTIRETY OR BUILD A SMALL DAM AROUND THE AREA WHERE YOU WANTED TO WORK AND
DEEP WATER THAT AREA. AND SO ORIGINALLY THE CONTRACTOR HAD PROPOSED TO BUILD A COFFERDAM AND SO AND THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE PROJECT WAS AWARDED.
HOWEVER AFTER FURTHER FURTHER LOOKING INTO THINGS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FULL POND DRAWDOWN WOULD BE THE BETTER WAY TO GO. AND SINCE SINCE BOTH OPTIONS WERE BID IN THE PROJECT THERE'S NO CHANGE WITH REGARDS
TO LIKE PROJECT COSTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND SO IN ORDER TO OBTAIN DNR PERMITS BECAUSE BOTH OF THESE PONDS ARE UNDER THEIR PUBLIC WATER SO THEY'RE UNDER DNR JURISDICTION, THE PUBLIC
HEARING TONIGHT TO LOWER THE WATER LEVELS IN THESE PONDS TO FACILITATE THIS CONSTRUCTION IS ONE OF OUR LAST THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR OUR DNR PERMIT.
SO HERE'S THE STATUTE AGAIN TEMPORARY DRAW DOWN A PUBLIC WATER IS WHICH BOTH OF THESE ARE UNDERNEATH THEIR DNR JURISDICTION JURISDICTION AT LEAST 75% OF THE RIPARIAN PROPERTY OWNERS NEED TO AGREE
WHICH WE AT WHICH WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OUR PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WE'RE HOLDING RIGHT NOW AS WELL AS DIRECT NOTICE TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE. AND ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED ON WOODRIDGE MARSH THERE ARE TWO RIPARIAN PROPERTY OWNERS.
THERE'S THE IVERSON RIVERS LAW FIRM UP HERE ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE POND AND THEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE POND IS THE WOODBRIDGE TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION AND WE HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN PERMISSION
FROM BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS THERE ON POLLY'S POND THERE ARE 28 RIPARIAN PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE WE HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM 21. THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN HERE ON THE MAP AND SO THAT
GETS US TO OUR 75% THAT DOES INCLUDE THE CITY PROPERTY DOWN HERE ALONG 84TH STREET AND THEN THIS IS WHERE THAT OUTLET CONTROL STRUCTURE IS LOCATED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THIS COMMUNICATION WITH THESE
PROPERTY OWNERS WE USE THE BLOOMINGTON'S LET'S WE USE LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON AND EACH OF THE RESIDENTS RECEIVED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT POSTCARDS ENCOURAGING THEM TO VISIT THE LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO ELECTRONICALLY
INDICATE THEIR APPROVAL. WE DID RECEIVE FIVE COMMENTS AS PART OF THE PROCESS SO TWO OF THE COMMENTS WERE REGARDING PROJECT SCHEDULE AND THEN THERE WERE THREE COMMENTS REGARDING AQUATIC VEGETATION
AND THOSE COMMENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET TONIGHT . SO A COUPLE OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. EACH PROJECT SITE WE ESTIMATED TO TAKE ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO COMPLETE.
BOTH PONDS ARE CONNECTED TO OUR STORM SEWER SYSTEM AND SO WITH NORMAL RAINFALL WE EXPECT THAT THEY WILL RETURN TO NORMAL WATER LEVELS FAIRLY QUICKLY. THEY'RE SHALLOW WATER BODIES. THEY DON'T SUPPORT MUCH OF A
FISH POPULATION SO WE DON'T EXPECT MANY IMPACTS WITH FISH . PART OF THE PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING DOING THIS AT THIS TIME IS TO AVOID CONFLICTS WITH TURTLES AND WE
DON'T EXPECT THAT THE DRAWDOWN WILL HAVE MUCH IMPACT ON THE AQUATIC VEGETATION OUT ON EITHER OF THESE PONDS. IT MAY STRESS IT OUT A LITTLE BIT BUT WE DON'T EXPECT ANY
LONG TERM IMPACT. AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE WITH A PUBLIC HEARING LOOKING AT TEMPORARILY LOWERING LOWERING THE WATER LEVELS ON WOODBRIDGE MARSH AND POLLY'S POND SO WE CAN REMOVE THE DETERIORATING
OUTLET STRUCTURES AND REPLACE THEM WITH NEW ONES. THE POND LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO NORMAL AFTER A FEW RAINFALL EVENTS. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT THESE WILL BE
TEMPORARY AND THE DRAWDOWN WILL BE LIMITED TO ONLY THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE WORK. AND WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. GREWAL COUNTY
COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. REED OR COUNCILMBER DALLESSANDRO? HI. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. TWO QUICK QUESTIONS HOPEFULLY FOR YOU. THE FIRST ONE WAS DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PONDS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS KIND OF WORK TO THAT
WE COULD POINT TO TO UNDERSTAND LAKE IMPACT AND SUCCESS? >> YES. SO MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, WE HAVE DONE THIS ROUTINELY KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE CITY MOST
RECENTLY ON VICTORIA POND WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF POLLY'S POND AND ACTUALLY DRAINS INTO DRAINS INTO POLLY'S POND. WE ALSO DID ANOTHER ONE OVER OFF 102ND AND NORMANDALE JUST
JUST RECENTLY WHICH ALSO REQUIRED A DRAW DOWN. AND SO THIS IS PRETTY PRETTY COMMON FOR US AND SO WE ARE THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT ABOUT THIS TEMPORARY
LOWERING OF THE WATER LEVEL IS BECAUSE SOME OF THESE SITES ARE SHOWING UP WITH DNR PERMITTING WITH THE BLANDINGS TURTLE AND DIFFERENT WILDLIFE IMPACTS AND SO THE PERMITTING
IS CHANGING A LITTLE BIT. >> I UNDERSTOOD THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO INSTALL THAT. HOW LONG DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL LAST IN IT ONCE WE REPLACE IT?
>> SO IT'S ALL IT'S ALL CONCRETE PIPE AND SO THE LIFE EXPECTANCY ON THAT IS ANYWHERE FROM 75 TO ABOUT 100 YEARS. OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNSEL LET'S REMEMBER.
WOMAN SO I JUST REMEMBER WHEN THE NORMANDALE HAPPENED I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF CERTAINLY VOLUME AND DEPTH. IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT HOW THESE ARE HOW THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THAT AND WHAT RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT. SURE. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SO THIS THIS TEMPORARY
DRAWDOWN IS STRICTLY FOR THE TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE OUTLET STRUCTURES. WHEN WE DREW DOWN NORMANDALE LAKE IN COOPERATION WITH THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT, THE GOAL OF THAT
DRAWDOWN WAS TO FREEZE THE LAKE BED AS A METHOD OF CONTROLLING CURLY LEAF POND WEED WHICH IS AN INVASIVE AQUATIC SPECIES THAT WAS IN NORMAN DALE AND SO WHEN WE
DID THAT WE NEEDED TO TRY TO EXPOSE THE SEDIMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER TO THOSE FREEZING CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF CURLY LEAF POND WEED THAT WAS IN NORMANDY LAKE AND SO
THAT PROCESS WAS A MUCH LONGER DURATION THAN WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING HERE. OTHER QUESTIONS COUNSEL ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR..
RIEDEL DON'T GO FAR. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW. THIS IS ITEM 4.2 ON OUR AGENDA A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE WOODBRIDGE MARSH AND PAULIE'S POND DRAWDOWN FOR STORMWATER
MAINTENANCE. EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO COME AND COMMENT ON THIS. OUR COUPLE OF OUR OUR GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS FIRST OF ALL EVERYBODY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. SECONDLY, WE'VE GOT A FIVE
MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND YOU'LL KNOW YOU'RE AT THE FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT BECAUSE OF THE SHOT CLOCK ON THE WALL AND WHEN YOU GET TO FIVE MINUTES I WILL STOP YOU NOT BECAUSE I'M A BUT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S GOT THE SAME
AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEAK. AND SO WE WILL STOP YOU IF YOU ASK ANY QUESTIONS WE WILL HOLD THEM UNTIL THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN TRY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, BRING STAFF BACK UP AND TRY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
SPECIFICALLY TO WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE RATHER THAN JUST SHOOTING FROM THE HIP AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH ANSWERS ON THE FLY. AND AS I SAID, WE WILL WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC HEARING FROM ALL
WHO WOULD LIKE IT LIKE TO SPEAK AND EVEN ONLINE AS WELL. SO WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD NOW
IT'S PROBABLY NO SURPRISE THAT I'M HERE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MATTHEW HALLETT, A RESIDENT OF BLOOMINGTON. OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL KNOW ME.
FOR ME THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY DO HABITAT RESTORATION DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE SITE IS LIKE. I'VE DRIVEN PAST IT QUITE A FEW TIMES WHEN I USED TO WORK
IN EDEN PRAIRIE. BUT I DO KNOW THAT AQUATIC SYSTEMS ARE RESTORING AQUATIC SYSTEMS WHEN THEY HAVE WATER
IN THEM IS ASTRONOMICALLY EXPENSIVE. YOU'RE NOT YOU DON'T USUALLY GET THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO HABITAT RESTORATION WITHOUT DRAINING THE SYSTEM. MUCH LIKE NORMAN NORMAN THE LAKE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. DUANE. HOWEVER, JUST TAKING A RANDOM GUESS AS TO WHAT COULD BE
IN THE SYSTEM APART FROM WHAT I WAS ALREADY ASKED I DO KNOW WHAT'S IN NORMAN LAKE RIGHT NOW OR SORRY BY NORMAN POWELL AT LEAST ON FRANCE AVENUE. THERE'S A LOT OF PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE OVER THERE.
I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT THERE'S PROBABLY QUITE A BIT OVER IN THIS AREA TOO. AND THAT STUFF MULTIPLIES. ONE PLANT CAN DISTRIBUTE MILLIONS OF SEEDS. THAT'S WHY IT JUST IS RAMPANT AND IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE
TO GET RID OF. THIS MIGHT BE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THIS PROGRAM OR PROJECT INTO A HABITAT RESTORATION OPPORTUNITY.
WELL, THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANKS. PERSONALLY, I DO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. THERE'S OTHERS. IS ISRAELI WE HAVE ANYONE ON
THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK? MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE. LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. COUNCIL? NO ONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER IS COMING FORWARD. WE'VE GOT NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK.
I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING. SO IT'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT
AROUND 4.2. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. MISS WRIGHT CARTER AND NELSON .
I D'ALESSANDRO I RIVAS LOWMAN ROBERTSON I MAYOR BASI I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. MR. GRILL CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RESTORATION PLANS OR POSSIBILITIES WHILE DOING THIS PROJECT. SURE. MAYOR MAYOR BASSY COUNCIL
MEMBERS. SO THE I GUESS THE SCOPE OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR IS TO REPLACE THE FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE WILL BE DISTURBANCE AROUND THE OUTLET STRUCTURE
ITSELF. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF RESTORATION ACTIVITY ALONG 84TH STREET. SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THE POLLY'S POND ONE AS WELL AS DOWN ALONG BLOOMINGTON FERRY
WHERE JUST AROUND THE OUTLET STRUCTURE WHERE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE WORK AS FAR AS IN LAKE RELATED RESTORATION ACTIVITY, POLLY'S
POND DOES HAVE A HEALTHY POPULATION OF LILY PADS WHICH ARE A NATIVE SPECIES. SO TREATMENT OR ANYTHING TO TO
TO I GUESS TO MANAGE THE LILY PADS ON POLLY'S POND WOULD REQUIRE WOULD REQUIRE FURTHER DNR PERMITTING WOULD REQUIRE A FULL LAKE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THINGS THAT ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT
BEYOND THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. SO I GUESS FURTHER COMPLICATIONS ARE SOMETHING YOU KNOW IF WE'RE DOING LIKE UPLAND VEGETATION RESTORATION
WORK AS A LOT OF ESPECIALLY POLLY'S POND IN PARTICULAR A LOT OF IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY ALL AROUND IT AND SO THAT IS YOU KNOW, THAT IS UP TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO MANAGE THEIR OWN PROPERTY AROUND THE POND. THANK YOU, MR. RUDEL COUNSEL
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNSEL? HEARING NONE.
I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING. COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN MAYOR I'LL MOVE TO AUTHORIZE A TEMPORARY DRAWDOWN OF WOODBRIDGE MARSH POLY POND
TO ALLOW FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING OUTLET CONTROL STRUCTURES AND TO DIRECT CITY STAFF TO COORDINATE WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO
COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PERMIT APPLICATION. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWE AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON TO ACCEPT ITEM 4.2 AS STATED THIS EVENING.
NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS WRITTEN. CARTER I. NELSON I TELL SANDRA I RIVAS I
LOWMAN ROBERTSON I HEREBY SEE I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU MR. GRILL APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M 4.3 ON OUR AGENDA AS OUR SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN GOVERNMENT FACILITIES . UH, MR. JOHNSON, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME.
EVENING, MAYOR. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL I'M HERE TO PRESENT AN INTERIM ORDINANCE FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT FACILITIES. FOLLOWING UP FROM YOUR REQUEST ON FEBRUARY THE 23RD. SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND
. YOU ALL ARE HIGHLY AWARE OF THE IMPACTS OF OPERATION METRO SURGE BOTH ON ITS RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS AND BUSINESSES BUT ALSO TO CITY GOVERNMENTS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO THE OPERATION HAS IMPACTED MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND THOSE THINGS SO THAT THAT'S WHAT BRINGS US BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. THE TOPIC OF DETENTION CENTERS
HAS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP IN THE TWIN CITIES AS A RESULT OF THE OPERATION AS WELL. THE CITY OF WOODBURY WAS UNDER SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIALLY BEING A CANDIDATE
SITE FOR A DETENTION FACILITY. SO THIS DISCUSSION OF THIS TOPIC HAS COME TO THE TWIN CITIES AS A RESULT OF BOTH THE IMPACTS OF THE OPERATION AND SOME OF THAT NEWS AS WELL.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF FACTORS ABOUT BLOOMINGTON THAT THAT WE WANT TO LOOK INTO FURTHER AS IT RELATES TO DETENTION CENTERS. ONE BEING THAT THE CITY'S PROXIMITY TO THE AIRPORT COULD
BE A FACTOR IN TERMS OF CANDIDACY AND THEN ALSO THE CITY DOES HAVE A JAIL OR A HOLDING FACILITY AS PART OF THE POLICE STATION HERE AT CIVIC PLAZA. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE BEING CONSIDERED OF THOSE TWO THINGS AS WE LOOK AT THIS POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF A DETENTION CENTER, IT COULD INCLUDE IMPACTS ON UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EVEN
PARKS AND RECREATION AND OTHER CITY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR CITIES TO ADOPT A MORATORIUM TO STUDY THESE THINGS. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAS
ADOPTED THREE MORATORIUMS IN THE LAST TEN PLUS YEARS ONE FOR AIRPORT PARKING FACILITIES AND ONE FOR SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES AND THEN IN 2015 FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITIES AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE MORE RECENT SNAPSHOT I GUESS AS FAR AS THE CITY'S ZONING CODE CURRENTLY WE DO NOT SEPARATE OUT OUR MANY DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL OR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. THERE'S A USE IN THE ZONING
CODE WHICH IS JUST GOVERNMENT FACILITY GENERAL SO IT COVERS A WIDE SPECTRUM OF DIFFERENT FACILITIES THAT THE CITY OR COUNTY OR STATE PARTNERS HAVE AND I BELIEVE WOULD INCLUDE
FEDERAL PARTNERS AS WELL. SO IT'S REALLY A CATCH ALL TYPE USE AND IT'S ALLOWED IN ALL OF OUR ZONING DISTRICTS . CURRENTLY THERE ARE SOME MISCELLANEOUS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN THE CODE THAT MIGHT COMPLICATE WHERE YOU
COULD SITE A GOVERNMENT FACILITY BUT IN GENERAL THE ZONING CODE IS FAIRLY OPEN GOVERNMENT FACILITIES THERE'S NO SPECIFIC USE STANDARDS FOR
DETENTION FACILITIES. I WANT TO NOTE. SO THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO STUDY THESE THINGS. THERE IS A MORATORIUM SO YOU ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE LAW TO EFFECTIVELY CREATE A ONE
YEAR PAUSE ON THE ACCEPTANCE PROCESSING OR APPROVAL OF A BUILDING PERMIT A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION ANY TYPE OF FORMAL GOVERNMENT ACTION ON AN APPLICATION. THE KEY IS THAT YOU'RE
PERFORMING A LAND USE OR A PLANNING STUDY ON THAT USE TO STUDY ITS IMPACTS WITH THE INTENT OF EVALUATING WHETHER YOU WANT TO ADOPT ANY AMENDMENTS TO OFFICIAL CONTROLS. SO THAT'S REALLY THE KEY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE AND AS WE'RE REPRESENTING IT HERE AND THE MATERIALS AND THE STAFF REPORT IS THE MORATORIUM WOULD APPLY TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENT FACILITIES. THE ORDINANCE ITSELF DOES DEFINE THAT TERM AS A SECURE
DETENTION FACILITIES THAT ARE PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OPERATED AND PROVIDE SECURE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING OR TEMPORARY HOLDING FOR 25 OR MORE INDIVIDUALS UNDER COURT OR GOVERNMENT CUSTODY.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SHOULD YOU PROCEED WITH THE MORATORIUM IF IT'S ADOPTED
THIS EVENING OR WOULD EXPIRE ON APRIL THE 2ND, 2027 WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE? THE STUDY WOULD BE LED BY THE CITY'S PLANNING DIVISION BUT SUPPORTED BY OTHER CITY DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS
LEGAL POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS, OTHERS AS NEEDED. AND THEN I WOULD NOTE THAT PLANNING STAFF WORKING ON THIS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME MODEST DELAY AND LOWER
PRIORITY ITEMS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN. SO JUST SHARING THAT FOR YOUR AWARENESS I THINK WE IDENTIFIED WHAT THOSE PROJECTS POTENTIALLY COULD BE AND THE STAFF REPORT. SO WITH THAT I'LL TRY AND KEEP
IT BRIEF. I DO HAVE RECOMMENDED MOTIONS HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. CITY ATTORNEY AMANDA SHADE WAS HELPFUL IN PREPARING THIS ITEM AS WELL SO SHE CAN ASSIST IF NEEDED. THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS MR. JOHNSON. COUNCILMEMBER JUST SO I UNDERSTAND AND I KNOW YOU YOU READ IT OUT QUITE PLAINLY TO MAKE IT REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST BE
SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WITH THIS PARTICULAR MORATORIUM THERE ISN'T ANY RESTRICTION ON THIS OF A QUASI GOVERNMENT USAGE OR PRIVATE USE.
OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UTILIZE A RESIDENTIAL ZONING. TO MY UNDERSTANDING. RIGHT. YOU WOULDN'T AS A PRIVATE ENTITY DOING BUSINESS FOR A GOVERNMENT ENTITY BE ABLE TO
UTILIZE R-1 ZONING IN OUR IN OUR. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD STUDY EFFECTIVELY IF THEY'RE PROVIDING A GOVERNMENT SERVICE. I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO STUDY
IT IN MORE DETAIL IN TERMS OF WHETHER THEY WOULD MEET THE DEFINITION OF A GOVERNMENT FACILITY OR NOT. BUT IN ORDER TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT IN THE MORATORIUM LANGUAGE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE WE DID CLARIFY THAT IT'S PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OPERATED.
OKAY. I DO KNOW THERE ARE PRIVATE ENTITIES WHO ARE CONTRACTED TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE QUASI TWO FITS IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S AN EITHER OR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT
. NO, I MISS THE PRIVATE PART OF IT. OKAY. AND MAYOR, I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE THING IS THAT THE STAFF DID RECEIVE TWO EMAILS OF PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS ITEM AND I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE BEFORE YOU UP ON THE DAIS. THANK YOU.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DON'T GO FAR, MR. JOHNSON. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM 4.3 A PUBLIC HRING ON
THE MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN GOVERNMENT FACILITIES. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SAME SAME STANDARDS AND RESTRICTIONS APPLY HERE WILL FIVE MINUTES FROM EACH
INDIVIDUAL WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END. AND AS YOU START IF YOU COULD PLEASE MENTION YOUR NAME AND THEN BE SURE TO SIGN IN. I THINK I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THE LAST TIME THROUGH BUT IF YOU COULD BE SURE TO SIGN IN SO WE HAVE YOU OFFICIALLY
FOR THE RECORD. SO IF ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK PLEASE COME FORWARD NOW SHOULD I SIGN AND AFTER ONCE YOU SIGN AND AFTER WE GOT IT KEEP THINGS MOVING.
GREAT. MR. COACH. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER. CITY ATTORNEY. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE'S SOME ACTION HAPPENING
AND A STUDY IS BETTER THAN NO ACTION AT ALL. I THINK THAT IN LIGHT OF HOW QUICKLY THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING. MY INITIAL FEELINGS UPON READING THIS WAS IS IT'S NOT
ENOUGH. IT'S NOT FAST ENOUGH. BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE DOING THESE KINDS OF THINGS NOTHING EVER IS. BUT I THINK AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING THIS TONIGHT AND AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING WHY THIS
TONIGHT, I JUST WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO REMEMBER AND KEEP AT THE FRONT OF YOUR MIND THAT OUR MISSION
IS AT BLOOMINGTON BEING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE NOT CERTAIN PEOPLE PEOPLE AND IT BY HAVING THIS STUDY AND BY
HAVING THIS MORATORIUM AT THE VERY LEAST IT IS GIVING A STATEMENT TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID AND PEOPLE ARE SEEING
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AT VARIOUS DETENTION FACILITIES, FEDERAL DETENTION FACILITIES AND I THINK ABOUT THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THIS COUNCIL
DOES AROUND THE CITY AND IN IN IN SERVICE TO PEOPLE IN HELPING PEOPLE WE'RE SEEING AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT TO HURT PEOPLE AND THAT MAKES IT A LOT HARDER AND A LOT MORE
EXPENSIVE TO TURN AROUND AND HELP PEOPLE. AND SO WHAT I AM REMINDED OF WHEN I LOOK AT THESE EFFORTS HERE IN THIS MORATORIUM HERE IS I'M REMINDED OF THINGS THAT HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS BUT THAT DO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO HELPING PEOPLE. I THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THIS BRAND NEW BATHROOM DOWN THE HALL THAT I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THINK IS $1
MILLION VANITY PROJECT BUT IT'S GOT ADU CHANGING TABLES AND IT'S GOT PRIVACY AND IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE INHERENT DIGNITY OF HUMAN BEINGS AND QUITE FRANKLY EVERY TIME I
WALK BY IT I THINK OF MY BEST FRIEND WHO SUFFERED A VERY DEBILITATING STROKE A FEW YEARS AGO AND IF HE COMES AND VISITS ME AND WE HAPPEN TO BE HERE, HE'S GOING TO NEED THAT FACILITY I THINK OF THE FACT
THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT TO LIVE UNDER THE SHADE OF OUR DYING ASH TREES, THIS CITY IS MAKING VERY CONCERTED EFFORTS BASED ON THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE TO
DO THE NECESSARY SURGERY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CANOPY IN OUR CITY PARKS SO THAT THE FUTURE CAN HAVE THEM AND FEEL SAFE AND FEEL GOOD AND HAVE NATURE . I THINK AS WELL OF THE FACT
THAT WE WANT TO BE A CITY THAT FOCUSES ON AND INVESTS IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER NOT A DETENTION CENTER. THOSE TWO THINGS ARE VERY DIFFERENT STATEMENTS OF VALUES
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO PUT FORTH THIS MORATORIUM. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAST ENOUGH
. BUT I ALSO DO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S WHAT CAN HAPPEN LEGALLY. THERE'S WHAT PEOPLE FEEL AND ALL OF THAT AND WE HAVE TO FIND THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO. BUT I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU
AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS TO KEEP FRONT OF MIND OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP PEOPLE AND NOT HURT PEOPLE AND THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED HAS HURT PEOPLE GREATLY. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO,
ANYTHING IS GOING TO HELP AND THIS IS SOMETHING SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. COTE OTHERS
. HI MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MY NAME IS ANITA SMITH BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT AND I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE TO ESTLISH A MORATORIUM ON
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AS DEFINED IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. SO DURING OPERATION METRO SEARCH I WAS WITNESS TO SEVERAL ICE ABDUCTIONS. ONE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE SHARED WITH YOU PREVIOUSLY IS
FOREVER INGRAINED IN MY HEART AND ON MY MIND. THE STORY OF A 39 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR NAMED MANUEL. HE WAS BRUTALLY DETAINED BY ICE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON ON A SUBZERO DAY WHILE MYSELF AND OTHER NEIGHBORS DOCUMENTED AND
WITNESSED ICE AGENTS SURROUNDED HIS CAR WITH THEIR VEHICLES, BROKE HIS CAR WINDOW, STRUCK HIM OUT OF THE VEHICLE ON JANUARY 19TH, MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY IN FREEZING COLD WEATHER,
MEANWHILE, HAD HIS IMMIGRATION PAPERWORK IN HIS CAR SHOWING HE WAS DOCUMENTED TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES AND HE WAS AT WORK DELIVERING PACKAGES WHEN HE WAS DETAINED. OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT VIOLATED MANUEL'S RIGHTS THAT
DAY BY TAKING HIM UNJUSTLY INTO CUSTODY. OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS VIOLATED THE RIGHTS OF THOUSANDS OF MINNESOTANS AND WE CAN'T RELY ON THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING. BUT I AM ASKING ALL OF YOU WHO
HOLD A POSITION OF POWER IN THIS COMMUNITY POWER THAT THE VOTERS ENTRUSTED YOU WITH TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. SO LIKE THE SPEAKER BEFORE ME
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP. A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM IS SOMETHING IT'S NOT EVERYTHING BUT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING IT AND I ASK YOU TO VOTE TO PASS THIS TODAY.
NO IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS IN MINNESOTA ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA AND ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE. JUSTICE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES IS THE ONLY THING THAT OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES. AND SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE USE THE POWER THAT THE VOTERS
HAVE GIVEN YOU TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS AND VOTE YES TO PASS THIS MORATORIUM ON GOVERNMENT FACILITIES SUCH AS ICE DETENTION FACILITIES TODAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MISS SMITHSON. OTHERS PRINCIPAL CLARK I'M A LONGTIME BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT.
I AM JUS GOING TO GIVE TWO PIECES HERE. FACTUALLY WE KNOW THAT DETENTION CENTERS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES PERCEPTUAL . LEE WE ALSO EXPECT THAT ANY
DETENTION CENTER WOULD CREATE ADDITIONAL TENSION BETWEEN THE CITY AND CONCERNED CITIZENS. WELL, THE CITY MAY NOT CURRENTLY PLAY AN ACTIVE OFFICIAL ROLE IN THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE POTENTIAL INTENTION OF CONVERSION TO A DETENTION
CENTER. IT WILL CREATE THE PERCEPTION OF COORDINATION. THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CITIZENS HAVE A MORAL OR PRINCIPAL REASON LEADING TO MINUTES
MUNICIPALITIES NOT ALLOWING AND I JUST ASK THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT THIS MORATORIUM IN THE HOPES THAT THE STUDY WILL FIND THIS TYPE OF FACILITY TO BE ONE BLOOMINGTON DOES NOT ALLOW FOR BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID EARLIER
TONIGHT, RIGHT, WE'RE BEING CREATIVE AND LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP AND I HOPE YOU VOTE TO ADOPT IT TONIGHT.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. ANYONE ELSE IS READY?
WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE. MAYOR WE DO HAVE A CALLER ON LINE. GOOD. YOU SEE IF THERE WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. >> CALLER WITH THE PHONE
NUMBER 952956 ARE YOU WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.30? YES, MA'AM. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. GOOD EVENING.
WELCOME. PLEASE GO AHEAD. IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND GO AHEAD. >> SURE. MY NAME IS JULIAN FERGUSON. IF YOU HEAR A LITTLE CLICKING
AS MY FOR WHICH FLASHERS I'M 35 AND MARYLAND MINNESOTA RIGHT NOW TRAVELING BACK TO GRAMMAR FOR MY SERVICE SO MY MOM SERVICE I'M NOT REALLY THAT PREPARED TO SPEAK I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS BUT I AM
GOING TO ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST IT BECAUSE AND I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER A LITTLE KNOWN US CODE WHICH IS US CODE 18 PARA FIVE WHICH IS MISPRISION
OF A FELONY AND THAT IS IF YOU KNOWINGLY HARBOR FELON YOU'RE GUILTY OF THAT'S NOT A THREE YEAR PRISON SENTENCE AND FINE
THAT MEANS THAT EVERY FELON ILLEGAL THAT'S BEEN IN BLOOMINGTON AND HIDDEN ALL OVER THE STATE AND OUR CITY OFFICIALS AND OUR STATE OFFICIALS KNOW ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE GUILTY OF THIS AND I'M RIGHT I PASSED IT BY A STAFF ATTORNEY GET HELP IN COUNTY AND SHE SAID YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I SAID WHAT DO YOU DO? SHE SAID PURSUE IT LIKE A DOG
IN A BOWL. SO YEAH, YOU NEED TO TABLE THIS AND LOOK AT THIS. >> I ALSO HAVE INFORMED AG I AND I SPOKE WITH HIM ON
THURSDAY NIGHT FACE TO FACE YOU GOT BIGGER PROBLEM YOU'VE GOT IT. YOU'VE GOT A BIGGER PROBLEM CALLED FRAUD WITH ARTISTRY. I WARNED YOU ABOUT IT ON DECEMBER 16TH OF 2024.
I TOLD YOU I HAD DETAILS ABOUT IT. YOU SAID YOU WOULD GET BACK TO ME. YOU DID NOT. THEY HAVE AN UNREGISTERED FROM 2019 TO MARCH 4TH OF 2024 THEY
GOT A TIP LOAN DURING THAT TIME WHICH IS FEDERAL FRAUD. IT IS BEING INVESTIGATED AND YOU YOU HAVE VOTED TO GIVE OUR MONEY TO THEM TO AN
UNREGISTERED NONPROFIT AND YOU'VE GOT BIGGER FISH TO FRY . YOU GOT MUCH BIGGER FISH TO FRY AND YOU NEED TO TABLE THIS
AND IT'S COMING AT YOU AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE STOPPED BECAUSE I GAVE YOU A CHANCE AND BY THE WAY, IT IS A FELONY TO CROSS THE BORDER WITHOUT
PERMISSION. I CONFIRMED IT TODAY WITH U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER IN GRAND PORTAGE AND IF A U.S. CITIZEN DOES IT, HE SAID I CAN JAIL
YOU. IT'S ANNOYING. I'VE DONE IT 20 TIMES. I HATE IT. I THINK IT'S STUPID THAT AS A U.S. CITIZEN I HAVE TO PROVE COMING BACK INTO THE COUNTRY THAT I BELONG HERE.
BUT IT IS THE LAW, OKAY? >> PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER WITHOUT PERMISSION THEY'RE COMMITTING A FELONY NOT DEPENDS ON DOESN'T DEPEND ON WHAT ANOTHER ADMINISTRATION
DECIDED. >> IT'S NOT A MISDEMEANOR AND EVEN IF IT WERE A MISDEMEANOR AND THOSE ARE NOT BEING ADJUDICATED AND YOU ARE AND
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE ADJUDICATING MISDEMEANORS AND SOMEONE IS FOR U.S. CITIZENS THAT IS AN EQUAL PROTECTION
OF THE LAW AND I'M RIGHT THERE ALSO I AM CORRECT. >> SO YOU NEED TO TABLE THIS TONIGHT AND YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO DEAL
WITH. YOU'VE SPENT THEIR MONEY IF YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY FRAUDULENTLY AND SHAWN NELSON TWICE NOW YOU HAVE SAID WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MONEY EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE YOUR
FINANCIALS IN FRONT OF US. THIS ATTORNEY GENERAL, MISS FERGUSON, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FERGUSON THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD ESTABLISH A MEMORIAL TOURISM AND CERTAIN GOVERNMENT
FACILITIES. >> I AM NOT GOING TO STOP SPEAKING. >> THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE MORATORIUM. NO, IT REALLY DOES NOT, JULIANNE.
IT DOES NOT THIS MORATORIUM YOU ARE GOING TO LISTEN JULIANNE, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THE MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AND LAND
USE ACTIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF BLUE MY VOTE AGAINST IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE HAVE I HAD MY FIVE MINUTES OR NO, YOU HAVEN'T. >> YOU'VE GOT ONE MINUTE LEFT
TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ISSUE. >> I AM TABLE IT AND I'LL KEEP SAYING IT UNTIL I HAVE MY FIVE MINUTES. TABLE IT.
TABLE IT TABLE IT VOTED AGAINST IT AND IF IT'S SILENCE IT SILENCE FOR FIVE MINUTES I
GET MY FIVE MINUTES. YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN MY FIVE MINUTES IS UP. OH I WILL THEN
TABLE THIS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS MISS FERGUSON. HAVE A GOOD EVENING AND DRIVE SAFELY PLEASE .
MR. HALLETT WELL, ISN'T DRIVING AND BEING ON A PHONE CRIME OKAY, LET'S FOCUS ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF US.
VERY WELL. TO ME THE DISAPPEARANCE, THE FEAR, THE MURDER, THE KIDNAPING, THE TRAFFICKING
OF OUR NEIGHBORS SEEMS LIKE A MUCH BIGGER DEAL. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT TO ME I. I LIKE TO COME TO THESE
SPEECHES A LITTLE BIT MORE PREPARED, BUT THAT OBVIOUSLY GOT ME FIRED UP A LITTLE BIT SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT. PLEASE PASS THIS MOTION
WHATEVER HER BEEF IS, WHATEVER ANYONE ELSE'S IS US DOESN'T MATTER. YOU REPRESENT 90,000 PEOPLE AND I CAN TELL YOU WITH
CERTAINTY THAT THE SUPPORT OF THE WORK THAT I PERSONALLY DO NOT TO MENTION THE NETWORK OF PEOPLE THAT DO THIS ARE SUPPORTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
. SO WHATEVER SHE'S DOING OR ANYONE ELSE IS DOING BLOWING HOT AIR UP YOUR IGNORE IT.
PASS THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HALLETT . GOOD EVENING. WELCOME.
GOOD EVENING. I WASN'T PLANNING TO SPEAK EITHER BUT THAT ALSO FIRED ME UP A LITTLE BIT. MY NAME IS MEANT TO BE A RESIDENT OF BLOOMINGTON. I'M SORRY, MATTHEW. YOUR LAST NAME WAS DOUBLE DEBATE.
THANK YOU. THE PRESENCE OF DETENTION CENTERS EVEN BEYOND MORAL INJURY AND THE LACK OF TRUST I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN THEIR ABILITY TO TREAT OUR NEIGHBORS WITH RESPECT, EVEN TO RESPECT THE LAW. FOR THOSE OF US WHO DO CARE
ABOUT THE LAW AND DUE PROCESS DETENTION CENTERS ARE BAD FOR COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED. THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH BOOM AND BUST ECONOMIC CYCLES BECAUSE DETENTION CENTERS GO OUT OF FASHION.
APPARENTLY THEY'RE VERY IN FASHION RIGHT NOW BUT THAT WON'T ALWAYS BE THE CASE. YEAH, THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER PROPERTY VALUES AS HAVE AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED AND
SOCIAL DISRUPTION IN THE AREA WHERE THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE NEAR THEM WHO WANTS TO LIVE CLOSE TO A BUILDING WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING TREATED THAT WAY? IT'S HORRIFYING.
THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE WHICH I CAN IMAGINE PRISON GUARDS AND DETENTION CENTER GUARDS HAVE
THE HIGHEST RATES OF PTSD, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND CARDIAC CONDITIONS OF ALMOST ANY PROFESSION. THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED CRIME CRIME RATE NOT
A DECREASE IN CRIME BECAUSE OF MANY OF THESE OTHER FACTORS . BECAUSE OF THESE REASONS I WOULD ASK THAT YOU STUDY I AGREE WITH OTHERS THERE COULD BE MORE DONE THIS MORATORIUM COULD BE PERMANENT. THIS MORATORIUM COULD BE FIVE
YEARS. THIS MORATORIUM COULD BE TEN YEARS. I DON'T THINK WE NEED A STUDY TO REALIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE EFFECTS THAT THIS WOULD HAVE. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT AND I ASK THAT YOU PASS THIS THIS
EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BATEMAN . OTHERS IS READY.
>> WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON THE PHONE MEMBER WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE. >> LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL NO ONE IN THE CHAMBER IS COMING FORWARD.
NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK AND LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING SOME OF THEM SET IN MOTION BY COUNCIL LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.3 NO FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS RIGHT CARTER I'M NELSON I
D'ALESSANDRO I REBUS NO LOWMAN I ROBERTSON I MAYOR BESSIE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS IN OPPOSITION WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE MORE COMMENTS ON IT. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY FOR MR. DEBATE I MEAN THE LENGTH OF THE THE LENGTH OF THIS I THINK THE ONE YEAR LENGTH IS WHAT IS ALLOWED. A MORATORIUM CAN ONLY BE ONE
YEAR UNDER STATE LAW AND SO WE COULDN'T DO FIVE COULDN'T DO TEN YEARS, COULDN'T DO LONGER THAN THAT. AND I HEARD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO STUDY THIS. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS STUDY THIS IN SUCH A WAY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE WE
HAVE NO PARAMETERS AROUND THIS AT ALL. WE IT JUST ISN'T SPOKEN TO IN OUR CITY CODE. SO THE NOTION OF THIS STUDY IS TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING DISTRICTS, THE USE
STANDARDS, THE DETAILS AROUND THIS TYPE OF THING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE FLYING BLIND. SO IF SOMEBODY CAME IN WE WOULD LITERALLY BE FLYING BLIND. SO THE NOTION AROUND THE STUDY WOULD BE THAT TO TO TRY AND
FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO CONTROL THEM OR HOW TO CONTROL THEM COMPLETELY AND TO NOT ALLOW THEM UNDER BLOOMINGTON'S ZONING CODE BUT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT SPOKEN TO IN BLOOMINGTON ZONING CODE WE'VE GOT TO STUDY THIS AND WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THESE
STEPS THAT ARE NECESSARY. SO THAT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A A ZONING A STUDY AND ALL THIS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STUDYING RIGHT NOW. SO WERE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS COUNCIL THAT I MISSED OR ANY OTHER? I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. SO COUNCIL TIME FOR OUR DISCUSSION ON THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN YOU SAID YOU HAD QUESTIONS. I DID HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS. MAYBE IT'S ADDRESSED OVER THE CITY TREE AND A TRUE WOULD ANSWER IT. MAYOR BUT ONE OF MY QUESTIONS
IS WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS ALL ENCOMPASSING. ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS IS THAT WE PASS THIS TODAY AND THEN WE FIND OUT THAT THERE'S
SOMETHING WE MISSED THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A LOOPHOLE. SO I'M JUST CONCERNED WE RUSHED THIS TO GET THIS TO THIS MEETING BECAUSE WE SAW THE IMPORT OF IT. BUT I KNOW IN OUR HASTE I JUST
WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU KNOW, IF WE PASSED THIS MORATORIUM IS THERE IS THERE YOU KNOW, IS THAT PRECLUDE ANY OF THESE
GOVERNMENT ENTITY THESE THINGS FROM BEING YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW BUILT I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE PEOPLE WITH A DIFFERENT IMPRESSION AND THAT'S WHY I MAKE SURE I'M CLEARLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO TONIGHT IS
MANAGEMENT ME REMEMBERS THE MORATORIUM OPTION IS IN STATE LAW IN IN ALLOWS FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PAUSE AND CREATE A STATUS QUO ENVIRONMENT WHERE
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL PERMITS THAT ARE CAN BE APPROVED DURING OUR LAND USE APPROVALS THAT CAN OCCUR DURING THE MORATORIUM. IT'S A PAUSE TO ALLOW THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO STUDY THE ISSUE AND YOU SEE A VERSION OF THIS MORATORIUM SOMEWHAT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS THE AIRPORT PARKING.
CONCLUSION OF THAT YEARLONG MORATORIUM AND THEN YOU ALL TOOK SOME ACTION AND YOU ASKED US TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL ACTION WHICH IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AFTER THIS ITEM. SO THAT IS THE FUNCTIONALITY
OF OF A MORATORIUM LAW. THE LAW ALLOWS US TO HAVE A ONE YEAR STATUS QUO AND THAT'S HOW THIS PARTICULAR INTERIM ORDINANCE WAS DRAFTED. THE LAW REQUIRES US TO DO IT
THROUGH AN INTERIM ORDINANCE WITH REGARD TO THE SCOPE OF THE MORATORIUM WE HAVE, ALTHOUGH IT FEELS PERHAPS AS
THOUGH IT WAS QUICK IN COMING, IT CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN DISCUSSION FOR A LONG TIME IN THE PLANNING WORLD AND IN THE CITY ATTORNEY
WORLD AND WE HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN PAYING ATTENTION AND FOLLOWING THE TOPIC FOR MONTHS NOW AND SO ALTHOUGH THE ACTUAL PROCEDURAL ELEMENTS OF IT CAME
TOGETHER QUICKLY, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD BEEN TRACKING AMONG ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING IN THE NEWS SO THE
DEFINITION THAT YOU HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU IS THE RESULT OF US LOOKING AT OUR CODE AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS AND WITH THE EYE TOWARDS LOOKING AT THE PLANNING THE LAND USE
PLANNING ELEMENT OF IT WHERE WE'RE DO WE NEED CLARITY, WHERE DO WE NEED SCOPING? AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE EFFORT THAT YOU SEE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND THE
DEFINITION WE WORKED VERY HARD ON MULTIPLE MEETINGS TO TALK THROUGH A SCOPE THAT WAS BROAD ENOUGH TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE
SCENARIOS THAT WE HAD BEEN HEARING CONTEMPLATED AND YOU SEE THAT IN THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS DEFINITION SIMILARLY TO OUR OWN SITUATION HERE
IN BLOOMINGTON AND THAT WE THAT WE ALSO OPERATE A JAIL. SO WANTING TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT THERE AREN'T VERY MANY MINNESOTA CITIES OR METRO CITIES THAT OPERATE A JAIL. SO WE HAVE A UNIQUE SITUATION
HERE. ALSO OUR PROXIMITY TO THE AIRPORT IN A VARIETY OF OTHER FACTORS. SO IT WAS A VERY THOUGHTFUL DRAFTING HERE AND HAPPY TO
DEFER TO PLANNER JOHNSON IF HE PLANNING MANAGER JOHNSON IF HE WANTS TO ANYTHING MORE TO IT. >> THANK YOU MR. MANAGER FOR
ME COMING OUT AND YEAH I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHY WOULD IT THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE CURIOUS IN THE IN IN THE MEETING THE ONLY REASON IS BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT DATA RISK FOR
THE CITY POTENTIALLY. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS YOU VOTED NO TO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. OH, I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS OH NO YOU VOTED NO ON CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SORRY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THANK YOU.
YEAH, WE'LL GET AROUND TO THE OVERALL VOTE AND WE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER LOMA HAD A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND I'LL CALL ON YOU NEXT. OKAY? OKAY. I WILL REFRAIN FROM ANSWERING NO.
YEAH, I'M SORRY. OR THAT A TEACHER I DON'T YEAH THANK YOU I I NO FOR THAT COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN'S THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT MAYOR ONE
OF THE THINGS I AND I APPRECIATE YOU DURING THE DURING OUR CONVERSATION OR DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ANOTHER ENTITY THAT WE DO WORK WITH I
KNOW IT'S NOT GERMANE TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW BUT I'M HOPING AT THE END OF THE MEETING THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE I JUST I'M CONCERNED THAT WE ARE BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THIS THIS DELIBERATION.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE CAN CLARIFY THAT IN TERMS OF THAT OTHER ENTITY THAT IN SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT FRAUD RELATED TO THAT. OH YEAH, YEAH. YES THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE NOW BUT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ONCE WE GET TO POLICY AND ISSUES THAT I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE WE DO ALL RELY ON YOU TO DETERMINE WHAT YOU FORGET THAT SO YEAH
SO I GUESS I THINK I'M ALL SET. I APPRECIATE STAFF HAS HAS LOOKED INTO THIS WE ALL STRING COMMENTS NOW OR ARE WE YES YOU KNOW PLEASE PLEASE SINCE I GOT THE FLOOR I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO
THAT. YOU KNOW I, I GOT TO I GOT TO ADMIT I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT ABOUT DOING THIS AND MOVING THIS FORWARD. I THINK YOU ALWAYS SHOULD BE WHENEVER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
A MORATORIUM AND MOVING CERTAIN ITEMS FORWARD AND FOR JUSTINE, I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR COMMENTS I THINK I OVERHEARD AND MAYBE I'M WRONG
THAT THAT THAT MAYBE YOUR MOM HAD PASSED AWAY AND IF THAT'S THAT'S THE CASE I I'M REALLY SORRY TO HEAR THAT. JULIE START JULIE THANK YOU.
SORRY I'M ALL STRUCK ABOUT BUT THAT THAT EXPERIENCE IF IF THAT HAPPENED TO HER SO I WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT THAT YOU KNOW THAT OUR MY AT LEAST MY
HEART'S PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU IF THAT INDEED IS WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HEADING BACK TO THE CITIES FOR TRYING TO TRYING TO DO THAT AND AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF WANTING
TO TO TO TRY TO TABLE THIS. THERE'S CERTAINLY THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT SHARE THAT THE THAT SENTIMENT THAT THAT THEY WANT TO KIND OF HOLD OFF AND WAIT ON THIS BUT I THINK IT MAKES
MORE SENSE REALLY. MAYOR, TO TO REALLY DELVE DEEP INTO THIS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS MAYOR AND TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS TODAY AND STUDY THIS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE
BEST PATH AWAY FORWARD, DELAYING IT OR PUTTING IT ASIDE DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE IF TT'S WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO. MAYOR, I THINK THAT THE NEXT STEP FORWARD AS WE HAVE DONE
WITH SO MANY OTHER THINGS AND WE'LL SEE THAT LATER ON TONIGHT I THINK IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STUDY IT IN GREAT DEPTH IN DETAIL AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK I HEARD SOMEBODY OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY IS WELCOME TO DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO I WILL BE RELUCTANTLY SUPPORTING THIS TONIGHT.
I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT STEP TO MOVE FOR IT. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER REALIZE JUST BECAUSE I'M THE I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT SHORT THE ONLY REASON I DON'T
SUPPORT THIS IS BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE BETTER OPTIONS AND THE BETTER OPTIONS IN MY OPINION ARE THAT WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO CONVINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR OUR
REPRESENTATIVES IN WASHINGTON TO ACTUALLY COME WITH PRACTICAL LAWS THAT WILL REMEDY THIS ISSUE, NOT CONTINUE TO JUST PASS ORDINANCES THAT IN REALITY
THEY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN SUPERSEDE A YOU KNOW, IT BOTHERS ME THAT THE CITY IS FOOTING ITSELF IN AN SPOT THAT
WE COULD COME TO REGRET PERHAPS NOT. THERE HAVE BEEN THINGS PLANNED THAT TO TO PREVENT THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I'M I WOULD SUPPORT TOTALLY
SOMETHING THAT IS BROUGHT TO LEXINGTON AND THE KING I SURELY CHANGES THE SITUATION. THIS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING UNLESS BE REAL THIS
DOESN'T REMEDY ANYTHING. IT JUST MAKES IT LAST LONGER AS HE HAS LASTED FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS OR SO AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER.
SO IF WE ACTUALLY PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE AND TRY TO PERSUADE OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN WASHINGTON TO MAKE CHANGES AND ACTUALLY CHANGE THE LAW TO BENEFIT THESE PEOPLE AND TO
BENEFIT US BECAUSE WE DO NEED A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS THEN I WILL BE ALL FOR IT. BUT FOR THESE IT DOESN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING. IT REALLY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING AT ALL. THE FEDS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO DO WHAT THEY DO. IT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER ROBERTSON THANK YOU MAYOR.
AND JUST TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IS SAYING, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T AN END ALL AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE STEP THAT EVERYONE WOULD LOVE TO SEE US TAKE. RIGHT.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHO MAY KNOW ME PERSONALLY AND KNOW THAT CERTAINLY I WOULD ALSO LIKE A DIFFERENT STEP TO BE TAKEN. HOWEVER, I JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR, I'M STRONGLY IN SUPPORT
OF VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE MORATORIUM BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO I BELIEVE IT COULD CERTAINLY ADDRESS SOME OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE FEDERAL OCCUPATION AND OPERATION METRO SURGE BUT ALSO TO SOME OF THE
POINTS OF WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING. IT CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND AND HOPEFULLY PROHIBIT DETENTION FACILITIES OF OTHER NATURE. RIGHT.
IT'S NOT JUST ICE. IT'S NOT JUST IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. IT COULD CERTAINLY BE OTHERS. AND SO I'M STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THIS MORATORIUM. I THINK FOLKS TONIGHT HAVE GIVEN A LOT OF GOOD REASONS AS TO WHY DETENTION FACILITIES
ARE NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY ANYWAY. SO I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR AGAIN, I THINK FOLKS HOPEFULLY AT THIS POINT KNOW MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ON THE FEDERAL OCCUPATION THAT OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SUFFERING UNDER. BUT I DO I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ICE AS AN AGENCY BUT OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES OR OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT COULD TRY AND PUT A DETENTION
FACILITY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON WHICH I WOULD BE VERY MUCH AGAINST SOME THINGS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER I WILL SAY
COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE MEMBER CARTER PLEASE. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. TOOK ME A SECOND TO FIND THE LITTLE HAND BUTTON.
SO SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO START BY THANKING STAFF FOR ALL OF THE RESEARCH AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE ON THIS. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OF US ON COUNCIL WHO HAVE BEEN BRINGING THIS ISSUE UP FOR A
WHILE NOW AND SAY I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR SHARING THEIR OPINIONS TONIGHT AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE US DOING
MORE. I TOTALLY GET IT AND AGREE AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS LEGALLY FOR YOU KNOW, FOR US
TO START MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE PREVENTING THESE KIND OF FACILITIES FROM BEING IN OUR OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND I ALSO YOU KNOW,
TO MY COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL WHO HAVE SUGGESTED WE SHOULD BE DOING SOME OTHER THINGS TALKING TO OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES COUNCIL MEMBER I THINK YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS. I AM TOTALLY OPEN TO HEARING
THOSE SO I DON'T THINK THIS HAS TO BE THE ONLY THING WE DO. I THINK THAT THERE IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE PATHS THAT WE CAN BE GOING DOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE GOOD
POLICIES IN PLACE THAT CREATE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT BLOOMINGTON TO BE AND TO CONTINUE TO BE THEN THEN LET'S DO IT SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO ADD OTHER THAN AGAIN THANKS TO STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE IN TERMS OF OUR ZONING ZONING CODE AND ALL OF THAT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS FACILITIES DON'T COME TO BLOOMINGTON. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO THANKS MR. MAYOR. >> I I'M HAPPY THAT THIS IS HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PULLING IT TOGETHER SO QUICKLY
TO STAFF YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS GREAT IN REACTION TO THINGS THAT WE ASK FOR EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE TIMELINESS OF OF THE TURNAROUND HERE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS I AM FOR THIS IS BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAME UP TO ME, YOU KNOW AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND YOU KNOW THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE COULD
POTENTIALLY DO AND AND SOMEBODY SAID TO ME, YOU KNOW, IF THEY IF IF IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAME AND ASKED WOULD WE EVEN HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT AND I SAID TO MYSELF,
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF A FACILITY OF THE SIZE THAT THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY WANT WHATEVER IS EVEN AVAILABLE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND WHEN I WENT TO THE
CODE AND REALIZED THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE CODE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER TO HELP ME GET THAT ANSWER, IT SEEMED RIGHT THAT WE AT LEAST STUDY IT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE DONE WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS FOR.
THIS ISN'T DECIDING THAT NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THIS ISN'T DECIDING THAT A BOATLOAD OF THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN THIS IS DECIDING THAT WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO EITHER. YOU COULD LOOK AT IT EITHER
WAY. SOME OF YOU COULD SAY WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM THIS. OTHER PEOPLE COULD SAY WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO FACILITATE MAKING SURE THEY CAN DO IT WELL, WE DON'T KNOW EITHER WAY AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP. I ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR A FIVE YEAR MORATORIUM BECAUSE OF THE LENGTHEN IN FACILITY HERE BUT THE STATE STATUTE PROHIBITS US FROM DOING THAT. SO WE ARE WHERE WE ARE AND I
THINK WHATEVER WE GET OUT OF THIS WILL BE MUCH MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN USE TO MAKE A LIKE AN ACTUAL INFORMED AND DATA DRIVEN DECISION FOR THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS WHAT I'M ALWAYS A PROPONENT OF.
SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS HERE AND THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS STEP. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE COMMENTS COUNCIL I MEAN I'LL
SAY I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN YES, I DON'T TAKE MORATORIUMS LIGHTLY. IT'S JUST IT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT THAT THERE'S JUST IT'S A PRETTY DRAMATIC AND DRASTIC
STEP. BUT I UNDERSTAND THE NEED IN THIS CASE ESPECIALLY WITH AS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SAID, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. AND SO TO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT PART.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU EITHER THERE THERE NEEDS TO BE FEDERAL REFORM. THERE NEEDS TO BE FEDERAL SOLUTION TO THIS. IT CAN'T BE PIECEMEAL AND I DON'T DISAGREE THAT WE COULD PUT THIS MORATORIUM ON AND WE
COULD STILL BE FACING A LEGAL FIGHT ON THIS IF IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECIDES THEY WANT TO DO THIS. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FOR A FIGHT ON THIS. AND SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE. BUT I ALSO AGREE COMPLETELY
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP. IT'S A WAY FOR US TO TO LEARN MORE AND AS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SAID, OUR KNOWLEDGE IS POWER ON THIS TYPE OF THING AND IT'S A IT'S
A GOOD FIRST STEP AND WE WILL WE WILL SEE WHERE IT LEADS US. AND I AND WE'LL WE'LL SEE WHERE WHAT WHAT ALL COMES OF IT AND WHERE WHERE WE END UP AFTER A YEAR OF THIS AND
FRANKLY FOR AS QUICKLY AS THE WORLD IS CHANGING, WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ALL ARE IN A YEAR FROM NOW GOODNESS ONLY KNOWS AND SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD STEP AND UNLESS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS COUNSEL I LOOK FOR ACTION. COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON THANK YOU. I ALMOST CALLED YOU YOUR
HONOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVED TO ACCEPT AN INTERIM ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN
GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AND LAND USE ACTIONS RELATED THERE TO WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON PENDING COMPLETION OF A PLANNING STUDY ASSESSING THE NEED FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S OFFICIAL CONTROLS THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 21
OF THE CITY CODE. >> SECOND MOST MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ADOPT AN INTERIM ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN
GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AND LAND USE TO ACTIONS RELATED THERETO . NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE. THAT'S RIGHT.
CARTER HI NELSON I D'ALESSANDRO I RIVAS NO LOWMAN I ROBERTSON I HEREBY SEE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS
IN OPPOSITION COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON SORRY PUBLICATION PLEASE. THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ADOPTED INTERIM ORDINANCE SECOND
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION I NOTE AM 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OH I'M SORRY WE GOT TO DO THE
ROLL CALL. >> MY BED RIGHT HERE WAS ON A ROLL. RIGHT CARTER I NELSON I DA SANDRA I REVERSE I LOWMAN ALL
RIGHT ROBERTSON I MAY RASI I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY THANKS AS WELL TO THE LEGAL STAFF FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER ON SHORT NOTICE AND USING THE VAGARIES WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
TO TO REALLY MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT FITS BLOOMINGTON VERY WELL. SO THANK YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF AND PLANNING STAFF. WELL DONE WITH ALL OF THIS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR POINT FOR A PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT THAT THE REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING SAGA CONTINUES. MR. CENTENARIO GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL JUST TOOK A MOMENT ALL THE SHUFFLING TO SAY DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY MICHAEL THAT'S ALL I DON'T
. WELL, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS I THINK MOST OF YOU EXCEPT FOR COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING
THROUGH. >> THE MORATORIUM THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL WAS ESTABLISHED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
BUT THE DEBATE ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT AIRPORT PARKING AND REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS SO THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS WHERE THIS THIS LAND USE
CONCERN HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AND TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO TAKE ACTION ON SOMETHING THAT CONCLUDES AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE QUESTIONS WE'VE HAD.
AND SO JUST AS A REAL BRIEF REFRESHER ON WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON TONIGHT AND THAT'S THE TWO EXISTING REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.
WE HAVE THE PARKING SPOT BY PARKING FLY OF YOU'LL HEAR STAFF JUST GENERALLY REFER TO IT AS PARKING FLY OVER 12 ACRES ABOUT BETWEEN 20 2100
STALLS THAT'S MADE UP OF SURFACE AND AN EXISTING PARKING STRUCTURE A PARKING STRUCTURE WAS INTENDED TO HAVE AN OFFICE TOWER ON TOP OF IT BUT THAT NEVER MATERIALIZED
AND IT'S BEEN OPERATIONS SINCE THE LATE 80S AND SO IN 2019 AND THIS GOES FOR BOTH PARKING FLY AND PARKING GO IN 2019 THERE WAS INTERIM USE PERMITS
THAT WERE ESTABLISHED SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES. THE IDEA THERE THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAPPEN INCREMENTALLY THROUGH THE THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY THEN THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED AND
OF YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT DEVELOPMENT MATERIALIZE BUT AGAIN WITH THE OTHER FACILITY THE CURRENT INTERIM USE PERMIT EXPIRES
AUGUST 8TH OF NEXT YEAR AND THAT DATE WAS VERY INTENTIONAL AS THE WHEN THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THAT AN ORDINANCE LAST
FALL SO PARKING GO A LITTLE BIT LARGER OF A SITE ABOUT 1500 STALLS OPERATION SINCE ABOUT 1992 AGAIN IN 2019 THERE WAS AN INTERVIEWS PERMIT THAT
WAS APPROVED SUBJECT TO THESE INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES AND AGAIN THE INTERVIEWS PERMIT EXPIRES AUGUST OF 2027. AND SO TO TOUCH ON THE
EXISTING CONDITIONS, BOTH OF THESE SITES ARE OUTLINED IN RED AND THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT SITES FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.
IT'S IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO AIRPORT LAND ALONG 44 AND IT'S ALONG THE BLUE LINE AND SO THAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
OUR SOUTH THROUGH DISTRICT PLAN ENVISIONS THERE TO BE PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT ON THESE SITES. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO HELP FACILITATE WITH THE REMOTE AIRPORT PER AIRPORT PARKING STUDY AND THEN
ULTIMATELY THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. AND SO YOU KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF BACKGROUND AND WE COULD SPEND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF TIME GOING THROUGH THAT BACKGROUND BUT JUST TO FILL A FEW BULLETS HERE, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR THAT
ADDRESSED SOME COMPONENTS OF REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING BUT OUR STAFF TO KEEP WORKING ON STANDARDS FOR THE EXISTING FACILITIES SUBSEQUENT TO THAT COUNCIL ACTION THE ROSA
DEVELOPMENT THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A PRIVATELY PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT WHICH IS PERMITTED BY OUR CITY CODE IN OCTOBER STAFF WAS NOT
SUPPORTIVE OF THAT VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL DENIAL LAST NOVEMBER. FOLLOWING THAT RECOMMENDATION THE PLANNING COMMISSION THEY
SUBSEQUENTLY REVISED THE ORDINANCE. WE'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN DISCUSSING THE CONTENT OF THAT ORDINANCE FOR MONTHS BUT THAT THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL DID NOT
MAKE ITS WAY TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY IN JANUARY FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED AN AMENDED PROPOSAL
THAT'S BEFORE YOU TYPE AND SO I'LL GET TO THE THE MEAT OF WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DO AND FIRSTLY IT WOULD REMOVE REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING AS AN
INTERIM USE AND SO THIS IS A USE THAT'S BEEN IN THE CODE FOR A LONG TIME AS A TEMPORARY USE. WE USED TO HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A TEMPORARY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT WAS AMENDED TO AN INTERIM USE PERMIT AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THESE FACILITIES HAV BEEN OPERATING UNDER FOR SOME TIME. THIS ORDINANCE WOULD REMOVE THAT AS A TEMPORARY USE ALTOGETHER.
IT WOULD CREATE A THE REMOTE AIR FOR PARKING FOR EXISTING FACILITIES AS A CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USE IN THE C TWO DISTRICT. IF YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF SLIDES AGO THE EXISTING
ZONING HAS HSR AND SO THIS WOULD BE ESTABLISHING A NEW USE FOR A DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICT AND THAT WOULD NECESSITATE THESE PROPERTY OWNERS TO SEEK A REZONING AND
SO YOU THE COUNCIL WOULD SEE OF SUBSEQUENT APPLICATIONS IF YOU WERE TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE TODAY AND THE ORDINANCE IS ONLY A COUPLE
OF PAGES BUT THEN WHAT IT DOES IS PRETTY IMPACTFUL. SO IT WOULD ALLOW THE CONTENT CONTINUED SURFACE REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING FOR THESE FACILITIES. MOST OF THE PARKING IS
SURFACE. IT WOULD ALLOW THAT TO CONTINUE. IT WOULD ALLOW FOR REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING EXPANSION BEYOND THE EXISTING SUPPLY. AND SO REALLY WHAT THAT
AMOUNTS TO IS IF THESE OPERATORS WANTED MORE SUPPLY THEY'D HAVE TO BUILD STRUCTURE PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT BUT IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT. BUT AGAIN TO FACILITATE FUTURE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT IN A VERY PROMINENT NEIGHBORHOOD IN BLOOMINGTON IT DOES REQUIRE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SITE AND THAT WOULD BE 2.75 ACRES FOR FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT ALONG AMERICAN BOULEVARD EAST SOMETHING THAT WAS AN ISSUE IN PAST ITERATIONS WAS WHAT TO DO ABOUT SOME OF THE CODE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO PARKING ISLANDS.
IF YOU LOOK AT PARKING LOTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY YOU NOTICE THAT AT THE END OF THE ROWS OR INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT A LARGE PARKING LOT THERE'S TREES AND THIS ORDINANCE
DOESN'T ELIMINATE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SITE BUT IT DOES ALLOW THE SURFACE LOTS ESSENTIALLY THE SURFACE LOTS DO NOT HAVE TO RETROFIT
PARKING ISLANDS WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TODAY. BUT IN TERMS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THE CIVIC DEVELOPMENT ALONG AMERICAN BOULEVARD EAST THAT WOULD HAVE TO MEET ALL RELEVANT STANDARDS
THAT ARE PERTAINING TO NEW DEVELOPMENT AND SO THAT WOULD ENTAIL LIGHTING LANDSCAPING MATERIALS AND WE DO HAVE SOME MINIMUM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT WE CAN THAT I CAN GET
INTO IF YOU LIKE. BUT ONE QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE IS WHY THE DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICT WHERE I GO FROM HSR WHICH IS THE DISTRICT THAT
THESE FACILITIES ARE ZONED TODAY TO SEE SIX TO WHICH IS THE DISTRICT THE MALL OF AMERICA IS ZONED ONE AND THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS FOR THAT THAT THE HSR DISTRICT IS
A VERY PRESCRIPTIVE DISTRICT SO IT HAS VERY STRINGENT STANDARDS AND ONE OF THOSE STANDARDS IS IT REQUIRES RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF ITS OVERALL EVEN IF
IT'S MULTIPHASE PHASED IT REQUIRES RESIDENTIAL AND A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DENSITY 30 UNITS PER ACRE WHICH IS WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT IN THE 62 DISTRICT RESIDENTIAL USES ARE
PERMITTED BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED AND SO IT'S JUST THAT INHERENTLY INHERENT FLEXIBILITY OFFERED TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. IT IS VERY MUCH LESS
PRESCRIPTIVE IN TERMS OF USES OR I SHOULD SAY MORE PERMISSIVE IN TERMS OF USES AND THERE'S MORE THINGS YOU CAN DO IN THE TWO DISTRICT AND
THE FLOOR AREA OR THE AMOUNT OF BUILDING THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IS REDUCED. SO IN HSR THE MINIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO OR AIR IS 1.5 BUT
IN THE SIX TWO DISTRICT IS JUST A BASELINE 120,000FT WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL IN ITS OWN RIGHT B FLOOR AREA RATIO OF 1.5 IS FAIRLY INTENSE
DEVELOPMENT AND SO GOING ON TO A FEW MORE DETAILS ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SITE AGAIN THE ORDINANCE THAT THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED AND STAFF
IS SUPPORTIVE OF IS A 2.75 ACRE DEVELOPMENT SITE ALONG AMERICAN BOULEVARD EAST. WHAT'S WHAT'S SHOWN BEFORE YOU IS JUST AN AERIAL IMAGE
OF PARKING FLY WITH A 2.2.75 ACRE BOX ALONG AMERICAN BOULEVARD EAST FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR A WHILE YOU MAY RECALL THAT PARKING FOR I DID HAVE A DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED
THAT IS VERY SIMILAR IN SCALE TO WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE SCREEN BUT THAT IS THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SOME SCREENING BETWEEN THESE USES
NATURALLY I DON'T THINK FOLKS IF THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL USE YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO REMOTE HERE FOR PARKING SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT THERE ARE SOME SEPARATION, SOME LANDSCAPING, SOME SCREENING
AND COMPLIANCE DATE AT THE END OF 2036. SIMILARLY THE SAME STANDARD WOULD APPLY TO PARKING GO PARKING GO IS NOT THE
APPLICANT BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DO THE SAME STANDARDS WOULD APPLY TWO POINT SOME FIVE ACRE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SITE, SOME
SCREENING AND COMPLIANCE THE SAME DATE AND SO IN PAST THROUGHOUT THE YEARS REALLY ON
THE LEFT YOU HAVE THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPER PLAN FROM PARKING FLY THAT SHOWED A 100% RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND THEN ON THE RIGHT YOU HAVE
SOME CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS FROM PARKING GO AND SO THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY COULD ACCOMPLISH COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD LOVE TO
WORK WITH THEM ON AND SEEING HOW THEY CAN RE-ENVISION THOSE PROPERTIES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW THAT THOUGHT ISN'T SHARED BY UNIVERSALLY. I KNOW YOU DID GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM A RESIDENT THAT
DID NOT NOT APPRECIATE THE APPROACH THAT THE APPLICANT IS TAKING AND I CERTAINLY RESPECT THOSE THOUGHTS BUT ULTIMATELY WE TRIED AS STAFF WE TRIED TO
WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO FIND SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE AGREEABLE TO. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COULD ACCEPT AND STILL PAVE THE WAY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN A VERY PROMINENT AND IMPORTANT INTERSECTION.
AND SO WITH THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. DO YOU HAVE TWO MOTIONS ONE FOR THE ORDINANCE ITSELF AND THEN ONE FOR A SUMMARY PUBLICATION? THANK YOU, MR. CENTENARIO
APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT HOW THIS IS A LITERALLY A DECADES LONG JOURNEY THAT WE'VE BEEN ON HERE WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND COUNCIL.
IF YOU RECALL, WE WE IMPOSED A MORATORIUM AS WE JUST DID. WE IMPOSED A MORATORIUM. WE ASKED STAFF TO COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO DO A STUDY AND TO COME BACK WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEY WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE APPLICANTS AND WITH THE OWNERS AND THE AFFECTED BUSINESSES AND SO ON CAME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. WE'VE CHEWED THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS A FEW TIMES NOW WITH BACK AND FORTH A
COUPLE OF TIMES DIFFERENT IDEAS, DIFFERENT POSSIBLE WAYS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE DEVELOPERS WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH. WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH ON THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES.
WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US NOW ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MEET THE CITY'S APPROVAL AND THE APPROVAL OF THE LAND OWNERS AS WELL.
IS IT PERFECT? NO IT IS NOT. BUT I THINK WHAT IT IS IS IT'S A POSITION THAT WE CAN WE CAN TAKE IT'S A SPOT THAT WE'VE MADE OUR WAY TO THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE TO AND CAN MOVE
FORWARD ON THIS AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE. IT'S A IT IS A AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AFFECTED PARTIES HERE IN THE CITY BEING ONE OF THOSE PARTIES AN AGREEMENT
THAT WE CAN WORK WITH AND CAN LIVE WITH AND THAT ULTIMATELY WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE IT'S IT'S WHAT WE HAVE AND IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S GOVERNMENT BASICALLY NOT EVERYONE NO ONE IS HAPPY.
SO IT MUST BE GOOD. SO IT'S A IT'S A STEP THAT WE I THINK IT'S A STEP THAT WE NEED TO TAKE. IT'S I THINK IT'S A STEP THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF RELEASE THE THE LIMBO VS EVERYBODY FROM LIMBO ON THIS ISSUE
IN PARTICULAR AND TO JUST MOVE FORWARD ON THIS TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT AND TRUST THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE LAID OUT AND AGREED TO AND THAT BOTH STAFF AND THE DEVELOPERS AND ALL THE LAWYERS HAVE WORKED
VERY HARD WITH AND IT IS IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO JUST TO DEAL WITH AND I WAS JUST HANDED A NOTE SAYING THIS ITEM REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING
WITH A FROWNY FACE. YES. AS I SIT HERE AND AND OPINION
IN THE TOWN SO THAT WASN'T PART OF THE THE AGENDA BUT THERE WE GO WE ARE WE HAVE A
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE THE REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING SO WHY DON'T WE AND I APOLOGIZE THEN HAD I KNOWN THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING I WOULD NOT HAVE GONE OFF LIKE THAT WITHOUT HEARING
THE PUBLIC. AND IN AHEAD OF THIS I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FOR 4.5 OUR PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENTS FOR AIRPORT PARKING. THANKS SO MUCH FOR CATCHING
THAT GOING. IT'S A GOOD I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE MR. GRIFFITH TO COME FORWARD. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE REALLY INDULGING US FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THAT'S WHEN THIS ALL STARTED. WE TALK ABOUT THE MORATORIUM
BUT IT REALLY STARTED A YEAR BEFORE THAT WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE CITY PLANNING OFFICE TRYING TO COME UP WITH POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS AND
IN IN DOING SO IN COMING BACK IT WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MORATORIUM CONCLUDED IN SEPTEMBER IN WHICH YOU PROVIDED PERMANENT PARKING RIGHTS TO HOTELS. YOU PROVIDED PERMANENT PARKING
RIGHTS TO SOME NEW STRUCTURE EXISTING STRUCTURES BUT NEW OPERATORS AND YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET WITH THE TWO EXISTING OPERATORS AND KIND OF GO HUDDLE WITH STAFF AND COME UP
WITH SOMETHING. AND SO WE FILED OUR AMENDMENT REALLY ALMOST LIKE THE DAY AFTER. I MEAN WE HAD A READY AND COOKED IN AND IT WASN'T PERFECT THEN.
AND EVEN THIS COMPROMISE AS YOU SAID MAYOR IS NOT PERFECT BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SOLVE THIS 40 YEAR QUESTION SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON AND DO WHAT THE CITY WANTS DONE BUT
ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THESE BUSINESSES ARE VIABLE AND CONTINUE BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE A SERVICE TO THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY AND THEY WERE EVEN IN STUDIES BY BY MACK COUNTY
IN THOSE SPACES AS AVAILABLE TO SERVE THAT DEMAND. SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT WHEN WE GOT TO NOVEMBER AND WE DIDN'T HAVE
IT QUITE DONE YET REALLY YOUR CITY ATTORNEY SAID LET'S LET'S PUT THREE DATES ON THE CALENDAR AND MR. JOHNSON MR.
CENTENARIO OTHERS MR. TASK ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES AND SAID OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO KIND OF FIND THIS MIDDLE GROUND? YOU WILL THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE IN SEPTEMBER WILL RECALL
THAT KRISTIN MUIR WHO WAS WITH ME WAS VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING ANOTHER DEADLINE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT. SO WHAT'S DIFFERENT? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, TWO THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE TEN YEARS. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A REASONABLE CYCLE IN WHICH TO BRING FORTH A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL. THE SECOND THING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND THIS WAS PART OF THE BRAINSTORMING WITH YOUR STAFF
IS THE SIX TWO DISTRICT WAS DESIGNED TO BASICALLY BE FLEXIBLE AND PROVIDE A NUMBER OF USES AND A MIX OF USES AND
IN A WAY THAT OUR DOESN'T DO AND PERHAPS WILL BE AMENDMENTS OF HSR IF WE GET REZONE WE WON'T CARE. BUT YOU KNOW SUFFICE TO SAY TWO THINGS ARE REALLY REALLY
IMPORTANT THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO GET THROUGH A WHOLE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE WHICH IS ALMOST YOU KNOW CAN BE TEN YEARS AND AND TO HAVE THE THE
THE AMENDMENTS GO INTO THE CX2 DISTRICT. SO WITH THAT MY CLIENT IS DELIGHTED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. SHE MAY ALSO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS SINCE SHE'S SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THESE CHAMBERS
BUT WE REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT IT AS WRITTEN BECAUSE IF IT'S IF IT'S TWEAKED I'M AFRAID WE GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND ONCE YOU REOPEN A DEAL ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. SO SO ANYWAY, I'M ALL DONE.
MR. MAYOR AND I EVEN LEFT TIME ON THE CLOCK ALTHOUGH THE APPLICANT TECHNICALLY I THINK I'M NOT ON THE SHOT CLOCK. THANK YOU, MR. GRIFFITH. APPRECIATE IT.
OTHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING . >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HI, CHRISTINE MUIR. MISS YOU KNOW ME FROM ROSA DEVELOPMENT AND I WILL BE
RELATIVELY BRIEF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED. I'VE MET WITH ALL OF YOU OVER THE PAST YEAR AND I WAS ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS DONE. SO I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED
WHEN THE MORATORIUM ENDED AND I FELT LIKE THE TWO OF THE THREE I GUESS TYPES OF USERS WERE ADDRESSED AND THAT WE WERE SENT BACK. BUT I UNDERSTAND IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT JUST WASN'T QUITE
AS SIMPLE. I PERSONALLY DID TRY TO BRING FORTH THE DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, OVER BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND TO THE HSR RULES AND I
THINK THAT PART OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THIS WHOLE TIME WAS ACTUALLY GETTING EVERYBODY WHAT WE WANT IS THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO A BIG SCALE DENSE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT
PERMANENT RIGHTS. BIG BANKS DO NOT WANT TO FINANCE YOU ON SHIFTING SAND WITH TEMPORARY RIGHTS AND SO WITHOUT GETTING PERMANENT RIGHTS IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE'RE
ALWAYS GOING TO BE AT ODDS. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY A HUGE STEP IN GETTING WHAT YOU WANT AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE IS I
DON'T THINK THAT THIS MAY BE THE BEST HOUSING SITE IN THE WORLD MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE NOISE AND THE PROXIMITY TO FOR 94. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT A GOOD SITE FOR RETAIL FOOD
ENTERTAINMENT, A VARIETY OF OTHER USES THAT ALSO NEIGHBORHOODS NEED AS IT GROWS. SO I DO IT'S NOT THAT I THINK THAT THE SIX TO YOU KNOW THAT
VERSUS HSR IS IS A HUGE IS A HUGE YOU KNOW BONUS HERE FOR GETTING TO WHERE WE BOTH WANT TO BE. SO I WANTED TO ALSO THANK STAFF BECAUSE WE WORKED
THROUGH ALL THE HOLIDAYS AND AND EVERYBODY WHO'S LISTENING TO THIS ISSUE YOU KNOW NOTICED AND MR. WALKER WE'VE I'VE MET WITH EVERYBODY SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT HAS HELPED TO
BRING THIS TOGETHER. THANKS. THANK YOU . GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME.
HELLO. MY NAME IS DAN WILLIAMSON. I REPRESENT PARK AND GO I MANAGE AND RUN THE OPERATION HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND I ALSO WORK ALONGSIDE THE PRIVATE OWNER TO DEVELOP HIS PROPERTIES ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES.
I SEE TWO NEW FACES. WELCOME NEW CITY MANAGER MR. WALKER AND COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON. I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR 20 YEARS AND THESE MEETINGS AND
MIKE AND I SAT IN HIS OFFICE A THOUSAND TIMES AND NICK IS HIS NEW BUT STILL WE HAD TWO THINGS WE ALWAYS WANTED NUMBER ONE SOME TYPE OF PERMANENT ZONING SO WE COULD FINANCE OUR PROJECTS AND NUMBER TWO BE
ABLE TO BUILD OUR PARKING INSIDE OF WHATEVER DEVELOPMENT WE WOULD PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE EFFICIENCY OF DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY. AND ALSO WE'RE A VOLUME BUSINESS. THOSE TWO THINGS WE HAVE
IN THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL THAT'S BEFORE YOU AND THEN IT'S JUST ICING ON THE CAKE THAT IT'S SIX TWO SO WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THESE OPTIONS FOR YEARS. I GREW UP WITH A SIMPLE
PRINCIPLE WHAT'S THE BEST DATA PLANET OAK TREE 100 YEARS AGO WHAT'S THE NEXT BEST TREE TODAY? SO YOU KNOW WHAT I RECOMMEND LET'S GET THIS TREE PLANTED SO THAT TEN YEARS FROM NOW WHICH
GOES BY LIKE THIS IF YOU'VE RAISED KIDS IT'S JUST A ROCKET TIME ISN'T IT? WE CAN HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PROPERTY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS ON THIS STAFF. YOU GUYS DONE A GREAT JOB.
I'LL BE DISAPPOINTED TO MEET WITH MIKE ALL THE TIME SINCE WE GET THIS DONE. MAYBE IT'LL BE BUILDING A BUILDING REAL SOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. THOMPSON. OTHERS MISSOURI DO WE HAVE
ANYONE ON THE PHONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING? MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE. LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL?
NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. NO ONE ON LINE WISHING TO SPEAK. I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.4 SO MOVED SECONDED MOTION BY
COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.4 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS RIGHT
CARTER I'M NELSON I TELL SANDRA I REVERSE HI LOWMAN I ROBERTSON I MAYOR BOSSIE I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW
COUNCIL ALL THAT I SAID EARLIER I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY AGAIN TO TWO TO THIS PART WHERE IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO OFFER OPINIONS AND IDEAS AND THOUGHTS ON THE ON THE
PROPOSED ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF US WHICH AS I SAID I THINK IS A IS A GOOD WORKABLE PLACE TO BE IN AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF GETTING THIS
DONE AND MOVING TO THE NEXT THE NEXT PHASE IN ALL OF OUR LIVES AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE THIS DEVELOP BEFORE 2036. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I THINK MERRITT SAID ONE QUICK
QUESTION AND THEN COMMENT ON THE SO IF I'M ON THIS COUNCIL ON 2037, I SURE HOPE THAT ISN'T THE CASE. YOUR OLD MAN WHAT SHOULD I SEE
HAPPEN WITH RESPECT TO THIS THIS PARTICULAR AS OPPOSED TO 2036 I JUST WANT TO PUT ME ENTIRELY UNDERSTAND THE PROTECTION AROUND DENSITY OR IN THE LONG TERM VISION OF THE
COUNCIL. I'M SURE MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS SO INCREDIBLY VARIABLE IN TERMS OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT BUT SHOULD
THIS ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED AND FOLLOWED THERE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU DEFINITELY WOULD SEE AT A MINIMUM I YOU WOULD SEE AT LEAST A SHOVEL READY SITE FOR FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT. SOME BUFFER OR LANDSCAPE FEATURE BETWEEN THAT SITE AND EXISTING REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING. I'M PRESUMING THAT THE REMOTER
THE DEMAND FOR REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY ANY TIME SOON. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE AS IT IS OR EVEN GREATER FOR DECADES TO COME. SO THOSE FACILITIES WILL
LIKELY STILL BE OPERATING AT MOSTLY FULL CAPACITY. WHAT OUR WHAT OUR HOPE IS IS THAT WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL
DEVELOPMENT AT EACH OF THESE SITES AND WITH ANY LUCK THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL FACILITATE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS
NOT REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO KIND OF FOCUS THIS CONVERSATION. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WILL STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION BOTH SUPPORT THIS MOVING
FORWARD. YOU KNOW WHEN I READ THIS THING THROUGH AND I HAVE TO SAY, MAYOR, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY HATE IT EXCEPT FOR ALL OF THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS ON.
THIS REALLY SHOWS GREAT LEADERSHIP ON YOUR PART. I THOUGHT YOU WERE CRAZY WHEN YOU DECIDED YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS OUT AND TAKE THIS ON. I'M LIKE WOW. I MEAN THIS IS EATING UP A LOT OF COUNCILS TRYING TO GET THIS
DONE AND GET THIS TO WHERE IT IS TODAY AND I JUST WANT TO WANT TO JUST CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS HARD FOUGHT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. AND I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO PRESUME WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
HERE BUT MAYOR, I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT WHAT THE VISION THAT WE ALL BELIEVE IN REALLY THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS REALLY GOING TO GET US
THERE. YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT SEE IT RIGHT NOW BUT THIS IS A HECK OF A LOT BETTER OF A PROCESS THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE, WHICH WAS JUST KIND OF HOPING THAT SOMETHING WOULD TAKE PLACE AND
I WOULD JUST HAVE TO SAY IN CONCLUSION HERE THAT I WISH I HAD MY CAMERA OUT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU FINISHING THINGS WITHOUT USING UP ALL YOUR TIME. I'VE NEVER SEE THAT.
OH WOW. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU MAYOR.
I'M STRUGGLING TO SUPPORT THIS FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT 40 YEARS AGO THIS WAS A TEMPORARY HOLDING USE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THAT 40 YEARS IT'S BEEN A
TEMPORARY USE. THERE'S BEEN NO POINT AT WHICH ANY COUNCIL HAS EVER SAID WE WANT SURFACE PARKING HERE AS A
PERMANENT RIGHT AND TO GO BACK ON THAT AND TO CHANGE IT NOW IS IS DIFFICULT FOR ME. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN MY MIND THAT WE'RE NOW GOING TO
BE THE ONE THAT SAYS WE WANT SURFACE PARKING IN THE SOUTH LOOP PERMANENTLY. I THINK ONE OF THE BIG FACTORS IN THIS NOT BEING DEVELOPED IS
THE FACT THAT IT'S A VERY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS AND IT WAS GIVEN AS A TEMPORARY USE UNTIL DEVELOPMENT CAME. BUT IT BECAME MORE IMPORTANT THAN DEVELOPMENT AND WE CAN
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW MUCH EFFORT 555 PUTS INTO DEVELOPING THEIR PROPERTY WHETHER YOU LIKE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO OR NOT OR HOW
THEY'RE DOING IT OR NOT VERSUS THE EFFORT TO GO INTO THIS SURFACE PARKING HERE. I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE APPROVING AS A PERMANENT USE SURFACE PARKING.
I'M REALLY FINE WITH THIS. THESE BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO OPERATE IF THEY ROLL IT UP INTO PARKING STRUCTURES AND IT BECOMES I KNOW THIS ISN'T A ZONING TERM BUT LIKE A SECONDARY USE IT BECOMES A
SMALLER USE. BUT IN BOTH CASES THIS WILL BE THE LARGER USE OF THE PROPERTY AND I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE VISION 40 YEARS AGO. IT HAS NEVER BEEN THE VISION
THROUGHOUT THAT HISTORY AND SO I, I FRANKLY DON'T SUPPORT IT AND I'M ACTUALLY THE OKAY WITH WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT AS IT IS
TODAY THERE'S AN INTERIM USE AND IT EXPIRES AND EVERY OTHER BUSINESS HAS THEIR LAND AND THEIR HOLDING COSTS AND THEY HAVE INCENTIVE THEN TO GET IT DEVELOPED. I MEAN WE ALREADY HAVE AN
AGREEMENT. WE'VE GOT AGREEMENTS FOR 40 YEARS THE CITY HAS FOLLOWED THROUGH ON ALL OF THOSE AGREEMENTS BUT STILL DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT HAPPENED
DURING THAT 40 YEARS. SO TO GIVE IT ANOTHER TEN YEARS I JUST DON'T SEE THE POINT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON OTHERS COUNCIL THAT'S MEMBER DALLAS THANKS MR. MAYOR. YEAH I'M OF MIXED MINDS I, I FULLY SUPPORT WHERE
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S HEAD IS BECAUSE I, I MEAN I THINK I THINK THE THE CITY HAS BEEN MORE THAN KIND IN MY OPINION WE COULD HAVE SHUT THE DOORS
AND PUT LOCKS ON THIS THING MULTIPLE TIMES AND WE'VE CHOSEN NOT TO IN GOOD FAITH AND IF AT THE SAME TIME THE PEOPLE WHO OVER THE LAST TEN
YEARS MIGHT HAVE DONE THAT ARE NOW THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF CAN LIVE WITH. AND SO I'M SITTING IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES HERE ONE SAYING I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND HIS
AND HIS THEORY ON THIS AND THE OTHER BEING THAT IF STAFF IS OKAY WITH THIS AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT YOU KNOW LARGELY FOR THE MOST PART HAVE BEEN HERE
BEFORE ME AND LIKELY WILL BE HERE AFTER ME WE'LL HAVE TO MANAGE THROUGH THIS THEN I CAN CONCEDE THAT. SO I GUESS WHERE I'M MY HEAD'S
AT AT THE MOMENT IS ON PRINCIPLE I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE NO ON IT BUT PRACTICALLY SPEAKING I WILL LIKELY SUPPORT IT. I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S A GOOD
LESSON FOR US TO LEARN AS A CITY THAT TEMPORARY USES NEED TO HAVE STRICT AND ENFORCEABLE END DATES AND THAT WE DON'T
COMPROMISE OUR WAY INTO A BOX BECAUSE NO RESIDENT, NO INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT WOULD GET AWAY WITH THIS. THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE SIZE AND POWER OF A
COMMERCIAL ENTITY AND THAT AND THE AND NO INDIVIDUAL PERSON COULD GET AWAY WITH THIS AT A RESIDENTIAL LEVEL. AND SO YOU KNOW LIKE LET'S JUST THINK ABOUT IT FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE FOR A
SECOND AND UNDERSTAND HOW HOW COULD BE THIS DISCOMFORTING AT THE SAME TIME I REALLY DO WANT TO SEE SOMETHING GOOD HAPPEN OVER THERE AND THEN THE THE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WHO OWN
THESE PROPERTIES BEING ON BOARD WITH THIS AS OPPOSED TO FIGHTING IT TOOTH AND NAIL WILL GET US THERE FASTER. SO THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD'S AT. APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON IT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SO THOSE COUNCIL HEARING NONE COUNCIL I WOULD
LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.4 COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN MAYOR I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS HERE. I'LL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT
TO ALLOW EXISTING REMOTE PARKING FACILITIES AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE C X-2 ZONING DISTRICT TO CREATE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR
EXISTING FACILITIES. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT
TO ALLOW EXISTING REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING FACILITIES AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE SIX TWO ZONING DISTRICT AND TO CREATE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR EXISTING FACILITIES. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION
ON THIS HEARING NONE IS RIGHT . CARTER AND NELSON NO. >> TELL US SANDRA I REVERSE I
LOWMAN I ROBERTSON I MAYOR BASI I MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON IN OPPOSITION COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN MARIO MOVE A RESOLUTION TO DIRECT A SUMMARY
PUBLICATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE TO ALLOW EXISTING REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING FACILITIES AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE 6-2 ZONING DISTRICT AND TO CREATE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR EXISTING FACILITIES. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION ITEM 4.4 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON
THIS MISS WRIGHT CARTER OKAY NELSON I TELL US SANDRA I REVERSE ALL RIGHT. LOWMAN I ROBERTSON I MAYOR
BUSSE I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO MR. CENTENARIO THANK YOU AND THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU. THANKS TO EVERYONE OUR PARTNERS ON BOTH SIDES WHO
HAVE WORKED ON THIS. IT IS APPRECIATED. I'M GLAD WE GOT TO THIS POINT AFTER ALL THIS WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT IS NEXT. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 4.5 A CITY CODE AMENDMENT REGARDING FENCE STANDARDS ORDINANCE. I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION HERE. SO THIS APPARENTLY IS A PUBLIC
HEARING AS WELL. NOW WE KNEW THAT OUR FRIENDS FROM REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING WERE GOING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT. I WONDER IF FOLKS WERE NOT AWARE THAT THIS CITY
CODE AMENDMENT WAS GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND IF BECAUSE OF THAT SOME FOLKS DID NOT COME THIS EVENING I SEE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS HERE WHO FOR THIS DISCUSSION WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS LEAVE FOLKS OUT.
SO I WOULD TURN TO I DON'T KNOW FOR THE COUNCIL FOR IDEAS AND THE CITYANAGER OR THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGALITY HERE. CAN WE HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON KIND OF A MOMENT'S NOTICE WHEN IT'S NOT PART
OF THE PACKET? >> MAYOR MEMBERS I WOULD DEFER TO THE PLANNING PRESENTER HERE TODAY ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT HAS OCCURRED BUT WE JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS IT WAS PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
IT WAS ALSO LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE ALONG WITH THE COPY OF THE ORDINANCE. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN OTHER THINGS THAT OCCURRED AS WELL WITH PLANNING STAFF SO IT WAS PUBLISHED AS A AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT THEN ANSWERS T QUESTION FOR ME THEN. OKAY. YEP. THAT BEING THE CASE COUNCIL I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION BEFORE WE GET INTO IT. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE EXTEND NO LATER THAN
1015 TO FINISH OUR BUSINESS. AC OR EXCUSE ME 915 GOD FORBID JUST NINE FOR 15 TO FINISH OUR BUSINESS. SECOND WE GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO EXTEND NO LATER THAN 915 TO FINISH OUR BUSINESS AS NECESSARY.
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MS. RIGHT. >> CARTER I ALSO I DA SANDRA I
LOWMAN I ROBERTS I HEREBY I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO NOTING THAT COUNCILMEMBER REBATES HAVE STEPPED AWAY FOR A MOMENT. WITH THAT LET US DIVE INTO ITEM 4.5 OR A CITY CODE AMENDMENT FOR A FENCE STANDARDS ORDINANCE.
MR. PALMERS HERE. >> GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL DILLON PALMER WITH PLANNING DIVISION HERE TO PRESENT THE FENCE STANDARDS CODE UPDATE THIS EVENING. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS.
WE'RE COMING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY TO UPDATE OUR FENCE CODE TO BE MORE CONCISE AND TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBLE OPTIONS FOR FENCING IN THEIR YARDS.
THE MAIN REASONS THAT WE DID THIS WERE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT FENCE MATERIALS AND FENCE HEIGHT AS WELL AS THE SPECIFIC LOCATION OF FENCING IN YARDS. PART OF THIS IS ALSO TO MAKE MINOR CODE CHANGES TO UPDATE
SOME LANGUAGE AND PROVIDE MORE CLARITY FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND CONTRACTORS. THIS PROCESS IS PART OF OUR 2025 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN. WE HELD STUDY SESSIONS BACK
IN DECEMBER AT BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND HERE AT COUNCIL AND RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM BOTH BODIES AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON FEBRUARY 19TH WITH A 3 TO 1
VOTE. SO START WITH THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS AND THAT'S TO UPDATE FENCE HEIGHT STANDARDS IN THE CORNER SIDE YARD. SO JUST SOME CLARIFICATION THE CORNER SIDE YARD IT'S NOT A
DEFINED TERM IN OUR ZONING CODE BUT IT'S THE AREA WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IN THIS GRAPHIC THAT RED CIRCLE ON THE LEFT. SO IT'S THE SITE OF A HOUSE
THAT'S ON A CORNER LOT. SO THAT CAN BE KIND OF SUBJECTIVE DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HOUSE IS LOCATED. BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ORDINANCE WE'RE LOOKING AT A HOUSE THAT'S ORIENTED 90 DEGREES THERE.
CURRENT STANDARDS ONLY ALLOW FOR A FOUR FOOT TALL FENCE IN THAT CORNER SIDE YARD AREA WITH A 50% CAPACITY REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE IN THE PAST RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS FROM RESIDENTS
AND CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FULLY UTILIZE THAT CORNER SIDE YARD . SO THEY HAVE A VERY LARGE AREA OF THEIR PROPERTY THAT HAS TO BE EITHER OPEN WITH NO FENCE OR A FENCE WHERE YOU KNOW THEY
CAN'T KEEP THEIR DOGS AND THEIR KIDS CAN'T PLAY THERE SAFELY. SO WE WERE WORKING TO ADDRESS THAT AND STAFF'S PROPOSAL IS TO ALLOW FOR A SIX FOOT TALL FENCE IN THE REAR OR BEHIND
THE REAR PLAIN OF THE HOME IN THAT CORNER SIDE YARD. SO IN THIS GRAPHIC HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT ORANGE ARROW ON THE LEFT THERE. IT'S POINTING TO THE DIVIDING LINE THE REAR PLAIN OF THE HOUSE. THAT'S JUST THE BACK WALL OF THE HOUSE.
YOU'D BE ALLOWED TO GO UP TO SIX FEET BEHIND THAT POINT AND YOU'D STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN FOUR FEET DIRECTLY TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THEN IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AS WELL. WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE ANY CLEAR VIEW TRIANGLES.
SO THOSE ARE THOSE BLACK TRIANGLES ON THERE. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A FENCE IN THAT AREA. IT'S 15FT FROM THE CORNER OF THE STREET AND 15FT FROM THE DRIVEWAY. THAT'S TO ALLOW FOR PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY AND AGAIN
NO CHANGES PROPOSED THERE. OUR NEXT UPDATE AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO GET RID OF OUR CAPACITY REQUIREMENT TO ELIMINATE THAT. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE LANGUAGE
IN THE CODE THAT REQUIRES 50% OPACITY IN THE FRONT YARD. SO THAT'S THINK OF YOUR CLASSIC WHITE PICKET FENCE JUST OF BEAM AN EMPTY SPOT, ANOTHER BOARD, WHATEVER WE'RE
PROPOSING TO REMOVE THAT LANGUAGE BECAUSE WE'RE ONE OF IF NOT THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS LANGUAGE LIKE THAT. BOTH EDINA AND RICHFIELD DO NOT HAVE ANY LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO OPACITY.
IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIVACY IN THEIR FRONT YARDS IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE FOUR FOOT HEIGHT REQUIREMENT. THERE'S STILL A FOUR FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT IN THE FRONT YARD
JUST ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BUILD FULLY OPAQUE FENCES. AND THEN THESE TWO PHOTOS ON HERE ARE PHOTOS OF FENCES THE ONE ON THE LEFT ANY NINE OF THE ONE ON THE RIGHT AND RICH FIELD OF SOME FULLY
OPAQUE FENCES THAT LOOK PRETTY NICE. OUR NEXT INITIATIVE AS PART OF THIS WAS TO UPDATE FENCE MATERIAL STANDARDS SO THAT'S TO CLARIFY THAT PLASTIC SLATS
THOSE ARE THOSE THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT THERE DO NOT COUNT TOWARDS SCREENING REQUIREMENTS . WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES. I KNOW OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION GOES OUT AND SEES A LOT OF FENCES WHERE THEY'RE DAMAGE THEY GET YOU
KNOW, BEAT UP BY SNOW COMING OFF OF SNOW PLOWS JUST OVER THE YEARS THE SLATS FALL OUT AND BREAK AND IT DOESN'T PROVIDE THE FULL SCREENING FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES. SO WE'RE REMOVING OR ADDING
LANGUAGE THAT WOULD SAY THOSE ARE NO LONGER COUNTING TOWARDS SCREENING. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING LANGUAGE TO RESTRICT FENCE COVERINGS TO A COMMERCIALLY BUILT PRODUCT MANUFACTURED SPECIFICALLY FOR USE ON FENCING.
SO THAT'S AN IMAGE ON T RIGHT THERE. A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE SEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT PEOPLE JUST USING TARPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THEIR FENCES THAT CAN BE KIND OF UNSIGHTLY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO JUST ALLOWING FOR A
COMMERCIALLY BUILT A PROFESSIONALLY BUILT PRODUCT ON THE FENCE RATHER THAN SOMETHING THAT'S JUST KIND OF SLAPPED UP THERE AND THEN OUR LAST BIG INITIATIVE HERE IS SOME CODE LANGUAGE CLEANUP
AND THAT IS FIRST IS TO REMOVE STANDARDS FOR ARBORS AND TRELLISES FROM THE FENCE CODE SECTION WHICH IS SECTION 21 30108 WE ALREADY HAVE STANDARDS IN PLACE FOR ARBORS AND TRELLISES IN A SEPARATE
SECTION OF THE CODE AND JUST REMOVING THOSE REDUNDANCIES AS PART OF THIS WE'RE ALSO REMOVING LANGUAGE THAT STATES THAT FENCES MAY BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY LINE. SO THIS WAS COULD OPEN THE CITY UP TO LEGAL CHALLENGES
THE CITY HAS. WE DON'T INVOLVE OURSELVES IN FENCE DISPUTES. THAT'S A CIVIL MATTER WE HAVE NO WE'RE NOT A PARTY IF SOMEBODY BUILDS A FENCE ON ANOTHER PROPERTY AND THIS
LANGUAGE JUST REMOVES ANY CONFUSION THAT PEOPLE COULD REFER TO IF THEY WANTED TO PULL THE CITY IN ON A LAWSUIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN ANOTHER NOTE ON LEGAL NONCONFORMITY. SO FENCES BUILT PRIOR TO THE
ADOPTION OF THE FENCE CODE THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2008 ARE CONSIDERED LEGALLY NONCONFORMING SO YOU MAY DRIVE AROUND AND SEE FENCES AND SAY HEY, THAT'S THAT'S WAY TALLER THAN FOUR FEET IN THE FRONT YARD. IF IT WAS THERE PRIOR TO 2008 IT'S LEGALLY NONCONFORMING
FENCE. SO THE CODE UPDATE IS ALSO AIMING TO BRING SOME OF THOSE INTO CONFORMITY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T YOU KNOW, BUT HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR A VIOLATION AND OUR CODE CHANGES
WOULD NOT CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL NONCONFORMITY SO NOBODY WOULD BE ADDITIONALLY HARMED IF WE WERE TO IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION THEY
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. THEY VOTED 3 TO 1 WITH ONE ABSTENTION. THEY DID RECOMMEND REMOVING A PROPOSED LANGUAGE TO ALLOW EIGHT FOOT TALL FENCES AT THE FRONT BUILDING SETBACK.
SO INITIALLY STAFF HAD PROPOSED LANGUAGE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR EIGHT FOOT TL FENCES AT BUILDING SETBACKS. SO FOR AN R-1 PROPERTY THAT WOULD ALLOW AN EIGHT FOOT TALL FENCE 30FT BACK FROM THE FRONT
PROPERTY LINE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED TO REMOVE THAT REQUIREMENT AND STAFF DID REMOVE THAT REQUIREMENT. SO THAT IS NOT A PART OF THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE AND
WITH THAT I HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SCREEN I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU MR. PALMER COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YEAH, THANKS. HI.
JUST A COUPLE QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, MR. MAYOR. SO CAN YOU WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE GRAPHIC ON IT FOR ME?
DIEGO THANK YOU SO THE IN IN YOU THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN THE IN THE CODE AROUND THE NOTION OF A FRONT LOT LINE AND THAT IT'S SOMEWHAT
DISCRETIONARY TO THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR ME AS IT RELATES TO THIS PICTURE AND THEN ON THE LEFT THERE THE CORNER LOT SPECIFICALLY WHAT
WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE DISCRETIONARY ABOUT IT LIKE IF IF IF THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL DWELLING AND THE THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS WHERE THE
WHERE THE STREET NUMBER IS, IF YOU WILL. SO IN THIS CASE FACING NORTH IF YOU WILL, THE FRONT LOT LINE IS WHERE LIKE HOW DO I AS
A PROPERTY OWNER HAVE DISCRETION AROUND THAT A MAYOR ,COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IT WOULD REALLY COME DOWN TO THE DIRECTION THE HOUSE FACES SO LIKE IN THIS CASE IN THE GRAPHIC THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS PRESUMABLY WHERE THAT
DRIVEWAY IS COMING IN. OKAY, THAT'S YOUR FRONT LINE. OKAY. A LOT OF TIMES ON CORNER LOTS WE HAVE HOUSES THAT ARE ORIENTED MORE LIKE A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND THAT'S WHEN IT WOULD COME DOWN TO JUST A CASE BY CASE BASIS WHERE WE WOULD
RECOMMEND THAT THAT PROPERTY OWNER COMES IN AND SPEAKS WITH US ABOUT WHERE EXACTLY THEY CAN PUT THE FENCE. OKAY, THAT'S THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENCES LIKE THAT ACROSS THE CITY AND THAT'S JUST YOU
KNOW, HOW THEY WERE BUILT AT THE TIME AND WE JUST DEAL WITH IT CASE BY CASE AS THEY COME IN. SURE. OKAY. SO BUT FOR THE MOST PART THE ASSUMPTION UNLESS IT'S IN A
BIT OF AN AWKWARD ANGLE OR SOME KIND OF NOT YOU KNOW, 90 DEGREES WOULD BE THAT THE PRINCIPAL DWELLING, THE THE FRONT FACING DOOR WITH THE STREET NUMBER ON IT
POTENTIALLY WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND THEREFORE THE FRONT LOT LINE WOULD BE ACROSS THE PLAIN OF THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YES, THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND THEN RELATED TO THAT THEN
I THINK IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS CORRECTLY, EVEN IF THERE IS A IF I WERE TO LOOK AT THIS PICTURE AND ASSUME THAT THE PRINCIPAL DWELLING IS ACTUALLY POINTED TO THE TO THE LEFT
MEANING THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS NOT THE DRIVEWAY IS ACTULY ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE SO IN A CORNER LOT MAYBE THAT'S YOU KNOW, 86TH STREET AND EMERSON AVENUE YOU CAN TELL I'M THINKING ABOUT MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT?
THIS IS NOT MY HOUSE, BY THE WAY. IT'S JUST MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD . SO THE THE EVEN IF IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THE TRIANGLES ARE FOR DRIVEWAYS APPLY. IT'S NOT JUST THE FRONT FACING
PORTION OF IT. IT'S AND ANY TIME THE DRIVEWAY AND THE ROAD ARE CONNECTED IN SOME WAY THAT 15 FOOT CLEAR VIEW TRIANGLE IS REQUIRED CORRECT? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YES, THAT'S CORRECT. SO EVEN IF THE DRIVEWAY WERE
LIKE IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IF IT WERE TO COME IN FROM THE WEST SIDE LIKE WHERE THAT ORANGE ARROW RIGHT IS POINTING AND LET'S SAY THERE WAS A GARAGE BACK THERE THAT CLEARVIEW TRIANGLE WOULD STILL PLAY OKAY? WHEREVER THERE'S A DRIVEWAY OR WHEREVER THERE'S A STREET
INTERSECTION THAT CLEARVIEW TRIANGLE REQUIREMENT APPLIES AND THE 15FT IS ACROSS THE WIDEST ANGLE. CORRECT. LIKE IT'S IT'S ACROSS THE THE FORGIVE ME I FORGOT THE GEOMETRIC TERM FOR THE WIDEST
PART OF A TRIANGLE NOT THE RIGHT SIDE TRIANGLE WITH THE LONGEST PART YET ANYWAY YOU GET MY POINT THAT'S THE 15FT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YES YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANKS.
APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. IT'S A SQUARED PLUS B SQUARED EQUALS C SQUARED ISSUE. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. I'M SORRY I GET THOSE MIXED UP AND MY APOLOGIES TO COUNSEL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. PALMER ? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. PALMER. DON'T GO FAR. WE'RE THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.5 IS PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR CITY CODE AMENDMENT FOR A FENCE STANDARDS ORDINANCE. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
WISHING TO SPEAK ON IT AND 4.5 THIS EVENING NO IS READY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE? MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE.
NOBODY IF WHEN IT ALL THIS TIME AND NO OKAY COUNCIL NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK. I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR A MOTION
TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AN ITEM 4.51 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIVA SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A 4.5 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS MISS RAY
CARTER I ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON ONE SECOND I, I MISSED THE LATE HAND SORRY STUFF IN MY MOUTH SO I APOLOGIZE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH
I APPRECIATE WHAT STAFF HAS DONE THERE BECAUSE REMEMBER THIS IS THE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OH, I'M SORRY HERE I AM. I'M A SENIOR MOMENT. WOW. TWICE GUYS. THAT'S TWICE COUNCILMEMBER
MISS RAY CARTER I DALLESSANDRO I RIVAS I AND I GUESS ROBERTSON I MAYOR BUSY I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING
NOTING THAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON HAS STEPPED AWAY AND I THINK HE'S DONE FOR THE EVENING HE WAS TRAVELING SO NOW COUNCIL QUESTIONS COMMENTS ANYTHING REGARDING ITEM 4.5 THAT WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD.
COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I'LL SAY IT AGAIN NOW THAT WE'RE IN THE RIGHT SPOT RIGHT TIME OF THE MEETING HERE WHILE I'LL BRIEFLY SAY YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE HOW MUCH STAFF HAS
PUT INTO THIS I HAVE HAD MY YOU KNOW, MY MY MY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS I MEAN SOME OF THE OLD WAYS OF THINGS HOW IT'S OPERATED IN THE PAST SOME
OF THE HISTORY OF THAT THERE I'M I'M GOING TO RELUCTANTLY SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW EVERY PART OF ME WANTS TO TO VOTE NO ON THIS THING. BUT WE DO NEED TO EVOLVE AND
TO CHANGE AND TO SEE A WAY IN WHICH THAT WE CAN GET TO BE CLOSER TO WHAT OUR OUR NEIGHBORS KIND OF LOOK LIKE. I DO THINK SOME OF THIS STUFF WILL COME FULL CIRCLE AGAIN BUT I'LL SUPPORT THIS
RELUCTANTLY TONIGHT COUNCILMEMBER OTHERS NOTHING FROM ANYONE ELSE IN COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM
4.5 THIS EVENING. HAPPY TO DO THAT MR. MAYOR. >> THANKS MEMBER ALESSANDRA I MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE CLARIFYING FENCE HEIGHT EXEMPTIONS REMOVING FENCE OPACITY STANDARDS AND ADDING FENCE COVERING MATERIAL
STANDARDS THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE. SECOND, MOST OF MY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND MY COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE CLARIFYING FENCE HEIGHT EXEMPTIONS REMOVING
FENCE OPACITY STANDARDS AND ADDING FENCE COVERING MATERIAL STANDARDS THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION
ON THIS MISS WRIGHT CARTER I DA SANDRA I REVERSE HI LOWMAN I ROBERTSON I HEREBY SEE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SUMMARY PUBLICATION YES SIR I
MOVED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ADOPTED ORDINANCE THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE. OKAY MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER
DALLESSANDRO SECOND, MY COUNCIL MEMBER READ US FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION ON IT AND 4.5 NO FOR THIS COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING III0 I'M SORRY I DID IT
AGAIN MY BAD MISREAD PLEASE CARTER I TELL US UNTIL I REVERSE I I ROBERTSON I MAYOR BUSSE I MOTION CARRIES 760
THANK YOU MR. PALMER WAS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME IN FRONT OF US, MR. PALMER? >> I PRESENTED THE STUDY SESSION ITEM. THE STUDY SESSION ITEM? WELL, THIS IS MY FIRST REAL ORDINANCE. WELL DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. COUNCIL OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS ITEM FIVE
ARE CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATES. I WILL KICK US OFF AS I DO A RECAP OF OUR LISTENING SESSION 2355. I THINK WE HAD 5 OR 6 SPEAKERS
THIS EVENING JAMIE ANTHONY SPOKE I REGARD SPECIFICALLY ABOUT AUDIBLE VOTES AND COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE SHE COULDN'T HEAR SPECIFIC VOTES AND WAS ASKING THAT WE ALL REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE TO TURN ON OUR MICROPHONE
WH WE ARE VOTING AND SO WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT AND REMEMBER WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IDEALLY WE SHOULD DO THAT AS WELL. CLAUDIA BECK SPOKE AND TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF METRO SURGE ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE ON
HER BLOCK AND GAVE SOME VERY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES FOR US TO LISTEN TO AND UNDERSTAND. I NEED TO. SMITHSON CAME FORWARD AND WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THE THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO DIED IN CUSTODY AND
THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT EARLIER I THINK LAST WEEK AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE STILL A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE ANY ACTIONS COULD BE TAKEN AND WE
COMMITTED TO THE FACT THAT THOSE QUESTIONS WOULD BE ANSWERED AND WE WOULD MAKE PUBLIC ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD ONCE THERE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. CODY WRIGHT ALSO TOUCHED ON THAT SUBJECT. HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT LAW
ENFORCEMENT REFORM. HE TALKED ABOUT FACE COVERINGS OF ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR OFFICIALS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES THAT HE BROUGHT FORWARD.
WILL CLARK TALK TO US ABOUT THE IMPACT OF METRO SURGE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY AND LAURA PETERSON ALSO SPOKE
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MASKS AND AND THE CITY'S OPPORTUNITY AND ABILITY TO DO MORE AND ASKED US THAT WE LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER POSSIBILITIES. AND SHE ALSO SUGGESTED WE'VE
GOT TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE REGARDING THE CITIES FOR SAFE AND STABLE COMMUNITIES WHICH I AGREE WITH COMPLETELY. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HADN'T BEEN UPDATED SO THAT WAS OUR COUNCIL STUDY SESSION THIS EVENING.
IN ADDITION I JUST WANTED TO BRING FORWARD SOME PUBLIC THANKS. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER BUT I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD PUBLIC THANKS TO OUR STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID PULLING TOGETHER OUR STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS WE
HAD AN ABSOLUTE FULL HOUSE. IT WAS A GREAT FACILITY. LUNCH WAS GOOD. I UNDERSTAND IT WAS I THINK GOOD MESSAGING. I HAD JANINE IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT DID
AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH THAT AND THEN IT WAS TOPPED OFF BY THE DOGS WHICH WAS THE BEST I THOUGHT ENDING TO THE TO THE POSSIBLE BEST POSSIBLE ENDING THAT WE COULD HAVE HAD FOR THE EVENT. ALL IN ALL, I THINK I KNOW
THAT BLOOMINGTON SETS THE STANDARDS IN TERMS OF STATE OF THE CITY EVENTS THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD MAYORS FROM OTHER CITIES COME AND WATCH OURS JUST TO GET IDEAS LIKE WE HAD THIS YEAR AS WELL TELLS US THAT I THINK WE'RE DOING
SOMETHING RIGHT AND I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE THE THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE LEVELS THAT HAS BEEN SET OVER THE DECADES FOR OUR STATE OF THE CITY OF DRESS AND THE WORK THAT THE STAFF DOES
IN PULLING THIS ALL TOGETHER. AND SO KUDOS TO THEM AND A LOT OF THANKS AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED AND THANKS TO EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AS WELL. SO IT WAS A GOOD TIME. I THOUGHT MR. WALKER, I HAVE
NOTHING TONIGHT, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, I KNOW YOU WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD. YEAH, AND WHAT I'LL DO IS I'M GOING TO SKIP ONE OF THEM BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP TO OUR
TIME FRAME HERE. BUT DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARING EARLIER TONIGHT AND MAYBE WE CAN'T FULLY RESPOND TO THIS AT
ALL BUT THIS THIS CONCEPT OF FRAUD AND ARTISTRY WAS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AND I THINK THE PUBLIC THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER I JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LEAVE
PEOPLE CONFUSED WITH HOW THAT SOMEHOW RELATED TO THAT TOPIC AT ALL. AND I'M SURE MAYOR, IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON IT BRIEFLY NOW OR WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK WELL I THINK WE COULD BRING IT BACK CERTAINLY I THINK THERE'S TWO POINTS
HERE. FIRST OF ALL, IT HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOPIC THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. BUT SECONDLY, I THINK THE ISSUES THAT ARTISTRY HAD FINANCIALLY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THERE WAS THERE WAS
NEVER ANY INDICATION OF FRAUD. THERE WAS INDICATIONS OF MISMANAGEMENT BY THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANIZATION BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY FRAUD GOING ON. AND I THINK FRAUD IS A HANDY
TOPIC FOR SOME PEOPLE TO TO ATTACH TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT ILLS OR CONCERNS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON ANYWHERE. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO JUST TO TO BRING IT UP AND TO TO POINT IT OUT BUT WITH NO NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY FRAUD ATTACHED OR ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE FINANCIAL ISSUES THAT ARTISTRY HAS HAD OVER
RECENT THE RECENT YEARS. I THINK YOU MARINATE I KNOW THAT YOUR BACKGROUND WITH THIS AND YOUR YOUR YOU KNOW ON THIS YOU KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS WHEN WHEN WHEN THE ALL THE STUFF THAT OCCURRED AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR
YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE THE POLICING ONE TO NEXT TIME WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST BE SURE THAT FOR THAT SIXTH STREET BRIDGE PRESERVATION THAT IS BEING
DONE THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS GENERALLY AWARE OF THAT AND MY DISTRICT AND THAT TYPE OF THING AND IF THAT COULD BE PUT IN THE PUBLICATIONS AND MAKING SURE I KNOW WE'VE DONE OTHER STUFF BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THAT AND THAT WORK WE'RE DOING THERE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING COUNCIL. ANYTHING ELSE COUNCILMEMBER ELLIS PAINFUL THAT WE HAD TO
ADJUST TO AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER I GET APPROVED TO BE PART OF THE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIME PREVENTION AND I LEARNED THAT
AND YOU'LL SEE HAS CREATED A SOME KIND OF ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AS WE
ACQUIRING DRONES AND SO THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY WHICH I'M NOT AWARE THAT WE DO BUT WE PROBABLY DO ANYWAY. SO THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT THEY SHOWED US IN THERE
THAT THEY CARRY SUPPLIES, YOU KNOW, TO EMERGENCIES. BUT BEFORE EMPTIES ARRIVE AND SO IT'S IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN I CAN EXPLAIN
BUT THE REALITIES THAT THEY HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE AND IT COULD BENEFIT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE A
MOVE ON. SO THEY DO HAVE THE FUNDS AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE AND I JUST NEED TO LEARN A FEW THINGS. THEY ASKED ME TO SPEND SOME TIME WATCHING DISPATCH 911
EMERGENCY SO I ASK CHIEF ABOUT THAT. SO JUST TO LEARN HOW IT OPERATES AND YOU KNOW TALK ABOUT IT AND IF WE HAVE ANY NEEDS TO ENUMERATE THOSE NEEDS
AND BRING THEM OVER TO THE TO THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN TRY TO PUT SOME KIND OF A LIST WHAT THE CITY'S WHAT CITIES NEED SO THAT THEY CAN PUSH FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST WITH
THAT. YOU'RE GOOD. THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT TO LEARN THAT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL IS
ANYBODY I SAY ANYTHING ABOUT LLC? I KNOW WE DID HAVE AT LEAST THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT NLC ALONG WITH OUR CITY MANAGER COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON.
YEAH, APPARENTLY I'M GOING TO DISCUSS IT. YES. SO THIS PAST WEEK MYSELF COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS AND CITY WALKER CITY MANAGER WALKER THAT GUY OVER THERE AND HONOR
EXCUSE ME COUNCIL MEMBER DEL CENTRO ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WASHINGTON DC AND MEET WITH SOME OF OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES. IT WAS FABULOUS. THERE WAS AN INTERESTING
TRAVEL STORY BECAUSE ALL THE FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED AND SO RIVAS, WALKER AND MYSELF DROVE TO WASHINGTON D.C. WHICH WAS FABULOUS AND EVERYONE DID A GREAT JOB MEETING. WE GOT TO MEET WITH KLOBUCHAR
MORRISON AND AN AIDE TO SENATOR TINA SMITH AND IT WAS GREAT. SO IS THAT IT OR AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? SOUNDS GREAT. LET ME ON THE SPOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING BLOOMINGTON
CUSTOMER DALLESSANDRO YES. JUST SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT WITH THOSE FOLKS AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE GO TO WASHINGTON TO LOBBY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
FOR FUNDING IN APPROPRIATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRY TO GET SOME OF OUR PROJECTS FUNDED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THERE WERE THREE PROJECTS THAT WE SUBMITTED WITH THE IDEA
THAT THEY BRING VALUABLE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. ONE IS A SEWER PROJECT ON 84TH STREET. THE OTHER ONE WAS WORK ON THE REVISION OF THE 98TH STREET CORRIDOR WHERE WE HAVE SO MANY
CHALLENGES ON THE OLD SHAKOPEE 98TH STREET COMBO PLATTER THERE WITH EIGHT WITH 35 W AND THE THIRD ONE WAS RELATED TO OUR OUR AWARD WINNING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO THEY ARE
NONCONTROVERSIAL NONPARTISAN STYLE ISSUES THAT ARE INTENDED TO MAKE THE CITY A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY AND SO VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE
TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE PROJECTS. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANKS FOR YOU KNOW AS I SAID, THANKS FOR REPRESENTING BLOOMINGTON AND THANKS FOR MAKING THE THE LONG HAUL OUT
THERE TO DRIVE OUT. THERE'S THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND ABOVE ME AND VERY WELL DONE COUNCIL IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING I
WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING NO FURTHER COUNCIL
DISCUSSION ON THIS MISS RAY CARTER I DA SANDRA I REVERSE LOWMAN AND ROBERTSON I HEREBY SEE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT IN YOUR WORK TONIGHT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CARTER FOR COMING IN AND JUMPING IN ONLINE. WE DO APPRECIATE IT. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO STUCK WITH US TONIGHT AND THANKS TO STAFF FOR YOUR GREAT WORK ON THIS.
EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD REST OF YOUR WEEK