WEBVTT 00:00:00.194 --> 00:00:07.083 - Good evening, everybody. We'll go ahead and get started. I'll call to order this meeting of the Bloomington 00:00:07.083 --> 00:00:13.717 - Commission on Sustainability and Resilience at 6.03 p.m. And we will do the roll call. Tara Dunderdale? 00:00:13.717 --> 00:00:20.351 - Here. Here. Justin Vassel? I'm here. Matt Austin? Present. Present. Christopher Miles? Here. Here. Zach 00:00:20.351 --> 00:00:26.474 - Emmerman? Here. Here. Dave Rallo? Here. Here. Quinta Gilley? Here. Here. Alex York? Here. Here. 00:00:26.474 --> 00:00:30.110 - Maria Arstad? Here. Did I pronounce that right? You did. 00:00:30.306 --> 00:00:37.361 - here. Shenghuai Xu, since his regrets. Diana Ogrodowsky. Here. Here. And Ross Carlson. Here. Here. 00:00:37.361 --> 00:00:44.488 - All right. We've only got one absence here. This is good. Full table. Love it. OK. Perfect. So that 00:00:44.488 --> 00:00:51.900 - brings us to the approval of the agenda. Is there any modifications of the agenda? We got a note online 00:00:51.900 --> 00:00:57.886 - that we were not recording. I think that's what Eric is raising his hand about. OK. 00:01:00.034 --> 00:01:06.711 - Yeah, they're recording. Cat's recording. Cat's recording, yeah. I just wanted to make sure that that 00:01:06.711 --> 00:01:13.454 - was acknowledged. Yeah, yeah. Thank you. Point of order, would you please admit my note taker, please? 00:01:13.454 --> 00:01:20.132 - Is there somebody waiting in my lobby? No, I think it's a, are you asking to admit a digital, like an 00:01:20.132 --> 00:01:26.285 - AI note taker? It's my note taker, yes. Under a city policy, you are indicated to admit that. 00:01:26.285 --> 00:01:29.886 - It was admitted, and then it was booted out, so if you 00:01:30.146 --> 00:01:40.718 - Please admit that again. Thank you. Yeah, we'll take a moment to try to sort that out. Thank you. Is 00:01:40.718 --> 00:01:51.394 - there a way you can push it forward again? We're not seeing any option where we can admit any. If you 00:01:51.394 --> 00:01:59.454 - have intentionally removed it from the meeting, this might pose a conundrum. 00:02:04.418 --> 00:02:12.684 - Indiana code that is an allowed thing. It's not automated, folks. Can you try to come back? I am at 00:02:12.684 --> 00:02:21.199 - this moment, yeah. Okay. So I can follow up with you later, but this is a very vexing problem. I'm not 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:29.465 - sure what the issue is, but thank you. I don't want to take any more of your time. Please continue. 00:02:29.465 --> 00:02:33.598 - Okay. Yeah, I don't know if it would help to have 00:02:33.986 --> 00:02:40.953 - him leave the Zoom room and then come back in and try it again? You're welcome to give that a shot. 00:02:40.953 --> 00:02:47.989 - The reason is you removed it from the meeting, I believe intentionally, and that action then bars it 00:02:47.989 --> 00:02:55.026 - from coming back in. So it is in the waiting room right now or it's attempted to. But again, I don't 00:02:55.026 --> 00:02:57.534 - want to take any more of your time. 00:03:06.466 --> 00:03:16.329 - Apologies for now. We've had some meetings where it's automatically joining, so we've removed it. We 00:03:16.329 --> 00:03:26.681 - didn't know that you had intentionally invited the AI. I'm sorry to interject. Point of order, it doesn't 00:03:26.681 --> 00:03:36.446 - matter whether it's automatic or not. It's an attendee. But in this case, what? Yeah, I don't know. 00:03:36.674 --> 00:03:44.629 - There's no waiting room that is visible to us. You'll probably have to follow up with IP, but I can 00:03:44.629 --> 00:03:53.221 - follow up later. But please continue. Thank you. Well, as you said, Eric, could you leave and then re-enter 00:03:53.221 --> 00:04:01.336 - and perhaps we can then have that option show again? It is not. So I am joined using my Zoom account. 00:04:01.336 --> 00:04:05.950 - That's what I'm attending and communicating with you now. 00:04:06.786 --> 00:04:15.398 - There is a separate attendee. And that attendee is now not being visible because it has been intentionally 00:04:15.398 --> 00:04:23.527 - removed. That's a feature of Zoom. So if you remove someone from an attendee from a meeting, if they 00:04:23.527 --> 00:04:31.817 - attempt to rejoin, you do not see that. But you are not supposed to, under Indiana code and limits and 00:04:31.817 --> 00:04:35.358 - policy, not supposed to remove no attendee. 00:04:41.826 --> 00:04:49.943 - Anyway, I don't think there's anything to be done at this point, but we can follow up later, thank you. 00:04:49.943 --> 00:04:57.826 - All right, yeah, apologies for that. Okay, so we'll go through the approval of the agenda. Are there 00:04:57.826 --> 00:05:05.709 - any modifications to the agenda as circulated? Okay. I'm thinking, do we wanna move the elections up 00:05:05.709 --> 00:05:10.782 - earlier in the schedule in case we run short on time by the end? 00:05:11.810 --> 00:05:17.766 - Most of the meeting format is set in the bylaws, and new business is the only place that makes sense 00:05:17.766 --> 00:05:23.958 - for the elections to go, so that's where I just put it. But we could put that after commissioner reports 00:05:23.958 --> 00:05:29.973 - and before discussions. That be all right? I would make a motion. Yeah. All right. To move that. I'll 00:05:29.973 --> 00:05:35.929 - second it. All right. That's a motion. I'll second. Just so that we get the elections done. Perfect. 00:05:35.929 --> 00:05:39.998 - And make it that. OK, so that's to move item number 12A after number 00:05:40.514 --> 00:05:46.661 - the elections after number six commissioner reports and before number seven discussions of topics not 00:05:46.661 --> 00:05:52.928 - the subject of resolution. I need to debate and we don't have any meeting online so we can just do this 00:05:52.928 --> 00:05:59.075 - by consent so all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed nay. Any abstentions? Okay the agenda is amended are 00:05:59.075 --> 00:06:01.726 - there any further amendments to the agenda? 00:06:03.394 --> 00:06:11.047 - Okay, perfect. That'll bring us on to approval of the minutes from February 10th, 2026. Are there any 00:06:11.047 --> 00:06:18.925 - corrections to those minutes as circulated? Okay. Is there a motion to approve? Motion to approve. Okay. 00:06:18.925 --> 00:06:26.577 - And a second? Second. And a second. All right. Any discussion? All right. All those in favor say aye. 00:06:26.577 --> 00:06:31.454 - Aye. All opposed nay. Any abstentions? The minutes are approved. 00:06:32.130 --> 00:06:40.473 - Okay, so that brings us to public comment. So we've got 10 minutes set aside for this, um, up to three 00:06:40.473 --> 00:06:48.734 - minutes per person. Um, I don't see anybody in the public gallery in the room, I don't think, uh, but 00:06:48.734 --> 00:06:56.834 - is there anyone on Zoom who would like to address the commission? Okay, I'm not seeing any activity 00:06:56.834 --> 00:07:01.694 - there. Um, so we'll move on to conditional reports. Um, so, 00:07:01.954 --> 00:07:10.129 - Again, I don't have slides for you this time, apologies. I've just been typing it out as notes recently. 00:07:10.129 --> 00:07:17.914 - But yeah, so we'll go through the organizational updates. As you can see, things are looking pretty 00:07:17.914 --> 00:07:22.430 - good. We only have, I think, two vacancies at the moment. 00:07:22.786 --> 00:07:28.925 - And we have a new member with us. So Maria Arstad is a mayoral appointment to the commission starting 00:07:28.925 --> 00:07:35.485 - this meeting. So you do want to introduce yourself to the commission, say a little bit about your background 00:07:35.485 --> 00:07:41.925 - and maybe what your interest in sustainability and resilience is. Hi, I'm Maria. I'm a project coordinator 00:07:41.925 --> 00:07:47.582 - at IU and most of my work right now is over in the trades district. I work on that CCC grant. 00:07:47.842 --> 00:07:55.536 - which was from the Lilly endowment to IU with the city of Bloomington as a partner and a sub awardee. 00:07:55.536 --> 00:08:03.154 - So our goals are just to accelerate development in the trades district and contribute to placemaking 00:08:03.154 --> 00:08:10.999 - efforts, put in public art and sort of activate the area. So yeah, my main interests are sustainability 00:08:10.999 --> 00:08:14.846 - in the realm of economic development, but I'm just 00:08:15.426 --> 00:08:21.312 - Really looking forward to being involved and contributing. Perfect. Welcome. Yes. Um, and, uh, uh, 00:08:21.312 --> 00:08:27.257 - let's see. Yeah. So, um, so we've got 12 out of 14 seats filled right now. So our core threshold is 00:08:27.257 --> 00:08:33.321 - seven. Um, and, uh, Shanghai, uh, will be wrapping up his doctoral program recent, uh, soon, which is 00:08:33.321 --> 00:08:39.563 - really exciting. Um, and he's going to be moving away from Bloomington probably around the end of April. 00:08:39.563 --> 00:08:41.406 - Um, so congratulations to him. 00:08:41.570 --> 00:08:46.850 - and he wasn't able to make it tonight. He had another engagement, but hopefully he'll join us for the 00:08:46.850 --> 00:08:52.285 - meeting in April and we can bid him a proper farewell at that point. And he did mention that he is still 00:08:52.285 --> 00:08:57.616 - hoping to sneak in another sustainability forum. We had one of those so far and he wants to do another 00:08:57.616 --> 00:09:00.670 - one before he wraps things up. So we'll look out for that. 00:09:01.058 --> 00:09:07.015 - Just a quick follow-up on resolution 2026-01, which we adopted after a second reading last time. That 00:09:07.015 --> 00:09:12.913 - was applauding the city's response to the lapse in federal funding for SNAP benefits. So just wanted 00:09:12.913 --> 00:09:18.928 - to let everyone know that that resolution has been forwarded on to the relevant offices, office of the 00:09:18.928 --> 00:09:25.060 - mayor, community and family resources department, and council. So thank you, Sean and Jolie, for getting 00:09:25.060 --> 00:09:28.798 - those to where they need to go. The strategic planning retreat. 00:09:29.026 --> 00:09:34.408 - So we're going to find a time and format that works for both commissioners and for staff. So keep an 00:09:34.408 --> 00:09:39.737 - eye out for announcements between this meeting and next, probably. Thinking a little more about the 00:09:39.737 --> 00:09:45.225 - timing for this, I think late March or early April is actually a pretty solid time to do this, if it's 00:09:45.225 --> 00:09:50.714 - going to be something that we do every year. Naturally, it kind of makes sense to start thinking about 00:09:50.714 --> 00:09:55.616 - it after the start of the year. But of course, then in February, we have terms switch over. 00:09:55.616 --> 00:09:57.854 - And then in March, we have our elections. 00:09:58.082 --> 00:10:05.444 - It might not make that much sense to do a lot of strategic planning and then have a bunch of turnover 00:10:05.444 --> 00:10:12.734 - or something, right? So this might actually work out pretty well. So yeah, stay tuned for that. 2025 00:10:12.734 --> 00:10:20.024 - annual report, still getting the final details on that. And then the O'Neill School capstone project 00:10:20.024 --> 00:10:25.726 - on sustainability energy utilities. So Alex had worked to set kind of a final, 00:10:26.210 --> 00:10:32.753 - an in stone date for the final presentation on those results. And so it's scheduled for Tuesday, April 00:10:32.753 --> 00:10:39.487 - 28th from 530 to 630. So it's the same day of the week, but a different week in the month than we usually 00:10:39.487 --> 00:10:45.967 - meet. And it's a little bit earlier than we normally meet. And that'll be in council chambers. And so 00:10:45.967 --> 00:10:52.574 - it's a different venue as well. So this will be an official meeting for BCOS. So it will be noticed and 00:10:52.866 --> 00:10:58.724 - But we want to make sure everyone can attend that, or at least we can get a quorum there. It would be 00:10:58.724 --> 00:11:04.927 - pretty awful if we showed up and weren't able to do a quorum for something like that. So I did put together 00:11:04.927 --> 00:11:10.671 - a very simple form for you to just indicate whether you can make it or not. And I've linked it here 00:11:10.671 --> 00:11:16.472 - in this report, but I'll send out an email with that as well, and maybe a couple reminders as we get 00:11:16.472 --> 00:11:20.894 - closer to that date. So we can make sure we'll be good for a quorum on that. 00:11:20.994 --> 00:11:28.836 - A couple external updates. Congratulations to Sean and the rest of the sustainability team here at the 00:11:28.836 --> 00:11:36.678 - city for the CDPA list rating that they got for the second year in a row now. That's awesome. The only 00:11:36.678 --> 00:11:44.520 - other one I have on here is that council passed ordinance 2026-04, which renames our commission, among 00:11:44.520 --> 00:11:50.078 - other things. There is also some movement around from different sections 00:11:50.498 --> 00:11:57.002 - of the municipal code to other sections, some kind of consolidation that's happening. So the section 00:11:57.002 --> 00:12:03.441 - of the code that governs BCOS specifically will get moved to section 2.02.120. And if you've looked 00:12:03.441 --> 00:12:10.331 - on the online version of the city code for this, you might not see it there yet, at least as of yesterday, 00:12:10.331 --> 00:12:16.062 - I didn't see it. That gets updated periodically, but those provisions are in effect now. 00:12:16.930 --> 00:12:23.787 - There's a couple miscellaneous reminders and notes just about the waste reduction district, the Monroe 00:12:23.787 --> 00:12:30.444 - County compost bin and rain barrel sale that's going on right now. And the order deadlines for that 00:12:30.444 --> 00:12:37.368 - are April 15th. And then the pickup dates are April 24th or 25th. And then, of course, the city's still 00:12:37.368 --> 00:12:40.830 - championing their Bloomington Energy Works program. 00:12:40.962 --> 00:12:47.413 - continue to spread the word about that. And then one that I didn't add to my report, but I'll just say 00:12:47.413 --> 00:12:53.989 - verbally here, is Earth Day. So we talked about this last time. We had some volunteers that were willing 00:12:53.989 --> 00:13:00.502 - to staff the table. And we were going to talk about some materials that we might start getting together 00:13:00.502 --> 00:13:07.079 - once we have the name change go through. So I just want to remind folks that that's happening. And maybe 00:13:07.079 --> 00:13:10.398 - I'll ask now, Tara, if there's anything else besides 00:13:11.170 --> 00:13:18.595 - you know, new logos or names or whatever for the materials. Is there anything else that you need from 00:13:18.595 --> 00:13:26.093 - the commission to start prepping for that? I don't think so. I need to follow up with Julie about what 00:13:26.093 --> 00:13:33.446 - we can do and what we can order. But I have completed the form to reserve our spot so we can confirm 00:13:33.446 --> 00:13:40.798 - that we have a space at the pavilion. So I think we have another business meeting before that event. 00:13:41.282 --> 00:13:48.409 - So in the interim, I'll talk to Julie and then Ken report back on what we'll have then. OK. Yeah. I 00:13:48.409 --> 00:13:55.963 - think maybe if we want to have copies of the resolutions that we've passed maybe in the last year, people 00:13:55.963 --> 00:14:03.518 - to look at or things like that might be something. OK. Yeah. We could do a form the way we've done other. 00:14:04.098 --> 00:14:11.130 - information collecting from the Commission if people have specific suggestions of materials too. Like 00:14:11.130 --> 00:14:18.162 - if I can compile all of it or you can compile all of it. Okay, awesome. Excellent. Definitely looking 00:14:18.162 --> 00:14:25.332 - forward to that and thanks to everyone who's helping. Okay, as usual I've got a list of resources there 00:14:25.332 --> 00:14:26.366 - if you want to 00:14:26.818 --> 00:14:32.980 - linked to anything in the report. But otherwise, I think that's it for me. So any questions before we 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:39.082 - move on to the next item? Also, thanks. It looks like we've looked on making things accessible since 00:14:39.082 --> 00:14:45.365 - our new accessibility guidelines are coming into play very soon. I might connect with you more on that. 00:14:45.365 --> 00:14:51.588 - There's a few templates that were provided today that could help going forward. Yeah, thanks for that. 00:14:51.588 --> 00:14:56.542 - Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, definitely feel free to forward those things along to me. 00:14:56.802 --> 00:15:05.276 - Yeah, just took my swing at the requirements and ran it through a couple checkers and stuff, but there's 00:15:05.276 --> 00:15:13.589 - still some pack materials and stuff that need to be sort of propped to alignment there. Awesome. Okay, 00:15:13.589 --> 00:15:21.901 - great. Any other questions? We're getting the screen blinks. I don't know what causes that. It's okay, 00:15:21.901 --> 00:15:23.838 - we can just level this. 00:15:24.098 --> 00:15:31.178 - If you just cross your eyes, it probably looks normal. Okay, perfect. All righty, so that's my report. 00:15:31.178 --> 00:15:38.257 - Matt, do you have anything for us on waste management? I'm going to skip my report this week so we can 00:15:38.257 --> 00:15:45.406 - get on to all the work we've got. Okay, wonderful. All right, that brings us to a report from Councilor 00:15:45.406 --> 00:15:53.310 - Exaficio. Council Member Rallo, do you have anything for us? Just a few things. So, Hopewell Development, which is 00:15:53.538 --> 00:16:00.055 - You know, a big deal that city-owned land that we're developing, including priorities for affordable 00:16:00.055 --> 00:16:06.637 - housing has been, uh, we have a second discussion on it, uh, on March 25th, uh, regular session. And, 00:16:06.637 --> 00:16:13.154 - um, it may conclude that, that evening. We may have some reasonable conditions. We can't amend it as 00:16:13.154 --> 00:16:20.574 - it comes from the planning commission, but we can agree with the petitioner on some reasonable conditions. Um, so. 00:16:21.506 --> 00:16:28.744 - might want to pay attention to that. Another item is that our deliberative session is tomorrow evening 00:16:28.744 --> 00:16:35.841 - at 630. That's to discuss council budget priorities for the year and include things that are related 00:16:35.841 --> 00:16:43.078 - to sustainability, climate action plan, transportation, safe streets for all, affordable housing, food 00:16:43.078 --> 00:16:50.878 - security, renewable energy, and those sorts of things. So that's tomorrow at 630 and that's to indicate to the 00:16:50.978 --> 00:16:57.961 - administration or top priorities from the council. So then when we see the budget later in the year, 00:16:57.961 --> 00:17:04.875 - we hope to see that there's some money devoted for those things. And they follow on things like the 00:17:04.875 --> 00:17:11.858 - climate action plan, et cetera. So I think that's all I've got. Thanks so much. Any questions? Yeah. 00:17:11.858 --> 00:17:13.310 - Yeah. I asked Isaac. 00:17:14.210 --> 00:17:20.634 - and he mentioned I was asking about the resolution we had for the increasing chicken flock sizes and 00:17:20.634 --> 00:17:26.995 - he said you mentioned that in the committee so I wasn't sure what we needed to do to get that up to 00:17:26.995 --> 00:17:33.483 - city council to start debating. You know it's been sort of discussed among members here and there and 00:17:33.483 --> 00:17:39.843 - we're sort of in a tight spot right now because we don't have any administrative staff. Our council 00:17:39.843 --> 00:17:40.670 - attorney and 00:17:40.898 --> 00:17:47.754 - uh, assistant attorney positions have to be filled. So we're sort of in a, in a state of limbo for a 00:17:47.754 --> 00:17:54.611 - little while, but it's certainly on the docket and, uh, I support, I support it. So I think Isabelle 00:17:54.611 --> 00:18:01.535 - is another, uh, person who might sponsor and so forth. So it's there. It's just going to take a while 00:18:01.535 --> 00:18:07.102 - because we're doing what's absolutely necessary just to keep the city. Thank you. 00:18:07.266 --> 00:18:15.701 - Like the name change code, is it something where if we did draft legislation as an amendment to a resolution, 00:18:15.701 --> 00:18:23.370 - it's helpful to counsel? I think that would be a good help, yeah. I mean, it would have to pass the 00:18:23.370 --> 00:18:31.345 - muster of whatever attorney to make sure, you know, I'm not an attorney, you know, but. But as a. Yeah, 00:18:31.345 --> 00:18:35.486 - as a template. That would be great. Love to see that. 00:18:42.594 --> 00:18:49.844 - Thank you very much. Any other questions? All right. Well, then that brings us on the amended agenda 00:18:49.844 --> 00:18:57.093 - to the officer elections. So let me pull up the slides. Let's mention a couple reminders here. I did 00:18:57.093 --> 00:19:04.414 - lower the resolution of my slides a little bit. So at least it's not so giant compared to the rest of 00:19:04.414 --> 00:19:09.726 - the packet materials here. It's still kind of giant. Okay. So you've seen 00:19:10.018 --> 00:19:15.842 - This slide, a couple times before, you don't have to read through all this now. This is kind of just 00:19:15.842 --> 00:19:21.782 - a reference thing, but these are just the rules and requirements that relate to elections in some way, 00:19:21.782 --> 00:19:27.722 - shape, or form for this commission. The real stuff that pertains to us for the most part today is just 00:19:27.722 --> 00:19:33.834 - the description of the different positions here. So we've had a couple discussions about this at previous 00:19:33.834 --> 00:19:39.774 - meetings and about what the format should be and all that, and we sort of just landed on having a more 00:19:40.514 --> 00:19:46.504 - casual process like we've done in the past, where we kind of just go position by position and ask if 00:19:46.504 --> 00:19:52.494 - anyone wants to do it. And then we just work out the votes from there. And so yeah, should be pretty 00:19:52.494 --> 00:19:58.603 - straightforward. And I'm sorry, the last bullet point there on vice chairperson seems to have been cut 00:19:58.603 --> 00:20:04.593 - off there. But it's basically just saying that in the absence of the secretary, the vice chairperson 00:20:04.593 --> 00:20:09.278 - is responsible for taking the minutes. And Tara knows this well. That's right. 00:20:09.858 --> 00:20:16.236 - And again, there's sort of two paradigms. We could have a chairperson slash vice chairperson, which 00:20:16.236 --> 00:20:22.806 - we've done for the last few years, or two co-chairs, where the co-chairs decide how they want to split 00:20:22.806 --> 00:20:29.695 - up responsibilities, and then the commission, at the next meeting, votes on signing off on that, basically. 00:20:29.695 --> 00:20:36.520 - So we'll start at the chairperson and work our way down. So is there anyone who wants to make a nomination 00:20:36.520 --> 00:20:39.326 - for chairperson? I nominate Justin. Second. 00:20:40.162 --> 00:20:49.421 - Thank you. I'll accept the nomination. I guess let me ask if there's other nominations for a chair. 00:20:49.421 --> 00:20:59.421 - Only once. Only twice. All right. Let me ask this. Is there anyone who'd be interested in being a co-chair? 00:20:59.421 --> 00:21:08.958 - Theoretically, I would. To help share the load with you, for you to help share the load theoretically, 00:21:09.186 --> 00:21:15.941 - coming forward are really wanting it, to be completely honest with you. In practice, the vice chair, 00:21:15.941 --> 00:21:22.963 - it says that the chairperson can delegate pretty much whatever they want. So it's functionally the same. 00:21:22.963 --> 00:21:30.253 - It's really a title difference. It's delegated rather than a cooperative discussion making, but it functions 00:21:30.253 --> 00:21:32.126 - effectively the same thing. 00:21:34.114 --> 00:21:42.853 - At least under this administration. All right. Any other nominees for Chipper? All right. In that case, 00:21:42.853 --> 00:21:51.591 - we'll move to a vote. I don't know. Should I call the vote? That seems weird. We need to do a roll call 00:21:51.591 --> 00:22:00.162 - vote. We do need a roll call vote for this, yeah. You have a copy of the agenda in front of you. It's 00:22:00.162 --> 00:22:01.758 - got the list of... 00:22:01.954 --> 00:22:09.183 - people there. And Shing-Wai is the only one who's absent, and I don't think we had anyone else join 00:22:09.183 --> 00:22:16.412 - on that. All right, so. Sorry, I'm doing two jobs. Yep, exactly. Yep, whenever you're ready. I will 00:22:16.412 --> 00:22:23.714 - delegate the floor to the vice chair. So this is for the nomination of Justin Vassel as chair of the 00:22:23.714 --> 00:22:30.654 - commission. Tarun Underdale, yes? Justin Vassel? Yes. Matt Austin? Yes. Christopher Miles? Aye. 00:22:31.298 --> 00:22:40.838 - Zach Emmerman? Yes. Dave Rallo? Yes. Quentin Gilley? Yes. Alex York? Yes. Maria Arstad? Yes. 00:22:40.838 --> 00:22:51.403 - Diana Ogrodowsky? Yes. Ross Carlson? Yes. Congratulations, Justin. Well, thank you very much and thank 00:22:51.403 --> 00:22:54.686 - you for the vote of confidence. 00:22:55.266 --> 00:23:01.523 - I've had a lot of fun being chair. This will probably be the last time that I do it. So start thinking 00:23:01.523 --> 00:23:07.659 - ahead for next year. I think it is good to have new leadership from time to time. But I'm definitely 00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:13.916 - looking forward to the year ahead. So OK, then. And thank you, Tara, for taking the roll call on that. 00:23:13.916 --> 00:23:19.870 - We'll then move on to the vice chairperson position. Are there any nominees for vice chairperson? 00:23:24.674 --> 00:23:32.905 - I'm just going to say, are you interested that I would nominate Zach Ammerman? OK. We have a nomination 00:23:32.905 --> 00:23:40.582 - for Zach. Can we have a second? Excellent. Are there any other nominations for vice chairperson? 00:23:40.582 --> 00:23:49.287 - All right. Hearing none, we'll move on to a vote to elect Zach Ammerman as vice chairperson. Tara Dunderdale? 00:23:49.287 --> 00:23:53.086 - Yes. Yes. Justin Vassel, yes. Matt Austin? Yes. 00:23:53.442 --> 00:24:01.414 - Yes. Christopher Miles? Yes. Yes. Zach Goverman? Yes. Yes. Dave Roller? Yes. Yes. Quentin Gilley? Yes. 00:24:01.414 --> 00:24:09.463 - Yes. Alex Yorke? Yes. Yes. Marina Arstapp? Yes. Yes. Shenglai Xu is absent. Diana Ogrodowsky? Yes. Yes. 00:24:09.463 --> 00:24:17.357 - And Ross Carlson? Yes. Yes. You got a mess of vote. Congratulations. Thank you. OK. That brings us to 00:24:17.357 --> 00:24:22.078 - the secretary position. There are nominations for secretary. 00:24:27.138 --> 00:24:34.328 - If that's what you're looking at, we can do that. All right. We have a nomination for Tara Dunderdale. 00:24:34.328 --> 00:24:41.588 - Second. Second. Perfect. Any other nominations for secretary? I accept. That's good. We should probably 00:24:41.588 --> 00:24:48.709 - confirm that before we hold a vote, shouldn't we? That's right. All right. Contentious elections this 00:24:48.709 --> 00:24:56.318 - year. All right. We'll move on to the vote then to elect Tara Dunderdale as secretary. Tara Dunderdale. Yes. 00:24:56.578 --> 00:25:05.032 - Yes, Justin Vassel, yes. Matt Austin. Yes. Yes. Christopher Miles. Yes. Yes. Zach Armorman. Yes. Yes. 00:25:05.032 --> 00:25:13.568 - Dave Rollin. Yes. Yes. Quinta Gilley. Yes. Yes. Alex York. Yes. Yes. Maria Arstod. Yes. Yes. Changlias 00:25:13.568 --> 00:25:22.685 - Absin. Diana Ogrodowski. Yes. Yes. And Ross Carlson. Yes. Yes. All right. See you now. Nice. Congratulations. 00:25:22.685 --> 00:25:24.094 - Congratulations. 00:25:24.514 --> 00:25:31.235 - And thank you for your service. Continued service. Discovery, I don't know how to spell it. We're unanimous, 00:25:31.235 --> 00:25:37.401 - though. Oh, yeah. Just several times all wrong. All right. And that brings us to our last position, 00:25:37.401 --> 00:25:43.813 - which is the treasurer. This is always the most exciting position to vote for. So just for some context 00:25:43.813 --> 00:25:50.410 - here, the official role of the treasurer is to facilitate the preparation of the annual budget as required 00:25:50.410 --> 00:25:51.582 - by municipal code. 00:25:52.098 --> 00:25:57.919 - We've generally had a zero dollar budget, at least since I've been on the commission, so we don't really 00:25:57.919 --> 00:26:03.629 - prepare a budget. But also to facilitate efforts of the commission members to identify funding sources 00:26:03.629 --> 00:26:09.506 - in order to execute the strategic goals of the commission. We could definitely use a hand in that regard, 00:26:09.506 --> 00:26:15.493 - I would say. But yeah, so currently, Matt Austin is the treasurer. Yeah, questions? I just have a question. 00:26:15.493 --> 00:26:20.926 - If this is an appropriate time to ask one about that. Yeah. So as you've just been elected as the 00:26:21.474 --> 00:26:28.845 - for the next year, do you have any plans that would involve seeking funding that would necessitate something 00:26:28.845 --> 00:26:35.743 - like a formal budget? I think it would be great if we could identify some outside sources of funding, 00:26:35.743 --> 00:26:42.574 - even if we had $1,000 in the bank. That would be awesome, I think. So I think it would be good to at 00:26:42.574 --> 00:26:49.336 - least kind of build up a little bit of that muscle memory and institutional momentum on that front, 00:26:49.336 --> 00:26:51.230 - because it's not that much. 00:26:51.458 --> 00:26:58.835 - Is the treasurer a position that involves grant writing? Potentially. But certainly, you wouldn't be 00:26:58.835 --> 00:27:06.432 - alone in that, right? Other commissioners could help with that as well. Yeah, officially, it would just 00:27:06.432 --> 00:27:13.956 - be identifying grants and then say, somebody apply to this. My personal preference would be to prepare 00:27:13.956 --> 00:27:18.046 - the grant and give it to the treasurer. That's just me. 00:27:22.146 --> 00:27:30.583 - Are you saying you're interested in being a treasurer? Not necessarily. I was just trying to clarify 00:27:30.583 --> 00:27:39.103 - some possibilities. Fair enough. All right. Well, are there any further questions about the treasurer 00:27:39.103 --> 00:27:47.038 - position? Are there any nominations for treasurer? Well, I will put in a nomination for Chris. 00:27:49.154 --> 00:27:57.417 - the only hesitation to have this thing a little up in the air for me to come later in the year, so I'm 00:27:57.417 --> 00:28:05.679 - not the safest bet for an annual position in that regard. I know it wouldn't want to disrupt anything. 00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:14.022 - Fair enough. We have been operating without a secretary for a while. We don't recommend you doing that. 00:28:14.022 --> 00:28:16.830 - Are there monthly duties involved? 00:28:18.178 --> 00:28:28.231 - It's mostly, at this point, a nice resume, sir. Outside of us actually pursuing stuff? Yeah. I'm getting 00:28:28.231 --> 00:28:37.806 - a strong feeling that a full board would be preferred here. We would prefer to have no vacancies in 00:28:37.806 --> 00:28:43.934 - the ranks, but others could also nominate others or themselves. 00:28:46.274 --> 00:28:54.354 - I can't second my own. I second. Okay. Do I have to accept formally? We very much prefer you accept 00:28:54.354 --> 00:29:02.595 - before we vote on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Except the nomination and then you can have it, but you can't 00:29:02.595 --> 00:29:10.998 - accept the nomination then. Okay. That would be great. That's right. So it's a volatile situation. With 00:29:10.998 --> 00:29:15.038 - great power. That's right. Okay. Are there any... 00:29:15.554 --> 00:29:23.668 - Are there any additional nominations? Great. This was the position that was really contentional. I know, 00:29:23.668 --> 00:29:31.781 - right? Yeah. How dare you take that position? All right. If there are no further nominations, then we'll 00:29:31.781 --> 00:29:39.817 - move on to a vote to elect Christopher Miles as the treasurer. Tar Donerville? Yes. Yes. Justin Vassel, 00:29:39.817 --> 00:29:44.222 - yes. Matt Austin? Yes. Yes. Christopher Miles? Yes. Yes. 00:29:44.546 --> 00:29:52.915 - Zach Ammerman? Yes. Yes. Dave Rolla? Yes. Yes. Quentin Gilley? Yes. Yes. Alex York? Yes. Yes. 00:29:52.915 --> 00:30:02.175 - Maria Arstod? Yes. Yes. Shane Wye is absent, I believe. Just a little check. Diana Obradosky? Yes. Yes. 00:30:02.175 --> 00:30:10.366 - And Ross Carlson? Yes. Yes. All right. Congratulations, and thank you for your service. OK. 00:30:11.330 --> 00:30:19.733 - That wraps up the elections for 2026. So congratulations to everybody. Well done, and thank you everybody 00:30:19.733 --> 00:30:27.661 - for stepping up. All right, that brings us back to our regularly scheduled programming. Item number 00:30:27.661 --> 00:30:35.589 - seven, discussions of topic, not the subject of resolutions. So that is the commission logo update. 00:30:35.589 --> 00:30:39.870 - And I'm kind of using the word logo loosely here. So. 00:30:40.194 --> 00:30:46.785 - Yeah, exactly. So it's just kind of word art, really. I've put together a couple of options. We can 00:30:46.785 --> 00:30:53.705 - choose to go with one of these options today. We don't have to. We can choose to come up with additional 00:30:53.705 --> 00:31:00.296 - options. Sorry to interrupt you. I just don't want you to get ahead of yourself. I've been informed 00:31:00.296 --> 00:31:07.018 - that commissions are not supposed to actually move forward using the city logo, like the city symbol, 00:31:07.018 --> 00:31:08.798 - and to have a formal logo. 00:31:08.930 --> 00:31:16.715 - I've asked the Office of the Mayor Legal, Julius, to reach out to you with more of a formal explanation 00:31:16.715 --> 00:31:24.426 - about why. I'm sure you're curious about just the policy around that. But yeah, so just to inform you. 00:31:24.426 --> 00:31:32.061 - But isn't it on our city website? Yeah, it's there now. Like on the Bloomington.ian.gov? Yeah. That's 00:31:32.061 --> 00:31:36.478 - our current logo right now, isn't it? That's what's on it. 00:31:36.642 --> 00:31:42.421 - Our page, our commission page. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I don't know if it's on the website, but it's on all 00:31:42.421 --> 00:31:48.257 - of our documents, like our resolutions and things, which is, I mean, if we need to change it, you need 00:31:48.257 --> 00:31:54.093 - to change it. But that is the preset thing, I think. I mean, we could just remove the seal from it and 00:31:54.093 --> 00:32:00.042 - just have a masthead, just the words, at least for now until, and maybe we get other guidance and decide 00:32:00.042 --> 00:32:03.102 - if there's a process or something, or we could always 00:32:03.298 --> 00:32:11.187 - Make our own logo or something, have any fun. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Sorry, I got really excited. 00:32:11.187 --> 00:32:19.569 - We could also, I've noticed some of the other commissions have done youth essay contests. We could do 00:32:19.569 --> 00:32:27.869 - an art contest. Oh, yeah, that would be cool. I just have one point. Yeah. If the concern be is that 00:32:27.869 --> 00:32:30.334 - it scrunches the bottom line, 00:32:31.618 --> 00:32:39.636 - Is there policy reasons you couldn't use an ampersand and increase the font visibility? I wouldn't have 00:32:39.636 --> 00:32:47.576 - an issue with that. I think it serves the same. That would help a little bit, yeah. I imagine we could 00:32:47.576 --> 00:32:55.516 - do that. I like the third one, especially if the city is going to say, you can't use any of our stuff. 00:32:55.516 --> 00:32:59.294 - That one's the one that's the easiest and is our 00:33:00.066 --> 00:33:07.199 - I think if you can't, this is single. Our mission central, yeah. If I had to pick between those three, 00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:14.125 - I'd go with up and C, yeah, as well. Agreed. Agreed. OK. That's pretty easy. Anyone who's like A or 00:33:14.125 --> 00:33:21.051 - B, that's the one. Any dissenting opinions? Correct. I'd like to be better for the waiting, but I'd 00:33:21.051 --> 00:33:27.838 - rather be here. How does that one look in the back of the room? You're seeing it from a distance. 00:33:28.258 --> 00:33:36.990 - I mean, when it was stable, when I was looking at my phone earlier, I mean, I'd like that it is focused 00:33:36.990 --> 00:33:45.554 - on our less on the commission and more on the mission of the work. And that's like the thing that is. 00:33:45.554 --> 00:33:54.035 - For option C, you're talking about? Yeah. OK, yeah, same. Yeah. And I think if the city doesn't want 00:33:54.035 --> 00:33:55.294 - us to be using 00:33:55.746 --> 00:34:03.519 - City Branding, that was also the farthest from City Branding. Yeah, just because it doesn't say City 00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:11.369 - of Bloomington, that sort of thing. Do you know, smidge off topic, but are we going to go by BCOSR or 00:34:11.369 --> 00:34:19.066 - BCSR? That's a good question. I've seen some instances of BCOSR in emails. I've seen one with the R 00:34:19.066 --> 00:34:24.222 - in parentheses. I think I still refer to it as BCOS at some point. 00:34:25.186 --> 00:34:32.125 - We can also talk about that now, because I think it's all part of the kind of branding discussion. What 00:34:32.125 --> 00:34:38.797 - do folks think about that? I thought that was settled. I thought we were just Bcos, but we have the 00:34:38.797 --> 00:34:45.603 - R. I know we've talked about it a little bit before. But I mean, I'm not partial to that necessarily. 00:34:45.603 --> 00:34:52.542 - I think saying it out loud, rolling off the tongue, like Bcos rolls off tongue, Bcos, it kind of works. 00:34:55.682 --> 00:35:01.090 - I think part of the reason why, when we were thinking of the different variations of the name that we 00:35:01.090 --> 00:35:06.551 - went with, you know, just and resilience, was that it still had the same core. And those things didn't 00:35:06.551 --> 00:35:12.013 - get flipped around anywhere. Well, I think we were afraid it would be confusing, too, for anyone who's 00:35:12.013 --> 00:35:17.421 - switching over, if they are familiar with PCOS at all. Right, yeah. And this would just be stuff that 00:35:17.421 --> 00:35:22.829 - we would use on our own internal documents, because we can't. Yeah. We don't abbreviate. Yeah. And we 00:35:22.829 --> 00:35:25.374 - don't make public. We can't independently make. 00:35:25.730 --> 00:35:33.207 - like press releases, it has to go through the city's legal department, and branding is part of that 00:35:33.207 --> 00:35:40.684 - probably. So yeah, because, because, I guess just to use it however you want. OK, great. So part of 00:35:40.684 --> 00:35:48.310 - the reason this is on the agenda for today is just because we have this event coming up where we want 00:35:48.310 --> 00:35:54.142 - to print some stuff. So we want to have something that we can print on there. 00:35:54.242 --> 00:36:00.440 - It sounds like people are mostly in consensus about option C. Do we want to take a quick vote on that? 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:06.578 - It can even just be a voice vote for option C minus the city seal. And then at a later meeting, if we 00:36:06.578 --> 00:36:12.896 - hear back from Julius or the team at the city and there's a way to appropriate that again, we can always 00:36:12.896 --> 00:36:18.974 - revisit it at another time. Awesome. All right. So yeah, let's move to a vote on that then to adopt. 00:36:19.362 --> 00:36:27.967 - option C without the city seal as sort of the official masthead going forward. All those in favor say 00:36:27.967 --> 00:36:36.403 - aye. Aye. All opposed nay. Any abstentions. All right perfect. It is approved. Thank you very much. 00:36:36.403 --> 00:36:45.598 - Okay that brings us to agenda item eight resolutions for second reading. So resolution 2026-02 and there's a 00:36:46.146 --> 00:36:53.884 - couple items in the packet here related to this. The first one that we have here is this community joint 00:36:53.884 --> 00:37:01.401 - letter supporting the resolution. And this was mentioned at our last meeting. We had some folks speak 00:37:01.401 --> 00:37:08.844 - during public comment, and they read the text of this letter out loud and mentioned that they had, I 00:37:08.844 --> 00:37:10.686 - want to say roughly 150. 00:37:10.978 --> 00:37:19.746 - 155 signatures at the time. And I think since that meeting, they got an additional 20 some. And so this 00:37:19.746 --> 00:37:28.515 - version in the packet is the version that has the full list of signatures in it. So I wanted to include 00:37:28.515 --> 00:37:37.367 - that there for the record. And then there's this memo that was written by the sponsors of the resolution 00:37:37.367 --> 00:37:40.318 - just laying out. This is the TLDR. 00:37:40.418 --> 00:37:47.375 - purpose of the resolution because it's a bit longer. So we won't go through and read this right now, 00:37:47.375 --> 00:37:54.470 - but you should have a copy of it in front of you or near you if you want to take a look. And then here 00:37:54.470 --> 00:38:01.841 - we have the core of the resolution language. So there's a lot of whereas clauses. That's a lot of research 00:38:01.841 --> 00:38:08.798 - type stuff. And then there's four sections to the, you know, therefore, sorry, five sections to the, 00:38:09.378 --> 00:38:17.515 - Therefore, be it resolved sections. So section one there is just findings. Section two are recommendations 00:38:17.515 --> 00:38:25.119 - to the common council. I do have an amendment queued up to make some changes to that. Section three 00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:32.800 - is recommendations to city administration. Section four is a statement of values for the commission. 00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:36.830 - And then section five is just who this should go to. 00:38:38.338 --> 00:38:44.385 - I guess I'll open it up for discussion. And maybe real quick before we open the floor, I'll just mention 00:38:44.385 --> 00:38:50.202 - that the amendment that I have queued up is just a couple of things. A lot of it's just bookkeeping. 00:38:50.202 --> 00:38:56.076 - We did have a name change since then. So it's just going through and replacing all of those. And then 00:38:56.076 --> 00:39:02.296 - in the first instance of that name change, I've just put in parentheses the commission, because I reference 00:39:02.296 --> 00:39:07.134 - the commission referring to us several times throughout the resolution. Same thing. 00:39:07.394 --> 00:39:14.790 - a sustainable development goal mentioned somewhere, and then there's SDG listed later, and so I just 00:39:14.790 --> 00:39:22.332 - wanted to put a parenthesis there. Again, there were some code changes, so our section of the code for 00:39:22.332 --> 00:39:29.727 - BCOS, BCOSR, isn't 2.12.100 anymore, it's 2.02.120, so there's some changes there. And then the only 00:39:29.727 --> 00:39:36.830 - real substantive thing is a new whereas clause that would go right at the end, and that is just, 00:39:37.186 --> 00:39:43.534 - Um, referencing what city council has done since the last time we met, um, which was they passed their 00:39:43.534 --> 00:39:49.944 - own resolution, um, about, um, flock and automated license plate readers. Um, and, uh, that resolution, 00:39:49.944 --> 00:39:56.415 - um, you know, had some, uh, requirements for a briefing to be held, you know, public briefing to council 00:39:56.415 --> 00:40:03.071 - and some other things there. So, so that final whereas clause would just acknowledge that that is something 00:40:03.071 --> 00:40:05.598 - that happened. Um, and then section two. 00:40:05.730 --> 00:40:11.654 - uh, would be rewritten. I've got the language there in the amendment form. Um, that would just be, that 00:40:11.654 --> 00:40:17.349 - would change the recommendations to council to not say, we think you should have a briefing because 00:40:17.349 --> 00:40:23.558 - now they've agreed to do that. Um, so basically, um, just to say, hey, here's, here's some model legislation 00:40:23.558 --> 00:40:29.253 - that we think, uh, you know, would be good for future considerations. Um, so, uh, maybe before I go 00:40:29.253 --> 00:40:35.006 - through the process of actually introducing that amendment, like making a motion for it, let me just 00:40:35.138 --> 00:40:42.013 - Open up the floor to get some initial discussions. Can I just ask if we could just really quickly review 00:40:42.013 --> 00:40:48.692 - what the process is for this? Because I think we're in the nested motions. Yeah, that's a good point. 00:40:48.692 --> 00:40:55.501 - Yeah, so basically what we'll do, and that's actually a good point, because really the next step should 00:40:55.501 --> 00:41:01.918 - be to somebody makes a motion to adopt this, and then there's a second. And then we enter debate. 00:41:02.210 --> 00:41:07.240 - and so that's when we have all of our discussions, that's when amendments get offered, that sort of 00:41:07.240 --> 00:41:12.774 - thing. So then if an amendment is being offered, somebody makes a motion during that debate for an amendment, 00:41:12.774 --> 00:41:18.005 - somebody seconds it, then we move into debate about that amendment. So now we're kind of in this nested 00:41:18.005 --> 00:41:23.237 - thing, like we're just in amendment mode. And then once we're done with discussion, we then have a vote 00:41:23.237 --> 00:41:28.669 - on that amendment, it either passes or it fails, and then we're back into the broader resolution discussion 00:41:28.669 --> 00:41:30.430 - where more amendments can be made, 00:41:30.562 --> 00:41:39.351 - or we can wrap up discussion and move to a final vote to adopt. So does that process make sense? No, 00:41:39.351 --> 00:41:48.139 - we can make the amendments right here. It's just the initial reading of the unamended version has to 00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:56.928 - be done twice. So given that, let me make a motion to adopt this resolution so we can actually go to 00:41:56.928 --> 00:41:58.494 - the debate phase. 00:41:58.754 --> 00:42:06.541 - And there's a second, okay. So now we're in the debate phase. Any other questions or anything about 00:42:06.541 --> 00:42:14.328 - this before we tackle the amendment? Okay, not hearing any. So I'll make a motion then to amend the 00:42:14.328 --> 00:42:22.427 - resolution as provided for in the resolution amendment form that I attached to the packet. Let me bring 00:42:22.427 --> 00:42:26.398 - that up on the screen just so everyone can see it. 00:42:27.362 --> 00:42:32.697 - Is this one motion for all of the amendments? So the changes in code? Yeah, I'm just doing all this 00:42:32.697 --> 00:42:38.138 - as a batch. I figured that would be a much easier thing to do. Again, the only real substantive thing 00:42:38.138 --> 00:42:43.633 - is this new language about what city council has done since the last time we met, and the rest is just 00:42:43.633 --> 00:42:48.967 - kind of like housekeeping stuff. I think that we could nest one level further if we wanted to amend 00:42:48.967 --> 00:42:54.622 - the amendment. We can amend on an amendment. Yeah, but then beyond that, you've got to edit stuff, right? 00:42:54.622 --> 00:42:55.262 - Yeah, yeah. 00:42:55.394 --> 00:43:01.357 - Yeah, so we can inception that if we want for that level. Yeah, like, I mean, if somebody saw like a 00:43:01.357 --> 00:43:07.379 - typo in my amendment here, that would be a time to amend the amendment, right? Yeah, so yeah, so this 00:43:07.379 --> 00:43:13.341 - is what the amendment is, and it did include in the pack materials, hopefully people got a chance to 00:43:13.341 --> 00:43:19.777 - take a look, just the change log here of what it would actually look like where these changes are happening. 00:43:19.777 --> 00:43:23.614 - So you can see the bulk of the stuff is kind of at the end here. 00:43:25.890 --> 00:43:31.655 - But let me bring it back up to that summary form, because it's a little easier to see everything at 00:43:31.655 --> 00:43:37.766 - once. So any discussion about the amendment? Sorry. You moved to adopt the amendment. Was there a second? 00:43:37.766 --> 00:43:43.589 - Oh, yeah. No, sorry. I did move to adopt the amendment, and I don't think there was a second, right? 00:43:43.589 --> 00:43:49.412 - So was there a second? Second. OK. Thank you. Great. So now we're in discussion. Any thoughts on the 00:43:49.412 --> 00:43:50.046 - amendment? 00:43:55.554 --> 00:44:04.912 - I think these are good changes. I mean, some of them are necessary changes for it to be correct, given 00:44:04.912 --> 00:44:14.089 - the changes that have happened to city code and our commission. And I think it's useful to reference 00:44:14.089 --> 00:44:23.902 - the work that council has already done. Perfect. Any other comments? All right. Then we can move to a vote. 00:44:24.034 --> 00:44:34.151 - on the amendment to the resolution. Just jot down a note for myself here. Okay, and we'll do a roll 00:44:34.151 --> 00:44:44.774 - call vote for all this stuff. Yeah, okay, so on the amendment to the resolution, Tara? Yes. Yes, Justin, 00:44:44.774 --> 00:44:53.374 - yes. Matt? Yes. Yes, Christopher? Yes. Yes, Zach? Yes. Yes, Dave? Yes. Quentin? Yes. 00:44:53.506 --> 00:45:02.936 - Yes. Alex? Yes. Yes. Maria? Yes. Yes. Shang Lai is the last one. Diana? Yes. Yes. And Ross? Yes. Yes. 00:45:02.936 --> 00:45:12.367 - Okay. The amendment passes 11 to 0. Okay. So that brings us back into the main resolution. So this is 00:45:12.367 --> 00:45:21.705 - a time to discuss the resolution, ask questions, share your thoughts about it, or propose additional 00:45:21.705 --> 00:45:22.814 - amendments. 00:45:23.074 --> 00:45:29.468 - I will note that I had sent out some emails about if there were amendments that people wanted to bring 00:45:29.468 --> 00:45:35.739 - forward, they could send in a spreadsheet with those details. I didn't get anything back. But if you 00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:42.195 - still had something you wanted to amend, we can still do that here live. I had a thought that I'm sorry 00:45:42.195 --> 00:45:48.403 - that I'm this late in bringing up. I would leave it to you all to decide whether or not it warrants 00:45:48.403 --> 00:45:52.190 - amendment. So I'd like the resolution as is of no issue with 00:45:52.290 --> 00:46:00.071 - adopting it as is. The only thought I had was, so I appreciate invoking the code that establishes the 00:46:00.071 --> 00:46:08.386 - commission and even you would presumably invoke the code that establishes the department that the commission 00:46:08.386 --> 00:46:16.091 - is under. In terms of linking the thesis of the amendment to the rationale for the board's existence 00:46:16.091 --> 00:46:22.270 - and its mandate, one thing I thought that I didn't necessarily notice here might 00:46:23.202 --> 00:46:31.362 - add something to that is Flock is a company that operates using enormous amounts of computing power 00:46:31.362 --> 00:46:39.685 - for machine learning, is an advocate for data center construction, employs quote unquote AI, which is 00:46:39.685 --> 00:46:47.600 - a major tapper of all kinds of different water resources, and so on and so on. There is a direct 00:46:47.600 --> 00:46:52.414 - sustainability quotient, not even getting into like mining 00:46:52.930 --> 00:47:00.296 - and conflict minerals, et cetera, that I think the question of enlisting more and more, quote unquote, 00:47:00.296 --> 00:47:08.020 - AI concerns, doing the business of city government, et cetera, I think would add something to the rationale 00:47:08.020 --> 00:47:15.171 - that is already laid out here and already linked to the SDG mandate in your proposal. So that's why 00:47:15.171 --> 00:47:21.822 - I say, I don't know how significant this is, but I didn't know of explicit language to that. 00:47:21.922 --> 00:47:27.746 - would align this even more obviously for someone taking a look at it, wondering why a sustainability 00:47:27.746 --> 00:47:33.744 - commission would be the sort of one out front on this or not. But that was just a thought. I don't know 00:47:33.744 --> 00:47:39.511 - if it's worth amending. I don't know how much work that would take. And I don't want people to have 00:47:39.511 --> 00:47:45.566 - to stay late today if they don't want to. Sure. Any other thoughts on that? That's a good point. I think 00:47:45.566 --> 00:47:51.102 - it's a really good point. Can I address that question? In terms of what the additional work is, 00:47:51.330 --> 00:47:58.420 - writing down the additional whereas clause that we want to add in here. I would have had that done. 00:47:58.420 --> 00:48:06.148 - Yeah. I was looking at this before the meeting, and I was like, I have not had the time to write a paragraph 00:48:06.148 --> 00:48:13.239 - to someone to you. I apologize for not having it. That said, that angle of it could also be grounds 00:48:13.239 --> 00:48:17.918 - for a subsequent resolution from the commission as well, on FLOC. 00:48:18.594 --> 00:48:24.185 - or automated license plate reader specifically, or on the city's use of technology that relies on data 00:48:24.185 --> 00:48:29.722 - centers and that kind of machine learning in general. I think either of those would be. And I do have 00:48:29.722 --> 00:48:35.367 - plans to potentially work on something having to do with data centers as well. So we can work that into 00:48:35.367 --> 00:48:40.958 - that if you want to do it in a second. And other commissioners have started some of that work as well. 00:48:56.290 --> 00:49:05.511 - I said this last time, I'll say it again, I'm super in support of this, I think it's fantastic, and 00:49:05.511 --> 00:49:14.732 - I think it's exactly the sort of work we should be doing. I'll throw a prompt out there. What about 00:49:14.732 --> 00:49:24.414 - section five here? So I picked out a couple of organizations to send this to. So the mayor, con council, 00:49:24.706 --> 00:49:32.299 - City Clerk, Corporation Council, Chief of Police, Board of Public Safety, and Bloomington-Monroe County 00:49:32.299 --> 00:49:39.892 - Human Rights Commission. Those are kind of the organizations that, in my mind, had some clear alignment 00:49:39.892 --> 00:49:47.266 - with this, some of them for different reasons. Does this seem like a good list to folks? Is anything 00:49:47.266 --> 00:49:51.646 - missing? Does one of these things not seem like it belongs? 00:49:52.290 --> 00:49:58.345 - Does it fall in? Maybe this would be a question of a subsequent one, but if the environmental commission 00:49:58.345 --> 00:50:04.342 - would be relevant. But I think that would require that. It would be more in their wheelhouse if we were 00:50:04.342 --> 00:50:10.108 - talking more explicitly about the data center impact. Yeah. I mean, I do think that this resolution 00:50:10.108 --> 00:50:16.278 - stands on its legs on its own, like the sociable sustainability side. That being said, including a whereas 00:50:16.278 --> 00:50:17.374 - wouldn't have been 00:50:18.114 --> 00:50:25.574 - terrible, but I don't have any problem sending it to the Environmental Commission to see if they want 00:50:25.574 --> 00:50:32.887 - to do some of that work on their side, if they're interested in that. Yeah. I mean, there's nothing 00:50:32.887 --> 00:50:40.346 - stopping you informally from sending it to the Chair. That's true. Yeah. Yeah. I can just agree to do 00:50:40.346 --> 00:50:47.806 - that, but even if it's not enough. Yeah. Four other organizations since Monroe County and IU are both 00:50:48.450 --> 00:50:54.463 - users of Flock, would it maybe be a good idea to send something to those organizations to be like, hey, 00:50:54.463 --> 00:51:00.361 - you know, very closely related community, is this something that you're recommending and thinking of? 00:51:00.361 --> 00:51:06.143 - Yeah, that's a good point. I think that could be valid, but since we're not technically part of the 00:51:06.143 --> 00:51:12.041 - Monroe County or IU, could we add that to the, I don't know, I think it would be something you'd have 00:51:12.041 --> 00:51:14.238 - to do informally, right, on the site? 00:51:14.338 --> 00:51:20.607 - I think, I mean, we can always send them something if we just need to identify who the right POC is. 00:51:20.607 --> 00:51:27.125 - Yes. You know what I mean? Just put it in the resolution. Yeah? OK. I think putting it in the resolution 00:51:27.125 --> 00:51:33.394 - would just carry the weight of saying, like, hey, this is... We're formally addressing this. Yes. We 00:51:33.394 --> 00:51:40.222 - wanted you to get this, not just, like, we've set this to all the community partners. I think that the, like, 00:51:40.482 --> 00:51:47.514 - really integrated jurisdictional nature of our community between like, are you counting? I mean, I know 00:51:47.514 --> 00:51:54.411 - that this is really impactful for like pedestrian safety, right? Is that like some of these roads are 00:51:54.411 --> 00:52:01.172 - I use and some of these are ours and some of these are the counties and then we'll get the state in 00:52:01.172 --> 00:52:08.542 - there. Um, so like this is, yeah, we are an integrated community of jurisdictions. And I think it's parking. 00:52:08.898 --> 00:52:17.107 - is who's currently using ALPRs on IU's campus. Oh, is it? It's not IUPD? Well, I don't know who owns 00:52:17.107 --> 00:52:25.315 - it, but it is being piloted currently in their parking facilities. So if we did this, what would the 00:52:25.315 --> 00:52:33.687 - amendment be to add it to board of trustees? And county council? County council, county council. Yeah, 00:52:33.687 --> 00:52:38.238 - and commissioners. Who else with IU? I mean, you could- 00:52:38.338 --> 00:52:44.617 - You could say the faculty council. You could say the parking. You could say parking facilities. It could 00:52:44.617 --> 00:52:50.836 - be the Office of Sustainability, even at IU. I mean, that's just sending it to Quinton. Well, you could 00:52:50.836 --> 00:52:57.174 - send it to... Formally sending it to Quinton. Yeah. Well, I would say you could send it to Transportation 00:52:57.174 --> 00:53:03.274 - Demand Management over there as well. Okay. Okay. Would there be a value in sending it to IUBD? Yeah, 00:53:03.274 --> 00:53:04.350 - that would be so. 00:53:04.450 --> 00:53:13.844 - No. No, maybe they're thinking about it. I don't know. It would be viable. Yeah. Should we have the 00:53:13.844 --> 00:53:23.332 - sheriff on there? We could. The county sheriff? Yeah. If we're doing this, it might as well. I don't 00:53:23.332 --> 00:53:33.854 - know if it would hurt. Sorry, I'm like, the pain about procedure. So are we proposing a single amendment to add 00:53:34.562 --> 00:53:42.614 - and then create a list of additional bodies that we want to transmit it to? OK. Yeah, it might be helpful 00:53:42.614 --> 00:53:50.362 - to get that core list and then make the motion. Yeah. I just want to write down what you were saying. 00:53:50.362 --> 00:53:58.033 - Because who really has, let's take IU for example, who has control over that? Is that something that 00:53:58.033 --> 00:54:04.414 - comes up to the board of trustees level? Is that something that they can, you know, 00:54:04.514 --> 00:54:11.337 - Obviously, they have a lot of policy-making power on campus, but is that something you want to say? 00:54:11.337 --> 00:54:18.365 - That's implementation stuff. Yeah. I was just going to say parking falls under auxiliaries, I believe, 00:54:18.365 --> 00:54:24.915 - which is Luke Cliff, which is office. I believe the person that's Amanda Turnip seen. I'm going 00:54:24.915 --> 00:54:29.214 - to double-check that. Somebody knows that they're using it for 00:54:29.410 --> 00:54:37.262 - I know that they're using it for parking because I'm an employee and it's in their parking documentation 00:54:37.262 --> 00:54:44.891 - that you still have to use your hang tag. Supposedly they'll let us get rid of the tags eventually if 00:54:44.891 --> 00:54:52.593 - it works. Yeah, but it's not in a few facilities, but I don't think they tell us which ones. Have they 00:54:52.593 --> 00:54:53.790 - been deflocked? 00:54:55.074 --> 00:55:00.672 - I don't know. I don't, I don't, I have like a commuter pass. So I go to park on campus like once a month. 00:55:00.672 --> 00:55:05.954 - So if we're making a list, do we have a, uh, I don't think it hurts to do the board of trustees and 00:55:05.954 --> 00:55:11.446 - the president of our units that we're not, not even going to do anything, but it's still just formally, 00:55:11.446 --> 00:55:17.150 - they're technically the people in charge of. Sure. They work in our city. Yeah. Yeah. So board of trustees, 00:55:17.150 --> 00:55:21.534 - president, Monroe County commission, Monroe County council, sheriff, and who else? 00:55:29.090 --> 00:55:35.541 - you parking operations yeah they have a whole thing about it on their website yeah well and I'll have 00:55:35.541 --> 00:55:41.865 - an official email address yeah so it doesn't necessarily need to be like I need the you know person 00:55:41.865 --> 00:55:48.695 - can you say that list again are you parking operations board of trustees president Monroe County Commission 00:55:48.695 --> 00:55:55.209 - Monroe County Council say all members of the Monroe County Commission all members of the Monroe County 00:55:55.209 --> 00:55:58.750 - Council and the sheriff okay there's no disadvantage in 00:55:59.202 --> 00:56:05.954 - created a very large list. I don't think you want a very like a super exhaustive list. I think there 00:56:05.954 --> 00:56:12.907 - is some intention to try and make it targeted to like these were the people that we wanted to call out. 00:56:12.907 --> 00:56:19.660 - It should be intentional. Yeah. Did we want to say IUPD or no? I don't really care, but I sound like 00:56:19.660 --> 00:56:26.078 - people are saying no. So I don't. Yeah. As far as I'm aware, it's just under parking right now. 00:56:28.482 --> 00:56:34.661 - Monroe County Council and Monroe County Commissioners, does it make sense to send to both, or is there 00:56:34.661 --> 00:56:40.840 - one venue that's more appropriate for this? I have to admit, I don't totally understand the difference 00:56:40.840 --> 00:56:47.379 - between the two, and they have the same acronyms. The council is the one that passes the budget. Legislated, 00:56:47.379 --> 00:56:53.378 - legislative, executive. Yeah. So you're sending it to the city council and the mayor, which I think 00:56:53.378 --> 00:56:54.398 - both make sense. 00:57:00.962 --> 00:57:08.863 - Okay, so Board of Trustees, IU President, the County Sheriff, IU Parking Operation, and all members 00:57:08.863 --> 00:57:16.923 - of the Monroe County Council and all members of the Monroe County Commission. Did I miss any on that? 00:57:16.923 --> 00:57:25.377 - That sounds good. We can add the lawyer, the county lawyer too, but I don't think that's really necessary. 00:57:25.377 --> 00:57:30.750 - I think the county lawyer will get it. Yeah, we've got a good list. 00:57:31.106 --> 00:57:38.694 - I think they'd get anything that goes to the council. That sounds good to me. OK. So yeah, I'll make 00:57:38.694 --> 00:57:46.282 - a motion to add those in that sequence, just kind of the way I stated it. So let's see, where is it? 00:57:46.282 --> 00:57:54.547 - Yeah, right at the end of section five there, I'll get rid of the word and. So it says the Bloomington-Monroe 00:57:54.547 --> 00:57:59.806 - County Human Rights Commission, comma, and then the rest of the list, 00:57:59.906 --> 00:58:07.224 - Indiana University Board of Trustees, Indiana University President, Monroe County Sheriff, Indiana University 00:58:07.224 --> 00:58:13.943 - Parking Operation, all members of the Monroe County Commission, and all members of the Monroe County 00:58:13.943 --> 00:58:20.862 - Council. That's good. So that's my motion. Second. There's a second. All right. Any discussion on that? 00:58:21.730 --> 00:58:31.870 - We'll discuss that. All right. Then we'll move on a vote for that amendment. We'll go down the list. 00:58:31.870 --> 00:58:42.312 - Okay. Tara? Yes. Yes. Justin? Yes. Matt? Yes. Yes. Christopher? Yes. Yes. Zach? Yes. Yes. Councilmember 00:58:42.312 --> 00:58:50.846 - Rauw? Yes. Yes. Quentin Gilley? Yes. Yes. Alex? Yes. Yes. Maria? Yes. Yes. Dan? Yes. 00:58:50.978 --> 00:59:03.262 - Yes, and Ross? Yes. Yes, okay, and then it passes 11 to zero. Okay, so we're back on the original resolution 00:59:03.262 --> 00:59:14.644 - as amended with our two amendments. Any further discussion? All right. Oh yeah. There's a part of me 00:59:14.644 --> 00:59:18.814 - that wants, I was not familiar with, 00:59:19.074 --> 00:59:31.181 - Garrett Blainley, the CEO of Fox, fluttered to the community previously. I kind of want a whereas clause, 00:59:31.181 --> 00:59:42.830 - spelling out just as an extra detail how poor of a response that was. But I also don't know that that 00:59:42.830 --> 00:59:46.942 - really adds much. I'm happy to not. 00:59:49.314 --> 00:59:55.955 - I'm not familiar with the, was this in the packet? It was in the, so I said another addendum packet. 00:59:55.955 --> 01:00:02.530 - The addendum packet? I only got through part of the addendum packet. That's okay, let me pull it up 01:00:02.530 --> 01:00:04.766 - right now. Where's my stop share? 01:00:34.242 --> 01:00:41.100 - Yeah, here it is. So this was sent on Monday, December 8th, 2025. My understanding is that this is actually 01:00:41.100 --> 01:00:48.085 - like a mass email that went out to a bunch of their law enforcement customers. It wasn't just the Bloomington 01:00:48.085 --> 01:00:54.752 - Police Department, but yeah, it's from Flock Safety CEO, Garrett Langley. And the subject is fact check, 01:00:54.752 --> 01:01:01.292 - no hack, we will never stop fighting for you. And I'm guessing you're sort of referring to some of the 01:01:01.292 --> 01:01:03.070 - stuff that's starting like, 01:01:03.266 --> 01:01:13.309 - down here about activists and that law enforcement agencies are under coordinated attack by people who 01:01:13.309 --> 01:01:23.156 - are weaponizing the public records process. Yeah, this email also left a bad taste in my mouth. This 01:01:23.156 --> 01:01:25.886 - was in the packet addendum. 01:01:34.210 --> 01:01:55.881 - I feel like sales will be in touch. It's a weird email to send. The email went out with the meeting 01:01:55.881 --> 01:01:59.998 - notice and packet. 01:02:10.722 --> 01:02:18.853 - typing up some language? I maybe have been working on something during the meeting. Oh, that's totally 01:02:18.853 --> 01:02:26.826 - fine. No, I was just going to ask if you have something you wanted to put forward, if you wanted to. 01:02:26.826 --> 01:02:34.957 - Hi. Does acknowledging this add anything, or is it just that it's kind of under my skin because of the 01:02:34.957 --> 01:02:39.614 - extent of tone deafness of it? Because if people are like, 01:02:40.450 --> 01:02:50.393 - It's good as is. I'm satisfied with that answer. I mean, there's maybe an argument to be made that our 01:02:50.393 --> 01:03:00.046 - linking of this to our mission is in the need for a transparent society, for a sustainable society. 01:03:00.046 --> 01:03:08.638 - And this is saying that transparent society is bad. But I think it would be difficult to 01:03:09.026 --> 01:03:14.673 - It had to be worded really well. Whereas that, yeah. And I think almost, if we worded it and didn't 01:03:14.673 --> 01:03:20.320 - spend a lot of time wording it correctly, it almost is like dignifying this with a response. Almost 01:03:20.320 --> 01:03:26.080 - as better as saying, I don't know, ignore it, kind of, because it's so ridiculous. It lacks substance 01:03:26.080 --> 01:03:32.179 - that I think makes it not worth responding to, I think. It's the slime that you would get from a mini-teal, 01:03:32.179 --> 01:03:37.374 - but I don't know if it is articulatable with the core rationale that you could link to the, 01:03:37.634 --> 01:03:48.073 - mandate of the commission without meaningful work. I think you could do it, but. Yeah. Okay. I think 01:03:48.073 --> 01:03:58.512 - I was just looking through to see if I did mention it, or just like the fact that that email exists, 01:03:58.512 --> 01:04:02.750 - but I don't think that I did. All right. 01:04:03.490 --> 01:04:08.793 - I do appreciate you calling some attention to it, though, because I also had to have that far as the 01:04:08.793 --> 01:04:14.148 - additional materials, and it's a rough one to read. Yeah, yeah. No, sorry, this didn't go out sooner. 01:04:14.148 --> 01:04:19.398 - I think that the addendum packet is part of our meeting materials. I put it in a separate packet so 01:04:19.398 --> 01:04:24.543 - that you wouldn't have to, so that if people wanted to dig into some of this stuff for background 01:04:24.543 --> 01:04:29.793 - information, they could, but it was going to be separate from all the stuff that you really need to 01:04:29.793 --> 01:04:30.686 - read and review. 01:04:31.234 --> 01:04:37.617 - But yeah, I think it should. It's part of official materials. I think it should go up as like a second 01:04:37.617 --> 01:04:43.876 - packet sort of thing. Yeah. But yeah, could you just attach that letter as an exhibit without having 01:04:43.876 --> 01:04:50.135 - to do like? Well, I was just wondering if it's part of our meeting materials. Because I think that I 01:04:50.135 --> 01:04:56.394 - read some of the earlier stuff, and I think it's just useful context for anybody from the public who 01:04:56.394 --> 01:05:00.670 - wants to learn more about why we pursued this as a commission. Yeah. 01:05:00.770 --> 01:05:08.665 - But yeah, but I don't know that it needs to be called out in the resolution itself. But it's great research, 01:05:08.665 --> 01:05:16.053 - and I think valuable for folks to be part of the public. I think it's valuable research to be part of 01:05:16.053 --> 01:05:21.630 - the public record. All right. Any further discussion? Amendments? Et cetera. 01:05:26.978 --> 01:05:37.678 - Okay, hearing none, we'll move on to a vote to adopt Resolution 2026-02 as amended. Tara? Yes. Yes. 01:05:37.678 --> 01:05:48.486 - Justin? Yes. Matt? Yes. Yes. Christopher? Yes. Yes. Zach? Yes. Yes. Councilmember Barallo? Yes. Yes. 01:05:48.486 --> 01:05:56.190 - Quintin? Yes. Yes. Alex? Yes. Yes. Maria? Yes. Yes. Shanglai is absent. 01:05:56.418 --> 01:06:03.611 - Diana? Yes. Yes. And Ross? Yes. Yes. The resolution is adopted, 11 to 0. Very good. So I will make that 01:06:03.611 --> 01:06:10.527 - final amendment that we just talked about in the transmittal section. And I'll incorporate the one, 01:06:10.527 --> 01:06:17.582 - the first round that we got there. And I'll send that around so everybody has the final copy of that. 01:06:17.582 --> 01:06:24.844 - And then we'll get it transmitted out where it needs to go. And then we'll get added to our, is it added 01:06:24.844 --> 01:06:26.366 - as a separate packet? 01:06:26.594 --> 01:06:36.772 - I don't know. Is it on board already? It might be. We can just add it as a second packet. You can have 01:06:36.772 --> 01:06:46.654 - multiple packets. It just gets put up as a packet. Packet practices too. There's five boxes. Let me 01:06:46.654 --> 01:06:53.374 - go back to my agenda here. It'll go on onboard if it's not already. 01:06:59.106 --> 01:07:06.255 - Oh, that's the same one. While I'm pulling this up, we'll move on to agenda item 9A, which is resolutions 01:07:06.255 --> 01:07:13.471 - for first reading, resolution 2026-03, concerning the pedestrianization of Kirkwood Avenue and sustainable 01:07:13.471 --> 01:07:20.215 - transportation. So normally for the first readings, we don't do a whole lot of debate and amendment 01:07:20.215 --> 01:07:24.734 - type stuff. We usually just give a quick intro, and if there's any 01:07:25.858 --> 01:07:35.137 - pertinent questions, like I don't understand this sort of thing, then we can chat about that. Let me 01:07:35.137 --> 01:07:44.416 - pull it up and real quick before we make a motion on that, I also want to, okay, I should not try to 01:07:44.416 --> 01:07:54.430 - talk while I'm actively doing stuff. There we go. Yeah, and before we properly introduce it, I had an email. 01:07:55.298 --> 01:08:01.237 - with a statement today from Jane Coopersmith who's the director of ESD regarding the plans for Kirkwood 01:08:01.237 --> 01:08:07.177 - Kirkwood 2026. I figured I'd just read that statement here and then we'll put that in the official like 01:08:07.177 --> 01:08:13.288 - the packet materials for the next meeting when we go through the adoption portion of it. So that statement 01:08:13.288 --> 01:08:19.227 - reads as follows. City staff is extremely interested in a shared space and more pedestrianization space 01:08:19.227 --> 01:08:21.854 - long-term for Kirkwood. Planning and economic 01:08:22.178 --> 01:08:27.711 - and sustainable development will work together this year on an RFP process for a consultant for a corridor 01:08:27.711 --> 01:08:33.037 - study of Kirkwood to ensure that we consider safety, best design practices, and economic impact. There 01:08:33.037 --> 01:08:38.466 - will be significant public outreach related to the corridor study, which we plan to start in early 2027. 01:08:38.466 --> 01:08:43.688 - There is great appetite for a shared space or more pedestrian-focused space on the part of staff. It 01:08:43.688 --> 01:08:48.962 - is the implementation of this closure that was untenable for the reasons outlaid in our various memos 01:08:48.962 --> 01:08:50.462 - to council and public works. 01:08:51.010 --> 01:08:58.057 - In the meantime, the applications for parklets have launched, and there is a robust slate of space activation 01:08:58.057 --> 01:09:04.592 - and event-related street closures planned that will bring that uniquely Bloomington summer feeling to 01:09:04.592 --> 01:09:11.319 - Kirkwood. So I'll make sure this gets into the packet materials as well. And with that, I will entertain 01:09:11.319 --> 01:09:17.726 - a motion to consider resolution 2026-03 for first reading. So moved. And there is a second. Second. 01:09:18.050 --> 01:09:23.559 - Oh, sorry. Oh, you said some moves. Yeah, yeah. Gotcha. OK. And a second. Perfect. OK. So are there 01:09:23.559 --> 01:09:29.068 - any clarifying questions? Or does Zach, do you want to say a few words just about it? Yeah. I mean, 01:09:29.068 --> 01:09:34.797 - briefly, it just goes into the whereas clauses are all basically the context of what brought us to this 01:09:34.797 --> 01:09:40.527 - point. And then the operative clauses are where. So I encourage you to please read the whereas clauses. 01:09:40.527 --> 01:09:46.366 - It kind of goes through the detail of how we got here. There were a couple of footnotes that got cut off. 01:09:46.690 --> 01:09:52.380 - I can maybe add this as an amendment. If there were just additional context, not a big deal. Maybe I 01:09:52.380 --> 01:09:58.126 - can add this as an amendment next time, not a big deal. The operative causes are where the meat of it 01:09:58.126 --> 01:10:03.759 - is. Essentially, I'm recommending that we at a minimum keep the summer closure of Kirkwood to cars. 01:10:03.759 --> 01:10:09.449 - A, B, long term, strongly consider permanently closing Kirkwood to cars and not just doing it in the 01:10:09.449 --> 01:10:11.646 - summer, doing it year round. C, study. 01:10:12.098 --> 01:10:17.587 - Multiple other cities that are college towns that are very similar to Bloomington have successfully 01:10:17.587 --> 01:10:23.132 - done permanent year-round closures that are like the focal point of their entire cities. Study those 01:10:23.132 --> 01:10:28.951 - cities, see what they've done, and implement that here. De-prioritize permanent investment in streetscape 01:10:28.951 --> 01:10:34.550 - improvements. Instead of just closing the street and calling it done, we need to like put benches and 01:10:34.550 --> 01:10:39.710 - planters and things like that to make it a better, more agreeable, more pleasant place to be. 01:10:40.130 --> 01:10:45.055 - I'm suggesting we remove the administration of the program from the Department of Economic and Sustainable 01:10:45.055 --> 01:10:49.704 - Development to planning and transportation, because I fundamentally don't see this as an economic or 01:10:49.704 --> 01:10:54.491 - sustainable development thing. It's more of a planning and public space issue, and I think the planning 01:10:54.491 --> 01:10:59.140 - and transportation department is better equipped. It has more resources to handle that. And I'm also 01:10:59.140 --> 01:11:03.928 - saying that they should recommend it to the council that they repeal Section 7 of Ordinance 2502, which 01:11:03.928 --> 01:11:07.518 - is the ordinance which authorized the summer program, and that is part of the 01:11:07.874 --> 01:11:12.880 - ordinance that allows the city to shut down the program on their own. I'm saying we should just get 01:11:12.880 --> 01:11:18.187 - rid of that. And I think earlier on, I say something about replacing that with requiring council approval 01:11:18.187 --> 01:11:23.194 - to shut it down. So that's essentially what it is. The statement of values then basically says that 01:11:23.194 --> 01:11:28.200 - sustainable cities prioritize people over cars, especially in their most central public places, and 01:11:28.200 --> 01:11:33.357 - that Bloomington's identity as a walkable, bikeable community should be reflected in the design of its 01:11:33.357 --> 01:11:35.710 - most prominent and iconic pedestrian corridor. 01:11:36.386 --> 01:11:41.490 - And then I suggest a whole bunch of people send it in. Yeah, that's the resolution. In a nutshell, I'm 01:11:41.490 --> 01:11:46.395 - happy to take any questions or any concerns you guys have, or if not, we can talk next time. Yeah, 01:11:46.395 --> 01:11:51.846 - so for now, if there's any clarifying questions about what exactly it is, we can go through those. Otherwise, 01:11:51.846 --> 01:11:56.949 - if there's discussion about the merits of the resolution or things that should change, we can probably 01:11:56.949 --> 01:12:01.954 - save that for next time. But Tara, go ahead. Yeah, I have a question. Is there any information about 01:12:01.954 --> 01:12:02.846 - the accessibility 01:12:03.266 --> 01:12:12.399 - buildings, especially public buildings like the library during closures, or if there is any documentation 01:12:12.399 --> 01:12:21.188 - from accessibility or disability justice groups about the impact for people using mobility devices of 01:12:21.188 --> 01:12:29.805 - the street closures. I have anecdotally heard stuff about that, but I'm curious if there, I mean, I 01:12:29.805 --> 01:12:31.614 - know that it's like, 01:12:32.450 --> 01:12:40.334 - It's accessible, but lots of places that say they're accessible are not actually accessible. So I'm 01:12:40.334 --> 01:12:48.140 - curious if there's any kind of documentation of is this actually wide enough? Are there sufficient 01:12:48.140 --> 01:12:56.340 - handicapped parking spaces on the remaining sides? Are there whatever information about that for people 01:12:56.340 --> 01:13:02.174 - that can't access some of those buildings when it's close to car traffic? 01:13:02.562 --> 01:13:07.734 - OK. I can't speak to specific details. I'm not involved in this project, but I know that that was one 01:13:07.734 --> 01:13:12.855 - of the really heavy considerations. So my focus within ESD probably could speak to that if you would 01:13:12.855 --> 01:13:17.925 - like to reach out to them. And part of the reason why I said we should study other cities that have 01:13:17.925 --> 01:13:22.995 - successfully done this, they've successfully done it, and it's the focal point of their cities. And 01:13:22.995 --> 01:13:28.268 - they don't really have the same, they don't have, they've managed to handle the accessibility concerns. 01:13:28.268 --> 01:13:30.398 - And there's ways you can do it that allow 01:13:31.074 --> 01:13:36.673 - people with disabilities to be able to still access the block. So that's part of the reason why I said 01:13:36.673 --> 01:13:42.273 - study other cities and see what they've done. Because it definitely can be done. It's been done before 01:13:42.273 --> 01:13:47.872 - in many other cities. So I think it can be done here. I don't think there's any reason why we couldn't 01:13:47.872 --> 01:13:53.362 - do it here. But that's a fair point. I think one area we could study as well is looking at what they 01:13:53.362 --> 01:13:58.799 - do at the State Fair. Indiana State Fair has this transportation system that seems to move a lot of 01:13:58.799 --> 01:13:59.614 - people around. 01:13:59.746 --> 01:14:05.814 - It seems like something like that could work down here to help get people where they need to go in a 01:14:05.814 --> 01:14:11.822 - space that has a lot of people walking. You know what I mean? All right. Any last minute clarifying 01:14:11.822 --> 01:14:18.310 - questions on the resolution? Otherwise, we could. Yeah, go ahead. Well, I did maybe not so much a question, 01:14:18.310 --> 01:14:24.378 - but just to say that I was opposed to the reopening. It was our understanding, but with the openness 01:14:24.378 --> 01:14:27.742 - here, I think the expectation of a lot of restaurateurs 01:14:27.874 --> 01:14:36.424 - was that it would be closed. And so I think it was important for certainty in the report. But then comes 01:14:36.424 --> 01:14:44.729 - the matter of whether the city engineers the power to make this decision. And this has been a dispute 01:14:44.729 --> 01:14:53.035 - at the council between council and administration. And at this point, because we're lacking a council 01:14:53.035 --> 01:14:56.862 - attorney, it's sort of in limbo at this point. 01:14:57.058 --> 01:15:04.153 - So that that part will have to be revisited whether the council has authority to make Permanent or temporary 01:15:04.153 --> 01:15:10.728 - change certainly this is the engineer has the ability to make temporary changes But whether it falls 01:15:10.728 --> 01:15:17.367 - the administration or the council formally always went to the council Yeah in terms of decisions like 01:15:17.367 --> 01:15:23.877 - this So we're gonna have to get clarification about that from our new attorney on state statute and 01:15:23.877 --> 01:15:25.374 - how to interpret it so 01:15:25.762 --> 01:15:34.093 - But I see you've got a lot of experience with this, so I'm very impressed by the information and looking 01:15:34.093 --> 01:15:42.028 - forward to more debate on it, for sure. I mean, FYI, I mean, it is, I'm sort of, I'm leaning toward 01:15:42.028 --> 01:15:50.042 - permanent closure, but I don't, I need to really hear from constituents and businesses. I understand 01:15:50.042 --> 01:15:55.358 - that when polled, it was about, I think it was 10 businesses were, 01:15:55.746 --> 01:16:03.231 - wanting to be reopened, and about 20 wanted it closed. Obviously restaurants, it's in their interest. 01:16:03.231 --> 01:16:10.569 - Other places that don't benefit from it necessarily being closed. They have accessibility problems. 01:16:10.569 --> 01:16:17.246 - So I'm interested in debating it further, and I really appreciate all the work you put in. 01:16:18.338 --> 01:16:25.997 - All right. Well, why don't we move on to a vote? So this is just to advance it past the first reading, 01:16:25.997 --> 01:16:33.506 - and it'll be on our agenda again next meeting for a second reading and adoption. OK. Tara? Yes. Yes. 01:16:33.506 --> 01:16:40.942 - Justin, yes. Matt? Yes. Yes. Christopher? Yes. Yes. Zach? Yes. Yes. Councilmember Arroyo? Yes. Yes. 01:16:40.942 --> 01:16:47.262 - Quentin? Yes. Yes. Alex? Yes. Yes. Maria? Yes. Yes. Shang Lai is absent. Diana? Yes. 01:16:47.362 --> 01:16:56.336 - Yes, and Ross? Yes. Yes, wonderful. That advances to a second reading at the next meeting. That brings 01:16:56.336 --> 01:17:05.224 - us to resolution 26-04, which is sponsored by Matt. And you have the floor to just describe what this 01:17:05.224 --> 01:17:14.024 - one's about. So with all the recent news that President Trump was pushing glyphosate to be something 01:17:14.024 --> 01:17:16.638 - related to national security, 01:17:17.122 --> 01:17:24.301 - and all the conversations that have been happening about it, it's kind of made sense. And I've opposed 01:17:24.301 --> 01:17:31.410 - glyphosate for a long time with the urban farm and soil health being very, very important. And that's 01:17:31.410 --> 01:17:38.450 - part of the reason why Garden Q, myself, my sister are working so hard with Bokashi, because Bokashi 01:17:38.450 --> 01:17:45.420 - is a solution to soil health, can contribute greatly to the health of soil. So this is very simple. 01:17:45.420 --> 01:17:46.814 - I've seen the city. 01:17:46.914 --> 01:17:53.636 - I haven't seen them actually spray glyphosate, but I saw what I really like is actually put a sign up 01:17:53.636 --> 01:18:00.358 - that glyphosate was sprayed here. So I like that aspect. Fortunately, it was right on the edge of the 01:18:00.358 --> 01:18:07.212 - road next to the community orchard in the area where they have wood chips and other things dropped off. 01:18:07.212 --> 01:18:14.000 - And then I had a neighbor who had contracted work out and they were putting glyphosate on their gravel 01:18:14.000 --> 01:18:15.582 - drive and all the water 01:18:16.098 --> 01:18:22.641 - We were downstream from them. And so I got into a heated argument with the gentleman, to put it lightly. 01:18:22.641 --> 01:18:28.997 - So basically, this is just saying that we don't want glyphosate used in public areas. We want to look 01:18:28.997 --> 01:18:35.353 - at other options like integrated pest management. Yeah, it's very, very simple. And as for there have 01:18:35.353 --> 01:18:41.896 - been other cities that have already done this, college towns like Lawrence has implemented an integrated 01:18:41.896 --> 01:18:45.822 - pest management program aimed at reducing chemical herbicides. 01:18:46.146 --> 01:18:53.456 - And then Evanston, Illinois and Urbana, Illinois as well, when we're talking places similar to Bloomington. 01:18:53.456 --> 01:19:00.427 - So it's very simple. Just let's stop using glyphosate. There's other ways that you can do it, vinegar, 01:19:00.427 --> 01:19:07.466 - salts, things like that. Very good. Is there a motion to consider resolution 2026-04 for first reading? 01:19:07.466 --> 01:19:14.370 - Second. Perfect. All right. So again, any urgent questions that need to be answered about this before 01:19:14.370 --> 01:19:16.062 - we go to the next month? 01:19:17.058 --> 01:19:25.475 - Yeah, I appreciate the resolution. It came up in the last administration, actually, and I was interested 01:19:25.475 --> 01:19:33.651 - in this. So I queried the then director of Parks and Rec, and they utilize it. And I think that's how 01:19:33.651 --> 01:19:41.908 - the notification became part of, I don't know, operations. I don't know if it was codified or not, but 01:19:41.908 --> 01:19:46.878 - it became, you know, essentially a warning because, you know, 01:19:47.170 --> 01:19:55.534 - chemical sensitivity or people want to avoid it and so forth. My only caution is, when I query before, 01:19:55.534 --> 01:20:04.061 - to find out, and I can share this list, it's probably changed, but I asked for insecticides, herbicides, 01:20:04.061 --> 01:20:12.344 - fungicides that were used, growth inhibitors that were used in the past at this time, and that was 10 01:20:12.344 --> 01:20:15.998 - years ago. I got a list, itemizing list with 01:20:16.802 --> 01:20:25.586 - volumes or poundage. And some seem to me to be, you know, really discretionary or unnecessary that would 01:20:25.586 --> 01:20:33.952 - be addressed by probably other means. So things like, you know, Twin Lakes, Twin Lakes ball fields, 01:20:33.952 --> 01:20:42.653 - you know, they were using it glyphosate to spray along fence rows. Seems like we could find other means 01:20:42.653 --> 01:20:46.334 - to do it. However, I would like to say that 01:20:46.562 --> 01:20:55.346 - I make an exception with natural resources because I was convinced about that time that it's an important 01:20:55.346 --> 01:21:03.716 - part of treating non-native invasive species. That is that if it's used in a very discreet way where 01:21:03.716 --> 01:21:12.003 - you, you know, calorie pairs or bush honeysuckles or multiflora rose, which have large root masses, 01:21:12.003 --> 01:21:16.478 - difficult to take out, would require a lot of weight, 01:21:16.738 --> 01:21:22.962 - work and everything, to cut it off and paint the stump, which is a very minimal amount. So they were 01:21:22.962 --> 01:21:29.247 - using just a few gallons to do that, and they were using it at Griffey to essentially eliminate these 01:21:29.247 --> 01:21:35.224 - non-native invasives that would ordinarily not be able to be treated. I mean, I used to work in, 01:21:35.224 --> 01:21:41.386 - you know, I used to be a farmer. The people across the street from me sprayed it on their 40 acres, 01:21:41.386 --> 01:21:45.022 - I mean, in huge quantities. That's what the trumpet meant. 01:21:45.250 --> 01:21:52.565 - I think it has, and I see in the resolution, and I appreciate this, that in section one, it says that 01:21:52.565 --> 01:21:59.953 - it encourages the city council and other relevant entities to adopt policies that prohibit or restrict 01:21:59.953 --> 01:22:07.483 - the use of the glyphosate. So I see that operationally, I would like to prohibit it in cases, especially 01:22:07.483 --> 01:22:14.942 - where people are recreating ball fields and things like that, and only have it utilized in places where 01:22:15.106 --> 01:22:21.463 - might be absolutely necessary. So I wondered about if that sounds acceptable. Absolutely. Absolutely. 01:22:21.463 --> 01:22:28.007 - Because I know we took down, the electric company took down a calorie pair, and they asked about putting 01:22:28.007 --> 01:22:34.176 - glyphosate onto the root. And I said, no, we're going to do some vinegar. Yeah. So really targeted 01:22:34.176 --> 01:22:40.658 - applications on a basis makes complete sense. Yeah. So I think maybe before we hear this again, I could 01:22:40.658 --> 01:22:44.958 - inquire at Parks and Rec to see if I can get a list, a current list. 01:22:45.122 --> 01:22:51.757 - So the commission can see exactly where it was being utilized and where specifically. And then we can 01:22:51.757 --> 01:22:58.653 - kind of go from there. But overall, I think I like it how you framed it. Because I would like to restrict 01:22:58.653 --> 01:23:05.354 - it if at all possible. I'd love it if there was an alternative. And maybe I'll inquire to see if there 01:23:05.354 --> 01:23:11.924 - is something that could be utilized right now. Ellen Jacquard, who was the ecologist with, well, she 01:23:11.924 --> 01:23:14.526 - works with MCI or whatever it's called. 01:23:14.818 --> 01:23:22.978 - Indiana, is it MCI? Okay, she's with INPS, which used to be INPOS, which is the Indiana Native Land 01:23:22.978 --> 01:23:31.710 - Society or something. Anyway, she does it actively and she's done it for years. She would be his resource, 01:23:31.710 --> 01:23:36.606 - so we'll be in touch and we'll learn to acquire that thing. 01:23:36.834 --> 01:23:42.978 - All right, sorry to take so much time. Yeah, my focus comment is to say that the City of Bloomington's 01:23:42.978 --> 01:23:48.942 - integrated pest management plan that they do have. They do, at the forefront of it, say the goal is 01:23:48.942 --> 01:23:55.324 - to reduce pesticide herbicide use as much as possible. So yeah, take a look at that too. And I can connect 01:23:55.324 --> 01:24:01.289 - with Joanna Sparks as well. I used to do cut stuff treatment. I actually used glyphosate myself. So 01:24:01.289 --> 01:24:04.510 - I have some experience with that, being very limited. 01:24:04.610 --> 01:24:11.515 - entities, as you explained, so. Anyway, I just wanted to- Is that the one that's blue when they paint 01:24:11.515 --> 01:24:18.421 - it, so that you can see what's been treated? All right, we should probably move on, because we're two 01:24:18.421 --> 01:24:25.326 - minutes away from the end of the meeting, and we still have a staff report to get through, so. OK, so 01:24:25.326 --> 01:24:32.096 - this is to advance to a second reading. Resolution 2026-04. Tara? Yes. Yes. Justin, yes. Matt? Yes. 01:24:32.096 --> 01:24:34.398 - Yes. Christopher? Yes. Zach? Yes. 01:24:34.754 --> 01:24:39.742 - Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 01:24:39.742 --> 01:24:44.730 - Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 01:24:44.730 --> 01:24:49.718 - Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 01:24:49.718 --> 01:24:54.705 - Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 01:24:54.705 --> 01:24:59.693 - Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 01:24:59.693 --> 01:25:02.686 - Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 01:25:03.074 --> 01:25:09.851 - We are applying for a grant through Climate Smart Communities Initiative. We are requesting $72,000 01:25:09.851 --> 01:25:16.764 - for a green infrastructure planning grant for the three cities. So I'll keep you posted on that if we 01:25:16.764 --> 01:25:24.084 - are awarded. We have finished our LED lighting upgrades at fire stations four and five, the animal shelter, 01:25:24.084 --> 01:25:31.742 - sanitation building, and Banneker Center. So that's all for today. Nice. Thank you very much. Any questions for? 01:25:34.946 --> 01:25:41.135 - Well, thank you. That brings us to member announcements. Boy, we have 40 seconds left. Who's got something 01:25:41.135 --> 01:25:46.977 - they want to share? Garden Cue is restarting their Bokashi workshops starting in May. And you'll see 01:25:46.977 --> 01:25:52.993 - that on the Community Orchards website. And then also is partnered with Wonder Lab to introduce Bokashi 01:25:52.993 --> 01:25:58.951 - to their end of summer, beginning of summer, end of school year festival. And is partnering again with 01:25:58.951 --> 01:26:02.942 - the Taste of Bloomington. And it looks like we're going to have some 01:26:03.138 --> 01:26:09.402 - waste stations that are sponsored by Coke Consolidated. They're not cheap, but are going to make it 01:26:09.402 --> 01:26:15.916 - a much better experience in dealing with your recyclables, your landfill, and your food waste. So we're 01:26:15.916 --> 01:26:22.242 - excited about that. And I'm also talking about Coke's goal at taking every single bottle and turning 01:26:22.242 --> 01:26:28.756 - that back into a new bottle. They haven't been doing that until 2023 is when they started this program. 01:26:28.756 --> 01:26:32.702 - We felt like that recycling was great, but that's much better. 01:26:32.834 --> 01:26:39.620 - Yeah, go. Bloomington Energy Works, the residential outreach side of things. We're doing a large canvassing 01:26:39.620 --> 01:26:46.092 - outreach effort the last weekend in March, so March 28th, 29th. If anybody wants to go walk around and 01:26:46.092 --> 01:26:52.626 - knock on doors, the club is probably going to be great for it. We would love to have additional people. 01:26:52.626 --> 01:26:55.454 - And it's a lot of fun. Yes, thank you. Nice. 01:26:55.586 --> 01:27:02.499 - The Ashkenazi Museum has a fiber art installation on the main floor that is about ecology and recycled 01:27:02.499 --> 01:27:09.076 - materials that is astonishing. There's some stuff that's crocheted out of all food delivery bags. 01:27:09.076 --> 01:27:16.055 - All right, we've got eight seconds. If you want to plant a tree, there are several tree planning events 01:27:16.055 --> 01:27:23.102 - happening through Canopy Bloomington over the next few weeks to a couple of months. How do we find them? 01:27:23.650 --> 01:27:30.027 - It's called Canopy Blue and it's online. I don't know the website. I'm sorry. All right. That brings 01:27:30.027 --> 01:27:36.530 - us to the end of the meeting. That was great. Lots of member announcements. We'd like to see that. Our 01:27:36.530 --> 01:27:42.654 - next meeting is at April 14th. I will stand adjourned at 7 31 p.m. Thanks, everybody. Thank you.