##VIDEO ID:BH_srPqPzDY## .  GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME.  I WILL CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT AS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024. SO GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND WELCOME TO EVERYONE JOINING US ONLINE. WE WILL START OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO. IF YOU ARE ABLE PLEASE STAND REMOVE ANY YOU MIGHT HAVE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.  I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL .  ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WE'VE GOT A WE'VE GOT A FULL AND INTERESTING AGENDA TONIGHT COUNCIL AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO IT. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE IS TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND I WILL GO THROUGH A QUICKLY. UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT ITEMS. UNDER THE INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE.  FIRST THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES. ITEM 2.2 WE'VE GOT AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR HATCH BLOOMINGTON AWARD WINNER.  WE'VE GOT THEN THREE POINT PROCLAMATIONS. 2.3 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR THAT NEXT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION AND 2.4 IS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE. AND THEN ITEM 2.5 IS THE CONSTITUTION WEEK PROCLAMATION. NOW AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE WITH THOSE COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO MOVE UP 5.1 WHICH IS A TIMED ITEM AND THIS IS THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY AND BUSINESS PLAN. THAT'S A TIMED ITEM AND JUST FOR EVERYONE'S INFORMATION HERE, GENERALLY A TIMELINE AND WE'LL UP TO GET IT DONE QUICKLY ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSULTANTS INVOLVED BECAUSE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO THE ITEMS WHERE WE'RE PAYING A CONSULTANT TO BE WITH US AND WE TRY TO GET TO THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO WE'LL BE MOVING ITEM 5.1 UP TO FOLLOW ITEM 2.6 IN THE AGENDA ITEM THREE ON THE AGENDA AS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAS A CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT 11 DIFFERENT ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.  UNDER ITEM FOUR ARE HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES.  WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. THIS IS REGARDING OUR 2023 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATIONS REPORT DARK PAPER. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE WHICH IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA. YOU'LL SEE ITEM 5.1 THERE. WE'VE ALREADY MOVED THAT ITEM 5.2 AS THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND ITEM 5.3 WILL BE A CLOSED SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ON REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER SITE. AND THEN HOPEFULLY SOMETIME TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING SO SOME COUNCIL ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED HEREIN NONE. I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED. SECOND MOTION AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA AND WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO IT AND WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM 2.1 THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND A NUMBER OF THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND I'M GOING TO CALL A CONVERSION OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO DO THE INTRODUCTIONS THIS EVENING.  GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.  I'LL START BY INTRODUCING MIRA ACROSS HER HERNANDEZ FROM THE COME ON UP HERE. MARY CRUZ STARTED WITH US IN JULY AND THE HRA DIVISION AS A PROGRAM SPECIALIST WORKING ON HOME IMPROVEMENT LAWNS.  MARY CHRIS COMES TO US FROM COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP WHERE SHE WORKED AS A HOUSING COORDINATOR WITH CDBG AND MINNESOTA HOUSING GRANT FUNDS AND SHE'S ALSO SERVED IN THE PAST AS A AS A CIVIL COURT CLERK FOR DAKOTA COUNTY.  MARY CRUZ ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS AND HIKING. SO WELCOME.  CHRIS, YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING. WELCOME EVENING OF NICE TO MEET YOU AND YOU WILL SEE MY FACE QUITE OFTEN HERE ON COUNCIL MEETINGS EVERY TUESDAY AND I'M HERE TO UM MAKE THE CITY NOT MAKE BUT HELP ON CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HRT KEEP GROWING.  WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD THIS EVENING AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT. INTRODUCE YOURSELF. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON I'M VERY SURE. THANK YOU.  NEXT L INTRODUCE MARK FRITZ.  MARK STARTED WITH THE CITY AT THE END OF JULY AS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY APPRAISER. HE'S JOINING CITY.  PRIOR TO JOINING THE CITY HE WAS A SENIOR RESIDENTIAL APPRAISER FOR SCOTT WITH SCOTT COUNTY AND BEFORE THAT HE HAS ALSO DONE RESIDENTIAL FIRE PRAISING FOR OVER 20 YEARS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. MARK WILL BE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES AS WELL AS EXPANDING INTO THE OFFICE PROPERTIES. MIKE AND HIS WIFE KRISTI AND SON TANNER LIVE IN JORDAN AND IN HIS FREE TIME HE ENJOYS WATCHING HIS SON TANNER PLAY SOCCER WEIGHTLIFTING, FISH, COOKERY.  GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT TWO MONTHS NOW AND I WILL HAVE TO SAY IT'S BEEN VERY WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT SO FAR. SO THANK YOU.  I APPRECIATE THAT. OH GREAT. WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU. AND YOU'RE FILLING IN IMPORTANT ROLES SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD AND GETTING BUSY AND GETTING TO WORK HERE. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  FINALLY I'LL INTRODUCE KEVIN KENNY'S HE IS THE NEW ASSISTANT PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR.  KEVIN BEGAN WORKING AT THE END OF AUGUST HERE IN THAT ROLE AND HE'LL FOCUSED ON REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PORTS. HE HAS A BACHELOR'S BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM IN URBAN PLANNING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AS WELL AS A MASTER'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM AUGSBURG.  KEVIN'S MOST RECENT JOB WAS WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WHERE HE SUPERVISED THE RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND THEN PRIOR TO MINNEAPOLIS HE WORKED FOR MINNESOTA HOUSING DAKOTA COUNTY AND ALSO THE CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY. SO A LOT OF GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE IS BRINGING TO THE TABLE.  KEVIN GREW UP HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND IS EXCITED TO BE BACK WORKING IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.  GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER EXCUSE ME AS KIM SAID I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS NOW AND STAFF HAVE BEEN JUST REALLY COLLABORATIVE AND WELCOMING AND IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO BE BACK WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I'VE RAISED ME. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.  WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND WELCOME YOU BACK TO BLOOMINGTON AND THANK YOU.  THANKS. WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES.  THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THANKS FOR SAYING HELLO TO THE COUNCIL AND ACTUALLY BEING ON OUR CABLE CAST ALSO. SO FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE YOUR FACES AS WELL A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE THE FACES OF THE COMMUNITY FOR US AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE HERE AND WILLING TO STEP UP AND AND BE REPRESENTATIVES OF BLOOMINGTON TO THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND WELCOME .  WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 2.2 ON OUR AGENDA AND THIS IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR HEARTS BLOOMINGTON AWARD WINNER OH YEAH.  OH MY MISTAKE. I WAS MOVING MY MISTAKE. I'M SORRY. NO. WHERE IS MAYOR? MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL LAURA AND I ARE HERE TO INTRODUCE AS OUR DONE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS I CMA HAS HOSTED LIFE'S ELLIOTT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WHICH IS FOR YOUTH SO EAST ASIAN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE I GET THAT RIGHT PERFECT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN PART THERE AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR TO HOST IN BLOOMINGTON AND THEN I DO WANT TO SHARE MORE ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE. SURE.  SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE ZELL WITH US.  SO IS A FELLOW IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT THROUGH ICMP.  SO THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS. THERE'S 25 FELLOWS IN THE U.S. RIGHT NOW AND ZAL WILL BE WORKING WITH US ON OUR WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING EFFORTS. SO SO THE SHADOW RECYCLING SORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK AND ATTEND SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS WITH US AND SHE ALSO WILL HELP US PREPARE FOR OUR CITYWIDE RECYCLING DROP OFF WHICH IS COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER 28TH AND IT'S NOW HAS A BACKGROUND IN WORKING IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN VIETNAM SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ORGANIZATION THAT'S FOCUSING ON PLASTIC SINGLE PLASTIC USE REDUCTION AND INFORMAL WASTE WORKERS. SO WE HOPE SHE CAN LEARN SOME STUFF ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT SHE IS DOING IN VIETNAM.  WANT TO SAY HELLO? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND LET ME HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO WORKING WITH AS WE MENTIONED HERE FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS AND I HOPE THAT I CAN SUPPORT PUBLIC WORKS IN SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS DURING MY STAY HERE.  I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE IF IT WAS CLEAR I MEAN THIS IS PART OF AN ICMJE A NATIONAL CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND YOU ARE YOU ARE ORIGINALLY FROM THE VIETNAM YOU WERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SPENDING FOUR WEEKS HERE. YOU'LL BE BACK TO D.C. FOR A WHILE. SO THIS THIS PROGRAM GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO SEE OTHER CITIES AND OTHER CULTURES BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH US A LITTLE SOMETHING AS WELL. SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS .  AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT COUNSEL, IT WAS ONLY RIGHT HERE IN BOLD SO I ONLY MADE IT OUT OF 2.1 BEFORE I MADE A MISTAKE TONIGHT. SO THAT'S A  NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 2.2 AND THIS IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR HAT BLOOMINGTON AWARD WINNERS I'M SURE YOU HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT HOW BLOOMINGTON IS NOT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO BECAUSE BOY, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF BUZZ IN THE COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO CALL UP SHAWN LUNDY WHO IS OUR OUR STAFF MEMBER WHO IS BASICALLY THE SPEARHEADING THE HATCH BLOOMINGTON EFFORT TO AND HAVE HIM EXPLAIN THE INFORMATION AND THE DETAILS AND SOME OF THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT TO WENT THROUGH TO GET TO THIS POINT. SURE. I THINK MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER 9TH, 2023 WE PITCHED HATCH TO YOU GUYS AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I'D SAY THERE WAS A I'M TRYING TO THINK OF AN EGG JOKE,  RIGHT? I THINK IT WAS WELL RECEIVED. SO SINCE HAS BEEN VERY BUSY AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST THREE OF THE JUDGES SITTING UP HERE WHO CAN ATTEST TO THAT BUT ON WE WE LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM IN JANUARY WHERE WE PUT OUT AN APPLICATION FOR JUDGES. WE HAD 16 APPLICATIONS AND WE SELECTED THREE TO BE COMMUNITY JUDGES. THREE OF YOU GUYS ENDED UP SERVING AND WE HAVE ONE PICKED FROM THE REGIONAL CHAMBER. SO I DO WANT TO MAKE A POINT THAT ALL THE JUDGES SHOULD COME UP AFTER THIS FOR THE PHOTO OP CONVICTION PUT THAT OUT THERE. APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROGRAM OPENED IN AND WE HAD A 117 APPLICATIONS WERE STARTED AND WE HAD 64 THAT WERE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. SO WAS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM. WE ENDED UP NARROWING THAT DOWN 18 TO 25 SO THAT IN JUNE WE HAD THE TOP 25 PITCH COMPETITION UP ON THE SCREEN YOU WILL SEE A COLLECTION OF THOSE BUSINESS PROPOSALS.  IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THOSE THAT MOVED DOWN TO THE TOP TEN. SO THEN MOVING INTO JULY WE WERE ABLE TO NARROW THAT DOWN TO A SELECTED TEN AND WE ANNOUNCED THAT AND HAD THE TOP TEN PITCH EVENT AT THE END OF JULY AND THAT WAS UNIQUE BECAUSE WE ALSO HAD COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.  WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF BLOOMINGTON HAD A SAY IN THIS AS WELL AS JUDGE EVALUATIONS OF THAT AND THAT BRINGS US THINK THERE MIGHT BE ONE MORE IN THE TOP THREE COHORT WHICH HAPPENED IN AUGUST SO I WANT TO PAUSE HERE BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER AND BRING UP THE NEXT SLIDE AND MAKE SURE TO THANK OUR JUDGE PANEL WENDY CARLSON, COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO, ANTONELLI LINDSEY COUNCILMEMBER BILLY HUIZENGA, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND CLINT ROBERTS THEY PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM. AND THEN I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE HATCH BLOOMINGTON TEAM WHICH INCLUDES JANINE HILL, ERIC JEWEL, EMILY TAPLIN, DAN MERRIFIELD, KLEMMER BEN VINTER, THEN OUR GRANT PARKER AND THEN CHRISTINE LEVINS AND FRANCIS HUNTLEY FROM THE REGIONAL CHAMBER. SO I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM. IT WAS A A TEAM EFFORT.  NOW I WANT TO ASK THE MAYOR TO COME UP HERE. I KNOW HE'S GOT SOME WORDS HE WANTS TO SAY AND SOME STUFF TO PICK UP REAL QUICK BEFORE I GET DOWN THERE COUNSELOR, ANY QUESTIONS OF SHAUN ABOUT THE PROCESS ABOUT THE HOW WE HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH BLOOMINGTON? ANY QUESTIONS?  GOOD ENOUGH. THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.  THANKS.  IT'S  SO WHEN I SAID I HOPE YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF HATCH BLOOMINGTON RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE HEARD OF BLOOMINGTON OR AT LEAST HEARD ABOUT IT AND HEARD ABOUT THE PROGRAM, IT WAS I THINK IT WAS AN ENORMOUS SUCCESS FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. IT BROUGHT TOGETHER A HUGE NUMBER OF ENTREPRENEURS WITH THEIR GREAT IDEAS. EVERYBODY BRINGING FORWARD THEIR BEST IDEAS AND IT GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFINE THE PITCH TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO TO KIND OF ENVISION A BIGGER AND BOLDER AND A BETTER BLOOMINGTON. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IT WAS FABULOUS FOR THE ENTREPRENEURS. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.  WE MADE THE ENTREPRENEURS PRESENT PUBLICLY AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO PUBLICLY. THISASN'T BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THEY HAD TO THEY HAD TO BE U IN FRONT OF FOLKS AND THEY HAD TO PUT IT ON THE LINE WHICH BY THE WAY I THINK IS A VERY COURAGEOUS THING TO DO AND THEY ALL DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.  THEY GOT COACHING FROM FROM OUR JUDGING PANEL. THEY GOT COACHING FROM OTHER PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN IT.  IT WAS FABULOUS FROM A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE WE HAD TWO ROUNDS OF COMMUNITY VOTING WHERE PEOPLE COULD LOG IN AND VOTE WHO THEY WANTED TO BE PART OF AND IT WAS I THINK VERY GREAT FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.  THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF BUZZ GOING ON ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND HATCH BLOOMINGTON AND WHEN I SAY A LOT OF BUZZ AND I WAS I JUST GOT THESE THIS EVENING THE MEETING THE MEDIA MONITORING SERVICES SAID THAT HATCH SO FAR SO FAR HAS HAD 92 ARTICLES WRITTEN ABOUT IT IN THE TWIN CITIES THAT INFORMATION HAS REACHED 56 MILLION PEOPLE AND THE PUBLICITY VALUE OF ALL OF THAT IS $650,000. SO BY ALL OF THOSE MEASURES AND PROBABLY A NUMBER MORE, THIS WAS AN ENORMOUS SUCCESS AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND AND THANK GRANT AND NICK AND SCRAMBLING EGG FOR THEIR FOR THEIR FIRST PLACE FINISH FOR WINNING THE $100,000 GRAND PRIZE. AND I REALIZED AS I WALKED DOWN HERE WHAT I DIDN'T BRING WITH ME  WERE THE TWO IMPORTANT PARTS BECAUSE NOTHING SAYS YOU WON LIKE A CHECK THAT IS BASICALLY THE IF YOU'VE WON YOU KNOW, THE GREATER HARTFORD OPEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THIS IS PERFECT SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE GRANT AND NICK UP HERE.  I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE CHECK. I WANT YOU TO PRESENT YOU WITH A PLAQUE TO HANG ON YOUR WALL, CONGRATULATE YOU AND TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU IF YOU WILL COME ON OVER. CONGRATULATIONS .  ANYBODY?  THAT'S A BIG SHOT. ALL RIGHT. ONE, TWO, THREE. THANK YOU.  VERY GOOD. AND I ALSO HAVE SO WHEN NOT IF BUT WHEN THAT BRICK AND MORTAR SHOP OPENS FOR SCRAMBLING EGG SOMETHING.  ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'D LIKE YOU TO HANG ON YOUR WALL IS YOU JUST CERTIFICATE OF OF WINNING BASICALLY THE INAUGURAL SCRAMBLE EGG COMPETITION.  SO I WANT YOU TO PUT THAT ON YOUR WALL AS WELL.  SO VERY WELL. CONGRATULATIONS. AND I ALSO AND WE HAD WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A BIT EARLIER WITH WITH THE SUCCESS OF SCRAMBLED EGGS AND WITH THE SUCCESS OF HATCH BLOOMINGTON AND ALL THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, I THINK IT'S AN ABSOLUTE NO BRAINER THAT WE NEED TO TACKLE THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR. WE NEED TO DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR.  AND I POINTED OUT TO THESE GENTLEMEN THAT THEY ARE NOW OUR OUR PROOF POINT THE THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR FOR HATCH, BLOOMINGTON SHOWING WHAT CAN BE DONE, WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED AND HOW TO GET IT DONE. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS REGIONAL CHAMBER AND APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT CAME FROM MINNEAPOLIS REGIONAL CHAMBER GREATLY APPRECIATED TO OUR STAFF WHO ARE HERE AND I KNOW THERE WERE A BUNCH I APPRECIATE SHAWN READING ALL OF YOUR NAMES. LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH IT. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO IT TO OUR JUDGES THAT WAS A LOT OF TIME. THAT WAS A BIG COMMITMENT SO THANK YOU TO OUR JUDGES FOR THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO IT AS WELL AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WHO PLAYED ALONG AND TOOK PART IN THIS KIND OF INNOVATIVE KIND OF FUN, KIND OF EXCITING PROJECT THAT WE HAD THAT WAS UNIQUE HERE FOR FOR MINNESOTA AND YOU'VE YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT IN CITY GOVERNMENT WHEN OTHER CITIES COPY YOU AND NOW GRANTED WE BORROWED THIS FROM HATCH DETROIT BUT NOW THAT WE'VE SHOWN IT CAN WORK IN A CITY NOT QUITE AS BIG AS DETROIT BUT IN A CITY THE SIZE OF BLOOMINGTON, A SUBURBAN CITY IN MINNESOTA.  I BET I'VE HAD ABOUT A DOZEN CALLS FROM MAYORS IN OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE STATE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME THING. SO I HATS OFF TO YOU ALL, GENTLEMEN. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. WELL AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CUTTING THE RIBBON AT SCRAMBLING EGGS, THE BRICKS AND MORTAR BUILDING SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU FOR SAVING YOUR CAREER. ALL RIGHT. WELL KEEP IT BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE'S PRETTY BUSY TONIGHT BUT WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. WE WANT TO START WITH OUR FANTASTIC TEAM AT SCRAMBLING EGG. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT OUR TEAM MEMBERS.  WE'VE GOT A GOOD CREW BEHIND US. NICK AND I HAD TO STEP AWAY A LOT TO WORK ON THIS AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS STEPPED UP AND REALLY GOT THE JOB DONE THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THEY GOT THE WORD OUT.  NEXT DAD HE PICKS UP FOOD FOR US ON SATURDAYS BECAUSE WE GET SO BUSY.  MY MOM AND MY DAD MY DAD'S HELP FIX THE TRAILER. MY MOM CUTS VEGGIES. SHE HELPS ALL THE OTHER CONTESTANTS IN THE HATCH COMPETITION.  THERE ARE SOME REALLY COOL IDEAS OUT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO SEE EVERYONE WIN BUT I WISH ALL OF THEM NOTHING BUT THE SUCCESS YOU KNOW I HOPE THEY CAN GET TO THAT LEVEL THEY WANT TO GET TO ARE ALSO ALL THE JUDGES THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME IT WAS YEAH WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS THAT WE NEEDED TO ANSWER AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER NELSON HAD A GOOD QUESTION AND I WASN'T ABLE TO ANSWER IT AND I WENT HOME AND I GOT THE ANSWERS.  SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING. I WAS A BREAK EVEN FOR THE VERY IMPORTANT ALSO ALL THE HATCH MEMBERS SHAWN THANK YOU FOR PUTTING US ALL TOGETHER. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPL ARE INVOLVED SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  THIS WAS FANTASTIC CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.  THANK YOU. I THINK I KNOW I THINK A LOT OF PLACES SAY LIKE THEY CARE ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, IT SAYS A TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON CARES ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES SO SUPER COOL TO SEE. AND FINALLY ALL OF OUR GREAT CUSTOMERS AT SCRAMBLING EGG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOING OUT AND VOTE IN GETTING T WORD OUT. WE REALLY COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU.  ONE OF OUR REGULARS SUE SHE WAS THERE LIKE 2 MINUTES AFTER WE HEARD WE WIN AND SHE GAVE ME LIKE THE BIGGEST HUG I'VE PROBABLY EVER GOTTEN MY ENTIRE LIFE.  SHE WAS SUPER EXCITED SO IT WAS REALLY COOL JUST SEEING THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND KIND OF STAND BEHIND US AND PUSH US TO THE FINISH LINE BECAUSE THE MAIN THING WE'VE LEARNED IS LIKE BLOOMINGTON THE PEOPLE OF BLOOMINGTON LIKE THEY LOVE SEEING SMALL BUSINESSES START HERE AND ONCE THEY SEE ONE START THEY KIND OF LATCH ON TO YOU AND THEY WANT TO GROW WITH YOU. SO REALLY COOL TO SEE. THANK YOU. EVERYONE HERE .  HOW COOL IS THAT? ISN'T IT VERY COOL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON IN OUR AGENDA AND GET TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS FOR THIS EVENING. AND OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION TONIGHT IS FOR LATIN ACTS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH THIS OCTOBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH, 2024. I CAN DO THAT. I WILL DO THAT AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRANSLATION AS WELL AS.  I READ THIS WHY DON'T WE DO THIS NOT ADELITA.  ADELITA VERY NEAT. ADELITA VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US. MY PLEASURE. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU AS WELL AS WE DO OUR PROCLAMATION HERE. WHY DON'T WE DO THIS A WHERE IS AT A TIME RATHER THAN POWERING THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING ONCE SOUNDS GOOD I'LL DO IT WHEREAS YOU CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT BACK AT ME AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. HOW ABOUT THAT? SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK I'VE GOT ONE MORE YEAR . THERE IT IS.  AND I THINK WE HAVE FROM BLOOMINGTON SCHOOLS DO WE HAVE WE HAVE JESSE MARTINEZ WITH US THIS THERE SHE IS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US AS WELL UP HERE AND MAKE OUR HERNANDEZ AS WELL FROM THE CHEF AT EL TAYYAB AH AND VITO'S BURRITOS YEAH VERY GOOD . I HEARD A YEAR BEHIND ME THE NAME IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US RIGHT HERE YOU GOT TO GET IN THE CAMERA SHOT. YOU KNOW IT'S PERFECT.  THANK YOU.  ONCE AGAIN, A PROCLAMATION FOR LATIN TEXAS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, 2020 FOR WHEREAS IN 1988 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION DESIGNATE IT SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OUR TOBER 15TH OF EACH YEAR AS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH THE BLOOMINGTON PROCLAMATION MESILLA LIGADO LATINO HISPANO SAID THIS IS KIMBERLY KINSELLA PLURAL THEY MEAN TO BE INTEGRAL CONSIDERANDO IN MALAWI S.O.S. ARE YOU A CHOCOLATE CONGRESS OR THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER DONOR RESOLUTION? THIS IS NANDO  AND MAISIE KINSELLA SEPTEMBER AND KINSELLA OCTOBER THE GALA ANNUAL COMO EL MESSE NATIONAL DELGADO HISPANIC AND.  WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 15TH IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE FOR FIVE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA. ADDITIONALLY, MEXICO ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AND CHILE ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH. CONSIDERANDO TAKING TO THE CITY IS ELLEN ROSARIO DE LA INDEPENDENCIA, THE CINCO PAISES LATINO COSTA RICA IN SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS.  NICARAGUA ADDITIONAL MONTH IN MEXICO OCTOBER SO INDEPENDENCIA AS HE SAY THIS SEPTEMBER IT'S CHILE LOVE TO ELIAS IS THIS YEAR CHALK THIS UP AND WHEREAS THE LATIN ACTS HISPANIC COMMUNITIES RICH RICH CULTURAL HAS HAD A PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON OUR COUNTRY THROUGH THEIR STRONG TO FAMILY FAITH, HARD WORK SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY. THEY HAVE ENHANCED AND SHAPED OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE WITH CENTURIES OF TRADITIONS THAT REFLECT THE MULTIETHNIC AND MULTICULTURAL CUSTOMS OF THEIR COMMUNITY CONSIDERANDO EL CULTURAL DE LA COMUNIDAD LATINA ESPINA  HOW THE NEW OWNER INFLUENCED THE OPERA FOR NINE YEARS LOPEZ AS WILL FORTE COMPROMISO CIELO FAMILIA LA TRABAJO DURO EL SERVICE YOUR MONEY NOT YOUR SACRIFICE YOUR POOR UNLESS LOPEZ URREA I REALLY THOUGHT EITHER THE FOREIGN MINISTER ALEXANDER NASIONAL CONCEIVED LOST THEIR TRADITIONS CORRECTLY COSTUME WORRIES MORE MULTIETHNIC US MULTICULTURALISM THE SECOND MANILA AND WHEREAS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON WE BELIEVE DIVERSITY IS A STRENGTH. MORE THAN THOUSAND 600 LATIN X HISPANIC RESIDENTS ARE PART OF OUR BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY. WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURE LATIN X HISPANIC RESIDENTS WHO CALL BLOOMINGTON HOME HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS.  TO NEW IMMIGRANTS IN BLOOMINGTON WE WELCOME AND WANT YOU TO FEEL SAFE AND AT HOME. CONSIDERANDO GAY CHRISTMAS IS FORTALEZA. MY MOTHER SAID TO ME SAY SANTA RESIDENT THIS LATINOS HISPANICS IN A CEREMONY THAT THEY'RE BLOOMING BLOOMINGTON ESTAMOS COME FROM ENTHUSIASTIC RADICAL RESIDENTS LATINOS HISPANICS AND ESTABLISHES US ALL RIGHT IN BLOOMINGTON. THEN CANADA IS PERCEIVED AS THE ALCANZAR SOURCE FINALS. DESMOND LOVE YOU MANY THAT I LOVE MOST IMMIGRANTS IN BLOOMINGTON EITHER. CNN'S GAY FICTION FAN SEGUROS EON CASA AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON'S NEW EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP THE HISPANIC LATINO ORGANIZATION FOR LEADERSHIP OR HOLLA SERVES AS A VITAL COMMUNITY WITHIN CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOSTERING AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE LATINO EMPLOYEES CONNECT, SHARE EXPERIENCES AND ADVANCE THEIR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH BY CELEBRATING LATINO CULTURE AND PROVIDING VALUABLE INSIGHTS.  OLA ENRICHES THE ORGANIZATION'S DIVERSITY INITIATIVES PROMOTING AWARENESS AND DRIVING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS  POSITIVE CEREBRAL STORYTELLING THAT ECONOMIC THE DE LA COMUNIDAD LATINA HISPANIC IS IMPLEMENTED BY OUR COUNTRY ALIANZA LALAS UNITS AND RETIRED AS WELL AS THE BLOOMINGTON MINNESOTA FULLERTON AS WELL. OKAY YOUR TEAM MUS ALCALDE DE LA CIUDAD DE BLOOMINGTON PROCLAMATION WILL PRESENT THE GAMES THE LOOKING TO THE SEPTEMBER KINSELLA TO RECLAIMING THE MYTHICAL APPRAISAL MESA LAREDO LATINO HISPANIC AND WHEREAS HONORING AND CELEBRATING THE HISTORY, ECONOMIC VITALITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE LATIN X HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT FOR BUILDING AND BRIDGING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ALL BLOOMINGTON AND MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES NOW A NECESSARY PART ARE ABLE TO BETTER INTERPRET THAT CONSIDERED AND LOCATE ON RALLY STORY I WOULD TELL YOU THATCONOMIC I UNIVERSIDAD DE LA COMUNIDAD LATINA SPANISH IS IMPORTANT REPUBLICANS REALLY AFGHANS THAT LATINAS AND RITHOLTZ COMMUNITIES THEY BLOOMINGTON E MINNESOTA NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT I TIM BUSSEY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, 2024 AS LATIN X HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH DATED THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2020 FOR  THE NOBLE GARRISON TOCA YOUR TEAM BOOTH ALCAZAR LA CIUDAD DE BLOOMINGTON PROCLAIM WITH THE UNVEIL PRESENTED EL-MASRI LOOKING TO THE CITY I'M REALLY KEEN TO CONTRIBUTING 1130 CUATRO IT'S MOSTLY LATINO HISPANIC WELL THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO MUCH BETTER THAN I DID A VERY VERY WELL DONE AND OF SOMETHING JESSE WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY?  ANYTHING PLEASE .  AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. I WILL BE STARTING MY ACCEPTANCE SPEECH IN SPANISH FIRST AND THEN I'LL TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH. NO, MOST BUT I'M GLAD IF YOU GOT IT BORJA AND BESIDE ME GO TO SOME ESPANOL ILLEGAL OR YES AT ANY ONE HAS NOTICED THAT A LOT OF ME I SAID I CAN STILL NOT SURE POSITIVELY ALCALA DE CONSEJO DE LA SALLE MUNICIPAL E PERSONAL DE LA CIUDAD DE BLOOMINGTON GRACIAS FORUM SO THAT'S MY LAST CONTRIBUTION  AS WELL AS WITHOUT IMPLEMENTING IT THIS TIME WE MUST ANOTHER ALSO WELCOME IT COMMITMENT IN CONSIDERATION BUT I PROMISE PROMOTION THEN MISLED AND HISPANA OUTRO LATINO LEONARDO MEGAN ISTHMUS IS THE MOST READ MOST NOTABLE YOU'RE PUT MY RIGHT YOU USERS SAID YOURSELF OR YOUR SOURCE THAT LOOK IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHEN I SAID TO LOOK AT MOST OBRADOR HE SAID IT'S WORSE THAN THE NOSE WHAT SAID LET ME QUOTE SEE ON THE NOSOTROS MISMOS LOS ANYMORE I GOT BOY IN I LOST NEGOCIOS LOCALITIES LATINOS NOT SO LOW GUARANTEE ESTIMATES SAY NO ON THE TOTAL ILL AND YOU MAKE SORRY I FINALLY SAID STUDY SCHOOL SO BE THE TOOLS BECAUSE YOU ALMOST A REFLECTION ALONE SO I HOPE CUSTOMERS ARE SIENDO YEAH WELL THEY'RE GETTING ANIMALS BUT I LOOK RAQQA MULES EFFECTIVE WAS ESPECIALLY MEANT DURANTE IS THE MOMENT OF CRUCIAL NO NO MAN THIS WAS MY SCHOOL THIS SO NOW I THINK ANIMALS LAND THIS GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING EVERYONE THAT HAS MADE TONIGHT POSSIBLE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON STAFF. THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ALL OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON I WAS DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT I WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO THE PROCLAMATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH ALONG ANOTHER LEGENDARY LATINO MIGUEL THIS MONTH IT'S ABOUT BEING PROUD OF OUR ROOTS EMBRACING EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ACHIEVED CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF OURSELVES.  I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT LOCAL HISPANIC LATINO BUSINESSES NOT ONLY DURING THIS MONTH BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH THE SPEECH ASKING ALL OF US TO CONTINUE TO REFLECT ON THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AND THE POWER THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO MAKE EFFECTIVE CHANGE ESPECIALLY DURING THIS CRUCIAL TIME. NO, WE WILL NOT BE EATING PETS . WE ARE JUST HUNGRY FOR A BETTER LIFE. THANK YOU YOU .  HELLO. HI. THANK YOU. I'M SO I'LL I'LL BE PAUSING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL HERE. THANK YOU MAYOR.  THANK YOU COUNSEL. THANK YOU CITY RICHFIELD FOR HAVING ME HERE.  BLOOMINGTON HERE. SORRY BLOOMINGTON SORRY RICHFIELD WAS LAST WEEK I'M SORRY. YES BLOOMINGTON I THINK I I'M SORRY BUT I THINK WE'RE REALLY BUSY. THIS WILL BE COMING SOON. YEAH YEAH. SO I'M GOING TO BE A LOT MORE CASUAL. I CAN'T BEAT THAT. I GREW UP IN BLOOMINGTON SINCE I WAS IN FIRST GRADE SO I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE WHAT MY EXPERIENCES ARE HERE BEING SOMEONE WELCOME TO THIS COMMUNITY AND I DID FACE SOME OBSTACLES IN FIRST GRADE I WAS LIKE ONE OR TWO OF LATINOS IN THE SCHOOL THERE'S OBSTACLES BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A REMINDER OF MY MOM AND MY NEIGHBORS WHO SPOKE TO YOUR COMMUNITY HERE AND THEY WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE HERE.  YEAH. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IKEA IN BLOOMINGTON.  UM, I HOPE I CAN'T HELP SAY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A IMMIGRANT LUCKY IBARRA THE EXPERIENCE THAT GOMEZ CREATED IN BLOOMINGTON THE ESTABLISHMENT TO CROSS ESTADIO CROCKETT BUT SO MUCH EXPERIENCE BUILT SYMPATHY IN A REGULAR MAN LOT FOR ME THAT THESE ARE NOT EXTROVERTS BUT I MEAN I WISH I HAD THAT WHEN I CAME BLOOMINGTON AND AND I WAS ALWAYS TOLD BE PROUD TO BE PROUD OF BEING LATINO, TO BE MEXICAN TO BE CHICANO. BUT IT'S HARD TOO WHEN YOU DON'T SEE THOSE REFLECTIONS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND I'M REALLY TO BE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON BECAUSE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW INTO AND I'M REALLY PROUD THAT BLOOMINGTON IS A PLACE THAT YOU CAN DO THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE OBSTACLES. THERE'S AN ENEMY OUT THERE WE'LL USE A LATINO CHICANO MEKONNEN THEY WERE DEFEATED BUT I MEAN BEGINNING TO WEAR A HANDYCAM AND MY STRESS HAS CAUSED US SO BUT ALSO WE ALSO GET BLOOMINGTONXCELLENT WORK SERIOUSLY SO ESTOS DIDN'T COME MUCHO ME FAMILIA ES WHICH IS NICE IS A PHILOSOPHY AND I SEE OTHER BLOOMINGTON AND YEAH THIS MEANS A LOT TO MY FAMILY SO A COMMUNITY I RELAY EVERYTHING JESSE SAID BEFORE AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO BE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON THANK YOU . I MEAN TO KEEP US AND I APOLOGIZE TO EVERYBODY. I WASN'T ABLE TO DO THAT. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND NOW THE IMPORTANT PART OF COURSE WE HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY CALL THE GRIPPING GRIM. SO WE HAVE TO GET IN HERE AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATIONS.  PLEASE. YOU CAN JOIN US HERE AS WELL IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AS WELL AS ERIC. OH, OKAY.  THERE IS A CAMERA BEGIN GRADUATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE YOU THANK YOU. THANK THANK .  OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS KIND OF 2.4 AND THIS IS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE AND WE HAVE NANCY JOHNSON.  IT'S NANCY. COME ON AND JOIN ME. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.  YOUR FACULTY MEMBER NORMAN DALE AND WHAT DO YOU TEACH? I TEACH IN THE HEALTH SCIENCE AREA. WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER. YOU WILL DO THE GIFT FROM GRANDMOTHER THE WHOLE OKAY.  SURE. AGAIN, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2000 OR 2024. WHEREAS THE ISSUE OF PEACE EMBRACES DEEPEST HOPES OF ALL PEOPLES AND REMAINS HUMANITY'S GUIDING INSPIRATION.  AND. WHEREAS, IN 1981 THE UNITED NATIONS PROCLAIMED THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE BE DEVOTED TO COMMEMORATING AND STRENGTHENING THE IDEALS OF PEACE BOTH WITHIN AND AMONG ALL NATIONS AND PEOPLES.  AND. WHEREAS, AS OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR WORLD CONTINUE TO SEE A RISE IN DIVISION AND CONFLICT, OUR CITY REMAINS TO PEACE WHICH AFFIRMS THE VISION OF OUR WORLD AT PEACE AND FOSTERS COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONS. AND. WHEREAS, THE YEAR 2024 MARKS 17 YEARS OF CIVIC PLAZA AS A PEACE SITE WHICH REPRESENTS OUR COMMITMENT TO SEEK PEACE OURSELVES AND OTHERS REACH OUT AND SERVICE PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, RESPECT DIVERSITY, FOSTER INCLUSIVITY ,BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD NOW THEREFORE I'M HERE TO BY SEA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 21ST AS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE DATED THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024. NOW THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL OR THIS IS A AN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE BUT THIS IS ALSO AN ANNUAL THING WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOR FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN AROUND AND IT'S NICE AS DIFFERENT PROCLAMATIONS COME UP YEAR AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO READ THEM AGAIN EACH YEAR AND I SO APPRECIATE THIS ONE AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT CIVIC THIS ENTIRE CAMPUS IS IS A IS A A PEACE SITE HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS AS WELL. I THINK WE HAVE ONE OVER AT NORMAN DALE LAKE. I KNOW THAT I HELPED DEDICATE A PEACE POLL AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL SO DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THIS COMMUNITY BUT IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SOMETHING AS BASIC AS SIMPLE AS IS PEACE IN OUR WORLD. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO YOU AND LOVE THE OUTFIT BY THE WAY. SO PEACE BABY. YEAH.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNSEL PEOPLE OKAY. AND THE CITY OF LEAMINGTON AND NORMAN DALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. I AM HONORED TO BE HERE ACCEPTING PEACE PARK PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF NORMAN DALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.  I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE PEACE. PAUL I THINK NORMAN DALE SHOULD HAVE ONE. DR. ESTHER JUST JACKSON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS I IT UP TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS WORLD ACTIONS PEACE OUR COMMITMENT TO THE GLOBAL GOALS THE UN'S MISSION FOR THIS DAY IS AND ALWAYS IS TO FOSTER INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND BUILD SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES LIKE BLOOMINGTON AND NORMAN DALE THIS EVENT UNITES GLOBAL LEADERS, EDUCATORS AND ACTIVISTS IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO PROMOTE PEACE UNDERSTANDING AND POSITIVE CHANGE. AND I'M HEARING SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS HERE. I'M ABSOLUTELY LOVING THIS. THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS MY THIS IS MY IMO PEACE. I LOVE IT.  SO WHAT DOES PEACE REALLY HAVE TO DO WITH ALL OF US HERE SITTING IN THIS MEETING ARE ONLINE A LOT REALLY PEACE STARTS RIGHT HERE WITH YOU AND WITH ME.  WHAT DOES PEACE MEAN TO YOU? SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO YOURSELF AND THEN WHAT CAN YOU DO?  SPREAD PEACE IN YOUR IN YOUR OWN WORLD PEACE CAN MEANANY THINGS INCLUDING THINGS LIKE FREEDOM, HARMONY, COMPASSION, SELFLESSNESS, ACCEPTANCE GROWTH, ASPIRATION, HAPPINESS GETTING ALONG WITH EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF RACE BELIEFS,  CULTURE, GENDER OR SOCIAL STATUS.  I MYSELF PERSONALLY HAVE A BIG DEFINITION TOO BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT PEACE IS FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE FROM PEERS,  FAMILY, STRANGERS AND SO ON.  IT'S COMPASSION FOR ALL PEOPLE PEACE TO ME MEANS BEING IN HARMONY WITH MYSELF, WITH OTHERS AND WITH THE WORLD THAT'S AROUND ME. IT STARTS WITH INNER PEACE WHICH IS A DEEP SENSE OF CALM . IT'S ALSO ACCEPTANCE AND CONTENTMENT IN MY LIFE DOING EVERYTHING IN THE NAME OF LOVE AND WITH LOVE A CULTURE OF PEACE HAS BEEN A DREAM AND A HOPE FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OR SHOULD I SAY FOR THOUSANDS FOR HUMANS. OKAY. FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.  AS I MENTIONED, PEACE EMBRACE IS FAR MORE THAN AN ABSENCE OF CONFLICT. IT ENCOMPASSES TOLERANCE,  DISARMAMENT, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION, GENDER EQUALITY ,FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.  A CULTURE OF PEACE IS A SET OF VALUES CULTURE OF PEACE A SET OF VALUES, ATTITUDES,  TRADITIONS AND MODES OF BEHAVIOR AND WAYS OF LIFE BLOOMINGTON THE CITY AND OTHER CITIES ALL CITIES HAVE THE RICH WE HAVE THE RICH WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY AND THE INFLUENCE TO SET THE POSITIVE TONE AND DIRECTION FOR SO PEOPLE THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AND SHARING THIS PROCLAMATION SHOWS HOW WE BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF PEACE, EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. WORKING TOGETHER ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LIVING IN AND WITH PEACE. I CAN SEE THAT GROWING CULTURE OF PEACE IS ALIVE IN BLOOMINGTON.  I CAN SEE IT AT AN ARMIDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EMBRACING KEEPS US ALL TOGETHER. IT KEEPS US HEALTHIER SERIOUSLY INDIVIDUALLY HEALTHIER, HAPPIER, MORE PROSPEROUS SUSTAIN VIABLE AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW A LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.  WE CAN START BY DOING LITTLE THINGS FOR OURSELVES LIKE EATING BETTER THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR OURSELVES TO FUEL OUR BODIES, GETTING GOOD SLEEP, GETTING REST, EXERCISE, USING MEDITATING AND BEING MINDFUL IN OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES TAKING CARE OF OURSELVES WILL HELP WHEN WE GET INTO DIFFICULT THINGS IN LIFE AND WE'RE ABLE TO THEN HANDLE THEM IN A MORE PEACEFUL MANNER LEARNING TO LIVE IN PEACE AND HARMONY IS A LONG TERM PROCESS AND IT BEGINS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT INNER PEACE. I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT AND NURTURING ATTITUDES THAT PROMOTE THE EXPANSION AND INTEGRATION OF PEACEFUL PRINCIPLES EDUCATION AND AWARENESS RAISING PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THIS PROCESS PEACE WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORD. THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY. NORMAN DALE ACCEPTS THE PROCLAMATION OF PEACE. I THANK ALL OF YOU AND PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO TAKE CARE.  AND I LOVE THE COMMENT IT'S NOT THE PEACE ISN'T NECESSARILY THE THE ABSENCE OF THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. ABSOLUTELY.  LET ME PRESENT YOU THAT AND WE WILL SMILE FOR THE CAMERA .  APPRECIATE IT. AND LET ME TELL YOU THAT HE'S BEEN IGNORING THE OBVIOUS YESTERDAY. VERY GOOD. IT'S DARK. THANK YOU SO MUCH .  AND OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION FOR THIS EVENING IS A PROCLAMATION FOR CONSTITUTION WEEK WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD AND I KNOW WE GOT JAN FROM THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND I SEE WE'VE GOT OTHERS HERE AS WELL . PLEASE BRING THE GANG ON UP. COME ON UP UP .  THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT.  THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR CONSTITUTION WEEK SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD 2024 WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024 MARKS THE 237TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. AND. WHEREAS, IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO ACCORD OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THIS MAGNIFICENT DOCUMENT AND ITS MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY AND TO THE PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS WILL COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION. AND. WHEREAS, PUBLIC LAW NUMBER 915 GUARANTEES THE ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK NOW THEREFORE I'M YOUR EMBASSY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17 THROUGH THE 23RD 2024 AS CONSTITUTIONALLY IN BLOOMINGTON AND ASK OUR CITIZENS TO REAFFIRM THE IDEALS OF THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION HAD IN 1787 BY VIGILANTLY PROTECTING THE FREEDOMS GUARANTEED TO US THROUGH THIS GUARDIAN OF OUR LIBERTIES REMEMBERING THAT LOST RIGHTS MAY NEVER BE REGAINED DATE OF THIS 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024 NOW LET IT BE SAID I WILL NEVER PUBLIC LAW NUMBER 915 I WOULD NEVER DARE DO THAT SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS ONE MORE TIME THIS YEAR CELEBRATING CONSTITUTION.  SO VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AND I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE TO YOU TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO STEP ON UP. WELL, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS. WE'RE BOTH FROM DIFFERENT CHAPTERS. WE'RE THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. SO WE LOVE PATRIOTS AS WE BELIEVE IN EDUCATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.  WE KEEP GRAVEYARDS REALLY CLEAN WITH CLEANING STONES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VETERANS AROUND IN VARIOUS CEMETERIES AND WE SUPPORT A LOT OF VETERAN CAUSES AND I'M FROM A DIFFERENT CHAPTER BUT THIS IS YOUR BLOOMINGTON SO YEAH. YEAH. HI, I'M FROM THE JOHN WITHERSPOON CHAPTER IT'S IN LOCATED HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND THERE ARE TWO OTHER MEMBERS HERE WITH ME TONIGHT AND I JUST WANTED TO ALSO INVITE TO THIS SATURDAY FROM 2 TO 4 AT THE BLOOMINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY THERE IS AN EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONSTITUTION WEEK. IT'S A BELL RINGING EVENT AND THEY'LL BE A SHORT PROGRAM AND THEN THEY'LL RING THAT BIG STEAM ENGINE BELL THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE THERE AND HAVE A FUN ACTIVITY AND JUST A LOT OF EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ESPECIALLY KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION.  SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND IF YOU'D LIKE AND WE THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AS WELL. SO FOR THIS APPRECIATE IT. I'M I'M SURE A LOT OF FOLKS WATCHING DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ARE, WHAT YOU WHAT YOU DO, WHAT THE CONNECTION IS. IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR FOLKS ONCE THEY REFER TO FRAN. SHE'S AN EXPERT I CAN SAY IT BUT I THINK SHE'LL A MUCH BETTER JOB. THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IS A NONPROFIT, A OKAY.  THERE WE GO.  WE ARE A NONPROFIT. WE ARE NONPOLITICAL AND WE ARE A SERVICE ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1890 AND IS OVER 100,000 ACTUALLY OVER A MILLION STRONG OVER THE YEARS OF AND WE ARE ALSO THE PROUD OWNERS OF A WHOLE CITY BLOCK IN WASHINGTON WHERE WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL CONVENTION BUT WE DO THINGS WITH CHILDREN, WE DO THINGS WITH ADULTS FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE THEIR HERITAGE OF OF PATRIOTISM AND CITIZENSHIP.  AND SO WE ARE JUST VERY THANKFUL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THESE PROCLAMATIONS AND HAVE THE THE EVENT ON SATURDAY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE PATRIOTIC WITHOUT HAVING BE POLITICALLY PATRIOTIC. WE CAN WE CAN DO IT BY BEING OURSELVES AND ENJOYING THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU AND BE CLEAR TO BE A DAUGHTER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TRACE BACK TO YES, SOMEONE YOU SERVED SO IN EVERY WAR, IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE YOU HAVE TO TRACE YOUR HERITAGE BY A DIRECT LINE BACK TO  SOMEONE WHO WAS ON THE OF THE REBEL SIDE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.  YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HAVE THEM BE A SOLDIER. THEY COULD HAVE BEEN A PREACHER WHO PREACHED AGAINST THE BRITISH THEY COULD HAVE BEEN SOMEONE WHO WAS A NURSE AND NURSE THE FALLEN SOLDIERS OR SOMEONE WHO WAS A FARMER AND HAD AND SOLD BEEF TO THE TROOPS OR A MILLER WHO GROUND THE THE CORNER THE WHEAT FOR THE TROOPS SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS OR YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A ONE OF THE EARLY MAYORS WHO WASN'T ON THE SIDE OF THE BRITISH SO IT ALL KINDS OF ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN IF YOU'RE ANCESTOR COULD BE SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED SEE US LATER AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU GET STARTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I WAS ALSO THE BISHOP I  WENT TO ALL KINDS OF PRIVILEGE GETTING YOUR FRIEND TO MAKE SURE TO OR FOUR THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS YEAR. THANK YOU SO VERY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL VERY GOOD COUNSEL.  NEXT ON OUR AS WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE ACCEPTED THE AGENDA WE HAVE MOVED UP ITEM POINT ONE WHH IS A TIMED ITEM REGARDING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY AND BUSINESS PLAN. SO THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT ITEM AND CATEGORY. OUR PARKING RECORD DIRECTOR IS HERE TO KICK OFF. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.  WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO REPORT BACK TO YOU ON A VERY SIGNIFICANT WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE FEASIBLE STUDY PHASE OF THIS PROJECT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE STARTED THIS PROJECT IN JANUARY.  WE HAVE HIRED EFFICIENTLY A REALLY AMAZING TEAM. MOST OF WHICH YOU SEE BEHIND US THIS EVENING. IN JANUARY WE HIRED TEGRA TO SERVE AS OUR OWNERS REP AND PROJECT MANAGER. CAROLYN IS WITH US THIS EVENING.  WE HIRED PROS CONSULTING. LEON IS WITH US HERE THIS EVENING. WE HIRED HD ARCHITECTS IN MAY AND NANCY GLENN ARE HERE FROM HD THIS EVENING AND WE HIRED JAY DUNN TO SERVE AS OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER IN JULY. THAT ALONE WAS A LOT. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS BUT WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS.  WE'VE DONE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF MEETINGS BETWEEN STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANT TEAMS . WE'D LIKE TO REPORT TO YOU THIS EVENING IN A VERY EFFICIENT MANNER. A LOT OF INFORMATION WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT WE PLAN TO MOVE TO SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER PROCESS TOMORROW. SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG REALLY WELL. WE'RE ON SCHEDULE.  WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT TIME AS MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT AND.  WE'RE MOVING ALONG VERY EFFICIENTLY. SO WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION VERY EFFICIENTLY THIS EVENING. I WOULD LIKE START OUT BY INTRODUCING YOU TO AND GLENN AND CAROLYN.  GOOD. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME BACK. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. GREAT TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. THANKS. I'LL TAKE THAT.  COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR. GREAT TO BE AGAIN TO PRESENT OUR FINDINGS FROM THE PROGRAMING FEASIBILITY STAGE OF THIS PROJECT.  A QUICK OVERVIEW GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES OUR ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY SUSTAINABLE GOALS COST ASSESSMENT WILL BE WITH CAROLYN AND THEN SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE REAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE'RE HOPING TO BRING FORWARD IN THE NEXT DESIGN PHASE.  SO QUICKLY THE PROJECT SCHEDULE AS AND SHARED THIS PROJECT STARTED ALL WAY BEFORE OR EVEN JANUARY WHEN TEGRA WAS HIRED.  THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD WORK DONE REALLY FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS YOU WERE HEARING FROM YOUR COMMUNITY AND SO WE TOOK ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND DIDN'T START FROM ZERO WHEN WE STARTED IN MAY. THIS IS THAT THE OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT THAT'S REALLY GOING TO TAKE US INTO 2027 BUT WE'RE JUST IN THIS FIRST FOUR MONTHS THIS PROGRAMING PHASE SO THIS SLIDE IS COMMENTING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO BUT WE'VE MADE SOME GREAT PROGRESS AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THE LAST FOUR MONTHS HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSING ON THE AMENITIES ,LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY. LOTS OF SURVEYS HAVE BEEN OUT AND THIS HAS BEEN WORK BOTH FROM HCA BUT ALSO FROM PRO'S CONSULTING AND WE'RE SUMMARIZING SOME OF THOSE FINDINGS TONIGHT.  SO OFTEN WE START OUR BY DEVELOPING SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAD A GREAT FOUNDATION UPON WHICH TO TO BUILD GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THIS PROJECT. SO YOU KNOW, INCLUDING MOVING HERE, MOVING BLOOMINGTON FORWARD THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OTHER OTHER SOURCES WE'VE DEVELOPED OUR OWN COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT AND WE STARTED BY ASKING THE PROJECT TEAM SOME PROMPTS LIKE HOW WILL THIS PROJECT MOVE THOSE VALUES FORWARD THAT ALREADY EXIST WHO WILL THE PROJECT SERVE? AND WE HAD AN ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT NANCY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WHAT ULTIMATELY WILL MAKE THE PROJECT SUCCESSFUL AND THAT'S THIS LIST OF NINE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THEM THAT'S LIKE THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO WITH A POWERPOINT SLIDE. BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR THIS PROJECT.  SO CREATING A WELCOMING AND EQUITABLE SPACE FOR ALL A SAFE BARRIER, FREE AND EQUITABLE ACCESS THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE THE PROJECT SHOULD REFLECT AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND OF COURSE IT SHOULD SUPPORT COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS.  THE NAME OF THE PROJECT MIGHT HINT AT LAYERS OF LOCAL THAT WAS BUILT OFF OF SOME LOCAL ENGAGE INITIATIVES JUST TO TRY TO CREATE AS MUCH IDENTITY OF BLOOMINGTON BUILD TO AS MUCH BLOOMINGTON AND SENSE OF SELF I'LL SAY AS POSSIBLE THE NEXT ONE CREATING A FLEXIBLE FUNCTIONAL AND COLLABORATIVE SPACES ALL IMPORTANT A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER THE SIZE OF THIS PROJECT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT WILL MAKE IT A REGIONAL DRAW.  AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE WE HAVE IN OUR MINDS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE'RE CREATING A FISCALLY AND AN OPERATIONAL OR OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIBLE AND FACILITY. LEON'S GOING TO TALK LATER ABOUT COST RECOVERY AND OF COURSE A UNIQUE AND ICONIC DESIGN THAT SORT OF WRAPS ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.  SO A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE DONE SINCE JANUARY THREE. THERE WERE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS WITH EACH OF GROUPS . WE HAD A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY WHICH YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE PAST. THERE WAS A COMMUNITY SURVEY AS WELL AS A PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEY.  THERE WERE SENIOR FOCUS GROUPS AT CRYSTAL CREEKSIDE AND PRESENTATIONS. THEY'RE A TEAM FOCUS GROUP AND OF COURSE PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. I'VE SUMMARIZED JUST THREE OF THOSE HERE ON THE RIGHT BECAUSE WAS INVOLVED IN SOME OF THOSE BUT ALSO IT'S SOME CONSENSUS BUILDING AROUND SOME OF THE KEY AMENITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE SO THE STATISTIC IS STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY HIGHLIGHTED THE FOUR THE FOUR TOP NEEDS AQUATICS INDOOR RUNNING AND WALKING CARDIO EQUIPMENT AND FITNESS TEENS SOME GREAT OVERLAP THERE AQUATICS PROGRAMING BEING SOMETHING THAT THEY A CAFé, A GYMNASIUM SOME OUTDOOR COMMUNITY SPACE THAT'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY GATHERING IN THEIR MIND AND THAT REALLY ALIGNED WITH WHAT PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN WERE SAYING TO US AS WELL THINKING ABOUT OUTDOOR PLAY SPACES COMMUNITY GARDENS SPACES TO MEET. SO WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE THAT KIND OF ALIGNMENT FROM SOURCES OF ENGAGEMENT.  GLEN AS AS PART OF STORY AS PART OF THE VISIONING PROCESS WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU ALL BEFORE SO I'LL JUST GO OVER IT REALLY QUICKLY.  THE IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING MEASURABLE GOALS FOR THE PROJECT SO THAT WE REALLY KNOW THAT WE'RE WALKING THE TALK OF THE PROJECT I'LL SAY AND ALIGNING WITH CITY OF BLOOMINGTON INITIATIVES THAT EXISTS NOW AND THAT MAY BE COMING IN THE FUTURE ALSO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO COMPLY WITH MINNESOTA B3 GUIDELINES AS A BASELINE AND THEN HAVE A STRETCH GOAL OF NET ZERO ENERGY FACILITY.  THIS SLIDE IS WE CALL OUR PROJECT CHARTER. THIS IS KIND OF A ONE PAGER THAT IS OF ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS IF SOMEONE ASKED YOU WHAT IS THIS PROJECT ABOUT YOU CAN HAND THEM THIS PROJECT CHARTER IF IT WEREN'T A SLIDE OR IF IT WAS A PIECE OF PAPER AND THIS INCLUDES THE VISION FOR THE FACILITY SORT OF THE QUALITATIVE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE QUANTITATIVE THINGS YOU KNOW BUDGETS AND MILESTONES AND THE SCOPE THAT'S IT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECT. THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. YOU'LL YOU'LL NOTICE UNDER SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY GOALS WE'VE LISTED TO SUSTAINABILITY GOALS WE MET WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY FOLKS TO COME UP WITH THESE GOALS AS WELL AS STAFF AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THE EQUITY FOLKS AND AND COME UP WITH SOME GOALS FOR THE PROJECT ALONG THOSE LINES .  OKAY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE PROJECT BUDGET THIS EVENING AS WELL AS WE ARE WORKING TO RIGHTSIZE THE BUILDING TO ALIGN WITH THE PROJECT BUDGET THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED. WE START TO BREAK DOWN THE OVERALL BUDGET INTO THREE CATEGORIES. SO WE FIRST LOOK AT HARD CONSTRUCTION COSTS SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER JAY DUNN TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE HARD CONSTRUCTION COSTS WILL BE. THEN WE ALSO BREAK IT DOWN TO FURNITURE OUR EQUIPMENT AND FIXTURES SO OUR FFA NEED OUR SOFT COSTS ALONG WITH OUR DESIGN FEES AND CONSULTING FEES.  SO THAT IS ANOTHER BUCKET THAT WE WILL BEGIN TO REFINE AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE HAVE A BUCKET FOR DESIGN AND ESCALATION CONTINGENCIES UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE VERY EARLY THE PROCESS THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT AS WE'VE OF DO THE PUSH AND PULL UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE BUILDING WILL BE AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE AREN'T SLATED TO START CONSTRUCTION UNTIL A YEAR FROM NOW. SO KNOWING THAT THERE WILL BE MATERIAL COSTS CHANGES, LABOR COST CHANGES WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SAVING SOME DOLLARS AND SETTING THAT ASIDE FOR WHEN WE'RE REALLY READY TO PUT SHOVELS IN THE GROUND SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING RANGES AT THIS POINT IN TIME AGAIN EARLY ON IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AS WE BECOME MORE DETAILED IN DESIGN OUR BUDGET WILL ALSO BECOME MORE DETAILED AND START TO NARROW DOWN THOSE RANGES WE HAVE .  ALL RIGHT, SO THIS PROGRAMING PHASE THAT WE'VE BEEN IN FEASIBILITY PHASE ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED IS WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF SPACES THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN THE BUILDING SO?  THIS IS AN OVERALL SUMMARY OF OF THOSE SPACE NEEDS SORT OF LARGE CATEGORIES OR BUCKETS. WE'VE BEEN REFERRING TO IT AS SO PUBLIC HEALTH WILL BE IN THE BUILDING AQUATICS PROGRAMING FITNESS COMMUNITY PROGRAMING AS WELL AS SOME OFFICE SPACE AND JUST SORT OF BUILT GENERAL BUILDING SUPPORT SPACES THERE.  THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES SINCE THE LAST TIME WE PRESENTED THIS TO YOU. YOU'LL NOTICE THE RANGE OF GROSS SQUARE FEET AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT 111 TO 116000 GROSS SQUARE FEET IS SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE NUMBER WE STARTED OFF WITH WHICH WAS OVER 130,000. AND THE REASON THAT IS IS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF ESSENTIALLY RIGHT SIZING THE PROGRAM.  WE STARTED WITH THE 2019 STUDY PROGRAM THAT WAS THAT LARGER NUMBER AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS THAT NANCY OUTLINED OF ENGAGEMENT. WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS TO LAND WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY AND SO SOMETHING I'LL I'LL GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED. I'M ONE IS THE NUMBER OF GYMS WE HAVE TWO COURTS OR TWO GYMS WITHIN THE PROGRAM.  SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS HAS REDUCED ABOUT 9000 GROSS SQUARE FEET AND WE'VE ALSO RIGHT SIZED AND PROVIDED THE RIGHT QUANTITIES I'LL SAY OF PROGRAM SPACES. SO THOSE ARE EVENT SPACES,  FLEXIBLE SPACES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE PROGRAMING IN PUBLIC HEALTH IS ALSO REALLY SCRUTINIZE THEIR PROGRAM NEED FOR OFFICES AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE OFFICE SPACES BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND PARKS AND REC. I LIKE CONFERENCES CASES FOR INSTANCE SOME THINGS HAVE ACTUALLY INCREASED IN SIZE FITNESS AREA THE SORT CARDIO FITNESS EQUIPMENT SPACE HAS INCREASED IN SIZE THE QUANTITY OF FITNESS STUDIO SPACES HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED TO BE THREE AND THESE ARE ALL DRIVEN BY COST RECOVERY DATA AND ALSO WHAT WE'VE HEARD OUT OF ENGAGEMENT AND ALSO THE POOL THE POOL SPACE ITSELF THE NATATORIUM SPACE HAS INCREASED SOMEWHAT .  SO THE NEXT FEW DIAGRAMS I HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU MAY LIKE WE FIGURED OUT A SITE PLAN AND BUILDING PLANS BUT REALLY THESE ARE HIGH LEVEL CONCEPTS IN SOME WAYS I LIKEN THEM TO SORT OF A GRAPHIC ACCOUNTING AND IN THE CASE OF THE SITE PLAN THAT'S ON THE SCREEN NOW IT'S WHAT WHAT KIND OF SPACES ARE NEEDED ON THIS SITE? WHAT CAN WE FIT THE SITE AND WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? AND SO THE FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS THAT WE'VE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE FIT ON THE SITE IS THE BUILDING. OF COURSE IT'S REQUIRED PARKING AND THEN OUTDOOR PROGRAM SPACES, OUTDOOR SITE AMENITIES, GREEN SPACE, THAT SORT OF THING AND THEN SOME MORE UTILITARIAN FUNCTIONS WITH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SPACE AS WELL AS SPACE FOR SNOW REMOVAL SNOW STORAGE IN THE WINTER . SO THOSE THOSE ARE PRETTY LARGE CATEGORIES OF THINGS BUT ALL ALL TO SAY THAT THOSE THINGS FIT ON THE SITE WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING THAT'S 440 STALLS AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE TOTAL STALLS WERE SHOWING INCLUDE SURFACE PARKING ON THE SITE, A 398 STALLS AND THEN ANOTHER 57. WE'RE SHOWING ALONG NEWTON AVENUE. THOSE ARE OUR 455 SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER THE REQUIRED TARGET. SO ALL OF THIS TO SAY YOU KNOW THIS WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT STRUCTURED PARKING FOR INSTANCE WHICH WAS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME SO TRANSITIONING TO THE BUILDING ITSELF OR REALLY BUILDING PLANNING DIAGRAMS I'LL SAY IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S HARD EVEN FOR ME TO LOOK AT A DRAWING LIKE THIS AND NOT THINK OF IT AS A BUILDING BUT IT'S REALLY NOT A BUILDING YET BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DESIGN, YOU KNOW, WALLS AND SPACES AND YOU KNOW, HEALTH SECURITY, ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF. SO WE'RE REALLY OPERATING ON A LEVEL HOW MUCH SPACE DO WE NEED ON THE SITE, HOW MANY FLOORS MIGHT WE NEED WITH THE BUILDING IN THIS CASE TWO AND WHAT THINGS ARE LOCATED ON WHAT FLOORS. SO IN THE CASE OF THIS DIAGRAM YOU SEE THIS LIGHT YELLOW NUMBER ONE THAT'S A MAIN LOBBY THAT'S A PUBLIC LOBBY THAT ALL OF THE PROGRAM SPACES ARE ADJACENT TO. THERE'S AN ENTRY ON THE EAST FACING THE PARKING TO THE NORTH OF THAT ENTRY NUMBER FOUR AND THE KIND OF WELL IT'S READ ON THE SCREEN OUR PROGRAM SPACES SO MULTIPURPOSE PROGRAMING EVENT SPACES THE GREEN AND THE PURPLE SEVEN AND SIX THERE THAT'S PUBLIC HEALTH IS SIX SEVEN IS THE PARKS AND REC OFFICE WE'VE LOCATED THEM SO WE CAN SHARE SOME YOU KNOW, CONFERENCE ROOMS THAT SORT OF THING AND THEN ALSO CREATE A CONTROL FOR THE BUILDING WE'RE AT THE PUBLIC OR I'M SORRY THE PARKS AND REC OFFICE NUMBER ONE IN YELLOW THAT'S A CAFE SPACE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SPACE OFF THE LOBBY FIVE IS SOME PARTY ROOMS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO AQUATICS NUMBER THREE THE CYAN COLOR AND THEN WE'VE GOT AN INDOOR PLAY AREA INDICATED WITH NUMBER FIVE IN BLUE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER ON THE UPPER LEVEL THAT IS ALL FITNESS. SO YOU SEE ON THE VERY EAST OR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE DIAGRAM A COUPLE OF GYM FOOTPRINTS. THOSE ARE THE TWO GYMNASIUMS YOU CAN SEE TO THE SOUTH OF THAT WE'VE KIND OF GRADED AND I'LL SAY AN ALTERNATE TO ADD ANOTHER GYM IN THE FUTURE IF NEEDED AT LEAST PLANNING FOR ITS EXPANSION IT'S NOT INCLUDING IT IN THE CURRENT PROJECT.  THE OTHER FITNESS SPACES ON THIS LEVEL ARE TRACK THAT ENCIRCLE THE GYM AS WELL AS FITNESS STUDIO SPACES AND SORT OF FITNESS  SPACES AND THEN WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE OPTION OR OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OUTDOOR FITNESS STUDIOS LOCATED ON SOME ROOFS, ROOF SPACES. SO IT'S A TWO STORY BUILDING AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.  YEAH. YEAH. WELL, HAND IT OVER T, LEON AND WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS AS NEEDED COUNSEL DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR?  THE QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN OKAY, YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT WAY FORWARD ? YEAH. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL. SO I WANT TO KIND OF PICK UP WHERE WE ARE IN OUR PROCESS AND OKAY NOW IT'S NOT MOVEMENT . I THINK IT'S A COOL ANIMATION . YOU DIDN'T DO IT GOOD. GOOD FOR OKAY ENTERED THE MATRIX I THINK.  OKAY SORRY  SAME ERROR SINCE WE GOT A BREAK IN THE ACTION MAYBE I CAN ASK MY QUESTION. NO. WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO DIG OUR WAY OUT OF THE MATRIX HERE MAYBE WE CAN. OKAY. OH, OKAY. ON THE RIGHT WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, WE'RE BACK THEN OKAY.  SO JUST TO START WITH A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SAY WHY DO YOU DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY WHEN YOU'RE HAVE AN IMPROVED BUILDING?  BUT PART OF IT IS IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE START TO UNDERSTAND HOW A BUILDING WORKS LIKE THIS, YOU REALLY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE OPERATING COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO OUR WORK IS TO REALLY TAKE ALL THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AND CREATE A PROGRAM PLAN WORKING WITH THE STAFF OF HOW THE BUILDING WOULD ACTUALLY BE ORGANIZED AND PROGRAMED A BUILDING LIKE THIS WILL BASICALLY WE BUILD BUILD THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ON A SET OF ASSUMPTIONS AND THE ASSUMPTIONS START WITH HOW MANY HOURS A WEEK IS THIS BUILDING GOING TO BE OPEN AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLANNING 112 HOURS A WEEK. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT YOU THINK OKAY HOW DOES THAT WORK THAT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK PRETTY MUCH 530 IN THE MORNING TILL 10:00 AT NIGHT OR SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A LIBRARY YOU THINK ABOUT A LIBRARY IS OPEN 60 HOURS A WEEK. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A BUILDING LIKE THAT IT'S DOUBLE. SO IT TAKES DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF STAFF TO BASICALLY MAKE A BUILDING LIKE THIS WORK AND A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T A LOT OF PEOPLE WE WORK WITH DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE COST BUT THE COST IS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF HOURS IT'S OPEN.  THE OTHER THING IS YOU'VE GOT A $100 MILLION BUILDING THAT YOU CAN'T TURN OVER TO PART TIME PEOPLE TO OPERATE SO I HAD TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THE COSTS WORK TOGETHER. SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS WE LOOKED AT ALL THE OTHER PROVIDERS IN THE MARKET WHERE ARE THEY AND WHAT WHAT ARE THEY PROVIDING? WHAT ARE YOU PROVIDING KIND OF WHAT IS THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR SERVICE AND HOW WOULD THAT REFLECT HERE?  WE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND SOCIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF OUR BLOOMINGTON AND HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT. WE LOOKED AT THE TRENDS IN THE MARKETPLACE HERE IN RELATIONSHIP TO NOT ONLY THE TRENDS BUT WHAT'S THE FUTURE TRENDS? WILL WE ALL OF YOU I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH WE DID AN ONLINE SURVEY, WE DID A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY AND THEN WE DEVELOPED KIND OF A VISION BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY BOTH IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND THE SURVEYS TO REALLY HELP THE ARCHITECTS CREATE A DESIGN PROGRAMS DRIVE DESIGN AND THE INTENT IS HERE'S WHAT YOUR FUTURE COMMUNITY DESIRES AND THEN HERE'S HOW THIS BUILDING CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT RECOGNIZING THAT ALL THE SPACES IN THE BUILDING ARE NOT ALL RECREATION PROGRAMS THAT WERE FOR PROGRAMING THEY SERVE A LOT OF OTHER NEEDS LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL AS PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE AS SPACES A LOT OF SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER AND IN THE PROCESS WE END UP WORKING WITH THE STAFF ON BUILDING A PROGRAM PLAN AND WE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION BY THE STAFF AND ANN'S GROUP IN RELATIONSHIP TO HOW THE BUILDING WOULD BE PROGRAMED.  NOW YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS YOU GO WHY DO WE HAVE TO PROGRAM THE BUILDING? WHY CAN'T PEOPLE JUST WALK IN ? WELL, IT DOESN'T YOU COULD DO THAT BUT YOU'RE NOT REALLY SERVING THE WIDEST AGE SEGMENT APPEAL AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT SPACE. AND SO THE INTENT IS IS WE CREATE AS MUCH SPACE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO SERVE EVERYONE AND GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE BUILDING.  THAT'S THE OVERALL THEME. SO WE PROGRAM THE BUILDING AT 70% OF ITS CAPACITY. YOU SAY WHY CAN'T WE PROGRAM AND 100? WELL YOU HAVE INGRESS AND INGRESS HAVE PROGRAMS COMING AND GOING SET UP TO TAKE DOWN THAT KIND OF THING AND SO THERE'S A PRIME TIME AND A NON-PRIME TIME IN THE BUILDING AND WE HAVE TO MANAGE TOWARDS THAT SO SO WE SET UP A SET OF BUSINESS PRINCIPLES AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY WHY DON'T WE HAVE BUSINESS PRINCIPLES INSIDE OF A BUILDING LIKE THIS? WELL, IT'S COSTLY TO OPERATE AND IN DOING THAT IT'S ABOUT $6 MILLION A YEAR TO OPERATE AND WE HAVE TO MANAGE IT IN A VERY RESPONSIBLE MANNER. SO IN THE PROCESS OF DOING WE BUSINESS PRINCIPLES WE ESTABLISH CORE PROGRAMS THAT GO IN THE BUILDING THERE ARE REALLY SEVEN KEY CORE PROGRAMS AQUATICS IS A CORE PROGRAM THAT THIS IS A CORE PROGRAM SENIORS IS A CORE PROGRAM HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUPPORT PROGRAM PUBLIC HEALTH HAS A CORE PROGRAM. YOUTH SERVICES IS CORE PROGRAM SO WE HAVE TO BUILD THAT INTO THE PLAN SO EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THE SPACE WAS MEANT FOR THEM AND THEN PART OF THAT WE ESTABLISH WHAT ARE THE KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES THIS BUILDING NEEDS TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE TAXPAYERS AS WELL AS ALL OF YOU THAT IT'S DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO AND WE WORK WITH THE STAFF DO THAT WE ESTABLISH CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS, PROGRAM STANDARDS,  TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION AND EQUITABLE ACCESS.  SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL OF YOU GAVE ME FEEDBACK THE PUBLIC DID TOO IS YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE COST RECOVERY GOAL THAT'S REASONABLE FOR THIS COMMUNITY? AND SO RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE GOAL IS THAT WE SET TO TO ACHIEVE THAT 60% OF THE BUILDING ACTUALLY CAN GENERATE SOME REVENUE. OKAY. THAT REVENUE CAN BE THROUGH CONCESSIONS IT CAN BE THROUGH PROGRAMS, IT CAN BE THROUGH WHATEVER DIFFERENT TYPES OF REVENUE AND WE PRETTY MUCH BREAK THE REVENUE INTO FIVE CATEGORIES. ONE IS YOU COULD BE A MEMBER SO IF I WANT TO JOIN AND I CAN BE A MEMBER I CAN COME TO THE FACILITY AND PAY A DAILY RATE AND USE IT WITHOUT BEING A MEMBER I CAN DO A PROGRAM, I CAN HAVE A PROGRAM JUST TAKE A PROGRAM. I DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER.  I DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO GET IN BUT I CAN TAKE A PROGRAM. I CAN RENT SPACE IN THE BUILDING.  SO YOU HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF SPACES THAT CAN BE RENTED AND WE DO THAT SO THAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO USE THE BUILDING FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND SPORTS CAN ALSO USE IT FOR THEY WANT TO HAVE AN EVENT IN THE BUILDING SO WE WANT TO SET THAT UP AS AN OPPORTUNITY AND THEN WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT BASICALLY LIKE BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND THINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF CELEBRATIONS IN THE BUILDING AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT AS AN ALTERNATIVE.  THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE STAFFING COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AS WELL AS OPERATIONS AND THE INTERNAL CHARGES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUILDING THAT THE CITY HAS AS WELL AS LOOKING AT ALL OF THE INDIRECT COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT TO COME UP WITH THIS NOW ALL OF THESE COSTS THAT ARE OUTLINED HERE, YOU'VE ALL GOT A COPY OF THE BUSINESS PLAN. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE BREAKOUTS OF IT SO YOU KNOW THAT DOLLARS ARE REAL DOLLARS THAT ARE PART OF HOW THE CITY OPERATES AND HOW IT MANAGES ITSELF.  SO WE START WITH YOU KNOW, THE GOAL WAS REALLY TO BE 100% COST RECOVERY . CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 90% RIGHT NOW WE HAD NINE POINTS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON. FIRST OF ALL, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS YOU AND THERE IS A LOT OF INDIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MANAGE AND BUILDING LIKE THIS AS WELL AS DIRECT WE WANTED AT LEAST IT SAYS 50 BUT THAT'S REALLY 60% OF THE SPACE IN THE BUILDING SHOULD PRODUCE REVENUE PAID PROGRAMS NEED TO FILL AT LEAST 70% OF THE OPERATIONAL COSTS PROGRAM SPACES MULTIPLE FUNCTIONAL AND CAN SERVE A VARIETY OF USES AND THAT BY MONTHLY FUNCTIONAL CAN DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE SAME SPACE AND A REALLY IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO CLAIM THEIR SPACE AS THEIR SPACE AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SHARE.  WELL THE INTENT IS IS WE CREATED THE SPACE TO BE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL FROM NINE IN THE MORNING TO 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SPACE CAN BE USED FOR SENIORS AND THEN AT 4:00 TO 5:00 OR UNTIL 10:00 AT NIGHT CAN BE USED FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE.  BUT THE IMPORTANT THINGS IT'S MULTI-FUNCTIONAL IN ITS DESIGN AND THAT'S PART OF OUR WORK WORKING WITH WITH THE DESIGN TEAM SO AND THAT I ALWAYS SAY THE NO SINGLE SPACE SHOULD BE CREATED FOR ONLY ONE USE SO THIS ALLOWS FOR MEMBERSHIPS A DAILY ACCESS RATE SIGNING FOR PROGRAMS RENTAL SPACE CONCESSIONS IS ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE SMALL BUT PEOPLE EXPECT IT AND REALLY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES SPONSORSHIPS AND EARNED INCOME IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE THIS BUILDING WILL GENERATE A MILLION VISITORS A YEAR AND IN THE PROCESS THAT IT HAS IT HAS SPONSORSHIP VALUE AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT HOW THAT SPONSORSHIP VALUED DONE TASTEFULLY IN THE BUILDING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.  WE ALSO WANTED TO CREATE A WORKING PRO FORMA WHICH WAS LOOKING AT REVENUE AND EXPENSES AND ALSO THAT CAN THE STAFF CONTRACT ON A MONTHLY BASIS OF HOW THEY'RE ACHIEVING THE OUTCOMES OF THIS BUILDING THAT WE'RE ESTABLISHED IN THE DESIGN AND WE WANT TO INCORPORATE A REVENUE PHILOSOPHY FOR THE FACILITY AND FOR THE PROGRAMS AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS ANYTIME YOU HAVE A BUILDING LIKE THIS AND HAVING KNEW THIS FOR A LONG TIME PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE AWAY SPACE AND ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN NOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE ONCE YOU ENTITLED PEOPLE IT'S HARD TO GET IT BACK.  AND SO THE INTENT IS IS TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE THAT'S MY BIGGEST POINT.  SO WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION WE'VE IDENTIFIED FULL TIME AND TIME STAFF OH I THINK WE HAVE 16 FULL TIME STAFF THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING AND A LOT OF PART TIME PEOPLE WHO DO DIFFERENT PIECES OF WORK TO MAKE THIS BUILDING WORK AND YOU GOT A GOOD TEAM OF PEOPLE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T BUT IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO HIRE SOMEBODY WHO REALLY HAS MANAGED BUILDINGS LIKE THIS BEFORE.  SO IT WOULD BE CRITICAL THAT IT COME OUT OF THE GATE REALLY ,REALLY SUCCESSFUL WITH HAVING A GOOD TEAM OF PEOPLE TO MANAGE IT.  SO I MENTIONED ABOUT THE STAFFING BASED ON LEAN MANAGEMENT AND ALL OF THIS WILL BE A CONSTANT UPDATE BECAUSE MOST OF TIME WE ANTICIPATE YOU KNOW SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THREE TO 3000 TO 4000 PEOPLE DAY THROUGH THE BUILDING BUT IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT COULD GO UP AND DOWN DEPENDING ON HOW THE BUILDING OPERATES AND FUNCTIONS AND REALLY YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STAFF AND THE AND ALSO THE USERS REALLY TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS A DEVELOPMENT POSITION WHICH BASICALLY IS CREATING EARNED INCOME IN THE BUILDING AND ALSO DEVELOPING A PARKS FOUNDATION WHO COULD REALLY HELP YOU PICK UP THOSE OTHER PIECES OF THE BUILDING THAT AN OPERATIONAL COST AND THEN BASICALLY YOU HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN NOW IT'LL GO THROUGH CHANGE SOME CHANGES SLIGHT CHANGES AS THE BUILDING CHANGES AS NANCY AND GLENN POINTED OUT THE BUILDING IS RIGHT OUT OF STAGE.  WE'RE GOING TO START REALLY GETTING INTO MUCH MORE TIGHTER DESIGN AND THEN AS THAT HAPPENS, ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE MADE TO FOLLOW THERE THERE ARE DESIGN SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTION. ANY QUESTIONS?  THANK YOU. COUNSEL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.  WOULD YOU MIND PULLING BACK THE THE PRO FORMA FOR ME PERFECT YOU VERY MUCH SO TWO QUESTIONS HERE FOR YOU FIRST CAN YOU CAN YOU JUST DEFINE I THINK YOU WENT THROUGH THEM BUT I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE REVENUES COME FROM ADMISSIONS PROGRAMS RESERVATIONS AND OTHER WHAT WHAT INCLUSIVE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT THAT THE COMMENTS YOU MADE GOES INTO OTHER THERE CONCESSIONS AS AN EXAMPLE RENTALS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO RENT SPACE IN THE BUILDING SPOT SPONSORSHIPS AND YOU COULDN'T PUT A NAME RIGHT ON THE BUILDING. WE HAVEN'T WE DON'T HAVE THAT BUILT IN . BUT YOU COULD A BUILDING LIKE THIS WITH THAT LEVEL OF FUNDING PEOPLE WILL BUY A NAMING RIGHT FOR IT IF YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED RIGHT OKAY PARTNERSHIPS YOU'LL HAVE SOME PARTNERS WHO WILL WANT TO PUT IN REVENUE BECAUSE PARTNER YOU ALSO HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH THAT'S A IT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT THAT THEY THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW THOSE ARE THE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES.  OKAY, GREAT. YEAH. I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE SINCE IT WAS A 10% OR SO OF THE OVERALL REVENUE NUMBER I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT WAS WHAT IT WAS REFERRING TO. OKAY. COULD YOU GO TO THE PERSONNEL SLIDE FOR ME? OKAY.  YEP. SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. I HAVE OVERRUN IT MYSELF. THERE YOU GO. PERFECT. AND AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR YOU MORE SO BUT I THIS THIS MAKES SENSE TO ME IN TERMS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN THE BUILDING AND THE SERVICES WITH IT.  HOW MANY OF THESE POSITIONS NOT THE NOT THE THE PART TIME POSITIONS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE SEASONAL AND SPECIFIC HOW MANY OF THE OTHER FULL TIME POSITIONS EXIST IN SOME WAY TODAY AS A RESULT OF STAFF THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT WILL BE DOING THIS WORK IN THE FUTURE?  COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ALL OF OUR RECREATION SUPERVISORS THAT CURRENTLY WORK FOR THE CITY WILL BE REASSIGNED TO A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE TO THE TO THE FACILITY. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A RECREATION SUPERVISOR THAT WORKS AT CREEKSIDE THAT WILL 100% OF HIS TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THEN WE HAVE SOME ADULT SPORTS SPECIALISTS A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR TIME. ALISON HOW MANY REPARATIONS HOMELESS CHILDREN WE HAVE SIX RECREATION SUPERVISORS TOTAL AND FIVE OF THOSE SIX WILL HAVE AT LEAST A PERCENTAGE THEIR SALARY THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER. OKAY.  WOULD THEY BE WOULD THEY BE COUNTED IN THESE THESE YELLOW BUT YES BUCKETS THEN IF THEY'RE EXISTING STAFF THAT WILL THEY'LL TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITIES GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE OKAY WHICH ONES ON HERE THEN ARE THE NET NEW FULL TIME ARE THEY THE GREEN ONES OR THE THE BURNT ORANGE ONES OR THE BLUE ONES? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IT'S A COMBINATION.  OKAY TRULY. SO THE COMMUNITY CENTER MANAGER IS A NEW POSITION THE FITNESS MANAGER AQUATICS MANAGER, MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT, ASSISTANT MANAGER THOSE ARE NEW POSITIONS MEMBERSHIP CHILD CARE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS, RECREATION COORDINATOR PERSON PERSONAL TRAINERS ARE NEW FULL TIME POSITIONS.  OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. SO MY MY OVERALL QUESTION OF ALL THESE BOXES, IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE WHOLESALE HIRING IN A WHOLE NEW TEAM. WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY IN ON STAFF THAT WILL TAKE ON THESE RESPONSIBILITIES BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE 8 TO 10 NET NEW POSITIONS IF I'M GUESSING CORRECTLY IT WOULD TAKE.  DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? NOT INCLUDING THE SEASONAL ONES OF COURSE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IT PROBABLY ACTUALLY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. I THINK THE MESSAGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IS THIS IS A REALLY LARGE FACILITY AS LEON MENTIONED WITH ABOUT 112 HOURS DURING THE WEEK THAT WE NEED FULL TIME STAFF COVERAGE IN THIS FACILITY.  IT WOULD YOU KNOW, REMEMBERING THAT ALL OF THE STAFF ALREADY HAVE TIME JOBS HERE. SO IT'S A IT'S AN ATTEMPT STAFF TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN YET FULLY STAFF THIS FACILITY AS BEST WE CAN. NOW HAVING SAID THAT, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT ALL OF THE POSITIONS THAT ARE LISTED ARE INCLUDED IN THAT PRO FORMA AND THE COST RECOVERY EXPECTATION. SO WE'LL WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE ALL OF THE THE STAFFING NEEDED FOR THIS FACILITY WE ENTER SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.  WE DO BELIEVE THAT HOW WE HAVE THE STAFF HAVE THIS FACILITY STAFFED AND HOW WELL WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE TO THIS FACILITY IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO ITS SUCCESS WERE GREAT I WAS GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT IT BAKED INTO THE BUDGET THAT YOU SHARED BUT YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THAT I'M DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMAN ROHMAN THANK YOU.  I WANTED TO JUST ASK ABOUT THE THE GYMNASIUMS I SEE THAT ON THE SURVEY THAT YOU'VE GOT 109 RESPONDENTS THAT  THAT UTILIZE THAT FACILITY FOR FOR TEAM SPORTS, THAT TYPE OF THING. I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE IDENTIFIED THERE WITHIN THE THE HIGH INTEREST LEVEL AND WHAT I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF UNDERSTAND IS IT POSSIBLE WITH THOSE TWO GYMNASIUMS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO TRY TO PULL OFF A YOU KNOW, OF SOME TYPE OF PROGRAMING WITH WITH THOSE TWO GYMS? ARE THERE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND WE HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS AS AN ENTIRE TEAM EVALUATE THAT VERY THING WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR STAFF WHO PROGRAM OUR GYMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS CURRENTLY KEEPING MIND WE DON'T HAVE ANY GYMS EXCEPT THE ONE GYM AT CREEKSIDE THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY SO WE'RE ON IT, WE'RE RUNNING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMING, ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GYMS WHEN WE INITIALLY OUR STAFF IN WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR PROGRAMS AND GROW PROGRAMS THEY WANTED FIVE GYMS SO REALIZING EARLY ON THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIT FIVE GYMS ON THE SITE OR BE ABLE TO AFFORD FIVE GYMS, WE SAID TO OUR STAFF WHAT DO YOU NEED TO ABLE TO OFFER THE EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY?  AND WE IDENTIFIED THREE GYMS THAT WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO TAKE THE PROGRAMING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND OFFER IT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THE GYMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. THEY'RE DOING GREAT.  THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WANTS ADDITIONAL GYM SPACE AS WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS AREAS OF THE FACILITY AND THE NEED TO REDUCE NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET FOR THE FACILITY. WE HAD TO TAKE A REALLY GOOD HARD LOOK AT THE PROGRAM, THE SPACES AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WITH THIS FACILITY.  AND ONE OF THE SPACES THAT WE DECIDED TO AT LEAST AT THIS STAGE IN THE PROCESS WERE NOT GIVING UP ON THE THIRD GYM FOR GOOD BUT AT LEAST AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROCESS WE DECIDED TO REDUCE BECAUSE IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SQUARE AND IT'S ALSO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PARKING REQUIRED AND THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. SO WE HAVE TRADEOFFS WITH THE AT LEAST TEMPORARY DECISION TO REDUCE ONE GYM TRADEOFFS ARE THAT WE WILL STILL BE UTILIZING THE HIGH SCHOOL GYMS TO DO OUR ADULT PROGRAMING THAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY THE POSITIVE SIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS IF WE TO RUN THOSE PROGRAMS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH THREE GYMS THOSE GYMS WOULD BE BOOKED ALL THE TIME DOING THAT PROGRAMING. SO IF WE KEEP THE PROGRAMS AT HIGH SCHOOL GYMS IT FREES UP THE TWO GYMS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR A WHOLE RANGE OF PROGRAMING THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY OFFERING.  SO THAT DOES GIVE US TO NEW GYMS TO PROGRAM FOR YOUTH FAMILIES ADULTS THAT WERE NOT CURRENTLY DOING THAT IS A REAL WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY CERTAINLY.  AND AGAIN I MENTIONED THAT IT'S A REDUCTION IN THE OVERALL PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THE FACILITY AS WELL. THANKS THAT AND WHAT I WOULD BE CURIOUS ABOUT IS WHAT THAT COST IS YOU KNOW WHAT THE COST BENEFIT IS WHEN WE LOOK TO USE THOSE OTHER GYMS WITH EYES GOING I'M NOT LOOKING FOR THAT NOW BUT IF WE CAN I DON'T I DON'T NEED TO GET INTO THAT LOT OF DETAIL SO WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET. BUT I WOULD I WOULD BE CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE KIND OF PUTTING OURSELVES IN A POSITION WITH THAT THERE. THE OTHER QUESTION AROUND THE GYMNASIUM IS ARE WE ONLY BUILDING IT SO THAT THERE'S THERE'S THAT OPTION OF THREE OR IS THERE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING TO A FOURTH GYMNASIUM WITH THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE AND I KNOW WE MAY NOT DO THAT NOW I THINK ABOUT THIS FACILITY WE HAVE SPACES AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF EXPAND. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE THAT PAST COUNCILS HAVE DONE IS REALLY SET US UP IN A POSITION WHERE IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT EXPANSION THAT IT WOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT TO DO. IS IT POSSIBLE TO TO THREE OR FOUR SPACES OR THE FIFTH OF THE STAFF WANTED WITH THIS SPACE? I KNOW I THOUGHT, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE JUST WITH THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE OF THE BUILDING ITSELF WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW. WHERE WOULD I STAND WITH COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THIS AND WE HAVE GIVEN THE CHARGE TO HDR TO DESIGN THIS FACILITY WITH THE THOUGHT FOR EXPANSION IN THE FUTURE WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL PROVIDE THE BEST LONG TERM SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON MOVING FORWARD . AS WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE ASKED IS WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY? WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED? WHAT HAVE YOU ADDED?  WHAT DO YOU NEED TO ADD? AND THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR REGULARLY IS THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GYM SPACE THEY NEED OR HAVE EXPANDED AQUATICS AND THEIR FITNESS SPACES WHETHER IT'S WEIGHT EQUIPMENT, CARDIO EQUIPMENT OR GROUP FITNESS CLASS SPACE THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT COMMUNITY CENTERS TYPICALLY TRY TO ADD ON TO. SO AS WE LOOK TO DESIGN THIS FACILITY AS WE GO INTO SCHEMATIC AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE DESIGNING THE FACILITY WITH THE ABILITY TO EXPAND MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT WHEN WE TOOK OUR IN OVER A YEAR BACK THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS. SO JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS HERE AND I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE QUICKER. I DID SEE ON THE SURVEY WITH THE MAKER SPACES IT HAD GOTTEN A 129 YOU KNOW WHAT IS THAT YOU KNOW THOSE SINGLE USERS THAT THAT ARE THAT THAT'S BEING ASKED THEY'RE FROM THE ARTS AND CRAFTS THERE OR IS THAT SOMETHING SEPARATE AND DIFFERENT? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN OF THE COUNCIL MAKERSPACE THIS CAN BE ANY FORM OF A CRAFT SPACE.  WE HAVE A LOT OF MAKER SPACES CURRENTLY AT THE BCA WE HAVE A LOT OF MAKER SPACES CURRENTLY OUR CREEKSIDE COULD BE EVERYTHING FROM A QUILTERS ROOM TO A WOODWORKING SHOP TO POTTERY STUDIOS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE BCA SO THOSE SINGLE USE SPACES THEY CAN BE SINGLE USE SPACES OR THEY CAN BE MULTIPURPOSE SPACES.  THE MORE SPECIFIC YOU GET THE LESS LIKELY THEY ARE TO BE SHARED. FOR EXAMPLE, A WOODSHOP IS IN SOMETHING THAT IS LIKELY TO BE SHARED JUST BECAUSE OF THE TYPE AND SIZE OF THE EQUIPMENT IN THOSE SPACES. BUT CRAFTERS QUILTERS CARD MAKING YOU KNOW A LOT OF THOSE SMALLER CRAFT SPACES ARE MORE EASILY SHARED SPACES IN MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE ADMISSIONS IN THE PERFORMA, YOU KNOW I KNOW IT'S ABOUT WAS IT WAS AT 4 MILLION THAT'S IN THERE WITH THOSE CATEGORIES YOU'VE GOT THE COUPLES IN THERE THE THE FAMILIES THE SINGLE SOME FOLKS LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND SAY WELL GOSH, YOU KNOW, ARE WE REALLY GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL THAT WE HAVE IN THAT IN THAT PERFORMA THAT WE HAVE THERE AND I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW CERTAINLY WE COMPARE THAT TO EDEN PRAIRIE AND OTHER OTHER PLACES THAT ARE OUT THERE. WELL YOU KNOW IS THAT THAT A REALISTIC NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE IN THAT PROFORMA FROM THE FROM THE ADMISSIONS PIECE? ABSOLUTELY VERY CONSERVATIVE ACTUALLY MY FEELING ABOUT IT IS WE WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SET THE STAFF UP. SO THE INTENT OF IS JUST AGAIN KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THIS BUILDING AND KNOWING THE NEED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. I'M REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT KIND OF , YOU KNOW, FLOATING AROUND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST ASSURE THAT OUR STAFF HAS WORKED HARD AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT BACK WHAT'S THE MOST FEASIBLE AND IN OUR TRADITION THAT WE HAVE IS TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR OUR ESTIMATES AND THAT WE BE ABLE THAT TO MEET THAT I JUST WANTED TO BE IN TERMS OF ON THAT AND THEN INCOME SIDE OF IT I MEAN THIS IS THIS IS A RATHER LARGE THING WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO AND I FOLKS MIGHT BE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND BUT I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT STAFF IS BRINGING US NUMBERS THAT ARE RELATIVELY REALISTIC THIS HAD A LOT OF STAFF INPUT I MEAN A LOT SO IT'S NOT LIKE MADE IT UP. SO THE INTENT IS IS THAT TOO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO HAVING A GREAT CENTER. ONE YOU HAVE TO HAVE GREAT PROGRAMMERS I MEAN YOU HAVE THE PROGRAMMERS DRIVE ALL THE ENERGY IN THE BUILDING TO NEW PEOPLE IN THEY CONSTANTLY HELP THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THE VALUE OF THE BUILDING THAT'S NUMBER ONE TWO IS YOU GOT TO GET DO MARKETING WE'VE GOT A LOT WE HAVE MARKETING MONEY I THINK WE HAVE 5% OF THE BUDGET IN HERE FOR MARKETING BECAUSE AND THE INTENT IS WE HAVE A BALANCE BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO REGISTER FOR A PROGRAM, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO RENT THE SPACE. SO WE CONSTANTLY ARE FEEDING OURSELVES PEOPLE GO I AM HAVEN'T BEEN IN THAT BUILDING NOW I'M IN AWE NOW I CAN SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT SO AND WE WANT TO BALANCE OFF BETWEEN MEMBERS DAILY PEOPLE CAN JUST WALK IN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BUILDING THEY CAN TAKE A PROGRAM THE INTENT IS OR RENT SPACE THAT WE'VE GIVEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE MEETING AND THE BUILDING. SO I MEAN I'M REAL COMFORTABLE WITH THE NUMBERS.  THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW I WAS A SKEPTIC OF THE COST RECOVERY BUT WOW YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME NUMBERS ARE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE . WE'LL SEE IF WE GET 200%.  THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND I'LL REMIND YOU ALL SO IT'S NOT JUST THE REVENUE, IT'S ALSO THE EXPENDITURES AND WHICH IS WHY WE BRING IN EXPERTS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. WELL, I'M WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND I HAVE A LOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR STAFF TO THAT TO GET THOSE EXPENDITURES DOWN AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. SO YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU. MAYOR SITES HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS.  I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR REMOVING THE THIRD GYM. I AM A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THE LIKE YOU SAID AND, THE ACTIVITY CENTERS ARE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS AND I I AM SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HEARD FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE COMPETING FOR THOSE SPACES AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IN AND SO IF WE WERE TO BUILD TO HAVE THREE GYMS FOR OUR OWN PROGRAMING PLUS BEING ABLE TO RENT TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE IDEAL SO I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE SINCE I KNOW NOTHING IS FINAL BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRAINTS. I ALSO WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE AWESOME WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP YOU MADE THE RIGHT DECISIONS TO BRING IN THESE AMAZING CONSULTANTS AND I THINK WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN FRONT OF US AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN REALLY FANTASTIC AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING WITH THE CURRENT CREEKSIDE FOLKS WHO GO THERE FOR DIFFERENT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW AS WE START TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION TO START THE PROJECT THAT THEY'RE THERE PROGRAMING IS TAKEN CARE OF IN THE MEANTIME THAT THEY'RE BEING RELOCATED AND THAT ALMOST EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE CONTINUING IN SOME WAY. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE TAKEN ALL OF THOSE EXTRA STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF AND THEN I DON'T WANT TO BE RUDE BUT IT'S MY SON'S 14TH BIRTHDAY TONIGHT AND I AM LEAVING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO TO DINNER. HE ACTUALLY WANTS TO HAVE DINNER WITH ME AND FOR ANYBODY WHO'S A 14 YEAR OLD SON THAT'S A HUGE WIN. YEAH, SO I KNOW. SO I AM GOING TO BE LEAVING BUT AGAIN JUST WANTED TO GET A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS IN THERE. THANK YOU THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CONSOLIDATION OF QUESTIONS HERE,  COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR APOLOGIES IF I MISSED ANYTHING IN THE PRESENTATION BUT JUST TWO QUICK POINTS. I KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY SUCCINCT THE PLAN BUT I WANT TO SEE WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HAVE AMENITIES AS WELL WITH THIS OUR ORIGINAL TASK FORCE THREE OF THE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY MADE WERE TO COMBINE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AMENITIES FOR PEOPLE. SO I THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL BASED ON THE INPUT OF THE TASK FORCE.  AND THE SECOND THING IN THIS AGAIN I APOLOGIZE THIS HAS GONE OVER BUT THEY'RE IN THE PRO FORMA IT IS THERE'S SOME SHEETS THAT SHOW THE ASSUMPTIONS YOU'RE MAKING IN TERMS OF COST RECOVERY AND . I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS ASSUMPTIONS FOR PARTICULARLY OUR SENIOR PROGRAMING WHICH I THINK YOU NOTED AS 50 PLUS. AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT 50 IS NOT THAT NOT THAT OLD.  SO SO JUST JUST SAYING BUT I SAID I MAY HAVE JUST HAD A BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK AND AND IT MAY IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MY 50TH BUT I HAVE 360 SOME DAYS LEFT.  SO I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S CONCERNS WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT EXISTS THERE THAT THAT ENJOYS THAT SPACE AND WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THEM AND BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO A LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF AT LEAST THE INITIAL MODEL NO FINAL DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE IN TERMS OF COST RECOVERY AND PROJECTIONS BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE EXISTING PROGRAMS ARE IN THERE AT ZERO ADDITIONAL COST.  I MEAN I WOULD WHEN I LOOKED AT THE LIST IT WAS WELL OVER HALF THEM WERE AT NO COST. AND SO I JUST I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO TO REFLECT AND LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT AT LEAST WHAT THE ASSUMPTIONS ARE AT THIS POINT AND MAYBE I'LL JUST COMMENT THAT WE TOOK THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU'RE INVESTING IN CREEKSIDE NOW AND WE JUST TOOK THAT SAME TAX DOLLARS AND ADDED IT THIS TO THE PERFORMANCE SO THAT'S WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR REFLECTING ON THAT VERY SIMPLE ANSWER AND I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT I GOT A TON OF RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE USED THAT FOR DECADES AND WANT TO SURE WE CAN MAINTAIN THOSE EXISTING PROGRAMS AS MUCH AS ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE.  SO THANK YOU. I GUESS COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. ACTUALLY, I DID I DID HAVE A COMMENT AS OPPOSED TO A QUESTION AND I THINK THIS IS IN THE PACKET BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE PRESENTATION SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M POINTING YOU ALL IN THE RIGHT OR WRONG DIRECTION HERE BUT I THINK IN ADDITION TO ACKNOWLEDGE BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WE'VE DEFINITELY HEARD AS COUNCIL THAT THERE YOU CONCERNS YOU KNOW NOT UNDERSTANDING WHATEVER THE THE THING IS ABOUT THE PROGRAMING IT AT AT CREEKSIDE AND WHAT WILL CONTINUE WHAT WILL NOT CONTINUE THERE'S BEEN THIS CLASH BETWEEN THE PROGRAMING AND FACILITY AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THAT MIXED UP RIGHT. SO JUST BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE A FACILITY IS CHANGING DOESN'T MEAN THE PROGRAMING WON'T EXIST. IT MAY NOT EXIST IN THE FORM THAT SEE IT IN TODAY BECAUSE IT'S IN A DIFFERENT BUILDING OR IT'S IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE BUILDING OR WHATEVER BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE PROGRAMING IS GOING AWAY AND SO FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE ONLINE NOW IF I IF I LOOK AT THIS AND I THINK IT'S PAGE 127 THERE'S AT LEAST I'M NOT I CAN'T DO IT MY FIRST 510 1520 AT LEAST 30 PROGRAMS I'M GOING TO GO WITH 50 PROGRAMS IT'S AT LEAST 4545 THANK YOU. 45 PROGRAMS IDENTIFIED EXPLICITLY IN THE IN THE DOCUMENT DEDICATED TO PEOPLE OVER 50 THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING AT BINGO WOULD GARDEN CLUB COUNTRY MUSIC GAMER'S CLUB 500 QUILTING PINNACLE MAHJONG I MEAN IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE HERE AND IT'S GREAT. IT'S WONDERFUL. I DON'T THINK THAT'S BAD BUT I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE LIKE I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT FULL BUSINESS PLAN THAT'S IN OUR PACKET BECAUSE THESE THESE SLIDES DO NOT DO IT JUSTICE I MEAN THAT AS A COMPLIMENT TO YOU ALL AND THE GREAT HARD WORK THAT YOU DO THESE SLIDES ARE BUT A SMALL OF THE DETAILED INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE CAN GET. I JUST HAD A MEMBER OF A CONSTITUENT CONVERSATION THIS MORNING AND FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS BEHIND THIS PROJECT. IT'S NOT THAT DISSIMILAR IN MY OPINION TO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN WHICH WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH.  RIGHT. VERY SIMILARLY HERE PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING HERE YOU WANT TO LIKE KICK THE TIRES ON A NUMBER OR YOU WANT TO GET YOU KNOW, SAY LIKE HEY, HOW COME IT COSTS $1,000,000 TO DO BUILDING MAINTENANCE? WELL, YOU CAN IT LISTED LINE BY LINE BY LINE WHAT THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT AND AND SO I REALLY RECOMMEND ANYBODY WHO IS TRULY INTERESTED IN THIS PROGRAM TO GET EDUCATED ON THIS PROGRAM USING THIS INCREDIBLY WELL DOCUMENTED AND COMPREHENSIVE REPORT AS A STARTING PLACE.  WE CAN HAVE INTELLIGENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE AND I HOPE EVERYBODY WILL DO THAT AND THAT MY PHONE WILL START RINGING THE HOOK BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE GOOD QUESTIONS. THANKS COUNCILMEMBER FROM WELL SAID COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE ABOUT TRYING TO UTILIZE THESE DOLLARS OR THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY 82 TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT WOULD BE OR WOULD NOT BE.  COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER SITE WAS THE LOCATION OF OUR NEW COMMUNITY CENTER BEFORE WE STARTED THE REFERENDUM PROCESS THIS PAST YEAR. SO THAT IS THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ALL ALONG AND THAT'S WHAT THE BLOOMINGTON VOTERS VOTED ON IN THE REFERENDUM LAST FALL AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE THIS MY UNDERSTANDING ARE PEGGED TO THAT LOCATION RIGHT I MEAN WE COULDN'T JUST MOVE THOSE MOVE THE MOVE TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION RIGHT.  I THINK COUNCILMEMBER THERE PICKED UP THE PROJECT NOT NECESSARILY THE LOCATION SO WE COULD THE COUNCIL DETERMINE THE THE CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER SITE WAS THE PROCESS WAS JUST MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN WE TOOK THAT THAT VOTE THAT ALSO IT WAS THE FOURTH LOCATION AS WELL SO THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT FOR ME AND YES ABSOLUTELY THE AS MS. KHATRI SAID THE REFERENDUM LAST FALL THAT WAS APPROVED BY BLOOMINGTON VOTERS I MEAN WE WERE PRETTY SPECIFIC THAT IT WOULD BE AT THE BLUE AT THE CORNER OF YEAH THAT'S THAT'S MORE SO THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE AND I THOUGHT FOR SURE IT WAS IN REFERENDUM SO TO TURN AROUND AND TRY TO MOVE IT I DON'T I THINK THAT WOULD BE BE A PROBLEM IF WE TRIED TO DO THAT I WOULD AGREE I WOULD AGREE AND AND I WOULD THINK I'LL BE HONEST I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT FROM ANYONE.  AND I THINK FOR THE THE ONE OR TWO FOLKS THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD THAT FROM, I DON'T THAT IT'S AT ALL REALISTIC TO AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME TO TRY AND THINK OF A NEW LOCATION AND BASICALLY START FROM SCRATCH AGAIN ESPECIALLY AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY AS MS. KHATRI SAID, TIME IS MONEY IN THIS PROJECT AND TO GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE AND IT WOULD WOULD RESULT IN A LESS THAN PERFECT OR LESS THAN OPTIMAL FACILITY FOR US.  AND SO I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN FIGURE OUT AND I JUST WANT TO KNOCK THAT DOWN RIGHT NOW AND IT'S IT'S MORE THAN ONE OR TWO PEOPLE. THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I'M BRINGING IT FORWARD. I'M NOT I WASTE TIME ON ONE OR TWO PEOPLE BUT I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY, REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND I GUESS I JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME COMMENTS HERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW WE'VE REALLY BEEN AT THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO FINISH THIS THING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS HERE. AND I JUST I WANT TO THANK REALLY JUST FOR WHAT HAS HAS TRANSPIRED HERE I MEAN THE WORK THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE TIMES TO GET TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING AND SO I REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS GET PAST THE THE FINAL THINGS THAT I REALLY THINK WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS WE'VE YOU ITERATED ON THIS AND GONE OVER IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THIS IT GUYS THIS IS I REALLY BELIEVE THIS IS THE THE THE END OF THIS LONG TRAIL THAT WE'VE BEEN ON AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS OPEN UP IN A COUPLE OF YEARS HERE. AND I GUESS THIS IS A JUST A JUST A HEAVY TRIBUTE TO THE TWO STAFF'S WILLINGNESS TO STICK WITH THIS AND ALSO OUR COUNCIL'S WILLINGNESS TO IN YOUR LEADERSHIP, MAYOR TO KIND OF MOVE US ALONG AND KEEP US ON THIS ON THIS PATHWAY.  I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND KNOW THE DETAILS ARE GOING TO BE GREAT WHEN WE GET TO GET THERE.  THANK FELLOWS MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS WE'LL MAKE A LOT OF TROUBLE NOT KNOWING. I'M KIDDING.  I JUST WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION ON A $300,000 FINE MOVE TO THIS PROJECT ON THE CREEK SITE.  IS THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBSIDIZING THE PEOPLE THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO POTENTIALLY PAY FEES OR JUST POTENTIALLY ADD PROGRAMING TO THE BUILDING . WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT? COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THE INTENT OF THIS ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THE $385,000 SUBSIDY F SENIOR PROGRAMS WAS TO GIVE US THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING AT CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR A LOW FREE OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED COST THAT IS IS THE MONEY THAT CURRENTLY SUPPORTS STAFF AND CURRENTLY SUPPORTS THE PROGRAMING FOR THAT FACILITY. THANK YOU THANK YOU. TOIT ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ? COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU. MS. CASPARY FOR THAT. I'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT I HAVE CHILDREN AND MY INTEREST IS WITH FAMILIES AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN I AM INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT WE DO WITH OUR CURRENT SENIORS FOR FAMILIES BECAUSE IF WE'RE LOOKING TO GROW THIS COMMUNITY FREE,  MULTIGENERATIONAL, HAVING TWO SPECTRUMS COMING TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING THEM EQUALLY OR IN PART WOULD GIVE US THAT ABILITY TO CHANGE THE ATMOSPHERE, THE CULTURE, THAT COMMUNITY CENTER SO THAT WHEN SENIORS COME IN THEY CAN INTERACT CHILDREN AND HAVE THAT KIND OF JUBILATION THAT CHILDREN BRING AND THEN HAVING THOSE KIDS LEARN FROM THOSE SENIORS OF THE STORIES OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE HISTORY THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER. THAT'S WHAT GETS ME REALLY EXCITED FOR IT. AND SO HAVING THIS KIND OF SAME SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR SENIORS, WITH OUR YOUNGAMILIES WILL GO A LONG WAY BECAUSE I KNOW IN BLOOMINGTON WE HAVE A LARGE SPECTRUM OF SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT AND SO BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE EVERY FAMILY IN BLOOMINGTON CAN COME TO BLOOMINGTON AND STAY TO ENJOY THESE FACILITIES IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WELL.  AND COUNCILMEMBER, JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION AND COUNCILMEMBER ALLMAN'S COMMENTS BROUGHT UP AND ALSO THE FACT I WAS CLEANING OFF MY DESK TODAY AND FOUND THE THAT YOU HAD HANDED OUT SHOWING THE THE INTERSECTING LINES OF STAGES OF A PROJECT AND ABILITY TO INFLUENCE CHANGE IN THAT PROJECT. COULD YOU PERHAPS RE REMIND US WHERE WE ARE IN THE STAGES OF THE PROJECT AND WHAT ABILITY IS NOW TO INFLUENCE ANY KIND OF CHANGES IN THAT PROJECT AT A COST THAT ISN'T GOING TO BLOW THE BUDGET COMPLETELY TO THE MOON.  MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. MAYOR THAT'S REALLY GOOD STATEMENT. I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT TO SHOW EVERYONE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO WE ARE AT A STAGE IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY GETTING READY TO MOVE TO SCHEMATIC DESIGN THEN AFTER A SCHEMATIC DESIGN FINISHES WILL BE THE END OF THE YEAR WE'LL MOVE IN TO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE US FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS OF NEXT YEAR AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE PHASES OF DESIGN, THE ABILITY TO CHANGE DIRECTION IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT AND GETS MORE EXPENSIVE UNTIL IT REACHES THE POINT WHERE IT JUST BECOMES COST PROHIBITIVE.  SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT COUNCIL FEELS THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK IN THIS STAGE OF THE GAME AND WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE WHAT YOU SEE THIS EVENING BECAUSE IT WILL BECOME MORE DIFFICULT AND MORE EXPENSIVE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MOVING FORWARD.  THANK YOU FOR THAT CONSTANTLY QUESTIONS ON THAT PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD I THINK SO IT'S SIR ANYTHING ELSE THE ONLY THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALISON WARREN AND LEAH HUGHES THEY HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY INSTRUMENTAL IN GEING US TO THE POINT WE ARE WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AS WELL. THEY HAVE SPENT JUST COUNTLESS HOURS ON THE PROJECT SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM. WELL THEN THANK YOU.  THANK YOU ALL. WELL THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION COUNCIL. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COMMENTS ON THIS ONE WHEN'S THE NEXT UPDATE? MR. MAYOR, WHAT DO WE WANT THE NEXT UPDATE FOR COUNCIL WHEN WILL WE SEE YOU AGAIN?  THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER ALESSANDRA I DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL DATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE INTEND TO HANDLE THIS PROJECT LIKE WE DO THE REST OF OUR PARK PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WORK THROUGH THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN SO WE WILL BE GIVING A SIGNIFICANT TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PROCESS, THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THEN THE COMPLETION. SO I COMMIT TO YOU IN PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS BUT ALSO IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WE NEED FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL ON AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU BEFORE THEN AS WELL.  WE ALSO WILL BE RELEASING VERY SOON PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO THE NEXT ROUND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES THAT WE'LL HAVE MOVING FORWARD. AND JUST A REMINDER BLOOMINGTON DAWG IS THE PLACE THAT YOU CAN FIND ANY INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTOMING UP ON SEPTEMBER EIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SEPTEMBER 28TH IS OUR FIRST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. IT'S FROM 4 TO 7 AND IT'S AT CREEKSIDE. THANK YOU COUNSELOR.  IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE I WOULD LOOK FOR EMOTION NOW TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY REPORT AND BUSINESS PLAN SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY REPORT AND BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION FOR THE WORK THAT HAS GONE IN SO FAR AND THE WORK THAT HAS TO COME BACK TO OUR AGENDA COUNCIL AND WE WERE GOING TO MOVING NOW TO ITEM THREE OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAS A CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING . COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. SO OUT. I HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY HOLDS OTHER THAN 3.4. IS THAT STILL TRUE? COUNCIL IF THAT'S STILL TRUE I WILL START BY MOVING ITEMS 3.1 TO 3.3 AND 3.5 TO 3.11 ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO  SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT OF BUSINESS AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND AM 3.4. YES THANKS MR. MAYOR. SO COUNCILMAN NELSON REQUESTED A HOLD ON THIS AND IN A DISCUSSION THAT THAT WE CAN HAVE HERE IT BROUGHT TO MIND FOR ME THE IDEA THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO ADD IN LIEU OF VOTING ON THIS MAYBE TABLE THIS AND HAVE A LARGER DISCUSSION AS A GROUP ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OR THE STRATEGIC PLAN FUNDING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER PUTTING A DELAY ON IF AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH TODAY THE BUDGET TODAY YOU KNOW AS WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO A NUMBER THAT WE ALL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH. THE OPEN QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE SOME OTHER FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT ARE COMING UP THAT ARE THESE KIND OF SMALLER ITEMS THAT IF WE DELAYED THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUPER CRITICAL TO THE WORK WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THE YEAR FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD WE WOULD WE FIND MORE OF THEM?  COULD WE MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT TO TO THE BUDGET RECONCILIATION PROCESS?  AND SO WE HAVE THE OPTIONS HERE TO MOVE THIS AND I'LL OF COURSE GIVE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HIS MIND ON THIS ONE. BUT THE OTHER IDEA WOULD BE FOR US TO TABLE IT AND THEN MAYBE IN LATER IN SECTION FIVE WE CAN TALK ABOUT T OPTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE FOR TAKING A LOOK AT AT WHAT OTHER SMALL ITEMS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE MIGHT WANT TO PUT A DELAY ON. THANK YOU. THOUGHTS ON THAT? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WAS ONE WHO INITIALLY WANTED TO HOLD IT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH AND I HELD IT ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE I THINK GIVEN THE BUDGET CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH A 12% INCREASE THIS YEAR POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT INCREASE NEXT YEAR. JUST TAKING A LOOK AT EVERYTHING I THINK YOUNOW YOU KNOW MAYOR, YOU TALK ABOUT THE THAT WE CAN STOP DOING. I ALSO THINK THERE'S A PART OF THAT IS ARE THE THINGS WE CAN DELAY DOING OR NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH DOING UNTIL AN APPROPRIATE TIME.  I KNOW IT'S NOT A HUGE BUDGET ISSUE BUT I'VE ALWAYS FOUND IN MY LIFE AND MY BUSINESSES A LOT OF TIMES I GET MUCH FURTHER ALONG A BUDGET PATH IF I TAKE INJURED, FOCUS ON SEVERAL SMALL ITEMS INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR LIKE THE SILVER DAGGER, THE YOU KNOW, BIG ITEM THAT FIXES THE WHOLE PROBLEM BECAUSE I'VE NEVER FOUND THAT THING IN MY LIFE I NEVER FOUND THAT ONE THING THAT FIXES THE ENTIRE THING. AND SO I MEAN IT'S A PERFECTLY REASONABLE THING TO DO TO DO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.  I FRANKLY YOU KNOW PERSONALLY IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL TO ME. I JUST DON'T SEE HOW IT MOVES A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FORWARD AND WHEN WE HAVE THESE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS I JUST THINK THAT THIS ITEM AND POTENTIALLY OTHER ITEMS WITHIN PLAN OR WITHIN FRANKLY WITHIN ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT THAT WE MAY BE DOING THAT AREN'T HAVING A HUGE IMPACT. WE MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO RAISE THIS ONE AND AND PROBABLY LIKELY NOT SUPPORT IT BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE IT CAME FROM AND IT'S IN THE STRATEGIC SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS AND THE THOUGHTS. COUNCILMEMBER EVERSON COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER IT'S KIND OF A CONTROVERSIAL THING TO SAY BUT I AGREE WITH THE BUDGET PART OF THE WHOLE THING. THEY ALSO HAVE A PERSONAL OPINION IN REGARDS TO THAT BEING A MINORITY AND GROWING PART OF IT IN CALIFORNIA AND IS BACK THEN ALREADY A THING IN CALIFORNIA AND WHAT HE CREATED WAS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE JUST PULLED BY A DEMOGRAPHIC RATHER THAN YOU KNOW MY MY GOAL AND MY DREAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WE CALL OURSELVES AMERICANS AND WE SHOULD ALL BE CONSIDERED THAT RATHER THAN CREATING NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS JUST ONE DEMOGRAPHIC OR ONE RACE OR ONE ORIGIN. AND I THINK TO ME IS IT'S KIND OF OUTWARD FOR THE PEOPLE LIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE IN MANY YOU KNOW IN MANY WAYS IT PREVENTS PREVENTS THE POPULATION OF THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM ACTUALLY GOING TO TO THE FULL POTENTIAL THAT THEY HAVE.  YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE BEING A MINORITY I HAVE MY OBSTACLES AS A CHILD. I'LL ADMIT THAT.  HOWEVER, BECAUSE I GREW UP IN AN AREA THAT THERE WERE NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME I WAS ABLE TO ADAPT A LOT QUICKER AND BY DOING SO. YOU KNOW, I HAD ADVANTAGES THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FROM MY ANCESTRY DID NOT HAVE. SO I SEE THESE PROGRAMS AS A HINDERANCE TO MINORITIES RATHER THAN SOME ADVANTAGE THEM. IF I VISIT AREAS HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES THAT ARE JUST A ONE RACE. I DO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL KEPT AND AS WELL-DEVELOPED AND THE HOMES AS NOT AS NICE AS THE AREAS THAT POPULATIONS MINGLE WITH EACH OTHER. SO I KIND OF YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T ONLY SEE THE THE EXPANSE AS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SAVED BUT ALSO AS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON.  MINORITIES WHEN WE TRIED TO DO THIS FOR THEM I DON'T SEE IT AS AS A HELP TO ME IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO TRY TO TEACH ENGLISH AND CIVICS TO PEOPLE THAT COME FROM OTHER COUNTRIES THAT THEY CAN TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE. IT WOULD DEAL WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES TO THEM IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE WE TRANSLATE EVERYTHING FOR THEM AND WE DON'T GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY DAY WHAT SOCIETY TO OFFER THEM OR ASSIMILATE ASSIMILATE THE CULTURE THEY, LIVE WITH THEIR CULTURES IN A SEGREGATED MORE SEGREGATED ACTUALLY THEY WOULD IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY IF THE DOORS OPEN TO THEM TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE TO LEARN HOW THIS GOVERNMENT SYSTEM WORKS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE EVERYTHING THAT IS OUT THERE FOR THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO RESPECT SOMEBODY THAT ONLY SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE TO COME OVER AND HELP TO THEM. YOU KNOW THAT SAID AGAIN I AGREE WITH BOTH FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS NELSON AND DALLAS AND GROUP SORRY SO I SAID A LONG THING IT IS YOU KNOW BECAUSE OF A BUDGET CONTRACT CONSTRAINTS BUT YOU KNOW IN MY HUMBLE IT ACTUALLY HURTS MINORITIES WHEN YOU TRY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IT DOESN'T HELP THEM OUT. BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST MY OPINION THAT'S IT. I HAD TO I HAVE TO SAY THANK AND COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR . I WANT TO SAY THAT I RECOGNIZE WHAT MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID. I WAS ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM AS A RESIDENT BEFORE GOING ON COUNCIL AND SO I WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHY THIS WAS INCLUDED IN OUR STRATEGIC AND THE INTENT IS NOT TO CREATE AREAS WHERE WE FORCE MINORITIES THAT IS NOT THE INTENT THIS PIECE OF IT AT ALL. THE INTENT IS ACTUALLY TO HELP UNDERSTAND HISTORICALLY WHERE BLOOMINGTON IS, WHERE IT HAS BEEN AND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. SO PEOPLE KNOW THEIR HISTORY OF WHY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS CALLED THIS AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW IT HAS BECOME WHAT IT IS IN MY WIFE'S FAMILY.  SO MY FAMILY THE POLLS BEEN IN BLOOMINGTON SINCE THE 1800S AS ARE THE BLOOMINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. LAST YEAR I SAW PLAT MAP FROM 1853 AND THERE THEY WERE. GRANDMA PAUL'S HOUSE STILL IN LYNDALE RIGHT AT THAT PLOT WHERE THEY HAD 250 ACRES THERE AND TO HAVE THAT KIND OF RECOGNITION THIS FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THIS SPOT FOR 200 YEARS WHATEVER IT IS IS TO ME SPEAKS LOUDLY TO THE HISTORY THAT WE HAVE AND PEOPLE SHOULD RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND THAT YES, WE CAN ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES. WE CAN ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT SPACES. BUT WHEN YOU'RE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND YOU LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS IS THE HISTORY WE HAVE HERE AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE CAPABILITY TO BUILD UPON THE HISTORY THAT HAS BEEN PUT FORTH HERE TO BUILD THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS CONVERSATION WE HAD DURING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS ABOUT WHY COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITIES IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT US A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING INTO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS A WHOLE . THE CITY DIDN'T START AS IT IS TODAY. THERE WAS A BUNCH OF FARM OF PEOPLE WITH HORSES AND PLOWS WORKING 365 DAYS A YEAR TO MAKE SURE THEY COULD FEED THEIR FAMILIES AND BECOME A CITY WHO LEADS THE STATE IN MANY AREAS.  AND SO HAVING THAT HISTORY AND BUILDING AND THAT IDENTITY I THINK HELPS BUILD BLOOMINGTON INTO BEING THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT BE AND THAT'S WHY IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THAT'S WHY IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE SAY OUR MISSION IS TO CULTIVATE AND ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND THAT'S A NOD AND A NOD TO OUR HISTORY OF RECOGNIZING WE COME FROM TO DIRECT US WHERE WE'RE GOING. AND SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS.  I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BUDGET CONCERNS I CAN CAN GET BEHIND THAT. BUT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT IT STAYS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WHERE I WILL BE AT AND COUNCILMEMBER ONE COUNCILMEMBER I CAN WAIT TILL AFTER THE MANAGER SHOW SHE WANTED TO COME. YEAH YOU KNOW I MEAN I MEAN I KIND OF HAVE KIND OF A MIXED MIND ON THIS THIS THING I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WHAT MY COUNCIL WAS LIKE SAYING HEY WE'VE GOT A WE'VE GOT BUDGET CRISIS HERE AND WE GOT TO START GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT EVERY ITEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, YOU KNOW, GOSH, YOU KNOW UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND SEEMS A LITTLE LITTLE EXTREME BUT WE REALLY DO HAVE AN EXTREME SITUATION IN WHICH WE NEED TO KIND OF KIND OF TIGHTEN OUR BELTS THAT SO I'M NOT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE OTHER PART OF THE PROPOSAL WHERE WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE OTHER STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND FREEZE LAWS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. I DO AGREE WITH MY AND MY COLLEAGUE OVER HERE WHAT IT LOOKS I HAPPEN TO BE ON THE YOU KNOW, ON THE COMMITTEE AND I KNOW I MEAN THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS IS IT WOULD KIND OF ADD ON TO WHAT YOU SAID IS YOU KNOW, WE LOOK BACK FAR ENOUGH. WE LOOK AT YOU KNOW AN OLD TRACK ABBEY ROAD IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, IT'S HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE IN TERMS OF ITS TRAIL. IT'S REALLY IT'S A CONNECTION FROM THE PAST IN TERMS OF WHERE NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AND A SORT OF BRIDGE OR TRAIL INTO THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE GOING. AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE WE LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF THINGS FROM A STRATEGIC STANDPOINT I GUESS IS APPROPRIATELY LISTED WHERE IT'S AT AND I EVEN KIND OF WONR IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IF THIS IS THE THE MONETARY AMOUNT THIS HERE IS EVEN RIGHT AMOUNT. BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF GETTING THIS CONVERSATION STARTED, I THINK THAT THIS IS WHAT THIS DOES. IT'S A VERY SMALL DROP IN THE BUCKET IN TERMS OF THIS CONVERSATION.  AND SO I THINK AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AS WE KIND OF LOOK AT IT WITH BOTH HATS ON, YOU KNOW ,TERMS OF TRYING TO BE PRUDENTLY RESPONSIBLE AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW, THAT WE DID TAKE ON THE YOU KNOW AND TRY TO DECENTRALIZE OURSELVES WHEN WE YOU KNOW FOR SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WHO WEREN'T HERE THOUGH I UNDERSTAND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS BACKGROUND BUT YOU KNOW, WE DID DECENTRALIZE OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITY PLANNING AND GIVE IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT GROUP HAS HAS ASKED US TO KIND OF DO AS WE KIND OF MARCHED DOWN THIS PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FULFILLED.  AND SO I THINK WE KIND OF HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS WITH BOTH HATS ON.  YOU KNOW, WE'VE KIND OF SAID WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS THAT WERE THERE AND SO THAT'S ONE REASON TO KIND OF DO IT AND THEN YOU KNOW, HEY, WE'VE GOT SOME EXPENDITURES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.  THIS WOULD NOT BE THE ONE I WOULD SELECT TO TO DELAY. BUT BUT CERTAINLY EVERY CUSTOMER'S GOT TO GOT A PROJECT IN AND I RESPECT AND BUT I WOULD I'LL AT THIS POINT I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE GOT HAPPEN IN HERE BUT I, I UNDERSTAND POINT OF VIEW BUT I WOULD BE CAUTIOUS. I'D BE MIGHT RECOMMENDATION IN TERMS OF WHICH ONES WE'RE PICKING TO STOP AND DELAY AND COUNCIL MEMBER MR. BREWER THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.  I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE COUNCILMEMBER MOORE'S COMMENT THAT THE THE GENESIS OF THIS IDEA THE CORPS PLANNING TEAM AND OTHERS WHO WORKED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BETTER PROJECTS DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH RESIDENTS ORIGIN OR ETHNICITY OR RACE.  THAT REALLY IS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CONNECT WITH THEIR COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY GET ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY THAT YOU KNOW, WE WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR CLOSEST AFFINITY WHAT'S MOST IMMEDIATE TO THEM AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES FIND FIND THEIR CONNECTIONS THROUGH SCHOOLS OR FIND THEIR CONNECTION THROUGH PLACES OF WORSHIP AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NOT SOMEBODY WHO HAS A CHILD IN THE SCHOOLS OR DOES NOT REGULARLY GO TO A PLACE OF WORSHIP.  YOU KNOW, PART OF THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO YOU FIND COMMUNITY ? SO HAVING PEOPLE BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WITH THAT PLACE THAT IS MOST IMMEDIATE TO THEM AND MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WITHOUT WITHOUT FORECASTING HOW THE IDENTITY OR THE NAMING MAY PLAY OUT BUT YOU KNOW WHERE WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE IT TENDS TO BE AROUND NATURAL FEATURES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IT TENDS TO BE THE PARKS OR TENDS TO BE AROUND YOU KNOW,  OF THE SOME OF THE NATURAL AMENITIES AND THAT'S GENERALLY HOW YOU SEE THIS HAPPEN.  WE HAVE I THINK A GOOD IDEA OF NOT ONLY HOW, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY HELPS TO GET PEOPLE MORE CONNECTED TO WHERE THEY ARE. IT ALSO WOULD HELP OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AS WELL. AND SO I THINK THERE REALLY IS A TWO WAY BENEFIT HERE RECOGNIZE THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND TO THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO MADE. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUNDED OUR FIRST BUDGET CONVERSATION ON SEPTEMBER 30TH IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND PAUSE AND SEE WHAT'S IN THERE AND LOOK AT THE LIST AGAIN I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE DOING BUT ALSO FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS WAS A THIS WAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT THAT THE BTG TEAM HAD LANDED ON IS SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE ASPECT OF THE APPROACH AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE ITS DUE CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU MR. DRAGHI.  SO I ALSO AS PART OF THAT LARGE CORE TEAM, I WILL AGREE THAT THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS WAS ALL AROUND WELCOMING PEOPLE AND TRYING TO HAVE PEOPLE BE MORE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS,  WELCOME IN THEIR COMMUNITY, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE SEE THE STRENGTH THE NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY EVERY AUGUSTA NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE STRONGER THAN OTHERS. AND THIS WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY STRENGTHEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO MIGHT NOT BE AS STRONG WITH A SENSE OF IDENTITY AND COHESION AND AND A SENSE OF PLACE FOR THEIR RESIDENTS. SO BUT I WILL TELL YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SIR, I DON'T RECALL AT ALL A CONVERSATION ABOUT ETHNICITY OR RACE OR OR ANYTHING AS IT RELATED TO ANYTHING RELATED TO THAT IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF I MAY I OF COURSE BUT YOU PLAYED IN ANY OF THOSE UNDERSTOOD. HOWEVER, THE THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM THOUGH I CAN TELL YOU YOU CAN LOOK AT ONLINE PROBABLY THIS TYPE OF PROGRAMS CREATED AREAS LIKE FROGTOWN AND SAINT PAUL YOU KNOW IT'S NOT IT HASN'T BEEN POSITIVE I UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYBODY'S COMING FROM AFTER TO THE COUNCILMEMBER SO I UNDERSTAND THAT POINT THAT THAT'S GREAT I MEAN ON YOUR TRAIL LIKE COUNCILMAN VERY LITTLE ONE MENTION IS ANOTHER HISTORICAL THING BUT TO ME THE WAY THAT THAT THIS WATER DOESN'T NECESSARILY PORTRAY THAT INTENTION IT IS A IT ACTUALLY MAKES PEOPLE THAT IT'S AN IDENTITY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS BEING CREATED . IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE AREAS EVERYWHERE INCLUDING HERE IN MINNESOTA AND MAYBE IN BLOOMINGTON,  POSSIBLY WE HAVE THAT GEORGETOWN AREA.  RIGHT. THAT IS IT HAS A GREAT NAME. I MEAN REMEMBER IN MY VERY FIRST TIME THINKING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE LOOKS OF GEORGETOWN, D.C. IN MARYLAND. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING.  BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY THAT I DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSION OF SOMEBODY BUT THE WHAT IT PORTRAYS NOT THE INTENTION. RIGHT. AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT WAY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WITH BUT YOU KNOW THAT SAID I DO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WHERE YOU COMING FROM, COUNCILMAN RIZZO THAT POINT IS WELL MADE AND IT'S TO ME ALSO HAS A BALANCING EFFECT AND IS VALUABLE. HOWEVER, THE WAY  THAT IS PORTRAYED OUT THERE THE WAY YOU READ IT IS NOT WHAT YOU YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW. THE EXPLANATION THAT YOU GAVE ME IS NOT WAY I READ IT OR ANYBODY OUT THERE READS IT. IT JUST LOOKS LIKE IF YOU'RE CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD BASED ON NECESSITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN AND THAT'S WHY I MADE THE COMMENTS I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WEREN'T IN THE YOU WEREN'T IN THE CORE TEAM THE PLANNING TEAM.  BUT YEAH THERE WERE THERE WAS AN END IN THAT BECAUSE WE CAN GO ROUND AND ROUND HERE WITH THIS. I WOULD I MIGHT HAVE I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE $87,000, IF I CAN ASK THAT REALLY QUICKLY. MEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU ,MR. MAYOR. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD ON THE COMMUNITY ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY MODEL, THERE'S A CHECKLIST THERE. DOES THIS $87,000 COVER THAT CHECKLIST?  SO ON THE CHECKLIST IT SAYS CREATE PROCESS AND TIMELINE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD NAMES, BOUNDARIES FORM INTERNAL NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT ADVISORY TEAM BY NOVEMBER OF 24 CREATED EXTERNAL BLOOMINGTON ADVISORY TEAM BY 25 ADMINISTER SURVEY ORGANIZE COMMUNITY CAFES DRAFT NEIGHBORHOOD MAPS GAIN FINAL COMMUNITY INPUT PRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF 25 IS THAT WHAT THIS $87,000 IS INTENDED TO COVER OR SOME PORTION OF THAT? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO YES, IT IS SO WITH WITH THIS $87,000 THIS THIS BASICALLY THIS PROJECT UNDERNEATH OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WOULD BE COMPLETE.  WOULD THAT BE A FAIR COMMENT? OKAY, GREAT.  ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE ALL RIGHT, GREAT. SO HERE'S WE HAVE TWO CHOICES. WE CAN TABLE IT AND BRING BRING DECIDE ON THIS WITH THE OTHER STRATEGIC PRIORITIES MONEY WHEN WE GET TO THAT PART OF THE BUDGET OR WE COULD VOTE ON IT RIGHT NOW. MR. MAYOR, I LEAVE THE DECISION UP TO YOU. I'M GOING TO GUESS WE HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS IT IF YOU WANT TO PASS IT. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND THE ONLY I WAS. NO, SIR. I THINK THREE THREE.  SO UNLESS THAT'S NOT I DID NOT NECESSARILY SAY I WAS GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT BUT I WAS I WAS FACILITATING. HOW ABOUT IF WE DO THIS COUNCIL LET'S LET'S PUT THIS OFF FOR TWO WEEKS, HAVE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER.  THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT THEN AND MAYBE HAVE MORE OF THIS IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION PERHAPS STAFF COULD PROVIDE ALL OF US WITH THE THE BACKGROUND AND THE NOTES FROM THE CORE PLANNING TEAM WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH IT ALL THE DETAILS ON IT AND AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT ALONG THE OTHER PIECES OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT MAYBE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND WHETHER IT'S A MATTER OF HOLDING STUFF OFF YOU KNOW, PUMPING THE BRAKES A LITTLE BIT OR WE WANT TO DO IT JUST LOOKING AT LOOKING AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE SPENDING ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMING SOME OF THAT PROGRAMING IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR LARGER BUDGET DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE THING KNOWING OF COURSE THAT IT'S A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON IT AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN ONLY YOU CAN ONLY DELAY IT SO LONG BEFORE IT BECOMES NOT PART OF THE STRATEGIC ANYMORE.  SO I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY? WHY DON'T WE IF YOU COULD, COUNCILMEMBER I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO AND ONCE ONCE THAT MEETING THE STRATEGIC 930 KNOW SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER IS THERE THERE I'LL MOVE TO WELL LET'S SEE HERE POSTPONE ITEM 3.4 TILL 930 2024 SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND TO POSTPONE ITEM 3.4 UNTIL THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER. AND I THINK WITH THE INTENT OF HAVING IT PART THE THE BUDGET DISCUSSION NOT NECESSARILY JUST PUT IT BACK ON THE ON CONSENT AGENDA BUT TO HAVE A PART OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS COUNCIL HEARING?  NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK THOSE MEMBER DALLESSANDRO FOR HANDLING THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING ONE ITEM FOUR IN OUR AGENDA THIS IS OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORNANCES AND WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING. THIS IS OUR 2023 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT AND IT'S SALVADOR FROM OUR ATTORNEY IS HERE. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME.  GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL AGAIN IN SALVADOR ASSISTANT EDUCATION I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING AND IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING NOR NO FORMAL ACTION IS REQUIRED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BEYOND THE PUBLIC HEARING ANNUALLY WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT OR CDBG CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT ALSO KNOWN AS THE KEEPER FOR GROUNDING THE PURPOSE OF THE CDBG PROGRAM.  IT'S AN ANNUAL GRANT THAT'S RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND ADMINISTERED BY THE HRA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN OR HUD TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES PROVIDING DECENT HOUSING AND SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT. EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE FOCUS OF PROGRAMING ON LOW AND MODERATE HOUSEHOLDS,  BLOOMINGTON IS AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY MEANING WE RECEIVE A DIRECT ALLOCATION ANNUALLY FROM.  THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS REGARDING THE PROGRAM YEAR 2023 WHICH IS ACTIVITIES COMPLETED JULY 1ST OF 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2024 DURING THIS PROGRAM YEAR FUNDS WERE DIRECTED TOWARDS ADMINISTRATION FAIR HOUSING SENIOR SERVICES AND HOMEOWNER REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE PRIMARILY WHILE THE CITY RECEIVES AN ANNUAL GRANT CDBG WHICH THE LAST PROGRAM YEAR OF 2023 WAS A TOTAL OF $456,726.  THE WAY ACTIVITIES ARE FUNDED IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE LAYERED AND COMPLEX AND THE ACTUAL SPENDING IS MUCH HIGHER THAN JUST THE THE GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED FOR THIS PROGRAM YEAR BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF FUNDING THROUGH CDBG IS DISBURSED AS LOANS BY THE CITY THE CITY ACTUALLY RECEIVES PROGRAM INCOME ANNUALLY AND HUD REQUIRES THAT WE SPEND THAT PROGRAM INCOME BEFORE TAPPING INTO THAT CURRENT YEAR'S PROGRAM ALLOCATION THIS LAST YEAR AND PROGRAM YEAR 2023 WE RECEIVED INCOME OF $338,446.  THE CITY IS ALSO CARRYING A BALANCE FROM PREVIOUS CYCLES THAT MUST BE SPENT BEFORE AGAIN TAPPING INTO THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL ALLOCATION IN MOST OF THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO SPECIFIC AND SOME PROJECTS JUST TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS BEFORE TOTAL IS SPENT DOWN AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING SUCH A LARGE CARRYOVER AMOUNT ONCE BOTH PROGRAM INCOME AND DOLLARS ARE SPENT THAT IS THEN WHEN WE BEGIN TO TAP INTO THAT ANNUAL THAT I MENTIONED THIS SLIDE HERE YOU AND DEMONSTRATES THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING MOST OF THAT MONEY ANNUALLY THE MAJORITY OF CDG DOLLARS SPENT IN PROGRAM YEAR 2023 WENT TO REHABILITATION LOANS THROUGH THE CITY'S REHAB LOAN PROGRAM. SO THE $963,000 NUMBER IS REPRESENTATIVE OF ONE LOANS GRANTED WITHIN THAT PROGRAM YEAR. THE CITY ALSO ACQUIRED TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN PROGRAM YEAR 2023 USING CDBG DOLLARS AND THESE PROPERTIES ARE INCORPORATING INTO A BROADER HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMING MANAGED BY THE HRA.  ADDITIONALLY $150,000 WAS AWARDED TO HOMES WITHIN REACH ACQUIRE AND REHAB TWO HOMES IMPLEMENTED TO BE SOLD TO INCOME ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.  THE CITY ALSO PROVIDES HOUSEHOLD OUTSIDE MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS 62 YEARS AND OLDER IN BLOOMINGTON THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.  AND LASTLY THE CITY IS A MEMBER OF THE FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL WHICH COORDINATES EFFORTS TO AFFIRM RELIEF FURTHER FAIR HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE TWIN CITIES METRO HOUSING AREA. SO JUST TO COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE ON EFFORTS REGARDING FAIR HOUSING TO BROADEN THE IMPACT OF THOSE DOLLARS, HUD ALSO REQUIRES THAT WE COLLECT AND REPORT ON DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. MOST PROGRAMS, AS I MENTIONED ,ARE RESTRICTED TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE INCOME LEVELS THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN THE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE CAPTURED HERE MOSTLY ARE SERVED TO THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM AND WHILE WE DO TRACK DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, THERE'S NO GOALS FUNDING GOALS SET REGARDING RACE OR ETHNICITY TARGETS RELATED TO THESE FUNDS. AND BECAUSE MOST OF THE PROGRAMING FOR CDBG CDBG DOLLARS IS TARGETED TOWARDS OWNERSHIP, THE RACE AND ETHNICITY NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN IS REFLECTIVE OF CURRENT HOMEOWNERSHIP DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO CONSISTENT WITH THE HOMEOWNER DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE CITY.  THE PAPER WAS POSTED FOR A 15 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS IN PERSON BY EMAIL OR ALSO BY MAIL AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WAS PUBLISHED ON THE CITY AND IN THE SUN CURRENT THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL . THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR PINCH HITTING TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING IN ANY QUESTIONS OF MISS ALVARO THIS EVENING DID WE WITH THE PUBLIC PERIOD OPEN HAVE YOU HAVE WE HEARD ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS AT THIS POINT. ARE YOU GOOD? WELL, THANK YOU. DON'T GO FAR IN CASE WE HAVE QUESTIONS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL OPEN IT NOW AND I ITEM 4.1 A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR 2023 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT.  IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DONE IN 4.1 THIS EVENING?  SALZMAN DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK?  MR. MAYOR THERE'S NOBODY ON MY LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.  COUNSEL NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK 10 A.M. 4.1 I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 4.1 SO MOVED A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO SO NO OFFICIAL FORMAL ACTION IS REQUIRED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS PUBLIC HEARING SO WE WILL THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION.  MOVING ON ITEM FIVE IN OUR AGENDA ITEM FIVE IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS. ITEM 5.1 WAS MOVED UP IN THE AGENDA. WE ALREADY HEARD THAT ONE ITEM 5.2 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AT THIS POINT I WOULD TYPICALLY TELL US ABOUT THE LISTENING SESSION BUT WE DID NOT HAVE A LISTENING SESSION THIS EVENING. WE ACTUALLY CANCELED IT FOR THIS EVENING SO WE COULD ALL BE PART OF THE HASH BLOOMINGTON CELEBRATION JUST OUTSIDE THE DOORS HERE EARLIER TONIGHT BEYOND THAT I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. MR. FAROOQUI, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THIS EVENING,  MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING FOR OUR BLOOMINGTON EAST GARDEN PROJECT TOMORROW EVENING.  SO THAT'LL BE A NICE COMMUNITY EVENT AND IT'S ACTUALLY GROUNDBREAKING. IT IS DIGGING INTO SOME ICE SHAVINGS BUT IT SEEMS A LITTLE MORE APPROPRIATE SO IT'LL BE A FUN EVENT AND A NICE WAY TO KICK OFF REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY.  THANK YOU MR. BRILLIANT OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER.  NELSON YEAH, THANKS MAYOR JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.  IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS EARLY VOTING START ON FRIDAY AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON?  WELL, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.  YOU ARE CORRECT. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH IS THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING LEADING UP TO THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. THE VOTING IS HERE AT CIVIC PLAZA AND AND WE WILL BE DOING THAT FOR I THINK IT'S 46 DAYS LEADING UP TO THE GENERAL ELECTION AND IT'LL BE MONDAY FRIDAY DURING BUSINESS HOURS HERE AT CIVIC PLAZA UP UNTIL CLOSER TO THE ELECTION AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL HOURS AS WE GET CLOSER OTHERS COUNCIL ALL RIGHT.  NO ONE COMING FORWARD WITH THAT SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.3 WHICH IS OUR FINAL ITEM THIS EVENING THIS WILL BE A CLOSED SESSION REGARDING REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS RELATED TO COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER SITE. AS WE DISCUSSED ACTUALLY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I THINK WHEN WE HAD A CLOSED SESSION THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE GENERALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND OUR BROADCAST AND WE'RE VERY OPEN.  THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS WE ARE ABLE TO CLOSE A SESSION AND ONE OF THOSE REASONS IS FOREGOTIATION PURPOSES FOR THIS TYPE OF THING AND EXCUSE ME AND SO WILL BE CLOSING THE SESSION WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS I'LL LOOK FOR A RESOLUTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC MEETING WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC MEETING AND THEN WE'LL AFTER THE MOTION IS AFTER THE MEETING IS REOPENED WE WILL VOTE ON ANY DISCUSSION THAT HAD OCCURRED DURING THE CLOSED MEETING WITHOUT WITHOUT TO TAKE ACTION CONSISTENT WITH THE DISCUSSION OF THE CLOSED MEETING MOMENTS AND I'M SURE I FORGOT SOMETHING THERE AS I WAS TALKING ON THE WATER THAT JUST DRINK. NO. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.  THEN COUNSEL, I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLOSURE OF THE PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON QUESTION AND HE'S ALREADY SECONDED ME. I LOOK AT THIS I'M OUT NOW JUST MAYOR IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT WE CAN PROVIDE TO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SEEN THIS ITEM PUBLISHED?  THEY KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT SOME PROPERTIES YOU KNOW, NEARBY THE COMMUNITY CENTER. IS THERE ANY BROADER CONTEXT WE CAN PROVIDE TO PEOPLE JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND THEN THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW IS WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY TYPE OF ACTION OR ANYTHING WITHOUT COMING BACK DOING THAT PUBLICLY AND I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE MY FIRST MEETING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER EVER WAS TO DO NEGOTIATIONS OR LOOK AT PROPERTY RELATED HIGHLAND GREEN'S GOLF COURSE AND WE HAD A PACT THAT HAD TO BE CLEARED BECAUSE IT WAS PRIVATE AND SO BUT I KNEW THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS THEN I KNOW THESE THINGS RAISED LIKE OKAY WHAT'S HAPPENING SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FOR PEOPLE OF WHAT OF WHY WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THAT WE WON'T WE WON'T MAKE A PRIVATE DECISION WILL THAT WON'T MAKE PUBLIC DECISIONS AND THEY'LL HAVE INPUT INTO THEM. WELL, COUNCILMAN, I'M NOT GOING TO STEP ANYTHING HERE. I'M GOING TO TALK TO OR I'M GOING TURN TO MR. VERBRUGGE. THIS MAN DECIDED TO TELL US WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO SAY.  YEAH. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, YOU CORRECT THAT ANY ACTION THAT WE TAKE SUBSEQUENT TO CONVERSATION DOES HAVE TO BE VOTED ON IN THE PUBLIC SO THAT WILL BE VIEWABLE.  AND TO REITERATE WHAT THE MAYOR SAID WHEN HIGHLIGHTING WHY IT IS THAT WE CAN GO INTO CLOSED SESSION IF WE ARE YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT INVOLVES DISCUSSION OF A POTENTIAL STRATEGY AND PRICE AND THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES. RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE NOT THINGS WE WOULD DO IN PUBLIC. THE REASON THAT HAVING THE CONVERSATION YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT IS THESE PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE CREEK'S CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER SITE AND THERE'S SOME VALUE TO THE PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL AREA THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE AND SO WANTING TO EXPLORE THAT POSSIBILITY AND SEE WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY MAKING ANYTHING ELSE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON ON WHERE WE ARE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT? COUNCILMEMBER BOWMAN I'M READY TO MOVE THIS THING SO WE CAN GET INTO THE ALL RIGHT COUNCILMEMBER ALONE.  OKAY I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLOSURE THE PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION CLOSING THE PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION WE WILL BE BACK ON THE AIR WHEN WE REOPEN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO CLOSE THIS MEETING.  SO THERE WE GO. THANK YOU .  WE ARE BACK OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.  WE ARE NOW REOPENED AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCIL I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF TO TAKE THE ACTION CONSISTENT WITH THE DISCUSSION OF THE CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION THE SECOND TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF TO TAKE ACTION WITH THE DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION NO FURTHER COUNCIL ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES FIVE ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IN OPPOSITION AND WITH THAT COUNCIL WE COMPLETE OUR AGENDA THIS AND I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE CONVERSATION THIS EVENING. COUNCIL STAFF THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A LOT OF GOOD WORK TONIGHT. THANK YOU AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO PARTICIPATED THERE WAS A GREAT START TO THE MEETING AND I YOU ENJOYED WATCHING US AS WELL. THANKS MUCH. HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR WEEK