IN BEING TRANSFORMED OVER THE CLOCK ON THE WALL SAYS 515 I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR PORT AUTHORITY MEETING ON TUESDAY JUNE 16TH, 2026. I'M SITTING IN PRESIDENT
ERICKSON IS OUT OF TOWN SO I'M SITTING IN AS THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TITLE WE'RE GIVING ME TONIGHT BUT IT'S ACTING PRESIDENT ACTING PRESIDENT I GUESS IS WHAT IT IS VICE PRESIDENT IS ACTING BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
SHORT AGENDA TONIGHT THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT IS APPROVAL OF MITES YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THE MINUTES FROM THE TUESDAY APRIL 21ST PORT AUTHORITY MEETING UNLESS
THERE ARE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PORT AUTHORITY MINUTES SO MOVED SECOND GOT A MOTION AND THE
SECOND WAS IT PETERSON OR PETERSON AND AND CYNTHIA WITH THE SECOND AND A FURTHER DISCUSSION AND MINUTES IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.
I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO ITEM TWO ON OUR AGENDA IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEE. KEVIN IS GOING TO INTRODUCE TO US THE NEW EMPLOYEE.
YES GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND PORT COMMISSIONERS. SO I'M HERE WITH RYAN SOLBERG. I THINK HE'S ON YOUR THIRD
WEEK SO HE RECENTLY JOINED THE PORT AUTHORITY IS OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST REPLACING CAN BE NIEMEYER AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM HE'S ORIGINALLY FROM MITCHELL SOUTH
DAKOTA AND HE SAYS IT'S AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE WORLD'S ONLY CORN PALACE OR HOME OF THE WORLD'S ONLY CORN PALACE. HE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM
AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY AND RECENTLY COMPLETED HIS MASTER'S FROM THE HUMPHREY INSTITUTE AS WELL AS WORKED IN THE CITY OF FRIDLEY. SO WORKED FOR THEIR HRA AND
THEIR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THERE AND I'LL LET HIM MAYBE SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE THERE AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA THINK EXTENSION
OFFICE YES, FOCUSING ON CHALLENGES FACING SMALL RURAL MEAT PROCESSORS. AND THEN HE ALSO HAD WORK EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR THE SIOUX METRO GROWTH ALLIANCE,
WHICH IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN SOUTH DAKOTA. SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR HIM TO JOIN THE TEAM AND WORK ON OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND PROJECTS AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE AS I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THAT STARTING TO INCREASE LATELY AND SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AND SUPPORT WITH RYAN BEING ON BOARD HERE SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HIM. GOOD EVENING RYAN AND WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS IT'S GREAT TO MEET YOU ALL AS KEVIN INTRODUCED ME MY NAME IS RYAN SOLBERG ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTH DAKOTA. I HAVE ABOUT CLOSE TO FIVE YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE
IN ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MOSTLY BACK IN SOUTH DAKOTA THE LARGEST COMMUNITY I SERVED WHEN I WAS WITH THE SIOUX METRO GROWTH ALLIANCE WHICH WAS REALLY MY FOR THE FIRST TIME I GOT TO REALLY STRETCH MY LEGS
IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THE LARGEST COMMUNITY I SERVED WAS ABOUT 2500 PEOPLE SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON, ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA WITH A LOT MORE RESOURCES AND AN OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK ON PROJECTS AT SCALE. SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND IT'S AN HONOR TO MEET YOU ALL. WELL AND WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU. THE PORT STAFF IS IS AMONG THE BEST. I MEAN THEY DO SOME GREAT WORK
IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIT IN NICELY. IT REALLY IS A GOOD AND ACTIVE GROUP AND THEY GET A LOT DONE AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT THEM SO WELCOME
ABOARD. THANK YOU. AND AND I WILL POINT OUT TO THE THE PORT AS I POINTED OUT TO RYAN SO LITERALLY ARE HUMPHREY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS THE EXTENSION SERVICE GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP IS LITERALLY THE SAME PATH THAT I TOOK. I DID THE SAME THING AND CERTAINLY YES. SO KIND OF THE SMALL WORLD THING. SO WELCOME ABOARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DON'T YOU CURSE HIM LIKE THAT ,COMMISSIONER, JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A VERY GOOD CLOSE FRIEND
WHO WENT TO THE OTHER AUGUSTANA I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB HERE AND THINK YOU WENT TO AUGUSTANA IN SIOUX FALLS. I DID. I DID NOT GO TO THE I THINK IT'S ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS. YEAH. SO THE NORWEGIANS WENT WEST TO
SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE SWEDES STAYED IN ILLINOIS WAS THE STORY WE WERE TOLD DURING FRESHMAN ORIENTATION YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW. COMMISSIONER PETERSON I WANT TO SAY WELCOME.
IT'S ACTUALLY INTERESTING THAT YOU CAME FROM THE MITCHELL AREA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MY DAD GREW UP IS KIND OF IF YOU KNOW WHERE HOWARD IS. OH YEAH, 51 THERE YOU GO TIGERS. YEAH, RIGHT UP IN THAT RIGHT UP IN THAT AREA. SO I'M VERY COOL I'VE I'VE
BEEN AT THE CORN PALACE MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE SO WHEN YOU TALK AWESOME AND WHO HASN'T YOU'VE NEVER BEEN EVEN THERE TWICE THERE WE GO. BUT YOU KNOW ONE THING I LIKE
TO SAY IS YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THE PORT IS REALLY YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE DO THAT ARE KIND OF ROUTINE THINGS BUT OCCASIONALLY THERE ARE THINGS
THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ARE THAT WE WANT TO COME UP WITH LIKE A BIG IDEA AND THE SORT OF BIG IDEA THAT WE CAN ONLY DO. AND SO NOT EVERY IDEA IS GOOD LIKE THAT. SOME IDEAS ARE YOU KNOW YOU'LL GO THROUGH MANY IDEAS AND BE LIKE HEY THAT'S NOT A GOOD
IDEA. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS TO SAY WELL HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS OR IF WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF BEING WILLING TO TRY THINGS. SOME THINGS END UP WORKING OUT
LIKE THE MALL OF AMERICA AND SOME THINGS DON'T END UP WORKING OUT. BUT WE'RE GOOD BATS WHEN WE TOOK THEM UP TOOK THEM UP IN ADVANCE AND SO DON'T DON'T BE CONSTRAINED BY THINKING I HAVE TO PLAY KIND OF SMALL
BALL ALL SORTS OF SORTS OF THINGS HERE. I THINK WE'RE INTERESTED IN IDEAS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT AND WHEN NEW PEOPLE COME ALONG THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE NEW IDEAS TO ARRIVE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'D
ENCOURAGE YOU TO DON'T DON'T DON'T SHY YOURSELF DOWN ON THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING OF WHEN YOU'RE THINKING OF THINGS THAT WE OUGHT TO BE DOING. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS COMMISSION
AUTHORITY, WHATEVER WE'VE GOT. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS? VERY GOOD. WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. GOOD TO HAVE YOU ABOARD. AND I'M THREE ON OUR AGENDA HERE ARE MORE INTRODUCTIONS.
THESE ARE FOR OUR BLOOM IN BLOOMINGTON INTERNS OR SUN IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM AS YOU KNOW SHE IS OUR A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB REALLY BUILDING UP THE BLOOM
IN BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. >> THANK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME'S SWARDSON. I AM THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM COORDINATOR WITH THE
PORT TEAM. BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR INTERNS, I DO WANT TO KIND OF GO OVER THE PROGRAM AGAIN. I KNOW WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT. AS YOU ALL KNOW THE PROGRAM
SUPPORTS AND OR STRIVES TO SUPPORT AND GROW A DIVERSE AND ACCESSIBLE WORKFORCE HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. WE DO THIS BY MATCHING YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16
AND 24 WHO EITHER RESIDE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON OR ATTEND HERE WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS AND THOSE EMPLOYERS INCLUDE BOTH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS.
AND EVERY YEAR THROUGHOUT THE FALL AND WINTER SEASON A BIG PART OF MY JOB IS GOING AROUND TO THE DEPARTMENTS AT OUR LOCAL COMPANIES AND ASKING THEM IF THEY HAVE THE SPOTS OR
THE CAPACITY TO TAKE INTERNS AND THIS YEAR WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE SOME EXTERNAL COMPANIES PARTNERING WITH THE PROGRAM. THESE INCLUDE WASSER WILDERNESS INQUIRY INTEGRIS
MINNESOTA MASONIC HOME SLASH CHARITIES BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA TRAVEL AND TOURISM NORMANDALE COLLEGE AND HEALTHPARTNERS AND TORO. IN ADDITION TO PARTNERING WITH
THESE EXTERNAL COMPANIES AROUND JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH WE ALSO DO A LOT OF INTERN RECRUITMENT AND THAT TAKES PLACE THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS.
SO BOTH THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL AS NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ALSO PARTNER WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SO THE BLOOMINGTON TRANSITIONAL CENTER ALWAYS FOR YOUTH OR
LIBRARIES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH TO GET THE WORD OUT. WE STARTED THE PROGRAM OFFICIALLY IN 2023 WITH 36 APPLICANTS AND 12 INTERN SPOTS
AND THIS YEAR WE HAD 132 APPLICATIONS AND WE HAVE 23 INTERNS JOINING US OR HAVE JOINED THAT HAVE ALREADY JOINED US THIS YEAR IN ADDITION TO THE INTERNS
IN TRAINING AT WHATEVER LOCATION THAT THEY PLACE WHETHER THAT IS A CITY DEPARTMENT OR WITH A LOCAL COMPANY THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN WE RECEIVED ABOUT MORE SESSIONS EVERY OTHER FRIDAY AND THESE SESSIONS ARE THE
PURPOSE OF THE SESSIONS TO HELP THEM ALSO GROW AND GAIN ADDITIONAL WORK ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SKILLS. SO THROUGH THESE SESSIONS WE COVER OBVIOUSLY LIKE WORKPLACE
EXPECTATIONS, PROFESSIONALISM CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT A LOT OF OUR INTERESTS ARE COMING INTO THE WORK FORCE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS IS THEIR FIRST PROFESSIONAL QUOTE UNQUOTE WORK OR JOB. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT WE
ALSO DO EXCEL AND MICROSOFT TRAINING. WE DO FINANCIAL FOUNDATIONS OR FINANCIAL LITERACY AS SOME MIGHT SAY RESUMÉ BUILDING LINKEDIN AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
AND THESE THINGS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP OF SOME OF OUR INCREDIBLE PARTNERS. SO THAT INCLUDES STEARNS BANK THAT DOES THAT OUR FINANCE SESSION CAREER FORCE DOES OUR
RESUME AND LINKEDIN AND HIRED ALSO DOES THE SAME THING BEFORE OUR HIGH SCHOOL COHORT AND THEN ALSO BCA THE BLOOMINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS DOES OUR PUBLIC SPEAKING SO THAT WOULD HAVE THOSE SESSIONS WOULD HAVE BE
POSSIBLE WITHOUT WITHOUT THEIR PARTNERSHIP THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR YOUNG ADULTS JOIN US ON MAY 26TH RIGHT AFTER MEMORIAL DAY SO THEY WERE GOING INTO THEIR FOURTH WEEK AND YOU WILL
HEAR FROM TWO OF OUR YOUNG ADULT INTERNS IN A MOMENT AND THEN WE HAVE OUR HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS WHO WILL BE JOINING US IN ABOUT OR LESS THAN A WEEK ACTUALLY ON MONDAY, JUNE 22ND.
SO YOU WILL SEE A FEW MORE YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THE BUILDING. THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO ADD IS PERSONALLY THIS PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME FOR MANY REASONS.
AMONGST THEM IS IOWA. ONCE UPON A TIME A YOUNG PERSON WHO WAS FIGURING OUT THE COLLEGE PROCESS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ON MY OWN HONESTLY LIKE I MY FAMILY
IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S. I WAS GOING THROUGH THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS WITHOUT ANY FAMILY TO RELY ON. SO IT'S LIKE LEARN AS YOU GO. SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE ARE
INVESTING IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT HOW DO YOU IMPROVE YOUR RESUME, HOW DO YOU WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WORK AT A PROFESSIONAL SETTING BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE I WISH I HAD
SOMEBODY WHO WOULD DO THAT FOR ME. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY NEED IT BUT ALSO AS SOMEBODY WHO HAVE WORKED WITH YOUNG PEOPLE FOR PRETTY MUCH AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN AN ADULT IS FOR VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUTH VOICES AND THE NEEDS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED IN THE PROCESS OF CULTIVATING THAT ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE
PEOPLE WANT TO BE SO YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CONCLUDE ON THAT NOTE AND THEN I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE JULIAN AND NOW JAMAL TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE SO FAR
COMING UP. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS JULIAN JONES AND I GO TO NORMAN DOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. I MAJOR IN DATA ANALYTICS AND I GREW UP IN EAGAN BUT I GO TO
COLLEGE IN BLOOMINGTON. I DID HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY IN BLOOMINGTON GROWING UP SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE AND BLOOMINGTON DOES MEAN A LOT TO ME. I LEARN ABOUT BLOOMING WITH
BLOOMINGTON THROUGH A FLIER GIVEN TO ME BY MY FRIEND NON-GMO. A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GAIN EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICAL SKILLS IN A PROFESSIONAL WORLD THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ATTAIN IN A CLASSROOM SETTING. I LIKE INTERVIEWING LEARNING
ABOUT PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE AND PUNCTUALITY. I WORK WITH MINNESOTA MASONIC HOME. I WORK AS A MARKETING INTERN AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM
HAS BEEN VERY PLEASANT. MY BOSS ENCOURAGES ME TO EXPLORE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS I CAN WHILE WORKING AT M H O THIS WEEK MY BOSS IS TAKING
US FOR A MARKETING AND BETTER WRITING FOR VIDEO MARKETING SEMINAR AND OTHER SEMINARS COMING SOON. THIS PROGRAM IS VERY
INFORMATIONAL AND BLOOMING WITH THE BLOOMING WITH BLOOMINGTON TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB AT KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH US AND MENTORING US AS WE DEVELOP OUR CAREER GOALS AND HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES AS
PROFESSIONALS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOLENE AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME'S A.J. MAFALDA. I'M A PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT AND NORMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. COULD COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER RIGHT IN THE MICROPHONE. >> OKAY. MY NAME'S NIGEL AND I'M A
PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT AND NORMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. NEXT SPRING I PLAN TO TRANSFER TO INVESTMENT IZZARA TO PURSUE HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT WITH A MINE IN PUBLIC HEALTH. ALTHOUGH I DID NOT GROW UP IN BLOOMINGTON, I HAVE
ATTENDED SCHOOL HERE FOR THE PAST YEAR AND I HAVE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT SUCH A WELCOMING PLACE. I LEARNED ABOUT THE BLOOM BLOOMINGTON INTERNSHIP THROUGH
INFORMATIONAL SESSION AT MY SCHOOL THAT WAS LED BY WATSON AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN RELEVANT EXPERIENCES WHILE SERVING THE COMMUNITY, I DECIDED TO APPLY THIS SUMMER I HAVE BEEN
WORKING AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WELLBEING INTERN WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CITY OF BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE I HAVE LEARNED HOW
COMMUNICATION OUTREACH WORKS AND HOW PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL CONNECTS RESIDENTS TO THEIR RESOURCES. I HAVE ALSO WORKED ON PROJECT RELATED TO OLDER ADULTS AND SOCIAL CONNECTION INCLUDING
READING ABOUT WITH OUR STEP HIGH INITIATIVE AND HOW SMALL ACTION CAN HELP BUILD A STRONG COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM HAS HELPED ME GROW PROFESSIONALLY BY IMPROVING MY
COMMUNICATION TIME MANAGEMENT ,FINANCIAL LITERACY AND TECHNICAL SKILLS INCLUDING USING EXCEL AND WORKING IN A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS
INTERNSHIP HAS ALLOWED ME TO SEE WHAT A CAREER IN A PUBLIC HEALTH LOOKS LIKE. PROGRAM LIKE THIS IN BLOOM BLOOMINGTON ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY GIVE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITY THAT
MANY OF US WOULD HAVE NOT OTHERWISE HAVE IT. THEY HELP YOUNG PEOPLE GAIN EXPERIENCE, BUILD CONFIDENCE, EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP SKILLS THAT PREPARE US FOR THE FUTURE.
I HOPE BLOOMINGTON CONTINUES INVESTING IN INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ONLY HELPING STUDENTS GROW BUT ALSO CREATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROFESSIONALS WHO WILL SERVE AND STRENGTHEN
OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. WELL SHE HAD TO COME UP WITH MY EXPERIENCES. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE AND THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR FOR SPEAKING TO US AND BEING PART
OF THIS AND YOU'LL HEAR IT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR WHEN YOUR GRADUATION IS WHEN IS IT LATE JULY, EARLY AUGUST WHEN YOU FINISH UP YOUR INTERNSHIPS AUGUST 14TH WE WILL HAVE A
CELEBRATION AND I'LL SPEAK THEN AND I WILL SAY TO YOU AND I'LL SAY TO ALL OF THEM THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NOW IS TO TELL EVERYBODY ELSE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AND TO TO
REALLY SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES GOOD AND BAD AND BOTH AMONG YOUR FRIENDS BUT OTHER FOLKS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE AND ALSO THROUGH WITH THE THE PLACES THAT YOU'RE
CURRENTLY WORKING ESPECIALLY MINNESOTA MASONIC HOME TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONTINUE AND OTHERS KEEP JOINING US AS WELL BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS JUST AS IT'S ONLY AS STRONG AS THE PEOPLE WHO APPLY AND THE BUSINESSES THAT WILL ACCEPT STUDENTS.
SO SO I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU. WELCOME ABOARD. OUTSTANDING WORK. THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND IT'S VERY NICE TO MEET YOU BOTH. THANK YOU
. I THINK OUR LAST ITEM OF THE EVENING IS ADMINISTRATOR UPDATES AND I WILL TURN TO KEVIN. YES THANK YOU MAYOR AND PORT
COMMISSIONERS SO WITH THE START OF THE SUMMER THERE ARE A VARIETY OF SUMMER EVENTS AND OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TEAM IS PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR A NUMBER OF THEM.
SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A SHEET THAT HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THOSE EVENTS INCLUDING JUNETEENTH. SO THAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND ON THE 20TH THAT'S
SATURDAY AND THEN THERE IS A SUNDAY FUN DAY HAPPENING IN JULY AND THEN ON THE ONE MUSIC FESTIVAL. SO THAT'S THE MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT TAKES PLACE AT
BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION PARK IS HAPPENING IN EARLY AUGUST ON THE EIGHTH AND THEN THERE IS NATURE FEST CALLED THE BONDO COMMUNITY THAT ON SATURDAY THE 12TH OF SEPTEMBER
FOLLOWED BY THE BLOOMINGTON STREET ARTS FESTIVAL WHICH IS HAPPENING ON SATURDAY THE 19TH. SO OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING DIVISION PROVIDES SUPPORT IN VARIOUS WAYS WHETHER THAT'S
ATTENDING AND HOSTING BOOTHS OR WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PUTTING ON THOSE EVENTS TO HELP PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT. AND THEN YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ITEM BEFORE YOU AND THAT IS A FLIER FOR THE SOUTH
LOOP. SO WHAT THIS IS IS IT'S A FLIER THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO WHY THERE SHOULD BE INVESTMENT
AND IT'S REALLY FOR A DEVELOPER FACING A DOCUMENT THAT REALLY SHOW US ALL THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE SOUTH LOOP FROM THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY AND BUSINESSES HAVE
MADE IN THE AREA, THE MULTITUDE OF OPPORTUNITIES IS FROM HOSPITALITY TO BUSINESS AND WE'RE SICK AS WELL AS MALL OF AMERICA AND OTHER HOTEL
DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE PAST YEARS AND THAT DOCUMENT IS ONE THAT WE WILL BE SHARING IN VARIOUS EVENTS ESPECIALLY FACING THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO
PRESENT THE SOUTH LOOP AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN AS WILSON HAD SHARED, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF INTERNS THAT HAVE JOINED
THE CITY OR ARE JOINING AND WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL INTERNS THAT ARE NOT HERE TODAY BUT THAT HAVE JOINED THE PORT AUTHORITY. ONE OF THOSE INTERNS IS NAMED AUSTIN AND HE IS WORKING WITH OUR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE TEAM
SUPPORTING THEIR WORK OVER THE SUMMER. AND THEN SIERRA RICHMOND IS ALSO SUPPORTING OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TEAM SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL YOUNG FOLKS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THAT WORK
LEARNING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WORK THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE PORT AUTHORITY DOES SPECIFICALLY AND HELPING US REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND DOING THAT
WORK ADDITIONALLY, HATCH BLOOMINGTON IS IN ITS THIRD YEAR AND THIS YEAR IS HATCH LOVES LOCAL SO THE FOCUS THIS YEAR IS ON SUPPORTING FIVE
EXISTING BUSINESSES WITH A SPLIT OF THAT 100,000 AWARD. THE APPLICATION PORTAL IS CURRENTLY OPEN THROUGH JULY 6TH SO PLEASE HELP SHARE THE
WORD AND GET THE WORD OUT THAT THAT APPLICATION IS OPEN AND THEN THE TOP TEN PITCH EVENT WILL BE HAPPENING IN LATE JULY ON THE 29TH. ADDITIONALLY, IN ADDITION TO HATCH, OUR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
TEAM RECENTLY OPENED OUR SITE AND FACADE MATCHING GRANT THAT SUPPORTS BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR BUSINESSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN THEY WILL
ALSO BE COMING TO THE PORT AUTHORITY AND OUR JULY MEETING TO SPEAK ABOUT UPDATES ON THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM THAT WAS LAUNCHED EARLIER THIS YEAR AND THEN ON THE REAL
ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FRONT. SO STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS. IT SEEMS LIKE THE MARKET'S CHANGING HERE A LITTLE BIT ESPECIALLY ON THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FRONT. ONE OF THOSE IS LYNDALE
APARTMENTS SO THAT'S ON THE FORMER WIXOM SITE AT 98TH OR 99TH IN LYNDALE THAT IS A 180 UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THE PORT AUTHORITY STAFF IS
LEADING THAT EFFORT BUT THAT ITEM IS GOING BEFORE THE HRA AS THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID CONTRIBUTING TO THAT PROJECT. AND THEN WE ALSO WENT TO COUNCIL LAST NIGHT WITH A
PROPOSAL FOR ANOTHER PROJECT CALLED ADORE APARTMENTS AND THAT'S A 52 UNIT TAX CREDIT PROJECT. SO THAT PROJECT IS PURSUING 9% TAX CREDITS WHICH ARE VERY COMPETITIVE AND IN ORDER TO BE
COMPETITIVE FOR THAT APPLICATION THE CITY HAS TO TAKE SOME CERTAIN STEPS INCLUDING COMMITTING THAT CITY OWNED LAND WHERE THAT PROJECT WOULD BE DEVELOPED AND TAX INCREMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FOR THAT PROJECT. SO WE HAD OUR PRELIMINARY MEETING LAST NIGHT WHERE THE COUNCIL GAVE STAFF DIRECTION TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT PROJECT AND THEN THERE WILL BE FUTURE PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT
THAT AND THEN AS WE WERE ANTICIPATING WE HAD PLANNED ON HAVING A UPDATE ON SOUTHTOWN AND SHARING THE UPDATED DEVELOPMENT VISION FOR THAT
MULTI PHASE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT CHRIS ANDERSON AND STAFF WANT TO WORK THROUGH BEFORE PRESENTING THAT VISION GIVEN JUST THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT ITSELF BEFORE US.
SO WE'LL PLAN ON BRINGING THAT BEFORE THIS BODY ON OUR JULY 21ST MEETING AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH MCGUFF AS THEY ARE SPEAKING WITH INVESTORS EQUITY INVESTORS ON
THEIR FIFTH PHASE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT WOULD BE THE ACTIVE SENIOR BUILDING. SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE RESUMED AS WELL. AND THEN AS I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE THIS MEETING STARTED SO
HOLLY MESA, OUR PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATORS WILL START NEXT WEEK AGAIN AND WE'LL BE KIND OF PHASING IN WITH A COUPLE OF DAYS A WEEK OVER TIME AND THAT WILL BE INCREASING OVER TIME. SO FEEL FREE TO ENGAGE ME WITH
ANY COMMUNICATIONS UNTIL YOU HEAR OTHERWISE AS SHE'S PHASING BACK IN BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER BACK AND THEN NEXT MONTH LIKE I MENTIONED WILL ANTICIPATE AN
UPDATE ABOUT SOUTH TOWN THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANT AS WELL AS SOME SAC DEFERRAL AND CREDIT POLICIES AND THEN AN UPDATE FROM THE AUDITOR ABOUT THE RECENT AUDIT THAT TOOK PLACE.
AND THEN STAFF IS ALSO WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM ON PREPARING FOR BUDGET WHICH WOULD BE COMING BEFORE THIS BODY LATER THIS YEAR. AND WITH THAT I THINK THAT COVERS MY UPDATES.
THANK YOU JOHN. ANY QUESTIONS? KEVIN? ROB THAT WAS A LOT OF QUICKLY GOING TO SLOW YOU DOWN AFTER
PHASE TWO IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL IT SO THE PROJECTS THAT I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY A SEPARATE PROJECT SO ADORE APARTMENT DORA THAT IS OKAY. CORRECT.
KIND OF SUBTLE. OKAY SO WHERE'S THAT AT? I ALWAYS LIKE TO KNOW THE LOCATION. YEAH. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER SO THAT PROJECT IS LOCATED AT THE
CORNER OF 13TH AND AMERICAN BOULEVARD. SO EAST SIDE SO IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 77 FROM THE OUTER KIND OF WHERE YOU
WERE THINKING ORIGINALLY VERY SIMILAR NAMING CONVENTION. SO YES WE ARE 12TH IN PORTLAND BUT IT IS A SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WITH A SEPARATE DEVELOPER JOHNNY
OPARA HE WAS AN APPLICANT FOR THE 700 AMERICAN PROJECT AND WAS ONE OF THE FINALISTS FOR THAT PROJECT AND HAS COME BACK AROUND WITH ANOTHER PROPOSAL. OKAY. JOHN OR JOHNNY OPERA OPERA
OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE CONVERSION REPERTORY SQUARE TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS?
THAT'S THE I MEAN JUST LOOKING AT THIS IT'S IT'S NOT WHAT IS IT WHAT WAS AN ERROR OR SOMETHING? AIR APARTMENTS YEAH BUT THAT'S
WHAT 185 UNITS THERE PROJECTS NOT THAT BIG THE ONE THAT IT'S GOING TO GO INTO APPLE TREE RIGHT MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS FOR A PARTIAL CONVERSION OF THE
RIVERVIEW OFFICE TOWER INTO 75 UNITS OF SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT DEVELOPER IS STILL EVALUATE ING WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD DO A CONVERSION AT THAT SCALE OR POSSIBLY
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. STAFF HAVE SOME OR HAVE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM BUT AT THIS POINT WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO THE CITY WITH THEIR FINAL PROPOSAL BEFORE WE DO
SOME ADDITIONAL NEGOTIATING AND EVALUATION OF THAT PROJECT . SO AT THIS POINT IT IS STILL PLANNED FOR THOSE 75 UNITS BUT THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WILL NEED TO LEARN FROM
THE DEVELOPER AT THIS TIME. YEAH, GOOD GREAT. AND THEN I WAS JUST GOING TO LAST WEEK I WAS WATCHING KSTP NEWS ONE NIGHT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ICE ICE'S SHENANIGANS IN APRIL IN THE
TWIN CITIES AND THEY WERE SHOWING PLACES THAT WERE AFFECTED IN BOTH RURAL BOOTS AND COLONIAL WAREHOUSE MARKET RUN OR ON TELEVISION AT THE TIME.
SO TO DO THAT TO MAKE THAT SORT OF DOES THAT REPLACING ONE OF THE OFFICE BUILDINGS THERE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS SO THE PROPERTY AT 13TH AND
AMERICAN ARE THREE VACANT LOTS THAT THE CITY HAS OWNED BUILDING AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE YES IT'S ON THE THAT WOULD BE THE SOUTH WEST CORNER
OF AMERICAN IN 13TH AND THAT PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY IN THE MID 1990S AND HAS BEEN VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A CONSTRAINED SITE SO
DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SITE IS SOMEWHAT CHALLENGING. WE DO ACTIVELY MARKET THAT PROPERTY AS WELL AS OTHER CITY OWNED PROPERTIES WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING WITH PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPERS IN THIS PARTICULAR
SITUATION THE DEVELOPER ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO US WITH A PROPOSAL AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FINANCING THROUGH THE TAX
CREDIT PROJECTS RIGHT THERE IS COMPLICATED TO WHERE THOSE ORIGINAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME SITES MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
THEY WERE ORIGINALLY SINGLE FAMILY HOME SITES. I DON'T KNOW THE DATE THAT DEMOLITION OCCURRED BUT I KNOW IT WAS SOMETIME BETWEEN 1971 WHEN I LOOKED AT AERIAL PHOTOS AND WHEN WE ACQUIRED IT IN THE
MID 1990S. I THINK REALLY WHAT OCCURRED WITH THOSE PROPERTIES IS THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORT COMMISSION AS PART OF THEIR NOISE ABATEMENT IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS SOME ACQUISITIONS RELATED TO THAT AND THAT RESULTED IN SOME DEMOLITION ACTIVITY AND THEN THE CITY ACQUIRED IT FOR THE RIGHT AWAY FUND FOR EXPANSION FOR AMERICAN OAK.
DO WE PORT THERE'S ANOTHER LOT I'M AWARE OF. I'VE BEEN FOR YEARS BECAUSE A FORMER CLIENT OF MINE THERE'S A LOT IMMEDIATELY WEST OF BLOOMINGTON CHRYSLER JEEP THAT'S CITY'S OWN FOREVER
OF COURSE THE CAR DEALER WOULD LOVE TO USE IT FOR PARKING WITH HEADLIGHTS AND BEEPS AND EVERYTHING. NEIGHBORHOOD'S NOT TOO FOND OF THAT IDEA BUT I MEAN THE CITY'S ON IT FOREVER.
I MEAN FOR A LONG TIME. YOU EVER HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I'M TRYING TO OR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M TRYING TO RECALL EXACTLY WHERE THAT PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
IS THAT IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE TARGET STORE RIGHT ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD. OH, AMERICAN SOUTH. IT'S OKAY. IT'S QUEEN I THINK IS THE
NORTH SOUTH IS QUEEN. I DO THINK THAT PROPERTY HAS SOME ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINTS. I, I DON'T HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR YOU TONIGHT BUT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE A FOLLOW UP RESPONSE AFTER THE MEETING
AND SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, I KEEP WONDERING WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PENN IN 84TH, 80, 66 THAT KIND OF A
TOWNHOME DEVELOP JUST LOOKS GREAT. SOUNDS GREAT. NOTHING'S HAPPENING. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PROJECT IS REALLY HITTING THE
IMPACTS OF THE MARKET AT THIS POINT. SO THE COST TO DEVELOP HOUSING ESPECIALLY FOR OWNERSHIP HOUSING GENERALLY IS MORE
EXPENSIVE THAN HOMES CAN SELL FOR AND THAT CREATES CHALLENGES WITH JUST NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE PROJECT FINANCIALLY PENCIL SO I THINK THE DEVELOPER IS EXPLORING THE OPPORTUNITIES BUT NOT HAVING
EVALUATED THAT PROJECT SPECIFICALLY IT DOESN'T REALLY FALL WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE PORT AUTHORITY. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS BUT THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS BASED ON JUST MARKET
CONDITIONS SIT HERE AND I THINK SHARED THIS WITH KEVIN BEFORE BUT I DO GET A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT ABOUT 55 PLUS MARKET RATE AND
I KNOW WE HAVE A BIG FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE FOR REASONS BUT THE 55 MARKETPLACE IS IS IS REALLY UNDERSERVED TOO. I MEAN THERE'S TWO BUILDINGS
RISER AND A MIRROR THAT HAVE 55 PLUS MARKET AND THAT'S NOT SENIOR BECAUSE TO ME THAT'S
ASSISTED CARE AND ALL THA 55 PLUS ACTIVE IS IS UNDERSERVED. YES. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS THAT WOULD BE WHAT BOX FIVE IS PROPOSED TO BE IS AN ACTIVE
SENIOR BUILDING AT LEAST AS OF RIGHT NOW. AND SO THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT MARKET NEED. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WE
RECEIVE PROPOSALS ABOUT THROUGH OUR TYPICALLY THROUGH OUR PLANNING TEAM. THAT'S WHERE THEY TYPICALLY COME THROUGH FIRST AND I EXPECT WE WILL LIKELY SEE ADDITIONAL ONES IN THE FUTURE
JUST BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS AND CHANGES IN EQUITY MARKETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW THE ONE THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY IS WORKING WITH IS A PROPOSAL FOR
THE ONE WITH MCGRUFF AND THEY'RE ACTIVELY EXPLORING EQUITY INVESTORS FOR THAT PROJECT. KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE SHORT TERM.
THANK YOU MAYOR. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASKED FOR. YEAH, NO I'M SURE YOU DO. SO JUST LOOK AT THE MAP THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE SOUTH LOOP
IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT SITES. THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF THE MALL WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS A WATER PARK IS NOT
LISTED THERE ALONG WITH THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE LISTED THERE INCLUDING THE PROPERTIES FOR TO OFF AIRPORT PARKING
LOCATIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MADE DECISIONS ON LAST NIGHT TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, THREE QUARTERS OF THAT SURFACE PARKING.
AND CAN YOU CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT IMPACT THAT HAS ON THE SOUTH LOOP PLAN MAYOR AND
COMMISSIONER SO THE DEVELOPMENT SITES THAT YOU'RE SEEING BEFORE YOU ON THIS DOCUMENT ARE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SITES. I HEARD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN THERE. THE FIRST WHY WASN'T THE
PROPERTY FOR THE WATER PARK INCLUDED SO THAT THAT PROPERTY HAS A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT IS ALREADY PROPOSED FOR THAT PROPERTY. SO WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO INCLUDE IT
THERE. AND REALLY WHAT THIS IS IS FOR A EXCELLENCE IN EXTERNAL FACING DOCUMENT FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS THAT ARE LOOKING AT AREAS THAT THEY COULD
POTENTIALLY EXPLORE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PART OF I THINK THAT I HEARD A SECOND QUESTION ABOUT HOW THIS RELATES WITH THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT PLAN. SO PART OF ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHEN WE'RE SOLICITING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THIS AREA IS HOW DO THEY ALIGN WITH THAT PLAN AND INCREASE THE DENSITY OF THE
AREA BUT THEN ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS. SO THAT COULD BE ASKING FOR INCLUSION OF GREEN SPACES OR
LIKE COMMUNITY NODES OR PARKS THAT PROVIDE RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION OR IF THERE IS A FOLLOW UP MULTIPLE FOLLOW UPS
BUT I THINK I THINK THAT THEY'RE MOSTLY ADDRESSES IN TERMS OF THE OFF AIRPORT PARKING. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MEAN THE COUNCIL MADE A DECISION BUT IT DID NOT RUN
THROUGH THE PORCH WHICH IS HISTORICALLY WE HANDLED THE SOUTH LOOP. I KNOW WE'VE EXPANDED THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND YOU KNOW, TO BE PERFECTLY
BLUNT, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE PORCH ON THEIR OPINION
OF BASICALLY SET ASIDE, YOU KNOW, NINE ACRES OR MORE ON ON EACH PROPERTY FOR SURFACE PARKING AND IS THAT CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT THE PORT AUTHORITY HAS BEEN DOING FOR MULTIPLE YEARS? IN ADDITION, I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO PARK DEDICATION.
THAT'S AN AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PLAYGROUNDS AND JUST LOCAL PARK ACTIVITY AND I KNOW THAT TYPICALLY IN A DEVELOPMENT SITUATION IN A FULLY DEVELOPED
COMMUNITY THE PARK DEDICATION IS A FINANCE ABLE CONTRIBUTION AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT WAS PER STRICTLY OF A ACTUAL
DEDICATION OF LAND FOR PARK. AND SO I AGAIN I'M CURIOUS ABOUT MY COLLEAGUE'S VIEWPOINTS ON BASICALLY
GRANTING HIM PERMANENT RIGHTS TO HAVE SURFACE PARKING IN THE SOUTH LOOP FOR OFF AIRPORT PARKING AND HOW WE MIGHT WANT
TO TREAT THE GREENSPACE THE THE PARK DEDICATION FEES AND IF THERE'S ANY FLEXIBILITY THERE.
MR. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS ANY COMMENTS ON THAT ? MR. PETERSON I GUESS I'D BE INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION ON THE BACKGROUND ON THE PARKING THING.
I DON'T STAFF PROBABLY NOT PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT BUT I'D BE INTERESTED IN AT LEAST IN WRITTEN FORM GETTING SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT 40 YEARS WORTH OF INFORMATION ON THE FIRE. YEAH. AND I WAS INVOLVED IN YOU WERE INVOLVED IN A GOOD CHUNK
OF THAT? YES. AND THE OTHER THING JUST ON A JUST TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP ON THE THE PARK THING AND IT'S INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE THE PICTURE ON HERE BUT YOU KNOW
THAT THIS AREA ACTUALLY IN SOME RESPECTS IT'S KIND OF BLASTING THE PARK DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT A GREAT PARK AND THEN YOU HAVE RIGHTS LAKE PARK WHICH IS A PARK THAT WAS CLOSER FOR THE HOUSES ON
THE EAST SIDE OF OF 77 THAN ANY PARK IN THE HOUSE THAT I LIVED IN WHEN I WAS A KID. AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THAT I DON'T YOU KNOW, I IF I IF I WAS WALKING FROM THOSE HOUSES
IT WOULD BE THAT'S A CLOSER PARK. SO WHAT I'D BE CURIOUS ABOUT IN THIS AREA IS WHAT WHAT SORT OF PARK NEEDS NOT BEING SERVED BY WHAT WE HAVE IN THERE RIGHT NOW I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION TO ASK
THEM. I WAS INTERESTED IN WHAT WHAT PEOPLE ARE WHAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING LIKE THEY'RE MISSING. YEAH. WHICH PARK WERE YOU SPECIFICALLY TALKING? RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. YOU KNOW, SO YOU JUST DID YOU
KNOW AS A KID NOT AT THAT PARK, NOT AT THAT PARK. NO. NO. CYNTHIA POLICE PARK THAT I HAPPENED TO DISCOVER LAST SUMMER WHEN MY GRANDSON WAS
PLAYING BASEBALL THERE AND MY KIDS PLAYED TRAVELING BALL IN BLOOMINGTON AND I NEVER HAD SEEN THAT BEFORE BUT IT WAS OFF OF JUST SOUTH OF 24TH AND
I DON'T SEE THAT ON HERE. IT'S THE ONE AT THE CHURCH. IT'S AT THE CHURCH. YEAH. YEAH IT'S NEXT TO THE CHURCH. YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE IT USED TO BE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IT HAD A AND I THINK YEAH A
TODDLER. >> YEAH IT WAS ENOUGH YOU COULD PLAY SOCCER THERE. BASEBALL. WHERE'S IT WAS AND IT'S RIGHT OFF OF 24TH SOUTH OF 86 AND
RIGHT BY THE CHURCH JUST SOUTH OF SOUTH OF SKYWALKER IT IS SOME IT LOOKS LIKE A IT WAS PLANNED YEAH THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOWNHOMES YEAH BUT IT WAS JUST LIKE RIGHT THERE YOU KNOW
JUST NORTH OF THERE YOU COULD WALK BEHIND THERE AND THAT LITTLE IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE LETTER OH THAT'S SKY WATER. YEAH THAT STRUCTURE JUST TO THE LEFT OF IT THERE THAT IS
THE CHURCH CHURCH AND THEN AND THEN JUST JUST TO THE LEFT AND UNDERNEATH WHERE THE CHURCH IS, THAT'S WHERE THAT PARK IS. YES. DRAW A LOT OF PLANES.
IT WAS AN EASEMENT. IT ONE OF THE ATTRIBUTES IN THIS AREA AND SO MANY PEOPLE AND AND THE THE BUILDING I MEAN TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THAT ARE THE TRAILS THAT'S A HUGE BENEFIT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I FREQUENTLY HEAR ABOUT THAT I TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION COMMISSIONER
PETERSON, I THINK ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD IS WITH THE APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH LOOP AREA JUST ASSUMING THERE YOUNGER FAMILIES AND THERE'S NO REAL PLAYGROUND AREA, JUST NO PLACE
FOR KIDS TO PLAY. THEY'VE GOT THE OPEN SPACE IN BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION BUT THERE'S NO PLAYGROUND AND PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, THAT KIND OF THING. SO THAT THAT WAS A COMMENT I THINK WE'D HEARD FROM A LOT OF FOLKS AND THAT'S THAT'S AN
INTERESTING TO POINT OUT BECAUSE IF YOU LIVE AT THAT END AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PLAYGROUND, IT'S LIKE GET IN THE CAR, GET IN THE CAR KIND OF ACTIVITY. EXACTLY. YEAH. AND THE OTHER THING THE OTHER ONE THAT I'VE HEARD IN THIS AREA IS A DOG PARK.
YES. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I'VE HEARD ON DOGS AND SO SO THEN IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER PETERSON'S I'LL COME BACK A
LITTLE BIT MORE HISTORY OF WHAT PROMPTED LAST NIGHT'S WE WILL WE WILL FILL YOU IN ON THE COMPLETE DISCUSSION FROM LAST NIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. YOUR UNDERSTANDING? YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU FROM THE GENERAL QUESTION.
YEAH. JUST QUICKLY I CAN'T PUT MY NAME PUT A NAME AND MY BRAIN ON THAT THE AIR APARTMENTS 805 UNITS CONVERTED FROM A HOTEL.
WHAT WAS THAT HOTEL THERE? THAT WAS THE HOLIDAY HOME. UM, THAT WAS THE CROWN. YEAH. CROWN. YEAH. CROWN HUNG IT WAS GOOD MAYOR
AND THE ERA ERA SORRY, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS A PARTIAL CONVERSION AND SO THERE A PORTION STILL WAS THE HOTEL AND THEN A PORTION IS
APARTMENTS. >> YES. IT'S GOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY. WHATEVER IT IS. THAT'S GREAT. THAT HOTEL'S BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR ADMINISTRATOR? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU DID
COME IN VERY GOOD WITH THAT I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE PORT AUTHORITY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH