##VIDEO ID:w53HJUzDkjo##  EVERY ONE.  I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT IS OBVIOUSLY MONDAY DECEMBER 2ND, 20/24. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THANKS EVERYBODY WHO IS WATCHING ONLINE. WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND I REMOVE ANY HEAD COVERAGE AND JOIN ME THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL .  ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING.  WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA AND OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE AGENDA AND COUNSEL. I'M GOING TO SUGGEST A COUPLE OF THINGS WE HAVE UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE AN ITEM 2.1 AN UPDATE FROM OUR HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY MORIARTY. WONDERFUL HAVE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WITH US THIS EVENING. WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST COUNSEL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A LENGTHIER DISCUSSION WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS OUR MOVE ITEMS 2.3, 2.4 AND 2.5 UP ON THE AGENDA. SO ARE AHEAD OF THE CITY. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S PRESENTATION SO WE'D GO 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 AND THEN DOUBLE BACK TO 2.1 AND 2.2 UNDER INTRODUCTORY UNDER OUR CONSENT. BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON HAS THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT WE'VE GOT 14 ITEMS UNDER CONSENT UNDER HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. WE HAVE FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. ITEM 4.1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING OUR MELISSA MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES THAT'S ALWAYS A SCINTILLATING TOPIC. ITEM 4.2 IS A PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION TO ORDER VALUE SCHOOLS SAFE ROADS THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 4.3 IS A TYPE TWO PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF BLOOMINGTON'S SHELLEY ADDITION AND ITEM 4.4 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SEWER SEWER CITY SEWER AVAILABILITY CHARGE A SURCHARGE UNDER OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS ARM 5.1 IS THE NINE MILE CREEK QUARTER REVIEW PROJECT CONCEPT REVIEW AND UPDATE ITEM 5.2 AN UPDATE ON THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN MODERNIZATION ITEM 5.3 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ON THE FINAL 2025 TAX LEVY AND BUDGET DISCUSSION AND 5.4 IS OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS HERE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN NINE AND 5.1 AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT OFFICIALLY WE HAVEN'T PUBLISHED THAT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AT ALL AND WHERE IS A THIS IS A COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND A STAFF UPDATE AS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING SO THAT WON'T NECESSARILY BE A PUBLIC THAT WILL NOT BE A PUBLIC HEARING.  SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BECAUSE I SAW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE COME UP AND SIGN IN BUT THERE WON'T BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 5.1 COUNCIL UNLESS THERE ARE ADDITIONS OR ANY OTHER CHANGES OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT I HAD MENTIONED. I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS STATED IN SECOND MOTION AND THE SECOND TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND I WILL SAY COUNCIL WE ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE A VERY AGENDA AND IT SEEMS I'M ASKED I MAKE THAT STATEMENT EVERY WEEK AND I'M GOING TO MAKE IT AGAIN THIS WEEK AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHEN DESPITE SEEING THIS IN PAST WEEKS WE STILL ARE HERE UNTIL 1115 AND THAT'S NOT GOOD PUBLIC POLICY NOT GOOD PUBLIC POLICY MAKING AND I MR. VERBRUGGE I'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS THERE'S A COUPLE OF IUES HERE.  THIS IS AN AGENDA ISSUE. WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF TO COVER BUT THIS IS ALSO A MEETING MANAGEMENT ISSUE AND THAT FALLS ON ME AS THE MEETING MANAGER PERSON THEN RUNNING THE MEETING BUT IT FALLS ON EVERYBODY HERE AS WELL THAT I'M REALLY GOING TO CALL ON YOU TO KEEP YOUR QUESTIONS CONCISE, YOUR COMMENTS TO THE POINT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MANAGE TO MANAGE OUR MEETING APPROPRIATELY AND GET OUT OF HERE AT A AT A REASONABLE HOUR BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT DOES ANYBODY ANY GOOD AS WE AS WE PUSH PAST 11:00 WITH OUR MEETINGS. SO AGAIN I'D CALL ON YOU TO USE THAT LITTLE BIT OF THAT QUIET EDITOR IN YOUR HEAD AND USE THAT TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY WHEN YOU'RE MAKING STATEMENTS OR ASKING QUESTIONS. SO WITH THAT SAID COUNCIL I'M GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO OR NO ACTUALLY GOING TO START WITH ITEM 2.3 AND THIS IS REGARDING THE LOW SALT PILOT CITY CERTIFICATE AND WE HAVE FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT COMING UP.  GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING BRIAN MAYOR AND COUNCIL MY NAME IS BRIAN GREELEY. I'M THE WATER RESOURCES MANAGER HERE WITH PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING.  WITH ME TONIGHT IS JACK DISTAL OUR WATER RESOURCES SPECIALIST AND CONNIE FORTIN WHO IS A LOW SALT STRATEGIST WITH FULTON AND MENKE. AND SO OVER THE LAST YEAR OR A LITTLE BIT MORE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CONNIE ON DEVELOPING OUR WHAT WE CALL A PLAN SO IT'S BASICALLY A START UP A TO FURTHER REDUCE THE SALT THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT IN THE ENVIRONMENT WE'VE REALLY AGGRESSIVE AND HAVE DONE A LOT TO LIMIT THE ROAD SALT THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE BUT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL INSTEAD OF JUST USING LESS SALT. CAN WE DO THINGS THROUGH DESIGN OTHER STUFF THAT BASICALLY HELPS US ELIMINATE THAT NEED FOR SALT?  AND SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CONNIE OH THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M HERE TODAY O BEHALF OF BOLTON AND MC TO PRESENT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ASSERTIVE ACT OF APPRECIATION FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND LOW SALT DESIGN . YOU'RE ONE OF FIVE PILOT CITIES WHO ARE LOOKING HOW DO WE DESIGN FOR WINTER TO MAKE OUR STREETS AND OUR SIDEWALKS SAFER SO WE DON'T NEED SO MUCH SALT?  WE BELIEVE IT WILL CHANGE CIVIL ENGINEERING STANDARDS ONE DAY BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN AND JACK FOR REALLY EMBRACING THIS OPPORTUNITY AND MOVING YOU ALL AHEAD. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, I THINK THAT DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE ABSOLUTELY.  AND I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN AND JACK BECAUSE I KNOW WELL I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU DO THE TIME AND THE EFFORT AND SOME REALLY GOOD THOUGHT INTO SO MUCH WHAT WE DO WITHIN OUR OUR CITY PUBLIC WORKS AND ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO WATER AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND APPRECIATE THE SALT SOLUTIONS RECOGNITION OF THE WORK THAT WE DO SO IT'S A IT'S NOT NOTHING SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK GUYS AND YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. YES, THANK YOU AND CAN TAKE OUR PICTURE NOW COUNSEL I'M GOING TO OH QUICK PICK  NOW I'M GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO OUR PROCLAMATION  SEE IF I CAN GIVE IT UP HERE IT IS A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING AND ITEM 2.3 WHICH WE HAVE MOVED UP IS A PROCLAMATION FOR HUMAN DAY WHICH IS DECEMBER 10TH, 2020 FOR KAYLA. THE WORK FILLED FROM OUR IS YOUR I BELIEVE KILLER HERE HEAR THAT WE HAVE OH OH I'M SORRY THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR ACTUALLY READING THE AGENDA AND TRUSTING WHAT'S IN THE AGENDA. PLEASE COME ON UP COME ON UP WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE WILL DO I WANT TO ENJOY HAVE YOU JOIN ME UP HERE AND READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU YOU GOT GET OVER ON THE SIDES OF THE CAMERA CAN CATCH YOU.  THIS IS A PROCLAMATION ALL THE WAY OVER HERE. COME ON, DON'T BE CAMERA SHY ON PROCLAMATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS THEY DECEMBER 10TH 2020 FOR WHEREAS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON JOINS NATIONS THE WORLD IN RECOGNIZING DECEMBER 10TH, 2024 AS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY. AND. WHEREAS, BLOOMINGTON RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE ACKNOWLEDGING THE DIVERSITY THAT EXISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WE STRIVE FOR AUTONOMOUS PARTICIPATION IN OUR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. AND. WHEREAS THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ASSERTS ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BORN AND EQUAL IN HUMAN DIGNITY AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY. AND. WHEREAS THE DESIGNATION OF A SPECIAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SERVES TO REMIND US THAT BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL PEOPLE AND.  WHEREAS, THROUGH THE EFFORTS AND COMMITMENT OF OUR CITY IN PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS, OUR GOAL IS TO ADVANCE THE INALIENABLE RIGHT OF ALL RESIDENTS BY ELIMINATING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND INJUSTICES.  AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IS CELEBRATING 56 YEARS OF AIDING AND ADVISING THE CITY COUNCIL IN ENSURING ALL CITIZENS HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES. AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON COMMITS ITS GOAL OF PROTECTING AND ADVANCING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL NOW THEREFORE I'M HERE. TIM BUSSEY YOU HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 10TH, 2024 AS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY AND ASK ALL RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS IN MAKING BLOOMINGTON A MODEL FOR FAIR AND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL PERSONS DATED THE SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER 2020 FOR 56 YEARS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAS HAD A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION THAT IS THAT A LOT ABOUT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE VALUES THAT THIS COMMUNITY BRINGS FORWARD EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND AS I SAID, I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER NOW .  OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AM ALTHEA FORTNER AND I'M ONE OF THE YOUTH COMMISSIONERS FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.  ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, I AM HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY. THIS IS THIS DAY IS A TESTAMENT TO NOT ONLY THE BLOOMINGTON TODAY BUT THE BLOOMINGTON WE ARE BUILDING. I OFTEN THINK ABOUT HOW OUR CITY IS VIEWED BY THOSE WHO DON'T LIVE OR WORK HERE. BLOOMINGTON SHOULD BE SEEN AS A PLACE WHERE HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE STANDARD A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION OR BACKGROUND CAN FEEL RESPECTED AND VALUED. THIS IS A DAY OF REFLECTION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO SHOW THAT RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA OR FORM OF HATRED HAS NO PLACE HERE NOT NOW AND NOT EVER. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WORKS HARD TO MAKE A REALITY. OUR DIVERSE PANEL OF VOICES BRINGS FORTH THE PERSPECTIVES MIXED PERSPECTIVES ENABLING US TO ADVOCATE INCLUSION EQUITY AND BELONGING. BUT THIS PROCLAMATION ISN'T JUST A RECOGNITION US OR THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. IT'S A CALL TO ACTION AND ENCOURAGES AND ENCOURAGES US TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND SETTLE FOR WHO WE ARE BUT ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE THE BEST WE CAN. THE PROCLAMATION CHALLENGES US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN BE BETTER AND HOW WE CAN BECOME THE BLOOMINGTON WHERE NO ONE WONDERS IF THEY BELONG. I AM PROUD TO IN A CITY WHERE A BIPOC 16 YEAR OLD GIRL HAS A PLACE AND A VOICE HERE I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVES THAT THE POWER OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO TRANSFORM LIVES. I'M PROUD THAT WE DON'T CONTENT WITH THE GOOD BUT KEEP STRIVING TO BECOME A GREAT FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR COMMITTING TO THE BLOOMINGTON WE ARE BECOMING A CITY THAT LEADS WITH JUSTICE, COMPASSION AND UNITY.  THANK YOU .  FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING HERE TONIGHT. MY NAME IS GRACE LEE PARK. I'M ONE OF THE YOUTH COMMISSIONERS HERE FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU GUYS AND ACCEPT THE HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PROCLAMATION.  THE LENGTHS TO WHICH BLOOMINGTON GOES IS TO ENSURE ITS CITIZENS ARE HAPPY AND CARED FOR. IT'S TRULY ASTONISHING.  WE'RE NOT A PERFECT CITY. WE DON'T TRY TO STRIVE TO BE BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT PERFECTION ISN'T A REALISTIC.  INSTEAD, BLOOMINGTON CONTINUOUSLY STRIVES FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT FUELED BY A DEEP DESIRE TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE INHERENT RIGHTS OF ALL ITS RESIDENTS.  SORRY. OH MY GOSH.  MY PHONE'S ACTING UP. YEAH, GOT TO HAVE TO DO THAT. OKAY. WHERE WAS I?  WE ARE A CITY BUILT STRENGTH AND CONNECTIONS AND THE UNITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES.  WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIVERSITY AND PROVIDE SAFE PLACE THAT ANYONE CAN CALL HOME REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, RELIGION, NATIONAL SEX ,MARITAL STATUS, DISABILITY,  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR FAMILIAL STATUS.  THAT'S WHY I AM PROUD TO BE A BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT STANDING UP HERE IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU . MY POSITION ON THE BLOOMINGTON HUMAN COMMISSION HAS OPENED MY EYES TO A WORLD OF CHANGE GIVING A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE EFFORTS THAT OUR GREAT CITY GOES TO. WHEN DEALING WITH A TOPIC OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES, OUR JOB AS THE COMMISSIONERS OF BLOOMINGTON IS TO LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER, AMPLIFY THE VOICES THAT TOO OFTEN GO UNHEARD AND ENSURE THAT NO ONE FEELS LEFT BEHIND. TOGETHER WE HAVE THE POWER TO CONTINUE BUILDING A COMMUNITY WHERE COMPASSION AND JUSTICE ARE MORE THAN IDEALS. THEY ARE REALITY THAT WE LIVE BY. I WANT TO LET THIS PROCLAMATION SERVE ONLY AS ACKNOWLEDGMENT THE HUMAN RIGHTS DAY HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ON DECEMBER 10TH TWO, 2024 BUT ALSO AS A CALL TO ACTION FOR WHAT WE CAN STILL ACHIEVE. THANK YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE HONOR OF HAVING US HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE AS WELL. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF MY TIME ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION .  ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW. I MEAN AN IMPRESSIVE COUPLE OF YOUNG WOMEN HERE AND GREAT REPRESENTATIVES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF OUR BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OF THE CITY IN GENERAL. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORDS. THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.  AND NOW WE GET TO DO THE OFFICIAL PRESENTATION AND GRIFFIN GRINS SO WHY DON'T YOU STEP OVER HERE? OVER HERE.  YOU.  CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO  HAD TO MAKE SURE I GAVE HIM THE RIGHT ONE. IT'S A SO HIS SECOND PROCLAMATION IS FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK DECEMBER 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH. AND I KNOW WE HAVE STEPHANIE MCPHAIL HERE AND I ALSO KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS FROM THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO SAME DRILL IF YOU COME AND JOIN ME UP HERE AND ANY OF THE STUDENTS WHO WISH TO COME UP HERE, YOU CAN JOIN ME AS WELL. OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS YOU CERTAINLY CAN JOIN US ALSO UP HERE.  LET THE KIDS HAVE AN OKAY  COME ON, DON'T BE SHY AND DON'T BE SHY. YOU GOT TO GET IN THE CAMERA HERE TOO. IT'S A LITTLE  A PROCLAMATION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK DECEMBER 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH 2024 WHEREAS COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS THE CRUCIAL ROLE THAT COMPUTER SCIENCE PLAYS IN OUR SOCIETY TO ENABLE INNOVATION AND CREATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES . AND. WHEREAS, THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IS A FOUNDATIONAL SCIENCE FOR THE DIGITAL AGE AND COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF MODERN TRANSFORMING HOW PEOPLE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND THE WORLD AROUND.  AND. WHEREAS ALL K-12 STUDENTS DESERVE ACCESS TO COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION IN PREPARATION FOR THE MODERN WORKFORCE WITH QUALIFIED TEACHERS TECHNOLOGY AND AGE APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM.  AND. WHEREAS, BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A LEADER IN MINNESOTA IN K-12 COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION OFFERING COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS. AND. WHEREAS BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOCUSES ON REMOVING BARRIERS AND INCREASING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE TYPICALLY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE FIELDS BY PROMOTING JOY AND EXPRESSION THROUGH COMPUTER SCIENCE THEREBY CREATING A SENSE OF IDENTITY BELONGING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS.  AND. WHEREAS, PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY HANDS ON COMPUTER SCIENCE ACTIVITIES DURING COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK DEMYSTIFIES THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE EXPOSING THE RICH OPPORTUNITIES THE FIELD OFFERS AND TEACHING IMPORTANT CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS. NOW THERE FOUR BIT RIZAL THAT I TIM BUSSEY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH 2024 AS COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK IN BLOOMINGTON AND ENCOURAGE EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, PARENTS, CLUBS, LIBRARIES, COMPANIES AND NONPROFIT GROUPS TO CELEBRATE AND ACTIVELY EXPLORE COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES DATED THE SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER 2024 I HAD OPPORTUNITY LAST YEAR TO GET INTO THE CLASSROOM WITH SOME OF THE STUDENTS AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT ALL OF THAT I JUST READ REALLY MEANS AND IT REALLY AN AMAZING VISION THAT THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THAT'S TRANSLATED TO STUDENTS AND TO THE TEACHING OF COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION TO SEE THE FUN THAT THE STUDENTS WERE HAVING TO SEE THE THE THE THE PRACTICALITY OF , THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING AND TO SEE THE CREATIVITY JUST KIND OF GROW AND BLOSSOM IS JUST VERY INSPIRING. SO I CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU ON OUTSTANDING WORK. I CONGRATULATE OUR SUPER SUPER TEN THAT WAS GOING TO CALL YOU SUPER NINTENDO AND I KNEW THAT WASN'T RIGHT.  I CONGRATULATE OUR SCHOOL BOARD , OUR OUTSTANDING WORK AND WIN AND WHEN WE SAY BLOOMINGTON IS A LEADER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION IN K-12 THAT ISN'T HYPERBOLE. THAT IS AN ACTUAL FACT WITHIN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD OF IT. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO STEPHANIE A FEW FOR US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. YOU PRETTY MUCH SAID EVERYTHING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, EVEN THE SUPER NINTENDO OH NO, NOT THAT HARD BUT YEAH . AND WE WELCOME YOU BACK INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO YEAH AND WE CELEBRATE COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK THE ENTIRE MONTH OF DECEMBER NOW SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO CALL IT COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK. BUT YEAH, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE MCPHAIL. I AM THE DIGITAL LEARNING SPECIALIST AT NORMANDY HILLS AND WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. I'M SO HONORED AND HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH A BUNCH OF MY FRIENDS FROM NORMAN HILLS.  WE HAVE PRINCIPAL CARUSO, WE HAVE SHAWN JOHNSON WHO IS ONE OF OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS. WE HAVE DR. ALEXANDRA HOLTER IS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR BLOOMINGTON AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME STUDENTS HERE WHO ARE PART OF OUR BRAND NEW AFTER SCHOOL GIRLS WHO CODE COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM . WE'VE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH COMPUTERS IN THE CLASSROOM DURING THE SCHOOL DAY THAT WE DECIDED TO EXTEND IT OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY AND NOW WE RUN FREE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR GIRLS AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST CODING.  IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FRIENDSHIP AND AND STUFF LIKE THAT TOO. AND THEN IN THE WINTER WE'LL ADD ON ANOTHER CODING CLUB WHICH SOME OF THESE GIRLS WILL CONTINUE ON TO AND THAT IS WITH THE RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION WE'LL BE DOING CODING CLUB AND THAT WILL BE BOYS AND GIRLS. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WE HAVE ONE STUDENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH YOU. SO MARGO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ON UP AND TELL US YOUR NAME AND MARGOLIS I GO TO DELL HILLS ELEMENTARY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON.  WHAT GRADE AND IN FOURTH GRADE . WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT COMPUTER SCIENCE? UM, I LIKE COMPUTER SCIENCE BECAUSE YOU GET TO USE LIKE TECHNOLOGY AND CAN'T CODE ON PAPER.  YOU ALSO MAKE A OF TRIAL AND ERROR MOSTLY ERROR BUT YOU CAN FIX IT THAT'S IT.  HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING IT? AND I STARTED IT THIS NOVEMBER AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.  THANK YOU .  I'M LITTLE TALLER THAN MARGO. I'M I'M SHAWN JOHNSON.  I HAD HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH STUDENTS THIS YEAR BUT ALSO WORKING WITH THE CURRENT THIRD GRADERS LAST YEAR IN A COMPUTER SCIENCE CLASS.  AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE ALWAYS SAY IS COMPUTER COMPUTER IS USING THE POWER OF COMPUTERS TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS AND AND EXPRESS OURSELVES. THANK YOU. THAT'S I THINK THERE IS CHOREOGRAPHY TO IT AND I MY MIND BLANKED UNTIL THE CHOREOGRAPHY CAME THANK YOU AND THAT WE ALWAYS THINK MOST OF US THINK OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AS JUST THE YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THE BASEMENT TYPING ON YOUR KEYBOARD. BUT THERE THERE IS A LOT IN THE EXPRESSING OURSELVES BEFORE BEFORE I STARTED WORKING COMPUTER SCIENCE HERE I WORKED WITH STUDENTS WHO HAD REALLY BIG EMOTIONS AND THAT FRUSTRATION MANAGEMENT IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF WORKING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.  FOR EXAMPLE MY MY FAMILY WE JUST GOT A 3D PRINTER AND IT'S IT'S NOT ON YET BUT MY FAMILY I TRIED TO PRINT OUT BOOKMARKS AND YOU SEE IT BUT THIS ONE IS COMPLETELY SMOOTH. IS IT WORKING NOW? YEAH, IT'S COMPLETELY SMOOTH. IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THE WAY THAT WE PLANNED AND SO THEN WE MADE SOME CHANGES AND FIGURED SOME THINGS OUT AND WE TRIED TO MAKE ONE WITH WITH THE CITY LOGO ON IT BUT IT'S MISSING SOME PARTS IT'S GOT YOUR NAME ON IT. IT STILL ISN'T EXACTLY PERFECT. IT WAS QUITE FRUSTRATING.  WE MANAGED THROUGH IT AND WE ARE THE BIGGER PART OF THAT IS THAT WE'RE LEARNING WE MADE IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TEACHING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE HAVE A PERFECT FINISHED PRODUCT BUT THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. WE ARE LEARNING AND GROWING THAT AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU COUNSEL AS WELL. AND HERE IS AN IMPERFECT BOOKMARK FOR YOU RIGHT HERE WITH THE WHOLE PROCLAMATION YOU CAN HOPE FOR THERE YOU GO. WE'RE GOING TO GETTING CLOSER AND GET A PICTURE. COME ON, DON'T BE SHY. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP .  VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALSO GREAT  QUESTION .  SO WE WILL NOW GO BACK IN OUR AGENDA TO OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE RULE IS NEVER FOLLOW KIDS OR ANIMALS BUT ITEM 2.1 OUR AGENDA AN UPDATE FROM OUR HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY MORIARTY COUNTY ATTORNEY MORIARTY, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING .  WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK FOR THE INVITATION TO BE HERE.  THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO BE HERE. SO WE A POWERPOINT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON HERE AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH LINE BY LINE. I WANTED IT TO BE A REFERENCE FOR YOU TO HAVE IN CASE YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS BUT I'LL USE THAT AS AN OUTLINE AND THEN CERTAINLY HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS WHEN I'M DONE SO THAT ONE  SLIDE JUST LEFT OH  I WELL THERE YOU GO. I IT OKAY SO HERE'S AN AGENDA SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH NEXT SLIDE PLEASE .  OKAY SO HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF OUR OFFICE. I DON'T THINK MANY KNOW THAT WE HAVE OVER 500 STAFF AND THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE DIVISIONS AS YOU CAN SEE THERE. I MEAN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF US IN TERMS OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THERE WE DO CHILD CHILD SUPPORT.  WE HAVE VICTIMS SERVICES, ADULT WHICH IS CIVIL COMMITMENT, ADULT PROTECTION,  ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE, SEX OFFENDER COMMITMENT AND WE REPRESENT THE COUNTY SO OUR CIVIL DIVISION IS COUNSEL TO THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION AND REPRESENTS EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN HENNEPIN WE PROSECUTE ALL FELONIES IN HENNEPIN COUNTY MISDEMEANORS AND MOST GROSS MISDEMEANORS ARE PROSECUTED BY YOUR CITY ATTORNEY OR THE CITY ATTORNEY IN THE CITY WHICH THEY OCCUR IN TERMS OF YOUTH PROSECUTION. WE HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ALL THINGS YOUTH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT OUR OFFICE LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. WE DID A LOT OF RESTRUCTURING . WE CREATED TWO NEW DIVISIONS. ONE WAS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS WHICH IS THERE ON THE LEFT AND ALSO COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.  WE WANTED TO BE MUCH MORE COMMUNITY FACING AND REALLY UNDERSTAND NEEDS AND DESIRES OF OUR COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO WHEN I CAME IN WE DID ABOUT SIX MONTHS UNTIL WE EMBARKED ON A STRATEGIC PLAN, A NEW MISSION AND VISION AND WAITED TO DO THAT. I DIDN'T WANT TO COME IN WITH ONE. I WANTED TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WANTED, WHAT THEY NEEDED AND HOW WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH AND AM I GOING TO READ THROUGH THIS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN READ THROUGH IT YOURSELF BUT I THINK COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION ARE EXTREMELY CRITICAL TO THE WORK THAT WE DO. WHEN I FIRST STARTED I TALKED TO ALL OF THE POLICE CHIEFS IN HENNEPIN COUNTY AND I SAID WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US.  THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? AND THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT COMMUNICATION WITH MY PREDECESSOR WAS NOT VERY GOOD. IN FACT IT WAS VERY ONE WAY THEY WERE NOT GETTING INFORMATION FROM.  MY PREDECESSOR, THE OFFICE. THEY WERE HEARING ABOUT THINGS AT CONFERENCES RATHER THAN HAVING A PART IN DEVELOPING POLICY.  AND SO I HEARD THEM LOUD AND CLEAR AND WE SET UP MEETINGS WITH THE POLICE CHIEFS ONCE A MONTH.  WE BROKE THEM DOWN INTO FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS BECAUSE OFTEN IT'S EASIER TO TALK IN A SMALLER GROUP. I MET WITH EACH OF THOSE GROUPS ONCE A MONTH WHICH MEANT I MET WITH THE POLICE CHIEFS FOUR TIMES A MONTH. I APPOINTED OF OUR MOST EXPERIENCED PROSECUTORS MIKE RADNER WHO'S TO BE OUR LIAISON TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.  ALL THE CHIEFS HAVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER. THEY HAVE MIKE NUMBER.  THEY KNOW THAT IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICIES OR ANY OF OUR CASES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY ARE WE DOING THIS OR WHAT ARE WE DOING, THEY CAN PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL HIM OR CALL ME AND I KNOW MIKE IS EXTREMELY GOOD AT GETTING THEM AN ANSWER VERY QUICKLY AND WE'LL LOOK AT OUR DATA. WE'LL LOOK AT CASES THAT COME OUT OF A PARTICULAR IF THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.  SO I WOULD SAY THAT OUR COMMUNICATION HAS IMPROVED EXPONENTIALLY.  WE'VE ALSO PRIORITIZED OUR LAWYERS TALKING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, DURING COVID AND WHEN EVERYTHING WENT ELECTRONIC IT BECAME VERY EASY TO EMAIL BUT THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN PICKING UP THE PHONE AND CALLING ENFORCEMENT AND SAYING HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO KNOW BEFORE I MAKE THIS DECISION AND JUST HAVING THAT INTERACTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT? SO WE'RE A LONG WAYS TOWARDS THAT BEING MUCH MORE PROACTIVE IN REACHING OUT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.  NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO MOST PEOPLE THINK OF US IN TERMS OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND THIS SLIDE JUST TALKS ABOUT WHAT OUR ROLE IS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, A CRIME OCCURS AND IT IS REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.  MANY CRIMES ACTUALLY AREN'T REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNITY TRUST IN SOME WAYS OR THE PERCEPTION THAT SYSTEM IS GOING TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED OR THEY MAY BE VULNERABLE. LIKE MANY OF OUR IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS NOT FEEL SAFE IN COMING FORWARD. THIS WAS PART THE REASON I ELEVATED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO BE A DIVISION BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST THAT WE WILL LISTEN TO THEM, THAT WE WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THEY WANT AND, THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE A VOICE IN THE PROCESS.  SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATES AND THEN LAW ENFORCEMENT IF THEY CLEAR THE CASE MEANING THERE'S AN ARREST OR AN IDENTIFICATION OF A PERSON WILL SUBMIT A CASE TO US FOR POTENTIAL CHARGES.  SO THOSE ARE WHAT ARE CALLED CLEARANCE RATES. THOSE ARE THE YOU KNOW, SO THE CRIME HAPPENS AND I OFTEN USE MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT AS AN EXAMPLE ON THIS MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT AND HOMICIDE ARE TWO OF THE THE CRIMES THAT WE CAN KIND OF RELY ON THE DATA BECAUSE IN MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT MANY PEOPLE REPORT TO THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY SO THEY ARE REPORTING IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.  SO SO LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO SUBMIT A CASE TO US AND SOMETIMES COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE GET CONFUSED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THEY HEAR THAT THERE'S AN ARREST AND THEN THEY WONDER WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ROLE IN THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF CHARGING UNLESS A CASE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO US. IF LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRESTS SOMEBODY AND HOLDS THEM ON WHAT'S CALLED PROBABLE CAUSE, IF THEY DON'T SUBMIT A CASE TO US AND IN ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCE THERE IS A TIMELINE THAT IF THERE ISN'T A CASE FILED THAT PERSON MUST BE RELEASED FROM JAIL. AND SO SOMETIMES HAPPENS THAT THE CASE HASN'T BEEN SUBMITTED TO US. SO A PERSON GETS OUT OF JAIL. SO IF THE CASE IS SUBMITTED TO US WE REVIEW IT, OUR LAWYERS REVIEW IT AND THEY MAKE THEY LOOK AT ALL THE EVIDENCE, THEY LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND THEY MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT CHARGES, IF ANY ARE APPROPRIATE AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS LOOKING AT, WHICH IS PROBABLE CAUSE.  IF WE DO WELL, I SHOULD STOP HERE.  SO SOMETIMES WHEN CASES ARE SUBMITTED TO US WE DON'T HAVE THE EVIDENCE THAT OUR LAWYERS THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVE IT. BUT IT APPEARS THAT THERE MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN OBTAIN. SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS TALK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SAY HEY, IF YOU CAN GET THE MEDICAL RECORDS FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU CAN TALK TO NEIGHBORS, IF YOU CAN GET ADDITIONAL WITNESS STATEMENTS WE THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US IN BEING ABLE TO CHARGE THIS CASE.  THAT'S CALLED A DEFERRAL A DEFERRAL AND OUR LAWYERS WILL DOCUMENT IN OUR CASE MANAGEMENT EXACTLY WHAT THEY TALK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT AND.  THEN WE WILL CONSIDER THE CASE IF THAT INFORMATION GETS TO US. IF IT DOESN'T GET TO US THEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION PROBABLY TO CHARGE. SO I WILL USE LANGUAGE DECLINE WHICH MEANS WE CHOOSE NOT TO PROSECUTE CASE DEFER WHICH MEANS WE'VE ASKED LAW ENFORCEMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PENDING ANY POTENTIAL CHARGES.  SO THEN AS YOU CAN SEE THERE THERE'S THE COURT PROCESS.  SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW THERE. EXCELLENT.  SO WE WENT BACK TO 2018 THROUGH 2023. YOU CAN SEE HERE GET THOUSANDS OF CASES SUBMITTED TO US AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BREAKDOWN BY YEAR. SO AVERAGE ABOUT BETWEEN TEN AND 11,000 ADULT CASES, FELONY CASES SUBMITTED TO US FOR POTENTIAL CHARGING.  SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE TOP TEN TYPES OF OFFENSES THAT COME OUT OF BLOOMINGTON AND IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTY. SO THE REST OF THE COUNTY IT SAYS ALL AGENCIES YOU CAN SEE THERE.  SECOND IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IN BLOOMINGTON ACTUALLY SHOPLIFTING CREDIT CARD. THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE MALL OF AMERICA. YOU HAVE A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF PROPERTY CRIMES LIKE THAN OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO. SO YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE.  WHAT KINDS OF OFFENSES ARE SUBMITTED THAT COME OUT OF BLOOMINGTON.  SO HERE ARE THE CHARGING DECISIONS AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE THE TOP OF IT IS OUR CHARGE DECISION FOR ALL AGENCIES COMING OUT OF HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THIS IS FROM 18 TO 2023 AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT. SO I CAME IN IN 2023 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CHARGING RATES WHICH IS THE TOP LINE THERE ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH MY PREDECESSOR. SO I THINK A THERE MAY BE A PERCEPTION OUT THERE THAT SOMEHOW WE'RE DOING THINGS VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN MY PREDECESSOR AND IN TERMS OF CHARGING WE ARE NOT.  BLOOMINGTON IS THE COLUMN BELOW. YOU CAN SEE CHARGED CASES YOU CAN SEE DECLINED THOSE CASES THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO US AND WE CHOSE NOT TO PROSECUTE.  YOU CAN SEE DEFERRED THAT'S WHERE WE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE DIVERTED THAT HAS TO DO WITH DIVERSION. NOW WHEN LOOK AT THAT YOU CAN SEE IN 2023 28% BLOOMINGTON'S CASES WERE DIVERTED. THAT IS IN PART BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF PROPERTY CASES THAT COME OUT OF THE MALL OF AMERICA. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF CASES WE TEND TO DIVERT.  SO AS YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE DO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION BUT WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED GREATLY OUR OUR COLLABORATION AND WHAT I WOULD CALL INTEGRITY. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT WE ASIDE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IS PEOPLE TYPICALLY IT.  WE DO DO DIVERSION PROGRAMS. WE HAVE YOUTH INITIATIVES THAT HOPEFULLY HELP YOUTH GET BACK ON TRACK.  WE HAVE A TRUANCY DIVERSION PROGRAM CALLED BE IT SCHOOL AND WE HAVE AS I SAID, WE HAVE CREATED DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND COMMUNITY.  WE HAVE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESPONSE THAT I'LL BE TALKING WE'VE CREATED A WORKER PROTECTION UNIT WHICH NEVER EXISTED IN THE OFFICE. PROTECTING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IS IMPORTANT US WE HAVE EXPANDED GREATLY OUR USE OF YOU AND IN GENERAL WHAT THAT MEANS IS SOMEBODY CAN BE THE VICTIM OF A CRIME BUT THEY MAY NOT BE DOCUMENTED HERE AND THEY MAY BE AFRAID TO COME FORWARD EVEN THEY ARE VULNERABLE VICTIM OF A CRIME. BUT BY CERTIFYING THEIR STATUS AS THE VICTIM OF A CRIME WE CAN GIVE THEM SOME TEMPORARY STATUS. THEY CAN TAKE THAT IN THE HOPES OF STATUS THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO THAT AT LEAST HELPS ASSURE PEOPLE THAT THEY WILL NOT BE DEPORTED RIGHT AWAY SO THAT THEY CAN HELP US PROSECUTE OR THEY CAN BE WITNESSES IN CASES AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO SO THIS IS THIS IS SOME OF THE DATA ABOUT YOUTH DIVERSION. I WON'T INTO IN DEPTH WHAT WE DO IN YOUTH DIVERSION THERE ARE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AS PART OF THAT. I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT THOUGH IS YOU LOOK AT THE RECIDIVISM RATES SO RECIDIVISM PEOPLE GENERALLY THINK OF IT I GUESS THAT'S TRADITIONALLY WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF IS SOMETHING WORKING. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT TRADITIONAL RECIDIVISM RATES MEANING DO PEOPLE COME BACK SO THEY'RE PUT ON PROBATION OR THEY'RE SENT TO DIVERSION? ARE THEY COMING BACK WITH A NEW OFFENSE IN TRADITION?  WHEN YOU LOOK UP THERE AND YOU SEE NOT DIVERTED HOW MANY PEOPLE RECIDIVATE WITHIN ONE YEAR AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IT'S 36%. WHEREAS IF WE DIVERT IT'S A MUCH LOWER RATE OF 23.9. SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIVERSION IS IS CERTAINLY NOT PERFECT.  IT IS MUCH BETTER WE GET MUCH BETTER RESULTS WITH DIVERSION THAN WE DO WITH NOT DIVERTING THOSE CASES.  SO THIS IS ADULT DIVERSION.  YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE SEND ADULTS TO DIVERSION AND TYPICALLY DO THAT ON PROPERTY CASES AND SOME DRUG CASES WE'RE TRYING TO APPROACH THINGS FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, RECOGNIZE THAT ADDICTION IS A DISEASE AND TRYING TO OUR DIVERSION PROGRAM TO HELP PEOPLE WORK WITH THEIR ADDICTION. SO YOU CAN SEE RECIDIVISM HERE . IF WE DON'T SEND PEOPLE ADULTS TO DIVERSION, WE'VE GOT IF YOU LOOK AT ANY RECIDIVISM AT THE BOTTOM THERE, YOU'VE GOT ALMOST 41% WHEN WE DO DIVERT PEOPLE.  11.2%.  SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING PROGRAM AND IT IN PART GREW OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE WERE LOOKING AT CLEARANCE RATES AND I MENTIONED CAR THEFT IN MINNEAPOLIS FOR INSTANCE, THE CLEARANCE RATE IN OTHER WORDS THE NUMBER OF TIMES A CAR THEFT IS AND THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT CAR THEFT GETS TO US OR SUBMITTED FOR CHARGES IS LESS THAN 2% AND COUNTY WIDE IT'S PROBABLY LESS THAN 10%. VARIOUS CITIES INCLUDING BLOOMINGTON ARE DOING BETTER THAN MINNEAPOLIS BUT IT'S STILL A REALLY REALLY LOW RATE AND WE KNOW THAT DETERRENCE IS REALLY IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT. RIGHT. SO IF IN MINNEAPOLIS FOR INSTANCE WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE 7500 APPROXIMATELY CAR THEFTS AND ONLY I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 1.6% GOT TO US. YOU KNOW THAT, PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING CAUGHT AND MANY OF THEM ARE YOUNG PEOPLE. THERE ARE REALLY REASONS FOR THAT REALLY GOOD REASONS FOR THAT. WE NOW WE'VE SEEN CAR THEFT WITH NUMBER OF YOUTH IN A CAR. THEY'RE WEARING MASKS, THEY'RE WEARING SIMILAR CLOTHING. THEY ALL RUN AWAY AND THEY MAY BE IN A CAR THAT WAS USED FOR SOME CRIME THE DAY BEFORE AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THAT YOUTH STOLE THE CAR, KNEW IT WAS WAS PART OF THE ARMED ROBBERY THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THAT.  SO IN YOU KNOW PEOPLE THINK THEY WATCH NCIC OR SOMETHING THAT THEY GO DNA IS IS LIKE THAT IT IS NOT. AND SO IT'S A IT'S A BIG BURDEN ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING US A CASE ON CAR THEFT.  AND SO IN RECOGNIZING THAT WHAT WE ALSO HEARD FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IS THAT THEY KNOW WHO THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THAT ARE DOING A LOT OF THESE.  SO THEY HAVE THE NAMES BUT THEY COULDN'T US A CASE. NOW MY PREDECESSOR I GOT HERE THE OFFICER'S POSITION WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO. WE UNDERSTOOD HOWEVER IN LOOKING AT DATA FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT WHEN A YOUNG PERSON BECOMES INVOLVED IN A CAR THEFT THAT ESCALATION INTO MAYBE USING A GUN IN MORE VIOLENT IS A MATTER OF MONTHS. WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE, CHILDREN TEN, 11, 12, 13 REALLY I MEAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN. AND SO WE WE COULDN'T WAIT WE CAN'T WAIT KNOWING THAT THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE STEALING CARS AND ENGAGING IN RISKY BEHAVIOR TO THEMSELVES IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE JUST COULDN'T SAY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT SORRY WE CAN'T HELP YOU. SO WE CREATED THE YOUTH AUTO THEFT EARLY INTERVENTION. IT HAD TWO PRONGS TO IT. ONE WAS ABOUT OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AS AN OFFICE BEFORE IT WOULD TAKE WEEKS FOR OUR OFFICE BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A CASE AND DECIDE WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ON A MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT. THOSE WERE ALWAYS THOUGHT TO BE AND WERE AT ONE TIME MUCH LESS SERIOUS CASES WITH LESS SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.  SO IT WOULD TAKE WEEKS AND WE THAT AS YOU ALL KNOW IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A KID YOU CAN'T WAIT. YOU KNOW, WEEKS AFTER THE THING HAPPENS AND THEN THERE ARE WEEKS UNTIL THE COURT SEES THE KID AND THEN THERE ARE MONTHS AFTER THAT BEFORE THERE'S SOME ACCOUNTABILITY THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK. AND SO WE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PROBATION AND ALSO THE COURTS TO EXPEDITE THAT ENTIRE LEGAL SYSTEM TO GET KIDS IN MUCH EARLIER AND THEN THE CREATION OF AN EARLY PATHWAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE NOT AS A DIVERSION BECAUSE.  IN DIVERSION YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CHARGEABLE CASE. WE DON'T SEND PEOPLE TO DIVERSION JUST BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED SOMETHING. WE SEND PEOPLE TO DIVERSION IF WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROVABLE CASE.  THESE WERE NOT PROVABLE CASES. SO WHAT WE DID WAS CREATE AN ENTIRELY NEW PATHWAY. SO PATHWAY WAS THIS WE WOULD HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT WE SAID TO THEM HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF WE MET WITH AND YOU COULD TELL US THE NAMES OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE WILL INTERVENE. AND SO WE STARTED THIS PILOT BACK IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.  AND WHAT WE DID WAS MEET WITH LAW.  WE GOT NAMES OF YOUTH WHO LAW ENFORCEMENT KNEW INVOLVED IN STEALING CARS AT THE TIME.  SO WE HAVE A BE AT SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER BE IT SCHOOL IS OUR YOUTH TRUANCY INTERVENTION OR OUR DIVERSION PROGRAM BUT IT WAS SUMMER SO WE HAD HIM REACH OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE NOW. SO WE WERE GETTING AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE NUMBERS IN THE NEXT SLIDE BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS 1/1. SO WHAT WE DID WAS SCREEN ALL THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH CHILD PROTECTION OR YOUTH PROSECUTION AND WE GAVE THE NAMES TO COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.  ALL OF THOSE SCREENS HAPPENED AND THOSE THAT WERE NOT RECEIVING ANY SERVICES AT ALL WE SCREENED IN AND WHAT WAS REALLY SHOCKING TO ME WAS THAT HALF OF THE HALF OF THE KIDS WHOSE NAMES WE GOT WERE NOT RECEIVING ANY SERVICES WHATSOEVER.  THE KIDS THAT WERE RECEIVING SERVICES LIKE CHILD PROTECTION YOU KNOW, WE'D REACH OUT TO AND SAY HEY, THIS KID'S ON THE RADAR SCREEN.  WE WEREN'T JUST SAYING NOTHING . BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WE WOULD ALERT THEM IF THEY HAD AN OPEN CASE FOR OUR YOUTH PROSECUTION WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. BUT HALF THE KIDS NOT RECEIVING ANY SERVICES WHATSOEVER. SO AT THE TIME WE HAD OUR SOCIAL WORKER TALKING TO THEM. HE WOULD REACH.  HE WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW UP AT THE DOOR OF THE FAMILY. A LOT OF TIMES IF HE COULDN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM. AND WHAT WAS REMARKABLE ABOUT IT IS 100% OF THE FAMILIES LIKE THE CARETAKER THE PARENT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SAID I KNOW I'M NOT SURPRISED MY KID IS ON YOUR RADAR SCREEN AND PLEASE HELP.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE.  NOW MANY OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE THERE ARE RESOURCES OUT THERE IN THE COUNTY ESPECIALLY PROBABLY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.  BUT HELPING PEOPLE GET THERE OR CONNECTING THE PEOPLE WITH THOSE SERVICES IS SOMETIMES A CHALLENGE. THEY JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT.  SO WHAT WHAT THE SOCIAL WORKER WOULD DO THEN IS OFFER VARIOUS SERVICES AND IT WAS TAILORED TO THE INDIVIDUAL KID AND FAMILY ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUTH. AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIDE THERE KIND OF AN ARRAY OF RESOURCES THAT WERE OFFERED TO THE FAMILIES.  NOW SOMETIMES IT WAS BASIC NEEDS FOOD, YOU KNOW, HOW DO KIDS LEARN HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE AT SCHOOL IF ?  THEY'RE HUNGRY. HOW DO THEY FOCUS ON BEING AT SCHOOL? WHAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE CLOTHES? WHAT IF THEY'RE ON SHELTER AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE ISSUES THERE. AND THE IDEA HERE WAS TO FUNNEL CHANNEL THOSE FAMILIES TO THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES SO THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR FAMILIES COULD GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED TO STABILIZE THE YOUNG PERSON. SO THE YOUNG PERSON WASN'T OUT THERE STEALING CARS.  SO WE WENT BACK WE LOOKED AT DATA FOR A YEAR. WE'VE UPDATED THE DATA AS YOU CAN SEE. SO WE WE WENT BACK FROM WHEN WE STARTED THE PROGRAM. SO 127 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE REFERRED TO THE SOCIAL WORKER THAT MEANT MEANT 127 YOUNG PEOPLE CHILDREN WERE NOT RECEIVING ANY KIND OF SERVICES AT ALL. SO THEY WERE REFERRED TO A SOCIAL WORKER. THE REALLY GOOD NEWS HERE 85 OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE OR 67% HAVE NOT BEEN REFERRED TO US FOR A NEW CASE. 42 HAVE THEY'VE HAD A NEW DATE. SO THAT'S 33% BUT THAT'S POTENTIALLY 85 CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE WILL NEVER COME INTO THE SYSTEM AT ALL OR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, 85 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO'VE GOT THOSE SERVICES HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CHANGE OVERNIGHT BUT HOPEFULLY WILL RECEIVE OR YOU KNOW, GET TO BE STABILIZED WITHIN THE FAMILY.  SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AND THE SOCIAL WORKER PIECE, BY THE WAY, IS NOW HAPPENING WITH THE WORKERS WHO ARE EMBEDDED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT RATHER THAN OUR BE A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER.  OKAY SO I MENTIONED BE AT SCHOOL IS OUR TRUANCY PROGRAM . WE WHEN I CAME IN WE PUT MANY MORE RESOURCES INTO IT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE AN ATTENDANCE CRISIS RIGHT NOW THAT BECAME PARTICULARLY ACUTE AFTER COVID. WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SIMPLY AREN'T IN SCHOOL.  AND WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE AREN'T IN SCHOOL, THEY'RE OFTEN DOING ENGAGING IN RISKY BEHAVIOR. AND SO WE BELIEVE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO INTERVENE. SO SCHOOLS HAVE TO REPORT TO US AFTER A PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD.  ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCOVERED WAS THAT THEY WEREN'T MAKING THOSE REPORTS NECESSARILY IN A TIMELY FASHION. WE HELD A CONVENING WITH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRS LAST YEAR TO TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD WAS THE SCHOOLS SIMPLY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO KEEP TABS ON THE KIDS WHO ISN'T.  BECAUSE REALLY THE KEY FOR US IS TO GET THAT REPORT TO US QUICKLY SO THAT THERE CAN BE AN INTERVENTION SERVICES AND GET THAT KID BACK IN SCHOOL. WE HAVE A REALLY PILOT PROGRAM. WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT. WE NOW HAVE TWO LIAISONS WHO ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ONE IN SAINT LOUIS PARK, ONE IN BROOKLYN PARK. THEY ARE EMBEDDED IN THE SCHOOL AND WE DON'T HAVE DATA ON YET BUT I'VE HEARD INCREDIBLE ANECDOTAL INFORMATION. ONE OF THEM WAS ALLOWED TO WORK WITH FAMILIES BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED. WAS ABLE TO GET KIDS ENROLLED IN SCHOOL. SHE WAS ABLE TO HELP THE FAMILIES OVERCOME THE BARRIERS THAT SOMETIMES STOP KIDS FROM BEING IN SCHOOL ON THE FIRST DAY. SO WE'RE REALLY ABOUT THIS PILOT PROJECT AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN TO THAT SO THAT WE THE SCHOOLS HAVE THE RESOURCES TO IDENTIFY KIDS ARE DOING IN ONE OF THE SCHOOLS YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THE SOCIAL WORKER SAID YEAH I RECOGNIZED A PARTICULAR KID AND I SAID HEY, YOU'REALLING ASLEEP IN CLASS. WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THEY HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND HE PROMISED HE WOULD DO BETTER AND HE IS DO YOU KNOW SO IT'S THAT ONE ON ONE CONTACT WITH KIDS WHEN THEY'RE IN SCHOOL TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED. THAT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT.  SO PROMOTING TRUST AND LEGITIMACY I TALKED ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO IT IN DETAIL BUT THAT IS OUR PROSECUTOR EXPUNGEMENT.  WE RECENTLY HAD OUR THIRD COMMUNITY EXPUNGEMENT CLINIC IN BROOKLYN CENTER AT THE LIBRARY THERE AND IT'S IT'S BEEN AMAZING. WE'VE HAD SUCCESS STORIES WHERE PEOPLE WILL COME IN , THEY'LL BE GETTING THEIR RECORDS EXPUNGED AND THEY WILL TELL US ONE WOMAN IN PARTICULAR TOLD US SHE WOULD NOW BE ELIGIBLE A $40,000 RAISE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF GETTING HER RECORD.  SO THAT'S BEEN EXCITING. THERE'S A NEW THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSED CALLED PROSECUTOR INITIATED ADJUSTMENT.  WE LOOK AT PETITIONS AND ULTIMATELY THE DECISION IS UP TO THE JUDGE NOT TO US.  THOSE PETITIONS ARE SCREENED BY THE COURT BUT THAT'S WE'VE CREATED A TEAM THAT LOOKS AT THOSE. WE HAVE CREATED A CONVICTION UNIT THAT'S NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS AND WE'VE WORKED VERY ON BRADY WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO DISCLOSE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CHARGED SO THAT THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED AND.  WE DON'T COME BACK YEARS LATER AND REALIZE THERE WAS A WRONGFUL CONVICTION BECAUSE INFORMATION WASN'T DISCLOSED.  SO I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROTECTING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.  YOU CAN SEE THERE FROM WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2024 TO NOVEMBER 1ST WE CERTIFIED 115 U VISA CERT ASIANS AND 13 T VISA AND THAT WAS COMPARED TO 12 U VISA AND ZERO T VISA CERTIFICATIONS IN BEFORE I CAME INTO OFFICE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT ACTUALLY OUR MODEL OUR PROCESS WAS CALLED A MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY AND IT IS ACTUALLY EXACTLY WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID IT SHOULD BE THERE NOT BE BARRIERS TO CERTIFYING A VICTIM'S YOU KNOW ,PARTICIPATION THE FACT THAT THEY WERE THE VICTIM OF A CRIME. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESPONSE. WE SO MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE CENTER. IT'S CALLED IT IS DOWNTOWN. IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. IT IS ACTUALLY PART OF OUR OFFICE THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND IT WE'VE JUST MOVED TO A DIFFERENT SPACE BEHIND SECURITY ON THE 13TH FLOOR. WE ARE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING NEXT TUESDAY AT YOU WERE ALL INVITED TO COME DOWN AND TOUR IT IT HAS A MAGNIFICENT PLAY AREA FOR CHILDREN BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY UNFORTUNATELY LOT OF PEOPLE COME WITH CHILDREN WHO NEED TO BE OCCUPIED WHILE THEIR PARENT IS BEING HELPED BY OUR STAFF. IT'S AS CAN SEE THEY'RE IN 2023 DESKS OR HELPED OVER 4400 PEOPLE AND THAT WAS HELPING THEM GET ORDERS FOR PROTECTION. WE ALSO HELP PEOPLE WHO HARM THEIR PARTNERS. WE OFFER THOSE SERVICES AS WELL UNDERSTANDING THAT OFTEN VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DON'T WANT THE RELATIONSHIP TO END. THEY WANT THE VIOLENCE TO STOP. AND SO WE WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY BASED ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE EMBEDDED THERE AS WELL. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES TO MAKE IT VERY ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY WORKER PROTECTION.  I MENTIONED THIS AS MANY OF YOU KNOW WORKERS ARE VERY VULNERABLE IN MANY ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE NOT DOCUMENTED AND ARE HERE THEY OFTEN GET TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IN TERMS OF LABOR TRAFFICKING AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WAGE THEFT SOMETIMES THE WAGE PAYROLL FRAUD THAT KIND OF THING IS A MATTER OF EDUCATION AND SO WE CREATED A WORKER PROTECTION TEAM AND THE IDEA IS FOR INSTANCE, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS CIVIL AND THEY HAVE A STRONG WORKER PROTECTION CONNECTION TO COMMUNITIES AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS CREATE TO HAVE A SPECTRUM OF RESPONSES. WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE HAMMER OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION NOT THAT WE WANTED TO USE IT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU THINK OF CONSTRUCTION IN INDUSTRY, IF THEY KNOW THEY COULD BE PROSECUTED CRIMINALLY THEY'LL STOP TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR WORKERS BUT THAT ISN'T HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND SO THE IDEA IS WE ARE PARTNERING WITH VICTIM ADVOCATES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTY TO USE ALL OF OUR TOOLS BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.  HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.  WELL, THANK YOU. AND AS I SAID, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT AND.  THANKS FOR THE THE WORK THAT YOUR OFFICE HAS DONE AND I KNOW THE CONNECTIONS YOU MADE NOT ONLY WITH THE CHIEFS BUT HAVE MET WITH THE MAYORS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS AS WELL AND THAT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. ALSO COUNSEL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER ONE COUNCILMEMBER LONE COUNCILMEMBER.  THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YES. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.  I HAD MOST OF MINE ARE JUST CLARIFICATIONS ON OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE. FIRST OF ALL, WOULD YOU MIND OF DEFINED THE CLINICIANS AND DEFERRALS BUT YOU DIDN'T DEFINE DIVERTED I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAVE CLARITY ON DIVERSION. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THE.  OKAY SO A DECLINATION WE'RE NOT PROSECUTING.  DEFERRAL WE WANT MORE INFORMATION DIVERGE VERSION CAN COME IN TWO WAYS. IT CAN COME AFTER WE'VE CHARGED SO WE HAVE TO DECIDE THERE'S PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT IN A CASE THEN WE DECIDE SHOULD WE SEND THIS TO A DIVERSION PROGRAM? WE CAN DO THAT AFTER WE'VE CHARGED IT. SO IT'S POST CHARGE DIVERSION WE CAN DO IT PRE-CHARGE DIVERSION. SO THERE ISN'T A CHARGE TYPICALLY WHAT ANY DIVERSION PROGRAM IS MOST DIVERSION PROGRAMS ARE YOU SEND SOMEBODY TO GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED IF THEY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THAT THE CHARGE MAY BE DISMISSED OR THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER.  SO IT IS RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S PROBABLY ROOT ISSUE THAT BROUGHT THE PERSON HERE. RESTITUTION ALSO IS PART OF IT IF IT'S YOU KNOW, A PROPERTY YOU KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THE PERSON WOULD BE OFFERED SERVICES UNDER SUPERVISION I MEAN MEANING THAT IF THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BEING SENT TO THAT PROGRAM THEIR COMES BACK TO COURT AND THEN WE CAN PROSECUTE IT.  THAT'S HELPFUL. OKAY. SO I THINK I A RELATED QUESTION TO THAT AROUND THE THE STATISTICS THEN. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE DIVERSION AND I'LL TALK TO THE YOUTH STUDIES ARE FASCINATING I SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT I'M SURE WHAT WHAT DEFINES FOR YOU PAGE 12 WHAT WOULD DEFINE FOR YOU AN UNSUCCESSFUL DIVERSION VERSUS SUCCESSFUL DIVERSION THAN WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT ADULTS. YEAH GOING TO BE YOU KNOW DID THEY SO SO A PERSON WHO GOES TO DIVERSION IS GOING TO BE TOLD YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND THEN IF YOU AND THERE BE TAILORED TO WHATEVER THE PERSON'S INDIVIDUAL ISSUE IS. SO FOR INSTANCE IF THERE IS CHEMICAL USE ONE WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY GO TO TREATMENT, FOLLOW THROUGH THAT WITH ANY AFTERCARE AND IF THEY DON'T DO THAT THEN THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE DIVERSION AGREEMENT AND THEY CAN COME BACK TO COURT. SO THOSE THOSE SOME OF THOSE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE TAILORED TO THE INDIVIDUAL. IT CAN REPORTING TO SOMEBODY AT THE DIVERSION PROGRAM WE CONTRACT WITH DIVERSION SOLUTIONS ON ADULTS DO OUR DIVERSION. SO THOSE ARE CONDITIONS THAT WE SET THROUGH THEM. EXPECTATIONS AS YOU WERE AS TO WHAT THEY DO AND ALSO NOT PICKING UP A NEW OFFENSE SO IF THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THOSE CONDITIONS THEY PICK UP A NEW OFFENSE. THEY ARE TECHNICALLY VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF THAT AGREEMENT IF THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM. OKAY. THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE I NOTICED I NOTICED IN DIVERSION USE AREA YOU USE THE WORDS NOT DIVERTED DIVERTED.  IT WAS PRETTY BLACK AND WHITE. THEY EITHER DID OR DID NOT GET DIVERTED WHEREAS WAS LIKE UNSUCCESSFUL DIVERSION IS THERE IS IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT IN PARTICULAR?  I DON'T THINK SO. YEAH IT'S JUST A CHOICE OF LANGUAGE. OKAY, PERFECT. THAT WAS AND I SO I JUST WANT TO SAY ABOUT YOUTH DIVERSION WE DO INCORPORATE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES WITH YOUTH AND SO THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THE YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN THOSE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IF APPROPRIATE. OKAY, GREAT.  LET ME JUST SEE IF I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION. OH, YES.  SO THE LAST QUESTION I HAD YOU MENTIONED ABOUT YOUTH ON THE YOUTH AUTO THEFT STUFF. APPRECIATE THAT WORK. I KNOW WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT THAT'S WORKING BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE HIJACKINGS END UP HERE OR THE CARS AT LEAST DO WHEN YOU THINK OF THE 67% YOU KNOW, TWO THIRDS ONE THIRD OF FOLKS THAT HAVE NO CHARGE CASES VERSUS CASES WHERE THEY THE SAME TYPES OF CHARGES GENERALLY SPEAKING OR WERE THEY FINDING THEMSELVES IN OTHER ACTIVITIES. IN OTHER WORDS, WERE THESE YOUTH AUTO THEFTS IF THEY THESE 42 WERE FINDING NEW CHARGES THEY AGAIN AUTO THEFT CHARGES OR WERE THERE OTHER FACTORS? DO YOU KNOW SO I'M NOT LOOK AT ARE YOU REFERRING TO OH YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE YES. SO WHEN YOU HAD THAT 127 AND YOU HAD 85 VERSUS 42, I WAS CURIOUS IF 42 WERE AUTO THEFT RELATED RECHARGING OR YOU KNOW ,THREE OFFENSES OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM OR WERE THEY DIFFERENT KINDS OF ACTIVITIES?  I SUSPECT AUTO THEFT BUT WE CAN I CAN FIND THAT OUT AND GET BACK TO YOU BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACTUALLY IS THE YOUNG OR I SHOULD SAY LAW ENFORCEMENT IS SEEN THE SAME YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE SAME STUFF OVER AND OVER AND IT'S OFTEN CAR THEFT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT. AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING LIKE CARJACKING SO A CARJACKING COULD HAPPEN AND THEN YOU KNOW ,LAW ENFORCEMENT KNOWS THE CAR RIGHT.  AND THEN A DAY LATER TWO DAYS LATER THEY THEY SEE THE CAR.  NOW DEPENDING ON THE JURISDICTION THEY MAY YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE FLEETS THAN WE USED TO.  SO AND THEN PEOPLE DITCH THE CAR AND THEY RUN AWAY.  RIGHT. THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE FOUR PEOPLE IN THE CAR. SO WHO IS WHERE YOU KNOW CAN LAW ENFORCEMENT BRING TO US ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SHOW? AND IT ACTUALLY HAPPEN THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE IN THAT CAR OR AT LEAST ONE OF THEM OR ANY OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THAT CARJACKING. BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF CHURN IN THE CARS AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT X PERSON PARTICIPATED IN THIS CARJACKING.  AND THAT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT CAN BE VERY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU WERE THE VICTIM OF A CARJACKING. IT'S AWFUL AND YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO STRUGGLE TO GIVE A DESCRIPTION IN THE PERSON MAY BE WEARING A MASK IN THE SAME KIND OF CLOTHING. SO IT CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO BRING US ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE A PARTICULAR THING LIKE THE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. SURE. A APPRECIATE THAT I ACTUALLY AM VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.  I WORRY THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SUCH A CONSISTENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROBLEM IN AND HAVE BEEN COUNTY. AND WE KNOW IT'S A BIG PROBLEM HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AS.  WELL, AND WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH US TO TRY TO RESOLVE THAT. I'M HOPING THAT WE WE CAN I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO SEE THAT AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS BEFORE WE CAN GET DONE ON THAT TOO.  BUT IT DOES SEEM TO BE A PRETTY BIG A BIG DEAL. SO THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR TELLING ME AND TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. YEAH, PLEASE. AT ONE POINT CHIEF HODGES MENTIONED ME AT A MEETING THAT PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT DECLINES ON OUR PART ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES. SO I'M GOING TO GET TO TALK ABOUT ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. MIKE RADNER LOOKED UP ALL OF OUR CASES WHICH HE WILL ALWAYS DO AND WE LOOKED AT THEM AND I THINK THAT THERE WAS MAYBE ONE THAT COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY IN . THIS IS WHY I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF COMMUNICATION.  I AM I GIVE YOU ALL MY CELL PHONE YOU CAN HAVE MIKE'S CELL PHONE. I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE YOU REACH OUT TO US OR ANYBODY REACH OUT TO US AND SAY HEY, I'M HEARING THIS. WHAT IS THE ACTUAL TRUTH OF IT? BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE PERCEPTION PERCEPTION IS VERY DIFFERENT.  THE ACTUAL FACT AND I THINK WE ALL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FACTS AND YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT I DON'T THINK IT WAS HERE BUT ABOUT OUR IN IN THE WAY WE WERE CHARGING PARTICULAR GUN STATUTE AND IT WAS BEFORE THE COURT OF APPEALS GAVE US SOME CLARIFICATION AND MIKE LOOKED AT THE CASES AND WE WERE INCONSISTENT AND WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO BE CONSISTENT THAT.  SO YOU KNOW, WE MEET OUR PROSECCO PUNCH. WE'RE VERY YOUNG. WE GET A LOT OF AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE OVER 500 STAFF MANY, MANY PROSECUTORS. MAYBE WE GET IT WRONG BUT I WOULD MUCH RATHER ADDRESS THAT THAN HAVE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT PUBLICLY WITHOUT TALKING TO US WHEN MAYBE WE COULD ADDRESS IT OR MAYBE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY THE FACT. SO I JUST WANT TO URGE ALL OF YOU REACH OUT TO US WE'RE TRANSPARENT WE YOU KNOW IF WE SHOULD HAVE CHARGED SOMETHING AND WE DIDN'T WE WILL GO BACK AND DO IT. WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE AND IT MIGHT HELP FOR YOU TO HEAR FROM US. HEY, HERE'S HOW MANY CASES WE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES WE ACTUALLY GOT FROM BLOOMINGTON AND HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW YOU KNOW WHAT WE CHARGED AND WHAT WE DIDN'T AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE OPINION ABOUT THAT. BUT I'M REALLY A BIG BELIEVER IN LET'S ABOUT THE FACTS. THANK YOU. THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER  THEMA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. ATTORNEY MORIARITY BECAUSE AS YOU SAID PERCEPTION IS REALITY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE'VE SEEN COMMISSIONER COULD TELL HERE WE'VE SEEN SHERIFF WITT AND BEING HERE AND PRESENTING TO BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS I THINK REALLY HELPS DISPEL THAT BECAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT THE FACTS OUT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. TWO QUESTIONS I'LL ASK THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.  HENNEPIN COUNTY IS VERY LARGE AND WE HAVE VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES HERE, RIGHT? WE HAVE URBAN MINNEAPOLIS. WE HAVE SUBURBAN BLOOMINGTON.  THEN YOU HAVE TINY RURAL CITIES LIKE MAPLE PLAIN. SO HOW DO YOU YOUR OFFICE BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE VARIETY OF CITY IN HELPING COUNTY? AND THEN SECONDLY, WHAT ARE YOU LACKING? I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS YOU'RE DOING HERE. WHAT ARE YOU LACKING AND WHAT CAN BLOOMINGTON DO TO HELP SUPPORT YOU IN THAT WAY? THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BALANCE?  HOW DO WE BALANCE? I DON'T I MEAN I'LL PUT THIS WAY YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I MET WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUR TIMES A MONTH IN SMALL GROUPS I WOULD START OUT EACH MEETING BY SAYING WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?  WHAT ARE YOUR COMPLAINTS? WHAT ARE YOUR OBSERVATIONS? WHAT DO YOU NEED US? AND SO I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE MEDINA WHOEVER MINNEAPOLIS WE WANT TO BE THERE. WE WANT TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE WANT TO HELP YOU. THIS IS ALL ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY FOR US. AND SO THERE ISN'T A CITY TOO SMALL OR TOO BIG FOR US TO ENGAGE IN . SO I DON'T I DON'T THINK THERE'S A NEED AND BALANCING IT'S UP FOR I'LL SAY THIS WE ARE WE'RE JUGGLING WE'RE TRYING TO. SO I'VE BEEN CONCERNED THE NUMBER OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO OUR OFFICE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THEY AVERAGE ABOUT 250 IN ALL OF HENNEPIN COUNTY OF 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT NUMBER. I'M OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE MANY MORE SEXUAL ASSAULTS A LOT OF THEM AREN'T REPORTED FOR PARTICULAR REASONS. WE HAVE EMBEDDED PROSECUTOR IN MPD MINNEAPOLIS POLICE.  WE ARE ALSO FIGURING OUT HOW CAN WE BE HELPFUL ANY SUBURBAN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT MAYBE WANTS OUR HELP IN OR IN THOUGHT PARTNERING ABOUT HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THIS INVESTIGATION?  SO WE'RE ALWAYS THERE. WE'RE LIKE MIKE IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE UNFORTUNATELY CHIEFS CALL HIM ALL THE TIME. HE'S OUT AT SCENE SOMETIMES.  I DON'T THINK WE PRIORITIZE AT ALL AND WE'RE ARE REALLY THERE WHEN POLICE DEPARTMENTS WANT MEAN WE WE DON'T ADVISE POLICE OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY BUT IF WE CAN BE THERE ADVISING WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE A CASE WE DO THAT WE THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT DO WE NEED I THINK ACTUALLY WE NEED IN TERMS OF HIRING THERE'S A REALLY SMALL GROUP OF PROSECUTORS WITH EXPERIENCE TO DO REALLY SERIOUS CASES MURDERS, SEXUAL ASSAULTS, GUN VIOLENCE AND THEY ARE IN COMPETITION.  YOU KNOW, THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S LOOKING FOR THEM. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS LOOKING FOR THEM. EVERY SINGLE COUNTY ATTORNEY IS LOOKING FOR THEM AND WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT STAFF BUT IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD WORK TO DO THOSE CASES EVERY DAY AND TO BE IN COURT EVERY DAY WE NEED MORE PEOPLE THERE AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT STAFFING.  WE COULD USE SOME MORE HELP PROBABLY IN YOU KNOW, ONE AREA I CAN JUST THINK OF SO MINNESOTA HAS A RED FLAG LAW AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. SO THE LEGISLATURE PASSED AN EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER. IT'S CALLED REPO, WE CALL IT PURPOSE AND WE HIRED A LAWYER TO SPEARHEAD THE COORDINATION OF THAT IN HENNEPIN COUNTY.  AND WHAT SHE DOES IS TRAINING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY ADVOCACY GROUPS ABOUT WHAT PURPOSE ARE BECAUSE THEY CAN BE OBTAINED BY A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER LAW ENFORCEMENT OR US.  BUT I THINK ESPECIALLY FOR COMMUNITIES THAT MIGHT DISTRUST LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS TO KNOW THEY CAN ASK FOR THAT OR BEAU THEMSELVES IN THE IDEA IS IF THERE IS A PERSON THAT SEEMS TO BE AT RISK OF HURTING THEMSELVES OR SOMEBODY ELSE WITH A GUN THAT THE COURT WILL GRANT AN ORDER THAT THE PERSON HAS TO BE ASKED TO GIVE THE GUN UP OR HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT TAKE THE GUN WHILE THEY'RE IN THAT CRISIS. AND I CAN ALREADY TELL YOU HAD HUGE SUCCESS BUT I'M THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT WORD OUT AND THE WOMAN WHO'S IN CHARGE OF OUR BEAU SAID COULD I AN ADVOCATE WORKING FOR ME? SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AREAS I COULD TELL YOU WHERE WE WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. I FOR YOU IS REALLY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO US. YOU KNOW I'M GUESSING BY THE SIDE OF THE CROWD HERE THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT OUR OFFICE ESPECIALLY WAY SOME PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT ME PROBABLY WHEN I WALKED IN HERE AND PART OF IT IS PERCEPTION I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE COMMUNICATION INSTEAD OF PRESS CONFERENCES I WOULD LIKE US TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND WHAT THE FACTS ARE INSTEAD OF TALKING PUBLICLY ABOUT IT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE FACTS BECAUSE THEN YOU GET BUNCH OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE RIGHTFULLY CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY THEIR COMMUNITY AND WE SHOULD ALL BE WORKING TOGETHER.  I'M SURE YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME WE SHOULD ALL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAFE AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT DO OR POLICE DO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT PEOPLE I MEAN PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE FACTS OF WHY THE THING HAPPENED AND THEN PEOPLE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE DISAGREEING.  I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE BEING TOLD THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE AND THEN HAVING THAT PERCEPTION THAT YOU KNOW,  DOING SOMETHING WRONG. AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND BE TRANSPARENT AND ASK QUESTIONS, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING WE COULD ALL DO TO PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ALL DOING IN THE SYSTEM. IF YOU REMEMBER THE WOMAN AND THEN UNLESS ANYBODY HAS A BURNING QUESTION OR COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON I'D LIKE TO KEEP WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING ON OUR AGENDA. YEAH. MARY, I HAD FOUR QUESTIONS HERE AND I WANT TO SLIM DOWN TO TWO. APPRECIATE IT.  AND WE'LL TRY TO BE AS CONCISE AS WE CAN POSSIBLY BE BECAUSE I KNOW WE A HEAVY AGENDA HERE AND I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AFTER YOUR PREDECESSOR WAS HERE AS WEL.  YOU KNOW, YOU ILLUSTRATED THE POWER OF DATA ANALYSIS IN MY MY PROFESSIONAL JOB ON THE BUSINESS ANALYSTS AND YEAH IN THE POWER OF THAT OF THAT ANALYSIS THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TO US, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT. YOU KNOW, CONCISELY TO THAT THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESSES IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MEANS FOR FOLKS JUST BRIEFLY BECAUSE I THINK VERY BRIEF IS A VERY LONG WINDED WE VERY MUCH BELIEVE IN DATA WE CAN LOOK UP ANY THAT YOU WANT FROM BLOOMINGTON AND SO ASK US I HAVE NO INTEREST IN DOING THINGS THAT DON'T WORK.  WE'RE VERY DATA RESEARCH FOCUSED.  I APPRECIATE THAT. AND YOU KNOW ON YOUR PAGE NINE, YOU KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW YOUR RECORD OF CHARGES CHARGING DECISIONS RELATES TO THE PREDECESSOR AND HOW THAT'S VERY SIMILAR AND RESOURCES ARE LIMITED. AND WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT YOUR PHILOSOPHY IS ON CHARGING AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S CHANGED YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU'VE TAKEN OVER THIS ROLE, I WOULD SAY THE BIG THING CHANGED IS WE SO THE OFFICE WAS VERY MUCH BOUND BY VERY RIGID RULES. IN FACT I THINK YOU COULD PLUG A PROSECUTOR IN AND IT'D BE LIKE IF X THAN Y AND THAT WAS NOT VERY PROFESSIONALLY SATISFIED LYING TO ANY OF OUR PROSECUTORS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND THE CASES MUCH MORE THAN I DO. WHAT WE HAVE ASKED OUR PROSECUTORS DO IS TO IT ISN'T A LAW SCHOOL EXAM. THE QUESTION ISN'T COULD YOU THEORETICALLY MAKE OUT, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF CASE, THE HIGHEST COUNT, THAT KIND OF THING? THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS HERE BEFORE ME? WHAT MAKES SENSE TO CHARGE? WHAT PROBLEM ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE? THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ASKED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR PROSECUTORS TO THINK ABOUT WE'RE NOT DOING THINGS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO DO IT.  WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE WE SEE A PROBLEM BEFORE US AND WE WANT TO TRY TO SOLVE IT. SOMETIMES THAT MEANS WE SEND PEOPLE TO PRISON FACT YOU SEND PEOPLE TO PRISON FREQUENTLY THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SAFE IN THE COMMUNITY SOMETIMES MEANS A CREATIVE RESOLUTION BECAUSE SOMEBODY MAY LOSE A JOB AND THE VICTIM SAYS OR I MEAN IT JUST IT DEPENDS WE DON'T WANT TO PUT WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE IT TOUGHER FOR THEM TO THRIVE IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET A JOB TO GET HOUSING AND THAT KIND OF THING. IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST THOUGH WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF COMMUNITY THE WAY WE DEFINE IT THOUGH IS BASED ON RESEARCH AND DATA BECAUSE FOREVER WHAT THE SYSTEM HAS DONE AND WHAT OFFICE HAS DONE IS JUST DO THE THING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE BEFORE WITHOUT AND I, I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY ONCE IF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM WAS A PRIVATE CORPORATION IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BANKRUPT A LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE SHAREHOLDERS WOULD SAY IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING WORKING TO KEEP US SAFER WE KNOW IT DOESN'T. WE HAVE THE LARGEST PRISON POPULATION IN THE WORLD AND WE ARE NOT BY ANY MEANS THE SAFEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS INCORPORATE THOSE DATA BASED APPROACHES BECAUSE WANT THINGS THAT WORK AND OFTEN THAT MEANS IS THE THING ALREADY HAPPENED IT'S A FOR OUR YOUTH AUTO HOPEFULLY WE'RE PREVENTING STUFF IT HAPPENED BUT HOW DO WE BALANCE WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY CERTAINLY LISTENING TO THE VICTIM AND SEEING WHAT THEY WANT BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY SAFEST. THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE IT. OUR CALLS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH, THANKS. MAYBE AS QUICK AS I CAME HERE FIRST OF ALL, THANK AND WHAT CAN I JERRY MOUA ED I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO COME DOWN HERE AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW I HAD ASKED PUBLICLY FOR YOU TO BE TO COME DOWN AND TALK US AND YOU DID AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND.  THE REASON I WANTED TO IS BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT DATA AND EITHER THERE ARE QUESTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE EXACT THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. YOU KNOW, ARE PEOPLE NOT BE IN CHARGE. YOU BROUGHT THE DATA TO SHOW WHAT THAT'S LOOKING LIKE.  SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS SOME THIS MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE OFFLINE AND I SHOULD BE WILLING TO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FOLLOW CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART BUT MAY NOT AS NEAR AND DEAR TO THE ENTIRE PUBLIC THAT INCLUDES CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT STAFFING THERE KNOW IT'S BEEN OVERWHELMING FOR THEM. THERE'S A NUMBER OF KIDS IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND WHAT SERVICES THEY ARE GETTING AND THERE'S HISTORICAL DATA I'D BE VERY INTERESTED CURRENT DATA ON THE IMPACTS OF BEING WITHIN SYSTEM FOR A CHILD AND WHAT IMPACTS IT HAS LATER ON CRIME ON THEIR PERFORMANCE, ON THEIR HONOR, THEIR LIFE THINGS AGAIN I DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE THAT DATA RIGHT NOW TO PROVIDE THAT AND MAYBE THAT'S A FUTURE THING BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON ON WHAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WITHIN CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, I WOULD REALLY BE VERY INTERESTED IN ABOUT IT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART BUT IT'S ALSO NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART A WAY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL I GOT THIS JOB. AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. WE CAN GET YOU THE DATA AND I LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU OFFLINE . WHAT I CAN SAY THOUGH IS THIS EVERY YOUNG PERSON WHO COMMITS A VIOLENT CRIME I TYPICALLY REPORTS ON THEM AND ALMOST EVERY ONE WAS INVOLVED IN THE TOP PROTECTION. ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE HAD SEVERE TRAUMA AND IT'S CONSISTENT THAT I HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT I GOT TO THE POINT A LONG TIME AGO WHERE I'M SITTING WITH FAMILIES WHO'VE HARMED WHO'VE LOST LOVED ONES AND I'M APOLOGIZING AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE REALLY, YOU KNOW, NOT SATISFYING THINGS WE COULD DO EVEN IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SENDING THE PERSON WHO HARMED THEIR LOVED ONE TO PRISON FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.  AND WHAT I CONSTANTLY COME BACK TO IS WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF WE HAD EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR TRAUMA THAT MANY OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCE WE WOULD NOT BE HERE WE WOULD NOT BE HERE APOLOGIZING TO A FAMILY WHO'S LOST A LOVED ONE. AND SO I CAN TELL YOU CONSISTENTLY THAT'S WHAT WE SEE AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT EVERY YOUNG PERSON WHO'S IN CHILD PROTECTION DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU PRETTY MUCH EVERY PERSON WHO DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS IN CHILD PROTECTION ONE OF THE RECENT CASES WE HAD THE CHILD PROTECTION WORKER WHO OVERSAW HIS CASE SAID TO US OR SAID IN THE REPORT EVERY SINGLE ADULT IN THIS YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE FAILED HIM.  SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND HEARTBREAKING FOR THOSE KIDS THAT WE AREN'T DOING A BETTER JOB TO INTERVENE EARLIER TO HELP THEM GO ON A BETTER PATH. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP AND I WANT TO YEAH I WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO TALK TO FAMILIES TO 100%. I MEAN TO SAY HAD WE INTERVENED SUCCESSFULLY YOU WOULDN'T HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE. SO I THINK IT'S HEARTBREAKING ALL AROUND AND I WISH THAT WE WOULD INVEST MORE RESOURCES INTO HELPING THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SO TERRIBLY TRAUMATIZED. THANK YOU.  THE SECOND QUESTION HERE YOU HAD MENTIONED VICTIM SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. JUST A QUICK ANECDOTE FROM A FAMILY THAT I KNOW THAT WAS A VICTIM OF A CRIME AND ONE OF THE IMPACTS THAT THEY HAD WAS AND THIS MAY SMALL TO SOME PEOPLE BUT THEIR CELL PHONE WAS TAKEN AWAY FOR THE DURATION OF TRIAL.  THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE IT BECAUSE IT HAD DATA ON IT.  I DON'T KNOW WHY THE DATA WASN'T ABLE TO BE COPIED OFF OF IT FOR THE TRIAL, ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING.  I'M JUST ASKING IF THERE'S THINGS LIKE EVEN SMALL THING FROM A YOUNG PERSON HAVING THEIR PHONE TAKEN AWAY, FAMILY HAD TO GET A DIFFERENT PHONE. IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP VICTIMS.  YES. THAT PROCESS YES. MY I SUSPECT WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS LAW ENFORCEMENT COLLECTS EVIDENCE AND THEY WILL HOLD ON TO IT UNTIL THE CASE IS DONE. HOWEVER IF IF WE ARE CONTACTED SOMETIMES WE CAN TALK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT IS THERE SOME WAY OF PRESERVING WHATEVER EVIDENCE MIGHT BE THERE AND GIVE THEM PERMISSION AND ASK THEM TO RELEASE?  SOMETIMES WE CAN DO THAT. WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO LOOK INTO IT. THAT'S FANTASTIC BECAUSE AS YOU MAY KNOW YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE THEIR CELL PHONES SO AND THEN I I'VE GOT A FEW OTHER LIKE I SAID MAYBE WE CAN CONNECT SOMETIME AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS. BUT THERE WAS A BIG PUBLIC THING THAT WE HAD WITH THE TRIAL WITH THE TROOPER AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT SIDES OF THAT. I KNOW THAT OUR CHIEF REPLIED TO THAT. OUR FORMER CHIEF AT THE POLICE CHIEFS UNION REPLIED TO THAT I KNOW YOU KNOW WE ALL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICE ARE DOING THE BEST WORK.  I KNOW THERE WAS ALSO CONCERNS RAISED IN THAT WITH REGARDS OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND WE HOLD OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN VERY HIGH REGARD IN BLOOMINGTON HERE THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED HERE WE'RE GOING TO BE TREATED FAIRLY.  SOMETHING HAPPENS HERE. SO MY CONCERN OR MY QUESTION FOR YOU ON THAT SPECIFICALLY IS WHAT SPECIFIC ACTIONS YOU TAKEN TO KIND OF BUILD TRUST TO THE EXTENT THAT IT WAS NECESSARY REPAIR RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH AND WHERE DO WE STAND THERE BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR POLICE TO BE YEAH MY MY EFFORTS AT BUILDING TRUST WERE WHAT I DESCRIBED TO IN MY FIRST YEAR MEETING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ALWAYS BEING AVAILABLE TO THEM INCLUDING THEM IN POLICIES AND TO BE FRANK AND HONEST ONCE WE CHARGED THE TROOPER DIDN'T MATTER NONE OF THAT MATTERED.  AND SO I DON'T I KNOW PRIVATELY I KNOW A LOT OF POLICE DIDN'T DISAGREE WITH OUR DECISION AND IT'S JUST IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE THAT POLICE STILL HOLD THE POSITION THAT THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN AND I DON'T CARE REALLY TALKING TO ME.  IT'S NOT ABOUT ME AT ALL. IT IS ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR PEOPLE AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. SO WHAT I WOULD HOPE FOR IS THAT POLICE WOULD BE MUCH MORE OPEN TO WORKING WITH ME, TALKING TO ME WHAT HAVE YOU BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S KIND OF BESIDE THE POINT BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS REALLY ABOUT US WORKING TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU KNOW WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT I WILL SAY THIS WHEN I CAME IN IT WENT ON A RIDE ALONG IN BROOKLYN PARK AND I WENT TO A ROLL CALL.  ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD THERE WAS YOUR OFFICE TAKES A LONG TO ISSUE DECISIONS INFFICER INVOLVED CASES AND PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THIS BUT WE GET QUITE A FEW YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF CASES SUBMITTED TO US THE BCA ON VARIOUS ISSUES WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ACCUSED SOME KIND OF WRONGDOING AND MOST OF THOSE ARE DECLINES WE DECLINED THOSE FREQUENTLY AND I THINK PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE ONE WE'VE DECLINED BUT DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT PUBLICLY WE HAVE STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS BECAUSE ACCORDING TO CHIEF BREARLEY FROM BROOKLYN IT TOOK OUR OFFICE A MEDIAN OF 1.6 YEARS TO MAKE A DECISION ON CASES WHICH WAS EXTREMELY UNFAIR TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED. WE HAVE PARED THAT DOWN TO ABOUT  60 DAYS. I PERSONALLY CALLED THE CHIEFS TO TELL THEM THAT WE ARE DECLINING THE CASE SO THAT THEY CAN HEAR THAT FROM ME AND THEIR OFFICER DOESN'T GET A COLD. HEY WE WERE INVESTIGATING THE BCA INVESTIGATOR REVIEW AND WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO CHARGE YOU SO YOU WE DO WHAT WE CAN BUT THEY'RE JUST NARRATIVES OUT THERE YOU KNOW ABOUT TRUST WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO HANDLE THAT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT'S POSITION ON IT BUT I WILL TELL YOU CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE.  THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO, RIGHT? IT'S IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST FOR US ALL TO WORK TOGETHER WHETHER WE LIKE EACH OTHER OR NOT YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THOSE PERSONAL FEELINGS ARE IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER.  THANK YOU FOR THAT STRAIGHTFORWARD RESPONSE. I APPRECIATE IT.  LAST COMMENT I WANT TO JUST MAKE AS YOU HAD STARTED BY SAYING ONE OF YOUR THINGS WAS ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND MAKING SURE THAT'S TWO WAY AND SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH US SHARING THIS INFORMATION. IT'S IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL I THINK AND HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY HAS APPRECIATED HEARING FROM YOU. SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE LAST YEAR TO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO COME SO PLEASE COME NEXT YEAR THEN I WILL BE HERE. I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S THEIR JOB TO LIKE YOU SO. THANK YOU, COUNSEL.  I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO HAVE AN ASK QUESTIONS BUT I REALLY DO THINK WE NEED TO MOVE ON HERE AS WE'RE PUSHING 8:00 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF AGENDA LEFT SO THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANKS FOR YOUR YOUR CANDID YOUR CANDOR AND YOUR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE DETAILS INFORMATION AND YES, I'D URGE CONTINUE THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BETWEEN MAYORS, POLICE CHIEFS, ALL OF US WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION.  I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO DO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU .  COUNSEL ITEM 2.2 ON OUR AGENDA IS A REVIEW OF THE 2024 BUSINESS SURVEY AND BARB WOLF FROM OUR PORT AUTHORITY I SAW HER EARLIER THERE SHE I'M SURE GOOD EVENING MAYOR. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE LEATHERMAN, OUR CONSULTANT WITH MORRIS LEATHERMAN COMPANY. HE WILL PRESENT THIS MR. LEATHER GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO SEE YOU AGAIN. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE AGENDA WE HAVE PARED BACK THE SLIDES SO I'LL BE SHARING THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY NEXT WEEKEND OR NEXT TUESDAY I BELIEVE SO THIS WILL BE THE SHORTENED AS WE GO THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE CITY JUST TO REVIEW WITH EVERYBODY WHAT WE UNDERTOOK FOR THE CITY.  YEAH WE SPOKE WITH FOUR THE THE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED BETWEEN AUGUST 20TH AND SEPTEMBER 20TH WE SPOKE WITH 400 RANDOMLY SELECTED BUSINESS OWNERS CHIEF DECISION MAKERS IN BUSINESSES THE 400 IS ALWAYS PLUS OR MINUS PERCENT IN 95 OUT OF 100 CASES. ONCE AGAIN THE SAMPLE IS NOT THE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IT'S THE CELL SIZE. SO 400 TO BLOOMINGTON, 400 TO HENNEPIN COUNTY 400 IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IS PLUS OR -5%.  THESE FOLKS WERE VERY VERBOSE. IT WAS A LONGER QUESTIONNAIRE BUT THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE THEIR OPINIONS AND THEY HAVE A LOT OPINIONS.  AVERAGE INTERVIEW TIME WAS 8 MINUTES AND WE HAD SIX AND A HALF PERCENT THAT REFUSED TO TAKE THE SURVEY I'M JUST GOING TO PUT UP A COUPLE DEMOGRAPHICS SO YOU CAN SEE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES AND NOW KEEP IN MIND THE FIRST DATA POINT WE HAVE IS 21 OBVIOUSLY FLASHING BACK WE WERE A YEAR INTO THE PANDEMIC AND SO THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT SURVEY LOOKING AT THE PANDEMIC, HOW THAT WAS IMPACTING FOLKS AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME CHANGES. THE FIRST ONE RIGHT AWAY AS WE HAVE MORE LONGEVITY FOR THE FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN IN BLOOMINGTON. SO THERE'S BEEN NOT AS MUCH BUSINESS GROWTH IN THE THREE YEARS BETWEEN 21 AND 24. SO THE TYPICAL BUSINESS NOW HAS BEEN HERE FOR RIGHT AROUND ABOUT 17 YEARS AT THIS POINT IN TIME ON THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THERE'S REALLY NO STATISTICALLY CHANGE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BETWEEN SAMPLES IT'S GOT TO BE GREATER THAN 5%. YOU CAN SEE IT YOU THREE PRIMARY THAT MAKE UP APPROACHING TWO THIRDS AND THAT IS RETAIL RESTAURANT AND AH PERSONAL SERVICE FOLLOWED BY PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MANUFACTURING WHERE THE BUSINESS IS LOCATED 24% INDICATED THEY WERE LOCATED ALONG THE 35 CORRIDOR 17% THE 494 STRIP ARE LYNDALE AVENUE 12% MALL OF AMERICA EVERYTHING ELSE AND SINGLE DIGITS.  ONE AREA THAT I KEPT THE CHART IN ON DEMOGRAPHICS BECAUSE NOW WE CAN SEE IMPROVEMENT COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THAT IS THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THE BUSINESS CURRENTLY HAS IN 2160 3% INDICATED THEY HAD 1 TO 10 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES THAT WENT TO 45%. IT WENT INTO THE GROUPS OF HIGHER NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES. SO 11 TO 20 EMPLOYEES WENT UP 8%, 21 TO 50 EMPLOYEES WENT UP 13% OVER 50 EMPLOYEES WERE STABLE. IT OUT AT AN AVERAGE BLOOMINGTON BUSINESS HAS APPROXIMATELY FIVE MORE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES THAN THEY DID IN 21.  WE DO SEE A SHIFT ALSO IN PART TIME EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE LESS BUSINESSES INDICATING THEY DON'T PART TIME AND WE HAVE MORE BUSINESSES INDICATING THAT THEY HAVE TO TEN. SO ON BOTH FRONTS ON FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND, PART TIME EMPLOYEES FROM THE POINT IN TIME AND 21 TO 3 YEARS LATER THERE'S GROWTH IN BOTH OF THOSE EMPLOYMENT SECTORS.  JUST A GENERAL READING OF THE BUSINESS CLIMATE IN 2021 FOLKS WERE SURPRISINGLY I THINK WE ALL THOUGHT THEY WERE POSITIVE IT WAS A SOFT POSITIVE.  I THINK IT WAS KIND OF HOPE WE WERE OVER A YEAR INTO THE PANDEMIC WE HAD 92% RATING IT FAVORABLY THIS TIME WE HAVE 97% THE SHIFT IS A LITTLE BIT AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN BROADLY AND THIS DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF IT'S A CITY, IF IT'S A BUSINESS OWNER, A RESIDENT, IT'S A STAFF PERSON FOR A CLIENT FOLKS ARE JUST LESS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT EVERYTHING AS WE COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC . SO WE SEE THESE SHIFTS IF SOMETHING USED TO BE EXCELLENT THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO SAY GOOD. IF SOMETHING WAS GOOD THEY'RE SHIFTING INTO ONLY FAIR. YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TRADE OFF BETWEEN THE TWO BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE UNFAVORABLE WENT 8 TO 3%. SO IT'S A GOOD BUSINESS WITH 28% INDICATING EXCELLENT AT TIME NOW AN OPEN ENDED WHAT COULD THE CITY TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS CLIMATE?  WELL 71% SAID THEY CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING THAT THERE'S NOTHING THE CITY CAN DO. WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT INCREASED. ONE WAS IS LOWER TAXES.  WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT SPECIFICALLY THIS IS OPEN ENDED SO ONE IN SEVEN ARE POINTING TO LOWER TAXES. 6% INDICATE TAX INCENTIVES, 2% TALK ABOUT LESS REGULATION. YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT 2025 30% YOU KNOW ONE IN THREE ONE IN FOUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND MANAGERS COALESCING AS A RESPONSE. IT'S THOSE THREE.  BUT THE PRIMARY TAKEAWAY IS 80% EITHER UNABLE TO OR FLAT OUT SAYING THERE'S NOTHING THE CITY CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS CLIMATE. HOW OPTIMISTIC ARE THEY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THEIR BUSINESS?  THEY'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC 93% UP FROM 91% A LITTLE BIT IN A SHIFT FROM THE VERY TO SOMEWHAT AND WE'RE GOING TO AT WHAT'S THE WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT ARE GOING INTO THAT BUT ONLY 2% ARE NOT TOO OPTIMISTIC AT ALL. THEY'RE HOPEFUL NOW MOVING FORWARD, WHAT'S THE MOST SERIOUS ISSUE FACING THEIR BUSINESS ONCE THIS IS OPEN ENDED THEY CAN TELL US ANYTHING. FIRST OFF, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM 23% DON'T HAVE ANY THING THAT'S BOTHERING THEM ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS BEING IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON 22% TALK ABOUT INFLATION IN THE ECONOMY 17% HIGH TAXES 15% HIGH LEASES EVERYTHING ELSE GOES TO SINGLE DIGITS.  YOU HAVE KIND OF A MACRO OF THE INFLATION, THE ECONOMY AND THEN KIND OF A MICRO WITH HIGH TAXES AND HIGH LEASES AND RENTS IN THAT CATEGORY. THAT WAS THE OPEN ENDED. NOW WE WENT THROUGH SERIES OF ITEMS AND ASKED IS THIS ISSUE A VERY SERIOUS, SOMEWHAT SERIOUS, NOT TOO SERIOUS OR NOT AT ALL A SERIOUS ISSUE FOR YOUR BUSINESS?  THIS IS A RED. BLUE IS 21, GREEN IS 24. SO IN IN 21 THE NUMBER ONE WAS THE GENERAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AS A TOTAL THAT HAS DROPPED FROM THE VERY AND SOMEWHAT COMBINED BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S AN UPTICK THE VERY SERIOUS THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS GOING 64 TO 72 THEN THE AMOUNT OF CITY TAXES THE CITY TAX PORTION AND WE SEE IT WE'VE SEEN IT IN OUR DATA FROM 22 TO 23 AND THIS IS RESIDENTIAL, THIS IS BUSINESS, THIS IS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IS IS AN INCREASE ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE ASSESSMENTS THAT HAPPENED ON PROPERTIES 22 AND WHAT LED TO TAXES IN 23 THEN HIGH RENT OR LEASE CRIME RATES, TRAFFIC CONGESTION DOWN THE LIST. SO THERE HAVE BEEN SHIFTS BUT AT THE TOP AND THIS IMPACTED EVERYTHING FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS IN THIS YEAR TO THE STATE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL. IT REALLY IS THE MACRO STILL BEING THE CONCERN FOUR YEARS LATER OF THE PANDEMIC AND HOW THAT'S IMPACTING BUSINESS THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC AS A WHOLE FOUR YEARS LATER WE ASKED FOLKS HAVE THEY CHANGED WHERE HOW THEIR EMPLOYEES WORK AFTER THE PANDEMIC? I DIDN'T PUT 21 THE CHART WOULD GET TOO BUSY IN 21 WE HAD ABOUT 8% INDICATE THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD CHANGE HOW THEIR EMPLOYEES WORK THE WHAT PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE TELL PEOPLE IS FROM INTENTION TO ACTUAL BEHAVIOR IT'S TYPICALLY A 50% DISCOUNT AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE 4%. IT'S HARD FOR A RESTAURANT TO OPERATE DIFFERENTLY.  IT'S HARD FOR A RETAIL STORE TO OPERATE DIFFERENTLY.  SO 4% ACTUALLY INDICATE THAT THIS FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE AND WHERE THEIR EMPLOYEES WORK AND WILL IT IMPACT HOW MUCH SPACE YOU NEED FOR EMPLOYEES AT YOUR LOCATION?  1% OF BUSINESSES SAID THAT IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE SPACE NEEDED.  THINKING BACK TO 21 AT THE TIME WE DID THE SURVEY THERE REALLY WAS A CONCERN ON THE QUANTITY OF OFFERED TO AVAILABLE TO A BUSINESS.  WE DIDN'T SEE IT HERE LIKE WE SAW IT IN OTHER WHEN WE DID A STATEWIDE SO YOU HAD 85% THAT RATED THE QUALITY THE LABOR POOL FAVORABLY THAT'S UP TO 96% RATING IT FAVORABLY ON THE QUANTITY SIDE IT WAS 82 TO 17. IT'S NOW 95 TO 4. SO THOSE TWO FACTORS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT YOU KNOW, IT WAS 13% NEGATIVE AND 17% NEGATIVE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE CONCERNS OF OTHER AREAS THAT WERE GETTING TO THE 2530 5% LEVEL BUT BOTH THOSE HAVE BEEN IMPACTED FOUR YEARS LATER THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE QUALITY AND THE QUANTITY IS NOT IMPACTING EMPLOYERS CURRENTLY OVERALL HOW DO FOLKS RATE THE CITY'S ATTITUDES AND RESPONSIVENESS TOWARDS LOCAL BUSINESS?  IT WAS 90% FAVORABLE AND 21 IT'S NOW 93% ON THIS ONE WHEN LOOKING AT YOU KNOW THIS IS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE EVALUATION FOR PUBLIC THE THRESHOLD WE ALWAYS LOOK AT IS 80% FAVORABLE BECAUSE THIS IS ATTITUDES AND RESPONSIVENESS AND PART OF IT IS HOW IT'S HANDLED THAT WILL IMPACT PEOPLE'S EVALUATION AND SO YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE 100% SATISFACTION BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE 100% OF PEOPLE SATISFIED AS THEY COME IN . THAT'S AN OUTSTANDING RATING OF 93 TO 7. THE EVALUATION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WAS 74% THAT WENT TO 84% WITH 13% UNFAVORABLE ON THIS ONE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOK AT A RATIO 84 TO 13. IT'S A 7 TO 1 RATIO AND THAT MOVED UP FROM 74 TO 23 WHICH WAS A 3 TO 1 RATIO. SO FOLKS REALLY DO AND THIS RELATES DIRECTLY HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE CITY ENTERPRISE.  THE EXPERIENCE WITH CITY HALL SPECIFICALLY 19% END UP INDICATED THAT THEY HAD CONTACTED CITY HALL DURING THE PAST YEAR OF THAT SATISFACTION 97% SAID THEY WERE SATISFIED THAT.  SOME AMAZING 3% DIDN'T WANT TO EVALUATE THEY DIDN'T IT'S NOT THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY REFUSED AND THIS ONE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CONTACT MOST AREN'T CALLING UP AND SAYING YOU KNOW, THIS IS GREAT THEY'RE GIVING POSITIVE THEY HAVE AN ISSUE. THEY WANT SOMETHING HANDLED AND THAT 97% IS OUTSTANDING AND WALKING THAT BALANCE I ALWAYS SAY OF HAVING PEOPLE HAVE A SAY AND GET THEIR WAY EVEN IF THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HEAR THE ANSWER ANSWERED THEY WANT THEY UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR THE ANSWER THEY RECEIVED.  SO AT THE END OF THE DAY THE LAST TWO CHARTS I'LL SHARE TONIGHT IS THE OVERALL ASSESSMENT ON THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY AND FOLKS ARE THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THERE'S OWNERS MANAGERS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE DIRECTION AT 89% AND WHEN THEY ASSESS THE VALUE OF SERVICES AND KEEP IN MIND WHAT WE EARLIER IN THE DATA WAS A CONCERN ON TAXES THE M TWO INPUTS ON THIS QUESTION ARE THE TAXES AND THE SERVICES RECEIVED WE KNOW THERE'S GREATER CONCERN ON THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THEY PAY BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE 83% RATING THAT VALUE POSITIVELY ONLY 6% RATE IT ONLY FAIR POOR AND PART OF IT IS THE CALCULATION PEOPLE KNOW THINGS COST MORE THAN THEY DID YEARS AGO. THEY COST MORE THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR. BUT WHAT ALSO SEEK AS IF THEY PAY MORE IS A A LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT DEEMS IT WORTHY AND CURRENTLY THE DATA THAT WE SEE FROM THE FROM THE OWNERS AND MANAGERS THEY DEEM THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON REACHES THAT THRESHOLD I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. LEATHERMAN AND I I KNOW YOU ABBREVIATED THIS FOR US AND I APPRECIATE THAT.  BUT TO REALLY DIG IN I THINK COUNCIL TO DIG INTO SOME OF THESE RESPONSES I THINK WOULD BE AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION TO HAVE AT AT A FUTURE FOR US BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THERE AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS THERE AND SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD WORK ON AS WELL. SO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, THANK YOU. I HAD A REALLY QUICK JUST DEMOGRAPHICALLY SINCE WE KIND OF CUT THOSE SLIDES OUT DEMOGRAPHICALLY YOU MEAN YOU GAVE US SOME INDICATIONS BUT WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE SIZE OF THE BUSINESSES ? CAN YOU JUST BREAK OUT FOR US THE AVERAGE SIZE OF THE BUSINESSES DID YOU DO THAT VIA LIKE EITHER INCOME LEVEL OR NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES?  I HAVE I HAVE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THE NUMBER OF FULL TIME AND PART TIME WE DIDN'T TEST REVENUE. YOU DIDN'T ASK REVENUE. OKAY. BRING IN THERE ARE ALL THERE ALL BLOOMINGTON BASED BUSINESSES THEY HAVE A LOCATION IN YEP AND IN I BELIEVE IN SLIDE THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE 70% MAYBE OF EMPLOYEES WERE ACTUALLY ALSO RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON IS THAT CORRECT VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE EMPLOYEES THAT ACTUALLY YES. OKAY. YEAH AND THE OWNERS AND MANAGERS IN THE COMMUNITY ABSOLUTELY VERY GOOD. WE SEE TYPICALLY ELSEWHERE OKAY. IF YOU HAD TO AVERAGE THE LIKE ACROSS ALL 400 RESPONDENTS OR ATTEMPTED RESPONDENTS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WERE WE BELOW 50 OR ABOVE 50 IN THE FOLKS THAT RESPONDED WELL YOU'RE BELOW 50 SO THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OF OF EMPLOYEES SERVED BY THE FOLKS THAT RESPONDED WERE BELOW 50 YEAH THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF FULL TIME EMPLOYEES IS 12 AND A HALF THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PART TIME EMPLOYEES IS SEVEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. SO JUST UNDER 20 COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT I JUST FORWARD TO THAT MEETING THAT WE HAVE AND IF WE CAN LOOK AT OUR CITIZEN SURVEY WITH WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO DO THAT VERY GOOD OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL OF COUNCILMEMBER THEME HERE JUST A COMMENT I THINK THIS TO ME MAKES ME FEEL VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE BUSINESS CLIMATE IN BLOOMINGTON THE FACT THAT  WE STARTED HATCH BLOOMINGTON WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE NUMBERS AND IT SHOWS THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE WORK WITH GETTING NEWER JOBS NEWER EMPLOYEES NEWER BUSINESSES IN BLOOMINGTON BUT WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS WORK AND SHOWING US BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP US ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW BLOOMINGTON AND THAT BUSINESSES CAN RELY ON BLOOMINGTON TO BE SOMEWHERE THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU, MAYOR SUPER QUICK BECAUSE AS PART OF THIS THE THE TEAM THAT WAS WORKING ON THIS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS HIGH LEVEL OR THIS ISN'T CITY IN THE COUNCIL PATTING ITSELF ON THE BACK AND SAYING WE'RE DOING GOOD THIS THERE IS ACTUALLY GRANULAR INFORMATION THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CAN USE IN ORDER TO MAKE TO THEIR PROCESSES WHAT THEY'RE DOING HOW THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. SO FANTASTIC NEWS . IT'S VERY BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY ACTIONABLE INFORMATION WITHIN THE DEPTHS THE REPORT AS WELL SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THAT BECAUSE THIS IS YOU KNOW THERE IS A VERY STRONG PURPOSE TO THIS AND IT'S TO HELP STAFF REALLY FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY CAN EMPHASIZE AND FOCUS THEIR ENERGY AND COUNCILMEMBER JUST VERY QUICKLY THE TWO THINGS THAT WOULD COME TO MY MIND IF ASKED IT WOULD BE GETTING PEOPLE AND GETTING THOSE PEOPLE TO WORK AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO SHOW UP AS A CONCERN FOR EMPLOYERS.  THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON BASICALLY TRANSPORTATION OF SOME KIND AND A REASONABLE AND EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE WHICH KIND OF SURPRISES ME.  CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? AND WE SAW IT TOO BECAUSE WE ASKED A QUESTION IN THE SURVEY ABOUT A CONCERN ON HOUSING AND NONE OF THOSE FACTORS THAT YOU SEE ELSEWHERE COME INTO PLAY. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT THE PUBLIC TRANSIT ISSUE, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE, THOSE SORTS BARRIERS, YOU KNOW, AND PART OF IT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CERTAIN LEVEL OF YOU HAVE THESE OWNERS AND MANAGERS RATING THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THE LABOR POOL STRONGLY SO THEY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE.  IF THEY HAD AN ISSUE PERHAPS WOULD BE MORE IN-DEPTH PERSPECTIVE ON TO WHY THAT ISSUE WAS THERE BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ISSUE YOU MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE INTROSPECTION AND SIMILARLY THE LAST THE THE THE ISSUE OF CHILD CARE ALSO TO NOT SEE THAT ADDRESSED IN SOME WAY BECAUSE AGAIN WE HEAR THAT CONSISTENTLY THAT THE LACK OF CHILD CARE IS A HUGE ISSUE. AND KEEP IN MIND ACTUALLY WITH WE DO A PROJECT WITH THE CHAMBER IN SAINT PAUL AND LET'S JUST SAY RESIDENTS OPINIONS OWNERS AND MANAGERS OPINIONS AND WORKERS AND THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. UNDERSTOOD. VERY DIFFERENT. UNDERSTOOD. YEP THAT'S ANYBODY WANT THE LAST WORD LAST QUESTION. ALL MR. LEATHERMAN, SO SO MUCH PLEASURE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANKS SO MUCH .  SO MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT AS WE WE TOOK CARE OF ITEMS 2.3 THROUGH 2.5 EARLIER. SO MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT NELSON HAS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DID NOT HEAR OF ANY HOLDS SO I'LL JUST ASK AGAIN QUICKLY IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HOLD ANYTHING I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE THEN I WILL MOVE ITEMS 3.1 THROUGH 314 SECOND SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. MOVING ON TO OUR HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS, ORDINANCES AND WE HAVE FOUR OF THEM TONIGHT AND 4.1 IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES ORDINANCE AND EMILY HESS BACK FROM PLANNING STAFF IS GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME.  GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.  YES. SO TONIGHT I AM BRINGING MISCELLANEOUS BEFORE YOU. SO I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE BUT THIS IS AN ANNUAL THING PLANNING DOES TO KIND OF MAKE SMALLER EDITS ,MULTIPLE ORDINANCES RELATED ZONING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.  LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THE SLIDES  WHILE WE'RE WAITING. THIS IS A PERFECT OKAY.  YEAH. WE WENT TO A PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A STUDY SESSION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.  THIS IS WHAT I JUST SAID WHAT MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES IS. SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE A 29 I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM ALL AND I HAVE KIND OF TWO TABLE. TABLE OF CONTENTS.  FIRST ONE IS THE CLEANUP ITEMS WHICH I WILL JUST SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF IT'S JUST GRAMMAR GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES OR SIMPLE LITTLE MISTAKE LIKE THIS WHERE SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY PART INSTEAD OF OR THE NEXT TABLE OF CONTENTS ARE THE ACTUAL CONTENT CHANGES WHICH I WILL GO THROUGH ONE BY ONE.  ORDINANCE NN IS CHANGING THE ALLOWANCE FOR SNOW PLAYED STORAGE FROM NOVEMBER 1ST TO OCTOBER 1ST SO KIND OF EXPANDING THAT WINDOW.  BECAUSE SNOW COMES IN OCTOBER SOMETIMES.  ORDINANCE OH IS ALLOWING THE CITY ENGINEER AND PLANNING MANAGER TO EXEMPT CERTAIN CASES WHERE THE PLANNED WHITE IN RIGHT OF WAY DOES MAKE SENSE FOR A SIGN OR SOMETHING MAY NEED TO BE IN IT. ESSENTIALLY THE CODE REQUIRES ALL STRUCTURES ARE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL FRONT SETBACK THE PLANNED RIGHT AND RIGHT AWAY. AND IN SOME CASES THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARY.  SO THIS IS GIVING SOME LENIENCY FOR THE ENGINEERING AND PLANNING MANAGER ORDINANCE P IS ADDING A SENTENCE TO PART OF THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY AND PRESERVATION LANGUAGE IN ORDER TO MAKE IT TO ENSURE THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND MEETS THE DEFINITION OF A LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUND ORDINANCE. Q IS CREATING A SIDEWALK CLEAR ZONE PUBLIC SIDEWALKS? MEN GUIDANCE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT PUBLIC SIDEWALK SHOULD HAVE A MINIMUM TWO FOOT CLEAR ZONE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL FOR OBSTRUCTION SO WE ARE ADDING THAT IN CODE ORDINANCE AH IS CREATING SPECIFIC SETBACKS FOR SUNSHADES AND DEFINITION FOR A SUNSHADE ORDINANCE S IS CREATING A DEFINITION THERE WAS NOT ONE BEFORE WE HAD TO USE AN R USE TABLES FOR RETAIL SALES HEAVY EQUIPMENT BUT WE HAD NO DEFINITION ORDINANCE T IS CREATING STANDARDS FOR TEMPORARY AGRICULTURAL STANDS TO SELL PRODUCTS NOT GROWN ON SITE WITH THE PERMISSION THE PROPERTY OWNER AND OTHER VARIOUS STANDARDS ORDINANCE YOU IS A PROVISION STATING HOW WE MEASURE STRUCTURE SETBACKS HAD NEVER REALLY BEEN DEFINED IN CODE BEFORE ORDINANCE V IS ADDING LANDSCAPING STANDARDS THAT WERE APPROVED COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR THEY GOT CHANGED WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SECTION OF OUR CODE CHAPTERS AND HADN'T BEEN CHANGED AND THE ZONING YET ORDINANCE W IS DELETING THE PROVISION REQUIRES EXTERIOR LIGHTING. B AND COMPLIANCE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR IT WAS FOUND TO BE NOT ENFORCEABLE BY.  THE CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE X IS INCREASING THE AMOUNT THAT A TWO FAMILY DWELLING CAN HAVE GARAGE DOORS FACING A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREET SO RIGHT NOW THE MAXIMUM GARAGE DOOR FRONTAGE FOR A TWO FAMILY DWELLING IS 40% WHEN FACING A PUBLIC STREET.  YEAH, FOR THE GARAGE AND WE'RE CHANGING IT TO PERCENT SO THAT THE GARAGES COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE HOUSE FRONTAGE BUT POTENTIALLY MAKES IT EASIER FOR DEVELOPERS.  ORDINANCE WHY IS KIND OF CHANGING THE DEFINITIONS RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT INDOOR AND SPORTS TRAINING FACILITIES TO CLARIFY WHICH TYPES OF DANCE ACTIVITIES ARE ALLOWED AT EACH USE ORDINANCE HERE IS CREATING AN EXCEPTION FOR A REQUIREMENT THAT A PRIVATE SIDEWALK LINK BE BUILT WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT OR SIGNIFICANT REDEVELOPMENT.  THIS CREATES AN EXCEPTION THAT THE CITY ENGINEER CAN IMPRACTICAL DUE TO PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPERTY ORDINANCE A IS PROHIBITING PET SERVICE FACILITIES AS A HOME BUSINESS EXCEPT FOR ANIMAL GROOMING FROM NO MORE THAN FOUR ANIMALS AT A TIME WHICH IS EXPLICITLY A PERMITTED HOME BUSINESS ORDINANCE B IS JUST ADDING A SECTION TO THE ADDING PART OF A SENTENCE TO THE END OF THE SECTION STATING THAT THE CITY ENGINEER AGAIN HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE WHEN A LOADING DOCK RAMP OR ENTRANCE CAN BACK ONTO OR MANEUVER WITHIN THE PUBLIC STREET RIGHT OF WAY AN ORDINANCE C IS ADDED IN BECAUSE PET SERVICES FACILITY STANDARDS DO NOT EXPRESSLY STATE TO MEASURE BUFFERS FROM RESIDENTIAL USES CURRENTLY SO THIS IS ADDING THE SPECIFICS FOR HOW TO MEASURE THE REQUIRED BUFFERS FROM INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PET AREAS.  SO THOSE ARE ALL THE CONTENT CHANGES SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND THE ACTION IS ON THE SCREEN TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND BEYOND CONTENT IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE A COUPLE QUICK SENTENCES ON THE PROCESS HOW HOW DID STAFF OR YOU GET TO ALL OF THESE CHANGES JUST WAS IT A GROUP OR WAS A GROUP WORKER OR EXACTLY HOW DID IT WORK THROUGH?  YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HAVE LIKE A SHARED DOCUMENT THAT PEOPLE CAN GO INTO AND ADD CHANGES OR MISTAKES WHEN THEY SEE THEM SO ON. IT'S JUST KIND OF THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES THAT'S AN EASIER ONE IF IT'S MORE CONTENT CHANGE THAT PROBABLY A DISCUSSION THAT I WOULD HAVE WITH MY SUPERVISOR AND THE PLANNING MANAGER AND A LOT AND THEN ALSO A FEW TIMES I TOOK THE DISCUSSION TO OUR LARGER PLANNING STAFF MEETINGS TO SEE THEIR THOUGHTS. WE ALSO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION BECAUSE A FEW OF THESE THEM SO A NUMBER OF EYES LOOKING AT IT AND BRINGING UP SUGGESTIONS AND THEN WORKING A SOLUTION ON ALL OF IT. YES VERY GOOD COUNCIL QUESTIONS.  COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH, THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE QUICK OF THE SUNSHADE.  I ASSUME THAT DEFINITION AND IT DIDN'T SAY IT IN THERE BUT I ASSUME THAT WOULD BE FULLY BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THOSE GO IN AND OUT.  SO THE FULLY THIS IS TALKING ABOUT IF IT'S FULLY EXTENDED AND WHAT IT HAS TO BE THAT POINT AND DOES THAT NEED TO BE MADE MORE CLEAR IN THE DEFINITION?  MM HMM. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.  YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT'S FULLY EXTENDED.  I AM, I MEAN WE COULD EDIT IT TO EXPLICITLY STATE THAT YEAH I THINK WE JUST DIDN'T DEFINE THAT.  YEAH WE HAD A CASE THIS HAPPENED BEFORE WHERE SOMEONE NEEDED A VARIANCE FOR THIS SO I THINK ALL WERE KIND OF IN THE KNOW ABOUT IT WAS ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT WE INCLUDED THAT YEAH WELL I DON'T KNOW SO I NEED TO CHANGE IT TONIGHT BUT THROW IT ON FOR AN EXTRA SOME CALL TO THEIR ATTENTION. VERY GOOD. SO AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION WAS THE PET BUSINESS AND THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS BUT THERE WAS TWO THINGS ABOUT PETS. THERE ARE MORE THINGS WITH REGARDS TO ROVER PEOPLE WILL GO WATCH PETS, PEOPLE'S HOUSES. PEOPLE SOMETIMES TAKE PETS IN THEIR HOUSES, KNOW OUR STAFF AND THE AGE REVIEWS THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S LIKE SOMETHING YOU CAN DO IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON JUST SO YOU KNOW ARMY CAN'T HAVE THAT BUSINESS BUT THERE MAY BE YOU KNOW POTENTIALLY AT SOME POINT 2028 MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S OF GROWING INTEREST THAT PEOPLE DO THAT MORE AND MORE OF THAT WITH THAT SORT OF SHARING ECONOMY AND CAN YOU WATCH MY PETS FOR THE WEEKEND WHILE I GO TO A WEDDING OR WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO? SO I THINK THAT THAT APPLIES HERE. I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT AS SOMETHING THAT WHEN I SAW TWO THINGS REGARDING PET ORDINANCES THAT I SORT OF RAISED THAT FLAG FOR ME. SO THANK YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER OTHERS COUNCIL AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU. I HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS ON THE PET BUSINESS THING ON ORDINANCE S UM I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT DEFINITION CAME FROM IS IT KIND OF A INDUSTRY STANDARD DEFINITION THAT YOU PULLED FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT'S USED A LOT? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO ONE OF MY COWORKERS MADE THIS DEFINITION AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS HE TOOK PIECES OF IT FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.  SOME PIECES OF IT CAME FROM CERTAIN STATE DEFINITIONS AND THEN I BELIEVE HE ALSO LOOKED AT DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS FROM SURROUNDING CITIES. SO IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE COPIED AND PASTED FROM ONE LOCATION BUT IT WAS KIND OF A MISHMASH YEAH.  FAIR ENOUGH. I JUST WANT TO BE I WANT TO BE SURE WHEN WE DO THESE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T LIKE INADVERTENTLY LIKE I DON'T KNOW OUR GOOD FRIENDS THAT YOU KNOW CATERPILLAR NOW DON'T FIT ALL OF A SUDDEN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T CHECK MAKE SURE THAT THAT DEFINITION MATCHES WITH WHAT WHAT THEY DEFINE THEMSELVES TO BE AS A RETAILER OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT.  SO IF WE COULD JUST MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, MAYBE RUN THAT BY THEM MAYBE THEY'RE LISTENING TONIGHT AND WE'LL COME AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT OKAY SAME WITH OR ORDINANCE T AGRICULTURAL UPDATE WHY I KNOW NO BAD THING IT JUST WE HAVE DEMAND FOR THIS RIGHT NOW THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD THIS WHERE DID IT CE FROM? COUNCILMEMBER OR MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YES THIS PAST SUMMER I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SAY DEMAND BUT WE HAD AN EXAMPLE WHERE SOMEONE WANTED TO SELL I BELIEVE IT WAS CORN ON A PROPERTY WHERE THEY WEREN'T GROWING THE CORN AND SO TECHNICALLY WITHIN OUR CODE THAT WAS NOT ALLOWED AND SO WE WANTED TO PROVISIONS SO THAT IT WOULD BE ALLOWED RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS NONRESIDENTIAL USES LIKE A CHURCH BUT THE PROVISIONS AND STANDARDS THAT WERE MADE HERE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR FARMERS MARKETS LIKE WITH THE SETBACK IN THE HOURS AND STUFF LIKE THAT SO YEAH WE HAD IT HAPPEN ONCE THIS SUMMER. OKAY UM SEEMS RANDOM BUT COOL. OKAY NO ISSUE WITH IT. LANDSCAPING STANDARDS UPDATES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE CAN YOU REFER US TO I KNOW WE GOT STATE LEGISLATION AND THEN IT SAID SAID THAT WE HAD APPROVED SOME THINGS I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I CAN FOLLOW TRAIN OF THOUGHT THERE DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THAT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YES IT WAS RELATED TO LIKE NATIVE LANDSCAPE IN AND MAKING CHANGES FOR THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE SPRING. OKAY WE DON'T HAVE TO SOLVE FOR IT HERE IF IF MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A NOTE IN IF YOU DON'T MIND MR. BOOGIE I'D LOVE TO JUST KIND OF BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND CLOSE THE THREAD ON THAT END TO END? YEAH.  AND THEN THE LAST ONE I HAVE WAS RELATED TO THE PET SERVICES AND I, I WANT TO BE SURE UM, I JUST I DON'T KNOW I GUESS KEN ANIMAL KENLEY NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH SO ANIMAL COUNSELING IS NOW BEING DEFINED AS A PET SERVICES CITY THAT HOUSES MORE THAN FOUR ANIMALS AT A TIME. THAT'S IT. LIKE IT DOESN'T FEEL MORE SPECIFIC TO ME I GUESS WHAT I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TO PREVENT BECAUSE I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE'S PETS AND HOMES AND I'M NOT OFFENDED LIKE I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT AND.  I WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE NOT SOLVING A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST.  MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO YEAH. SO IN THIS SORRY IF IT'S CONFUSING WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DEFINING AN ANIMAL CAN AND THAT'S WHY IT CURRENTLY EXISTS WITHIN THE CODE AND  IT JUST WASN'T CLEAR WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANT. SO WE DO HAVE A DEFINITION FOR PET SERVICES WHICH IS VETERINARIAN CARE ANIMAL HOSPITAL TERM DAILY CARE TRAINING CLASSES BOARDING AND GROOMING AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE PROHIBITING BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN THIS THIS WAS REQUESTED BY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION BECAUSE ARE APPS WHERE I BELIEVE PEOPLE LIKE DROP THEIR DOGS OFF AT PEOPLE'S HOUSES DURING THE DAY AND THEN THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE DOGS KIND OF RUNNING AROUND THE BACKYARD.  I DO THINK AT THIS TIME THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR STAFF WAS WANTING TO PROHIBIT.  OKAY, I'D LIKE TO REVISIT THAT. SO IF WE COULD PUT THAT THE AGENDA FOR SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, THAT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD PROHIBITED I THINK WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE WITH AND IF IT'S A LICENSED BUSINESS THAT WE CAN GIVE PARAMETERS TO AND THEY CAN DO THAT SUCCESSFULLY, I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD PREVENT IT PERSONALLY I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE SAYING COUNCILMEMBER NELSON BUT I'M CONFUSED WHY WE WOULD I MEAN I APPRECIATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PIECE OF IT AND I AGREE THAT WE CAN DO YOU KNOW THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WE UP ON THE UP AND UP YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN APPRECIATE AND COUNCIL I WANT TO REMIND YOU THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS GET ANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO THE DISCUSSION AS WE YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE.  I JUST WENT ON TO MY COMMENTS DIDN'T I ALLOW NOW STOP TALKING COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SO ARE I'M SORRY I'VE BEEN UP SINCE 330 THIS MORNING MY BED I MEAN I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS WE'RE NOT IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.  IF YOU GOT A QUESTION OF I HAD THREE DOGS AND SOMETIMES I TAKE CARE OF A COUPLE DON'T BELONG TO ME FROM ONE OF MY SONS SO I DON'T THE POINT IN THIS REALLY IF THIS IS I AGREE BUT THAT'S ALL I NEED TO SAY I REALLY DON'T WANT TO ELONGATE THIS MEETING MORE THAN HE NEEDS TO BE BUT THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN. QUICK QUESTION RELATED TO THE YEAH, JUST QUESTION PART THAT'S NOT THE DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THEN WITH WITH W THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING COMPLIANCE DOES THAT RELATE TO AGRICULTURAL OR I'M JUST NOT UNDERSTAND I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T SAY THAT ENFORCING BUT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT IT WAS TRYING TO SOLVE ORIGINALLY MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN ORIGINALLY THIS WAS RELATED TO LIKE PARKING LOT LIGHTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT SO IT WAS TRYING TO BRING ALL PROPERTIES AND INTO COMPLIANCE WITH LIKE A PARKING LOT LIGHTING SO THAT THEY WERE YOU KNOW HAVING OUR STANDARDS OF LIKE HOW BRIGHT IT NEEDED TO BE AND WHAT THE HOURS K-6 FOR LIKE HOPING SO THIS IS NOT ENFORCEABLE ARE WE WORKING TOWARDS A DIFFERENT WAY OF ENFORCING THIS OR IS IT JUST THERE'S NO WAY TO ENFORCE IT?  UM MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I AM NOT SURE IF THERE'S A WAY TO ENFORCE IT OTHER THAN THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. OKAY LATER ON. THANK YOU COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF NOT I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN AND GET TO THIS COUNT THIS PUBLIC HEARING IF WE COULD. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL DO THAT.  GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 TONIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING OUR MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES ORDINANCES. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 TONIGHT TOLD IMMEDIATELY ANYONE ON THE PHONE MR. MAYOR IS NOBODY ON LINE LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL.  IT'S SCINTILLATING STUFF. I KNOW IT IS.  ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL NOBODY COMING FORWARD. NO ONE ON THE PHONE. I VOTE FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FOR SOME SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRY SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW IN THE REALM OF DISCUSSION WE HEARD A BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WANTING TO REVISIT PERHAPS EITHER NOW OR IN IN THE FUTURE A BIT MORE STRUCTURE AROUND PERHAPS SMALLER HOME BUSINESSES BOARDING BUSINESSES FOR FOR ANIMALS SHORT TERM THAT KIND OF THING AND I THINK THAT IT PROBABLY MAKES GOOD SENSE IF FOLKS ARE DOING IT AND TO PUT SOME PARAMETERS AROUND IT AND SOME UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF NUMBERS AND SPACE AND HOURS AND THAT KIND OF THING MAKES GOOD SENSE. I THINK ESPECIALLY PEOPLE ARE DOING IT AND ARE AND IF IT'S A VIABLE BUSINESS NOW SO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YES, MR. MAYOR ALL I WOULD SAY IS I DON'T WANT PROHIBIT IT AND SO I'D LIKE TO IF WE CAN REMOVE THIS TO ORDINANCE AA FROM TONIGHT'S THING I'D PREFER THAT BECAUSE I'D LIKE US TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE REALLY WANT TO DO THERE.  I KNOW THAT THESE BUSINESSES ACTUALLY EXIST IN BLOOMINGTON TODAY AND WE WILL BE FORCING THEM OUT OF BUSINESS BY DOING THIS AND THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR I JUST ASK FOR A CLARIFICATION BECAUSE IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ARE ALREADY PROHIBITED BASED TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT AND IF IT'S NOT AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN MISINFORMATION SO THE MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YES IT IS ALREADY PROHIBITED SO THAT'S WHAT ANIMAL COUNSELING MEANT.  IT WASN'T SPECIFIC ENOUGH BUT TECHNICALLY PEOPLE WERE NOT TO BE DOING THIS.  I UNDERSTAND FIFTH AMENDMENT.  COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO A NEXT STEP RELATED TO THE PET SERVICES IN-HOME PET SERVICES IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT THE LANGUAGE CHANGE TODAY ISN'T REALLY WHAT MATTERS THE MOST. IF WE WANT TO REVISIT THIS AS A POLICY IN THE CITY THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DECIDE MAYBE AT THE END OF THE MEETING THE POLICY ISSUE UPDATE AND ASK STAFF TO BRING IT FORWARD LIKE THIS ISN'T WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE MAKING BIG POLICY DECISIONS. THIS IS JUST LIKE CLEANUP AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I APPRECIATE THAT.  SO TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, I DON'T THINK IT'S PROHIBITED. THIS JUST CLEANS UP THE LANGUAGE IF WE WANT TO HAVE THE POLICY DISCUSSION OF WHETHER OR NOT SHOULD BE PERMITTED AND LICENSED AND PUT PARAMETERS AROUND THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE I THINK IN THE POLICY AND ISSUES UPDATE IN A CONVERSATION INTO THE FUTURE.  WELL I GUESS MR. MAYOR, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS TO ME THIS CREATES A SPECIFICITY AROUND THE PROHIBITION THAT THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE DOES NOT. AND IF WE AND IF WE DON'T BECAUSE I DID NOT I DON'T THINK OF ANIMAL AS THE SAME THING AS WHAT THIS SAYS. SO MY POINT BEING WHY CHANGE THE LANGUAGE NOW WHEN WE ARE UNCLEAR IF IT IF IT DOESN'T MATTER EITHER WAY I'D PREFER NOT TO TO GET MORE SPECIFIC AND HAVE TO UNDO THAT LANGUAGE. I'D RATHER JUST LEAVE IT AS IT IS.  SO ALL I'M PROPOSING IS THAT WE PASS THIS WITHOUT PULLING WITH WITH OR WITHOUT CHANGING ORDINANCE AA IF THAT'S POSSIBLE ALL RIGHT AS WE MOVE FORWARD I'M HEARING A MOTION TO PULL OUT A OUT OF THIS SO AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A SEC. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS IF WE DON'T USE THE LANGUAGE, DOES IT CAUSE ANY EXTRA WORK OR ISSUES FOR STAFF CONTINUE TO JUST DO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING? MAYOR THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU AFTER ASKING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF THE MAIN PEOPLE AND THAT THIS AFFECTS SO I MEAN BY NOT CHANGING IT THIS WOULDN'T BOTHER ME AT ALL I'M NOT DOING ANY EDITING BUT I'M SURE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. OKAY.  ALL RIGHT. SO WE HEARD CONCERNS ON ANY OTHER CONCERNS ON ANY OF THE OTHER PROPOSED CHANGES.  ALL RIGHT THEN I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING PERHAPS TO MAKE A MOTION AND MAKE THE MOTION TO REMOVE A FROM THE LIST OF ORDINANCES THAT WOULD BE AMENDED THAT WOULD BE CHANGED. SO MR. MAYOR, DO YOU WANT ME TO PASS THAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TO TO POST PROPOSED THE FIRST ONE SINCE SINCE IT'S JUST THE WE CAN DO THAT AND WE'LL DO THAT. NO THAT'S A GOOD POINT WHY DON'T YOU WHY DON'T YOU IF YOU COULD DO MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND THEN YES SIR HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCES TO LIKE WELL OKAY ORDINANCES ABCD F G H I J K L AND M AS INCLUDED IN THE MEETING PACKET THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTERS EIGHT 2122 IN APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE SECOND MOTION BOTH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCES AS STATED INCLUDED IN THE MEETING PACKET TONIGHT ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE CARRIES SEVEN ZERO OKAY AND THEN THE NEXT MOTION I'LL FOR DISCUSSION IS TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AN 0PQRST YOU I'M HEAVY I FEEL I SHOULD DO IT IN LIKE A COOKIE MONSTER VOICE U V W X Y Z BEBE AND CC AS INCLUDED IN THE MEETING PACKET THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 917 AND 21 OF THE CITY CODE . I EXPLICITLY DID NOT SAY A SECOND MOTION MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TOOK OUT THE ORDINANCES AS STATED AND COUNCIL CLEAR THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE AA SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR ON THIS THEY WOULD BE PULLED OUT OF THIS ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN IN OPPOSITION AM COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SUMMARY PRESENTATION PLEASE I AM PROPOSING A RESOLUTION SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ALL OF THE 2024 MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES ORDINANCE IS AS STATED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER FOR MAYOR LOCATION AND ITEM 4.1 MISS MANDER SHINE IN MIRROR MEMBERS I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU WOULD ALSO LIKE STAFF TO REMOVE THE REFERENCES TO ORDINANCE BEFORE WE SEND IT FOR PUBLICATION.  YES THAT AS STATED WAS INTENDED TO IMPLY THAT BUT THANK YOU.  SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION AND DID WE THE VOTE NOW YOU GOT ME CONFUSED DON'T WE HAVE WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE VOTE MOTION IN A SECOND FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS AND CLEANING THIS UP BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S IT'S A BIG JOB SO WELL DONE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 4.2, OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S RESOLUTION TO ORDER THE 2025 2020 5-2 OR TWO VALLEY VIEW SCHOOLS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND WE HAVE WITH US CRISTIAN AMARO . GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR.  GIDEON CASTLE I'M CHRISTIAN. I GREW AS THE MAYOR STATED ENGINEER HERE WITHIN OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT VALUES SCHOOLS, CIVIL RIGHTS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TODAY.  NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OH, I HAVE USE YOU CAN'T OH,  IT'S ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW.  OH SORRY I'VE SEEN PEOPLE BEEN DIRECTED WITH SLIDES. OKAY, SO YEAH .  ALL RIGHT BUT WE'LL BEGIN WITH A PROJECT OVERVIEW HERE. THE PROJECT LOCATION IS EAST 88TH STREET BETWEEN NICOLLET AVENUE AND PORTLAND AVENUE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WORK HAPPENING SOUTH OF EAST 88TH STREET AT THE INTERSECTION OF PORTLAND AVENUE AND.  BISHOP LANE I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT AT THIS POINT THAT THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN OUR HIGH VOLUME COUNTY AND CITY ROADS NAMELY EAST 90 STREET ON THE SOUTH SIDE EAST 86TH STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE LYNDALE AVENUE TO THE TO THE WEST AND PORTLAND AVENUE TO THE EAST AND THIS WILL BE RELEVANT.  OUR CONVERSATION ON THE PROJECT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROJECT HISTORY AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS CONTRACT. SO THIS WHOLE PROCESS BEGAN IN 2012 WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALONG WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED A CITYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL PLAN WHICH IDENTIFIED VARIOUS VARIOUS LOCATIONS SCHOOL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR SAFE AFTER SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS WHICH LED US TO MARCH 2020. WE BEGIN OUR MARCH 2018 WE BEGIN OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT VIA OUR LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE INCLUDING IMPLEMENTING LAYOUTS SEEKING FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS. WE ALSO WORK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICT AND THE TWO SCHOOLS DIVIDE VIEW ELEMENTARY AND THE VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ACQUIRE SOME OF SUPPORT AND ALL OF THIS WORK WAS IN PREPARATION OF APPLICATION FOR REGIONAL SOLICITATION THROUGH MET COUNCIL FOR SUPER AFTER SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. WE ALSO ACQUIRE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2022 WE WERE INFORMED IN JANUARY OF 2023 THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR APPLICATION AND WE WILL BE RECEIVING FUNDING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2025 TO HELP BUILD THE PROJECT WHICH LED US TO OUR NOVEMBER NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN HOUSE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND WHICH WERE ENTRUSTED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING WHERE WE'RE LOOKING HOPEFULLY TO ORDER THE PROJECT . SO THE PROJECT NEEDS LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER THIS PROJECT WAS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF OUR DISTRICT WIDE SAFE OUT OF SCHOOL PLAN DUE TO A HANDFUL OF REASONS AND I JUST LISTED A FEW OF THEM HERE.  THE FIRST ONE BEING LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE VALLEY VIEW SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED NUMEROUS HIGH VOLUME CITY ROADS AND COUNTY ROADS LIKE 90 STREET ONE AVENUE AND LYNDALE SCHOOL LYNDALE AVENUE AND THE WALKING BOUNDARY FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ABOUT HALF A MILE AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ABOUT 1.5 MILES AND THIS WILL PUT ALL THESE HIGH VOLUME ROADS WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY. SECOND THING IS THE HIGH DENSITY OF CROSSWALK ACROSS 88TH STREET. IF YOU NOTICE ON THE GRAPHIC THAT I'M SHOWING THERE ARE THREE CROSSINGS ON 88TH STREET LEADING TO THE NORTH SIDE OF ANY STREET WHICH CAUSES IT WHICH LEADS PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WHICH CONFLICTS PARENTS DROPPING OFF AND PICKING OUT THEIR KIDS. SO THE IDEA HERE IS TO CHANNEL ALL THAT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TO ONE ENHANCE CROSSING WHERE WE CAN BRING MORE AWARENESS OF THAT CROSSING AND KIND OF IMPLEMENT A BUNCH OF SAFETY MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S ONE CLEAR PATH GOING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE. IT WOULD BE TREAT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH. THE ISSUE WE IDENTIFIED IN THAT PLAN WAS THAT THERE WAS A HIGH VOLUME OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC PORTLAND AVENUE I'D BE SHUFFLING NEARLY FROM THERE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GOING TO THE HENRY COUNTY LIBRARY ON THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF OF BISHOP LANE AND WATLING AVENUE. SO WHAT ARE WE PROPOSING WITH THIS PROJECT?  WE'RE PROPOSING TO INSTALL A NEW CROSSWALK ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF E CITY STREET FROM PORTLAND AVENUE TO TO NICOLLET AVENUE AND INSTALLING AND CROSSING EAST 80TH AND CLINTON AVENUE. WHY THAT LOCATION TO ME ASK IS BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  SO THAT WOULD BE WHERE WE'LL PUT THAT ENHANCED CROSSING THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT TO KIND OF CHANNEL ALL THE TRAFFIC THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE NORTH SIDE WE'RE PROPOSING 80 ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AT THE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE ALONG THE EAST 80TH CORRIDOR. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT INTERSECTION OF BISHOP LANE AND PORTLAND AVENUE AS WE NOTICE I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THERE WAS A HIGH VOLUME OF PEDESTRIANS USING THAT INTERSECTION. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING MORE AWARENESS TO THAT INTERSECTION AS WELL BY CONSTRUCTING A PEDESTRIAN REFUGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION TO GET A SHORTENED THAT AND ALSO UPGRADE THE EXISTING FLASHING BEACON THAT IS OUT THERE. AND FINALLY WE ARE PROPOSING A SIDEWALK FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING TO THAT NEW ENHANCED CROSSING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AT BISHOP LANE AND PORTLAND AVENUE.  SO THIS IS KIND OF A LAYOUT OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU WE CAN SEE THE THE CENTRAL CONNECTION FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN POINT FOR THIS. OH, THERE IT IS AGAIN ACTUALLY SO THE ENHANCED CROSSING HERE AT BISHOP LANE PORTLAND AVENUE AND THE CROSSING HERE YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE'RE NOT SHOWING THE CROSSING WHAT THE ENHANCED CROSSING AT 88 AND CLINTON LOOKING LIKE YET BECAUSE THEIR OPTIONS ARE STILL BEING EXPLORED WE'RE LOOKING AT EITHER DOING A CURVE BUMP OUT OR A MEDIAN SO WE'LL BE EXPLORING OPTIONS AND DEVELOPING THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES HERE WE DID RECEIVE COMMENT FROM THE NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN HOUSE THAT THERE WERE THERE WAS ISSUES AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION PARENTS PARKING AND KIDS CROSSING AND CAUSING SIDELINE . SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO ADDRESS THOSE WITH THE PROPOSED DESIGN . YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT RETAINING WALL THAT IS SHOWN HERE. THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT WORKS OUT HERE. WE WOULD NEED TO DO SOME WORK IN YARD AND TO MINIMIZE THE DISTURBANCE TO THOSE YARDS WE'LL BE CONSTRUCTING A COUPLE OF RETAINING WALLS ACTUALLY ONLY TO ADD THE PROPERTIES HERE AND HERE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SHOWING THAT ON THESE.  AND I WOULD ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE ENTIRETY OF THIS WORK WILL BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE EXISTING GRADUATE SO WE WILL NOT BE ACQUIRING PERMANENT EASEMENTS FOR THIS ONLY TEMPORARY EASEMENTS FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION.  THESE ARE THE CROSS-SECTIONS OF WHAT  WOULD BE LOOKING LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE AND HERE IS THE CROSS SECTION ALONG EAST EIGHT STREET SO YOU'RE PROPOSING IT SIX FOOT CONCRETE WALK ALONG WITH A FOUR FOOT BOULEVARD AND THIS IS A CROSS SECTION AROUND THE AREAS WHERE WE'LL BE CONSTRUCTING THE RETAINING WALL AND THE CROSS SECTION SIX ACTUALLY AT THE INTERSECTION OF BISHOP LANE PORTLAND AVENUE THIS IS THE PLANNED REFUGE OUTLINE THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED. WE'RE NOT SHOWING IT IN THE RFP, THE FLASHING BEACON, THE IMPROVED SYSTEM BUT IT WILL BE A THREE POST SYSTEM WITH END AND A BOULEVARD AND AND THE OTHER TWO POST NOTICE OUT OF THE STREET AGAIN KIND OF TO EMPHASIZE THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION WE WILL ONLY BE ACQUIRING TEMPORARY EASEMENTS APPROXIMATELY 16 PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE FOR THE TIMING OF CONSTRUCTION. WE WILL ALSO BE BRINGING IN A RIGHT OF ENTRY AGREEMENT PREFERRED COUNSEL WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE WE WILL BE DOING WORK ON SCHOOL DISTRICT. IF I GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE I COULD SHOW THAT SO THERE'S WORK HAPPENING HERE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY AND THERE WILL ALSO BE WORK HERE WHETHER YOU SAY HAS CROSSING.  SO WE WERE LOOKING TO PUT THAT IN BEFORE AND GET AUTHORIZATION THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO WORK ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.  SO HOW HAS THIS BEEN FUNDED?  LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER WE WERE SUCCESSFUL ENOUGH SO FEDERAL SOLICITATION AND WE WERE GRANTED $398,000 TO GO TOWARDS THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION COST OF $680,000 . OUT OF THOSE $680,000 ARE FUNDED, $15,000 IS FOR CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY $50,000 IN RIGHT AWAY A TEMPORARY EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS ARE AT 20% OCCUPANCY AMOUNTING TO $83,000 HAS BEEN ADDED. AND HOW LITTLE $2,000 IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE FEDERAL GRANT IS COVERING 60% OF THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION COST.  WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? SO CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION PROCESS WHICH IS A REQUIRED ITEM FOR OUR RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING. WE WERE LOOKING TO BEGIN IF THE PROJECT IS ORDERED TO THE EASEMENT OFFERS AND NEGOTIATIONS BY MID TO LATE DECEMBER LOOKING TO COMPLETE DESIGN IN EARLY 2025 FOR CONSTRUCTION AND FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN SUMMER OF 25 TO BE COMPLETED BY THE FALL OF 25.  SO IT'S FINISHED SO WITH THAT WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDED MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ORDERING IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE 2025 VALLEY VIEW SCHOOLS SILVER OUTDOOR SCHOOL AND I'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND.  THE SLIDES FROM THIS PRESENTATION WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON THAT GOOD I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER AFTER COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THE PRESENTATION FORWARD.  I KNOW WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH SCHOOL ZONES AND I DON'T BELIEVE VALLEY VIEW AS HAS BEEN DONE YET WOULD THAT WORK BE INCLUDED THIS OR BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION KIND OF DO IT ALL THE SAME TIME YOU WANT TO DO. GOOD EVENING. AMY BROWN COUNCILMEMBER WE ARE PLANNING TO WELL, WE'VE TARGETED THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOL AREAS FOR THIS YEAR FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOLS ON SPEED LIMITS AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE VALLEY VIEW SCHOOLS FOR POSSIBLE COORDINATION OF IMPLEMENTING IT WOULDN'T BE UNDER NECESSARILY THE FEDERAL PROJECT BUT WE WOULD TRY TO DO THAT THAT WORK TOGETHER. PERFECT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS SO THANK YOU ASKING THAT. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY 90TH IS NOT BEING CONSIDERED AS PART OF THIS KIND OF COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT ON THE SOUTH SIDE THERE?  YOU MEAN THE 90TH STREET CORRIDOR OR JUST 90TH STREET AS A YEAH. I MEAN IT'S A STREET THAT DIVIDES THE SCHOOLS VALLEY VIEW PARK AND I KNOW IT'S A PRETTY ROUTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND SO I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS THAT WAS CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE PROJECT. MR. MAYOR.  COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER I WILL DEFER TO AMY MAROON AS I WAS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO I RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SO AVENUE IS IDENTIFIED AS A WALKWAY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO WALKING ROUTE THERE'S CURRENTLY A PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL AT 90TH STREET AND THIRD AVENUE. WE'VE DONE SOME PREVIOUS PROJECTS CONSTRUCTING SIDEWALK ALONG THIRD AVENUE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH PREVIOUSLY.  SO AT THIS POINT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPOSED CHANGES ON 90TH STREET ITSELF AS PART OF THE CITY FRANCISCO PLAN WE ARE LOOKING TO DO AN UPDATE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE SAN FRANCISCO PLAN STARTING AS EARLY AS 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND I GUESS KIND OF A RELATED QUESTION SO MAYBE IT'LL BE ANSWERED AT THAT POINT OR SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. I GUESS I'D BE CURIOUS FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE TO ENHANCE SAFETY IN THE AREA BUT MAYBE THERE'S LIKE THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE PROHIBITING RIGHT LIKE THE THE COST OF THE PROJECT IN , THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE. I JUST I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN AREA THE CITY THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT. AND SO I'M JUST I GUESS CURIOUS IF THERE WERE MORE RESOURCES OR SOME LESS BARRIERS IN SOME OTHER WAY WOULD STAFF PROPOSE ADDITIONS TO THE SAFER SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS OR IS THIS KIND OF BEST PRACTICE COME IN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WITH THE CURRENCY FRONT TO SCHOOL PLAN THIS WILL COMPLETE ALL OF THE PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WHEN WE WERE INTERVIEWING THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND WORKING WITH PARENTS AT EACH OF THE SCHOOLS PREVIOUSLY THERE ARE WAYS ADDITIONAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN MAKING QUITE A FEW SMALL INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THESE SCHOOLS WITH SOME PREVIOUS AN OVERLAY PROJECT AND YOU KNOW WE DID A CURB BUMP OUT AT THIRD AVENUE AND 88TH STREET WITH A PREVIOUS PROJECT JUST BECAUSE IT MADE SENSE TO DO IT AT THAT TIME. SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE IDENTIFIED ON ON THE MAP AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE WITHIN THIS PROJECT AREA WE WOULD TRY TO LOOP IT ALL INTO THIS PROJECT. SO AS KRISTIAN YOU KNOW DURING THAT PUBLIC MEETING WE DEFINITELY HEARD THAT ENHANCEMENTS AT CLINTON AVENUE BE IMPORTANT AT THAT CROSSING BECAUSE OF THE PARENT PARKING THAT HAPPENS AND OBSTRUCTS THE VISION OF THE STUDENTS CROSSING THERE AND SO WE'RE WE'RE JUST INCORPORATING THAT RIGHT INTO THE PROJECT IF IT'S ORDERED.  OKAY THANKS CALLS ON ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF NOT THANK YOU. DON'T GO FAR IN CASE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW ON ITEM 4.2. THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO ORDER THE CHANGES TO THE VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL SAFE OUTDOOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING YOU CAN BOTH GO IF YOU'D LIKE AND IT'S A GOOD EVENING AND WOULD IF COULD IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU START AND WE DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS WE LIMIT WE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO 5 MINUTES AND THAT'S WHERE THE SHOT CLOCK IS AND AND NOT BECAUSE AND WHEN IT HITS 5 MINUTES I WILL CUT YOU OFF NOT BECAUSE MEAN BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEAK SO GREAT SO PLEASE IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF THAT'D BE GREAT. WELL, I'M SUBTLE I WE LIVE ON THE CORRIDOR OF 88TH STREET AND IT HAS COME TO OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD A WHOLE SIDEWALK ON SIDE WHEN THERE'S A SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY FROM NICOLLET THE SCHOOL.  SO IT'S A WASTE OF RESOURCES AND TIME AND ENERGY AND INVASION BY HAVING THAT SO I HAD ONE QUESTION IS BECAUSE WHAT CONSTITUTES A MUNICIPAL SIDEWALK IF WE COULDN'T WHAT WE GENERALLY DO ALSO IN OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS WE'LL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ONCE WE WILL GATHER THEM ALL UP SO I DON'T HAVE DO IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND YOU ARE LEGAL STAFF FOR OUR CITY MANAGER COME UP WITH AN OFFICIAL RESPONSE BUT WE WILL PUT IN YOU KNOW WHAT CONSTITUTES A MUNICIPAL SIDEWALK. SO THERE'S A WHAT MY OFFICE MY BULLET POINTS. ALL RIGHT. SO MINE WAS THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF 88TH IS TOTALLY UNNECESSARY BECAUSE WE HAVE A PERFECTLY GOOD ONE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM NICOLLET TO THE SCHOOL ALL THE WAY PORTLAND THATHEY'VE ALREADY REDONE AND SO THAT'S JUST A WASTE OF RESOURCES AND THEN WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING AND SHOVELING THAT IT SAYS IN ALL OF THESE ARTICLES THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO THE HOMEOWNER AND WE DO NOT WANT TO SIT THERE. WE'RE RETIRING. WE DON'T WANT TO SIT THERE CLEAR THESE THINGS BECAUSE ELSE WANTS TO MAKE TWO SIDEWALKS AND THE SNOW BLOWERS THAT THAT IF IT'S A HEAVY SNOWFALL SOMETIMES CAN TAKE 1 TO 4 DAYS AND NOW YOU'RE ADDING ANOTHER HALF THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PLOWED IN IF IT'S A HEAVY SNOWSTORM THEY START WITH EMERGENCY FIRST BEFORE THEY CAN GET TO ANOTHER ONE. SO IT'D BE DOUBLING THE WORKFORCE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT SNOW THE SIDEWALKS AND.  THE OTHER ISSUE IS  THE LIABILITY OF SOMEONE FLIPPED AND FALLS FALLS TO THE HOMEOWNER EVEN THOUGH IT SHOULD BE THE CITY SO IT'S JUST ADDING EXTRA LIABILITY AND ONE PERSON CAME UP WITH THE IDEA USUALLY NO ONE EVEN CROSSES ON OUR SIDE AND WE RIGHT ON THE THIRD BUT JUST LIKE TO HAVE ON PORTLAND THE EASY SOLUTION IS YOU JUST PUT THE FLASHING LIGHT SO WHEN THEY NEED TO CROSS BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE CARS SPEED AT 4550 MILES AN HOUR GOING DOWN THAT STREET BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING STOPPING THEM. AND SO HAVING ONE OF THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS IT'S ON PORTLAND TO CROSS TO THE LIBRARY TO HAVE THAT CROSSING OOPS SORRY CROSS OVER FROM YOU CROSSING OVER THIRD TO THE SCHOOL AND THEN MAYBE HAVING ONE WHERE YOU CROSS FROM THIRD OVER TO THE SIDE OF SCHOOL YOU KNOW SO YOU COULD YOU KNOW YOU JUST PUSH THE BUTTON AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST SOLUTION . SO SO ALL THESE ARTICLES I CAME ACROSS AS PRIORITY LIABILITY LIES ON THE HOMEOWNER THAT'S INCREASING ALL OF OUR OUR OUR LIABILITY AND THEN WE'RE NOT WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO SIT THERE AND AND CLEAR THE SIDE ON THE SIDE OF OUR HOUSE WHICH IS A LONG WAYS BECAUSE SOMEONE WANTS TO HAVE TWO SIDEWALKS TO GET TO THE SCHOOL WHEN IS PERFECTLY SUFFICIENT AND THEN WE SEE THE SNOW REMOVAL AND THE SNOW PLOWING AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS WAS IF SOMEONE SLIPS ON SIDEWALK IT IT CAN LIE TO THE CITY BUT ALSO TO THE AND SO I SUGGEST THERE'S NO NEED FOR A SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY GOING FROM NICOLLET PORTLAND ON ANOTHER SIDE FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK CONSTRUCTION COST MAINTENANCE ALL THAT AND JUST HAVE FLASHING LIGHTS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM ALL RIGHT OR THOSE LITTLE OR WHATEVER SOMEONE ELSE WAS TALKING ABOUT.  GOOD GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  OTHERS IN THE CHAMBERS  CAN I USE YOUR PROJECTOR TO PROJECT GRANT? CAN WE HAVE THE OVERHEAD CAMERA PLEASE? THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  WHERE DO YOU PUT IT? JUST RIGHT ON TOP OF THE LOGO. THEY'RE FACING YOU. SO JUST LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, IT'S LIKE THAT THAT.  MY NAME IS JONATHAN BANKS.  THANK YOU COUNSEL, MAYOR AND RESIDENTS AND CITY STAFF FOR LETTING ME ADDRESS YOU THIS EVENING. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT AT 88TH AND CLINTON AVENUE SOUTH FOR OVER 25 YEARS RIGHT ACROSS FROM VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  OVER THE YEARS I'VE REPEATEDLY RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT DANGERS AT THIS INTERSECTION DESPITE REACHING OUT TO THE MAYOR, THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SAFETY DIRECTOR,  THE POLICE CHIEF AND CITY STAFF I HAVE SEEN NO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS.  THIS LEAVES ME ASKING WHY WHEN I EXPLAIN THE ISSUES OF BOTTLENECKS AND BLIND SPOTS TO STAFF PERSONNEL THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM BUT SEEMED UNAWARE OF IT UNTIL I BROUGHT IT UP. I ALSO ATTENDED A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETING BUT I LEFT FEELING DISHEARTENED.  IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY IS ONLY DOING THE BARE MINIMUM AND FAILING TO TRULY ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS FOR STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS. FOR YEARS I HAVE POINTED OUT THE ILLEGAL PARKING AND STOPPING ON EVERY STREET. THIS IS A PICTURE AT 88TH IN A NO PARKING ZONE.  THIS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ADA STREET WHERE YOUR CROSSWALK IS CURRENTLY WHERE CARS ARE PARKING.  THIS IS ON THE 88TH STREET SIDE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL WHERE YOU CAN SEE NO PARKING ANY TIME BEGINS HERE AND CARS ARE PARKED ONCE AGAIN HERE ARE MORE CARS PARKED HERE . MORE CARS.  HERE'S A GOOD ONE OF THE CROSSWALK WHICH IS NORMALLY BLOCKED.  I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ART DEPARTMENT BUT I WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS TO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT YOU HAVE EVERY DAY AT VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR YEARS I POINTED OUT THE ILLEGAL PARKING AND STOPPING ON IT STREET WHICH CREATES BLIND SPOTS AND COMPROMISES PEDESTRIAN SAFETY YET NO OR PREVENTIVE MEASURES HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE IF THE CITY ONLY PLANS TO ADD A LARGER ONE LARGER CROSSWALK ARE FAILING SHORT OF OF ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUES. LET ME EMPHASIZE ONE SIGNS ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE IGNORE THEM AND THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR ILLEGAL PARKING.  TWO TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED IDEAS LIKE CONES, YELLOW CURB STRIPING OR TEMPORARY BARRIERS HAVE BEEN IGNORED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE COST EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL PROPOSALS TO DOWNSIZE CROSSWALKS ARE CONCERNING FOR RESIDENTS REDUCING FROM THREE CROSSWALKS TO ONE WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE ILLEGAL PARKING BLIND SPOTS OR TRAFFIC BOTTLENECKS WILL NOT IMPROVE SAFETY .  THE PROBLEM WHEN CARS PARK ILLEGALLY ADA STREET THEY CREATE BOTTLENECKS OR BLIND SPOTS.  CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL ARE OBSCURED PARKING PARKED VEHICLES PUTTING THEM AT RISK. I'VE PERSONALLY WITNESSED NEAR MISSES WHERE CHILDREN STEP OUT FROM ME FROM BEHIND A PARKED CAR INTO TRAFFIC RECENTLY A SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER RECENTLY TOOK IT UPON TO PLACE CONES TO DETER ILLEGAL PARKING A COMMENDABLE EFFORT BUT FAR FROM A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION WHAT WE NEED WE NEED REDUCED SPEED SIGNS DURING SCHOOL HOURS. WE NEED LIGHTS TO INCREASE DRIVER AWARENESS.  WE NEED ACTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF PARKING RESTRICTIONS.  WE NEED IMPROVED SIGNAGE THAT'S VISIBLE AND AMBIGUOUS.  WE NEED SPEED TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND IF WE DO A BUMP OUT WE NEED MORE THAN A FIVE FOOT BUMP OUT OR SIMILAR INFRASTRUCTURE TO PHYSICALLY PREVENT ILLEGAL PARKING.  I SUGGEST CREATING A LARGE BUMP OUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF ADA STREET TO PREVENT ILLEGAL PARKING A SMALL BUMP OUT WILL NOT SUFFICE INSTALL HIGH VISIBLE VISIBLE AND ENFORCE PARKING RESTRICTIONS WITH TICKETS OR TOWING EXTEND NO PARKING ZONES WITH PROPER YELLOW CURB STRIPING PARTICULARLY THE SOUTH END OF CLINTON AVENUE MAINTAIN ALL THREE CROSSWALKS TO ENSURE SAFER PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ADD FLASHING LIGHTS AND REDUCED SPEED SIGNAGE NEAR THE SCHOOL AND EDUCATE PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC PARKING AND SAFETY RULES WHILE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.  THE CITY HAS ALREADY SEEN THE CONSEQUENCES OF INADEQUATE PLANNING. FOR EXAMPLE THE CROSSWALK AT ADA STREET IN NICOLLET HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY DAMAGED. MR. MAKES YOUR TIME IS UP LIKE 30 SECONDS CAN I FINISH? I'M SO CLOSE I'M NOT BEING MEAN, JONATHAN. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. OKAY THANK YOU.  ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS ITEM 4.2 A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 PLEASE. I I AM DIANE CROMWELL AND WE LIVE ON THE CORNER OF 88TH AND FOURTH AVENUE WHICH WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSAL TO ADD A SIDEWALK THERE. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT THE PREVIOUS PERSON JUST SAID. IN ADDITION, I THINK AS IT A SIDEWALK IS NOT GOING TO HELP THEM GETTING ACROSS THE STREET I THINK THEY NEED TO CHANGE WHERE THE PARENTS DROP OFF THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THOSE PARKED CARS ARE IS PICK UP AND DROP OFF.  THEY CAN MAYBE POSSIBLY CHANGE IT TO THIRD AVENUE OR THEY COULD POSSIBLY IT TO THE INSIDE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. I KNOW THAT'S ALREADY A BUS PICKUP STATION BUT I ALSO AGREE EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID IS THE SLOWER SLOWER SPEED LIMIT POSSIBLY A FOUR WAY STOP SIGN ON AVENUE TO REDUCE THE SPEED AND WE'RE ALSO ABOUT CONTINUE UPKEEP OF THE SIDEWALK THAT IS PROPOSED ON OUR SIDE OF THE STREET.  THANK YOU. AND IF HE WOULD LIKE TO FINISH MY TIME I WOULD IT FINISHED? NO WE DON'T THAT'S NOT HOW WE PLAY SORRY ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ON IN 4.2 THIS TIME HAS TOLD ME DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON PHONE? THERE'S NO ONE ON LINE MR. MAYOR LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS, COUNSEL NO ONE COMING FORWARD AND NO ONE ON THE LINE. I LOOKED FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I KNOW 4.2 SOME OF THEM SAY MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN UNDER 4.2 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT SO WE MENTIONED THAT THE QUESTIONS WE HEARD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SUPPOSE OUR TEAM THE BEVY OF OUR TEAM CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS OF THE NOTION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A MUNICIPAL SIDEWALK. I THINK THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE A MUNICIPAL IT'S A CITY FUNDED SIDEWALK AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT A MUNICIPAL SIDEWALK AND AND SO I MEAN THERE ARE PRIVATELY FUNDED SIDEWALKS AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS BUT.  THIS WOULD BE A CITY SIDEWALK, MR. MAYOR. YES. THIS WILL CONSTITUTE A CITY SIDEWALK BECAUSE IT'S FUNDED BY THE CITY. YES. AND THEN IN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOVEL. SO WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AH SHOVELING PRACTICES WITHIN THE CITY AND WE'VE ALSO TALKED WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CITY GOING OUT AND PLOWING AND IN FACT OUR ORDINANCE READS RIGHT NOW THAT RESIDENTS ARE FOR THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME. SO THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING THE SERVICE DESPITE WHAT THE ORDINANCE HAS SAID FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CHANGING THAT BUT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT MAINTAINING PRIORITY THAT THE CITY WOULD INDEED TAKE CARE OF THAT IT WOULDN'T FALL TO THE HOMEOWNER DO YOU KNOW WOULD THIS FALL INTO THAT DESCRIPTION OF A A CRITICAL NEED WHERE THE SIDEWALK WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO THE RESPONSIBILITY FALLING TO THE HOMEOWNER MEANS TO ME BEING THAT THE SIDEWALK SPEAKING THE MICROPHONE JUST A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN EXCUSE ME IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT THE SIDEWALK IS LOCATED A SCHOOL AREA. YES, IT WOULD FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY. YES. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN THE LIABILITY MAYBE THAT'S A LEGAL OR A LAWYER'S QUESTION. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THE LIABILITY IF THE CITY IS TAKING CARE OF THE SIDEWALKS I DON'T KNOW THAT THE LIABILITY WOULD FALL TO THE HOMEOWNERS IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULD LOOK TO AN AS MANAGER ASIDE FOR A VERY QUICK EVALUATION OF THAT ONE MAYOR A VERY QUICK EVALUATION OF THAT ISSUE IS IF WE HAVE A A PRACTICE OF REGULARLY THAT SIDEWALK AND WE HAVE THAT CODIFIED SOMEWHERE AND WE ARE DOING THAT AS REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS AND EVERY TIME IT SNOWS THAT SORT OF THING WE WOULD BE TO UNDERTAKING THAT WORK NOW AND WE WOULD DO IT ACCORDING TO OUR BEST PRACTICES AND OUR IMMUNITIES FLOW FROM THERE WITH REGARD TO HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE IT IN FRONT OF THEIR SIDEWALK IN OUR PRACTICES TO DO THAT THEN IT DOES GO TO THE HOMEOWNER. OKAY SO BUT IN THIS CASE WHERE WE ASSUME THAT THIS WOULD BE A PRIORITY SIDEWALK THAT THE CITY WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE LIABILITY WOULD NOT FALL TO THE HOMEOWNERS IN CASE OF A TRIP AND FALL ON ICE OR IF THERE IS A EVEN IN THE SIDEWALK OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.  OKAY. SO I THINK WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT . SO MR. MAKES MENTION A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS I'LL GET TO THE ENFORCEMENT IN JUST A MINUTE BUT MENTIONED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE SIGNAGE FLASHING BUMP OUTS, THAT TYPE OF THING WHICH SOUND A WHOLE LOT LIKE OUR OUR SCHOOL THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND IN FACT I MEAN THIS NOTION OF A LOWER SPEED LIMIT THE SPEED LIMITS AROUND THE SCHOOL NOW ARE ALREADY AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. I THINK DOES NOT SEEM TO MAKE ONCE CITYWIDE SPEED LIMITS ARE 25 MILES AN HOUR UNLESS OTHERWISE POSTED. SO THANK YOU THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH RON. MR. MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD IF WE DO IMPLEMENT A SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT ON THE 88TH STREET IT WOULD BE A 20 MILE AN HOUR RATE ZONE FIVE MILES AN OKAY AND COUNCIL DID I MISS ANY OF THE QUESTIONS OR TALK ABOUT THAT SOME OF THE OTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU? YEAH. AND MR. MAYOR SO THE PHOTOS WERE PRESENTED WE UNDERSTAND THAT SITUATION THAT'S HAPPENING AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO ENHANCE THAT CROSSING. SO RIGHT.  IT'S REALLY LONG BLOCKS BETWEEN 88TH AND 86TH STREET AND ALL OF THOSE LONG BLOCKS DON'T HAVE SIDEWALK. SO CURRENTLY KIDS THAT WALKING DOWN THERE THEY HAVE TO CROSS 88TH STREET TO GET TO THE SIDEWALK IF THEY CAN CROSS ON A NEW SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE AND FOLLOW ALONG TO ONE CONCENTRATED CROSSING LOCATION, IT HELPS DRIVERS TO ANTICIPATE WHERE PEDESTRIANS ARE GOING TO BE CROSSING.  THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING FOR YEARS. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE PRINCIPALS . I'VE BEEN OUT THERE WITH ALL OF THEIR STAFF. THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST TRY TO MANAGE TRAFFIC WHICH IS A STICKY SITUATION FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO BE TRYING TO DO SO WE WANT TO DO IS IT SO THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO PUT STAFF OUT AT A AT A CROSSING LOCATION WE'VE GOT ONE LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN FOCUS THEIR RESOURCES THAT WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE TO BE CLINTON AVENUE SOME SELF-ENFORCING THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE DESIGN TO MAKE IT SO YOU CAN'T PARK THERE AND STILL HAVE CARS GET THROUGH AS MENTIONED WERE CURB BUMP OUTS ON EITHER SIDE OR A CENTER PEDESTRIAN ISLAND EITHER ONE OF THOSE NARROWS THE ROAD TO THE POINT WHERE DRIVERS WILL NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE PARKING THEIR CAR THEY WOULD BE IN A DRIVEWAY AND AT THAT POINT SO THAT'S SOME SELF-ENFORCING THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WE'LL ALSO TWEAK AND CALL AS MUCH ATTENTION TO THAT NO PARKING ZONE AS WE CAN AND TYPICALLY WE POST THAT AS 50 FEET IN A OR 75 FEET IN ADVANCE OF THE CROSSWALK AND 50 FEET PAST THE CROSSWALK TO JUST MAINTAIN OPEN SIGHTLINES FOR SCHOOL CROSSINGS OR CROSSWALKS IN GENERAL.  WE BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THESE ENHANCEMENTS WILL DEFINITELY HELP CALL ATTENTION TO THE DRIVERS TO MAKE THEM MUCH MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT LOCATION. I DON'T IT'S A BAD THING IF PEOPLE ARE PARKING ON CLINTON AVENUE AND WALKING TO PICK THEIR KIDS.  THIS WOULD HELP PARENTS YOU KNOW IT WOULD HELP, YOU KNOW, GET ATTENTION TO THE PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.  SO I THINK THAT ALL OF THESE ARE GOOD THINGS AND I WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL JUST HAS TO MANAGE TRAFFIC BETTER.  THERE'S VERY IS VERY THERE ARE LIMITS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO AND SO THEY PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE PARENTS AND WE WANT TO HELP ENCOURAGE THAT WITH THIS BETTER DESIGN AS WELL.  AND I THINK IN THE PICTURES WE SAW OBVIOUSLY IN THE WINTER I'M SURE THAT THE PROBLEMS ARE EXACERBATED JUST BECAUSE WITH THE PLOWING NOT CURB TO CURB OR ANYTHING SHORT OF CURB TO CURB JUST NARROWS IT EVEN MORE AND.  I LIKED YOUR COMMENT ABOUT YES, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I MEAN THEY'RE NOT IN THE THE PARKING AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT BUSINESS AND BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT I KNOW THAT WE ALSO WE WORK TOWARD COMPLIANCE AS OPPOSED TO ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE CITY AND WE WE'VE SHOWN THAT TIME AND AGAIN.  BUT I WILL I KNOW THAT WITH CHIEF HODGES IN THE ROOM HE'S HEARD THIS DISCUSSION AND AS WE NOW GET INTO THE WINTER SEASON WITH ESPECIALLY WITH REDUCED ROADWAY OR ROAD WIDTH PERHAPS I'M SURE THAT IT'S ON THE CHIEF'S RADAR NOW AND WE'LL BE HE'LL BE HE'LL BE TALKING WITH HIS HIS FOLKS ABOUT THAT IN GENERAL COUNSEL DID I MISS ANY QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP OR ASKED DURING THE DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS DID I MISS ANY I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT WE DID WE DID DISCUSS THE PERHAPS USE IN THE A LOWER SPEED LIMIT SCHOOL ZONES. HAVE WE ANYWHERE WITH THAT? I KNOW WE MENTIONED THAT EARLY IN THE YEAR.  WELL, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, WE HAVE FULLY IMPLEMENTED THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOL ZONES. SO FOR OLSON ELEMENTARY MIDDLE AND JEFFERSON HIGH  SCHOOL THAT ONE IS IN PLACE FOR OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT'S IN PLACE AND POPLAR BRIDGE ELEMENTARY SO THE FIRST ROUND OF IMPLEMENTATION WAS ON FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED COLLECTOR ROADWAYS THAT HAVE MIDDLE ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOLS I GUESS SO I, I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ON REGARDS TO KENNEDY LIVE NEARBY AND I NOTICE THAT WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE WHAT TOOK PLACE THE SUMMER IS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT BUT IS STILL I DRIVE THAT AREA A LOT AND DRIVERS JUST DON'T RESPECT THE SPEED LIMIT I IT'S AMAZING THAT EVEN DURING SCHOOL HOURS PEOPLE I SENT MY CRYSTAL TRIED 34 MILES PER HOUR AND PEOPLE ARE JUST FLYING BY ME EVEN DURING SCHOOL TIME. SO I KNOW THAT IS DIFFICULT SCIENCE DO HELP A LOT AND EVEN WITH DESIGNS THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR FOR SPEED LIMITS OR FOR OTHER DRIVERS AROUND THEM. BUT SCIENCE DO HELP IF YOU COME IN AT 35 MILES AN HOUR COMING TO A 25 BECAUSE OF A SCHOOL ZONE YOU THAT THERE ARE KIDS IN THERE AND YOU JUST SLOW DOWN BUT THEY DO HELP I LEAVING OTHER STATES AND I EXPERIENCE THAT AND YOU KNOW THERE WERE MAJOR ENFORCEMENT LAWS IN THOSE AREAS DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS PERHAPS WE NEED TO DO THAT BUT THAT AREA THERE AND ALSO I'M OF ALL OF YOU MIDDLE SCHOOL IT'S THE AREA GETS PRETTY IN THERE I HAVEN'T SEEN 86 I BELIEVE IT IS THE OTHER ONE BUT 98 I'VE SEEN THE PROBLEMS I MEAN THE KIDS CROSS ACROSS THIS JAYWALKING LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET ON 80TH AND I NEVER PAID ATTENTION TO SIX BUT I SEE THE PROBLEM ON 88TH AND PORTLAND BUT YOU KNOW I KNOW WE SHOULD HIS WORK AND I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE CITY DID SOMETHING AT KENNEDY BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE.  WE HAVE A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH CONSEQUENCES. THANK YOU, MA'AM.  THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK MR. MAYOR.  YES, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE GOAL IS THAT WE'RE GOING GET TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND TRY TO CREATE WHAT WE CAN IN TERMS OF SCHOOL ZONES.  WE JUST HAVE TO DO A LITTLE AT A TIME UNLESS YOU WANT TO RAISE THAT LEVY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THERE VICTOR.  BUT I'M HERE FOR IT AND I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY.  ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID THAT I DO WANT TO CALL OUT WAS DO DO DO WE KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE PARKING THERE IF IT IS EXPLICITLY ILLEGAL TO PARK THERE AND THEY'RE PARKING THERE ANYWAY, WHY ARE THEY SCHOOL STUDENTS? ARE THEY PARENTS OF STUDENTS?  IS IT VERY TEMPORARY LIKE IT HAPPENS FOR 15 MINUTES OR IS IT LIKE ALL DAY BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THOSE PICTURES WERE TAKEN EITHER THEY WERE TAKEN AT THE EXACT SAME TIME THAT 15 MINUTES EVERY DAY OR IT'S A PROBLEM THAT'S A LONG PROBLEM MEANING PEOPLE ARE PARKING THERE ALL THE TIME IN WHICH CASE I THINK WE SHOULD SHIFT THE CONVERSATION FROM A A A PROBLEM OF TRANSPORTING KIDS TO SCHOOL AND MORE TO A PROBLEM OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT WHICH TO ME DOESN'T SOUND LIKE PART OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. MS. MIRON YOU SAID YOU WORKED WITH THE SCHOOLS AND I'M ASSUMING THIS IS A PICK UP AND DROP OFF ISSUE. THIS ISN'T THESE ARE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.  THEY'RE NOT DRIVING MOM AND DAD'S CAR TO TO TO SCHOOL. SO IT'S BASED ON MY OBSERVATIONS IT HAS BEEN TEMPORARY SOMETIMES THEY'RE EVEN STILL IN THE VEHICLE SO THAT GETS A TRICKY THING WITH ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY PARKED. SO WE CLARIFY SIGNAGE W NO PARKING STANDING OR STOPPING WITHIN THAT LIMIT BUT BASED ON MY OBSERVATION CERTAINLY RESIDENTS MAY BE OBSERVING SOME CARS THAT HAVE BEEN PARKED THAT ARE PARKED THERE FOR LONGER BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN WHAT I'VE WITNESSED. OKAY.  YOU FOR THAT I IF IT'S A 30 MINUTE PROBLEM THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAN IF IT'S AN EIGHT HOUR PROBLEM. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND I DON'T SEEM TO I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT VISIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE COULD DO THERE MAYBE MAYBE GETTING SOME COMMUNITY, SOME ACTIVE POLICE THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO KIND OF TIME IT OUT AND UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT WHAT THE PATTERN IS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. THANKS COUNCILMEMBER ONE THANK YOU MAYOR AND TO ANSWER COUNCILMEMBER DOSANJH QUESTION BECAUSE I AM A PARENT AND I HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL YOU'RE RUNNING FOR A MEETING. YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO PICK UP YOUR KID IF THERE'S A SPOT WHERE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PARK THERE IN YOUR HEAD YOU'RE LIKE I'M HERE FOR 5 MINUTES. I'LL BE GONE. AND THAT'S THE THOUGHT EVERY PARENT WHO DOES PICK UP EVERYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BECAUSE I'M ONLY HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT PICKING ON MY KID I WANT TO WALK THREE BLOCKS IN THE SNOW IN THE WINTER TO PICK UP MY KID AND THENALK ALL THE WAY BACK. SO THAT IS THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE OF PEOPLE AND IS IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO DO THEIR JOB. WE GET EMAILS EVERY SINGLE DAY STOP PARKING IN THE NO PARKING ZONE. THE PEOPLE CONTINUE EVERYDAY TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT IS OUR IMMEDIATE INSTINCT WHAT IS MOST CONVENIENT AND QUICK FOR ME TO GET MY CHILDREN IT IS BUT THAT IS THE THOUGHT OF WHAT GOES THROUGH WORKING PARENTS MINDS WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THEIR KIDS AND TAKE THEM HOME.  BUT MOVING ON FROM THAT I JUST WANT TO GET MY THOUGHTS ON THIS AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE MAKE SURE THAT KIDS ARE SAFE AND THAT WE HAVE SCHOOL ZONES.  I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THIS SCENE AT WORK AT 102ND STREET OR BY OLSON OVER BY JEFFERSON IF.  YOU DRIVE DOWN 100 SECONDS RIGHT THERE. THERE'S ONE CROSSWALK AT THE OLSON AND MIDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I'VE SEEN I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I EVER DID WAS GO OUT BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING ISSUES THERE AND WATCHED IT WITH MY OWN EYES. YOU CAN SEE HOW ONE CROSSWALK FUNNELS AND PROTECTS CHILDREN GIVES CARS THE VISIBILITY TO KNOW THAT I HAVE ONE STOP I HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THESE LIGHTS. I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN WITH THREE. I'M IF I'M A DRIVER AND I'M DISTRACTED I'M TRYING TO GET TO PICK UP MY KID IT'S LOT EASIER TO ROLL ONE OR TWO THAN TO STOP AT ONE. AND SO I BELIEVE HAVING ONE CROSSWALK MATTERS IT WORKS. ADDITIONALLY HAVING SIDEWALKS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET ALLOWS CHILDREN A SAFE WAY TO GET HOME. I'M ASSUMING NORTH OF 88TH THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT LIVE OVER THERE AND IF YOU'RE KID AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET HOME THE QUICKEST THING FOR ME TO DO IS TRY TO JUST CROSS AS SOON AS I CAN. BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING EASY AND CONVENIENT FOR ME TO BE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF MY SCHOOL THEN I CAN GO TO THAT STAFF CAN BE OUT THERE ARE PARENT VOLUNTEERS AT OLSON WHO SIT AT THE STOPLIGHT TO PUSH SUPPORT THOSE KIDS AND PUSH THAT BUTTON SO THAT THEY CAN CROSS SAFELY SO THAT NO CARS ARE GOING TO HIT ANY KIDS AND HAVING THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS IT ALLOWS SCHOOLS TO DIRECT THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR FOCUS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT SPLIT EVERY OTHER WAY AND THEN ADDITIONALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE PRIORITIZE AND PUT THAT SCHOOL ZONE IN WITH THIS WORK SO THAT THIS CAN BE ALL DONE AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE NOT DOUBLING OUR RESOURCES WRAPPING THINGS UP AND THEN PUTTING THEM BACK TOGETHER AGAIN ALL THE TIME.  AND SO YES IT IS AN INTRUSION ON OWNERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET WHO DO NOT HAVE AND HAVE HAD SIDEWALKS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY TO ME IF WE CAN PREVENT AND SAVE ONE CHILD FROM GETTING HIT BY A CAR, THAT INVESTMENT IS WORTH IT THAT INVESTMENT TO ENSURE THAT KIDS MOVE AROUND SAFELY CAN BE OUT OF TRAFFIC SO THAT THEY CAN GET AND CROSS NORTH THEIR HOMES IS WORTH DOING THIS TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD INSTEAD OF KEEPING IT THE SAME WAY AND HOPING THAT LITTLE THINGS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE FUTURE. THE LITTLE THINGS PLUS THE BIG THINGS ARE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN IS OUR TOP PRIORITY. SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS COUNCILMEMBER A WOMAN THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS AND THEN I'LL GET SOME COMMENTS AS WELL AS CUSTOMER WANTED ON ON THIRD AVENUE WHEN YOU GO PAST A STREET SOUTH OF THERE AND I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE A LONG, LONG TIME BUT CAN YOU PARK ON THAT? I THOUGHT THAT WAS NO PARKING ON THE THIRD AS YOU'RE GOING DOWN TOWARDS 90TH CAN YOU CAN PARENTS PARK ON THAT AND THAT'S TRUE A MEMORY LIMITED I BELIEVE IT IS RESTRICTED I BELIEVE THERE ARE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON THIRD AVENUE. SORRY I THOUGHT SO TOO WHEN I WAS A KID. THAT'S WHERE THE RESTRICTIONS WERE THERE. I MEAN I WASN'T SURE IF THAT HAD CHANGED AND THEN OF THERE'S NOW A RESTRICTION ON THAT SOUNDS LIKE 88TH STREET SO YOU CAN'T YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PARK ON THE STREET. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THEY'RE FOCUSED NEAR THE CROSSWALKS. SO ARE THE POSTING RESTRICTIONS. YOU KNOW, AND EVERY TIME WE DO THIS YOU KIND OF TRY TO MAKE A ITERATION. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID I USED TO WALK FROM 84TH STREET ALL THE WAY DOWN DOWN FIFTH AVENUE AND I WOULD CROSS OVER 86 AT THAT TIME 86TH STREET WAS A FOUR LANE GOING BOTH WAYS AND.  THEY THEY CHANGED IT WHEN I WAS A KID IT WAS INTIMIDATING. IT WAS SCARY. THEY HAD SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES. I REMEMBER WHEN THEY PUT THOSE IN AND THEN WE WOULD WALK ACROSS AND MY FRIENDS THAT LIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 86TH STREET WE WOULD USE THOSE SIDEWALKS TO KIND OF GET OURSELVES IN THE RIGHT SPOT. AND THEN WE GOT DOWN TO 88TH STREET. WE WOULD HAVE A FLAG PERSON WHO PUT THE FLAG OUT AND THEN WE WOULD CROSS ALL AT ONE SPOT. WE'D ALL KIND OF GATHER OUR WAY. WE'D WALK DOWN THE STREET AND GET THERE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK AT THAT POINT TIME. AND SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THEY'RE TWO SIDEWALKS AND WE'VE REDUCED SATURDAY SIXTH STREET, ARE WE SEEING ANY SAFETY ON THAT STREET, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PEOPLE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION TO GET DOWN TO AND I WILL GET TO MY POINT IN A SECOND HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, QUESTION IS HAVE WE SEEN A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ON 86TH STREET WITH HAVING SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDEWALK AND THEN THE CHANGE OF GOING DOWN FROM FOUR LANES? DEFINITELY OF THE 4 TO 3 LANE CONVERSION PROVIDED EVEN MORE OF A BUFFER SPACE BETWEEN THE THE CURB EDGE AND WHERE THE VEHICLE TRAVELED PATH. SO WE DEFINITELY SEEN SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON 86 STREET WITH THAT CHANGE.  WELL I'LL SAY THIS YOU KNOW MAYOR GROWING IN THAT AREA AND HAVING TO WALK DOWN THERE, IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THAT THE CARS GETTING CRUSHED IN THERE AND THAT KIND OF THING AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE A SIDEWALK THERE I GET IT IT CUTS INTO YOUR PROPERTY IT DOES ADD ADDITIONAL EVEN IF THE CITY IS SWEEPING IT UP AND DOING THAT BUT THINGS THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND YOU KNOW I STILL I KIND HAVE TWO MINDS OF IT. I HATE IT WHEN 86TH STREET CHGED FOR FOUR LANES DOWN TO DOWN THREE IT IS SAFER ON 86TH STREET, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT AND I I THINK ABOUT MY LITTLE BODY WHEN I WAS LITTLE WALKING TO GRADE SCHOOL AND IF THERE WERE A SIDEWALK THERE THAT TO ABLE TO MAKE MANEUVER MY WAY DOWN THROUGH AND GET TO THAT THAT SIDEWALK DOWN I MEAN I HATE TO SAY IT AND I KNOW IF I LIVE THERE I WOULD HATE THE IDEA OF HAVING A SIDEWALK THERE JUST WITH IT.  BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THOUGH IT WOULD BE SAFER FOR THOSE KIDS AND I THINK THAT WE WILL ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME PLACES FOR THOSE PARENTS TO PARK LEGALLY THAT WE CAN MAYBE WORK ON THAT THE NEXT PROJECT NOT SUGGESTING THAT TODAY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY BUT I DO THINK THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WHERE RESIDENTS COMING FROM IN TERMS OF THAT AND WE DO NEED TO GET SOME OF THOSE ENFORCEMENT THINGS BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THOSE PARENTS THAT WANT TO DROP OFF AND SOON. I'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT TOO. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I'LL I'LL I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS TOO BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE WHERE RESIDENTS ARE COMING FROM AND WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING IN THAT AREA BECAUSE I GREW UP THERE I MEAN I SPENT OVER 20 YEARS IN THAT AREA SO I GET IT.  AND COUNCILMEMBER COUNCIL ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR ARE WE READY TO CONSIDER ACTION ON THIS MAYOR WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION MOMENT YEAH WE'RE I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ORDERING IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE 2025 TOOL TO VALLEY VIEW SAFE GROUNDS TO SCHOOL S.A.T.S PROJECTS SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ORDERING IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE VALLEY VIEW SCHOOLS SAFE ROADS TO THE SCHOOL PROJECT AND FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION DURING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO WHICH THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION STAFF AND 4.3 ARE A THIRD PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS REGARDING IN THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT BLOOMINGTON SHELLEY ADDITION LOCATED AT 6101 6211 AND 6520 OR 6251 WEST 84TH STREET AND 8500 DAKOTA AVENUE SOUTH AS LONG GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNSEL I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON THIS BLOOMINGTON SHELLEY ADDITION IS OVER BY NORMAN DALE LAKE CITY STAFF HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL PHONE CALLS BOTH LAST WEEK AND TODAY INQUIRIES ABOUT THE PLANT AND NORMALLY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN SO I'M GOING TO TRY AND ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE OUT THERE WE ARE PLANNING IT BECAUSE PARK AND REC STARTED THE PLANNING PROCESS A LITTLE WHILE BACK WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE BATHROOM BUILDING GOT RECENTLY FINISHED OVER THE LAKE AT THE TIME THAT WE THEY STARTED THE ORDINANCE THAT WE NEEDED TO PLANT ALL THAT LOTS BUT WE CHANGED THE CODE TO INCLUDE AN EXCEPTION FOR GOVERNMENT OR PARK FACILITIES WITH A BUILDING LARGER A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. SO THAT ELIMINATED THAT PROCESS FOR BUT THEY HAD ALREADY SPENT CONSIDERABLE DOLLARS WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND DOING THE RESEARCH FOR THIS LOT I MEAN IS A VERY LARGE PARCEL WE'RE ONLY PLANNING UP TO THE SECTION LINE BECAUSE THERE'S EVEN MORE WORK TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE PARK BUT IN ORDER TO NOT LOSE THATNVESTMENT AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE DOING IT WE'RE ALSORYING TO CLARIFY OF THE DOCUMENTS WE HAD SOME DISCREPANCIES IN DIFFERENT LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF WHAT ADJACENT PARCEL IS THE EXISTING SHELL ROAD IS GOING TO BE PLATTED BASED ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE EXISTING ROAD. THERE IS NO PROPOSED PLOT PLAN TO WIDEN THAT ROAD UNLIKE RUMORS ARE THAT ARE FLOATING AROUND NOR IS THERE ANY CURRENT PLANS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO THIS IS JUST PLATTING WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE KEPT UP THE CITY TAXPAYER INVESTMENT AND SO IT'S PLANNING HALF THE LOT THANK YOU. CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS OF LONG ON THIS ONE NO QUESTIONS THANK YOU. DON'T GO TOO FAR.  THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL OPEN IT NOW REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAN THE BLOOMINGTON CHALET ADDITION LOCATED AT 60 121 6211 AND 6560 251 WEST 84TH STREET AND 8500 DAKOTA AVENUE, SOUTH IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING .  MR. MAYOR COUNCIL GOOD EVENING. WELCOME.  I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE PLODDING I WAS JUST AND MAYBE IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED WHY THIS MOTIVATION IS STARTING NOW MY CONCERN IS ONCE THIS PLOT HAS OCCURRED THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY FURTHER EXPANSION WITH THE SKI HILL ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES IT I WOULD DEFER TO MS. LONG BUT HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT ABOUT EXPANDING THE SCALE.  TO MY KNOWLEDGE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY EXPANSIONS IT IS A BLOOMINGTON CITY PARK AND WE'RE PLANNING IT IT HAS WE'RE LOOKING TO SELL IT OR GET RID OF IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.  IT'S HAD THE DISCUSSION BEFORE WHEN THE EXPANSION WAS TO BE ALLOWED AT THE SCALE AND THIS GOING TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T IN THAT DIRECTION. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. NOT THAT I'VE HEARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  ANYONE ELSE I OF 4.3 TELLS ME DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE YET? THERE'S NO ONE ON LINE. MR. MAYOR LAST CALL FOR THE CHAMBERS COUNSEL NO ONE COMING FORWARD. NO ONE ON THE PHONE LOOKED FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 4.3 SOME OF THE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCIL PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD HERE ANYONE LIKE TO TAKE A CRACK AT A MOTION?  COUNCILMEMBER THREE WE ARE TO DO THAT MOVE TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT BLOOMINGTON ADDITION LOCATED AT 6101 60 211 AND 60 251 WEST 84TH STREET AND 8500 DAKOTA AVENUE SOUTH SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS TO THE STAFF REPORT MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AS STATED IN ITEM 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION SEVEN ZERO WE WILL MOVE ON BUT FIRST I'M NOT SURE BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE CROWD HERE IS THERE ANYBODY HERE REGARDING THE HEIGHTS? IS THERE ANYBODY STILL HERE WITH THE HEIGHTS?  I WAS HOPING NOT BECAUSE THAT DID PASS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NOBODY STILL HERE WAITING FOR US TO ACT ON THAT BECAUSE THAT DID PASS. BUT THANK YOU FOR PUTTING MY MIND AT EASE THERE.  WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 4.4 OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING THIS IS REGARDING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ESTABLISHING A CITY SEWER AVAILABILITY CHARGE A SEX CHARGE. MR. MARK HOGAN GRIEVING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS GOOD EVENING.  THE IMPETUS FOR THIS ORDINANCE IS THAT BLOOMINGTON SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED BACK IN THE 1950S AND SIXTIES AND IT DID HAVE SOME DESIRED CAPACITY FOR GROWTH BUT.  THE CITY'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT ATTRACTING GROWTH  A MARKET IS VERY INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING IN BLOOMINGTON. SO WE REACHED OUR CAPACITY LIMITS IN MULTIPLE AREAS OF THE CITY AND SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW ON THE SCREEN IS A MAP OF THE SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS THAT ARE FORECAST TO BE NEEDED BETWEEN NOW AND 2040 . THESE TOLD ON ESTIMATED $54.9 MILLION BASED ON PLANNING ESTIMATES.  SO WE'VE HAD A MULTI DEPARTMENTAL CITY WORKGROUP LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE GATHERED INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY FROM STAKEHOLDERS OVER THE SUMMER AND WE'VE COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO STUDY SECTIONS MOST RECENTLY ON OCTOBER 14TH BASED ON RECOMMENDATION THE COUNCIL DIRECTED THREE THINGS ON OCTOBER THE 14TH. FIRST OF ALL MOVING FORWARD ON THE TWO MOST CRITICAL SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE RIGHT AT THEIR CAPACITY TODAY THE NORTH CENTRAL BLOOMINGTON AREA IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL BLOOMINGTON AREA.  SECONDLY TO FUND THESE PROJECTS, OTHERS THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE THROUGH A MIX OF FEES AND DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASED SEWER USER RATES. AND THEN THIRD TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES ESPECIALLY FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS SO THE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WOULD DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, IT WOULD A CITYWIDE SURCHARGE SEX STANDS FOR SEWER AVAILABILITY.  THE AMOUNT WOULD BE $2,026 PER UNIT SAC UNIT REFLECTS THE AMOUNT OF SEWER FLOW THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BY A GIVEN DEVELOPMENT.  IT'S DETERMINED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL THEY REQUIRE A SITE CALCULATION FOR EVERY LAND THAT MAY IMPACT SEWER FLOW AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FEE THAT THEY CHARGE TO SUPPORT CAPACITY ENHANCEMENTS ON THE REGIONAL SEWER SYSTEM.  I WOULD NOTE THAT THE FEE IS LINKED DIRECTLY TO THE IMPACT ON THE SEWER SYSTEM OF EACH DEVELOPMENT THE CHARGE IF THE ORDINANCE IS APPROVED AND WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR IN 2025.  AND THEN I WOULD NOTE TO THE CITY TAXES ARE A FAIRLY COMMON METHOD OF PAYING FOR CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS AMONG CITIES AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES INCLUDING EDINA, BURNSVILLE AND SAVAGE ALL HAVE A SATISFACTORY IN PLACE TERMS OF HOW WE CALCULATE THE FEE WE TAKE FIRST OF ALL THE COST OF CAPACITY SEWER PROJECTS WE SUBTRACT FROM THAT ASSET RENEWAL COMPONENT OF EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS.  THE THEORY IS THAT THE ASSET RENEWAL COMPONENT WOULD BE COVERED THROUGH THE INCREASE IN UTILITY RATES. THAT'S WHY SUBTRACTING THAT AND THEN DIVIDING THE FORECAST SACK UNITS OVER THAT SAME PERIOD SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ORDINANCE EARLIER ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA YOU ADOPTED A FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR THAT NORTH CENTRAL SEWER PROJECT, THE CENTRAL SORT OF PROJECT FEASIBILITY REPORT WAS ORDERED AND 16TH AGAIN THAT'S ACTUALLY IF APPROVED GO INTO EFFECT ON THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND THEN THE FIRST TWO SEWER PROJECTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IF THE ORDINANCE IS APPROVED COULD MOVE FORWARD AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL PROJECT COULD COME ONLINE IN NOVEMBER OF 2025 IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PROJECT IN NOVEMBER OF 2027.  SO WE HAVE TWO RECOMMENDED MOTIONS FOR YOU THIS EVENING ONE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AND ONE TO ADOPT A SUMMARY PUBLICATION AND A RESOLUTION FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION OUR WORKGROUP IS PRESENT TONIGHT AND CAN ASSIST WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY. GOOD.  SO IF YOU COULD JUST VERY BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO LINK THE THE COST THE DIRECT COST OF THE THE IMPROVEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PROPOSED OR THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE, HOW THAT THAT IMPACT IS LINKED. YES, THERE IS A STATUTORILY ANY FEE AS THIS FIRST OF ALL IT'S ALLOWED UNDER STATE STATUTE IN MANY CITIES TO DO IT BUT TO HAVE THE FEE IT NEEDS TO BE PROPORTIONATE TO ANY GIVEN DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IT REFLECT THE IMPACT A GIVEN DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF SEWER FLOW AND THAT'S WHAT THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE CALCULATED WOULD DO EVERYBODY SEE THAT'S VERY GOOD COUNSEL ON QUESTIONS OF MR. MARKET GARDE COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO, REAL QUICK THANK YOU. MR. MURPHY GOOD TO SEE YOU GET GIVE US A SENSE FOR HOW MUCH THIS MIGHT BE IN A TYPICAL BUILDING LIKE LET'S SAY LET'S SAY WE TOOK THE THE 160 UNIT BUILDING THAT WAS JUST BUILT OVER IN SOUTH LOOP.  I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT WAS CALLED. I APOLOGIZE THAT THE PROJECT 30 OR WHEREVER THAT ONE WAS WITH THE OXEN OUR PARTNERS IN IT LIKE IF THAT WAS IF THAT WAS CHARGED TO SUCCEED COME WITH 160 UNITS HOW DID THAT GET TRANSLATED GENERALLY IS NEARBY CITY COUNCILMEMBER ELIZONDO WE DID SEVERAL EXAMPLES IN RECENT DEVELOPMENT SO YEAH LOOKING AT THE CARBON 31 AND OXEN DAY ON THIS PROJECT THERE WE HAD 400 UNITS OF RESIDENTIAL ANOTHER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF OUR GROCER AREA SO THAT TOTALED 417 SACK UNITS THERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECT COST OF 125 MILLION.  THE CITY SACK FEE IN THAT CASE WOULD BE HUNDRED AND 44,000 AND CHANGE THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT .68 PERCENT OF THE PROJECT COST.  THAT'S HELPFUL. SO SET ANOTHER WAY EVERY YOU ADD A TOILET OR A BIG SINK YOU'RE ADDING THE ACCESS UNIT RIGHT? AND SO YOU COUNT THEM UP AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR UNITS AND THEY'RE BOTH BUSY. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT'S CORRECT. ANY TIME YOU'RE GENERATING ADDITIONAL FLOW INTO THE SYSTEM THAT WOULD GENERATE SACK UNITS AND EACH OF THE PIPES WOULD COUNT AS A UNIT GIVE OR TAKE AND IF ROUGHLY COUNT YEAH.  OKAY GREAT THANKS.  ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL HEARING NONE THANK YOU MR. MURPHY. I DON'T GO FAR. I WILL OPEN THIS PUBLIC THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 4.4. THIS IS REGARDING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A CITY SEWER AVAILABILITY CHARGE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.4 MR. HAGAN EVENING.  GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I DO.  I'M NOT USED TO BEING OUT OF SHOT CLOCK EITHER SO I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT QUICK.  WELL I THINK THE SHOT CLOCK WAS TRYING TO MAKE A QUICK DO WE HAVE A WORKING IT'S A YEAH I DO APPRECIATE THAT VERY YOUR AND YOUR TIME IS UP MR. HAGAN. SORRY. THANKS KUR.  I DO APPRECIATE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND I APPRECIATE THE CHALLENGE THAT THE CITY AND THAT STAFF HAS IN FRONT OF THEM WITH THE $55 BILLION CHALLENGE THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED.  I JUST THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF , YOU KNOW, RELEVANT PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT THAT MAYBE THESE COUNCIL'S MEMBERS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT I THINK ARE RELEVANT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BEFORE YOU MAKE THIS DECISION . THE FIRST IS YOU KNOW, I THINK THESE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT WE JUST SIMPLY DISAGREE WITH STAFF ON. THE FIRST IS THAT THE PROJECT NEEDS TO BE EQUITABLE AND PROPORTIONATE. THAT'S IN SECTION ONE OF THE LANGUAGE AND MR. MARK GA JUST BROUGHT IT UP THAT THAT THE COSTS NEED TO BE EQUITABLE PROPORTIONATE TO THE BENEFIT SO I ASKED STAFF LAST WEEK WHAT PROPORTION OF THIS $55 MILLION COST IS FOR SEWER PROJECTS SOUTH LOOP TO PROMOTE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH LOOP THE ANSWER WAS 24%. I ASKED WHICH PERCENTAGE THE SHACK FEES ARE PROJECTED TO COME FROM SOUTH LOOP AND THE IS 57% SO THAT MEANS SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT BE PAYING OR SELF LOOP DEVELOPERS WOULD BE PAYING TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE COST OF THE PROPOSED SEWER IMPROVEMENT IN SOUTH LOOP AND I ASKED WHICH OF THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD MAKE A FINDING THAT THAT IS EQUITABLE PROPORTIONATE.  SO THAT'S THAT'S OUR FIRST CHALLENGE WITH THIS FEE IS IT IS NOT EQUITABLE OR PROPORTIONATE PARTICULARLY AS RELATES TO SOUTH LOOP. OUR SECOND CONCERN IS REALLY THAT THERE IS AN EXISTING SOURCE INTENDED FOR EXACTLY THIS IN THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR PROJECTS JUST LIKE THIS IN SOUTH LOOP THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN THE REST OF THE CITY.  SO AS A REMINDER THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUND IS A LODGING TAX OF 2% LODGING TAX PUT ON HOTEL PATRONS THAT STAY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.  THAT TAX WAS ENACTED 1986. ALL RIGHT. IT WAS PUT ON AT THE START OF MALL OF AMERICA AS A BACKSTOP FOR FUNDING SOURCES TO MALL AMERICA AND FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT MALL OF AMERICA USES THIS USE JUST LIKE THE FLYOVER RAMPS THAT GO TO MALL OF AMERICA AND IS VERY SPECIFIC TO MALL OF AMERICA AND IT WAS SPECIFIC BECAUSE IT HAD THE STATE FOUND THAT IT THEIR FINDINGS WAS THAT IT HAD STATE BENEFITS REGIONAL BENEFITS AS WELL AS PROPORTIONATE OR MORE THAN PROPORTIONATE BENEFITS TO THE HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE VERBIAGE THEY USED WAS IT FOUND THAT THE HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY MORE THAN OTHER ASSET CLASSES OF TAXPAYERS WHICH IS WHY HOSPITALITY IS PAYING THIS TAX FOR BENEFITS OF AT THE MALL OF AMERICA IN ABOUT WELL IN 2010 THE STATE EXPANDED THAT USE IT IT STRUCK TOWARDS METROPOLITAN STADIUM SITE TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ONE C WHICH IS SOUTH LOOP RIGHT SO IT ALLOWED USES TO BE EXPANDED THROUGHOUT SOUTH LOOP NOT JUST AT MALL OF AMERICA BUT IT DIDN'T CHANGE THE INTENT. RIGHT. IT DIDN'T CHANGE THE INTENT THAT THE USES ARE TO BENEFIT THE STATE THE REGION AND THE HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY EXACTLY WHAT THIS SEWER PROJECT WOULD DO IT FOR PHASE TWO DEVELOPMENT AT MALL OF AMERICA . SO WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A SOURCE ALREADY IN PLACE TO FUND TS THE STATE PUT IN PLACE TO FUND THIS FOR MALL AMERICA EXPANSION AND AND NOT ONLY MALL OF AMERICA EXPANSION NOW ANY EXPANSION IN SOUTH BLUEBERRY PROJECT AND SOUTH LOOP THAT I THINK MEETS THAT LITMUS TEST OF BENEFITING THE STATE, THE REGION AND THE HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY SHOULD BE IT SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS FUND. SO THOSE ARE REALLY OUR TWO PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OR OBJECTIVES OR OUR OPPOSITION TO JUST ENACTING AND IMPOSING THIS CITYWIDE BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S EITHER FAIR, EQUITABLE OR APPROPRIATE IN THE CASE OF SOUTH LOOP AND I DID SPEAK TO MR. GARD THIS AFTERNOON UNDERSTAND STAFF'S CONCERN HIS HIS CONCERN WAS HOW DO YOU CARVE SPECIFICALLY SOUTH LOOP FROM THE REST OF THE CITY WHEN LODGING TAXES ARE PAID BY ALL HOTELS IN THE CITY RIGHT AND I THINK OUR RESPONSE SHOULD BE THAT ALL HOTELS IN THE CITIES BENEFIT FROM MALL OF AMERICA FOR WHICH THIS TAX WAS IMPOSED. SO FOR THAT REASON I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THE HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY THAT'S PAYING IS THE COMMUNITY THAT'S BENEFITING FROM THAT AND TO THAT EXTENT IF OTHER DEVELOPMENT NODES IN THE CITY WANT TO GO SEEK A STATE FUNDING SOURCE OR ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCE TO FUND SOME OF THEIR NODES, THEY CAN DO THAT MUCH LIKE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON DID A LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX RATE. WE WENT AND PUT A TAX ON ALL BLOOMINGTON EVEN THOUGH IRONICALLY NONE OF THOSE PROJECTS FOR LOCAL OFFICER SALES TAX ARE IN SOUTH LOOP BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TAXES GENERATED TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS FROM ALL OF AMERICA SO SOMETIMES IT KIND OF WORKS BOTH WAYS FOR THOSE REASONS I ASK YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR SOUTH LOOP. I DON'T KNOW THAT SOUTH LOOP NEEDS TO BE EXCLUDED. MR. HARRIGAN THIS TAX I'M JUST ASKING I'M AFRAID WE'RE OUT OF TIME HERE. THANK YOU. SOLUTION.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.  AND OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.4 TONIGHT .  MR. FURLONG, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS WE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS WITH THE FRAGILITY OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AS WE HAVE BEEN SEEKING ADDITIONAL WAYS AND MEANS TO BRING MORE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING UNITS TO MARKET NOT STIFLE THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR THESE ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS IS IMMENSE. ALL OF US AGREE ON THAT AND MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING COMPLETED AREAS THAT ARE NOT IDENTIFIED BY THE MAPS THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT ARE IN HIGH NEED.  AND AND AS MR. HAGAN NOTED,  FAIR AND EQUITABLE DOESN'T APPLY TO THESE SMALL INFILL PROJECTS. BUT IT MAY IT MAY SEEM TRIVIAL TO BE DISCUSSING A MERE $2,000 CHARGE BUT LET'S CONSIDER HARD COSTS AND SOFT COSTS WHEN YOU ADD A HARD COST TO A DEVELOPMENT IT ADDS TO A LOT OF SOFT COSTS FINANCING COSTS VARIABLE COSTS PER TRANSACTION OF EACH HOUSING UNIT LIKE TITLE COSTS AND MORTGAGE REGISTRATION TAX AND SALES COMMISSIONS AND THEN A DEVELOPER'S MARGIN ALL THOSE THINGS GET STACKED ON TOP OF EVERY FEE, EVERY PERMIT, EVERY APPLICATION FEE, PARK DEDICATION COSTS AND.  SO WE SHOULD CONSIDER ALL THE ALTERNATIVES FUNDING AND I'M SURE A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT BUT PERHAPS WE RECOGNIZE INFILL AS SUPPORTS A SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY NEED AND FUNDING FUNDING THE ENGINEER'S REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET SEE ITEM 5.3 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA PERHAPS OR SINCE THESE IMPROVEMENTS NOT REQUIRED AT TIME OF UNIT CREATION SO I DID NOTE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE DOING A COUPLE OF THESE PROJECTS RIGHT AWAY BUT.  A LOT OF TIMES THESE THESE THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE OVER TIME AND SO FOR NOT NEEDING IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED AT TIME OF UNIT CREATION PERHAPS,  THERE'S A MECHANISM FOR A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO TYPES OF PROJECTS WHERE IT COULD BE PAID OVER TIME AND THAT WOULD NOT STIFLE THEN THAT NEW INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND I'M SURE THESE THINGS HAVE ALL BEEN TOSSED AROUND BUT ANOTHER IDEA IS TO LIMIT THE CHARGE TO MY FRIENDS IN THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND THE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS AND NOT NECESSARILY CARVE OUT I GUESS BUT LOOK FOR WAYS TO NOT IMPACT THAT SMALL INFILL HOUSING TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND LAST THE LAST IDEA I HAVE IS I KNOW MET COUNCIL IS EAGER TO HELP WITH HOUSING SO MAYBE THEY CAN FIND WAYS TO HELP US COVER THIS SHORTFALL.  YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. BURLEIGH. YES.  OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO IN 4.4 TONIGHT MR. ALTMAN ANYBODY? NO ONE ON LINE, MR. MAYOR ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL? NO ONE COMING FORWARD, NO ONE ON THE PHONE AND LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON IN 4.4. SO SAYING MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM POINT FOUR NOR FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RELEASING FIVE SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES A70 SO COUNCIL WE'VE WE WE HEARD A COUPLE OF OPPOSING VOICES TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN WE WE CAME FORWARD WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ON THIS WE LOOKED AT THIS AS A POSSIBILITY AND AND WE LOOKED AT THIS AND THE IMPORTANCE THAT IT PROBABLY WILL PLAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT IN BLOOMINGTON AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND TO TWO AREAS IN PARTICULAR THAT WE'RE HOPING TO SEE DEVELOP THAT CURRENTLY HAVE NO FUNDING SOURCE FOR A FOR SEWER IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IF WE HOPE TO DEVELOP THOSE AREAS. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE BROUGHT FORWARD I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE THE IDEAS AND THE DESIRES TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES. AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS MAY BE A THING OF THE PAST NOW BUT WILL IF NOT WE KNOW WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A STRONG ADVOCATE THERE ARE STRONG ADVOCATES IN WASHINGTON TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO.  I DO BELIEVE COUNCIL THAT THIS IS  GIVEN AS COMMON AS TAXES ARE GIVEN THE NEED THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE IS THAT DIRECT NEXUS BETWEEN THE PROJECTS THE AND THE PAYMENT OF THESE I THINK THIS JUST MAKES GOOD SENSE TO TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE SAXES IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT'S A MAYOR'S $0.02. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN YOU KNOW, MARY, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO HEAR THE ANSWER TO THE EQUITABLE PORTION OF THE THE FIRST COMMENT OR I'D LIKE TO HEAR STAFF'S COMMENT TO THAT SAY YOU KNOW THE YOU KNOW THE B CATEGORY OR THE THE SECONDARY ISSUE. BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF ADEQUATE ABILITY BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE CHARGING PEOPLE IS, YOU KNOW, FAIR AND EQUITABLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PART.  C SO MR. MURPHY-O'CONNOR MANAGER SHOWED WHO WANTS TO TAKE THIS ONE? MR. ANDERSON GLEN MAY OR MEMBERS GLEN HAS ALREADY PROVIDED A RESPONSE TO THIS. MR. HAGAN SO I'LL LET HIM GO FIRST AND THEN COULD OUT FROM THERE. YEAH MAYBE COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN A COUPLE OF ISSUES RAISED ONE BEING THE IDEA THAT IN A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME ONE DISTRICT MAY BE RECEIVING MORE BENEFITS OR LESS BENEFIT RELATIVE TO THE OF SAC UNITS THAT ARE FORECAST WITHIN THAT AREA. AND WHILE THAT MAY BE TRUE IN ONE PERIOD OF TIME IN THE NEXT PERIOD OF TIME MAYBE THE EXACT OPPOSITE FOR EXAMPLE AS I BELIEVE SOUTHWEST BLOOMINGTON HAS ZERO PROJECTS PROPOSED BUT DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA WOULD HAVE SOME FEE. BUT THEN WE OUT INTO THE FUTURE IN A FUTURE PERIOD SOUTHWEST BLOOMINGTON MAY HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION RELATIVE TO THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WOULD CHANGE FROM PERIOD TO PERIOD TO MAKE IT EXACTLY 100% YOU KNOW, DISTRICT BY DISTRICT WOULD BE A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT WOULD INVOLVE RATHER A CITYWIDE APPROACH LIKE MORE CITIES USE INSTEAD USING SOME SORT OF A DISTRICT BASED ASSESSMENT.  IS THERE ANY EXAMPLE OF ANY CITIES THAT DO BUY DISTRICT NEAR BOISE COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. I CAN LOOK TO OUR WORKGROUP TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE IF THEY DO YOU BUT DON'T SOUND LIKE IT'S IT'S ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE HEARD OF IT'S NOT A VERY COMMON PRACTICE I KNOW THAT BLOOMINGTON'S UNIQUE IN THAT SENSE I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH. THAT'S ALL I NEED FOR THAT THAT PART. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.  THE OTHER OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD IS IN TERMS OF THE THE THE B PORTION OF THIS IN TERMS OF IF WE WERE TO PASS THIS TODAY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THAT PARTICULAR MANNER? IS THERE ANY LEGAL ISSUE THAT WE WOULD HAVE WITH BEING ABLE TO DO THAT MAYBE MEMBERS?  THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS THAT A CITY CAN FUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR EXAMPLE WE COULD USE THE GENERAL IF WE WANTED TO. SO THIS IS ANOTHER LAWFUL WAY THAT STATE LAW ALLOWS US TO FUND THESE TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS . SOUTH LOOP IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT ALLOWS SO THIS WOULDN'T PRECLUDE THE USE OF SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUND DOLLARS TO TO SPEND ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.  THE SAC FEES PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAM TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT BY NEW DEVELOPMENTS SO THAT ENTITY BE ABLE TO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE NATURE OF THE SOUTH LOOP FUNDS THE WAY THAT THEY ARE YOU KNOW HELD LONG TO DIFFERENT ENTITIES COULD COULD AN ENTITY ASK TO UTILIZE THOSE SOUTH OF DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PAY OFF THAT'S THE NEW SAC FEE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING MAYOR MEMBERS AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, YOU'RE LOOKING YOU'RE YOU'RE WONDERING WHETHER THERE COULD BE A SORT OF A SUPPLANTING OR A WAIVER OR AN EXEMPTION SORT OF APPROACH THE CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT APPROACH. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DRAFT THAT INTO THE THAT YOU GIVE US THAT DIRECTION AND WE COULD BRING THAT BACK FOR YOU FOR LATER CONSIDERATION TAKING IN SORT OF ALL OF THE CONSIDERATIONS GIVEN THAT WE'VE HAD ONE PROPERTY OWNER PROVIDE SOME TESTIMONY, BE INTERESTED IN WHAT OTHERS IN THE AREA WOULD BE INTERESTED IN AS WELL AND WHETHER THAT KIND OF AN EXEMPTION WOULD MEET THEIR NEEDS TOO. I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT DID NOT COME UP DURING THE DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION AS A PART OF IT SO I'M ASSUMING IT DIDN'T COME UP BASED ON WHAT WHAT YOU'VE RESPONDED SO I FOR ONE COUNCILMEMBER IS IS INTERESTED IN THAT POSSIBILITY CERTAINLY BASED ON WHAT WHAT THE APP MANAGER'S PLANNING MANAGER SAID IN TERMS OF THE FLUX OF THAT TYPE OF THING AND IF THERE'S THAT AVAILABLE DOLLARS AND THERE'S ABILITY TO PAY OFF OF THAT, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN AT LEAST EXPLORING THAT NOT TONIGHT BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN THAT DOWN THE LINE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT AS A PART OF THIS EXPLORATION WE REMEMBER IS THAT US AS CURRENTLY PREPARED THE ORDINANCE HAS AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1ST JANUARY 2ND OF 2025 SO WE ALREADY HAVE A BUILT IN EFFECTIVE DATE THAT'S INTO THE FUTURE SO A LITTLE BIT DISSIMILAR FROM HOW WE OFTEN DO IT WHICH IS WHEN IT'S PUBLISHED. SO JUST TO NOTE THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM BUILT IN TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE I WOULD TO GLENN OR OTHERS IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR SENSITIVITY AROUND A DATE I KNOW THAT WE PICKED JANUARY 1ST ON PURPOSE BECAUSE IT WAS THE START OF A NEW YEAR AND WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE COMING ONLINE. SO THOSE TWO CONSIDERATIONS WERE AT PLAY BUT I DON'T I WOULD DEFER GLENN AND OTHERS IF THERE'S OTHERS MARY I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO DELAY THIS FIRST PROJECT. I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WITH THE INFILL BUT AGAIN DON'T WANT TO DELAY THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I KNOW THE IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE PENDING AMERICAN AREA AND SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WE HAVE THAT ARE KIND OF WRITING THIS SO I DON'T WANT TO SLOW THIS PROCESS DOWN BUT I AM INTERESTED IN ALLOWING JUST WITH THE OVERALL IMPACT OF INFLATION OVERALL AND JUST THE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT THAT HAVE OUT THERE AND LOOKING FOR WAYS IN WHICH TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT FINDING WAYS TO PAY OFF THIS OVERALL SEXY. SO THAT'S THE WAY LOOKING AT IT THERE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON DID I SEE YOUR HAND EARLIER OR SURE. OKAY THEN HOLD 1/2 AND HOLD ON 1/2 BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I THINK IT'S A CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THIS SPECIFIC AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAS THIS SPECIFIC TOPIC AS WELL IN DWAYNE'S COMMENTS.  OKAY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION SO COUNCILMEMBER AND WHAT YOU SAID OR WHAT YOUR IDEA IS IF THERE ARE LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THAT COME FROM THAT LODGING TAX ALREADY IN KIND OF THE POT COULD DEVELOPERS IN THAT AREA USE THOSE RESOURCES TO OFFSET SAC FEE SINCE THOSE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TODAY? YEAH I THINK THAT'S YEAH I THINK THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED FOR THAT ENTIRE OR AREA SO I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO GO BACK AND WE HAD ONE ONE DEVELOPER THAT CAME BEFORE US SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FOLKS IN THAT AREA WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT'S YOU WERE INTENDING OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU. COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS HERE . HOW MANY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE MOVED FORWARD IN THE SOUTH LOOP THAT HAVE RELIED UPON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LIKE TIFF OR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES NEARBY CITY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THERE WERE A FEW BUT THE VAST MAJORITY HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. OKAY. AND THEN AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PAN AMERICAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA, DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL USE TIER FOUR OTHER SUBSIDY SOURCES FOR THAT NEARBY CITY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT'S VERY LIKELY. OKAY.  THE REASON I ASK THOSE QUESTIONS IS I MEAN THIS IS FEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY IF THE MONEY ISN'T THERE FOR THESE PROJECTS ALREADY WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER FEE WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH MORE MONEY TO TO PAY THE FEE BACK TO OURSELVES IF IF IF YOU WANT MY HONEST OPINION ABOUT THE FEE THE ONLY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PAY IT ARE THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T NEED TO IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO BRING IN A MARKET RATE WHICH MAYBE SOME TOWNHOMES CAN DO SOME MISSING MIDDLE.  AND SO MY SECOND QUESTION IS IS IT POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT A WHOLE I KNOW THAT DOESN'T REALLY COVER MISSING MIDDLE I KNOW THERE'S A STUDY PROJECT GOING ON AND MISSING MIDDLE BUT BOTH OF THOSE CASES YOU KNOW THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH REGARDS TO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES OF HEY WE GRANT SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THE SAC FEE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE IF WE'RE GOING TO END UP SUBSIDIZING THAT ANYWAYS THROUGH WHATEVER FORMAT THAT'S SOUTH OF DEVELOPMENT FROM TIER SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, DOES IT HELP ENCOURAGE THAT OF THING?  DOES IT HELP ENCOURAGE AS OPPOSED TO DISCOURAGE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING? HOW DO WE PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE TO DO THAT TO HELP SPUR THAT SO THOSE ARE MY TWO THOUGHTS. I MEAN IN GENERAL I'M OKAY WITH THE FEE IF THERE'S A DIRECT CONNECTION TO, THE COST OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AND STAFF HAS DONE A NICE JOB OF CONNECTING THOSE THINGS FOR ME MY CONCERN IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT ALREADY REQUIRES PUBLIC SUBSIDY AND SO IF YOU HAD COST THERE'S ALREADY WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE PROJECT IN THE MARKETPLACE WHAT'S THE POINT OF ADDING MORE COST TO IT?  COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.  IT IN IN I GUESS AN ADJACENT COMMENT SINCE THIS IS ABOUT SEWER ACCESS CHARGES I'M NOT INTERESTED IN GIVING THIS MONEY AWAY AS MUCH AS I AM INCENTIVIZING THEM TO PUT THINGS INTO THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT USE LESS WASTEWATER SO MUCH.  YOUR POINT ABOUT HOW CAN WE DO SUSTAINABILITY ORIENTED WHERE IF THEY DO LOW FLOW TOILETS OR THEY DO OTHER THINGS THAT THAT HELP US CONSERVE WATER OR DO OTHER SUSTAINABLE AND SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES, CAN WE GET THAT BECAUSE THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE AND I KNOW I'VE SAID IT A MILLION TIMES I'D LOVE TO HAVE AN O TYPE SITUATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY WHERE WE CAN GIVE TRADEOFFS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING FROM A GREEN BUILDING PERSPECTIVE.  SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CAN COUNT FOR THAT BUT THE REASON WHY I BRING THIS UP ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH LOOP IS I DON'T REALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF USING MONEY FOR FOR RAMPS ANYMORE. RIGHT. IF PEOPLE CAN IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PAY TO HAVE SEWERS THAT'S FINE THAT MORE OF THOSE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS FOR US TO SUBSIDIZE GREEN BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. RIGHT THAT MONEY IS IN A POT WHERE WE CAN USE IT FOR THINGS THAT ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES THAT ARE ALSO INFRASTRUCTURE ORIENTED. SO I THROW THAT OUT THERE AS AN IDEA FOR US AS WELL. I'M NOT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF PUTTING THIS ACT CHARGE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, ALTHOUGH MAYBE MAYBE MAYBE I'M NOT NECESSARILY MAYBE SINGLE MAYBE SINGLE FAMILY AND AND DUPLEXES IN QUAD PLEX'S SHOULDN'T BE IN THIS RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE THAT BUILDING OUT. RIGHT. SO MAYBE WE COULD EXEMPT THOSE. I WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT TOO BUT FOR NOW MY POINT BEING I THINK THAT THERE ARE BETTER WAYS FOR US TO POTENTIALLY INCENTIVIZE THE REMOVAL OF THESE CHARGES AND DOING THAT WITH WITH WHAT IS INTENDED FOR A LOW FLOW TOILET WON'T USE AS MUCH WASTEWATER AS ONE THAT'S NOT AND IF WE CAN THEM TO DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WASTEWATER THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SENDING THEM THAT COUNCIL IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT'S THANKS. ONE MINUTE, MR. COUNCILMEMBER. MR. VERBRUGGE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO JUST WANT REMIND COUNCIL THAT THE SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ARE DECISIONS THAT YOU CAN COME BACK AT ANY TIME MAKE IT RIGHT AND SO THE ACTION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT DOESN'T PRECLUDE YOU FROM DOING THOSE THINGS IN THE FUTURE. AND SO IF YOU WANT TO DIRECT STAFF TO THOSE OPTIONS AND BRING A MENU OF CHOICES BACK THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER, WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT.  THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT. MR. RUBY AND I WILL SAY JUST IN GENERAL I APPRECIATE THE INPUT THAT WE DIDN'T HEAR IN OCTOBER ON OCTOBER 14TH WHEN WE WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU,  MAYOR AND ON THAT POINT I HAVE BEEN HEMMING AND HAWING ABOUT THIS SINCE THEN AND I, I, I WANT TO SEE WHAT WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT AND I WANT TO SEE THIS THEN NOT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WHEN WE SAW THE BUSINESS REVIEW TODAY THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WERE STANDING IN THE WAY OF DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN BLOOMINGTON IS HIGH TAXES, HIGH LEASES AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS CHARGE IS GOING TO DO IT GOING TO INCREASE THEIR TAXES AND THEIR FEES AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PASS IT ON TO THEIR TENANTS WHICH INCREASES THEIR LEASES.  AND THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO DO WHEN THEY START PENCILING THIS OUT TO SEE IF THEIR DEVELOPMENT'S GOING TO WORK THE DECISION IS GOING TO COME CAN I MAKE A PROFIT OFF OF THIS OR DO I PRIORITIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY'RE A MONEY MAKING BUSINESS AND.  IT'S GOING TO START CUTTING DOWN THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE AND BUILD IN BLOOMINGTON. AND SO I THINK THIS TO ME I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING BACKED INTO A CORNER BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE ONE TO DO IT TODAY AND I'D RATHER SEE HAVE THOSE DEEPER CONVERSATIONS OF HOW CAN WE DO THESE COMBINATIONS SO THAT EVERYONE CAN PARTAKE IN THIS SO THAT IT IS EQUITABLE, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT IN BLOOMINGTON AND NOT DISCOURAGE IT FROM COMING.  COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I MEAN I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS SAID HERE. HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE THING WE DO NEED THE FUNDS WHEN WE DO NEED TO FIX THE SEWER SYSTEM.  AS OF RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CAPACITY IN THE NORTH CENTRAL AREA RIGHT IN FUTURE WE WILL NEED THE FUNDS. MY POINT IS IF WE DON'T GET INTO A SACK WE'LL GET IT THROUGH A LEVEE TO DO THE REST AND SO MY POINT IS WE ALL RIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE A WAY TO GET FUNDS TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND IF WE KEEP PUSHING THIS BACK LIKE SOME OF YOU CALL IT KICKING THE CAN WE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYWHERE. THE REALITY IS THAT WE NEED THE FUNDS AND WE DON'T WANT TO PUNISH THE RESIDENTS ANYMORE BECAUSE AS IT IS, IT IS A BURDEN FOR MOST RESIDENTS AND IF IT'S A COMMON PRACTICE IN OTHER CITIES AND WE'VE ALL IF WE HAVE BEHIND PRACTICING THIS THESE DIKES OR ZACH YOU KNOW SOMEHOW NEED TO EXPEDITE WHAT WE DO IF WE NEED TO HAVE AN EXTRA MEETING HAVE IT OR GIVE THE DIRECTION TO THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH SIMILAR IDEAS BUT WE DO NEED THE FUNDS AND SOMEHOW WE HAD TO PRODUCE FUNDS AND WE CAN'T JUST SAY THAT WE'RE TO BE PUNISH PUNISH BUILDERS. SO BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING THE FEES IN ALL THE CITIES THEY ARE DOING THAT WE SPEAK THEY'RE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OTHER PLACES THEY'RE PAYING THE FEES. IT IS TRUE THAT WE WILL BE WE WILL BE SUBSIDIZING THE FEE BUT WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ANYWAY.  SO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THE FUNDS. SO MY POINT MY ONLY THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS I HEARD IN THE PAST THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY NEED FOR MODERNIZATION THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN IN THE SOUTH LOOP.  RIGHT SO WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY WHICH YOU KNOW IN MANY WAYS IS ONE OF THE WORRIES THAT I DO NOT LIKE A LOT THE MANYSPECTS OF IT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THAT I MEAN IF IF THERE ARE AREAS THAT NEED THE FUNDS IMMEDIATELY OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE SOMEHOW WE HAD TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND I THINK IF WE ACTUALLY PUT OURSELVES DEADLINE TO WORK ON THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE IT WORK, LET'S DO IT BUT LET'S MAKE THE EFFORT AS IT CAUSED THE COUNCIL TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE STAFF AND COME TO A TO A CONSENSUS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING BUT.  LET'S GET IT DONE. THE REALITY IS THAT WE NEED THE FUNDS AND THEY HAD TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN THE RESIDENTS AND ANY IN ANY OTHER CITY, IN ANY OTHER STATE, ANYBODY THAT DEVELOPS AN AREA THEY COME UP WITH A FEE AND THEY DON'T ONLY COME UP WITH A FEE FOR THE THE ACCESS TO THE SEWER BUT ALSO SIDEWALKS AND ALL THE STREETS AROUND THEIR BUILDINGS. SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IT'S IT USED TO BE A COMMON PRACTICE FOR BUSINESSES IN THE PAST TO DO THAT AND TO ACTUALLY BRING MORE THAN JUST A BUILDING TO A CITY OR, A COMMUNITY THEY USED TO INVEST IN THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL SO YOU KNOW WE CAN WORK ON THINGS LIKE THAT RATHER THAN JUST  YOU KNOW, LEVIES AND ALL THAT OR LET'S PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER. I MEAN I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS BUT I'M TO LEARN AND LET'S TRY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. I MEAN LET'S PUT THE TIME INTO IT. THEY HAVE THEY HAVE PUT A LOT OF HOURS THIS AND WE JUST WE SHOULD BACK FOR THEM TO GO BACK AND RECREATE WHOLE THING THIS YOU KNOW IF WE GIVE THEM IDEAS AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO LET'S DO IT WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN QUICK.  THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CARTER . THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I DO AGREE COUNCILMEMBER REEVES. I MEAN I FEEL LIKE WE JUST HAVE A REALLY A MUST IN CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF US AND THIS IS A VERY CLEAR AND STRAIGHTFORWARD PATH IN MY MIND. YOU KNOW, AS WAS MENTIONED, THERE ARE OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND WE'RE KIND OF BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL AT THIS POINT. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF EXPLORING OR CONSIDERING ALLOWING THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTH LOOP AREA TO USE SOME OF THOSE LODGING TAXES IN THE SOUTH ELIGIBLE DEVELOPMENT FUND TO OFFSET SOME OF THE SAC FEES BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM TO ME THEN THEY'RE KIND OF I MEAN WE ALREADY HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTH LOOP. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SAME FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE REST OF BLOOMINGTON AND SO YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD HELP CONTINUE TO SPUR DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA NEW DEVELOPMENT AND HELP ALLOW THEM TO OFFSET THOSE CHARGES OF STACK FEES I'M SORRY OFFSET THE STACK FEE CHARGES, I WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT. I DO THINK THOUGH AT POINT IN THE FUTURE WHEN SOUTH LOOP IS BUILT OUT THEN I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD NEED TO EXPIRE IF THAT MAKES SENSE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO THAT IN POLICY IS LIKE OH REALLY HERE'S MAKING THIS REALLY COMPLICATED BUT BECAUSE BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD FROM STAFF IS AT SOME POINT THEY WILL THEN NEED THAT REINVESTMENT RATE AND ONE THAT HAVE THOSE RESOURCES THERE.  SO YEAH SO THAT'S WHERE I'M I DO SUPPORT STAFF'S PROPOSAL BUT I DO OBVIOUSLY HEAR THE CONCERNS FROM SOME OF THE OPPOSITION AND AND IT DOES RUN ME THE WRONG WAY THE SOUTH LOOP IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE TO HELP DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA THAT'S FAIR EMPLOYMENT SOMEWHERE WHAT I'D SAY I CAN'T WAIT FOR POLICY ISSUE UPDATE IF WE GET TO THAT TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON BUT I WON'T BECAUSE WE'RE ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. I THINK THAT I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER CARS SUGGESTIONS THERE AND I DO THINK THERE IS SOMETHING SAID TO BE ABOUT DOING THIS TONIGHT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE GOT COMING UP IN THE PENDING AMERICAN AND THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I AM I'M NOT REALLY WANTING TO I'M WANTING TO KIND OF YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU KNOW AS A PART OF THE MOTION MAYBE EXPLORE THAT IDEA AND SEE IF THERE'S THERE'S INTEREST THERE AND FIGURE THAT OUT LATER. BUT I'D LIKE TO GET THIS PORTION OF DONE TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME CRITICAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE RIDING ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT. AND SO I'D US TO TO BE CLEAR WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN WE DID THIS THE LAST TIME THAT THIS WAS THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH COUNCIL WE GO WE WE PUT THESE THREE THINGS FORWARD AND I DO THINK WE SHOULD EXPLORE OTHER IDEAS AND I SHARE ALL THOSE CONCERNS THAT THE OTHER COUNCIL THE REST THE COUNCIL HAS HAS BROUGHT FORWARD AND AND AGREE WITH THOSE THINGS. BUT I THINK TONIGHT WE NEED TO FOR THE SAKE OF DEVELOPMENT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS THIS PORTION OF IT. AND I AND I'M CERTAINLY GOING SUPPORT THIS AS IT IS TODAY HOPING THAT WE CAN ALSO GET OTHER PART BUT WE DO NEED TO IF WE WANT TO MAKE MOVE FORWARD THEN IN AMERICA AND IN OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY WE NEED TO DO THIS TONIGHT. SO COUNCIL AS MR. RUBY SAID WHAT A LOT OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT CAME FORWARD ARE POLICY TYPE DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS AND SO WHICH COULD BE WE COULD DIRECT STAFF TO BRING A A SMORGASBORD OF POSSIBILITIES THAT WE COULD LOOK AT WHETHER IT'S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OR WE'RE WORKING IT INTO THE SHOW AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT RIGHT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, IF WE PASS THIS TONIGHT WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT AS WELL IF IF IF YOU WOULD RATHER DO IT THE OTHER DIRECTION AND SAY LET'S HAVE ALL THAT LAID OUT FIRST AND THEN VOTE ON AN ORDINANCE AND IT'S GOING TO BACK US OFF UNTIL AND I'M SURE A QUARTER TO ONE THING. WELL MAYOR AND I THINK WE'VE YOU KNOW SEVERAL COUNCILS BACK THAT OFF GOING INTO THOSE DETAILS AND SO I WANT TO I WANT TO THIS COUNCIL FROM DOING THAT I THINK WE REALLY OUGHT TO LOCK OURSELVES TO THIS TONIGHT AND THEN COME BACK THAT'S THAT'S MY SUGGESTION BECAUSE I JUST THINK IF WE IF WE GO THROUGH THAT ALL THOSE OTHER OPTIONS MY IS THAT WE WILL NEVER GET BACK TO THAT AND EVERY OTHER COUNCIL THAT I'VE EVER BEEN PART OF HAS ALWAYS KICKED THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND I'M JUST NERVOUS ABOUT THAT. I'M JUST GOING TO BE I JUST I N'T SEE THAT HAPPENING THE SECOND WAY. MR. MAYOR, I MAY WHEN I WHEN I LOOK AT OCTOBER 14TH AND I LOOKED AT THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF US, I THINK I MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT JUST HAS THE NORTH LOOP IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL BUCKS THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE WHOLE NOT NODES OUTLINED IN EVERYTHING.  SO I APOLOGIZE THAT I WENT DOWN ROAD THAT I SHOULD HAVE GONE DOWN LAST MONTH. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.  I AM VERY HAPPY TO TO TO MAKE THIS MOTION AND GET THE OF COUNCIL RIGHT NOW IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS ANOTHER TIME I I I DON'T THINK THAT I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FEE LAST TIME LIKE WE WENT ON A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IS IT $2,000? IS IT YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHERE IT APPLIES IN THE CITY IN MY MIND WHICH IS WHY NOW I'M HAVING THOSE QUESTIONS . SO WITH THAT IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION I'M VERY HAPPY TO PUT IT OUT ON THE TABLE AND SEE HOW WE DO. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO OKAY AND COUNCILMEMBER ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER GIVE US IF WE GET THE MOTION ON THE TABLE THEN WE CAN COMMENT ON IT JUST LIKE ONE LAST COMMENT. OKAY SO I MOVED TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A CITY SEWER AVAILABILITY CHARGE THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTERS 1115 IN APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLAS HOW WE HAVE A SECOND I'LL SECOND THAT SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION THAT COUNCILMEMBER REED I JUST HAVE QUESTION ON THE TABLE YEAH I JUST HAVE A COMMENT I WILL SUPPORT THESE WITH A CONDITION THAT WE ALLOWED COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN'S TO USE THE FUNDS THE EXISTING FUNDS IN HIS OUTLOOK TO PAY FOR THIS ACT IF THAT IS POSSIBLE AT ALL ILLEGAL AT ALL IF WE CAN DO THAT DE BEHIND IT 100% TO A JUST TO GET THINGS GOING. THANK YOU.  ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE MOTION ON THE TABLE. COUNCILMEMBER.  THANK YOU, MAYOR. IN GENERAL I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME BUT AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT MORE FULLY DEVELOPED INFORMATION BEFORE WE HAVE THAT INCLUDING WHAT COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS JUST TALKED ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A MODIFICATION THAT MAKE SENSE TO MAKE RIGHT NOW. I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO BRING BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THAT MIGHT WORK, WHAT IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERNS THAT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD OTHER WAYS THAT THAT MONEY COULD BE USED DON'T THINK THAT'S A WAY THAT SORT OF DEVELOPMENT FUND IS STILL GOING TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SOUTH LOOP IT JUST MAY DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT MAY BE GOOD THAT MAY BE VERY GOOD.  COUNCILMEMBER DALLAS UNREPORTED SO I WOULD THAT INFORMATION I'M JUST THE ONE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT WHOLE THING IT SOUNDS LIKE MY ARE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD NOW SO THAT THAT IS IT IS IF WE THREW ON A FRIENDLY TO DIRECT STAFF BY SAY MARCH 31ST TO COME BACK WITH THIS THIS BUFFET OF AROUND OPPORTUNITY HOUSING AROUND THE SOUTH LOOP AROUND TO BRING THAT BACK WOULD MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE TO SOME FOLKS OR WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE OR ARE YOU STEADFAST IN THAT YOU'D RATHER HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AHEAD OF TIME?  I PERSONALLY WOULD RATHER HAVE IT BEFOREHAND.  I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IF WE PUT A TIME CERTAIN ON WHEN THAT INFORMATION COME BACK SO SO AND I, I MEAN I CAN READ THE ROOM. I MEAN I THINK I THINK THERE'S PEOPLE THAT IN FAVOR OF MOVING THIS FORWARD AND DO IT AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION LATER AND MAKING THE DECISION PERFECTLY FINE IS PERFECTLY REASONABLE APPROACH TO TAKE SO . COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK MAYOR.  SO WHAT'S THE RISK OR THE TRADEOFF OF WEIGHT?  I MEAN I KNOW WE HAVE THIS ARE REALLY PROBLEM FACING US AND IT'S NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON BUT I GUESS I'M JUST IF IF WE WAIT A COUPLE OF MONTHS DOES IT HAVE A HUGE IMPACT OR . MR. MCCORD IT'S GOING IT'LL BE THERE AND IF WE WAIT IT WILL BE HIS PROBLEM AND EVERYBODY. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THE RISK WOULD BE THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN BETWEEN NOW ADOPTION WOULD NOT PAY THE FEES. SO THERE JUST BE THAT MUCH LESS REVENUE COLLECTED THAT COULD HELP TO THE PROBLEM.  AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT?  MAYOR BOOTSY COLLINS MEMBER CARTER I WOULD IT IS SIGNIFICANT I MEAN SIGNIFICANT RELATIVE TO 55 MILLION. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, 20% OF THAT NUMBER BY ANY MEANS BUT COULD BE SIGNIFICANT. OKAY. THANK YOU.  ANYTHING ADDITIONAL BECAUSE WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE NO MORE. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO AMEND THAT? MR. MARTIN IF YOU WOULD IF YOU WOULD BE AMENABLE TO AMENDING THAT AND AMEND THE AMENDMENT.  YES, MADAM. OKAY. SO I ADOPT AND I MOVED TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A CITY SEWER AVAILABILITY THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTERS 1115 IN APPENDIX ATC CODE AND DIRECTING STAFF TO BRING OPTIONS A VARIETY OF TOPICS RELATED TO HOW OTHER FUNDS MIGHT BE USED AND OR EXEMPTIONS COULD BE MADE TO THE SACK FEE BY MARCH 31ST 2025 SECOND MOTION IN THE SECOND. EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT? I THINK THAT WORKS. I THINK THAT'S YEAH AND BASED ON THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT I THINK STAFF HAS ENOUGH DIRECTION THERE TO IT TO WORK OFF OF SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING ON ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO WITH MORE AND NELSON IN OPPOSITION. VERY GOOD NOW COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. SUMMARY PUBLICATION. YES SIR.  I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A CITY SEWER AVAILABILITY CHARGE BUILDING CHAPTERS 1115 AND APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE . DO I NEED TO? IS THE DIRECTION THE IS INCLUDED IN THE SUMMARY PUBLICATION? IS IT? OKAY. THANKS.  MOTION WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION AND AN 4.4 NOTE FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.  THANK YOU MUCH AND THANK YOU.  STAFF WORKING ON THIS 1.3.  WHY DON'T WE LOOKING AT THE CLOCK ON THE WALL AND COUNCIL WHY DON'T WE.  IF WE COULD AMEND TONIGHT'S AGENDA TO TO MOVE ITEM 5.3 OR FINAL 2025 TAX LEVY AND BUDGET DISCUSSION PLAN ON THAT FOR NEXT MONDAY NIGHT I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THAT FROM TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND PUT IT NEXT WEEK SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND TO MOVE ITEM 5.3 TO NEXT WEEK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO SO NOW WE HAVE TWO TO GET THROUGH IN ABOUT 35 MINUTES AND SO I'M COUNTING ON EVERYBODY TO DO THAT.  SO ITEM 5.1 THE NINE MILE CREEK QUARTER RENEWAL PROJECT CONCEPT REVIEW UPDATE MS. CLARKE GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR OF COUNCIL . WE ARE HERE WITH A PROJECT UPDATE FOR THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR RENEWAL PROJECT. I'M SHARING THIS PRESENTATION WITH MEMBERS OF MY TEAM WHICH WILL INTRODUCE AS THEY COME UP OTHER TEAM MEMBERS HERE INCLUDE OUR DAVE HANSON, BRIAN GRAYDON JACK DISTILL FROM WATER RESOURCES AND OUR PARK MAINTENANCE TEAM .  SO IT'S A PROJECT UPDATE WE ARE SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON THREE QUESTIONS RELATED TRAILS AND ACCESS AND SPECIFICALLY WANTING YOUR FEEDBACK HERE THIS PART OF THE PRE DESIGN PROCESS ON KEEPING THE CLEAN AVENUE ACCESS PEDESTRIAN ONLY SO WE'LL GET INTO THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.  THE PROJECT IS AS PROPOSED OUR TO YOU AND OUR TAXPAYERS THROUGH THE PRE ELECTION WAS TO RESTORE NATURAL RESOURCES,  IMPROVE TRAILS AND ACCESS, RESTORE AND RENEW PARK AMENITIES AND WATER PARK AND THEN ADDRESS ADA ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES IN THIS PARK ALIGNING WITH PRIORITIES OF THE PUBLIC OF OUR PLAN ALIGNING WITH KIND OF A HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT IN THIS PARK WITH THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT AND I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ADMINISTRATOR ERIC SINOFSKY AND PROJECT BRANT ITEM ARE ALSO HERE TONIGHT ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS PASSED A SALES TO RAISE $20 MILLION FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES THE ELEMENTS I'VE COVERED AND WE AGAIN ARE AT THE PRE DESIGN PHASE WHICH I WILL COVER IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN MY NEXT SLIDE AFTER THIS.  THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT WILL COVER WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS PRE DESIGN PHASE WHICH IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LISTENING AND LEARNING FROM THE COMMUNITY A LOT OF DATA COLLECTION WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS PROPOSED IT HAS A HIGH LEVEL SCOPE AND BUDGET BUT NO STUDY, NO DATA WHICH WE WAITED UNTIL THE VOTERS AUTHORIZED THE PROJECT FOR US AND THAT WORK BEGAN JUST THIS MAY WE HAD OUR KICKOFF MEETING IN JUNE.  WE COLLECTED A LOT OF TECHNICAL DATA AND LEARNED A LOT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF ADDING BIKE TRAILS IN THIS PART THAT'S A DESIGN QUESTION THAT WE'RE ANSWERING AT THIS PRE DESIGN PHASE PRIOR TO MOVING INTO DESIGN OF THE PROJECT AND THAT WAS A LOT OF THE FOCUS OF THIS WORK AND WILL BE A FOCUS KIND OF THE DIRECTION WE WANT FROM TONIGHT AS WE MOVE FORWARD SO OUR STAFF WILL COVER THAT AND THE SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND REALLY THE COMMENTS THE SOME OF THE COMMENT CARDS THE LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON INFORMATION WAS ALL PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET QUICKLY.  PHASE ONE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DID IS ON THE SCREEN WE TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE THREE MAIN PROJECT ELEMENTS TRAILS AND ACCESSIBILITY ABOUT NATURAL RESOURCES AND ABOUT MOYER PARK WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO THAT FEEDBACK EARLY ON AND THEN WE'LL TALK LATER ABOUT HOW WE CHECKED IN WITH THE COMMUNITY AND,  WHAT WE HEARD AFTER WE SHARED THE PRE-DESIGNED INFORMATION. SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN OVER TO ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR TEAM TO TALK ABOUT THAT TECHNICAL DATA WE COLLECTED ONE.  GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS REBECCA BEYDOUN AND I WORK WITH SDH ONE OF THE EXCUSE ME I WORK FOR SDH THE CONSULTANT THAT WAS HIRED TO HELP THE CITY WITH THE THAT THE PROJECT AND I LED THE TEAM AT SDH THAT CONDUCTED THE FIELD DATA COLLECTION THEN PREPARED REPORTS ON ALL THAT DATA THAT WE COLLECTED OUT THERE.  SDH PREPARED FOR REPORTS YOU'LL SEE THE NAMES OF THOSE UP THERE ON SCREEN.  YOU'LL ALSO SEE A VERY BUSY MAP THAT IS EXTREMELY TO READ. BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HOW MUCH DATA WAS COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDOR AND I ALSO THINK THAT THIS MAP HIGHLIGHTS HOW MUCH OF IT IS INTERRELATED ONE ANOTHER AND IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS HOW MUCH COLLABORATION WAS NEEDED NOT ONLY WITH MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, THE FIELD BUT ALSO WITH THE CITY STAFF. AND THEN YOU'LL HEAR LATER AS SHE'S COMING UP WITH PLANS AND WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS WITH YOU. HOWEVER, FOR EASE OF THE CONVERSATION TODAY I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE REPORTS INDIVIDUALLY. SO LET'S GO THROUGH WETLANDS FIRST. WELL, AN DELINEATIONS OCCURRED OVER THE SUMMER THEY WERE APPROVED IN OCTOBER. THE WETLAND DELINEATION WILL SERVE TO INFORM THE TEAM OF THE EXISTING LOCATIONS QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF WETLANDS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.  IT'LL ALSO INFORM THE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS TO IDEALLY AVOID IMPACTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE TO WETLANDS. IT'LL ALSO AID IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF SOME RESTORATION PRIORITIES THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE CORRIDOR. SO FOR EXAMPLE YOU'LL SEE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF WETLANDS UP ON THE SCREEN.  THE FIRST TWO ARE BOTH ASSOCIATED WITH FLOODPLAINS EITHER WITH THE RIVER OR THE CREEK.  THESE WETLANDS ARE OFTEN NOT IDEAL FOR VEGETATION RESTORATION BECAUSE SEEDS CAN COME FROM UPSTREAM AND SO OFTEN THE THE PLANTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF THAT ARE INVASIVE WILL JUST COME BACK IN NEXT TIME IT FLOODS. SO WE KIND OF DON'T RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO A LOT OF VEGETATION RESTORATION IN THOSE.  HOWEVER THERE ARE OTHER WETLANDS OUT THERE SO WE ALSO FOUND SOME DEPRESSION WETLANDS AND SEEP WETLANDS THOSE ARE NOT HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTED TO THE CREEK AND RIVER.  THOSE MIGHT BE A BETTER PLACE TO DO IT. SPEAKING OF THE WE ALSO DID A ASSESSMENT OF THE CREEK CORRIDOR.  WE USED THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY'S MANUAL FOR CHANNEL CONDITION AND STABILITY INDEX. OUR TEAM IDENTIFIED REACHES OR SEGMENTS WITHIN THE CHANNEL THAT WILL THE PROJECT TEAM TO IDENTIFY REACHES WITHIN THE CORRIDOR TO PRIORITIZE RESTORATION THROUGHOUT IT DURING THE INVESTIGATION THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY MANY AREAS WHERE PREVIOUS STABILIZATION HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR THIS MADE THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE NOTE OF WHICH TYPES OF PROJECTS ARE WORKING WELL AND MAYBE WHICH ONES ARE NOT WORKING. SO SO WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE MAKE OUR RESTORATION RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE GENERAL CONDITION OF THE CREEK IS UNSTABLE IT BECOMES UNSTABLE AS YOU MOVE SOUTH TOWARDS THE MINNESOTA RIVER. THIS IS DUE WIDENING AND DOWN CUTTING THAT OFTEN HAPPENS AS YOU MOVE DOWNSTREAM.  THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS OF INSTABILITY SEVERE INSTABILITY EXCUSE THAT ARE THREATENING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THOSE ARE THOSE TWO PICTURES YOU SEE ON THERE, THE ONE CLOSER TO THE MAP IS IS CLEARLY AFFECTING A BRIDGE OUT THERE THAT IS AN IMMEDIATE NEED OF REPAIR. THE OTHER ONE IS HARD TO SEE IN THAT PHOTO BUT THE CREEK IS COMING REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO THE EXISTING TRAIL AND OFTEN THREATENS IT IN THIS SEGMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED ONCE BEFORE.  THE NEXT REPORT I'LL TALK ABOUT IS THE WOODLAND OR UPLAND REPORT WE USE WE DATA TO SUPPLEMENT THE NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGY REPORT WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 2022.  WE COLLECTED ADDITIONAL DATA ON THE EXISTING UPLAND AND WOODLANDS PLANT COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE CORRIDOR. THE PROJECT SITE MOSTLY WOODED . IT'S GOT FLOODPLAIN FOREST NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER ON THE SOUTHERN EXTENTS AND THEN AS YOU GO UP IN TOPOGRAPHY BOTH UP THE SIDE SLOPES AND UP TOWARD MOORPARK YOU'LL FIND MORE MAPLES AND OAKS. ONE THING TO NOTE ON THIS MAP IS EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LOT OF PURPLE, IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT SHADES PURPLE WHICH REPRESENTS ALL THE DIFFERENT HABITATS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.  THIS MEANS THAT THERE WILL ALSO BE A DIVERSITY OF RESTORATION EFFORTS THAT WILL NEEDED WITHIN THE PARK. IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.  A GOOD WAY TO HIGHLIGHT OF THE DIVERSITY OUT HERE IS TO TALK ABOUT THE INVASIVE SPECIES COVER . I BUCKTHORN BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH BUCKTHORN. WE MAPPED AND ASSIGNED SEVERITY RATINGS TO BUCKTHORN THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.  YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE MAP OVER THERE. THESE PHOTOS HIGHLIGHT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT SO THIS TOP PHOTO IS WHAT WE CALL SEVERE BUCKTHORN INFESTATION AND YOU YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THAT SECTION RIGHT THERE. THE MIDDLE ONE IS MORE OF A MODERATE ONE. IT LOOKS LIKE SOME WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST BUT MAYBE BEEN A FEW YEARS AND SO THE BUCKTHORN DOES COME BACK IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP WITH.  AT BOTTOM PHOTO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BUCKTHORN IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE BUT YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE GROUND LAYER THAT'S PROBABLY A SPOT THAT HAS BEEN TREATED RECENTLY AND IS PROBABLY HIGH PRIORITY AREA TO KEEP AN EYE ON SO THAT WE MAXIMIZE OUR RESOURCES RESOURCES.  BUCKTHORN IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE PARK. IF NOT MANAGE BUCKTHORN WILL GROW BACK IN AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. THIS IS PART OF THE REASON THAT THE CITY HAD ONGOING RESTORATIONS FOR THINNING THINNING IS SHOWN IN THIS PHOTO HERE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A PILE OF WOOD IN THE BACKGROUND.  THE PROCESS OF THINNING ALLOWS FOR LESS COMPETITION FOR LIGHT AND NUTRIENTS AND IT ALLOWS THE REMAINING SPECIES TO GROW. BUT GROW BACK FASTER AND STRONGER. IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF OF THE RESTORATION WORK NOT ONLY HAS HAPPENED ALREADY BUT WE PLAN TO RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL WORK ON SITE RESTORATION EFFORTS WILL ALSO AIM TO REPLACE SPECIES THAT ARE BEING LOST DUE TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS THOSE THAT HAVE WITH EMERALD ASH FOR.  AND THEN THE FINAL REPORT THAT WE PREPARED WAS ABOUT THE EROSIONAL FEATURES WITHIN THE CORRIDOR. WE WERE ABLE TO MAP THE MAJORITY OF THE MAJOR EROSIONAL FEATURES THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR. THEY CAN GENERALLY BE LUMPED INTO THREE TYPES AND EACH OF THESE PHOTOS HIGHLIGHTS THAT. SO THE MIDDLE ONE IS AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO INFRASTRUCTURE.  THE ONE RIGHT ABOVE IT IS INCREASING SEDIMENT LOAD TO THE NINE MILL CREEK AND EVENTUALLY THE MINNESOTA RIVER . AND THEN THE FINAL ONE IS A LARGE FEATURE AND IT'S SEVERE BUT IT'S LOW VISIBILITY TO CITIZENS AND DOESN'T REALLY POSE A LOT OF SO IT MIGHT BE AN AREA THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PRIORITIZE FOR FIXING.  THE NEXT STEPS FOR ALL FOUR OF THESE THAT I JUST WENT THROUGH WILL BE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESTORATION OR STABILITY DEPENDING ON THE REPORT AND A DISCUSSION ON ONGOING MAINTENANCE THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED.  SO I'LL HAND IT TO JEN.  GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.  COUNCILMEMBERS NAME IS JEN DESERT AND I WORK FOR US AND I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER THE ICE AGE CONSULTING TEAM. I'M GOING TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THE TRAIL AND MOBILITY CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT. SO WE LOOKED AT SOME TRAIL OPTIONS PEDESTRIANS SHARED USE SHARED PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES AND BIKES.  WE LOOKED AT A BOARDWALK CROSSING AT THAT CAUSEWAY THAT'S CLOSER TO MINNESOTA RIVER. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY.  SO HERE ARE THE THREE TYPES OF TRAILS THAT WE EVALUATED. IS KEEPING THE EXISTING WALKING PATH AS IT IS IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME ALIGNMENT EIGHT FOOT WIDE PAVED TRAIL AND WE COULD REPAVE THE AREA NORTH OF 106 WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PAVE SOUTH OF 106TH TO BE EXPLORED FURTHER. AND THEN THE TEN FOOT SHARED USE TRAIL THAT'S A TEN FOOT PAVED TRAIL WITH A TWO FOOT CLEAR ZONE ON ONE SIDE AND A FIVE FOOT REQUIRED BUFFER ON ONE SIDE ON THE CREEKSIDE HAS A 75 FOOT MAXIMUM CURVE RADIUS FOR BIKES AND A 5% MAXIMUM PER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.  AND THEN THE LAST ONE WE LOOKED AT IS TO SEPARATE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES.  SO HAVING 210 FOOT PAVED TRAILS WITH TWO FOCUS ON FIVE FOOT BUFFERS SAME 75 FOOT MINIMUM RADIUS AND 5% MAXIMUM . AND SO THIS IS A DECISION MATRIX THAT WE PUT TOGETHER THAT KIND OF COMPARES EACH OF THOSE OPTIONS.  THE DESIGN CRITERIA I JUST WENT THROUGH AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOR THE EXISTING PEDESTRIANS ONLY. IT'S APPROXIMATELY THE SAME FOOTPRINT THAT EXISTS TODAY AVOIDS WETLANDS AND EROSIONAL FEATURES AND IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE CREEK STABILIZATION EFFORTS THAT WOULD BE WITH THE PROJECT BUT FOR THE SHARED USE AND THE SEPARATED TRAILS A WIDER FOOTPRINT IS REQUIRED WOULD DISTURB TREES WOULD ENCROACH INTO SLOPES. THE EXISTING BRIDGES ARE NOT WIDE ENOUGH AS THEY STAND SO THEY'D HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND WIDENED AND THEN THE HORIZONTAL CURVES DISTURB EXISTING WETLANDS WHICH I'LL SHOW IN A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE SUBSTANTIAL FILL IN THE FLOODPLAIN AS FAR AS FAR AS THE BUDGET AND COST ACTORS THE KEEPING IT IN EXISTING PEDESTRIANS ONLY IS THE LEAST IMPACTFUL AND SO HAS THE LOWEST COST REPAVING NORTH OF 106TH STREET THERE'S ALREADY PAVEMENT THERE TODAY BUT IT'S NOT IN THE BEST OF SHAPE SO THAT COULD BE A CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROJECT AND THEN CONSIDERING PAVING SOUTH OF 160 FEET IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL DISCUSS FURTHER FOR THE OTHER TWO THE SHARED USE AND THE SEPARATED REPLACING ALL NINE BRIDGES NEED FOR EXTENSIVE RETAINING WALL AND STABILIZATION AND THEN WETLAND MITIGATION REPLACEMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED SO PEDESTRIANS ONLY IS A FEASIBLE OPTION TO KEEP PEDESTRIANS ONLY IN THE WHOLE CORRIDOR AND IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO HAVE ANY SORT OF BIKE FACILITY ALONG CORRIDOR.  HERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF HOW THOSE IMPACTS WOULD OCCUR.  THIS IS A CASE WHERE THE THE PURPLE LINE IS THE EXISTING WALKING PATH THAT EXISTS TODAY AND IT'S MUCH IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA THE DAM IS JUST OFF THE MAP AND THEN YOU COME ACROSS THE BRIDGE WHICH IS THE DARKER PURPLE AND THE HARD RIGHT WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR A BIKE AS NOW. SO THE ORANGE LINE WOULD BE THE 75 FOOT RADIUS WHICH THE BLUE BLOB IS A WETLAND THAT REBECCA HAD DELINEATED IN THE FIELD. SO IT WOULD HAVE AN EXTENSIVE ON THE WETLAND THAT'S OUT THERE TODAY AND WOULD REQUIRE . THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE THE PURPLE THE EXISTING AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CURVES WORK WE'D BE CUTTING SIGNIFICANTLY INTO AN EXISTING YOU CAN SEE THAT CROSS SECTION WHERE WHERE WE THE EXISTING THE IS PRETTY STEEP UP TO THE PATH AS IT SITS AND WE NEED A PRETTY MAJOR RETAINING WALL IN ORDER TO CUT THAT PATH INTO THE.  IN ADDITION THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE COULDN'T EVEN IF WE WERE TO KEEP THE BRIDGE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CURVES WORK SO THAT EXISTING BRIDGE WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED.  WE LOOKED AT THE MOUNTAIN BIKES FOR POTENTIAL LOOP OPTIONS. THIS ONE ON THE LEFT SHOWS A POSSIBLE LOOP.  IT WOULD BE VERY SHORT KIND OF A SUBPAR FACILITY ONLY 0.5.4 OR FIVE MILES OF TRAIL AND THEN TO LOOP BACK IT'D BE .35 MILES ON ROAD SO IT WASN'T FEASIBLE TO DO A MOUNTAIN BIKE. IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED USING THE EXISTING TRAILS WE COULD PUT IN NEW MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS IT WOULD DISPLACE OTHER USERS AND ALSO AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS A GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SO THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED WITH THIS PROJECT WE LOOKED AT A BOARDWALK CROSSING THIS AREA NEAR THE RIVER FLOODS PRETTY REGULARLY AND THERE'S THAT EXISTING CAUSEWAY THAT IS SHOWN IN THE PURPLE LINE THERE. SO IN ORDER TO PUT IN A BOARDWALK TO MEET REGULATIONS THE MEMBER OF THE LOWEST STRUCTURAL MEMBER OF THE BOARDWALK HAS TO BE AT LEAST TWO FEET ABOVE THE 100 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN WHICH PUTS THE 25 FEET ABOVE EXISTING GROUND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH AMOUNT OF FLOODING THAT HAPPENS IN THE AREA. SO CLEARLY NOT OKAY. AND NEXT ON WE LOOKED AT ACCESS IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS SO ON MAP ON THE RIGHT WE LOOKED AT SIX POTENTIAL LOCATIONS WHERE ACCESS TO THE TRAILS IN THE PARK EXIST TODAY AND NUMBER ONE IS AT MOYER THE MOYER PARK AREA.  SO FROM MOYER PARK IT'S CURRENTLY ADA COMPLIANT BUT WE WITH SOME REDUCED AND SOME IMPACTS THAT ONE IS A POTENTIAL TO LOOK INTO FURTHER . THERE'S ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK THE NINE MILE CREEK SENIOR LIVING HAS AN ACCESS TO THE TO THE PATH RIGHT NOW IT'S CURRENTLY NOT ADA COMPLIANT WE HAVE TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE AND EXTEND THE PATH WITH RETAINING WALLS AND STABILIZATION SO A 32,000 SQUARE FEET OF ESTIMATED IMPACTS THAT'S THE ORANGE SORT OF ZIGZAG LINE SO QUICK THE NEXT ONE WE WANT TO EXPLORE FURTHER THE MOYER PARK THAT'S A QUESTION WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT BUT GETTING AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE FROM THE NINE MILE CREEK SENIOR LIVING IS NOT FEASIBLE FROM HARRISON PARK THAT THE PARKING LOT AT HARRISON PARK DOWN TO THE PATH IS MOSTLY AID COMPLIANT WITH SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS AND LIMITED IMPACTS WE CAN MAKE COMPLETELY COMPLIANT WITH THIS PROJECT FROM 106TH STREET THERE'S TWO ACCESSES ONE IS STAIRS AND ONE IS A CURVED PATH WHICH SHOWN IN PURPLE. IT'S NOT CURRENTLY ADA COMPLIANT THOUGH IT KIND OF JOGS AROUND LIKE IT IS TRYING TO BE BUT IT'S NOT SO TOO WE NEED TO REDUCE THE EXTEND THE PATH LOTS OF RETAINING WALL HEIGHT AND TABLE STABILIZATION.  THE ORANGE LINE SHOWS APPROXIMATELY THE LENGTH OF THE PATH THAT WE WOULD NEED AND THAT'S 87,000 SQUARE FEET OF IMPACTS.  SO THE HARRISON PARK ONE IS FEASIBLE. THE 106TH STREET IS NOT FEASIBLE AND THEN THERE'S CURRENT ACCENTS FROM JAMES AVENUE CURRENTLY NOT ADA COMPLIANT. IT IS VERY STEEP AND JUST AS WE SHOWED IN THOSE PREVIOUS EXAMPLES WOULD TAKE A LOT OF TREE REMOVAL, A LOT OF SWITCH BACKING DOWN THE SO WE DIDN'T EVEN REALLY LOOK AT THAT ONE. IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD HAVE TOO OF AN IMPACT. THERE'S AN EXISTING WOODCHIP TRAIL FROM QUEEN AVENUE THAT'S A POTENTIAL ADA ACCESS AND OR BIKE CONNECTION TO THE MINNESOTA RIVER AND IT HAS SOME LIMITED IMPACTS SO YOU SHOULD GO TO THE NEXT ONE. IT'S NOT FEASIBLE FROM BUT TO EXPLORE FURTHER POTENTIALLY WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AT QUESTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FROM QUEEN AVENUE.  SO IN SUMMARY THERE'S EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE CONSIDERATIONS. ONE IS TO REPAVE THE EXISTING PATHS NORTH OF 106TH STREET. THIS IS SOME PICTURES SHOWING THE PAVEMENT CONDITION AND THEN THERE'S A TIMBER RETAINING WALL UNDER 106TH STREET THAT IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT.  SO THAT'S AN EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE CONSIDERATION TO INCLUDE THE PROJECT.  AND THEN THIS IS THE BRIDGE THAT REBECCA EARLIER IT'S NEEDING TO BE EITHER REPAIRED REPLACED IT'S THERE'S SOME DAMAGE AND EROSION NEAR IT SO THAT'S ONE THAT'S AN EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE CONSIDERATION AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL FOUR PARKING LOTS CETERA ADJACENT LOOKING AT THEIR PAVEMENT AND WE'LL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR PAVING OR REPAVING THOSE PARKING LOTS WITH THIS PROJECT WE DID RECEIVE SOME COMMUNITY.  I THINK BOB IS GOING TO GO OVER THAT IN MORE DETAIL. THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR PRESERVING EXISTING BRIDGES RECOGNIZING MAINTENANCE NEED IS NEEDED AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE USE OF NATURAL MATERIALS OR KIND OF SOME HIGH LEVEL FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FOR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE CONSIDERATIONS WE'D LIKE TO CONSIDER IMPROVING THE AREA ADA ACCESS FROM WHERE PARK AND HARRISON PARK THOSE ARE TWO THAT ARE FEASIBLE IN OUR IN OUR MIND AND THEN THE QUESTION IS TO PAVE OR LEAVE NATURAL THE PEDESTRIAN THAT ARE SOUTH OF 106TH STREET RIGHT NOW THERE THEIR NATURAL WE WANT TO LOOK AT OTHER IMPROVEMENTS BESIDES A BOARDWALK TO THE CAUSEWAY THAT'S NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER. WE KNOW A BOARDWALK IS NOT FEASIBLE BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN AT SO THAT'S FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.  AND THEN CONSIDERING THE QUEEN AVENUE ACCESS TO ALLOW BIKES OR TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.  SO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED SUPPORT FOR IMPROVING ACCESS TO THE PARK FROM ADA PERSPECTIVE A PREFERENCE TO LEAVE THE NATURAL PATH SOUTH OF 106TH TO OFFER A VARIETY OF SURFACES. WHAT WE HEARD WHEN WE HAD THE PHASE TWO ENGAGEMENT IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HAVING MORE OF DEVELOPED PARK NORTH OF 106 AND LIVING NATURAL SOUTH OF 106 THEN THAT WAS A PREFERENCE THAT WE HEARD PEOPLE HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE CHALLENGES THE CHALLENGES WITH THE BOARDWALK AND THAT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. THERE IS MIXED REACTIONS F BIKE CONNECTIVITY TO THE RIVER AT QUEEN AVENUE BUT THERE WAS A MAJOR OPPOSITION TO HAVING BIKES WITHIN THE PARK.  SO THIS IS A MAP THAT SHOWS THIS IS FROM THE 2016 MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY STRATEGIC PLAN THAT SHOWS HIGHLIGHTED ALL OF THE CURRENT ACCESS POINTS TO THE RIVER AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF NEAR OUR AREA THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE ALREADY HAVING ACCESS TO THE RIVER REALLY BRIEFLY MOIRA PARK WE ARE LOOKING AT WHERE PARK OUR PARTNERS FROM TLALI ARE DOING A DETAILED LOOK AT CONCEPTS. THIS IS JUST SHOWING HOW THEY'VE DONE SOME SITE ANALYSIS ALREADY AND THIS IS SOME OF THE DESIGN INSPIRATION THAT TOOK FROM THE ENGAGEMENT. WE HAD A PLAN FOR PARK EVENT AND THEY GOT SOME DESIGN INSPIRATION FROM THAT EVENT SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT THEMES ONE IS A PRAIRIE THEMED CONCEPT WHICH THERE'S SOME THINGS WITH MAYBE TAKING OUT THE PARKING LOT AND HAVING ON STREET PARKING MOVING THE PICNIC PAVILION TO THE CORNER THAT'S ONE POTENTIAL OPTION AND THEN IF YOU GO THE NEXT ONE THERE'S AN ADVENTURE THEME CONCEPT WHICH CONSOLIDATES THE PARKING LOTS INTO ONE PARKING LOT AND THEN HAS THE PAVILION KIND OF WHERE IT IS NOW KIND OF LOOKING OVER THE RIVER RIGHT NOW WE'RE AND HIGH LEVEL CONCEPTS IT WILL NOT LIKELY NOT BE OR THE OTHER BUT A HYBRID OF OF BOTH OF THOSE BUT YOU'RE SHOWING TWO SORT OF EXTREMES AT THIS TIME AND THIS IS JUST REALLY HIGH LEVEL FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY ON BOTH PARKS CONCEPTS.  WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO BOB NOW . ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JANE. YOU PROBABLY STARTED FIVE MINUTE SHOT CLOCK I SUPPOSE I'M THE LAST ONE I'M ON. WE'RE ALMOST DONE HERE.  I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE FEEDBACK THERE. SO IF WE HAD OUR RENEE TALKED ABOUT THE PHASE ONE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DID FOR PHASE TWO ENGAGEMENT WE DID HERE JUST RECENTLY WELL ACTUALLY OVER A MONTH AGO OCTOBER 21ST AND 22ND WE HELD TWO ENGAGEMENT EVENTS. SAME INFORMATION IS PRESENTED AT BOTH EVENTS VERY, VERY WE HAD OVER 150 ATTENDEES AT BOTH EVENTS AND WE ALSO HAD A LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON OF PAGE OPEN UP FOR ONLINE FEEDBACK THROUGH NOVEMBER 15TH.  ALL THOSE COMMENTS AND THAT CORRESPONDENCE IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL AS I MENTIONED VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENTS AND THAT SAME INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THOSE EVENTS IT WAS THE SAME INFORMATION THAT'S PRESENTED TO THE PARK AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION IN THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE'RE PRESENTING HERE FOR TONIGHT IN REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THEMES THAT WE HEARD KIND OF SUMMARIZING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS HEARD THE FIRST PHASE OF ENGAGEMENT AS WELL THAT STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PEACE, THE NATURAL RESOURCE PRESERVATION WHICH IS THE STRONGHOLD OF THIS PROJECT STRONG OPPOSITION TO BIKE TRAILS WITHIN THE EXISTING TRAIL NETWORK THROUGH MOIRA IN CENTRAL PARK AND AS WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY JANE AND THE TEAM THAT IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE TO ALLOW FOR MULTI-USE THROUGH THE PARK  TO ALLOW BIKES AND PADS TO THE AREA. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY SO THOSE COMPONENTS OF BOTH THE MOIRA AND HARRISON PARK AREAS THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY COULD BE FEASIBLE TO EXPLORE. WE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK WANTING TO PURSUE THOSE AND THEN ALSO JUST OVERALL OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER WHETHER IT BE FOR PEDS OR FOR OR FOR BIKES,  WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT PROVIDING A RANGE OF TRAIL SURFACES WE KNOW IT'S PAVED NORTH OF 106 CURRENTLY IT'S NOT PAVED TO THE SOUTH. WE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK TO LEAVE IT IN THAT THAT CASE WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ONLY USE THE PAVED AREA TO THE NORTH AND A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ONLY USE THE PAVED AREA TO THE SOUTH SO OFFERING THAT DIFFERING EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR AND THEN ALSO IN GENERAL JUST IMPROVING THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THE RETAINING WALLS THAT NEED REPLACEMENT OR ANY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENTS MAINTAINING THOSE AT THIS TIME AND THEN WE A LOT ABOUT WAYFINDING AND EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE ALONG THE CORRIDOR EVEN PIECES AS WELL ALONG THE CORRIDOR JUST TO GIVE KIND OF A SUMMARY OF OF THE NINE MILE CREEK AREA. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  OVERALL FOR THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW WE HAVE $20 MILLION TO THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX THAT'S OVERALL CONSTRUCTION THAT INCLUDES ENGINEERING ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. WE WE HAD HIGH VERY HIGH LEVEL ASSUMPTIONS GOING IN TO THE PROJECT STILL IN THE PRE DESIGN PHASE RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T GOT INTO THE SCHEMATIC 30% DESIGN WITH NARROWING IN ON PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES YET AT TIME BUT WE HAVE OUR THREE BIG BUCKETS MOYER PARK THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES PIECE AND THE TRAILS AND MOBILITY PIECE AS WE START TO REFINE OUR WORK GETTING MORE WORK MORE INTO TT 30% DESIGN WE CAN START TO REFINE MORE ON WHICH BUCKETS DOLLARS MONTH WILL FALL INTO AND WORK TYPES WILL KIND OF BE FLESHED OUT FROM THERE. SO THESE THESE CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE BUT.  THESE ARE JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL CONCEPTS OF THE THREE DIFFERENT BUCKETS THAT WE SAW FOR THIS $20 MILLION WE WILL BE PURSUING GRANTS AS DEPENDING ON THE WORK TYPES THAT COME OUT OF THIS FEASIBILITY WORK WHETHER WE CAN APPLY THROUGH THE DNR OR FHA OR OTHER AGENCIES ON THE TYPE OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE PROJECT. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MILL CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT WHICH WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE STAFF HERE TONIGHT THEY'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED AND A CLOSE PARTNER THE ENTIRE WAY THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WILL TO BE AS WE WORK THROUGH GETTING INTO THAT THOSE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES AND SPECIFYING KIND OF WHAT THOSE WORK TYPES WILL BE AS,  WE GET CLOSER TO OUR 30 AND 60% DESIGN THEN WE CAN START TO LOOK AT WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS THE DISTRICT CAN BE MAKING TO THIS PROJECT AS WELL AND WE'LL BE KEEPING CONVERSATION OPEN WITH THEM AS WELL. AND IN REGARDS TO THERE'S BEEN LOT OF QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PLANS I KEEP AS WE GET INTO OUR SCHEMATIC DESIGN OR 30 AND 60% DESIGN OR WE FLESH OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENT WORK TYPES AND ITEMS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE PROJECT WILL BE FROM THERE WE'LL COME FORWARD AN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN AND WORKING WITH THE TEAM WE ALREADY HAVE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE WE'RE DOING IN THIS PARK AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PARKS THROUGHOUT CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. WELL BASED ON THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE WILL BE ENHANCING AN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PLANNING COMING FORWARD WITH ONE BASED ON THE WORK WE'LL BE DOING AND ANY CONTRACT THAT WE WOULD PUT OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION WE TYPICALLY HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD IN THAT CONTRACT SO LIKE A 3 TO 5 YEAR ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO BE MAINTAINING AND THEN THE CITY WOULD TAKE IT OVER AFTER THAT POINT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO SOME OF THE KEY FEEDBACK ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED THROUGHOUT I'LL GO FIRST A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY ON FEEDBACK ON THESE THREE QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO ADA ACCESS AND MORE IN HARRISON PARK SHOULD WE PAVE THE TRAILS SOUTH OF 106TH STREET OR LEAVE THEM NATURAL AND THEN SHOULD WE ALLOW BIKE ACCESS AND BIKE CONNECTIVITY AT QUEEN AND OR ADA ACCESS FROM THE COMMUNITY WE HEARD STRONG SUPPORT FOR IMPROVING THOSE ACCESS POINTS AND MORE IN HARRISON PARK'S STRONG PREFERENCE WE HEARD FOR LEAVING THE PATHS PATHS NATURAL 106 STREET AND OFFERING THAT VARIETY OF SURFACES.  A LITTLE BIT OF A MIXED REACTION FOR THE BIKE CONNECTIVITY FROM QUEEN AVENUE BUT ALONG THOSE SAME LINES HEARING A LOT ABOUT OPPOSITION TO BIKES WITHIN THE PARK,  CONCERNS ABOUT IF WE OPENED UP THAT BIKE ACCESS AT QUEEN AVENUE TO DOWN TO THE MINNESOTA RIVER THAT WOULD ALSO OPEN UP BIKES TO BE USING THE REST OF THE PARK IN GENERAL.  NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  THEN AS I MENTIONED WE WENT TO THE PARK AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSIONS HERE IN NOVEMBER TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON THESE SAME ITEMS IN REGARDS TO THESE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED THEM ALL WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE IMPROVING ACCESS THA MORE IN HARRISON PARK LOCATIONS OR ACCESS LOCATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN REGARDS TO THE PARK COMMISSION THERE WAS STRONG PREFERENCE TO LEAVE THE NATURAL PATHS THE SOUTH OF 106TH STREET AND NOT PAVE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MIXED REACTION SINCE THE MEETING WE'VE HAD FEW MORE RESPONSES FROM INDIVIDUALS PREFERRING TO LEAVE THE AREA NATURAL EVENT RATHER THAN PAVE SORT OF 106TH STREET. AND THEN ALSO ONCE AGAIN A MIXED REACTION ON THE CONNECTIVITY FROM QUEEN AVENUE BUT ALONG THOSE LINES MAKING MAKING SURE THAT WOULD INSTALL CLEAR SIGNAGE AND FIND WAYS TO NOT ALLOW THOSE BIKES GET TO GET INTO THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR. OUR NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO NEXT STEPS AS I MENTIONED THAT WE WENT TO THE COMMUNITY WE'VE GONE TO COMMUNITY FEW DIFFERENT TIMES AND WITH THESE HIGH LEVEL CONCEPTS LOOK FOR COMMISSION FEEDBACK LOOKING FOR COUNCIL FEEDBACK HERE TONIGHT AND WELL THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK TO REFINE OUR OVERALL CONCEPTS AND COME BACK AT SOME POINT IN QUARTER ONE OF 2025 ANOTHER TOUCH POINT WITH COUNCIL NOT NECESSARILY TO GET A SPECIFIC DIRECTION BUT JUST A TOUCH POINT TO GIVE INFORMATION AND AN UPDATE BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OUR PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  AND AS WE HAD SHOWED EARLIER ON MOVING INTO OUR SCHEMATIC 30% DESIGN JANUARY THROUGH THE SPRING SUMMER OF 25 AND THEN GETTING MORE INTO OUR 60 TO 90% THROUGH THE THROUGH THE REST OF 2025 AND HOPING BY EARLY 2026 THAT WE CAN BE PUTTING SOME CONSTRUCTION TOGETHER TO PUT A PROJECT OUT FOR 26 AND 27 CONSTRUCTION.  NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.  SO WITH THAT A FEW OF THE STAFF'S COMMENTS BASED THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED ON THESE THREE QUESTIONS. THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP TO ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE AS WELL. BUT WE'VE HEARD A STRONG SUPPORT FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH IMPROVING ACCESS AT MOYER AND HARRISON DOZENS MORE HERE IN HARRISON LOCATIONS THAT WE COULD ADD WE THOUGHT WE COULD POSSIBLY EXPLORE FURTHER IN REGARDS TO PAVING THE TRAIL SOUTH OF 106TH STREET STAFF WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THAT VARIETY OF SURFACES AND DIFFERING EXPERIENCES FOR THE EXISTING TRAIL PAVE NORTH OF 106 NOT PAVE SOUTH OF 106TH BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED BUT ALSO JUST THE NATURAL LAYOUT OF THE AREA AS WELL. AND THEN IN REGARDS TO THE BIKE ACCESS THE QUEEN QUEEN AVENUE ACCESS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS PROJECT TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX THERE'S BEEN A LOT AWARENESS AND USAGE OF THE PARK PURCHASED GET USED A LOT TO BEGIN WITH BUT A LOT MORE AWARENESS AND USAGE OF THE PARK AND THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT HAVE COME IN TO BELIEVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE PARK IN THE PARK REC PARKING REC AS WELL ON THE BIKE USAGE IN THE AREA HAVE INCREASED GREATLY.  SO THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT IF WE WOULD ALLOW BIKES TO USE THAT QUEEN AVENUE ACCESS TO GET DOWN TO THE MINNESOTA RIVER THAT IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO POLICE THAT FROM BIKES USING THE REST OF THE AREA,  TAKING A LEFT AND HEADING NORTH AND USING THE REST OF THE TRAIL. SO THERE'S CONCERNS THERE.  THERE'S ALSO CONCERNS WITH SAFETY AND USER CONFLICTS. IF WE WERE TO BIKES AT THAT CLEAN AVENUE ACCESS AND THEN ALSO ENVIRONMENTAL WETLAND IMPACTS WHICH WE HAVEN'T LOOKED VERY CLOSELY INTO YET BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THOSE FURTHER OR EXPLORE THOSE FURTHER.  SO WITH ALL THOSE COMMENTS NOTED STAFF DOES NOT NECESSARILY RECOMMEND AT THIS TIME THAT WE PURSUE THE BIKE ACCESS FROM QUEEN AVENUE BUT WE'D BE OPEN THE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. THAT'S ALL WE FOR YOU TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THEN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. BUT BEFORE WE GO HERE WE HAVE GOT TO WE'VE GOT TO DO THE ICE GARDEN TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE APPROVING FINAL BID PACKAGE.  SO I'M GOING TO SAY WE WILL EXTEND OUR MEETING NOT TO NOT TO EXTEND PAST MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT WORK DONE ON THAT ALSO SO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WELL I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO NOT TO EXCEED A MIDNIGHT IN TIME. I CAN MOTION IN A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR I'M OPPOSED EVERYBODY I KNOW BUT ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I'M GOING TO KEEP MY COMMENTS VERY BRIEF AND JUST SAY THAT I AGREE THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IN THE STAFF'S COMMENTS AS LAID OUT HERE IN THE ORANGE SLIDE SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ACTUALLY IF I COULD ASK THOSE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO CLOSE THE QUEEN ACCESS?  IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO?  THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE EXPLOD. BUT THINK IT'S PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE TO CLOSE IT. I'LL SPEAK WITH I HEARD THAT IT'S A VERY POPULAR ACCESS LIKE BOB TALKED ABOUT.  SOME PEOPLE ONLY USE THE NATURAL AREA SOUTH OF HUNDRED AND SIX. SOME PEOPLE ONLY USE THE NORTHERN PORTION.  SO I THINK IT IS A POPULAR YEAH. THE ONLY REASON WHY I MENTIONED THAT I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL RESIDENTSND SEVERAL THE EMAILS IN AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT CONFLICT IS ALREADY THERE. I MEAN WE'VE GOT THAT MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL ON THE ON THE MINNESOTA AND THAT MINNESOTA TRAIL THERE AND SO THAT'S KIND OF A QUESTION I HAD. YOU KNOW, WE WERE GOING TO ALWAYS SEE THAT CONFLICT THERE WHETHER WE LEAVE IT, YOU KNOW, UNPAVED OR PAVED, THERE'S THOSE BIKES AND IF YOU KIND OF COME UP OUT OF THAT AREA THERE'S A A TENDENCY TO WANT TO CONTINUE YOUR BIKE RIDE SO . THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS HAD ASKED HER SEVERAL THE RESIDENTS HAD ASKED IN DIFFERENT FORMAT. SO THAT'S JUST ONE QUESTION I HAD AROUND THAT. THE MY OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS AROUND DOES ADA ACCESS MEAN PAVING?  DOES IT HAVE TO BE PAVED? IS THERE A WAY IN WHICH THAT WE COULD ACHIEVE ADA STANDARDS WITHOUT PAVING SOMETHING AND THEN HOW WOULD YOU DEAL WITH SNOW REMOVAL IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.  MAYOR MOSLEY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, IN REGARDS TO ADA REQUIREMENTS IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE PAVED. IT DOES NEED TO BE A HARD SURFACE, A HARD MAINTAINABLE SURFACE IN THIS AREA SOUTH OF 106TH STREET. WE KNOW WHAT EVEN THIS YEAR FOR EXAMPLE THROUGH JULY IT WAS FLOODED FOR QUITE A PORTION OF THAT AREA AS YOU GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE QUEEN ACCESS AND THEN FURTHER NORTH FROM THERE AS WELL.  SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITH THAT FLOODING WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF IT FLOODING AND DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR, IT WOULD NOT BE ACCESSIBLE AT THAT TIME. OF COURSE BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IF DOES IT NEED TO BE PAVED OR NOT IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE PAVED BE ACCESSIBLE BUT IT WOULD NEED TO BE A HARD SURFACE A HARD MAINTAINABLE SURFACE.  AND HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE SNOW REMOVAL IF IT WASN'T?  I CURRENTLY I DON'T BELIEVE THAT AREA IS IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT. OH WELL NEVER MIND I MIGHT MY COLLEAGUES ALREADY ANSWER THE QUESTION SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE LIMITED ON TIME HERE. SO THEN SO THEN SO THEN FROM THAT PART THAT'S UP THERE IT'S POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE WITHOUT PAVING THAT THAT NORTHERN AREA TO DOES THAT IS THAT TRUE WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE NORTHERN AREA YOU SEE NORTH THE NORTHERN STREET ARE YOU SEEING NORTH OF SIXTH STREET THOUGH? YES. WELL AS WE HAD DISCUSSED WE HAVE THOSE FEW ACCESS POINTS AT MOYER AND HARRISON PARK THAT WE CAN MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE INTO THE PARK AND THEN YES, YES WE CAN ACHIEVE ADA ACCESSIBILITY ON ON THE PORTION NORTH OF 100 AND ABOUT THE PART THAT'S ALREADY PAVED IF WE WERE TO REMOVE THAT PAVEMENT COULD THAT STILL BE IT ACCESSIBLE AS LONG AS WE KEEP IT AS A HARD HARD INTACT COMPACT SURFACE WE COULD WE COULD KEEP THAT ADA ACCESSIBLE SO IT'S POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT. WELL SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS THEN THERE IS THAT YOU KNOW CERTAINLY WHAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED MAKE MAKES SENSE. MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE AROUND THAT THAT THAT THAT CLOSING OF THE QUEEN S I UNDERSTAND IT'S POPULAR BUT JUST EXPLORING THAT IDEA THERE'S OTHER ACCESS AREAS JUST TO PREVENT THAT CONFLICT OF LIKE BECAUSE I YOU KNOW IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU KNOW AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN NEVER THOUGHT THAT BIKING MADE SENSE DOWN IN THAT AREA BEFORE BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT CONFIRMED BY THE PUBLIC AND THEN I'VE HEARD STRONG RESISTANCE TO PAVING REALLY THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE AREA AND SO IF THERE'S REALLY ABILITY EXPLORE THAT MY MY MAIN THING IS I WANT TO HAVE AS MUCH ADA ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS THAT AND MY THOUGHT WAS THAT YOU ONLY COULD ACHIEVE THAT BY AND SO IF THAT'S POSSIBLE I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT IN THE NORTH OF 100/6 STREET IN ORDER TO DO THAT I THINK THAT'S IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN MY AREA REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.  THAT'S POSSIBLE AND IF THAT'S POSSIBLE I LIKE TO TRY TO EXPLORE THAT AND TO LOOK AT THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE MY RESPONSE.  AND IN THE OTHER AREAS I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ADA ACCESSIBLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE IT WITHOUT WITHOUT PAVING IT I'D BE BEFORE DOING THAT AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO THANKS MAYOR. UM, SO I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS CAN IMPROVE OF ACCESS AT MOYER AND HARRISON I THINK THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. THERE'S A WONDERFUL SPOT OFF OF MOYER THAT TAKES YOU DOWN TO ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE KIDS GO SWIMMING AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND THAT WHOLE AREA WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE IN VARIETY OF ABILITIES . SO I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA AND HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THAT NORTH OF 106TH STREET IS ALREADY PAVED. SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNPAID PAVING THE TRAIL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCURRING A LOT MORE COSTS IN THIS AND I HAVE A VERY INTEREST IN HAVING 50% OF THESE DOLLARS GOING TOWARDS NATURAL RESOURCE RESTORATION. THIS WAS A NATURAL RESTORATION PROJECT SO I'M GOING TO LEAN ALWAYS TOWARDS OF THE IN HARD INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AND OF THE NATURAL RESTORATION RIGHT NOW WE SIT AT ABOUT EIGHT OUT OF 20 I'D LOVE TO SEE IT AT TEN OUT OF 20 SO I'D LOVE TO PUSH THAT THAT DIRECTION AND THAT MEANS DON'T NOT PAVE THINGS IF THEY'RE ALREADY PAID LEAVE THEM PAID IF THEY'RE NOT PAID, PAY THEM RIGHT. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS I FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO AND SO THERE IS A WAY TO TO YOUR POINT, BOB, ABOUT GETTING THAT NATURAL PATH IF IT'S IF IT'S CURRENTLY OAK OR WOOD CHIPS HARDENING THAT RIGHT USING A MIX OF SOFT SAND AND GRAVEL AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND THEN THERE'S ALL KINDS OF REALLY COOL PRODUCT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW YOU CAN YOU CAN BUY AND WE COULD THEM OUT AND I THINK THE FOLKS AT THREE MILE ARE AT THREE RIVERS ALREADY HAVE THEM REALLY COOL TRAIL ACCESSIBLE WHEELCHAIR USE USE ITEMS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE DOING ON TO MAKE THEM SAND ACCESSIBLE USING DIFFERENT MOTOR VEHICLES, PUSH VEHICLES AND STUFF IS REALLY COOL AND THERE'S SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS OPERATIONAL FOR US TO MAKE THESE UNPAVED TRAIL AREAS ACCESSIBLE AND I'M EXCITED TO POTENTIALLY EXPLORE THAT ESPECIALLY WITH OUR THREE RIVERS PARTNERS AND SO AND I'M IN VIGILANT ON BIKE ACCESS TO CLEAN AVENUE IF IT IS ALREADY HAPPENING AND IT'S WORKING AND WE'RE NOT HEARING ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS GOING BADLY I'M KIND OF INTO IT. I DEFINITELY AGREE. I THINK BOB, YOU MENTIONED YOU CAN KIND OF SIPHON IT DOWN ON QUEEN AVENUE AT THE QUEEN AVENUE WHERE QUEEN AVENUE EITHER GOES NORTH INTO THE PARK OR SOUTH THE RIVER AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THOU SHALT NOT LIKE THIS WAY AND CREATE ALL KINDS OF BARRIERS TO THAT. RIGHT. YOU COULD DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A PROBLEM. I THINK W SHOULD I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE EXPLORE THAT FURTHER AND I DON'T HAVE A POSITION ON THAT RIGHT NOW. SO AGAIN, NOT TO INCUR ADDITIONAL COSTS, I WOULD LIKE TO NOT DO ANYTHING THERE RIGHT NOW AND MAYBE TAKE ALL THAT MONEY WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH AND PUT IT IN NATURAL RESTORATION . THERE'S MY TAKE. LET'S REMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU, MAYOR JUST TO CLARIFICATION HERE, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT IS TO REPAY OF NORTH OF 106 AND SO I THINK TO COUNCIL LOEHMANN'S QUESTION IS IT LESS EXPENSIVE AND POSSIBLE TO INSTEAD OF REPAVING TO TURN THAT INTO 88 COMPLIANT NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL IS THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY BECAUSE WHAT THAT'S A GOOD INTERPRETATION BUT I HEAR YEAH THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OKAY OKAY BECAUSE MY MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE PROJECT INCLUDES REPAVING.  YES. AND WE KNOW FROM OUR MILLING OVERLAY PROJECTS THAT REPAVING A LOT CHEAPER THAN RECONSTRUCTING THE COUNCILMEMBER. IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR MIGHT KIND OF TO FAIR ENOUGH SO THEN I GUESS THAT THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION THEN TO CLARIFY WHICH WAY IS LESS EXPENSIVE AND DOESN'T MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE AS A NATURAL SURFACE. I TEND TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WHICHEVER ONE IS LESS EXPENSIVE BOTH UPFRONT AND IN LONG TERM MAINTENANCE IS THE ONE I PREFER TO GO TO BECAUSE I'M IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT THAT THE MORE MONEY WE CAN PUT INTO NATURAL PARK RESTORATION FOR PROJECT THE BETTER AND THAT THAT'S THE IDEA OF THE PROJECT. THAT'S WHERE MONEY SHOULD GO AND WE GOT A GREAT, GREAT PATH DOWN THERE. IT IS A FANTASTIC AREA. DO AS LITTLE AS YOU HAVE TO TO MAINTAIN THAT AND THEN THE QUEEN AVENUE I ACTUALLY THAT'S ONE AREA I DISAGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO ON. I'M ADAMANTLY AGAINST I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO ANYTHING TO ENCOURAGE BIKE TRAFFIC ON THERE SO I WAS SAYING DO NOTHING.  I DIDN'T SAY INCREASE QUICK ACCESS. I SAID DO NOTHING EITHER WAY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT. OKAY THAT'S FOR THEN.  APPARENTLY I TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING COUNCILMEMBER DA SANDRA SAID SO I APOLOGIZE SO I COULD I SHOULD HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING TO MY WIFE SO IT WITH REGARDS TO OTHER THINGS THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OVER IS A LACK OF AN ADA COMPLIANT ACCESS TO THE NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL TO THE SOUTH OF 106.  IT SOUNDS LIKE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE REALLY THAT AREA AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE IF POSSIBLE UNFORTUNATELY DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT'S A REALLY STRONG POSSIBILITY WITHOUT THAT QUEEN AVENUE SO I MEAN IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I SAY NO TO THE PROJECT ON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OBVIOUSLY BUT IT'S JUST THE ONE AREA THAT AND SECONDARILY I MEAN IT'S GET THE SENIOR FACILITY RIGHT OVER HERE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE ADA ACCESS.  I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF THAT OR BECAUSE MY ASSUMPTION AND I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT BUT THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE IS IT?  I MEAN YOU IT GOES TO THEIR BUILDING IT I MEAN I DON'T THINK CAN GO PARK AT THEIR BUILDING AND WALK DOWN THERE SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THE CITY WOULD FIND DOING THAT I MEAN IF THEY WANTED I THINK WE SHOULD CERTAINLY TALK TO THEM AND IF THEY WANT TO INVEST SOME MONEY TO MAKE A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR RESIDENTS, I THINK THAT WOULD IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO DO IT GREAT BUT SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE ADA ACCESS FOR MOIRA AND HARRISON.  IT'S LONG OVERDUE TO ABLE TO DO THAT. I THINK STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION I JUST WOULD CLARIFY WHAT'S THE LEAST EXPENSIVE OF DOING IT BOTH UPFRONT AND LONG TERM MAINTENANCE AND THEN PUT THE REST OF THE MONEY INTO TAKING CARE OF THE NATURAL RESTORATION AND YOU KNOW, KEEP IT IN MIND BUCKTHORN COMES BACK SO SO PLAN FOR THREE YEARS FIVE YEARS TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD FOR THOSE THINGS ARE MOSTLY COUNCILMEMBER I'LL JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THE ADA ACCESSIBILITY SOUTH OF 106TH STREET AS I MENTIONED WITH THAT WITH A HARD SURFACE WE CAN MAKE WE CAN MAKE AREAS ADA ACCESSIBLE DOWN IN THAT AREA SO WE WOULD WE COULD IMPLEMENT CLEAR SIGNAGE TO LET FOLKS KIND OF WHAT'S AHEAD AND WHAT IS ADA ACCESSIBLE IN THE AREA THAT'S A FEW COMMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP FROM THE FEEDBACK AND WHEN WORKING WITH OUR ADA COORDINATOR HERE AT THE CITY AS WELL WE COULD LOOK AT OPTIONS FOR THAT AND ANY BENCHES OR PICNIC TABLES OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT THAT WE'D ADD IN THE AREA IF WE WERE TO ADD ANYTHING WE'D MAKE ALL THAT ACCESSIBLE SO WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT AS MUCH AS WE CAN MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE DOWN IN THE AREA WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DESIGN. SO START ON THAT.  COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS JUST A FEW WORDS JUST KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS FIX WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIX KEEP IT NATURAL NO BIKES ABSOLUTELY NO BIKES ANYWHERE.  OKAY. WELL THANK FOR YOUR FEEDBACK BUT WE'VE WE'VE HEARD YOUR FEEDBACK SO IF WE CAN HOLD BACK ON THE APPLAUSE BASED ON COMMENTS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WE APPLAUD OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY DO A GOOD JOB BUT APPLAUD ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IT QUELLS AND KIND OF TAMPS DOWN ANYBODY WHO MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERING OPINION THAN YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO PLEASE IF YOU COULD REFRAIN FROM THAT AND KIND OF MAINTAIN THE DECORUM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT REVISED ANYWAY THE IDEA WAS ORIGINALLY TO RENOVATE THE PLACE SO JUST CONCENTRATE ON THAT I MEAN IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WHY DO MORE THAN NECESSARY I JUST WALKED THERE ON SATURDAY AND IT WAS KIND OF CHILLY THOUGH BUT WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA BUT IT WAS NICE TO GO THERE. IT'S IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. WHY DO TOO MUCH TO IT MEAN THE ADA ACCESSIBILITY I GUESS WHATEVER IS POSSIBLE BUT I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND GOING OUT OF THE WAY TO TO ACHIEVE IT I MEAN DOWN THERE AFTER 106 JULY LATE JULY THAT WAS NOT EVEN WALKABLE THERE'S SO MUCH WATER IN THERE AND SO MUDDY THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO HAVE THE EXPENSES TO MAKE ADA EIGHT UPSTAIRS OF ALL SO YOU KNOW I YOU KNOW A LITTLE DISAGREEMENT WITH EVERYBODY ELSE BUT IT'S JUST A GREAT PLACE TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS WITH THAT THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME YOU GUYS HAVE INVESTED PUTTING THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER.  YOU MADE ME A BELIEVER. REALLY? RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MARY. I'LL TAKE THE LAST STEP AT THIS RATE. TOTALLY AGREE ON NUMBER ESPECIALLY BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT ALLOW PEOPLE MOBILITY ISSUES ACCESS SECONDARILY ALLOWS PEOPLE WITH TODDLERS A BETTER WAY TO GET DOWN THERE. SO IF ANYONE'S EVER HAD A TODDLER MELTDOWN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET BACK. I'M EXCITED FOR THAT NUMBER TO . I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING BOTH SO UNPAVED SOUTH PAVED NORTH NUMBER THREE THE QUESTION I HAVE ADA DOES THIS FULLY LINK UP WITH THE REST OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM OR DOES THIS CAUSE ISSUE WHERE THEY GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND THAT'S IT?  WE'RE BUSY. COUNCILMEMBER SO YOU'RE SAYING IN REGARDS TO WE MADE THE QUEEN AVENUE ACCESS ADA COMPLIANT AND THAT QUEEN HAVING INNER DOES CONNECT DOWN TO THE REST OF THE TRAILS DOWN IN THE AREA BUT LIKE WE DISCUSSED THAT THAT AREA FLOODS TENDS TO FLOOD FREQUENTLY DOWN THERE SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN IN THAT SOUTH OF 106TH STREET TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE IN REGARDS TO THE QUEEN AVENUE ACCESS ITSELF IF WE TURN THAT FROM A WOODCHIP INTO A HARD RFACE WE COULD GET FOLKS DOWN THERE.  BUT THEN YOU ARE CORRECT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT THAT AREA THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR. YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S THE CASE WOULD PREFER JUST TO KEEP IT A WALKING ACCESS AND FOCUS OUR ADA EFFORTS OTHERWISE OTHER PLACES WHERE PEOPLE THEN ACCESS AND MOVE THROUGHOUT THE PARK VERSUS FOR MOST OF THE YEAR CAN JUST GET DOWN TO ONE SECTION AND THEN HAVE TO COME RIGHT BACK UP. I THINK THAT'S FUNDS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE SPENT FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN USE MOST OF THE YEAR. COUNCILMEMBER CLEMENT, THANKS FOR NOBLE TRIBUTE BRIEF. I KNOW WE GOT TO GET TO THE NICE GARDEN PIECE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT YOU KNOW, PART OF THE SALES TAX DOLLARS THAT WE SPENT ON THIS WAS THIS IDEA THAT THIS WAS A REGIONAL PROPOSAL. AND SO AS WE AS WE LOOK AT THIS OVERALL, THE THING THAT I THINK ABOUT IS IN TERMS OF THAT ACCESS PART OF IT IN THE ADA AND SO I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW THAT AS FOLKS ARE COMING FROM ACROSS THE REGION THAT WANT UTILIZE THIS YOU KNOW THE CENTRAL PARK HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND THAT MOST SALES TAX BEING SPENT BY THOSE FOLKS ON THE OTHER REGION I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE OUR ART MAKE THIS AREAS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE AND THAT'S WHY WHEN I LOOK AT THIS ENTIRE THING IN TERMS OF THAT THAT THAT SCOPE NOW IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT I WOULD HAVE FELT DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW WE WENT ABOUT DOING THAT AND FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT MAY NOT BE HERE WHO, YOU KNOW, COMPLAIN TO ME ABOUT ABOUT LACK OF WANT TO HAVE BIKE ACCESS IN THIS AREA I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I DID LOOK AT THAT SERIOUSLY AND I DID WORK WITH STAFF TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WAYS IN WHICH THAT THE BIKE ACCESS MEET IT MADE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA ALTHOUGH I'VE NOT BEEN A STRONG PROPONENT OF HAVING BIKES IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA BUT I WANT TO LET YOU I KNOW YOU MAY BE LISTENING TODAY AND WONDERING ABOUT IF WE MADE THAT EFFORT, BUT I THINK STAFF MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS POSSIBLE. WE SAW THAT THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION AND AND WE'RE YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO WERE NOT IN THIS ROOM, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE DID MAKE THAT REVIEW AND DO THAT HONEST WITH YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST THINK STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN THEIR AWARD WINNING ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY TO BE TO GET THIS CENTERPIECE REALLY OF THE FIRST DISTRICT COMPLETED AND DONE UP TO THIS STAGE THANK YOU THANK YOU IS THAT ENOUGH FEEDBACK ALL RIGHT. YEAH THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WE APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR FEEDBACK AND THANK YOU AND THANKS TO THANKS I CALL TO THANKS TO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY INPUT ON THIS. THANKS FOR THE LEADERSHIP. I SAW AN AND IS BACK THERE THE INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP THAT HAS GONE INTO ALL THIS SO THANK YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO MARCH FORWARD ON THIS. SO THANKS MUCH. THANK YOU.  AND I'M 5.2 THE UPDATE ON THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN MODERNIZATION AND AS PART OF THIS THE COUNCIL WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT APPROVING THE FINAL DESIGN PLANS FOR THE MODERNIZATION PROJECT AND THAT SEEN IN OUR PACKET HERE SO  IT IS DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY YOU KNOW I THINK WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING BUT I GET IT. I GET IT AT SLATE IT'S ALSO PAST MY BEDTIME SO SO LEAH HUGHES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR I'M TO GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF AND CONCISE UPDATE ON THE BLOOMINGTON GARDEN MODERNIZATION PROJECT. IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A MOTION AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE FINAL DESIGN FOR THE BUILDING BANNERS AS NATION PROJECT AS REFLECTED AS IN THE STAFF REPORT AND SOME OF THE SLIDES THAT I'LL BE SHOWING YOU TONIGHT.  JUST A REAL QUICK REMINDER OF WHAT THE GOALS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE.  SO ALL MAJOR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ADA ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVE PARKING LOT SAFETY AND FUNCTION RENOVATIONS TO RINK THREE THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TURNING THAT INTO THE THE MAIN RINK  NEW LOCKER ROOM SUITES ON RINK THREE AND JUST AN OVERALL USER AND GUEST EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING THERE ARE TWO PHASES ESSENTIALLY THE THE ICE CURTAIN PROJECT THERE'S BEEN ONE WHICH IS THE RENOVATION OF ZAMBONI ROOM TO BECOME THE NEW ICE PLANT MECHANICAL ROOM THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW BID PACK TWO IS ESSENTIALLY THE OF THE BUILDING THAT IS A PLAN THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE TONIGHT ESSENTIALLY THE RENOVATIONS THAT ARE ON THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING.  SO THIS SLIDE HERE JUST SHOWS YOU THAT AREA THAT'S IN RED. THAT'S WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING. SO THAT'S THE ICE MECHANICAL ROOM. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION TO START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY GETTING ICE BACK INTO THAT BUILDING THIS NEXT FALL IS A HUGE PRIORITY AND SO GETTING A JUMPSTART ON THAT CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE SURE WHEN THE ICE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT IS DELIVERED AND THAT INSTALLATION CAN HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT WE STARTED THAT EARLY IN ADDITION TO THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY PARTS OF THE RENOVATION THAT WILL NOT IMPACT THE SKATING SEASON AND SO THAT COULD START AT THIS TIME AS WELL SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE VIDEO BACK TO WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION RENOVATION THAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING. SO THIS IS THE MAIN FLOOR SOME THE THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ADA SEATING THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED A NEW CONCESSIONS AREA THAT'S OFF THE LOBBY, A NEW BANK RESTROOMS ALSO OFF OF THE LOBBY AND THE MAIN CORRIDOR AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE THE RECONFIGURE RECONFIGURATION OF RINK THREE IN ADDITION TO CHANGING SOME OF THE OFFICES AND MEETING SPACES ON THE FIRST FLOOR THE SECOND FLOOR HIGHLIGHTED AREAS HERE TOO. IF YOU SEE THE GREEN AREAS,  THOSE ARE GOING TO BE TWO LIFTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDED FOR 80 ACCESS TO THE SECOND LEVEL SEATING AREAS. YOU CAN ALSO SEE SECOND LEVEL MEZZANINE SEATING OFF OF RINK THREE. SO THE SECOND LEVEL CONCOURSE SO ABOVE SEATING VIEWING FOR FOR PEOPLE WITH ACCESS NEEDS AND THEN BETWEEN RINKS ONE AND TWO THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW DRY LAND TRAINING AREA, A RENTABLE MEETING SPACE AND THEN NEW TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED INDOOR VIEWING AREA THAT LOOKS INTO BOTH RINKS ONE AND TWO.  SO NOW THE FUN PART WE'VE GOT SOME 3D MODELS HERE TO SHOW YOU.  THIS IS A VIEW IN THE LOBBY AREA AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE NEW CONCESSIONS AREA WILL BE LOCATED RIGHT OFF OF THE CORNER OF RINK HERE'S AN IMAGE LOOKING INTO THE HALLWAY. THE MAIN AREA THE CONCESSIONS CORNER THERE'S A DELAY ON THIS CAN NOW MOVE IT'S DOING SO WELL.  HERE'S THE NEW BANK OF RESTROOMS THAT WILL BE INSTALLED AT THAT MAIN CORRIDOR. THESE WILL INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL RESTROOMS, 80 COMPLIANT RESTROOMS, AN ADULT CHANGING STATION AND A FAMILY RESTROOM . AND THERE ARE A COUPLE VIEWS ON THANK YOU. GO AHEAD A COUPLE OF VIEWS OF RINK THREE ONE FROM THE MAIN HALLWAY. THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM AN ADC AREA DOWN INTO THE RINK AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS A VIEW FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FACING THE WINDOWS THAT MAIN CORRIDOR NEXT SLIDE AND THEN HERE'S THE MOTION WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE TONIGHT.  SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HERE. DEB WILLIAMS IS THE PROJECT MANAGER. SHE'S ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY YOUR QUESTIONS.  SO I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION SINCE WE TALKED LAST OR MAYBE WE HAVEN'T REALLY ADDRESSED IT BUT SINCE KENNEDY DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE ITS HOCKEY PROGRAM, HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE DESIGN THE SIZE OF THE LOCKER ROOMS, ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING INTO THAT? SO I'M GOING TO START AND IF I SAY ANYTHING IT'S YOURS. OKAY, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MANY MONTHS AND THE DESIGN THAT YOU SEE REFLECTS THE CHANGE IN THE PROGRAMS.  IS THERE EVER A CHANCE IT WOULD COME BACK, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY SO WE WILL END UP WITH THREE OF THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL LOCKER ROOMS. ONE OF THE LOCKER ROOMS WILL BE UTILIZED BY ANOTHER TEAM,  POSSIBLY A LEASE OR RENT SITUATION. SO WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER ROOM AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. OKAY, GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU COUNSEL OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR I'LL MAKE VERY MY COMMENT IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING OTHER BE HAPPY TO MAKE THIS I KNOW HUNDREDS OF BAR PLAYERS KIDS INCLUDED WHO ARE SO EXCITED FOR THIS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.  IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT AND I KNOW AFTER WE GET THROUGH IT THIS THE ICE CREAMS ARE GOING TO TRIPLE IN THEIR BUSINESS LIKE IT'S ALREADY BUSY NOW IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE BUSY SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. HOLD ON. LET ME ASK ONE MORE TIME COUNSEL ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.  COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR I MOVED TO APPROVE FINAL DESIGN PLANS FOR THE BALLOON TONIGHT GARDEN MONETIZATION PROJECT AS REFLECTED IN THE STAFF PRESENTATION AND AGENDA MATERIALS IN MOTION MY COUNCILMEMBER A SECOND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO APPROVE THE FINAL DESIGN PLANS THE BLOOMINGTON NICE GARDEN MONETIZATION PROJECT NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION 37 ZERO THANK YOU ALL WELL DONE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.  OUR FINAL ITEM TONIGHT IS ITEM 5.5 A 5.4 CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE.  I'LL START WITH A QUICK RECAP OF OUR LISTENING SESSION. WE HAD TWO SPEAKERS TODAY. SALLY NESS SPOKE ONCE AGAIN OF INCIDENT FROM FIVE YEARS AGO WHERE HER NAME HAPPENED TO APPEAR ON SOME BLOOMINGTON POLICE CALL RECORDS. SHE ASKED SPECIFICALLY WHY HER NAME WAS ON THOSE CALL RECORDS. I ASKED SPECIFICALLY OF CHIEF HODGES IF SHE COULD INQUIRE. THE ANSWER CAME BACK THAT NOBODY COULD REMEMBER WHY OR WHAT THE SPECIFIC DETAILS WERE AROUND THOSE BUSINESSES NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT ANSWER AND HAS ASKED FOR AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION TO THE MATTER AND SHE'S BEEN TOLD THAT THAT PROBABLY WILL NOT HAPPEN. THAT'S THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO SHE'S ASKED TWO QUESTIONS AND RECEIVED TWO ANSWERS AND DEFINITIVE ANSWERS AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. WE ALSO HEARD FROM ANDY.  I HAD SOME COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS REGARDING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY SPECIFICALLY AT 90TH AND NICOLLET AND 86TH AND 12TH AND SO ON WAS A VERY COMPLIMENT TREE OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE CITY HAS DONE, ESPECIALLY AROUND KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE HAD THE CITY HAS DONE GOOD WORK TO TRY AND CONTROL JAYWALKING AND VIOLATIONS AND MAKE IT MUCH MORE SAFE FOR FOLKS.  THOSE WERE OUR TWO OH AND I'M SORRY. AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ,I SPOKE UP ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS THE NOTION OF PROPERTY TAXES, YOUR PROPERTY TAXES DID INCREASE ALMOST 30%. THE TIMING OF THE ASSESSED WORKS FROM THE ASSESSMENT TO THE TAXATION MANY DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE THE PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM THAT IT IS A MYSTERY TO MANY MANY PEOPLE AND BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD AND IT BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. A COUNCIL ISSUE HERE THINGS SPECIFICALLY FROM FOLKS WHO CAN'T MAKE IT TO A LISTENING SESSION WHO WANT TO BRING THINGS FORWARD.  YOU'RE CERTAINLY ABLE TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF AS THE LISTING . SO THE ONLY OTHER ITEM THAT HAVE WE HAVE I DON'T THINK IT WAS ON OUR OFFICIAL MASTER CALENDAR WE HAVE SCHEDULED A SPECIAL MEETING OR A REGULAR MEETING OR JUST A REGULAR MEETING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT SO WE WILL BE GETTING TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN IT'S NOT ON OUR OUR CALENDAR BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SAID IT PUBLICLY SO ANYBODY WATCHING OR LISTENING COULD KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT LISTENING SESSION WITH WITH NO LISTENING SESSION SCHEDULED ALL MR.. FAROOQ ANYTHING FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE THIS EVENING, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS NOTHING THAT MAYOR MAY REMEMBER IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF HAPPENING ON THE NIGHT OF THE 10TH. I DO WANT TO FEATURE A PORT CONCURRENT MEETING WITH COUNCIL ALSO. YES, THANK YOU. THAT'S NEXT TUESDAY.  EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU COUNSEL. ANYTHING TO ADD TONIGHT?  I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS GOING UP. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.  WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO ADJOURN. TONIGHT'S NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO WE ARE ADJOURNED THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR YOUR WORK AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED BOTH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON. HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY