AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 A BOARD MEETING. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY EDITS OR CHANGES ? HEARING NONE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA SO MOVED MOVED BY COMMISSIONER WHO CAME SECOND
AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DOUBLING HER. WE NEED TO TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE COMMISSIONER W R I COMMISSIONER WHO AM I
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TO 0 I NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT BUSINESS AND ITEMS 3.1 THROUGH 3.8 ARE CONSENT ITEMS WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM
FOR DISCUSSION? OKAY HEARING NONE MAY WE HAVE A VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT? I WILL. SORRY MOTION I CAN'T READ MY
HANDWRITING. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS SOME OF MOVE BY COMMISSIONER DOLLINGER OH
AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CARTER. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. ROLL CALL. VOTE CORPORATION OR BINGO I
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WEBEX COMMISSIONER CARTER I BE A WEBEX COMMISSIONER I TERM MUELLER I MOTION PASSES 70S
ZERO WE HAVE SOME DISCUSS CERTAIN ITEMS THERE'S NO ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS NO NEW BUSINESS BUT WE DO HAVE DISCUSSION TWO ITEMS FIRST IS HCV WAITING LISTS UPDATE MAY
WE HAVE THE STAFF REPORT? HI, GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS ANNA SALVADOR ASSISTANT ACTUARY ADMINISTER ORDER THE ITEM I AM HERE
TONIGHT TO DISCUSS IS JUST AN UPDATE ON THE HCV PROGRAM WAITING LISTS AND THIS IS THE FIRST OF WHAT WE PLAN TO DO AS AN ANNUAL UPDATE TO THIS BODY EACH YEAR NO FORMAL ACTION IS
REQUIRED. IT'S MORE JUST AN UPDATE ON THE ACTIVITY THAT OCCURRED OVER THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR
RELATED TO THE WAITING LISTS . >> ALL RIGHT. SO JUST AS A REMINDER SOME BACKGROUND THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM RELIES ON WAITING LISTS TO SELECT
HOUSEHOLDS FOR VOUCHER ISSUANCE AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE NEED SEVERELY OUTPACES THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE FUNDING ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR THIS
PROGRAM. THE BLOOMINGTON H. RATE CURRENTLY HAS THREE ACTIVE WAITING LISTS AND WHAT I MEAN BY ACTIVE IS THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE VOUCHERS AVAILABLE THESE ARE THE WAITING LISTS THAT WE TURN TO THAT WE'RE
ACTIVELY MANAGING TO SELECT HOUSEHOLDS. THE FIRST LIST IS THE 2018 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER WAITING LIST AND THIS WAITING LIST OPENED AND CLOSED IN 2018 AND WE'VE JUST BEEN SELECTING FROM
THAT LIST SINCE SINCE THAT CLOSURE THIS LIST IS CLOSE TO BEING EXHAUSTED AS WE'LL SEE IN A LATER SLIDE ONCE THIS LIST IS EXHAUSTED, THAT IS WHEN WE CAN THEN MOVE TO THE
2024 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER WAITING LIST WHICH OPENED IN JULY OF 2024. AT THE SAME TIME WE OPENED THAT WAITING LIST WE ALSO OPENED THE PROJECT BASED VOUCHER WAITING LIST FOR THIS
PROGRAM AND BOTH BOTH OF THOSE 2024 LISTS ARE CONSISTENTLY OR CONSTANTLY OPEN TO NEW APPLICATIONS. SO WE'RE REGULARLY ACCEPTING NEW APPLICATIONS AS TO THOSE
TWO WAITING LISTS. ALL THREE OF THESE WAITING LISTS GO THROUGH WHAT WE CALL OUR UPDATE PROCESS WHICH HAPPENS TWO TIMES PER YEAR IN 2025 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS
UPDATE PROCESS WITH OUR NEW SOFTWARE. THE GOAL OF THE UPDATE PROCESS IS JUST TO CONFIRM INTEREST WITH CONTINUED INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM AND JUST MAKE SURE
THAT THE HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ON FILE IS STILL ACCURATE AS WE'RE SCREENING FOR ELIGIBILITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, WE COMPLETED OUR FIRST ANNUAL
UPDATE CYCLE SO WE WE DID AN UPDATE IN FEBRUARY AND ALSO ONE IN SEPTEMBER. THIS WAS A NEW PROCESS FOR OUR OFFICE AND PRIMARILY IT'S ALL COMPLETED ONLINE THROUGH THE
PORTAL. WHAT HAPPENS IS WE SEND A NOTIFICATION OUT TO ALL HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE ON OUR WAITING LIST AND GIVE THEM ABOUT A 15 BUSINESS DAY TIME PERIOD WHERE THEY JUST NEED TO
RESPOND, INDICATE THEIR INTEREST AND UPDATE THEIR PERSONAL HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION . AS OF THE MOST RECENT UPDATE IN SEPTEMBER WE ACHIEVED A 60%
60% RESPONSE RATE WHICH WE THINK IS A PRETTY DECENT AVERAGE TO MAINTAIN AS YOU'LL SEE WITH THE VOLUME OF OUR WAITING LISTS THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO REACH AND GET A RESPONSE FROM. WE'VE ALSO SEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT ON OUR PROJECT BASED VOUCHER WAITING LIST IN TERMS OF SELECTION FROM THAT WAITING LIST IN 2025 AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE
OF VACANCIES BOTH IN OUR ASSISTED RENTAL PROPERTIES BUT ALSO IN OTHER PROJECT BASED VOUCHER UNITS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM. >> THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE
MOSTLY JUST DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHO IS ON OUR WAITING LIST OR WAITING LISTS I SHOULD SAY THE TOP RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE IS
JUST SHOWING CURRENT INCOME LIMITS THAT ARE RELEASED BY HUD ANNUALLY AND IN THE SPRING BASED ON THESE INCOME LIMITS THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR
APPLICANTS ACROSS THE BOARD FALL INTO THAT EXTREMELY LOW INCOME WHICH IS 30% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW AND THAT'S CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL
THREE OF OUR PROGRAMS. I WILL JUST FLAG THE FOUR ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS PROGRAM. IT'S 50% OF AM I ARE BELOW BUT WE DO STILL ALLOW HOUSEHOLDS
WITH A SLIGHTLY HIGHER INCOME TO REMAIN ON THE WAITING LIST BECAUSE WE DO VERIFICATION OF INCOME AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ALL OF THAT AT SELECTION. SO WE JUST WANT TO GIVE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT HOUSEHOLD TO CONTINUE TO BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHEN WHEN THEY WOULD BE SELECTED AND WHAT THEIR HOUSEHOLD SITUATION WOULD BE AT THAT TIME. SO I'M JUST FLAGGING THAT'S WHY THERE IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT
ARE SHOWING AS LOW INCOME ON THIS WAITING LIST. >> SO THE FIRST LIST FOR 2018 WE HAVE 54 HOUSEHOLDS REMAINING ON THIS LIST.
SO VERY SMALL TOTAL AMOUNT OF HOUSEHOLDS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM DO FALL OR FALL IN THAT SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLD SIZE.
ONE THING I'LL JUST FLAG ON THIS SLIDE THAT I THINK IS INTERESTING IS MOST OF THIS DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IS PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL THREE OF OUR WAITING LISTS.
SPECIFICALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOUSEHOLD RACE WE DO SEE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSEHOLD ETHNICITY WITH OUR 2024 WAITING LIST AS WE'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE AND WE
ATTRIBUTE THAT TO MORE TARGETED OUTREACH TO THE HISPANIC POPULATIONS WITHIN THE METRO AREA. SO AGAIN, HERE'S THE 2024
WAITING LIST AS OF AS OF THE LAST UPDATE WE HAVE JUST OVER 5500 HOUSEHOLDS ON THIS LIST. AGAIN WE'RE SEEING MOST OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS ARE EITHER
IN 1 OR 2 BEDROOM OR SORRY 1 OR 2 PERSON HOUSEHOLDS SIZES AND THEN THERE'S LIKE A PRETTY REPRESENTATIVE SPLIT BETWEEN DISABLED AND FAMILY HOUSEHOLD
TYPES. THE 2020 FOR HCV LIST AND PROJECT BASED WAITING LISTS JUST DUE TO THE NATURE OF HOW AND WHEN THEY WERE OPENED THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP
OF WHO'S ON THOSE WAITING LISTS AND I THINK THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING FOR THE PROJECT BASED VOUCHER WAITING LIST IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS AS WELL, THIS LIST AGAIN I THINK IS SHOWING
A SLIGHTLY SMALLER AMOUNT OF HOUSEHOLDS AND I THINK THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE NUMBER OF WAITING LIST SELECTIONS WE'VE DONE FOR PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS THIS
LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF 2026 JUST LOOKING AHEAD WE WILL WE DO PLAN TO DO TWO UPDATES IN THE FEBRUARY SEPTEMBER KIND OF TIME RANGE AGAIN IN 2026
AND THEN THE OTHER BIG WAITING LIST RELATED UPDATE IS THAT WE WE DO PLAN TO OPEN ANOTHER PROJECT BASED VOUCHER WAITING LIST SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ROSLYN WHICH FOUR ARE ALSO
KNOWN AS 700 AMERICAN AND THAT WAITING LIST IS SAID TO BE OPEN SOMETIME IN JANUARY SO VERY SOON HERE SO THAT WILL BE ANOTHER MAJOR PROJECT UNDER THIS WAITING LIST UMBRELLA
IN 2026 AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
COMMISSIONER CARTER THANK YOU CHAIR CAN YOU REMIND US WHY THERE'S A SEPARATE WAITING LIST FOR THAT PROJECT SPECIFICALLY? YEAH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CARTER FOR THE QUESTION. SO FOR THAT WE ELECTED TO DO A SEPARATE WAITING LIST BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY IS RESTRICTED TO 55 AND UP INDIVIDUALS IN TERMS
OF AGE AND SO IT KIND OF CREATES AN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN TO JUSTIFY WHY WE'RE SELECTING OUT OF ORDER ON OUR OUR NORMAL PROJECT BASED OUT YOUR WAITING LIST. SO THIS IS JUST A WAY TO KIND
OF KEEP THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN DOWN SOMEWHAT SO AND I ASSUME WILL LET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE OTHER LIST KNOW WHO ARE IN THAT 50. I MEAN THERE'S IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S VERY MANY SO BUT
IN THAT 55 PLUS RANGE YES. >> YEAH. THANKS, COMMISSIONER CARTER YEAH WE INTEND TO DO SOME TARGETED OUTREACH TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT ALREADY ARE ON OUR WAITING LIST THAT WE THINK
COULD QUALIFY FOR THE NEW WAITING LIST AS WELL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WOOTEN AND MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH
THE FIRST OF THE YEAR CONGRESS GO BACK INTO SESSION AGAIN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BUDGET'S GOING TO BE. IS THERE ANY THOUGHTS AS TO HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THESE WAITING LISTS? THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION. SECOND IS IS THERE ANY THOUGHT
GIVEN TO POSSIBLY PURGING GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE CLIMATE AND THE THE UNCERTAINTY TO ALL THE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON
BY REGION OR IS THIS THANKS COMMISSIONER WOOTEN FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK DUE TO THE NATURE OF HOW WE MANAGE THE WAITING LIST I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME LEVEL
OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTINUED KIND OF THE UPDATE PROCESS IS ESSENTIALLY OUR ANNUAL PURGE I WILL SAY SO HOUSEHOLDS THAT DON'T RESPOND TO OUR UPDATE REQUESTS ARE
REMOVED FROM THE WAITING LIST AND SO THAT'S HOW WE IT'S A MECHANISM THAT WE USE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE ON OUR LIST CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE SELECTION AVAILABLE WE
ARE ABLE TO PULL FROM AN ACTIVE LIST AS OF RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE AWARE OF WE NEED TO MAINTAIN AND HAVE A WAITING
LIST IT JUST BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ACTIVE VOUCHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY IF IF WE WERE TO HAVE ANY SORT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PULL FROM A LIST IN ORDER TO ISSUE ANY POTENTIAL VOUCHERS THAT WE
HAVE. SO THERE WOULD STILL BE THAT REQUIREMENT OF HAVING SOME SORT OF LIST. >> SO MY QUESTION I GUESS MORE DIRECTLY IS GIVEN THE NATURE
OF THAT COMFORTABILITY AND I THINK GROUPED COMMUNITIES YOU KNOW, IS THERE A LOT ABOUT HOW TO BE PROACTIVE IN MARKETING
AND ENSURING THAT THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THEIR NAME ON A LIST SO THEY CAN KEEP EACH OTHER AS WHAT MIGHT I SEE? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RUTAN FOR THE QUESTION. SO WHEN WE FIRST OPENED THE
LIST WE IMPLEMENTED AN AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING PLAN AS IT'S GENERALLY REFERRED TO AND MARKETED BROADLY ACROSS DIFFERENT DIFFERENT GROUPS
THAT ARE REPRESENTED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY OF BLOOMINGTON. I THINK THIS REVIEW THIS ANNUAL REVIEW IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THAT POPULATION IS
STILL CONSISTENT WITH WHO'S ON OUR WAITING LIST AND THEN WE CAN DO TARGETED OUTREACH AT THAT POINT IF IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ANY GROUPS THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED BASED ON THE ANALYSIS WE DID WHEN THE
WAITING LIST WAS OPENED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE'RE STILL PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE POPULATION DISTRIBUTION WITHIN BLOOMINGTON . OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
GREAT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE EACH AREA ADMINISTRATOR UPDATES. >> YES CHAIR COMMISSIONERS VERY SHORT QUICK MEETING
TONIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING IT AND THE VERY SNOWY EVENING. A COUPLE OF UPDATES SO LAST AT THE LAST MEETING UPDATE ON A COUPLE ITEMS GOING TO COUNCIL A QUICK UPDATE ON THOSE THE
CDBG AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED LAST NIGHT. THE HRC LEVY WAS HELD TO THE NEXT MEETING WHICH IS ON DECEMBER 15TH AND THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR SOME ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION THERE. IN TERMS OF OTHER UPDATES WE DO HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING IS IN JANUARY. WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THIS MONTH SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE FOR
THE YEAR AND AND MAYBE I'LL PAUSE THERE, SEE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT, COMMISSIONER WHO CAME? THANK YOU CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING LAST NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY. LAST NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING WAS CHALLENGING AND I JUST WANT TO OFFER A BRIEF STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD AS AN INTERIM BOARD COMMISSIONER I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE AMOUNT OF TIME CARE AND HARD WORK OUR BOARD INVESTED IN DEVELOPING THE BUDGET AND DETERMINING THE LEVY REQUEST. THERE WAS EMOTION, FRUSTRATION AND A GREAT DEAL OF DILIGENCE
BEHIND THIS PROCESS AND WE ALSO LISTENED VERY CLOSELY NOT ONLY TO OUR COUNCIL LIAISON'S WHEN THEY SHARED THEIR CONCERNS ON THE ORIGINAL LEVY REQUEST STATING IT WAS TOO HIGH.
BUT WE ALSO LISTENED TO RESIDENTS IN RESPONSE. WE COMPROMISED AND LOWERED OUR REQUEST ACCORDINGLY. AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT WAS DEEPLY CONCERNING TO HAVE THE LEVY HELD AT LAST NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS RAISES ISSUES NOT ONLY RELATED TO TIMING AND DEADLINES WHICH IS A CONCERN I DO HAVE AND I WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION ON THAT TONIGHT AS WELL. JUST FOR THE FOR THE PUBLIC TO
BUT ALSO THE RESPECT INVALIDATION OF THE WORK PUT FORWARD BY THIS BOARD AND THIS AND THE INTERIM STAFF SPEAKING PERSONALLY AND DID NOT FEEL ME IT DID NOT MAKE ME FEEL HEARD
OR SUPPORTED. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND COUNCILMEMBER DELLA SANDRA FOR VOTING AGAINST THE HOLD AND FOR CAN BUT NOTICING THAT ALL REQUESTED DOCUMENTATION HAD BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL
IN ADDITION TO THE MULTIPLE MEETINGS THIS BOARD HAS HELD ON THIS ISSUE. I ALSO APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER A'S THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS. HOWEVER, IT WAS STILL DISHEARTENING TO FEEL THAT THE
COUNCIL DID NOT STAND BEHIND THE BOARD AT APPOINTED. IT LEFT THE IMPRESSION THAT THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF THIS BOARD WAS NOT FULLY VALUED AND I BELIEVE THAT DESERVES ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
THANK YOU . ALL RIGHT. AND MY LAST ANNOUNCEMENT IS JUST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TONIGHT IS COMMISSIONER MOORE'S LAST MEETING AS A
COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE. AND SO WE WILL BE HAVING A NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT OUR FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT ADD MY
APPRECIATION, COMMISSIONER MILLER, FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE. I ONE OF THE THINGS I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE PROBABLY THE MOST IS THE THOUGHTFUL
THOUGHT OUT QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK. YOU HAVE HELPED ME LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY. YOU HAVE WORDED THINGS IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT'S LIKE OH OKAY
AND ALWAYS ALWAYS HAVE BEEN RESPECTFUL AND I JUST APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THIS BOARD AND TO THIS CITY AS A WHOLE.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE A SECOND THAT AS WELL. I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU. YOU'VE CHALLENGED MY THOUGHT PROCESS IN THE MOST RESPECTFUL
WAY AS YOU SAID AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S VERY HELPFUL AND IT HELPS US GROW AND IT HELPS US BECOME A GREATER CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME NOT ONLY HERE BUT WITH THE COUNCIL
YOUR VOICE HAS BEEN VERY APPRECIATED. COMMISSIONER WOOTEN, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED?
YES, COMMISSIONER WOOTEN AND I'M HERE. YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. YES. OKAY, GREAT. I WAS ONLY I WANT TO ALSO
COMMAND COMMISSIONER MILLER OR IS MENTORSHIP OF ME EARLY ON AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IDEAS AND AND FOR ALL
THE HARD WORK NOT ONLY DONE ON THE COUNCIL AND ON THE BOARD BUT ALL HOW WE'RE DOING IN COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE FAMILY AND OTHER FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
YES, I'LL SAY SOMETHING NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU CHAIR AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS. I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S FLOWN BY LIKE THAT.
AND WHEN I WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE HRA, I KNEW HOUSING WAS IMPORTANT TO ME JUST FROM HOW I GREW UP AND HOW HOUSING
IMPACTED MY FAMILY AND MY LIFE AS A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN WATCHING MY PARENTS AS IMMIGRANTS WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE SYSTEM AND THEN TO COME TO A CITY THAT THAT VALUES AND SUPPORTS THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND THAT SAME WAY I'VE COME TO REALLY UNDERSTAND JUST HOW DEEPLY IT SHAPES THE LIVES OF OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS HERE AND HOUSING IS MORE THAN JUST
BRICKS AND MORTAR. IT IT'S ABOUT STABILITY AND DIGNITY AND OPPORTUNITY. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT, IT'S MORE THAN JUST PROJECTS. IT'S ABOUT CREATING SPACES
WHERE PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY CAN BELONG AND THAT THEY CAN THRIVE. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH RESIDENTS, WITH STAFF WHO
HAVE BENEFITED FROM OUR PROGRAMS STORIES FROM FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME AND THEY'VE LOOKED FAR AND WIDE IN BLOOMINGTON AS THE PLACE WHERE THEY END UP. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP
SENIORS STAY IN THEIR HOME. SENIORS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE SINC THE 60S AND SO BLOOMINGTON WAS NOTHING BUT FARMLAND. AND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP THEM REMODEL AND KEEP
UP THEIR HOMES, ALLOW THEM TO STAY IN THE PLACE THAT THEY RAISED THEIR FAMILIES THAT THEIR GRANDKIDS COME HOME TO IS SPEAKS VOLUMES TO WHAT WE DO HERE ON THE HRA. AND THESE MOMENTS ARE WHAT
REMIND ME ABOUT WHY THIS WORK MATTERS SO MUCH. SO I WANT TO THANK FIRST OFF OUR STAFF, SARA FOR COMING ON
AND TAKING ON EVERYTHING OUR STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE ENDURED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THE PANDEMIC WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT THAT CAUSE
LEADERSHIP CHANGES STAFFING CHANGES. WE DIDN'T MISS VERY MUCH. WE CONTINUE TO ROLL THROUGH AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT ARE OUR PEOPLE NEED HERE IN OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY CAN CONTINUE TO STAY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON, RAISE THEIR FAMILIES HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO YOU'RE PROFESSIONALISM AND CARE DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED AND I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM ALL OF YOU.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME AS I WAS LEARNING BECAUSE I'M SURE I'M ASKED 1 OR 2 QUESTIONS THAT PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED TO BE ASKED. BUT I'M GLAD I DID AND I'M
GLAD YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS IN A WAY THAT DIDN'T MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING BECAUSE I DIDN'T. SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT FOR ME TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COLLABORATION, YOUR THOUGHT. IT'S NOT EASY TO SIT UP HERE WITH SEVEN PEOPLE AND AND TALK THROUGH THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETIMES. BUT THIS BOARD IS NOT AFRAID TO TACKLE THOSE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS, THOSE TOUGH
ISSUES. AND I'VE APPRECIATED THE WAY THAT WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT REALLY REFLECT WHAT BLOOMINGTON VALUES. AND SO I'M PROUD OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE IMPORTANT
WORK AHEAD AND I HAVE NO SORT OF SHORTAGE OF CONFIDENCE THAT THIS BOARD IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS AND HAVE THOSE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. AND AND TO THE BLOOMINGTON
RESIDENTS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST, YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR CONFIDENCE, YOUR PATIENCE, YOUR PASSION FOR THIS COMMUNITY EVERY EMAIL, EVERY CONVERSATION,
EVERY HANDSHAKE, EVERY COFFEE I'VE EVER HAD HAS REMINDED ME WHY I CHOSE TO SERVE HERE. AND IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR NEEDS TO HELP BUILD A CITY WHERE OUR
FAMILIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE. AND STEPPING AWAY WASN'T AN EASY CHOICE. IT'S VERY BITTERSWEET THAT I'M HERE AND HAVING TO SAY ALL
THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S THE RIGHT ONE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I'M JUST A TIME IN LIFE WHERE DAD'S NEEDED MORE AT HOME THAN THE CITY NEEDS A COMMISSIONER
A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RIGHT NOW. AND SO MY THREE BOYS ARE GROWING REALLY FAST AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY MORE MOMENTS OF I'M SURE THEY'RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY. SO I FEEL BAD FOR THE CITY. THE AVERAGE VIEWING AGE IS
GOING TO DROP PROBABLY BY 20 YEARS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL WATCHING. BUT SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME WHEN I HAD COFFEE WITH THEM THEY SAID YOUR KIDS ARE ONLY LITTLE ONCE.
THE CITY WILL ALWAYS HAVE WORK TO DO. I REALLY TOOK THAT TO HEART AND THAT'S WHAT HELPED ME MAKE THE DECISION THAT I HAD MADE. BUT THIS ISN'T A GOODBYE. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A SEE YOU LATER.
I STILL DEEPLY BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE THAT BLOOMINGTON HAS AND MAKES FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS AND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK TO RAISE MY HAND AGAIN AND SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU WITH
ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. BUT UNTIL THEN I'LL BE CHEERING YOU ON FROM THE SIDELINES. I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOU DO TO KEEP BLOOMINGTON MOVING FORWARD. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I LIKE THAT BLOOMINGTON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE COMMISSIONER WOOTEN. >> I ACTUALLY WANTED TO GO
BEFORE INFORMATION WERE SAID BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE THIS THIS IS THE LAST YEAR FOR THE CURRENT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WHO HE MENTIONED A POINT ABOVE
THE I DID AND THE F B I WANT TO KNOW KIND OF WHERE THAT IS NOW. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE WAY OR THE NEXT ITEM MEMBERS MEETING AND THEN SECONDLY AT
LAST MEETING WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH FOLKS WHO CAME TO SPEAK OUT AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE TRYING TO GET THAT CROWD TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL THAT WASN'T AN AUDIENCE.
AND SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND BEING AWARE OF SAFETY RELATIVE TO OUR MEETINGS AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE
A PROTOCOL TO CONTROL CROWDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT BE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DISCUSS GO INTO ANY YES CHAIR AND I CAN
JUMP IN WITH AN UPDATE ON THE LEVY WHICH IS IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 15TH. YOU KNOW I BELIEVE THAT THE
BUDGET HAS TO BE APPROVED ON THE 15TH SO IT DIDN'T CAUSE ANY DELAYS ON ON OUR END. AND SO BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE A VOTE ON THE 15TH ON THE AGENDA.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY. AND THEN AS REGARDS TO YOUR OTHER QUESTION AROUND SAFETY, I CAN SAY WE'RE KIND OF EXPLORING THE IDEA AROUND LIKE A TRAINING FOR COMMISSIONERS AROUND SAFETY
IN THE CHAMBER SO WE CAN LOOK INTO PROVIDING THAT NEXT YEAR WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA AND MAY HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE TUESDAY DECEMBER 9TH HRA BOARD MEETING SO MOVED MOVED BY COMMISSIONER
MUA SECOND AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WOODEN I THINK I HEARD SO WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE COMMISSIONER DOUBLING
HER. ALL RIGHT COMMISSIONER WHO HIM . HI COMMISSIONER MA I COMMISSIONER IS OUT I B I WEBEX COMMISSIONER CARTER I BE
A WEBEX COMMISSIONER WOULDN'T I CHAIR MUELLER I SO MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE