THIS JUNE 4TH MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADVISES THE CITY COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS DEVELOPMENTS STANDARDS, LONG RANGE PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES. SOME ITEMS BEFORE THE PLANNING
COMMISSION ARE STUDY ITEMS WHERE WE WILL NOT TAKE FORMAL ACTION. OTHER ITEMS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS WHERE WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY DURING THOSE ITEMS AND WE DO ENCOURAGE
THAT. YOU CAN DO SO HERE AT CITY HALL BY JOINING US IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS. YOU CAN ALSO DO SO FROM HOME BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON YOUR SCREEN. ON SOME ITEMS THE PLANNING
COMMISSION HAS FINAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY WHILE IN OTHER ITEMS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTS IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS
MADE UP OF SEVEN VOLUNTEER RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON EACH PLANNING COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN SERVED HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM WITH A TWO TERM LIMIT. ALL SEVEN COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT THIS EVENING SO WE DO
HAVE A QUORUM. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALL RISE. 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
. ITEM NUMBER ONE THIS EVENING IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT A TYPE TWO FOR A TYPE TWO HOME BUSINESS AT 8924
MOUNT CURVE ROAD AND MR. DYLAN PALMER WILL BE JOINING US WITH A STAFF REPORT ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN AND
COMMISSIONERS AGAIN DYLAN PALMER HERE TO PRESENT ITEM NUMBER ONE TONIGHT. THIS IS A TYPE TWO HOME BUSINESS. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WHICH IS FOR A DANCE SCHOOL LOCATED
AT 8924 MOUNT CURVY ROAD WHICH IS IN WEST BLOOMINGTON. SO BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHY THIS IS EVEN IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IN SECTION 21.3 OR 2.13 WE
DEFINE OUR HOME BUSINESS STANDARDS AND IN THOSE STANDARDS DANCE SCHOOL IS CLASSIFIED AS A TYPE TWO HOME BUSINESS. IT'S EXPLICITLY CALLED OUT IN THE CODE A P IS REQUIRED
FOR ANY TYPE TWO HOME BUSINESS IN THE R-1 ZONING DISTRICT WHICH IS WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS AT. AND IN ADDITION TO THE CAP BEING REQUIRED, THERE'S THIS LITTLE CLAUSE IN THERE THAT SAYS THE PLANNING COMMISSION
MAY APPROVE THE TYPE TWO HOME BUSINESS ACTIVITY IS IN ACCESSORY BUILDINGS OR GARAGES. IF IT FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WOULD NOT ALTER THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF PERFORMED WITHIN THE GARAGE. AND IN THIS CASE THE APPLICANT
IS PROPOSING TO HOLD THE DANCE SCHOOL INSIDE OF A GARAGE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE PRESENTING THIS TO MAKE. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SITE. THIS IS THE SITE 8924 MOUNT
CURVE ROAD CLOSEST MAJOR ROAD IS EAST EAST BUSH LAKE ROAD. THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF 86TH STREET. NEXT THE ZONING AND THE GUIDE PLAN ZONED R ONE THE ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND IT IS ALSO ZONED R ONE AND THEN IT'S GUIDED LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ALSO SURROUNDED EITHER BY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL GUIDANCE
OR CONSERVATION GUIDANCE. THIS IS A SITE PLAN OF THE HOME THE GREAT DIAMOND ON THE LEFT THERE AND THEN THE GARAGE WHERE THE DANCE SCHOOL IS PROPOSED TO TAKE PLACE ON THE RIGHT SHOWING THE DRIVEWAY
WHERE VEHICLES WILL PARK AND THEN THE STUDENT ENTRANCE LOCATED AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE GARAGE. AND THEN JUST A NOTE FOR YOU ALL THE STREETS IN THIS AREA THERE'S NO PUBLIC PARKING ALLOWED ON ANY OF THE STREETS
IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SO THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ANY ANY VISITORS OR STUDENTS OR ANYBODY PARKING ON ANY OF THE STREETS HERE.
THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE GARAGE ITSELF SHOWING THE DANCE FLOOR IN THE SPACE. THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO ADD INSULATION, HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THIS
COMFORTABLE FOR THE DANCE STUDENTS. WE ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN THE ABILITY TO PARK ONE VEHICLE IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. THE THERE'S NOTHING IN THE
CODE THAT SAYS THEY MUST HAVE AN ENCLOSED PARKING SPACE. HOWEVER, THEY MUST MAINTAIN THE ABILITY AND I'LL GO BACK HERE TO SHOW YOU THAT THEY DID PROVIDE US ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THAT GARAGE THERE
WHERE THEY COULD POTENTIALLY EXPAND THE GARAGE IN THE FUTURE. THEY DO HAVE ROOM THERE AND THEY ARE ABLE THAT WOULD BE A CODE COMPLIANT ADDITION THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THAT ENCLOSED SPACE AND THEN JUST SOME
OPERATIONS ABOUT THE DANCE SCHOOL OPERATIONS DETAILS NO MORE THAN EIGHT STUDENTS AT A TIME AND WE DID RECOMMEND A CONDITION STATING THAT THE CLASSES WILL BE HELD DURING THE DAYTIME.
AGAIN THE GARAGE WILL BE IMPROVED TO BE YOU KNOW, HEATED AIR CONDITIONED. THE APPLICANT WHO HAS JOINED US HERE TONIGHT IS THE ONLY EMPLOYEE AND THEN AGAIN NO PARKING IS PERMITTED ON THE NEARBY STREETS AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 4 OR 5 SPACES IN THE
DRIVEWAY WHERE THEY CAN FIT VISITOR VEHICLES. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HERE FOR YOU NOW.
THANK YOU MR. POLLER START WITH QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER. WAIT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'M JUST CURIOUS I DIDN'T NOTICE A RESTROOM ANYWHERE ON
THE FACILITY AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S IS THAT A REQUIREMENT OF BUSINESSES AT ALL? CHAIR COOKED IN? COMMISSIONER WHITE THERE'S NO EXPLICIT CONDITION OR EXPLICIT
REQUIREMENT IN THE ZONING CODE FOR A RESTROOM FOR HOME BUSINESSES. I THINK THAT'S I CAN'T REALLY SPECULATE ON TO WHY THAT WAS NEVER ADDED INTO THE HOME BUSINESS CODE. HOWEVER THE APPLICANT CAN
SPEAK TO THE WHERE THEY WOULD NEED TO GO PRESUMABLY JUST INSIDE OF THE HOME WHICH IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE GARAGE. COMMISSIONER MUNSTER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. OKAY.
SINCE WE'RE ON THIS PAGE IF I'M TRYING TO RECONCILE THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL WITH THIS FLOOR PLAN SO ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL IS AS YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE HAS TO BE SPACE FOR ONE VEHICLE TO
PARK WITHIN AN ENCLOSED AREA. SO UNTIL A FUTURE GARAGE ADDITION IS BUILT, THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE MODIFIED TO ESSENTIALLY ONLY HAVE HAVE HALF OF THAT FLOOR.
CHAIR CORRECT. AND COMMISSIONER MUNSTER THAT'S CORRECT. SO WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO IS MORE OR LESS I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT MECHANISMS OF HOW THEY WOULD DO IT BUT FOLD UP
THE DANCE FLOOR BASICALLY TO FIT ONE VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE. SO WITH THESE MODIFICATIONS I BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD BE IT'D BE A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD DO THAT BEFORE THE GARAGE WOULD HAVE TO BE BUILT.
OKAY. THANK YOU MR. JOHNSTON. ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH. CHAIR THANK YOU. IF I CAN JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT TO THAT AS THE INTENT HERE IS THAT THE APPLICATION IS NOT MAKING THE SITE LEGALLY NONCONFORMING FOR
OUR PARKING REQUIREMENT. THERE'S MANY HOMES IN BLOOMINGTON THAT UTILIZE THEIR GARAGE SPACE FOR A WHOLE WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND USES IN THEM. AND SO THE INTENT HERE IS JUST
TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT CREATING A SITUATION WHERE THEIR PROPERTY IS NOW NON CONFORMING TO OUR PARKING STANDARD. YEP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF
? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU MR. PALMER. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK IF THEY WISH TO. PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR CASE.
GOOD EVENING. IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US, PLEASE. SURE. HI. MY NAME IS MICHELLE MCGEE AND I'M ROB BAGI. SHE'S SHE'S THE STAR. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANYTHING PARTICULARLY TO SHARE BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION. I THINK WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I HEARD HERE DURING THE DISCUSSION. ANYTHING TO COMMENT ON AS FAR AS THE PARKING SPACE OR THE RESTROOM USAGE? SURE.
RESTROOM USAGE WOULD BE IN THE HOUSE AND THEN PARKING SPACE. YES. WE MAKE IT SO THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO PARK A CAR INSIDE THE GARAGE WHERE THE DANCE
FLOOR COULD EITHER BE REMOVED OR FOLDED UP AND JUST PUT OFF TO THE SIDE SO WE CAN MAKE ROOM FOR ANOTHER CAR. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
APPLICANT? SEEING NONE THERE IS A SIGN IN SHEET IF YOU COULD BOTH SIGN IN FOR US FOR THE RECORD PLEASE APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. YEAH. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING WHICH
I WILL OPEN NOW AND WE'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM . SEE NO ONE STEPPING FORWARD.
IS THERE ANYONE ON AISLE PARTICIPANTS ONLINE? OUR STAFF. THANK YOU, MS.. BROWN. IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS WHICH TESTIFY YOU'RE STILL WELCOME TO COME ON UP. SUPPORT THERE.
COME ON. COME ON UP TO THE MIKE SO THE PEOPLE ON TV CAN HEAR YOU. MARK AND MARY SCHWARTZ WE LIVE
RIGHT ACROSS ON LAKEVIEW. SO WE'RE LITERALLY THREE HOUSES AWAY. OKAY. AND WE SUPPORT THEIR PETITION. YEAH. GREAT. SO WE'RE JUST HERE AS SUPPORT .
EXCELLENT. AND NOW YOU GET TO SIGN IN ON THE SHEET ON THE. OKAY. AND THEN THAT TOO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE
CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM? SEE NONE. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED SO I WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THIS
PUBLIC HEARING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I OPPOSED THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. WE'LL MOVE INTO DISCUSSION. MR. CUNNINGHAM THANK YOU,
CHAIR. IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME. I THINK THERE'S MAYBE A FEW HOME BUSINESSES THAT MY WIFE HAS SENT ME TO TO PICK UP FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE CRAFTS
THAT ARE NOT UNDER A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. SO I'M THANKFUL TO THE APPLICANT STAFF FOR WORKING THIS OUT AND GETTING THIS PUT TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S A GOOD USE OF SPACE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL
SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM. COMMISSIONER WHITNEY THANK YOU CHAIR IN. I ALSO AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE
OF THIS AND ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT CLEARLY THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF NEIGHBOR GROUNDWORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT WE'VE RECEIVED VIA EMAIL AND WHATNOT. SO I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE
OF THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WHITNEY I REVIEWED THIS ONE AND I DO
GET A LITTLE HUNG UP ON THE PART ABOUT WOULD NOT ALTER THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THE GUY THAT'S NOT ALLOWING HOME BUSINESSES AND
WE HAVE AN APPLICANT HERE THAT'S HERE IN GOOD FAITH AND WANTS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS I BELIEVE THAT 100%. BUT I WILL SAY YOU GAVE ME
PAUSE AND WHAT CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT IS THAT THERE'S NO PARKING ON THE PUBLIC STREETS THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK FOR THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HER CUSTOMERS
ARE PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THAT'S THAT CAN BE TOUGH AND IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM AND THEN THERE'S A FIRE TRUCK OR WHATEVER. LIKE WE'VE WE'VE CREATED A
PROBLEM AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M FOR OR AGAINST IT. IT'S GIVEN ME PAUSE BUT AS A PLANNING COMMISSION WE DO HAVE TO TO TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE
THINGS WITH A CRITICAL EYE AND SAY ARE WE POTENTIALLY ALLOWING A PROBLEM WHERE IF CUSTOMERS ARE PARKING ON THE STREET EVEN FOR A FEW MINUTES IF ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE CLASS NEEDS AN AMBULANCE AND
NOW THE AMBULANCE CAN'T GET THROUGH, WE DID THAT. AND SO WE DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ON THESE THINGS. AND SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT
IT'S GIVING ME SOME PAUSE . I HEAR YOU. I THINK THE THING I WOULD SAY THAT IN THE APPLICANT'S
APPLICATION THAT GOT ME AROUND THAT ISSUE IS THE FACT THAT THE STUDENTS ARE ALL CHILDREN AND SO THE DRIVER IF THERE ARE CARS THERE EVEN FOR A FEW MINUTES THAT THE DRIVERS OF THE CAR WILL BE WITH THE
CAR AT ALL TIMES I DON'T IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE WILL BE PARKING AND LEAVE IN THEIR CAR. AND SO IN A CIRCUMSTANCE LIKE THAT WHERE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE NEEDS TO GET THROUGH
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BY MY READING OF THE APPLICATION THE DRIVER WOULD BE IF NOT IN THE CAR WITHIN FEET OF THE CAR AT ANY TIME. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? IF NOT I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION REGARDING HIM HAVING BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE REQUIRED
FINDINGS I MOVE TO APPROVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A TYPE TWO HOME BUSINESS DANCE SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN A GARAGE AT 8924 MOUNT CURVE ROAD SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND
CODE REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION. SO A SECOND SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND IN FACT I'M GOING TO TAKE A PAUSE HERE.
OKAY. WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. WE ARE MAKING APPROVAL BECAUSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS THE FINAL DECISION ON THIS APPLICATION. SO THIS MOTION IS TO MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION.
IS THERE ANY FINAL DISCUSSION ? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY I, I OPPOSED THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO AS STATED THIS IS A FINAL DECISION OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION UNLESS AN APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL IS RECEIVED BY 4:30 P.M. ON JUNE 9TH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. POLAR WILL MOVE THAT ITEM
NUMBER TWO WHICH IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING FOR EMERALD PARACHUTE LLC AT 8200 GRAND AVENUE SOUTH.
MR. KAREEM SHERROD IS HERE WITH THE STAFF REPORT. HI, GOOD EVENING, CHAIR COMMISSIONERS HERE TO PRESENT
A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A CANNABIS CULTIVATION FACILITY AT 8200 GRAND AVENUE SOUTH. THE SITE IS LOCATED ON
ADJACENT TO THE TORO CORPORATE CAMPUS. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE SITE WHERE IT'S LOCATED SANDWICHED BETWEEN WEST 82ND STREET AND WEST 83RD STREET
TOWARDS THE SOUTH. THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. THIS IS OUR PROPOSED LOCATION OF WHERE THE CANNABIS CULTIVATION WILL BE TAKEN
PLACE. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT PARKING IS IN COMPLIANCE IN ADDITION TO OTHER STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE AS WELL.
A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND ON CANNABIS CULTIVATION. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE 2020 4.2 WHICH ESTABLISHED THE CANNABIS CULTIVATION TO BE
ATTRIBUTED TO AGRICULTURE INDOOR WHICH THEREFORE PRECIPITATED THAT WHEN THIS APPLICATION CAME FORTH. THIS WILL BE REQUIRED A
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BEFORE YOU AND I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT A RECENT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WAS APPROVED FOR THE SAME LOCATION FOR A CANNABIS
MANUFACTURING FACILITY. SO THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND CANNABIS USE. BUT THERE IS NO CONFLICTS THAT WE HAVE NOTICE AND NO RESTRICTIONS ON MULTIPLE
CANNABIS USERS WITHIN ONE BUILDING. IN TERMS OF THE LAND USE GUIDANCE AND ZONING AND THIS IS THIS HAS GOT IT INDUSTRIAL
AND IT'S ZONED A3 GENERAL INDUSTRY. THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN THIS IS PHASE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN TWO
PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE WILL HAVE THE OPERATION IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. AND THEN ON PHASE TWO THEY
WILL HAVE SEPARATED SEGREGATED UNITS WHERE THINGS WILL BE MANUFACTURED. THAT'S HOW THAT'S CURRENTLY OUT FOR THE FACILITY.
AND WITH THAT THERE IS COMPLIANCE FOR ODOR MITIGATION WHICH HAS BEEN A CONCERN AND THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. THE APPLICANT WHO ARE HERE IN ATTENDANCE WILL CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT LANDSCAPING IS
IN COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS LIGHTING AND TRASH. SO WITH THAT STAFF WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MOTION. THANK YOU MR. SHORT.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. COMMISSIONER SO COMMISSIONER LINNEY THANK YOU CHAIR. QUESTION FOR YOU IS THIS THE SAME COMPANY THAT WE ISSUED
THE PREVIOUS COPY FOR OR IS IT A DIFFERENT COMPANY ALTOGETHER ? RIGHT. THAT'S A THIS IS A SEPARATE COMPANY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> I WAS JUST CURIOUS AND APOLOGIES I READ THIS A COUPLE
OF DAYS AGO SO IF IT WAS IN THERE AND I HAVE FORGOTTEN I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S ANY CONCERNS OR REQUIREMENTS WITH AGRICULTURE ZONING AROUND WATER USAGE AND DISPOSAL. I ASSUME IF YOU'RE CULTIVATING
THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED TO PROVIDE WATER. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S BEEN CONSIDERED. YEP. I COULD SAY THERE ARE DURING THE PRIOR YEAR SEE BEEN
IN THERE WAS NO CONCERNS THAT WAS RAISED BY THAT DEPARTMENT AND I COULD ON PLAN PLANNING MANAGER JOHNSON EXPAND ON THAT. MR. JOHNSON I CONCUR. UTILITY STAFF DID NOT FLAG IT AS AN ISSUE IN TERMS
OF CAPACITY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ? COMMISSIONER SUMMERS THANK YOU CHAIR.
I AM THE. SO IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU SAID ODOR MITIGATION HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
IS THAT THE I'M LOOKING AT THE PROJECT NARRATIVE PHASE AND THE ODOR MITIGATION STRATEGY IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING
TO THE LIKE THAT'S THE PLAN OR RIGHT. >> YES. COMMISSIONER SUMMERS. ODOR MITIGATION STRATEGY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BEGINNING ON
AND PHASE ONE AND THEN OF COURSE TWO PHASE TWO. SO DURING AT THE ONSET OF OPERATIONS OR IN AUTUMN MITIGATION STRATEGY WHICH IS REFERENCED IN THE PROJECT NARRATIVE THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE
COMMENCEMENT OF OF THAT USE TYPE ANYTHING DOWN MR. JONES. YEAH. THANK YOU CHAIR COOK DINNER IF I CAN ADD TO JUST THAT THOSE SYSTEMS ARE REVIEWED BY OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DIVISION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. SO SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS
BUSINESS THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE SITE, THAT SYSTEM HAS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND HAS STAFF HAS PEOPLE ON STAFF WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH MECHANICAL ON ODOR MITIGATION SYSTEMS.
SO THEY DO REVIEW THAT. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION THAT IT BE VERIFY THAT IT WAS INSTALLED CORRECTLY PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY AND OPERATION. SO IT'S KIND OF A BELT AND
SUSPENDERS TYPE APPROACH WITH IT. MR. SHAW DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CANNABIS CULTIVATION OCCURRING IN BLOOMINGTON OR IS IT ALL
OTHER FORMS OF CANNABIS BUSINESSES? THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE THAT I'M AWARE OF. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. MR. SUMMERS. CAN YOU VERIFY I FOR ME
INCLUDING THE SETBACKS ABOUT HOW FAR FROM THE HOUSES BEHIND THIS OR BEHIND THIS BUILDING, W FAR AWAY WILL THIS BUILDING BE FROM THOSE HOUSES?
>> YEAH. SO IT'S THE LOCATION IS RIGHT ABUTTING THE THE REAR YARDS TO THESE BUILDINGS AND I WILL SAY THAT THE SETBACKS IS IT'S JUST
RIGHT A BUTTON ABUTTING IT SO THAT'S WELL THAT'S WHY WE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE JOHN AND TAMMY MITIGATION STRATEGY THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THIS THE SETBACKS MR. JOHNSON'S
BEEN VISUALLY CLICKING AND TYPING AWAY HERE AND UTILIZING GIS SO IT'S NOT SURVEY ACCURATE BUT A GOOD ESTIMATION IS THAT HOMES RANGE FROM SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 80 TO 110FT
AWAY FROM WHERE THIS TENANT SPACE LIKELY EXHAUSTS FROM. SO NOT FROM THE WALL OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE BUT IN KIND OF THE MIDDLE OF THAT TENANT SPACE AREA. JUST JUDGING BASED ON THE EXCHANGES OR THE RETURNS ON
THE ROOF. SO ABOUT 100FT PLEASE. THANK YOU. IF THIS IS OUR FIRST CULTIVATION BUSINESS, HOW DO
WE KNOW THAT THE ODOR MITIGATION WORKS FOR THIS BUSINESS AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE. YOU SAID BUILDING INSPECTOR STAFF IS MANAGING.
>> MR. JOHNSON YEAH. FORGIVE ME. CHAIR SO IF I. COMMISSIONER SUMMERS THE SYSTEM THAT THEY INSTALL HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIALS BEFORE THEY INSTALL IT AND SO TYPICALLY THERE'S
SOME REVIEW BACK AND FORTH IN TERMS OF THEM GETTING ALL THE SPECS OF THE SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. I'M THINKING ABOUT THE SPACE. THEY GO THROUGH SOME CALCULATIONS ON THE MECHANICAL SIDE OF THINGS.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW ALL THAT WORKS BUT I'M JUST KIND OF RELAYING WHAT THE PROCESS IS BY THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DIVISION. SO THEY WOULD DO THAT SAME PROCESS WITH WITH THIS USE
BASICALLY. YEAH. MR. JOHNSON, IN YOUR LONG HISTORY. YES, SIR. HERE AT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WE'VE HAD OTHER ODOR MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS. CORRECT.
AND I THINK I'M RECALLING A PET DAYCARE FACILITY AND MAYBE OTHER THINGS. IS THAT CORRECT? >> THIS ISN'T THE FIRST IT'S NOT THE FIRST CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS AND RESTAURANTS
IS THE MOST FREQUENT FREQUENT USE THAT HAVE INSTALLED OR DEPLOYED ODOR MITIGATION SYSTEMS AND I WOULD SAY OF ALL THE KIND OF DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OR DYNAMICS OF THINGS THAT WE REVIEW FROM
LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT ODOR IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SUBJECTIVE OR VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON WHO IS KIND OF CONSUMING THAT ODOR AS YOU'LL GET WIDE RANGING
OPINION IF YOU HAVE TEN PEOPLE KIND OF IN THE SAME AREA THEY MIGHT EXPERIENCE AN ODOR VERY DIFFERENTLY AMONGST THE TEN OF THEM. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES BEHIND KIND OF THIS
AREA OF STUDY OR THIS SCIENCE IF YOU WILL IS JUST THAT CAN HUMANS EXPERIENCE IT VERY DIFFERENTLY? SO BASED ON THE RESEARCH I'VE SEEN ORDER MITIGATION SYSTEMS
HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN CANNABIS RELATED BUSINESSES. I SAW REDUCTIONS AS MUCH NORTH OF 90% BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY
THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL MIGHT EXPERIENCE IT DIFFERENTLY THAN THAN JUST A TYPICAL PERSON WOULD. SO IT'S A IT'S A TRICKY ONE I GUESS IS WHAT I WOULD SAY. AND THE SAME GOES FOR RESTAURANTS YOU KNOW, FRYERS
FRY RAIL, HAMBURGERS ALL THOSE WE GET SOMETIMES GET COMPLAINTS NOT TOO FREQUENTLY THOUGH. YEAH. COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM THANK YOU CHAIR.
MR. SHERROD JUST WE WERE TALKING A LOT ABOUT CITY COMPLIANCE THIS IS A CANNABIS BUSINESS SO IT'S STILL SUBJECT TO ESSENTIALLY THE CODE THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE OCM AT THE
STATE LEVEL AS WELL, RIGHT? COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. MR.. OH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND INDOOR AGRICULTURE FOR CANNABIS THAT WE'VE SEEN. WE SAW ONE IN JANUARY ON WEST 86TH STREET AND I THINK WE HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION THEN
REGARDING ODOR. MR. JOHNSON CAN I GET A CONFIRMATION ON THAT? AND WHEN COULD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF WE CAN COME BACK TO MR. JOHNSON. THANK YOU, MR. SCHROEDER. YES, YOU'RE WELCOME. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE APPLICANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK
TO THEIR APPLICATION IF THEY WISH. PLEASE STEP FORWARD. YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US. MY NAME IS CLARENCE RETIREE. I'M THE OWNER. I WOULD SAY THAT SMELL
MITIGATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY AND A CONCERN FOR ME. I'M BEING A GROWER SO AGAIN, JUST BEING HERE IN THE CITY AND DOING IT LEGALLY IT DOESN'T MEAN FOR ME IT GOES
AWAY. I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF ODOR MITIGATION WASN'T A THING AND I CAN JUST SPEAK TO THAT FACT OF IT. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION? NO, I JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE TIME TO BE HERE, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. SEE NONE.
THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. THANK YOU, CHAIR. WE DID HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL EYE. VERY SHARP. COMMISSIONER MUNSTER, WE DID HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL CULTIVATION APPLICATION AT 333 WEST 86TH STREET AND ALSO A
MULTI-TENANT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING. MR. JOHNSON IS THAT ONE IN SERVICE OR IS THAT STILL. IT IS NOT IN SERVICE YET, NO. OKAY. OKAY.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING WHICH I WILL OPEN NOW AND I'LL FIRST ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NO ONE STEPPING
FORWARD, MS. BROWN, IS THERE ANYONE ON ALL PARTICIPANTS ONLINE? OUR STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FINAL CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM. SEE NO ONE COMING FORWARD.
I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SO MOVED. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY. I OPPOSED MOTION PASSES SEVEN
ZERO. WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSSION . COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'M INCLINED TO FOLLOW STOKES
RECOMMENDATION HERE. ZONE CORRECTLY GUIDED CORRECTLY IN COMPLIANCE. SOME GOOD CONDITIONS IN PLACE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE
THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN OF THE BUSINESS AND I THINK IT'S PUTTING OTHERWISE APPARENTLY VACANT INDUSTRIAL SPACE TO USE. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM. I TOO AM IN FAVOR OF THIS AND
THIS COMES UP FAIRLY FREQUENTLY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHERE THERE'S A BIT OF AN UNKNOWN LIKE IS THE ODOR MITIGATION GOING TO WORK OR NOT AND WE'RE NOT INCLINED TO DOUBT AN APPLICANT WHO HAS COME HERE WITH AN HEST APPLICATION.
THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THEY'RE LYING TO US AND THEY ARE A BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THEY'VE EARNED THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND OUR TRUST AND I WILL
BE SUPPORTING THIS APPLICATION . ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. WHITE THANK YOU, CHAIR. GENERALLY I SUPPORT THIS AS WELL.
I THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS A INCREASING TREND THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND MINNESOTA. I WILL JUST SAY THAT I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER APPLICATION
THAT WE SAW IN JANUARY AND THAT IT'S CLOSER TO RESIDENTIAL. I BELIEVE THE OTHER FACILITY WAS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL. SO YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT
THAT IS A VALID CONCERN TO PAY A LITTLE EXTRA ATTENTION TO THE ODOR MITIGATION BEING SO CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL. BUT I THINK IT IT APPEARS THAT THE APPLICATION IS IN ORDER AND THAT EVERY EFFORT WILL BE
MADE AND I'M SURE WE WILL HEAR ABOUT IT IF IT DOESN'T WORK. SO I THINK THAT THE APPLICANT FOR BEING DILIGENT UNLESS THERE'S A COMPLAINT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS YOU'LL HEAR
ABOUT IT AND I, I WILL NOT COMMISSIONER MUNSTER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AGAIN, I ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE SAID THAT I'M GENERALLY IN SUPPORT. THE ZONING IS PROPER. THE GUIDANCE IS PROPER.
IF I MAY, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION PLEASE. JUST TO CLARIFY, MR. JOHNSON, I'M LOOKING AT THE LIST OF CONDITIONS AS TY'RE WRITTEN ON THE RESOLUTION AND
PRIOR TO SEO IS VERIFICATION OF THE INSTALLATION AND FUNCTION DOES IT HAVE TO BE REPEATED AS AN ONGOING CONDITION OR IS THAT COVERED AS PART OF JUST PROPERTY MAINTENANCE GENERALLY?
YEAH. THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION CHAIR COMMISSIONER MUNSTER WE TYPICALLY WOULDN'T DO LIKE AN ANNUAL INSPECTION FOR EXAMPLE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF IS THAT IF THERE ARE
INCREASES IN COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS FOR EXAMPLE WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO INSPECT AND THEN OUR INSPECTORS COULD EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT THE SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY IF IT'S NOT FUNCTIONING IT WAS
A CONDITION OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND SO IF THEY ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT, THEN CERTAINLY IT COULD BE A CAUSE FOR REVOCATION OF THE SET UP OR SOME TYPE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT
ACTION. SO THAT WOULD THAT WOULD KIND OF BE THE THE BACKUP OR INSURANCE POLICY IF YOU WANT TO FRAME IT THAT WAY. YEAH. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. MR. COMMISSIONER SUMMERS I
FEEL REALLY HESITANT ABOUT THIS APPLICATION IN MANY OF THE OTHER TIMES THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT CANNABIS
I'VE BEEN REALLY IN SUPPORT OF INCLUDING THE AGRICULTURE APPLICATION FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR AND I'M LOOKING AT THE
LAND USE AND ZONING TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST AND WE'VE GOT FOUNDRY METAL MANUFACTURING, PLASTIC MANUFACTURING AND MANUFACTURING LANDSCAPING. SO I FEEL LIKE THIS
APPLICATION IS PRETTY DIFFERENT BECAUSE THOSE HOUSES ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THAT BUILDING AND WHAT FEELS COMPLICATED ADDED IS THAT WE
ARE WITNESSING KIND OF THE BOOM OF THESE BUSINESSES AND THE I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE OFFERTON OPPORTUNITY TO FILL THOSE SPACES WITH PRODUCTS THAT SERVE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE
ARE REALLY EXCITED TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC AND I AM
IN GENERAL REALLY WORRIED THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT BE DEALING WITH SOMETHING REALLY
DIFFERENT THAN THEY'RE USED TO THE AND IT MIGHT ALSO BE THAT I HAVE NOT HAD THINGS COME
BACK THAT ARE ISSUES WITH ODOR MITIGATION SO WHAT I AM FEELING INTO IS BEING A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS AND A LITTLE BIT
WORRIED BUT ALSO FEELING LIKE STAFF HAS PROVIDED SOME OF THE CONTEXT AS TO WHY THE FINDING WAS MADE THAT THE ODOR
MITIGATION IS NOT JUST RESTING ON THE APPLICANT TO DECIDE BUT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE CITY.
SO I FEEL THIS IS A REALLY HESITANT SUPPORT FOR ME AND YEAH I'M JUST NAMING THAT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SILVERS LISA THANK YOU CHAIR I'LL JUST THROW IN MY $0.02 HERE AFTER LISTENING TO EVERYBODY I FULLY SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION
BECAUSE I TRUST BOTH THE STATE LICENSING BODY. I THINK THE OPM IT'S CALLED AS OSSEO I'M SORRY WE'LL SEE THEM AND THE E CITY OF COURSE AND
EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY DOES I THINK CONSISTENTLY SO FAR WE'VE VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I KNOW IT'S A NEW AND DESTRY
LEGALLY AND SO YEAH I JUST WANTED TO VOICE THAT AND I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER SUMNER'S CONCERNS WHEN I DID HEAR YOUR CONCERN I
THINK OF LIKE RESTAURANTS FOR EXAMPLE AND WANT GRANT TO HAVE APARTMENTS ON TOP OF IT THAT HAVE LIKE DEEP FRYERS AND THEY HAVE ODOR MITIGATION SYSTEM AND RESIDENTIAL RIGHT ON TOP
AND SO I, I AGAIN I TRUST THAT THE LICENSING BODY THE STATE AND THE CITY WILL ENSURE THAT THE ORDERS MITIGATE IT. SO THAT'S MY $0.02. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. SO ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? NOT I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION
COMMISSIONER ANY IN CASE PEOPLE 20200068 HAVING BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE REQUIRED FINDINGS I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A CANNABIS CULTIVATION FACILITY
AT 8200 GRAND AVENUE SOUTH SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND CODE REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND IF A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THIS
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I OPPOSED THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO THIS IS A FINAL
DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. LISTEN APPEAL IS RECEIVED THE CITY COUNCIL BY 4:30 P.M. ON JUNE 9TH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL MOVE IN ITEM NUMBER THREE WHICH IS A STUDY ITEM. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS THE APPLICANT REGARDING THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN UPDATE MR. DAVE HANSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PARKS AND NATURAL
RESOURCES IS HERE WITH US AND I APOLOGIZE WE HAVE A SECOND SPEAKER WHO I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS WELL. YES, MY NAME IS DUSTIN AND I'M THE CITY FORESTER. WELCOME TO YOU BOTH AND WE'RE
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND EXCITED TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO GET STARTED HERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE WARM INTRODUCTION. LOOK AT THAT. I THINK I GOT IT ALL RIGHT. SLIDE SHOW FROM THE BEGINNING
. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE WARM INTRODUCTION CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS DUSTIN AND I ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH A BUNCH OF SLIDES TOGETHER. WE'LL TAKE SOME TURNS AT THE END.
WE WE'RE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AND CLARITY SO THAT WHEN I TURN OVER TO THIS YEAH. SO CITY STAFF AND DAVY
RESOURCE GROUP HAVE BEEN WORKING TO DEVELOP THIS DATA DRIVEN PLAN THAT WILL GUIDE URBAN FORESTRY FOR 20 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE.
WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH IT A LITTLE QUICKLY BUT OBVIOUSLY WE CAN DIVE INTO IT A LITTLE BIT AT THE END IF WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TODAY WILL
PROVIDE KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS AND THAT WE DID DEVELOP THIS URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN AND MAJOR FINDINGS
THAT WE DID HAVE A PROCESS THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN PROVIDES A VISION GOALS AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S FORESTRY OPERATIONS
FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. TREES SPEAK DIRECTLY TO BLOOMINGTON'S MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PEOPLE NAME TREES AS A REASON WHY
THEY LOVE LIVING IN BLOOMINGTON. IT'S VERY MUCH A PART OF THE THE ENVIRONMENT HERE THAT PEOPLE MOVE TO OUR SUBURB FOR
THIS AMENITY THAT WE HAVE THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN PROCESS KICKED OFF LAST WINTER. THE PLAN WAS FINALIZED THIS SPRING AND PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION IN THE
END OF JUNE. THE PLANNING PROCESS DIRECTLY ENGAGED 231 RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN BLOOMINGTON WHO PROVIDED INPUT VIA A
VARIETY OF METHODS AT THE FEBRUARY FARMER'S MARKET WE PRESENTED THE GOALS AND ACTIONS OF THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WHERE WE HEARD OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT IN GENERAL HERE IN BLOOMINGTON THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF TREES
OVER TO ME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE URBAN FOREST WE MEAN ALL THE TREES ACROSS BLOOMINGTON BOTH ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND. SO THROUGHOUT OUR CONVERSATION TONIGHT WHEN WE REFER TO URBAN
FOREST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE TREES PART OF THE PROJECT DAVEY RESOURCE GROUP COMPLETED A URBAN TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT
OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC TREES IN BLOOMINGTON TO MEASURE TRENDS IN CANOPY COVER CITYWIDE AS THIS SLIDE SHOWS, CURRENT CITY WIDE TREE COVER IN BLOOMINGTON IS 35%
35% AND THIS ALL WAS DONE ON BASED ON 2023 HIGH RESOLUTION AERIAL DATA. THIS IMAGE SHOWS THAT THE TREE
CANOPY COVER VARIES AND BLOOMINGTON THE LIGHTER SHADE IS LESS COVERAGE AND THE DARKER SHADE IS HIGHER COVERAGE. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SURPRISES IN THERE.
THE LIGHTER SHADE THE LIGHTEST THE LATEST SHADE IS THE AREA NEAR PINE AND AMERICAN AT 1.5% CANOPY COVER AND THEN A HIGH
THE HIGH SHADE THE HIGHEST OR THE DARKER SHADED AREAS ARE ALONG NINE MILE CREEK REPRESENTING 63% TREE CANOPY
COVERAGE TO MEASURE CHANGE THE THEY WENT BACK AND THEY LOOKED AT THE SAME DATA FROM 2013 AND OVER THOSE YEARS BLOOMINGTON
ADDED ROUGHLY 390 ACRES OF NEW TREE CANOPY FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 4.7% INCREASE. WHAT MAKES THIS REMARKABLE IS
THIS IS ABOUT THE SAME PERIOD THAT EMERALD ASH BORER WAS DISCOVERED IN BLOOMINGTON AND WE ARE LOSING ALL OF OUR ASH TREES DURING THIS SAME TIME PERIOD. SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF NEW
TREES AND THEN OF COURSE TREES GROW. BUT THIS CANOPY ANALYSIS MEASURED ALL OF THAT CANOPY BY
ZONING THE RESIDENTIAL LAND CONTAINS ABOUT 5000 ACRES OF TREE CANOPY AND HAS ABOUT 2700 ACRES OF POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL CANOPY AREA AND
WE'LL GET INTO WHAT DEFINES ADDITIONAL CANOPY AREA LATER ON THE CONSERVATION AREA. THE NEXT SLIDE OR THE NEXT PART DOWN INCLUDES OUR PARKS AND GREENSPACES WHETHER IT'S
FISH AND WILDLIFE OR THREE RIVERS THAT'S ABOUT 2400 ACRES OF TREE CANOPY AND APPROXIMATELY 800 ACRES
OF ADDITIONAL ROOM YOU CAN SEE THE DARK GREEN BAR IN THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE CONSERVATION AREAS AND IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSE I GUESS BUT DOWN THERE REPRESENTS THE
CANOPY CHANGE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT IN BOTH AREAS . THEY ALSO MEASURE THE TREE CANOPY SPECIFIC TO STREET RIGHT OF WAYS AND FOUND OUT
THAT WITHIN THE STREET RIGHT AWAY IS THE CANOPY COVER IS 15% AVERAGE ACROSS THE CITY THIS CANOPY INCREASE BY ABOUT 95 ACRES DURING THAT SAME TIME
PERIOD PRIMARILY FROM THE GROWTH OF EXISTING TREES TREE PLANTING AND THE RIGHT AWAY IS VERY LIMITED IN BLOOMINGTON IT'S PROHIBITED BY ORDINANCE THAT ENCOURAGED IN FACT DISCOURAGED AT THIS TIME AND
AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE ACTIVELY REMOVING INFESTED ASH TREES FROM FROM THE RIGHT AWAY SO ALSO IMPORTANT TO MENTION
IS THAT RIGHT AWAY TREE CANOPY INCLUDES TREES THAT ARE PLANTED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN THE ROADWAY LINE AND THE STREET. IT ALSO INCLUDED A CANOPY THAT
STRETCHED OVER THAT BOUNDARY OVER THE STREET FROM A PRIVATE TREE THAT'S BEYOND THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE THAT MAKES SENSE. DUSTIN'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT PRIORITY TREE PLANTING AREAS.
YEAH. SO AS PART OF THE TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT THEY EVALUATED POSSIBLE PLANTING AREAS IN BLOOMINGTON THEN CATEGORIZED BY PRIORITY LEVEL
POSSIBLE PLANTING AREAS INCLUDED BARE SOIL GRASS, LOW LYING VEGETATION WHERE THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY TREES OBVIOUSLY
THIS EXCLUDE SMALL FIELDS AND AREAS THAT WOULD NOT BE DESIRED A LOT OF OPEN AREA THAT HAS OTHER USES THAT WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR FOR TREES
TO BE LOCATED IN POSSIBLE PLANTING AREAS WHERE YOUR PRIORITY IS BASED ON THE ABILITY TO REDUCE THOSE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS CAPTURES STORMWATER IMPROVE SOCIAL
EQUITY, HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. THERE ARE MANY OTHER BENEFITS OF TREES PROVIDE BUT THESE ARE THE BENEFITS THAT ARE EASIEST TO MAP POSSIBLE PLANTING AREAS
OR SUBDIVIDED THEM INTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTING SPACES BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE TREE THAT THE AREA COULD HOLD SO LARGE MEDIUM SMALL.
SO WHAT WOULD FIT BEST INTO THAT LOCATION? MOST PLANTING AREAS WERE ON PRIVATE LAND TOTALING ABOUT 13% OF CITY LAND AREA PUBLIC
LAND AND RIGHT AWAY CONTAINING PLANTING SITES TOTALED ABOUT 4% OF CITY LAND AREA EACH. THESE SITES REPRESENTED MAXIMUM PLANTING POTENTIAL.
THEY SHOULD BE EVALUATED CLOSELY ON THE GROUNDS TO DETERMINE SUITABILITY OF TREES . SO THIS IS YOU YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE INTERFERENCE WITH UTILITIES CORNERS, YOU KNOW,
SIGHTLINE ISSUES THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL ISSUE AS WELL WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PRIORITY OF THESE POSSIBLE PLANTING SITES, PLANTING SITES ON PRIVATE LAND AND RIGHT AWAY
ARE PRETTY EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS PRIORITY LEVELS. SO PLANTING SITES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE MOST MOSTLY VERY LOW PRIORITY FOR URBAN
HEAT, STORMWATER CAPTURE AND SOCIAL EQUITY. YOU CAN IMAGINE OBVIOUSLY WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING THE HOMES, DOMICILES THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE MOST
BENEFIT OF HUMAN HEALTH ASIDE FROM WHERE PEOPLE ARE RECREATING. TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BLOOMINGTON STREET TREES OR
TREES THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY BLOOMINGTON DID OR DAVEY TREE ON BEHALF OF BLOOMINGTON DID A SMART TREE INVENTORY THAT WE USE
IN A CAR SIMILAR TO THAT WITH SOME GROUND MOUNTED LIGHT HOUR OR VEHICLE MOUNTED LIGHT HOUR THEY DROVE ALL THE STREETS IN BLOOMINGTON THEY CAPTURED 2000 OR 24,000 RIGHT AWAY TREES GROWING ALONG OUR
STREETS ONCE AGAIN. SOME OF THOSE WERE IN THE RIGHT AWAY AND SOME ARE GROWING INTO THE RIGHT AWAY. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IF YOU FOLLOW THAT FLOWCHART,
YOU'LL SEE THAT AT THE END OF THE EVALUATION THE INVENTORY IDENTIFIED 56 TREES THAT WERE PICKED OUT OR SELECTED FOR REMOVAL AND
ANOTHER 256 TREES WERE IDENTIFIED FOR PRUNING OR OTHER WORK. THAT'S THAT'S THE LEVEL OF DATA THAT THAT WAS
CAPTURED. IT CAPTURED PICTURES AT GEO LOCATED THEM AND WE WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW THAT FLOW CHART AND
END UP WHERE WE FIELD EVALUATED TREES THAT WERE OUTLIERS AND DETERMINED THAT THAT WAS THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN AND 24,000 TREES IN THE RIGHT WAY MORE
INFORMATION ON THE SMART TREE INVENTORY. SO AS THE CAR WENT BY IT TOOK FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS, PERFECT IMAGES OF EACH TREE. IT GAVE IT A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER.
IT GAVE IT ITS LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE WITHIN A FRACTION OF AN INCH. IT CREATED A DIGITAL TWIN ON THE RIGHT WHICH WE CAN MANIPULATE AND SPIN AROUND AND LOOK AT IN GREAT DETAIL.
IT'S A SUPER HIGHLY TECHNICAL PROCESS THAT I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND BUT IT GIVES US ALL KINDS OF DATA THAT WILL HELP
US MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS GOING FORWARD. IT CERTAINLY HELPED US KNOW WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. WE KNOW THAT WE THE PRECISE NUMBER OF ASH TREES WE HAVE LEFT ON THE RIGHT AWAY WE KNOW
WHICH TREES NEED THE MOST WORK AND BETTER YET IT'S A REPEATABLE PROCESS SO WE CAN RUN THE SCAN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE AND MEASURE CHANGE AND
SEE WHAT WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE NEXT. I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS ALL THIS DATA CAN BE USED TO EFFICIENTLY PLAN AND DIRECT
OUR LIMITED FORESTRY RESOURCES FOR EFFICIENT FOREST MANAGEMENT AS AN INDUSTRY WE'RE STILL LEARNING HOW TO APPLY ALL OF THIS. EVEN THE PEOPLE AT DAVEY TREE
ARE LEARNING HOW TO APPLY AND UTILIZE ALL THIS INFORMATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO IS MOVE FROM A REACTIVE WAY
OF MANAGING THE RIGHT AWAY CANOPY WHERE YOU KNOW SOMETHING FAILS WE GO OUT AND TAKE CARE OF IT OR WE HAVE TO REGULARLY INSPECT AND LOOK AT THIS WE CAN RELY ON A SCAN
LIKE THIS TO HELP PLAN OUR WORK. WE ARE AMONG A HANDFUL OF COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE DONE THIS. THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE OTHER ONE IN MINNESOTA THAT'S DONE IT SO FAR.
SO IT'S IT'S REALLY NEW EMERGING TECHNOLOGY. OTHER THINGS THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THE RIGHT AWAY TREE CANOPY IS THE MAKEUP OF THE
SPECIES THAT ARE OUT THERE UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THE THE BIG PLAYERS HERE ARE NOT GREAT STREET TREES SILVER MAPLES GET REALLY LARGE AND CAN FALL
APART. THEY HAVE SHALLOW ROOTS THAT CAN HEAVE UP SIDEWALKS NORWAY MAPLES BLUE SPRUCE ESPECIALLY IS PRONE TO WIND THROW AND JUST LIKE WE KNOW
NOW WHAT'S OUT THERE WE WOULD NOT WANT TO DUPLICATE THIS GOING FORWARD AND LOOK TO PLANT DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF TREES AS WE THINK ABOUT PLANTING RIGHT AWAY TREES
IN THE FUTURE THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM TO OPTIMIZE RIGHT AWAY TREE PLANTING AND AVOID SOME OF THESE SPECIES BENEFITS
OF TREES, THENVENTORY AND ALL THE DATA THAT WE COLLECTED DOES CALCULATE THE BENEFITS OF TREES. IF YOU ADD UP ALL THE PIECES OF THAT PIE, THE ANNUAL
BENEFITS FROM THOSE CATEGORIES THAT JUST OUR STREET TREES PROVIDE IS $183,170 TREES. YOU KNOW WE ALL KNOW THAT
TREES DO A LOT OF POLLUTION MITIGATION AND STORMWATER BENEFITS. THEY PROVIDE SHADE AND COOLING ALL THAT STUFF. THAT'S THE GOOD SIDE OF THIS THE STRUGGLE IS LIKE DUSTIN
MENTIONED CONFLICTS WITH UTILITIES BOTH ABOVE AND GROUND BELOW GROUND SIGHTLINES, THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL THOSE PLANTING AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WERE IDENTIFIED BY SPACE WITHOUT
CONSIDERATION TO THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT. SO AS WE GO FORWARD WITH ANY STREET TREE PLANTING PROGRAMS,
THERE HAS TO BE A REALLY ROBUST SYSTEM AND PROCESS IN PLACE FOR ENSURING THAT EACH SPOT IS IS IS VIABLE
. I TALKED ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF SPECIES AND NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE DIVERSITY AND A VARIETY
OF SPECIES IS IS ALWAYS A KEY TO HAVING RESISTANCE TO CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS LIKE SOME OF THESE PESTS HAVE BROUGHT
DUTCH ELM DISEASE EMERALD ASH FOR SO ADDING A DIVERSITY OUT THERE BRINGS A LOT OF RESILIENCE TO THE CANOPY
WHETHER IT'S IN A PARK IN THE COMMUNITY OR ON THE BOULEVARD . PART OF THE PLAN WILL BE THAT A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF TREES
THAT ARE VIABLE IN OUR OUR OUR CLIMATE AND WE'LL WILL HAVE A LONG LIST THEY WILL PROVIDE OF OF CHOICES FOR US TO MAKE
AS WE WE CONSIDER REPLANTING A ALL OF THE DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED IN THE SMART TREE INVENTORY WAS PUT INTO AN
APPLICATION CALLED TREE KEEPER. YEAH I WAS GOING TO FOR TREE KEEPER SOFTWARE WHICH IS HERE'S A SCREENSHOT OF IT
RIGHT THERE. PART OF THIS CAN BE MADE INTO A PUBLIC DASHBOARD SO RESIDENTS CAN CAN VIEW TREES AND WE CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION LIKE JUST CLICK
DOWN THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT THE TREES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR MAYBE THE TREE IN THEIR YARD ON THE BACKSIDE. WE CAN TRACK ALL OUR INVENTORY AND MANAGE IT. WE CAN MANAGE WORK ORDERS AND WORKFLOW THROUGH THIS SYSTEM
AND AND KEEP TRACK OF THE WHOLE WHOLE URBAN FOREST ALL THOSE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND BENEFITS ARE ALSO CALCULATED
IN THIS APPLICATION AND COULD BE PUT ON A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD AS LIKE A SIDE PANEL TO SHOW THE VALUE THAT TREES ARE PROVIDING
GREAT FORESTRY OPERATIONS COMPARED TO MORE THAN 500 U.S. CITIES, BLOOMINGTON HAS FEWER FULL
TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF MEMBERS THAT CONDUCT TREE CARE TRIGGERS MOST REACTIVE AND RESPONSE AND CAN I MENTION THAT BEFORE WE RESPOND TO EMERGENCY USE BRANCHES DOWN
COMPLAINTS RIGHT AWAY ENCROACHMENTS ARE REPORTED TO US IN RECENT YEARS MOST TREE CARE CONDUCTED BY PARKS HAS BEEN REMOVAL DUE TO BE HER
EMERALD ASH BORER. IN THE FUTURE WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE THESE NUMBERS DECREASE AS EAB MOVES THROUGH SIMILAR TO 2025 PARKS IF PARKS ARE IS
ABLE TO REDIRECT THOSE RESOURCES INTO TREE PRUNING THAT WILL HELP BETTER CARE FOR OUR PUBLIC TREES PREVENTATIVELY. SO DOING SOME OF THAT PRUNING
AHEAD OF TIME IDENTIFYING WEAK BRANCH ATTACHMENTS AND SUCH WILL WEED OUT SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS AND STORM EVENTS CLEANING UP AFTERWARDS PARK
EXPENDITURES TRACK WITH TREE ACTIVITIES. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS 77% OF PARKS FORESTRY EXPENDITURES HAVE GONE TO TREE AND STUMP
REMOVAL FLUCTUATIONS CAN VARY DEPENDING ON PLOWING OR CHANGES IN EAB ACTIVITY SO YOU KNOW WE HAVE A VERY SNOWY WINTER AND WE'RE DOING A LOT
OF PLOW EVENTS. WE ALL CHIP IN TO DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND SO THAT DECREASES THE AMOUNT OF TREE MAINTENANCE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY WHEN
WE HAVE A SURGE IN DISEASE DECLINE THEN WE HAVE TO SORT OF BUMP UP THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO REMOVAL AMONG AMONG 463 U.S. CITIES
INCLUDING MIDWEST CITIES AND CITIES OF SIMILAR SIZE TO BLOOMINGTON PARKS FORESTRY EXPENDITURES WE'RE BELOW AVERAGE IN 2023 AND 2025.
SO IN BETWEEN THERE THE 2024 BUDGET WE ACTUALLY CAME IN ABOUT AVERAGE AND THAT WAS THAT WAS A HIGH POINT FOR US. SO WHEN WE WERE AT OUR AT OUR
LEANEST STRUGGLING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN THAT'S ABOUT WHEN WE REACHED OUR OUR AVERAGE EXPENDITURE AMONGST OTHER CITIES IN 2020 5.52%
OF THE TOTAL MUNICIPAL BUDGET TO BE $1.26 MILLION FOR ALL FORESTRY ACTIVITY IS BY A STREET AND PARK MAINTENANCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC DEMAND FOR FORESTRY CONSULTATION FROM THE CITY. I CAN ATTEST TO THAT FIRE THAT PERSONALLY MOST OF THESE ARE ABOUT RIGHT AWAY AND PRIVATE
TREES SO PUBLIC REQUEST PERCENTAGES ARE FOR 2023 AND 2025 BLOOMINGTON'S TREE ORDINANCES DATE BACK TO THE 1950S 60S 70S.
THESE ARE SOME KEY AREAS OF MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN WRITTEN CODE AND CURRENT PRACTICE RESOLVING THESE ISSUES INCLUDE UPDATING CODE CHANGING PRACTICE OR A
COMBINATION OF BOTH. OBVIOUSLY WE YOU KNOW HAVE TO RESPOND TO CERTAIN THINGS AND KIND OF OVER TIME I THINK WE'VE YOU KNOW, TRY TO MAKE
THINGS HAPPEN FOR FOR WHAT BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS REQUEST OUT AND GETTING THOSE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT OUR CODE WOULD BE. IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL
. SO AFTER ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT AND DATA COLLECTION WE CAME UP
NARROWED IN ON SOME SOME ACTION PLAN GOALS SO NUMBER ONE STAFFING AND RESOURCES NEEDED ALONG WITH FUTURE DATA COLLECTION TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE MAINTENANCE PRACTICES PRACTICES WILL EQUAL
BETTER TREES AT A LOWER ULTIMATE COST INCREASE PLANTING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN ADJACENT RIGHT AWAY IS A WAY TO SUPPORT PRIVATE TREE
STEWARDSHIP. ALIGNING DOESN'T JUST TALKED ABOUT ALIGNING POLICIES AND PRACTICES RIGHT AWAY PLANTING HOW WE APPROACH PRIVATE TREES OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN
NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED A PEST EMERGENCY PLAN NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED. THERE'S TREE PRESERVATION CODES OUT THERE TREE PROTECTION PROTECTION FOR
PUBLIC TREES HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE 60S ALIGNING URBAN FORESTRY WITH COMMUNITY GOALS SO ESTABLISH GOALS FOR EQUITABLE CANOPY GROWTH MEASURE THE CANOPY EVERY 5 TO
10 YEARS DOING CANOPY ANALYSIS AND A RIGHT AWAY TREE INVENTORY AND THEN WITH THE PRIORITY PLANTING AREAS INVEST
IN PLANTING WHERE IT MAKES THE MOST DIFFERENCE INCREASE THE RESILIENCE OF THE URBAN FORESTRY I TALKED ABOUT THAT INCREASE DIVERSITY MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS SHARE THIS PLAN WITH THE PUBLIC. THAT'S ALL WELL PART OF THAT AND EXPAND FORESTRY PARTNERSHIPS THAT INCLUDES
WITH LOCAL GROUPS VOLUNTEER GROUPS UM COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WATERSHED DISTRICTS, ENERGY COMPANIES, HENNEPIN COUNTY
COUNTY WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS OUT THERE THAT THAT WE WORK WITH ON TREES JUST IN THE WAY OF POLICY DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WITH
THE CITY COUNCIL WE TALKED ABOUT RIGHT AWAY A TREE PROGRAM. WE OFFERED UP THOSE FIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. NUMBER FIVE BEING LIKE A FULL SERVICE MUNICIPAL PROGRAM LIKE
MINNEAPOLIS HAS WHERE TREES ARE ACTIVELY PLANTED, MAINTAINED TAKEN CARE OF BY THE COMMUNITY DOWN TO THE STATUS QUO WHERE WE WOULD MAINTAIN THE EXISTING TREES
AND AND DISCOURAGE PLANTING ON THE BOULEVARD. THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK WAS GENERALLY AROUND TWO AND THREE SO FOR LIKE A TARGETED
CITYWIDE PROGRAM BUT START SMALL WITH A PERMIT PROCESS THAT WOULD INVOLVE US OUR REQUIRE US TO DEVELOP THAT SORT OF WAY OF FINDING THE
VIABLE SPOTS AND WEEDING THOSE OUT THAT WOULD BE FULL OF CONFLICTS WITH UTILITIES AND THEN THE CITY'S ROLE ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO EIB HAS CHANGED FROM A PAST THAT CAN BE MANAGED TO SOMETHING THAT IS NO LONGER
MANAGEABLE AND FRANKLY IT'S A DEAD TREE PROBLEM. SO WE WE HAVE BACKED OFF ON MANAGING EIB ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE DID TOUCH ON DISEASE.
A COUPLE OF REASONS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COVER THE CITY COMPLETELY EQUITABLY WITH THE STAFFING THAT WE HAD. WE'RE NO LONGER MANAGING A PAST.
WE DO STILL OFFER A CONTRACTOR AND A WAY THAT WE CAN HELP RESIDENTS HIRE SOMEBODY AND MAKE PAYMENTS ON THAT. BUT WE HAVE WE'VE WE'VE CEASED
MARKING THEM ACTIVELY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR SCOUTING FOR IT THAT IS FREED UP SOME
TIME FOR ALL THOSE INSPECTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. I LOST MY SPOT HERE AS FAR AS PRIVATE PROPERTY WILL CONTINUE
TO OFFER THE TREE SALE. WE CAN LOOK AT MAKING ENHANCEMENTS TO THAT. WE WILL LOOK AT HOW WE
INTERACT WITH RIGHT AWAY TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR ADJACENT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY. RIGHT NOW THE CODE SAYS THAT THOSE TREES ARE THERE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ADJACENT
PROPERTY OWNER AND IT'S A MIX OF WHO TAKES CARE OF THEM. OVERALL THE CITY COUNCIL'S IN FAVOR OF AN EQUITABLE AND CONSISTENT APPROACH TO
MANAGING THESE PRIVATE TREES GOING FORWARD AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR IN OTHER COMMUNITIES DO THIS REALLY WELL IS PROVIDE RESOURCES TO RESIDENTS TO HELP
THEM MANAGE THEIR TREES TO TO SHOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITY IS OF OWNING A TREE, HOW TO NAVIGATE PROBLEM TREES.
WE ARE OFTEN CALLED OUT TO EVALUATE AND PROVIDE OPINION ON PRIVATE TREES BY ONE NEIGHBOR OVER THE OTHER AND THAT'S JUST A PLACE THE CITY
DOESN'T WANT TO BE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE MAKING JUDGMENTS ON PRIVATE TREES. WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO DO THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO A THOROUGH ENOUGH
INSPECTION SO THERE'S WAYS OF OF NAVIGATING THAT HOMEOWNER TO A HOMEOWNER. SO WE WE INTEND TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND AVAILABLE TO
RESIDENTS TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE PROBLEM TREES AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE AND YEAH SO THE NEXT STEPS OUR FINAL DESIGN DRAFT IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE A
STEERING COMMITTEE THAT WE NEED TO GET BACK WITH AND PROVIDE A SIMILAR UPDATE LIKE WE JUST GAVE YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PARK
COMMISSION NEXT WEEK ACTUALLY AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR FINAL APPROVAL. BUT I THINK AND THIS THE
SLIDES THE SLIDES SO HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU. MR. HANSON AND MR. JACOBSON, GREAT PRESENTATION. I'M SURE WE HAVE QUESTIONS. I'LL START WITH A QUESTION AS
THE NINE MILE CREEK WORK HAS BEEN OCCURRING I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED IT SUPER CLOSELY BUT ONE THING I DO RECALL HEARING ABOUT IS THAT IT WE PERHAPS OVER TREED AND WE'RE THINNING
OUT PARTS OF THE NINE MILE CREEK. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT BEING OVER TREED AND IS THAT AN ISSUE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION CHAIR THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING IT WHEN THE CONTEXT OF THE TREES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HAVE INVENTORY AID IN OUR MANAGING THEY WOULD BE IN THE DEVELOPED PART OF PARKLAND THEY WOULD BE
IN PEOPLE'S YARDS WE HAVE ALSO NATURAL AREAS LIKE THE CREEK CORRIDOR, LIKE THE RIVER BLUFF, CERTAIN OTHER LARGE PARKS THAT WE HAVE HAVE WOODED NATURAL AREAS.
THOSE ARE MANAGED UNDER UNDER A DIFFERENT PLAN. SO WE HAVE A SEPARATE PLAN FOR MANAGING 1000 OR 1100 ACRES OF RIVER BOTTOM PROPERTY AND THEN WE HAVE A NATURAL
RESOURCES PRIORITIZATION PLAN THAT THAT GUIDES US ON ALL THE PARKLAND THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE RIVER. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
NATURAL ECOSYSTEM OVER THE YEARS GENERATIONS, DECADES IS IS THE LACK OF A DISTURBANCE REGIME THAT USED TO BE THERE AND BE PRESENT THAT WOULD KEEP
CERTAIN SPECIES IN CHECK? THAT'S ONE THING. SO THINK OF FIRE OR LARGE GRAZING ANIMALS THEY WERE ALWAYS A KEY TO KEEPING
EVERYTHING IN EQUILIBRIA. SO WE'VE ELIMINATED THAT. WE DON'T ALLOW WILDFIRE TO GO THROUGH OUR WOODS ANYMORE. THE GRAZING ANIMALS THAT HAD THE THE LARGEST IMPACT ARE
GONE AND THEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH INVASIVE SPECIES LIKE BUCKTHORN YOU END UP WITH LIKE THIS REALLY THICK THE CANOPY. AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE
DESIRABLE NATIVE VEGETATION IS SUPPRESSED FROM ALL THE SHADE . ALSO SOME OF THE KEYSTONE TREE SPECIES LIKE BURR OAK REALLY LONG LIVE TREE THERE'S A GREAT
POPULATION OF IT LIKE A REMARKABLE POPULATION OF IT AND THE CREEK VALLEY THEIR REGENERATION IS SUPPRESSED BY ALL OF THIS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NINE MILE CREEK PROJECT AND VARIOUS
TREE THINNING PERCENTAGES OR IT'S ABOUT OPENING THAT CANOPY UP SO YOU GET SUNLIGHT DOWN TO THE GROUND TO CREATE BETTER VEGETATION.
SO IN THAT CASE YOU KNOW THOSE ARE MIGHT BE FINE TREES BUT THEY'RE IN THE WRONG SPOT AND THAT THAT SORT OF RIGHT TREE IN THE RIGHT PLACE KIND OF RUNS THROUGH OUR ENTIRE PLAN FROM END TO END.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NINE MILE CREEK RESTORATION, SOME OF THOSE TARGET PLANT COMMUNITIES ARE OAK SAVANNA. SOME OF THOSE TARGET PLANT COMMUNITIES ARE OAK WOODLANDS
OR HARDWOOD FOREST. OH VERY SO ALL OF THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME FORM OF MECHANICAL TREE REMOVAL.
GERALD RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THA THOROUGHLY ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER ISSA THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR
THE DETAILED SLIDES AND PRESENTATION. UH, MY QUESTION IS ON IN REGARDS TO THE ACTION PLAN GOALS NUMBER TWO WHERE IT
STATED TO SUPPORT PRIVATE TREE OWNERSHIP IF IF YOU COULD DIVE A LITTLE MORE INTO THAT AND MAYBE YOU DID WITH THE SLIDE ON THE CITY ROLL ON PRIVATE
OPERTY I THINK WAS TO TO A IF I MAY HAVE ANSWERED IT BUT KIND OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW OR IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT FURTHER. YEAH THANK YOU FOR THE CLEAR THE QUESTION CHAIR
COMMISSIONER I DIDN'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ON SUPPORT OF PRIVATE TREE OWNERSHIP. I MENTIONED THINGS LIKE RESOURCES FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY
SO RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THEIR TREES AND AND DEAL WITH ISSUES. PART OF THIS PLAN IS ALSO A PROPOSAL TO LICENSE TREE
CONTRACTORS SO WE WOULD HAVE A LIST OF ALREADY VETTED TREE CONTRACTORS THAT PEOPLE COULD RELY ON TO DO THEIR WORK,
CONTINUE THE TREE SALE, PERHAPS ENHANCE THE TREE SALE AND ENHANCE TREE SALES SO A MORE SUBSIDIZED TREE AVAILABLE AS THE TREE SELL COULD BE A WAY THAT WE TARGET THOSE
PRIORITIZED NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AS WELL AS I MEAN SORRY TO EXPAND ON IT TO JUST A LOT OF THIS STUFF TO THINK ABOUT IS JUST
HIRING THE PROPER ARBORIST TO THE COMPANY. YOU KNOW, WHERE DO I GO TO LIKE WE MENTIONED KIND OF SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE A LITTLE MORE HOW TO GUIDELINES ON THEIR SITES WHERE DO I LOOK
WHAT DO I LOOK FOR INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT TYPE OF THING. TREES AND THE LAW YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH A WITH A NEIGHBOR THAT HAS SOME
SORT OF A TREE ISSUE THAT YOU'D LIKE ADDRESSED, HOW DO I HOW DO I TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS TYPE OF THING SO THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO KIND OF GET THROUGH
THAT WITHOUT OUR INTERVENTION BUT CAN PROCEED THROUGH IT MORE COMFORTABLY COMMERCIALLY
? THANK YOU CHAIR AND THIS IS A 100% PERSONALLY MOTIVATED QUESTION THIS MORNING I WAS PLAYING GOLF AT HIGHLAND GREENS AND WERE OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE A TON OF TREES REMOVED.
HOW DOES IT WORK WHEN YOU INTERFACE WITH THREE RIVERS OR THE COUNTY WHEN IT'S THEIR LAND DO THEY COME TO YOU AND SAY LIKE THESE ARE THE 30 TREES WE WANT TO PLANT? ARE YOU DOES IT FIT INTO YOUR
PLAN OR DO THEY COME TO YOU AND SAY WHAT 30 TREES SHOULD WE PLANT TO FIT INTO YOUR PLAN LIKE HOW DOES HOW DOES THAT WORK? THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION. AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS ARE
THERE IS TIME ING OF LIKE IF ALL THE 30 TREES ARE PLANTED AT THE SAME TIME THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD UNDER THE SAME SPECIES THAT THEY WOULD ALL HIT THE END
OF THEIR LIFE AT THE 30 YEAR AT THE SAME PERIOD IS THAT FACTORED IN? ALSO IF YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SORT OF HOW THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE HIGHLAND PORTION FOR STARTERS?
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER. SO THREE RIVERS ALSO DOES THIS REALLY WELL THEY DON'T THEY DON'T CONSULT WITH US ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THEIR THEIR
PROPERTY BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLAN AND THEY'RE I WOULD SAY THEY'RE AHEAD OF US IN SOME OF THIS NATURAL RESOURCES PLANNING. I DO KNOW THAT AT HIGHLAND
SPECIFICALLY THOSE WERE ALL ASH TREES WHEN THEY TOOK IT OVER ALL THOSE ASH TREES WERE IN REALLY, REALLY ROUGH SHAPE
SO THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT WE HAVE CALLED STAGE REMOVAL WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE 2012 SINCE IT WAS DISCOVERED IN ST
PAUL WE WOULD GO OUT AND ACTIVELY LOOK FOR ASH TREES IN PARKS THAT WEREN'T DOING WELL AND REMOVE THOSE HERE AND THERE WITHOUT AS MINIMALLY
DISRUPTIVE AS POSSIBLE AND WE'D ALSO DO SOME PRE PLANTING. I KNOW I KNOW THREE RIVERS WASN'T ABLE TO DO THAT AT HIGHLAND SO THAT WAS A A BIG CHANGE. SO AND I KNOW I HAD JUST KIND
OF UNOFFICIALLY PIPED IN A LITTLE BIT JUST WHEN THEY WERE REMOVING ALL OF THOSE TO YOU KNOW YOU'RE PLANTING ADDITIONAL TREES IN HERE AFTER THESE COME OUT. CORRECT.
AND YOU KNOW JUST KIND OF NUDGED NUDGE AND THEY CERTAINLY TOOK THOSE STEPS AS WELL. I THINK IT'S OBVIOUSLY IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO DO THAT. WE'VE DONE THAT WELL I LIKE
DAVID MENTIONED THROUGH THE YEARS OF OUR KIND OF PREEMPTIVE PLANTING AS WELL. SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, LIKELY WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A A COHORT OF
SIMILAR AGES OVER THOSE LAST TEN YEARS. THE BENEFITS THOUGH IS THAT WE DO HAVE SUCH A WIDE DIVERSITY OF TREES THAT WE'VE BEEN PLANTING SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TREES THAT
ARE GOING TO GROW ON THE FASTER GROWTH RATE THEY'RE GOING TO CAPTURE THAT KIND OF AND OVERSTORY ROLE A QUICKER BUT THEN AS THOSE
OTHER SPECIES FILL IN BEHIND IT WITH VARYING LEVELS OF OF AGE LONGEVITY EXPECTED OUT OF THEM, I THINK WE'LL WE'LL
STILL BE OKAY. I THINK IF WE WERE PLANTING ALL OF THE SAME THING AND WE DID HAVE ALL THE SAME GROWTH RATES, SAME LONGEVITY WE'D BE IN A MUCH DIFFICULT, MUCH MORE DIFFICULT SITUATION.
YOU KNOW AT THAT 6070 YEAR MARK WHICH TENDS TO KIND OF SEE THINGS SLOWING DOWN. OUR QUESTION WHEN THE CITY
REMOVES ASH TREES, IS IT A ONE FOR ONE REPLACEMENT? ARE WE ALWAYS REPLACING THAT TREE OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? WE DO OUR BEST. YEAH. SO OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF OUR REMOVALS HAVE BEEN IN RIGHT
AWAY IS THE DIFFICULTY IN BEING THAT WE CAN'T REPLANT DIRECTLY BACK IN THE RIGHT WAY DUE TO ORDINANCE BUT WE
BASICALLY WE'RE DOING 1 TO 1 WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM AS BEST WE COULD AND THOSE OPEN SPACES THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT WOULDN'T CONFLICT WITH BALL FIELDS AND OTHER USES AND WE
WE ACTUALLY STAYED PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT 1 TO 1 RATIO. IT STARTED SLIPPING A LITTLE BIT BUT OBVIOUSLY WE JUST START RUNNING OUT OF SPACE
IN IN OUR PARK SYSTEM THAT WE YOU KNOW WE'D BE PLANTING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND NOT ABLE TO TRIM AROUND AND KIND OF CONFLICTING WITH OTHER
OTHER USES IF WE WERE TO STICK WITH THE 1 TO 1 FOR THAT. THANK YOU. MR. CUNNINGHAM THANK YOU CHAIR
TWO VERY NOT RELATED QUESTIONS SO I'LL BREAK THEM UP FULLY ON THE PEST PAGE YOU GUYS HAD DO WE HAVE SPOTTED LANTERNFLY AS A MINNESOTA YET ANOTHER CLOSE
NOT THAT I HAVE HEARD SO I'VE BEEN WATCHING YEAH YES SO THAT ALSO WORRIED THE COUNCIL A LITTLE BIT SEEN THOSE NUMBERS AND YOU KNOW THAT'S THOSE ARE MEANT TO JUST KIND
OF REPRESENT THE POTENTIALS YOU KNOW LONGHORN BEETLE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT'S YOU KNOW COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT A LOT OF DIFFERENT
VARIETIES OF TREES BUT ENCOURAGING NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN PLACES WHERE THAT HAS HAPPENED THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO REALLY HONE IN ON WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND CONTROL IT.
SO SOME OF THAT THOSE PESTS ARE BETTER ABLE TO BE MANAGED AS WELL AND CERTAINLY LIKE I WANTED TO POINT OUT TOO IN THIS AS IN THE BENEFITS
OF HAVING SORT OF THE SURVEY THAT WE'VE DONE ON SPECIES COUNTS IS THAT WE'RE NOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROACTIVELY GO AFTER THESE SPECIES THAT
WOULD BE IDENTIFIED SO A PEST THAT YOU KNOW GOES AFTER BIRCH TREES THAT NOW WE HAVE A FULL SYSTEM THAT I CAN MAP OUT WHERE BIRCH TREES ARE.
WE CAN GO OUT AND INSPECT THEM ON A TARGETED BASIS LOOKING FOR THAT TYPE OF PEST IF IT IS FOUND IN IN MINNESOTA.
YEAH YEAH YEAH. EMERALD ASH BORER HAS BEEN ENOUGH FOR ME. I COULD I COULD GO TILL RETIREMENT IF I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER BIG ONE LIKE THAT.
SECOND QUESTION UNRELATED ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS WAS TO PROMOTE PRIVATE TREE YOU KNOW DEVELOPMENT OWNERSHIP. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ANNUAL PLANT SALE
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T READ THE SPRING BLOOMINGTON BRIEFINGS AND THEN HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO EXPANDING THE MARKETING OF THAT PROGRAM?
YES. WHAT ELSE IS WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH IT OVER THE YEARS KIND OF HOW WE'VE OPERATED. ORIGINALLY WE WERE DOING MORE
OF A SYSTEM YOU KNOW ALREADY IN THE TREES WE GET THEM WHOLESALE, WE PACKAGE THEM UP, WE YOU KNOW, MANAGE THE ORDERS FOR RESIDENTS TO COME PICK UP ON AN EVENT, YOU KNOW, KIND
OF RELATING TO ARBOR DAY CELEBRATIONS DURING COVID WE ACTUALLY MOVED TO DOING DELIVERIES AND WITH OVERWHELMING SUCCESS DOING
THAT. SO NOW WE ARE DEFINITELY KIND OF I THINK WE'VE FOUND THAT'S A CERTAINLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO GET THAT DONE IN A SHORTER TIME FRAME.
IT'S VERY EFFICIENT. I THINK RESIDENT SATISFACTION WITH IT HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL RECEIVED. YOU KNOW MY GOAL WOULD BE TO
ADD MORE DIVERSITY TO THE OFFERINGS AND TRY TO YOU KNOW ,EXPAND OUT DIFFERENT THINGS . I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS THAT
YOU KNOW THAT STAFFING INTERNALLY, THAT CAPABILITY TO MOVE THAT TYPE OF PRODUCT YOU KNOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO TO INCREASE TO
MUCH BEYOND KIND OF WHAT WHAT THE LEVELS ARE WE ARE RIGHT NOW I'VE CERTAINLY LOOKED AT WHAT SOME OTHER CITIES DO AND MAKING PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER GROUPS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'VE
MENTIONED LIKE TREE TRUST AND GROUPS LIKE THAT TOO THAT THEY ACTUALLY WILL PARTNER WITH OTHER CITIES TO OFFER BOTH A SPRING AND A FALL TREE SALE
OPERATE AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY IN MY ON MY RADAR SCREEN FOR HOW HOW WE CAN KIND OF MANAGE THIS AND YOU KNOW
THE BITE SIZE PIECES THAT WE CAN MANAGE AND INCREASE OUR CAPABILITY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. MR.. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
EXCUSE ME. SO FIRST OFF I JUST WANT TO SAY I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT YOU ALL ARE TRACKING TREES AS ASSETS THAT WAY CAN FOLLOW THE MAINTENANCE SORT OF THROUGH THEIR LIFECYCLE AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AMAZING. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. SO FOR THE PERMIT PROCESS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN WOULD THAT INCLUDE BOTH PLANTING AND REMOVAL PERMANENT CHAIR
COMMISSION? YES. SO I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. BUT IF IF WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN RIGHT
AWAY TREES THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO THAT GOES TO THE TREE PROTECTION PART OF IT SO IT ALL PREDICATES ON WHETHER THEY BECOME OFFICIALLY PUBLIC TREES OR NOT.
WE'VE LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF APPROACHES FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES. SOME COMMUNITIES REQUIRE A PERMIT TO DO ANY WORK ON A BOULEVARD TREE. WE JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LAND ON THAT.
I CAN SEE PROS AND CONS OF ALL OF IT. CERTAINLY I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS HOW DO WE COME DOWN ON THAT TREE OWNERSHIP AND TO RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RIGHT
WAY TREES MY SECOND QUESTION WAS IN TERMS OF RESOURCES THAT WILL BE PROVIDED YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH EXISTING TREES, HOW TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMATIC TREES.
IS THERE A SORT OF FORWARD LOOKING GOAL OF PUTTING INFORMATION OUT THERE FOR RIGHT TREE RIGHT PLACE? SO INSTEAD OF GOING TO MENARDS AND FINDING ONE THAT LOOKS CUTE YOU ACTUALLY FIND THE RIGHT ONE.
YES. ANOTHER GREAT CHAIR MR. GREAT POINT. I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT YES, THAT IS DEFINITELY AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE RESOURCES WE WOULD OFFER AND THEY'RE READILY AVAILABLE. WE JUST HAVE TO PUT THEM IN A
PLACE WHERE WE CAN FIND THEM LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PUTS OUT ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION ON THESE THESE TOPICS THAT WOULD BE REALLY USEFUL. OUR JOB IS JUST TO GATHER IT UP AND MAKE IT READILY
AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. I WOULD I'M SORRY TO JUMP IN AT YOU. I WOULD SAY THAT THAT ALSO WOULD BE MY INTENT WITH PERMITTING PROCESS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP IN IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WAS SUGGESTING
THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO PLANT BUT THEN WE CAN KIND OF WORK WITH THEM AND YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY DIRECT THEM TOWARDS MAYBE A MORE A BETTER
FITTING SPECIES FOR THAT LOCATION. SO IF THERE WERE TO BE UTILITY INTERFERENCE OR SOMETHING WE CAN PLANT SOMETHING SMALLER OR MAYBE LESS LABOR OR
INTERFERENCE PRONE I SHOULD SAY SO MR. JONES ANYTHING THAT IF I CAN ADD TO THAT JUST A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE IS THAT WE DO HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL LANDSCAPING GUIDEBOOK WHICH
PROVIDES A WHOLE SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND SPECIES. IT'S NOT THE MOST ACCESSIBLE DOCUMENT FOR RESIDENTS. I WOULD SAY PROBABLY SO WE DEFINITELY COULD DEVELOP MORE OF THOSE RESOURCES BUT IF I CAN SHARE ONE ANECDOTE JUST
ABOUT KIND OF LOOKING OVER THE SPECTRUM OF MY TENURE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON, MORE OF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS WHO ARE DOING DESIGN WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT THE AMOUNT OF NATIVES AND SPECIES
THAT ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LOCATION IN OUR CLIMATE HERE HAS REALLY INCREASED AND I WOULD SAY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. SO I'M SEEING IT ON THE DESIGN SIDE WHERE THERE THERE'S MUCH MORE EMPHASIS ON NATIVE
SPECIES. COMMISSIONER WHITE THANK YOU. CHAIR. I HAVE A QUESTION BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY BIG FAN HUGE.
I LOVE THE BLOOMINGTON TREE SALE I HAVE BOUGHT I THINK FOUR TREES AND PLANTED IT AND IN SPITE OF MY INABILITY TO READ THE PERFECTLY CLEAR DIRECTIONS YOU SENT THE FIRST YEAR THE TREE STILL ALIVE.
SO THANK YOU. I WANTED TO JUST TALK OR ASK YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. I THINK YOU KNOW THAT THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN
SEEING COME OUT FROM THE THE STATE CLIMATOLOGIST IS THAT BY 2050 OUR CLIMATE IS GOING TO LOOK MORE LIKE ABOUT 2 TO 300 MILES TO THE SOUTH. AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT
IMPACT YOU MIGHT SEE ON THE TREE COVER BECAUSE OF THAT AND WHAT YOU MIGHT BE DOING TO ADAPT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH I CAN JUMP INTO THAT ONE THAT IT'S BEEN KIND OF A
FOREFRONT IN MY MY VIEWS ACTUALLY OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS REALLY IN SOME OF OUR SPECIES SELECTION SORT OF OUR CHOICES THAT WE'VE DONE IN OUR
PARK SYSTEM THAT I'VE HAD T THE LEEWAY TO DO SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONS THAT WOULD YOU KNOW POTENTIALLY BE MORE ZONE FIVE
SPECIES THAT YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAD BEEN DRIBBLED OUT LIKE YEAH WE CAN WE HAVE URBAN HEAT ISLAND ALREADY WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL YOU KNOW BEING IN THE METRO AREA GIVES US A CERTAIN PROTECTION WHERE WE
CAN BE MAYBE A LITTLE MORE ADVENTUROUS WITH SOME OF OUR SPECIES NOT AS ADVENTUROUS ENOUGH FOR THAT. I'M WILLING TO LOOK QUITE PUT THEM ON TO THE TREE SALE IN CASE THEY FAIL.
BUT A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN CASE YOU'VE FOLLOWED A WELL MAYBE THE STORY'S COMING OUT I'M JUMPING AHEAD OF IT BUT WE DID PLANT
THREE CARBON OAKS, THREE NORTHERN PECANS AND THREE BLACK GUM TREES ACTUALLY ON THE FAR EAST SIDE OF THE PLAZA HERE AND THREE KIND OF TOWARDS
THE ENTRANCES BY THE POLICE STATION AND SO FAR THEY ARE LOOKING FANTASTIC. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF WATCH TO SEE HOW THEY
MAKE IT THROUGH THE WINTER. CAN THEY SURVIVE SOME OF THIS ? BUT THAT HAS BEEN A BIG PART IN KIND OF LOOKING AT SORT OF THOSE CLIMATE MODELING GOALS.
SO EVEN ON THE MORE CONSERVATIVE SIDE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF LITTLE SPECIES THAT WE HAVE A GREATER ABILITY TO PLANT.
AND SO PART OF IT IS SORT OF THE BUZZWORD IS MAYBE ASSISTED MIGRATION. SO SOME OF THESE TREES AND SPECIES THAT ARE TO THE SOUTH ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH
BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE CHANGING. SO WE'RE SORT OF JUST HELPING THAT ALONG SO WE KEEP THAT SORT OF CANOPY GROWTH HAPPENING IN ADVANCE BUT A LOT
OF IT TOO IS IS GOING INTO SORT OF OUR WHAT WE EXISTING HAVE SOME OF THE BURR OAKS THAT HAVE SURVIVED OVER THE LAST 250 300 YEARS IN NINE
MILE CREEK HAVE SEEN CONSISTENT CLIMATE CHANGES OVER THAT 250 300 YEARS THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THE GENETIC STOCK THAT WOULD MAKE
THEM BETTER ADAPTABLE OR EVEN TO THAT FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE. SO YOU'RE THINKING JUST A PLASTICITY IN SURVIVAL WHAT
THEY'RE ABLE TO DO. SO WE'RE KIND OF KEEPING THOSE YOU KNOW, BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE OF THE EXISTING TREES WE HAVE AND SORT OF THEIR FLEXIBILITY IN THAT OLD GROWTH
AND BRINGING IN CERTAIN NEW SPECIES THAT CAN SUPPLEMENT FROM THE NAME. THANK YOU CHAIR THIS HAS BEEN REALLY INTERESTING AND I'LL
JUST MAKE A PLUG FOR ON THE INFORMATION SHARING SO MY SIDE ONE OF MY MANY SIDE HUSTLES IS I WORK AT BACHMAN'S AND LIKE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME IN TO BUY PLANTS SHRUBS, TREES
ETC. THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING TO THE PEOPLE WORKING AT CURTAINS. BACHMAN'S WHEREVER FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT'S GOING TO SUCCEED AND I THINK IF THERE ARE THINGS FOR EXAMPLE WHERE THE CITY WOULD
LIKE TO SEE MORE OF A CERTAIN VARIETY PLANTED OR LESS OF A CERTAIN VARIETY, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME UTILITY IN SHARING THAT WITH LIKE THE BIG TREE SELLERS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL BECAUSE I
WOULD SAY IN MY EXPERIENCE 85% OF THE CUSTOMERS DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC TREE IN MIND. THEY COME IN SAYING I WANT TO PLANT A TREE IN MY YARD AND I WANT IT TO SUCCEED AND I WANT IT TO BE LOW MAINTENANCE.
AND HERE'S WHAT I'M LOOK AT. HERE'S WHAT I'M WORKING WITH. AND SO I THINK IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE USEFUL PARTICULARLY FOR THE BIG NURSERIES TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THE CITY IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN IN PARTICULAR
AREAS. ABSOLUTELY. I'D LOVE TO COMMENT ON THAT. COMMISSIONER. AND THAT'S ALSO A PROBLEM THAT WE DEAL WITH. OBVIOUSLYE HAVE TO RECEIVE
OUR PRODUCTS FROM NURSERY GROWERS AS WELL AND WHAT I'LL TELL YOU CERTAINLY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND IN THE LAST TWO YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE
USDA HAS COME OUT WITH SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOU KNOW OUR CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS I'VE ACTUALLY HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF GROWERS YOU KNOW WHAT ARE WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING FOR? WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? SOME OF IT IS EVEN IN PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING INTERNALLY WITH THE CITY BRYANT PARK PUSHING YOU KNOW,
CAN WE SUPPLY SOME MORE OF THESE SWEET GUM TREES INTO THE LANDSCAPE WHERE SOME OF THESE LANDSCAPERS HAVE TO THEN IMPORT THEM FROM ILLINOIS
AND THEY'RE LOOKING ACROSS DIFFERENT REGIONS FOR SOME OF THE SUPPLY FOR THAT AND AS WE BUILD THAT SORT OF BASE WHERE PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING IT, THOSE NURRIES ARE GOING
TO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF PART THAT WE CAN WORK ON TOGETHER AND GETTING YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE INDUSTRY KIND OF GROW ON WITH
IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE NURSERIES ARE GOING TO GROW WHAT THEY CAN SELL AND AND I THINK AS WE CAN DEVELOP STUFF THAT'S GOING TO SUCCEED IT HELPS ALL OF US.
MR. JOHNSON IF I COULD BRING IT BACK TO PLANNING FOR A BIT HERE, SO CAN YOU FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHEN WE HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION THAT COMES BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WE REQUIRE SOME
FORM OF TREE PLANTING ALONG WITH THAT APPLICATION, CORRECT? CORRECT, CORRECT. AND SO WHAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE US IS A LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT DEMONSTRATES COMPLIANCE WITH OUR QUANTITY OR OUR AMOUNTS OF TREES AND SHRUBS
AND SOMETIMES PERENNIAL GRASSES THAT OUR CODE REQUIRES. AND SO THEY PROVIDE THAT PLAN FOR UPFRONT REVIEW AND THEN BEFORE THEY GET A BUILDING PERMIT THEIR PLAN GETS APPROVED AND THEN BEFORE THEY
GET THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UNLESS IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER ALL THAT MATERIAL HAS TO BE INSTALLED AND STAFF PERFORMS AN INITIAL INSPECTION AND THEN ONE YEAR LATER TYPICALLY OR AT
LEAST ONE FOLLOWING ONE WINTER AND ONE SUMMER KIND OF THE MOST ABRASIVE PARTS OF THE YEAR FOR THE NEW PLANT MATERIALS WE PERFORM A SECOND INSPECTION TO MAKE SURE THE MATERIAL HAS SURVIVED THAT
PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN THE CITY ALSO COLLECTS THE FINANCIAL SURETY SO THE DEVELOPER WALKS AWAY FROM THE PROJECT OR IS NOT TO BE HEARD FROM AGAIN WE HAVE SOME FINANCIAL RESOURCES WE CAN USE
TO FULFILL WHATEVER PLANTINGS THAT WERE NOT INSTALLED TO GET THAT DONE. SO THAT'S GENERALLY HOW OUR PROCESS WORKS. THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON NOT TO PUT OUR PARK STAFF ON THE SPOT
HERE BUT ARE WE DOING ENOUGH? COULD THE PLANNING COMMISSION BE DOING MORE TO SUPPORT TREES WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT? WELL I DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT
QUESTION CHAIR. I DON'T I NICK IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR US AND I THINK WE WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER.
I'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE COMMISSION COULD HELP OUT IN THE FUTURE. CERTAINLY SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE AND IS A LONG WAY FOR THAT. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY KIND
OF ACTION TONIGHT BUT WE APPRECIATE SUPPORT WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. >> SO WE HAVE TAKEN SOME SWIPES TOO AND IN OUR ORDINANCE TO KIND OF ADDRESS
SOME ADDITIONAL PLANT MATERIALS TO I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THE WORDING AND DEFINITIONS FOR LIKE SOME OF THE SPECIES RECOMMENDATIONS
AS YOU KNOW KIND OF TOUGH TO GET YOU KNOW, THAT BROADER PALETTE OF SOME OF THOSE SPECIES THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE THAT ARE MAYBE A LITTLE MORE ON THE FRINGE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, ATTEMPTING TO MAKE WORDING WHERE IT ALLOWS THAT FLEXIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, BENEFICIAL ALL SPECIES THAT MIGHT NOT BE
NATIVE BUT IT'S IT'S A TIGHT, TIGHT ROPE TO TRY TO WALK THERE. SO OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING BUCKTHORN HEDGES
TYPE OF SITUATION THAT WE'RE WE'RE ENCOURAGING PLANT MATERIAL THAT'S YOU KNOW IF IT'S NOT NATIVE IT'S NOT INVASIVE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE.
AND YOU THINK THAT. MR. JONES YEAH. THANK YOU. ONE THING I WAS GOING TO SHARE FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE THAT ONE THING THAT IS INTENTION OR THAT WE DO NAVIGATE A LITTLE BIT WELL TWO THINGS ONE IS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE MORE COMPACT URBAN INFILL
DEVELOPMENT IT MEANS MORE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE TYPICALLY IN LESS AREA FOR LANDSCAPING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE KIND OF MONITORING AND CAN BE INTENTION CAN BE INTENTION AT TIMES. ANOTHER THING IS JUST FIRE
PROTECTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY. IF THERE'S A LOT OF TREES AND PLANT MATERIAL IN BETWEEN BUILDINGS SOMETIMES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, RAISES SOME CONCERN OR WANTS TO REVIEW THOSE PLANS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN NAVIGATE THAT
PLANT MATERIAL AND EFFECTIVELY HELP PEOPLE. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE CONSTRAINTS SITE PIECE. WE DO HAVE AN OPTION TO PAY A FEE IN LIEU OF IN OUR CODE IF
YOU CAN'T GET ALL THE MATERIAL IN ON SITE BUT WE VERY RARELY USE IT. OUR PREFERENCE IS ALWAYS TO GET ALL THE PLANT MATERIAL IN THAT SITE. I THINK ONE OF THE ONLY TIMES IN MY TENURE THAT WE USE THAT WAS FOR THE EXCEL SUBSTATION
AT NICOLLET IN AMERICAN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PLANT TREES IN A ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION FOR LEGITIMATE REASONS. BUT YEAH, WE'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT OUR LANDSCAPING POLICIES
AND HOW KIND OF MORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT INTERACTS WITH THAT. SO AND JUST A SIDE THOUGHT ON THAT. MR. JOHNSON WE HAVE A VERY LARGE SHOPPING MALL ON THE
EAST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON WHERE I IMAGINE IT'S HARD TO GET AN AMOUNT OF TREES THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE SATISFACTORY TO US AND THERE'S POTENTIALLY ADDITIONS ON TO THAT MALL. HOW DO WE HOW DO WE HANDLE
MALL OF AMERICA AND GETTING A DECENT AMOUNT OF TREES OUT THERE WITH A HUGE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE LIKE THAT? THAT'S A THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I AM A LITTLE BIT GOING ON THE
FLY HERE BUT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT I BELIEVE THEY ARE MOSTLY COMPLIANT WITH A LOT OF OUR PLANT MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE SUCH DENSELY PLANTED PERIMETER AREAS AND ON
PORTIONS OF THEIR SITE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT AREAS FOR EXAMPLE WHEN THE WATER PARK PROJECT CAME THROUGH FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENTS A FEW YEARS AGO THAT HAS SINCE EXPIRED BUT THEY DID PROVIDE
US LANDSCAPE PLANS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLIANT WITH OUR CODE. SO IT IS POSSIBLE TO STILL BE IN COMPLIANCE EVEN WITH MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS A LOT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE THOUGHTFUL
AND HAVE GOOD DESIGNERS KIND OF FITTING ALL THOSE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER. YEAH I LIKE TREES TOO SO SOMETIMES I HAVE TO GO BACK
AND FORTH WITH OTHER FOLKS WHO WOULD RATHER SEE SOME OTHER DESIGN SOLUTIONS AND SOME SAY NO THANK YOU AND I DON'T MEAN TO PICK ON OUR PARTNERS AT MALL OF AMERICA. THEY THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
IT'S IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THEY'RE AT LEAST CLOSE IF NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT. THAT'S WONDERFUL. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, COMMISSIONERS THANK YOU CHAIR WELL, WE'RE HERE ON THE POLICY SIDE. I SHOULD THROW IN THERE ON THE
CHART OR THIS SLIDE THAT SHOWED KIND OF THE FIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS JUST THINKING AHEAD OF POLICY I THE
TREES OH I'M GOING BACK UP HERE I THINK FOR WAS LIKE A CITYWIDE OPTION FIVE OH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEP YEP YEAH THE ACTION PLAN GOALS I DON'T KNOW THE BEST TIME DURING THIS ARE
QUESTIONS OR IF IT'S FOR A DISCUSSION BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY I DEFINITELY SUPPORT MORE OF THE 4 OR 5 FIVE IF FEASIBLE MORE LEANING TOWARDS
FOUR BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S AN INVESTMENT A LONG TERM INVESTMENT ON YOU KNOW HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND SO I GUESS IT WASN'T A QUESTION BUT YEAH YEAH THANK YOU WE LIKE YOU
WHERE IT'S GENERATING FOR COUNCIL AND HAVING YOUR SAY ON THERE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT TOO. I THINK IN THEIR PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL THAT WAS WIDELY
DISCUSSED TOO AND WE BROUGHT IN A LOT OF NUMBERS IN OUR IN OUR STUDY THAT WE DID IN TERMS OF KIND OF WHAT THE WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF OF
SERVICE AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE ENDED UP IN THE FOUR POSITION TO DO LIKE WALK IT OUT A LITTLE SLOWLY AND AND KIND OF VERSUS THE BIG THE BIG
DIVE INTO THE SORT OF THE CADILLAC PROGRAM OF YOU KNOW BIRTH TO DEATH CARE OF THE TREES AND AND SUCH.
MR.. MR.. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. AND THIS THIS IS AGAIN ON SORT OF THE POLICY FRONT. DO SO AND FOR MR. JOHNSON MORE
SO THAN MORE SO THAT YOU FOLKS I'M SORRY IF A NEW WHEN A NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS DO WE JUST ALLOW THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO PROPOSE WHATEVER THEY WANT OR IS THERE ANYTHING
IN OUR CODE THAT SAYS X PERCENT HAS TO BE NATIVE OR BENEFICIAL OR YOU'RE LIMITED TO CERTAIN SPECIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH. THANK YOU CHAIR AND
COMMISSIONER MUNSTER IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT IN CODE BUT THIS KIND OF SUPPLEMENTAL POLICY OR LANDSCAPING POLICY DOCUMENT I MENTIONED IT'S MORE GUIDELINES THAN HARD AND FAST RULES BUT IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF TREES SHOULD BE ALONG THE
PERIMETERS OF SITES OR IN PARKING LOTS AND YOU KNOW WHAT DUSTIN WAS SAYING ABOUT OUR ACTUALLY OUR FIRST COLLABORATION WAS IDENTIFYING THE NATIVE SPECIES THAT FIT WELL OR SALT TOLERANT OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO NO, THERE'S NOTHING IN CODE THAT SAYS IT HAS TO BE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF NATIVES. WE DID MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CODE SOME YEARS AGO THAT BROUGHT IN PERENNIALS AND THE INTENT OF THAT WAS TO TRY AND
ENCOURAGE MORE NATIVES. SO GIVING THEM CREDIT BECAUSE IT'S YOU KNOW TECHNICALLY IT'S NOT THE EQUIVALENT TO A FULL SIZE SHRUB AND SO THAT WAS ONE ADAPTATION WE MADE SOME YEARS AGO.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S CERTAINLY A POTENTIAL AREA TO EXPLORE IN THE FUTURE IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU JUST WANT TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH SOME OF THOSE THINGS. ANOTHER THING THAT SOME CITIES
DO WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO IT HERE UNLESS WE SEE UNLESS THE PLANNERS KIND OF FLAG A PROBLEM ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN . WE DON'T TYPICALLY SEEK ADVICE OR REVIEW OR GUIDANCE FROM OUR NATURAL RESOURCE STAFF AND THE
REASON BEING IS THAT IT'S JUST THEY DON'T HAVE THEY HAVE THEIR AD CAPACITY WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING FRANKLY. SO WE CAN'T HAVE THEM REVIEW EVERY LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT COMES BEFORE US. BUT IF WE SEE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT FUNKY OR
FISHY IN THOSE INSTANCES WE WOULD HAVE THEM LOOK AND THEY DO REVIEW TREE PRESERVATION PLANS. THEY DO SPECIFICALLY DO THAT. BUT NO, I THINK IT WOULD BE AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT
HOW WE SPECIFY OUR PLANTING REQUIREMENTS AND TERMS BY SPECIES IN THE FUTURE. IF I COULD JUST ADD A FINAL THOUGHT TO THAT. IF WE CAN PUT A PIN IN THAT
FOR A WORK PLAN IN THE NEXT YEAR YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF SO SEEING NONE.
MR. HANSEN MR. JACOBSON GREAT PRESENTATION COME BACK US AND SEE US ANY TIME. ALL RIGHT. GO BACK AND SEE US AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR THIS EVENING IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT PLANNING MEETING. SYNOPSIS. SYNOPSIS FROM MAY 7TH AND MAY
21ST WILL START WITH MAY 27TH. MAY 7TH, 2026. COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM BEFORE I MAKE THIS MOTION DID WE HAVE ANY I KNOW MAY 21ST WE HAD
SOME ABSENT COMMISSIONERS. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DO WE HAVE ANY ABSENCES ON THE SEVENTH WE DID NOT. ALL RIGHT. I MOVED TO ADOPT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SYNOPSIS
FOR MAY 7TH 2026 AS POSTED IN THE PACKET SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 7TH 2026. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
I OPPOSED NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO WE'LL MOVE ON TO MAY 21ST WITH COMMISSIONERS LONNIE AND MUNSTER WERE ABSENT . COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM I MOVE
TO APPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SYNOPSIS FOR MAY 20TH 1ST TO 2026 AS POSTED IN THE PACKET FOR A SECOND SAYING WE HAVE A MOTION
AND A SECOND FOR MAY 21ST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSED ABSTAIN ABSTAIN. THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO WITH TWO ABSTENTIONS.
OUR FINAL ITEM THIS EVENING ITEM NUMBER FIVE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON POLICIES AND PLANNING COMMISSION ISSUES UPDATE MR. JOHNSON THANK YOU
CHAIR COOKED AND I'LL PREVIEW THE NEXT TWO UPCOMING PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. THE NEXT ONE IS ON JUNE 18TH. THERE'S ONE PUBLIC HEARING PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR AN EXPANSION AT THE SEAGATE
TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS. THEY'RE PROPOSING A TWO STOREY ABOUT 70,000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO THEIR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS AT 7850 NORTH AVENUE SOUTH AND 78 ON
COMPUTER AVENUE SOUTH. IT'S ALONG THE BORDER OF EDINA AND BLOOMINGTON. THEY'RE IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY. THERE'S A STUDY ITEM ON THE REVIEW OF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS IN THE ZONING CODE. THIS IS A WORK PLAN ITEM. AND THEN FINALLY THERE'S A STUDY ITEM PLAN TO REVIEW THE MINOR POLICY AMENDMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES ORDINANCE
PROCESS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. LOOKING AHEAD TO JULY 9TH THE MEETING WILL START WITH THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS STARTING THEIR NEW TERMS. THE SECOND ITEM ON THE JULY
9TH MEETING IS A REZONING FINAL SITE AND BUILDING PLANS AND A TYPE THREE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAN TO REDEVELOP SIX SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS INTO 33 TOWNHOMES AT EAST
86TH STREET AND 16TH AVENUE SOUTH APPROXIMATELY. AND THEN THE THIRD ITEM PLANNED FOR THAT AGENDA IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR CANNABIS MANUFACTURING AT 300
WEST 83RD STREET AND THEN INDUSTRIAL SITE OTHER UPDATES I CAN SHARE FOR YOU THIS EVENING IS THAT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT CONTINUES FOR THE BLOOMINGTON 2050 COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT AT A FEW EVENTS UPCOMING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AT THE JUNE 6TH FARMER'S MARKET. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THE FARMER'S MARKET HAS STARTED HERE AT CIVIC PLAZA THEY HAVE A MARKET ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
AND SATURDAYS AND SO THEY WILL BE PLANNING STAFF WILL BE ATTENDING THE JUNE 6TH FARMER'S MARKET TABLING FOR THE COMP PLAN AND THEN TABLING AT BLOOMINGTON PRIDE THAT'S ON JUNE 14TH AND THEN TABLING AT
JUNETEENTH WHICH IS HERE AT CIVIC PLAZA AND DURING THE 20TH AND THEN ON THE CITY'S BLOOMINGTON 2050 WEBSITE THERE'S ALSO AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT DAKOTA AND OTHER STAFF
LASER FOCUSED ON THE COMP PLAN ARE ENCRAGING EVERYONE TO TAKE TO TRY AND JUST GET AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT GOING AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN MY SECOND UPDATE IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
APPOINTED MADELINE SUMMERS TO FULFILL HER TECHNICALLY HER FIRST TERM TERM ZERO LAST TIME.
SO AND THAT WOULD RUN FROM JULY 2026 THROUGH JUNE OF 2029 AND THEN NEW MEMBER THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED ROBERT COLEMAN WHO'S SPOKEN BEFORE
THE PLANNING COMMISSION A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TIMES AND HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE BOARD. SO HE WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF PLANNING CHAIR COOKTOWN AND
SO THE SAME LENGTH OF TERM FROM JULY 2026 THROUGH JUNE 2029. SO THEY TOOK THAT ACTION AT THE JUNE 1ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND THEN FINALLY MY FINAL UPDATE IS JUST THAT JULIE NAVARRO PLANNER ON OUR STAFF
WHO'S BEEN ON THE BLOOMINGTON TEAM IN VARIOUS ROLES FOR A LITTLE OVER FIVE YEARS. SHE TOOK A NEW JOB WITH RAMSEY COUNTY AS A PLANNING ANALYST TO WORK MORE ON HOUSING FOCUSED TASKS AND PROJECTS.
SO I'M SORRY TO LOSE HER TO RAMSEY COUNTY. SHE'S BEEN A GREAT MEMBER OF OUR TEAM AND HAS HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT VALUE ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS SERVED IN THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS
TEAM PLANNING AND THE CITY'S HRA AND SO SHE'S CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD AND I JUST WANT TO WISH HER WELL AND THANK HER FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING DIVISION AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. SO THOSE ARE MY UPDATES FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. JUST A NOTE ON OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS.
I WAS PLEASED TO SIT IN ON THE REVIEW BOARD OF THOSE APPLICATIONS AND IF ANYONE WONDERS AT HOME THE EXISTING COMMISSIONERS JUST GET AUTOMATICALLY REAPPOINTED AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND COMMISSIONER
SUMMERS'S WELL DESERVING OF HER SEAT BEING RETAINED HERE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND MR. COLE IS ALSO WELL DESERVED OF A SEAT ON THIS BOARD AND I TRUST YOU WILL
SERVE THIS CITY WELL AND FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD APPLICANTS
BEFORE US AND I KNOW PEOPLE IT TAKES MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON AT ALL. AND SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE DISAPPOINTED THEY WERE NOT APPOINTED THIS TIME I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO
KEEP TRYING BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM I WOULD HAVE APPOINTED IF WE HAD MORE SEATS AND SO IT WASN'T A LACK OF QUALIFICATION. IT WAS A LACK OF OPPORTUNITY AND SO THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME.
AND SO I ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT THIS TIME TO CONTINUE TO APPLY TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMISSIONERS TO ADDRESS ANY ITEMS THAT WERE NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES COMMISSION? LISA THANK YOU CHAIR NO, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THANK MS. NAVARRO LONG BEFORE I WAS EVEN ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION SHE WOULD ALWAYS ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.
I THINK SHE WAS IN INSPECTIONS OR ENVIRONMENTAL BUT YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WATCHING THIS. SHE WILL BE MISSED. MR. JOHNSON CHAIR COOK CORRECT. I DID FORGET ONE ITEM I USUALLY EMAIL YOU ALL THE
UPDATE YOU ON CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS ON ITEMS THAT WERE BEFORE YOU. GALLERY APARTMENTS AT 7900 XERXES I WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE THE 1ST AS WELL SO JUST AN UPDATE THERE.
THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON ANY OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE THAT CONCLUDES THIS JUNE 4TH MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
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