##VIDEO ID:kJwcB4d4swI## . GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME I CALL OUR BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER THIS EVENING. IT IS MONDAY NOVEMBER 18TH, 20/24. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS JOINED US HERE IN THE COUNCIL AND EVERYONE WATCHING ONLINE. WE WILL START OUR MEETING AS WE DO IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND REMOVE ANY COVERING 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 OF AGAIN.  THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO IS JOINING US HERE TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT A GOOD CROWD FOR A RAINY MONDAY EVENING. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.  OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA COUNCIL.  WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING. WE HAVE UNDER ITEM TWO OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE THE INTRODUCTION NEW EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AND THEN A PROCLAMATION FOR THE JAPANESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONALS DAY.  WE'RE GOING TO BE A VERY SPECIAL GROUP OF FRIENDS WITH US THIS EVENING TO TO TALK WITH US ABOUT JAPANESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONALS DAY UNDER A CONSENT AGENDA WE'VE GOT 22 ITEMS AND WAS CONCERNED COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAS CONSENT THIS 22 ITEMS I EXCUSE ME 25 ITEMS UNDER CONSENT  OUR CONSENT BUSINESS THE BIG ONE IS OUR HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES ITEM FOUR WE'VE GOT 11 ITEMS UNDER THERE WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ITEM 4.1 REGARDING THE VACATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS BUT ITEM 4.2 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE TO VACATE A PUBLIC PLAZA AREA AT THE MAUI WATER PARK AND A 4.3 IS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING THIS REGARDING ZONING CODE REORGANIZATION AND IN 4.4 ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING APPROVED THE FEASIBILITY AND ORDER OF THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND 4.5 ARE FOR OUR FIFTH PUBLIC HEARING THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE FEASIBILITY REGARDING NORMANDALE BOULEVARD, THE PMP TRAIL AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ITEM 4.6 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA AT THE HEIGHTS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION ITEM 4.8 YOU GUESSED IT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING THIS AN ORDINANCE TO INCREASE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES AND 4.9 A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO INCREASE SOLID WASTE AND REFUSE COLLECTION FEES.  ITEM 4.10 IS A RESOLUTION TO CHANGE OUR STORMWATER CHARGES AND 4.11 AS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2025 UTILITY FUND BUDGETS. THAT'S A LOT TO UNDERWRITE FOR. THAT'S A LOT OF PUBLIC HEARING SO WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO THERE UNDER ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS ITEM 5.1 WE' BE HAVING BUDGET DISCUSSION FOR 2025 REGARDING PUBLIC WORKS THE GENERAL FUND THERE AND THEN FLEET AND FACILITIES AND IN 5.2 IS DISCUSSION ON THE RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE CONTRACT TERMS EXTENSION AND A 5.3 IS A STUDY ITEM THAT IS REGARDING MISSING LITTLE HOUSING UPDATE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND WRAP UP AS WE ALWAYS DO ON ITEM 5.4 A CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONS OR SUBTRACTIONS TO OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING HEARING NO AND NO COMMENTS I WILL MOVE THE AGENDA AS STATED LOOK FOR A SECOND SECOND MOTION IN THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WAS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING THAT'S WHY WE ARE AT A SIX YEAR OLD VOTE THIS EVENING ITEM WE'VE GOT CONTRADICTORY ITEMS ITEM 2.1 WHY DON'T WE START? WHY DON'T WE START? WE'RE GOING TO PICK IT UP JUST A TOUCH WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT JUST TO TOUCH AND I'M GOING TO AGAIN AMEND THE AGENDA NOW THAT WE'VE APPROVED IT, I'M GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH VISITING OUR FOLKS FROM THE THE JAPANESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DELEGATION HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. I'M GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO THE PODIUM AND WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH THAT IF WE COULDS THAT IT WILL MAKE SENSE.  AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT A VERY SPECIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE JOINING US TODAY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CENTER FROM NEW YORK CITY HAVE US HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. THEY'VE BEEN HERE SINCE YESTERDAY AND THEY'RE SPENDING A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH US MORE ABOUT IT. I'M GOING TO INVITE ALL OF YOU UP HERE WHILE I READ THE PROCLAMATION AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS AND A BIT MORE OF EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT THE JAPANESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CENTER IS. PLEASE COME ON UP. WE WE GENERALLY DO THIS AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET SOME CAMERA TIME.  PLEASE COME ON AROUND AND SO OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING IS FOR HE DOES PROCLAMATION REGARDING THE JAPANESE LOCAL PROFESSIONALS DAY MONDAY NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024 . WHEREAS BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA IS HONORED TO HOST A DISTINGUISHED DELEGATION LOCAL VERNMENT PROFESSIONALS FROM THE JAPAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CENTER.  AND. WHEREAS, THIS EXCHANGE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCES AND BEST PRACTICES IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE FOSTERING GLOBAL COLLABORATION AND UNDERSTANDING. AND. WHEREAS BLOOMINGTON RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOG AND THE IMPORTANCE OF STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS . AND. WHEREAS, THE SHARED COMMITMENT TO BUILDING VIBRANT SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES THROUGH EFFECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNANCE ALIGNS WITH OUR EFFORTS IN ADDRESSING CHALLENGES AND PROMOTING THE WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS. NOW THEREFORE I'M HERE. TIM BUSSEY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024 AS JAPANESE LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROFESSIONALS DAY IN BLOOMINGTON WE EXTEND OUR WARMEST WELCOME TO THE JAPANESE DELEGATION AND EXPRESS OUR DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER THROUGH THIS VISIT WE AIM TO ENHANCE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, PROMOTE CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND CONTINUE BUILDING STRONGER TIES BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITIES. SIGNED THIS 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2024. AS I MENTIONED, THE GROUP JOINED US YESTERDAY AND WE HAD A NICE TOUR OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THEY SPENT THE DAY HERE AT CITY HALL LEARNING ALL ABOUT BLOOMINGTON ,THE SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS AND THE FOLKS WHO WORK HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.  AND IT'S IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING 2448 HOURS HERE BECAUSE TO HEAR AND TO LEARN THEIR EXPERIENCES AS COMPARED TO EXPERIENCES HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND HERE AT CITY HALL AND THEIR IMPRESSIONS OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT IT'S JUST SUCH AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED AND WE KIND OF ARE KIND OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO EVERY DAY AND THEY THINGS JUST A BIT DIFFERENTLY AND I'M GOING TO CALL UP THE EXECUTIVE HIROKI MATSUI. HE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE JAPAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CENTER. AND I WOULD ASK YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM, TALK JUST A BIT MORE ABOUT THE CENTER ITSELF AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH HERE WAY HERE PLEASE.  SO I AM A BEAR AND WE ARE VERY OWNER HERE TO MEET HERE AND TO BE HERE THIS 30 DEMOCRATIC CITIZENS HERE AND WE ARE OUR OUR ORGANIZATION AIMS TO MAKE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE AMERICAN CITY AND JAPANESE CITY THE GOLDSBORO SIMPLE OUR MISSION IN THE THEIR RESULT AND ACHIEVEMENT HERE BRING TWO TO BRING BACK TO JAPAN. SO HERE I REFLECT OUR MY DISABILITIES OR OUR PREFECTURES IT'S.  THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MISSION FOR US SO WE HAVE I AM FROM TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT DISPATCH TO JAPAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CENTER RUN BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN SO HERE IS THE MEMBER IS HERE IS MR. YONO FROM KUMAMOTO CITY IN THE SOUTHERN AREA AND IS THE OKAMOTO MR. OKAMOTO IS THE MIDDLE OR THE JAPAN OH THE FORBIDDEN CITY AND THE NO THE AREA FROM THE MIYAGI PREFECTURE THE ACTOR MR. ACTOR AND THEN NEXT GUY ME FROM YOU KNOW THE HIROSHIMA CITY EVEN THEN VERY FAMOUS FOR ME BECAUSE THEY FROM THERE HE'S SHE'S VERY EXCELLENT IN ENGLISH SO WELL THAT'S ALL WELL IT IT IS AN HONOR TO WELCOME YOU AND AS AS IS THE CUSTOM WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRESENTED YOU WITH GIFTS THAT REFLECT BLOOMINGTON AND REFLECT OUR GRATITUDE FOR YOU BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. SO HAVE GIFT BAGS FOR EACH OF YOU AND IN THE GIFT BAGS OF COURSE WE WERE WE WENT VERY BLOOMINGTON SO WE HAVE WE HAVE CHOCOLATE FROM DROOLING MOOSE OF COURSE WE HAVE PIECES FROM ARTISTRY THE GIFT SHOP HAD ARTISTRY AND WE HAVE LAPEL PIN CITY BLOOMINGTON LAPEL PINS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I PRESENT TO EACH OF YOU YOU'RE GOING VERY WELCOME GESTURE.  WELL BUT WE WE WE WE HAD WE SPENT THE DAY TOGETHER YESTERDAY AS I SAID WE HAD DINNER TOGETHER AND JUST A CHARMING GROUP OF FOLKS AND SO INTERESTING TO TALK TO AND IT'S JUST IT'S A PLEASURE THE BLOOMINGTON IS HAS RAISED ITS PROFILE INTERNATIONALLY THAT THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO TO JOIN US AT AND SO VERY PLEASED THAT IT I HAVE AN OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION TO HAND IT TO YOU AND WE HAVE OUR OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER MR. RUBY OH OH WHEN WE ALL STEP THIS WAY JUST TO TOUCH AND HERE'S THE PROCLAMATION EVERYBODY WITH A BIG SMILE IS EVERYBODY'S SMILE I'M OKAY. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR.  YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I'M GOING TO SEND THAT BACK WITH YOU AS WELL SO  AND WHILE I'M HERE WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO OUT OF ORDER IN THE AGENDA COUNCIL IF THAT'S OKAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT THAT THAT WILL WORK BECAUSE NEXT UP IS ANOTHER PROCLAMATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS REGARDING SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY WHICH IS COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 30TH. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS FROM THE ZAWADI CENTER YUSUF YUSUF AHMED PLEASE JOIN US HERE AND I WILL TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU AS WE GO ALONG HERE. SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAYS NOVEMBER 30TH, 2024 WHEREAS BLOOMINGTON CELEBRATES LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES CENSUS OF THE 40,630 BUSINESSES IN HENNEPIN COUNTY ,39,200 ARE SMALL BUSINESSES WITH FEWER THAN 100 EMPLOYEES. THAT'S MORE THAN 96% OF THE BUSINESSES IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. AND WHEREAS FOR RESIDENTS, THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY KICKS OFF A SEASON OF GATHERING DINING AND EXPERIENCING ARTS AND CULTURE. AND CONSUMERS KNOW THAT SUPPORTING SMALL INDEPENDENTLY OWNED BUSINESSES HAS POSITIVE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. AND. WHEREAS, BLOOMINGTON HAS PARTNERED WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY WITH THE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL LOVE LOCAL CAMPAIGN WHICH ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT LOCAL INDEPENDENTLY OWNED BUSINESSES THAT CREATE JOBS, BOOST THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES VIBRANT AND LIVABLE. AND. WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ADMINISTRATION SBA AS WELL AS ADVOCACY GROUPS AND OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ENDORSED THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY NOW THEREFORE MAYOR TIM BUSSEY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30TH, 2024 AS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA.  AND I URGE THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND MERCHANTS . SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR DATE OF THIS 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2020 FOR IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE TO THAT POINT IN NOVEMBER WE'RE PAST HALFWAY THROUGH NOVEMBER ALREADY MY GOODNESS AND ROLLING UP ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AND WE HAVE SO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT DO SUCH OUTSTANDING WORK AND UNIQUE OUTSTANDING WORK. I JUST I'M JUST DROOLING MOOSE WE JUST PRESENTED TO OUR JAPANESE FRIENDS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A SMALL BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. WE HAVE CUT RIBBONS ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SMALL BUSINESSES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEY REALLY ARE THRIVING.  IT'S SO VERY EXCITING AND ONE OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT IS DOING SO WELL IS THE ZAWADI CENTER AND I WANTED TO WANT TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER, SAY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT YOU FOLKS ARE DOING HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING.  HELLO TO YOU ALL AND MANY FAMILIAR FACES.  I AM HONORED TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL AND I AM VERY TO BE PART OF BLOOMINGTON. IT'S A GREAT CITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND I CANNOT EXPRESS ENOUGH THANKFUL I AM TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND TO EVERYONE IS PART OF THE CITY OF ZAWADI CENTER 1701 AMERICAN BOULEVARD. I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE FRIENDS FROM JAPAN TO COME AND VISIT US. IT'S THE ONLY CAMPUS IN BLOOMINGTON. IT'S A UNIQUE DESIGNATION THAT WE HAVE. IT'S A LOCAL BUSINESS IS A COMMUNITY BUSINESS. IT'S COMMUNITY OWNED. WE HAVE LOTS OF UNDER ONE UMBRELLA. IT'S A 3000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.  IT HOUSES A COFFEE SHOP WITH UNIQUE DRINKS. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, PLEASE COME IN . CHECK OUT NOMADIC CAFE.  ALSO WE HAVE LOCAL EAST AFRICAN FLAVORS IN THE ZAWADI RESTAURANT. WE ALSO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE FOR WORK, A KIDS PLAYGROUND AREA FOR FAMILIES.  WE HAVE A LARGE EVENT CENTER. WE HOSTED THE STATE OF THE CITY FOR 2024 SO WE WERE HONORED TO HAVE YOU ALL. AND MY NAME IS YUSUF ALI.  I'M THE CEO OF THE BUSINESS AND GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS CITY AND HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE STRONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE INVITATION.  ABSOLUTELY. AND WE SO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU BUILT OVER ON SITE. LET'S TAKE AN OFFICIAL PICTURE . THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A GRIP AND GRIN. SO YOU GOT A SMILE  AND NOW CONSOLE TRY TO GET US BACK ON TRACK IN TERMS OF THE AGENDA THAT WE ACTUALLY DID APPROVE.  LET'S GO TO THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES. WE THIS FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE MAYBE FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE WATCHING FOR THE FIRST TIME AS WE GET NEW EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM AT COUNCIL MEETINGS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW THEM TO SEE THEM AS A COUNCIL AND TO INTRODUCE AND TALK TO THEM AS A COUNCIL BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THEM AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT PART OF THEM DOING THEIR JOBS IS THAT THE CONNECTION THEY HAVE WITH RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO THAT IS WHAT WE TRY TO DO.  WHERE ARE WE GOING TO START? YOU WANT TO START WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH.  LET'S START WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. KIM ARE, YOU HERE? THERE SHE IS .  I'LL START BY INTRODUCING TO YOU OR REINTRODUCING TO YOU BERNADETTE GILLISPIE. SHE IS SHE STARTED BACK HERE ON OCTOBER 7TH AS THE NEW RETURNING BUILDING OFFICIAL ALSO TITLED THE BUILDING AND INSPECTIONS MANAGER HERE IN BLOOMINGTON.  BERNADETTE BRINGS 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPECIALIZING PLAN REVIEW INSPECTIONS AND CODE COMPLIANCE. SHE PREVIOUSLY HERE AS THE BUILDING AND INSPECTION SUPERVISOR BETWEEN 2017 AND 2023 AND THEN WORKED IN A DINER FOR A WHILE BEFORE RETURNING HERE AS A BUILDING OFFICIAL. SO THE TEAM IS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER BACK AND SO PLEASE WELCOME BACK BERNADETTE. WELCOME BACK.  WE'RE SO GLAD WHEN PEOPLE GO TO THE DINER AND COME BACK WE REALLY ARE HAPPY FOR HER. I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH MY TEAM AND BUILDING AND INSPECTIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL OVER THE NEXT YEAR WITH SOME FUN ORDINANCE UPDATES GOING ON. SO GOOD. GOOD. WELCOME BACK. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  OKAY. OUR OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF PERSON THAT I'M INTRODUCING TO YOU TONIGHT IS HENRY KURTZ FILE AS THE NEW COMMERCIAL PROPERTY APPRAISER. HENRY STARTED WORKING WITH US ON NOVEMBER FOURTH AND HE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM UW WHITEWATER WITH MAJOR IN FINANCE AND REAL ESTATE.  HENRY PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A COMMERCIAL FEE APPRAISER SPECIALIZING IN MULTIFAMILY VALUATIONS FOR A NUMBER OF PRIVATE COMPANIES AND AS A ASPIRING TOUR SUPERSTAR ACCORDING TO HIS FRIENDS AND IS THAT SHE'S HAD A HEART BUT ALSO IS LEARNING TO LOVE MINNESOTA.  AND SO WELCOME HENRY. GOOD EVENING, HENRY. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD TO BE HERE. YEAH. AS KEN MENTIONED, MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR OVER TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR. SO IT'S A VERY FUN TIME. EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM HAS BEEN GREAT SO FAR AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO MY FUTURE WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. VERY GOOD.  AND WITH YOUR HANDICAP I'LL READ FOUR OR FIVE RIGHT NOW. JANE COME ON, MAN. WELL THEN THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.  NEXT WE HAVE A NEW GROUP OF EMPLOYEES FROM PUBLIC HEALTH. DR. NICK KELLEY IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM. DR. KELLEY, WELCOME HERE  ANY MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE TO INTRODUCE JILL COLLINS MATTSON TO YOU. SHE IS COMING TO US DEVOTED DEDICATED PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AND SHE IS OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH STAFF MEMBER SO DIFFERENT FROM COED REALLY HELPING COORDINATE THE WORK WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR MOBILE HEALTH HUB. SHE COMES US WITH A TON OF EXPERIENCE MOST RECENTLY WORKING IN THE SOUTH METRO SERVING FRAZIER AND SO VERY EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE IN THE SOUTH METRO.  WELCOME. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU AND THANK FOR INVITING US TO ATTEND TONIGHT. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU ALL. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE IN THIS ROLE SINCE IT'S BRAND NEW TO THE DIVISION AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO DO SO MANY THINGS.  GREAT. NICE TO MEET YOU. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THEN I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO KATIE.  SHE'S A REGISTERED DIETITIAN SERVING IN OUR PROGRAM.  SHE COMES TO US WITH AN UNDERGRAD DEGREE, THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AND A MASTER'S IN NUTRITION FROM APPALACHIAN STATE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS REALLY SERVING INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURITY IN SAINT PAUL. YOU HAVE JOINED OUR TEAM.  GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M EXCITED TO BE WORKING ON SUCH A SUPPORTIVE TEAM AND WE GET SUCH A GREAT SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING A LOT WITH YOU ALL WONDERFUL AND SOME AT SOME I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE THE JOURNEY FROM LOUISIANA TO UPSTATE TO THE CITY SO IT'S THE WELCOME AND GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. TURNS OUT I LOVE THE WINTERS. I'M PERFECT.  THERE'S THE ONE THAT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THERESA HOGAN. SHE'S OUR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE SUPERVISOR COMES TO US WITH A MASTER'S IN NURSING A VERY CLINICAL BACKGROUND, WORKED IN MINNEAPOLIS  WORKED AND MOST RECENTLY IN DAKOTA COUNTY AND SHE'S HERE HELPING RUN OUR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TEAM HELPING US REALLY IMPROVE COMMUNITY FROM UP AND SHIP TO MAKE OUR MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MAYOR.  IF YOU HAVE EXTRA TREATS FROM THE DRILLING MOOSE I AM LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET IN PUBLIC HEALTH. IF YOU FIND NICK HE CAN SHOW YOU TO MY AREA. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU ARE WE WILL SEE WHAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU ALL RIGHT.  AND THEN WE HAVE MUNIRA SYLVIA. SHE'S ONE OF OUR NEW PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST ON THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE TEAM WHERE SHE IS WORKING ON AN INFANT HEALTH PROGRAM. SOME NEW FUNDING WE HAVE TO HELP BETTER ADDRESS CHALLENGES WE'RE SEEING IN OUR MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH. SHE COMES TO US WITH A RECENT FROM THE U OF M SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND IS A FANTASTIC ADDITION OUR TEAM.  GOOD EVENING WELCOME. HI GOOD EVENING.  TO MEET YOU ALL. I AM EXCITED TO JOIN THE DIVISION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTING TO THE GREAT WORK THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING THERE TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH. SO NICE TO MEET ALL VERY NICE TO MEET YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO ALL OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES AND I SAY THIS TO ALL OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES.  THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT AND THANKS FOR COMING TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND BEING OF THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE AND WE'RE SO VERY GLAD THAT HERE AND AND KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THAT BECAUSE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE THE CITYF BLOOMINGTON YOU ARE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THE WORK THAT THEY SEE YOU DO YOUR WITH THEM REALLY DEFINE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE FOLKS SITTING UP HERE OR WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN CITY HALL BUT IT'S THE ONE ON ONE INTERACTIONS THAT THEY HAVE WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING . BEST OF LUCK AND KEEP UP THE WORK AS YOU MOVE FORWARD REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON BECAUSE YOU'LL ALL DO VERY IMPORTANT WORK. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT .  COUNCIL ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN YOU'VE GOT 25 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU, MAYOR.  I'LL DO A CALL HERE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CONSENT AGENDA BUSINESS ANYBODY WANTS TO HOLD . YEAH, I'VE GOT 21 AND 24 ALREADY AND I PERSONALLY HAVE 314 AND THREE ONE. I THINK I CAN TAKE CARE OF THE 314 BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE SO I MEAN CLARIFY THAT ONCE AGAIN IF YOU COULDN'T COUNCILMEMBER YEP SO I'M 14 313 14 321 AND 324 AND I SEE HERE MAYOR THAT THERE WAS A RESPONSE FROM STAFF EARLIER ABOUT 314 WHICH ARE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD AS A PART OF THE DRAFT SOMETHING HAD BEEN REMOVED IN TERMS OF THE POLICY PORTION OF IT MAYOR AND THERE WAS NO NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LIST IN THE POLICY THAT SAYS WHAT SECURITIES THAT IF YOU WANTED TO HOLD THAT AND AND EXPLAIN THAT AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HOLD THAT THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT I THINK WE WANTED ALL I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT WHILE I WAS HOLDING THAT SO WE JUST HAVE THE THREE WE'VE GIVEN THE TIME AND THE THINGS WE HAVE ON THAT THOSE ARE THE THREE HAVE SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I'LL MOVE 3.2 ALL THE WAY TO 320 AND THEN 320 TO 3 23.23 AND 3.25 SECOND THANK YOU MUCH MORE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED COUNCIL ON THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT IF NOT IN FAVORITE PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES ZERO SO WHY DON'T WE START THEN IF WE COULD COUNCILMEMBER 3.21 ALL RIGHT IN THERE I'VE GOT POINT ONE ACTUALLY THAT WAS THE POINT I'M SORRY 3.1 I THOUGHT AND SO BASICALLY THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RESCUE PLAN URP EXPENDITURES AND RELATED BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS FOR WHILE SEVEN PROJECTS AND I WANTED TO JUST STATE AS AN ISSUE OF MY JOB OF WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT DOES WORK THE TREASURY THAT IS WANT TO BE SURE THAT I NOTED THAT THAT I DO WORK WITH THEM AND I DO HAVE THE TERMS AND THERE'S NO FINANCIAL WITH THAT WITH THAT BEING SAID I'D BE HAPPY TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT MOTION COUNCILMEMBER ELEMENT MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT RESOLUTION TO MOVE 276,657 FROM THE 250 2550 FEDERAL RELIEF GRANTS FUND TO THE 6100 WATER UTILITY FUND IN ORDER TO FUND THE WELL SEVEN PROJECT SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO PASS THE RESOLUTION ITEM 3.1 AUTHORIZING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN EXPENDITURE FOR RELATED BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS WELL SEVEN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN QUESTION OR EXCUSE ME DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR NO PROBLEM I DID HAVE A QUICK I JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION. I KNOW THAT THIS WE HAD A WELL PROJECT IN FRONT OF THE THE CONGRESS AND IS THIS IS THIS THE SAME ONE OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT ONE? WERE THOSE ARP DOLLARS WERE THOSE WHAT WERE GIVEN OR DID WE HAVE A SEPARATE ITEM?  MR. ANDERSON MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IT'S THE SAME PROJECT THE THE COMMUNITY GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THAT PROJECT IS THAT'S FOR THE THE SECOND HALF OF THE PROJECT WE'RE USING OUR REMAINING ARP FUNDS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.  OKAY, VERY GOOD. WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ITEM 3.1 ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS HEARING ON ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO NOW WE CAN MOVE TO ITEM 3.2 THE MAYOR THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE BEING HELD THERE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU . NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL BE VERY QUICK ON THIS ONE REGARDS THE AIRPORT PARKING FACILITY STUDY AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST THAT STAFF ALSO INCLUDE THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORT COMMISSION ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS STUDY.  I THINK THAT'S LEGITIMATE MR. VERBRUGGE MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS NO OBJECTION FROM STAFF WE HAD INITIALLY TARGETED PROPERTY OWNERS AS THE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS WERE FOCUSED ON BUT OBVIOUSLY I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THE AIRPORTS COMMISSION HAS A PERSPECTIVE ON THE PARKING ISSUES IN THE SOUTH AS WELL SO WE'RE FINE WITH THAT. VERY GOOD.  VERY THEN I WOULD MOVE ITEM 3.2 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER COLEMAN TO APPROVE ITEM 3.21 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION TO, OUR AIRPORT PARKING FACILITIES MORATORIUM SCOPE OF WORK AND STUDY NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND I DIDN'T 3.2 FOR YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR I HELD THIS ONE BECAUSE CANDIDLY I JUST WANTED TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT DOING A STUDY ABOUT OUR URBAN TREE CANOPY AND FORESTRY AND ALL OF THAT. WE ALREADY PUT A STUDY IN PLACE WITH REGARDS TO NATURAL RESOURCES AND.  TO BE FAIR I'M NOT I'M NOT AGAINST THE FUNDING OF THE AMOUNT OR ANYTHING I'D RATHER SEE IT JUST GO TO DOING ACTUAL WORK AND NOT A STUDY. I MEAN CANDIDLY I HAVE A LOT FAITH IN OUR STAFF AND OUR TEAM THAT THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE PUT TREES IF WE PUT A POLICY IN PLACE THAT WE PLACE TREES WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DISEASE TREES THAT WERE TAKEN OUT DID A 1 TO 1 I'D RATHER SEE THIS GO TO REPLACE THOSE TREES OR SOME PART OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCE PLAN BEFORE DID ANOTHER STUDY ON IT SO AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME GRANT FUNDING OR SOME THINGS LIKE THAT BUT I WOULD HOPE WE COULD MAYBE DO THAT WITHOUT THIS MUCH EXPENSE FOR IT. MR. BREWER THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MR. HANSEN IS ON WEBEX AND DIRECTOR KHATRI HERE SO I THINK I'LL ASK HIM TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND JUST PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON THE SCOPE OF THE OF THE PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE. ARCHITECT DIRECTOR CANTOR GOOD EVENING. WELCOME.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER NANCE NELSON, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I ACTUALLY WOULD DEFER TO DAVE HANSEN WHO'S ONLINE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCOPE AND THEN I CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. DAVE VERY GOOD AND MR. HANSEN ARE YOU WITH US? DAVE CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN INDEED. ALL RIGHT.  THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.  THANKS FOR ASKING THE QUESTION. BUILDING IS PART THIS PLAN AT LEAST EFFORT WISE IS IS IT RIGHT OF WAY TO HEAR THE STORY THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW? SO 173,000 OF THIS IS TO GO OUT AND INVENTORY ALL ALL OF OUR TREES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WHICH WILL BE IMPORTANT US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF NOW OR IF WE WANT TO ENHANCE THAT SERVICE AND INCREASE AND OFFER A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF SERVICE WHEN IT COMES TO ALL OF OUR TREES THIS THIS WILL ALL BE PACKAGED UP AS DATA THAT WE CAN USE TO INFORM GOOD DECISION MAKING IN THE FUTURE . WE CAN SHARE IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH AN ONLINE WEB VIEWER.  THE OTHER PART IS A CANOPY ASSESSMENT THAT LOOKS AT TREES CITYWIDE ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY, IDENTIFIES GAPS IN CANOPY. IT CAN TAKE A LOOK BACK TO A DIFFERENT POINT IN TIME AND COMPARE IT FROM THAT TO NOW TO SEE CAN IT BE CHANGED FOR INSTANCE THE DAMAGE DONE BY EMERALD ASH BORER TO CANOPY AND HELP US QUANTIFY AND BE ABLE TO MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS AROUND THAT.  IT ALSO CALCULATES ALL THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROVIDED THE TREEANOPY IN THE CITY FROM STORMWATER AIR QUALITY TO EQUITY ISSUES, URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT ALL FEED INTO THE DECISION MAKING OF THE PLANT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY THE CONSULTANT WILL HELP US TAKE ALL THIS WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FROM RESIDENTS, KEY STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONS TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO GO FORWARD FOR MM WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF MANAGING TREES AND LEAVING TOWN WITHOUT SUCH A PLAN. I'VE BEEN PART OF IT FOR ENTIRE CAREER BUT WE'RE REALLY UNUSUAL THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LIKE THIS.  IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR A WHILE. WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT LAST YEAR TO FUND OF IT I THINK $300,000.  WE WEREN'T SELECTED THIS YEAR. WE DID APPLY FOR A $50,000 GRANT THROUGH TO THE COUNTY TO HELP FUND THIS AND CONTRIBUTE TO PAYMENT OF THIS CONTRACT I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO END MAYOR.  COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I THINK DAVE DID A NICE TALKING ABOUT THE SCOPE. I THINK ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. WE'VE A LOT ABOUT WHAT IS FORESTRY MEAN FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.  WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF STAFF THAT ARE DEDICATED PART TIME TO FORESTRY IN THE CITY AND I THINK AS WE TALK TO THE COMMUNITY EVEN OUR COMMISSION EVEN SOMETIMES THE COUNCIL THERE IS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE STAFF AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE TO OUR URBAN FOREST AND THIS PLAN WOULD CREATE THAT PLAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNCIL THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMISSIONS TO DETERMINE WHAT FORESTRY IS GOING MEAN MOVING FORWARD TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON EVERYTHING FROM DO WE WANT A BOULEVARD TREE PROGRAM TO STAFFING LEVELS AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE OUR MUTUALLY DETERMINED GOALS.  MR. ROONEY SOMETHING THAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS AND AND DAVE DAVE REFERENCED THAT WE HAD APPLIED FOR A GRANT. WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL RECEIVING IT. WE RECEIVED 50000 TO $50000 FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY. BUT THE LARGER GRANT MISSED OUT ON. DO YOU THINK THAT WE'RE MISSING OUT ON GRANTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN SUPPORT IT? WE ABSOLUTELY ARE AND THERE ARE MANY GRANTS THAT WE CAN'T EVEN APPLY FOR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN.  COUNCILMEMBER NELSON DOES A COUPLE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. IS IT POSSIBLE TO USE OUR NATURAL RESOURCES PLAN TO APPLY THOSE GRANTS? NO. IT HAS TO BE AN URBAN FOREST PLAN. CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE MISSING OUT ON IN TERMS OF GRANTS?  DAVE, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO YOU ON THIS ONE. DO YOU KNOW BY CHANCE. YEAH. THE HENNEPIN GRANTS THAT WERE ALLOCATED OR THE $50,000 THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'VE GOT THE DNR GRANT. I THINK THOSE ARE UP TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS THE ONE THAT THEY HAVE A PLAN THIS BY FUNDING PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND REQUIRING THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN OR PLAN FOR IT. THOSE ARE 2 TO 500000 I BELIEVE THE I'LL BE QUOTED ON THAT IN THE 300 PLAN FOR $300,000 LAST YEAR I THINK THE FIVE.  OKAY I GUESS THEN MY QUESTION WOULD BE MAYBE THIS REQUIRES FURTHER CONVERSATION FOR ME OR MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.  I MEAN BECAUSE WHAT I HEAR IS MAYBE $650,000 WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 400,000 TO MAYBE GET 600,000. I WOULD JUST RATHER THIS MONEY GO INTO DOING THE THINGS WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO. I MEAN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I REALIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A HUGE STAFF. WE HAVE EXPANDED THE STAFF A LITTLE BIT.  BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLAN ARE THAT YOU KNOW, WHY WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER OURSELVES.  I JUST HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE. WE PUT A BUNCH OF MONEY INTO A NATURAL RESOURCES PLAN AND WE HAVE NO MONEY TO FUND IT.  WE YOU KNOW, WE DID A PLAN FOR THE MINNESOTA RIVER CORRIDOR AND WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FUND IT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ANOTHER PLAN THAT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO ACTUALLY FUND DOING THE WORK AND IN MY EXPERIENCE PLANS ARE GREAT BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY DO THE WORK.  I'D RATHER JUST DO THE WORK. I'D RATHER PUT THE MONEY INTO THE WORK WE KNOW WE WE KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. I'D RATHER PUT THE MONEY DOING THEM.  THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. I MAY BE AN OUTLIER BUT OR I MAY NOT BE SO AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING I KNOW YOU WANT TO DO THE BEST THING FOR THE COMMUNITY I'M NOT QUESTIONING THAT I JUST THINK WE'D BE BETTER OFF BUT PUTTING IT INTO ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK INSTEAD OF DOING A STUDY CREATING A PLAN. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS COUNCIL AND I AGREE AT TIMES WE SEEM TO OVER PLAN THE PLANS FOR WORK THAT WE DO BUT I, I AM SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT SO MANY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT A THOSE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING OR WE'VE GOT AN IDEA OF WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO WITHIN.  THE COMMUNITY THEY REQUIRE AN ACTUAL PLAN TO SEE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S VIABLE, IT'S WORTHWHILE AND WHAT THE WHOLE PLAN IS AND I THINK THE QUICK MATH THAT YOU DID IN YOUR HEAD THAT MAY BE AA1 YEAR OR A 12 MONTH KIND OF THING AS OPPOSED TO A LONGER TERM POSSIBILITY IN TERMS OF LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL GRANTS, IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE. SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL.  THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO JUST ADD SOME CLARIFICATION. I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE I KNOW OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN. I KNOW OF OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN AND I KNOW OF OUR RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OFFICE. BUT BUT EVEN WHEN I GO OUT ON OUR WEBSITE, THE PLAN THAT I'VE SEEN THAT IS CALLED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN IS FROM THE RIVER VALLEY AND IT'S FROM 2018. SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT. I DON'T MEAN TO BE FLIPPANT BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YOU'RE REFERRING TO THAT WE SPENT MONEY ON THAT IS RELATED TO THIS BECAUSE MIKE AS I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND THIS IS SO AS A SIDEBAR I WILL SAY ONE MORE TIME THIS IS WHY IT'S REALLY GREAT FOR US TO HAVE A LONG TERM VIEW OF ALL THE THINGS THAT GO INTO CREATING A STRATEGY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE STUCK IN IS THAT THIS IS THIS IS ABSOLUTELY IN LINE WITH THE CREATION OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OFFICE.  WE FUNDED THAT. WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT AND THEN WE HIRED A FORESTER AND NOW THE FORESTER NEEDS SOME INFORMATION IN ORDER TO DO THIS JOB AND THIS KEEPS GOING AND KEEPS GOING. BUT WE WE'VE FORGOTTEN THAT TOLD THEM THAT THAT WAS A STRATEGIC PRIORITY AND AS SUCH IT NEEDS TO CONTINUALLY BE FUNDED AS IT MOVES ITS PRIORITIES FORWARD.  BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT VISIBILITY, WE DON'T TELL PEOPLE UP FRONT THAT IS A TEN YEAR PROJECT OR A FIVE YEAR PROJECT. WHEN WE DID THAT THE PARKS MASTER PLAN WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE 20 YEARS TO GET THOSE NINE PARKS MOVED OVER. WE KNOW THAT AS A COUNCIL WE KNOW THAT. AND SO WHEN THEY COME TO US AND SAY WE'RE READY TO DO THE 31ST THREE, WE WERE LIKE OF COURSE YOU ARE BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE PLAN.  I LIKE THAT FOR US. AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU ALL IS IS THIS OUT OF BOUNDS FOR WHAT YOU ALL THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET WHEN WE DECIDED TO CREATE A NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND PUT DAVE HANSEN FINALLY IN CHARGE OF OUR ECOLOGICAL VALUABLE RESOURCES BECAUSE THIS IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. SO MAYBE  I'M THE ONLY ONE BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF THING I WAS EXPECTING TO COME OUT OF THAT THAT WE DID AS A COUNCIL TO CREATE THAT IMPORTANT AREA OF WORK AND COUNCILMEMBER MEMBER WOMAN I GUESS KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD I GUESS WHAT I WOULD AS THIS COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD SAY HEY IS GREAT. CAN WE APPLY SOME OF THIS WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO THAT OVERALL BIG PLAN THAT WE NEED TO WRITE? I IMAGINE THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE TO TAKE SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND PUT THAT INTO AN OVERALL FORESTRY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET THOSE BIGGER DOLLARS DOWN THE LINE.  AND THEN SECONDARILY, I GUESS I WASN'T THAT SURPRISED TO SEE THIS THING HERE. I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF MEETINGS BACK A NUMBER OF US COUNCILMEMBERS BROUGHT FORWARD SOME OF OUR CONCERNS ABOUT, SOME OF THE TREES THAT WERE OUT THERE THAT WE'RE SEEING COMING DOWN.  AND I EXPECTED AT SOME POINT TO SEE SOME TYPE OF RESPONSE FROM STAFF.  I SAW THIS AS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT THEN THAT RESPONSE TO THAT OVERALL CONCERN THAT WE HAD FROM ACROSS THE CITY WITH HAVING TREES BEING DOWN SO I FOR ONE ARE YOU KNOW, BARRING THE FIRST THING THAT I MENTIONED ABOUT SEEING THERE'S A WAY TO APPLY THIS TO THAT I DON'T EVEN WANT TO RESPONSE TODAY SO I DON'T WANT TO CATCH YOU OFF GUARD ON THAT WE CAN ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS BUT IF YOU KNOW I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THIS MOVE THIS FORWARD SO THAT THIS IS TOTALLY IN LINE WITH WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAD IDENTIFIED AS BEING A MAJOR ISSUE.  ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?  WELL, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF FOLKS AND AS I SAID, APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. AND YES, SOMETIMES WE TEND TO OVER PLAN BUT I'M ALSO OF THE BELIEF THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOU'RE BOUND TO GET THERE. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW VERY SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE'RE GOING AND HAVE A GOOD IDEA SO COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN MERRIAM WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT 24 TO 62 DEAL AND DALY RESOURCES GROUP INC. FOR THEIR URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE CITY BLOOMINGTON IN NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $423,356 INCLUDING THE PROPOSAL ALTERNATIVE FOR 8700 AND A 10% CONTINGENCY AND AUTHORIZE HOUSING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO THE RELATED AGREEMENT. MOST OF MY CLIENTS REMEMBER LOWMAN SELECTED BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.2 FOR AWARDING THE CONTRACT AND THE URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH, JUST VERY QUICK COMMENT.  JUST WANT TO SAY I AM GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THI BUT NOT BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH THE INTENT OF IT JUST BECAUSE I THINK THE MONEY SHOULD BE PUT INTO DIRECTLY DOING WORK IN OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SO APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK ON THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE RESULTS OF IT.  THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY I WILL ALSO VOTE AGAINST IT FOR THE SAME REASONS I RATHER SEE RESULTS IMMEDIATELY THEN HAD TO INVEST IN A STUDY THAT IF WE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE FAILED GRANT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH LEFT IN THERE AND IT'S BEING OFFERED AT THE MOMENT FROM WHAT I LEARNED RECENTLY. SO THAT BEING SAID, I WILL VOTE AGAINST IT AS WELL.  THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND ON ITEM 4.2 TO EXCUSE ME 3.2 FOR THE WORDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN.  NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FOR TWO WITH COUNCILMEMBERS NELSON AND RIVAS IN OPPOSITION.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, APPRECIATE IT. AND WE WILL MOVE ON ON OUR AGENDA.  COUNCIL WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AS I POINTED OUT WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA WE'VE GOT 11 OF THESE AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A BUSY EVENING FOR US FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS.  I WOULD ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR STATEMENTS SHORT, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ON TOPIC AND ON POINT AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THESE AS AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IF NOT WE'RE GOING BE HERE UNTIL TOMORROW SOME TIME. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT ITEM.  I WILL CALL ITEM 4.1. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE VACATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS OVER AND ACROSS LOTS ONE AND TWO BLOCK ONE LEE STAMPINGS FIRST EDITION HENNEPIN COUNTY JULIE LONG OUR CITY ENGINEER WILL LEAD US THROUGH THIS. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL THIS ONE IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT'S VACATION OF SOME EASEMENTS IN PREPARATION OF RECORDING A PLAT BY END OF THE YEAR. IT IS LONG 96 STREET IN PREPARATION THE FUTURE PUBLIC WORKS FLEET EXPANSION BUILDING.  COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OF MISS LONG ON THIS ONE?  NO QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.1 AGAIN REGARDING THE VACATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS OVER AND ACROSS LOTS ONE AND TWO BLOCK ONE LEE SNAPPING FIRST EDITION. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING?  DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THEM? 4.1. MR. MAYOR WE HAVE SEVERAL RESIDENTS ONLINE SO I WOULD ASK THAT IF ANY RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM THEY CAN UNMUTE THEMSELVES RIGHT.  AND AGAIN TO ANY RESIDENTS ONLINE THIS IS FOR ITEM 4.1 SPECIFICALLY. NOBODY'S THEMSELVES, MR. MAYOR. VERY GOOD LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL.  NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. NOBODY ONLINE OR ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO US IN 4.1 AND LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IT UNENFORCED SOMEWHAT SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.1 THIS EVENING. NO FURTHER COUNCIL ON THIS.  ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO WITH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO STEPPING AWAY.  COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING TO BRING FORWARD 4.1? IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR SOME ACTION ON IT AND 4.1 HAVE YOU DO THEM HERE? COUNCILMEMBER I MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE VACATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS OVER AND ACROSS LAST WANTING TO BLOCK ONE LEAF STAMPING FIRST EDITION AND OF THE COUNTY MINNESOTA SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ADOPT AN 4.1 AS STATED NO FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO AND 4.2 IS OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING. THIS IS IN A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE THE PUBLIC PLAZA AREA OVER THE MLK WATER PARK EXTENSION AND DEADLINE OF THE RESOLUTION OF SUMMARY AND THE RESOLUTION OF SUMMARY PUBLICATION AS LONG MR. MAYOR COUNCIL THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ITEM YOU JUST APPROVED BUT YOU APPROVED IT BACK IN JUNE OF 2022 ORIGINALLY AND PROVIDED AN EXTENSION IN JUNE OF 23.  THE PLAT HAS NOT YET BEEN RECORDED AND IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE PROPERTY LOOKING FOR FINANCING THEY WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION.  THIS WOULD MATCH UP WITH OUR FINANCE DEADLINE.  THE NEW DEADLINE WOULD BE DECEMBER 31ST OF 2025.  SO IT'S NOT A NEW ACTION. IT'S EXTENDING THE ACTION YOU PREVIOUSLY TOOK AN EXTENSION OF THE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ACTION BY THE COUNCIL COUNCIL ON THE QUESTIONS OF MISS LONG ON THIS ONE NO QUESTIONS.  THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 4.2.  THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE OF THE PUBLIC PLAZA AREA.  REGARDING REGARDING AND RELATED TO THE MAUI WATER AND GIVEN THE EXTENSION OF DEADLINES AND WE'LL GET TO THE RESOLUTION OF SUMMARY PUBLICATION AS WE GO THROUGH THIS ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 ANYONE ONLINE LISTENING ARE YOU HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 4.2 IF PLEA IF YOU ARE PLEASE UNMUTE AND CHIME IN NOW PLEASE MR. NO ONE IS ON MEETING THEMSELVES. NO ONE'S ON UNION COUNCIL NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS, NO ONE UNMUTED ONLINE. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I I'M SO MOVED THE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AN END 4.2 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRY SIX ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS ANYTHING TO TO CLARIFY ON THIS ONE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON THE PROJECT OR IS THIS JUST AN EXTENSION THAT WE JUST IN A HOLDING PATTERN?  MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS AN EXTENSION HOPING TO THINGS FORWARD. SO WITHOUT THIS EXTENSION I THINK IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT THE FROM A FINANCING STANDPOINT. SO THAT'S THE IT'S ABOUT THE UPDATE TO WHAT IS UPDATED AS YOU'RE GOING TO GET I'M AFRAID THE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO JUST RELATED TO THE FINANCING OF THIS DOES IS IS THIS ENABLING OR RUNNING UP AGAINST THE DEADLINE THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE IN 2025 I BELIEVE IT MATCHES THE DEADLINE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. THAT'S THE WHOLE. OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. YEP.  ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF NOT COUNCIL LOOK FOR ACTION .  COUNCILMEMBER LAMONT MIRO MOVED ADOPTED ORDINANCE MODIFYING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 318 RELATED TO THE PARTIAL VACATION OF LYNDALE LANE A.K.A. EAST 81ST STREET AS DEDICATED IN AIRPORT SOUTH EDITION MALL OF AMERICA MALL OF AMERICA FIFTH ADDITION IN THE MALL OF AMERICA F ADDITION ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAN THEREOF. HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO APPROVE ITEM 4.2 A STADIUM WITH ONE WITH ONE CORRECTION COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I THINK YOU SAID ALSO KNOWN AS EAST 81ST STREET IT'S ACTUALLY FORMERLY KNOWN AS OC I WASN'T SURE I DIDN'T I DON'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING WRONG.  FORMERLY KNOWN AS EAST 81ST STREET. SO WE HAVE MOTION IN A SECOND TO TO ACCEPT ITEM 4.2 AS STATED NO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN SOME REPUBLICATION PLEASE REMOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH 18 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION ON ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOURTH POINT THREE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ORDINANCE CHAPTER 19 TO 21 ZONING CODE REORGANIZATION AND WE HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING EMILY WE. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING AND COUNCILMEMBERS UM I WILL 1/2 FOR MY PRESENTATION TO BE UP THERE  STANDING BY .  EXCELLENT .  SO YEAH THIS PROJECT IS TO COMBINE CHAPTER 19 WITH CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE AND ROUGHLY THIS WILL BE PRETTY QUICK SO WENT TO A PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A STUDY ITEM AND A PUBLIC HEARING ALREADY AND THEN WE ARE HERE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.  SO THE WHY WE WANTED COMBINE THE TWO ZONING CHAPTERS TO IMPROVE THE USER EXPERIENCE FOR STAFF RESIDENTS ALL OF YOU AND TO AVOID ANY POTENTIAL CONFUSION OR MISINTERPRETATION . SO THERE WERE NO REALLY BIG SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES WITH THIS . IT WAS ONLY IF SOMETHING WAS INCONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW OR IF DIDN'T MATCH WITH OTHER REGULATIONS IN THE CODE EXHIBIT A THAT WAS IN THE PACKET SHOWED ALL THE LANDING SPOTS OF THE NEW SECTION SO THAT THEY DIDN'T ALL GO INTO CHAPTER 21 WHICH IS THE ZONING SECTION BUT HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE LOOK THROUGH THAT EXHIBIT AND THEN MOSTLY THIS PROJECT WAS JUST STYLISTIC AND REFERENCE CHANGES TO CHANGING SHALL THE MUST CHANGE IN SYMBOLS TWO WORDS ALL TYPE OF AND KIND OF GRAMMAR STUFF LIKE THAT AND THEN ADDITIONALLY WE MADE CHANGES TO APPENDIX C THIS APPENDIX C CONTAINS AMOUNTS.  WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE ACTUAL FINE AMOUNTS JUST.  THE NUMBER OF THE CODE THAT WAS REFERENCED THERE AND THIS APPENDIX C WILL BE CHANGED THROUGH RESOLUTION AND WITH THAT THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THEN SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE AND THEN LIKE I SAID RESOLUTION TO AMEND APPENDIX C THANK YOU COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ASPECT ON THIS ONE? COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT CHAPTER 19 IS NOW IN ITS ENTIRETY TO BE INTENTIONALLY BLANK OR ARE WE GOING TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IT IS IT WILL JUST BE RESERVED AND SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE LEFT BLANK FOR NOW. OKAY, THANKS. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF NOT THANK YOU MUCH. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.  I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT EIGHT AND 4.3. THIS IS A HEARING TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE ONE UNIFIED ZONING CHAPTER THERE THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTERS 12689 TEN 1112 1415, 16, 17, 19, 21 AND 22 AND APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE . IS THERE ANYONE LOOKING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK NO ONE COMING FORWARD AGAIN TO OUR CALLERS ON THE PHONE IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.3, PLEASE UNMUTE AND SPEAK NOW AND COLORS YOU CAN HIT STAR SEX IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UNMUTE STAR SEX .  NO ONE IS ON MEETING THEMSELVES, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. NO ONE ONLINE, NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS. NO ONE COMING FORWARD. COUNSEL, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL 4.3 THIS EVENING SO MOVED A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I PROPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THIS IS PRETTY BASIC STUFF BUT I THINK IT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT BY THE CITY TO CLEAN UP AND TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO TO MAKE MORE SENSE OF A ZONING CODE WHICH I THINK ALWAYS HAPPENS WITHIN CITIES AND SHOULD HAPPEN WITH, YOU KNOW, EVERY COUPLE DECADES OR SO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UP TO DATE AND FROM A STYLE STANDPOINT LOOKS AND READS CORRECTLY AND I COMMEND STAFF FOR WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS CAN BE TEDIOUS WORK. I KNOW IT CAN BE A BIT LONG BUT IT LOOKS GOOD AND I THINK IT'S A IT'S THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE CITY TO GO. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO I'D LOVE IT IF SOMEBODY COULD GIVE ME LIKE A 22ND UNDERSTANDING OF LIKE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JUST SO WE DON'T WE MISS ANYTHING THIS SUSPECT OR EVEN HIS MANNER SHOWED MAYBE THE REVIEW PROCESS WE GO THROUGH THIS AND TRY TO UPDATE THE ZONING CODE IN AND THE CHAPTERS AND SO ON WHO IT ALL GOES THROUGH WHO WHO'S WHICH EYEBALLS ARE ON IT NOW REMEMBERS THE TYPICAL IS THAT STAFF GET TOGETHER AND LET'S REMEMBER IS THE TYPICAL PROCESS IS THAT STAFF WILL GET TOGETHER AND IDENTIFY THE NEED TO AMEND THE CODE STAFF AT THE PLANNING LEVEL WILL REVIEW MAKE SPECIFIC EDITS THEN IT'LL GO THROUGH AN INTERNAL REVIEW PROCESS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WHERE.  WE WILL NOT ONLY REVIEW THE CONTENT BUT AS WELL AS CHECK CROSS-REFERENCES WHICH IS WHY I SUSPECT YOU SEE ALL THESE REFERENCES TO OTHER CHAPTERS THAT WERE NEEDING TO BE MOVED FROM 19 TO 21. THE CROSS-REFERENCES AND THEN IT WILL GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE IT RELATES 19 OR 21 AND IT HAD A REVIEW IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND NOW IT'S HERE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. EACH OF THESE STEPS THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED PUBLIC NOTICE BECAUSE IT'S AN ORDINANCE AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK AS WELL AS DISCUSSION AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL. THIS IS THE TYPICAL PROCESS FOR ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES WITH THE THAT WOULD RELATE TO 19 AND 21 I'LL SAY THAT SINCE I STARTED EIGHT PLUS YEARS AGO THIS HAS BEEN AN ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE FOR EVERYONE TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHERE TO LOOK FOR CERTAIN THINGS.  SO THIS IS A VERY HELPFUL PROCESS AND IS IS NOT THE GLAMOROUS EDITING TYPE OF WORK THAT PEOPLE GET TO DO. SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS LABORIOUS TASK AND.  I WOULD ADD ALSO COUNCILMEMBER THIS IS GENERALLY IF SOMETHING IS MISSED AIRPLANES ARE NOT GOING TO FALL FROM THE SKY AND IT WILL WE CAN GO AND WE CAN WE CAN CLEAN UP ANY ANY THINGS THAT ANYTHING THAT THE STAFF WOULD IDENTIFY THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE JOY OF DOING YEAH I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT WAS MOSTLY JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE SHIFT THAT I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IF WE HAD A COUPLE LIKE A BELT AND SUSPENDERS KIND OF FEELING ABOUT IT AS OPPOSED TO A LOT OF WHAT WE DO YOU KNOW WHICH WILL TAKE ONE OUT, WE'LL MOVE IT AROUND OR WHATEVER. THIS IS JUST SUCH A LARGE EFFORT.  SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON IT TO GIVE US CONFIDENCE I TELL YOU FOR A FACT THAT I WASN'T GOING TO FIND THE ONE THAT WE MISSED RIGHT WAS THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT IF YOU'RE LEAVING IT UP TO US THAT'S NOT A GREAT PLAN.  NOT AT ALL. THANK YOU. WOULD AGREE I MEAN THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. COUNCIL ON ITEM 4.3 IF NOT I WILL LOOK FOR ACTION COUNCIL MEMBER DALLAS I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION. MR. SO WE PUT IT BACK UP ON THE SCREEN OR YOU WANT ME TO READ IT FROM HERE LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS RIGHT A MOTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE UNIFIED ZONING CHAPTER THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTERS 1 TO 6 EIGHT NINE 1011 1214 1516 17, 19, 20, 22 AND APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO APPROVE AND MOVE ITEM 4.3 AS STATED OVER THE COURSE OF DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SUMMARY PUBLICATION PLEASE THINK A MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE ONE UNIFIED ZONING CHAPTER THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTERS 2689 1011 1214 1516 1719 2122 AND APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ITEM 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO CAN I ASK YOU TO TAKE DOWN THE FINAL? YEAH WE HAVE A THIRD ONE RIGHT? YES. I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING APPENDIX C THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION OF A UNIFIED ZONING CHAPTER IN THE CITY CODE . JUST A QUICK COMMENT WE DON'T NEED TO REFERENCE THAT THAT'S THE FINANCE TABLE.  OKAY, GREAT. AND THANK YOU AND WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AMENDING APPENDIX C TO THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION OF A UNIFIED ZONING CHAPTER IN THE CITY CODE . NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU MUCH AND AGAIN EXTENDED THANKS I KNOW I KNOW YOU'VE DONE THE LION'S SHARE OF THE WORK BUT I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT AS WELL. SO IF YOU COULD EXTEND THE THANKS TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT, IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.  AND 4.4 OUR FOURTH PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ORDER THE 2025 PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.  AND WE'VE GOT WITH US CHRISTINE PAGANO AND I SEE BRIAN HANSON.  WELL COULD YOU NOW GO I'M SORRY I SAY I THINK I MISPRONOUNCE THAT EVERY TIME WE SEE YOU AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT AND UTILIZE OUR TECHNOLOGY HERE, I'LL GIVE MYSELF A LITTLE INTEREST. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS AS YOU MENTIONED,HRIS AND I ARE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS THE ORDERING OF THE 25 ONE ON ONE PMP PROGRAM OR PMP PROJECT THE RECONSTRUCT PROJECT I'M CHRISTIAN OFF HERE AND I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT OF ASSESSMENT STUFF TOWARDS THE BACK END AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS OF WHAT THEY LEARNED OVER THE QUESTION. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME.  GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO PREFACE THIS PRESENTATION BY SAYING THAT THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN HEARD BY COUNCIL COUNCIL BEFORE AND MY SON REPETITIVE BUT WE ARE ALSO GIVING A PRESENTATION FOR THE FOLKS IN IT AND IT'S AND FOLKS ONLINE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE THE ANOTHER NOT TO.  TECHNOLOGY IS NOT COOPERATING HERE IS THE POINT TO POINT THIS WAY IT'S  IT'S ALL RIGHT WE'RE IN HERE SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT BRIEF WHAT IS OUR PMP PROGRAM? OUR PMP PROGRAM HERE BY THAT PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS AN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR OUR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE. BASICALLY YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS A READINESS TO SWAP MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR WORKING FOR STRUCTURE AND IT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR US. IT ALLOWS US TO REDUCE THE COSTS BY TAKING THE RIGHT ACTION AT THE RIGHT TIME. WE DEVELOP THIS PLAN BY USING A METRIC CALLED THE PAYMENT INDEX PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX THAT ASSESSES THE SURFACE CONDITION OF OUR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SIGNS ARE RATING TO IT AND WE USE THAT INFORMATION ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, PROJECTED UTILITY PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE TO DEVELOP AND FORECAST PROJECTS FOR FUTURE YEARS.  IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO MANAGE LOOK AT THE ASSESSMENT LOCATIONS FOR THE ONE FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS BUT ALSO TO THE OVERALL CITY TAXPAYERS.  WHY DO WE HAVE A PMP PROGRAM? WELL PRIOR TO THE PMP THE METHODS ARE IN PLACE WERE LEADING SYSTEM FAILURE MEANING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO OUR MAINTENANCE AND THEN THIS WILL LEAVE NEW RECONSTRUCTED STREET SEGMENT TO DETERIORATE TO THE POINT OF NEEDING A NEW AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE HERE ON ON AHEAD HERE ON THIS GRAPH YEARS ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE A GRAPH THAT'S SHOWING METRIC THAT I REFERENCED EARLIER FOR A STREET SEGMENT THAT IT'S UNDER THE PMP PROGRAM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN THE STREET IS IT GETS A RATING OF 100 AND NOTHING WHEN NOTHING IS DONE TO IT IT'S JUST BASICALLY DETERIORATE TO THE POINT OF NEEDING ANY RECONSTRUCTION ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE A STREET SEGMENT THAT'S UNDER THE CURRENT PMP PROGRAM AND YOU KNOW BY APPLYING VARIOUS TECHNIQUES AT SCHEDULED INTERVALS YOU CAN EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE PAVEMENT SLIDE SO IS THE STATE OF THE CURRENT CURRENT PMP PROGRAM AS FAR AS THE CURRENT PROGRAM WE APPLIED THREE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES TO RECONSTRUCT WHICH IS TYPICALLY TO 4.5 MILES FOR A YEAR. DO OUR CURRENT IS ONLY 2.9 MILES ARE OVERLY MILES WHICH ARE ABOUT NINE MILES ARE SCHEDULED TO DROP TO EIGHT MILES IN 2026 AND ARE STILL COLD AND WE TYPICALLY AIM TO DO 25 MILES OF STEEL PER YEAR AND THE GOAL OF ALL THESE TECHNIQUE IS TO ONE KEEP THE OVERALL CPC AT A 70 OR ABOVE KEEP OUR PROBLEM STREET MINUTES FOR OUR STREETS WITH A RATING OF LESS THAN 35 AT 10% OF LESS OF OUR OVERALL MILEAGE AND, WE'RE SHOWING ALSO THE PCI AND I THINK WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL THAT WE TRAIN THE OVERALL PCI FOR THE YEARS 2023 AND 2024 SITTING AT 78.  HOW DO WE FOLLOW UP SO ARE EACH VARIOUS EACH METHOD OF THE PMP IS DIFFERENTLY SO I RECONSTRUCT RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH ASSESSMENTS OBLIGATION BONDS ARE MUNICIPAL AND LOCAL STATE FUNDS AND WATER CENTER AND UTILITY FUNDS. THE OVERLAY PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH FRANCHISE FEES,  MUNICIPAL LOCAL STATED FUND AND, WATER CENTER AND STORM UTILITY FUNDS AND THEN THE SILK ROAD IS SOLELY FUND FUNDED THROUGH THE FRANCHISE FEE.  WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF THE PMP FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION SO IT STARTS ON IN THE FALL OF THE THE YEAR BEFORE THE PROJECT YEAR SO 2024 FOR THE 2035 PROJECT WE COME TO THE COUNCIL TO ORDER THE PROJECT THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WE'RE DOING TODAY AND.  THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH OUR DESIGN PERIOD IN THE WINTER OF 25, PREPARE PLANS AND SPECS, BID THE PROJECT IN FOR SUMMER CONSTRUCTION AND THEN WE COME BACK FULL IN THE FALL OF 25 TO APPROVE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.  AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE MIGHT BE ADDITIONS TO THIS PROJECT AND ONE OF THEM WILL BE THE NORTH CENTRAL SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY WHICH IS A UPSIZING OF THE SITES SEWER CAPACITY INDEPENDENTLY DISTRICT IN PROVISIONS OF CURRENT AND AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. ONE OF THE SEGMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT IS A FREMONT AVENUE SEGMENT WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE PART OF THE 20 511 PROJECT AND IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT ROUTE IS IS IS WILL BE USED FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY PROJECT AND WILL BE INCLUDING THAT SEGMENT AS PART OF THE 20 511 PROJECT AND THAT WORK WILL FUNDED THROUGH THE BUDGETED COST WASTEWATER FUNDS  THAT WE PLAN FOR THAT PROJECT AND WITH THAT I PASS IT TO BRIAN TO TALK ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT SORRY I JUMPED AHEAD GLENN.  ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO BACK SO I'M YEAH,  COURSE NOT. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE ASSESSMENT PORTION THIS PROJECT BECAUSE AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF BEFORE YOU GUYS JUST PAST MONTH TO HAVE THE LEVYING OF THE 2024 PMP ASSESSMENT ROLL, THERE IS AN ASSESSMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. THE CITY'S POLICY'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1962.  IT UTILIZES THAT ADJUSTED FRONT FOOTAGE AS THE BASIS FOR THE ASSESSMENT AMOUNT. SO PER STATE STATUTE WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE OF THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO A POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT IF THE PROJECT IS ORDERED WHICH WE DID SEND OUT IN OCTOBER HERE AND THAT ESTIMATE WAS BASED ON THE ADJUSTED FRONT FLOWS OF EACH PARCEL MULTIPLIED BY THE RATE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY WERE SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT FOR AND WE GAVE THEM AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT IF THE PROJECT WAS ORDERED OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD CALCULATE THAT FINAL ASSESSMENT AMOUNT NEXT FALL AS KRISTIAN MENTIONED BE BACK BEFORE YOU WITH AN ASSESSMENT ALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR LEVYING NEXT SEPTEMBER OCTOBER SO FOR THE 2025 101 THE THE ESTIMATE ASSESSMENTS ARE PROVIDED WERE BASED ON ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION. THERE ARE TWO SUBJECT TO IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT THE 2020 51A1 THOSE WERE SURFACING IN CURB AND GUTTER UP HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ESTIMATED ROUNDED AMOUNTS FOR THE ESTIMATED COST OR BOTH OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THEN THE TOTAL ADJUSTED FRONT FOOTAGE THOSE ARE THE PARCELS THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR IMPROVEMENT. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT THE ADJUSTED FRONT FOOTAGE FOR THE SURFACING IS LARGER THAN FOR A TURBINE GUTTER THAT'S BECAUSE IN BLOOMINGTON HERE WE HAD WE ASSESSED FOR TURBINE GUTTER AT ITS INITIAL INSTALLATION SO WE DO HAVE SOME SEGMENTS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED THIS EVENING THAT DON'T HAVE TURBINE GUTTER CURRENTLY SO THOSE PARCELS ARE SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT FOR TURBINE GUTTER.  THE STREETS THAT ALREADY HAVE TURBINE GUTTER IN PLACE ARE NOT ARE NOT ASSESSED FOR THAT URBAN GUTTER THE SECOND TIME THEY ARE JUST SIMPLY ASSESSED FOR THE SURFACING. SO ALL ALL ARE ALL PARCELS ADJACENT TO STREETS BEING CONSIDERED FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND ARE SUBJECT A SURFACING ASSESSMENT SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE RATES ARE CALCULATED THERE. SO TAKING THE TOTAL COST OF THAT IMPROVEMENT DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL ADJUSTED FRONT FOOTAGE OF ALL THE PARCELS SO OF ALL 13 SEGMENTS THAT ARE BEING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND YOU GET 100% RATES THAT WOULD BE THE RATE THAT WE NEED TO CHARGE TO US TO PAY FOR THAT IMPROVEMENT 100% 100% THROUGH AND ASSESSMENTS TO ADJACENT PARCELS IN BLOOMINGTON WE ASSESSED THE TWO DIFFERENT RATES 25% RATE FOR SINGLE TWO AND THREE FAMILY, A 50% RATE FOR ALL THE PROPERTIES AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE RATES ARE RIGHT THERE. SO THE ESTIMATED ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS TOOK THE IMPROVEMENT MULTIPLIED BY THEIR AFFO AND THAT'S HOW THEY GOT THEIR ESTIMATE ASSESSES THAT PROVIDES FOR THEM IN OCTOBER THIS THIS GRAPHIC HERE JUST SHOWS COMPARISONS TO NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND HOW A SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ARE APPLIED TO HELP PAY FOR A PORTION OF IF NOT A TOTAL OF HIGH PERCENT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS HERE. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW BLOOMINGTON RELATES TO OTHER, YOU KNOW, POOR COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE. I WILL NOTE THE DINER THAT THEY WERE 100% RATE FOR MANY YEARS.  THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF A SIX YEAR TRANSITION FROM A USING A SPECIAL TO A A STREET IMPROVEMENT FEE THAT ALL PROPERTIES WILL PAY REGARDLESS WHETHER THE STREET'S BEING APPROVED OR NOT. SO THROUGHOUT THOSE NEXT SIX YEARS WE'LL SEE THAT PERCENTAGE GO DOWN AND THEN THEY WILL INSTITUTE AN ACTUAL FEE THAT ALL PROPERTIES WILL PAY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE BEING THEIR STREETS BEING RECONSTRUCT.  SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW WE COMPARE IT TO OUR PEER COMMUNITIES ON THIS GRAPHIC.  AND LASTLY I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT IF THE PROJECT IS ORDERED THIS EVENING AND PARCEL IS SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT AS KRISTEN MENTIONED WE WILL HAVE THE PROJECT WILL BE DESIGNED THIS WINTER GOD FORBID AND THEN NEXT SEPTEMBER WE WILL SEND OUT FINAL ASSESSMENT NOTICES TO THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WILL BE BASED ON THE ACTUAL BID COST AND CONSTRUCTION TO DATE. AND THEN WE WOULD HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE'D HAVE THE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS AGAIN TO EXPLAIN THE FINAL ASSESSMENT BILLS THAT WERE SENT OUT AT THAT TIME RESIDENTS THAT WERE ARE BEING ASSESSED WOULD RECEIVE A DETAILED BILL THAT WOULD SHOW IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING ASSESSED FOR BROKEN DOWN THE LINE ITEM THE OFFICIALS THE ADJUSTED FRONT FOOTAGE THAT WAS APPLIED AS WELL AS THE RATE THAT WAS APPLIED TO SHOW THEM HOW THE FINAL ASSESSMENT WAS CALCULATED. AND THEN WE'D BE BEFORE YOU AGAIN TO ASK YOU FOR THE LEVYING OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL IF THE ASSESSMENT IS LEVIED PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREPAY A PORTION OF THAT WITH NO INTEREST APPLIED UP TO NOVEMBER 26 OF 2025.  ANY REMAINING BALANCE THAT ISN'T PREPARED DURING THAT AMOUNT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE ROLLED ON TO THE PROPERTY TAXES. SO THE FIRST TIME THAT SOMEONE WOULD SEE A BILL FOR THIS PROJECT IF IT WERE TO BE ORDERED THIS EVENING AND THEY WERE ASSESSED AND CHOSE NOT TO PREPAY ANY AMOUNT WOULD BE ABOUT 18 MONTHS FROM NOW OR WHAT THEIR MAY OF 2026 PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT AND IF THEY WERE LIKE THAT AND THEN THAT IS SPREAD OUT EVENLY OVER TEN YEARS. SO IF THEY WERE TO LET THAT ROLL THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THAT ASSESSMENT, THE LAST PAYMENT WOULD BE IN OCTOBER OF 2035.  THEY DO HAVE AN OPTION TO PAY OFF THAT BALANCE IN PRIOR TO THAT IF IT DOES GO OUT OF THE PROPERTY TAXES AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE FALL OF THE PROJECT AS ORDERED AND THEY ARE ASSESSED. LAST THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THERE IS A HARDSHIP DEFERRAL OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY SO THERE'S NOTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THIS POINT. SO IF YOU ARE SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT WHEN THAT ASSESSMENT IS ACTUALLY LEVIED, IF YOU MEET THE CRITERIA YOU CAN HAVE THAT ASSESSMENT DEFERRED.  IT IS NOT A FORGIVENESS OF THE ASSESSMENT BUT RATHER A DEFERRAL AT THAT POINT. WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT. NO ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN NOW AND ACTUALLY CAN'T BE TAKEN UNTIL THE ASSESSMENT IS ACTUALLY LEVIED SO THAT UNTIL THE NEXT I WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THAT SO THERE IS AN OPTION FOR THAT IF YOU DO QUALIFY AND YOU DO NEED TO MEET ALL THE CRITERIA TO QUALIFY.  JUST A QUICK SUMMARY THE PROPERTY OWNER CONTACT WE'VE HAD TO DATE WE DID SEND OUT THE ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT. WE HELD INFORMATION ON MEETINGS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WERE SENT OUT ON OCTOBER 21ST. WE HELD TWO INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS OVER AT PUBLIC WORKS ON 11 SIX ON WEDNESDAY OF THE NOVEMBER AND THEN SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD QUESTIONS WE HAVE RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS, EMAIL AND PHONE PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO AFTERWARDS AS WELL. WE DO HAVE INFORMATION THE INFORMATIONAL SLIDES THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE ON THE PMC PAGE IF ANYONE WANTS TO GO AND SEE THOSE OR MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PROJECT. BUT WE HAVE BEEN CONTACT WITH PROPERTY OWNERS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE IN CONTACT WITH PROPERTY OWNERS IF THE PROJECT IS ORDERED THIS EVENING LASTLY JUST TO RECAP AS CHRISTINE MENTIONED BEFORE THE PMP PROGRAM IS THE RIGHT ACTION AT THE RIGHT TIME. THE REASON WE THIS AS A PROLONGS THE PAVEMENT LIFE REDUCES THE OVERALL COST TO MAINTAIN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS AND IT HELPS MAINTAINS THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE TO A RATES AND A LEVEL THAT WE'RE THAT THE RESIDENTS EXPECT THAT STAFF EXPECTS AS WELL SO WITH THAT WE DO HAVE A RECOMMENDED MOTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND CHRISTIAN AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.  THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND YES WE HAVE SEEN THIS MORE THAN ONCE BUT I DO THINK IMPORTANT TO TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION IN ITS ENTIRETY TO LET FOLKS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR AND WHAT THE GOALS ARE OF THE PROGRAM AND HOW SUCCESSFUL IT'S BEEN AS WELL.  COUNSELOR ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN JUST TWO QUICK ONES. WE'RE WHEN MAKING THAT MOVE FROM THE NINE MILES DOWN TO EIGHT AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER I CAN TAKE OFFLINE, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'LL BE ANY IMPACTS TO THE THE ASSESSMENT BECAUSE THAT CALCULATION WILL BE WE THINK WILL BE AN ANNUAL THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT DRIVE THEIR DRIVERS AS WELL. WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE ANY IMPACT AT ALL FROM GOING THAT 98? YEAH, THANK FOR THAT QUESTION, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER SO WE DO DO THE ANALYSIS PRIOR TO IT SO WE COMPARE THE ASSESSMENT RATES THE ESTIMATED RATES THE PREVIOUS YEARS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN WITH WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT. SO THAT WAS AND WE DID LOOK AT THAT IN BOTH THE SURFACING AND CURB AND GUTTER AT THIS POINT THE ESTIMATED RATES WERE WITHIN A DOLLAR OF TWO OF WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR SO IT WAS KIND OF MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'D EXPECT TO SEE. SO EXCELLENT. WOULD YOU GUYS DO THAT?  MY OTHER QUESTION IS YOU BROUGHT UP YOUR DINAH. IT'S ONE OF THE ONES I'D LIKE TO UTILIZE BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE HAS STAFF REVIEWED THAT AT ALL YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF GOING FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER END TO SEE WHAT THE PLUSES AND MINUSES AND IF THAT'S AN APPROACH THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE FOR US. AND I KNOW THAT'S MORE OF A POLICY QUESTION BUT I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF YOU'VE LOOKED INTO IT AT ALL AS STAFF? I HAVE NOT LOOKED INTO IT. I'M I'M FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I THINK AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT'S MORE OF A POLICY QUESTION BUT I HAVE NOT LOOKED INTO THAT MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO BOARDS AND IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS TO BE CONSIDERED SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COMES COUNCILMEMBER DE MAYOR I THE ONE THING I SAW WAS THAT THERE'S A LARGE SECTION OF 80 FORCE THAT'S GETTING REDONE AND I KNOW WAS IT LAST YEAR A LARGE SECTION OF 86 RIGHT BY THE AREA IS REDONE. WHAT DO WE DO TO TRY TO REDUCE OF THE THE THE JUST THE THE WORK THAT GETS DONE THERE AND THE INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE SO THAT WE'RE NOT INCREASING ONE SECTION OF THE CITY ALL THE TIME.  MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER MORE SO WHEN WE ARE APPROACHING THIS PROJECT WE'LL TRY TO LOOK AT IT FROM LIKE A SO WE LOOK AT THE MAINTENANCE HISTORY FOR THAT AREA. WE ALSO KIND OF THINK ABOUT ALL THE LIKE A COMPLETE STRAIGHT APPROACH LIKE THE OTHER PROJECTS AND UTILITY WORK THAT TO HAVE IN THE AREA SO WE CAN KEEP THE DISTURBANCE TO ONE YEAR. SO THAT'S WHY YOU NOTICE THAT A LARGE SECTION OF 86 WAS REDONE AND THEN OUR EDIFICES ALSO PART OF THAT SO WE LOOK AT ALL THE MAINTENANCE THREE AND AND JUST CAN'T KEEP ALL THE PROJECTS IN ONE AREA AND SOMETIMES THAT INVOLVES IN ONE AREA FOR YOU KNOW LIKE A COUPLE OF YEARS BUT THEN WE DON'T RETURN THERE FOR ANOTHER 15 TO 20 YEARS SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE APPROACH IT AND IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.  IF NOT, LET'S GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING GENTLEMEN, YOU DON'T GO FAR. I'M SURE WE MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR YOU AS WELL.  I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.4.  THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ORDER THE 2025 PAGE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THEM? 4.4 THIS EVENING IF YOU ARE PLEASE COME FORWARD AND AS YOU'RE COMING FORWARD I'LL EXPLAIN HOW WE DO THIS.  WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND ULTIMATELY SIGN IN JUST SO WE HAVE WE KNOW YOU ARE WE LIMIT SPEAKERS TO 5 MINUTES AND WE PUT IT UP ON THE BIG SHOT CLOCK ON THE WALL AND WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF 5 MINUTES IF YOU'RE NOT DONE I WILL CUT YOU OFF. NOT BECAUSE I MEAN BUT BECAUSE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AND WE DON'T GIVE BENEFIT OR PREFERENCE TO SOMEBODY. SO AS YOU'RE MAKING YOUR COMMENTS IF YOU JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE CLOCK AND MAKE SURE YOU KEEP IT UNDER 5 MINUTES AND WE WILL BE ON OUR WAY.  OKAY, I'M READY. SO LET'S START AGAIN. OKAY? ALL RIGHT.  DO I NEED MY ADDRESS HERE? YEAH. YOU CAN FILL IN AND AFTER YOUR AFTER YOU'VE MADE YOUR COMMENTS WE CAN GO THERE AND THEN INTO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN PICK YOU UP ON TV AND OFF WE GO. GOOD EVENING. OKAY, SO MY NAME IS DON AND I LIVE ON 90TH AND ELLIOT IT'S ACTUALLY MY AND MY ADDRESS IS CHICAGO AND I HAVE A A LOT AND A HALF HOUSE AND SO I'M LIKE AND I'M ON THE CORNER AND THERE ARE FOUR HOUSES THAT ARE LOTS AND A HALF THAT ARE NEXT TO ME.  WE ARE ONE OF THE FEWEST THAT HAVE A CURB AT ALL. WE'VE NEVER HAD CURBS ON OUR LOT OUR ON OUR ON OUR STREET.  I'VE CALLED THE THE I'VE CALLED THE CITY EVERY SPRING FOR SIX YEARS AND I JUST BEEN ASKED ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO USE LOOKING AT THIS ARE YOU IS IT ARE WE IN THE PROJECT FUTURE SO I'VE BEEN VERY AND IN IN DURING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH NIGHT OR NEIGHBORHOOD OR NIGHT WATCH WE GET TOGETHER AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT AND.  I MEAN I THINK I'M JUST HERE MYSELF REPRESENTING MY BLOCK BUT WE'RE ALL FOR IT AND WE'RE WAITING FOR IT AND IN MY IN THE FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY IS THERE'S JUST CHUNKS OF TAR THAT YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE GARBAGE TRUCKS COMING BY.  YEAH IT'S WELL THANKS BEING HERE TONIGHT AND JUST JUST TO CLARIFY SO PARDON FOR FOR NOT KNOWING EXACTLY BUT IS YOUR STREET PART OF THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PROPOSAL TONIGHT SO IT IS OKAY.  AND THEN WE WILL BE ADDING CURB AND GUTTER I'M ASSUMING THEN SO YES. SO YOU'RE IN LUCK IS WHAT I'M HEARING THAT I HOPE SO.  YEAH, YES. OKAY. SO YOU'RE STEALING ONE FAVOR OF IT IS WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT YES. VERY GOOD. GOOD. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THAT'S ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.4 THIS EVENING . DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE ON THE PHONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ? WE DO HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS ONLINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO MEET YOURSELF IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM NO ONE IS ON A MEETING THEMSELVES. NOPE SORRY. WANT SOME 612 ENDING IN FOUR SIX YOU UNMUTED YOURSELF GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. HI THERE IS MIKE RODMAN. I'M OVER ON FOURTH AVENUE. I GUESS I'M SLATED FOR THE CURB AND GUTTER THING AND STREET PAVEMENT UM I JUST GOT WELL FIRST OF ALL I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FOR IT AND I EVEN IF WE PUT, YOU KNOW, A TEN YEAR PLAN ON IT, THERE'S INTEREST INVOLVED WITH THAT AS WELL. SO THE COST OF THAT IS VERY, VERY HIGH FOR ME AND WE'RE VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE COST OF IT. AND ALSO I JUST GOT MY DRIVEWAY DONE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND I JUST PAID FOR THAT AND THEN THERE'S WE'VE HAD MICHAEL'S CONSTRUCTION UP AND DOWN 12TH AVENUE THAT HAS BEEN IN YOU KNOW THEY'VE BEEN DOING MAINTENANCE ON THE STREET. THEY'VE DONE A HORRIBLE JOB REPLACING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.  SO IS THIS JUST THE FIXED MICHAEL'S PROBLEMS OR WHAT'S THANK YOU.  THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.  IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK HERE IN ? THE CHAMBERS IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SPEAK, WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WE AS WE WRAP UP AT THE END. OKAY .  GOOD EVENING, MARY JO. IF YOU COULD SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE WE CAN GET YOU THERE.  I HAVE LIVED IN BLOOMINGTON SINCE I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD. OKAY. WE HAVE LIVED IN OUR PROPERTY RIGHT NOW A FEW YEARS OVER 55 . OKAY. EVERYTHING'S BEEN FINE EXCEPT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS THE TAXES HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE. HORRIBLE AND I JUST OUR LAST THING AND IT WENT UP $250 FROM LAST YEAR FOR WHAT?  I DON'T KNOW FOR WHAT WE ON 84TH AND 14TH WE'RE ON THAT 84TH THING AND THEN WE GET A BILL FOR OVER $4,000. WE HAVE CURB WE HAVE GUTTER,  WE HAVE SEWER. ALL WE NEED IS A ROAD AND IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE BIT FAR FETCHED AS TO WHAT WE'RE BEING CHARGED FOR ALL OF THIS I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS WHAT WE LIKE TO DO. I WILL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND THEN WE WILL ADDRESS THE COMMENTS OF EVERYONE I WILL ANSWER QUICK QUESTIONS AFTER WE WRAP UP THE PUBLIC.  SO BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU.  YEAH. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK WE DO HAVE ONE MORE PERSON ON LINE NUMBER 5154 ENDING IN FOUR TWO GO AHEAD  CALLER 5154 ENDING IN FOUR TWO. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM YOU'RE ON MUTE IT NOW. ALL RIGHT.  LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. YES, PLEASE. JUST HI.  GOOD EVENING.  MY NAME IS KEITH KLINEFELTER. A FEW OF US HERE OFF OF 99TH AND 10TH. SO WE'RE WITHIN SOME OF THE RECONSTRUCTION HAVE NO CURB AND GUTTER. I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE PAYMENT AND ALSO ABOUT IS IT HAPPENING IN 25 IN FIRST PAYMENT IS DUE IN 26 OR IF IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE INTEREST PAYMENTS BUT NOW IT SAID IT WENT ON TO THE PROPERTY TAXES SO I BELIEVE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED AS TO HOW ALL OF THAT IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO PAN OUT IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAKE THE LUMP SUM. AND ALSO I THINK WHEN THE LUMP SUM IS DUE AND AGAIN WE'LL ANSWER WE'LL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS WE CLOSED. THANK YOU. AND IF NEED BE IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THESE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU OUT IN THE HALL AND ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.  OKAY. ALL RIGHT.  ANYONE ELSE, COUNSEL?  NO ONE ON THE PHONE UNLESS WE HAVE ANYONE I'M YOU KNOW. OKAY, SO NO ONE ON THE PHONE AND WE'VE HEARD FROM A FEW FOLKS BUT NO ONE ELSE COMING FORWARD WITHIN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OUT IN 4.4 HOUR PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ORDER THE 2025 PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.  SO MOST MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AN ITEM 4.4 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS  MR. NAGLE, YOU WERE YOU WERE STEPPING UP TO WEIGH IN TO ANSWER AT LEAST ONE OF THEM, I THINK PLEASE MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS WE HAD A QUESTION FROM A GENTLEMAN 12 AVENUE WHO WAS WONDERING IF THIS WORK WAS TO REPAIR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY MICHAELS TO COSMO COUNCILMEMBER AS PLANNED WHEN WE WERE APPROACHING PROJECT AHEAD OF OUR WORK WELL CENTERPOINT ENERGY COMES IN AND DO THEY THEY LOOK AT THE GAS INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRY TO PLAN AND DO ANY ANY WORK OR MAINTENANCE AS NEEDED SO THAT THEY DON'T COME THROUGH AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH RECONSTRUCTIONS TO TORE UP A BRAND NEW STREET AND THEN THEIR WORK IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM OUR WORK WE'RE DOING THIS WORK REGARDLESS OF THE WORK THAT CENTERPOINT IS DOIN AND AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION FROM THE GENTLEMAN AS WELL WHEN HE'S ASKING IF THIS WORK IS NEEDED YES, WE'VE ASSESSED THE SURFACE CONDITION OF THE PAVEMENT AND IT FALLS RIGHT IN THAT TYPICAL RECONSTRUCTION RANGE THAT WE WOULD LOOK INTO TO DO A RECONSTRUCTION ON. SO YEAH, THANK YOU MUCH BRANT. PERHAPS YOU COULD THEN ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS ON THE TIMING AND AND HOW THAT ALL WORKS OUT. ABSOLUTELY BE HAPPY TO DO SO. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE WAS A QUESTION REGARDING TIMING OF THE ASSESSMENT ON THE BILL AND WHEN THAT WOULD BE DUE IF THE PROJECT IS ORDERED SO THE WAY THIS WORKS IS TONIGHT WERE BEFORE YOU FOR THE ORDERING OF THE PROJECT IF THE COUNCIL ORDERS THE PROJECT WILL GO AHEAD LIKE I SAID AND GOOD THAT WILL HAVE A FINAL COST. THE FINAL WILL BE SENT OUT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025 AND THAT WILL BE THE FINAL AMOUNT SO THAT'LL BE THE AMOUNT THAT'LL BE DUE PENDING THE LEVYING OF THE ASSESSMENT AGAIN BY THE COUNCIL. WE'RE BACK BEFORE YOU IN OCTOBER. SO FOR ANY RESIDENT THAT HAS THAT BILL THERE'S NO PAYMENT CAN BE MADE UNTIL.  THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT IS LEVIED TYPICALLY THAT'S THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN OCTOBER AND.  THEN FROM THAT DATE UNTIL NOVEMBER 26TH OF 2025 RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY OFF THE ASSESSMENT IN FULL IF THEY CHOOSE TO THEY CAN PAY OFF A PORTION OF IT IF THEY WANT TO DURING.  THAT OPEN WINDOW A MINIMUM OF $100 PAYMENT UP TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY THAT WHATEVER THAT BALANCE IS REMAINING AFTER NOVEMBER 26TH IS AUTOMATICALLY ROLLED ON TO THE PROPERTY TAXES. SO IF A RESIDENT WERE TO NOT PAY PREPAY ANY PORTION OR ONLY PAY A PORTION OF THAT ANY REMAINING BALANCE AUTOMATICALLY GETS ROLLED ON TO THE PROPERTY TAXES. SO THEN THE FIRST TIME THEY WOULD SEE A BILL FOR THAT IF THEY CHOSE NOT TO PREPAY OR STILL HAD A BALANCE REMAINING WOULD BE WITH THAT MAY OF 2026 PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT. SO THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY WOULD BE IN THE FALL OF 2025.  THE PROJECT IF ORDERED WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED IN 2025 PAYMENT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN 2025 WITH THE FIRST PAYMENT REQUIRED PAYMENT OF NO PREMIUM WAS MADE WOULD BE IN 2026 AND I SHOULD MENTION TO YOU THE INTEREST FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD BE FIVE AND A HALF PERCENT SO THAT WOULD BE THE RATE THAT WOULD BE APPLIED ANNUALLY TO THE DECLINING PRINCIPAL OVER THE TEN YEARS OF THAT ASSESSMENT IF IT WEREN'T TO BE PAID OFF IN FULL THAT FIVE AND A HALF PERCENT WOULD BE APPLIED ANNUALLY TO THAT DECLINING PRINCIPAL OVER THE LIFE OF THAT ASSESSMENT. AND IF ANY RESIDENTS HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT AT THIS POINT YOU I SHOULD MENTION THE AMOUNT THAT WAS GIVEN TO ALL THE RESIDENTS IS AN ESTIMATE ASSESSMENT. SO LIKE I SAID WE WOULD DIAL THAT IN . WE ARE TYPICALLY PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ON OUR ESTIMATE ASSESSMENTS. WE TRY TO GIVE KIND OF HIGHER AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEES THAT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE BELOW THE ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT WAS PROVIDED TODAY BUT WE TEND TO BE ON THE MORE CONSERVATIVE SIDE WE WANT TO PROVIDE THAT HIGHER END SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME IN A LITTLE BELOW THAT WHEN WE BUILD THE PROJECT. SO IF RESIDENTS HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE RATES WOULD OR WHAT THE PAYMENTS WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THEIR PROPERTY TAXES BASED ON THE ESTIMATE ASSESSMENT OR IF THEY WANTED TO SEE HEY IF I PAID X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE OVER THOSE TEN YEARS AND THE INTEREST APPLIED I CAN PROVIDE THAT I HAVE A SPREADSHEET I CAN PUT TOGETHER FOR THEM SO FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME THERE AFTER THE MEETING OR.  IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE OR REACH OUT TO ME VIA EMAIL OR GIVE ME A CALL AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. THANK YOU AND CALL EMAIL OR HALLWAY MEETINGS I'LL WORK YOU YOU CAN YOU CAN CERTAINLY TALK TO THEM IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THE RESIDENT WITH A QUESTION ABOUT THE COST OF THIS AND THE COST OF THE TAXES IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND SO ON PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE FOR OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION HEARING WHICH IS COMING UP IN DECEMBER BUT I KNOW THAT IT FOLKS JUST THEIR PRELIMINARY LEVY STATEMENTS THE TAX LEVY STATEMENTS AND THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY AND THE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND SO ON. I WILL SAY THE INCREASE THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ONCE AGAIN FOCUSES A MAJORITY OF WHICH IT FOCUSES ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND WE HAVE HEARD THIS FOR YEARS FROM PEOPLE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE TOP PRIORITY.  SOHAT IS IT? IS IT 60% I BELIEVE WOULD GO TO POLICE AND FIRE PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN CITY AND THAT'S TWO THINGS THAT'S THAT'S POLICE AND WE HAVE HEARD AND AGAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND NOT JUST BEING SAFE BUT FEELING SAFE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WERE MAKING WE CONTINUE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT'S THE CASE WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.  AND IN TERMS OF FIRE, YOU KNOW, I TELL SO MANY PEOPLE FROM WHO ARE NOT FROM THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT I MENTIONED THEM THAT WE DON'T WE ARE JUST TRANSITIONING TO A COMBINATION FULL TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE LOOK ON THEIR FACE THEY ARE SHOCKED THAT BLOOMINGTON A CITY OF $91,000 OR $91,000.90 1000 PEOPLE 91,000 PEOPLE DOES NOT HAVE A FULL TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT YET WE ARE MAKING THAT TRANSITION BECAUSE IT'S IT'S ABSOLUTE NECESSITY IN THE CITY OF OUR SIZE FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT IT'S AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN WITH OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, WITH OUR HIGH TECH INDUSTRY TO NOT HAVE A FULL TIME FIRE IN MY MIND IS A BIT WOULD BE NEGLIGENT COUNCIL. AND SO THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE IT HAS MADE THE COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL HAVE A FULL TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND TO DO THAT REQUIRES TAX DOLLARS AND WE ARE ALL PAYING FOR IT ALL OF US ALL OF US ARE PAYING FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A COMMITMENT IDENTIFIED BY THE CITIZENS AND THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON SO AND JUST IN GENERAL ARE OUR GENERAL FUND IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON 85% OF THE TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE COLLECTED GO TO THE NUTS AND BOLTS THINGS OF CITY GOVERNMENT POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS THAT'S SNOW PLOWING AND POTHOLES FIXING AND IN DOING ALL THE WORK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRYING TO MAKE SURE OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY STRONG AND REMAIN STRONG SO WE ATTRACT AND RETAIN OUR BUSINESSES AND PARKS RECREATION SO KEEPING THE PARKS IN GOOD SHAPE,  UPDATING THEM WHERE NECESSARY, PROVIDING THE THE THE PROGRAMING IN THE SUMMER 85% OF OUR BUDGET GOES TO THOSE FIVE THINGS AND THAT IS BASICALLY THE NUTS AND OF CITY GOVERNMENT WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION AND WE KEEP HEARING FROM CITY RESIDENTS THEY'RE EXPECTING SERVICES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO DELIVER.  SO THAT'S A LONG ANSWER TO YOUR SHORT QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD AND I APPRECIATE TO CONTINUE THE THE CONVERSATION ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE. BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING WHAT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE AND I KNOW WE DON'T NONE OF THE FOLKS UP HERE TAKE THOSE LIGHTLY.  BUT THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE THAT IMPACT ALL OF US ALL RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS WE DO THEM WITH WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY IN MIND. SO THAT'S AGAIN A LONG ANSWER TO YOUR SHORT QUESTION AND SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR ASKING IT. IT'S SEVERE WEATHER. WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ASKED THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT I DID I DIDN'T ANSWER YES.  THERE WAS JUST ONE OTHER ASPECT OF THAT. I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF THAT. BUT THERE IS ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT SHE HAD BROUGHT FORWARD AROUND THE CURB AND GUTTER. IT ALMOST SOUNDED AS IF SHE'S BEING DOUBLE FOR THAT BECAUSE SHE ALREADY HAD EXISTING. KIRBY I WONDER IF YOU'D TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PART OF IT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER SO WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY PARTICULAR BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS CURB AND GUTTER ALREADY IN ALONG 84TH STREET SO THE ASSESSMENT THAT YOU ARE THE IMPROVEMENT THAT YOU WOULD BE SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT FOR WOULD BE THE SURFACING ITSELF AND THAT WOULD BE IN LINE WITH ROUGHLY THE $4,000 THAT SHE MENTIONED IS WHAT HER ESTIMATE ASSESSMENT WAS. SO SHE WOULD JUST BE AND ANYONE ELSE ALONG THAT STRETCH THAT ALREADY HAD KIRBY AND GOT HER IN PLACE WAS ALREADY ASSESSED FOR KIRBY AND GOT HER PREVIOUSLY THE PARCEL WAS WOULD ONLY BE SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT THAT SERVICING APPROVAL IS NOW BEING CHARGED FOR AN ADDITIONAL CURB AND GUTTER PRACTICES NOW JUST STRAIGHT UP SURFACE STRUCTURES THE ONLY PROPERTIES BEING ASSESSED FOR CURVE AND GUTTER ARE THOSE THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE CURB AND GUTTER IN PLACE. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION . ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT WAS ALL THE QUESTIONS. I THINK WE ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSOLE. ANY QUESTIONS SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR COMMENTS OR CLARIFICATIONS IN THE COUNCILMEMBER THEME HERE? I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A COMMENT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE JUST HAD MY STREET REDONE LAST YEAR AND SO I JUST WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.  IT IS CONFUSING AND YOU GET YOUR ASSESSMENT AND IT'S LIKE 4000 $5,000 AND MY WIFE AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID OKAY WE CAN'T DO A CHIMNEY ANYMORE BUT IT'S THAT'S NOT WHAT IT ENDS UP BEING BECAUSE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL THINGS OUR STAFF DOES. THERE'S A SPECIAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT GOES IN THERE. SO LIKE BY THE TIME YOU GET FINAL BILL IN THE FALL IT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU LAST WEEK. SO I JUST WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WILL EVOLVE. OUR STAFF IS VERY ACCOMMODATING, VERY OPEN. THEY ANSWER A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS NOT BECAUSE I WAS A COUNCILMEMBER BECAUSE I WAS A RESIDENT WHO WAS QUESTIONING WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WANTED TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING AND THEN AS THE PROCESS GOES ON OUR STAFF CONTINUES TO STAY VERY ENGAGED IN WHAT'S GOING ON. WE KNOW THAT IT'S A DISSERVICE TO YOUR LIFE.  WE KNOW THAT IT CAUSES A LOT OF CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE TO WITH. FOR ME MY KIDS LOVED IT. THEY HAD BULLDOZERS IN OF OUR HOUSE FOR SIX WEEKS AND SO THEY'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. BUT IT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD TO GET USED TO AND AS WE WENT ON AND IF THERE WERE ANY ISSUES IN PARTICULAR WE COULD CALL STAFF AND WERE VERY RESPONSIVE OUR STAFF WERE OUT THERE ALMOST ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IS BEING DONE CORRECTLY SO THAT IF MICHAEL'S OR WHOEVER GETS BID TO DO THE WORK IF THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOB CORRECTLY, CITY STAFF IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE CORRECTING IT AND FIXING IT SO THAT BY THE TIME THEY LEAVE YOUR STREET IS NEW AND CLEAN AND CLEAR AND MY CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR HAVE LOVED IT FOR SKATEBOARDING AND SCOOTERS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO IT HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC PROGRAM THAT I'VE SEEN ALTHOUGH IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST FOR THE WHOLE DAY YOU'RE GOING HAVE BRAND NEW STREET THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE NEXT 70 YEARS AND SO I HAD NEIGHBORS WHO HAD LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE FOR 50 YEARS AND SAID THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE COME BACK TO REDO OUR STREET.  AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS IN 50 YEARS WHEN I'M RETIRED AND IN THAT HOUSE THAT THAT'S WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAVE AGAIN IS IN 50 OR 60 YEARS NOT IN THE NEXT TEN, 15, 20 YEARS. AND SO HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO OUR STAFF AND CONTINUE TO HAVE QUESTIONS CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS VERY OPEN VERY WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR.  BUT FROM WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED IT'S ENDS UP BEING REALLY AND YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY ENJOY A NEW ROAD FOR FOR A LONG TIME COUNCILMEMBER ALSO ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COMMENTS WE'VE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK . I WOULD CONSIDER ACTION ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER ONE THING WE HAVE TO DO THAT I'D MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE 2020 5-0101 PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT REFERENCE STREET PROJECT STREET REFERENCES NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 13/2 MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE FEASIBILITY AND ORDER THE 2025 PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM STREET RECONSTRUCTION NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU MUCH GENTLEMEN AND THANK YOU FURTHER TO THE RESIDENTS FOR YOUR QUESTIONS FOR YOUR COMMENTS CAREER YOUR CONCERNS. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A IF IT'S IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE I KNOW IT'S IT'S DISRUPTION AND I KNOW IT'S NOT A SMALL BILL EITHER. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE THE WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH. BUT I DO THINK THAT ULTIMATELY IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY IN GENERAL?  SO THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.5. THIS IS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ORDER THE 2024 NORM AND DALE BOULEVARD PMP TRAIL AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS . MR. SIMONDS GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL IF I GET THE PRESENTATION PERFECT. THANK YOU.  YES. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR ORDERING OF ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND IRWINDALE BOULEVARD PIPE TRAIL AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. I'M BOB SIMONDS AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED AND I'M A SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER IN OUR STREET DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE AREA BLOOMINGTON I'LL BE THE PROJECT ENGINEER FOR THIS PROJECT EXAMINING THE SAME PROBLEMS KRISTIAN DID THIS WAY BECAUSE THIS IS MY OKAY.  HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, BACK UP ONE. THERE WE GO.  ALL RIGHT. WHERE IS THIS PROJECT LOCATED? IT'S LOCATED ON NORMANTON BOULEVARD.  NORTH LIMITS BEING 94 STREETS OFF LIMITS BEING OLD SHACK BE YOUR OWN A LITTLE BIT OF PROJECT HISTORY PROPERTY OWNER CONTRACT THAT'S OCCURRED FOR THIS PROJECT THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME BACK IN 2014 2015 AS PART OF THE CITYWIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT FOR THE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE THAT WAS BEING DONE THERE WAS WIDE RANGE OF ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT WERE USED TO GET DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS A STRONG SUPPORT FOR UPGRADE AND EXPANSION OF THE OFF ROAD FACILITIES ALONG NORMANTON BOULEVARD.  STAFF BEGAN TO START LOOKING AT LAYOUTS FOR THIS AREA IN FALL OF 2019 CITY COUNCIL HAD RECEIVED A LOT OF CONVERSATION FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ASKING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE ALONG NORMANTON BOULEVARD CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME DIRECTED STAFF TO PRIORITIZE NORMATIVE BOULEVARD FOR A CORRIDOR FOR BIKING AND WALKING. THEN FROM THAT POINT A STAFF CONTINUE TO LOOK AT SOME PRELIMINARY LAYOUTS AND IN 2023 2024 BEGAN APPLYING FOR MULTIPLE GRANTS THROUGH THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROCESS AS WELL AS THE MET COUNCIL'S REGIONAL SOLICITATION PROCESS IN THE SPRING OF 2022.  AS WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR DIFFERENT GRANTS STAFF REACHED OUT TO WITH A DIRECT MAILING LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE WAS PUT FORWARD AND OTHER AVENUES WERE USED TO CONTACT RESIDENTS IN AREA AND GATHER FEEDBACK AND WALKING AND BIKING ALONG THE CORRIDOR AT THAT DURING THAT TIME A RESIDENT SURVEY WAS PUT OUT WHEN ASKING RESIDENTS ON THEIR PREFERRED DESIGN WOULD BE FOR THE SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS ALONG NORMAN BOULEVARD AND THE RESULTS OF THAT WERE THAT A MULTI-USE TRAIL ON THE WEST SIDE AND A CONCRETE SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE WAS THE PREFERENCE FROM THE FOLKS IN THE AND ACTUALLY WHEN LOOKING AT A CONSTRUCT ABILITY OF THE FACILITIES IN THE AREA IT'S MORE CONDUCIVE TO THAT APPROACH WITH A LARGER TRAIL ON THE EAST WEST SIDE AND A SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE JUST BASED ON EXISTING SOME EXISTING PONDS AND STEEP HILLSIDES IN THE AREA THEN IN MAY AND SEPTEMBER OF 2024 AFTER APPLYING FOR MULTIPLE GRANTS WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL GRANTS AND ALSO A MET COUNCIL GRANT IN CARBON REDUCTION CATEGORY JUST PREVIOUSLY HERE THIS JUNE WE CAME TO CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER THE FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR THE PROJECT.  THEN IN OCTOBER WE HELD A CONTACT WITH THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ONCE AGAIN HELD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN HOUSE. WE REACHED OUT TO ALL 3300 PROPERTIES IN THE AREA INVITING THEM TO OPEN AN OPEN HOUSE LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE USED OTHER AVENUES AS WELL OUTLETS TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO FOLKS ABOUT BOTH THAT OPEN HOUSE AND THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN HOUSE WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 29TH. THERE WAS FOR 25 ATTENDEES AT THE OPEN HOUSE AND COMMON CARDS AND CORRESPONDENCE FROM THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AT THE OPEN HOUSE WE THAT RESIDENTS FELT THAT THEY WERE VERY THEY WERE VERY EXCITED FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WALKS THE TRAILS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT DID COME UP WITH CONCERNS ABOUT TREE REMOVAL AND FENCES IN THE AREA HOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE IMPACTED. WE'LL BE WORKING DIRECTLY THOSE FOLKS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROJECT IF AND WHEN IT'S ORDERED.  I'M LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN MITIGATE THOSE THINGS AS BEST WE CAN AND NOW WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING A LITTLE BIT ON PROJECT NEED ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN DOWN NORMAN DOE BOULEVARD SEES THE PROJECT NEED THERE IS A NARROW BOX NARROW BOULEVARD SOME WALKS DOWN A THREE FOOT OR LESS AND WITH ALL A VERY BOULEVARDS REALLY CLOSE ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING CURB ON A VERY HEAVILY TRAVELED ROADWAY AGING CONDITIONSOW PCR VALUES FOR THE WALKS NON ADA COMPLIANT FACILITIES ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. IT'S JUST AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION FOR THOSE USING THE CORRIDOR SAFETY IMPAIRED MOBILITY AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT THIS IS IDENTIFIED IN OUR AS A PRIORITY AND OUR SAFER IT'S A SCHOOL ACT OF TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION ADA TRANSITION PLANS A FEW OF THE FEW OF THE DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS AS I MENTIONED MULTI-USE PATH INSTALLATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORMAN BOULEVARD SIDEWALK INSTALLATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF ARMADALE BOULEVARD AND THIS WILL TIE IN TO AS YOU REMEMBER FROM A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID THE 90TH AND NORMANTON BOULEVARD INTERSECTION WE GOT OURSELVES SET UP FOR A FUTURE PROJECT THAT AREA AS WELL THAT INCLUDES SOME RETAINING WALL REPLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION TO ACCOMMODATE THE PED FACILITIES, UPGRADING PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND ADA COMPLIANT RAMPS APPS AT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS INSTALLATION OF WAYFINDING ALONG THE CRIDOR AND A FEW MODIFYING INTERSECTION MODIFICATIONS I'LL GET TO IN A SECOND HERE BUT ONE OF THOSE BEING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHLAND GREENS DRIVE AND SOME TURN LANE INSTALLATIONS ON 102ND STREET IN BOTH AT 94TH ARE TURN LANE MODIFICATIONS AT 94TH AND SOUTHBOUND NORMAN DALE BOULEVARD IT'LL SHOCK ME YOUR OWN DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS WHAT THE CROSS-SECTIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE CURRENT SET WHAT WE CURRENTLY BE PROPOSING CAN BE THAT TEN FOOT PATH IN THE WEST SIDE SIX FOOT WALK ON THE EAST SIDE WITH A SEPARATED BOULEVARD FROM THE CURB TO THE WALK AND THE TRAIL YOU SEE IN THE UPPER LEFT AN EXAMPLE WHEN A RETAINING WALL BEING INSTALLED TO REDUCE IMPACTS AND REPLACE EXISTING CHAIN WALLS NEED OF REPAIR ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT JUST THE REGULAR TEN FOOT PALE SIX FOOT WALK AND THEN THE LOWER LEFT LOCATIONS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF NORMAN DALE BOULEVARD NORTH SOUTH 102ND STREET. WE HAVE A FEW WETLANDS SO WE'D BE LOOKING TO INSTALL SOME PILE RETAINING WALL TO STAY OUT OF THE WETLAND AND REDUCE THE IMPACTS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.  NOW IN TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE INTERSECTION HIGHLIGHTS ON THE LEFT YOU SEE THE HHLAND GREENS DRIVE NORTH TO HIGHLANDS DRIVE INTERSECTION AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP BY A NUMBER OF FOLKS AT THE AT THE ENGAGEMENT EVENT AS WELL ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THAT INTERSECTION SITE SAFETY CONCERNS. SO WE'D BE LOOKING AT SOME MODIFICATIONS POSSIBLY GOING TO A THREE QUARTER INTERSECTION SO IT'D BE RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT AND LEFT IN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT ON THE CONFIGURATION OF THAT INTERSECTION.  AND THEN ALSO IN THE UPPER RIGHT YOU SEE THE 102ND STREET WESTBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE TO GO NORTHBOUND AND NORMAN NOBLE OF OUR ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF YEARS AMONG STAFF AND LOOKING FOR THE PROJECT INCORPORATE IT WITH IT WITH AND THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT BASED ON SCOPE TO BE INCORPORATED IT WITH THIS WOULD ACCOMMODATE BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS 102ND STREET I KNOW THERE'S DISCUSSION OF CONTINUED HUNDRED AND SECOND STREET STUDIES THIS IS BASED OFF OF PREVIOUS HUNDRED SECOND STREET STUDIES AND WE'LL WELL WE'LL FOLLOW SUIT WELL WITH ANY ANY ADDITIONAL STUDY WORK THAT WOULD BE DONE IN ANY LANE CONFIGURATION CHANGES. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT WHEN WE INSTALL THIS AS WELL AND YOU SEE IN THE LOWER RIGHT UP ON THE NORTH LIMITS OF THE PROJECT EAST 94TH STREET TO SOUTHBOUND ARMIDALE BOULEVARD RIGHT NOW THAT LARGE SWEEPING RIGHT TURN LANE WE'D BE LOOKING TO MODIFY THAT TO IMPROVE PED AND MOBILITY USAGE IN THE AREA AS WELL AS TRAFFIC SAFETY MORE OF A YIELD CONDITION WE DID THE VERY SIMILAR THING ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THIS WHEN WE RECONSTRUCTED NORMANDY BOULEVARD BACK IN 2017 AND THE NOT PICTURED HERE SOUTHBOUND CHUCK B OR EXCUSE ME SOUTHBOUND ARMIDALE BOULEVARD TO TAKE THE RIGHT AND HEAD WESTBOUND AND I'LL CHECK THE ROAD WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY REDUCING THE LENGTH OF THAT TURN LANE BASED ON THE EXISTING NEEDS AND ALSO TO REDUCE IMPACTS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING AN INTERSECTION ANALYSIS TO SEE IF THAT IS A IF IT'S CONDUCIVE TO THAT .  IT WAS WORKING WELL FOR ME .  GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WITH THIS PROJECT, AS IS TYPICAL FOR SIDEWALK MOST SIDEWALK AND TRAIL PROJECTS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITIONS PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EASEMENTS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT. WITH THIS WE HAVE ABOUT 26 PARCELS THAT WOULD BE IN NEED SOME MINOR SIDEWALK BIKEWAY OR RETAINING WALL EASEMENTS AND ABOUT 15 PARCELS THAT WOULD NEED TEMPORARY EASEMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION JUST TO GRADE BACK INTO THE INTO THE PROPERTY FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE TRAILS IN THE WALKS WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A CONSULTANT CURRENTLY TO AID IN THIS RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION AND IF THIS PROJECT IS MOVED FORWARD WE WOULD COME FORWARD WITH A CONTRACT FOR A CONSULTANT TO AID IN THIS RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IN REGARDS TO COSTS OVERALL CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND LOOKING AT ADDING IN A CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY AND PROJECT ADMIN COST AS LONG AS AS WELL AS THAT EASEMENT EASEMENT ACQUISITION IT'S ABOUT $9.8 MILLION.  WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES IN PLACE HENNEPIN COUNTY LOOKING TO CONTRIBUTE A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS I SHOULD MENTION SIDEWALKS TRAILS ALONG COUNTY ROADS YOU KNOW NORMAN BOULEVARD, THE COUNTY ROAD BUT SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS TO COUNTY ROADS ARE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. BUT THE COUNTY IS LOOKING TO TO SUPPLY THIS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP WITH THOSE THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT WORK AND JUST THE PROJECT IN GENERAL.  SO THAT WORK AT HIGHLAND GREENS DRIVE AND THE OTHER INTERSECTION WORK DOES $500,000 AND GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING WITH THAT AND ALSO AS I MENTIONED WE RECEIVED THOSE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS ALMOST 2.7 MILLION AND THE REMAINDER OF THE COST WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH OUR FRANCHISE FEES, OUR PMP RIGHT OF WAY TRAILS, FRANCHISE FEES AND STATE AID ALL OF THESE ARE BUDGETED AMOUNTS THAT WE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR THIS PROJECT. AS I MENTIONED, THIS PROJECT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR FOR SOME TIME NOW NO PROPOSALS ASSESSMENTS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES FOR THE PROJECT AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION AS INCLUDED IN PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM THERE IS A STATE BONDING REQUEST A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY FOR FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE COSTS OF COURSE IF THAT WAS APPROVED OR MOVED FORWARD NEXT STEPS WE'LL CONTINUE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION PROCESS IN LATE 2024 OR 2025 AS PART OF THE FEDERAL GRANTS WE HAVE TO DO A PROJECT MEMORANDUM AND LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.  EASEMENT OFFERS AND NEGOTIATIONS WOULD OCCUR IN 2025 AND THEN WE WOULD LOOK TO COMPLETE DESIGN BY THE FALL AND THEN POSSIBLY STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN LATE FALL BUT MOST LIKELY IN SPRING OF 2026 AND COMPLETING IN IN 2027 AND WITH THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. I KNOW IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING SO I'LL WAIT FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. SIMONDS COUNSEL QUESTIONS OF MR. SIMONDS ON THIS ONE.  NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK MENTIONED.  I'LL GO FIRST. WE'LL SEE IF WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS.  WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON IT IN 4.5. NOW THIS IS A PUBLIC REGARDING A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND TO ORDER THE 2024 NORMANDY BOULEVARD PMP TRAIL AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.5 THIS EVENING.  GOOD EVENING. JUST COME FORWARD AND SAME THE SAME RULES APPLY IDENTIFY YOURSELF THE WHOLE 5 MINUTES SIGN THE SIGN YOURSELF IN AFTER YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING SO DO I THINK YOU'RE FIT FOR A CITY COUNCIL MEETING? WELCOME. THANK YOU.  YES. SO MY NAME IS MEAGAN HINTERLAND. I LIVE RIGHT ON NORMANDY BOULEVARD SO I'M HIGHLY IMPACTED BY THIS PROJECT BUT I JUST WANTED TO STATE HOW IN SUPPORT OF IT I AM I MOVED IN IN 2019 AND I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. SO IT'S OVERDUE.  I HOPE THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT IT FAVORABLY.  IT IS PART OF THE MAYOR TIM BUCCI ADOPT A HIGHWAY SECTION AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I WALKED BY YOUR HOUSE ALL THE TIME.  MY DOGS MOSTLY BECAUSE ARMANDO'S NOT.  NOT THAT I DON'T ENJOY SEEING DAMAGE. SO YOU YEAH.  IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY WITH THE STATE FUNDING E-BIKE GIVEAWAYS AND ALL THAT AND KNOWING THAT IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CORRIDORS ALONG WITH FRANCE AND LYNDALE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON THAT REALLY SHOWS OFF WHAT GREEN SPACES WE HAVE. SO JUST THINKING OF ALL THE GREEN SPACE THAT'S ABOUT TO BE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH THIS PROJECT THAT BE REALLY HELPFUL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  AND JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S THE ENTIRE FAMILY. IT'S NOT JUST ME BECAUSE I GOT IN TROUBLE WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR THAT. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S ENTIRE THE ENTIRE BUSSEY FAMILY, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO AND 4.5 DO WE HAVE ANYONE THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TEN IN 4.5 THERE ARE PEOPLE ONLINE SOME ON THE PHONE, SOME ON THE SCREEN.  IF YOU'RE ON PHONE PLEASE HIT STAR SIX.  NOBODY IS ON MEETING.  ALL RIGHT. LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO SPEAK TO IN 4.5 CONSOLE NO ONE ON THE PHONE. NO ONE COMING FORWARD AFTER OUR FIRST SPEAKER ON AN IN 4.5 I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IN 4.5 SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IT ADDED 4.5 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CANCEL ANY QUESTIONS THIS THIS IS OUR COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANKS GOOD CLARIFYING QUESTION IF I COULD BOB IT YOU SAID IT GOES THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF NORMAN BILL SO SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A SECTION WHERE NORMAN DELL GOES TO SOUTHWEST AND IT BECOMES CLUB ROAD FREIGHT RIGHT THERE AND I BELIEVE THERE'S AN ENTRY WAY TO THE I'M LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE MAP HERE THERE'S AN ENTRY WAY OFF OF THAT STREET IS THAT YEAH WHERE NORMAN DOUBLE WARD KIND OF TERMINATES IS THERE IS THERE AN ENTRANCE TO THE THE RIVER VALLEY IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER BOTTOMS. THERE ISN'T THERE IS THERE IS THERE NOT AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT GOES THAT FAR.  EXCUSE ME, MR. SIMONS, COULD YOU CLARIFY EXACTLY WHERE THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS IS OF THIS PROJECT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF THIS PROJECT ON ALL ADULT CHECKING ROAD. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING WHEN I SAID THE ENTIRE LENGTH NORMANDY IT ISN'T THEN IS IT. THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION. CORRECT. OKAY SO SO THESE ARE THE THAT'S GREAT LOOK THAT'S ALL I REALLY NEEDED KNOW I I'M JUST TRYING TO CONTINUE TO TO THINK MORE BROADLY AGAIN WHAT I, I HESITATE TO DO ALWAYS IS LIKE BUILD A SECTION OF A TRAIL IN LIKE NOT NOT LET PEOPLE GET ALL THE WAY WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO GO. SO THIS IS GREAT, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO LIKE LET'S SAY THEY COME OUT OF NORMAN RIDGE AND THEY WANT TO GO TO LIKE YOU KNOW, NORTH STAR AND THEN THEY GO BACK HOME LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT RIGHT?  IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO TRAVERSE, YOU KNOW, THE LENGTH OF NINE MILE CREEK OR THEY'RE TRYING TO GO YOU KNOW, ACROSS FROM EDINA OR EVEN FROM IN I THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY FROM MINNETONKA ON TRAILS YOU INTO BLOOMINGTON AND EVERYTHING AND THEN GET ON TO THE RIVER BOTTOMS OR WHATEVER WE'VE KIND OF STOPPED THEM LEAF LAKE SORRY TERMINATES WAY BEFORE YOUR DESTINATION SO I GUESS I LOVE THIS PROJECT AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT THAT'S NOT THE POINT I'M MAKING IT'S JUST THAT I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS. IT TOOK TEN YEARS TO GET THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT HERE AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO PUSH FORWARD FOR BIKING AND TRAIL CAPABILITY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT BEING FORTHRIGHT ABOUT THINKING THROUGH HOW WE ACTUALLY CONNECT ALL OF THESE TRAILS AND MAKE THEM MAKE THEM EASY THOROUGHFARES, BIKE RIDERS I THINK IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT THING TO CONSIDER SO I DON'T HOW LONG WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE SEE THE NEXT SECTION OF IT IF WE EVER TO DO IT OR WHATEVER. BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST, I WANT US TO I WANT TO BE MORE CIRCUMSPECT I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS STUFF AND HAVING SAID ALL THAT I GUESS BARBARA IT'S PROBABLY NOT A COMMENT IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION AFTER ALL. BUT NOW THAT YOU'VE TOLD ME WHERE IT'S TERMINATING I THINK WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT NORMAN DELL SHOULD WE SHOULD CONTINUE TRAIL DOWN IN ARMADALE AND CONNECT IT AT THE RIVER BOTTOMS AT SOME POINT. THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS AND SOME OF US ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS FROM 84TH DOWN TO 98TH STREET THAT PROJECT THAT WENT ON FOR FOUR COUPLE OF SUMMERS AND THEN WE WAITED FOR THIS NOW TO COMPLETE IT AND SO YES IT'S A MATTER OF RESOURCES AND TIME I GUESS INCREMENTAL. YEAH. SO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IF THANK YOU MAYOR.  APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK. I'M STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.  AS WE HEARD IT IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HOUSE SO AND MY NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF SEE A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT IN THIS.  I APPRECIATE STAFF LOOKED AT THIS BECAUSE I KNOW LOOKED AT BIKE TRAILS ON BOTH SIDES LIKE THERE ARE MORE NORTH WE LOOKED AT BIKE TRAIL ON ONE SIDE, SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE AND I APPRECIATE THEY LOOKED AT HOW TO MEET THE MOST ECONOMICALLY IN THE AND SO THAT IT COULD ENDURE AND LAST LONG TIME TO COME SO ONE QUESTION I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE AREN'T PLANS FOR THE COUNTY TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE ROAD AT THIS TIME THEY'RE NOT DOING A ROAD IMPROVEMENT. WE'RE JUST DOING THE TRAIL AND SIDEWALK. IS THAT ACCURATE AND MEAN OF YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? THAT IS ACCURATE, YES. AND WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY BEFOREHAND ALONG THE ENTIRE PROCESS JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLANS IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND DON'T IN YOUR FUTURE. BUT I APPRECIATE BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE I WAS MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION OF BECAUSE WE KNOW ON THE NORTHERN PART THEY HAVE A NICE YOU KNOW CENTER MEDIAN LANDSCAPING AND WIDEN THE ROAD BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO REDO ANYTHING LATER SO I THINK YOU ADDRESS THAT AND THEN TO COUNCILMEMBER DOLLAR SANDRA'S POINT I AGREE WITH YOU AND THE ONLY CAVEAT THAT I WOULD PUT AS I WOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE OLD SHAKOPEE AREA BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU COULD CONNECT TRAILS FROM NESBITT OVER TO SOMEWHERE AROUND FRANCE YOU'D BE ABLE TO CONNECT UP OTHER LOCAL CONNECTIONS. THERE ARE BIKE FACILITIES OFF OF NESBITT THERE ARE DOWN RIGHT AUTO CLUB AS WELL THAT YOU COULD GET TO AT THE BLOOMINGTON FERRY BRIDGE AREA . THAT CONNECTION THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF FOR BIKE IS IT'S JUST A BIG DROP HERE LIKE YOU CAN TAKE A BIKE DOWN THERE BUT BUT BUT YEAH IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A VERY ACCESSIBLE LOCATION THAT THAT AT THAT SPOT SO BUT ANYWAYS I APPRECIATE THIS PROJECT I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE WORKS I KNOW PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE CONTINUATION OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE THERE AND IT'S ANOTHER SEGMENT AND WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT WE NEED TO CONNECT THESE SEGMENTS SO THIS HELPS US GET THAT.  IF I COULD ADD TO ONE QUICK THING THE COMMON COMMENT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON MADE IN REGARD SO I'LL CHECK THE ROAD WE BRING UP IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN THAT THE IMPROVED MOBILITY ALONG OLCZAK THE ROAD I KNOW AND SPECIFICALLY OUR CITY ENGINEER BRINGS IT UP FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY I'M LOOKING AT IMPROVE MOBILITY ALONG OLCZAK SO WE'RE IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU KNOW JUST A LITTLE ANECDOTE IT'S ALWAYS TROUBLING TO ME. I KNOW THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL THAT A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR THAT UTILIZES OLD SHOWER COULD BE IN THIS EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT IN THE SNOWY SEASON OF YEAR OR FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO TO GET TO THE KIND OF THE CUB FOODS FRANCE AVENUE AREA DO DO A SHOPPING AND STUFF SO IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ACCESS.  THANK YOU. MR. SIMON'S COUNSEL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT COUNSEL, I WOULD ENTERTAIN ACTION AND ITEM 4.5 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, YOU NEED TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE.  I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE ENCLOSED FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ORDER IMPROVEMENTS THE 2024 DASH 110 ARMIDALE BOULEVARD TRAIL AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IN ORDER TO 2024 AND ARMIDALE BOULEVARD PIPE TRAIL AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES A SIX YEAR OLD THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU MR. SIMMONS APPRECIATE IT.  MOVING ON TO ITEM 4.6 WHICH I THINK IS WHAT WE CONSIDER THE MAIN EVENT HERE TONIGHT. WE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE HERE I KNOW CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND SO WE WILL DOVE RIGHT INTO IT. KENNY NIEMEYER IS GOING TO LEAD US INTO ITEM 4.6. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A HOUSING AREA AND RESOLUTION IMPOSING FEES REGARDING THE HEIGHTS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION. MR. NIEMEYER, WELCOME. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS. I'LL JUST GET STARTED AND HOPEFULLY THE SLIDES WILL COME ON AS WE GO BUT TONIGHT IS A REQUEST FOR A HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA. AND WHAT WE'LL GO OVER TONIGHT WHAT OUR BASELINE IS FOR WHAT IS A HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA. WE'LL GO THROUGH BACKGROUND ON THIS REQUEST WHICH COMES FROM THE HEIGHTS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION. WE'LL EXAMINE THE FINANCIALS OF THE AND THEN WE'LL TALK THROUGH NEXT STEPS AND OF COURSE HAVE FOR DISCUSSION. SO I WOULD BE SHOWING YOU A SLIDE HAS SOME OF THE STATE STATUTE LANGUAGE RELATED TO HIPAA. SO CHAIRS ARE ALLOWED UNDER STATE STATUTE THEY'RE INTENDED TO PROVIDE FINANCING FOR HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE NOT THAT COULD NOT BE MADE WITHOUT AN HIPAA.  OFTENTIMES AREAS ARE THOUGHT OF AS THE LENDER OF LAST RESORT. AND SO FOR OUR HRA POLICY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE REJECTED FROM PRIVATE FINANCING TWICE.  AND SO THAT SHOWS JUST THE TYPE OF REQUESTS THAT WE GET WHEN IT'S A NATURE. THESE PROJECTS AREN'T ABLE TO GET FINANCING FROM TRADITIONAL LENDERS. SO THE CITY AS I MENTIONED HAS A LOCAL HRA POLICY AND IT HAS A REQUIREMENT THAT 65% OF UNITS MUST SIGN A PETITION IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST THAT COMES FROM THAT HRA.  SO IF YOU CAN GET ME TO SLIDE FIVE PLEASE OR MAYBE I CAN GET YOU TO SLIDE FIVE. YEAH, THAT WAS A UH ONE BACK ACTUALLY.  SO I'LL BE SHOWING YOU A MAP THAT SHOWS YEAH. THERE WE ARE. SO THIS THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT THIS IS THE HEIGHTS CONDOMINIUM AT 45 XERXES AVENUE SOUTH. AND WE'VE BROUGHT YOU THIS WIDE VIEW TO HELP ILLUSTRATE WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT.  SO I'LL GO THROUGH THE TIMELINE NEXT BUT WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE PARKING RAMP ON SITE BEEN CLOSED. THERE'S A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THAT STRUCTURE BEEN REVOKED BY OUR BUILDING AND INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT. AND WHAT RESULTED IN IS FOLKS THAT LIVE AT THE HEIGHTS ARE NOW PARKING STREET.  THEY'RE PARKING ON XERXES AVENUE SOUTH AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON 81ST STREET WEST AND EVEN IN SOME CASES I BELIEVE DOWN 82ND STREET WEST. AND SO LET'S SEE I CAN GO NEXT SLIDE. GREAT.  ACTUALLY THAT WAS BACKWARDS.  HOW ARE WE DOING IT MANUAL? OKAY. CAN YOU GO TO YOUR TIMELINE? SO THIS REQUEST FROM THE HEIGHTS THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THE FIRST REQUEST CAME BACK IN 2017. AND PER HRA POLICY THAT REQUEST IS FIRST RECEIVED BY THE HRA. SO THE CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER THIS HRA REQUEST HRA REQUEST YET BUT THE HRA HRA WAS THE FIRST BODY TO CONSIDER THIS REQUEST. SO THE HRA RULED I MADE A MOTION TO DENY THE APPLICATION AND THAT WAS ON THE GROUNDS OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT THE FINANCIALS OF THAT REQUEST WERE TOO BURDENSOME FOR RESIDENTS AND IT WAS LIKELY TO RESULT IN POTENTIALLY FORECLOSURE OR THERE NOT BEING THE ABILITY TO REPAY THAT FINANCING. SO I'LL FAST FORWARD TO THE SECOND HRA APPLICATION THE CONDO ASSOCIATION BROUGHT A SECOND APPLICATION IN 2022 WHICH WAS REJECTED THE HRA ON THE SAME GROUNDS OF FINANCIAL BURDEN. THE ASSOCIATION CAME BACK AGAIN IN LATE 2023 AND THAT IS THE REQUEST THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY CONSIDERING.  THE THE THE REQUEST WAS BROUGHT TO THE HRA ON OCTOBER 22ND AND WAS UNANIMOUS FULLY APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL.  AND SO WE'VE BROUGHT THAT THAT REQUEST HERE TO YOU TONIGHT AS WELL AS THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO WHAT IS THAT REQUEST? IT'S BASICALLY THE MOST LIMITED SCOPE POSSIBLE FOR REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS AT THE HEIGHTS. I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE ORIGINAL REQUEST BACK IN 2017 WAS INCLUSIVE OF A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE PROPERTY COULD HAVE USED IN TERMS OF ESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTS INTERNAL TO THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT OF THE STRUCTURE. STAFF WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT TO LEAN OUT THAT SCOPE TO BE WHAT IS REQUIRED TO CORRECT BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS.  AND SO THOSE ITEMS ARE THE PARKING RAMP WHICH HAS HAD ITS CERTIFICATE OCCUPANCY REVOKED AS WELL AS THE BALCONY. THERE TWO BALCONIES THAT HAVE HAD THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS REVOKED AS WELL.  AND SO TO REMEDY THOSE VIOLATIONS OF BUILDING CODE THOSE HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE THAT IS PART THIS REQUEST. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO THIS TABLE SHOWS WHERE THE SOURCES AND USES FOR THIS PROJECT COME FROM. WE SHOW THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE $2 MILLION. WE'VE BUILT IN OR THE APPLICANT HAS BUILT IN A CONSTRUCTION COST CONTINGENCY OF 15% PROFESSIONAL FEES ARE INCLUSIVE OF AND THOSE ARE TO REPAY THE ENGINEER THAT THE APPLICANT HAS CONTRACTED THE ENGINEER THAT'S PREPARED THAT HAS PREPARED THE PLANS FOR RENOVATION OF THAT PARKING STRUCTURE. AND SO THAT COMES TO A GRAND TOTAL OF 2.5 MILLION FOR THIS REQUEST. AND SO ON THE SOURCE'S SIDE WE'RE SHOWING A WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE MULTIPLE SOURCES OF FINANCING TO CREATE A THAT IS THE LEAST FINANCIALLY BURDENSOME FOR THE APPLICANT AND FOR THE THOSE OWNERS OF THESE UNITS AT THE HEIGHTS. SO THE WAY THAT WE'VE STRUCTURED OR THE WAY THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO STRUCTURE IS BASICALLY THE MINIMUM BONDING THAT WE CAN OFFER THAT'S STILL MARKETABLE AND THAT'S $1,000,000. AND THEN WE'VE PROPOSED THE HRA WILL PROVIDE AN INTER FUND LOAN OF ALMOST 1.5 MILLION AND THAT ENTER FUND LOAN CARRIES A LOWER INTEREST RATE WHICH ALLOWS THE FINAL ASSESSMENT TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE FOR THE APPLICANT.  AND THEN WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THERE THAT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING IS ALSO PART OF THIS REQUEST ESTABLISHING TIFF DISTRICT WILL CAPTURE INCREASES OF PROPERTY VALUE. WE WOULD THEN PROGRAM THAT TOTAL REVENUE TO REPAYMENT OF THE BONDS. AND THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR A FURTHER DECREASE OF THE PAYMENTS FROM THOSE RESIDENTS OR FROM THOSE OWNERS. I'VE HIGHLIGHTED WHAT THAT INTEREST PAYMENT WOULD BE OVER THE LIFE OF THE 20 YEAR FINANCING AND IT'S ALMOST POINT 5 MILLION. I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THAT IF THE RECEIVES PAYMENT THAT'S IN EXCESS OF WHAT THE THE FINANCING COSTS WERE THOSE THAT ACCESS HAS RETURNED THE HRA.  SO ON THE FINAL LINE YOU CAN SEE THE ROLL UP FOR WHAT THIS MONTHLY PER UNIT ASSESSMENT UP BEING AND IT'S BETWEEN 400 AND $536 DEPENDING ON THE UNIT. THERE ARE BOTH ONE BEDS AND TWO BEDS. AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO THE AVERAGE UNIT ASSESSMENT AS I MENTIONED HERE WE'VE GOT A MORE GRANULAR BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THAT AVERAGE MONTHLY COST WOULD COME FROM. AND THE MONTHLY COST IS ILLUSTRATIVE OF WHAT THE COST WILL BE. THE FINAL THE FINAL METHOD FOR REPAYMENT WOULD COME THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES. SO IT'S A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THAT RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY. AND AS YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAXES ARE PAID A YEAR. SO WE'VE INCLUDED IT AS A MONTHLY JUST FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES. SO TO HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT COST IS.  NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  WE ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE THIS INCREASE THIS FEE THAT THE OWNERS BE REQUIRED TO PAY ISN'T THE ONLY EXPECTED INCREASE OF COSTS THAT THEY SHOULD ANTICIPATE THE COMING YEARS. SO AS PART OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR AN HRA THEY WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT A THIRD PARTY PREPARE A RESERVE STUDY FOR THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF THEIR PROPERTY. AND WHAT THAT FOUND WAS THAT AND WHAT THAT STUDY PROPOSES IS INCREASES TO THE THE HOUSING THE DUES YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS. AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S AROUND $30 A YEAR EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS. THOSE DUES DUES INCREASES ENSURE THAT FUTURE MAJOR PROJECTS CAN BE PAID FOR BY THE CONDO ITSELF. AND THAT WE WOULDN'T BE IN A SITUATION AGAIN WHERE THE THE CONDO ITSELF ABLE TO PAY FOR THESE COSTS AND WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THOSE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE RESERVE STUDY WHICH ARE THEY INCLUDE A MAIN ROOF REPLACEMENT AS WELL AS SUBSTANTIAL MECHANICAL IMPROVEMENTS.  NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO TO GIVE YOU SOME ANALYSIS ON THE AFFORDABILITY OF THIS REQUEST, WE DID SOME CALCULATION ON INCLUSIVE OF ALL HOUSING COSTS. WHAT WILL THOSE WHAT IS THE AFFORDABILITY OF THOSE HOUSING COSTS AT VARIOUS LEVELS?  SO YOU CAN SEE THE ROLL UP OF HOUSING COSTS INCLUDES, THE PROPOSED HRA FEE, THE CURRENT HRA DUES WHICH WOULD BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE I MENTIONED FROM THE RESERVE STUDY. IT INCLUDES PROPERTY TAXES.  WE'VE CALCULATED AVERAGE MORTGAGE COSTS BASED OFF OF THE RECORDED CERTIFICATE OF OF SALE PRICE FOR THESE HOUSES.  AND THEN WE'RE INCLUDING A BASE AMOUNT FOR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE. SO WE CALL THAT HIGH PRINCIPAL INTEREST AND INSURANCE. WE'RE ALSO ADDING AND REDUCING THE.  WE FOUND THAT FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE EARNING 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME THAT PATIO AND HRA HOUSING COST IS WOULD BE AFFORDABLE 80% OF THOSE UNITS. IF THE HOUSEHOLD IS EARNING PERCENT OF THEIR IMMEDIATE INCOME ONLY 23% OF UNITS WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY THAT PROPOSED HOUSING COST. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE HRA AND STAFF IS TO PROVIDE A DIRECT INCOME BASED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THOSE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE EARNING THAT THOSE LOWER AREA MEDIAN INCOMES AND WHO CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD THOSE HOUSING COSTS.  WE WOULD OFFER DIRECT ASSISTANCE POTENTIALLY THROUGH THE LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID PROGRAM. THE LARGER FUNDING WHICH THE CITY HAS BEGUN TO RECEIVE. AND SO WHAT WE CONSIDER AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COST IS ALL OF THOSE COSTS THAT I MENTIONED ARE 30% OR LESS OF YOUR INCOME.  SO AS WE'RE AS WE WOULD QUALIFYING OWNERS FOR THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS PROGRAM,  WE WOULD LOOK AT WHAT IS YOUR INCOME AND WHAT IS YOUR WHAT IS YOUR HOUSING COST THAT YOU WILL HAVE AS A RESULT OF THIS FEE. AND THEN WE CAN SAY ANY AMOUNT THAT'S BEYOND AFFORDABLE THIS PROGRAM WOULD FINANCE THAT GAP. NEXT SLIDE.  AND SO I MENTIONED LA THIS IS THE PROPOSED FUNDING SOURCE FOR FINANCING OF THAT DIRECT INCOME BASED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. SO THIS IS THE QUARTER PERCENT SALES TAX THAT WAS PASSED TO LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AGO AND THE MONEY STARTED TO ROLL INTO THE CITY. THE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY QUITE BROAD. THE BASICALLY IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES AND THEN THE STATE SETS ELIGIBLE INCOME LEVELS FOR RENTAL AND FOR OWNERSHIP PROJECTS. AND I INCLUDED A PROPOSED STRUCTURE FOR THE DIRECT INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN THE AGENDA PACKET. AND YOU'LL YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT THE PROPOSED INCOME LEVEL IS 60% AMI WHICH IS FAR LOWER THAN THE REQUIRED LEVEL FOR EITHER RENTAL OR OWNERSHIP AT THE STATE.  SO WE WOULD BE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE  LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. SO BLOOMINGTON HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HALF OF ITS 2024 PAYMENTS. AND SO IT'S 270,000 IN 2024 WILL RECEIVE THE SECOND HALF IN DECEMBER NEXT MONTH.  AND SO IN TOTAL THAT WILL BE 560,000. NEXT YEAR WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING MILLION DOLLARS AND THOSE COME IN BIANNUAL PAYMENTS SO IN JULY AND DECEMBER. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT OUR INTENT STAFF'S INTENT IS TO HAVE A STUDY SESSION AROUND LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID FOR ITS STRATEGIC USE GOING AND WE ARE TARGETING A DECEMBER 10TH DATE BETWEEN BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE HRA FOR THAT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO FINALLY NEXT THERE ARE A LOT OF STEPS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST AND THAT'S DUE TO THE REQUEST THE ASSOCIATED FINANCING REQUESTS WHICH INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TIFF DISTRICT AND BOND ISSUANCE.  SO THE DATES ON THIS SLIDE MAP OUT WHAT ARE ALL OF THE ACTIONS RELATED TO ESTABLISHING A TIFF DISTRICT AND BONDS? AND IT DOES INCLUDE RETURNING TO CITY COUNCIL AND THAT WOULD BE TO CONSIDER FINAL APPROVAL OF TIFF BEFORE THE HRA GETS FINAL APPROVAL. AND IT WOULD FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AWARD OF BOND PROCEEDS.  AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  I'VE INCLUDED FOUR RECOMMENDED MOTIONS.  THE FIRST THREE RELATE TO THE HRA AND THE LAST MOTION IS FOR THE PROPOSED DIRECT INCOME BASED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND PROPOSAL FUND THAT PROGRAM WITH 250,000 OF LARGER AND I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT STAFF HAVE IDENTIFIED A SMALL TECHNICAL CHANGE THAT'S NEEDED TO ALLOW FOR PARTIAL PREPAYMENT OF THE HRA I FEAR SO THAT GIVES THE THESE OWNERS THE MOST IN TERMS OF PREPAYING THEIR FEE BEFORE INTEREST.  AND TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT WE'LL NEED TO BRING BACK THE TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENTS AND THAT'S TO THE FEE RESOLUTION.  AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND THERE'S A QUESTION SLIDE.  THANK YOU MUCH.  BEFORE WE GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS THEN I KNOW THAT OUR ITRI CHAIR VICKI WHO CAME WILL LIKE TO SPEAK ALSO. SO DO WE HAVE ANY QUICK QUESTIONS, ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR MR. NEWMAN, PLEASE? YEAH, JUST REALLY QUICK QUESTIONS. WAS A COMPLETE REVIEW OF THE BUILDING DONE? I THINK I THINK I SAW THAT IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER TECHNICAL ISSUES YOU JUST GOT YES OR NO ON THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE LOSES THEIR JOB?  DO THEY BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR THAT HRA GRANT CAN?  THEY GET THAT MID-WAY THROUGH MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE THAT APPLICATIONS TO THAT PROGRAM TO THAT DIRECTOR BASED INCOME BASED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WOULD NEED TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS RESOLUTION AND JANUARY 31ST ASSUMING THAT THAT IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE AFTER DATE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY TO THAT PROGRAM. SO IF THEY SOMEONE WERE TO CHANGE THEIR FINANCES THAT WOULD BE A SIMILAR ISSUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER I DID WANT TO SAY OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL DID GO OUT ONSITE WALK THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. BUT THE ENGINEER REPORTS THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FOR THE PAST EVERY SIX MONTHS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS ARE SPECIFICALLY ON THE PARKING STRUCTURE. SO THAT THIRD PARTY ENGINEER HASN'T DONE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INTERIOR THE BUILDING BUT OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL HAS BEEN ONSITE AND DIDN'T EXPRESS CONCERNS TO ME.  QUESTIONS OF MR. NIEMEYER.  COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.  THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY CLARIFY DID THAT INSPECTION OR REVIEW INCLUDE THE EXTRA REAR OF THE BUILDING THE BUILDING ENVELOPE LIKE THE ROOF SOCIETY AND WINDOWS, ANY POTENTIALS FOR WATER INTRUSION PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE STATE OF SOME OF THE BALCONIES?  OR WAS IT JUST INTERIOR? AND THEN THE ENGINEERS DID THE PARKING RAMP MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE ENGINEER.  MY MY INTERPRETATION OF THE REPORTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IS THAT THAT IS OF THE EXTERIOR BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN INCLUSIVE OF THESE DETERIORATING BALCONIES THAT I MENTIONED. SO THEY HAVE ASSESSED THOSE AND THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED WATER INFILTRATION TO THE PARKING RAMP WHICH IS UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE. SO THERE THERE WAS UNDERNEATH THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. IN TERMS OF OUR BUILDING OFFICIALSISIT, I THINK HER FOCUS WAS ON THE INTERIOR SINCE HADN'T RECEIVED A LOT OF OVERSIGHT UP UNTIL THAT POINT.  ALL RIGHT.  THANK YOU. DON'T GO FAR. CHAIR WHO CAME?  WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL PLEASE?  THANK YOU. EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M JUST HERE. QUICK, QUICKLY AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW H.K. BOARD SUPPORT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE HEIGHTS. CITY STAFF HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY ON PROJECT AND WITH RESIDENTS DIRECTLY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS IMPORTANT ITEM THIS EVENING AS APPROVAL WILL HAVE A POSITIVE NOT ONLY IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IT'S THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THE FUTURE OF CONTINUED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU MUCH.  WITH THAT COUNCIL I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW AND I AM 4.6. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA AND RESOLUTION IMPOSING REGARDING THE HEIGHTS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION. I'M THERE'S FOLKS HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS. AND AGAIN THE SAME THE SAME DEAL IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC HEARING YOU'LL HAVE 5 MINUTES. PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND WE WILL SAVE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING RATHER THAN TRY AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS PIECEMEAL AS WE GO THROUGH IT. SO IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ?  MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I AM PATRICIA STALL. I BOUGHT MY CAN CONDO UNIT THERE IN 2007 I MEAN IN 2002. I LEFT IN ABOUT LATE 2007 AND I'VE KEPT IT AT THAT TIME FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES.  I'VE HAD A RENTER ALL ALONG BUT THEN WHEN I WENT RETIRE I WENT I WAS THINKING ABOUT SELLING IT AND I COULD NOT SELL IT BECAUSE.  IT WAS NOT APPROVED FOR MORTGAGE.  THE GARAGE WAS NOT APPROVED FOR MORTGAGE PURPOSES SO I KEPT RENTING IT BUT NOW MY TENANT IS MOVING OUT AND I FORESEE A PROBLEM GETTING A NEW TENANT WITH.  THEY AREN'T ABLE TO BACK UP TO THE BUILDING TO, UNLOAD FURNITURE, LOAD FURNITURE THEY HAVE TO CARRY FROM THE STREET AND I FORESEE THAT BEING A REAL PROBLEM SO I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THIS GETS APPROVED.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.  OTHERS  PLEASE .  OKAY. YES GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SUSAN SCHULBERG.  I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OWNER IN THE HOUSE CONDOMINIUM I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 12 YEARS. MY PARENTS WERE THERE BEFORE THAT AND IT IS HARD PARKING.  YOU WALK OUT IN THE RAIN AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT COLD WHEN THE WINTER COMES SCRAPING THE ICE OFF OUR CARS IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF HARD AND WALKING ON ICE AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING I WOULD HOPE YOU FOLKSOULD APPROVE THE LOAN FOR US TO HELP US OUT. I KNOW GOING TO BE KIND OF PRICEY AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FINANCIALLY FOR SOME OF US BUT.  I DO HOPE YOU YOU WILL GO AHEAD AND HELP US IN THAT AREA. I'D APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. ALSO ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT'S REALLY HARD WHEN LIKE WHEN I TRAVEL IF I LEAVE THE STAGE OR I LEAVE THE COUNTRY I HAVE TO FIND SOMEPLACE TO PUT MY CAR BECAUSE I CAN'T LEAVE IT PARKED ON THE STREET FOR A WEEK THREE WEEKS WHEN I'M GONE SOMETIMES SO I'M ALWAYS HAVING TO FIND A FRIEND WHERE I CAN LEAVE MY CAR WHILE I'M GONE AND KNOW THAT IT'S SAFE WITH MY FRIEND. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING.  THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.  I'M ROSS NELSON.  MY WIFE BROTHER LIVES IN THE HEIGHTS IN ONE OR THREE THE BORDER 24 YEARS AGO. IT'S HOME. HE'S HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES IN THE PAST ON HIS LEGS. HE HAS TO WALK WITH A WALKER OR RIGHT NOW FROM HIS CONDO DOOR TO HIS SPOT HANDICAPPED SPOT. THE CLOSEST SPOT IS 160 FEET AWAY WITH LEGS BEING THAN THE OTHER AND A WALKER. THAT'S A LONG WAY.  THE BUILDING IS NOT AGE, YOU KNOW ADA COMPLIANT.  SO HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS PASS SO HE CAN GET BACK FORTH.  WELL, COMPLICATING FACTOR HAPPENED A WEEK AGO HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COLON CANCER AND HAD TO GO THROUGH CHEMOTHERAPY. THE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A WHEELCHAIR IN THERE WITHOUT A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING.  SO WE NEED TO FIND SOMETHING FOR THE WINTER . LAST WINTER WAS MILD. HE GOT AROUND IT SNOWY.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO TO GET THROUGH THE SNOW WITH HIS VEHICLE.  SO HE'S REALLY EXCITED AND MY WIFE AND I ARE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS THING PASSED SO WE CAN LIVE THERE THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU .  HI. MY NAME IS MELANIE MCCALLUM AND I'M IN 105. I WAS WONDERING BECAUSE WELLS FARGO WAS CLOSING IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE SOMEHOW WE COULD RENT SOME SPACE AT THAT PARKING LOT IN WHICH TO PARK. I KNOW A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT US PARKING ON THE STREET THE DAY THAT WE WERE KICKED OUT OF OUR GARAGE THERE WERE PEOPLE LINING UP TAKING PICTURES ANGRY.  IT'S NOT NICE TO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY GIVES YOU A LOT OF SHADE WALKING OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE MAD AT YOU BECAUSE YOU LIVE THERE AND I ONLY JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT THE HOME AND DID NOT REALIZE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM THAT WAS BEFORE IT.  IT WAS JUST LIKE BASIC ONE SENTENCE IN MY CONTRACT THAT SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW AND OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND IF IT HAD BEEN ADDRESSED A LONG TIME AGO EVERY YEAR THE COST OF THIS GOES UP AND UP UP.  SO THE MARKET'S DENIED EVERY YEAR THE MORE IT COSTS.  OH. IT WOULD BE VERY NICE TO HAVE IT DONE IF.  WE'D GOTTEN APPROVED MAYBE IN 2019 OR SOME OTHER YEAR IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN HALF THE COST SO IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF NOT ONLY SOME PARKING COULD BE SECURED SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN JUST THE STREETS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING TOWED IN THE WINTER AND YEAH IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE IT APPROVED. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU .  OTHERS .  HELLO. MY NAME IS BRONWYN. I'VE BEEN THE HEIGHTS CONDOMINIUM SINCE 2012. UM, I AM LIKE MY OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE IN MY BUILDING.  IT'S TAKEN A TOLL FOR ME OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GOT DENIED THE FIRST TIME THE SECOND TIME. SO THE FACT THAT WE OUR GARAGE IS CONDEMNED WE CAN'T PARK DOWN THERE WERE FORCED TO PARK IN THE STREET.  IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT TO MYSELF, TO MY FAMILY, TO MY NEIGHBORS AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHEN IT DOES. NOW I AM HAVING DIFFICULTY JUST COMING HOME AND FINDING A SPOT ESPECIALLY WITH POURING DOWN RAIN TONIGHT WALKING TWO BLOCKS SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE . HOPEFULLY I GET THIS RESOLVED. THIS IS MY RESIDENT THIS IS WHERE I LIVE. IT'S THERE FOR MY SON DURING HARD TIMES. THEY MOVED IN WITH WHEN THEIR FATHER PASSED AWAY.  SINCE THEN THEY'VE GROWN UP AND THEY MOVED OUT AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLACE. THIS IS WHERE THEY WANT THEIR MOTHER TO LIVE. THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO LIVE. I WANT TO STAY IN BLOOMINGTON. I WANT TO STAY IN MY CONDOMINIUM.  I WANT TO FIX IT UP. I WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROJECT THAT I'VE PUT IN PLACE . I PUT THAT ON HOLD DURING PANDEMIC BECAUSE I HAD TO.  BUT RIGHT NOW I'M PUTTING ON HOLD UNTIL I GET THE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD.  I WANT TO STAY THERE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU.  OTHERS PLEASE  MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS TOM LEWIS. I'M PRESIDENT OF BOOM HILL A HIGHLY REGARDED POSITION THIS SO AND NEXT TO IT ALL 15 UNITS WE'RE THE NEIGHBORS THEY TALKED ABOUT WHO ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM PARKING AND THEY CERTAINLY THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR PROBLEMS AND THIS IS NOT AN EASY WALK TO GET FROM THOSE PARKING SPACES THE WE'VE HAD THIS SUMMER IS GETTING OUR TRASH REMOVED THEY'RE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS THEIR TRASH SITS OUT IN DUMPSTERS THAT ARE OPEN HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET PLOWED WE'VE GOT IT'S A TURN COMING UP HERE SO IT CREATES SAFETY ISSUES SO I EVERYTHING THEY SAID THIS IS IMPORTANT TO IMPROVE AND WE ARE TO SUPPORT THAT AND WANT YOU TO APPROVE IT STAFF'S RECOMMENDED I GET CONCERNED WHEN I SEE THE ALTERNATIVES AND SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE TEMPTATION IS TO SAY SHOULD WE DO MORE ARE WE DOING ENOUGH?  THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS BUT WE CAN'T WAIT. YOU KNOW THE CONSEQUENCE THAT WAS NOT BY THE CONCERN ABOUT PEOPLE'S TO PAY IN 2017 HAS SEVERELY DEVALUED THE VALUE OF THEIR UNITS. THEY'RE IN A TERRIBLE POSITION AND NOW YOU'RE OUR HOUSING IF WE DON'T GET THIS FIXED I DON'T THINK THIS IS A PERFECT SOLUTION BUT IT'S A SOLUTION THAT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD, NEEDS TO GET DONE AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD WHAT'S IN THERE AT THE VERY WORST SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SELL THEIR CONDOMINIUMS IF IN FACT THEY CAN AFFORD IT TODAY THEY CAN'T DO THAT NO LENDER WOULD TOUCH THIS.  I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THEY DIDN'T ADDRESS SOME OF THE COSMETIC ISSUES AND I HAVE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OTHER ISSUES. I SUGGEST SOLVE THIS LATER. LET'S GET THIS DONE AND WE NEED TO KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARK THIS WINTER . HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PLOW?  I LIVED IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR 30 YEARS. I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE SO PLEASE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT FOR THEIR BENEFIT IN THANK YOU . THANK YOU MR. LASALLE LOOKS AT IT RIGHT THERE'S OTHERS MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE WHAT WE'RE GET TO THE QUESTIONS AFTER WE'RE DONE I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE HERE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOT LEAST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ONLINE. WHY DON'T WE GO TO THAT NOW AND ANYBODY WHO IS WAITING TO SPEAK OVER THE PHONE IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE PLEASE HIT STAR SIX TO UNMUTE IF YOU'RE ON YOUR COMPUTER IF YOU'D LIKE TO UNMUTE  KNOW OKAY ANYONE ELSE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS?  MR. COLEMAN HELLO. I'M ROBERT.  OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT A RESIDENT SO YOU CAN TAKE MY OPINION WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.  BUT I THINK THAT WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE PACKET I DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE A DIRE SITUATION THAT PROBABLY WELL DEFINITELY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BUT YOU CAN'T EXPECT A CONDO ASSOCIATION HAVE THAT MANY MILLION DOLLARS ON A RAINY DAY FUND TO DO SOMETHING BIG LIKE THIS. SO THE THE TIFF, THE THE GEO BONDING, ALL OF THAT STUFF I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THE ONE THING THAT GIVES ME A LITTLE PAUSE THE LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID THAT IS A SALES TAX THAT WE ALL PAY THAT I BUT I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT CHOOSING A PROJECT FOR IT THE FINAL DECISION AND LIKE THE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE HEARINGS ON WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON.  EXCUSE ME I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT DISCUSSION TO SEE WITH WHAT WHAT WE CAN PUT THIS MONEY TOWARDS AND YOU KNOW, $250,000 ISN'T A WHOLE LOT. I UNDERSTAND. BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT SEEING AS IT IS A SALES TAX THAT WE ALL PAY AND NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WILL BE PAYING A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT  GIVING A PROJECT FOR THAT SO SOON ESPECIALLY THERE COULD BE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS WHO ARE LIKE HEY WE HAVE A WE HAVE AN ISSUE MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME FUNDING THE LAWYER AND YOU KNOW OKAY THANK YOU MR. COLEMAN  WILLING IT EVEN THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.  MY NAME IS DANIEL BURRAGE RECENTLY MOVED BY MOM JUST CAME UP AND TALKED.  CURRENTLY I DO NOT LIVE THERE BUT IT WAS PLACE THAT I WAS ABLE TO LIVE AND THAT I WAS ABLE TO CALL HOME AND IT'S IT'S SERVED ITS PURPOSE FOR MYSELF I WAS ABLE TO MOVE ON AND I MEAN NOW I'M MARRIED AND LIVING IN MY OWN PLACE.  IT'S STILL HOME TO MY MOTHER. I DO HOPE IT'S YOU PROGRESS FORWARD IN PASS TONIGHT.  I KNOW SHE'S SHE'S GOT HER PROJECTS THAT SHE CONTINUES TO WORK ON BUT THEY'VE KIND OF BEEN PUT ON HOLD TEMPORARILY SO HOPEFULLY AFTER TONIGHT SHE CAN CONTINUE WITH THOSE AGAIN.  BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU .  ANYONE ELSE?  ALL RIGHT. LAST CALL.  VERY GOOD COUNSEL. WE'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND APPARENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THE PHONE. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.6. THIS IS SOME OF THE MOTION COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ITEM.6 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES 602 CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING SO COUNCIL QUESTIONS ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THIS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE AND SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT DONE BEFORE HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.  ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU NEED ANSWERED BY MY STAFF OR AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED ANSWERED? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. NO THANKS MAN. I JUST GOT A COUPLE HERE.  CAN YOU TALK TO THE RISK OF THIS BECAUSE WE'RE DOING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SO IF FOR SOME REASON THE THEY WERE NOT PAID THAT WOULD FALL UPON THE THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF BLOOMINGTON TO PAY IS THAT ACCURATE?  MARIN COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.  THERE ARE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDING AND I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'VE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SECURITIES IN PLACE FOR THIS PROPOSAL.  SO I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REVENUE CAN BE WE BELIEVE CAN BE IDENTIFIED FOR REPAYMENT OF THE G.O. BOND DEBT SERVICE SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT IF THERE WERE SOME OR INABILITY TO PAY DEBTS PAY FROM THE CONDO OWNERS THAT SOME OF THAT REVENUE WOULD BE A BACKSTOP. WE WOULD ALSO COLLECT ON THAT REVENUE ON THE BACK END AS THE THE THE TIF DISTRICT WOULD HAVE A LIFESPAN LONGER THAN THE FINANCING OF THE LOAN. SO WOULD ENSURE REPAYMENT THAT WOULD GO BACK TO THE HRA APOLOGIZE BUT THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY THEN FOR SECURITY WOULD BE THROUGH THE THE INJURY AND HER FUND LOAN THAT DEVELOPMENT FUND COULD BE ESSENTIALLY SECOND IN LINE AFTER THE REPAYMENT THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE JAIL BONDS SO THE OTHER THING TO HIGHLIGHT WOULD BE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS GETTING RECORDED AS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IF THERE IS A FORECLOSURE THE ASSESSMENT REMAINS WITH THE PROPERTY SO A SUBSEQUENT OWNER WOULD BE FOR REPAYING THAT THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES. SO THERE ARE SOME SECURITIES IN PLACE BUT THE RISK AGREED THE RISK WOULD BE IF THAT IF REPAYMENT DOESN'T TAKE PLACE BECAUSE IT'S A JAIL BOND IT FALLS TO THE BLOOMINGTON TAX BASE.  SO AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE TAX IMPAIRMENT FINANCING IS BASICALLY FOREGONE TAXES THAT THEY WOULD NOT PAY. SO BASED THE INCREASE IN VALUATION OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT'S BASICALLY BEING BACKSTOPPED BY THEM NOT PAYING TAXES WHICH PUTS BURDEN ON EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY TO PAY THOSE TAXES.  MR. RUBY, YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THAT ONE? YEAH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PAYMENT OF TAXES IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. SO THE ASSESSMENT DIFFERENT THAN TAXES YOU MIGHT ASSUME THAT IF THERE NOT BEING ASSESSMENT THAT THEY MAY NOT ALSO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAX AND THAT GOES BACK TO MR. NIEMEYER'S COMMENT ABOUT THOSE BEING ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY. SO AT SOME POINT THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE BROUGHT BUT THE TIFF IS GOING TO GENERATE FROM THE VALUES OF THE PROPERTY THE VALUE DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET REDUCED IF A PERSON IS NOT PAYING ON AN ASSESSMENT. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THOSE TWO ARE NECESSARILY TIED TOGETHER. I THINK OF LIKE CLARIFICATION MY THAT IF THEY WOULD PAY THE TAXES BUT THEY'D GO INTO THE TIFF AND THEN THAT TIFF WOULD BE USED TO PAY BACK IF THEY DIDN'T PAY THE LOAN SO THEY'D BE USING THEIR TAXES BUT WHAT I HEARD IS IT WAS A BACKSTOP TO THE GABON MARIN-GUZMAN VERSION BUT IT'S JUST THE INCREMENT SO THEIR BASE PROPERTY VALUES ARE THEIR BASE TAX CAPACITY THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY PAYING WOULD STILL BE PROGRAMED AS TAX AS ANY OTHER TAX BUT THE INCREMENT WOULD GO TOWARD YES YOU KNOW I WAS ONLY TALKING ABOUT THAT AGREEMENT SO I WAS APOLOGIZE IF I WAS NOT CLEAR BUT THE INCREMENT THE VALUE THAT'S CREATED BY THESE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD GO INTO THE TEF AND COULD BE USED TO PAY THAT BACK. SO BASICALLY INSTEAD OF IT GOING INTO THE GENERAL FUND IT WOULD POTENTIALLY GO TO PAY BACK IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ABOUT THAT THEREIN COUNCIL IN EITHER SCENARIO THE PROPOSAL IS THAT THAT TIF REVENUE GOES TOWARD THIS PROJECT AND THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO REDUCE THE ASSESSMENT THAT THE OWNERS PAY. SO THIS WOULDN'T BE IF IF WE HAD AN EXPECTATION THAT THE OWNERS WOULD BE CAPABLE OF REPAYING THEIR REQUEST FOR BONDING THROUGH THEIR TRADE THEN WE WOULDN'T BE PROPOSING ESTABLISHMENT OF A TIFF DISTRICT. BUT WHAT THAT ESTABLISHMENT ALLOWS FOR IS FURTHER REDUCTION AND IF WE WENT TO THE SITE THAT'S I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND $70 A MONTH LESS I BELIEVE IS $66. BUT OKAY. AND SO JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT THOUGH THEY'RE PAYING THOSE TAXES WHEN IT GOES TO PAY FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS AS OPPOSED TO GOING INTO THE CITY GENERAL FUND AND BURGER YEAH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON THE NUANCE IS JUST THAT THE ONE WITH THE TIFF INCREMENT COMES IN AS INSTEAD OF PAYING THE HRA BACK FIRST WILL PAY THE BUTTON BACK FIRST . SO THAT'S THE DISTINCTION TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BOND REPAYMENTS BOND REPAYMENTS WILL BE PRIORITIZED OVER REPAYING THE EATERY'S DEVELOPMENT FUND AND I GUESS THE CLARIFICATION I'M LOOKING FOR IS IT WON'T GO TO THE CITY GENERAL FUND CORRECT.  THANK YOU. AND THEN THE LOAN WHAT ELSE COULD THAT BE USED FOR? I MEAN THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY I THINK 1.4 MILLION. YOU KNOW WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES DO WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY TO UTILIZE THAT MONEY MARIN COUNCILMEMBERS THE HRA DEVELOPMENT FUND DOES HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURES FOR USE BUT I WOULD WANT TO BRING THE MESSAGE FORWARD FROM THE HRA BOARD THAT WAS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THIS PARTICULAR USE OF THEIR FUND THERE OTHER PRESSURES TO THAT FUND BUT AS OF IF WERE TO COMMIT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT FUND TO SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT THERE IS STILL A BALANCE REMAINING TO SUPPORT FUTURE PROJECTS I'LL LEAVE IT THERE BUT MAYOR IF I MIGHT JUST MY LAST QUESTION WE HAVE OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAMS WE ASSIST ASSOCIATIONS OR INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS IF THEY HAVE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND AREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. WE HAVE A LOAN PROGRAM UM FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THIS. THIS SEEMS VERY CLEARLY DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.  ARE ANY OF THOSE DO WE ACTUALLY DIRECTLY INJECT MONEY OR ALL OF THOSE A LOAN PROGRAM SECURITY IS THAT WE GET PAID BACK FOR MARIN COUNCILS THE HRA ADMINISTERS TO LOAN PROGRAMS FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. THERE'S THE THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD REHABILITATION LOAN WHICH REQUIRED TO BE REPAID AT THE END OF THE LONG TERM. THERE'S ALSO AN EMERGENCY HELP LOAN AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT LOAN HAS A FORGIVENESS SCHEDULE SO THAT YEAH BUT IN THE MOST FOR THE MOST CASE FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR LOANS ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOANS FOR THAT PROGRAM AND THOSE LOANS DO GET REPAID IT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IF I JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT WE ALSO DID AN EXTERIOR PROJECT WITH A TOWNHOME CONDO DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION AND BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO AFFORD IT SIMILAR SITUATION TO HERE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM BETTER INTEREST RATES BY GOING THROUGH BUT THAT WAS JUST A LOAN THAT THEY REPAID AND THEY HAD REPAY.  WE HAD YOU KNOW, BASICALLY COLLATERAL OR SECURITY AND,  THINGS LIKE THAT. IS THAT ACCURATE? I FIGURE WHAT THAT PROGRAM WAS CALLED BUT MARIN COUNCILMEMBERS YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO SUTTON PLACE TOO THAT SO YEAH HOUSING ASSOCIATION THAT IS THE ONLY ASSOCIATION RECEIVED AN HRA THROUGH THE CITY AND THAT WAS IN 2017 I BELIEVE AND SO THAT WAS A SIMILAR REQUEST.  IT WAS STRICTLY BONDING AND SO THAT WOULD WERE IN THE TERM OF THAT FINANCING IS TO BE REPAID FOR THE LENGTH OF THAT AND I THINK IS A 15 YEAR TERM INSTEAD OF THIS IS A 20 SO JUST TO BE CLEAR THE REQUEST THE FHA BECAUSE TONIGHT INCLUDES BONDING SIMILAR IT ALSO INCLUDES A ENTER FUND LOAN WHICH WOULD BE REPAID AND THE REVENUE DOES DECREASE WHAT THEY HAVE TO REPAY BUT THE OF THAT FUNDING WOULD BE REPAID.  THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATIONS APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER.  THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON KIND OF COVERED THE RISK QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AND THERE CERTAINLY I DO HAVE SOME POLICY QUESTIONS THAT DON'T SEEM TO BE GERMANE RIGHT NOW MAYOR IN TERMS OF HOW THIS POLICY THAT'S JUST OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE QUESTIONS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE CITY MANAGER IS THAT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IS DOING SOME RESEARCH ON, SOME OF THAT STUFF AND HOPING THAT WE CAN KIND OF BRING THAT BACK AT LATER TIME. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT IN TERMS OF THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE THE ELIGIBLE USES OF THE HIPAA FINANCING AND MY UNDERSTANDING AS I LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE THAT THIS WOULD QUALIFY, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT ELIGIBILITY.  AND THEN IF YOU COULD JUST THEN SECONDARILY TALK A BIT ABOUT THE SUPPORT FROM STAFF AND ALSO FROM THE HRA MARIN COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBERS.  TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, THE THE ELIGIBILITY THE REQUEST THIS DID GO THROUGH A STAFFER VIEW WHICH IS REQUIRED THROUGH OUR HRA APPROVAL PROCESS AND.  WE FOUND THAT IT MET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF APPROVAL AND.  IN TERMS OF THE SECOND QUESTION ON HRA RECOMMENDATION FOR AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. SO AS I MENTIONED FIRST TWO REQUESTS THAT THE CITY RECEIVED FOR AN HRA WERE DENIED DUE TO THAT EXTREME FINANCIAL BURDEN THAT THE CONDO OWNERS WOULD BE FACED WITH IF IF THE REQUESTS APPROVED.  AND SO THE REASON THAT THE CHANGE FOR THIS REQUEST IS THE INCORPORATION OF THE ENTER FUND LOAN WHICH ALLOWS FOR LOWER INTEREST FINANCING ITS INCORPORATION OF ESTABLISHING A TIFF DISTRICT AND IT'S THE ADDITIONAL PROPOSAL FOR DIRECT I DON'T WANT I'M INTO CHAOS SO I'M HEARING IS STAFF HAS SUPPORT FOR THIS AND WE HAVE FROM THE FROM THE HRA AND FROM A THROUGH G IN THIS ELIGIBILITY FINANCING PIECE STAFF AND BOTH THE BOARD WE'RE ABLE TO TO MAKE THOSE MAKE THOSE FINDINGS. I'M JUST CURIOUS KNOW WE HAVE ONE HRA MEMBER HERE I'D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR IS HIS COMMENTARY ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER ARE YOU AWARE YES DO THE HRA MEETING AND WE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION REGARDING THIS ALL THE QUESTIONS CONCERNS THE RISKS WERE DEFINITELY BROUGHT UP BUT ULTIMATELY THEY CAME TO WHAT IS THE GOAL OF HRA AND WAS OUR PURPOSE OF HRA AND THIS TO PROVIDE AND PROTECT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROVIDE NEW ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND THE VIEW IS IF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS DENIED WOULD LOSE SIGNIFICANT NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THE CITY.  ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS POTENTIALLY BUT THAT THAT COULD MOVE US IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS MOVES TO MARKET RATES REDUCE THE ABILITY FOR RESIDENTS TO BE IN THEIR 50 60% EMI RANGE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN BLOOMINGTON AND NOT TO MENTION THE LONG TERM RESIDENTS THAT HAVE LIVED AT THE FOR A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF YEARS AND SO THROUGH CONVERSATION THAT'S WHERE WE CAME TO THE CONSENSUS THAT THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE USE OF FUNDS TO PROTECT THE NATURALLY AFFORDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH HEIGHTS AND THEN CONTINUE TO SEE IT MOVE IN THE FUTURE WITH THE SECURITIES WE HAVE ATTACHED WITH THE STIPULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THIS CONTINUES TO BE OF KEPT AND THAT THEY DON'T COME BACK US AGAIN IN TEN OR 15 YEARS WITH OTHER ISSUES. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF GOT TO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE FROM THE HRA THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT.  COUNCILMEMBER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL THAT MIGHT HELP SHAPE YOUR THINKING ON THIS OR MIGHT HELP MOVE THIS FORWARD OR OR ARE PEOPLE COMFORTABLE TALKING MORE ABOUT THIS AND PERHAPS MOVING THIS FORWARD? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, IS THERE ONE LAST QUESTION? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CONDOS ASSOCIATIONS, TOWNHOMES, WHATEVER THEY MIGHT BE THAT ARE POTENTIALLY IN A SIMILAR SITUATION? I'M ABOUT SETTING A PRECEDENT HERE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A FLOODGATE. I MEAN AND I MEAN THIS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT BUT THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T PAY ENOUGH OVER TIME TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITY AND NOW WE'RE HAVING STEP IN AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS HAVING TO STEP IN AND HELP OUT AND THAT MAY BE TOTALLY APPROPRIATE BASED ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SAID AND HRA RECOMMENDATION AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION BUT I'M JUST WORRIED THAT WE GOT THIS ONE WHICH ONE WHAT'S NEXT WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE ARE WE DISINCENTIVIZING ASSOCIATE FROM COLLECTING REASONABLE FEES AND MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTIES YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET PAST WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE OF A LOAN YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING BEYOND JUST A LOAN HERE WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING MONEY INTO THIS TO HELP OUT WITH IT TO GET IT WORK OUT AND THAT'S MY CONCERN.  MR. BROOKIE THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL I THINK THE BEST ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN THE RELATIVELY NEAR FUTURE TO TALK ABOUT MAYBE PUTTING IN PLACE A PARKING STRUCTURE INSPECTION REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A FORMALIZED WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF SITUATIONS AS THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES.  COUNCILMEMBER OKAY, A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE COMMENT THAT WE'RE PUTTING MONEY HERE WHEN I SEE WHAT I SEE HERE WE'RE DOING IT TOUGH WHICH WE DO FOR LOTS OF BUSINESSES. WE'RE DOING IT FOR PROPERTY. I GET THAT BUT WE'RE WILLING TO THROW MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO AT THE MALL OF AMERICA AND EVEN AT SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE YOUR PALACE EVERYTHING.  SO I'M FEELING KIND OF LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T DO THAT FOR THE THAT LIVE AND WORK HERE EITHER. I'M SEEING AN INTER FUND LOAN WHICH I UNDERSTAND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET INTEREST ON AND WE'RE SEEING THE BONDING WHICH THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ASSESSED INTEREST . SO THE ONLY TIME THAT THE ONLY TIME THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IS THESE THINGS AREN'T GOING TO GET PAID IS IF THEY DEFAULT. BUT THAT'S TRUE OF EVERY LOAN IN THE WORLD ALL OVER THE PLACE. RIGHT? DEFAULT ON MY MORTGAGE. I DON'T GET TO KEEP MY HOUSE. I DEFAULT ON MY CREDIT CARD. I DON'T GET TO KEEP MY ASSETS . I MEAN I DON'T KNOW. YES, THERE'S AN OBLIGATION TO THE H.O.H.  TO DO BETTER GOING FORWARD AND I WOULD SAY MY BIGGEST ASK OF THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE BENEFICIARIES OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY GET A WORKING AGE AWAY UNDER THEIR BELT AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. BUT THAT'S TRUE OF WAYS EVERYWHERE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN EVERY EVERY CITY I'VE LIVED IN I HAVE OWNED A CONDO AND THAT MEANS HAD FIVE, SIX, EIGHT DAYS UNDER MY BELT. THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT AND THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT. STATES ARE DIFFERENT. THEY'RE HARD BUT THEY REQUIRE THAT THE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE OR OF THE OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE INVESTED IN THAT IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE ARE AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE INVESTED IN THE WORK THAT DO HERE LIKE RIGHT WE DON'T JUST COME UP AND GET ELECTED AND THEN WE JUST SAT HERE DOING NOTHING. WE ACTUALLY DO THINGS, WE ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION AND WE ACTUALLY GET WORK DONE AND WE ACTUALLY DEBATE AND, ARGUE AND YOU KNOW FRUSTRATE EACH OTHER FROM TIME TO TIME.  SO SO THE SHOW IS NO DIFFERENT IF YOU'RE ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF AN HRA YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE JOB, RIGHT? SO YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, WE THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS TO SOLVE FOR THAT IS NOTORIOUSLY ARE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE I HOPE THAT THE FOLKS AT THE HEIGHTS WILL DO A BETTER JOB THERE BUT I DON'T SEE THIS AS ANY MORE RISKY THAN ANYTHING WE'VE DONE TO TO SUPPORT A SMALL BUSINESS OR FOR  MATTER TO SUPPORT A MASSIVE BUSINESS IN THE SOUTH LOOP WE'VE DONE THESE KINDS OF TRICKERY AND FINANCING STUFF ALL OVER THIS CITY TO GET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DONE, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DOWN OR WHATEVER. SO I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT THAT AS LONG AS THEY PAY BACK I FELT REALLY GREAT HEARING FROM SEVEN EIGHT RESIDENTS TODAY WHO ARE WHO ARE LIKE PLEASE DO THIS FOR US BECAUSE THAT TELLS ME THAT THEY'RE INVESTED AND THEY WANT THEY WANT TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD. SO ALL THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, I DON'T KNOW MR. FURBERG YOU BEFORE THE COUNCIL STARTED I THOUGHT WE WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY TO BE TAKING THE VOTE TONIGHT BUT WE ARE TAKING THE VOTE TONIGHT. IF THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S GREAT. I WOULD BE I AM READY TO MOVE IT IF YOU WANT BECAUSE I'M REALLY INCENTIVIZED TO HELP THE FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT GET THIS OVER THE LINE. I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS A VERY BRIEF SECOND BITE OF THE APPLE FOR YOU TOO, COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN. VERY QUICKLY, THELMA, THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT PRECEDENT IS THAT THE PRESIDENT I SEE HERE IS THIS REALLY HARD TO GET IN HERE IN BLOOMINGTON.  THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2017 AND SO IF OTHER CONDO UNITS IN EACH PLACE HAVE NEEDS AND THEY WANT THE CITY TO HELP, THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THIS IS THE LAST RESORT AND THE CITY DOESN'T JUST GIVE OUT HIGHWAYS NILLY. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YOU KNOW, SOME 2017 HAS COME UP AND GOT REJECTED TWICE AND THIS IS THE THIRD ROUND THAT IT COUNCILMEMBER SO I THINK MY COLLEAGUES HAVE REALLY FRAMED THIS PARTICULARLY WELL MAYOR AND I THINK THAT I THINK WE'VE GOT MOST OF OUR THINGS OUT HERE AND THE CONCERNS YOU KNOW I, JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I THINK THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT FORWARD SOME THAT I SHARE THAT SHARE THOSE WITH THE CITY MANAGER EARLIER I'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS ABOUT YOU KNOW THAT WHAT DOES MEAN FOR THESE OTHER THINGS BUT I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY AS I LOOK AT THEM POLICY CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THIS. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOTH CRITERIA AND THEN ALSO APPROVAL CRITERIA, I THINK THIS MEETS BOTH OF THEM AND I THINK BOTH STAFF AND AND BOTH THE HRA BOARD HAVE DONE THAT AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I CAN SUPPORT MOVING THIS THROUGH TODAY. I THINK WE'VE GOT TO GIVE SOME CERTAINTY TO OUR RESIDENTS SO . THAT DOES NOT MEAN BY ANY MEANS THAT I DON'T HAVE THOSE LONG TERM CONCERNS.  I DO WANT THOSE ADDRESSED. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS ONE QUICK COMMENT MY ONLY RESERVATION IS THE FACT WE ARE DECIDING TO SPEND THE TAXPAYERS MONEY OR THAN THAT THOUGH I FULLY SUPPORT THIS I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND AS MUCH AS IT GOES AGAINST MY MY BELIEFS I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS MR. ROONEY COMMENT THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SENSING THE DRIFT HERE AND WOULD ASK A LITTLE DIRECTION IN THIS REGARD ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF IDENTIFIED AFTER PACKET WAS PREPARED IS THEY WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A PREPAY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ASSESSMENTS WHICH ISN'T CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE SO THERE'S JUST SOME TECHNICAL CHANGE WE NEED TO MAKE AND I WANT MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OUR EYES DOTTED AND T'S CROSSED ON THIS THING SO IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT DIRECT US TO MAKE THAT CHANGE AND THEN WE WILL BRING THIS BACK AND WE CAN PUT IT ON CONSENT ON DECEMBER 2ND IF PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE DOING THAT. SO IT'D BE JUST A TWO WEEK DELAY IN APPROVING THAT. BUT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS LIKELY TO GAIN THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL.  COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WILL BE BACK ON DECEMBER 2ND. SHE WAS ALSO AT THE HRA FOR THAT VOTE SUPPORTED AT THAT LEVEL. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HER BUT WOULD JUST LIKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING IN ORDER BEFORE WE DO ADOPTING NEW MEMBERS THE PARAGRAPH SPECIFICALLY THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS REFERRING TO IS AT 2.03 OF THE RESOLUTION IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME IT'S ON 639 OF THE PACKET AND IT DISCUSSES PREPAYMENT RIGHT NOW IT PROHIBITS PARTIAL PREPAYMENT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WANT TO THINK THE.  WHAT WE'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE WOULD CHANGE IT TO SAY PARTIAL PREPAYMENT IS PERMITTED TO ALLOW THAT WE WANT TO THINK THROUGH WHAT THE SPECIFIC MINIMUM MIGHT BE. FOR EXAMPLE UNDER SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS THE MINIMUM IS $100. THINK THROUGH WHAT THAT MINIMUM IS.  THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE IMPACT OF THAT WOULD A PARTIAL WOULD BE WOULD NOT LOWER THE $1 MILLION THAT WE EXPECT TO BE REQUIRED FOR THE G.O. WHAT IT WOULD DO IS LOWER THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD BE IN THE INTERIM LOANS AND THE OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO MAKE UP THIS THIS FUNDING.  SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT AND THEN ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT 2.03 WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED.  I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO THINK THROUGH AND READ THROUGH CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS STAY AS THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY THE RESIDENTS ARE YOU KNOW NEED TO BE INFORMED OF THAT WE WOULD SEND OUT A COMMUNICATION MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION. WE'VE GOT THE HOLIDAY COMING UP. THE OTHER THING KNOW IS THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT IN THE LAW THAT A LETTER IS SENT OUT WITH ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AFTER THE FACT. SO THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL TO COMMUNICATE AS REQUIRED BY THE LAW. THE ONE OF THE THING TO BE CLEAR ON IS THAT THIS IS A FEE. IT'S NOT THE SAME AS AN ASSESSMENT A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LIKE WE HAVE WITH FOR EXAMPLE THE PMP THAT YOU HAD TONIGHT. SO WE HAVE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT SHOULD THAT BE UNNECESSARY DOWN THE ROAD. SO JUST ALL THESE DIFFERENT LEVERS THAT ARE IN PLAY POTENTIALLY HERE IN THIS PROJECT.  THE ONE OTHER THING THAT I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO MENTION IS THERE WAS COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT PARKING AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE PARKING. SO STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY IN NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTS AND WE'VE COME UP WITH WHAT WE HOPE WILL SOME TEMPORARY RELIEF DURING SNOW EMERGENCIES AND THAT COMMUNICATION WILL BE GOING OUT LATER THIS WEEK.  SO I GUESS THE COUNCIL QUESTION THAT WE'VE WE'VE HEARD I THINK WE HEAR COUNTING NOS IS A CONSENSUS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WE HEARD A REQUEST FROM STAFF TO MAYBE HOLD THIS OFF FOR TWO WEEKS AND PUT IT ON CONSENT SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE LONG BUT TO CLEAN UP CERTAIN ASPECTS OF IT INCLUDING PREPAY AND FOR THAT MATTER TO GAIN A BIT MORE OF A BETTER UNDERSTANDING I THINK WITH PARKING AS WELL PARKING OPTIONS.  SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS ARE WE COMFORTABLE DOING THAT GIVING STAFF A BIT MORE TIME TO FLESH OUT WHOLE PREPAID AND CLEAN THAT UP OR DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TONIGHT COUNCILMEMBER?  WOMAN MARY THINKS THAT STAFF HAS BROUGHT FORWARD SOME VALID CONCERNS.  I WOULD PREFER TO JUST GET IT DONE TONIGHT. I ALSO WOULD LIKE MY COLLEAGUES TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE IF THEY THEY DON'T TO SUPPORT THIS. BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD REASONS TO HOLD IT OFF. I MEAN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ISN'T HERE THAT WOULD GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EVERYTHING. BUT I SUPPOSE FOLKS ARE GATHERED HERE. I JUST WONDER HAVING SOME OF THIS DEFINITIVE YOU KNOW, IF WITH A VOTE BEING DONE TODAY BUT IT MAY NOT BE PRUDENT TO DO THAT. SO I'M LEANING TOWARDS WHAT HAS RECOMMENDED COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I MEAN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR. I WOULD PERSONALLY LEAN TOWARDS CLEANING IT UP, BRINGING IT BACK ON CONSENT AND APPROVING IT THEN AND I WILL SAY THAT AT THAT POINT I WOULD LIKELY APPROVE IT. YOU KNOW KNOW I ASKED QUESTIONS AND BROUGHT UP RISKS AND ALL THAT BUT THE REALITY IS IS YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING PUBLIC MONEY INTO THIS BUT IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT. IT'S THAT AMOUNT THAT WE WOULDN'T GET IF WE JUST DID A LOAN OR THEY DID THESE IMPROVEMENTS.  THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD INCREASE THE VALUE. WE'D GET THAT INTO OUR GENERAL FUND THE TAXES ON THAT WE WON'T WE'RE HELPING FOLKS THERE THAT ARE IN THIS SITUATION WITH THAT $66 A UNIT AND WE'VE DONE THIS AS DALLESSANDRO SAID WE'VE DONE THIS WITH OTHER PLACES. YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY TIFF ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BUT IT CAN ALSO BE USED PRESERVE AND WE'VE DONE THAT IN OTHER PLACES OVER HALF OF ALL SHIRE COULD BE THERE IF WE GET THE ONE ANOTHER BUT QUITE A FEW UNITS THERE I THINK WE DID TAP TO HELP PRESERVE SO THEY CLD RENOVATE THAT FACILITY THERE SO I'M NOT POSITIVE I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH THE RISKS OF IT AND.  IT SOUNDS LIKE IF SOME FOR SOME REASON SOMETHING DOESN'T GO WELL AND PEOPLE CAN'T PAY AND THERE'S YOU KNOW, FORECLOSURES OR PEOPLE WALK AWAY THERE ARE SOME LEVELS OF PROTECTION TO GET THAT MONEY BACK. SO THAT'S A LONG OF SAYING I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY HERE NEEDS TO BE WORRIED ABOUT IF IT'S GOING TO PASS ON CONSENT IN TWO WEEKS. SO IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR CERTAINTY I THINK YOU CAN HEAR WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID.  MY ONLY QUESTION IS ON THE LARGER AND I WOULD ACTUALLY FOR MAYBE PULLING THAT OUT AND HAVING THAT LARGER DISCUSSION BECAUSE THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE BUILT ANY TIME SOON AND WE CAN DECIDE THAT QUESTION LATER POTENTIALLY IF WE WANT TO HAVE THAT IF THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT TO USE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE TAX REVENUE AND THIS MAY BE A GREAT USE FOR IT. IT POSSIBLY COULD BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER GREAT USES FOR IT AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE ONLY PART THAT I WOULD JUST ASK AT LEAST CONSIDERATION OF PULLING OUT HAVE THAT LARGER CONVERSATION DECIDING IF WE WANT TO MOVE THAT PART LATER.  COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SO I GUESS I PROBABLY HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION IT FEELS TO ME LIKE WE COULD PASS THE FIRST TWO MOTIONS ESTABLISHING THE THE EIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT RELATED TO THE FEE BECAUSE IT TO ME LIKE THE ORDINANCE THAT'S SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE FEE WHICH INCLUDES THE LANGUAGE IN 2.3 IS IS RELATED TO MOTION THE THIRD MOTION HERE WHICH IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING A HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FEE.  SO IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T MOVE THE FIRST TWO? I DON'T DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T DO THAT. I UNDERSTAND MAYOR MEMBERS,  YOU COULD MOVE THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT AND WE CAN COME BACK WITH THE FEE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO A SMALL TWEAK ON THE SUMMARY PUBLICATION THERE IS BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING CAN DO TONIGHT IF YOU'D LIKE. WE PUT TOGETHER A RESOLUTION SUMMARY PUBLICATION BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY LONG ORDINANCE SO WE MAKE THAT TWEAK IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT AND WE CAN DO THE FEE ON CONSENT LIMIT IN MY OPINION MR. MAYOR, IT LIMITS NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE ON CONSENT. SO WE'VE DONE THE VOTE THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO THE HRA HERE TONIGHT AND THEN THE STUFF THAT'S ON CONSENT ON THE SECOND IS A SMALLER NUMBER SO THAT WOULD BE MY PROPOSAL SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WAS SAYING. YOU KNOW I'M PERSONALLY OF THE OPINION THE THE THAT IF WE DO THAT HERE'S WHERE I'M GETTING REASON I'M CONNECTING THESE TWO IS BECAUSE IF WE DO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT AND ESTABLISH THE HRA THEN THEY NEED THE THEY NEED THE LA IN ORDER TO GIVE THE FINANCIAL RELIEF WHICH COMES BEFORE IT'S BEING BUILT.  RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN THE POSITION TO TO AGREE TO THE HRA THEY SIGN ALL THE DOCUMENTS THEY HAVE THE PREPAYMENT STUFF, THE FEE STUFF COMING IN DECEMBER THEY ONLY HAVE TILL WHAT WAS IT JANUARY SOMETHING TO TO TO AGREE TO GET IT ALL DONE OR ELSE IT GOES ON THERE IT GOES AS A YOU KNOW IT INTO THE EFFECT WHICH MEANS ANYBODY WHO NEEDS TO GET AID NEEDS TO GET THAT AID BEFORE THAT JANUARY 31ST DATE OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO IT'S NOT AS MUCH TIME AS WE IT IS TO GET THE THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PORTION OF THIS.  THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE DONE ON THE SECOND BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE WERE PLANNING ON TALKING ON THE SECOND ABOUT LAHAR A BIG GENERAL FUND.  I DON'T THINK THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA. I, I, I THINK THE STRUCTURE WAS THE STRUCTURE I MEAN WE CAN IF WE DON'T LIKE THE STRUCTURE WE GUESS WE CAN PULL THE STRUCTURE OUT AND AND DELAY THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION HERE BECAUSE THE LARGER PORTION OF IT IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF IT. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT OUT AND THEN HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE REST OF THE MONEY IS COMING FROM AND THAT THEN DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE CORRECT TO JUST JUST START DOING THIS PIECEMEAL WITHOUT ANY CERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT MONEY OR IF WE DON'T USE THAT MONEY, WHERE ELSE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM?  WELL I FOR 1 A.M. FINE WITH USING THE LA MONEY HERE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE EXPERTS ON THIS ISSUE, THE HRA HAVE SAID THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR MONEY SO THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD'S AT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE NOSES FOR THAT. MR. VERBRUGGE.  MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I WAS SIMPLY GOING TO SAY WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL ON THE HRA TO TALK THROUGH SOME ISSUES AND MORE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ON THAT ISSUE SO I'M I'M COMFORTABLE PROCEEDING AHEAD THE WAY THAT IT'S LAID OUT NOW AND RECOGNIZING THAT THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE DESIGNATED AS LAW INTO THIS PROJECT I THINK IS A MARGINAL AMOUNT FOR THE LAW THAT'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE RECEIVED. SO IT TOOK ME WHILE TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT IDEA BUT STACK FOURTH GRADE WERE PRETTY GOOD. THEY ME INTO THE CORNER OF THE RING AND JUST HIT BODY BLOW AFTER BODY BLOW SO YEAH THEY OFFERED ME A PRETTY GOOD SO MANY COUNCILMEMBERS I IF I MAY ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER ALESSANDRA SAID ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DIRECT INCOME BASED ASSISTANCE COINCIDING WITH THAT DEADLINE FOR PREPAYMENT THAT IS QUITE IMPORTANT. SO I DON'T IF WE YEAH I JUST WANTED TO SECOND THAT WE WOULD WANT THE CONDO OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT ASSISTANCE WHICH THEY COULD THEN PROGRAM REPAYMENT OF THEIR THEIR ASSESSMENT PRIOR TO INTEREST. IF WE WAIT AFTER THAT DATE THEN AS THE RESOLUTION THE ORDINANCE ARE WRITTEN THEY WOULD HAVE THAT FULL ASSESSMENT AMOUNT WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF INTEREST COUNCIL I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE HOLD ITEM 4.6 OVER UNTIL OUR DECEMBER 2ND MEETING WITH THE INTENT OF PASSING IN THE ON OR WHEN THE INTENT OF PUTTING IT ONTO THE THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THAT TIME AS IT'S AS IT'S WRITTEN HERE IN THE ENTIRE ALL FOUR MOTIONS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS THERE IS AGREEMENT AMONG THE COUNCIL ON THIS AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE'RE GIVING STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY CLEAN UP AND TO TO CORRECT WHATEVER THEY NEED TO CORRECT OR WITH THE THAT IT WOULD BE ON CONSENT MEANING OF COURSE CONSENT MEANING IT'S AN AGREEMENT AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. SO AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SECOND THAT AS LONG AS WE ARE ALSO ADDING THIS THIS OTHER PORTION THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FEES AND THE DIRECTING THEIR PREPAYMENT OPTION THAT'S PART OF THE CLEAN UP THAT WE WERE TALKING ALL SECOND NOT TO THE PARTIAL PREPAYMENT OR TO TO MAKE THAT PERMITTED EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION THAT IT'S JUST MADE TO TO LAY THIS TO LEAVE ITEM 4.6 OVER TABLE AND WHAT WAS THE CORRECT DETERMINED FORCE TO TABLE IT TO POSTPONE IT AND TO HAVE IT ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA ON DECEMBER 2ND NO FOR THE FOR ALL FOUR ITEMS ALL FOR NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO NOW I WANT SAY TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING THIS I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO AND THINK OH MY GOD THEY DIDN'T MAKE A DECISION. THE FACT THAT IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS I SAID THE NOTION OF A CONSENT AGENDA IS THAT THERE IS CONSENT AMONG THE COUNCIL ABOUT MOVING FORWARD ON THIS AND WE WANT TO GIVE THE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP TO, PUT A COUPLE OF MORE ITEMS IN THERE IN TERMS OF THE PREPAYMENT OPTIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE. BUT I THINK YOU CAN GO INTO YOUR THANKSGIVING WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY DECEMBER COMFORTABLE WITH SOME ASSURANCE THAT THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND AND AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION ALSO IN DECEMBER, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF ALSO TO AT LEAST BRING SOME PARKING OPTIONS FOR US AS WELL. YEAH. MAY REMEMBERS THAT THEY SHOULD DEFINITELY BE WATCHING THEIR MAILBOXES MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S GOING IN THE MAIL TOMORROW KENNY IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S GOING IN THE MAIL TOMORROW SO THAT SHOULD BE THERE.  THEY'RE WE WE LOOKED AT OUR CODE AND TO SOME SPECIAL OPTIONS AND USE THE AUTHORITY OF THE POLICE CHIEF THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR AND SOMEBODY ELSE CITY ENGINEER AND CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION WHICH HOPEFULLY IS A TEMPORARY ONE WHILE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS, THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT IF FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S ON AND WHATNOT THERE IS AN EMAIL BOX THAT WE SETP AND A PHONE NUMBER THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN PROVIDED SO THEY SHOULD DEFINITELY PUT THOSE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE TO GET EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS ANSWERED SO THAT THEY'RE THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THEY CAN THEY NEED TO MAKE THE CHOICES THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE . ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AND AMANDA SCHEID THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE EVENING.  WE DIDN'T PUT AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON THIS QUITE YET BUT I THINK WE'RE AS I SAID THAT THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING IN SO YOU CAN REST ASSURED OR TO HAVE SOME ASSURANCE AS YOU AS YOU HAD HAD ON THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AROUND 4.7 ON OUR AGENDA. THIS IS ANOTHER PUBLIC FOR RESOLUTION FOUR HOST APPROVAL FOR ISSUANCE OF THE REVENUE BONDS BY IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY TO LIFE SPACE COMMUNITIES INC. WHICH IS THE FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE OF BLOOMINGTON LAURIE ECONOMY SHOULDER HERE GALILEE MAYOR AND COUNCIL NORMALLY FOR HOST APPROVAL BECAUSE IT IS GENERALLY A PRETTY SHORT I DO ITEM WE NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR IT AS YOU MENTIONED  I WILL FINANCE AUTHORITY IS ISSUING THE REVENUE BONDS FOR SPACE COMMUNITIES THEY ARE LOOKING TO ISSUE IN AN AMOUNT OF $180 MILLION. THEY ARE LOOKING TO TAKE 10 MILLION OF THAT OF THOSE DOLLARS AND SPEND THEM ON FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE IT WOULD BE USED FOR ADDITION RENOVATION REMODEL EQUIPPED IN A MISCELLANEOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LIFE CARE COMMUNITY, THE LIABILITY FOR THE BONDS THAT ARE BEING ARE NOT A LIABILITY OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS OR A SCHOOL MINNEAPOLIS. WELL, I THINK IN MINNESOTA THERE FLASHBACK A LONG TIME AGO I FOR MINNEAPOLIS SO CITY OF BLOOMINGTON OR THE STATE OF MINNESOTA SO IN THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF THIS HOUSE APPROVAL IS REQUIRED UNDER IRS RULE OR SECTION 147 F WHICH MEANS IF ANOTHER GOVERNMENT'S UNIT IS GOING TO SPEND BOND IN ART CITY THIS ARE THE CITY BLOOMINGTON NEEDS TO GIVE HOST APPROVAL FOR THOSE DOLLARS TO BE SPENT HERE THE BONDS ARE SPECIAL AND LIMITED OBLIGATIONS OF IOWA AND ARE PAID SOLELY FROM REVENUES AND ASSETS PLEDGED TO THOSE PAYMENTS NONE OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS OR NONE OF THE CITY'S ASSETS BEING PLEDGED TO THESE BONDS. SO WITH THAT ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS IN THIS KIND OF INITIAL AROUND THIS ONE WE DO HAVE DAVID MILLER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM FITCH VILLAGE ON THE PHONE AND THE ISSUER'S ATTORNEY RANDY SCOBEY FROM DORSEY AND WHITNEY.  THE PHONE THE QUESTIONS I DO THINK IT'S BIT ARCANE AND I'M PUZZLED ABOUT THE WHOLE NOTION OF OTHER CITIES NOT BEING ABLE SPEND BONDS IN ANOTHER CITY BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT RIGHT NOW. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THAT REGULATION IS FROM 1986 AND I'VE SAID MR. MAYOR, WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF A PUBLIC THAT'S WHEN WASN'T GOING TO GET INTO RIGHT NOW. YEAH I'M JUST CURIOUS IT FEELS LIKE A CONSENT ITEM IN A LOT OF WAYS AND BUT IT HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.  YEAH, THAT'S STATE LAW. FEDERAL LAW. IT'S IRS. YEAH. OKAY, THANKS SO NO QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL. VERY GOOD. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.7. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A RESOLUTION FOR HOST APPROVAL FOR ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS BY IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY TELL LIFE SPACE COMMUNITIES INC..  IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC THIS AND IN 4.7 DO HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK PLEASE ON MUTE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE PHONE LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL NO ONE ON THE PHONE NO ONE COMING FORWARD. I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AT EIGHT AND 4.7 SO MOVED SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMAN MALONE AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.70 FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION BEFORE I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE BY THE IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY OF REVENUE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO MAKE A LOAN TO LIFE SPACE COMMUNITIES INC. TO FINANCE AND REFINANCE CERTAIN FACILITIES IN BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA.  SO IN MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS STATED IN ITEM 4.7 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK SO VERY MUCH.  ALL RIGHT COUNCIL WE ARE JUST OVER HALFWAY THROUGH OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.  HOW ABOUT THAT? NO, WE'RE WE'RE NOT WE'RE WE ARE ON TO ITEM 4.8 A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS REGARDING INCREASE PROPOSED INCREASES IN OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES.  AND CARRIE CARLSON IS HERE TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS. GOOD EVENING.  GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING I WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS ALREADY SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 14TH.  THE PROPOSED RATES AND BUDGETS ARE TO ENSURE RELIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE UTILITY SERVICES.  WHILE ADDRESSING INFLATIONARY PRESSURES, FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND MAINTAINING AFFORDABILITY FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES.  I'LL BEGIN WITH WATER UTILITY FUNDING FOLLOWED BY THE WASTEWATER STORMWATER AND SOLID WASTE UTILITY FUNDS. THEN I'LL SHOW A COMBINED RECAP OF OUR PROPOSED 2025 UTILITY RATES STARTING WITH THE WATER UTILITY FUND. THE SLIDE PROVIDES THE COMPARISON THAT WE SHARED BEFORE. THIS IS BLOOMINGTON THE 2024 WATER NEEDS COMPARED TO COMPARABLE CITIES AND.  BLOOMINGTON HERE IS ON THE SECOND FROM THE LEFT. SO THE LOWEST NEXT TO EDEN PRAIRIE. ALSO ON THIS SLIDE THERE'S A CIRCLE GRAPH OF EXPENSES HIGHLIGHTING THE LARGE OF EXPENSES THAT GO TOWARDS SUPPLY AND TREATMENT ASSET RENEWAL PURCHASED WATER FROM MINNEAPOLIS.  THE 2025 BUDGET REQUEST FROM THE WATER UTILITY HAS A TOTAL REVENUE OF JUST UNDER 22.5 MILLION EXPENSES OF 23.4 MILLION AND A SPEND DOWN OF WORKING CAPITAL OF AROUND 934,000. THE LONG TERM BUDGET MODEL SHOWS THE WORKING CAPITAL THE WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE AMONG GOAL WITH SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL OUTLAY ESTIMATED IN 2024 AND FUTURE YEARS ESPECIALLY 2027 WHICH IS FORECASTED TO BRING DOWN WORKING CAPITAL IN THE 80% TO 87% RANGE OF GOAL FOR 2026 TO 2028 BUT THEN BACK UP TO 92% OF THE GOAL IN 2029.  AND SO THERE IS A PROPOSE 3% RATE INCREASE FROM BOTH TIER ONE AND TIER TWO RATES. THE TIER TWO RATES APPLIED TO ADDITIONAL GALLONS CONSUMED OVER A 12,000 GALLONS IN A TWO MONTH PERIOD NEXT YEAR IN THE WASTEWATER UTILITY FUND AND THEN AGAIN SLIDE PROVIDES THE COMPARISON OF BLOOMINGTON AND THESE ARE 2024 WASTEWATER RATES TO COMPARABLE AND SO ON THIS SLIDE WITH THE WASTEWATER RATES. BLOOMINGTON THE THIRD LOWEST NEXT TO EDEN PRAIRIE AND BROOKLYN PARK WHICH HAD LOWER RATES AND THEN ALSO HAS THE CIRCLE GRAPH OF THE EXPENSES HIGHLIGHTING THE LARGE PORTIONS OF EXPENSES THAT GO TO THE COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES OR AMC AS SHOWN THERE WITH MORE THAN HALF AND THAT IS FOR COLLECTION AND TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER.  2025 BUDGET REQUEST HAS A TOTAL REVENUE AMOUNT OF JUST OVER 15.7 MILLION EXPENSES OF JUST OVER 19.3 MILLION AND A SPEND DOWN ON WORKING CAPITAL OF JUST OVER 3.6 MILLION IN THE 25 BUDGET.  SO IF YOU RECALL FROM OCTOBER 14TH WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT MODELS. THIS IS THE MODEL THAT DOES SHOW ADDITIONAL SEWER CAPACITY PROJECTS IN 25 AND 26 AS WELL . CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES OF A CITY SACK FEE OF 60,000 PER YEAR. SO IT'S A PROJECTING A LARGE SEWER CAPACITY EXPANSION PROJECT IN 2026 THAT WOULD BE FUNDED WITH BOND PROCEEDS AND IS MODELING OUT REPAYMENT OF THOSE BONDS FROM A COMBINATION OF CITY SACK FEES AND USER RATE FEES.  AND THEN WORKING CAPITAL IS PROJECTED TO DIP DOWN LOWER THAN USUAL IN THIS FUND BETWEEN THE 45% TO 75% OF GOAL BUT THEN FORECASTED IN LONGER MODEL THAT GOES OUT FURTHER THAN WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE TO COME BACK ABOUT 91% OF THE GOAL IN 2033 BUT FOR 2025 THE PROPOSED INCREASE THAT WAS PUBLISHED IS ALSO A 3% INCREASE FOR WASTEWATER WASTEWATER STORMWATER UTILITY. HERE'S THIS SLIDE THAT'S COMPARING 2020 FOR STORMWATER RATES ON THIS ONE EVERYTHING IN BLUE IS 2024 READS THAT GREEN BAR IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE BLUE ONE FROM BLOOMINGTON SHOWING WHAT THE WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD BE FOR THE 2025 BLOOMINGTON'S STORMWATER RATE ON THIS ONE WE'RE NOT AS FAR TO THE LEFT AS ON THE OTHER ONES THAT I WAS SHOWING WE'RE CLOSER TO THE RATES BUT ONE CITIES THAT HAVE A HIGHER STORMWATER RATE INCLUDE NEW HOPE SAINT LOUIS PARK AND DINER IN MINNEAPOLIS THE 2025 BUDGET REQUEST FOR STORM WATER UTILITY HAS A TOTAL REVENUE AMOUNT OF JUST OVER 8.5 MILLION EXPENSES OF JUST UNDER 9.5 MILLION AND THEN A SPEND DOWN ON WORKING CAPITAL OF AROUND 930,000.  AND THIS LONG TERM BUDGET MODEL LOOKS HEALTHY. IT'S FUTURE YEARS WORKING CAPITAL TO BE RIGHT AT GOAL FOR 25 AND THEN IN THE RANGE BETWEEN 85% 93% FROM 26 TO 29 AND THE PROPOSED INCREASE FOR 2025 STORMWATER RATES IS 5%. AND THEN FINALLY THE SOLID WASTE UTILITY FUND AND THE SOLID WASTE UTILITY HAS A TOTAL REVENUE AMOUNT BUDGET JUST OVER TEN AND A HALF MILLION EXPENSES OF JUST UNDER 9.9 MILLION AND AN INCREASE TO WORKING CAPITAL OF AROUND 655,000 AND THE LONG TERM BUDGET FOR THESE SOLID WASTE. IF YOU RECALL WE'RE ON TRACK TO MEET WORKING CAPITAL GOAL FOR THE SOLID WASTE FUND IN THE LONG TERM AND WE'RE FACTORING THAT PLANNED EVERY OTHER YEAR CURBSIDE CLEANUP EXPENSE AND THEN OVERALL THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE INCREASE FROM 2025 SOLID RATES SOLID WASTE RATES IS 2.6% AND SO ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER ON ONE SLIDE ARE SHOWN HERE. SO WATER WASTEWATER OR 3% INCREASES ARE PROPOSED STORMWATER 5% AN UNSOLVED WASTE UNDER 3% AT 2.6. AND THEN NEXT SLIDE I'LL JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THIS FOR THE OCTOBER 14TH PRESENTATION BUT THIS IS A SITE WHERE WE HAVE ALL THE RESIDENTIAL UTILITY RATES COMBINED SO THE TOTAL INCREASED IN DOLLARS BASED ON JUST USAGE.  SO ON THE LEFT WE HAVE MORE OF SMALL GARBAGE AND MINIMAL WATER USE AND THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF $3.60 FOR A TWO MONTH PERIOD OR $21.96 PER YEAR IN THE MIDDLE THERE KIND OF USAGE MEANING GARBAGE 11,000 GALLONS IN THAT TWO MONTH PERIOD $6.29 FOR TWO MONTHS OR $34.74 PER YEAR AND THEN FOR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE A 22,000 GALLON WATER USAGE SO IT'S GOING TO GO OVER THAT TIER TWO RATE AND HAVE LARGE GARBAGE THAT WOULD BE $11.38 FOR A TWO MONTH PERIOD OR $68 IN $0.28 PER YEAR WITH THESE PROPOSED RATE INCREASES .  AND THEN I'LL HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE BEFORE I'M DONE JUST BEFORE I CONCLUDE I WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON STAFF IS PARTNERING WITH THE U.S. WATER ALLIANCE ON A TASK FORCE TO ASSESS WATER AND UTILITY BILL AFFORDABILITY.  AND THIS INITIATIVE AIMS TO UNCOVER AFFORDABILITY AND EQUITY CHALLENGES THE COMMUNITY AND ESTABLISH TARGETED SOLUTIONS AND SOME POTENTIAL CHANGES FOR COST OF SERVICE MODELS AND ONGOING AND FUTURE STEPS IN THE FUTURE AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNSEL QUESTIONS ON THIS AS AS MS. CARLSON SAID WE HEARD THIS PRESENTATION A FEW WEEKS BACK. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, VERY QUICK QUESTION. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN HERE SO I ASSUME IT'S NOT BUT WE WERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS THE EVERY OTHER WEEK PICKUP YET IN THE IN THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT AS PART OUR 2026 NEGOTIATED CONSOLIDATED IS THAT RIGHT DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? I THINK THAT IS CORRECT, YES. YES. OKAY. SO THE FIRST YEAR THAT THAT WILL LIKELY BE AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE WOULD BE 2027.  DOES THAT SEEM RIGHT? SORRY LAURA I DON'T MEAN TO BE GENEROUS BUT MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON 2020 THREE, 2026 2026 OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M JUST OBVIOUSLY CHOMPING AT THE BIT FOR THAT ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS YEAH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION FOR THE LISTENERS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ON I GOTTEN QUITE A FEW EMAILS IN REGARDS TO THE AMOUNT OF THE PERCENTAGE OF TAX INCREASE AND AS YOU ADD THE 3% AND 2% YOU KNOW YOU COME UP TO A BIGGER NUMBER AND I HAVE A HARD TIME EXPLAINING THE RATIOS EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS BUT IT'S NOT AS BIG AS IT SEEMS AS YOU AND I ADDED QUITE 13.8% FROM THE SLIDES AND THAT'S BASED ON WHAT IS BEING CHARGED AT THE MOMENT.  BUT I HAVE PERHAPS DIFFICULTIES EXPLAINING IT TO THEM SO COULD YOU PLEASE FIND OUT HOW THAT WORKS SO THAT IT'S NOT AS HIGH AS IS I MEAN IT IS OBVIOUSLY AN 11% INCREASE BUT BASED ON THE FEES THAT ARE BEING PAID AT THE MOMENT, CORRECT.  SO MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SO IT IS BASED ON THE CURRENT READS AND THEN JUST INCREASING LIKE FOR EXAMPLE FOR THE CURRENT WATER RATE, THE BEST WAY TO SEE THE IMPACT OF THAT WAS I GO BACK TO THE SLIDE HERE SO ALL OF THOSE READS THAT I WENT THROUGH WITH THE 3% INCREASE AND 5% INCREASE SO LIKE IF WE JUST GO INTO THE MIDDLE WHAT THAT EQUATES TO IN IS $37.74 FOR THE YEAR SO ARE $6.29 FOR EVERY TWO MONTHS WE RECEIVE UTILITY BILLS FOR RESIDENTS ON A BI MONTHLY BASIS SO THE DOLLAR THAT THAT HAS IS DEPENDENT ON EACH INDIVIDUAL UTILITY RATE AND EACH ONE ARE LOOKED CLOSELY TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE WITH THE COST OF SERVICES AND EVERYTHING THAT IT TAKES TWO TO RUN THAT UTILITY AND TRYING TO FIND THE LOWEST RATE THAT WILL MAKE THAT SO THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING OUT THE FUTURE MODEL AND THAT FIND IN THE CASH RESERVES WE HAVE THAT IT'S SUSTAINABLE THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANKS MAYOR. I'M JUST TO MAYBE CLARIFY COUNCILMEMBER RUSSELL'S YOU DON'T ADD THOSE TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ONLY APPLY TO SPECIFIC PARTS SO THEY ONLY APPLY TO A PORTION OF THAT. SO THE WASTEWATER ONLY APPLIES TO WASTEWATER THE WATER APPLIES TO WATER THE STORM SO ONLY APPLIES TO STORM SEWER.  AND IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE I MEAN IT'S $200 AND IT WENT UP $6 THAT'S 3%. SO IT'S A IT'S ABOUT 3% INCREASE. IT'S JUST IT IS AND IT ISN'T 11 OR 13 OR YOU JUST DON'T ADD THEM TOGETHER BECAUSE.  THEY DON'T APPLY TO THE WHOLE THING. THEY'RE NOT CUMULATIVE IN THAT WAY SO.  MR. MAYOR, JUST A I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE EXACT SAME COMMENT SO JUST TO GIVE THE SPECIFICS IF YOU TAKE 125 2025 125 TIMES SIX THAT'S $751.02. IF YOU IF YOU TAKE THE 2196 INCREASE FOR THAT SAME PERIOD, YOU TAKE 2196 AND YOU DIVIDE IT BY THE 751 AND $0.02 YOU GET 2.9%.  THAT'S THE ACTUAL INCREASE NUMBER.  OKAY. SO NOW THAT'S I DIDN'T DO IT FOR ALL OF THOSE I JUST DID IT FOR THAT FIRST COLUMN BUT YOU CAN DO THAT SAME MATH FOR ANY OF THE COLUMNS AND IN FACT YOU CAN DO THAT SAME MATH FOR YOUR OWN BILL WITH WHATEVER IT IS FOR YOUR OWN FAMILY.  AND I'M SURE IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO CALL INTO THE UTILITY BILLING AND ASK THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THEIR OWN BILL LIKE LOOK MY DECEMBER BILL NOW TELL ME WHAT IT'LL BE IN FEBRUARY. I HAVE A FEELING WE COULD DO THAT MATH THEM YEAH THANK THANK YOU IF I MAY I JUST HOPE THAT THAT CLARIFICATION MAKES IT CLEAR TO PEOPLE LISTENING OUT THERE IS THAT I DO A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I AS MIGHT YOU SAY EXPLAIN IT. THAT IS A FRACTION OF IT'S JUST THAT YOU JUST MULTIPLY THE NUMBER BY WHAT THE FEE THAT IS BEING THEY BEING CHARGED AT THE MOMENT BUT DO GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO IT SO I WANTED THE DATE TO HEAR FROM YOU RATHER THAN MY EXPLANATION. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCILMAN REMUS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE I WASN'T UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION BEFORE SO I GUESS LOOKING AT THIS LINE  WE HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER. IT'S MORE YOU COULD TAKE AN AVERAGE OF THESE RATES AND IT'S CLOSER TO 3% NOT ADDING EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY. YEAH. THANK YOU ALL RIGHT?  WELL THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS I COUNCIL I'M SURE YOU HEARD IT BUT BASICALLY WE HEARD THE PRESENTATIONS FOR OUR EIR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND I AM 4.8,  NINE, TEN AND 11 AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARINGS INDIVIDUALLY BUT THE INFORMATION AND HERE THE INFORMATION HAS HAS ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED TO US SO WE'RE WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS SO I'LL DO FIRST IS OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN M 4.8 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE INCREASES PROPOSED WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE INCREASES . IS THERE ANY I WILL OPEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK IN 4.8 THIS EVENING ANYONE?  NO ONE ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW. HOLD ON HOLD LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNSEL NO ONE COMING FORWARD TO SPEAK TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.8 I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF SO MOVE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.8 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL ACTION ITEM POINT EIGHT I'D BE HAPPY OH SO LET'S REMEMBER MORE THINK YOU MEAN I'D MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PENDING A THE WOUND DENSITY CODE TO INCREASE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES AS INDICATED IN THE CHAPTER 11/2 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER COLEMAN TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX EIGHT THE CITY CODE TO INCREASE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES AS INDICATED FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES ZERO.  COUNCILMEMBER THE SECOND PART OF THAT THAT THE MOTION THE SECOND MOTION AS WELL PLEASE SUMMARY PUBLICATION I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING SUMMARY APPLICATION ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 30 ORDINANCE INCREASE TO INCASE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES SECOND MOVE MOST BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN FOR SUMMARY THEN 4.8 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO MOVING ON TO ITEM 4.9 I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ORDINANCE TO INCREASE SOLID WASTE AND REFUGE REFUSE COLLECTION FEES. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO IN 4.9 TONIGHT?  NO ONE ON THE PHONE LAST CALL FOR ANYONE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL I LOOK FOR MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING ITEM 4.9 SO MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER WAS SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT AND 4.9 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN AND A 4.94.9 MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE AMENDING THE APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE INCREASE SOLID WASTE AND REFUSE COLLECTION FEES INDICATED IN CHAPTER 11/2 MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE TO INCREASE SOLID WASTE AND REFUSE COLLECTION FEES NO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN SUMMARY PUBLICATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 31 ORDINANCE TO INCREASE SOLID WASTE AND REFUSE COLLECTION FEES A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MOUA FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION ON 4.9 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. MAYOR I JUST NOTICED IN LOOKING AT THE MOTION SHEET THAT THERE WERE NUMBERS FILLED IN FOR THOSE ORDINANCES.  IN TALKING WITH CAITLIN HERE IN THE CITY MANAGER WE'RE NOT CONFIDENT THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO STILL BE ACCURATE BASED ON THE ACTION TO POSTPONE POINT SIX AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WENT ON EARLIER TONIGHT. SO JUST FOR RECORD TO BE CLEAR, I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT THE MAYOR MEMBERS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH STAFF MAKING THE NECESSARY EDIT TO THEIR MOTIONS AND ACTIONS TO PROPERLY ADJUST AND REFLECT ORDINANCE THAT THEY ACTED ON. YEAH, YEAH FINE WITH THAT. CAN WE JUST KIND OF GOING FORWARD JUST LEAVE THAT BLANK ? WE NORMALLY DO. WE TYPICALLY DO. YEAH IT WAS KIND OF WEIRD. I WAS GOING TO READ RIGHT BECAUSE NORMALLY YOU GET A BLANK SLATE OR WE JUST AS IS WRITTEN. YEAH THANK YOU. YOU'RE OKAY?  YEAH I THINK EVERYBODY'S CLEAR THAT AND THE RECORD IS CLEAR SO YEAH WE'RE FINE.  JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT DOWN THE RECORD COUNCIL WITH WITH THE WITH THAT WE ARE DONE WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THIS EVENING BUT NOW I WOULD LOOK FOR MOTION ON ITEM 4.10 THE RESOLUTION TO CHANGE THE STORMWATER CHARGES.  WE HAVE TO DO THAT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER I'D MOVE ADOPT A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ESTABLISHING A BASIC SYSTEM RATE FOR THE OF CALCULATING STORMWATER DRAINAGE CHARGES PURSUANT TO SECTION 16.15 OF THE CITY CODE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER AND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A BASIC SYSTEM RATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING STORMWATER DRAINAGE CHARGES.  NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND I WILL CALL NOW ITEM 4.11 ON OUR AGENDA THIS IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2025 UTILITY FUND BUDGETS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. OKAY, SO I MAKE A MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2025 WATER WASTEWATER STORMWATER AND SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE FUND BUDGETS MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO A SECOND COUNCILMEMBER STOOD OUT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2025 WATER, WASTEWATER, STORMWATER AND SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE BUDGETS FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU VERY THANK YOU CAN WE HAVE A SEVENTH INNING STRETCH MR. MAYOR?  WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED, SIR.  WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS. BUT BEFORE WE DO, MR. FERRUCCI IS GOING TO CHIME.  THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST CONFERRING WITH STAFF AND APPRECIATING THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR WITH A BUDGET DISCUSSION FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT. I DON'T WANT TO TRY FIT THREE ITEMS IN THE NEXT 60 MINUTES. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GIVING THEM SHORT SHRIFT.  I APPRECIATE THE LOOKS. SO WITH YOUR AGREEMENT TO JUST LIKE TO MOVE THE MISSING MIDDLE CONVERSATION FORWARD AND I'LL WORK WITH STAFF TO FIGURE OUT THE PROPER DATE FOR THAT BUT MID-DECEMBER FOR THAT CONVERSATION SO SO TO BE CLEAR WHEN YOU SAY MOVING TO TO POSTPONE STUDY ITEM FOR 8.3 CORRECT OKAY THAT'S OKAY SO COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A RESOLUTION POSTPONE ITEM 5.3 TO DECEMBER 16 SOMEWHERE 16TH EXCUSE ME IF SOME SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND TO AMEND OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING MOVING ITEM 5.3 TO DECEMBER THE DECEMBER 16TH COUNCIL MEETING ALTHOUGH 5.5.2 SORRY. NO NOPE NOPE. 5.35.3 YES. NO ON THE ON THE THAT'S THE MOTION SHEET WHICH WAS PREPARED BEFORE THE MAYOR MEMBERS WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THE MOTION SHEET WAS PREPARED LAST WEEK AND THEN THE THE RESULT THE PACKET WAS READ PUBLISHED AND SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE NOT SINKING UP.  SO IT'S ITEM 5.3 ON THE REPUBLISHED MISSING AGENDA THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING AGENDA WHICH ARE UP TO DECEMBER DECEMBER 16TH. SO MY MOTION WAS TO MOVE STUDY ITEM 5.3 THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING DISCUSSION TO OUR DECEMBER 16TH MEETING WE HAVE A SECOND. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 5.3 SO WE'LL BACK TO ITEM 5.1 AND NOT GET ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE MAD AT US IF WE DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE THEM TO DECEMBER 16TH WE KNOW BETTER THAT IF WE WANT TO GET PLOWED OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ITEM 5.1 A BUDGET DISCUSSION FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS GENERAL FUND OUR FLEET AND FACILITIES MR. MAYOR COUNCIL I AM HERE WITH SOME OF MY FABULOUS COLLEAGUES IN PUBLIC AND MISTRUST TIM BEHRENDT AND AARON COTILLARD TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET DISCUSSION INCLUDING ITEMS IN THE GENERAL FUND FLEET AND FACILITIES AND WE'RE THREE FOR THREE OF ENGINEERS WHO CAN NOW ADVANCE POWERPOINT AND SLIDE OVERALL WE'RE GOING TO TALK MAINLY ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN THE INTERNAL SERVICE FEES THIS EVENING THAT YOU SEE  WHY IS IT MAKING SOUND EFFECTS OKAY NOW BECAUSE NOW LASERS POINTING AT MY HAND  AND I WANT BLACK THANK YOU IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SUPPORT . ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE OF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW.  AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE DO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS FROM MANAGING OUR STREETS CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FROM PLOWING AND MAINTAINING OUR STREETS TO FACILITIES AND BUILDINGS.  YOU'VE ALREADY HANDLED THE UTILITY FUNDS THAT WE TALK ABOUT AND THEN WE HAVE THE TWO INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. SO JUST SO THAT YOU HAVE A OF MAGNITUDE 20% OF PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND 27% COMES FROM THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS AND THEN 53% IS FROM THE UTILITY FUNDS. NEXT SLIDE AS FAR AS STAFFING ,PUBLIC WORKS IS CURRENTLY JUST UNDER 160 PEOPLE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD ONE PERSON IN 25 IN THE FACILITIES REALM DID HAVE A POSITION THAT WAS ELIMINATED IN 2024 AND THEN WE SHIFTED SOME STAFF FROM THE UTILITIES TO THE ENGINEERING DIVISION IN 2024 TO HANDLE SOME OF THE RIGHT AWAY PERMIT PERMITTING.  SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE ALSO RECLASSIFIED A PART TIME OFFICE ASSISTANT TO A FULL TIME OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST TO HANDLE THAT ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK. NEXT SLIDE NEXT SLIDE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION BUDGET. THIS IS A VERY TINY BUDGET YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT THERE IS ABOUT $279,000 DECREASE IN THIS AND IT WAS DUE TO THE POSITION ELIMINATION AND ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY TINY AND BECAUSE KARI IS VERY EFFICIENT SHE GOES INTO THE DETAILS SO YOU CAN SEE YOU KNOW THE INTERNAL I.T CHARGES THAT WE'RE SAVING ON THAT POSITION IN CASE YOU ARE CURIOUS NEXT SLIDE ENGINEERING NEXT PLEASE IN THIS BUDGET WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THE RIGHT AWAY PERMIT SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE MOST OF THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY HOUSED IN THE UTILITY DIVISION ENGINEERING ONLY HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY ENCROACHMENTS AND DRIVEWAY PERMITS AND OVERSIZE VEHICLES SO IT WAS A TINY SLIDE. SO I'M GOING TO GO INTO MORE DETAILS THE NEXT SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S THAT $470,000 AND THEN THE $731,000 IS THE CORRESPONDING SALARIES IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REVENUE FOR THOSE PERMITS.  CREDIT CARD FEES IS GETTING TO BE UP AND THEN SEVERAL OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON THE BUDGET ARE THINGS YOU PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR US WHETHER IT WAS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN OR THE SPEED LIMIT CHANGES.  WE HAD SOME TABLES THAT WERE GOING OUT INTO FUTURE YEARS AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON A LOT OF THOSE AS WELL.  NEXT SLIDE THESE STAFFING SHIFTS THAT OCCURRED OCCURRED HERE IN 2024 WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE NOT US WAIT UNTIL 2025 WHEN WE REALIZED THAT THE RIGHT WAY FIBER OPTIC WORK WAS GOING TO INCREASE AS MUCH AS IT DID.  SO WE ADDED ONE UTILITY SERVICE SPECIALIST AND THEN WE DID THE OTHER PART TIME TO FULL TIME FOR THE OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST POSITION.  NEXT SLIDE ENHANCING SERVICE DELIVERY ENGINEERING WE HAD DONE A STUDY IN 2023 TO DETERMINE WHERE THAT RIGHT AWAY PERMITTING SHOULD BE BEST HOUSED AND THAT'S HOW IT ENDED UP MOVING FROM UTILITY TO ENGINEERING. HAD I KNOWN WHAT WAS GOING TO BE COMING DOWN OUR WAY MAYBE I WOULD HAVE FOUGHT FOR SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BUT THE OTHER THING WE DID IS TALKED ABOUT SPEED LIMIT TIMINGS AND SCHOOL ZONE TIMINGS AND HOW HOW SUPPORT THOSE CHANGES. RECENTLY WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE GRANTS FOR OUR CIP PROJECTS AND THEN THE ONE PROJECT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER NELSON MAY NOT BE SO EXCITED ABOUT A PLANNING GRANT BUT WE GOT ELSE TO PAY FOR ALL OF IT SO IT HAS TO DO WITH SAFE AND ROADS FOR ALL. WE GOT BOTH THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE PAY A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO THAT STUDY AND IT INCLUDES AN UPDATE OF OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLAN WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE'VE DONE MOST THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR PLAN. SO WE WANT NEW PROJECTS TO MAKE THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN MOVE AROUND SAFELY. NEXT SLIDE REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS ENGINEERING GO AROUND PRETTY MUCH WITH OUR HAND OUT TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT, HENNEPIN COUNTY.  SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PARTNERS TO HELP US PAY FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THEN WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT FEES WE'RE PROJECTING JUST OVER A HALF MILLION DOLLARS NEXT YEAR AND SERVICE REDUCTION IMPACTS. SO IF YOU WERE TO DECIDE THAT YOU WANTED TO CUT SOME OF OUR BUDGET. I HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF SOME TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE OF CONCERN OR SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS. SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF PHONE CALLS THIS YEAR RELATED TO THE FIBER WORK. SO WHETHER THEY'RE CROSS BORING THROUGH SOME OTHER UTILITY OR THEY'RE ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED INTO OUR ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE SIGNIFICANT, WE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THAT KIND OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HAVE A BULLET POINT UP THERE ABOUT SLOWER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE AS YOU'VE HEARD US PRESENT EARLIER ABOUT SEWER ACCESS CHARGE CHARGES IF WE WANTS TO BE A COMMUNITY ATTRACTS BIGGER DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE OF HOW WE WERE BUILT OUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO UPSIZE OUR SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS OR A SIGN AND SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AND THAT REQUIRES SOME MONEY FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO EMMA NOW .  GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY NEXT SLIDE SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET. THE BIGGEST CHANGE BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS THAT THERE'S CHANGE OVER REQUESTS FROM SUSTAINABILITY TO NON PUBLIC GENERAL FUND FUNDS LIKE THE FLEET AND FACILITIES FUND AND ALSO THE UTILITIES FUNDS.  NEXT SLIDE.  SO HERE IS THE BREAKDOWN IN THREE ROWS DOWN WANT TO CALL ATTENTION THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE SPENDING LESS MONEY WITH THE SERVICES AND SUPPLIES THIS IS RECOGNIZING THAT 145,000 FROM THE BUDGET REQUESTS FOR NEXT YEAR IS PROPOSED TO BE USED FOR STRATEGIC PRIORITY FUNDS AND THEN ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WILL BE A ROLLOVER REQUEST.  THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR TO CONTINUE WORK ON THAT IN 2025 . NEXT SLIDE THE BIGGEST ENHANCING SERVICE DELIVERY THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THIS YEAR HAS BEEN DELAYED, HAD SOME STAFFING CHANGES BUT NOW THAT NEW STAFF ARE ON BOARD THIS WILL BE A REALLY BIG PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY I'M FOCUSING EQUITY AND RESILIENCE. NEXT SLIDE RECOGNIZING WE STILL WANT TO CONTINUE WORK. WELL WE'RE PLANNING WE HAVE NEW PROGRAMS ONE THAT JUST LAUNCHED THIS FALL THAT WILL BE A PILOT THAT WE CONTINUE NEXT YEAR FOCUSING ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANTS FOR BUSINESSES.  AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT ROLLING OUT A NEW PROGRAM TO HELP BUSINESSES COMPLETE ENERGY AUDITS. NEXT, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE REDUCE SERVICE? WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCED RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, INCREASED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS THAT COME WITH THAT HIGHER LONG TERM COSTS NOT BEING PROACTIVE PREVENTING THE WORST OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ALSO LOOKING AT MOST DYNAMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND I WILL PASS IT OFF TO MAINTENANCE.  GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SO I'LL KIND OF DISCUSS THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET THAT INCLUDES STREET AND TRAFFIC AND GO SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE OUR REVENUE IS 1.7 MILLION WHICH IS ABOUT A 2.8% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 25 AND 24. OUR OVERALL EXPENDITURES ARE ABOUT 12.3 MILLION SO THAT WOULD BE AN OVERALL BUDGET INCREASE OF JUST UNDER 5.8% TO THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE.  SO KIND OF THE REASON FOR THESE INCREASE IS WE DID INCREASE KIND OF OUR CONTRACTUAL INCREASES AS FAR AS THE PUMP SEE ACCORDION INCREASE. SO WE'RE SEEING THAT CONCRETE REPAIR HAS INCREASED AS WELL. SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT $113,000 WORTH OF THAT.  THEN WE HAD INCREASES IN OUR SUPPLIES AND UTILITIES.  KIND OF THE BIG INCREASES INTERNAL CHARGES AT FLEET FACILITIES. AS WE ALL KNOW VEHICLES ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE. SO WE HAD 300 TO $353000 INCREASE IN AND THEN WE HAD A DECREASE IN OUR CHARGE BACK TO STORM WATER UTILITY WHICH WAS 175,000. AS YOU CAN SEE WE DID HAVE A DECREASE IN SALARIES BENEFITS. WE DID MOVE OUR OFFICE FOR SPECIALIST 50% OF HIS TIME IT WAS NOW IN CALL IT TWO PARKING RACKS BECAUSE HE DOES PARK MAINTENANCE FOR HIM OR SUPPORT MAINTENANCE.  AND THEN WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A LARGE INCREASE IN OUR SALE OUR REVENUE OF $4,000 AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE HAD TO TRANSFER SOME FRANCHISE FEES OF THESE PCL TO 43,000. SO WE HAD A TOTAL INCREASE OF $582,000 TO OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET.  NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  WHAT WE'RE KIND OF ENHANCING IS WE HAVE A LOT OF RETAINING WALLS AROUND THE CITY. WE'RE NOW GETTING THAT INTO GAS AND THAT IS GOING TO BE INCORPORATED WHEN WE DO OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT WALKTHROUGHS, OUR RETAINING WALLS WILL BE UPDATED AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET CONDITIONS ON THAT.  HAVING THOSE CONDITIONS WILL BE ABLE TO FORECAST WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST US TO REPLACE SOME OF OUR RETAINING WALLS THAT ARE NOT ON CERTAIN PROJECTS SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP US WITH OUR ANSWER DELIVERY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  IF WE DID REDO SOME OF OUR SERVICE OBVIOUSLY OUR ROADS START DETERIORATE WE WOULD NOT BE PLOWING AS EFFICIENT AS WE ARE. OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE NEED TO GET TO AND FRO ALSO YOU KNOW, SAFETY RISKS, YOU KNOW, LIMIT OUR HOW MUCH WE PLOW THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE COULD BE AN INCREASED LIABILITY TO THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  I'LL TURN IT OVER TO AARON FOR FLEET  MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.  FLEET DEPARTMENT WE ARE INVOLVED WITH THE BASICALLY TAKING CARE OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT THE CITY HAS.  WE'RE ALSO INVOLVED ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND ARE HELPING THEM WITH THEIR PURCHASING AND ROLL WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT AND ALL THE VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS.  YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE ON OUR OVERALL REVENUE AND 2025 BUDGET IS INCREASING BY JUST UNDER 8% AND EXPENSES OF THAT ARE GOING TO INCREASE BY OVER 6%. AND GET MORE DETAILED INTO THE NEXT ONE. NEXT SLIDE .  CHARGES THE DEPARTMENTS FOR THE FLEET REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS ARE INCREASING BY HUNDRED AND 77,000 OR A LITTLE BIT OVER THAT.  THERE'S ALSO PROJECTED INCREASES FOR VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT SALES AND INTEREST INCOME FOR THIS FUND. HOWEVER, MOTOR PARTS SUPPLIES AND CAPITAL CONTINUE TO RISE AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AGAIN IN THE UPCOMING  THEIR FLEET FUND BUDGET AND LONG TERM BUDGET MODEL FOR THE FLEET IS 22 AND 23. THE WORKING CLIMATE AMOUNTS WAS MUCH HIGHER THE GOAL DUE JUST STRICTLY BUILT UP TO THE CASH RESERVES AND BACK ORDERED VEHICLES THAT NEVER ARRIVED ON TIME THEY WERE OUT.  THE FORECAST FOR THIS ONE FOR THE WORKING CAPITAL BALANCES IS GOING TO DIP DOWN SLIGHTLY OR I SHOULD SAY SLIGHTLY WILL DIP DOWN TO 46% AND 68% OF THE GOAL IN 25 AND 26 BUT WILL INCREASE BACK UP TO 90 IN 2028 . SOME OF THE STUFF THEY WERE STRUGGLING WITH IS INCREASES ARE STILL RUNNING OVER SIX AND A HALF PERCENT ON VEHICLE COSTS. THAT USED TO BE THE NORMAL WAS THREE AND A HALF PERCENT. SO THAT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE US.  WE'VE BEEN TAKING A HARD LOOK AT ALL THE USE IN OUR VEHICLES TO SEE IF WE CAN USE BETTER SHARING IN BETWEEN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS BETTER USE OF OUR FLEET. WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING TO FIND DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR GETTING RID OF MORE OF THE GASOLINE POWERED EQUIPMENT AND CHANGED OVER TO POWERED OR SIMILAR.  SOME OF THE REDUCTION IMPACT FOR THE FLEET WOULD BE REDUCE EFFICIENCY FOR CITY OPERATIONS, INCREASED OPERATIONAL COST DISRUPTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES, REDUCE LIFESPAN OF THE CITY VEHICLES, NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL INCREASED LIABILITY AND LEGAL RISKS AND DIFFICULTY RESPONDING TO SEASONAL AND WEATHER RELATED DEMANDS  RIGHT HERE IN COUNCIL I AM BACK AGAIN SO I'LL DISCUSS OUR FACILITIES SO FACILITY MAINTAINS ABOUT 800 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 150,000 THAT WILL BE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THAT'S THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AND THEN THE FLEET REPAIR GARAGE AS WELL.  SO WE DO HAVE SOME SUBSTANTIAL BUILDINGS THAT THEY DO MAINTAIN.  NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO YOU CAN TELL FROM OUR BUDGET IN 25 WE ARE WHAT WE CHARGE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IS JUST UNDER $7.2 MILLION AND THEN WE HAVE A TRANSFER OF FUNDS YOU'LL SEE THAT 3 MILLION THAT IS TO PAY BACK ONCE THE FLEET REPAIR GARAGE IS ISSUED DEBT OR BOND SORRY THAT WILL PAY BACK THE LOAN THAT WE TOOK OUT TO THAT PROPERTY BACK IN 2022. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT 3 MILLION COMES FROM. SO IT'S KIND OF SKEWED HERE. YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LARGE INCREASE IN OUR REVENUES AND THEN OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES ARE ABOUT 9.7 MILLION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO AS I SAID, WE DID INCREASE OUR SPACE ACTUALLY BEING REPAIRED AT OTHER DEPARTMENTS 312,000 AND THEN OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND THAT WILL BE REPAID BACK OUR FACILITIES FUND WHEN WE DO ISSUE BOND FOR THE FLEET GARAGE IS JUST OVER $3 MILLION.  WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR SALARIES. WE DID HIRE AN ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER AND THAT WAS TO HELP OUT OUR PROJECT CAPITAL MANAGER IN THE NEXT 2 TO 5 YEARS WE HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF BUILDING ON THE CHP SO THAT IS THAT PERSON BEEN BROUGHT ON ON THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BRING THEM ON IN 24 WITH SOME CARRYOVER FUNDS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY PAY THAT IN 2025 THE SALARY AND THEN THEN ALSO WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT IS TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT WE SEE WITH GROWTH OF THE CITY AND KEEPING YOU KNOW OUR REPAIRS AND RPMS AND CHECK. SO THAT'S 238,000 INCREASE WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN OUR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES AS WELL AND THEN OUR CONTRACT CLEANING AS WELL HAS INCREASED. SO THAT'S ABOUT 144,000 INCREASE. AND THEN WE DO HAVE OUR INCREASED INTERNAL CHARGERS THAT'S IT FLEET 204,000 AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME LARGE PROJECTS COMING UP HERE IN 25 CIVIC PLAZA SIDEWALK WILL BE OF THEM SO IT'S $520,000 SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF OUR BUDGET IS 2.2 MILLION WHICH LOOKS GOOD BECAUSE OF THAT THREE MILLION'S GETTING ROLLED BACK INTO OUR FACILITIES FUND BUT IT'S A LITTLE DECEIVING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  AND THEN AS YOU CAN TELL FROM OUR OUR LOOK OUT HERE, WE ARE DOING VERY WELL IN 25 WE'RE ABOUT 85% OF OUR CAPITAL GOAL AND THEN WE START DROPPING TO 75%, 26 AND THEN 65 AND 27 WE START CLIMBING BACK IN 28 AND THEN 29 WE ARE WE'RE BACK TO ABOUT 94% OF OUR CAPITAL GOAL. SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE FLUCTUATIONS HERE BUT WE WERE SITTING PRETTY GOOD HERE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  AS I MENTIONED, A REQUEST IS ONE ADDITIONAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN AND 25. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AND THEN ENHANCE KIND OF OUR DELIVERY WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE SUSTAINABLE INCORPORATING SUSTAINABLE IN OUR EXISTING PUBLIC BUILDINGS. ONE IS THE SOLAR ARRAY THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IN THE PUBLIC WORKS I KNOW THIS WAS APPROVED IN 24, RENTED A FEW HICCUPS. WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE IT INSTALLED 25 AND OPERATIONAL 25 AND THEN AS WELL AS YOU KNOW AS FAR AS SOLAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EFFICIENT BUILDING MECHANICALS.  WE REPLACE A BOILER OR AIR HANDLER.  WE THINK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE EFFICIENT MECHANICALS SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  OBVIOUSLY IF WE HAVE REDUCTIONS THAT ARE IMPACTS TO THE CITY, BUILDINGS WILL DETERIORATE AND THEN THERE'LL BE OBVIOUSLY AN ADDED EXPENSE WE'RE KIND OF RUNNING INTO THAT NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO THAT POINT WHERE WE CAN'T KICK IT ANYMORE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT SITUATION. WE WANT TO DO OUR RPMS KEEP UP ON EVERYTHING AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A NICE PLAN GOING FORWARD AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, BUILDING REPLACEMENTS OR ADDITIONS THINGS LIKE THAT. SO LOOKS LIKE AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC WORKS. ANY QUESTIONS?  WELL, THANK YOU. THAT'S A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THINGS COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION COUNCILMEMBER THE MAYOR MIGHT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS A LOT LATELY AND IT'S REALLY THE FLEET IN MY LINE OF WORK I WORK FOR A SOFTWARE COMPANY THAT DOES EXPENSIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT AND I'VE SEEN A MARKET SHIFT OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY MOVING FROM HAVING THEIR OWN FLEETS TO HYBRIDIZATION OR ANYTHING BECAUSE FLEET OBVIOUSLY COMES WITH HIGH CAPITAL COSTS TO PROCURE AND THEN HIGH MAINTENANCE COSTS THAT CONTINUE TO KEEP UP THE LOSS OF I'M JUST REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO MAINTAIN THE SERVICE THE VEHICLES THAT WE NEED CAN'T JUST LEASE OUT OR YOU KNOW GET SNOWPLOWS FROM ANYWHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE OFFICE WORKERS HAVE TO TRAVEL TO MEET RESIDENTS OR WHATEVER LIKE HOW CAN WE BETTER HOW CAN WE CREATIVELY THINK OF SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE THE THAT WE HAD TO SPEND ON VEHICLES YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S PAYING MILEAGE,  WHAT IT IS HOW CAN WE BE MORE CREATIVE ON THE FLEET SIDE BECAUSE I CAN SEE SIGNIFICANT COMING FROM THAT. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR CREATIVE IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN BETTER DO THAT TO MANAGE OUR FLEET.  THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND GOOD COMMENTS.  OTHER THOUGHTS  EVERYBODY'S TELLING YOU GET OFF EASY AT 1030 WELL AND ALSO PRETTY THIS YEAR MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SO AND JUST A REMINDER THAT WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET GOING TO HAVE ARE PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER AND MEETING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT SO IF YOU THINK OF ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU REALLY DESPERATELY WANTED TO ASK THIS EVENING BUT THE HOUR WAS LATE YOU CAN GET THEM IN AGAIN NEXT WEEK. ALL RIGHT. SO MARIUS, DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. I REMEMBER A LOT. SO THEN WHEN I LOOK AT THE SUSTAINABILITY BUDGET ITSELF WITH RESPECT TO SOME THOSE STAFF CHANGES THAT TOOK PLACE, I KNOW THAT THAT SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE CONSIDERED TO YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE WE HAD ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THAT WAS A PART OF THAT. WERE THOSE SO WERE WERE THOSE POSITIONS REPLACED SOMEWHERE ELSE?  YOU KNOW DO WE STILL HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF STAFF HOURS THAT ARE ATTRIBUTED TO SUSTAINABILITY? YEAH, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE STAFFING MODEL AND LAURA SO INFORMATION ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK SO THAT HOW WILL THAT IMPACT AND I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW HOW THAT IMPACTS THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY. YOU'LL BE TO ANSWER THOSE LATER ON THE NEXT MONDAY YEAH . ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL.  WELL OKAY.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. YES. IF WE COME UP WITH ANYTHING BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MONDAY WHEN WE HAVE THE PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER MEETING WE'LL UH WE'LL CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW BUT I APPRECIATE YOU STICKING WITH US AT THIS LATE HOUR SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  THANKS.  AND SPEAKING OF STICKING WITH US AT THIS LATE HOUR ITEM 5.3, OUR RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE CONTRACT TERMS FOR EXTENSION. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME.  GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MY NAME IS LAURA HORNER AND I AM THE SOLID WASTE PROGRAM COORDINATOR HERE WITH THE CITY . SO I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS OUR RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE CONTRACT AND TO REVIEW THE NEGOTIATED TERM SHEET THAT WAS PROVIDED TO COUNCIL IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET. SO OUR GOAL TONIGHT IS TO RECEIVE DIRECTION ON WHETHER TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE CONSORTIUM TO RENEW OUR CONSISTENT WITH THOSE TERMS THAT WAS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL. I'M JOINED THIS BY UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT SCOTT ANDERSON AS WELL AS THE VICE CHAIR OF OUR CONSORTIUM JASON HARTMAN WASTE MANAGEMENT AND CHAIR MATT HERMAN WITH THREE PUBLIC SERVICES. MATT WILL PROVIDE BRIEF REMARKS FOLLOWING THE MY REVIEW OF THE PROPOSAL A CONTRACT EXTENSION AND WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.  SEE IF I CAN WORK THE CLICKER. HERE WE GO.  SO AS BACKGROUND OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH THE BLOOMINGTON CONSORTIUM EXPIRES ON JUNE 30TH OF 2026.  THE CONSORTIUM IS MADE UP OF THREE HAULERS THREE REPUBLIC SERVICES SERVICING,  54% OF OUR RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE DWELLING UNITS WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICING 36% AND ASPEN WASTE SYSTEMS SERVICING 10%. AT OUR AUGUST COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL RECOMMENDED AT THAT TIME THAT BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HAULERS ON GENERAL CONTRACT TERMS PRESENTED THAT EVENING AND TO RETURN TO COUNCIL TO REVIEW NEGOTIATED PROPOSAL WHICH WE WILL DO THIS EVENING AT.  THAT MEETING COUNCIL FURTHER DIRECTED THAT IF THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL DECEMBER THAT STAFF SHOULD THEN BEGIN PREPARING AN RFP FOR RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION. THIS APPROACH WAS RECOMMENDED DUE TO SATISFACTION WITH CURRENT SERVICES BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND INTEREST IN CONTINUING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CONSORTIUM. IF WE ARE ABLE TO AGREE UPON BENEFICIAL EXTENSION TERMS AND PRICING. SO TONIGHT WILL REVIEW THOSE NEGOTIATED TERMS AND PRICES FOR COUNCIL'S REVIEW.  SO I'LL TALK LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR NEGOTIATION PROCESS. SO AFTER COUNCIL APPROVED TERMS IN AUGUST THAT THE CITY WANTED TO SEE IN A RENEWED AGREEMENT WE THEN MET WITH THE HAULERS AND PRESENTED THOSE TERMS.  THE HAULERS PROVIDED SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR QUESTION AND DISCUSSION RELATED TO PRIORITIES. AS COUNCIL WILL RECALL THE MAJOR CHANGE THAT WE ARE SEEKING IN OUR CONTRACT IS TO PAY FOR GARBAGE DISPOSAL DIRECTLY AND THIS WILL REALLY HELP US CONTROL OUR COSTS FOR DISPOSAL.  WE HELD FIVE NEGOTIATION MEETINGS WITH THE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER . WE DISCUSSED TERM REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CONSISTENT WITH COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRICING. DURING THOSE MEETINGS STAFF REJECTED TWO SEPARATE PROPOSALS BY HAULERS BASED ON OUR DESIRE TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY WHILE KEEPING COSTS REASONABLE PARTICULARLY AS COMPARED TO CITIES WITH SIMILAR SERVICES.  SO AT THIS TIME I WILL DISCUSS THE SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS AND CHANGES INCLUDED IN THE TERM SHEET BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING COMPARED WITH THE INITIAL SERVICE CHANGES THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL IN AUGUST AND THAT IS SHOWN IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN THERE.  SO THE INITIAL NEGOTIATION TERMS APPROVED BY COUNCIL INCLUDED THE CITY PAYING FOR GARBAGE DISPOSAL DIRECTLY REQUIRING DEDICATED BLOOMINGTON GARBAGE ROUTES AND TURNING ON THAT EVERY OTHER WEEK GARBAGE IN 2026. THE TERM SHEET BEFORE YOU TODAY DOES INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS . WE ALSO REQUESTED THAT ORNICS BE PAID FOR BY THE CITY DIRECTLY AND TO THAT ORGANICS COLLECTION BE DEDICATED TO BLOOMINGTON ONLY ROUTES AS WELL. AND ALL OF THIS IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE TERM SHEET THIS EVENING.  WE WERE NOT SEEKING ANY CHANGES TO OUR RECYCLING SERVICE OR YARD WASTE SERVICE AND THE TERMS BEFORE YOU TODAY KEEP THOSE SERVICES AS IS. AND LASTLY DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS ONE OF THE MAIN PRIORITIES THE CONSORTIUM WAS TO INCREASE OUR RATE FOR CURBSIDE CLEANUP BETTER REFLECT THEIR COSTS AND LABOR NEEDED TO PROVIDE SERVICE.  AS COUNCIL IS AWARE THIS IS A UNIQUE THAT'S NOT OFFERED IN MANY COMMUNITIES DUE TO THE HIGH AMOUNT OF LABOR AND TRUCK COSTS. THE CONSORTIUM ORIGINALLY SOUGHT TO REMOVE BOTH YARD WASTE AND PICKUP FROM THE CURBSIDE CLEANUP AND AFTER SOME SIGNIFICANT BACK AND FORTH AND A REVIEW OF THE USE OF THOSE SERVICES.  WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT TO REMOVE YARD WASTE PICKUP IN THE TERMS BEFORE YOU TODAY DUE TO RELATIVELY LIMITED USE RESIDENTS BUT KEEP THE APPLIANCE PICK UP AS THAT IS USED MORE FREQUENTLY. SO THE CHANGE TO THE CURBSIDE CLEAN UP SERVICE IS THE ONLY ADDITIONAL CONTRACT SERVICE CHANGE INCLUDED IN THE TERM SHEET TODAY THAT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL TERMS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BACK AUGUST.  SO AT THIS TIME I'LL GO EACH OF THE PRICING ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE TERM SHEET BEFORE THIS EVENING.  SO THE TERM SHEET INCLUDES AN PRICE ESCALATOR OF 4%. OUR CURRENT ANNUAL PRICE ESCALATOR IN OUR CONTRACT IS THREE AND A HALF PERCENT. ORIGINALLY THE HAULERS HAD PROPOSED A 5% INCREASE WHICH WE REJECTED BASED ON OUR REVIEW OF SIMILAR CITIES AND THE PRICE ESCALATORS INCLUDED THOSE CONTRACTS. THE CITIES THAT I'VE INCLUDED THESE COMPARISON SLIDES AND FUTURE SLIDES RELATED TO PRICING WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONTRACTS THAT WILL BE ACTIVE IN 2027.  SO WE WANTED TO BE SURE WE WERE LOOKING AT CONTRACTS THAT THAT WILL BE ACTIVE VADNAIS SITES ST LOUIS PARK AND SAINT PAUL ALL HAVE CONTRACTS THAT WERE SIGNED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND ARE GOOD INDICATORS OF CURRENT PRICES CURRENT CONTRACTS .  SO THE NEXT PRICING ELEMENT IS OUR GARBAGE COLLECTION RATES AND DISPOSAL. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT TO PAY FOR GARBAGE DISPOSAL DIRECTLY FOR THE CITY.  THIS WILL HELP US CONTROL OUR ACTUAL DISPOSAL COSTS.  IT WILL ALSO GIVE US THAT ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVE TO REDUCE WASTE BY KEEPING THAT GARBAGE DOWN.  THE TERM SHEET INCLUDES A WEEKLY COLLECTION OF $9.62. THAT PRICE DOES NOT CHANGE BASED ON CART SIZES AS WE BE PAYING FOR THE DISPOSAL DIRECTLY IF A HOUSEHOLD HAS MORE THAN ONE GARBAGE CARTS. THAT SECOND CART WOULD COST $5 AND THERE IS AN EVERY OTHER WEEK RATE OF $8.65 AND THIS IS FOR A SMALL GARBAGE CART ONLY . SO UPON REVIEWING THIS RATE WITH OTHER CITIES WE FOUND THAT THIS GARBAGE RATE IS COMPETITIVE.  FOR COMPARISON, OUR WEEKLY COLLECTION RATE IS THAN SAINT LOUIS PARK MADNESS HEIGHTS AND SAINT PAUL.  IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE THAN ELK RIVER. I WOULD NOTE ELK RIVERS CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TWO YEARS AGO AND IT DOES EXPIRE IN 2027 SO IT ISN'T ONE OF THE MORE RECENT.  SO THE NEXT PRICING ELEMENT IS FOR ORGANICS COLLECTION.  THIS IS A WEEKLY COLLECTION RATES OF $5.82.  THAT COLLECTION WAS REDUCED BY $0.20. TO REFLECT THAT WE PAY FOR ORGANICS PROCESSING DIRECTLY AND THIS RATE IS COMPETITIVE WHEN COMPARED TO SAINT LOUIS PARK THEIR WEEKLY COLLECTION RATE IS $7.13 IN THEIR CONTRACT AND THEY ALSO PAY FOR ORGANICS PROCESSING AS WE WILL. ORGANICS IS NOT YET OFFERED IN ANY OF THE OTHER CITIES INCLUDED IN OUR REVIEW.  SO THE NEXT PRICING ELEMENT IS FOR RECYCLING.  IT WAS A PRIORITY FOR THE HAULERS TO INCREASE THE RECYCLING PROCESSING FEE THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR RECYCLING AND COMMODITY ADJUSTMENT OFFSET. IT'S A MOUTHFUL AND WE REFER THAT AS THE RKO. THE TERM SHEET BEFORE YOU HAS RECYCLING PROCESSING FEE OF $115 PER TON. THE HAULERS PROVIDED US WITH COMPS OF RECYCLING PROCESSING FEES PAID AT RECYCLING AND THAT $115 A TON IS IN LINE CURRENT PROCESSING COSTS AS COUNCIL WILL RECALL, WE ADDED THAT RCA RCA NOW IN OUR CONTRACT AS A FORM OF A REVENUE SHARE. SO THAT HELPS TO KEEP THE COSTS FOR RECYCLING TRANSPARENT AND MORE REFLECTIVE OF RECYCLING MARKETS BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE REALLY DO FLUCTUATE YEAR TO YEAR SO THAT RKO IS CALCULATED EACH YEAR IT'S BASED ON THE RESULTS OF OUR COMMODITY BREAKDOWN. SO OUR BLENDED TON OF RECYCLING HOW MUCH IS METAL? HOW MUCH IS PLASTIC MUCH IS PAPER THE RECYCLING COMMODITY PRICES FOR EACH OF THOSE.  THE COST TO PROCESS RECYCLABLES AND THE AMOUNT OF RECYCLING COLLECTED.  THEN ALL OF THAT INFORMATION GOES INTO A FORMULA PROVIDES US WITH THAT ADJUSTMENT OFFSET AND THAT'S THEN APPLIED TO OUR RECYCLING RATE AND IT CAN EITHER INCREASE OR DECREASE OUR RATE. SO IT'S A BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO COMPARE RECYCLING RATES WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES BECAUSE EACH COMMUNITY HANDLES THAT REVENUE DIFFERENTLY.  OUR OUR OUR RATIO IS A BIT UNIQUE BUT WHEN LOOKING AT OUR COLLECTION PLUS THAT ESTIMATED RCA OUR COST WOULD BE $7.60 PER MONTH IN 2027 AND THAT IS IN LINE WITH SAINT LOUIS PARK AND SAINT PAUL. WHILE VIRGINIA SITES AND ELK RIVER REMAIN MORE COMPETITIVE ON A FUTURE SLIDE THAT COMPARES OUR OVERALL, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR OVERALL COSTS FOR SERVICE DO REMAIN WITH THESE COMMUNITIES.  THE NEXT ELEMENT IS YARD WASTE SO THE FULL SEASON YARD WASTE COST INCLUDED IN THE TERM SHEET BEFORE YOU IS $124.80. THIS IS INCREASE OF 20% IN OUR YARD WASTE RATE.  ORIGINALLY THE HAULERS HAD REQUESTED A FULL SEASON WASTE RATE OF $150 AND THAT WE LIMITS THE NUMBER OF YARD WASTE BAGS THAT RESIDENTS CAN SET OUT WEEK SO KIND OF A SERVICE REDUCTION AS WELL AS THAT THAT COST INCREASE. WE KNOW THAT YARD WASTE IS A VERY LABOR INTENSIVE SERVICE FOR THE HAULERS IT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF BAGS THAT ARE SET OUT IT REQUIRES A LOT MORE TIME PER STOP AND WE KNOW THAT IT JUST IT DOES TAKE THEM MORE TIME AND COSTS MORE THIS SERVICE.  AND WHEN WE COMPARE OUR RATES TO OTHER FOR YARD WASTE THAT RATE REMAINS.  YOU CAN SEE SAINT PAUL IS ONE 2754 LOUDNESS HEIGHTS AT ONE 3781 AND ELK RIVER AT ONE 6846. SAINT LOUIS PARKS FULL SEASON YARD WASTE RATE IS LOWER AT 8772. HOWEVER I'LL NOTE THAT THEY REQUIRE ALL CUSTOMERS PAY FOR YARD WASTE WHICH CAN BRING WHICH BRINGS DOWN THAT OVERALL COST AND SINCE IT'S NOT A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE LIKE OURS IS THE LAST PRICING ELEMENT IS RELATED TO OUR CURBSIDE CLEANUP. THE TERM INCLUDES A 10% INCREASE IN THE RATE AND ALSO YARD WASTE PICKUP FROM THE SERVICE ORIGINALLY.  THE HAULERS HAD REQUESTED AN INCREASE OF 20 TO 25% FOR CURBSIDE CLEANUP AND AS I MENTIONED HAD REQUESTED BOTH YARD WASTE AND APPLIANCE PICKUP BE REMOVED. WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT THE COST FOR THIS SERVICE WOULD INCREASE DUE TO LABOR COSTS FOR THE SERVICE AND LIMITED LANDFILL CAPACITY AND THAT THE NATURE OF THESE BULKY ITEMS TAKE UP QUITE A BIT OF ROOM IN LANDFILLS.  THE HAULERS REGULARLY SHARE THAT THE CLEANUP IS VERY EXPENSIVE SERVICE TO OFFER DUE TO THOSE FACTORS IT'S DIFFICULT TO COMPARE THIS WITH OTHER CITIES AS OUR SERVICE IS UNIQUE IT'S NOT OFFERED IN ANY OF THE CITIES INCLUDED OUR REVIEW. WE KNOW THAT THE SERVICE IS VERY WELL LOVED BY OUR RESIDENTS IN BLOOMINGTON. SO WE DO THINK THAT THAT INCREASE IS REASONABLE AND WE KNOW THAT IT WAS A PRIORITY CHANGE FOR THE CONSORTIUM SO SUMMARY WHEN LOOKING AT OUR PRICES OVERALL FOR GARBAGE RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TERM SHEET PRICES BEFORE YOU ARE COMPETITIVE TO COMMUNITIES IN OUR REVIEW ORGANICS IS INCLUDED IN HERE BECAUSE MOST OF THESE COMMUNITIES DIDN'T OFFER ORGANICS.  ELK RIVER AND RICHFIELD SLIGHTLY MORE COMPETITIVE. I WOULD NOTE THAT THEIR CONTRACTS WERE SIGNED EARLIER THAN THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AND THEY WILL EXPIRE THE SOONEST.  I ALSO WOULD NOTE THAT THIS CONTRACT PRICING IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR ANTICIPATED EXPENSES IN OUR LONG RANGE BUDGET MODEL FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES.  SO AT THIS TIME IN CLOSING I'LL LAY OUT THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO THE CONTRACT. THE FIRST OPTION WOULD BE TO RENEW OUR CONTRACT CONSISTENT WITH THE TERM SHEETS PROVIDED TO YOU THIS EVENING AND TO OFFER EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE CONSORTIUM FOR THAT RENEWAL. THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO MOVE TO AN RFP FOR NEW SERVICE . THERE ARE SOME GENERAL BENEFITS AND DISADVANTAGES THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR BOTH OPTIONS. WE REVIEWED THESE IN DETAIL OUR AUGUST MEETING SO I DON'T PLAN ON GOING INTO THOSE IN DETAIL TONIGHT BUT AT THIS TIME STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE CITY EXTEND AN INVITATION TO RENEW THE CONTRACT CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS PRESENTED THIS EVENING AND BASED ON THE BENEFITS OF A CONTRACT RENEWAL THAT INCLUDE COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATED CONTINUITY OF SERVICES THE ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CONSORTIUM AND RELATIVELY HIGH RESIDENT SATISFACTION SO THE RECOMMENDED ACTION BY STAFF AS INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE HERE. THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION IN THE AGENDA PACKET DIRECTING STAFF TO TO BEGIN PURSUIT AN RFP IF THAT'S DESIRED. BUT AT THIS TIME I WILL OUR CONSORTIUM REPRESENTATIVE MATT HERMANN WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES UP TO SHARE SOME BRIEF REMARKS AND THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. YOU.  WELL GOOD EVENING THANKS FOR STAYING WITH THIS LATE AND SO IT'S APPRECIATED MR. MAYOR. COUNSEL THANK YOU FOR ME.  MY NAME'S MATT HERMAN. I'M THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES MANAGER FOR REPUBLIC SERVICES AND ALSO THE CHIEF MANAGER OF THE CONSORTIUM.  VERY QUICKLY JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. WE'RE VERY PROUD MYSELF, MY COMPANY AND ALL THE OTHER HAULERS. PROUD TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS BLOOMINGTON AND I THINK WE'VE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD HERE TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP.  I CAN'T THANK STAFF ENOUGH FOR THE REALLY GOOD AND CONVERSATIONS AND GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE LAST DISCUSSED THIS. WE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO BALANCE COST AND NEED AND WHAT WAS MOST BENEFICIAL WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANTED AND HOW WE COULD WORK TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL A PROPOSAL THAT DELIVERS THAT. SO I'M VERY EXCITED, VERY GRATEFUL BE HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.  WILLIAM THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US JUST WAITING AND WORKING THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION.  COUNCIL QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER.  THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A COUPLE REAL QUICK ONES.  I KNEW WE HAD AN ISSUE AT ONE POINT IN TIME WITH FRIDAY MISSED PICKUPS AND WHETHER OR NOT THOSE WERE DEALT WITH ON A SATURDAY AND I WASN'T SURE IF WE RESOLVE THAT I WASN'T HERE DURING THE LAST THIS CAME UP AND I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS PART OF THE TERMS AND HAD THAT BEEN RESOLVED AND IF IT HAS NO NEED TO I MEAN I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT LATER. SURE. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN,  THE SATURDAY MISSED THE FRIDAY MISSED PICKUP SERVICE.  SATURDAY DOES REMAIN IN OUR CONTRACT SO THERE'S NO CHANGES BEING MADE TO THAT SERVICE. IT'S IT IS STAYING AS IS. OKAY. SO WILL GILBERT BE PICKED UP ON SATURDAY AS OPPOSED TO WAIT INTO MONDAY? SO WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT? THAT'S CORRECT. WE DO HAVE AN AFTER HOURS THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR RESIDENTS TO CALL AND UTILIZE . AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION MAYBE IT'S JOINTLY BY YOU AND MAYBE BY THE HAULERS BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT BECAUSE I KNOW AT ONE POINT IN TIME THAT STAFF HAD PRESENTED TO THE OTHER GROUP THAT WAS WORKING WITH THIS BEFORE THAT THERE WAS SOME CONCERN WITH THAT THE PICKUP YOU KNOW OUR CURBSIDE PICKUP THAT THAT MAY NOT BE SUSTAINABLE FOR THE LONG TERM . I WANTED TO JUST HEAR SOME SOME COMMENT ON THAT AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE COMING UP I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT THE RECYCLING MARKETS TOO IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THAT.  SURE. I'M A COUNCILMEMBER THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL MAKING A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE THE CURBSIDE CLEAN UP EVERY OTHER YEAR. WE HAD SOME WE FORESEE SOME CHALLENGES LABOR SPECIFICALLY WITH THAT AND WE WORKED ON WAYS THAT WE COULD MITIGATE THAT.  BUT THIS OFFER IS OUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THAT SERVICE TO ALL CONSORTIUM MEMBERS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THAT SERVICE. COULD YOU TALK LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LABOR OR THE WAY I HEARD SOME OF THE ISSUES WERE NOT JUST LABOR, IT WAS ALSO JUST IN TERMS OF THE EQUIPMENT. YOU TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THOSE CERTAINLY REAR LOAD TRUCKS ARE LESS COMMON A REAR LOAD TRUCK AS IT IS A TRUCK THAT YOU DEPOSIT THE MATERIAL ON THE BACK AND USUALLY HAVE A DRIVER OR TWO. IT IS SORT OF THE OLD SCHOOL TRASH SERVICE AND WE AS YOU'VE SEEN AROUND TOWN AND ACROSS THE REGION AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE'VE GONE TO AUTOMATION IN MORE CASES WHERE WE HAVE SILO TRUCKS SO WE ARE USING REAR LOAD EQUIPMENT FOR LESS AND LESS BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR IT AND THAT NEED WILL BE FILLED. THERE'S OTHER OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO WITH FRONT LOAD TRUCKS AS WELL DOWN THE ROAD BUT AT THIS POINT WE ENVISION BEING ABLE DELIVER THIS SERVICE AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMMITTING TO DOING THAT THIS TERM SHEET AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE THERE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RECYCLING MARKETS A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF HOW THAT'S WORKING, WHAT ARE YOUR CHALLENGES WITH THAT? CERTAINLY I THINK SINCE 2017 CHINA SOARED WHEN WE STOPPED EXPORTING MATERIALS WE SAW HISTORICALLY LOW COMMODITY VALUES.  WE HAVE NOT RETURNED TO THOSE TO SORT OF SORT OF THAT PRE 2017 LEVEL. WE'RE SEEING RECOVERY IN SOME OF THE AREAS THROUGH COVID. WE SAW HIGHER DEMAND FOR PAPER PRODUCTS. WE SAW OF THOSE MARKETS COME UP AND THEY'VE SORT OF SETTLED BACK DOWN. SO WE'RE SEEING I GUESS WHAT WE WOULD CALL MAYBE A STABILITY IN THE MARKETS. WE DON'T THEM COMING YOU KNOW RACING PAST PRE CHINA SAW NUMBERS WE'RE VERY VERY LUCKY IN THIS MARKET HAVE ROBUST MANUFACTURING WE HAVE A READY OUTLET FOR GLASS WHICH A LOT OF COMMUNITIES AND REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY DON'T HAVE AND WE'RE STILL PAYING SOMEBODY TO TAKE THAT GLASS BUT THEN THEY'RE ABLE PRE PROCESS IT AND GET IT BACK TO MARKET. SO THAT'S A HUGE BY WEIGHT OF MATERIAL THAT WE CAN PAY SOMEBODY IN RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNTS TO TAKE AND PROCESS AND GET RECYCLED. SO WE'RE VERY WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT MARKET HERE IN THE REGION AND WE HAVE ROBUST MARKETS FOR FOR MOST OF OUR MATERIALS VERY LOCAL SO WE'RE STILL SEEING THEM SOLD THE THE HORROR STORIES WE HEAR ABOUT NOTHING GETTING RECYCLED SOME OF THOSE ARE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEY'RE NOT MINNESOTA STORY AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT BLOOMINGTON'S THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILOR THIS ADDITIONAL QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU. MAYOR DO YOU HAVE ANY LANGUAGE AROUND THE POSSIBILITY OF HERD CLOSURE GIVEN THE RECENT COMMENTS AND THE RESOLUTION PASSED BY MINNEAPOLIS AND THE KIND OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE HEAD COUNTY COMMISSION?  DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THERE IN CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN DURING THE TIME OF THIS CONTRACT?  SURE. COUNCIL MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER OUR CONTRACT WILL BE CHANGING THE CONTRACT TO PAY FOR GARBAGE DISPOSAL DIRECTLY SO WE'LL BE REIMBURSING THE CONSORTIUM FOR THEIR THEIR ACTUAL COSTS FOR GARBAGE AT THE HERC WE WILL BE DRAFTING SOME LANGUAGE TO TALK ABOUT DISPOSAL CURRENTLY OUR CONTRACT ALREADY HAS LANGUAGE RELATED TO WHERE OUR GARBAGE MUST BE DISPOSED OF AND THAT'S AT HERC.  UNLESS HERC IS NOT AVAILABLE THE CONSORTIUM CAN CHOOSE ALTERNATE DISPOSAL METHODS THAT ARE LICENSED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY SO WE WILL BE REVIEWING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SECURING DISPOSAL LOCATIONS IN THE EVENT THAT HERC CLOSES. I'LL NOTE THAT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE WHAT THAT PRICE MIGHT BE SO THAT YOU THAT IS ONE OF THE RISKS OF PAYING FOR GARBAGE DISPOSAL IS WE KNOW THAT THE FOR GARBAGE DISPOSAL MAY GO UP IF HERC DOES CLOSE.  HOWEVER I WILL NOTE THAT AT THIS TIME STAFF HAVE PUT TOGETHER AND PROVIDED COMMISSIONERS WITH THEIR REPORT ON THE FUTURE OF HERC AND THE ACTIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MATCH FOR A RESPONSIBLE OF HERC AND WE STILL HAVE A REALLY LONG WAY TO GO TO GET TO ZERO WASTE WHERE COUNTY STAFF IN KIRK COULD BE CLOSED RESPONSIBLY SO WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANY PUBLIC STATEMENTS ABOUT A HERC CLOSURE COMING SOON. THANK YOU. AND THEN I WOULD JUST ADD I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME DAY THAT WE GET RID OF THE LARGE WASTE PICK UP.  IT IS MY LEAST FAVORITE MONTH IN BLOOMINGTON EVERY YEAR.  YEAH I'M UNPOPULAR OPINION BUT THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.  COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IN THE PAST WE DISCUSSED OTHER SERVICE ISSUES LIKE MISSED INDIVIDUALLY MISSED PICKUPS ON A BLOCK.  THERE WERE CERTAIN LET'S CALL THEM INCENTIVES TO DO THAT AND TO GET BACK QUICKLY AND DO THAT. BUT WHAT I RECALL IS THAT WE ALSO WE GOT AS A COUNCIL LIKE A CHART SHOWING HOW THEY WERE PERFORMING HOW MANY OF THOSE HAPPENED DO YOU HAVE THAT DATA AND CAN YOU SHARE IT AND HOW ARE THEY PERFORMING? ARE THEY THEY DOING WELL BECAUSE I REMEMBER PREVIOUSLY WAS A DISPARITY BETWEEN A FEW OF THEM AND THEN I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION ON THAT. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THOSE INCENTIVES IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT? CERTAINLY, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER AT OUR AUGUST COUNCIL MEETING WE DID PROVIDE A REVIEW OF SERVICE THAT LOOKED AT MISSED COLLECTIONS BACK FROM 2021 TO 2024. SO I'M LOOKING AT IT HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN SHARE IT ON THE SCREEN BUT IN 2024 WE'LL LOOK AT 23 TO 2024. I HAVE ASKED MEN WITH POINT ZERO 5% OF ALL OF THEIR STOPS MISSED IN 2023 REPUBLICAN 8.09% AND WASTE MANAGEMENT AT 0.08%. SO THAT WAS A STOPS MISSED OF 1645.  AGAIN THESE ARE REPORTED VERIFIED SO WE KNOW IT MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY ACCURATE BUT THIS IS THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IN COGS STEEL AND THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE HAULERS. SO TO YOU A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STOPS IN 2023 WAS 2.47 MILLION AND THE MISSES WERE 1645. IN 2024 THE DATA THAT WE HAVE FROM JANUARY TO MAY IS VERY SIMILAR ACTUALLY BUT LESS A LITTLE BIT.  SO ASPEN 8.03% COMPARED TO POINT 5.05 REPUBLIC AT .04 COMPARED TO .09 AND WASTE MANAGEMENT OUT AT .03 COMPARED TO 8.08. I'LL NOTE THAT BEFORE THAT I THINK THAT THE MOST MISSES THAT WE RECEIVE ARE TYPICALLY DURING YARD WASTE SEASON SO THOSE NUMBERS DON'T INCLUDE YARD WASTE YET AND AGAIN THAT IS ONE OF THE TRICKIER SERVICES TO PROVIDE TO IT WITHIN THE SO THAT'S THAT'S SOME INFORMATION I CAN PROVIDE ABOUT REVIEW OF SERVICE IN TERMS OF MISSED COLLECTION ,OUR TERM SHEET DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CHANGES TO DAMAGES . HOWEVER WE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO LIQUIDATED DAMAGES BACK AT OUR LAST CONTRACT EXTENSION SO I DON'T HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF ME NOW BUT THEY ARE FAIRLY HIGH AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT LIKE $2,000 FOR A BLOCK FOR A CITYWIDE ZONE. MISS AND THEN WE HAVE MISSES LANGUAGE FOR MISSING A BLOCK AND NOT RETURNING WITHIN 24 HOURS AND WE HAVE ASSESSED THOSE WHEN NEEDED AS AS I MENTIONED IT HAS BEEN TYPICALLY DURING YARD WASTE SEASON WHERE WE GET THE MOST COMPLAINTS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO KIND OF RIGHT AFTER COVID WITH STAFFING SHORTAGES THAT IN PARTICULAR WAS IT WAS A VERY HARD YARD WASTE SEASON AND WE DID ASSESS QUITE FAIR AMOUNT OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AT THAT TIME WITH TWO QUICK QUESTIONS ANY CHANGES TO THE OTHER PORTION OF THE BULKY ITEMS COLLECTION SO YOU CAN STILL CALL IN AND GET SOMETHING PICKED UP IF YOU'VE GOT IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR THE CURBSIDE CLEAN UP THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. YEP. YES MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT HAS REMAINED THE SAME SO RESIDENTS CAN STILL CALL TO GET A PICK UP AN ITEM PICKED UP FOR GARBAGE IN ELECTRONICS AND WE ALSO ARE STILL CONTINUING THAT PICK UP OF BULKY REUSABLE ITEMS THAT'S NOT THROUGH THIS CONTRACT THAT IS WITH BETTER FUTURES AS WELL. SO IF IT'S NOT AN ITEM FOR GARBAGE RESIDENTS DO THAT AT NO ADDITIONAL COST AND THEN THE LAST CURBSIDE CLEANUP AS EVERY OTHER YEAR THIS IS A FIVE YEAR TERM. SO IS IT TWO TIMES OR THREE TIMES IN THIS CONTRACT TOO? YEP. SO IT'LL BE 2028 AND 2030. OKAY. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.  BEFORE I CALL ON YOU COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, I'M GOING HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TENTATIVELY EXTEND UNTIL NO LATER 1115 TO COMPLETE OUR BUSINESS. I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION AGAIN THE MOTION IN THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR I LET'S TRY AND GET DONE BEFORE THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I'M I'M I'M VERY HAPPY TO TABLE THIS QUESTION. IF WE WANT TO TAKE IT OFFLINE IT'S FINE.  I'M KIND OF KIND OF INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING THE MAKEUP OF THE CONSORTIUM ITSELF AND WHAT YOU KNOW BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE FIRST WHEN WE FIRST CONTRACTED THIS THERE WERE I THINK SIX OR FIVE OR SIX HAULERS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, REPUBLIC BOUGHT COUPLE IN WASTE MANAGEMENT BOUGHT ONE. NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THREE AND THEN THERE'S THIS LIKE 53%, 30 SOMETHING PERCENT, 10% THING AND LIKE DID THE ASPEN HAVE A CHANCE TO COME IN HERE AND GO LIKE I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE CITY PLEASE? I MEAN HOW DOES THAT WORK IN AND DOES THAT I'M ASKING LARGELY BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT SERVICE DELIVERY PROCESS HERE AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE CONSORTIUM IS ALL EITHER EQUAL IN THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE OR THAT THEY'VE NEGOTIATED AMONG THEMSELVES TO GIVE US THE BEST SERVICE IN THE BEST PLACE FOR THE BEST TYPE OF SERVICE BEING OFFERED ACROSS THE CONSORTIUM. SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THAT IS AND I LIKE I SAID THAT CONVERSATION IS SOMETHING WE COULD LIKE HAVE A COFFEE ABOUT. I'M VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S NOT SUPER SPECIFIC OR RELATED TO THE TERM SHEET IN FRONT OF US BUT I, I HAVE BEEN SURPRISED NOT TO SEE MORE LIKE A DESIRE TO GO BACK UP TO HAVING FIVE OR TEN YOU KNOW, HOWEVER MANY IT IS IN THE CONSORTIUM.  I'LL JUST SAY SOMETHING BRIEFLY AND THEN ALLOW MATT HERMAN, CHAIR OF THE CONSORTIUM TO TALK ABOUT THEIR BYLAWS AND HOW THAT WORKS WITHIN THEIR AGREEMENT WHEN WE FIRST ORGANIZED COLLECTION BACK IN 16 STATE STATUTE DIRECTS THAT INITIAL PROCESS AND IT SAYS THAT THE HAULERS WILL PROVIDE US WITH A PROPOSAL FOR SERVICE SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO ADD THE HAULERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY LICENSED WITHIN BLOOMINGTON BASED ON THEIR CURRENT MARKET SHARE IN BLOOMINGTON.  SO THAT ORIGINAL PROPOSAL FROM THE HAULERS THAT WE ULTIMATELY ACCEPTED WAS BASED ON THE CURRENT HAULERS AND IT NEEDED TO BE BY LAW THEN BASED ON THE STATE STATUTE THAT SAYS IT'S THAT THE CURRENT MARKET SHARE AND I'LL ALLOW THAT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES. YEAH I THINK THAT WAS THE IMPORTANT THING I WOULD HIT ON THAT LAW THE LAW STATE LAW DETERMINES WE ESSENTIALLY AS A HAULER GET TO KEEP OUR MARKET SHARE AND THEN EACH HAULER HAS THAT MARKET SHARE AND THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SERVICE IT OR,  SELL IT AND THAT'S SO ONE OF THOSE TO GROWTH OR SALE IS UNCOMMON WITHIN THE CONSORTIUM STRUCTURE. THERE IS NO MECHANISM IN STATE LAW FOR SORT OF A DISPERSAL OF MARKET.  SO I THINK ORIGINALLY ORGANIZED COLLECTION STATUTES AND THERE'S BEEN DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF THEM THEY WERE ALL DESIGNED TO PROTECT HAULERS AND AND THEIR EXISTING MARKET SHARE YOU KNOW THE SMALL VERSUS BIG AND AND SO AT ITS BASE IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MARKET SHARE THAT ANY SIZE HAULER HAS CREATED MAINTAINS ITS VALUE AND THEN OUR BYLAWS BLOOMINGTON HAULERS ALLOWS US TO SELL OUR SHARE BUT THERE'S NO THERE'S NO MECHANISM FOR AGAIN LIKE READ REDISTRIBUTION BUT ON THE SERVICE SIDE AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS EQUAL? WE'RE ALL HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS. WE NEGOTIATE THE SAME WE MEET MONTHLY AND I THINK THE THREE OF US HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB MAKING SURE WE'RE COORDINATING, COMMUNICATING AND REALLY STAYING ON THE SAME PAGE WITH EVERYTHING WE DO. SO I HOPE WE'VE MET THAT GOAL. YEAH.  THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. YOU KNOW IT'S AN INTERESTING THING BECAUSE I HAD ASPEN SERVICES WHEN I WAS IN RICHFIELD AND LOVE THEM BUT I YOU KNOW I, I WOULD I WOULD BE FINE IF THEY WERE MY GUY ALTHOUGH REPUBLIC IS MINE AND I LOVE YOU GUYS YOU'RE GREAT BUT BUT THE BUT THE IDEA SO I I WOULDN'T I WORRY THAT YOU UP WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME IS THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU COULD INCREASE YOUR MARKET SHARE IN BLOOMINGTON TO BUY THE OTHER GUY IN THE CONSORTIUM AND THAT FEELS LIKE IT LEANS IT LEANS TOWARDS HELPING PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT KIND OF VERSUS THE LITTLE OR GUYS WHO YOU KNOW AND IT DOESN'T FEEL VERY EQUITABLE BUT YOU ALL TALK SO IF ASPEN'S NOT COMPLAINING I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CARE ABOUT THAT OR NOT. SO I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU GUYS.  APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION AND THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT WOULD MAKE IS I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES SENSE IF IF IF ONE OF YOU IN THE CONSORTIUM DOES A BETTER JOB WITH ORGANICS FOR EXAMPLE  SHOULD YOU TALK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE ORGANICS PORTION OF OUR OF OUR DELIVERY SERVICE DELIVERY AS OPPOSED TO JUST A GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S DOABLE MAY NOT BE DOABLE UNDER STATE LAW THEY MAY NOT HAVE ANY POINT ABOUT IT AT ALL IN WHICH CASE YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH A PILOT OR TWO TO SEE HOW IT GOES. BUT YOU KNOW, COULD YOU GIVE ASPEN MORE BUSINESS IN THERE IN YOUR CONSORTIUM BECAUSE THEY'D PICK UP THE STUFF YOU DON'T WANT FOR EXAMPLE LIKE THE BULKY ITEM, WHATEVER.  YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'VE BEEN KIND OF CURIOUS SO BECAUSE I WANT OUR SERVICE I WANT OUR SERVICE DELIVERY TO ALWAYS AT ITS HIGHEST AND IT SOUNDS BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL.  THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HOPE I SEE YOU AT THE STATE OF THE CITY NEXT TIME I THINK WE GOT TO SIT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MARTIN. APPRECIATE IT.  COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.  ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.  THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION. SO COUNSEL, WE HAVE WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED ACTION IN FRONT OF US. YOU SAID THERE WAS AN ALTERNATIVE ACTION IN THE MOTION SHEET AND I DO NOT SEE IT BUT THAT IS YEP.  SO AND WE HAVE THOSE TWO PIECES TO TO CONSIDER COUNSEL BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD BASED WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. WE GOT A MORE IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK ALL OF THIS WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE COUNCIL'S TAKE ON THE LAW COUNCILMEMBER DALLAS JUST TO GIVE YOU MY TAKE I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE ANY I DON'T HAVE A DESIRE TO GO OUT TO RFP PERSONALLY ON THIS ONE. SO I WOULD BE FINE WITH THE MOTION THAT'S IN FRONT OF US.  ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, SO SO FROM STANDPOINT I GUESS I WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WELL AND WE DID HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT OUR LAST AND I KNOW YOU WEREN'T HERE SO I KNOW THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU SO I THINK IF IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE COMFORTABLE WITH YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE NEGOTIATED I KNOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS WITH OR I WOULD ASSUME THERE WOULD BE IF WITH THE RENEGOTIATION THE CONTRACT THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO OPEN UP IF WE FOUND THAT THOSE NUMBERS WERE SOMEHOW CHANGING THAT I WOULD BE OKAY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WHAT WE GOT HERE. SO IN I THINK WE HEARD THAT THOSE NUMBERS WERE NOT CHANGING CORRECT ANSWER THAT'S CORRECT AND THERE'S NO POSSIBILITY OF RENEGOTIATING THAT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ALSO SAYING TO OUR MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN BASED ON OUR REVIEW OF AND AS I MENTIONED THE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE CHANGES WE MADE IN LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IN OUR LAST CONTRACT WE HADN'T LOOKED AT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO LIQUIDATED DAMAGES SIMPLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE NEEDED. I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE A REVIEW OF WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE. I'M SORRY I'M NOT BEING CLEAR. IT'S MY QUESTION MY IS AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME MINUTE WITH IT MY MY IS IF WE SAW THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE KIND OF GOING FORWARD WITH MISSED PICKUPS IS THERE ABILITY FOR US TO RENEGOTIATE THAT WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THE ONE THAT'S COMING UP IT'S THAT CLEAR I IT IS CLEAR AND MY SENSE IS IF IT'S WRITTEN IN THE CONTRACT THEN NO I DON'T THINK WE CAN REOPEN THE NEGOTIATION FOR FOR LIQUIDATED DAMAGES THAT WOULD BE MY MY IN AT LAST TIME WE ADJUSTED LIQUIDATED DAMAGES WAS IN A NEW CONTRACT IF I RECALL AND SO I DON'T THINK IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONTRACT WE COULD DO THAT. NOW THAT BEING SAID, I DID I HEARD AND ACTUALLY WE HEARD FROM THE PRESENTATION OVER THE SUMMER THE OF MISSES IS IT LOOKED SO MINUSCULE I MEAN JUST WANTED TO FOR FREQUENTLY YEAH WE SAW SOME ISSUES IN THE PAST BUT IT IS IT HAS BEEN REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY.  YEAH SO I MEAN THERE IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT I DON'T I'M NOT GOING TO OKAY. THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING I'M GOING TO HOLD UP THE ENTIRE THINKING.  ANYONE ELSE LOOKING FOR AN INPUT HERE? NO MR. REID I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I MOVE TO DIRECT CITY STAFF TO NOTIFY BLOOMINGTON HAULERS LLC THE CITY'S INTENT TO EXTEND CONSISTENT WITH THE TERM SHEET DATED NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024 AND AUTHORIZE CITY STAFF TO PREPARE AND THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE REQUIRED AND RELATED AGREEMENTS AND THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS MOTION. MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO DIRECT THE CITY STAFF AND NOTIFY BLOOMINGTON HAULERS LLC OF THE CITY'S INTENT EXTEND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES AT SIX ZERO THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WE'VE WE'VE SEEN FROM OUR OUR CONSORTIUM OVER THE PORT THE COURSE OF THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH AT ONE POINT BUT IT'S I THINK THE SERVICE IS IS VERY, VERY GOOD. NOW WE KEEP HEARING FROM RESIDENTS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH SO COUNCIL SINCE WE MOVED ITEM 5.2 TO A FUTURE MEETING THAT CONCLUDES THE 5.3 WHATEVER IT IS IT WAS LISTED A COUPLE OF TIMES 5.3 WE ARE MOVING ON TITAN 5.4 CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND I WILL KICK IT OFF BASICALLY A QUICK REVIEW OF OUR LISTENING SESSION WE HEARD FOUR PEOPLE THIS EVENING. WE HEARD FROM MARK GENCO WHO EXPRESSED CONCERN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE NINE MILE CREEK FOLKS IN OPPOSITION TO THE QUEEN AVENUE TO THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. WE ALSO HEARD FROM CHRIS AND GLORIA AND SHE TALKED SPECIFICALLY LEAVING THE TRAIL SOUTH OF THE 106TH STREET AS A NATURAL SERVICE TRAIL.  THE REST IS PAVED AND SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS AND WOULD REMAIN A NATURAL SERVICE TRAIL. SALLY NESS ASKED AGAIN WHY HER NAME HAS APPEARED IN POLICE LOG FORMS FROM ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND ROBERT COLEMAN TALKED ABOUT METRO TRANSIT AND THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SPECIFICALLY THE NETWORK NOW PROGRAM THAT THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THE CONCEPT PLAN AND ROBERT AS HE HAS THE PAST IS ADVOCATING HARD FOR MORE SERVICE TO BLOOMINGTON FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WAS OUR OUR LISTENING SESSION THIS EVENING I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL MR. VERBRUGGE DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOTHING FOR MR. FAROOQI COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, I JUST WANTED READ OUT ON A I THINK MANY OF US MR. BURGI AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND I ARE ALL DOWN AND LC IN TAMPA FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY I DID BRING A BOOK BACK I CAN LEAVE IT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE FOR US. IT'S A SUPER COOL EVENT BUT I SPECIFICALLY GOT THE CHANCE TO YOU KNOW OUR GOAL WHEN GO TO THESE THINGS IS TO UNDERSTAND BEST PRACTICES AND AND FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND WHY MY HOT TAKE WAS THAT YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE STUFF THEY MIGHT HAVE TALKED ABOUT AROUND FUNDING SOURCES AND STUFF ARE PRETTY MUCH UP IN THE AIR.  THE RECENT ELECTION THERE WERE SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT WERE IN-FLIGHT THAT I THOUGHT WERE WORTH NOTING MOST SPECIFICALLY WAS A A GOOD PRIORITY BASED BUDGET OF A CONVERSATION WITH THE FOLKS AT TYLER TECHNOLOGIES. I THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WITH DULUTH HAS DONE IT'S IN A COUPLE OF OTHER PLACES SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT AT THAT I THINK IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM ME ABOUT AT TIMES ABOUT SAYING LIKE HOW DO WE HOW DO WE SAY THIS IS THIS IS OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO. HERE'S THE IMPACT OF THAT. AND THEN THAT'S WHY WE'RE FUNDING IT AT THIS LEVEL FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME AND SO SOME COOL STUFF THERE.  AND THEN I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE INFORMATION SESSIONS AROUND I AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE THINKING AS A AS A CITY ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A TASK FORCE OR WHATEVER YOU ALL ARE DOING, I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT AMY AND TEAM IN OUR I.T STAFF ARE PROBABLY ON THIS AND THERE WAS AN ETHICAL A.I. POLICY FROM TEMPE ARIZONA THAT I GOT A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND DRAFTED TO BURGI THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ENACT A CITY COUNCIL BUT IF WE WANTED TO DO A TASK FORCE OR ANYTHING ON ON AIR AND THESE YOU SAID AT THIS AT THE CITY I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO OFFER THERE AND I USE IT ALREADY MYSELF WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT'S ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION SO IT'S NOT HARD BUT.  YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT IN A WAY THAT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY.  SO ANYWAY I HAD A GREAT TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND GLAD YOU DID. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS COUNCILMEMBER.  LOWMAN AND I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP RIFFING RIGHT ON THAT AND I'LL SEE OPPORTUNITY THE 100 YEAR CELEBRATION WAS AWESOME MY THING TO SEE AT THE END OF THE END OF THE NIGHT HAD THE TEMPTATIONS COME THROUGH AND AND SING SING TO US AND THAT WAS KIND OF FUN. AND THEN OTHER OTHER OTHER GREAT SURPRISES LIKE FIREWORKS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.  I HAD THAT PRETTY GOOD EARLIER. I WENT TO THE NLC CLASSES AND I TOOK A NUMBER OF THOSE AND I'LL SEE CLASSES.  THE FOCUS ON CYBERSECURITY IS SOMETHING THEY REALLY OF REALLY HIT HARD ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT CITIES ARE PROTECTING THEMSELVES AND BEING READY FOR THAT THAT EVENTUALITY THEY DO A LOT MORE OF A JOB OF SCARING YOU RATHER THAN GIVING YOU THE ABILITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AS A POLICYMAKER DO.  AND SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE THEY'RE CHANGING THEIR ENTIRE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM SO THEY'RE PROVIDING WAYS IN WHICH THAT YOU CAN BE A COHORT WITH THAT AND PROVIDE SOME SERVICES WITH THAT. SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO BE LOOKING INTO.  I WENT TO ANOTHER CLASS ON AN EMAIL AND THE NLU THING AROUND NATURE SUSTAINABILITY WHICH IS REALLY REALLY INTERESTING. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WHERE THEY'RE ALSO BUILDING ON THE CLASS ALL AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEY'RE TAKING COHORTS FOR THAT AS WELL AND THAT MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING THING FOR US AND THEN JUST THREE OTHER REAL QUICK THINGS HERE.  I THINK THE BEST EXPERIENCE I HAD WAS THE STREETCAR EXPERIENCE WITHIN TAMPA BAY AS A FREE STREETCAR THAT WENT FROM ONE POINT TO TEN DIFFERENT STOPS THAT THEY HAD. IT HAD A WAY TO BRING OF THE CITY TOGETHER AND WHEN THEY FIRST BUILT IT AND PUT IT TOGETHER IT WAS SOMETHING THEY CHARGED FOR BUT WHEN THEY OPENED IT UP IT REALLY FOLKS TO KIND OF MOVE BACK AND FORTH AND JUST REALLY CREATED A LOT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY WHICH KIND OF SHOCKED BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT TYPE OF PRACTICE WOULD REALLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. I SAW A SIMILAR THING WHEN I WAS IN KANSAS CITY.  THE OTHER THING THAT I MENTIONED I SHOWED THIS TO THE MANAGERS THEY HAD TO HELP WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT A 3D THAT HAD A YOU KNOW, KIND OF AFTER THE SHOW FOLKS ARE ISSUE BUT HAS REALLY HAD A WAY OF ACTIVATING SPACE AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR A PORT OR JUST FOR THE CITY ITSELF IN TERMS OF TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT AREAS. AND THEN I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO A COUPLE CLASSES WITH OTHER FOLKS HERE WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND I'LL LET SHARE THAT ONE. AND THEN I ALSO ARRANGED A A BREAKFAST WITH A WRITER WHO DOES THIS ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY WHICH IS REALLY A LOT OF FUN WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS.  SO A GREAT TIME OVERALL AND COUNCILMEMBER RELAX I'LL JUST BE BACK AND ALL THAT STUFF MEAN IT WAS IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE TO BE THERE AND.  I WAS CELEBRATING MY BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY WITH THE TEMPTATIONS SO I WAS I WAS BEING CALLED A JUST BY COINCIDENCE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I WAS IN A QUITE A FEW CLASSES AS WELL BUT THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY GOT ME OFF GUARD BECAUSE I WAS RELUCTANT AS YOU ALL KNOW I'M NOT THE BIG SUPPORTER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FOUR FOR REASONS THAT I WON'T GET INTO IT RIGHT NOW BUT I HAD THREE A LADY AND TWO GENTLEMEN FOUND THE LADY WAS ON BLOOMINGTON A GENTLEMAN FROM SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI AND ONE FROM TEXAS FROM DALLAS AND THEY HAVE HAD SOME GREAT INNOVATION ON REGARDS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THEY ACTUALLY DON'T CALL IT THAT THEY CAME UP WITH A DIFFERENT NAME SO IT DOESN'T SOUND AS BAD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS LIVE IN THE AREA BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE US TO GIVE A SHOT. I MEAN THEY WORK WITH PARTNERS AS SUCH AS BANKS AND BUSINESSES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY HAVE DONE IS AMAZING I MEAN IT IS A TO A REALLY LOW TO THE CITIES AND THE BANKS AND THE BIG BUSINESSES AROUND HAVE HAVE A LOT OF INPUT AND FUNDS DONATED TO THE PROJECT THEY ACTUALLY GOT 1100 PEOPLE INVOLVED A LITTLE OVER 1100 PEOPLE INVOLVED. 900 OF THOSE PEOPLE PARTICIPATED FULLY ON IT AND THEN 387 OF THEM ACTUALLY OUR SUCCESSFUL STORIES THAT ACTUALLY WENT TO FOUR OR FIVE CONVERSATIONS AND EIGHT REQUIRED TRAINING, EDUCATION AND AND THE INITIAL FUNDS WERE PROVIDED BY THE CITY BUT FROM THEN ON THESE 387 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEIR HOMES AND HAVE BEEN ABLE HAVE BETTER PAID JOBS AND AND THEY OPENED BANK ACCOUNTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES. SO IT WAS AMAZING I COMPLETELY CAME OUT OF THAT SESSION WITH MY MIND TOTALLY CHANGED AND THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERED ME TO YOU KNOW THAT'S THE ONLY THAT I REMEMBER IN DETAIL. I DO HAVE ALL STUFF MY YOU KNOW, MY FILES SAVED FROM ALL THE OTHER CLASSES. SO THAT WAS THE ONE THAT GOT ME AND THE ONES ON AIR I MEAN I KNOW THE ETHICS ON IT IS THE BIG THING BECAUSE YOU KNOW I TRIED TO USE IT AT WORKS AND THINGS TO WRITE THINGS AND YOU DO HAVE DO A LOT OF WORK TO CHANGE COURSE. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU DID IT MOST OF IT RHYMES TO MARCH BUT BUT THIS IS IT'S AMAZING I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY I THINK IF WE GET OUR WORK THE LONG RUN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE GET OUT OF YOU KNOW, OF A BAD RAP OR YOU KNOW, OUT OF POVERTY, I THINK THAT'S THE BEST APPROACH.  I MEAN IT'S WORKING FOR THESE GUYS. I KNOW THEY HAVE A SYSTEM THEY I GOT THE PAPERWORK ALREADY BUT I HAVEN'T PUT IT TOGETHER SO OTHERWISE I'LL BRING IT TO YOU ON JAMIE IN A FEW DAYS BUT IT'S AMAZING WHAT THIS GUY HAS TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND THEN IT WAS A GREAT BIRTHDAY I DON'T THINK HAVING HAD A LIKE THAT IN MY ALL MY WHOLE LIFE TO KANSAS WHAT'S HIS NAME JOE FROM THE EAGLES WAS THERE ON FRIDAY SO YEAH JOE WILL CHEER FOR THE EAGLES AND THEN THE TEMPTATIONS ON SATURDAY. SO IT WAS GREAT EXPERIENCE AND A LOT OF LEARNING GOOD AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. THANK YOU AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU ALL BENEFITED AND ENJOYED IT AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ALL IT TAKES IS ONE GOOD IDEA AND IT MAKES IT A WORTHWHILE TRIP AND IT SOUNDS LIKE HE HAD A LOT MORE THAN ONE GOOD IDEA COME OUT OF IT. SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING BLOOMINGTON COUNCILMEMBERS MOUA OR NELSON ANYTHING ADD TO THE FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE GOOD ENOUGH WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS FOR THE EVENING COUNCIL I WOULD ENTERTAIN A TO ADJOURN A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO ADJOURN NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING OPPOSED WE WERE ADJOURNED SIX ZERO THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION TONIGHT THANKS TO STAFF FOR YOUR GREAT WORK AND TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED AND THANK YOU TO OUR GUESTS WHO STAYED WITH US UNTIL THE BITTER END. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH IT WAS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. GOODNIGHT EVERYONE