. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WILL CALL THE PORT AUTHORITY OF THE BLOOMINGTON THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO ORDER. TONIGHT IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2025. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
THANKS TO OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE WE HAVE A RATHER FULL AGENDA COMMISSION SO WE WILL GET AFTER IT RIGHT AWAY. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
TONIGHT IS ITEM 1.1. THIS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE PORT AUTHORITY MINUTES. THIS IS FROM OUR JULY 15TH 2025 PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSION MEETING. SO THE SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER I'M GOING TO CALL
IT I'M GOING TO CALL EVERYBODY COUNCIL MEMBER TONIGHT JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR HERE ARE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KELLER AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PETERSON TO ADOPT TONIGHT'S SUPPORT AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES ITEM 1.1 ANY FURTHER
COMMISSION COMMENT OR QUESTIONS ON THIS HEARING NONE . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO
NO TO OBVIOUSLY PRESIDENT PRESIDENT ERICKSON IS NOT HERE AND I'M FILLING IN SO WE'VE GOT THE SIX MEMBER COMMISSION THIS EVENING SO NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ITEM 2.1 ON OUR AGENDA. WE'VE GOT FOUR ITEMS UNDER NEW
BUSINESS. ITEM 2.1 IS A DRAFT UPDATE TO THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN. THOMAS IS GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.
WELCOME. THANK YOU . I'M SORRY .
OH OH DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY THE GAME ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE DRAFT UPDATE TO THE SOUTH DISTRICT PLAN UPDATE OR THE DRAFT UPDATE SOUTH OF DISTRICT
PLAN SORRY RATHER THAT SO THIS IS A PLAN AMENDMENT. IT UPDATES THE 2012 SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN AND AS AN UPDATE
IT'S GOING TO BE FUNCTIONING AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE ORIGINAL 2012 DOCUMENT AND JUST TO NOTE IT'S PART OF THE 2024 2025
PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN. THE INTENTION OF THIS PROJECT IS TO YOU KNOW AS THE NAME IMPLIES BRING THE 2012 DOCUMENT UP TO DATE. IT'S GOING TO BE COMPARING THE
SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OUTCOMES TO THE VISION AND GOALS THAT WERE EXPRESSED IN THAT 2012 DOCUMENT. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE THOSE
VISIONING GOALS AND MAINTAINS THOSE BUT IT DOES RECOMMEND NEW POLICIES. SORRY ONE SECOND SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT DOES RECOMMEND NEW POLICIES
AND ACTIONS THAT ARE INTENDED TO MAKE THAT 2012 DOCUMENT RELEVANT TO TODAY'S EXISTING CONDITIONS AND CONGRUOUS WITH
CITY POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED SINCE 2012.
AND THEN WE GO SO HERE WE GO. OH OKAY. THERE WE GO. SORRY ABOUT THAT ANYWAYS. YEAH.
SO THIS WAS KICKED OFF BACK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. WE'VE WE HAD A MONTH LONG SUITE OF STUDY SESSIONS BACK IN OCTOBER 1ST WAS HELD
IN FRONT OF THE PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSION LAST YEAR ON OCTOBER 15TH WE ALSO DID ONE IN FRONT OF THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION BACK
IN IN IN EARLY OCTOBER AS STATED ON THE SLIDE AND THEN WE HELD AN EXTRA SET OF STUDY SESSIONS THIS PAST FEBRUARY MARCH IN FRONT OF PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY
COUNCIL RESPECTIVELY. SO WITHIN THE DOCUMENT YOU'LL NOTICE A LOT OF TOPICS TOUCHED UPON TO BRING IT UP TO DATE. AS STATED BEFORE IT DOES
FUNCTION AS AN ADDENDUM SO THE IDEA IS THAT IT WILL SUPERSEDE OR AUGMENT THE RELATED CONTENT IN THAT 2012 DOCUMENT AND SOME OF THE POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT ARE ADDRESSED RELATE TO
CREATE A PLACEMAKING SUSTAINABLE CITY THE THE FUTURE OF LINDO LANE OR THE THE VISION FOR IT IN BUILDING DESIGN OF NEW STRUCTURES
IN THE DISTRICT PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN RELATED TO YOU KNOW THE CORNERS AND IN THE INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THAT WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO KIND OF RELATED TO WHAT IT IS LOCATED AT 24TH AND LINDO LANE AND THEN WE'LL BE YOU KNOW IT TOUCHES UPON PARKS AND OPEN SPACE TRANSIT AND
WALKABILITY AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT GETTING INTO FURTHER FURTHER DETAIL THAT'S RELATED TO THIS TO THE PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSION. IT DOES RECOMMEND CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CREATIVE
PLACEMAKING. THAT'S WHAT WE GOT OUT OF THE OUT OF THESE STUDY SESSIONS AND THE OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR. IT IS RECOMMENDING A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING POLICY FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE
RECEIVING PUBLIC SUBSIDY. THAT'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE INITIATIVE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY STATED IN 2012 SO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE DIALED IN AND FOCUSED AND COMPLIANT WITH
STATE STATUTE ALTHOUGH THAT I SHOULD SAY THAT BULLET IS STILL UNDER SOME REVISION. SO IT'S NOT FINALIZED BUT THAT IS WHAT'S PRESENT IN THE DOCUMENT RIGHT NOW.
IT DOES TOUCH UPON THE REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING STUDY THAT'S STILL BEING DISCUSSED WITHIN THE CITY. SO IT HASN'T BEEN FORMALLY
ADOPTED YET BUT NONETHELESS IT ADDRESSES OR IT MENTIONS THAT IT TALKS ABOUT A GREATER USE FLEXIBILITY FOR BUILDINGS TO PERHAPS SHORE UP OR TO ADDRESS
LOWER OFFICE DEMANDS OR GIVING BUILDING OWNERS SOME FLEXIBILITY TO REPURPOSE VACANT SPACE SO THAT YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE PUT TO PRODUCTIVE USE. MM HMM.
OKAY. SO IN CELL PHONES SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT DOES IT ALSO ADVOCATES FOR
AN UPDATED VISION FOR THE LYNDALE LINK CONSIDERING SOME OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAS OCCURRED ALONG THAT STRETCH THAT HAS KIND OF VEERED AWAY FROM THE
ORIGINAL VISION THAT WAS STATED IN THE 2012 DOCUMENT. IT'S ADVOCATE OR IT'S GOING TO RECOMMEND STATING SANE BUILDING STANDARDS THAT ACHIEVE THE DEVELOPMENT
INTENSITY GOALS THAT'S THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF LAST WEEK'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. THIS WAS PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC HEARING IN FRONT OF PLANNING COMMISSION. I CAN SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT
THE RESULTS OF THAT MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE AND IT'S YOU KNOW AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IT DISCUSSES IMPROVED SITE DESIGN DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR AND GUIDANCE
FOR OPEN SPACE AND GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT. SO WHATEVER HAPPENED AT 24TH AND THEN DOWN THE SAME WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN AT 34TH AND AMERICAN BOULEVARD IN THIS PLAN IS RECOMMENDING TO GET
AHEAD OF THAT TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT'S OCCURRED FOR THIS PROJECT HAPPENED QUITE A BIT AGO
IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR THERE WAS MUSIC IN THE PARK WHERE WE WERE INTRODUCING THE PROJECT AND JUST RAISING AWARENESS FOR THE PLANNING EFFORT AND TALKING WITH RESIDENTS OR ATTENDEES I SHOULD SAY NOT NOT
ALL OF THEM WERE RESIDENTS BUT NONETHELESS THEY WERE ATTENDEES AND THEY WANTED TO GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THE UPDATE EFFORT WAS ALL ABOUT. WE HAVE A LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE, A PROJECT
PAGE ON LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON TO ACT AS A REPOSITORY FOR DOCUMENTS PROVIDE UPDATES TO READERS AND TO LINK TO RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT PROVIDE A GOOD BACKGROUND FOR
THE PLANNING EFFORT. IT ALSO ACTS AS A MEDIUM FOR FOR VISITORS TO POSE QUESTIONS TO STAFF OR OFFER COMMENTS ON THE PLANNING EFFORT IN THE
DRAFT DOCUMENTS WE HAVE BEEN SENDING OUR REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS TO KEY EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS THERE THAT YOU KNOW THEY HAVE BUSINESS WITHIN THE DISTRICT INCLUDING
DEVELOPERS, AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, NONPROFITS WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THEM REGULARLY JUST TO KEEP THEM APPRIZED OF HOW THE PLANNING EFFORT IS GOING AND TO ALSO
ADVERTISE ANY NEW DOCUMENTS THAT THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY CAN VIEW THEM AND THEN PROVIDE US THEIR COMMENTS OH THERE IS NO EXHIBIT UP SO IGNORE THAT
BULLET POINT THAT THAT'S OKAY. SO THAT'S A VESTIGE FROM LAST THURSDAY IS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING UM ALSO THERE'S A NEW EXHIBIT G BUT THIS IS A COMPLAINT AMENDMENT
SO WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE RULES FOR SUBMITTING COMPLAINT AMENDS AMENDMENTS TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL. SO WE'VE ALSO HAD TO NOTIFY ADJACENT JURISDICTIONS AND
THEY HAVE A 60 DAY WINDOW TO PROVIDE TO REVIEW AND TO PRIVATE PRIDE PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR COMPLAINT AMENDMENT APPROVAL
FROM THE COUNCIL. SO FAR TEN HAVE RESPONDED AND ONLY ONE HAS LEFT A COMMENT SO WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE OTHER 15 ORGANIZATIONS TO REACH OUT TO US AND THIS
SHOULD ALSO BE UPDATED. I APOLOGIZE THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 8TH IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID
RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH SOME CONDITIONS. AGAIN I CAN GET INTO DETAIL ABOUT THAT IF YOU'D LIKE BUT IT'S WE'RE NO LONGER AIMING FOR SEPTEMBER 8TH.
WE'RE GOING TO BE JUST POSTPONING IT A WEEK UNTIL THE 15TH AND THEN SHOULD IT GO WELL AT CITY COUNCIL AND IT'S A DATE AND IT'S APPROVED IT
WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. SO WITH THAT I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU, TOM.
YES, APPRECIATE IT. COMMISSION BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS I'VE GOT ONE SO ON ONE OF YOUR ENGAGEMENT SITES YOU TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION WITH KEY EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS . COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE EXACTLY WHO AND WHAT SOME OF THE FEEDBACK
YOU GOT ESPECIALLY I'M THINKING THE BUSINESS OWNERS PERHAPS THE DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA, THE LANDOWNERS AND SO ON? OH YES. I'M SORRY CHAIR IS THAT THAT
WHAT'S THAT? I'LL GO WITH MAYOR MAYOR HERE OKAY. YEAH SURE. MAYOR THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. YEAH. SO COMMUNICATION WITH EXTERNAL
STAKEHOLDERS HAS IT INVOLVES AS NOTED IN THOSE BULLET POINTS EMAILS OR REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS JUST TELL THEM WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS THAT INCLUDES DEVELOPERS, IT INCLUDES U.S. FISH AND
WILDLIFE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND UH WELL YEAH I MEAN THAT'S BASICALLY
SUMMARY WELL HENNEPIN COUNTY AS WELL I'M SORRY AND HAVE BEEN COUNTY THE STATE THEY WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED AND BE CONSIDERED STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT SO LETTING THEM KNOW
WHERE WE ARE LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS EITHER THROUGH EMAIL OR IN PERSON WE HAVE DONE SOME IN-PERSON MEETINGS.
WE DID THAT WITH UH A COUPLE OF DEVELOPERS REPRESENTED IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE ONGOING PROJECTS AND US AND OWN PROPERTY WITHIN THE
DISTRICT AND UM GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK ON JUST WHAT DO THEY SEE AS THE TRENDS IN TERMS OF THE REAL ESTATE MARKETS FOR THE AREA THERE THERE'S A LOT
OF OFFICE NORTH OF AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND HOW DO THEY SEE THE THE FUTURE OF THOSE PROPERTIES OR IS THERE ARE THEY ARE THEY REIMAGINING THEM
OR ARE THEY CONSIDERING SOME DIFFERENT ACTIONS TO MAKE THEM MORE VIBRANT AND AND IN LINE WITH THE VISIONING GOALS OF THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN?
SO THOSE TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THEN JUST LETTING THEM KNOW WHEN WHEN ANYTHING'S BEEN AVAILABLE AS FAR AS DOCUMENTATION THAT'S COME FROM STUDY SESSIONS OR THAT'S BEEN PART OF STUDY SESSIONS AND LETTING THEM KNOW
ALSO OF UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARINGS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I WAS THINKING ALSO THAT SOME OF THE LARGER EMPLOYERS OR THE MORE PROMINENT EMPLOYERS YOU KNOW ARE POLAR OR SICK OR PARK AND FLY IN OR
GO HEALTH PARTNERS TO CREATE AND I ONLY BRING THIS UP JUST BECAUSE THERE'VE BEEN A COUPLE OF INSTANCES IN THE RECENTLY WHERE THE ENGAGEMENT WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN FRONT OF THE
COUNCIL IT'S KIND OF TRIPPED UP OR STUMBLED A LITTLE BIT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS THE COUNCIL AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF AND WHEN THIS COMES TO THE COUNCIL THAT QUESTION DOESN'T COME UP AND IF AND WHEN IT DOES COME UP WE YOU CAN SAY
THAT YEAH WE DID TALK TO THESE FOLKS AND HAVE HEARD FROM THEM CERTAINLY THE MAYOR AND YEAH, I'M PROBABLY NOT REMEMBERING EVERYONE FROM THE EMAIL LIST IT WAS I THINK CLOSE TO 20 AND
SO I'M PROBABLY BEING FORGETFUL BUT EVEN OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE MALL OF AMERICA FOR INSTANCE YOU KNOW WE ARE IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND THEY KNOW HOPEFULLY THEY THEY
KNOW THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO STAFF TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER LYONS. HI. EVENING.
UM, I GOT A COUPLE THREE ON HERE BECAUSE, UH, ON THE LAST PAGE NINE ON THE WEST ON THE CITY AGENDA ON THE WEBSITE CITY WEBSITE IT SHOWS THE CHANGES, THE ADDENDUM IT
DOESN'T CHANGE THE VISION OR GOALS ADOPTED INTO TO 12 THAT VISION BEING TO TRANSITION THE SOUTH LOOP INTO AN URBAN FROM A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. MM HMM.
SO THAT'S YOU'RE JUST REITERATING THAT MARIUS AND COMMISSIONER YES WE ARE. WE ARE REITERATING THAT. SO THAT'S UH I THINK IF OKAY THAT'S PRETTY EARLY IN THE
DOCUMENT. YEAH, IT MIGHT BE ACTUALLY ON THE FIRST PAGE WHERE WE ARE WE DO RECOUNT THE VISION AND THE ACCOMPANYING GOALS OF THE 2012 PLAN AND THAT REAFFIRMING
THOSE GOALS AND THAT VISION AND THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING TOLD SO IT'S IT'S THE SAME YEP IT'S GOOD AND THEN SEE IT'S MY
PAGE 12 THAT I PRINT IT OUT WELL FOR ONE IF YOU MISSED IT JUST FEW MINUTES YOU SAID IT A FEW MINUTES AGO I MISSED IT WHAT'S THE LINE LINK I MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO ME BUT
I CAN'T SEE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT. I CAN'T HEAR WHAT THAT IS. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER YEAH. THE LINDA LINK IS THAT PORTION OF LINDA LANE THAT I THINK HAS
BEEN MODIFIED. I THINK IT WAS ORIGINALLY EXISTED WEST OF 24TH THAT'S THE MAJOR NORTH SOUTH ROAD THAT THAT THAT LINES THE EAST
SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY PROPERTY THE MALL OF AMERICA PROPERTY. WHAT PROPERTY? THE MALL OF AMERICA. OH YEAH SO IT EXISTED ORIGINALLY WEST OF THAT BUT THEN I THINK IT WAS MOVED TO
BEGIN AT 24TH AND THEN CONTINUE ON TO THE THE PEDESTRIAN WAY AT THE END OF 34TH. SO IT GOES IT LINKS BASICALLY THE MALL OF AMERICA TO BCS OR
BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION SO LONG. >> LINDA LANE OKAY, GOOD. AND THEN ON THAT SAME PAGE TO MAINTAIN UNIT DENSITY IMPROVED DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND I'M
JUST KIND OF WONDERING YOU HAVE A COUPLE FOR INSTANCE WHAT ARE THE IMPROVED DESIGN REQUIREMENTS?
MAYOR COMMISSIONER YEAH. WE TOOK A LOT OF INSPIRATION AND INSPIRATION BUT TOOK A LOT OF OBSERVATIONS OF HOW THE PUBLIC SPACE THAT WAS
DEVELOPED AT 24TH AND LINDO THAT'S IN FRONT OF US I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH HOTELS BUT AT THOSE CORNERS ARE TWO QUA
PUBLIC SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO TO TO OCCUPY IT WAS STAFF'S OBSERVATIONS OF THE OF THE FUNCTION OF THOSE PUBLIC SPACES THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY WORK WELL BECAUSE OF THEIR
LOCATION BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN, BECAUSE OF THE SURROUNDING CONTEXT THAT JUST MADE THEM VERY HOSTILE SPACES OR INHOSPITABLE I SHOULDN'T SAY HOSTILE INHOSPITABLE
SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO JUST DO WHAT YOU DO IN PUBLIC SPACES TO RECREATE. THEY'RE NOT VERY GOOD SPACES FOR THAT. AND SO KNOWING THAT THERE'S
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PUBLIC SPACE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT, WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THAT AND PROVIDE GOOD DESIGN GUIDELINES SO THAT WE CAN AVOID WHAT ARE
THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE THE THOSE PUBLIC SPACES AT 24TH THE LINDO SO INHOSPITABLE TO TO JUST WHAT PUBLIC SPACES ARE FOR SO THAT THAT'S WHAT
THAT BULLET POINT IS GETTING AT. SO THE CLOSEST EXAMPLE OR THE NEAREST NEAR-TERM EXAMPLE WILL PROBABLY BE WHAT OCCURS AT
34TH IN AMERICAN THERE ARE TWO CORNERS THAT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OF AMERICAN BOULEVARD AT 34TH THAT ARE STILL RELATIVELY
UNDEVELOPED OR THEY WILL BE REDEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE. ONE OF THOSE A PARKING LOT RIGHT ONE IS WELL TWILIGHT WELL THEY'RE BOTH PARKING LOTS ACTUALLY. ONE IS A HOTEL AND THE
NORTHEAST SIDE AND THE OTHER SIDE IS THE I BELIEVE IT'S THE PARKING FLY PARKING FLIER PARKING GO I DON'T DON'T RECALL AT THE TIME I HAD BUT THERE IT'S JUST PARKING SPACES
AT THE MOMENT. AND SO IF THEY DO REDEVELOP AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR AT THAT CORNER ,LET'S GET AHEAD OF THAT IN AND WORK WITH WHOMEVER OWNS
THE PROPERTY AND WE WILL REDEVELOP IT. WHAT THOSE CORNERS SHOULD LOOK LIKE LOOK LIKE SHOULD THEY BE PUBLIC OPEN SPACES OR SHOULD THEY JUST BE BUILT UP TO THE CORNER?
STAFF CERTAINLY HAS OPINIONS BUT WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE PROFESSIONALS IN CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TO WORK OUT THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS TO SEE HOW THOSE CORNERS ARE IN PUBLIC
SPACES THAT ACCOMPANYING THAT PRIOR TO PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT HOW THAT CAN DEVELOP SO IT CAN AVOID SOME OF THE MISTAKES THAT TOOK PLACE AT 24TH AND WINDOW. SO I MEAN THAT'S QUOTE UNQUOTE
AN ENTRY CORNER I YOU'RE COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE, YOU'RE ENTERING THE SOUTH AND WE WANT TO MAKE THAT OBVIOUS AND IN HIGHLIGHT OKAY OKAY
THANK YOU AND THEN LET ME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT CHANGING DENSITIES TO MAINTAIN UNIT DENSITY BUT I THOUGHT I'D ALSO SAID TO INCREASE UNIT DENSITY.
THAT'S PART OF THE TRANSITION FROM SUBURBAN TO URBAN A BIG PART OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T FIND THAT MY RIGHT IS THAT IN HERE
I'M MAYBE IT WAS IN A WELL UM MAYOR COMMISSIONER WE WE ARE GOING TO BE REEXAMINING WHAT
WE'RE WHAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING AS THE INTENSITY OF LAND USES AND THIS IS COMING THIS IS FROM DIRECTION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION FROM LAST THURSDAY AS THEY DO ONCE A
REEXAMINATION OF THE INTENSITY OF LAND USES IN THE SOUTH. SO BECAUSE IT'S JUST A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR REDEVELOPMENT ON THAT SCALE TO OCCUR WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
BECAUSE MOST OF BLOOMINGTON IS ALREADY DEVELOPED. SO WHEN YOU HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO REDEVELOP AND FOR AN AREA THAT'S GOING TO ACCOMMODATE ACCOMMODATE THE THE THE MAJORITY OF THE JOB
GROWTH AND THE POPULATION GROWTH REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE LAND USES AND THE ZONING MEET MEET THE MOMENT AND ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATE THE
INTENSITY OF LAND USES THAT ARE NEEDED TO MAKE IT MAKE THE SOUTH THEY BE A SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING THEIR VISION STATED IN THE 2012 PLAN.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REEXAMINING THE INTENSITY OF LAND USES AND THAT MAY MEAN OR COULD MEAN A LOT OF THINGS REEXAMINING FLOOR AREA RATIO,
THE PLACEMENT OF BUILDINGS, THE MINIMUM HEIGHTS IF IF IF WE WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD BUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS STANDARDS WE CAN EXAMINE TO
SEE HOW DO WE HOW DO WE ACHIEVE WHAT WAS SET OUT BACK IN 2012. GOOD. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, COMMISSIONERS,
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER PETERSON THAT'S MORE IT'S MORE A COMMENT. I THOUGHT THE I THOUGHT THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PARKS AT
24TH ON LAND AND KIND OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LAND AT LENGTH WERE PARTICULARLY INSIGHTFUL AND SO I'M GLAD WE'RE KIND OF GOING AND LOOKING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONERS IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THIS NO ACTION REQUIRED ON THIS THIS WAS A FLY I ONLY AND IT'LL BE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL IN THE
COMING WEEKS WE'LL SAY HOW ABOUT THAT? YES MAYOR VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON ITEM 2.1 ON OUR AGENDA COUNCIL THIS IS
REGARDING THE CARBON 31 REFINANCE AGREEMENT CHANGES AND LUKE WILL LEAD US IN THIS ONE
. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. THAT EVENING THANK YOU MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS SO BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE CARBON 31 REFINANCE AGREEMENT CHANGES.
I THINK YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS AT THE JULY MEETING JUST BRIEFLY. WE'VE SINCE WORKED PRETTY EXTENSIVELY WITH MCGUFF OUR ATTORNEYS AND THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATION AS WELL TO WORK
THROUGH A MORE FORMAL AGREEMENT WHICH WE'RE BRINGING FOR YOU FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT. SO THE BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM IS THAT MCGUFF IS HOPING TO REFINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION LOAN ON THE CARBON 31 PROPERTY
NOW THAT IT'S FULLY CONSTRUCTED AND LEASING IS STABILIZED, THE INTENTION IS TO REFINANCE WITH A FANNIE MAE LOAN DUE TO THE THAT'S THE BEST LOAN TERMS THAT WERE THAT'S AVAILABLE.
HOWEVER THOSE THE GUIDELINES FOR THAT LOAN DO NOT ALLOW THE INCLUSION OF TIFF INCOME AS COLLATERAL NOR FOR FINANCIAL SUBORDINATION OF THEIR EXISTING TIFF LOAN TO SORT OF WORK AROUND THAT ISSUE AND
ALLOW THEM TO GO THROUGH WITH THEIR REFINANCING. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CREATE A NEW ENTITY THAT'S THE BANKS FOR TIFF LLC WHICH WOULD BE
ASSIGNED THE EXISTING TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AGREEMENTS AND THAT LEAVES THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNING ENTITY THE BANKS FOR MULTIFAMILY LLC TO REMAIN IN PLACE AND CONTINUING OPERATING THE PROPERTY AS WELL
AS THE DEBTOR FOR THE FANNIE MAE LOAN SETS THE REAL ESTATE AND THE MORTGAGE WOULD REMAIN WITH THE BOOKS FOR MULTIFAMILY LLC ENTITY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE JULY MEETING THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT OUR SECURITY INTERESTS AND MAKING SURE WE WERE THINKING THROUGH THE VARIOUS YOU KNOW, CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THIS AGREEMENT MIGHT
BE CHANGING THE ONGOING NATURE OF THESE AGREEMENTS INCLUDING RECAPTURE AGREEMENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DECLARATION IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS AGREEMENT AS THAT REMAINS WITH THE PROPERTY KIND OF REGARDLESS OF THE AGREEMENT. SO THAT STAYS WITH THE MULTIFAMILY ENTITY AND THEN
THE METHOD BY WHICH WE ARE TRANSFERRING THE OTHER ENTITIES THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IS THROUGH AN ASSIGNMENT ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT AND SO THAT'S A BLANKET AGREEMENT WHICH TRANSFERS THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF WHAT WE HAD CONSIDERED THE SECONDARY DEVELOPER OR THE THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE SECONDARY DEVELOPER AGREEMENT. THE RECAPTURE AGREEMENT AND THE TIFF NOTE ALL GO TO THE
NEW ENTITY WHICH I MENTIONED THAT THE BOOKS FOR TIFF LLC ABOVE THOSE TWO AGREEMENTS IS BCC'S FOUR PARENT LLC AND THAT MERELY IS THERE TO BE THAT
ESSENTIALLY PARENT ENTITY KIND OF PROVIDING THE BRIDGE OR THE PATHWAY BETWEEN THOSE TWO AGREEMENTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRANSFERRING MONEY TO NOTE AND THINGS LIKE THAT NATURE IT
IS WORTH NOTING THAT AN ORG CHART IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT VISUALLY IS ON PAGE 61. SO LIKE I'VE MENTIONED WE WE
HAVE WORK TO ENSURE THE PORT DOES NOT RISK OUR ABILITY TO RECAPTURE IF THOSE CONDITIONS ARE MET ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT. SO THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THAT ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT THAT
WHEN IT COMES TO CALCULATIONS OF RECAPTURE THAT WE ARE CALCULATING BETWEEN BOTH ENTITIES BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE CALCULATING NOI OPERATING INCOME AND SOME OTHER ASPECTS
OF THAT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AND THEN ONCE AGAIN YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DECLARATION IS NOT
CHANGING WITH US HERE. SO WITH THAT THERE IS A RESOLUTION ATTACHED WHICH WOULD APPROVE THE ASSIGNMENT ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT THAT'S WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE TONIGHT.
I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MUCH. COMMISSIONER HUNT. JUST A REAFFIRMING QUESTION THAT WAS REVIEWED BY THE PORT
AUTHORITY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL. ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AND WE THINK I'M A COMMISSIONER, CORRECT? >> YES. I'D BE SHOCKED IF IT WASN'T A
VERY, VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER PETERSON I HAVE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. WELL NOW WE HAVE ONE MORE SHOT, ONE COMMENT IS THERE'S
BEEN I WAS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 29 YEARS AND I HAD TO LOOK UP WHAT AN ALLOWANCE WAS BECAUSE I'D NEVER I NEVER SEEN IN A LAUNCH BEFORE. SO AND I HAD LEARNED SOMETHING NEW THIS WEEK. ARE YOU GOING TO SHARE WELL IT'S LIKE APPARENTLY IT'S LIKE
LIKE FROM AN ENDORSEMENT LIKE YOU KNOW, I ENDORSE A CHECK AND IT'S IN THE HAND OUT HERE. BUT APPARENTLY IF THERE'S NOT ROOM ON THE CHECK, IT'S LIKE A CONDITIONAL PIECE OF PAPER
THAT TOOK TO THE HOOK TO WIN. SO I HAD TO GO, OH WELL IT'S ON IT'S ON PAGE 57 I'LL MGE SO I USE THAT IN CASUAL CONVERSATION. THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT YOU PROBABLY DO THEM ALL THE TIME AT WORK BUT THAT'S A SEEMS LIKE A LAWYERLY THING ANYWAYS WITH WITH TRANCHE OKAY I KNOW WHAT THAT IS SO WITH THAT I MOVE THE
RESOLUTION APPROVING ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT RECAPTURE AGREEMENT AND TIFF NOTE IN CONNECTION WITH BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION LLC AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF CONSENT TO SUCH
ASSIGNMENT SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PETERSON COMMISSION SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLY ON THE MOTION ON ITEM 2.2 AS STATED BY COMMISSIONER PETERSON NO FURTHER COMMISSION COUNSEL ARE
NO FURTHER COMMISSION DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 2.3 ON OUR AGENDA THIS IS REGARDING THE TOP EMPLOYERS IN BLOOMINGTON PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING LYNN. GOOD EVENING . OKAY. OKAY.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M ALAN THORPE. FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT REMEMBER MY INTRODUCTION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO I APOLOGIZE FOR MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME. THAT'S OKAY AND UNFORTUNATELY
HAPPENS A LOT AS YOU WELL GENTLEMEN. SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT ABOUT THE TOP EMPLOYERS IN BLOOMINGTON SO THE C NO.
OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER SORT OF LIKE A INTRODUCTION OF THIS PROJECT AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS OF MY FINDINGS AND THEN KIND OF WHAT
ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS WILL BE. SO THE INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THIS IS OKAY SO
IN THE PROJECT KIND OF AROSE FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN UNDER THE PORT OBJECTIVES THE TRADED SECTORS IS A FOCUS OF THE WORK AT THE PORT AND SO THE BLOOMINGTON
ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP IS ACTUALLY PART OF THAT AND AS YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM MY BACKGROUND I SPENT SOME TIME IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE RESEARCH AND SO EVEN THOUGH
I'VE KIND OF BEEN OUT OF THE MARKET FOR A WHILE, A LOT OF THESE LIKE TENANTS JUST KIND OF STUCK IN MY MIND. SO I WAS ABLE TO SORT OF GIVE AN AWARENESS TO HOW THIS
PROJECT COULD GO FORWARD. SO I WORKED OFF OF THE SOME OF THE EXISTING DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS EXISTING FROM THE
FINANCE DEPARTMENT. SO IN THE ANNUAL REPORT WE HAVE YOU KNOW THE TOP EMPLOYERS THERE SO USING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AND THEN I
LEVERAGE SOME OF THE CONNECTIONS THAT WE HAD BOTH LIKE FROM THE BLOOMINGTON PARTNERSHIP AND THE CEO SUMMIT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LIKE BROKERS THAT I HAD RELATIONSHIPS WITH AS WELL.
AND SO SOME OF OUR MY SOME OF MY FINDINGS WERE AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT THE INTERN THAT WE HAD THIS SUMMER WHO WAS LOVELY FROM THE ROOM IN BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM ALSO HELPED WITH THIS PROJECT. SO SHE HELPED ME KIND OF VERIFY SOME OF THE
INFORMATION. SO OVERALL BLOOMINGTON'S EMPLOYMENT THE TOP INDUSTRY IS PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS SERVICES AND MAKES UP ABOUT 32%
OF ABOUT THE 89 90,000 EMPLOYEES IN BLOOMINGTON. SECOND IS RETAIL TRADE. TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES IS KIND OF THE TOP INDUSTRY. IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOP EMPLOYERS IN BLOOMINGTON
THOUGH YOU CAN SEE THAT SHIFT. SO RETAIL TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES MAKES UP 35% OF THE 30 LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN BLOOMINGTON
FOLLOWED BY EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES AS AFTER THAT AND THEN PROFESSIONAL IN BUSINESS SERVICES ONLY MAKES UP 6% OF THE TOP 30
EMPLOYERS IN BLOOMINGTON. AND I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY CURIOUS WHO SOME OF THOSE MIGHT BE. SO THIS IS THE LOGO SIDE OF THE TOP 20 BECAUSE I CAN REALLY PUT IN 30 THERE AND SO
I COMBINED USING KIND OF A METHODOLOGY I COMBINE LIKE EMPLOYMENT IN HOTEL STAFFING FOR THE FOURTH LARGEST WITHIN THE REST ARE THE 20 LARGEST
EMPLOYERS IN BLOOMINGTON. SO ACCOLADES THAT WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF FOR SOME OF THESE EMPLOYERS THE STAR TRIBUNE DOES SOME TOP LIKE GREAT PLACES TO WORK IN THE METRO
AND THESE SEVEN ARE ON HERE AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO CALL THESE EMPLOYERS HOME. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE
DISTRIBUTION OF WHERE SOME OF THESE HEADQUARTERS ARE BECAUSE IN PART OF MY RESEARCH I WAS ABLE TO OBVIOUSLY FIND THE LOCATIONS. SO OF THE 41 COMPANIES THAT ARE HEADQUARTERED IN BLOOMINGTON MEANING BOTH
LOCAL AND GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS ,THIS IS KIND OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THE CITY AND TO BE REALLY CHAOTIC HERE IS ALL OF THE HEADQUARTERS THAT ARE LOCATED IN BLOOMINGTON.
SO THERE ARE 41 IN TOTAL AND THEN WHAT IS THIS KIND OF MEAN THOSE HEADQUARTERS SO 16 OF THEM ARE INTERNATIONAL MEANING THEY HAVE A REACH
BEYOND THE UNITED STATES AND 25 ARE LOCAL MEANING THEY'RE LIKE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA OR JUST IN THE UNITED STATES. AND THEN THIS KIND OF BREAKS DOWN THE TYPE OF COMPANY THEY ARE AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS RESEARCH, GOVERNMENT
INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT AND URBANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS?
SO THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. I'LL CONTINUE TO KIND OF UPDATE IT SO I'LL WORK BOTH WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OTHER BROKERS AND USE SOURCES, THAT SORT OF THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE NEWS TODAY THAT CERIDIAN OR DEFOREST I GUESS IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE ACQUIRED THAT HEADQUARTER THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOSE. SO WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. WE PLAN ON COLLABORATING WITH
BUSINESS ASSISTANTS TO PUT THIS INFORMATION INTO A CRM SO IT WON'T BE IN LIKE A LIVING DOCUMENT OR HOPEFULLY BE IN LIKE A TRUE DATABASE. AND THEN I WAS REALLY FEELING THE VIBE WITH THE EIGHT SO
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET MORE COMPANIES TO RELOCATE TO BLOOMINGTON AND THEN HOPEFULLY GET THEM TO GROW SO WE CAN PROPAGATE OUR CURRENT BUSINESS COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT ARE THERE
QUESTIONS NOT THAT WE'D EVER ACTIVELY POACH OTHER BUSINESSES WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT IF THEY BUT THEY DECIDE TO RELOCATE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON WE WELCOME THEM WITH OPEN ARMS. THAT'S WHERE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT WE SAID.
SO OUR COMMISSIONERS MEMBER QUESTIONS SO I LOOKING AT THE TOP 20 EMPLOYERS IN ORDER OF SIZE AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH OUR CEO SUMMIT
WITH THE BLOOMINGTON BUSINESS CONNECTIONS AND SO ON AND I'LL BE HONEST AS I LOOK AT IDEAS AND WILLIS TOWERS WATSON AND I'M NOT SURE THERE THEY'RE
BUSINESS THAT THEY DO AND WHO THEY ARE SO IDEAS AS A SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE COMPANY THEY DO LIKE OR IDEAS YEAH IS A SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE COMPANIES THEY DO LIKE H.R TYPE SERVICE WILLIS TOWERS
WATSON IS BASED IN CHICAGO. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF WILLIS TOWER AND IT'S A CONSULTING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TYPE OF FIRM.
OKAY. COMMISSIONER LYONS JUST JUST A QUESTION COMMENT I MEAN I THOUGHT I KNEW ALL THE BUSINESSES IN BLOOMINGTON. THERE'S A COUPLE ON HERE WHO
HAS IDEAS. I DON'T I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THAT IS. AND THEN I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE WE'RE SICK IS GOING TO FALL IN HERE.
SIC OPTICAL MEANING ARE THEY LIKE CONSIDERED A HEADQUARTER OR A TOP EMPLOYER OR THEIR HEADQUARTERS? BUT I MEAN JUST IN SIZE OF EMPLOYERS I MEAN THEY'RE THEY'RE DEFINITELY GROWING AND SO I WAS JUST KIND
OF WONDERING I GUESS I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED THEY WEREN'T IN THERE WHAT SO SICK WHEN IT BE CONSIDERED LIKE ONE OF THE TOP EMPLOYERS RIGHT NOW THEY'RE LIKE A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE LIST.
GRANTED THEY YOU KNOW THE SECOND LIKE LOCATION HASN'T OPENED YET THEY'RE SITTING RIGHT AROUND THE 200 OR SO EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW. THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE U.S. HEADQUARTERED FOR A
GERMAN OWNED COMPANY SO THEY WOULDN'T BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S HOW THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TRACKING PROCEDURE. PEARSON V WAS AN EDUCATION
SERVICES COMPANY. >> THEY DO LIKE TESTING AND DIFFERENT THINGS NOW I CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT. ROB I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THAT COMPANY. YEAH IF YOU WORK WITH THEM I I'M ACQUAINTED WITH THE
FOUNDERS OF IT BEFORE IT GOT BOUGHT BY PEARSON SO IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT COME COME TALK TO ME AFTER THE MEETING. I'M ON BOARD PEOPLE WITH IT HERE. SO GIVEN YOUR BACKGROUND,
ELLEN AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS AS YOU DID THIS RESEARCH, WERE THERE ANY SURPRISES THAT CAME UP? SOME YES. I THINK THE ACTUAL
HEADQUARTERS WERE NEW AND IT WAS FUN FOR ME TO KIND OF WATCH THE RELOCATIONS. YOU KNOW, TIKI TIKI WHO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. WE ARE ALSO KIND OF TRACKING
COMPANIES THAT HAVE LEFT BLOOMINGTON AND WE ARE CURRENTLY MEETING WITH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL RETENTION RISK WE'LL CALL IT. AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, YOU
KNOW, SWANS COULD BE ON THAT LIST SO THEY WOULD KIND OF COME OFF OF IT GOING FORWARD. AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT TOO AND SEEING SOME THAT HAVE LEFT RECENTLY AND THE ONES THAT
HAVE RELOCATED. I HAD FORGOT THAT CRAY WHO HAD RELOCATED FROM ST PAUL AND THAT WAS A VERY EXCITING THE OFFICES AT EMOJI ACQUISITION BUT THEN THE IT WAS ACQUIRED
BY HP WHICH USED TO BE AT TWO MARKET POINT 4400 WEST 78TH STREET AND THEN IS NOW STILL
AT THE OFFICES AT AMWAY HAVING WORKED AT CRAY IT WAS COMMISSIONER KELLER HEY, I'M SURE MR. KELLER YES? CAN YOU PLEASE TURN YOUR MIKE ON?
I THOUGHT BELLS ARE RINGING CLOSER TO MY MOUTH. YEAH. HAVING WORKED AT CRAY AND KNOWING AND THE PRIDE THAT PEOPLE WORK THERE HEAD IN THAT NAME I THOUGHT IT WAS A SAD
DAY WHEN IT WAS REPLACED. IT IT SHREDDED EARLY. I MEAN THAT COMPANY WAS A TRULY REMARKABLE PLACE AND I
MY EXPERIENCE WAS THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY WHO WORKED THERE HAD ENORMOUS PRIDE AND SO IT'S JUST PERSONAL
OBSERVATION AND I GUESS THEY DIDN'T ASK ME. SO I GUESS THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO SAY. WELL, I KNOW THAT A PORTRAIT OF SEYMOUR CRAY IS PART OF A
MURAL IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE YELLOW COMMISSION IF NOT AGAIN
ANOTHER INFORMATIONAL ITEM. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE QUESTIONS KIND OF EYE OPENING IN A LOT OF WAYS. SO THANKS. I'M HAPPY. THANK YOU.
IT MOVED SO WE WILL MOVE ON. ITEM 2.4 A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT DONATIONS AND APPROVE RELATED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE APPROVED BUDGET. HOLLY THANK YOU PRESIDENT PRO
TEM AND COMMISSIONERS I LEARNED THAT THAT WAS THE APPROPRIATE TERM. THIS IS A VERY BRIEF ITEM BUT ONE THAT WE DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE SO WE CAME
TO YOU A FEW MONTHS AGO AND ASKED THE PORT TO FINANCIALLY PLEDGE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE BLOOMING BLOOMINGTON SORRY DIFFERENT PROGRAM THE HATCH PROGRAM WHICH OFFERS A PRIZE OF $100,000 TO A NEW BUSINESS
THAT WANTS TO OPEN A BRICK AND MORTAR HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PROGRAM. WE HAD PARTNERED WITH THE CHAMBER LAST YEAR. THEY WERE UNABLE TO AND SO THE
PORT STEPPED UP AND WAS WILLING TO SUPPORT THE 400,000. BUT STAFF DID ASSURE ALL OF YOU ON THE COMMISSION THAT WE WOULD SEEK ADDITIONAL DONATIONS TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM STAFF WAS SUCCESSFUL
IN THAT. SOME EXCITING NEWS THAT BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA TRAVEL AND TOURISM WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT US WITH $10,000. STEARNS BANK WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT US WITH $10,000 AND
THEY WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN A THREE TIMES MATCHING GRANT FROM F H ALB DES MOINES FOR A TOTAL OF $40,000 WHICH MEANS WE HAVE EARNED HALF THAT FUNDING BACK WHICH IS
WONDERFUL AND WILL HELP PROLONG THE PROGRAM. AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS FOR YOU SIMPLY TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION THAT ALLOWS US TO ACCEPT THOSE DONATIONS AND MAKE RELATED
BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS AND I WON'T SAY IT WAS UNEXPECTED NEWS BECAUSE I THINK AS WE TALKED ABOUT BLOOMINGTON AND HOW POPULAR IT
WAS AND HOW EXCITING IT WAS, IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE FOLKS JUMPED ON AND AND WANTED TO BE PART OF THAT. AND I THINK WE SEE THAT HERE TOO HAVE STEARNS BANK AND DID WE DECIDE WAS IT FARMER'S HOME
LOAN BANK IN DES MOINES OR FEDERAL HOME LOAN THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BACK IN DES MOINES WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT $40,000 COMMITMENT TO A GREAT PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND FRANKLY I EXPECT
THIS TO GROW BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM OTHER BUSINESSES WHO WANT TO BE PART OF THIS AND WHO WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND SUPPORT IT, I WON'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT TOTAL INCREASE WHEN WE HEAD INTO YEAR THREE OF BLOOMINGTON
NEXT YEAR. AND BY THE WAY WE ARE DOWN TO THE FINAL THREE CONTESTANTS IN BLOOMINGTON BUT YOU ALL KNOW THAT AND THE FINAL ROUND IS COMING UP SOON VERY SOON.
SO TUNE IN COMMISSION. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, ANY COMMENTS? IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DONATIONS AND APPROVE THE RELATED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE APPROVED
BUDGET. I JUMPED THE GUN SO MOVED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LUTZ SECOND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLER TO ACCEPT THE DONATIONS AND APPROVE THE RELATED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE APPROVED
BUDGET. NO FURTHER COMMISSION DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WELL THEN IT'S EXCITING. I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT
COMMISSION WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA OR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS OUT OF 3.1 IS A MID-YEAR UPDATE FOR PORT PROGRAMS HOLLY YES AND PRESIDENT PRO TEM AND COMMISSIONERS YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE A BIT OF A PARADE OF THE PORT STAFF. WE ARE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2026 AND
WE'RE TAKING THIS TIME TO DO IT IN AUGUST IN ADVANCE OF OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND LEVY SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OR WORK FORCE AND
DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS VERY BRIEFLY ME YOU HEAR FROM ME PLENTY. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE HOLD THEM UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. HELLO BARB.
WELCOME. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS I KNOW THIS IS A SLOW CLICKER SO BARB
WOLF, ASSISTANT PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR AND WE ALSO ADDED TO OUR TEAM THIS YEAR PRISCILLA MIWA. SHE'S OUR BUSINESS ASSISTANT SPECIALIST
. JUST TEST AND AREN'T THE CLICKER HERE YOU CAN HAVE SOME ART TO ADVANCE THE SLIDES. IT'S NOT SPECIFIED. OKAY SO TAKING A LOOK AT THIS I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 2025 AND KEEP WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2026 IN PREPARATION OF LOOKING AT THE BUDGET. SO WHEN WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, LOOKING AT OUR PARTNERS THAT WE USE HENNEPIN COUNTY AS A LARGE PARTNER THAT WE USE TO
EXTEND OUR REACH OUT INTO THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY SO WE HAVE ELEVATE HENNEPIN WHICH IS OUR TECHNICAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. WE ALSO GRADUATED OUR THIRD
COHORT OF CEOS START EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT'S A TEN WEEK ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM AND WE ALSO HELD OUR FIRST TWO DAYS CEO START BOOTCAMP AND WE DID THAT FOR THE TOP 25 OF THE
HATCH BLOOMINGTON. WE PARTNER HEAVILY WITH NEXT STAGE THAT IS AN ORGANIZATION HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. HIROMI AOKI IS OUR FIRST POINT
OF CONTACT AS A TECHNICAL BUSINESS ADVISOR SO EVEN THOUGH I WORK IN THIS REALM I'M ACT MORE AS THE ADVOCATE AND LIAISON THAN THE ACTUAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. SO I LEAN ON HIROMI AND HER
TEAM SHE HOSTS WELCOMING WEDNESDAYS HERE AND SHE ALSO GOES OUT MONTHLY WITH ME ON BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT VISITS AND THEY ALSO ACT AS A FUNDING PARTNER IN 2025 THEY THROUGH
AN RFP PROCESS WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN $4.2 MILLION THROUGH HENNEPIN COUNTY TO HELP DISTRIBUTE TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO PARTNER WAS WATTY CENTER ANDIGMA CONSULTING AND THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SO WE PILOTED THIS IN 2024 AND ZAWADI CENTER HAS GIVEN US A SPACE TO
CONDUCT PROGRAMING IN THE COMMUNITY SO WE HAVE A SERIES OF CLASSES THAT WE'RE DOING IN 2025 AND WE'LL END IN DECEMBER WITH THE BUSINESS SUCCESS INSIGHTS EVENTS EVENT
AND WE DID THAT LAST DECEMBER AND WE HAD OVER 175 ATTENDEES FOR THAT EVENT. SO REACHING A DIFFERENT POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE MINNESOTA SMALL BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT CENTER WE HAD A SIX WEEK ENTREPRENEUR SHIP PROGRAM HERE CALLED THE COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM. THEY GRADUATED HERE IN JUNE.
MEN'S STAR WAS A NEW ONE FOR US. THIS IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE TECHNOLOGY REALM SO THEY HOLD A WHAT THEY CALL AN ANTIQUE CONFERENCE EVERY YEAR CALLED
MINI BAR AND 19 YEARS THIS YEAR AT THE BEST BUY ORGANIZATION AND WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH ELEVATE HENNEPIN AND TOUCH OVER A THOUSAND ATTENDEES AT THAT EVENT THIS YEAR WE ALSO
ATTENDED THE SADDLEBACK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT FAIR HERE WE'RE PARTNERING WITH FINANCE. DANA CHOW IS OUR PURCHASING MANAGER AND THEN BARU AND
AHMED WE PARTNER WITH THEM. THEY ARE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CERTIFY BUSINESSES IN THE CERT PROGRAM WHICH THE CITY WILL BE ADOPTING IN 2026 COMING UP WE
ALSO PARTNER WITH MINNESOTA DID EVERY YEAR WE'VE BEEN TABLING AT THE START OF BUSINESS GROW A BUSINESS EVENT AT HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THE CARVER WORKFORCE CENTER
AND ALSO WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS REGIONAL CHAMBER WE HAVE A QUARTERLY BUSINESS CONNECTIONS MEETING THAT WE HOLD AT FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE IN 2025 AND THIS IS A WAY TO STRETCH OUR REACH IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND MEET WITH
LEADERSHIP THERE AS WELL. SO I DID TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE INTERNAL COLLABORATION AND YOU MENTIONED HOW BLOOMINGTON EARLIER THE TOP THREE IS ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 6:00 IN THE BLACK BOX THEATER.
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO JOIN US. BUT AT THE VERY LEAST BOTH SO THIS YEAR WE PARTNERED A LOT MORE TO OFFER THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE TO THE APPLICANTS BEFORE WE EVEN GOT TO THE TOP
25. SO WE'VE HAD AN INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP A PITCH WORKSHOP FOR ALL APPLICANTS THE TWO DAYS CEO START BOOTCAMP WAS FOR THE
TOP 25. WE'RE HOLDING A REAL ESTATE WORKSHOP TOMORROW EVENING WITH LEE KRUEGER OF KRUEGER REAL ESTATE AND LEE HALL WITH NEXT STAGE. SO LOOKING AT A BRICK AND
MORTAR LOCATION AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU'RE TRANSFERRING THAT TO A BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATION AND THE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AND THEN THE TOP THREE NAVIGATING CITY PERMITS STARTING TO SET THOSE UP WITH
GROUPS OF STAFF AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND ALL THE REQUIRED COSTS WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO A PHYSICAL SPACE. ALSO PARTNERING WITH PLANNING ON SMALL BUSINESS GOALS AND
PROCESSES. SO AS WE'RE OUT THERE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND WE HEAR THINGS, HOW DO WE BRING THAT FORWARD AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO DOCUMENT THAT SO WE HAVE AN INTERNAL WORKING TEAM TO ADVANCE THOSE BECAUSE IT'S
OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT NEED TO CHANGE THOSE ORDINANCES. AND THEN I TOUCH ON THE SEARCH PROGRAM WHERE THEY'LL BE MORE TO COME IN THE FUTURE ON THE PROCUREMENT FOR ALL CITY DOLLARS AND WE HAVE COMING UP
AS A MAYOR TOUCHED ON THE CEO SUMMIT, THIS WILL BE THE SECOND EVENT HAPPENING ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST AT THE MASONIC HERITAGE CENTER. WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING OUR FIRST EVER BUSINESS FORUM SO EARLY
IN THE MORNING WILL BE THE CEO SUMMIT WITH THE TOP EMPLOYERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN OPEN TO ALL BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMISSIONERS HERE HAVE
BEEN INVITED AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE A PROGRAM BETWEEN 9 AND 1030 AND THEN OPPORTUNITY FOR VENDORS AND NETWORKING SO I HOPE YOU CAN ALL COME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE'RE
DOING THAT WAS TOUCHED ON EARLIER WITH ALAN THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. SO AS WE DOCUMENT OUR INTERACTION WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THERE WILL BE ONE
PLACE FOR US TO HOLD ALL THAT ON BOARD AND PRISCILLA HERE PRISCILLA AND HIROMI ARE HERE JUST BRAINSTORMING ON THE BUSINESS FORUM AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. WE'LL BE CONTINUING WITH OUR PROGRAMING ALL THIS YEAR WITH
THE SITE AND FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WE HAVE $200,000 150 FROM THE COMMISSION AND THEN 50,000 FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY THROUGH A GRANT. OUR BUSINESS RETENTION PROGRAM. THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN
HELP WITH $15,000 IF BUSINESSES GET DISPLACED DUE TO PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT AND THEN OUR SAC CREDIT AND DEFERRAL PROGRAMS. AS FOR THE SEWER AVAILABILITY
CHARGE A GRANT PROGRAM AND THEN ALSO A FIVE YEAR DEFERMENT AT A LOW INTEREST RATE. SO JUST SHOWING A COUPLE OF PHOTOS HERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD I WILL HIGHLIGHT TWO BUILDINGS THAT BENEFIT FROM
THE SITE AND FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THIS ONE IS 98 NICOLLET AVENUE. YOU'LL SEE FROM THE BIRD'S EYE VIEW HERE THIS ONE I'M FOCUSING ON THE LANDSCAPING
THIS PROGRAM ONLY PROVIDES FOR 25% OF THAT PROJECT BUT THIS USED TO BE A FORMER DRY CLEANERS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO THIS BUILDING IS SORT OF AMAZING AND IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE TRANSFORMATION AND
ALSO WORKING WITH HER PARTNERING COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE THEIR LOTS AS WELL. THE SECOND ONE HERE THAT WE'RE TAKE A LOOK AT YOU WOULDN'T
THINK OF COMFORT IN AS A SMALL BUSINESS BUT THIS IS A PROMINENT BUSINESS ON FOR 94 WHICH IS A GATEWAY TO THE COMMUNITY AND AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS TRANSFORMATION, THIS IS MODERN AND IZING IT AND
ALSO KEEPING HIM COMPETITIVE WITH THE OTHER BUSINESSES HOTEL IN BLOOMINGTON. RIBBON CUTTINGS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED DOING LAST YEAR AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT LOOKING AT ALL SIZED BUSINESSES HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL. SO SCRAMBLING EGG THEY WANT TO HATCH BLOOMINGTON LAST YEAR THEY OPENED ON THE DAY THAT WE
HELD THE TOP 25 OF HATCH BLOOMINGTON WILDERNESS INQUIRY. THEY RELOCATED THEIR HEADQUARTERS HERE BLOOMINGTON FAMILY DENTAL THAT'S THE FORMER DRY CLEANERS ALONG WITH
A FINANCIAL SERVICES WE CELEBRATED THAT LAST WEEK. CREEKSIDE KITCHEN OPENED AT NINE MILE BREWING COMPANY THIS SUMMER RELAXING HEALTHY CENTER
IS A SPA AND MORE ON THE MALL ALL OF IT ROLLING ACRES IS A YOUTH STABILIZATION HOME AND SLUMBERLAND FURNITURE WE DO THEM ALL BIG AND SMALL.
OKAY SO THE LAST SLIDE HERE LOOKING AHEAD TO 2026 WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO DO WE DID THE CITY IMPLEMENTED A NEW SAC FEE
THIS YEAR IN ADDITION TO THE ONE THAT WE COLLECT FROM THAT COUNCIL. SO LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAM THAT WE CAN HELP THE SMALL BUSINESSES COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY LOOKING TO TRANSITION FROM WELCOMING WEDNESDAYS TO A BLOOM AND GROW
SMALL BUSINESS PILOT WHERE WE'LL BE BRINGING PROGRAMING OUT INTO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE SPEARHEADED BY PRISCILLA. WE'RE EXPLORING ONE OF TWO ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS LOOKING AT
A MICRO GRANT PROGRAM SIMILAR MAYBE LIKE AN INTERIOR PROGRAM BECAUSE A FACADE PROGRAM CAN'T REALLY HELP THAT MICRO SMALL BUSINESS AND SO A LOT OF THOSE ARE THE TENANTS GOING INTO THE COMMERCIAL LOANS OR LOOKING AT
A LOAN PROGRAM LIKE A 2% LOAN PROGRAM SIMILAR TO LIKE THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HOUSE AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR SITE AND FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE JUST CLOSED THE APPLICATIONS THIS WEEK AND
THEN CONTINUING TO GROW OUR BUSINESS RETENTION PROGRAM. AND WITH THAT I'LL PASS IT OVER TO OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TEAM. WOULD YOU LIKE QUESTIONS NOW OR IF WE HAVE THEM COULD WE DO THEM AT THE END?
WE WILL DO THE QUESTIONS AT THE END COMMISSION SO WILL DO . HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. I'M KATHERINE MURRAY, THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING SPECIALIST WORKING WITH
ALEJANDRO BLANCO, OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING DIRECTOR. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE OUR EMPTY AND RECENT AND UPCOMING PROJECTS. THEY'RE BOTH IN THE SOUTH LOOP AND ACROSS BLOOMINGTON.
I'LL START IN THE SOUTH LOOP THE EVENING PRIMROSE MURAL IS NOW COMPLETE. IT WAS INSTALLED ON THE FINLEY BUILDING OUTSIDE OF BACK STORY COFFEE BY INTERNATIONALLY
RENOWNED ARTIST MARIELLA IRIS. ITS DESIGN HAS QUICKLY CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF VISITORS AND RESIDENTS BECOMING A LOCAL FAVORITE AT
THE OLD CEDAR AVENUE BRIDGE TRAILHEAD. THE CEDAR HUNTER MURAL AND INDIGENOUS GARDEN PROJECT IS NEARLY FINISHED. LOCAL ARTIST CINDY SPILLER
COLLABORATED WITH DAKOTA CULTURAL EDUCATOR TEAR PRONE TO CREATE NOT JUST ART BUT A PLACE OF CULTURAL LEARNING. WE'RE PLANNING AN UNVEING CELEBRATION ON SEPTEMBER 20TH
FROM 11 TO 1. NATURE FEST RETURNED FOR ITS THIRD YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE INDIGENOUS ROOTS AND WILLIS LATINAS.
WE WELCOME NEARLY 600 ATTENDEES TO ENJOY NATURE, ART AND COMMUNITY. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH PARKS AND RECREATION FOR EVENTS AT BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION
PARK INCLUDING SUNDAY FUNDAY AND THE ON THE ONE MUSIC FESTIVAL AND FOR THE ART BOX PROJECTS FOR ARTISTS ARE CURRENTLY HAND PAINTING UTILITY BOXES OWNED BY XCEL
ENERGY. THESE WORKS WILL BRIGHTEN OUR STREETS BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. CITYWIDE THE MOMENTUM CONTINUES AT THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN WE'VE PARTNERED
WITH PARKS AND RECREATION AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO SELECT ARTIST ADAM TERMINE FOR AN NEW VINYL WRAPPED MURAL. WE CELEBRATE THE APPROVAL
OF THE CITYWIDE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PLAN WHICH I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE AS ONE THE A.P. MINNESOTA CHAPTERS ADVANCING DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE AWARD.
COMMUNITY LED CREATIVITY IS THRIVING RECENTLY WITH THE LIVE MURALS AT DRED SCOTT CLUTCH HEADERS AND WITH THE BLOOMINGTON STREET ARTS FESTIVAL AND NINE MILE BREWING
ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 20TH PLUS THE FIESTA SPRITE PETRAEUS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION AT BURLINGTON
CENTRAL STATION ON SEPTEMBER 21ST TRIP BETHEL PARK. THE PARK INSTALLATION INCLUDES AN INTERACTIVE CREATIVE PLAY
ELEMENT GIVING KIDS A REASON TO EXPLORE ART THROUGH MOVEMENT. AND WE'RE ALSO MOVING FORWARD WITH A NEW SCULPTURE AT BRYANT PARK.
THE ARTIST APPLICATION IS OPEN THROUGH SEPTEMBER FIFTH AND A LARGE SCALE MURAL AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER IN THE SOUTH LOOP NEXT
YEAR WILL CONTINUE ACTIVATING BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION PARK THROUGH EVENT PARTNERSHIP . WE'LL ALSO BE DEVELOPING A CREATIVE WAYFINDING PLAN FOR
OLD CEDAR OR I'M SORRY OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD AND EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES FOR A LARGE SCALE SCULPTURE OR MURAL ACTIVATION OUTSIDE THE SIX
SITE WILL BE DEVELOPED. AND THE FOURTH YEAR OF NATURE FEST WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE REFUGE ACROSS BLOOMINGTON IN 2026 WILL CONTINUE.
WE'LL SEE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CULTURAL EVENTS SUCH AS JUNETEENTH. WE ANTICIPATE THE INSTALLATION OF A SCULPTURE AT THE POND HOUSE AS WELL AS THE
INSTALLATION OF THAT BRYANT PARK SCULPTURE. WE'LL CONTINUE DEVELOPING PUBLIC ART PLANS FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER NINE MILE CREEK AND
CIVIC PLAZA. AND LASTLY WE WILL INCORPORATE CREATIVE ELEMENTS ONTO THE RAMPS AND STRUCTURES AT VALLEY VIEW PARK SKATE SPOT
THROUGHOUT BLOOMINGTON. OUR PROJECTS OUR STRENGTH AND COMMUNITY IDENTITY CELEBRATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND TRANSFORMING PUBLIC SPACES INTO PLACES WHERE PEOPLE TRULY
WANT TO BE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. PARK I'LL HAND IT OVER TO OUR SON. THANK YOU, KATHRYN. GOOD EVENING, MORRISON. GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. HELLO. LET ME SEE IF THIS THING WORKS . HI. IF I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO YOU OR
MET YOU BEFORE AND IT WAS WORSE THAN I AM THE BLOOM PROGRAM FACILITATOR WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY. COOL. I'LL KEEP IT VERY SHORT.
SO PART OF MY ROLE IS TO OVERSEE THE BLOOM IMPLEMENT AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. JUST A LITTLE REMINDER OF THE PROGRAM PURPOSE IS TO CREATE A DIVERSE AND ACCESSIBLE WORKFORCE IN OUR COMMUNITY BY
MATCHING YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24 WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS WHETHER THAT IS IN THE CITY OR WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS. AND I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LATER. PROGRAM GROWTH.
SO I ONLY GOT HERE IN JANUARY BUT THE PROGRAM STARTED IN 2023 AND FOR THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD 12 INTERNS AND MOST OF THOSE INTERNS WERE PLACED WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
WHERE THE TWO EXTERNAL PARTNERS BE THE MALL OF AMERICA AND LARKIN HUFFMAN . AND THEN SIMILARLY 2024 WE HAD A SIMILAR EXTERNAL PARTNERS
WITH 15 INTERNS TOTAL. AND THEN THIS YEAR WE HAD 29 INTERNS AND I THINK AS YOU WILL SEE THE GROWTH IS MAINLY WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS EVEN THOUGH THE INTERNSHIP
ITSELF TAKES PLACE FROM MAY TO AUGUST WE JUST WRAPPED UP THIS PAST FRIDAY AS YOU SEE ON THE TIMELINE SOMEWHAT OF A TIMELINE. THE PROGRAM IS A YEAR LONG OR
LIKE A GO AROUND PROGRAM AND SO WE START WITH EMPLOYER RECRUITMENT SO FALL AND WINTER LOOKING INTO LOCAL EMPLOYERS, YOU KNOW, CONTACTING THEM WE SENT OUT TO THEM SEEN IF THEY CAN TAKE AN INTERN.
AND THEN IN JANUARY WE START WITH INTERN RECRUITMENT. SO WE GO TO LOCAL SCHOOLS NORMANDALE COLLEGE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THE
PROGRAM AND OPPORTUNITY THAT EXISTS THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME WE DID WHAT WE CALLED GET READY TRAINING. SO BEFORE THE INTERNS EVEN GOT TO INTERVIEW THEY GOT TO GO
THROUGH A TRAINING IN WHICH THEY LEARN ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW DO YOUR RESUMÉ BUILD INTERVIEW IN HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS NUMBER
ONE, THE INTERNS THAT ARE COMING TO US KIND OF ARE AWARE OF YOU ARE PREPARED BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE RECEIVED OVER 100 APPLICATIONS FOR 29 SPOTS WE WENT TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE
NOT ABLE TO JOIN THE PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO LEARN SOME SKILLS AND TAKE THAT ALL SQUARE AND APPLY IT TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY MAY PURSUE IN THE FUTURE. AND AT THE END OF MAY OUR
SUMMER INTERNSHIP KICKED OFF AND YOUNG AGAIN 29 INTERNS WERE PLACED ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS. IN ADDITION TO THAT EVERY OTHER FRIDAY THE ENTRANCE
ATTENDED WHAT WE CALL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS. AND IN THOSE SESSIONS WE COVERED ANYTHING FROM SETTING SMART GOALS FOR THE FIRST SESSION WHERE THEY GOT TO A
LIST OF GOALS FOR WHAT THEY WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE INTERNSHIP. AND I WILL TELL YOU FROM MY ONE ON ONES WITH THE INTERNS THEY REALLY KIND OF LIVED UP TO THAT AND HELD THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
BUT WE ALSO HAD PRESENTATIONS LIKE FINANCIAL LITERACY FROM STEARNS BANK. SOMEBODY FROM THE LOCAL CAREER FORCE CENTER CAME WISDOM IN LINKEDIN. WE HAD A SESSION ON PUBLIC
SPEAKING. AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND AGAIN THE GOAL THERE IS THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM ARE READY AND ARE GAINING THOSE SKILLS
TO HELP THEM IN THE FUTURE. SO COOL. >> AND AGAIN HERE ARE A LIST OF OUR 2025 PARTNERS. THANK YOU.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THE PROGRAM WITHOUT THEM. AND AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE INCREDIBLE EMPLOYERS HERE IMPLEMENTING ARE INCLUDED
HERE . AND THEN I HAVE A BUNCH OF PHOTOS. WE ASKED THE INTERNS TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS OF THEM OUT IN THE IN THE FIELD ARE DOING WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO DOING THEIR INTERNSHIPS. I JUST HAVE THESE PHOTOS IF THIS THING GOES FASTER. YEAH. SO WE'RE DOING THIS INQUIRY AND THEY WERE OUT IN THE FIELD AND INVOLVEMENT IN TRAVEL AND
TOURISM. WE HAD AN INTERNATIONAL INTERN DAY EVENT. SO WE HAD A PANEL OF SPEAKERS
FOR OUR INSURANCE HERE . COOL. SO LOOKING AHEAD AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A HUGE DEMAND FROM THE YOUNG PEOPLE SITE SO THIS YEAR WE
RECEIVED 118 APPLICATIONS FOR 29 SPOTS. AS YOU CAN TELL IT WAS VERY COMPETITIVE. SO OUR GOAL MOVING FORWARD IS TO EXPAND EMPLOYER EMPLOYER PARTNERS. MY PERSONAL GOAL IS THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE OR EVERY EMPLOYER IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WILL HAVE AN INTERN TO ALLOW US TO BUILD A TALENTED WORKFORCE PIPELINE THAT THESE COMPANIES CAN HIRE IN THE FUTURE BUT ALSO TO INVEST
IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. AND ADDITIONALLY, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A HUGE DEMAND FROM THE YOUNG PEOPLE THE SITE OF THE
INTERNS I DO WANT US TO INTENTIONALLY EXPAND OUR OUTREACH BY REACHING OUT TO LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR EXAMPLE ALWAYS IS FOR YOUTH. I MET WITH THEM TODAY TO KIND OF GET A TOUR OF THE DROP
IN CENTER THIS SUMMER. A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FIT WITHIN THAT AGE GROUP. BARB MENTIONED MORE WHO RECENTLY MOVED TO BLOOMINGTON . SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS WHEN WE DO OUTREACH. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT NOW WE HAVE HAD OVER 50 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE
GONE THROUGH THE INTERNSHIP. SO KIND OF THINKING THROUGH HOW TO ENGAGE ALUMNI IN MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE RECEIVED A GRANT A YOUTH WORK
COMPETITIVE GRANT FROM DEDE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO INVEST ONE K OVER THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS IN THE PROGRAM. AND THAT COVERS STAFF STAFF
WAGES STIPENDS UP TO 50% STIPENDS OR I SHOULD SAY YOUTH WAGES FOR THREE INTERNS. AND THEN ALSO A SMALL AMOUNT WILL BE DEDICATED TO
TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT. AND THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE ASK OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HOW THEY GO TO WORK, 13 OF THE 24 INDICATED THAT THEY DRIVE
TO WORK MEANING THE REST OF THEM ARE EITHER DRIVEN BY FAMILY, TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, WALK AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THERE IS A NEED THERE AS WELL. BUT YEAH. AND ON THAT NOTE I'LL STOP
THERE. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, KEVIN. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR. SO MY NAME IS KEVIN KANE, ASSISTANT PORT AUTHORITY
ADMINISTRATOR GIVING AN UPDATE ABOUT REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. I'M GOING TO BE KIND OF QUICK HERE SINCE MOST OF THESE PROJECTS WILL GO BEFORE YOU OR HAVE IN THE PAST. BIG UPDATE HERE IS WE HAVE TWO STAFF THAT ARE HITTING THEIR
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN 2025. AND THEN ALAN WHO YOU HEARD FROM EARLIER TODAY IS NEW THIS YEAR. SO A LOT OF CHANGE FOR STAFF FOR OUR TEAM.
FIRST PROJECT UPDATE HERE FOR 2025. SO THE SIC HEADQUARTERS AND PUBLIC PARKING RAMP. SO THEY ARE WORKING ON PHASE TWO FINISHING PHASE TWO OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT.
SO THAT'S A 550 STYLE PARKING RAMP THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THEIR OFFICE SPACE. AND SIC IS A GERMAN COMPANY
THAT HAS THEIR HEADQUARTERS HERE THEIR US HEADQUARTERS IN BLOOMINGTON. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THEIR STAFF TO THIS SITE. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ME STEP UP WHEN THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT HOW MANY FOLKS THEY HAVE
ON THEIR TEAM. SO THIS SITE WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 400 EMPLOYEES ONCE THEY MOVE INTO THE BUILDING LATER THIS YEAR. AND THEN THEY HAVE PLANS TO EXPAND THEIR SPACE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THERE IS TWO MORE PHASES OF EXPANSION OF BOTH THE WAREHOUSE SPACE AS WELL AS OFFICE AND PARKING. AND THEN ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE PROJECTS.
SO 700 AMERICAN WHICH IS NOW CALLED THE ROSSLYN IS A 128 UNIT AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SO IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT LYNDALE AN AMERICAN IT'S TAPPED OUT. CONSTRUCTION IS PROCEEDING
VERY EXPEDIENTLY IN THE OPENING IS PROJECTED TO BE IN SPRING OF 26. IT ALSO HAS SOME COMMERCIAL SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR. AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MALL OF AMERICA ON THE
MYSTIQUE OR MYSTERY COVE WATER PARK. YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE PURSUED AND RECEIVED A LEGISLATIVE EXTENSION FOR THE SPENDING PLAN TIFF. SO THE MALL CONTINUES TO WORK ON SECURING THEIR PRIVATE
FINANCING AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT PROJECT. AND THEN ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS INCLUDE THE COMMERCIAL NODE TOOL KIT WHICH YOU HEARD A PRESENTATION ON THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SO THAT IS RESOURCES FOR COMMERCIAL TENANTS AND OWNERS WITHIN THE CITY. SO WE'VE ENGAGED WITH OWNERS AND TENANTS AND ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD OUT OUR RESOURCE LIST
IN OUR ROLODEX AND REMAIN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AS REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARISE. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT INTO THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL. WE ARE HOLDING A BROKER BREAKFAST HERE IN 25 SO
THAT'LL BE LATER THIS YEAR IN DECEMBER. SO THIS IS OUR ANNUAL BREAKFAST WHERE WE'RE MEETING WITH COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS. LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 40 PEOPLE THAT ATTEND SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A SIMILAR TURNOUT.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY JUST TO MAKE CONNECTIONS AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND SHARE IDEAS. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO THIS YEAR ARE DOING AN UPDATE OF OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE. AND THAT UPDATE IS LOOKING AT
THE NEXUS BETWEEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET RATE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS HOW DOES OUR CURRENT REQUIREMENTS IN THE ORDINANCE WORK WITHIN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE
IN? SO LOOKING AT MARKET CONDITIONS AND AFFORDABLE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THAT. AND SO WE'LL BE BRINGING UPDATES BEFORE YOU LATER THIS FALL ABOUT THAT AND THEN HOPEFULLY IMPLEMENTING THOSE
CHANGES IN EARLY 26. AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD TO 2026 OR CONTINUING TO WORK WITH MCGUFF ON BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION. SO THAT INCLUDES WORKING THROUGH WHAT THEIR NEXT PHASE
OF REDEVELOPMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE. CONTINUING TO WORK WITH MALL OF AMERICA AND MISSOURI COLD WATER PARKS THAT'S AN ONGOING PROJECT. WE ARE IN PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A POSSIBLE
REDEVELOPMENT AT THE 98TH STREET TRANSIT STATION. SO THAT'S WITH THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE HRA ANTICIPATE THAT REDEVELOPMENT IS STILL A WAYS IN THE FUTURE BUT THERE IS INITIAL CONVERSATIONS THAT
WILL BE STARTING. AND THEN RECENT FEDERAL TAX LAW CHANGES MADE PERMANENT OPPORTUNITY ZONES. AND SO THE RESULT OF THAT IS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE
UPDATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT TO PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY. SO WE'LL BE WORKING TO ADVOCATE FOR ZONES OR CENSUS TRACTS WITHIN THE CITY TO BE DESIGNATED AS OPPORTUNITY
ZONES SO THAT THOSE PROJECTS CAN ATTRACT FINANCING. AND I THINK THERE'S TWO MORE. YES. SO TWO MORE PROJECTS LOOKING AHEAD, WORKING ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE RAMADA
PROPERTY. SO AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE ALSO HAD A LEGISLATIVE REQUEST RELATED TO THIS. THIS WAS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAX EXEMPTION AS WE RECEIVED THAT EXTENSION FOR THAT EXEMPTION.
WE'RE WORKING AT REUSING THE SITE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH AN EMPHASIS ON DOING IT IN CONTEXT WITH THAT AREA OF THE WORLD AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT KIND OF NATURE OF THAT AREA. AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH
CROSS ANDERSON ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH TOWN. SO THAT MEANS LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENT TO ALIGN WITH THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT PLAN AS WELL AS THE
POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF ONE OR MORE TIFF DISTRICT TO HELP FINANCE THE COSTS RELATED TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND I THINK WITH THAT I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO HOLLY . ALL RIGHT. I GET TO HANG OUT UP HERE FOR A WHILE. ALL RIGHT. SO I ONLY HAVE TWO SLIDES
BECAUSE MY MAIN ROLE IS TO SUPPORT EVERYBODY ELSE HERE THE AMAZING TEAM AND THEN ALL OF YOU TO FACILITATE THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE OUT AT THE PORT. BUT I DO GET INVOLVED IN SOME PROJECTS AND A LOT OF MY WORK
IS ALSO RELATIONSHIP BUILDING FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE PORT. SO YOU MAY REMEMBER 2025 WE STARTED OUT BY COMPLETING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH NOW GUIDES MUCH
OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. WE HAVE STARTED WORKING ON THE BLOOMINGTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AND CEO SUMMIT. THOSE STARTED AS THE MAYORS WORKFORCE GROUP. AND SO WE'VE NOW SORT
OF EVOLVED IT TO MERGE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'RE TAKING ON DIFFERENT TOPICS EACH QUARTER VERY EXCITED THAT THIS WEEK WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. AND SO WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING HERE FROM MINNESOTA TRADE OFFICE BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA TRAVEL AND TOURISM EXPLORE MINNESOTA AND GREATER MSP TO
TALK ABOUT HOW THEY ALL MARKET THE STATE OR THE REGION OR THE CITY FOR BUSINESS OR TALENT OR TOURISM. AND THEN FROM THERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT TO A WORKSHOP WITH THOSE THAT ATTEND THE BLOOMINGTON ECONOMIC
PARTNERSHIP AND CRAFT OUR COLLECTIVE MESSAGE OF WHY BLOOMINGTON WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BRING YOUR COMPANY HERE? WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO ATTRACT COME HERE AS A TALENTED PERSON SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE
WORKING ON THAT WILL BE LOOKING AT WORKFORCE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE YEAR PARTNERSHIP GROWTH. >> WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE THAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH GREATER MSP
AND DEED ARE STRONG. THEY ARE TWO MAIN PARTNERS IN BUSINESS RECRUITMENT. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SEND US SITE SELECTION INQUIRIES. THEY ARE OUT SPEAKING FOR THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND SPEAKING WITH BUSINESSES.
SO VERY IMPORTANT. WE'VE ALSO STARTED TO BUILD OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MINNESOTA TRADE OFFICE WHICH LOOKS INTERNATIONALLY AND WE ATTENDED SELECT USA WITH THEM THIS YEAR. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY. SO THIS IS ALL AS NEEDED. BUT WE DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE CAPITOL THIS YEAR LOOKING AT THE ROMANA TAX EXEMPTION EXTENSION WHICH WE SUCCESSFULLY GOT THE SPENDING
PLAN TIFF EXTENSION WHICH WE WERE SUCCESSFUL ON AND THEN WE SUPPORTED THE MINNESOTA FORWARD FUND ACT FLEXIBILITY THAT HAD TO BE PREVIOUSLY PAIRED WITH FEDERAL FUNDING AND THEY HAVE DECOUPLED THAT
FROM FEDERAL FUNDING. SO MORE OF OUR MINNESOTA COMPANIES CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND AND THEN IN 2026 WE'LL BE WORKING WITH
COMMUNICATIONS. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ON THAT. WHY BLOOMINGTON DOING A MORE CONCERTED EFFORT AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING AND STORYTELLING IF THAT IS OF INTEREST TO ANY
OF YOU PLEASE COME TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. WE'D LOVE TO GET YOU INVOLVED IN HELPING TO CRAFT THAT MESSAGE. WE'LL BE SUPPORTING STAFF. I WILL BE SUPPORTING STAFF ON KEY PROJECTS INCLUDING THE WATERPARK WE ALL SPEND A LOT
OF TIME ON TOURISM PROJECTS BUSINESS AND ALSO DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM THAT EMPLOYER RECRUITMENT IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT THAT WE ALL DO. BUSINESS RETENTION WILL BE
CONTINUING TO EXPAND OUR EMPLOYER VISITS. PART OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ALLAN'S WORK IS WE NOW KNOW WHO TO GO VISIT. WE HAD OLDER LISTS. SO KNOWING THAT OUR TOP 20 TOP 30 EMPLOYERS ARE ALWAYS
EVOLVING KNOWING THAT EVEN IF THEY MAY BE A SMALLER REPRESENTATION THEY MIGHT HAVE A BIG GLOBAL FOOTPRINT LIKE DAIRY QUEEN OR SICK. JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A HANDLE ON THOSE AND THAT
WE'RE VISITING THEM. AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR BECAUSE HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME WITH ME VISITING BUSINESSES AND THEN CONTINUING TO COLLABORATE WITH DEED AND GREATER MSSP AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO TO THE
LEGISLATURE AS WE NEED TO AND THEN SOME EXCITING ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENTS. WE ARE NAMING SOME PORT FUNDS DIFFERENTLY TO BE MORE ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S NAMING
STANDARDS. VERY EXCITING STUFF. OKAY. SO WITH THAT YOU HAVE SEEN REALLY A QUICK RECAP OF 2025 THUS FAR AND WHERE WE'RE
HEADED IN 2026. AND AS I SAID, WE WANTED TO DO THAT BEFORE WE DID THE BUDGET AND LEVIES SO YOU HAVE A GOOD GOOD SENSE OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THINGS WE'RE ASKING FOR.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE TEAM BACK UP HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT AND THANK YOU FOR I KNOW THAT THIS GROUP AND I KNOW THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL TALKED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND SAID HOW THE WORK FOR THE PORT WAS DOING OVER IN THE SOUTH LOOP WAS WONDERFUL BUT WE REALLY NEEDED A CONCERTED EFFORT CITYWIDE AND IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS NOT JUST
WITH OUR BIG EMPLOYERS REED MALL OF AMERICA OR OTHERS AND AND LOOK TO LOOK TO THE PORT LOOK TO STAFF TO TRY AND MAKE THAT A REALITY AND I WOULD SAY MISSION ACCOMPLISHED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO
ACCOMPLISH OUTSTANDING WORK WITH WITH THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND WITH THE THE INTERNSHIPS AND CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND ALL THE DEVELOPMENT WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING. I KNOW I WAS AT THE THE WHAT IS A GREATER MSP THE 2025 FORWARD WHATEVER IT WAS LAST WEEK THEIR THEIR EVENT THAT THEY HAD LAST WEEK OVER AT
SAINT THOMAS AND HEARD FROM MORE THAN ONE PERSON I THINK HALF A DOZEN OR SO SAYING THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN BLOOMINGTON THAT WE DO HERE IN BLOOMINGTON IS EXCEPTIONAL AND IT'S REALLY KIND
OF SETTING THE PACE FOR THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES AND SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED AND IT'S NOT GOING UNNOTICED BY FOLKS LOCALLY AND BY FOLKS ACROSS THE REGION.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WELL DONE. ACCOLADES ASIDE COUNCIL QUESTION OR COUNCIL COMMISSION COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS COMMISSIONER LYONS CAN I GET A COPY OF ALL THOSE ART PROJECTS
BEING DONE WHERE THEY ARE THAT CATHERINE HAD? I'D LOVE THAT'S NOT IN ANY OF THE PACKET THAT I GIVEN BUT I'D LIKE TO. YOU MEAN THE DATES COMING UP
FOR EVENTS OR JUST IN GENERAL IN GENERAL I JUST LIKE IT AROUND TOWN AND I LIKE THE REAGAN ERA, YOU KNOW I WANT TO CHECK THEM OUT, SEE THEM BUT THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR
WEBSITE OR ON THE WEBSITE. YEAH. WHERE BLM AMEND SLASH PLACEMAKING AND THEN IDENTICAL TO THAT PRESENTATION IT WAS ON
HERE NOT IDENTICAL NO THAT I SEE HOLLY WRITING FURIOUSLY SO I GUARANTEE YOU'RE GOING TO GET A COPY OF THIS. YES, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY SEND OUT UPDATED INFORMATION. OTHER COMMENTS COMMISSIONERS
COMMISSIONER PETERSON AND THANKS FOR IT. THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND TALKING TONIGHT. AND IT'S IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE MOVING THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE DOING AS WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IS THAT FOR THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE SETTING KIND OF CONCRETE GOALS FOR THINGS
AND THAT WE'RE MEASURING KIND OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WHAT'S WORKING AND THAT WE'RE AND THAT WE'RE NOT AFRAID AND PARTICULARLY AT THE STAFF LEVEL THAT YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO SAY HEY, THIS WAS AN IDEA THAT WE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD
IDEA AND IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE A BAD IDEA AND ON IT AND IT HASN'T GOTTEN TRACTION AND SO DON'T DON'T BE AFRAID TO COME WITH YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING THIS AND IT'S NOT REALLY WORKING OR IT'S NOT WORKING TO
OUR LEVEL AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT IT OR COME AND SAY YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT IDEAS IN THIS AREA AND WE'VE DECIDED THAT IT'S NOT WORKED. I THINK IF WE'RE IF WE'RE
REALLY BEING RISK TAKING ORGANIZATION IN THIS SPACE, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE TRY THAT AREN'T GOING TO WORK. AND SO I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT THE THE PRESENTATION AT
OUR LEVEL TO BE 100%, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GLORIOUS SUCCESSES AND IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A FAILURE, IT'S JUST KIND OF QUIETLY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUT OUT IN THE BACK PASTURE AND NOT TALKED ABOUT AGAIN.
I THINK WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AND SAY OKAY, WHAT WHAT WAS DIFFERENT? YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY WENT AND DID IT VERSUS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD THING AND THEN SAY OKAY ,WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THAT AND GO FORWARD AND SO DON'T
DON'T BE DON'T BE SCARED OF HAVING THAT SORT OF CONVERSATION AND COMING AND SAYING WE TRIED THIS AND IT DIDN'T WORK AND I THAT FOR ME I THINK THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT AS COMING IN TALKING
ABOUT SUCCESSES SO GOOD ADVICE ,COMMISSIONER PETERSON THANK YOU. OTHERS IF NOT NO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WELL DONE. HOLLY IS JUST GOING TO STAY UP THERE AS WE HEAD UNDER ITEM 3.2 ARE 2026 PRELIMINARY PORT AUTHORITY BUDGET AND TAX LEVY
COMMUNITY LUNCH. THIS IS A PERSONAL PROBLEM. THIS WAS WARM AND TEPID WHEN I GOT IN HERE. IT'S NOW COLD. OH, IT'S LIKE IT'S FREEZING IN HERE. YOU COULD HANG MEAT IN HERE. I GUARANTEE IT. I AGREE.
WE OPEN A DOOR OR SOMETHING AND WE CAN DO IT. MY NOSE IS RUNNING. I KNOW. CAN I BORROW YOUR JACKET? TRY. LET'S GO. OH, I MEAN IT'S JUST WE WILL
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. COOL. COOLER IS REALLY COLD. YEAH, YOU'RE YOU'RE IN THE YOU'RE IN THE BAD SPOT TOO. I KNOW BECAUSE I SIT THERE. ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE PRESIDENT PRO TEM AND COMMISSIONERS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR PRELIMINARY LEVY AND BUDGET AS A REMINDER THIS BECOMES A FOUR STEP PROCESS OVER THE COURSE OF THE FALL WE'LL BE HERE TOGETHER FOR A PRELIMINARY
BUDGET AND LEVY AND THEN IT WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AGAIN LATER IN THE FALL FOR OUR FINAL BUDGET AND LEVY AND THEN IT WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL
AND WITH OUR BUDGET WE WILL PURCHASE A NEW CLICKER THAT WE GO ALL RIGHT, SO JUST AS A BRIEF REMINDER
AND YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL WE PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO TALK ABOUT A MISSION STATEMENT. BUT WE DO THIS THROUGH BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, CREATIVE
PLACEMAKING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOP AND SERVICES. WE ARE WORKING IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S STRATEGIC GOALS OR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT INCLUDE A CONNECTED AND
WELCOMING COMMUNITY AND A COMMUNITY WITH EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THOSE ARE PART OF THE BLOOMINGTON TOGETHER TOMORROW PRIORITIES AND THEN WE THIS YEAR SET OUR
OWN GOALS AND PRIORITIES WHICH INCLUDED GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABILITY, COLLABORATION SERVICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE ARE NOW
FOCUSING ON EIGHT OBJECTIVE AREAS OF TRADED SECTORS WHICH ARE THOSE LARGE EMPLOYERS SMALL BUSINESSES INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP THRIVING PLACES WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU MANY TIMES THAT IF WE'RE GOING
TO DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE WANT TO BUILD A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE REAL ESTATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE TALENT, ATTRACTION AND RETENTION, WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND THEN
MARKETING AND EVENTS. OUR TIMELINE HAS BEEN QUITE INTERESTING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE THE PORT ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED ITS LEVY
FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT USED TO BE FUNDED PRIMARILY PRIMARILY BY INTEREST EARNED ON THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUND BUT CITYWIDE EXPANSION
WAS IDENTIFIED AS A GOAL IN 2022. THE PORT STARTED DOING THAT IN 2023 AND WAS FUNDED BY 1.4 MILLION WITH A TRANSFER FROM THE HRA LEVY WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER SMALL BUSINESS
ASSISTANCE SERVICES FOR THE FIRST TIME 2024 WE IMPOSED OUR FIRST LEVY OF 1.5 MILLION LAST YEAR WE BROUGHT IT UP TO 2.5 AND WE HAD STRONG REASONS FOR THAT. WE WANTED TO FUND OUR RESERVES.
WE NOW HAVE OUR OWN ACCOUNT THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SEED OUR STRATEGIC ACQUISITION FUND FOR FUTURE PURCHASES AND THEN PREPARE FOR OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN PROJECTS. AND THEN IN 2026 WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT RENAMING THOSE FUNDS AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A 2.9 MILLION LEVY TO GROW SERVICES AND BUILD RESERVES.
SO OUR 2026 BUDGET INCLUDES A TOTAL BUDGETED REVENUE OF 3,470,000 WITH TOTAL EXPENSES OF 3,153,488 AND
YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR REVENUE LESS EXPENDITURES IS 316,000 AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS WE ARE CONTINUING TO GROW OUR OPERATING RESERVES AND OUR STRATEGIC ACQUISITION FUND.
WE ARE FUNDED BY A TRANSFER FROM THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUND A 560,000 AND THEN OUR LEVY REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR WHICH IS 2.9 MILLION.
SO BRIEFLY BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT EXTENSIVELY WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE, BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CITYWIDE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF BLOOMINGTON AND
ALLOCATED FUNDING TO ASSIST WITH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND STUDIES CITYWIDE AND A FEW NEW THINGS WILL INCLUDE BUSINESS OUTREACH PROGRAMS WITH
TARGETED PARTNERS. SO WE PREVIEWED THAT WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH ZAWADI WE ARE GOING TO FIND ADDITIONAL PARTNERS TO HELP US GET OUR WORK OUT. WE ARE CREATING A NEW FUND SPECIFIC WEEKLY FOR SMALL
BUSINESS SUPPORT AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE PERMANENT STAFFING FOR BLOOM IN BLOOMINGTON. WILSON'S POSITION WAS A ONE YEAR TEMPORARY POSITION AND WITH THIS BUDGET WE ARE MAKING
IT PERMANENT AND WAREHOUSING IT WITHIN THE PORT. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR TEAM HAS EXPANDED A BIT OVER THE LAST
FEW YEARS AND WE DID PREVIEW THAT WE ARE CREATING A NEW FUND AND WE HAVE SOME NEW NAMING CONVENTIONS SO THIS IS GOING TO GET A BIT TECHNICAL AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO BUT BEAR WITH
ME. SO WE USED TO HAVE A FUND THAT WE CALLED A PORT DEVELOPMENT FUND WAS FUNDED BY THE LEVY. WE WERE GOING TO CHANGE ITS NAME TO THE GENERAL FUND THAT IS THE FUND THAT WE USE
CITYWIDE FOR OUR GENERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES. THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE WAY THE CITY'S NAMING CONVENTIONS GO. YOUR GENERAL FUND SHOULD BE YOUR MOST GENERAL FUND FOR
WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE GENERAL FUND IS GOING TO BE CALLED THE SOUTH LOOP SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND THAT WAS FUNDED BY INTEREST FROM THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUND. I'M SO SORRY GUYS 4300 AND SO
WE ARE CHANGING THAT. THE NAME WILL BE SOUTH OF SPECIAL REVENUE FUND WILL CONTINUE TO REMIND YOU THE GENERAL FUND IS THE LEVY THE SOUTH OF SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IS JUST FOR SOUTH LOOP BUT
WE'RE ALL GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET USED TO THIS LANGUAGE. WE'VE CLEARED IT WITH THE AUDITORS AND IT IS GOING TO MAKE OUR LIVES A LITTLE SIMPLER AND LESS CONFUSING MOVING FORWARD. WE CAN ONLY USE THE SOUTH LOOP SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IN THE
SOUTH LOOP AREA AND WE PRIMARILY USE THAT FOR STAFF AND PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO OUR DEVELOPMENT WORK AND THEN OUR NEW FUND IS GOING TO BE OUR BUSINESS PAYMENT FUND AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A
TRANSFER IN FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY LEVY OR EXTERNAL GRANTS THAT WE GET AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TO ASSIST BUSINESSES. SO WHEN WE DO THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT IF WE'RE DOING HATCH, IF WE'RE CREATING
A NEW SAC PROGRAM, IF WE'RE DOING MICROLOANS OR MICRO GRANTS, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ALL OF THOSE IN THIS FUND. SO IF ONE PROGRAM BECOMES MORE POPULAR ONE YEAR OR LESS POPULAR WE CAN FLEX EASILY.
WE CAN TRACK HOW THAT MONEY'S GOING OUT THE DOOR MORE EASILY AND IT'S JUST CLEAR TO US HOW MUCH OF OUR MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES VERY DIFFERENT FROM TIFF AND OTHER TYPES
OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. WE DO THIS AS DIRECTED PRIMARILY A VERY SMALL BUSINESSES RIGHT AND I'LL MOVE IT OVER TO MARY KATE TO GET
SPECIFICALLY INTO THE NUMBERS. GOOD EVENING. SO THE FIRST SLIDE WE'LL LOOK AT IS THE COMBINED GENERAL AND SOUTH OF FUNDS. IF WE LOOK AT THE REVENUES AS
HOLLY MENTIONED, THE REQUEST IS FOR 3.4 MILLION AND THAT'S ABOUT 76,000 INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LEVY REQUEST HAS GONE UP 400,000
AND THE OTHER REVENUES HAS GONE DOWN 334 AND SO BASICALLY THE GENERAL FUND REQUEST IS GOING UP 400,000 THE SOUTH LOOP REQUEST IS GOING DOWN 334,000 AND THAT'S BECAUSE
OF THE SHIFT IN WORK THAT THE BOARD HAS DONE AS THERE WORK HAS EXPANDED CITYWIDE LESS OF THE RESOURCES IS GOING TO SOUTH LOOP MORE IS GOING TO CITYWIDE SO THAT'S WHY THE
LEVY IS GOING UP AND THE OTHER REVENUE IS GOING DOWN. BUT OVERALL THE REVENUE REQUEST IS ABOUT 2.2% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT EXPENDITURES,
SALARIES AND BENEFITS ARE GOING TO GO UP. THE REQUEST IS TO GO UP 21% OR 230,000. THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITION
OF THE PLUME FACILITATOR POSITION AND ALSO THIS YEAR EVERY YEAR HOLLY AND I LOOK AT HOW EMPLOYEES ARE ALLOCATING THEIR TIME EVERY TWO WEEKS EMPLOYEES ALLOCATE THEIR TIME
BASED ON WHERE THEY WORK SO SOME GUESS QUARTER TO THE GENERAL FUND, SOME TO SOUTH LOOP AND SOME TO TO FUNDS AND JUST BASED ON THAT REVIEW THAT'S DONE EVERY YEAR SOME
ALLOCATIONS CHANGE AND MORE OF THEIR TIME IS BEING SPENT SPENT ON CITYWIDE AND MATERIALS SUPPLIES AND SERVICES. THE REQUESTED INCREASE IS
188,000 OR 13% AND THAT'S MOSTLY IN THE SMALL BUSINESS LIKE THE MICROLOANS SAC FOR ASSISTANCE AND THEN INTERNAL CHARGES FOR LIKE I.T MAILROOM
BUILDING AND THIS INCREASE OF 22,000. SO OVERALL FOR THE 2026 BUDGET AS HOLLY MENTIONED IT'S A NET
INCREASE THE FUND BALANCE OF 316,000 AND OH A I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE GENERAL FUND ONCE AGAIN THE
LEVY REQUEST IS GOING UP 400,000 NEW IN 2026 NOW THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF RESERVES IN THE FUND WE'RE ALLOCATING INTEREST AND SO ARE
ESTIMATING ABOUT 10,000 FOR INTEREST INCOME. YOU CAN SEE SALARIES AND BENEFITS ONE UP FOR THE REQUESTS 326,000 AND THAT'S THE ADDITION OF THE BLOOM
FACILITATOR POSITION BUT ALSO JUST THE REALLOCATION OF ALL EMPLOYEES ARE SPENDING THEIR TIME JUST MORE OF IT BEING SPENT CITYWIDE MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.
THE BUDGET REQUEST IS AN ADDITION FOR 1.576 MILLION AN INCREASE OF 37%. ONCE AGAIN THAT'S SOME OF THE NEW INITIATIVES LIKE THE
MICROLOANS FOR ASSISTANCE AND THEN THE INTERNAL CHARGES INCREASE OF ABOUT 20%. SO THE ADDITION REVENUES THOSE
EXPENSES WOULD BE 307,000 WHICH WOULD HELP BUILD RESERVES FOR FUTURE LAND ACQUISITIONS
AND THE THAT FUND YOU CAN SEE THE REQUESTED REVENUE IS GOING DOWN BY 334,000 AND ONCE AGAIN IT'S JUST BECAUSE MORE ACTIVITY IS
GOING CITYWIDE. YOU CAN SEE THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS IS GOING DOWN ABOUT 96,000 MATERIALS SUPPLIES AND
SERVICES 239,000 PART OF THAT IS ALSO CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IS ACTUALLY A CITY FUND AND SO THERE USED TO BE A TRANSFER FROM THE CITY TO PART AND THEN BACK TO THE CITY FOR CREATIVE
PLACEMAKING. SO WE'RE JUST STREAMLINING THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. SO THAT REDUCED MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES BY 110 BECAUSE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING
NOT JUST BE FUNDED DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY CITY SORT OF FUND TO THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING FUND. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND
SERVICES. SO OVERALL THE FUND PRETTY MUCH BREAKS EVEN WITH A NET POSITIVE OF 9000 ONE AND I
THINK IT'S YEAH SO MOVING FORWARD TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND LEVY APPROVAL THAT IT WOULD GO TO CITY COUNCIL ON
SEPTEMBER 8TH BE SUBMITTED TO HENNEPIN COUNTY NOVEMBER 18TH WE'LL BE BACK HERE FOR APPROVAL FOR THE FINAL LEVY RECOMMENDATION AND BUDGET SO THIS COULD SHIFT OVER THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS AS AS WE REFINE OUR BUDGETS. THE CITY IS ALSO GOING THROUGH THEIR PROCESS AND THEN DECEMBER 8TH WE ARE SLATED TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL LEVY REQUEST APPROVAL IF THEY DO NOT APPROVE OUR FINAL
BUDGET THAT ONLY HAPPENS AT THE PORT AND THEN IT'S SUBMITTED TO HENNEPIN COUNTY AND WITH THAT WE ARE SEEKING MOTIONS TO APPROVE BOTH A
PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND THE PRELIMINARY LEVY BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS . THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOTH OF YOU FOR THIS QUESTION THAN I HAD AS I LOOK AT THE SELF
LOOP FUND AND I'M USING THAT PHRASE CLINICALLY NOW FOR THE SELF FOOD FUND, THE CAPITAL OUTLAY OF 8.2 MILLION BACK IN 2024 THERE WAS NO CAPITAL OUTLAY IN THE 25 BUDGET AND NONE IN THE 26 BUDGET IS THERE
IS THERE SIMPLY THERE'S NO PLANS IN FRONT OF US OR DO WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IN CASE PLANS DO COME IN FRONT OF US IN 26 THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO DO A CAPITAL OUTLAY? >> YEAH. SO THAT CAPITAL OUTLAY WAS FOR
THE SICK RAMP AND SO THE FUNDING HALF OF IT WAS COMING FROM THE CITY'S 4300 FUND AND THE OTHER HALF IS COMING FROM ALL OF AMERICA TO FUND AND FROM TALKING WITH OUR AUDITORS
THEN THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT WOULD JUST BE A TRANSFER FROM THE 4300 INTO THE PORT AND WE DON'T WANT TO TRANSFER NON TIF MONEY INTO A TO FUND. SO WHEN WE TRANSFERRED THE
CITY SHARE OF THE RAMP WE PUT IT INTO THE SELF THAT FUND AND SO THAT WAS WHERE THAT HUGE CAPITAL OUTLAY CAME FROM. I DON'T EXPECT ANY OTHER MAJOR
CAPITAL OUTLAYS IN THIS OUTLOOK FUND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PETERSON AND THEN COMMISSIONER NELSON. COMMISSIONER PETERSON OH THANK YOU. SO I INTEND TO SUPPORT THAT
RESOLUTION. I HAVE A REQUEST THOUGH THE AND THIS THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF AS PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE PORT AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT IS THAT THE BUDGETARY PRESENTATION IS KIND OF LIKE
WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON. SO IT'S LIKE PEOPLE AND OUTLAYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT I THINK FROM A FROM A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE TO KIND OF DO OUR MANAGEMENT DUTIES WE ALSO WE
ALSO NEED A VIEW THAT KIND OF LOOKS AND SAYS OKAY BASED ON BASED ON KIND OF THE OUTCOMES OR THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING IS AT THE PORT THAT WE ALSO NEED TO VIEW AT THAT LEVEL THAT SAYS WE'RE SPENDING THIS MUCH MONEY TO DO
THIS, WE'RE SPENDING THIS MUCH MONEY TO DO THAT SORT OF THING IN TERMS OF LIKE LIKE THE BLOOM FOR EXAMPLE WE'RE HIRING THE BLOOM THE BLOOM COORDINATOR ON A FULL TIME BASIS. AND SO WHAT I WHAT I'D LIKE TO
SEE AND IT DOESN'T IT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE SUPER PRECISE SO YOU KNOW I'VE DONE TIME TRIALS BEFORE AND I GET TO THE GAME I'M FILLING OUT TIME CARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT I WHAT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO AT A AT A ROUGH
LEVEL IS BE ABLE TO SAY OKAY WE'RE WE'RE SPENDING THIS MUCH RESOURCES TOWARD THIS GOAL. WE'RE SPENDING THIS MUCH RESOURCES TOWARD THAT GOAL AND WHEN WE'RE HAVING THE BUDGET CONVERSATION WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF LOOK AND SAY, YOU
KNOW, HERE'S HERE'S HOW THAT HOW THAT'S KIND OF PANNING OUT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE VALUE JUDGMENTS ON YOU KNOW THAT'S IS THAT THE DO WE THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE SPENDING ON THAT PARTICULAR ACTIVITY AND GIVE YOU OUR
FEEDBACK ON THAT AND SO NOT NECESSARILY AS PART OF THE KIND OF KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY BUT I'D LIKE US TO KIND OF GET THINGS SET UP SO THAT WE CAN GATHER THAT DATA AND REPORT ON ON THAT SO THAT
WE CAN CAN WE CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE WE JUST WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON NOW. YOU KNOW I LOOK AT THAT ORG CHART AND IT USED TO BE ONE PERSON AND IT'S NOT ANYMORE AND SO I THINK WE WE SITTING HERE HAVE TO KIND OF UP OUR GAME ON WATCHING STUFF AND
THAT'S INFORMATION I THINK WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SO THAT'S MY PIECE OF FEEDBACK I'M PRESIDENT PRO-TEM COMMISSIONER PETERSON AND COMMISSIONERS THE CITY ACTUALLY UNDERTOOK A PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING PROCESS THIS
YEAR THAT I THINK MIGHT HELP ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. I DON'T UNFORTUNATELY HAVE THE PORT'S RESULTS YET AVAILABLE TO ME BUT MARY KAY, DO YOU
HAVE A SENSE OF WHEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF THAT ACTUALLY? CARRIE CARLSON TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME INFORMATION AND SHE CERTAINLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS SO IT SHOULD BE EARLY SEPTEMBER BUT
I THINK WE'LL TAKE IT. >> I HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT THOSE RESULTS WILL LOOK LIKE YET BUT I'M HOPING THAT HELPS TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS . BUT I THINK IN THE FUTURE AND CERTAINLY FOR THE NEXT CYCLE
WE CAN BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE THE PROGRAM COSTS JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT STAFF BELONGS TO, WHAT WT PROGRAM, WHAT FUNDING ETC. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A HELPFUL THING BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE YOU KNOW
RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN KIND OF AN EXPANSION MODE BUT I THINK THERE THERE'S ALWAYS A TIME WHERE YOU'RE LIKE HEY WE HAVE TO PIVOT TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THINGS AND SAY WHICH OF THE THINGS ARE REALLY KIND OF WORTH CONTROLLING IT FORWARD AND WHICH ARE THINGS MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE AND
THAT'S THAT THAT'S THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO ABSOLUTELY OKAY. COMMISSIONER NELSON YEAH.
THANK YOU MAYOR. I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER PETERSON'S COMMENTS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT IF THIS WOULD BE PART OF THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING
PROCESS. SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. IT IS WHAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE IS IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A NUMBER OF SHIFTS BETWEEN DIFFERENT FUNDS BASED ON THE
RENAMING THAT SOME MONEY WENT FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN SOUTH LOOP TO CITYWIDE TO SO WHAT I WOULD THINK IS NOW THE GENERAL FUND FROM AND OUT OF THERE SO AND THEN SOME OF IT FOR
CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IN PARTICULAR ARE WENT TO THE CITY BUDGET CAN WE GET KIND OF THOSE FINITE AMOUNTS AND HOW THEY SHIFTED BETWEEN THE
DIFFERENT FUNDS NOT JUST SORT OF THE END RESULT BUT EXACTLY WHAT MOVED FROM WHERE BASED ON THAT YOU KNOW BASED ON THE MATERIALS, THE TIME CARDS ALL
OF THOSE THINGS JUST TO SEE HOW WE CAN SEE THOSE THINGS HAVE MOVED THAT I ASSUME THAT WAS A YES THAT PRESIDENT PRO
TEM COMMISSIONER NELSON AND COMMISSIONERS YES WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT. THERE WILL BE WE CAN LINE ITEM CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE SHIFTED LIKE I DON'T KNOW
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CELL PHONES FOR EXAMPLE HAVE MOVED FROM MORE SOUTH LOOP TO GENERAL FUND. I HAVE TO GET USED TO IT TOO BUT I. I DID WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT
THE THE LEVY IS OPERATING AS THE LEVY HAS AND THE THE SOUTH LOOP FUND IS OPERATING AS THE SOUTH WE PADS IT'S JUST THAT WE OURSELVES ARE NOT WORKING MORE OUTSIDE THE SOUTH LOOP THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING FUND
WE HAVE HAD TO REARRANGE THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE AND I KNOW PRECISELY BECAUSE IT WAS CONFUSING TO EVERYBODY EVERY YEAR SO I'M ASKING OF MARY KAY DO THAT PART OF THE PRESENTATION JUST TO
MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR MOVING FORWARD THAT THAT SOUNDS GREAT AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR MY MEMORY THE EXPANSION OF THE TEAM A
LOT THAT OF THAT HAD TO DO ORIGINALLY WITH THE OTHER CHANGE WE MADE WHEN THE PORT WENT CITYWIDE THEY CHARGED HRA CHANGED ITS ROLES. WE REDID THINGS.
THAT WAS A LOT OF THE REASON WE HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE IN THE PORT NOW IS THAT ACCURATE IS MY RECOLLECTION WE WERE AND WE DIDN'T ADDED
OVERALL IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY THE PORT, THE HRA AS MUCH AS IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE ADDED HERE, IS THAT ACCURATE? >> I'D SAY MAYOR AND MEMBERS
THE THE REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS TAKEN ON A BIT MORE OF THE ACTUARIES WORK KENNY NIEMEYER SHARED BETWEEN THE TWO AND THEN OTHERWISE I WOULD SAY I I THINK IT'S ABOUT
THE SAME AS THE PORT USED TO BE JUST THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT TEAM SO A LOT OF THE NEW MEMBERS ARE TAKING ON ROLES AND ACTIVITIES THAT THE CITY HAD EXPRESSED THAT IT WANTED BUT THERE WERE NO STAFF
TO FULFILL. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
OTHERS ALL RIGHT HERE IN NONE. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND YES, THIS IS THE START OF THE PROCESS AND WE KNOW IT IS AND WILL BE WORKING THROUGH
BUDGETS UNTIL DECEMBER HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS SO IT WILL BE GOOD TO HAVE THIS THIS BACKGROUND AND THIS PRESENTATION FOR COMMISSIONER NELSON AND I WHEN WE BECOME MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF NEED BE AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE WORK THAT THE THE PORT AUTHORITY IS DOING AND DOING SO WELL SO YES. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT COMMISSIONERS, I
WOULD WE NEED TWO MOTIONS THIS EVENING. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PORT AUTHORITY'S PRELIMINARY 2026 BUDGET FOR THE PORT AUTHORITY GENERAL AND SOUTH LOOP SPECIAL REVENUE
FUNDS AND A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PETERSON TO HAVE A SECOND. SO WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HUNT ANY FURTHER COUNCIL THE SEWER COMMISSION DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND THEN I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PRELIMINARY LEVY
FOR THE YEAR 2026 PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTE SECTIONS 469 ZERO 53 SUBDIVISION FOUR. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER OR COMMISSIONER PETERSON AND A
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LUNS ANY FURTHER COMMISSION DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU COMMISSION AND THANK YOU
ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK ON THE ON THE BUDGET AND PREPPING IT UP AND TEEING IT UP FOR US SO WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I THINK IT AND WE'LL GO TO
ITEM 3.3 ON OUR AGENDA THIS IS THE PORT AUTHORITY MISSION STATEMENT ADOPTION ALLIE ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS . I'M JUST GOING TO GET SHORTER AT THIS. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS REALLY FOR MOST OF THIS YEAR THE MISSION STATEMENT PROCESS CAME UP DURING OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. THE PORT'S MISSION HAD BEEN SORT OF TAKEN FROM STATUTE.
IT WASN'T WRITTEN NECESSARILY BY THE PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSION AND SO STAFF WENT THROUGH AN EXERCISE WITH TYPE STRATEGIES OUR CONSULTANTS AND CAME UP WITH SOME IDEAS AND SOME INSPIRATION FOR WHAT WE THOUGHT AN APPROPRIATE MISSION
STATEMENT WOULD BE FOR THE PORT. WE PRESENTED SOME PRELIMINARY IDEAS TO YOU A FEW MONTHS AGO. YOU CAME BACK AND MET WITH US AT A FACILITATED SESSION LAST
MONTH TO WORK THROUGH THIS TOGETHER AND SO AT THIS POINT WE HAVE WORKED TO A TWO SENTENCE MISSION STATEMENT WHICH IS INCLUDED IN YOUR
PACKET AND I WANT TO GIVE US ALL A LITTLE TIME TO READ IT TOGETHER AND MAKE COMMENTS ON IT, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IF NEED BE.
WE WANT THIS MISSION STATEMENT TO BE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT YOU SEE YOUR VISION TO BE AS THE PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSION IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND ALSO WHAT
THE STAFF HAVE SEEN TO BE IMPORTANT IN WHAT WE SEE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AS PART OF MISSION STATEMENTS. SO AGAIN YOU'VE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ALL NIGHT. OUR WORK HAS SHIFTED
SIGNIFICANTLY FROM JUST REALLY FOCUSING ON REAL ESTATE TO BRINGING IN ALL THESE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE WORK THAT WE DO SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, CREATIVE PLACEMAKING SITS WITHIN THE
PORT AND SO THE MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO YOU TONIGHT IS THE PORT AUTHORITY CULTIVATES COMMUNITY PROSPERITY AND QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THEIR BOLD VISION AND RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC
INVESTMENTS. WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF BLOOMINGTON'S INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT ECONOMY AND WITH THAT I. I WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS,
DISCUSSION, THOUGHTS, REACTIONS COMMISSIONERS I'LL LET YOU CHEW ON THAT FOR JUST A SECOND. READ THAT ONE MORE TIME MAYBE YOU CAN MOVE YOUR LIPS FOR
YOUR READING IF YOU'D LIKE TO REALLY GET A FEEL FOR IT AND DO WE HAVE TO MEMORIZE IT? THERE WILL BE A TEST SO THOUGHTS ON THIS COMMISSIONERS
AND DO YOU THINK IT DO YOU THINK IT TOOK IN THE KIND OF SHORT AND SWEET FEEDBACK THAT WE GAVE AND I LIKE THE YOU KNOW, I THINK IT HITS ON THE HIGH POINTS THAT WE CAME
OUT OF THE CONVERSION AND SO I'M I'M RELUCTANT TO WORDSMITH IT I THINK IT I THINK IT DOES WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH IT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PETERSON COMMISSIONER KELLY YEAH.
IN LIGHT OF CURRENT EVENTS FOR TEACHERS CARE FOR IT I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION OF INCLUSION.
I THINK WE CAN'T STAND DOWN FROM THOSE PRINCIPLES AS THE WINDS BLOW THE OTHER DIRECTION INCLUSIVE. YES, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.
YES. YES. OKAY. AND AGREED COMMISSIONER KELLER, THANK YOU. WELL OBVIOUSLY MY THIS IS WHY I HAVE TO QUIT BECAUSE I MY READING SKILLS HAVE DETERIORATED TO THE POINT
WHERE I'M ONLY VAGUELY COMPETENT AND YOU INCLUDED ME AT ALL. SO THAT'S COMMISSIONER LUNS AND THEN COMMISSIONER HUNT.
COMMISSIONER LYONS I'M ALL FOR INCLUSIVE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY IS AND THOSE TWO WORDS TO ME I THINK I WELL I THINK IF YOU GO UP TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH
OF THE STAFF REPORT THERE THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PRIORITY WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PRIORITY OF EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. AND THAT I THINK TIES IN THAT
NOTION OF EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT THIS THIS RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL VOTE ALL BOATS AND IT INCLUDES EVERYONE IN THE CITY. SO THAT I THINK IS WHERE THE
NOTION OF AN INCLUSIVE, RESILIENT ECONOMY COMES FROM AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY INCLUDES EVERYONE. WHAT WE WANTED TO COME IN AND WERE FINE I GOT IT. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD EXPLANATION.
THANK YOU. WHAT I WANTED AN ECONOMY TO BE SUCCESS FUL TO THAT WAS NOT IN THERE PROFITABLE SUCCESSFUL WHATEVER YOU WANT WANT TO CALL
IT BUT RESILIENCE GREAT INCLUSIVE IS GOOD BUT WHO WILL PROSPER? WHAT DOES PROSPERITY. THERE YOU GO.
PROSPEROUS ECONOMY COMMUNITY. PLUS WE'RE MINCING WORDS HERE . NO, I DIDN'T AND WE'RE HERE TO DO THAT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. WELL, LET'S LET'S GET EVERYBODY STARTS HERE.
COMMISSIONER HUNT, MY NAME IS IN LINE WITH COMMISSIONER LYONS. I'M I OH, THANK YOU. I GET THE INCLUSIVITY AND
IN THE KIND OF THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WORLD AND I JUST I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT PART BEING IN THERE I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION HAVING TO DRAW BACK ON TO THAT.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS AN UNNECESSARY WORD AND THAT WE'RE MORE REACTIVE TO BEING OKAY. THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING SO WE SHOULD SAY THE SAME THING AND NOT SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT ALL OF THAT
BECAUSE WE DO WE WANT EVERYBODY TO DO WELL. BUT IS THERE A NEED TO ACTUALLY USE THE WORD SO.
COMMISSIONER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU. IN MY OPINION THERE IS A NEED TO USE THE WORD BECAUSE WE DO WANT EVERYONE TO DO WELL EXACTLY TO THE POINT. I MEAN WE DON'T WANT AN
ECONOMY WHERE SOME PEOPLE DO EXTREMELY WELL AND OTHER PEOPLE STRUGGLE SIGNIFICANTLY AND SO THIS IS BALANCING NOT ONLY OUR BUSINESSES SO THEY
CAN BE SUCCESSFUL BUT THEIR EMPLOYEES SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND ALL OF THAT. SO I MEAN I KNOW WHEN WE LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE LOOK
AT TYPICALLY IS IF THERE'S STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING IS HOW MANY JOBS WILL IT CREATE AND WHAT WAGE LEVEL OF JOBS WILL THAT CREATE? AND SO WE NOW HAVE A CRITERIA
WITHIN OUR MISSION HERE THAT SAYS WE NEED TO EXPLICITLY LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO THAT FOR ME THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE THERE.
MR. PETERSON OH, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR FOR A WHILE NOW HAS BEEN FOR US TO KIND OF EXPAND OUR
FOCUS FROM KIND OF BEING GREAT AT MEGAPROJECTS TO ALSO BEING GREAT AT KIND OF SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES. AND SO WHEN I WHEN I READ THE WORD INCLUSIVE THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S PART OF MY PERSONAL
DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BOTH CONTINUE TO BE GOOD AT MEGAPROJECTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A UNIQUE SKILL THAT THAT HAS SERVED US WELL AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT MUSCLE BUT WE ALSO NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GROW
BUSINESSES FROM SMALL BUSINESSES TO BIG BUSINESSES. AND SO WHEN I WHEN I SEE THE WORD KIND OF INCLUSIVE THERE PART OF THAT IS IS IS HAVING KIND OF JUST BEING OVER A RANGE OF SIZES OF BUSINESSES
IS WHAT I THINK ABOUT WHEN I READ THAT. YEAH AND SO THAT'S WHY I LIKE THAT IN THERE BECAUSE WE COULD EASILY HAVE SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD SAY WELL WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET BACK IN THE MEGA-PROJECT BUSINESS AND I
THINK THIS AND THIS KIND OF KEEPS US FROM YOU KNOW, KEEPS US HONEST ABOUT THE MEGAPROJECTS AND THAT THAT'S PART OF THE PART OF THE MEAL BUT IT'S NOT THE WHOLE THING. SO MR. KELLER I THINK THOSE
ARE ALL APT AND SMART OBSERVATIONS BUT THE WORD INCLUSIVE WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED IF WE KEEP THAT TO BE
READ DIFFERENTLY. I AGAIN THIS IT'S BUT THE CONCEPTS THAT COULD BE READ INTO THAT BESIDES THE ECONOMIC
ONES THE UP AND DOWN BIG AND SMALL BOAT IT CAN'T FAIL TO BE DRAWING GIVEN PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW
CONCLUSIONS THAT ARE OTHERWISE AND WE HAVE TO BE IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THOSE KINDS OF WORDS WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS VERY MUCH LIKE THEY
WERE IN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES. SO I, I GUESS IT'S SOMETHING OF A WARNING THAT THAT I VIEW THAT AS SOMETHING OF A LIGHTNING ROD AND PERHAPS WE
CAN CLARIFY THAT WITH BIG AND SMALL OR WHATEVER IT IS WE DO THAT THAT DOES GET INTO PAINFUL WORDSMITHING. I JUST THINK BEING READY FOR
THAT WOULD BE VERY WISE AND MORE IMPORTANT BUT AS IMPORTANT IT IS EACH OF US BEING READY IN A CONSISTENT
WAY BECAUSE THAT THAT'S WHERE THINGS BLOW UP I THINK IS IS IT IS SUPPOSEDLY A MISSION STATEMENT FOR A WHOLE ORGANIZATION IF THE ORGANIZATION READ 17 DIFFERENT
INTERPRETATIONS THAT IT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC. I APPRECIATE THAT COMMISSIONER. I PERSONALLY FOR THE REASONS STATED THAT I AND COMMISSIONER
PETERSON AND COMMISSIONER NELSON STATED I THINK THE WORD INCLUSIVE IS IMPORTANT TO LEAVE IN THEIR I ALSO APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER LUND'S
THOUGHTS OF PROSPEROUS OR SUCCESSFUL OR SO ON AND AS I READ THE STRUCTURE THAT SENTENCE THROUGH BOLD VISION AND RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS OF COURSE THE
FIRST HALF TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE I WOULD SAY THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF BLOOMINGTON'S ECONOMY.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART WE TALK ABOUT WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY AND THEN DEFINING WHAT TYPE OF ECONOMY WE WANT TO HAVE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE AN INCLUSIVE AND A RESILIENT ECONOMY.
SO I WOULD BE I WOULD BE OPEN TO YOU KNOW, INCLUDING THE WORD OF, YOU KNOW, GROWTH IN THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS. HOWEVER WE WANT TO SAY IT BASICALLY DEFINING WHAT WE
WANT OUT OF THE ECONOMY AND WHAT WOULD THAT ECONOMY WHAT WE WANT THAT ECONOMY TO LOOK LIKE IS TO HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT'S INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT. MR. LUND, FOR A GUY THAT WROTE
FOR A LIVING FOR MANY YEARS, I JUST PENCILS UP ME AND THROW ME UNDER THE BUS. BUT WHAT WHAT IF WE SAID THE LAST PHRASE WE CONTRIBUTE TO
THE WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF BLOOMINGTON'S OH ONE SECOND TO WE'RE QUITE RIGHT IF WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF BLOOMINGTON'S INCLUSIVELY
PROSPEROUS AND RESILIENT ECONOMY YOU'RE COMBINING TWO WORDS INCLUSIVELY FOR ALL WITH PROSPERITY. WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE
AND THAT I THINK WOULD BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL. I LIKE THAT IDEA . WE WANT EVERYBODY TO MAKE
MONEY. I WILL SAY MY OTHER COMMENT WAS THAT I LIKE THE THE USE OF THE WORD CULTIVATE. YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE BUT CULTIVATE CULTIVATE IS IS AN
ACTION VERB. IT MEANS TO TO HELP GROW AND TO DEVELOP AND TO MAKE BETTER . AND I MEAN YOU'VE ALL HEARD ME USE THE THE GARDEN ANALOGY AND HOW IT WORKS FOR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
BUT I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT CULTIVATING AND CULTIVATING AN ECONOMY ANDOMMUNITY PROSPERITY ALSO SO MAYOR AND
MEMBERS I HAVE A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS BUT I ALSO WANT TO OFFER THAT WE CAN RETURN WITH ANOTHER ITERATION OF THIS OR I WILL POINT OUT THAT OUR PRESIDENT IS NOT HERE SO WE
MAY WANT TO BUT COMMUNITY PROSPERITY I JUST WANT TO GET SOME EXPLANATIONS FROM STAFF WAS CHOSEN FOR A STAND IN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE
THAT WE ACTUALLY HEARD THAT FROM YOU IN IN OUR SESSION LAST MONTH THAT YOU REALLY SEE YOURSELVES AS IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE ECONOMY. >> YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF BLOOMINGTON DO
WELL. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I TOOK FROM THAT. >> MAYBE THAT'S I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND THEN JUST I ALSO WANTEDO
SAY ABOUT THE WORD INCLUSIVE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND HOW WE DO OUR WORK TOO BECAUSE I THINK LONG FOR A LONG TIME THERE WAS A PERCEPTION THAT THE PORT WORKED WITH VERY LARGE
PROJECTS TO COMMISSIONER PETERSON'S POINT AND SO WE HAVE GONE OUT OF OUR WAY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH SMALLER DEVELOPERS, WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE IN THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT MIGHT
NOT BE ABLE TO WITH SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. BUT ENGLISH MIGHT NOT BE THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE AND THAT TAKES EXTRA TIME AND RESOURCES ON OUR END WE OFTEN HAVE TO BRING
IN TRANSLATORS OR ADDITIONAL PARTNERS TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT IF WE DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT THOSE PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE WORK THAT THE
PORT IS DOING WHICH DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY PROSPERITY. SO INCLUSIVENESS IS VERY MUCH A PART OF OF THE WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE RESOURCES AND THE TIME AND THE INTENTIONALITY OF IT ALL.
SO I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT ALSO FROM THE INCLUSIVENESS PERSPECTIVE BUT I DID WANT TO JUST THROW OUT A SMALL EDIT AND SEE IF IT RESONATED WITH YOU. WHAT IF FOR THE SECOND
SENTENCE IT SAID THROUGH BOLD VISION AND RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF BLOOMINGTON'S INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT ECONOMY.
ACTUALLY LOOKING BACK AND REALIZING WE USE THE WORD PROSPERITY IN THE FIRST SENTENCE AS WELL AS I DID TOO I DID TOO. SO I THINK SUCCESS THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF BLOOMINGTON'S
INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT ECONOMY I COULD BE GOOD WITH THAT BECAUSE YES, I'D THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THE REUSE OF THE WORD PROSPERITY. YEAH I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU
COULD FIND IT. I KNEW THE WORD WAS TIGHTENING THERE MEMBERS WOULD BE WE BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
HOLLY, COULD YOU READ THE ENTIRE THING FOR US THE WITH WITH WITH YOU WITH THE EDIT THAT YOU OFFERED PLEASE I CAN SO THE PORT AUTHORITY CULTIVATES COMMUNITY PROSPERITY AND QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BOLD
VISION AND RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS. WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF BLOOMINGTON'S INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT ECONOMY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY BIKE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO ADOPT THE THE MISSION STATEMENT AS READ BY BY HOLLY I WILL SECOND
THAT MOTION TO ADOPT THE MISSION STATEMENT IS READ ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE COMMISSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY
BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU WELL DONE. THANK YOU.
WELL THEN TO ALL OF YOU AND I'M 3.4 ON OUR AGENDA IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESIGNATION AND RECOGNITION OF COMMISSIONER KELLER'S
SERVICE TO THE PORT AUTHORITY . I CAN GIVE A TALK. I WAS I WAS SURPRISED TO READ COMMISSIONER KELLER THAT
YOU'VE SERVED SINCE 2000 TO 2002 YOU WERE AS WAS I. IT IS A CHUNK OF MY LIFE THAT I SEEM TO HAVE LOST TRACK OF. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT SHOCK.
I MEAN 23 YEARS IF ANYTHING IS IS SIGNIFICANT. I REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED ON THE COUNCIL LO THESE MANY YEARS AGO AND WAS APPOINTED TO THE PORT AUTHORITY HAVING NO
IDEA WHAT THE PORT AUTHORITY WAS TO TO TO TO HEAR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU WOULD BRING FORWARD AND YOU COMMISSIONER HUNT AND PRESIDENT ERICKSON AND SO ON WOULD BRING FORWARD IT WAS AN
INCREDIBLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND TO IT IT HELPED SHAPE MY NOTION AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PORT WAS. IT HELPED SHAPE MY UNDERSTANDING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMISSIONER KELLER.
IT HELPED SHAPE MY SNARKY WIT AND COMMENTARY THAT YOU OFTEN PROVIDED AS A PART OF THE WORK ON THE COMMERCIAL TEDIUM I THINK WAS MY OTHER CONTRIBUTION.
SO AS WE SIT HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, A GRATEFUL NATION. THANKS YOU A GRATEFUL CITY THANKS YOU AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND
THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD THESE MANY OF THESE 23 YEARS MORE THAN TWO DECADES AND WANT TO AGAIN JUST SAY THANK YOU AND RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE RELUCTANTLY BUT WILLINGLY
ACCEPT YOUR RESIGNATION AND WISH YOU THE BEST AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO DO SO WELL MR. YOU FOR THAT AND I'M FRANKLY A LITTLE
OVERWHELMED TO VERY QUICK THINGS SO THAT I AND WITHOUT TOO MUCH TEDIUM I HAVE LEARNED
A LOT DOING THIS AND TWO THINGS I LEARNED WAS HAVE BEEN REALLY THE COMPLEXITY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS
CHALLENGES THAT THIS BODY IS CONFRONTED WITH AND DEALS WITH. AND THE SECOND IS HOW WELL THAT HAPPENS.
EARLIER COMMENTS ABOUT STAFF I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE FIND PEOPLE SUCH AS OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATOR AND ALL OF THE
PEOPLE I WORK WITH I HAVE SAID THIS TO PROBABLY EVERY COMMISSIONER THAT I'VE EVER SERVED WITH THAT USUALLY AFTER A MEETING I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW
GREAT AND PROFESSIONAL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE AND IT HAS BEEN BEEN THE OTHER PART OF THAT EDUCATION IS NOW
THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BETTER I ALSO UNDERSTAND IT'S ALL BEEN HANDLED VERY WELL AND I'M CONFIDENT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AND THAT RATIFIES THE DECISION MY WIFE AND I MADE
ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY IN THIS CITY. I HAVE SUCH GREAT AFFECTION FOR THIS PLACE. IT IS AS YOU ALL WOULD AGREE I
KNOW A SPECIAL PLACE AND AND THIS IS ORGANIZATION IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT IS SO IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE AND AGAIN YOUR
THOUGHTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HUNT, YOU'VE SERVED WITH COMMISSIONER
KELLER PERHAPS THE LONGEST OF ALL OF US. YES. ANYTHING TO ADD? YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN A WONDERFUL RESOURCE. OH, WELL, WE'LL TALK A LOT AND SO FORTH AND YOU'RE YOU'RE THE
LEGAL EXPERTISE BUT JUST A PERSPECTIVE AND WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND YOU KNOW, WHATEVER BUT JUST YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH MIGHT DISAGREE ON SOME THINGS BUT THE COMMONALITY AND THE
THINKING AND HOW YOU GET TO A CERTAIN POINT AND HOW ANYBODY GETS TO A CERTAIN DECISION POINT AND DISCUSSION BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY VALUABLE AND AGAIN VERY KIND ABOUT MANY
THINGS YOU ARE VERY KIND AND I INFORMATION AND LIKEWISE LIKEWISE AND APPRECIATE THAT
ONCE I'M BASICALLY ABASHED AS THE PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PORT AND GETTING A SAY 100% PAY RAISE NOW THAT WE'RE
IN THE BIG MONEY IS QUOTING THE BOARD NOW I'M PAYING MY TAXES TO SO I'M REALLY GOING INTO THE HOLE HERE MY
RETIREMENT PLAN I JUST SHOT MYSELF IN THE FOOT AND I SAY NO ALAS WHAT I SAY IT'S GOOD BEER MONEY. WELL IT COULD GET ME THROUGH A
WEEKEND DOWN THERE. COMMISSIONER. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING COMMISSIONERS IF NOT ,THANK YOU COMMISSION I WILL
I WILL MOVE TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF COMMISSIONER TIM KELLER AS OF AUGUST 20TH 2025 AND TO DIRECT STAFF TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF FILLING THE COMMISSION VACANCY. I'LL RELUCTANTLY SECOND THE
MOTION MOTION AND A SECOND TO RELUCTANTLY ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF COMMISSIONER TIM KELLER. NO FURTHER COMMISSION DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I ALMOST OPPOSED OUR FINAL LATE IN THIS EVENING'S END 4.1
OUR ADMINISTRATOR UPDATES HOW WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR AND MEMBERS ON THAT NOTE WE ARE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY FILL THAT APPOINTMENT AT THE SEPTEMBER EIGHTH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE DO HAVE A CANDIDATE IN PLACE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY APPLIED FOR THE POSITION SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT THAT PERSON WANTED TO PROCEED AND WAS STILL AVAILABLE AND SO YOU'LL
BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT IN SEPTEMBER. ADDITIONALLY ON THE PERSONNEL FRONT, MAYOR, WOULD YOU MIND GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE CITY MANAGER PROCESS?
YES, I WOULD. WE HAVE LAST WEEK TWO MONDAYS AGO THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACT TO HIRE A NEW CITY MANAGER ZACK WALKER WHO IS THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER
OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI. YOU HAVE TO SAY IT CORRECTLY MISSOURI AND I JUST ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH HIM TODAY AND HE IS HOPING TO HE AND HE AND HIS
WIFE HAVE BOUGHT A HOUSE IN BLOOMINGTON AND THEY ARE WILL BE MOVING UP HERE AND THE GOAL IS TO START SOMETIME EITHER LIKE THE 20TH OR THE 27TH OF OCTOBER TO HAVE AN
OFFICIAL START DATE WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF OPPORTUNITIES TO TO MEET FOLKS PRIOR TO THAT YOU KNOW, IN AN INFORMAL SETTING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTRODUCTIONS TO BE MADE AND SO ON.
SO EXCITED TO HAVE ZACK ON BOARD AND MOVING FORWARD VERY GRATEFUL TO ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN AND KATHY HARDIN FOR THEIR WORK FOR THESE MONTHS AS OUR
INTERIM CITY MANAGERS. THEY'VE DONE OUTSTANDING WORK AND WE OWE THEM A GREAT DEAL OF DEBT FOR THE THE STABILITY THEY BROUGHT AND THE POSITIVE NATURE AND THE THE SUCCESSFUL SEARCH THAT WE DID CONDUCT
HERE LOOKING FOR A CITY MANAGER. SO I'M EXCITED TO GET ZACK ON BOARD, EXCITED FOR HIM TO MEET ALL OF YOU AND TO GET TO WORK
THIS THANK YOU. AND I ECHO THAT FOR ELIZABETH AND KATHY WHO HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT TO WORK UNDER AND THEY HAVE REALLY IT'S WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN THEY WERE INTERIMS I MEAN THIS PLACE IS
FELT VERY SOLID UNDER THEIR LEADERSHIP. SO IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY AND YOU SEE THEM JUST THANK THEM FOR THE TIME THEY SPENT ON THAT. THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB . FINAL THOUGHTS.
UPCOMING MEETINGS PLEASE LET ME KNOW ABOUT YOUR AVAILABILITY. WE DO PLAN TO HAVE SOME CONCURRENT MEETINGS REGARDING THE WATER PARK COMING UP OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO AND THEN WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE
SEEING SOME INFORMATION FROM SOUTHTOWN A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE FALL BUT NOTHING IS CONCRETE YET. I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR AND I BELIEVE THAT
IS IT FOR US. SO JUST AGAIN, COMMISSIONER KELLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE PORT AND YOUR MENTORSHIP TO ME AND MY FIRST FEW YEARS HERE. >> WELL I SAID TO YOU SEVERAL
TIMES IN THE PAST THAT I WANT YOU TO SUCCEED AND MY WISHES COME TRUE. THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE COMMISSION WE ARE COME TO WE HAVE COME TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA AND I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I CAN JUST ADJOURN COMMISSION . >> WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT. THANKS FOR YOUR WORK