WEBVTT

METADATA
Video-Count: 1
Video-1: youtube.com/watch?v=03KqRWGMxPY

Part: 1

1
00:01:42.368 --> 00:01:54.647
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

2
00:01:54.647 --> 00:02:06.092
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

3
00:02:06.092 --> 00:02:16.970
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

4
00:02:16.970 --> 00:02:27.580
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

5
00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:38.358
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

6
00:02:38.358 --> 00:02:49.435
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

7
00:02:49.435 --> 00:03:02.415
OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR

8
00:03:03.249 --> 00:03:14.060
. 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

9
00:03:14.060 --> 00:03:25.405
MOUNT CURVE ROAD AND MR. DYLAN PALMER WILL BE JOINING US WITH A STAFF REPORT ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN AND

10
00:03:25.405 --> 00:03:38.484
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

11
00:03:38.484 --> 00:03:48.961
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

12
00:03:48.961 --> 00:04:00.740
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

13
00:04:00.740 --> 00:04:11.717
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

14
00:04:11.717 --> 00:04:23.296
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

15
00:04:23.296 --> 00:04:33.105
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

16
00:04:33.105 --> 00:04:45.884
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

17
00:04:45.884 --> 00:04:53.959
NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND IT IS ALSO ZONED R ONE AND THEN IT'S GUIDED LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ALSO SURROUNDED EITHER BY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL GUIDANCE

18
00:04:53.959 --> 00:05:06.638
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

19
00:05:06.638 --> 00:05:17.917
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

20
00:05:17.917 --> 00:05:28.094
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.

21
00:05:28.094 --> 00:05:40.339
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

22
00:05:40.339 --> 00:05:51.117
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

23
00:05:51.117 --> 00:06:03.162
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

24
00:06:03.162 --> 00:06:13.906
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

25
00:06:13.906 --> 00:06:25.985
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.

26
00:06:25.985 --> 00:06:36.862
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

27
00:06:36.862 --> 00:06:48.341
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.

28
00:06:48.341 --> 00:06:58.951
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

29
00:06:58.951 --> 00:07:09.629
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

30
00:07:09.629 --> 00:07:21.140
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

31
00:07:21.140 --> 00:07:32.351
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.

32
00:07:32.351 --> 00:07:44.563
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

33
00:07:44.563 --> 00:07:55.675
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.

34
00:07:55.675 --> 00:08:06.319
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

35
00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:17.796
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.

36
00:08:17.796 --> 00:08:28.907
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

37
00:08:28.907 --> 00:08:40.652
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

38
00:08:40.652 --> 00:08:53.365
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

39
00:08:53.365 --> 00:09:06.979
? 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.

40
00:09:06.979 --> 00:09:19.091
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

41
00:09:19.091 --> 00:09:27.199
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.

42
00:09:27.199 --> 00:09:38.744
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

43
00:09:38.744 --> 00:09:48.420
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

44
00:09:48.420 --> 00:10:00.098
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

45
00:10:00.098 --> 00:10:17.149
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.

46
00:10:17.149 --> 00:10:28.727
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.

47
00:10:28.727 --> 00:10:39.071
COME ON. COME ON UP TO THE MIKE SO THE PEOPLE ON TV CAN HEAR YOU. MARK AND MARY SCHWARTZ WE LIVE

48
00:10:39.071 --> 00:10:52.484
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 .

49
00:10:52.484 --> 00:11:03.229
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

50
00:11:03.229 --> 00:11:13.204
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

51
00:11:13.204 --> 00:11:24.349
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,

52
00:11:24.349 --> 00:11:34.826
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

53
00:11:34.826 --> 00:11:46.171
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

54
00:11:46.171 --> 00:11:56.481
SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM. COMMISSIONER WHITNEY THANK YOU CHAIR IN. I ALSO AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE

55
00:11:56.481 --> 00:12:08.160
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

56
00:12:08.160 --> 00:12:17.269
OF THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WHITNEY I REVIEWED THIS ONE AND I DO

57
00:12:17.269 --> 00:12:29.448
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

58
00:12:29.448 --> 00:12:40.492
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

59
00:12:40.492 --> 00:12:48.566
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

60
00:12:48.566 --> 00:13:00.212
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

61
00:13:00.212 --> 00:13:10.689
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

62
00:13:10.689 --> 00:13:22.934
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

63
00:13:22.934 --> 00:13:30.475
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

64
00:13:30.475 --> 00:13:45.057
IT'S GIVING ME SOME PAUSE . I HEAR YOU. I THINK THE THING I WOULD SAY THAT IN THE APPLICANT'S

65
00:13:45.057 --> 00:13:57.169
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

66
00:13:57.169 --> 00:14:08.647
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

67
00:14:08.647 --> 00:14:16.588
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.

68
00:14:16.588 --> 00:14:31.069
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? IF NOT I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION REGARDING HIM HAVING BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE REQUIRED

69
00:14:31.069 --> 00:14:42.648
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

70
00:14:42.648 --> 00:14:54.560
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.

71
00:14:54.560 --> 00:15:03.635
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.

72
00:15:03.635 --> 00:15:15.246
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

73
00:15:15.246 --> 00:15:25.424
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

74
00:15:25.424 --> 00:15:35.734
NUMBER TWO WHICH IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING FOR EMERALD PARACHUTE LLC AT 8200 GRAND AVENUE SOUTH.

75
00:15:35.734 --> 00:15:50.048
MR. KAREEM SHERROD IS HERE WITH THE STAFF REPORT. HI, GOOD EVENING, CHAIR COMMISSIONERS HERE TO PRESENT

76
00:15:50.048 --> 00:16:01.293
A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A CANNABIS CULTIVATION FACILITY AT 8200 GRAND AVENUE SOUTH. THE SITE IS LOCATED ON

77
00:16:01.293 --> 00:16:12.437
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

78
00:16:12.437 --> 00:16:23.582
TOWARDS THE SOUTH. THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. THIS IS OUR PROPOSED LOCATION OF WHERE THE CANNABIS CULTIVATION WILL BE TAKEN

79
00:16:23.582 --> 00:16:34.826
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.

80
00:16:34.826 --> 00:16:45.203
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

81
00:16:45.203 --> 00:16:56.448
ATTRIBUTED TO AGRICULTURE INDOOR WHICH THEREFORE PRECIPITATED THAT WHEN THIS APPLICATION CAME FORTH. THIS WILL BE REQUIRED A

82
00:16:56.448 --> 00:17:07.960
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

83
00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:18.270
MANUFACTURING FACILITY. SO THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND CANNABIS USE. BUT THERE IS NO CONFLICTS THAT WE HAVE NOTICE AND NO RESTRICTIONS ON MULTIPLE

84
00:17:18.270 --> 00:17:29.080
CANNABIS USERS WITHIN ONE BUILDING. IN TERMS OF THE LAND USE GUIDANCE AND ZONING AND THIS IS THIS HAS GOT IT INDUSTRIAL

85
00:17:29.080 --> 00:17:41.860
AND IT'S ZONED A3 GENERAL INDUSTRY. THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN THIS IS PHASE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN TWO

86
00:17:41.860 --> 00:17:50.068
PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE WILL HAVE THE OPERATION IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. AND THEN ON PHASE TWO THEY

87
00:17:50.068 --> 00:18:02.347
WILL HAVE SEPARATED SEGREGATED UNITS WHERE THINGS WILL BE MANUFACTURED. THAT'S HOW THAT'S CURRENTLY OUT FOR THE FACILITY.

88
00:18:02.347 --> 00:18:14.192
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

89
00:18:14.192 --> 00:18:25.971
IN COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS LIGHTING AND TRASH. SO WITH THAT STAFF WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MOTION. THANK YOU MR. SHORT.

90
00:18:25.971 --> 00:18:37.382
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

91
00:18:37.382 --> 00:18:49.894
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

92
00:18:49.894 --> 00:19:01.540
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

93
00:19:01.540 --> 00:19:10.282
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

94
00:19:10.282 --> 00:19:21.559
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

95
00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:33.238
OF CAPACITY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ? COMMISSIONER SUMMERS THANK YOU CHAIR.

96
00:19:33.238 --> 00:19:41.813
I AM THE. SO IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU SAID ODOR MITIGATION HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.

97
00:19:41.813 --> 00:19:55.860
IS THAT THE I'M LOOKING AT THE PROJECT NARRATIVE PHASE AND THE ODOR MITIGATION STRATEGY IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING

98
00:19:55.860 --> 00:20:11.209
TO THE LIKE THAT'S THE PLAN OR RIGHT. >> YES. COMMISSIONER SUMMERS. ODOR MITIGATION STRATEGY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BEGINNING ON

99
00:20:11.209 --> 00:20:20.485
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

100
00:20:20.485 --> 00:20:33.999
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

101
00:20:33.999 --> 00:20:43.774
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.

102
00:20:43.774 --> 00:20:54.386
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

103
00:20:54.386 --> 00:21:05.797
SUSPENDERS TYPE APPROACH WITH IT. MR. SHAW DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CANNABIS CULTIVATION OCCURRING IN BLOOMINGTON OR IS IT ALL

104
00:21:05.797 --> 00:21:17.242
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

105
00:21:17.242 --> 00:21:27.919
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?

106
00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:40.465
>> 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

107
00:21:40.465 --> 00:21:51.710
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

108
00:21:51.710 --> 00:22:01.820
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

109
00:22:01.820 --> 00:22:13.898
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

110
00:22:13.898 --> 00:22:24.543
THE ROOF. SO ABOUT 100FT PLEASE. THANK YOU. IF THIS IS OUR FIRST CULTIVATION BUSINESS, HOW DO

111
00:22:24.543 --> 00:22:38.857
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.

112
00:22:38.857 --> 00:22:47.799
>> 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

113
00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:58.943
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.

114
00:22:58.943 --> 00:23:09.120
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

115
00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:21.132
BASICALLY. YEAH. MR. JOHNSON, IN YOUR LONG HISTORY. YES, SIR. HERE AT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WE'VE HAD OTHER ODOR MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS. CORRECT.

116
00:23:21.132 --> 00:23:32.277
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

117
00:23:32.277 --> 00:23:43.188
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

118
00:23:43.188 --> 00:23:54.633
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

119
00:23:54.633 --> 00:24:02.507
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

120
00:24:02.507 --> 00:24:14.753
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

121
00:24:14.753 --> 00:24:26.498
HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN CANNABIS RELATED BUSINESSES. I SAW REDUCTIONS AS MUCH NORTH OF 90% BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY

122
00:24:26.498 --> 00:24:36.575
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

123
00:24:36.575 --> 00:24:47.118
FRY RAIL, HAMBURGERS ALL THOSE WE GET SOMETIMES GET COMPLAINTS NOT TOO FREQUENTLY THOUGH. YEAH. COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM THANK YOU CHAIR.

124
00:24:47.118 --> 00:24:58.596
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

125
00:24:58.596 --> 00:25:11.242
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

126
00:25:11.242 --> 00:25:22.654
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

127
00:25:22.654 --> 00:25:29.594
REGARDING ODOR. MR. JOHNSON CAN I GET A CONFIRMATION ON THAT? AND WHEN COULD.

128
00:25:29.594 --> 00:25:42.707
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

129
00:25:42.707 --> 00:25:52.717
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

130
00:25:52.717 --> 00:26:04.896
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

131
00:26:04.896 --> 00:26:16.340
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

132
00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:26.584
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.

133
00:26:26.584 --> 00:26:39.463
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

134
00:26:39.463 --> 00:26:51.008
MULTI-TENANT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING. MR. JOHNSON IS THAT ONE IN SERVICE OR IS THAT STILL. IT IS NOT IN SERVICE YET, NO. OKAY. OKAY.

135
00:26:51.008 --> 00:27:01.786
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

136
00:27:01.786 --> 00:27:12.697
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.

137
00:27:12.697 --> 00:27:22.540
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

138
00:27:22.540 --> 00:27:34.252
ZERO. WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSSION . COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'M INCLINED TO FOLLOW STOKES

139
00:27:34.252 --> 00:27:45.430
RECOMMENDATION HERE. ZONE CORRECTLY GUIDED CORRECTLY IN COMPLIANCE. SOME GOOD CONDITIONS IN PLACE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE

140
00:27:45.430 --> 00:27:57.175
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

141
00:27:57.175 --> 00:28:08.619
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.

142
00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:19.063
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

143
00:28:19.063 --> 00:28:29.807
BE SUPPORTING THIS APPLICATION . ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. WHITE THANK YOU, CHAIR. GENERALLY I SUPPORT THIS AS WELL.

144
00:28:29.807 --> 00:28:41.653
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

145
00:28:41.653 --> 00:28:51.829
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

146
00:28:51.829 --> 00:29:03.341
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

147
00:29:03.341 --> 00:29:14.652
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

148
00:29:14.652 --> 00:29:26.330
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.

149
00:29:26.330 --> 00:29:37.842
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

150
00:29:37.842 --> 00:29:49.387
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?

151
00:29:49.387 --> 00:30:00.932
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

152
00:30:00.932 --> 00:30:12.343
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

153
00:30:12.343 --> 00:30:24.322
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

154
00:30:24.322 --> 00:30:35.133
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

155
00:30:35.133 --> 00:30:47.378
FEEL REALLY HESITANT ABOUT THIS APPLICATION IN MANY OF THE OTHER TIMES THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT CANNABIS

156
00:30:47.378 --> 00:31:02.060
I'VE BEEN REALLY IN SUPPORT OF INCLUDING THE AGRICULTURE APPLICATION FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR AND I'M LOOKING AT THE

157
00:31:02.060 --> 00:31:14.472
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

158
00:31:14.472 --> 00:31:26.217
APPLICATION IS PRETTY DIFFERENT BECAUSE THOSE HOUSES ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THAT BUILDING AND WHAT FEELS COMPLICATED ADDED IS THAT WE

159
00:31:26.217 --> 00:31:37.729
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

160
00:31:37.729 --> 00:31:47.705
ARE REALLY EXCITED TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC AND I AM

161
00:31:47.705 --> 00:31:59.917
IN GENERAL REALLY WORRIED THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT BE DEALING WITH SOMETHING REALLY

162
00:31:59.917 --> 00:32:14.165
DIFFERENT THAN THEY'RE USED TO THE AND IT MIGHT ALSO BE THAT I HAVE NOT HAD THINGS COME

163
00:32:14.165 --> 00:32:22.373
BACK THAT ARE ISSUES WITH ODOR MITIGATION SO WHAT I AM FEELING INTO IS BEING A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS AND A LITTLE BIT

164
00:32:22.373 --> 00:32:33.251
WORRIED BUT ALSO FEELING LIKE STAFF HAS PROVIDED SOME OF THE CONTEXT AS TO WHY THE FINDING WAS MADE THAT THE ODOR

165
00:32:33.251 --> 00:32:42.259
MITIGATION IS NOT JUST RESTING ON THE APPLICANT TO DECIDE BUT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE CITY.

166
00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:53.804
SO I FEEL THIS IS A REALLY HESITANT SUPPORT FOR ME AND YEAH I'M JUST NAMING THAT.

167
00:32:53.804 --> 00:33:08.085
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

168
00:33:08.085 --> 00:33:16.194
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

169
00:33:16.194 --> 00:33:27.105
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

170
00:33:27.105 --> 00:33:38.449
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

171
00:33:38.449 --> 00:33:49.960
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

172
00:33:49.960 --> 00:34:04.342
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.

173
00:34:04.342 --> 00:34:14.819
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. SO ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? NOT I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION

174
00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:27.631
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

175
00:34:27.631 --> 00:34:38.242
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

176
00:34:38.242 --> 00:34:49.620
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I OPPOSED THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO THIS IS A FINAL

177
00:34:49.620 --> 00:35:03.234
DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. LISTEN APPEAL IS RECEIVED THE CITY COUNCIL BY 4:30 P.M. ON JUNE 9TH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

178
00:35:03.234 --> 00:35:14.111
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

179
00:35:14.111 --> 00:35:27.792
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

180
00:35:27.792 --> 00:35:36.868
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND EXCITED TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO GET STARTED HERE.

181
00:35:36.868 --> 00:35:49.513
THANK YOU FOR THE WARM INTRODUCTION. LOOK AT THAT. I THINK I GOT IT ALL RIGHT. SLIDE SHOW FROM THE BEGINNING

182
00:35:49.513 --> 00:35:58.456
. 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.

183
00:35:58.456 --> 00:36:12.570
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

184
00:36:12.570 --> 00:36:23.848
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.

185
00:36:23.848 --> 00:36:32.456
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

186
00:36:32.456 --> 00:36:42.933
PROVIDE KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS AND THAT WE DID DEVELOP THIS URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN AND MAJOR FINDINGS

187
00:36:42.933 --> 00:36:55.045
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

188
00:36:55.045 --> 00:37:06.657
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

189
00:37:06.657 --> 00:37:14.799
THEY LOVE LIVING IN BLOOMINGTON. IT'S VERY MUCH A PART OF THE THE ENVIRONMENT HERE THAT PEOPLE MOVE TO OUR SUBURB FOR

190
00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:26.710
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

191
00:37:26.710 --> 00:37:37.288
END OF JUNE. THE PLANNING PROCESS DIRECTLY ENGAGED 231 RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN BLOOMINGTON WHO PROVIDED INPUT VIA A

192
00:37:37.288 --> 00:37:48.065
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

193
00:37:48.065 --> 00:37:57.374
SUPPORT IN GENERAL HERE IN BLOOMINGTON THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF TREES

194
00:37:57.374 --> 00:38:11.121
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

195
00:38:11.121 --> 00:38:23.000
FOREST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE TREES PART OF THE PROJECT DAVEY RESOURCE GROUP COMPLETED A URBAN TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT

196
00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:33.243
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%

197
00:38:33.243 --> 00:38:45.089
35% AND THIS ALL WAS DONE ON BASED ON 2023 HIGH RESOLUTION AERIAL DATA. THIS IMAGE SHOWS THAT THE TREE

198
00:38:45.089 --> 00:38:56.667
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.

199
00:38:56.667 --> 00:39:07.878
THE LIGHTER SHADE THE LIGHTEST THE LATEST SHADE IS THE AREA NEAR PINE AND AMERICAN AT 1.5% CANOPY COVER AND THEN A HIGH

200
00:39:07.878 --> 00:39:17.020
THE HIGH SHADE THE HIGHEST OR THE DARKER SHADED AREAS ARE ALONG NINE MILE CREEK REPRESENTING 63% TREE CANOPY

201
00:39:17.020 --> 00:39:34.538
COVERAGE TO MEASURE CHANGE THE THEY WENT BACK AND THEY LOOKED AT THE SAME DATA FROM 2013 AND OVER THOSE YEARS BLOOMINGTON

202
00:39:34.538 --> 00:39:47.117
ADDED ROUGHLY 390 ACRES OF NEW TREE CANOPY FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 4.7% INCREASE. WHAT MAKES THIS REMARKABLE IS

203
00:39:47.117 --> 00:39:56.593
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

204
00:39:56.593 --> 00:40:07.137
TREES AND THEN OF COURSE TREES GROW. BUT THIS CANOPY ANALYSIS MEASURED ALL OF THAT CANOPY BY

205
00:40:07.137 --> 00:40:19.182
ZONING THE RESIDENTIAL LAND CONTAINS ABOUT 5000 ACRES OF TREE CANOPY AND HAS ABOUT 2700 ACRES OF POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL CANOPY AREA AND

206
00:40:19.182 --> 00:40:30.093
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

207
00:40:30.093 --> 00:40:39.737
FISH AND WILDLIFE OR THREE RIVERS THAT'S ABOUT 2400 ACRES OF TREE CANOPY AND APPROXIMATELY 800 ACRES

208
00:40:39.737 --> 00:40:52.349
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

209
00:40:52.349 --> 00:41:03.026
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

210
00:41:03.026 --> 00:41:13.437
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

211
00:41:13.437 --> 00:41:27.651
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

212
00:41:27.651 --> 00:41:36.126
AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE ACTIVELY REMOVING INFESTED ASH TREES FROM FROM THE RIGHT AWAY SO ALSO IMPORTANT TO MENTION

213
00:41:36.126 --> 00:41:50.674
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

214
00:41:50.674 --> 00:42:02.519
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.

215
00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:14.732
YEAH. SO AS PART OF THE TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT THEY EVALUATED POSSIBLE PLANTING AREAS IN BLOOMINGTON THEN CATEGORIZED BY PRIORITY LEVEL

216
00:42:14.732 --> 00:42:23.373
POSSIBLE PLANTING AREAS INCLUDED BARE SOIL GRASS, LOW LYING VEGETATION WHERE THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY TREES OBVIOUSLY

217
00:42:23.373 --> 00:42:38.022
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

218
00:42:38.022 --> 00:42:49.633
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

219
00:42:49.633 --> 00:43:00.476
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

220
00:43:00.476 --> 00:43:12.756
OR SUBDIVIDED THEM INTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTING SPACES BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE TREE THAT THE AREA COULD HOLD SO LARGE MEDIUM SMALL.

221
00:43:12.756 --> 00:43:23.934
SO WHAT WOULD FIT BEST INTO THAT LOCATION? MOST PLANTING AREAS WERE ON PRIVATE LAND TOTALING ABOUT 13% OF CITY LAND AREA PUBLIC

222
00:43:23.934 --> 00:43:35.179
LAND AND RIGHT AWAY CONTAINING PLANTING SITES TOTALED ABOUT 4% OF CITY LAND AREA EACH. THESE SITES REPRESENTED MAXIMUM PLANTING POTENTIAL.

223
00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:46.890
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,

224
00:43:46.890 --> 00:43:59.369
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

225
00:43:59.369 --> 00:44:10.280
ARE PRETTY EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS PRIORITY LEVELS. SO PLANTING SITES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE MOST MOSTLY VERY LOW PRIORITY FOR URBAN

226
00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:21.124
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

227
00:44:21.124 --> 00:44:32.302
BENEFIT OF HUMAN HEALTH ASIDE FROM WHERE PEOPLE ARE RECREATING. TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BLOOMINGTON STREET TREES OR

228
00:44:32.302 --> 00:44:43.380
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

229
00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:54.457
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

230
00:44:54.457 --> 00:45:05.335
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,

231
00:45:05.335 --> 00:45:16.747
YOU'LL SEE THAT AT THE END OF THE EVALUATION THE INVENTORY IDENTIFIED 56 TREES THAT WERE PICKED OUT OR SELECTED FOR REMOVAL AND

232
00:45:16.747 --> 00:45:28.791
ANOTHER 256 TREES WERE IDENTIFIED FOR PRUNING OR OTHER WORK. THAT'S THAT'S THE LEVEL OF DATA THAT THAT WAS

233
00:45:28.791 --> 00:45:39.436
CAPTURED. IT CAPTURED PICTURES AT GEO LOCATED THEM AND WE WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW THAT FLOW CHART AND

234
00:45:39.436 --> 00:45:50.681
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

235
00:45:50.681 --> 00:46:01.858
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.

236
00:46:01.858 --> 00:46:13.270
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.

237
00:46:13.270 --> 00:46:25.115
IT'S A SUPER HIGHLY TECHNICAL PROCESS THAT I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND BUT IT GIVES US ALL KINDS OF DATA THAT WILL HELP

238
00:46:25.115 --> 00:46:36.893
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

239
00:46:36.893 --> 00:46:47.804
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

240
00:46:47.804 --> 00:46:59.582
SEE WHAT WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE NEXT. I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS ALL THIS DATA CAN BE USED TO EFFICIENTLY PLAN AND DIRECT

241
00:46:59.582 --> 00:47:11.595
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

242
00:47:11.595 --> 00:47:24.708
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

243
00:47:24.708 --> 00:47:36.186
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

244
00:47:36.186 --> 00:47:46.963
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.

245
00:47:46.963 --> 00:47:59.476
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

246
00:47:59.476 --> 00:48:12.689
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

247
00:48:12.689 --> 00:48:22.532
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

248
00:48:22.532 --> 00:48:34.077
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

249
00:48:34.077 --> 00:48:44.154
IN THE FUTURE THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM TO OPTIMIZE RIGHT AWAY TREE PLANTING AND AVOID SOME OF THESE SPECIES BENEFITS

250
00:48:44.154 --> 00:48:56.699
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

251
00:48:56.699 --> 00:49:09.979
BENEFITS FROM THOSE CATEGORIES THAT JUST OUR STREET TREES PROVIDE IS $183,170 TREES. YOU KNOW WE ALL KNOW THAT

252
00:49:09.979 --> 00:49:21.624
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

253
00:49:21.624 --> 00:49:33.203
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

254
00:49:33.203 --> 00:49:41.511
CONSIDERATION TO THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT. SO AS WE GO FORWARD WITH ANY STREET TREE PLANTING PROGRAMS,

255
00:49:41.511 --> 00:49:55.592
THERE HAS TO BE A REALLY ROBUST SYSTEM AND PROCESS IN PLACE FOR ENSURING THAT EACH SPOT IS IS IS VIABLE

256
00:49:55.926 --> 00:50:03.900
. I TALKED ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF SPECIES AND NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE DIVERSITY AND A VARIETY

257
00:50:03.900 --> 00:50:15.845
OF SPECIES IS IS ALWAYS A KEY TO HAVING RESISTANCE TO CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS LIKE SOME OF THESE PESTS HAVE BROUGHT

258
00:50:15.845 --> 00:50:25.989
DUTCH ELM DISEASE EMERALD ASH FOR SO ADDING A DIVERSITY OUT THERE BRINGS A LOT OF RESILIENCE TO THE CANOPY

259
00:50:25.989 --> 00:50:37.801
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

260
00:50:37.801 --> 00:50:49.646
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

261
00:50:49.646 --> 00:51:03.960
AS WE WE CONSIDER REPLANTING A ALL OF THE DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED IN THE SMART TREE INVENTORY WAS PUT INTO AN

262
00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:13.970
APPLICATION CALLED TREE KEEPER. YEAH I WAS GOING TO FOR TREE KEEPER SOFTWARE WHICH IS HERE'S A SCREENSHOT OF IT

263
00:51:13.970 --> 00:51:26.550
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

264
00:51:26.550 --> 00:51:38.194
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

265
00:51:38.194 --> 00:51:49.338
AND AND KEEP TRACK OF THE WHOLE WHOLE URBAN FOREST ALL THOSE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND BENEFITS ARE ALSO CALCULATED

266
00:51:49.338 --> 00:52:03.587
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

267
00:52:04.421 --> 00:52:13.296
GREAT FORESTRY OPERATIONS COMPARED TO MORE THAN 500 U.S. CITIES, BLOOMINGTON HAS FEWER FULL

268
00:52:13.296 --> 00:52:27.410
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

269
00:52:27.410 --> 00:52:38.655
COMPLAINTS RIGHT AWAY ENCROACHMENTS ARE REPORTED TO US IN RECENT YEARS MOST TREE CARE CONDUCTED BY PARKS HAS BEEN REMOVAL DUE TO BE HER

270
00:52:38.655 --> 00:52:50.066
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

271
00:52:50.066 --> 00:52:58.675
ABLE TO REDIRECT THOSE RESOURCES INTO TREE PRUNING THAT WILL HELP BETTER CARE FOR OUR PUBLIC TREES PREVENTATIVELY. SO DOING SOME OF THAT PRUNING

272
00:52:58.675 --> 00:53:09.785
AHEAD OF TIME IDENTIFYING WEAK BRANCH ATTACHMENTS AND SUCH WILL WEED OUT SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS AND STORM EVENTS CLEANING UP AFTERWARDS PARK

273
00:53:09.785 --> 00:53:20.429
EXPENDITURES TRACK WITH TREE ACTIVITIES. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS 77% OF PARKS FORESTRY EXPENDITURES HAVE GONE TO TREE AND STUMP

274
00:53:20.429 --> 00:53:31.540
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

275
00:53:31.540 --> 00:53:43.486
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

276
00:53:43.486 --> 00:53:56.899
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

277
00:53:56.899 --> 00:54:07.810
INCLUDING MIDWEST CITIES AND CITIES OF SIMILAR SIZE TO BLOOMINGTON PARKS FORESTRY EXPENDITURES WE'RE BELOW AVERAGE IN 2023 AND 2025.

278
00:54:07.810 --> 00:54:19.689
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

279
00:54:19.689 --> 00:54:33.269
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%

280
00:54:33.269 --> 00:54:44.747
OF THE TOTAL MUNICIPAL BUDGET TO BE $1.26 MILLION FOR ALL FORESTRY ACTIVITY IS BY A STREET AND PARK MAINTENANCE.

281
00:54:44.747 --> 00:54:55.558
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

282
00:54:55.558 --> 00:55:09.305
TREES SO PUBLIC REQUEST PERCENTAGES ARE FOR 2023 AND 2025 BLOOMINGTON'S TREE ORDINANCES DATE BACK TO THE 1950S 60S 70S.

283
00:55:09.305 --> 00:55:20.783
THESE ARE SOME KEY AREAS OF MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN WRITTEN CODE AND CURRENT PRACTICE RESOLVING THESE ISSUES INCLUDE UPDATING CODE CHANGING PRACTICE OR A

284
00:55:20.783 --> 00:55:32.295
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

285
00:55:32.295 --> 00:55:43.973
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

286
00:55:43.973 --> 00:55:57.987
. SO AFTER ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT AND DATA COLLECTION WE CAME UP

287
00:55:57.987 --> 00:56:09.866
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

288
00:56:09.866 --> 00:56:21.177
BETTER TREES AT A LOWER ULTIMATE COST INCREASE PLANTING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN ADJACENT RIGHT AWAY IS A WAY TO SUPPORT PRIVATE TREE

289
00:56:21.177 --> 00:56:32.322
STEWARDSHIP. ALIGNING DOESN'T JUST TALKED ABOUT ALIGNING POLICIES AND PRACTICES RIGHT AWAY PLANTING HOW WE APPROACH PRIVATE TREES OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN

290
00:56:32.322 --> 00:56:44.300
NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED A PEST EMERGENCY PLAN NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED. THERE'S TREE PRESERVATION CODES OUT THERE TREE PROTECTION PROTECTION FOR

291
00:56:44.300 --> 00:56:56.946
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

292
00:56:56.946 --> 00:57:07.991
10 YEARS DOING CANOPY ANALYSIS AND A RIGHT AWAY TREE INVENTORY AND THEN WITH THE PRIORITY PLANTING AREAS INVEST

293
00:57:07.991 --> 00:57:19.569
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

294
00:57:19.569 --> 00:57:26.542
IMPORTANCE OF THIS SHARE THIS PLAN WITH THE PUBLIC. THAT'S ALL WELL PART OF THAT AND EXPAND FORESTRY PARTNERSHIPS THAT INCLUDES

295
00:57:26.542 --> 00:57:41.090
WITH LOCAL GROUPS VOLUNTEER GROUPS UM COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WATERSHED DISTRICTS, ENERGY COMPANIES, HENNEPIN COUNTY

296
00:57:41.090 --> 00:57:53.169
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

297
00:57:53.169 --> 00:58:04.213
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

298
00:58:04.213 --> 00:58:13.255
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

299
00:58:13.255 --> 00:58:27.237
AND AND DISCOURAGE PLANTING ON THE BOULEVARD. THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK WAS GENERALLY AROUND TWO AND THREE SO FOR LIKE A TARGETED

300
00:58:27.237 --> 00:58:38.413
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

301
00:58:38.413 --> 00:58:50.292
VIABLE SPOTS AND WEEDING THOSE OUT THAT WOULD BE FULL OF CONFLICTS WITH UTILITIES AND THEN THE CITY'S ROLE ON

302
00:58:50.292 --> 00:59:02.304
PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO EIB HAS CHANGED FROM A PAST THAT CAN BE MANAGED TO SOMETHING THAT IS NO LONGER

303
00:59:02.304 --> 00:59:15.551
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.

304
00:59:15.551 --> 00:59:23.893
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.

305
00:59:23.893 --> 00:59:39.042
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

306
00:59:39.042 --> 00:59:46.749
MARKING THEM ACTIVELY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR SCOUTING FOR IT THAT IS FREED UP SOME

307
00:59:46.749 --> 00:59:58.160
TIME FOR ALL THOSE INSPECTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. I LOST MY SPOT HERE AS FAR AS PRIVATE PROPERTY WILL CONTINUE

308
00:59:58.160 --> 01:00:09.405
TO OFFER THE TREE SALE. WE CAN LOOK AT MAKING ENHANCEMENTS TO THAT. WE WILL LOOK AT HOW WE

309
01:00:09.405 --> 01:00:21.951
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

310
01:00:21.951 --> 01:00:32.327
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

311
01:00:32.327 --> 01:00:46.175
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

312
01:00:46.175 --> 01:00:57.486
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.

313
01:00:57.486 --> 01:01:09.932
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

314
01:01:09.932 --> 01:01:20.209
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

315
01:01:20.209 --> 01:01:33.956
INSPECTION SO THERE'S WAYS OF OF NAVIGATING THAT HOMEOWNER TO A HOMEOWNER. SO WE WE INTEND TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND AVAILABLE TO

316
01:01:33.956 --> 01:01:45.701
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

317
01:01:45.701 --> 01:01:56.478
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

318
01:01:56.478 --> 01:02:08.557
COMMISSION NEXT WEEK ACTUALLY AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR FINAL APPROVAL. BUT I THINK AND THIS THE

319
01:02:08.557 --> 01:02:19.201
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

320
01:02:19.201 --> 01:02:30.813
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

321
01:02:30.813 --> 01:02:40.556
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.

322
01:02:40.556 --> 01:02:52.968
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

323
01:02:52.968 --> 01:03:04.246
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.

324
01:03:04.246 --> 01:03:15.757
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

325
01:03:15.757 --> 01:03:26.502
RESOURCES PRIORITIZATION PLAN THAT THAT GUIDES US ON ALL THE PARKLAND THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE RIVER. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE

326
01:03:26.502 --> 01:03:38.714
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

327
01:03:38.714 --> 01:03:51.627
CERTAIN SPECIES IN CHECK? THAT'S ONE THING. SO THINK OF FIRE OR LARGE GRAZING ANIMALS THEY WERE ALWAYS A KEY TO KEEPING

328
01:03:51.627 --> 01:04:03.739
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

329
01:04:03.739 --> 01:04:14.050
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

330
01:04:14.050 --> 01:04:28.898
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

331
01:04:28.898 --> 01:04:40.476
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

332
01:04:40.476 --> 01:04:52.321
TREE THINNING PERCENTAGES OR IT'S ABOUT OPENING THAT CANOPY UP SO YOU GET SUNLIGHT DOWN TO THE GROUND TO CREATE BETTER VEGETATION.

333
01:04:52.321 --> 01:05:03.632
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.

334
01:05:03.632 --> 01:05:15.511
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

335
01:05:15.511 --> 01:05:30.559
OR HARDWOOD FOREST. OH VERY SO ALL OF THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME FORM OF MECHANICAL TREE REMOVAL.

336
01:05:30.559 --> 01:05:40.970
GERALD RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THA THOROUGHLY ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER ISSA THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR

337
01:05:40.970 --> 01:05:52.414
THE DETAILED SLIDES AND PRESENTATION. UH, MY QUESTION IS ON IN REGARDS TO THE ACTION PLAN GOALS NUMBER TWO WHERE IT

338
01:05:52.414 --> 01:06:03.859
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

339
01:06:03.859 --> 01:06:15.104
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

340
01:06:15.104 --> 01:06:25.981
COMMISSIONER I DIDN'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ON SUPPORT OF PRIVATE TREE OWNERSHIP. I MENTIONED THINGS LIKE RESOURCES FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY

341
01:06:25.981 --> 01:06:37.593
SO RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THEIR TREES AND AND DEAL WITH ISSUES. PART OF THIS PLAN IS ALSO A PROPOSAL TO LICENSE TREE

342
01:06:37.593 --> 01:06:50.573
CONTRACTORS SO WE WOULD HAVE A LIST OF ALREADY VETTED TREE CONTRACTORS THAT PEOPLE COULD RELY ON TO DO THEIR WORK,

343
01:06:50.573 --> 01:07:00.549
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

344
01:07:00.549 --> 01:07:10.759
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

345
01:07:10.759 --> 01:07:22.604
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

346
01:07:22.604 --> 01:07:34.316
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

347
01:07:34.316 --> 01:07:45.360
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

348
01:07:45.360 --> 01:07:57.606
THAT WITHOUT OUR INTERVENTION BUT CAN PROCEED THROUGH IT MORE COMFORTABLY COMMERCIALLY

349
01:07:57.606 --> 01:08:08.317
? 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.

350
01:08:08.317 --> 01:08:18.160
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

351
01:08:18.160 --> 01:08:28.671
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

352
01:08:28.671 --> 01:08:40.849
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

353
01:08:40.849 --> 01:08:51.726
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?

354
01:08:51.726 --> 01:09:03.505
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

355
01:09:03.505 --> 01:09:13.782
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

356
01:09:13.782 --> 01:09:25.226
SPECIFICALLY THOSE WERE ALL ASH TREES WHEN THEY TOOK IT OVER ALL THOSE ASH TREES WERE IN REALLY, REALLY ROUGH SHAPE

357
01:09:25.226 --> 01:09:36.338
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

358
01:09:36.338 --> 01:09:47.917
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

359
01:09:47.917 --> 01:09:59.561
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

360
01:09:59.561 --> 01:10:11.273
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.

361
01:10:11.273 --> 01:10:21.984
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

362
01:10:21.984 --> 01:10:32.461
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

363
01:10:32.461 --> 01:10:44.506
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

364
01:10:44.506 --> 01:10:54.850
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

365
01:10:54.850 --> 01:11:06.361
OTHER SPECIES FILL IN BEHIND IT WITH VARYING LEVELS OF OF AGE LONGEVITY EXPECTED OUT OF THEM, I THINK WE'LL WE'LL

366
01:11:06.361 --> 01:11:15.470
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.

367
01:11:15.470 --> 01:11:25.847
YOU KNOW AT THAT 6070 YEAR MARK WHICH TENDS TO KIND OF SEE THINGS SLOWING DOWN. OUR QUESTION WHEN THE CITY

368
01:11:25.847 --> 01:11:37.793
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

369
01:11:37.793 --> 01:11:50.939
AWAY IS THE DIFFICULTY IN BEING THAT WE CAN'T REPLANT DIRECTLY BACK IN THE RIGHT WAY DUE TO ORDINANCE BUT WE

370
01:11:50.939 --> 01:12:02.918
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

371
01:12:02.918 --> 01:12:13.062
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

372
01:12:13.062 --> 01:12:24.239
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

373
01:12:24.239 --> 01:12:36.685
OTHER USES IF WE WERE TO STICK WITH THE 1 TO 1 FOR THAT. THANK YOU. MR. CUNNINGHAM THANK YOU CHAIR

374
01:12:36.685 --> 01:12:48.297
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

375
01:12:48.297 --> 01:13:00.508
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

376
01:13:00.508 --> 01:13:11.052
OF REPRESENT THE POTENTIALS YOU KNOW LONGHORN BEETLE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT'S YOU KNOW COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT A LOT OF DIFFERENT

377
01:13:11.052 --> 01:13:25.767
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.

378
01:13:25.767 --> 01:13:37.011
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

379
01:13:37.011 --> 01:13:48.357
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

380
01:13:48.357 --> 01:14:00.301
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.

381
01:14:00.301 --> 01:14:11.112
WE CAN GO OUT AND INSPECT THEM ON A TARGETED BASIS LOOKING FOR THAT TYPE OF PEST IF IT IS FOUND IN IN MINNESOTA.

382
01:14:11.112 --> 01:14:24.359
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.

383
01:14:24.359 --> 01:14:34.202
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

384
01:14:34.202 --> 01:14:43.311
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?

385
01:14:43.311 --> 01:14:56.525
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

386
01:14:56.525 --> 01:15:07.702
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

387
01:15:07.702 --> 01:15:18.880
OF RELATING TO ARBOR DAY CELEBRATIONS DURING COVID WE ACTUALLY MOVED TO DOING DELIVERIES AND WITH OVERWHELMING SUCCESS DOING

388
01:15:18.880 --> 01:15:30.158
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.

389
01:15:30.158 --> 01:15:41.470
IT'S VERY EFFICIENT. I THINK RESIDENT SATISFACTION WITH IT HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL RECEIVED. YOU KNOW MY GOAL WOULD BE TO

390
01:15:41.470 --> 01:15:52.947
ADD MORE DIVERSITY TO THE OFFERINGS AND TRY TO YOU KNOW ,EXPAND OUT DIFFERENT THINGS . I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS THAT

391
01:15:52.947 --> 01:16:04.659
YOU KNOW THAT STAFFING INTERNALLY, THAT CAPABILITY TO MOVE THAT TYPE OF PRODUCT YOU KNOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO TO INCREASE TO

392
01:16:04.659 --> 01:16:15.437
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

393
01:16:15.437 --> 01:16:23.645
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

394
01:16:23.645 --> 01:16:38.560
OPERATE AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY IN MY ON MY RADAR SCREEN FOR HOW HOW WE CAN KIND OF MANAGE THIS AND YOU KNOW

395
01:16:38.560 --> 01:16:49.938
THE BITE SIZE PIECES THAT WE CAN MANAGE AND INCREASE OUR CAPABILITY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. MR.. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.

396
01:16:49.938 --> 01:17:00.915
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.

397
01:17:00.915 --> 01:17:13.562
AMAZING. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. SO FOR THE PERMIT PROCESS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN WOULD THAT INCLUDE BOTH PLANTING AND REMOVAL PERMANENT CHAIR

398
01:17:13.562 --> 01:17:22.837
COMMISSION? YES. SO I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. BUT IF IF WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN RIGHT

399
01:17:22.837 --> 01:17:34.382
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.

400
01:17:34.382 --> 01:17:46.594
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.

401
01:17:46.594 --> 01:17:57.105
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

402
01:17:57.105 --> 01:18:08.917
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.

403
01:18:08.917 --> 01:18:19.794
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.

404
01:18:19.794 --> 01:18:31.339
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

405
01:18:31.339 --> 01:18:41.049
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

406
01:18:41.049 --> 01:18:53.528
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

407
01:18:53.528 --> 01:19:05.140
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

408
01:19:05.140 --> 01:19:16.318
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

409
01:19:16.318 --> 01:19:28.863
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

410
01:19:28.863 --> 01:19:40.642
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

411
01:19:40.642 --> 01:19:52.386
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

412
01:19:52.386 --> 01:20:02.330
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

413
01:20:02.330 --> 01:20:14.342
SPECIES. COMMISSIONER WHITE THANK YOU. CHAIR. I HAVE A QUESTION BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY BIG FAN HUGE.

414
01:20:14.342 --> 01:20:24.919
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.

415
01:20:24.919 --> 01:20:36.831
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

416
01:20:36.831 --> 01:20:47.675
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

417
01:20:47.675 --> 01:20:58.552
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

418
01:20:58.552 --> 01:21:09.264
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

419
01:21:09.264 --> 01:21:23.178
PARK SYSTEM THAT I'VE HAD T THE LEEWAY TO DO SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONS THAT WOULD YOU KNOW POTENTIALLY BE MORE ZONE FIVE

420
01:21:23.178 --> 01:21:35.690
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

421
01:21:35.690 --> 01:21:46.167
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.

422
01:21:46.167 --> 01:21:57.946
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

423
01:21:57.946 --> 01:22:10.291
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

424
01:22:10.291 --> 01:22:21.236
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

425
01:22:21.236 --> 01:22:30.278
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.

426
01:22:30.278 --> 01:22:40.621
SO EVEN ON THE MORE CONSERVATIVE SIDE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF LITTLE SPECIES THAT WE HAVE A GREATER ABILITY TO PLANT.

427
01:22:40.621 --> 01:22:52.967
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

428
01:22:52.967 --> 01:23:03.878
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

429
01:23:03.878 --> 01:23:15.724
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

430
01:23:15.724 --> 01:23:25.099
MILE CREEK HAVE SEEN CONSISTENT CLIMATE CHANGES OVER THAT 250 300 YEARS THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THE GENETIC STOCK THAT WOULD MAKE

431
01:23:25.099 --> 01:23:35.810
THEM BETTER ADAPTABLE OR EVEN TO THAT FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE. SO YOU'RE THINKING JUST A PLASTICITY IN SURVIVAL WHAT

432
01:23:35.810 --> 01:23:47.956
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

433
01:23:47.956 --> 01:24:01.702
AND BRINGING IN CERTAIN NEW SPECIES THAT CAN SUPPLEMENT FROM THE NAME. THANK YOU CHAIR THIS HAS BEEN REALLY INTERESTING AND I'LL

434
01:24:01.702 --> 01:24:15.216
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

435
01:24:15.216 --> 01:24:26.794
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

436
01:24:26.794 --> 01:24:37.739
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

437
01:24:37.739 --> 01:24:49.316
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.

438
01:24:49.316 --> 01:25:00.360
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

439
01:25:00.360 --> 01:25:11.072
AREAS. ABSOLUTELY. I'D LOVE TO COMMENT ON THAT. COMMISSIONER. AND THAT'S ALSO A PROBLEM THAT WE DEAL WITH. OBVIOUSLYE HAVE TO RECEIVE

440
01:25:11.072 --> 01:25:21.749
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

441
01:25:21.749 --> 01:25:35.897
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

442
01:25:35.897 --> 01:25:46.507
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,

443
01:25:46.507 --> 01:25:58.686
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

444
01:25:58.686 --> 01:26:08.062
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

445
01:26:08.062 --> 01:26:19.707
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

446
01:26:19.707 --> 01:26:31.452
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.

447
01:26:31.452 --> 01:26:43.164
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

448
01:26:43.164 --> 01:26:55.009
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

449
01:26:55.009 --> 01:27:06.286
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

450
01:27:06.286 --> 01:27:16.797
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

451
01:27:16.797 --> 01:27:27.141
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

452
01:27:27.141 --> 01:27:37.718
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

453
01:27:37.718 --> 01:27:49.297
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

454
01:27:49.297 --> 01:28:01.375
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

455
01:28:01.375 --> 01:28:11.285
QUESTION CHAIR. I DON'T I NICK IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR US AND I THINK WE WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER.

456
01:28:11.285 --> 01:28:22.029
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

457
01:28:22.029 --> 01:28:36.644
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

458
01:28:36.644 --> 01:28:44.685
SOME ADDITIONAL PLANT MATERIALS TO I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THE WORDING AND DEFINITIONS FOR LIKE SOME OF THE SPECIES RECOMMENDATIONS

459
01:28:44.685 --> 01:28:58.799
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.

460
01:28:58.799 --> 01:29:08.009
I THINK, YOU KNOW, ATTEMPTING TO MAKE WORDING WHERE IT ALLOWS THAT FLEXIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, BENEFICIAL ALL SPECIES THAT MIGHT NOT BE

461
01:29:08.009 --> 01:29:21.923
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

462
01:29:21.923 --> 01:29:34.468
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.

463
01:29:34.468 --> 01:29:45.279
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

464
01:29:45.279 --> 01:29:56.690
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

465
01:29:56.690 --> 01:30:07.969
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

466
01:30:07.969 --> 01:30:19.380
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

467
01:30:19.380 --> 01:30:30.491
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

468
01:30:30.491 --> 01:30:42.603
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

469
01:30:42.603 --> 01:30:53.714
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

470
01:30:53.714 --> 01:31:03.023
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

471
01:31:03.023 --> 01:31:14.201
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

472
01:31:14.201 --> 01:31:24.745
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

473
01:31:24.745 --> 01:31:36.623
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

474
01:31:36.623 --> 01:31:48.202
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

475
01:31:48.202 --> 01:31:58.179
AND HAVE GOOD DESIGNERS KIND OF FITTING ALL THOSE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER. YEAH I LIKE TREES TOO SO SOMETIMES I HAVE TO GO BACK

476
01:31:58.179 --> 01:32:09.390
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.

477
01:32:09.390 --> 01:32:19.667
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

478
01:32:19.667 --> 01:32:30.377
CHART OR THIS SLIDE THAT SHOWED KIND OF THE FIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS JUST THINKING AHEAD OF POLICY I THE

479
01:32:30.377 --> 01:32:44.825
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

480
01:32:44.825 --> 01:32:55.369
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

481
01:32:55.369 --> 01:33:07.648
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

482
01:33:07.648 --> 01:33:17.991
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

483
01:33:17.991 --> 01:33:29.670
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

484
01:33:29.670 --> 01:33:43.050
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

485
01:33:43.050 --> 01:33:54.595
DIVE INTO THE SORT OF THE CADILLAC PROGRAM OF YOU KNOW BIRTH TO DEATH CARE OF THE TREES AND AND SUCH.

486
01:33:54.595 --> 01:34:03.036
MR.. MR.. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. AND THIS THIS IS AGAIN ON SORT OF THE POLICY FRONT. DO SO AND FOR MR. JOHNSON MORE

487
01:34:03.036 --> 01:34:14.348
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

488
01:34:14.348 --> 01:34:26.160
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

489
01:34:26.160 --> 01:34:37.238
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

490
01:34:37.238 --> 01:34:48.548
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.

491
01:34:48.548 --> 01:34:59.727
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

492
01:34:59.727 --> 01:35:10.905
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.

493
01:35:10.905 --> 01:35:19.913
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

494
01:35:19.913 --> 01:35:31.325
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

495
01:35:31.325 --> 01:35:41.802
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

496
01:35:41.802 --> 01:35:53.481
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

497
01:35:53.481 --> 01:36:04.191
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

498
01:36:04.191 --> 01:36:15.168
FOR A WORK PLAN IN THE NEXT YEAR YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF SO SEEING NONE.

499
01:36:15.168 --> 01:36:27.982
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.

500
01:36:27.982 --> 01:36:38.792
ITEM NUMBER FOUR THIS EVENING IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT PLANNING MEETING. SYNOPSIS. SYNOPSIS FROM MAY 7TH AND MAY

501
01:36:38.792 --> 01:36:49.203
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

502
01:36:49.203 --> 01:37:00.214
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

503
01:37:00.214 --> 01:37:13.494
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.

504
01:37:13.494 --> 01:37:23.536
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

505
01:37:23.536 --> 01:37:38.719
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

506
01:37:38.719 --> 01:37:50.630
AND A SECOND FOR MAY 21ST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSED ABSTAIN ABSTAIN. THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO WITH TWO ABSTENTIONS.

507
01:37:50.630 --> 01:38:01.642
OUR FINAL ITEM THIS EVENING ITEM NUMBER FIVE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON POLICIES AND PLANNING COMMISSION ISSUES UPDATE MR. JOHNSON THANK YOU

508
01:38:01.642 --> 01:38:10.584
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

509
01:38:10.584 --> 01:38:22.529
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

510
01:38:22.529 --> 01:38:33.907
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

511
01:38:33.907 --> 01:38:45.119
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

512
01:38:45.119 --> 01:38:56.630
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

513
01:38:56.630 --> 01:39:05.772
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

514
01:39:05.772 --> 01:39:15.782
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

515
01:39:15.782 --> 01:39:29.596
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

516
01:39:29.596 --> 01:39:40.607
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

517
01:39:40.607 --> 01:39:51.585
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

518
01:39:51.585 --> 01:40:02.729
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

519
01:40:02.729 --> 01:40:11.137
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

520
01:40:11.137 --> 01:40:21.348
APPOINTED MADELINE SUMMERS TO FULFILL HER TECHNICALLY HER FIRST TERM TERM ZERO LAST TIME.

521
01:40:21.348 --> 01:40:34.527
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

522
01:40:34.527 --> 01:40:45.872
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

523
01:40:45.872 --> 01:41:00.153
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

524
01:41:00.153 --> 01:41:11.131
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.

525
01:41:11.131 --> 01:41:23.977
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

526
01:41:23.977 --> 01:41:35.589
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

527
01:41:35.589 --> 01:41:45.298
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. SO THOSE ARE MY UPDATES FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. JUST A NOTE ON OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS.

528
01:41:45.298 --> 01:41:56.910
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

529
01:41:56.910 --> 01:42:07.654
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

530
01:42:07.654 --> 01:42:17.363
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

531
01:42:17.363 --> 01:42:28.575
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

532
01:42:28.575 --> 01:42:40.053
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.

533
01:42:40.053 --> 01:42:51.397
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.

534
01:42:51.397 --> 01:43:02.275
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.

535
01:43:02.275 --> 01:43:13.086
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

536
01:43:13.086 --> 01:43:23.096
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.

537
01:43:23.096 --> 01:43:32.005
THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON ANY OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE THAT CONCLUDES THIS JUNE 4TH MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON PLANNING COMMISSION.

538
01:43:32.005 --> 01:43:38.111
>> GOOD NIGHT