WEBVTT 00:00:01.346 --> 00:00:21.823 - And could we start with the roll call vote, please Mills here Ellen Rodkey here Israel Herrera Very 00:00:21.823 --> 00:00:25.918 - nice roll call Yeah 00:00:26.370 --> 00:00:36.278 - Okay, so We don't have Jim Whitlatch, but we do have a quorum with Israel there on zoom so we will go 00:00:36.278 --> 00:00:46.090 - ahead and Get started with our consent calendar. It's all of our items agenda items in section a And 00:00:46.090 --> 00:00:55.998 - do we have a movement to approve the consent calendar? I'll move to approve the consent calendar Okay 00:00:56.322 --> 00:01:05.101 - and I guess we need to roll call vote all those in favor I Ellen Rodke I Israel Herrera Okay consent 00:01:05.101 --> 00:01:13.794 - calendar passes and then we move on to section be the public hearings and appearances and we have a 00:01:13.794 --> 00:01:20.574 - Bravo award going to Doug Bruce tonight Hello, which Julie will tell us about 00:01:20.674 --> 00:01:27.443 - Good afternoon, I am Julie Ramey, the Community Relations Manager for the Parks and Recreation Department, 00:01:27.443 --> 00:01:34.023 - and it is my pleasure to be here this evening to present the April Bravo Award to Doug Bruce. Now, Doug 00:01:34.023 --> 00:01:40.540 - exemplifies the very best of community service through his extraordinary volunteer contribution to the 00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:45.854 - recently completed repairs of the limestone steps at the Banneker Community Center. 00:01:46.498 --> 00:01:54.079 - This critical repair was funded in part by a grant from the Indiana DNR Division of Historic Preservation 00:01:54.079 --> 00:02:01.374 - and Archeology and the grant funds were available only for work for properties listed on the National 00:02:01.374 --> 00:02:08.669 - Register of Historic Places. So it was really important for the grant in order to be in compliance to 00:02:08.669 --> 00:02:14.462 - have a project manager with an expertise in historic architecture and Doug Bruce 00:02:14.626 --> 00:02:21.868 - fit the bill perfectly. I learned that not only is he a past member of the Bloomington Historic Preservation 00:02:21.868 --> 00:02:28.646 - Commission, but has a passion for historic architecture. And in his informal and completely voluntary 00:02:28.646 --> 00:02:35.290 - role as a project manager for the Banneker Front Steps project, he did a detailed assessment of the 00:02:35.290 --> 00:02:41.934 - steps, prepared architectural drawings that outlined everything that needed to be done, provided an 00:02:41.934 --> 00:02:44.592 - expert review of the contractor's work, 00:02:44.592 --> 00:02:51.132 - with native limestone, and his knowledge ensured that the repairs were historically appropriate, structurally 00:02:51.132 --> 00:02:57.256 - sound, and helped the project remain compliant with all of the grantee's expectations. And so for that 00:02:57.256 --> 00:03:03.380 - and many other reasons, but we are so appreciative of his volunteer work and would like to present the 00:03:03.380 --> 00:03:05.342 - April Bravo Award to Doug Bruce. 00:03:15.010 --> 00:03:23.638 - Would you like to say a few words? Well, I'm really humbled for this I hold our park system up as high 00:03:23.638 --> 00:03:32.015 - as you can and being a park rat growing up near Bryan Park and Our mom taking us there when we were 00:03:32.015 --> 00:03:38.046 - little kids and learning to swim at Bryan Park pool It's it's just been 00:03:38.402 --> 00:03:44.801 - Parks Department calls, how can I say no? But I will say this working with the park staff made my job 00:03:44.801 --> 00:03:51.201 - easy I mean really they just rolled up their sleeves and did the hard work that the drawings are what 00:03:51.201 --> 00:03:57.663 - I do anyway So they they jumped in on something they may not have the most experience with and handled 00:03:57.663 --> 00:04:04.062 - it perfectly So I'll accept this award only if they get the credit as well Thank you. Thank you. Yeah 00:04:08.930 --> 00:04:17.161 - Thank you Thanks, Doug. Yeah, it's not often you get someone to act as a project manager manager on 00:04:17.161 --> 00:04:25.887 - a on a volunteer basis So we really appreciate it. Yeah Okay, and then into our main section this evening 00:04:25.887 --> 00:04:34.200 - section C First up Sean Marler will tell us about the contract with master rental for some items for 00:04:34.200 --> 00:04:37.246 - the Grand Faloon series Good evening 00:04:37.378 --> 00:04:43.604 - Sean Marler recreation facilities general manager and Yes, that's exactly what this is master rental 00:04:43.604 --> 00:04:49.768 - staff recommends approval of a contract with them to provide fencing and portable restrooms for the 00:04:49.768 --> 00:04:56.302 - Grand Faloon concert series at Switchard Park The do not exceed amount is thirty one thousand six hundred 00:04:56.302 --> 00:05:02.528 - and twenty Parks is going to be reimbursed from this amount by IU at the conclusion of it. I'm happy 00:05:02.528 --> 00:05:04.254 - to answer any questions and 00:05:06.690 --> 00:05:16.677 - and portable restrooms for the concert series that we talked about last month, so Yeah, make a motion 00:05:16.677 --> 00:05:26.566 - to prove the contract with master rental for fencing and restrooms for gram flume Okay, and our roll 00:05:26.566 --> 00:05:35.966 - call vote of those in favor Kathleen Mills. I Ellen Rodke. I Israel Herrera Okay motion carried 00:05:36.130 --> 00:05:44.147 - And then in C2 Sean also has the contract with HFI for the switch yard preventative maintenance switch 00:05:44.147 --> 00:05:52.085 - yard park also is asking for approval for contract with Harold fish incorporated for the preventative 00:05:52.085 --> 00:06:00.024 - planned maintenance plan for 2026 the not to exceed amount of 13,920 This was a little different this 00:06:00.024 --> 00:06:03.838 - year because we had a couple of different places 00:06:04.290 --> 00:06:11.726 - Vendors apply for the bids. Usually it's either them or Commercial services we had a couple more but 00:06:11.726 --> 00:06:19.456 - that was about it though and they had the lowest price So I'm happy to answer any questions about Sounds 00:06:19.456 --> 00:06:26.818 - good. Yeah, it does All right. I make a motion to approve the contract with Harold fish for suchard 00:06:26.818 --> 00:06:33.150 - Park preventive maintenance Bacon all right and a roll call vote of those in favor of 00:06:33.250 --> 00:06:42.521 - Kathleen Mills, I Ellen Rodkey. I'm Israel Herrera Okay motion is carried and see to thank you Sean. 00:06:42.521 --> 00:06:51.975 - Thank you and in c3 Leslie Wearing many hats this evening will take it agreement with Catalan, Indiana 00:06:51.975 --> 00:06:54.270 - for parking lot usage. I 00:06:54.690 --> 00:07:00.520 - Thank you, Leslie Brinson recreation division director staff recommends the approval of this indemnity 00:07:00.520 --> 00:07:06.181 - agreement with cattle in Indiana LLC For the use of their contractor parking lot off of South Roger 00:07:06.181 --> 00:07:11.898 - Street during the three grand balloon concerts June 20th July 18th and August 29th the Parks and Rec 00:07:11.898 --> 00:07:16.030 - department as you know is partnering with Indiana University to host the 00:07:16.130 --> 00:07:22.355 - Grand Faloon concert series at Switchyard Park this summer due to the expected crowd of these concerts 00:07:22.355 --> 00:07:28.580 - The department wanted to ensure that we had adequate parking for the attendees Catalan Agreed to allow 00:07:28.580 --> 00:07:34.623 - us use of their contractor lot Located right across the street from the park during the three shows 00:07:34.623 --> 00:07:40.667 - We'll be providing staff support security signage for the lots during those dates From a time frame 00:07:40.667 --> 00:07:44.414 - around 4 p.m. To 11 p.m. I'd be happy to answer any questions 00:07:46.498 --> 00:07:54.342 - Sounds like a great idea to plan ahead for that parking Yeah, and if I recall didn't we at one point 00:07:54.342 --> 00:08:02.109 - they used our parking lot at Twin Lakes. Yes, correct Yeah, that's a nice little exchange Okay, all 00:08:02.109 --> 00:08:10.031 - right Well, I'll make a motion to approve the indemnity agreement of cattle in Indiana LLC for use of 00:08:10.031 --> 00:08:15.934 - contractor parking lot I think Okay, and a roll call vote of those in favor 00:08:16.130 --> 00:08:23.636 - Kathleen Mills. Aye. Ellen Rodke. Aye. Israel Herrera. Aye. Okay. Motion is carried. Thank you, Leslie. 00:08:23.636 --> 00:08:30.493 - And then C4, Bill Rehm will tell us about the partnership with Studio Cipher for gaming event. 00:08:30.493 --> 00:08:37.783 - Good evening, Bill Rehm, community events coordinator, and I'm here to recommend the approval of the 00:08:37.783 --> 00:08:44.062 - 2026 partnership agreement between Bloomington Parks and Recreation and Studio Cipher. 00:08:44.258 --> 00:08:50.764 - for the new event called the Free Range Arcade. No money will be paid out in this partnership. We will 00:08:50.764 --> 00:08:57.334 - be partnering with the Studio Server to offer a new event. It's called the Free Range Arcade. The event 00:08:57.334 --> 00:09:04.156 - is designed to bring together local and regional game developers, game stores, gaming groups, and suppliers 00:09:04.156 --> 00:09:11.105 - of game-related items in an interactive environment. The event will allow attendees to try out and experience 00:09:11.105 --> 00:09:13.758 - a variety of new games, including mobile, 00:09:13.858 --> 00:09:20.326 - PC arcade card and board games and we will also have a make your own board game area No money will be 00:09:20.326 --> 00:09:26.731 - exchanged again during this Partnership and the event will be held Saturday mace May 2nd from 1 to 7 00:09:26.731 --> 00:09:33.390 - in the pavilion at Switchyard Park and we are looking forward to this new partnership and this new event 00:09:33.390 --> 00:09:39.985 - and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have Sounds great. I think it seems like there's a little 00:09:39.985 --> 00:09:42.014 - something for everyone there. I 00:09:42.146 --> 00:09:50.552 - Yeah, that's what they came to us Interested in in trying to partner with us and we thought it was a 00:09:50.552 --> 00:09:58.874 - good fit and we're trying to bring our our own spin into it. So Yeah, okay Make a motion to approve 00:09:58.874 --> 00:10:07.696 - the partnership agreement with studio cipher Okay, and a roll call vote of those in favor Kathleen Mills. 00:10:07.696 --> 00:10:10.526 - I Ellen Rodke. I Israel Herrera I 00:10:11.170 --> 00:10:20.740 - Motions carry. Thank you, Bill. Thank you and then in c5 we have We have keto to tell us about the agreement 00:10:20.740 --> 00:10:29.695 - with sphere for the 2026 aquatic services. Thank you Kido sports division director pinchy heating for 00:10:29.695 --> 00:10:39.002 - Chris Hamrick today Staff recommend approval of the service agreement for sphere aquatics. This agreement 00:10:39.002 --> 00:10:40.670 - is for startup and 00:10:40.930 --> 00:10:49.926 - shutdown and ongoing service that in a poor season Improvement or fixing equipment there in a season 00:10:49.926 --> 00:10:58.833 - will still be quoted and processed as a normal park board procedure Both Brian Park and Mills Pools 00:10:58.833 --> 00:11:07.294 - are scheduled to open on Saturday, May 23rd Okay, all right any questions or keto about this I 00:11:10.754 --> 00:11:20.532 - Questions here. No, okay. I'll make a motion to prove the service agreement with spear aquatics I Say 00:11:20.532 --> 00:11:30.502 - come okay and a roll call vote of those in favor Kathleen Mills. I Ellen Rodke. I Israel Herrera I Okay 00:11:30.502 --> 00:11:35.774 - motion is carried. All right. Thank you And then in c6 00:11:35.874 --> 00:11:42.866 - Joanna Sparks will tell us about the agreement with Nature's Way for downtown planters Yes, good afternoon 00:11:42.866 --> 00:11:49.466 - Joanna Sparks urban green space manager here today to recommend approval of a contract with Nature's 00:11:49.466 --> 00:11:56.458 - Way incorporated for landscaping services related to the downtown planter improvement project for planters 00:11:56.458 --> 00:11:57.438 - located on the 00:11:57.794 --> 00:12:05.337 - courthouse square this would be for maintenance of the the planter improvements that occurred last year 00:12:05.337 --> 00:12:12.880 - as well as the addition of two more planters which are on the corner of Kirkwood and walnut by the book 00:12:12.880 --> 00:12:20.205 - corner and Trojan horse I'm happy to answer any questions. Oh and one other bonus. This is funded by 00:12:20.205 --> 00:12:25.790 - Public Works Department. Okay and Joanna if you can just remind me did we in 00:12:25.890 --> 00:12:34.202 - Did parks ever maintain those planters or was we did? Yes. Yes. This was a new conversion to contractual 00:12:34.202 --> 00:12:42.276 - maintenance in May of 2025. Okay. Yep. All right. Okay. Thank you. See I don't see any questions from 00:12:42.276 --> 00:12:50.826 - Israel Okay, I make a motion to prove the contract with Nature's Way Inc for a downtown planner improvement 00:12:50.826 --> 00:12:51.934 - project I say 00:12:52.290 --> 00:13:00.579 - Alright and all overall call vote of all those in favor Kathleen Mills. I Ellen Rodkey. I Israel Herrera 00:13:00.579 --> 00:13:08.868 - Okay, that motion is carried and then Joanna will stay with us for c7 for the agreement with drink green 00:13:08.868 --> 00:13:11.710 - dragon for beeline south mowing and 00:13:12.066 --> 00:13:18.863 - Yes, good afternoon doing a spark serving green space manager once again here to recommend approval 00:13:18.863 --> 00:13:25.660 - of a service agreement with green dragon lawn care for mowing and trimming services on an as needed 00:13:25.660 --> 00:13:32.798 - basis for areas that include the southern end of the beeline Trail as well as the rail trail and various 00:13:32.798 --> 00:13:39.731 - other parks and parks manage properties throughout the city I'm happy to answer any questions Okay Is 00:13:39.731 --> 00:13:41.566 - the season for mowing? Yes 00:13:42.018 --> 00:13:50.301 - This is like an addition to the one we already approved correct. Yes. Yes. This would be in addition 00:13:50.301 --> 00:13:58.748 - to the 30 yes. Yeah, there's 36 sites that are already currently being mowed contractually between two 00:13:58.748 --> 00:14:07.523 - contractors. This would be a third for additional properties Okay, I make a motion to approve the contract 00:14:07.523 --> 00:14:11.870 - for mowing and trimming with green dragon They don't 00:14:12.482 --> 00:14:20.641 - And a roll call vote of all those in favor Kathleen Mills. I Ellen Rodkey. I Israel Herrera All right 00:14:20.641 --> 00:14:28.719 - motion is carried. Thank you Joanna Thank you and then in C8 Haskell will tell us about an agreement 00:14:28.719 --> 00:14:36.718 - with Mother Nature for ash tree Treatment. Good afternoon board of park commissioners Haskell Smith 00:14:36.718 --> 00:14:37.918 - urban forester 00:14:38.018 --> 00:14:45.971 - Staff recommends the approval of this contract with Mother Nature landscaping to inject 82 ash trees 00:14:45.971 --> 00:14:54.475 - totaling one thousand six hundred and fifty Diameter at breast height inches around the city of Bloomington 00:14:54.475 --> 00:15:02.665 - to protect them from the emerald ash borer Amount not to exceed $20,000 bit is sourced From our general 00:15:02.665 --> 00:15:05.342 - fund revenue and a grant Okay and 00:15:06.082 --> 00:15:13.072 - Feel like Haskell for as long as I've been on the parks board. We've been doing Ash tree treatments. 00:15:13.072 --> 00:15:20.131 - Is it pretty successful on the hole for the trees that we treat? Yes. Yeah The trees we have and it's 00:15:20.131 --> 00:15:27.329 - not Yeah, but yeah, it has there's several in Brian Park that respond well to it And those are the ones 00:15:27.329 --> 00:15:34.942 - on this list specifically that will probably look to treat kind of in perpetuity Okay I liked the fact that I 00:15:35.330 --> 00:15:44.071 - The replacement value of these trees is almost $400,000. So it seems like a pretty good deal that we're 00:15:44.071 --> 00:15:52.475 - spending 20 or less at this point for preserving them. I make a motion to approve the 2026 ash tree 00:15:52.475 --> 00:16:01.132 - treatment for emerald ash borer. I second. OK. And a roll call vote of those in favor. Kathleen Mills. 00:16:01.132 --> 00:16:04.830 - Aye. Ellen Rodke. Aye. Israel Herrera. Aye. 00:16:04.994 --> 00:16:11.671 - Motions carry. Thanks has to thank you and Then we get into c9 Rebecca Swift the acceptance of Rose 00:16:11.671 --> 00:16:18.749 - parcel auditors number. I'll let you read the numbers Thank you, Rebecca Swift operations and development 00:16:18.749 --> 00:16:25.627 - division director and I'm here to recommend the quick deed Approval of the 1.1 acres known as the Rose 00:16:25.627 --> 00:16:32.638 - parcel otherwise known as the SOMO parcel So if you're wondering why I'm here again to re-recommend this 00:16:32.706 --> 00:16:38.496 - We actually only were able to accept a portion of this partial and Monroe County Planning Department 00:16:38.496 --> 00:16:44.401 - necessitated the acceptance of the full parcel Luckily between now and then we have also had those two 00:16:44.401 --> 00:16:50.708 - dilapidated buildings removed I came forth with an MOU with us in the SOMA development about responsibilities 00:16:50.708 --> 00:16:56.670 - of management of that section of the bridge and beyond but this is truly now forever moving forward and 00:16:56.962 --> 00:17:04.534 - Recommending the acceptance of this parcel. So this is located again Just along the rail trail corridor 00:17:04.534 --> 00:17:11.887 - blue into rail trail by South Roger Street where we just did that wonderful new realignment So happy 00:17:11.887 --> 00:17:19.313 - to answer any questions, but this is to officially accept the deed okay, and so then the Permanent or 00:17:19.313 --> 00:17:26.302 - maintenance responsibilities will lie with parts, correct? Okay, any Any questions from Israel? 00:17:27.650 --> 00:17:36.487 - Okay, make a motion to approve the quick claim deed to acquire 1.1 acres known as the Rose parcel Okay 00:17:36.487 --> 00:17:45.237 - in a roll call vote of those in favor Kathleen Mills. I Ellen Rodke. I Israel Herrera Okay, all right 00:17:45.237 --> 00:17:54.846 - motion carried and then c10 is also Rebecca's that's the agreement with convergent for op center entry gate and 00:17:55.074 --> 00:18:00.853 - Yeah, so something that's kind of been on our invest in what we have to do list for a while is Improvements 00:18:00.853 --> 00:18:06.204 - to our ops security gate at our main parks and rec ops center located off of Adam Street So this is 00:18:06.204 --> 00:18:11.715 - in order to make improvements We actually already have the new gate but in order to get it to move and 00:18:11.715 --> 00:18:13.374 - use with our badges we have to 00:18:13.474 --> 00:18:18.375 - Start with convergent, which is actually a vendor that supplies the card reader kind of like the goose 00:18:18.375 --> 00:18:23.228 - neck and the electronics that hook up to them the engine of the gate But now we need to hook it up to 00:18:23.228 --> 00:18:28.081 - the building and so I'll get to that staff report next probably should start with the other one first 00:18:28.081 --> 00:18:32.886 - but so convergence specifically we recommend the service agreement and they will provide and install 00:18:32.886 --> 00:18:33.790 - the control of the 00:18:33.954 --> 00:18:39.968 - For the one vehicle access including the enclosure power supply and card reader the gate pedestal gate 00:18:39.968 --> 00:18:45.866 - Conducts cabling all that stuff as well as one additional security camera mounted facing this way we 00:18:45.866 --> 00:18:51.821 - can start capturing Vehicles and people coming in and out of our back gated area So this will improve 00:18:51.821 --> 00:18:57.836 - security for us and also just down the line access Our gate and padlock sometimes get cut by different 00:18:57.836 --> 00:19:02.974 - service providers. So this is going to really help things Happy to answer any questions 00:19:04.418 --> 00:19:10.112 - You said it's been on the to-do list for a while is the is the was the old gate just there was no sort 00:19:10.112 --> 00:19:15.751 - of badge in Correct. It was just an old-school gate that we had to just a padlock open and close that 00:19:15.751 --> 00:19:21.389 - stayed open pretty much throughout the business day But sometimes we have no staff on site and people 00:19:21.389 --> 00:19:27.083 - can kind of just walk in and out As well as we have more and more weekend events and weekend needs and 00:19:27.083 --> 00:19:32.667 - so that would be locked Nobody could get access to the dumpster. So this will really improve weekend 00:19:32.667 --> 00:19:33.662 - access as well. I 00:19:33.986 --> 00:19:42.880 - Okay. All right. Sounds good. Any other questions for Rebecca on this one? No. Okay. All right. Make 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:52.215 - a motion to approve the contract with convergent for Adam Street Ops Center gate security system install. 00:19:52.215 --> 00:20:01.726 - Okay. And a roll call vote of those in favor. Kathleen Mills. Aye. Ellen Rodkey. Aye. Israel Herrera. Okay. 00:20:01.858 --> 00:20:09.180 - That motion is carried and then Rebecca has one more item in C 11 the agreement with PQC for the entry 00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:14.014 - gate Correct. So as I mentioned Convergent is who actually installs 00:20:14.082 --> 00:20:19.420 - The gate reader the card reader but in order to connect that to the power supply of our existing building 00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:24.657 - op center PQC otherwise known as precision quality Contracting is going to be hired to actually do that 00:20:24.657 --> 00:20:30.046 - electrical work and cabling So I should have mentioned this in the first one. This is being funded through 00:20:30.046 --> 00:20:35.384 - our non reverting funds with a cell tower revenue So if you remember last meeting I was here to recommend 00:20:35.384 --> 00:20:40.470 - the lease agreement We do have a cell tower in the back of op center. So we do get revenue generated 00:20:40.470 --> 00:20:43.038 - from that that's been growing and so we're we just 00:20:43.490 --> 00:20:51.058 - Inputting it back into our ops gate. So again, this is a service agreement with precision quality contracting 00:20:51.058 --> 00:20:58.007 - Not to exceed seven thousand six hundred thirty and this is for the electrical work to connect it to 00:20:58.007 --> 00:21:05.369 - our new card reader Happy to answer any questions. Okay All right, I make a motion to approve the contract 00:21:05.369 --> 00:21:10.942 - with precision quality contracting for electrical system upgrades They come here 00:21:11.618 --> 00:21:19.320 - Okay, and a roll call vote of those in favor Kathleen Mills. I Ellen Rodkey. I Israel Herrera All right 00:21:19.320 --> 00:21:27.022 - motion is carried. Thank you for those three items. Thank you, Becca And then in our section D, we have 00:21:27.022 --> 00:21:34.206 - a couple of reports this evening So first is the draft 2025 annual report which Julie Ramey will 00:21:34.946 --> 00:21:43.115 - Explain to us. Good evening Julie Ramey community relations manager with parks and recreation in front 00:21:43.115 --> 00:21:51.125 - of you is a printed copy of a draft of the 2025 annual report the annual report is for Review of the 00:21:51.125 --> 00:21:59.294 - entire last year. It includes unaudited financial data. So reports from our New World financial system 00:21:59.394 --> 00:22:07.054 - and includes our participation numbers. So there's a few bits and pieces that we still need to collect 00:22:07.054 --> 00:22:14.713 - in order to have the complete annual report. So I'll come back to you at the meeting in May to ask for 00:22:14.713 --> 00:22:22.373 - your formal approval of the 2025 report. Okay. Yeah, looks good. I always enjoy looking at the numbers 00:22:22.373 --> 00:22:29.214 - for the different facilities and engagement. I saw 10,000, was this on the Facebook videos? 00:22:31.074 --> 00:22:38.482 - this number. 14 Facebook videos exceeded 10,000 views. Our digital content coordinator saw his first 00:22:38.482 --> 00:22:46.109 - full year of employment in 2025 and he's rocking our social media channels. He's creating great content 00:22:46.109 --> 00:22:53.811 - and doing a great job of promoting our programs, our facilities, and getting the message out about parks 00:22:53.811 --> 00:22:59.678 - and recreation. Thank you. Yeah, great. Thank you, Julie. Thanks for the draft. 00:23:00.738 --> 00:23:09.482 - Okay, and then in our D to section Is the draft master plan for the next four years which Tim Street 00:23:09.482 --> 00:23:18.398 - will tell us about? Good evening commissioners Tim Street director of Bloomington Parks and Recreation 00:23:18.398 --> 00:23:28.094 - Thank you for being here tonight with us tonight. I'm going to turn it over in just a moment to Jamie Sabak and 00:23:28.194 --> 00:23:33.851 - Who is our master plan consultant who's been working? Alongside us to help generate these results and 00:23:33.851 --> 00:23:39.397 - coordinate things like the community survey and all of the public engagement that we've done Before 00:23:39.397 --> 00:23:44.942 - I turn it over to her. I'll just mention a couple things One this has been a very thorough process. 00:23:44.942 --> 00:23:50.544 - This is the first time At all actually not even as director that I've been able to go through one of 00:23:50.544 --> 00:23:53.982 - these with the department I've been here for about five years 00:23:54.178 --> 00:24:00.465 - When I started in 2021, we are at the very tail end of wrapping up the previous master plan, which was 00:24:00.465 --> 00:24:06.812 - also occurring during COVID, and it was all a bit strange. So this has been a really rewarding process, 00:24:06.812 --> 00:24:12.916 - a very thorough process. I think we've done a really fantastic job of really making sure there were 00:24:12.916 --> 00:24:19.019 - lots of opportunities for engagement with the public, with staff, through focus groups, through all 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:23.902 - of the different voices you're gonna see represented in the master plan itself. 00:24:24.066 --> 00:24:31.704 - Secondly, I think we are an organization and we strive to be an organization that acts upon our plans. 00:24:31.704 --> 00:24:39.120 - So this isn't something that we're gonna get this done and say, great, this is checked off for five 00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:46.758 - years, now we can check out and be eligible for DNR grants and have it on file with the state and then 00:24:46.758 --> 00:24:52.542 - we'll do it all again. No, this very much, we're presenting it to you tonight 00:24:52.802 --> 00:25:00.246 - Informationally, this is the draft. We're open to feedback from board members over the next month before 00:25:00.246 --> 00:25:07.336 - we bring it back for adoption in May. And as I mentioned from there, then it's time for us to start 00:25:07.336 --> 00:25:14.567 - moving and acting on some of these things. So we're excited for that. We're lining some things up for 00:25:14.567 --> 00:25:18.750 - after potential adoption, of course, pending any feedback. 00:25:19.490 --> 00:25:25.804 - I'll just mention as well, between now and May, we will come across our digital accessibility deadline 00:25:25.804 --> 00:25:32.118 - for local governments. And so an aside, bigger than the master plan, this is sort of the last time the 00:25:32.118 --> 00:25:38.555 - park board process and the documentation will come to you looking like it does right now. In May, things 00:25:38.555 --> 00:25:44.685 - are gonna look a little bit different. We're gonna be working through Google Docs a lot more, doing 00:25:44.685 --> 00:25:47.934 - accessibility checks on documents, things like that. 00:25:48.098 --> 00:25:53.985 - So between now and May, we'll also be working to mitigate the final documents to meet digital accessibility 00:25:53.985 --> 00:25:59.600 - standards. And what will happen is in May and beyond, looking at your agenda, the way these are linked 00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:05.270 - in there, you're gonna see that with every agenda item. So instead of it being a giant PDF, we're gonna 00:26:05.270 --> 00:26:10.830 - have live links in the agenda to each component of each agenda item. So that's a little off topic for 00:26:10.830 --> 00:26:16.390 - where we're going, but I wanted to mention that no, this is not there yet. You know, we just received 00:26:16.390 --> 00:26:16.990 - the draft. 00:26:17.762 --> 00:26:23.915 - It's awkward timing as we navigate this deadline, but when we when we have it when we come back in May 00:26:23.915 --> 00:26:29.948 - We will have mitigated it to have it all good to go for those standards That said I am going to turn 00:26:29.948 --> 00:26:35.981 - it over to Jamie who has a presentation that she's going to share and then we can take any questions 00:26:35.981 --> 00:26:36.638 - at the end 00:26:47.234 --> 00:26:54.286 - Quick check. Can you all hear me and can you see the presentation? And yes. Alright, thank you. 00:26:54.286 --> 00:27:01.852 - Thanks Tim. Good evening. It's a pleasure to visit with you again. I think last we had the opportunity 00:27:01.852 --> 00:27:09.271 - to meet it was to review the comprehensive engagement portion of this process. So tonight I have the 00:27:09.271 --> 00:27:12.062 - pleasure of providing you an overview 00:27:12.194 --> 00:27:19.891 - of the master plan effort along with some principal takeaways and to give you a sense of the depth of 00:27:19.891 --> 00:27:27.513 - the deliverables that have been presented to the City of Bloomington Park and Recreation Department. 00:27:27.513 --> 00:27:34.456 - I have to say I've had the pleasure of presenting these completed documents over the years. 00:27:34.456 --> 00:27:38.078 - This one has been, as I think some of you know, 00:27:38.306 --> 00:27:44.132 - more special to me as I have a history with this organization. So I was incredibly privileged to have 00:27:44.132 --> 00:27:50.129 - the opportunity to not only serve the city of Bloomington as an employee, but now I have the opportunity 00:27:50.129 --> 00:27:55.840 - to work alongside the staff, all of you, and of course the community to present this updated master 00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:59.838 - plan. I do want to, if you will, provide a shout out to an incredible 00:27:59.938 --> 00:28:05.684 - professional staff of this organization, Tim, the entire executive team, the project team, all of the 00:28:05.684 --> 00:28:11.373 - employees that participated in this effort along with all of you and of course the community, a very 00:28:11.373 --> 00:28:17.344 - engaged community and a community I think that truly understands the value of public parks and recreation 00:28:17.344 --> 00:28:23.089 - and what it provides you know for quality of life in the community. So I wanted to say that we're out 00:28:23.089 --> 00:28:29.342 - of the gate. Alternatively very brief presentation of a year-long process does not do it justice but hopefully 00:28:29.762 --> 00:28:36.404 - This brings back top of mind some of the things that we have discussed over the last 14 months and gives 00:28:36.404 --> 00:28:42.794 - you a sense of the complexion of the deliverables and what has been provided to the organization. So 00:28:42.794 --> 00:28:49.120 - with that, I'm going to spend probably about 15 minutes or so just giving you an overview and depth 00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:55.509 - regarding certain elements of the master plan and then certainly open the floor for any comments and 00:28:55.509 --> 00:28:57.470 - questions that you might have. 00:28:57.570 --> 00:29:03.081 - What I'm going to share very briefly is overview of the process. We're going to dive a bit into the 00:29:03.081 --> 00:29:08.757 - priorities and intended outcomes that resulted from the effort. I'm going to share with you high level 00:29:08.757 --> 00:29:11.678 - the strategic plan and really the actionable part of 00:29:11.810 --> 00:29:18.727 - this effort. Any master plan obviously requires some strategy relative to how things are going to be 00:29:18.727 --> 00:29:25.780 - implemented. So I'll share with you high level what that strategic plan looks like in its composition, 00:29:25.780 --> 00:29:32.697 - touch on policy briefly, and then pass it on to Tim to close and share any next steps. So that said, 00:29:32.697 --> 00:29:39.134 - quick refresh if we were to summarize this entire process, I think this image represents that 00:29:39.234 --> 00:29:45.559 - summation. We really wanted to have an incredibly robust and rich foundation of engagement that included 00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:51.704 - of course staff engagement, elected and appointed official engagement, as well as obviously community 00:29:51.704 --> 00:29:57.909 - engagement and I think we did our due diligence relative to a tentacled approach to engagement. I have 00:29:57.909 --> 00:30:04.355 - to say it was really incredible the feedback that was received as well as the amount of feedback received. 00:30:04.355 --> 00:30:09.054 - I give Julie and her team a lot of credit for thinking about creative ways to 00:30:09.154 --> 00:30:14.528 - Get the word out, if you will. So people felt that they were being asked their opinions and 00:30:14.528 --> 00:30:16.222 - their perspectives and their 00:30:16.418 --> 00:30:22.253 - their thoughts regarding need and desire and so on. So really robust engagement sets the stage for how 00:30:22.253 --> 00:30:28.428 - we think about analyzing conditions. We analyze systems, a bit of discovery, if you will, and then assessing 00:30:28.428 --> 00:30:34.150 - the system. And then, of course, all of these things roll up into the development of the plan itself 00:30:34.150 --> 00:30:40.042 - and the draft plan that you have in front of you today. We're focusing on what we hear, of course, what 00:30:40.042 --> 00:30:44.574 - we observe and what we learn over time to feed the development of the document. 00:30:45.986 --> 00:30:52.393 - There were three principal phases to this work. First of all, we did a conditions assessment of Bryan 00:30:52.393 --> 00:30:58.738 - Park and Mills Pools and we started the financial sustainability strategy during phase one and these 00:30:58.738 --> 00:31:05.145 - really kind of set the stage for the overall master planning effort. Phase two was when we started to 00:31:05.145 --> 00:31:06.590 - engage staff and board 00:31:06.722 --> 00:31:12.175 - in conversations regarding the condition of the organization and the community issues that community 00:31:12.175 --> 00:31:17.575 - members were facing, you know, lived experiences in the Bloomington community. We wanted to make an 00:31:17.575 --> 00:31:22.974 - effort to ensure that we had equitable community engagement, translate, ensure that we were hearing 00:31:22.974 --> 00:31:28.535 - from representative community members, and I think through the engagement process we found that we had 00:31:28.535 --> 00:31:34.258 - a solid representation of the people who live in Bloomington and experience Bloomington on a daily basis. 00:31:34.258 --> 00:31:36.688 - We, of course, dove into some organizational 00:31:36.688 --> 00:31:42.911 - Everything from looking at ADA transition plans and, you know, environmental commitments that 00:31:42.911 --> 00:31:49.664 - the organization has made, as well as obviously just how administrative functions were working in the 00:31:49.664 --> 00:31:53.438 - organization and how productive and effective they were. 00:31:53.762 --> 00:32:00.225 - All of this led to identifying what organizational priorities the system would choose to prioritize, 00:32:00.225 --> 00:32:06.880 - if you will, and focus its energy and efforts on in order to have the greatest impact on the community. 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:13.407 - And then phase three, taking all of the things that resulted were to design a strategic plan and work 00:32:13.407 --> 00:32:19.870 - with the entire staff as well as concentrated efforts with the administrative team, the project team 00:32:19.870 --> 00:32:23.134 - to create actionable steps towards implementation. 00:32:23.234 --> 00:32:29.309 - Of course, again, all of this resulting in the final master plan draft and the deliverables and this 00:32:29.309 --> 00:32:35.444 - presentation this evening. I think it's important to take a step back for a moment because we tend to 00:32:35.444 --> 00:32:41.459 - use a lot of words, terminology, if you will, in the planning world that sometimes can be conflated 00:32:41.459 --> 00:32:47.294 - with other things. We wanted to ensure that not only words mattered, but meaning was consistent. 00:32:47.394 --> 00:32:53.464 - And so I felt it important to call out some of the terms that you hear often in plans and how this linked 00:32:53.464 --> 00:32:59.248 - to the ultimate master plan document that you have in front of you tonight. So first of all, when we 00:32:59.248 --> 00:33:05.547 - talk about community issues, all those things that we heard by way of staff engagement, community engagement, 00:33:05.547 --> 00:33:11.445 - of course, meeting with you, we're attempting to identify what the key call that business issues were, 00:33:11.445 --> 00:33:16.542 - essentially the highest priority problems affecting the department and or the community, 00:33:16.738 --> 00:33:22.362 - or anything that may be perceived as negatively affecting the system. So these issues become, 00:33:22.362 --> 00:33:28.525 - if you will, a bit of an umbrella, which is counterintuitive to how this is built out, but an umbrella 00:33:28.525 --> 00:33:35.166 - under which we start thinking about construction of the plan. This then, these issues feed how an organization 00:33:35.394 --> 00:33:41.581 - begins to identify its priorities, like these broad-based statements of intention. What is it we're 00:33:41.581 --> 00:33:48.077 - working towards affecting and resolving? The issues essentially become a feed to identifying priorities. 00:33:48.077 --> 00:33:54.264 - Those priorities, of course, will be impacted, influenced, improved by way of actionable steps that 00:33:54.264 --> 00:33:59.646 - a system takes. Actions, very simply, are intended to be these outcome-oriented moves. 00:33:59.746 --> 00:34:05.629 - the organization, in this case the department, is going to take to advance a strategic priority. Again, 00:34:05.629 --> 00:34:11.399 - influence or impact it. And actions require a number of tasks. So we have a strategic plan as part of 00:34:11.399 --> 00:34:17.169 - this work that includes a number of actions. You're not going to see a granular list of tasks, rather 00:34:17.169 --> 00:34:22.430 - these outcome-oriented moves, these actions in the action plan that resulted from this work. 00:34:22.722 --> 00:34:28.266 - And the capstone here, which I think must be addressed, is the fact that every organization wants to 00:34:28.266 --> 00:34:34.030 - think about what is it they're trying to do in a system. You know, what are those results and objectives 00:34:34.030 --> 00:34:39.684 - they're trying to realize as a result of their work? And so, these building blocks essentially fed the 00:34:39.684 --> 00:34:45.667 - development of the plan and fed the development of the strategic plan, the actionable steps that Bloomington 00:34:45.667 --> 00:34:51.266 - Parks and Recreation will take to affect priorities and obviously resolve, best it can, issues in the 00:34:51.266 --> 00:34:51.870 - community. 00:34:52.226 --> 00:34:59.145 - So where did this lead? It led to the development of a very comprehensive plan, as mentioned. It was 00:34:59.145 --> 00:35:06.201 - a robust process. It was quite comprehensive. We dove into everything from infrastructure to financial 00:35:06.201 --> 00:35:13.051 - sustainability to community needs to community desires, looked internally, discovery efforts around 00:35:13.051 --> 00:35:15.038 - the organization's function. 00:35:15.234 --> 00:35:20.876 - And so we have a draft plan you see an image of that plan on the left of the screen and a number of 00:35:20.876 --> 00:35:26.913 - supplements you can think about them as attachments, if you will. We had supplement a being the engagement 00:35:26.913 --> 00:35:32.555 - report, this is what we reviewed reviewed with you a few months back it's the comprehensive view of 00:35:32.555 --> 00:35:35.038 - what we heard from staff elected appointed. 00:35:35.202 --> 00:35:42.286 - officials as well as community members. Supplement B was the Comprehensive Community Engagement Summary, 00:35:42.286 --> 00:35:46.942 - so the survey essentially was in a separate document, a quite robust 00:35:47.042 --> 00:35:52.752 - review of everything we heard by way of that survey. There's another supplement, supplement C, which 00:35:52.752 --> 00:35:58.519 - is the Pool Conditions Assessment Report. This was the concentrated effort to assess the condition of 00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:04.286 - both Bryan Park and Mills Pools. Supplement D was the Financial Sustainability Strategy Report, which 00:36:04.286 --> 00:36:09.996 - includes a high-level overview of all of the data analysis, the cost of service analysis, as well as 00:36:09.996 --> 00:36:12.766 - obviously the resulting strategy from that work. 00:36:13.794 --> 00:36:19.974 - And then we had supplement E. You can see Leslie's smiling face on that report there. This was the providers 00:36:19.974 --> 00:36:26.153 - network and inventory report. We had an opportunity to visit with a number of representatives from different 00:36:26.153 --> 00:36:30.462 - providers, nonprofit, private and public sector, leisure service providers, 00:36:30.594 --> 00:36:37.131 - and allied providers to identify who is providing what in the community, to best reduce duplication, 00:36:37.131 --> 00:36:43.927 - to fill gaps, to understand how we can work together in a very productive, efficient way, and strengthen 00:36:43.927 --> 00:36:50.594 - existing relationships. So all of these were the documentation that resulted from all of the work that 00:36:50.594 --> 00:36:55.966 - was completed. The priorities of this process were the four you see on the screen. 00:36:56.194 --> 00:37:01.399 - We had community impact, the priority of how do we impact the community, how do we continue to impact 00:37:01.399 --> 00:37:06.554 - the community in the most productive, positive way, how can we prioritize investing in what we have, 00:37:06.554 --> 00:37:11.862 - taking care of our existing infrastructure, becoming a financially sustainable organization, continuing 00:37:11.862 --> 00:37:17.016 - to stay on the path of responsible fiscal stewardship, and then having a strong, connected BPR team, 00:37:17.016 --> 00:37:22.119 - essentially ensuring that those who do the work on a daily basis are strong, they're connected, and 00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:23.038 - they're thriving. 00:37:23.234 --> 00:37:29.361 - to feed a strong culture and system. I wanted to break down each of these priorities for you in terms 00:37:29.361 --> 00:37:35.488 - of what those intended outcomes were that I just referenced a bit ago. The intended outcome by way of 00:37:35.488 --> 00:37:41.555 - prioritizing community impact is that you have seamless and accessible user experiences on behalf of 00:37:41.555 --> 00:37:47.862 - the community, that you have inclusive spaces that serve all residents, that you have stronger community 00:37:47.862 --> 00:37:51.166 - connections and a sense of belonging in the community, 00:37:51.778 --> 00:37:57.919 - that you've created protected and resilient natural systems, and that there's clear demonstration of 00:37:57.919 --> 00:38:04.302 - community value and impact. Again, these are the intended outcomes by way of actionable steps that align 00:38:04.302 --> 00:38:10.382 - with those priorities that have been identified. That second priority area, invest in what we have, 00:38:10.382 --> 00:38:16.523 - the intended outcomes, putting energy resource actionable steps towards this priority will result in 00:38:16.523 --> 00:38:21.022 - proactive and coordinated asset management, reduced deferred maintenance, 00:38:21.250 --> 00:38:28.839 - and improved system resilience and reliability, higher utilization and performance of existing assets, 00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:36.797 - consistent, efficient operations across the entire system, and an environmentally sustainable and resilient 00:38:36.797 --> 00:38:43.134 - infrastructure. That third priority, financial sustainability, the intended outcomes, 00:38:43.330 --> 00:38:48.378 - of this priority are a clear understanding of the cost and value of services internally as 00:38:48.378 --> 00:38:53.926 - well as externally, more diverse and reliable revenue streams, consistent and transparent financial 00:38:53.926 --> 00:38:59.917 - decision-making, capital investments that align with long-term capacity, and improved financial performance 00:38:59.917 --> 00:39:05.520 - and operational efficiency. And that last priority, relative to a strong and connected team, aligned 00:39:05.520 --> 00:39:11.678 - effective communication across the organization. And many of these things are happening, it's continuation of. 00:39:11.842 --> 00:39:17.119 - clear expectations and streamlined systems, a skilled and continuously developing workforce, a culture 00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:22.294 - supportive of employee well-being and engagement, and a strong sense of identity, purpose, and pride 00:39:22.294 --> 00:39:27.469 - in the organization. And of course, we know we can identify priorities and we can identify outcomes, 00:39:27.469 --> 00:39:32.746 - but we really need to be thinking about how are we going to make these things happen. And that's where 00:39:32.746 --> 00:39:34.334 - that last supplement comes in. 00:39:35.522 --> 00:39:40.814 - completely understand that it looks like an eye chart up there for all of you, but it was to give you 00:39:40.814 --> 00:39:45.588 - a sense of what this attached, this supplement to the master plan actually looks like. It's 00:39:45.588 --> 00:39:50.932 - a very comprehensive list of actionable steps for this organization to take to move the needle towards 00:39:50.932 --> 00:39:56.224 - influencing and affecting the priorities that I just identified, ultimately leading to those intended 00:39:56.224 --> 00:39:58.974 - outcomes. One of the things I did want to share with 00:39:59.426 --> 00:40:06.344 - with you is as we zoom in on this, you can see this worksheet that's intended to be a tool for the staff 00:40:06.344 --> 00:40:12.998 - includes each priority along with all of the recommended actions. You'll see additional columns here 00:40:12.998 --> 00:40:20.574 - that list prioritization, meaning what level of priority is this in our organization? Is it high, medium, and low? 00:40:20.706 --> 00:40:26.739 - And there's some qualifying and quantifiable statements that have directed the staff to make very informed 00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:32.715 - decisions about whether something is actually a high, medium, or low priority. Alternatively, each action 00:40:32.715 --> 00:40:38.354 - has an attached resource requirement. Essentially, is this going to take a lot of time and money to 00:40:38.354 --> 00:40:40.158 - complete high, medium, and low? 00:40:40.866 --> 00:40:47.167 - You also notice every action has an assigned staff lead and team, as well as an anticipated timeline 00:40:47.167 --> 00:40:53.717 - for completion. So this again is intended to be a tool that's useful for the organization moving forward 00:40:53.717 --> 00:40:57.086 - over this five-year window. I do want to mention that 00:40:57.154 --> 00:41:03.535 - Each priority has a different number of actionable steps. Priority one, there are actually 27 actions 00:41:03.535 --> 00:41:10.166 - identified for priority two, 18, for priority three, 19, and that fourth priority, a strong and connected 00:41:10.166 --> 00:41:16.547 - BPR team, has 11 actionable steps for a complete total of 75 actions. The last thing I'll share about 00:41:16.547 --> 00:41:23.054 - the strategic action plan is this is the part of the master plan that becomes less static. Essentially, 00:41:23.054 --> 00:41:27.120 - the intention is this is reviewed annually for updates to ensure 00:41:27.120 --> 00:41:33.903 - ensure its relevance. Things changed incredibly dynamically today, as you all know, economically, 00:41:33.903 --> 00:41:41.240 - environmentally, socially, so it's incumbent upon the organization to keep tabs on productivity certainly 00:41:41.240 --> 00:41:47.885 - and completion, but also ensure that there's relevance for all of the actions as time moves on. 00:41:47.885 --> 00:41:50.654 - That said, as I conclude this overview, 00:41:50.818 --> 00:41:58.265 - We have provided the team a policy draft relative to financial sustainability, and this is in process. 00:41:58.265 --> 00:42:05.784 - The draft has been presented to Tim for review, and this is expected to be something that he will bring 00:42:05.784 --> 00:42:13.231 - to you and bring forward at a later date as it's modified and adjusted and prepared for a work session 00:42:13.231 --> 00:42:15.038 - and ultimately adoption. 00:42:15.170 --> 00:42:23.049 - So with that, I'm going to go ahead and take any questions that you might have for me and then turn 00:42:23.049 --> 00:42:30.927 - it over to Tim. I don't have any questions at this time. Thank you, Jamie, for that information and 00:42:30.927 --> 00:42:38.963 - for the previous meeting we had in person with you with all the details. Any questions from Israel or 00:42:38.963 --> 00:42:43.454 - Ellen? No, thank you for sharing the information, Jamie. 00:42:47.010 --> 00:42:54.187 - I would say for Now we can go to Tim and then we might have questions after that Okay, thank you so 00:42:54.187 --> 00:43:01.507 - much Jamie. It's nice to see you again. Thank you I don't have a whole lot to add on that. I think we 00:43:01.507 --> 00:43:08.828 - want to get to probably public comment here in a second, but Just want to mention that if you want to 00:43:08.828 --> 00:43:15.646 - get to sort of where the rubber meets the road with the report Go to the strategic action plan 00:43:15.746 --> 00:43:21.735 - because that is how we are deciding to respond to everything that we've Discovered and heard some of 00:43:21.735 --> 00:43:28.021 - this is you know stuff we've kind of known all along obviously we we entered into the master plan process 00:43:28.021 --> 00:43:34.070 - Specifically looking for a focus on financial sustainability. So there's some things there that we've 00:43:34.070 --> 00:43:40.297 - talked about themes Etc and there's other things that have emerged from our feedback survey, etc I think 00:43:40.297 --> 00:43:43.262 - we've we've done a really good job clarifying and 00:43:43.714 --> 00:43:49.375 - Priority goals and actions underneath them to have that be a living document, but without getting into 00:43:49.375 --> 00:43:55.147 - the minutia I think we've done that in the past a little bit of Sort of day-to-day divisional operations 00:43:55.147 --> 00:44:00.863 - and reporting some of that stuff out. So I think we've honed in that really well if that part is living 00:44:00.863 --> 00:44:06.469 - but I think that's the clearest place to go look and see well, what are we doing in response to this? 00:44:06.469 --> 00:44:09.822 - That's where we're going to begin Not every decision is made 00:44:10.210 --> 00:44:15.836 - There of course some of them referenced needing to make decisions in collaboration with the park board 00:44:15.836 --> 00:44:21.734 - that will be coming up very soon. So Thank you for listening. We will revisit this next month for potential 00:44:21.734 --> 00:44:27.196 - adoption And if there are questions that come up in the meantime Please route them my way and I can 00:44:27.196 --> 00:44:32.822 - work with with Jamie and staff to ensure those are addressed before we bring it back I guess I'll just 00:44:32.822 --> 00:44:34.078 - say I do have one edit 00:44:34.498 --> 00:44:43.710 - on page 16, it references the University of Indiana. Oh. Uh-oh. Yeah. Uh-oh. Good catch. We'll fix that. 00:44:43.710 --> 00:44:53.009 - OK. All right. Thanks again, Jamie, and thank you, Tim. And then in our section E, we can take any public 00:44:53.009 --> 00:45:01.694 - comment here in person or also online. You can raise your hand online if you're watching that way. 00:45:04.354 --> 00:45:16.861 - We do have one online. Yes, Brandon. I you should be able to unmute yourself Hello, can I turn on my 00:45:16.861 --> 00:45:28.254 - camera? Camera just your audio Time did you want a lot for this Brandon for two minutes and 00:45:30.434 --> 00:45:36.311 - All right, sounds good. I prepared a script for three minutes, but I'll try to read as fast as I can. 00:45:36.311 --> 00:45:42.130 - Okay. All right. Good afternoon, Director Street, President Mills, and members of the board. My name 00:45:42.130 --> 00:45:48.065 - is Brandon Bothell. I'm an employee of the city security contractor, Marshall Security Investigations, 00:45:48.065 --> 00:45:53.884 - MSI, or rather I was until today. This afternoon, after I formally reported wage theft and submitted 00:45:53.884 --> 00:45:59.934 - my two weeks notice of resignation due to unethical practices, MSI leadership terminated me immediately. 00:46:00.578 --> 00:46:06.124 - I'm here to report both systematic wage theft and clear whistleblower retaliation. For months, I've 00:46:06.124 --> 00:46:11.560 - documented MSI leadership manually adjusting my time sheets to reflect fewer hours than I worked, 00:46:11.560 --> 00:46:17.439 - specifically omitting time spent handling critical park emergencies or training to avoid paying overtime. 00:46:17.439 --> 00:46:22.985 - I have evidence of this manipulation, including original logs compared to shortened payroll records 00:46:22.985 --> 00:46:28.809 - and recorded admissions from MSI leadership that they were manually cutting my hours despite my accurate 00:46:28.809 --> 00:46:29.918 - time clock entries. 00:46:31.106 --> 00:46:36.920 - Yesterday, I sent a formal email to director Tim Street in the city's attorney's office detailing these 00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:42.622 - concerns. Shortly after making this report and submitting a two-week notice, I was let go. In Indiana 00:46:42.622 --> 00:46:48.491 - and under City of Bloomington's contract standards, retail power is a serious violation. This is a clear 00:46:48.491 --> 00:46:54.193 - attempt to silence me and prevent this evidence from reaching you. I'm requesting that the board take 00:46:54.193 --> 00:46:55.870 - the following immediate steps 00:46:56.578 --> 00:47:02.194 - Call any upcoming contract renewals or payments to MSI until a full independent audit of their payroll 00:47:02.194 --> 00:47:07.864 - and labor practices is completed. Review the legality of my termination today as a breach of the city's 00:47:07.864 --> 00:47:13.425 - contract compliance and anti-retaliation policies. And lastly, initiate a formal investigation by the 00:47:13.425 --> 00:47:18.932 - city legal department into these manual adjustments that defraud both workers and taxpayers who fund 00:47:18.932 --> 00:47:24.439 - this contract. I have all the documentation ready for the legal department. I ask the board to stand 00:47:24.439 --> 00:47:26.238 - behind its own ethics ordinances 00:47:26.530 --> 00:47:33.094 - And ensure that contractors who manage our public spaces are held to the law. Thank you for your time 00:47:33.094 --> 00:47:39.787 - today All right, thank you for that Brandon and you've been in touch with Tim you've received something 00:47:39.787 --> 00:47:46.415 - from Yes, and it was passed on to the city's legal department. Okay. All right. Thank you for that any 00:47:46.415 --> 00:47:49.182 - other public comment here this evening and 00:47:51.906 --> 00:47:58.468 - Okay, and no one else online. Okay. All right, then we will go back to Tim for any more announcements 00:47:58.468 --> 00:48:04.901 - upcoming and Great as usual I like to Share a few things going on in this time and just mention the 00:48:04.901 --> 00:48:11.335 - happenings. There's always good things, especially this time of year First of all, thank you Leslie 00:48:11.335 --> 00:48:15.838 - for being our co-pilot this evening like you said great roll call and 00:48:16.130 --> 00:48:22.839 - Kim has managed to go on vacation and miss the last park board meeting before she retires. So she and 00:48:22.839 --> 00:48:29.679 - Becky both snuck that in on me without me realizing, but just want to recognize Kim before she retires. 00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:36.651 - I'll send you some information about her retirement as well. As mentioned, we're working a lot on digital 00:48:36.651 --> 00:48:43.294 - accessibility. It's a big lift. The deadline's upcoming. We're still learning, figuring out a lot of 00:48:43.294 --> 00:48:44.478 - things with this. 00:48:44.578 --> 00:48:50.537 - Like I said expect the next meeting to look a little different I'm sure there'll be some growing pains 00:48:50.537 --> 00:48:56.496 - as we navigate a new system But I think it's going to be really great in the end and really functional 00:48:56.496 --> 00:49:02.281 - You'll notice the ice arena didn't come up on the agenda tonight We're still moving forward getting 00:49:02.281 --> 00:49:08.356 - quotes assessing planning on opening in the fall with some repairs we anticipate Chris and keto bringing 00:49:08.356 --> 00:49:09.918 - you those items in May and 00:49:10.050 --> 00:49:15.345 - And talking a little bit more about next steps in terms of the stakeholder group that we mentioned and 00:49:15.345 --> 00:49:20.538 - getting that together this summer So we're still very much working on that and I want to you know If 00:49:20.538 --> 00:49:25.679 - anyone's watching worried, are we gonna open the ice arena in the fall? Yes, that is the plan Going 00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:30.974 - through all the appropriate channels for that But still very much need to make bigger future decisions 00:49:31.170 --> 00:49:36.902 - I want to shout out urban forestry. We got some great feedback on the tree assistance program Helping 00:49:36.902 --> 00:49:42.521 - people remove high-risk trees with some provided funding from the ESD department And and yeah, just 00:49:42.521 --> 00:49:48.365 - emphasizing that agenda item from earlier tonight It's pretty remarkable to be able to go to Brian Park 00:49:48.365 --> 00:49:53.984 - and see big mature ash trees We hear it all the time from people who maybe come in from out of town 00:49:53.984 --> 00:49:58.142 - or know what they're looking for that like oh my gosh, like look at these 00:49:58.274 --> 00:50:04.232 - amazing ash trees that we still have at Brian Park. And that is part of its wonderful status as the 00:50:04.232 --> 00:50:10.547 - Arboretum as well. Lots of things going on. We're a couple of farmers markets in now. A Food Truck Friday 00:50:10.547 --> 00:50:16.624 - in. The Performing Arts Series info is pretty much all on the website now. All the free concerts, the 00:50:16.624 --> 00:50:22.760 - movies in the park. You've heard partnerships with Cicada. Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for the 00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:24.190 - Performing Arts Series. 00:50:24.290 --> 00:50:31.190 - The new program guide just arrived. I left you one up there on the dais. And Grand Faloon concerts have 00:50:31.190 --> 00:50:38.157 - been announced during the process of being announced. I'm really excited about those as well. The Sports 00:50:38.157 --> 00:50:45.057 - Division just finished some new improvements up at the Upper Cascades skate park. It was just a repair, 00:50:45.057 --> 00:50:52.223 - but local company Hunger Skateparks always seems to go above and beyond for us, and they actually installed 00:50:52.223 --> 00:50:54.014 - some new features as well. 00:50:54.370 --> 00:51:01.137 - at no cost to the city, which is pretty incredible. Other things coming up, I'll just mention Arbor 00:51:01.137 --> 00:51:08.107 - Day. We have a tree planting at Rogers Family Park to celebrate Arbor Day on the 24th. Children's Expo 00:51:08.107 --> 00:51:15.010 - on the 26th. Bill mentioned the Studio Cipher event in May. The Senior Expo's, excuse me, the 50-plus 00:51:15.010 --> 00:51:19.070 - Expo is in early May. Pool's open May 23rd, so busy season. 00:51:19.170 --> 00:51:26.584 - And and Griffey boathouse also opens daily in May. So lots of things going on. We will reconvene For 00:51:26.584 --> 00:51:33.998 - our May meeting on the 21st at 5 p.m Earth Day is this Saturday as well. I missed one Thank you, and 00:51:33.998 --> 00:51:41.486 - even though Kim clap is off on her well-deserved vacation just yeah for the record I mean we all hope 00:51:41.486 --> 00:51:48.606 - she has a wonderful retirement the reason we're able to do what we can do up here is because she 00:51:48.866 --> 00:51:55.703 - completely organized with packets and answers all of our questions and make sure we have a quorum and 00:51:55.703 --> 00:52:02.405 - Signatures are all taken care of and everything. So well deserved. Congratulations Kim wherever you 00:52:02.405 --> 00:52:09.309 - are out there vacationing All right, and with that I will adjourn the April meeting of the Bloomington 00:52:09.309 --> 00:52:11.454 - Board of Park commissioners and