WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.500 - To order this regular session of the Bloomington Common Council on September 17th 2025. Will the 00:00:05.500 --> 00:00:06.960 - clerk please call the roll? 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:21.680 - Pete Mott Smith here 00:00:21.680 --> 00:00:28.740 - Stasberg here daily here Zulek here Rosenberger here. I'm sorry here 00:00:29.380 --> 00:00:30.580 - Thank you 00:00:30.580 --> 00:00:32.340 - Great. Thank you 00:00:32.340 --> 00:00:35.320 - Starting off the meeting tonight just a little bit of historical information 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:39.580 - I found it notable that on this day in 1787 the US Constitution was signed 00:00:39.580 --> 00:00:45.910 - And before today, I probably had not actually read the Constitution since I was you know in some US 00:00:45.910 --> 00:00:47.900 - history course as a teenager 00:00:47.900 --> 00:00:50.220 - and 00:00:50.220 --> 00:00:54.300 - I did that today and it was very interesting and related 00:00:54.300 --> 00:00:57.980 - There's been you know conversation and news stories related to whether or not we're in a 00:00:57.980 --> 00:00:59.700 - constitutional crisis, and I'm not gonna 00:00:59.700 --> 00:01:01.820 - speculate on that 00:01:01.820 --> 00:01:06.580 - but it was really interesting to read the Constitution as an adult and as a legislature a 00:01:06.580 --> 00:01:11.000 - Legislator and it just hits a little bit different than it did as a teenager 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:14.340 - So if you haven't read it in terms of the duties and responsibilities 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:19.760 - Related to the different branches of government in a while. I would recommend that you revisit that 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:22.980 - Just because it is interesting 00:01:23.940 --> 00:01:25.940 - and 00:01:25.940 --> 00:01:30.080 - The next going on to our agenda summation 00:01:30.080 --> 00:01:33.140 - before we do that, I actually 00:01:33.140 --> 00:01:35.100 - believe 00:01:35.100 --> 00:01:37.100 - That we need to 00:01:37.100 --> 00:01:39.300 - amend the agenda tonight 00:01:39.300 --> 00:01:42.660 - So I 00:01:42.660 --> 00:01:44.660 - Guess that I need to make a motion 00:01:44.660 --> 00:01:47.180 - to move 00:01:47.180 --> 00:01:50.840 - agenda item 7a ordinance 2025 33 00:01:52.380 --> 00:01:57.200 - To the last item under legislation for second readings and resolutions 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:06.900 - Thank you the reason for that needs to be related to the staff that would need to present that 00:02:06.900 --> 00:02:07.540 - ordinance 00:02:07.540 --> 00:02:14.140 - So we just need to move that down the agenda due to staff schedule 00:02:16.340 --> 00:02:21.950 - Yep, so ordinance 2025 33 moving down to the end of the agenda. So we have a motion in a second to 00:02:21.950 --> 00:02:22.460 - do that 00:02:22.460 --> 00:02:24.860 - Will the clerk please call the roll on that motion? 00:02:24.860 --> 00:02:34.380 - Councilmember Flaherty, yes, rough. Yes Rallo 00:02:34.380 --> 00:02:42.970 - Can we do anything about the sound from councilmember Rallo because I'm having a hard time hearing 00:02:42.970 --> 00:02:43.380 - him 00:02:44.860 --> 00:02:46.460 - Piedmont Smith 00:02:46.460 --> 00:02:47.900 - Yes 00:02:47.900 --> 00:02:54.340 - Stasberg. Yes, Daly. Yes, Zulek. Yes, Rosenberger. Yes. Sorry. Yes 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:58.620 - Heard that thank you. Great. Thank you so much 00:02:58.620 --> 00:03:04.180 - So now for our agenda summation first, we will have one set of minutes for approval from February 00:03:04.180 --> 00:03:05.220 - 19th of this year 00:03:05.220 --> 00:03:07.900 - That will be followed by reports 00:03:07.900 --> 00:03:12.970 - starting by reports from council members and then the mayor and city offices where we will have a 00:03:12.970 --> 00:03:14.400 - report from the Bloomington Housing 00:03:14.540 --> 00:03:19.500 - Authority we will have any council committee reports, which I do not believe we have any tonight 00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:21.700 - and then our first 00:03:21.700 --> 00:03:28.180 - Period of reports from the public where members of the public can make a comment on items not on 00:03:28.180 --> 00:03:29.120 - the agenda tonight 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:32.860 - We do not have any appointments to boards and commissions this evening 00:03:32.860 --> 00:03:37.580 - We have four pieces of legislation for first reading 00:03:38.060 --> 00:03:44.840 - We start with ordinance 2025 35 to amend title 9 of the Bloomington Municipal Code entitled water 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:48.600 - and then ordinance 2025 36 00:03:48.600 --> 00:03:52.840 - an ordinance authorizing the acquisition construction and installation 00:03:52.840 --> 00:04:00.000 - By the city of Bloomington of certain extensions and improvements to the city's water utility 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:06.830 - Then we'll have appropriation ordinance 2025 08 transferring funds from the general funds the fiber 00:04:06.830 --> 00:04:07.860 - connectivity fund 00:04:07.860 --> 00:04:11.380 - And then appropriation ordinance 2025 09 00:04:11.380 --> 00:04:14.100 - to appropriate 00:04:14.100 --> 00:04:19.880 - General fund expenditures not otherwise appropriated and then we will have legislation for second 00:04:19.880 --> 00:04:22.220 - readings and resolutions. So per the 00:04:22.220 --> 00:04:26.940 - Change that we just made we will start with ordinance 2025 34 00:04:26.940 --> 00:04:33.180 - To establish a fund for the proceeds of the surety bond related to the fiber optics network 00:04:33.180 --> 00:04:36.540 - Then we will have resolution 2025 16 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:41.220 - requesting the food and beverage tax advisory commission to make a recommendation for 00:04:41.220 --> 00:04:44.060 - expenses from those revenues 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:50.860 - Then we will have resolution 2025 15 to establish expectations and procedures for councilmember liaisons 00:04:50.860 --> 00:04:52.220 - to boards and commissions 00:04:52.220 --> 00:04:55.700 - And then finally as our last item of legislation for this evening 00:04:55.700 --> 00:05:01.090 - We will go back to ordinance 2025 33 to establish the fiber connectivity fund for digital 00:05:01.090 --> 00:05:02.060 - opportunity in 00:05:02.060 --> 00:05:04.020 - initiatives 00:05:04.020 --> 00:05:07.500 - Then we will have an additional period of public comment if there are any other members of the 00:05:07.500 --> 00:05:09.060 - public wishing to make a comment on 00:05:09.060 --> 00:05:12.980 - Items not on the agenda any notes on council schedule, and then we will adjourn 00:05:12.980 --> 00:05:16.780 - So if we could start with those minutes I 00:05:16.780 --> 00:05:20.660 - Move that the minutes from February 9th be approved 00:05:20.660 --> 00:05:22.660 - 19th 00:05:22.660 --> 00:05:26.120 - 19th yes, February 19th. I'm typo. Sorry 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:29.180 - Thank you 00:05:29.180 --> 00:05:32.780 - You have a motion and a second to approve the minutes from February 19th of this year 00:05:32.780 --> 00:05:34.900 - And just as a note there was a slightly revised 00:05:34.900 --> 00:05:40.300 - Version of those sent out this afternoon that was made a small grammatical adjustment. Just anybody 00:05:40.300 --> 00:05:41.860 - have any questions about those minutes? 00:05:41.860 --> 00:05:45.140 - Great will the clerk please call the roll on that 00:05:45.140 --> 00:05:59.920 - Piedmont Smith, yes, Stossberg. Yes, Daly. Yes, Zulek. Yes 00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:07.020 - Rosenberger, yes. Sorry. Yes clarity. Yes. Thank you. Great. Thank you 00:06:07.020 --> 00:06:11.020 - All those were approved now. We're moving into reports from council members 00:06:11.020 --> 00:06:14.180 - Let's go ahead and start 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:16.100 - to 00:06:16.100 --> 00:06:18.100 - To my left with a council member Daly 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:20.140 - Yeah, thank you 00:06:20.140 --> 00:06:24.530 - I just wanted to quickly put a shout out for anybody who might still be interested in applying for 00:06:24.530 --> 00:06:25.780 - any boards and commissions 00:06:25.780 --> 00:06:28.020 - There are still some openings 00:06:28.380 --> 00:06:33.600 - We would love to have some more applications come in and also if you've applied 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:36.980 - Previously and did not get appointed to a board and Commission 00:06:36.980 --> 00:06:41.440 - That not necessarily was, you know a personal thing 00:06:41.440 --> 00:06:45.290 - We only have so many seats available and we have so many great applicants that we don't always have 00:06:45.290 --> 00:06:47.020 - seats available for everyone 00:06:47.020 --> 00:06:51.660 - So if you're still interested, please go back and reapply again because I know 00:06:51.660 --> 00:06:55.060 - We would love to have some of our former interviewers 00:06:55.780 --> 00:07:00.940 - Put in another application and possibly have another chance to get on a board and Commission 00:07:00.940 --> 00:07:03.960 - So we hope to see you at some of our interviews. Thanks 00:07:03.960 --> 00:07:07.180 - Thank you councilmember Zulek 00:07:07.180 --> 00:07:10.580 - No report. Thank you. Thank you councilmember Rosenberger 00:07:10.580 --> 00:07:16.560 - No report. Thank you councilmember. Sorry no report. Okay councilmember Piedmont Smith 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:23.340 - Yes, I do have a report and my request that staff put I have a little PowerPoint to go through 00:07:23.860 --> 00:07:25.860 - This is about 00:07:25.860 --> 00:07:28.340 - Requesting that the council 00:07:28.340 --> 00:07:31.680 - Sign on to a letter to oppose 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:37.980 - The Environmental Protection Agency's reconsideration of the 2009 endangerment finding 00:07:37.980 --> 00:07:43.020 - So I did reach out to some of you individually about this 00:07:43.020 --> 00:07:49.540 - So if we go to the next slide what what is the endangerment finding 00:07:49.540 --> 00:07:52.380 - so in 00:07:52.380 --> 00:07:53.780 - 2009 00:07:53.780 --> 00:07:58.700 - the Environmental Protection Agency made a formal determination that the concentration of 00:07:58.700 --> 00:08:04.030 - six major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide and methane endangers public 00:08:04.030 --> 00:08:05.740 - health and welfare and 00:08:05.740 --> 00:08:12.060 - That finding serves as a legal basis for the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the 00:08:12.060 --> 00:08:12.940 - Clean Air Act 00:08:12.940 --> 00:08:16.900 - Next slide, please 00:08:20.300 --> 00:08:25.020 - So if the EPA repeals that finding 00:08:25.020 --> 00:08:30.580 - That would have major impacts across the country including in Bloomington 00:08:30.580 --> 00:08:36.280 - It would effectively remove the legal basis for many current regulations on climate pollution 00:08:36.280 --> 00:08:41.060 - It would also pave the way for the rollback of federal standards for vehicle and industrial 00:08:41.060 --> 00:08:41.980 - emissions 00:08:41.980 --> 00:08:46.200 - Leading to increased emissions of those pollutants next slide 00:08:47.660 --> 00:08:53.200 - so it is relevant to all communities including bloom Bloomington because ultimately a 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:58.740 - Reversal of this finding would increase air pollution threatening the health of our population 00:08:58.740 --> 00:09:05.400 - it would increase the pace of climate change impacts such as severe storms flooding and heat and 00:09:05.400 --> 00:09:08.340 - eventually 00:09:08.340 --> 00:09:15.260 - Of course, it would increase the societal disruption due to climate change which will have impacts 00:09:15.660 --> 00:09:17.660 - ranging from food distribution 00:09:17.660 --> 00:09:20.340 - climate refugees 00:09:20.340 --> 00:09:23.900 - Local financial burdens that we are unprepared to face 00:09:23.900 --> 00:09:31.660 - So there's a letter that has been drafted by the public rights project 00:09:31.660 --> 00:09:35.560 - that is going to be submitted as part of the 00:09:35.560 --> 00:09:39.660 - comment period to the EPA as they 00:09:39.660 --> 00:09:43.460 - Consider whether to 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:47.180 - repeal the endangerment finding and the letter says 00:09:47.180 --> 00:09:53.660 - And these are direct quotes from the letter. These are actual subject headings if we could go to 00:09:53.660 --> 00:09:54.740 - the next slide 00:09:54.740 --> 00:10:01.400 - The endangerment finding is grounded in evidence and sound science including federal climate 00:10:01.400 --> 00:10:04.580 - assessments and the letter has footnotes to actually 00:10:04.580 --> 00:10:06.700 - point to those studies 00:10:06.700 --> 00:10:12.500 - Local governments rely on the EPA regulation of greenhouse gases and the proposed rule 00:10:12.940 --> 00:10:16.140 - Which is the repeal of the finding? 00:10:16.140 --> 00:10:21.440 - The proposed rule fails to consider the significant harms to local communities 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:25.540 - So some examples extreme heat is now commonplace 00:10:25.540 --> 00:10:30.340 - Transportation emissions and air pollution are worsening across the US 00:10:30.340 --> 00:10:33.420 - flooding and major weather events are bringing grave consequences 00:10:33.420 --> 00:10:38.860 - Local communities are bearing unprecedented infrastructure costs and 00:10:39.660 --> 00:10:43.420 - The EPA's proposed rule will have disproportionate impacts on 00:10:43.420 --> 00:10:48.340 - Low-income people and my communities of color 00:10:48.340 --> 00:10:52.660 - So 00:10:52.660 --> 00:10:57.850 - Next slide. What is the public rights project? Why are they why am I coming forward with this 00:10:57.850 --> 00:10:58.980 - letter from them? 00:10:58.980 --> 00:11:03.540 - Well, it's an organization. It's nonpartisan nonprofit 00:11:04.660 --> 00:11:09.320 - National organization that provides litigation support legal representation and training to help 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:11.940 - local government officials protect their communities 00:11:11.940 --> 00:11:15.580 - And this is their word use their tremendous power for good 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:18.900 - So I like that wording 00:11:18.900 --> 00:11:26.860 - So what I'm asking this evening last slide, please is a vote on the letter which I have forwarded 00:11:26.860 --> 00:11:32.820 - To council members and it will be part of the official public record 00:11:33.660 --> 00:11:35.660 - Once we take a vote 00:11:35.660 --> 00:11:41.340 - So a vote from you all to sign on to the letter the deadline is September 22nd 00:11:41.340 --> 00:11:44.180 - So I'm sorry. There wasn't a lot of advance notice on this, but 00:11:44.180 --> 00:11:47.420 - The deadline is before our next meeting. So 00:11:47.420 --> 00:11:54.540 - That is my report and I would appreciate if somebody could make a motion to support the letter 00:11:54.540 --> 00:12:00.740 - Motion so are so moved or do I need to give a full motion? 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:03.940 - Motion 00:12:03.940 --> 00:12:08.280 - Okay motion that the council adopt the letter as written 00:12:08.280 --> 00:12:13.780 - Second all right, we have a motion and the second to 00:12:13.780 --> 00:12:17.020 - Sign on to the letter as it's written 00:12:17.020 --> 00:12:19.900 - Are there any comments from council members? 00:12:19.900 --> 00:12:26.180 - Councilmember Flaherty just a brief. Thank you to come over here not Smith for bringing this 00:12:26.180 --> 00:12:30.900 - the endangerment finding and EPA's obligation to regulate 00:12:31.300 --> 00:12:34.980 - greenhouse gas emissions as a pollutant that is causing harm in our communities including Bloomington 00:12:34.980 --> 00:12:37.180 - is really important. So I appreciate 00:12:37.180 --> 00:12:40.660 - This opportunity for Bloomington to weigh in along with other communities. Thank you 00:12:40.660 --> 00:12:43.900 - Thank you. Are there other comments? 00:12:43.900 --> 00:12:50.300 - Okay, I'll also echo some thanks and also point out that through our economic and sustainable 00:12:50.300 --> 00:12:56.060 - Development department we have various grants and things like that different programs for Bloomington 00:12:56.060 --> 00:12:56.740 - residents 00:12:56.740 --> 00:13:01.160 - especially with regard to extreme heat and there's been various studies about like 00:13:01.160 --> 00:13:04.900 - tree canopy and that kind of thing so it 00:13:04.900 --> 00:13:07.900 - climate change does have this very like 00:13:07.900 --> 00:13:13.860 - monetary local impact in terms of what we need to do in order to support our residents in 00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:20.020 - In these in these times and in this climate change, so I also appreciate 00:13:20.020 --> 00:13:23.100 - her bringing this forward 00:13:23.460 --> 00:13:27.300 - So with that if the clerk could please call the roll on the support of that letter 00:13:27.300 --> 00:13:31.140 - Councilmember Rallo 00:13:31.140 --> 00:13:33.020 - Yes 00:13:33.020 --> 00:13:37.020 - Piedmont Smith. Yes Stossberg. Yes Daly 00:13:37.020 --> 00:13:42.300 - Yes, Zulek. Yes Rosenberger. Yes, but sorry 00:13:42.300 --> 00:13:45.020 - Yes, clarity. Yes 00:13:45.020 --> 00:13:47.620 - rough 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:50.240 - Great, thank you. Thank you 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:56.440 - And we're still doing reports from council members so councilmember Ruff 00:13:56.440 --> 00:14:03.160 - Thank you councilmember Flaherty no report thanks and moving online councilmember Rallo 00:14:03.160 --> 00:14:07.520 - Yes, briefly just my mic working 00:14:07.520 --> 00:14:09.640 - Yes 00:14:09.640 --> 00:14:11.360 - Okay. Thank you 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:13.360 - Briefly, I just wanted to address 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:16.120 - that political violence 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.600 - Has no place in our society 00:14:19.760 --> 00:14:25.520 - I want to condemn what occurred last Wednesday with the assassination of Charlie Kirk 00:14:25.520 --> 00:14:29.320 - We should hold ourselves 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:31.840 - To a standard of civil debate 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:37.080 - Debate of ideas debate of policy propositions, but we must condemn 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:39.640 - political violence 00:14:39.640 --> 00:14:42.840 - Cannot be the means by which we settle political differences 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:46.080 - and 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:48.760 - To add to that neither should government 00:14:49.760 --> 00:14:57.600 - Use political violence as an excuse to limit our free speech and expression 00:14:57.600 --> 00:15:08.760 - Thank you, I also have a report I need to get back to it I 00:15:08.760 --> 00:15:11.480 - Had a couple things that I wanted to mention 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:16.410 - One was at the Planned Commission meeting on September 8th. So it was last week. This is the first 00:15:16.410 --> 00:15:17.920 - regular session since then 00:15:18.920 --> 00:15:23.240 - The Planned Commission did forward language related to single-room occupancy 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:26.960 - Which was a resolution that council sent to them 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:34.800 - So what they did was they decided to change the residential rooming house used to single-room occupancy 00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:37.440 - And then they have updated related definitions and standards 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:42.000 - so the Planned Commission voted 7-1 to forward this with a positive recommendation and 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:45.180 - So we will take it up at council 00:15:45.800 --> 00:15:50.120 - I'm trying to think of the calendar off the top of my head probably after budget stuff in 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:53.640 - Late October early November 00:15:53.640 --> 00:15:59.240 - Second a little update on the MPO the Metropolitan Planning Commission 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:05.610 - Last Friday, we voted on several changes to the transportation improvement plan or TIP and two of 00:16:05.610 --> 00:16:07.000 - them that I wanted to point out 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:10.700 - Which I think that I've mentioned before but I can't remember for sure and I think it's worth 00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:12.400 - repeating because I'm excited about it 00:16:12.680 --> 00:16:17.880 - is construction of a sidewalk along the bypass between North Walnut and Kinzer and then also 00:16:17.880 --> 00:16:20.320 - reconstruction of the pedestrian bridge that 00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:26.530 - Goes over the bypass there by Arlington that pedestrian bridge apparently has inadequate clearance 00:16:26.530 --> 00:16:28.600 - and so they are going to replace it 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:30.440 - and 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:36.040 - Both of those projects have the majority of that funding in 2029. So those are just two things that 00:16:36.040 --> 00:16:36.840 - hopefully will 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:43.500 - improve some of the pedestrian infrastructure in that kind of northwest quadrant of 00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:46.120 - Bloomington 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:52.290 - Third I want to point out that I scheduled a constituent meeting for this Sunday September 21st on 00:16:52.290 --> 00:16:53.040 - zoom 00:16:53.040 --> 00:16:58.000 - It is at 1 30 on zoom. Usually my constituent meetings are Saturday mornings in person 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:02.500 - But as I mentioned a few weeks ago cross-country season really changes my Saturday mornings in the 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:02.760 - fall 00:17:02.760 --> 00:17:08.800 - So I will have that constituent meeting this coming Sunday on zoom and you can find that link on 00:17:08.800 --> 00:17:10.360 - the calendar 00:17:10.360 --> 00:17:16.940 - And lastly, I appreciate that councilmember Rallo pointed out that political violence has no place 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.800 - in society 00:17:17.800 --> 00:17:22.280 - but I also want to point out that there was a school shooting last Wednesday as well and 00:17:22.280 --> 00:17:27.060 - School shootings also have no place in society and it is 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:32.720 - Absurd to me that there is has been greater reaction over one person 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:38.560 - Than over hundreds of schoolchildren who have been shot over the last 25 years 00:17:38.560 --> 00:17:42.800 - So, thank you 00:17:42.800 --> 00:17:50.240 - Moving on to reports from the mayor and city offices with a report from the Bloomington Housing 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.920 - Authority 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:53.520 - You can come up and 00:17:53.520 --> 00:17:56.520 - Introduce yourself for the record and go ahead 00:17:56.520 --> 00:17:58.520 - Good 00:17:58.520 --> 00:18:09.070 - Good evening. My name is Nathan Ferreira. I am the new ish executive director for the Bloomington 00:18:09.070 --> 00:18:11.200 - Housing Authority 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:18.700 - Tonight I wanted to give you kind of a broad overview of what we're doing. There are some budget 00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:20.440 - numbers like in years past, but 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:25.880 - I don't know if we're behind this year or or what but I don't have a full budget to 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:28.480 - Present her to share with you tonight 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:33.380 - So I'm gonna jump right in there. Feel free to stop me if you have questions or I can answer 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:34.620 - questions at the end 00:18:34.620 --> 00:18:42.960 - As it says on our seal there we strengthen opportunity beginning but not ending with housing 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:48.910 - Essentially like other housing authorities were responsible for administering public funds using 00:18:48.910 --> 00:18:50.540 - whatever resources we can 00:18:51.800 --> 00:18:55.860 - To allow us to provide affordable housing in in the in the community 00:18:55.860 --> 00:18:59.880 - And to foster self-sufficiency through creative partnerships 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:03.120 - Some 00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:08.560 - Stats that might be interesting. So you've probably heard about the rad the rental 00:19:08.560 --> 00:19:11.020 - assistance demonstration 00:19:11.020 --> 00:19:16.180 - So in April we closed on our second second rad, which basically means we technically don't have 00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:18.360 - public housing in Bloomington anymore 00:19:18.800 --> 00:19:24.630 - We have switched through what is low-income housing tax credit deal. That's just available for 00:19:24.630 --> 00:19:26.080 - housing authorities 00:19:26.080 --> 00:19:29.440 - all of our units so that's Walnut Woods 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:34.520 - Reverend Butler and Crestmont are now part of these investor 00:19:34.520 --> 00:19:37.360 - supported 00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:42.960 - Housing authority properties so that changes a little bit about how we operate it means we're 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:44.540 - accountable to more than 00:19:45.840 --> 00:19:52.640 - You all we have investors that we have to answer to on a very regular basis. I'm discovering 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:55.600 - so 00:19:55.600 --> 00:20:00.080 - Housing authorities we are we were established federally 00:20:00.080 --> 00:20:03.160 - We're chartered through the state of Indiana 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:08.100 - And we're accountable locally. So that's that's kind of how we operate 00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:15.040 - locally what that means is our seven commissioners are appointed by the mayor and they 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:20.690 - Provide kind of broad guidance of how our organization operates not so much day-to-day not 00:20:20.690 --> 00:20:22.160 - personnel decisions 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:24.760 - not even residential decisions, but 00:20:24.760 --> 00:20:27.280 - more policy and 00:20:27.280 --> 00:20:30.280 - Financing and 00:20:30.280 --> 00:20:32.280 - So they guide us in that way 00:20:32.280 --> 00:20:35.320 - 90% of our funding is federal 00:20:35.320 --> 00:20:40.840 - The rest of our funding comes from tenant rents and from various grants 00:20:40.840 --> 00:20:42.960 - so we are 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:47.460 - This year has been a roller coaster in terms of watching what's going to happen with the federal 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.920 - budget 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:50.560 - as you all probably 00:20:50.560 --> 00:20:55.200 - Also realize it's looking like it'll probably be a continuing resolution at this point, which is 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.800 - probably our best-case scenario 00:20:56.800 --> 00:21:01.440 - so our numbers that we're creating are based on kind of 00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:04.680 - Maintaining the levels that we're at 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:09.200 - Section 8 we serve just over 1700 households 00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:15.560 - There's several different kinds of vouchers mixed in there, which I'll touch on in a moment. That's 00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:17.400 - about 3,400 individuals 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:22.000 - We have long long wait lists. So this is by no means 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:24.800 - meeting the need 00:21:24.800 --> 00:21:26.560 - and 00:21:26.560 --> 00:21:29.680 - Residents pay no more than 30% of their income toward housing 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:32.800 - the dependent on the project 00:21:32.800 --> 00:21:39.120 - You it's your AMI and what you can qualify for depends on the project our rads 00:21:39.520 --> 00:21:44.920 - Are all less than 50% area median income is is how they qualify for our units 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:54.240 - This is I would say all of our programs housing choice vouchers I'll get into a little more 00:21:54.240 --> 00:22:01.490 - We are growing our resident services. We have found that it's really critical to add supportive 00:22:01.490 --> 00:22:02.720 - services in-house 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:08.530 - We don't we're not really interested in becoming a social services agency, and I really don't think 00:22:08.530 --> 00:22:09.080 - that's our role 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:12.280 - but our we can add some things to 00:22:12.280 --> 00:22:19.070 - Tighten up the back end where sometimes families get evicted that if they had had some services 00:22:19.070 --> 00:22:19.920 - intervene 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:25.650 - They probably wouldn't have been evicted. So those are family self-sufficiency, which is a savings 00:22:25.650 --> 00:22:27.400 - program, which is designed 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:34.200 - To get people off of public assistance set some goals and actually move toward 00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:39.160 - Leaving public assistance altogether. That's about 80 80 participants 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:44.720 - Normally, we actually have a position that we're trying to hire for at the moment in that program 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:51.240 - We have the Ross program, which is resident opportunities and self-sufficiency. This is our 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:58.330 - Partnering with any number of other organizations in the community to bring in services for our 00:22:58.330 --> 00:22:58.920 - residents 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:05.220 - It's community events. It's we have a grocery shuttle because we're in a bit of a food desert 00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:07.560 - Which has been super successful 00:23:07.560 --> 00:23:10.720 - That's through the health department a grant through the health department 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:14.040 - landlord risk mitigation, which is 00:23:14.040 --> 00:23:18.240 - an incentive program for landlords to work with us 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:24.120 - It's been a bit on pause, but it sounds like that funding is coming back. We've actually 00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:29.340 - noticed a decrease in our utilization of vouchers and 00:23:29.340 --> 00:23:35.320 - Meaning the number of people that have vouchers we usually hover around 70% 00:23:35.320 --> 00:23:40.470 - We're down to about 68% this year and it seems pretty clear that it's tied to our landlord risk 00:23:40.470 --> 00:23:42.180 - mitigation program 00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:48.330 - Having their funding paused so that should be coming back in and then we can continue to increase 00:23:48.330 --> 00:23:49.640 - that utilization 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:55.910 - And then eviction prevention. This is pretty limited, but for our most vulnerable families, we're 00:23:55.910 --> 00:23:57.660 - trying to offer services again, so 00:23:57.660 --> 00:24:00.760 - They are not evicted from our our program 00:24:00.760 --> 00:24:06.360 - I'm gonna go into more depth with Summit Hill in a moment, but that is our nonprofit 00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:11.940 - It is controlled by our commissioners. It's a separate board that has a couple additional board 00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:13.960 - members in addition to the commissioners 00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:16.800 - and I will 00:24:16.800 --> 00:24:19.080 - Say more in a moment 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:22.840 - So housing choice vouchers we have 1721 00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:27.920 - Project-based vouchers you can see the number there most recently 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:30.080 - we 00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:35.150 - Middle way applied for some project-based vouchers and we were able to grant those and as they have 00:24:35.150 --> 00:24:37.000 - more units get inspected 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:39.200 - We'll be able to add some more project-based vouchers there 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:42.920 - We have vash, so that's for veterans 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:48.400 - We have some single-room occupancy and before you get excited about that 00:24:49.040 --> 00:24:55.170 - Given the other changes that are coming with the UDO. Hopefully you HUD has no interest in granting 00:24:55.170 --> 00:24:56.300 - more SROs 00:24:56.300 --> 00:24:58.720 - in terms of vouchers 00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:04.120 - We've already checked but the project-based vouchers that we can grant are pretty flexible 00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:07.800 - So it could be that we can use those in SRO developments 00:25:07.800 --> 00:25:10.400 - We're looking into that now 00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:16.000 - The emergency housing voucher program started with kovat relief and those are going away those 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:17.200 - phase out next year 00:25:17.520 --> 00:25:23.490 - So we are working to get those remaining voucher or holders on to our housing choice voucher 00:25:23.490 --> 00:25:24.040 - program 00:25:24.040 --> 00:25:27.560 - So they don't they don't lose housing or housing assistance 00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:30.120 - And then we have 12 currently in our hop 00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:35.560 - Which is the homeowner program where you can actually convert a voucher to a mortgage payment 00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:38.880 - And so we're using that through our community land trust 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:44.880 - But also in the community several participants have just used that to buy a house on the market 00:25:46.040 --> 00:25:48.820 - We have over 18 million and HAP 00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:54.520 - that passes through the housing authority and pays landlords and 00:25:54.520 --> 00:25:59.880 - I had some numbers crunched because I wanted you to see how many of those are just local 00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:05.880 - mom-and-pop landlords that have you know, probably less than five units that are working with us 00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.240 - and 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:11.320 - Just if that HAP if the voucher 00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:18.360 - Subsidy gets cut federally you can imagine the impact that's going to have on our local economy 00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:22.960 - so it's really critical and we've been doing the advocacy that we can to 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:26.040 - Ensure that that does not happen 00:26:26.040 --> 00:26:30.000 - But anybody listening, please call your senators 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:32.680 - and 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:38.240 - Those are our weights currently so our rad weights are by bedroom our housing choice voucher 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:42.180 - We just closed that waiting list in April so you can see it's quite high 00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:44.640 - and so that's already 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:48.380 - Before we open the waiting list we go through and kind of cleaned it up and a lot of people have 00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:51.080 - found housing and it climbed this 00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:55.840 - To that number and basically about six weeks, so it was very quick 00:26:55.840 --> 00:27:05.520 - Summit Hill Community Development Corporation, this is our nonprofit that was established in 2019 00:27:05.520 --> 00:27:09.320 - You may have heard of core community flats 00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:16.560 - It is underway. If you drive down Rogers, you will see the historic core building being redeveloped 00:27:16.560 --> 00:27:23.610 - We are actually I'm I'm quite shocked. We're on target in terms of our timeline. So those 38 units 00:27:23.610 --> 00:27:24.640 - should come on 00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:27.600 - early summer next year 00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:33.620 - That does include nine PSH. So permanent supportive housing units, which are the same kind of units 00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.360 - in Crawford 00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:40.440 - We are doing something a little differently in that. There's also project-based vouchers there. So 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:40.680 - it's 00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:46.880 - It's kind of mixed between the PBVs and the permanent supportive housing units 00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:50.080 - So we're hopeful about that 00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:54.200 - Chandler Early Learning Center. This is named after the Reverend Dr. 00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:57.700 - Chandler Marvin Chandler who is a local 00:27:57.700 --> 00:28:00.560 - locally 00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:03.680 - Born and mostly raised up on the hill 00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:06.800 - civil rights leader and world-renowned musician 00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:11.840 - So we will be dedicating the Early Learning Center in his honor 00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:17.080 - that'll have 28 seats for infants and toddlers on the first floor and then 00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:21.760 - Three two-bedroom affordable apartments on the second floor and then we have the Summit Hill 00:28:21.760 --> 00:28:22.920 - Community Land Trust 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:28.880 - We still hear the question of why the city of Bloomington doesn't have a land trust and I just want 00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:30.000 - to set the record straight 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:37.030 - There is a land trust. It's different than many land trusts. It did not start as a grassroots 00:28:37.030 --> 00:28:37.660 - project 00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:41.720 - It's a bit odd in that sense because it was started by the municipality 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:44.660 - But this is a trend there are more and more 00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:51.600 - Municipalities that are giving land and funding to basically get a land trust started. So 00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:55.960 - We've got nine homes right now over off of 00:28:57.680 --> 00:29:03.500 - What's it called atlas on 17th north of there's where our property is we are on the search for new 00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.320 - properties 00:29:04.320 --> 00:29:11.390 - Potential projects we have funding partial funding for a four-plex pilot that will be part of our 00:29:11.390 --> 00:29:12.240 - land trust 00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:18.850 - The thinking here is that we can replicate this and maybe get pre-approved plans and some of the 00:29:18.850 --> 00:29:20.320 - other new developments such as 00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:22.680 - Hopewell or 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:24.760 - the larger development on the southwest side 00:29:25.760 --> 00:29:30.880 - That we could have a model for plex to be able to go in there at a middle income range 00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:33.840 - So a eighty to a hundred and twenty percent AMI 00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:41.780 - We are getting pretty far down the road in partnership with mother Hubbard's cupboard 00:29:41.780 --> 00:29:48.160 - to purchase the four and a half lots east of mother Hubbard's and partner with them on a 00:29:49.280 --> 00:29:54.490 - On a development that would incorporate gardens and community space for their services and a 00:29:54.490 --> 00:29:57.160 - cottage development as part of the land trust 00:29:57.160 --> 00:30:03.000 - So we're excited about that. We're obviously trying to generate funds at this point, but that would 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.680 - be the next step for our land trust 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:10.900 - You've heard of transit oriented oriented development. There's also food oriented development. That's 00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:12.520 - kind of the model that we're we're looking at 00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:19.440 - Essential function bonds is something else. We're exploring housing authorities as a semi-governmental 00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:21.420 - agency. We can actually issue bonds and 00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:29.010 - Some housing authorities are beginning to do these projects for workforce housing. It's totally 00:30:29.010 --> 00:30:29.980 - separate from HUD 00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:33.460 - You're not under their thumb for any of that kind of development 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:37.880 - so you can actually set the income up to 120 percent and 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:43.380 - last Faircloth's a rad just really quickly Faircloth is the 00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:49.770 - The Faircloth limit is how much every housing authority how many public housing units they are 00:30:49.770 --> 00:30:50.600 - permitted 00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:55.740 - The ones we have developed is are well below what we're permitted 00:30:55.740 --> 00:31:01.260 - So there's another light tech deal that could be possible where you do the light tech with your 00:31:01.260 --> 00:31:07.260 - Essentially creating more public housing that immediately converts to rad at closing 00:31:07.260 --> 00:31:12.060 - So we're excited about that. That would be potentially 185 additional 00:31:12.580 --> 00:31:17.640 - housing authority units, so we'll we will see that's probably years off, but 00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:22.660 - So this is what our revenue is looking like for next year 00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:30.940 - That HUD admin is basically what operates our our authority 00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:38.460 - We have a number of ARPA grants that are being spent down, but will primarily be spent down in 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:40.540 - 2026 00:31:40.540 --> 00:31:44.300 - One of those I'll just mention with a land trust. There's additional money 00:31:44.300 --> 00:31:50.460 - To make the land trust homes affordable to buyers under 60% AMI 00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:55.220 - So that's where some of that ARPA money is going from I think it originally was with heading home 00:31:55.220 --> 00:32:00.670 - And then a number of other projects including the one with the health foundation and the grocery 00:32:00.670 --> 00:32:01.300 - shuttle 00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:06.480 - We have a number of miscellaneous grants and then we're also working with the digital legity equity 00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:08.180 - program program 00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:10.260 - I think it's called digital opportunity now 00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:12.740 - and 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:14.740 - Hoping to grow that 00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:20.660 - So I will wrap up here and answer any questions you have 00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:26.830 - Common denominator for us about why we've been able to develop affordable housing. It's you know, 00:32:26.830 --> 00:32:29.300 - it's partly funding and partnerships 00:32:29.300 --> 00:32:33.820 - But really the land has been contributed in every case 00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:36.660 - so I don't know I 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:42.210 - My request is that the city really consider how do you free up land for affordable housing 00:32:42.210 --> 00:32:43.060 - development? 00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:46.620 - Because that is what makes it possible for us 00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:53.330 - the land trust the rad housing we already owned it the early learning center is on a long-term 00:32:53.330 --> 00:32:54.940 - lease so 00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:59.820 - Pushing that however we can happy to be a part of that conversation, obviously 00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:06.830 - Continuing to reduce barriers to missing middle housing. I was sorry to miss last week's meeting 00:33:06.830 --> 00:33:07.100 - but 00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:13.540 - We're definitely in support of anything. That's gonna reduce lot sizes allow us to split them 00:33:13.540 --> 00:33:19.820 - There's a whole long list of things. We would love to see happen more plexus opportunity for 00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:25.060 - Small apartment buildings all of those things are things we can develop 00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:32.580 - So if if given the right tools, I would love to see incentives based on housing type 00:33:32.580 --> 00:33:37.800 - Instead of tied to the buyer or renter income. I think that could free up 00:33:37.800 --> 00:33:43.000 - Some some energy there to actually buy the kind or build the kind of housing that we want 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:47.660 - Partnerships are really key to our long-term success 00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:50.740 - In my short time in this role 00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:54.380 - The families that are really struggling in our services 00:33:55.380 --> 00:34:00.340 - Are only successful if we have partner social service providers coming in 00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:05.580 - So that extended case management that you've probably heard about is absolutely critical 00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:08.540 - the whole homelessness 00:34:08.540 --> 00:34:12.740 - conversation and press is absolutely critical, but it kind of 00:34:12.740 --> 00:34:15.420 - sucks all the air out of the room and 00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:19.700 - We need to also consider the families that are at risk of being evicted 00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:24.740 - And focus some energy on keeping those folks house so they don't end up 00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:27.020 - unhoused so 00:34:27.020 --> 00:34:31.100 - Those are my I'm sure I have other things. I'm forgetting, but those are the things 00:34:31.100 --> 00:34:34.940 - I really wanted to stress with you all and I appreciate you having me here tonight 00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:38.380 - I am also happy to share more budget numbers as we 00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:46.140 - Solidify that so happy to come back so any questions I can answer. Thank you questions comes member 00:34:46.140 --> 00:34:49.860 - Sorry, thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you director for area 00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:55.950 - This was the first time and I don't know I might just be particularly uninformed that I had heard 00:34:55.950 --> 00:34:58.300 - about the freezing of the 00:34:58.300 --> 00:35:03.940 - Risk mitigation fund the landlord mitigation fund 00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:10.020 - Could you tell us a bit more context who who froze it? What are we talking about when you say this? 00:35:10.020 --> 00:35:13.020 - froze might have been the wrong word it 00:35:13.020 --> 00:35:20.660 - It originally was ARPA and that we discovered that you cannot use ARPA in a rotating 00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:26.220 - Account essentially so money coming coming in and going out ARPA cannot be used that way 00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:32.210 - So we've been scrambling to find another source to cover that and it sounds like the city's gonna 00:35:32.210 --> 00:35:33.100 - help do that 00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:34.900 - We're just kind of waiting on 00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:40.410 - That budget to get approved and can you help us understand the size the the size of that fund we 00:35:40.410 --> 00:35:41.200 - requested 00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:44.860 - 200,000 00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:46.860 - 200,000 hand 00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:51.480 - 200,000 was was how much we had allocated from ARPA funds that were sort of in a revolving 00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:57.210 - No, we had already spent quite a bit of those ARPA funds. So 200,000 was closer to what was left. 00:35:57.210 --> 00:35:57.820 - Okay. Yeah 00:35:57.820 --> 00:36:01.740 - Thank you. I have another question, but it's on a different topic. So I'll come back in a second. 00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:01.880 - Yeah 00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:04.460 - Okay councilmember Piedmont Smith 00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:08.460 - Yes, thank you very much for your presentation 00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:15.200 - Your slide about budget said you get nine hundred thirty six thousand dollars in grants in city 00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:15.580 - grants 00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:21.180 - Is that can you tell me more about that? Yeah, they various grant programs 00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:23.500 - It's it is 00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:25.940 - predominantly ARPA 00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:31.440 - So and these those funds are actually funds that are not associated with Early Learning Center or 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:31.860 - core 00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:34.460 - so the 00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:39.100 - fourplex pilot is for her is 250,000 the 00:36:39.100 --> 00:36:45.300 - Eviction prevention that we got from ARPA is 60,000 the 00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:48.820 - You're gonna test my memory here. Oh 00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:54.300 - The 00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:59.100 - CLT subsidy the land trust subsidy is another two hundred and fifty thousand 00:36:59.100 --> 00:37:05.880 - And that's I think primarily what we're getting for the remaining ARPA and that was primarily from 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:07.220 - the heading homes 00:37:07.220 --> 02:01:51.280 - funds and then we were all we had also applied for CDBG and were awarded but those funds haven't 02:01:51.280 --> 00:37:15.260 - been released to us 00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:17.020 - yet, so 00:37:17.020 --> 00:37:20.500 - That's gonna pay for playgrounds at Walnut Woods 00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:26.300 - I can get you a breakdown of specifics, but I don't I don't have it all in my head. So 00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:28.780 - Okay. Thank you. Yeah 00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:30.780 - councilmember Rallo 00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:36.900 - Thanks for your presentation you mentioned involved city involvement in free 00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:45.880 - Could be direct purchase maybe these might be one 00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:55.640 - I'm sorry, I didn't I didn't catch all the all the question 00:37:55.640 --> 00:38:01.700 - Can you repeat that again mentioned freeing up land having land for affordability for four thousand? 00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:04.340 - Do you have ideas? I 00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:11.140 - Know that right now to get land there has to be two appraisals and it has to be purchased 00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:17.660 - That's my understanding of the process. I would love I don't know if there's a way to change that 00:38:17.660 --> 00:38:18.020 - but 00:38:18.020 --> 00:38:25.860 - Making it so land can be donated for affordable housing to projects. I think would would be great 00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:29.780 - I don't know the full list of what land the city owns 00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:33.660 - It could also be you know partnering to purchase land 00:38:33.660 --> 00:38:38.860 - We will continue to request funds for for that purpose as well 00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:45.160 - But yeah freeing up the land that's city-owned that may not be doing anything right now would be 00:38:45.160 --> 00:38:52.860 - Our primarily what I was thinking of I see okay. Thanks for that clarification. That's interesting. 00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:54.780 - Sure look into that great 00:38:54.780 --> 00:39:02.250 - Thank you, there's 20 minutes reserved for this section of the agenda and we have gone through 20 00:39:02.250 --> 00:39:03.380 - minutes at this point 00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:06.580 - Are there further questions that? 00:39:06.580 --> 00:39:09.260 - Can't wait 00:39:10.060 --> 00:39:14.720 - Great, thank you so much. Mr. Ferrera. I appreciate the report. I might follow up with a couple of 00:39:14.720 --> 00:39:15.260 - things 00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:17.260 - Thanks for having me. Thank you 00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:22.500 - All right, there were no council committee reports 00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:26.220 - so then we move into our first period of 00:39:26.220 --> 00:39:32.190 - Public comment so if you're a member of the public and would like to make a comment on an item not 00:39:32.190 --> 00:39:33.180 - on the agenda 00:39:33.180 --> 00:39:36.820 - You can go ahead and make your way to the podium 00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:41.810 - You will have up to three minutes. If you're online, you can go ahead and raise your hand using the 00:39:41.810 --> 00:39:43.300 - raise hand function 00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:46.700 - Or you can send a chat message to the host 00:39:46.700 --> 00:39:50.000 - And it looks like we have somebody 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:52.980 - here in chambers 00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:56.900 - So please state your name for the record and then you'll have up to three minutes 00:39:56.900 --> 00:40:06.180 - Okay, thanks everybody it's good to see you all I was here 00:40:07.060 --> 00:40:10.420 - Last weekend three minutes really wasn't enough time 00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:14.420 - It actually pertains to housing 00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:17.460 - affordable housing our 00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:20.220 - neighborhood a 00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:27.170 - Very nice house beautiful little house on a wooded lot has been bought and now they tell me they're 00:40:27.170 --> 00:40:28.580 - gonna tear it down 00:40:28.580 --> 00:40:31.260 - Turn it into a fourplex 00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:34.140 - Okay 00:40:34.140 --> 00:40:41.880 - One thing I should say just to start with my dad was the head of urban renewal here in Bloomington 00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:49.700 - They built literally hundreds of houses out there on the west side of the town and man 00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:54.860 - We needed it. I mean people were living in in houses with the 00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:57.500 - wooden floors 00:40:57.500 --> 00:41:03.260 - or wood floors with dirt floors, so I'm not opposed to 00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:04.940 - to 00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:12.340 - Housing for poor people what I am opposed to deeply is this idea that you can just 00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:17.180 - Come into a neighborhood and say hey 00:41:17.180 --> 00:41:21.540 - You know we've decided this and it's for you know 00:41:21.540 --> 00:41:26.900 - The greater good and so forth and the neighborhood has no say in it. I think that's wrong 00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:33.340 - Okay, I've written this down. I don't know if you all got it. I don't think you did 00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:41.660 - I'd like to form a request that a vote be taken by the council for an amendment to the 00:41:41.660 --> 00:41:46.980 - Udo code that would allow for a vote by all residents living within a neighborhood 00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:52.440 - Associated to have the final say about whether or not a four-plex goes on okay 00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:54.860 - Running out of time 00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:56.860 - May I ask you? 00:41:57.140 --> 00:42:02.740 - With a show of hands who is not in favor of a measure 00:42:02.740 --> 00:42:13.940 - To give members of neighborhood not just formal members of the neighborhood 00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:20.860 - Associated to side by a vote whether a four-plex you do yo should be built in their 00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:26.740 - Neighborhood could I have a show of hands the people who are not in favor of that? 00:42:27.620 --> 00:42:32.260 - We don't usually have a back-and-forth with members of the public right now 00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:36.880 - We don't usually have a back-and-forth with members of the public. I can't ask that or you can ask 00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.140 - it 00:42:37.140 --> 00:42:39.140 - We're just not necessarily going to answer it 00:42:39.140 --> 00:42:41.460 - I 00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:43.460 - Can't ask by a show of hands 00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:49.300 - Well anyway, I I think yeah, I don't know read what I read what I had to say 00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:55.700 - I think there should be an amendment to this Udo thing that allows for the neighborhood to decide 00:42:55.700 --> 00:42:57.700 - neighborhood to decide 00:42:57.700 --> 00:42:59.780 - Whether this thing is gonna 00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:01.620 - progress 00:43:01.620 --> 00:43:03.220 - Okay 00:43:03.220 --> 00:43:04.820 - Zero 00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:07.620 - Yeah, your time. I don't know. Could you pass that down? 00:43:07.620 --> 00:43:10.260 - Yes, it was passed down 00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:13.460 - Um, okay. Thanks everybody in the future. I don't mean that I think you guys 00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:18.900 - Mr. Linmeyer in the future in the future if you have something to hand to council members if you 00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:20.500 - could give it to council staff 00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:23.140 - When you come in instead of approaching the podium, that would be great 00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:25.460 - I couldn't hear a word you said 00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:31.970 - In in the future if you have something to give to council members at a meeting if you could give it 00:43:31.970 --> 00:43:33.220 - to council staff 00:43:33.220 --> 00:43:35.700 - Instead of coming up to the podium. That would be great 00:43:35.700 --> 00:43:44.340 - Um, I think we have another person here in chambers for public comment 00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:49.080 - Go ahead and state your name for the record and then you'll have up to three minutes 00:43:49.080 --> 00:43:51.080 - Um 00:43:51.080 --> 00:43:56.840 - My name is sarah owen 00:43:56.840 --> 00:44:01.150 - I am the community engagement coordinator for the exodus refugee immigration office here in 00:44:01.150 --> 00:44:01.800 - bloomington 00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:07.320 - Exodus is dedicated to the protection of human rights by serving the resettlement needs of refugees 00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:09.560 - and other displaced people fleeing persecution 00:44:09.560 --> 00:44:12.040 - Injustice and war by welcoming them to indiana 00:44:12.680 --> 00:44:16.400 - First and foremost, we'd like to extend our thanks to councilwoman zulik our district 00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:18.760 - representative for taking the time to come and tour 00:44:18.760 --> 00:44:23.320 - Our new office space some weeks back and for sitting down to learn more about exodus's work 00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:27.930 - We would also like to recognize the bloomington police department for their support in recent 00:44:27.930 --> 00:44:28.360 - months 00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:32.300 - We have utilized bpd this year for several crisis situations 00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:37.980 - All situations were handled professionally and with care ensuring no further escalation of the 00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.680 - situation 00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:44.200 - In one instance in particular officers went above and beyond to ensure care of our clients 00:44:44.200 --> 00:44:48.300 - So we appreciate their efforts and their approach to our clients in these situations 00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:53.840 - Today exodus wanted to take the opportunity to speak to the city council about what we believe is 00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:55.880 - an essential need for city operations 00:44:55.880 --> 00:45:02.620 - And that it and that is to work into its budget the cost of a contracted language line or language 00:45:02.620 --> 00:45:03.800 - interpretation service 00:45:04.520 --> 00:45:09.190 - This would be a major step in ensuring equitable access to city resources for all bloomington 00:45:09.190 --> 00:45:09.800 - residents 00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:15.100 - Naturally the highest priority for a contracted interpretation service would be to serve as a 00:45:15.100 --> 00:45:16.920 - resource for our first responders 00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:22.920 - In times of crisis intervention people need to be able to make need to be able to understand all 00:45:22.920 --> 00:45:24.060 - essential information 00:45:24.060 --> 00:45:30.600 - Whether it's making decisions, excuse me decisions about urgent medical care or fully understanding 00:45:30.600 --> 00:45:33.160 - their rights if they are being questioned or detained 00:45:33.960 --> 00:45:37.000 - In reference to the thank you that was extended to bpd a moment ago 00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:41.160 - I would be remiss if I did not note that exodus has on more than one occasion 00:45:41.160 --> 00:45:46.620 - Been the conduit to ensure that interpretation was provided in instances of police intervention 00:45:46.620 --> 00:45:52.360 - Had we not had our own contracted language line available to call who's to say how much frustration 00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:54.280 - and confusion and even fear 00:45:54.280 --> 00:45:56.680 - May have been factors in those situations 00:45:57.320 --> 00:46:02.140 - It's worth noting that of the nearly 500 people that we have welcomed to bloomington our clients 00:46:02.140 --> 00:46:04.600 - alone represent over 20 different languages 00:46:04.600 --> 00:46:09.720 - And the necessity of a contracted interpretation service does not end with the need for emergency 00:46:09.720 --> 00:46:10.620 - situations 00:46:10.620 --> 00:46:14.940 - If our immigrant neighbors need to be connected to more resources through cfrd 00:46:14.940 --> 00:46:18.040 - Or if they need to report a negligent landlord to hand 00:46:18.040 --> 00:46:22.080 - Or if they even wish to register their child for bloomington youth basketball through the parks 00:46:22.080 --> 00:46:22.680 - department 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:27.720 - We believe that exodus clients and any other non-english speaker who calls bloomington their home 00:46:27.720 --> 00:46:31.320 - Should have the right to easily access any and all city services 00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:36.170 - If the city were to prioritize the cost of such a contract and have a language line that was 00:46:36.170 --> 00:46:38.040 - readily available to all of its department 00:46:38.040 --> 00:46:43.950 - That investment comes with a promise that exodus refugee will personally provide training free of 00:46:43.950 --> 00:46:45.800 - charge to all city departments 00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:51.590 - So that city personnel are knowledgeable in how to properly use a phone interpretation service. 00:46:51.590 --> 00:46:51.880 - Thank you 00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:54.440 - You 00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:59.970 - Thank you, um, I don't see anybody else here in chambers right now for public comment has anybody 00:46:59.970 --> 00:47:01.260 - raised a hand on zoom 00:47:01.260 --> 00:47:09.880 - No, okay 00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:15.070 - Seeing none. We'll uh move on from the public comment period. Uh, there are no appointments to 00:47:15.070 --> 00:47:16.460 - boards and commissions 00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:23.800 - So we're on to legislation for first readings and I am without my uh parliamentarian right now 00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:26.280 - So does somebody want to make the motions? 00:47:26.280 --> 00:47:33.160 - I moved it. Thank you. I move that ordinance 2025 - 35 00:47:33.160 --> 00:47:39.400 - Be read by title and synopsis be introduced and read by title and synopsis only by the clerk 00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:46.920 - second second. Thank you. It's been moved and seconded to introduce and read ordinance 2025 35. 00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:51.160 - We need to do a roll call vote on everything tonight because we do have a member online. 00:47:51.160 --> 00:47:53.640 - So will the clerk please call the roll on the motion to introduce. 00:47:53.640 --> 00:48:05.960 - Piedmont Smith. Yes. Stasberg. Yes. Daly. No. Zulek. Yes. Rosenberger. Yes. Asari. Yes. 00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:13.480 - Laherty. Yes. Ruff. Yes. Rallo. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Will the clerk please read. 00:48:13.480 --> 00:48:25.880 - Ordinance 2025-35 to amend Title IX of the Bloomington Municipal Code entitled Water 00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:31.000 - Rate Adjustment. The synopsis is as follows. This ordinance amends the rates and charges 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:36.360 - in Title IX of the Bloomington Municipal Code entitled Water to reflect increased costs of 00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:41.240 - supplying water and services to customers and to make debt service payments on bond 00:48:41.240 --> 00:48:52.360 - financing for required capital improvements. I move that. Thank you. Go ahead. I wasn't sure 00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:59.160 - if she was done. Yeah. Do the next one. I move that ordinance 2025-36 be read by title and 00:48:59.160 --> 00:49:07.960 - synopsis only by the clerk. Second. So moved and seconded to introduce 20 ordinance 2025-36. 00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:10.840 - Will the clerk please call the roll on that motion? 00:49:17.720 --> 00:49:30.600 - Councilmember Stossberg? Yes. Daley? Yes. Zuley? Yes. Rosenberger? Yes. Osari? Yes. Flaherty? Yes. 00:49:30.600 --> 00:49:40.280 - Ruff? Rallo? Yes. Piedmont-Smith? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Will the clerk please read? 00:49:43.160 --> 00:49:49.240 - Ordinance 2025-36, an ordinance authorizing the acquisition, construction, and installation 00:49:49.240 --> 00:49:54.360 - by the City of Bloomington, Indiana, of certain extensions and improvements to the city's Waterworks 00:49:54.360 --> 00:49:59.720 - utility, the issuance and sale of revenue bonds to provide funds for the payment of the cost thereof, 00:49:59.720 --> 00:50:04.280 - and the collection, segregation, and distribution of the revenues of such Waterworks utility and 00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:11.560 - other related matters. The synopsis is as follows. This ordinance authorizes the City of Bloomington 00:50:11.560 --> 00:50:16.600 - to issue one or more series of its Waterworks revenue bonds in the aggregate principal amount 00:50:16.600 --> 00:50:24.840 - not to exceed 71 million dollars, a portion of which are anticipated to be issued in 2026 00:50:24.840 --> 00:50:30.280 - and the remainder in 2028. The bonds will be issued to finance all or a portion of the 00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:35.240 - cost of design, engineering, acquisition, construction, equipping, and improvement 00:50:35.240 --> 00:50:40.360 - of capital projects related to the Monroe Water Treatment Plant, the Waterworks Distribution 00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:46.920 - System, and WaterMain, and a new service center and maintenance buildings and pay costs of the 00:50:46.920 --> 00:50:57.160 - issuance of the bonds. Thank you. I move that Appropriation Ordinance 2025-08 be introduced 00:50:57.160 --> 00:51:03.000 - and read by the Clerk by title and synopsis only. Second. Thank you. It's been moved and 00:51:03.000 --> 00:51:07.160 - seconded to introduce Appropriation Ordinance 2025-08. Will the Clerk please call the roll 00:51:07.160 --> 00:51:19.480 - on that motion? Yes. Council Member Dailey? Yes. Zulek? Yes. Rosenberger? Yes. Asari? Yes. 00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:29.800 - Flaherty? Yes. Ruff? Yes. Rallo? Yes. Piedmont-Smith? Yes. Stasberg? Yes. Thank you. 00:51:29.800 --> 00:51:31.640 - Thank you. That motion passes. Will the Clerk please read? 00:51:31.640 --> 00:51:44.360 - Appropriation Ordinance 2025-08. To transfer funds from the General Fund to the Fiber Connectivity 00:51:44.360 --> 00:51:48.680 - Fund and especially appropriate funds not otherwise budgeted. The synopsis is as follows. 00:51:48.680 --> 00:51:56.120 - Appropriation Ordinance 2025-08 transfers funding from the General Fund to the Fiber Connectivity 00:51:56.120 --> 00:52:00.360 - Fund and appropriates that funding for the ITS Department per the City's Master Development 00:52:00.360 --> 00:52:07.640 - Agreement with Meridium / Hoosier Network / I'm not sure if this is a typo or not M Street Fiber 00:52:07.640 --> 00:52:15.640 - or Fiber. Sorry. Thank you. I don't believe that is a typo. I think we looked that up. 00:52:15.640 --> 00:52:23.720 - Thank you. Moving on to the next. I move that Appropriation Ordinance 2025-09 be introduced 00:52:23.720 --> 00:52:30.040 - and read by the Clerk by title and synopsis only. Second. It's been moved and seconded to 00:52:30.040 --> 00:52:32.580 - to introduce appropriation ordinance 2025-09. 00:52:32.580 --> 00:52:35.320 - Will the clerk please call the roll on that motion? 00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:37.220 - Council Member Zulek? 00:52:37.220 --> 00:52:38.620 - Yes. 00:52:38.620 --> 00:52:39.460 - Rosenberger? 00:52:39.460 --> 00:52:40.300 - Yes. 00:52:40.300 --> 00:52:41.120 - Asari? 00:52:41.120 --> 00:52:41.960 - Yes. 00:52:41.960 --> 00:52:42.800 - Flaherty? 00:52:42.800 --> 00:52:43.620 - Yes. 00:52:43.620 --> 00:52:44.460 - Ruff? 00:52:44.460 --> 00:52:45.300 - Yes. 00:52:45.300 --> 00:52:46.120 - Rallo? 00:52:46.120 --> 00:52:46.960 - Yes. 00:52:46.960 --> 00:52:48.180 - Piedmont-Smith? 00:52:48.180 --> 00:52:49.020 - Yes. 00:52:49.020 --> 00:52:49.840 - Sasseberg? 00:52:49.840 --> 00:52:50.680 - Yes. 00:52:50.680 --> 00:52:51.520 - Daly? 00:52:51.520 --> 00:52:52.360 - Yes. 00:52:52.360 --> 00:52:53.180 - Thank you. 00:52:53.180 --> 00:52:54.020 - Thank you, that motion passes. 00:52:54.020 --> 00:52:55.120 - Will the clerk please read? 00:52:59.580 --> 00:53:02.580 - Appropriation ordinance 2025-09 00:53:02.580 --> 00:53:04.980 - to specially appropriate from the general fund expenditures 00:53:04.980 --> 00:53:06.940 - not otherwise appropriated. 00:53:06.940 --> 00:53:08.440 - The synopsis is as follows. 00:53:08.440 --> 00:53:11.100 - Appropriation ordinance 2025-09 00:53:11.100 --> 00:53:15.060 - additionally appropriates funding from the general fund 00:53:15.060 --> 00:53:16.940 - for expenses in the ITS department, 00:53:16.940 --> 00:53:18.760 - for expenses in the engineering department 00:53:18.760 --> 00:53:21.500 - that have been reimbursed by Indiana University, 00:53:21.500 --> 00:53:25.140 - and to approve a transfer between categories 00:53:25.140 --> 00:53:27.100 - in the clerk's office budget. 00:53:27.100 --> 00:53:27.940 - Thank you. 00:53:27.940 --> 00:53:32.980 - Thank you. 00:53:32.980 --> 00:53:37.060 - Those four ordinances will be heard for second reading 00:53:37.060 --> 00:53:38.880 - at our next regular session meeting, 00:53:38.880 --> 00:53:41.860 - and I really wanted to put a note on this. 00:53:41.860 --> 00:53:44.900 - That is on Tuesday, September 30th. 00:53:44.900 --> 00:53:46.340 - Tuesday, September 30th, 00:53:46.340 --> 00:53:49.540 - because the Wednesday of that week is Yom Kippur, 00:53:49.540 --> 00:53:51.540 - so we are not meeting on that day. 00:53:51.540 --> 00:53:53.820 - And the second reading for those 00:53:53.820 --> 00:53:55.980 - will count as required public hearing 00:53:55.980 --> 00:53:58.420 - on those pieces of legislation that require that. 00:53:58.420 --> 00:54:03.380 - So moving on to our second readings and resolutions. 00:54:03.380 --> 00:54:08.420 - And as a reminder, we voted to amend the agenda earlier 00:54:08.420 --> 00:54:10.520 - this evening to change the order of these. 00:54:10.520 --> 00:54:16.020 - I move that ordinance 2025-34 be introduced 00:54:16.020 --> 00:54:19.300 - and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only. 00:54:19.300 --> 00:54:20.180 - Second. 00:54:20.180 --> 00:54:21.100 - It's been moved and seconded 00:54:21.100 --> 00:54:23.380 - to introduce ordinance 2025-34. 00:54:23.380 --> 00:54:25.780 - Will the clerk please call the roll on that motion? 00:54:25.780 --> 00:54:42.200 - just one moment please. Ornans 2025 oh my sorry let's have it. Rosenberger? Yes. Asari? Yes. 00:54:42.200 --> 00:54:56.860 - Flaherty? Yes. Ruff? Rallo? Yes. Piedmont-Smith? Yes. Stasberg? Yes. Daly? Yes. Zulek? Yes. Thank 00:54:56.860 --> 00:54:57.020 - you. 00:54:57.020 --> 00:55:10.200 - Thank you that motion passes will the clerk please read. Ordinance 2025-34 to 00:55:10.200 --> 00:55:13.980 - establish a fund for the proceeds of the surety bonds secured for work on 00:55:13.980 --> 00:55:18.740 - fiber optics network for the city of Bloomington Monroe County Indiana. The 00:55:18.740 --> 00:55:23.580 - synopsis is as follows. This ordinance establishes a dedicated non-referring 00:55:23.580 --> 00:55:27.300 - fund to hold the 1 million dollars received in the surety bond payment on 00:55:27.300 --> 00:55:32.500 - bond number 1160465 was called due to failure by Meridian 00:55:32.500 --> 00:55:39.820 - infrastructure North America corporation subcontractor AEG to properly install 00:55:39.820 --> 00:55:44.060 - fiber within the city limits. Damages were incurred by the city and certain 00:55:44.060 --> 00:55:47.260 - notice of violations were issued by the city of Bloomington engineering 00:55:47.260 --> 00:55:52.100 - department against AEG who was working on Meridian's behalf for violations of 00:55:52.100 --> 00:55:56.060 - title 12 the Bloomington Municipal Code regarding work performed in the right of 00:55:56.060 --> 00:56:00.500 - way. Appropriations of the funds will be requested by the city of Bloomington 00:56:00.500 --> 00:56:07.100 - controller to the City Council at a later date. Thank you. I move ordinance 00:56:07.100 --> 00:56:14.700 - 2025 - 34 be adopted. Great that looks like we have the controller here to 00:56:14.700 --> 00:56:21.660 - present if you could oh okay maybe we have the city attorney here to present 00:56:21.660 --> 00:56:31.940 - whoever yep okay if you could make sure to introduce yourself for the record we 00:56:31.940 --> 00:56:37.220 - just barely started 2025 - 34. Thank you I'm Margie Rice Corporation Council for 00:56:37.220 --> 00:56:42.580 - the city of Bloomington and I am out of breath but I will tell you I avoided 00:56:42.580 --> 00:56:49.180 - falling down the stairs which is great. I am here to ask for a fund to be created 00:56:49.180 --> 00:56:54.420 - and this is really a kind of small housekeeping matter related to a much 00:56:54.420 --> 00:57:02.100 - larger issue. I'm going to explain the larger issue just briefly to give 00:57:02.100 --> 00:57:09.860 - context for why I'm asking for this fund. So in 2021 the city entered into a 00:57:09.860 --> 00:57:16.620 - letter of intent with Meridian to do kind of a public-private partnership to 00:57:16.620 --> 00:57:23.420 - install fiber in the city of Bloomington and a master development agreement was 00:57:23.420 --> 00:57:30.420 - signed in June of 22. TIFF was created it's called a spider TIFF was created in 00:57:30.420 --> 00:57:37.500 - June of 22 and everything sort of proceeded from there and fiber was 00:57:37.500 --> 00:57:42.380 - starting to be installed throughout the city of Bloomington. Earlier this year 00:57:42.380 --> 00:57:50.260 - around February we started hearing some noise that there were some problems with 00:57:50.260 --> 00:57:56.420 - a subcontractor that Meridian had hired which was AEG or true line that had some 00:57:56.420 --> 00:58:02.380 - different names. So we did some due diligence ended up the legal department 00:58:02.380 --> 00:58:12.700 - in late March filed a notice with the insurance company that held the bond for 00:58:12.700 --> 00:58:18.500 - a AEG true line. So when people do work in the right-of-way they're often 00:58:18.500 --> 00:58:24.600 - required to get a bond an insurance policy essentially to protect the city 00:58:24.600 --> 00:58:32.700 - from any damage done in the right-of-way. And so we filed a written notice with 00:58:32.700 --> 00:58:39.300 - the insurance company it was Sampo International doing business as Lexan 00:58:39.300 --> 00:58:46.660 - insurance company and it was we had a million dollar bond and so long story 00:58:46.660 --> 00:58:52.900 - short we submitted information to them in late March and we received a check for a 00:58:52.900 --> 00:58:59.940 - million dollars on July 8th was given to the controller's office she's held it it 00:58:59.940 --> 00:59:05.820 - could just probably be deposited into the general fund however we would like a 00:59:05.820 --> 00:59:11.740 - separate fund to be created to hold this million dollars so that and then we will 00:59:11.740 --> 00:59:16.140 - be back to the council to ask for appropriations of that million dollars so 00:59:16.140 --> 00:59:21.180 - tonight I'm not asking for appropriation we're just asking to create the fund 00:59:21.180 --> 00:59:27.180 - that million dollars will be deposited in there and when we're ready to come 00:59:27.180 --> 00:59:32.060 - back and ask for appropriations we'll come back it's really too early to tell 00:59:32.060 --> 00:59:40.500 - how that money is going to be spent we have fines related to AEG's work in the 00:59:40.500 --> 00:59:45.540 - right-of-way there are actual repairs being done in the right-of-way but 00:59:45.540 --> 00:59:50.300 - Meridium who we have the agreement with remember the city never had an agreement 00:59:50.300 --> 00:59:55.340 - with AEG we had an agreement with Meridium they've been a great partner so 00:59:55.340 --> 01:00:02.260 - far they have been very responsive they have we've gotten another contractor out 01:00:02.260 --> 01:00:07.140 - there doing work in the right-of-way they are also bonded and repairs are 01:00:07.140 --> 01:00:12.300 - being made I'm sure there are still issues that need to be remedied but it's 01:00:12.300 --> 01:00:15.740 - too early to tell right now where we're gonna need that million dollars so we're 01:00:15.740 --> 01:00:21.780 - not asking for an appropriation this is just a fun creation I can tell you that 01:00:21.780 --> 01:00:27.820 - this has been a true collaborative effort on many city departments so while 01:00:27.820 --> 01:00:34.020 - we are the ones who you know started the legal action to get the bond payment 01:00:34.020 --> 01:00:38.620 - there's been a ton of work done by engineering and public works ITS 01:00:38.620 --> 01:00:42.620 - controller the mayor's office has been involved just a lot of different 01:00:42.620 --> 01:00:49.580 - agencies or departments within the city have had to be responsive to getting the 01:00:49.580 --> 01:00:56.940 - information to the insurance company and getting the information to you to the 01:00:56.940 --> 01:01:01.700 - new contractor to start doing the repairs so tonight it's really just a 01:01:01.700 --> 01:01:04.300 - very simple housekeeping please create the fund so we can put the million 01:01:04.300 --> 01:01:09.060 - dollars in it but we'll have an opportunity to talk more about details 01:01:09.060 --> 01:01:13.460 - as we get farther along and when we're asking for appropriations happy to 01:01:13.460 --> 01:01:17.380 - answer any questions I'm here Jessica's here for the controller for financial 01:01:17.380 --> 01:01:23.860 - questions I think Rick Dietz is Rick Dietz Rick Dietz is online we also have 01:01:23.860 --> 01:01:28.460 - Andrew from engineering so happy to answer any questions thank you are there 01:01:28.460 --> 01:01:33.940 - questions from council members council members sorry thank you so much council 01:01:33.940 --> 01:01:43.540 - rice the within I think section 2 it says that that the the allowable funds the 01:01:43.540 --> 01:01:47.740 - fund can be used for any loss costs damage caused by AG's work blah blah and 01:01:47.740 --> 01:01:53.860 - the ends by saying or any other lawful purpose yeah so explain to us both why 01:01:53.860 --> 01:01:59.100 - that language is necessary and and whether you know does that open up the 01:01:59.100 --> 01:02:02.500 - fund to be you know what what is captured by any other lawful purpose 01:02:02.500 --> 01:02:08.300 - within this fund excellent question and I don't really know what the gamut of 01:02:08.300 --> 01:02:13.300 - uses could be but I sure didn't want to limit us and so I didn't say any other 01:02:13.300 --> 01:02:17.740 - purpose but we said any other lawful purpose yeah I don't think there are 01:02:17.740 --> 01:02:26.140 - again we were when we count when Andrew's office sort of looked at fines there 01:02:26.140 --> 01:02:30.420 - were could if you calculated per day there could be millions of dollars to 01:02:30.420 --> 01:02:36.100 - find there might actually have to be you know repairs in the rights away it may 01:02:36.100 --> 01:02:42.340 - be that we want to use this fund for something else sort of IT related I just 01:02:42.340 --> 01:02:45.700 - wanted to leave it as general as possible and we may have to have 01:02:45.700 --> 01:02:50.140 - conversations at some point you know with for example state Board of Accounts 01:02:50.140 --> 01:02:55.300 - about how could we use this and so I just put that catch-all in there to to 01:02:55.300 --> 01:02:59.100 - save us in case some creative idea comes up and we want to be able to use it that 01:02:59.100 --> 01:03:03.100 - way but the prime the primary goal is the mitigation of current expenses 01:03:03.100 --> 01:03:07.380 - incurred yeah for residents and right-of-way issues right if that no we 01:03:07.380 --> 01:03:11.700 - won't be using this money for payment to private individuals this will be for 01:03:11.700 --> 01:03:18.260 - city use and we do expect the contractor that Meridian has working with now the 01:03:18.260 --> 01:03:23.020 - second contractor to do the repairs in the right-of-way so but will be outside 01:03:23.020 --> 01:03:27.060 - of the funding yeah we're hopeful that we won't have to use a lot of this 01:03:27.060 --> 01:03:32.060 - because they'll they'll make it all good great yeah because that was the 01:03:32.060 --> 01:03:35.020 - question about whether this is right-sized you know if we had actually 01:03:35.020 --> 01:03:44.220 - meeting the king fantastic thank you yeah thank you council member Rallo well 01:03:44.220 --> 01:03:50.020 - actually my colleague just asked the questions that I was asking but I was 01:03:50.020 --> 01:04:06.820 - wondering about the I don't it is I'm gonna say again it's too early to tell 01:04:06.820 --> 01:04:11.780 - whether it's gonna be but you adequate or not I can tell you though that your 01:04:11.780 --> 01:04:14.540 - question made me think of another department I didn't mention that's been 01:04:14.540 --> 01:04:20.140 - affected which is utilities and so and they've also been very helpful but as 01:04:20.140 --> 01:04:27.420 - time goes on and as things you know freeze and thaw and we see damages you 01:04:27.420 --> 01:04:32.100 - know that we don't see right now but we might see in another you know six months 01:04:32.100 --> 01:04:37.820 - to a year we're just we are we're kind of slow rolling it a little bit on this 01:04:37.820 --> 01:04:41.940 - because we do want to see how much the contractor gets done what other damages 01:04:41.940 --> 01:04:49.260 - show up and and you know we're we felt very good that we in fairly quick order 01:04:49.260 --> 01:04:54.220 - got a million dollars back got the whole bond recovered but it was really 01:04:54.220 --> 01:04:58.980 - because of the record-keeping I think of many of the other departments that that 01:04:58.980 --> 01:05:05.460 - helped us recover the million dollar bond which was the full amount thank you 01:05:05.460 --> 01:05:11.700 - are there other questions a council attorney liner do you have a comment Rick 01:05:11.700 --> 01:05:22.540 - Dietz has raised his hand online okay mr. Dietz do you have something to add to 01:05:22.540 --> 01:05:35.260 - one of the questions that was already asked only I suppose to echo Margie's 01:05:35.260 --> 01:05:44.220 - statement but also to amplify that by saying any any new you know discoveries 01:05:44.220 --> 01:05:57.700 - of issues will be forwarded to M Street fiber meridian to fix. Even if there are issues that have 01:05:57.700 --> 01:06:07.430 - occurred in the past, we anticipate that there will be issues that we discover that need to be 01:06:07.430 --> 01:06:09.220 - addressed over time. 01:06:09.220 --> 01:06:18.120 - And so, you know, our understanding and our expectations that they will address those issues, and 01:06:18.120 --> 01:06:26.380 - as such, the, you know, the funds shouldn't have to be used for the purposes to which they are 01:06:26.380 --> 01:06:29.220 - already pledged to to address. 01:06:29.220 --> 01:06:33.220 - Okay, thank you. Are there other first round questions. 01:06:33.220 --> 01:06:38.590 - Okay, I'm going to go ahead and take one Councilmember sorry before we go to you for second round, 01:06:38.590 --> 01:06:42.220 - and it actually has to do with the same section to so thank you. 01:06:42.220 --> 01:06:47.890 - Attorney rice for mentioning that that this fund will not go to residents who might have had 01:06:47.890 --> 01:06:54.080 - personal property damage but if there are residents who did have personal property damage and they 01:06:54.080 --> 01:06:57.220 - have not been able to get any kind of response. 01:06:57.220 --> 01:07:05.100 - Thus far, what should they do. I might look to Andrew for this, this is probably his Bailey wick 01:07:05.100 --> 01:07:07.220 - however I know that his office is keeping a list of all the issues. 01:07:07.220 --> 01:07:10.220 - And so I don't know if you want to address that. 01:07:10.220 --> 01:07:14.870 - Thank you if you could introduce yourself for the record to that'd be great sure Andrew Seabor city 01:07:14.870 --> 01:07:17.220 - engineer with the engineering department. 01:07:17.220 --> 01:07:21.220 - If a resident has experienced issues as a result of this project. 01:07:21.220 --> 01:07:25.220 - They have a number of options that they can do. 01:07:25.220 --> 01:07:30.610 - Ultimately, the best tool I would encourage people to use is the report and to submit something 01:07:30.610 --> 01:07:34.220 - through the report system that will flag things for staff. 01:07:34.220 --> 01:07:40.360 - They can also send an email or call the engineering department with an inquiry we get a lot of 01:07:40.360 --> 01:07:42.220 - calls on this project. 01:07:42.220 --> 01:07:50.300 - Ultimately, what we will do on our end is put them in contact with the owners of this project on 01:07:50.300 --> 01:07:56.310 - street fiber, and we're just more of a facilitator. In this case, and generally the street fiber 01:07:56.310 --> 01:07:59.050 - and their partners have been responsive, especially at least in our interactions with them and 01:07:59.050 --> 01:08:01.220 - making that connection happen. 01:08:01.220 --> 01:08:04.220 - Great. Thank you. 01:08:04.220 --> 01:08:07.220 - Council members are second round. 01:08:07.220 --> 01:08:12.500 - That would be a question for for all of us. I don't know, but thinking in a broader sense about 01:08:12.500 --> 01:08:18.320 - what we've learned through this process are we making any adjustments to our procurement practices, 01:08:18.320 --> 01:08:23.220 - particularly in large sort of infrastructure projects. 01:08:23.220 --> 01:08:29.090 - That is also an Android probably a rich question I could say from a legal perspective, it's very 01:08:29.090 --> 01:08:35.080 - difficult when you're dealing with a main person and then they have a subcontractor and then there 01:08:35.080 --> 01:08:37.220 - are subs underneath there. 01:08:37.220 --> 01:08:44.570 - So, and again, not to get too too much into the weeds but you know there's legal activity going on 01:08:44.570 --> 01:08:52.360 - in Miami Dade Florida related to a EG true line and the, and they have an assignment, and it's, it's, 01:08:52.360 --> 01:08:59.640 - you know it's listed I was looking at one of the pleadings it was in the complex litigation sort of 01:08:59.640 --> 01:09:00.220 - division 01:09:00.220 --> 01:09:07.510 - of, of this court and so it's very hard when you're dealing with a, you know, a company and again 01:09:07.510 --> 01:09:14.220 - Meridians counsel that I deal with is in New York he's been great he's very responsive. 01:09:14.220 --> 01:09:21.440 - But there are moving pieces related to this kind of big project in Delaware companies litigation 01:09:21.440 --> 01:09:23.220 - going on in Florida. 01:09:23.220 --> 01:09:29.220 - It's very hard to know who your partners are doing business with. 01:09:29.220 --> 01:09:33.210 - And when we write these contracts and we allow them the freedom that they need to pick the 01:09:33.210 --> 01:09:36.220 - contractors there are going to be some inherent risks with it. 01:09:36.220 --> 01:09:41.560 - Having said that the bond is always we always do require bond and again, it's been helpful in this 01:09:41.560 --> 01:09:43.220 - regard and we got it back. 01:09:43.220 --> 01:09:50.730 - I don't know whether Rick who has dealt since 20 probably before 21 has dealt with Meridians he 01:09:50.730 --> 01:09:56.220 - might have something to say, I don't know what Andrew thinks about it. 01:09:56.220 --> 01:10:01.220 - Hi there scan Andrew seabor city engineering. 01:10:01.220 --> 01:10:04.650 - I think there's a few things I want to highlight and then I also want to make sure I'm answering 01:10:04.650 --> 01:10:08.280 - your question but this this project I think from from an engineering department perspective has 01:10:08.280 --> 01:10:09.220 - received a lot of. 01:10:09.220 --> 01:10:14.320 - There's a lot of confusion like this is a city wide fiber projects the word cities in there, the 01:10:14.320 --> 01:10:18.220 - city is supportive of this project the city has a master agreement. 01:10:18.220 --> 01:10:26.380 - There's a lot of things, but when it comes to the actual construction and the work happening. Think 01:10:26.380 --> 01:10:28.800 - of it like any other utility. Think of it like a Duke project a veteran project a Smithville 01:10:28.800 --> 01:10:29.220 - project. 01:10:29.220 --> 01:10:33.220 - We are not involved in the selection of the contractors. 01:10:33.220 --> 01:10:38.900 - If Smithville wants to fire higher contract X and then contract excerpt we can't say yes or no to 01:10:38.900 --> 01:10:44.510 - them that is their choice. It is our role to permit their work and make sure that what they're 01:10:44.510 --> 01:10:48.220 - doing follows all the city's conditions so. 01:10:48.220 --> 01:10:51.220 - So just a little clarifying there. 01:10:51.220 --> 01:10:56.600 - But that being said on the permitting side there are some things that we are that we're going to be 01:10:56.600 --> 01:10:59.220 - changing how it has happened in the past. 01:10:59.220 --> 01:11:05.220 - One is where we're expecting higher bonds just to further protect the city. 01:11:05.220 --> 01:11:10.060 - We're also going to be limiting the number of active permit areas at any given time so we want this 01:11:10.060 --> 01:11:14.810 - project to happen we want it to happen quickly but we also want to make sure things get closed up 01:11:14.810 --> 01:11:19.220 - before we start the next one so finding that right balance. 01:11:19.220 --> 01:11:28.220 - We might be mixing missing a couple others but welcome director needs to add to it. 01:11:28.220 --> 01:11:34.420 - Yeah, thanks. Thanks, Andrew. There were a couple of other things that we discussed and I believe 01:11:34.420 --> 01:11:40.220 - we shared some of this already in response to some of the budget questions that came in. 01:11:40.220 --> 01:11:47.420 - But another thing that we had talked about and this is under consideration by Andrew and his team 01:11:47.420 --> 01:11:51.220 - in terms of permitting is having m street fiber. 01:11:51.220 --> 01:11:57.690 - The, you know, a party to the permits that are filed by it's some kind of contractors, and then 01:11:57.690 --> 01:12:04.260 - there's been some discussions about increasing, increasing the size of the, you know, the bond 01:12:04.260 --> 01:12:12.220 - requirement for the work that's to be done so it's, you know, something in excess of the million. 01:12:12.220 --> 01:12:18.650 - Which is has been the standard for these, these types of projects in the past. So there's a number 01:12:18.650 --> 01:12:24.510 - of tools that that Andrew and his team and we all are exploring so that we have greater 01:12:24.510 --> 01:12:31.220 - accountability and if things go wrong or greater ability to recover. 01:12:31.220 --> 01:12:35.220 - Thank you. Are there other questions. 01:12:35.220 --> 01:12:40.030 - Okay, yeah, I have one last one to actually, and it's kind of related to what I asked before in 01:12:40.030 --> 01:12:45.220 - terms of residents and it might sound kind of weird and I'm not sure quite who it's a question for. 01:12:45.220 --> 01:12:50.790 - But it's that idea of like, how do we know if something that we're seeing is actually a problem 01:12:50.790 --> 01:12:56.390 - that a resident should report or we should report and the example that I'll give is that in my 01:12:56.390 --> 01:12:58.220 - particular neighborhood. 01:12:58.220 --> 01:13:03.200 - They had to go through like twice and actually install things so we have like little round circles 01:13:03.200 --> 01:13:08.040 - in our neighborhood and then we have the big boxes, and a whole bunch of the little round circles 01:13:08.040 --> 01:13:10.220 - are gone so then there's just a hole. 01:13:10.220 --> 01:13:14.840 - And I don't really know what's in the hole but you know like water could get in the hole and it's 01:13:14.840 --> 01:13:19.650 - kind of all over the place because they installed these in our ditches and our ditches flood all 01:13:19.650 --> 01:13:20.220 - the time. 01:13:20.220 --> 01:13:25.240 - Like, is that like what rises to the level of a problem and how do we know that because we don't I 01:13:25.240 --> 01:13:30.260 - don't want like you getting called for like all kinds of things but I also don't want there to be 01:13:30.260 --> 01:13:33.220 - serious things that are actually problems. 01:13:33.220 --> 01:13:37.920 - I'm, my answer would be if in doubt have them completed you report, and it'll get to the right 01:13:37.920 --> 01:13:42.580 - department and then they can go out and determine if it's related to this and if it needs to go on 01:13:42.580 --> 01:13:43.220 - the list. 01:13:43.220 --> 01:13:50.110 - I would rather have over reporting at this point, then under reporting, especially since we have a 01:13:50.110 --> 01:13:53.220 - viable contractor out there doing work. 01:13:53.220 --> 01:13:55.220 - Do you have anything to add. 01:13:55.220 --> 01:13:59.220 - I think I would just echo what Margie just reported. 01:13:59.220 --> 01:14:03.710 - Don't hesitate I'd rather have it, it's a little extra work for us, but hopefully it's already on 01:14:03.710 --> 01:14:08.350 - our list and if it's not, we're literally walking every street they're working to make sure things 01:14:08.350 --> 01:14:09.220 - are repaired. 01:14:09.220 --> 01:14:14.220 - So it's a very time intensive effort but any help like that that does does help us. 01:14:14.220 --> 01:14:17.220 - Okay, great. Thank you. 01:14:17.220 --> 01:14:23.650 - Councilmember sorry last one very last question and this sort of follow up to something you were 01:14:23.650 --> 01:14:29.380 - saying, as relates to the sort of information that has existed in the public realm about this 01:14:29.380 --> 01:14:30.220 - project. 01:14:30.220 --> 01:14:37.030 - We've adopted as one of our, you know, outside of constructing joy we've also said that that 01:14:37.030 --> 01:14:44.130 - transparency was something that we care about so how what are we doing, sort of moving forward to 01:14:44.130 --> 01:14:45.220 - inform. 01:14:45.220 --> 01:14:50.060 - Because I've seen for example they're started to go back I've like seen the crews now working on 01:14:50.060 --> 01:14:54.970 - certain places, but people often ask me about like what's the status of this and so is there some 01:14:54.970 --> 01:14:59.220 - place some some centralized place that people can go to get updated information 01:14:59.220 --> 01:15:03.570 - on where we're at on this project where you know where things are sort of expected to go forward 01:15:03.570 --> 01:15:06.220 - what our benchmarks those those type of questions. 01:15:06.220 --> 01:15:11.220 - Yeah, I'll, I'll punt to director he's probably is the best answer. My team's working with us. 01:15:11.220 --> 01:15:14.220 - Thank you. 01:15:14.220 --> 01:15:21.220 - Thanks. So, one place to go is 01:15:21.220 --> 01:15:31.840 - the primary ISP who is gigabit now they have information about the progress of network or progress 01:15:31.840 --> 01:15:35.220 - of the availability of their services. 01:15:35.220 --> 01:15:44.440 - Also in street in street fiber, and then we have information on our website on the slash fiber page 01:15:44.440 --> 01:15:53.210 - that's a little bit out of date that we anticipate updating that soon in the next few weeks when we 01:15:53.210 --> 01:15:55.220 - learn more about 01:15:55.220 --> 01:16:03.960 - the restart of the construction phase, which we're which we're looking forward forward to in the 01:16:03.960 --> 01:16:06.220 - coming coming weeks. 01:16:06.220 --> 01:16:15.930 - To your earlier point, Councilor Morris sorry about activity that's visible now, the activity that 01:16:15.930 --> 01:16:24.880 - is going on now is your restoration of in completed, you know, and I'd say restoration and and 01:16:24.880 --> 01:16:32.220 - fixes of construction work that that needs to get back to 100% from 01:16:32.220 --> 01:16:39.430 - where he left it. There is not currently new construction happening, although it's possible that 01:16:39.430 --> 01:16:46.300 - some amount of that will begin as it goes through the permitting process in the coming weeks, but 01:16:46.300 --> 01:16:51.220 - that will also be a, you know, an open and public process. 01:16:51.220 --> 01:16:59.630 - And I'm fairly certain that the city, you know, will also be making information available when when 01:16:59.630 --> 01:17:05.220 - the, the construction phases is restarted in earnest. 01:17:05.220 --> 01:17:11.220 - So, it should not be a surprise to anybody when that happens. 01:17:11.220 --> 01:17:22.220 - Thank you. Great. Thank you. Let's go ahead and move to public comments now on ordinance 2025 34. 01:17:22.220 --> 01:17:26.140 - So if there are any members of the public who would like to comment about this ordinance if you're 01:17:26.140 --> 01:17:28.220 - in chambers you can make your way to the podium if 01:17:28.220 --> 01:17:31.220 - you're online you can go ahead and raise your hand. 01:17:31.220 --> 01:17:36.290 - It sounds like maybe we have somebody online. We do. Wonderful. When you're unmuted you can go 01:17:36.290 --> 01:17:39.740 - ahead and start you'll have up to three minutes and please make sure to introduce yourself for the 01:17:39.740 --> 01:17:40.220 - record. 01:17:40.220 --> 01:17:44.220 - Yes, Kevin Keough. 01:17:44.220 --> 01:17:50.270 - I'm just reading up on this with open source information and it seems like there was $8 million 01:17:50.270 --> 01:17:57.230 - fine, which you're not going to collect. Obviously, they went bankrupt. My question basically is, 01:17:57.230 --> 01:18:05.220 - is there an estimate about what is the exposure to the city for all these damages 01:18:05.220 --> 01:18:14.410 - and things that this subcontractor failed to do? And then, I just want to make sure we get some 01:18:14.410 --> 01:18:20.220 - type of assurance, but the main contractor will have to pay for all that. 01:18:20.220 --> 01:18:27.120 - So I'm just unclear about who's really liable. Is the main contractor who had the subcontractor, is 01:18:27.120 --> 01:18:33.700 - he ultimately liable for all the damages caused by the subcontractor? And also, would he be open, 01:18:33.700 --> 01:18:41.220 - this main subcontractor, to the fines that were assessed against their subcontractor? 01:18:41.220 --> 01:18:48.220 - So I was confused by that, and it'd be nice to have some clarification, but I'll just, that's it. 01:18:48.220 --> 01:18:50.220 - Thank you so much. 01:18:50.220 --> 01:18:54.220 - Thank you. Do we have any other comments online? 01:18:54.220 --> 01:19:13.220 - No. Okay, thank you. I don't see anybody moving forward in chambers. So we'll move back to Council 01:19:13.220 --> 01:19:13.220 - for further questions or final comments on Ordinance 2025-34. 01:19:13.220 --> 01:19:17.220 - Councilmember Piedmont-Smith. 01:19:17.220 --> 01:19:21.220 - It's a follow up question, if I may. 01:19:21.220 --> 01:19:30.220 - So the million dollars will not be used to actually fix the mistakes, so what will it be used for? 01:19:30.220 --> 01:19:36.220 - Will it compensate for all the staff time? 01:19:36.220 --> 01:19:40.220 - And I may ask Jessica to come up here in a minute. 01:19:40.220 --> 01:19:47.650 - You know, when, as the former, as the public comment was just made, there could have been assessed 01:19:47.650 --> 01:19:51.220 - up to, you know, over $7 million in fine. 01:19:51.220 --> 01:19:57.620 - That money could go into the fund where we just collect fine money and be used sort of generally to 01:19:57.620 --> 01:19:59.220 - reimburse the city. 01:19:59.220 --> 01:20:06.870 - We have spent a lot of staff, I don't think it's going to go to the ITS department and to the legal 01:20:06.870 --> 01:20:11.220 - department to sort of reimburse them for staff time. 01:20:11.220 --> 01:20:16.220 - But, and I do want to say though, in response, I think the problems will be fixed. 01:20:16.220 --> 01:20:21.140 - I mean, I think the problems in the right of way are going to be fixed by the current contractor, 01:20:21.140 --> 01:20:22.220 - subcontractor. 01:20:22.220 --> 01:20:28.220 - So those will be fixed, and this money hopefully will not have to be used for that. 01:20:28.220 --> 01:20:36.220 - What creative uses or ideas come out if we don't have to use it for right of way. 01:20:36.220 --> 01:20:40.220 - I'm going to leave that to the departments I've been saying all along. 01:20:40.220 --> 01:20:46.380 - We've got to get farther along we got to see where we land, I fully expect meridian to make the 01:20:46.380 --> 01:20:52.380 - city whole, we will end up where we need to be at the end of this with the fiber installed and 01:20:52.380 --> 01:20:53.220 - working. 01:20:53.220 --> 01:20:58.610 - But I think that we, again it's too early to say right now how this million dollars going to be 01:20:58.610 --> 01:21:04.220 - used. I think we wait get the project done and see where we stand. 01:21:04.220 --> 01:21:07.220 - I don't know if Jessica do you have anything to add to that. 01:21:07.220 --> 01:21:12.220 - Okay, she's she agrees. Hopefully that answers it. Thank you. 01:21:12.220 --> 01:21:17.510 - I'm really sorry but I don't think that answered the question. So we don't know what the money will 01:21:17.510 --> 01:21:20.220 - be used for is that yeah no it's too early to tell. 01:21:20.220 --> 01:21:27.220 - Yeah, it's it's yeah it's way too early to tell exactly how we're going to use this million dollars. 01:21:27.220 --> 01:21:32.280 - And that's really your question right is how's the money. I don't know at this point we will come 01:21:32.280 --> 01:21:37.620 - back at some later point and ask for appropriations, but I'd be completely making something up if I 01:21:37.620 --> 01:21:41.220 - were to give you something definite now. 01:21:41.220 --> 01:21:43.220 - Okay, thank you. 01:21:43.220 --> 01:21:46.220 - Thank you for not making something up. 01:21:46.220 --> 01:21:48.060 - Thank you, any other comments 01:21:48.060 --> 01:21:50.060 - or last questions from council members? 01:21:50.060 --> 01:21:52.420 - Great, then I think that we're ready 01:21:52.420 --> 01:21:55.200 - to call the roll on ordinance 2025-34. 01:21:55.200 --> 01:22:02.140 - This member is sorry? 01:22:02.140 --> 01:22:02.980 - Yes. 01:22:02.980 --> 01:22:05.940 - Flaherty? 01:22:05.940 --> 01:22:06.880 - Yes. 01:22:06.880 --> 01:22:07.720 - Ruff? 01:22:07.720 --> 01:22:08.560 - Yes. 01:22:08.560 --> 01:22:09.660 - Rallo? 01:22:09.660 --> 01:22:10.620 - Yes. 01:22:10.620 --> 01:22:11.980 - Piedmont-Smith? 01:22:11.980 --> 01:22:12.940 - Yes. 01:22:12.940 --> 01:22:13.780 - Stosberg? 01:22:13.780 --> 01:22:14.600 - Yes. 01:22:14.600 --> 01:22:15.440 - Daly? 01:22:15.440 --> 01:22:16.280 - Yes. 01:22:16.280 --> 01:22:17.120 - Zulek? 01:22:17.120 --> 01:22:17.940 - Yes. 01:22:17.940 --> 01:22:18.780 - Rosenberger? 01:22:18.780 --> 01:22:19.620 - Yes. 01:22:19.620 --> 01:22:20.740 - Thank you. 01:22:20.740 --> 01:22:22.640 - Thank you, and that passes unanimously. 01:22:22.640 --> 01:22:24.500 - On to the next. 01:22:24.500 --> 01:22:29.300 - I move that resolution 2025-16 be introduced 01:22:29.300 --> 01:22:32.440 - and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only. 01:22:32.440 --> 01:22:33.280 - Second. 01:22:33.280 --> 01:22:34.940 - It's been moved and seconded 01:22:34.940 --> 01:22:38.140 - to introduce ordinance or resolution 2025-16. 01:22:38.140 --> 01:22:40.720 - Will the clerk please call the roll on that motion? 01:22:40.720 --> 01:22:42.220 - Council member Flaherty? 01:22:42.220 --> 01:22:43.060 - Yes. 01:22:43.060 --> 01:22:43.880 - Ruff? 01:22:43.880 --> 01:22:44.720 - Yes. 01:22:44.720 --> 01:22:45.560 - Yes. 01:22:45.560 --> 01:22:47.900 - Piedmont-Smith? 01:22:47.900 --> 01:22:48.740 - Yes. 01:22:48.740 --> 01:22:49.580 - Sosberg? 01:22:49.580 --> 01:22:51.080 - Yes. 01:22:51.080 --> 01:22:51.900 - Daly? 01:22:51.900 --> 01:22:52.740 - Yes. 01:22:52.740 --> 01:22:53.580 - Zulek? 01:22:53.580 --> 01:22:54.420 - Yes. 01:22:54.420 --> 01:22:55.260 - Rosenberger? 01:22:55.260 --> 01:22:56.100 - Yes. 01:22:56.100 --> 01:22:56.920 - Osari? 01:22:56.920 --> 01:22:57.760 - Yes. 01:22:57.760 --> 01:22:59.380 - Thank you. 01:22:59.380 --> 01:23:02.460 - Thank you, will the clerk please read? 01:23:02.460 --> 01:23:04.800 - (murmuring) 01:23:04.800 --> 01:23:24.340 - Okay, resolution 2025-16 requesting the food 01:23:24.340 --> 01:23:27.840 - and beverage tax advisory commission to make a recommendation 01:23:27.840 --> 01:23:31.120 - for expenditure of food and beverage tax revenues. 01:23:31.120 --> 01:23:32.720 - The synopsis is as follows. 01:23:32.720 --> 01:23:35.220 - This resolution is a request from the common council 01:23:35.220 --> 01:23:38.080 - for the food and beverage tax advisory commission 01:23:38.080 --> 01:23:41.480 - to recommend expenditures of food and beverage tax revenue 01:23:41.480 --> 01:23:45.460 - toward a 2026 budget for the capital improvement board. 01:23:45.460 --> 01:23:49.120 - Thank you. 01:23:49.120 --> 01:23:53.040 - I move resolution 2025-16 be adopted. 01:23:53.040 --> 01:23:54.200 - Second. 01:23:54.200 --> 01:23:57.600 - Wonderful, looks like somebody's already moved 01:23:57.600 --> 01:23:58.680 - to the podium to present. 01:23:58.680 --> 01:24:01.820 - Are we gonna do a switcheroo again, or, I'm just kidding. 01:24:01.820 --> 01:24:05.560 - Please introduce yourself for the record. 01:24:05.560 --> 01:24:07.760 - Thank you very much, council. 01:24:07.760 --> 01:24:08.760 - I'm Jeff McKim. 01:24:08.760 --> 01:24:11.920 - I'm the treasurer for the capital improvement board. 01:24:11.920 --> 01:24:14.360 - Oh, I have with me John Wyckart, 01:24:14.360 --> 01:24:16.800 - the president of the capital improvement board, 01:24:16.800 --> 01:24:19.120 - and Jeff Underwood, our comptroller. 01:24:19.120 --> 01:24:22.740 - So you will remember that the capital improvement board 01:24:22.740 --> 01:24:26.160 - presented our 2026 budget request to you a few weeks ago 01:24:26.160 --> 01:24:28.700 - during your budget work sessions. 01:24:28.700 --> 01:24:30.800 - Because the CIB budget is funded 01:24:30.800 --> 01:24:32.520 - by the food and beverage tax, 01:24:32.520 --> 01:24:34.680 - statute requires an additional procedure 01:24:34.680 --> 01:24:36.720 - specific to that fund source. 01:24:36.720 --> 01:24:39.000 - Statute requires the common council 01:24:39.000 --> 01:24:40.960 - as legislative body of the city 01:24:40.960 --> 01:24:43.800 - to request the advisory commission's recommendations 01:24:43.800 --> 01:24:45.400 - concerning the expenditure 01:24:45.400 --> 01:24:47.760 - of any food and beverage tax funds. 01:24:47.760 --> 01:24:49.000 - The resolution in front of you 01:24:49.000 --> 01:24:51.800 - would make such a request for a recommendation 01:24:51.800 --> 01:24:54.560 - from the food and beverage tax advisory commission, 01:24:54.560 --> 01:24:56.720 - otherwise known as FABTAC. 01:24:56.720 --> 01:24:59.600 - After FABTAC meets and makes a recommendation, 01:24:59.600 --> 01:25:02.400 - approval of the CIB's 2026 budget 01:25:02.400 --> 01:25:03.700 - will come back to council 01:25:03.700 --> 01:25:07.220 - in the 2026 Civil City Budget Appropriations Ordinance, 01:25:07.220 --> 01:25:09.580 - which is one of the three appropriations ordinances 01:25:09.580 --> 01:25:10.940 - the council will consider 01:25:10.940 --> 01:25:13.160 - during your budget adoption process. 01:25:13.160 --> 01:25:14.400 - So thank you very much, 01:25:14.400 --> 01:25:17.200 - and we are here to answer any questions you might have. 01:25:17.200 --> 01:25:20.100 - Great, thank you. 01:25:20.100 --> 01:25:21.900 - Do council members have any questions? 01:25:22.300 --> 01:25:25.180 - (gavel bangs) 01:25:25.180 --> 01:25:26.700 - Great, seeing none. 01:25:26.700 --> 01:25:30.020 - We'll go ahead and go to public comment. 01:25:30.020 --> 01:25:31.740 - If there are any members of the public 01:25:31.740 --> 01:25:36.740 - who would like to comment on resolution 2025-16. 01:25:36.740 --> 01:25:39.100 - If you're in chambers, you can make your way to the podium. 01:25:39.100 --> 01:25:41.320 - If you're online, you can go ahead and raise your hand 01:25:41.320 --> 01:25:42.800 - using the reactions tab. 01:25:42.800 --> 01:25:46.840 - I don't see anybody moving in chambers. 01:25:46.840 --> 01:25:49.140 - Is there anybody who's raised their hand online? 01:25:51.460 --> 01:25:53.260 - Okay then, coming back to council, 01:25:53.260 --> 01:25:57.500 - are there any comments or questions 01:25:57.500 --> 01:26:00.240 - that have come up since I last asked? 01:26:00.240 --> 01:26:11.680 - Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll 01:26:11.680 --> 01:26:13.780 - on resolution 2025-16? 01:26:13.780 --> 01:26:21.020 - Will you give me just a moment council member Stasberg? 01:26:21.020 --> 01:26:22.020 - Okay. - Thank you. 01:26:22.020 --> 01:26:39.020 - You know what? 01:26:39.020 --> 01:26:41.260 - I'm going to have to do this a little bit on the fly, 01:26:41.260 --> 01:26:43.460 - so forgive me if I get the order incorrect, 01:26:43.460 --> 01:26:46.380 - but I believe we'll start with council member Ruff. 01:26:46.380 --> 01:26:48.020 - Yes. 01:26:48.020 --> 01:26:48.980 - Piedmont-Smith? 01:26:48.980 --> 01:26:50.780 - Yes. 01:26:51.340 --> 01:26:53.180 - Stasberg? - Yes. 01:26:53.180 --> 01:26:55.380 - Daly? - Yes. 01:26:55.380 --> 01:26:56.720 - Zulek? - Yes. 01:26:56.720 --> 01:26:58.820 - Rosenberger? 01:26:58.820 --> 01:27:04.300 - No. 01:27:04.300 --> 01:27:07.340 - Asari? - Yes. 01:27:07.340 --> 01:27:09.620 - Mflaherty? - Yes. 01:27:09.620 --> 01:27:10.940 - Thank you. 01:27:10.940 --> 01:27:12.260 - Rallo? 01:27:12.260 --> 01:27:15.060 - Oh, I'm so sorry council member Rallo. 01:27:15.060 --> 01:27:16.140 - Yes. 01:27:16.140 --> 01:27:17.020 - Thank you. 01:27:17.020 --> 01:27:20.180 - Thank you, that passes eight one. 01:27:21.180 --> 01:27:24.660 - And moving on to the next. 01:27:24.660 --> 01:27:40.620 - I move that resolution 2025-15 be introduced 01:27:40.620 --> 01:27:43.420 - and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only. 01:27:43.420 --> 01:27:44.660 - Second. 01:27:44.660 --> 01:27:47.300 - It's been moved and seconded 01:27:47.300 --> 01:27:49.420 - to introduce resolution 2025-15. 01:27:49.420 --> 01:27:52.020 - And will the clerk please call the roll on that motion. 01:27:52.020 --> 01:28:00.620 - Council member Ruff? 01:28:00.620 --> 01:28:01.460 - Yes. 01:28:01.460 --> 01:28:02.900 - Rallo? 01:28:02.900 --> 01:28:03.740 - Yes. 01:28:03.740 --> 01:28:05.140 - Piedmont-Smith? 01:28:05.140 --> 01:28:05.960 - Yes. 01:28:05.960 --> 01:28:06.800 - Stasberg? 01:28:06.800 --> 01:28:07.620 - Yes. 01:28:07.620 --> 01:28:08.460 - Daly? 01:28:08.460 --> 01:28:09.460 - Yes. 01:28:09.460 --> 01:28:10.300 - Zulek? 01:28:10.300 --> 01:28:11.120 - Yes. 01:28:11.120 --> 01:28:11.960 - Rosenberger? 01:28:11.960 --> 01:28:12.900 - Yes. 01:28:12.900 --> 01:28:13.820 - Asari? 01:28:13.820 --> 01:28:15.300 - Yes. 01:28:15.300 --> 01:28:16.120 - Mflaherty? 01:28:16.120 --> 01:28:17.220 - Yes. 01:28:17.220 --> 01:28:18.060 - And Ruff? 01:28:19.060 --> 01:28:20.300 - Or did I already call you? 01:28:20.300 --> 01:28:22.260 - Yeah. 01:28:22.260 --> 01:28:23.300 - I'm just gonna keep on calling 01:28:23.300 --> 01:28:25.740 - until I can get this working again. 01:28:25.740 --> 01:28:27.300 - Thank you so much. 01:28:27.300 --> 01:28:28.580 - Are you able to read? 01:28:28.580 --> 01:28:29.480 - Is that working? 01:28:29.480 --> 01:28:31.860 - Yeah, we'll figure that part out. 01:28:31.860 --> 01:28:32.860 - Okay, thank you. 01:28:32.860 --> 01:28:38.060 - Resolution 2025-15 to establish expectations 01:28:38.060 --> 01:28:40.620 - and procedures for council member liaison, 01:28:40.620 --> 01:28:43.140 - yeah, liaisons to boards and commissions. 01:28:43.140 --> 01:28:44.660 - The synopsis is as follows. 01:28:44.660 --> 01:28:47.460 - This resolution sponsored by council member Zulek 01:28:47.460 --> 01:28:49.980 - establishes expectations and processes 01:28:49.980 --> 01:28:51.780 - for council members serving as liaisons 01:28:51.780 --> 01:28:53.480 - to city boards and commissions. 01:28:53.480 --> 01:28:56.300 - Thank you. 01:28:56.300 --> 01:29:03.180 - I move that resolution 2025-15 be adopted. 01:29:03.180 --> 01:29:04.620 - Second. 01:29:04.620 --> 01:29:05.540 - Thank you. 01:29:05.540 --> 01:29:06.740 - Council member Zulek. 01:29:06.740 --> 01:29:08.100 - Hello everyone. 01:29:08.100 --> 01:29:13.100 - This is actually just a formalization into code 01:29:13.100 --> 01:29:16.740 - of something that we already passed as a full council 01:29:16.740 --> 01:29:20.060 - in terms of expectations for liaisons 01:29:20.060 --> 01:29:22.420 - to different boards and commissions. 01:29:22.420 --> 01:29:27.420 - In short, the chair of the interview committees 01:29:27.420 --> 01:29:32.260 - will appoint each of their interview committee members 01:29:32.260 --> 01:29:36.140 - to be a liaison to two to three boards and commissions 01:29:36.140 --> 01:29:39.560 - so that we can keep more of an eye on what they're doing 01:29:39.560 --> 01:29:43.020 - and so that their work can be celebrated 01:29:43.020 --> 01:29:45.980 - and spoken about at council meetings. 01:29:45.980 --> 01:29:50.980 - So it's in line with a proposal that we've already passed 01:29:50.980 --> 01:29:52.980 - and I'm happy to answer any questions 01:29:52.980 --> 01:29:55.440 - but nothing has changed since then. 01:29:55.440 --> 01:29:58.160 - Thank you for your consideration. 01:29:58.160 --> 01:30:02.020 - Thank you. 01:30:02.020 --> 01:30:06.580 - Are there questions from council members about this? 01:30:06.580 --> 01:30:09.500 - And just for clarity, we didn't actually pass it 01:30:09.500 --> 01:30:14.500 - before we kind of agreed to the intent and concept, yeah. 01:30:15.320 --> 01:30:18.440 - Council member, sorry, did I see your hand? 01:30:18.440 --> 01:30:23.180 - Okay, so question for all of us, I guess, 01:30:23.180 --> 01:30:27.480 - or for what happens if, so within the committee, 01:30:27.480 --> 01:30:32.100 - so I'm on a committee with council member Stossberg, 01:30:32.100 --> 01:30:36.140 - council member Rosenberger, what happens if I go, 01:30:36.140 --> 01:30:38.020 - nah, I don't wanna be on that committee. 01:30:38.020 --> 01:30:41.420 - No, like what, or vice versa, you know, if, 01:30:41.420 --> 01:30:43.500 - the question is, how do we ensure 01:30:43.500 --> 01:30:46.280 - that people actually get assigned, and how do we, 01:30:46.280 --> 01:30:49.580 - because, I mean, and what's actually our mechanism here 01:30:49.580 --> 01:30:52.700 - for following up on such a thing, right? 01:30:52.700 --> 01:30:57.700 - So imagine, let's put it here, that if council member 01:30:57.700 --> 01:31:00.740 - Stossberg and council member Rosenberger decide 01:31:00.740 --> 01:31:03.660 - that I should be the representative 'cause we do the committee 01:31:03.660 --> 01:31:05.740 - that hires for black males as an example, 01:31:05.740 --> 01:31:08.760 - and I go, I don't wanna do that, what happens? 01:31:08.760 --> 01:31:12.940 - I would imagine it's a pretty similar process 01:31:12.940 --> 01:31:15.100 - for appointments to boards and commissions 01:31:15.100 --> 01:31:18.160 - that we do for the entire council, 01:31:18.160 --> 01:31:20.300 - where the council president works with 01:31:20.300 --> 01:31:22.180 - all of the different council members 01:31:22.180 --> 01:31:25.380 - to identify the areas of interest. 01:31:25.380 --> 01:31:29.100 - It's not a huge commitment, it's primarily 01:31:29.100 --> 01:31:32.500 - just being the point person for the different staff liaisons 01:31:32.500 --> 01:31:35.800 - and attending one meeting per calendar year. 01:31:35.800 --> 01:31:39.300 - How does that three bit, yeah? 01:31:39.300 --> 01:31:40.900 - 'Cause there's three in the-- 01:31:40.900 --> 01:31:43.900 - Right, per board or commission. 01:31:43.900 --> 01:31:48.180 - So it's just one meeting for each liaison assignment. 01:31:48.180 --> 01:31:53.380 - The three times is checking in with them 01:31:53.380 --> 01:31:55.080 - at least three times a year. 01:31:55.080 --> 01:31:57.760 - But then like, I'm just curious if we need 01:31:57.760 --> 01:32:00.560 - some type of mechanism within this 01:32:00.560 --> 01:32:04.080 - to actually make sure that something happens, right? 01:32:04.080 --> 01:32:07.300 - Because, and then similarly we have a report, 01:32:07.300 --> 01:32:09.480 - is that report supposed to be a written report? 01:32:09.480 --> 01:32:11.820 - Is it an oral report during report time? 01:32:11.820 --> 01:32:16.180 - Like, what's our, otherwise, like it's, 01:32:16.180 --> 01:32:17.220 - we all get the intention, right? 01:32:17.220 --> 01:32:21.100 - I mean, we voted for the intention of this, 01:32:21.100 --> 01:32:23.100 - but how do we achieve the outcome 01:32:23.100 --> 01:32:25.140 - that we're looking for is the question. 01:32:25.140 --> 01:32:27.380 - And whether we have that mechanism in the current, 01:32:27.380 --> 01:32:29.980 - or in the current resolution, or whether we need it. 01:32:29.980 --> 01:32:31.420 - I mean, we could just agree ourselves 01:32:31.420 --> 01:32:33.220 - that this is how we wanna do it, but. 01:32:35.020 --> 01:32:40.020 - I think over-regulating is what gets us into trouble here. 01:32:40.020 --> 01:32:44.380 - So I was imagining that each council member 01:32:44.380 --> 01:32:47.540 - would kind of come up with their own strategy 01:32:47.540 --> 01:32:50.140 - of being a liaison to the boards and commissions 01:32:50.140 --> 01:32:52.680 - if they wanna give an oral report. 01:32:52.680 --> 01:32:56.320 - They can, verbal, written. 01:33:02.620 --> 01:33:07.020 - Are there other questions, or perhaps comments, 01:33:07.020 --> 01:33:09.500 - or responses to council member Asari's question? 01:33:09.500 --> 01:33:10.940 - Because in a lot of ways, 01:33:10.940 --> 01:33:13.880 - this whole resolution is about all of us. 01:33:13.880 --> 01:33:19.940 - I'll follow up, 'cause I don't see any hands. 01:33:19.940 --> 01:33:21.660 - That I had kind of a similar question 01:33:21.660 --> 01:33:23.420 - of what happens if a council member 01:33:23.420 --> 01:33:25.280 - doesn't fulfill these responsibilities? 01:33:25.280 --> 01:33:26.260 - What happens if they don't check in 01:33:26.260 --> 01:33:27.100 - at least three times a year? 01:33:27.100 --> 01:33:28.820 - What happens if they don't go to a meeting a year? 01:33:28.820 --> 01:33:33.820 - Like, what is, how much public shaming do we get to do? 01:33:33.820 --> 01:33:39.980 - I'm kidding about the public shaming, but like, 01:33:39.980 --> 01:33:41.980 - and I don't think that the sponsor of this 01:33:41.980 --> 01:33:43.980 - necessarily has to answer all of these questions, 01:33:43.980 --> 01:33:45.700 - 'cause it really is, like, in a lot of ways, 01:33:45.700 --> 01:33:47.820 - our job is all about personal accountability, but. 01:33:47.820 --> 01:33:49.220 - Right, yeah. 01:33:49.220 --> 01:33:50.060 - May I? 01:33:50.060 --> 01:33:50.900 - Sure. - Council member Daly. 01:33:50.900 --> 01:33:51.960 - I think it would just be very similar 01:33:51.960 --> 01:33:54.760 - to our regular committee assignments. 01:33:54.760 --> 01:33:57.780 - You know, we'll know if somebody's not keeping up, 01:33:57.780 --> 01:33:59.140 - and what happens then? 01:33:59.140 --> 01:34:01.400 - I don't know the answer to that, but. 01:34:01.400 --> 01:34:05.100 - But some people do. 01:34:05.100 --> 01:34:08.340 - (laughing) 01:34:08.340 --> 01:34:13.300 - No, but I just see this as a way of us having 01:34:13.300 --> 01:34:16.120 - a better understanding of what's happening, 01:34:16.120 --> 01:34:18.160 - not trying to have control over anything, 01:34:18.160 --> 01:34:20.340 - but just feeling more connected to what's going on 01:34:20.340 --> 01:34:22.060 - in our city, and the boards and commissions 01:34:22.060 --> 01:34:23.740 - that we help appoint people to, 01:34:23.740 --> 01:34:26.620 - and making them feel like they're heard, 01:34:26.620 --> 01:34:29.820 - and their work is being acknowledged. 01:34:29.820 --> 01:34:35.000 - Other questions or comments about that? 01:34:35.000 --> 01:34:36.500 - Council Member Piedmont-Smith. 01:34:36.500 --> 01:34:42.860 - Well, just to back up what Council Member Zulik said, 01:34:42.860 --> 01:34:46.420 - we were envisioning when we were talking about this 01:34:46.420 --> 01:34:47.900 - in the Committee on Council Processes, 01:34:47.900 --> 01:34:50.900 - we were envisioning that people, 01:34:50.900 --> 01:34:53.180 - like all three people on the interview committee 01:34:53.180 --> 01:34:55.900 - would write down what they're most interested in 01:34:55.900 --> 01:34:58.420 - as far as serving as liaison. 01:34:58.420 --> 01:35:01.320 - And then the chair would just try to put that together 01:35:01.320 --> 01:35:02.500 - and make fair assignments, 01:35:02.500 --> 01:35:03.740 - and then the committee would vote on it. 01:35:03.740 --> 01:35:06.700 - So it seems very unlikely that somebody would, 01:35:06.700 --> 01:35:09.300 - unless they're not interested in anything, 01:35:09.300 --> 01:35:11.900 - that it seems unlikely they would have something 01:35:11.900 --> 01:35:15.500 - that they have no interest in, so. 01:35:15.500 --> 01:35:16.340 - I would agree. 01:35:16.340 --> 01:35:22.540 - I also wanna point out that this resolution 01:35:22.540 --> 01:35:25.340 - is supposed to start in January of next year, 01:35:25.340 --> 01:35:27.940 - and each year the president has an opportunity 01:35:27.940 --> 01:35:29.760 - to change interview committees. 01:35:29.760 --> 01:35:31.980 - And so that's the other thing that I wanna point out 01:35:31.980 --> 01:35:33.900 - for whoever is president next year 01:35:33.900 --> 01:35:35.900 - in terms of checking in with people that, 01:35:35.900 --> 01:35:40.300 - prior to now, the interview committees 01:35:40.300 --> 01:35:41.620 - just interviewed people, 01:35:41.620 --> 01:35:44.160 - and so it maybe didn't necessarily matter 01:35:44.160 --> 01:35:46.200 - which interview team you were on, 01:35:46.200 --> 01:35:48.560 - but now since we actually have these, 01:35:48.560 --> 01:35:52.620 - assuming this passes, a larger responsibility for each one, 01:35:52.620 --> 01:35:55.700 - there might be interview committees 01:35:55.700 --> 01:35:57.260 - that might be more or less desirable 01:35:57.260 --> 01:35:59.180 - for different members based on their interests. 01:35:59.180 --> 01:36:01.220 - So that is just an additional thing 01:36:01.220 --> 01:36:04.740 - to take into consideration next year. 01:36:04.740 --> 01:36:08.740 - Are there other questions or comments? 01:36:08.740 --> 01:36:09.860 - Council Member Asari. 01:36:09.860 --> 01:36:11.580 - I wonder if we should consider, 01:36:11.580 --> 01:36:13.580 - maybe this is, it's not something we need to consider now, 01:36:13.580 --> 01:36:16.020 - but just as we think through this moving forward 01:36:16.020 --> 01:36:19.460 - is whether such a mechanism might, 01:36:19.460 --> 01:36:24.460 - replace is too strong a word, 01:36:24.460 --> 01:36:27.260 - but whether we can then streamline 01:36:27.260 --> 01:36:30.380 - some of the appointment procedures, 01:36:30.380 --> 01:36:31.220 - because at the end of the day, 01:36:31.220 --> 01:36:33.460 - all of our appointments get made by the whole council. 01:36:33.460 --> 01:36:37.580 - So whether in essence you remove the three-body person, 01:36:37.580 --> 01:36:39.460 - people who have to do the interviewing and all that, 01:36:39.460 --> 01:36:41.740 - and we actually just, it's like the liaison 01:36:41.740 --> 01:36:44.340 - is the person who brings that to the larger group. 01:36:44.340 --> 01:36:47.260 - So 'cause we are sort of proliferating 01:36:47.260 --> 01:36:52.260 - our meetings here with this, 01:36:52.260 --> 01:36:56.580 - which is fine, I mean, it does give some structure, 01:36:56.580 --> 01:36:58.220 - I think, to something that we've all wanted to do, 01:36:58.220 --> 01:37:01.860 - which is be more involved in some of these committees. 01:37:01.860 --> 01:37:03.500 - But then, and so that's one thought. 01:37:03.500 --> 01:37:06.780 - Then the second thought for me is the overlapping of, 01:37:06.780 --> 01:37:09.900 - we just made those Title 15 changes, 01:37:09.900 --> 01:37:12.540 - sort of being clearer about the reports 01:37:12.540 --> 01:37:15.180 - that we want from the committees themselves, 01:37:15.180 --> 01:37:16.780 - and so thinking a little bit about 01:37:16.780 --> 01:37:21.780 - how do we make sure that council member reports 01:37:21.780 --> 01:37:26.900 - are complimentary or supportive 01:37:26.900 --> 01:37:29.100 - or happening in cadences that make sense 01:37:29.100 --> 01:37:31.140 - so that we're not just sort of duplicating things 01:37:31.140 --> 01:37:32.620 - that we're just gonna hear anyways 01:37:32.620 --> 01:37:34.780 - from the committees themselves. 01:37:34.780 --> 01:37:36.700 - So I do think we should give some thought, 01:37:36.700 --> 01:37:40.620 - again, I get the sort of informal nature of this, 01:37:40.620 --> 01:37:42.020 - but we should give some thought 01:37:42.020 --> 01:37:46.620 - to how are we going to usefully report back to one another 01:37:46.620 --> 01:37:49.940 - so it's not just like I went to said committee, 01:37:49.940 --> 01:37:54.380 - you know, and you know, what is the useful information 01:37:54.380 --> 01:37:55.820 - that we're reporting to each other 01:37:55.820 --> 01:37:57.660 - sort of ahead of things, right? 01:37:57.660 --> 01:38:00.900 - Okay, maybe that's the kind of thing 01:38:00.900 --> 01:38:03.060 - that should go into some kind of 01:38:03.060 --> 01:38:04.860 - like administrative manual sort of thing, 01:38:04.860 --> 01:38:06.540 - which I think Committee on Council Processes 01:38:06.540 --> 01:38:09.740 - is also working on that too. 01:38:09.740 --> 01:38:12.540 - Are you working on that kind of thing? 01:38:16.060 --> 01:38:18.580 - Clerk Bolden, did you have something to add to this? 01:38:18.580 --> 01:38:21.460 - Not quite directly, but I did want to point out 01:38:21.460 --> 01:38:23.380 - that Deputy Clerk Crossley is online 01:38:23.380 --> 01:38:25.300 - if you have any questions for her as well 01:38:25.300 --> 01:38:29.260 - related to council committees and that sort of thing. 01:38:29.260 --> 01:38:30.580 - Okay, thank you. 01:38:30.580 --> 01:38:33.860 - Are there other questions? 01:38:33.860 --> 01:38:39.840 - I actually have another one that relates 01:38:39.840 --> 01:38:42.340 - to section four, number four, 01:38:42.340 --> 01:38:44.260 - which says informing assigned boards 01:38:44.260 --> 01:38:46.760 - or commission chairs and staff liaisons 01:38:46.760 --> 01:38:48.700 - of any relevant legislation being developed 01:38:48.700 --> 01:38:51.300 - or discussed by the council and soliciting feedback 01:38:51.300 --> 01:38:54.100 - from the boards or commissions on said legislation. 01:38:54.100 --> 01:38:56.340 - And I'm kind of concerned that there might be 01:38:56.340 --> 01:38:58.140 - a timing issue of that. 01:38:58.140 --> 01:39:00.240 - First of all, who defines relevant 01:39:00.240 --> 01:39:02.420 - and what might be relevant or what might not be, 01:39:02.420 --> 01:39:04.700 - but especially in terms of say a resolution 01:39:04.700 --> 01:39:07.360 - that might relate to a board or commission. 01:39:07.360 --> 01:39:09.580 - If that packet gets released on a Friday 01:39:09.580 --> 01:39:11.300 - for a discussion the next Wednesday, 01:39:11.300 --> 01:39:14.260 - I mean the chances that there's going to be a meeting 01:39:14.260 --> 01:39:16.140 - of that board and commission within that time 01:39:16.140 --> 01:39:19.780 - that then they would be able to discuss it is like low. 01:39:19.780 --> 01:39:24.780 - So I don't quite know how to actually do that. 01:39:24.780 --> 01:39:29.160 - So that was intended to be a little less formal 01:39:29.160 --> 01:39:32.660 - than full meetings and mostly reaching out to the chair 01:39:32.660 --> 01:39:36.780 - and the staff liaison who might be able to offer 01:39:36.780 --> 01:39:39.420 - some insight on behalf of those commissions. 01:39:39.460 --> 01:39:43.820 - I guess that makes me a little uncomfortable 01:39:43.820 --> 01:39:48.820 - to then rely on essentially one member of the commission 01:39:48.820 --> 01:39:53.240 - and then the staff member to give potentially an opinion 01:39:53.240 --> 01:39:55.700 - on legislation as opposed to the whole commission. 01:39:55.700 --> 01:39:58.020 - Okay. 01:39:58.020 --> 01:40:00.100 - I mean, I don't know if, 01:40:00.100 --> 01:40:03.460 - I just don't know how possible that is all the time 01:40:03.460 --> 01:40:08.620 - to get meaningful feedback from the board or commission. 01:40:09.260 --> 01:40:13.980 - Does anybody else have any thoughts on that at all? 01:40:13.980 --> 01:40:17.100 - Council Member Piedmont-Smith. 01:40:17.100 --> 01:40:23.860 - I mean, to me it's understood that the term, 01:40:23.860 --> 01:40:30.540 - the phrase if feasible is understood in my reading of it, 01:40:30.540 --> 01:40:34.180 - but I know it's not always gonna be feasible. 01:40:34.180 --> 01:40:36.540 - But sometimes we hear about, 01:40:36.540 --> 01:40:39.060 - what we ourselves are working on, 01:40:39.060 --> 01:40:40.860 - or we hear about a colleague working on something 01:40:40.860 --> 01:40:43.500 - way before it comes as legislation, so. 01:40:43.500 --> 01:40:55.820 - Council Member, sorry. 01:40:55.820 --> 01:40:57.620 - And just like logistically too, 01:40:57.620 --> 01:40:59.500 - because again, if we're leaning 01:40:59.500 --> 01:41:02.260 - into the more sort of informal thing, 01:41:02.260 --> 01:41:03.940 - are these assignments something we have to do 01:41:03.940 --> 01:41:08.300 - in a formal open door meeting? 01:41:08.300 --> 01:41:12.740 - Or for example, can I write my two committee members 01:41:12.740 --> 01:41:16.460 - and say, I'd like to be liaison for these three things? 01:41:16.460 --> 01:41:21.180 - Do those assignments have to be done officially 01:41:21.180 --> 01:41:25.060 - in an open meeting, or can we just sort of informally say, 01:41:25.060 --> 01:41:28.580 - I'm going to go to the status of black males commission? 01:41:28.580 --> 01:41:33.180 - Like I said, it would be pretty similar 01:41:33.180 --> 01:41:36.940 - to the original boards and commission appointments 01:41:36.940 --> 01:41:38.580 - for council members. 01:41:38.580 --> 01:41:39.660 - But yeah, but are we appoint, 01:41:39.660 --> 01:41:42.100 - because the legislation, the resolution says 01:41:42.100 --> 01:41:44.340 - we appoint internally to the group, 01:41:44.340 --> 01:41:47.020 - but then we're likening it to the president 01:41:47.020 --> 01:41:48.260 - making the appointment. 01:41:48.260 --> 01:41:50.740 - So do those appointments have to be official, 01:41:50.740 --> 01:41:52.780 - or is it enough that I just sort of say, 01:41:52.780 --> 01:41:54.180 - I'll cover that commission? 01:41:54.180 --> 01:41:58.260 - Would our attorney like to answer that? 01:41:58.260 --> 01:42:00.180 - My suspicion would be that they have to be made 01:42:00.180 --> 01:42:01.980 - in a public meeting. 01:42:01.980 --> 01:42:04.860 - Which means we all, yeah, so I mean, yeah, so. 01:42:04.860 --> 01:42:08.740 - Attorney Lainer, would you like to clarify the ODL 01:42:08.740 --> 01:42:10.060 - in terms of whether those appointments 01:42:10.060 --> 01:42:12.800 - need to be made publicly or not? 01:42:12.800 --> 01:42:18.220 - Are you talking about the appointments 01:42:18.220 --> 01:42:20.460 - within the interview committee 01:42:20.460 --> 01:42:22.940 - to a particular board and commission? 01:42:22.940 --> 01:42:23.780 - Correct. 01:42:23.780 --> 01:42:28.940 - I think that would be done in the committee meeting. 01:42:31.060 --> 01:42:32.380 - Right. 01:42:32.380 --> 01:42:33.380 - I would imagine it would be 01:42:33.380 --> 01:42:35.740 - in the first committee meeting of the year 01:42:35.740 --> 01:42:39.440 - with just ironing out all the details. 01:42:39.440 --> 01:42:46.540 - Are there other questions? 01:42:46.540 --> 01:42:50.300 - All right, let's go ahead and move to public comment 01:42:50.300 --> 01:42:53.740 - on resolution 2025-15, if there's any members of the public 01:42:53.740 --> 01:42:56.980 - who would like to comment on this resolution. 01:42:56.980 --> 01:42:59.580 - I don't see anybody in chambers. 01:42:59.580 --> 01:43:01.980 - Is there anybody online who has raised a hand? 01:43:01.980 --> 01:43:08.780 - Okay, returning back to council then 01:43:08.780 --> 01:43:12.980 - for any final comments or questions. 01:43:12.980 --> 01:43:20.180 - Are there any final comments? 01:43:20.180 --> 01:43:21.460 - Council Member Rosenberger? 01:43:21.460 --> 01:43:22.820 - I just have something to say in general 01:43:22.820 --> 01:43:26.140 - about our commission, our committees, 01:43:26.140 --> 01:43:29.500 - interview committees, that I think is incredibly hard 01:43:29.500 --> 01:43:31.940 - to have three people, so if two people ever talk, 01:43:31.940 --> 01:43:34.100 - it's in violation of open door law, 01:43:34.100 --> 01:43:37.140 - and I would like to potentially, not tonight, 01:43:37.140 --> 01:43:38.980 - but consider, I think this is great, 01:43:38.980 --> 01:43:40.060 - I'm happy to support it, 01:43:40.060 --> 01:43:44.300 - but consider having larger committees 01:43:44.300 --> 01:43:47.300 - so that two of us can talk sometimes, 01:43:47.300 --> 01:43:51.100 - just about coordination of who's gonna be where, or, yeah. 01:43:51.100 --> 01:43:58.420 - Interesting, okay, thank you. 01:43:58.420 --> 01:43:59.860 - Are there other comments? 01:43:59.860 --> 01:44:05.300 - I'll go ahead and go, I am happy to support this, 01:44:05.300 --> 01:44:08.540 - but I am still nervous about that section four, number four, 01:44:08.540 --> 01:44:11.400 - because there's not an if feasible in there, 01:44:11.400 --> 01:44:13.420 - and I appreciate that it's implied, 01:44:13.420 --> 01:44:14.820 - and of course, like, what happens 01:44:14.820 --> 01:44:16.620 - if we don't fulfill these responsibilities, 01:44:16.620 --> 01:44:20.980 - like, there's not really a mechanism of consequence 01:44:20.980 --> 01:44:25.020 - for not doing our jobs, at least not, you know, 01:44:25.020 --> 01:44:27.440 - for our term, pretty much. 01:44:27.440 --> 01:44:33.500 - But I will make every effort to do this. 01:44:33.500 --> 01:44:37.060 - So if there are no other comments, 01:44:37.060 --> 01:44:39.420 - if the clerk could please call the roll 01:44:39.420 --> 01:44:41.860 - on resolution 2025-15. 01:44:41.860 --> 01:44:47.540 - Council Member Piedmont-Smith? 01:44:47.540 --> 01:44:48.380 - Yes. 01:44:48.380 --> 01:44:50.300 - Stasberg? 01:44:50.300 --> 01:44:51.120 - Yes. 01:44:51.120 --> 01:44:52.040 - Daly? 01:44:52.040 --> 01:44:52.940 - Yes. 01:44:52.940 --> 01:44:53.760 - Zulek? 01:44:53.760 --> 01:44:54.600 - Yes. 01:44:54.600 --> 01:44:55.440 - Sombarger? 01:44:55.440 --> 01:44:56.260 - Yes. 01:44:56.260 --> 01:44:57.100 - Asari? 01:44:57.100 --> 01:44:57.940 - Yes. 01:44:57.940 --> 01:44:59.740 - Flaherty? 01:44:59.740 --> 01:45:01.040 - Yes. 01:45:01.040 --> 01:45:01.880 - Ruff? 01:45:01.880 --> 01:45:02.900 - Yes. 01:45:02.900 --> 01:45:03.740 - Rallo? 01:45:03.740 --> 01:45:06.060 - Yes. 01:45:06.060 --> 01:45:07.380 - Thank you. 01:45:07.380 --> 01:45:08.740 - Great, thank you. 01:45:08.740 --> 01:45:11.660 - So that passes unanimously. 01:45:11.660 --> 01:45:14.420 - So now we're going to move back to the ordinance 01:45:14.420 --> 01:45:17.180 - that we changed the order of earlier. 01:45:17.180 --> 01:45:22.560 - I move that ordinance 2025-33 be introduced 01:45:22.560 --> 01:45:25.820 - and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only. 01:45:25.820 --> 01:45:26.660 - Second. 01:45:26.660 --> 01:45:27.620 - It's been moved and seconded 01:45:27.620 --> 01:45:29.700 - to introduce ordinance 2025-33. 01:45:29.700 --> 01:45:32.140 - Will the clerk please call the roll on that motion? 01:45:32.140 --> 01:45:32.980 - Yes. 01:45:32.980 --> 01:45:33.820 - Stossberg? 01:45:33.820 --> 01:45:34.660 - Yes. 01:45:34.660 --> 01:45:35.480 - Naly? 01:45:35.480 --> 01:45:36.320 - Yes. 01:45:36.320 --> 01:45:37.160 - Zulek? 01:45:37.160 --> 01:45:37.980 - Yes. 01:45:37.980 --> 01:45:38.820 - Rosenberger? 01:45:38.820 --> 01:45:39.660 - Yes. 01:45:39.660 --> 01:45:40.480 - Asari? 01:45:40.480 --> 01:45:41.320 - Yes. 01:45:41.320 --> 01:45:42.160 - Flaherty? 01:45:42.160 --> 01:45:42.980 - Yes. 01:45:42.980 --> 01:45:43.820 - Ruff? 01:45:43.820 --> 01:45:44.660 - Yes. 01:45:44.660 --> 01:45:45.480 - Rallo? 01:45:45.480 --> 01:45:46.320 - Yes. 01:45:46.320 --> 01:45:47.160 - Piedmont-Smith? 01:45:47.160 --> 01:45:47.980 - Yes. 01:45:47.980 --> 01:45:48.820 - Great, thank you. 01:45:48.820 --> 01:45:50.020 - Will the clerk please read? 01:45:50.520 --> 01:45:55.520 - Ordinance 2025-33 to establish the Fiber Connectivity Fund 01:45:55.520 --> 01:46:00.220 - for Digital Opportunity Initiatives. 01:46:00.220 --> 01:46:02.180 - The synopsis is as follows. 01:46:02.180 --> 01:46:06.360 - Ordinance 2025-33 establishes the Fiber Connectivity Fund 01:46:06.360 --> 01:46:10.100 - to support broadband access for income qualifying residents, 01:46:10.100 --> 01:46:12.520 - ensuring affordable high-speed internet 01:46:12.520 --> 01:46:14.260 - and promoting digital opportunity 01:46:14.260 --> 01:46:17.480 - while also securing annual infrastructure contributions 01:46:17.480 --> 01:46:18.500 - from the developer. 01:46:19.500 --> 01:46:20.900 - Thank you. 01:46:20.900 --> 01:46:25.520 - I move that Ordinance 2025-33 be adopted. 01:46:25.520 --> 01:46:27.120 - Second. 01:46:27.120 --> 01:46:28.120 - Thank you. 01:46:28.120 --> 01:46:32.240 - It looks like the controller is at the podium. 01:46:32.240 --> 01:46:34.320 - He's gonna stay there today. 01:46:34.320 --> 01:46:36.360 - If you could go ahead and introduce yourself for the record 01:46:36.360 --> 01:46:38.640 - and tell us what this is all about. 01:46:38.640 --> 01:46:39.560 - Good evening, Council. 01:46:39.560 --> 01:46:42.840 - Controller McClellan, ITS Director Rick Dietz 01:46:42.840 --> 01:46:45.640 - and I will be presenting this request to you tonight. 01:46:45.640 --> 01:46:48.360 - This also has to do with the high-speed fiber 01:46:48.360 --> 01:46:50.800 - that is being installed in Bloomington 01:46:50.800 --> 01:46:54.880 - that was based off of a 2022 agreement with Meridium. 01:46:54.880 --> 01:46:58.600 - And we keep saying Meridium now called M Street Fiber. 01:46:58.600 --> 01:47:00.360 - There's a lot of names in this. 01:47:00.360 --> 01:47:03.600 - So I'm just gonna switch to M Street Fiber. 01:47:03.600 --> 01:47:06.760 - That is the company, that is the main overall company 01:47:06.760 --> 01:47:08.360 - that we are working with now. 01:47:08.360 --> 01:47:13.360 - So M Street Fiber and the city agreed to support access 01:47:13.360 --> 01:47:17.920 - to the high-speed internet for low income 01:47:17.920 --> 01:47:22.320 - and affordable housing units in Bloomington back in 2022. 01:47:22.320 --> 01:47:25.160 - There is an agreement that the city will fund, 01:47:25.160 --> 01:47:27.720 - will put a million dollars in a fund 01:47:27.720 --> 01:47:32.400 - to support low income eligible houses 01:47:32.400 --> 01:47:35.280 - just to connect to the high-speed fiber 01:47:35.280 --> 01:47:40.280 - and that the M Street Fiber will match or exceed that amount 01:47:40.280 --> 01:47:47.000 - if the total cost is over $700. 01:47:47.280 --> 01:47:50.280 - So there's some details in this ordinance 01:47:50.280 --> 01:47:52.200 - that create the fund that really lay out 01:47:52.200 --> 01:47:54.160 - why the fund is being created, 01:47:54.160 --> 01:47:56.920 - what the fund can be used for, 01:47:56.920 --> 01:47:59.440 - how the city will use the proceeds 01:47:59.440 --> 01:48:03.800 - to fulfill this promise that we made in the agreement 01:48:03.800 --> 01:48:07.900 - and how the city has to use those funds 01:48:07.900 --> 01:48:10.720 - after that agreement expires. 01:48:10.720 --> 01:48:12.900 - And there is an expiration to the agreement. 01:48:12.900 --> 01:48:15.120 - Rick Dietz can answer more questions about that. 01:48:15.120 --> 01:48:18.840 - So really this is just creating the fund 01:48:18.840 --> 01:48:20.320 - and explaining how it can be used 01:48:20.320 --> 01:48:23.000 - and then we're gonna come back on September 30th 01:48:23.000 --> 01:48:27.240 - and ask for an appropriation of $250,000 01:48:27.240 --> 01:48:29.360 - into this fund from the general fund. 01:48:29.360 --> 01:48:34.360 - And we decided to fund this fund over four years 01:48:34.360 --> 01:48:38.600 - with $250,000 to kind of spread out 01:48:38.600 --> 01:48:42.040 - that promise of a million dollars 01:48:42.040 --> 01:48:44.440 - so that we don't have a big hit to the general fund 01:48:44.440 --> 01:48:47.560 - and it spreads it out over four years. 01:48:47.560 --> 01:48:49.480 - We don't have to use the general fund. 01:48:49.480 --> 01:48:52.760 - We can use any fund that can be spent 01:48:52.760 --> 01:48:55.320 - on any lawful purpose of the city. 01:48:55.320 --> 01:48:56.840 - We just chose the general fund 01:48:56.840 --> 01:48:59.600 - because it is our largest operating fund. 01:48:59.600 --> 01:49:03.000 - But we can discuss that now 01:49:03.000 --> 01:49:05.920 - or we can discuss the funding later 01:49:05.920 --> 01:49:08.560 - when we come back for the additional appropriation. 01:49:08.560 --> 01:49:13.560 - But Rick Dietz is online and he absolutely knows the most 01:49:14.280 --> 01:49:16.680 - about this project more than anybody else 01:49:16.680 --> 01:49:18.720 - in the entire city. 01:49:18.720 --> 01:49:21.480 - With Andrew Syborg, the engineering director, 01:49:21.480 --> 01:49:22.320 - a close second. 01:49:22.320 --> 01:49:24.900 - So he is online to answer probably 01:49:24.900 --> 01:49:26.360 - all of your other questions. 01:49:26.360 --> 01:49:28.320 - (laughs) 01:49:28.320 --> 01:49:31.440 - Mr. Dietz, do you have anything to add right now? 01:49:31.440 --> 01:49:34.000 - No, I think that was a really good summary 01:49:34.000 --> 01:49:36.560 - and I can't think of anything more 01:49:36.560 --> 01:49:38.680 - that needs to be added at this point. 01:49:38.680 --> 01:49:42.800 - Okay, thank you. 01:49:42.800 --> 01:49:45.560 - Then I think it goes to council members for any questions 01:49:45.560 --> 01:49:49.320 - related to this establishment. 01:49:49.320 --> 01:49:53.000 - Do we have any questions? 01:49:53.000 --> 01:49:54.800 - Council member, sorry. 01:49:54.800 --> 01:49:59.800 - Just a really quick one probably for director Dietz. 01:49:59.800 --> 01:50:04.320 - The eligibility criteria, is that set by the city 01:50:04.320 --> 01:50:08.180 - or set by Gigabit now for the low income? 01:50:09.160 --> 01:50:13.200 - Yeah, that eligibility criteria was defined 01:50:13.200 --> 01:50:17.640 - in our master development agreement 01:50:17.640 --> 01:50:22.640 - and it's a pretty lengthy list of existing 01:50:22.640 --> 01:50:31.480 - low income qualifying programs 01:50:31.480 --> 01:50:34.520 - from the federal government and from the state. 01:50:34.520 --> 01:50:39.520 - So instead of creating an elaborate criteria, 01:50:39.520 --> 01:50:44.520 - we simply say that if a household is receiving 01:50:44.520 --> 01:50:49.440 - supplemental nutrition assistance programs SNAP 01:50:49.440 --> 01:50:54.440 - or HUD housing vouchers, the Indiana Department of Education 01:50:54.440 --> 01:51:00.720 - free and reduced lunches, any of those suffice 01:51:00.720 --> 01:51:03.760 - for eligibility for this. 01:51:03.760 --> 01:51:08.680 - That program is ultimately administered by a Gigabit now, 01:51:08.680 --> 01:51:11.960 - but those were the criteria that we originally defined 01:51:11.960 --> 01:51:16.960 - with Meridian in our original agreement with them. 01:51:16.960 --> 01:51:19.240 - And that was, thank you for saying that 01:51:19.240 --> 01:51:21.680 - 'cause that was the part that I was a little unclear about. 01:51:21.680 --> 01:51:25.520 - How does, so a city administered fund, 01:51:25.520 --> 01:51:28.160 - but then it's administered by Gigabit now, 01:51:28.160 --> 01:51:29.880 - like how does that exactly work? 01:51:29.880 --> 01:51:33.560 - Like that an external party is assessing criteria, 01:51:33.560 --> 01:51:37.160 - but then we're funding it, like how does that mechanism work? 01:51:37.160 --> 01:51:40.280 - Yeah, so there's two separate things here. 01:51:40.280 --> 01:51:42.800 - The eligibility for the program is one thing, 01:51:42.800 --> 01:51:47.600 - and again, that's been defined in our original agreement. 01:51:47.600 --> 01:51:50.680 - The fund that we're looking to establish here, 01:51:50.680 --> 01:51:54.960 - which we're calling the Fiber Connectivity Fund, 01:51:54.960 --> 01:51:59.480 - and the purpose of that is to provide city support 01:51:59.480 --> 01:52:03.400 - for connecting low income households that are eligible 01:52:03.400 --> 01:52:08.400 - for this program for the eligibility criteria 01:52:08.400 --> 01:52:13.400 - to the Meridium M Street Fiber Network. 01:52:13.400 --> 01:52:16.800 - And so we're providing, and this is where 01:52:16.800 --> 01:52:22.400 - Controller mentioned the kind of the split 01:52:22.400 --> 01:52:27.400 - and the allocation, if that cost to connect a unit, 01:52:28.600 --> 01:52:33.600 - the residents is $700 or less, then the city 01:52:33.600 --> 01:52:38.880 - is providing $350 or less, half of that cost 01:52:38.880 --> 01:52:43.840 - out of this fund that we're establishing. 01:52:43.840 --> 01:52:47.520 - If it's higher than that, then the city's obligation 01:52:47.520 --> 01:52:52.200 - only extends to $350, and the remainder of the cost 01:52:52.200 --> 01:52:56.240 - to connect that residence or housing unit 01:52:56.240 --> 01:52:59.480 - to the network is borne by M Street Fiber. 01:52:59.480 --> 01:53:01.920 - Okay, fantastic, you answered my follow-ups as well, 01:53:01.920 --> 01:53:02.760 - so thank you. 01:53:02.760 --> 01:53:05.280 - Are there other questions? 01:53:05.280 --> 01:53:10.960 - Okay, I have kind of a clarification question. 01:53:10.960 --> 01:53:13.760 - So in one of the whereas clauses, 01:53:13.760 --> 01:53:18.760 - it specifies establishing a non-reverting fund, 01:53:18.760 --> 01:53:24.680 - and then in the actual section of establishment, 01:53:24.680 --> 01:53:27.160 - I don't see that it says that it's a non-reverting fund 01:53:27.160 --> 01:53:28.360 - that we're establishing. 01:53:28.360 --> 01:53:30.520 - Is that? 01:53:30.520 --> 01:53:32.840 - It is a non-reverting fund. 01:53:32.840 --> 01:53:33.680 - Okay. 01:53:33.680 --> 01:53:38.400 - Is saying it in the whereas clause enough? 01:53:38.400 --> 01:53:41.120 - Or did I just miss it in one of the sections? 01:53:41.120 --> 01:53:43.040 - Let's see here. 01:53:43.040 --> 01:53:46.800 - You probably didn't, you're probably correct. 01:53:46.800 --> 01:53:52.840 - Let's see, reporting and accountability. 01:53:52.840 --> 01:53:53.680 - Okay. 01:53:53.680 --> 01:53:59.160 - I mean, it is a non-reverting fund, 01:53:59.160 --> 01:54:02.400 - and the agreement states that it will be a non, 01:54:02.400 --> 01:54:04.360 - the 2022 agreement states 01:54:04.360 --> 01:54:06.160 - that it would be a non-reverting fund. 01:54:06.160 --> 01:54:13.480 - And I think that when we refer back to this ordinance 01:54:13.480 --> 01:54:16.360 - that created the fund, I mean, I agree with you. 01:54:16.360 --> 01:54:18.440 - It should have been in a section, 01:54:18.440 --> 01:54:22.520 - but having it in the whereas is at least, 01:54:22.520 --> 01:54:24.040 - I feel like it's not a fatal flaw. 01:54:24.040 --> 01:54:25.800 - At least it is mentioned in the whereas 01:54:25.800 --> 01:54:29.100 - as in any reasonable reader reading this 01:54:29.100 --> 01:54:31.640 - would see that it says it's going to be a non-reverting fund 01:54:31.640 --> 01:54:34.960 - as just in a whereas instead of in a section. 01:54:34.960 --> 01:54:37.240 - That would be my interpretation of this. 01:54:37.240 --> 01:54:41.040 - If I go back into the ordinances and look up a fund 01:54:41.040 --> 01:54:44.480 - to try to figure out what is this fund created for, 01:54:44.480 --> 01:54:46.060 - I look at the whole document 01:54:46.060 --> 01:54:48.080 - for any information I can get from that 01:54:48.080 --> 01:54:50.100 - and use that as the law. 01:54:50.100 --> 01:54:52.420 - So I mean, from a legal perspective, 01:54:52.420 --> 01:54:55.120 - if anybody challenged it, I don't know, 01:54:55.120 --> 01:54:56.680 - but I don't see it as a fatal flaw 01:54:56.680 --> 01:54:59.960 - for our city being able to do business 01:54:59.960 --> 01:55:02.520 - in relying on this document that created the fund. 01:55:02.520 --> 01:55:04.800 - Okay, I'm sorry, I didn't point that out earlier, 01:55:04.800 --> 01:55:05.640 - I asked that earlier. 01:55:05.640 --> 01:55:07.080 - Council Attorney Liener, do you agree 01:55:07.080 --> 01:55:11.240 - that having it in the whereas clause 01:55:11.240 --> 01:55:16.240 - is suitable in terms of mutual understanding, 01:55:16.240 --> 01:55:19.520 - not just now, but in the future? 01:55:19.520 --> 01:55:22.200 - Where is it in the whereas clause? 01:55:22.200 --> 01:55:26.080 - It is in the third whereas clause. 01:55:56.080 --> 01:56:01.760 - i think it's an open question i mean i i think that one could make all the arguments that the 01:56:01.760 --> 01:56:03.040 - controller just stated 01:56:03.040 --> 01:56:16.080 - so do you think that it should be amended to specify i think it would be better if it was stated 01:56:16.080 --> 01:56:20.320 - is that an amendment that y'all could do on the fly right now 01:56:20.320 --> 01:56:25.200 - i'm sorry is that an amendment that you could do 01:56:25.680 --> 01:56:28.880 - right now quickly to add in 01:56:28.880 --> 01:56:34.560 - non-reverting somewhere in section one 01:56:34.560 --> 01:56:45.520 - yes that we'd have to prepare it it has to be in writing the amendment must be riding and is that 01:56:45.520 --> 01:56:51.600 - something that you can do in like 10 or 15 minutes because i have a couple other questions too so 01:56:51.600 --> 01:56:55.680 - yeah yeah we can work on that thank you 01:56:55.680 --> 01:57:02.560 - are there other questions from council members before i to my other ones 01:57:02.560 --> 01:57:17.680 - okay this one might be a question for mr deets um in oh where am i in section two it says 01:57:19.840 --> 01:57:24.480 - that the its department and relevant city departments shall develop policies and 01:57:24.480 --> 01:57:29.040 - procedures to ensure effective implementation of the of the digital opportunities initiatives 01:57:29.040 --> 01:57:34.800 - i was just wondering which departments needed to do that and if those procedures and policies 01:57:34.800 --> 01:57:40.800 - were already like in place or if those like need to be worked on now 01:57:44.800 --> 01:57:56.160 - um you know as far as policies in place to utilize these funds the the they they are for the sole 01:57:56.160 --> 01:58:04.960 - purpose of supporting uh the connection of low income units to the network until 01:58:07.520 --> 01:58:17.840 - until we reach the end of the exclusive period for the isp which is five years with 01:58:17.840 --> 01:58:25.680 - two possible one-year extensions so between five and seven years at that point the 01:58:25.680 --> 01:58:34.800 - at that point the use of the funds is also governed by the agreement and it states that 01:58:34.800 --> 01:58:43.840 - they need to be used for uh you know for digital opportunity initiatives and those would all be 01:58:43.840 --> 01:58:48.880 - you know once we reach that point those would all be budgeted as part of our normal 01:58:48.880 --> 01:58:57.840 - our normal you know process with council approval during during the year also with regard to 01:58:58.560 --> 01:59:05.920 - policy that we have a digital opportunity strategic plan that was developed in 2020 01:59:05.920 --> 01:59:12.560 - and we're in the process of you know revising that towards the tail end of of this year 01:59:12.560 --> 01:59:20.640 - and perhaps early early next and those will essentially be uh you know governing document 01:59:20.640 --> 01:59:27.520 - documents with regard guards to our activities in that area okay so i'm not sure if that quiet 01:59:27.520 --> 01:59:35.200 - answers your question i'm not sure i think i think the short answer is that um not right now not 01:59:35.200 --> 01:59:42.160 - until the end of the original isp period and then there might be more work but by then it'll just 01:59:42.160 --> 01:59:49.920 - get budgeted in yeah that's that's correct we would need to um and already are planning to 01:59:49.920 --> 01:59:57.760 - appropriate through the council for the use of these uh funds both for the uh you know the current 01:59:57.760 --> 02:00:03.040 - use you know and then you know in the future we would be requesting council authorization to use 02:00:03.040 --> 02:00:14.480 - the fund for those other purposes okay thank you um i have another question does anybody else have 02:00:14.480 --> 02:00:25.440 - any questions great and and this is giving staff plenty of time to uh to do this um in your memo 02:00:25.440 --> 02:00:34.000 - um it talks about the city already having received invoices that need to be paid using this fund 02:00:34.000 --> 02:00:34.240 - and i 02:00:34.240 --> 02:00:44.160 - was just wondering um what those invoices currently total um my my recollection for those um and i'm 02:00:44.160 --> 02:00:55.120 - sorry i don't have the right of hand is around 40 40 000 uh but the that predates the recent uh 02:00:55.120 --> 02:01:04.000 - the recent connections at uh bloomington housing authority complexes uh you know which have have 02:01:04.000 --> 02:01:12.400 - come online and in fact uh walnut woods is is lit now and and probably in the next couple of weeks 02:01:13.120 --> 02:01:18.800 - we'll be able to accept uh uh customers coming on to the network so we anticipate 02:01:18.800 --> 02:01:22.800 - more than that amount by the end of the year 02:01:22.800 --> 02:01:26.240 - great thank you 02:01:26.240 --> 02:01:31.680 - does staff have an amendment written for us yet 02:01:31.680 --> 02:01:42.080 - should we recess for five minutes let's go ahead and recess until um well it's 8 33 02:01:42.080 --> 02:01:50.160 - right now so let's just do 8 38 and uh that'll give uh staff a little bit more time 02:01:50.160 --> 02:01:57.120 - i'm gonna need to call us back to order here uh so we have been working on an amendment 02:01:57.120 --> 02:02:11.440 - and so we are working on getting that amendment up on the screen that adds 02:02:12.320 --> 02:02:23.200 - um non-reverting to the fiber connectivity fund um i actually have it in front of me right now so i 02:02:23.200 --> 02:02:30.160 - i'm gonna pass the gavel over to councilmember piedmont smith because 02:02:30.160 --> 02:02:32.480 - i'm technically sponsored to this 02:02:35.200 --> 02:02:43.360 - all right um for the benefit of colleagues let's wait to get this on the screen and the public 02:02:43.360 --> 02:02:48.320 - here we go all motion 02:02:48.320 --> 02:02:55.920 - okay councilmember stossberg i would like to move amendment one to resolution 20 25 33 02:02:57.760 --> 02:03:06.240 - second okay there's a motion and a second for amendment one to ordinance 20 25 33 go ahead 02:03:06.240 --> 02:03:11.760 - councilmember stossberg uh this just adds uh non-reverting into section one so section one 02:03:11.760 --> 02:03:19.040 - now reads there is hereby created a non-reverbing non-reverting fiber connectivity fund um just to 02:03:19.040 --> 02:03:24.160 - make sure that there is clarity mostly in the future for anybody who might see this in five 02:03:24.160 --> 02:03:30.080 - seven or more years when um maybe it's not the same council members up there and up here and 02:03:30.080 --> 02:03:36.080 - maybe not the same staff in city hall uh to make it clear that this the money in this fund stays 02:03:36.080 --> 02:03:41.680 - in this fund to be used only for these purposes all right thank you very much is there any are 02:03:41.680 --> 02:03:49.760 - there any questions about the amendment is there anybody in the public who would like to speak to 02:03:49.760 --> 02:04:00.880 - the amendment if there's anybody online who wants to speak to this amendment no okay all right back 02:04:00.880 --> 02:04:10.800 - to council any comments on the amendment i cannot see council member rollo at this point but 02:04:10.800 --> 02:04:17.680 - if i don't hear anything i don't see a hand raised so let's go ahead and go to a vote 02:04:17.680 --> 02:04:28.960 - on amendment one to ordinance 2025-33 council member dailey yes zulek yes rosenberger yes 02:04:28.960 --> 02:04:43.120 - vasari yes clarity yes ruff yes rollo yes pete bunt smith yes stossberg yes thank you all right 02:04:43.120 --> 02:04:43.360 - that 02:04:43.360 --> 02:04:50.240 - amendment is adopted nine zero i'll pass it back to president stossberg thank you um sorry i didn't 02:04:50.240 --> 02:04:55.040 - think of that earlier so were there any last questions about resolution or sorry ordinance 02:04:55.040 --> 02:05:02.400 - 2025-33 as amended great let's go to public comment on that then is there any public comment 02:05:02.400 --> 02:05:10.640 - related to ordinance 2025-33 as amended i don't see anybody in chambers is there somebody online 02:05:10.640 --> 02:05:16.640 - yes there is a wonderful um if the online commenter when they get unmuted if you could state your 02:05:16.640 --> 02:05:16.800 - name 02:05:16.800 --> 02:05:24.080 - for the record and then you'll have up to three minutes as kevin keel uh looking at the master 02:05:24.080 --> 02:05:31.200 - agreement i'm just reading again it's open source information about the contractor the main 02:05:31.200 --> 02:05:31.840 - contractor 02:05:31.840 --> 02:05:41.840 - has three years to uh substantially complete the uh the build out and i i understand is that is the 02:05:41.840 --> 02:05:49.680 - uh definition of that is 85 percent of the premises need to be ready to go by october 02:05:49.680 --> 02:05:57.360 - of 2025 and seeing that it's september 17th now i just you know for we're going to put a 02:05:57.360 --> 02:06:03.600 - million dollars in this but how is how is the project actually progressing is it 02:06:03.600 --> 02:06:13.200 - does the master agreement need also to be amended or somehow changed to show that they they're 02:06:13.200 --> 02:06:20.880 - am i wrong they're not in compliance with the master agreement uh it's just confusing to me 02:06:20.880 --> 02:06:26.160 - this but there's this this and i didn't expect this that's what i'm just listening in and i started 02:06:26.160 --> 02:06:31.920 - reading up to it because i was so confused just it seems to be some more issues that aren't even 02:06:31.920 --> 02:06:39.280 - being discussed and i find that troubling it's and it seems we've already had a situation earlier 02:06:39.280 --> 02:06:44.880 - where we're trying to figure out where to put a million dollars from a surity bond but i'm saying 02:06:44.880 --> 02:06:54.160 - they went bust in all that exposure there so anyway i just wanted to to uh add that to the 02:06:54.160 --> 02:06:59.520 - the mix just i'm just you know as a member of the public just so confused about what is going on 02:06:59.520 --> 02:07:08.560 - with this project is there been some type of you know assessment of where we stand here how is this 02:07:08.560 --> 02:07:16.560 - you know i don't know the quality of the project how is it you know are the citizens getting good 02:07:16.560 --> 02:07:21.520 - value with this i guess is the bottom quality you know the bottom line question it just seems 02:07:22.800 --> 02:07:28.160 - you know it just i just i don't feel comfortable after reading some of this and hearing what 02:07:28.160 --> 02:07:35.920 - the discussion tonight thank you again for the opportunity to comment thank you are there other 02:07:35.920 --> 02:07:43.840 - members of the public online with a hand raised no okay thank you um let's go ahead and revert 02:07:43.840 --> 02:07:54.080 - to council for any um final comments on um ordinance 20 25 33 as amended 02:07:54.080 --> 02:07:57.360 - council member rollo 02:07:57.360 --> 02:08:05.760 - uh well just to raise the question i guess of compliance and and uh timing 02:08:09.200 --> 02:08:17.920 - to director deets or to miss rice director deets do you uh is director deets still there 02:08:17.920 --> 02:08:31.280 - there he is yes um you know as far as timing uh the the construction is pretty much halfway halfway 02:08:31.280 --> 02:08:41.440 - done no one anticipated the uh uh the dissolution of uh you know of aeg in the in the middle of the 02:08:41.440 --> 02:08:48.800 - project but we anticipate being able to get back up to speed in the coming coming weeks and months 02:08:48.800 --> 02:08:57.200 - uh i'm not sure that that answers your your your question or your your statements 02:08:58.160 --> 02:09:06.480 - well is this so the schedule of compliance to 85 percent or 80 percent completion is that 02:09:06.480 --> 02:09:17.920 - feasible in the near term um it is it's probably not as um originally uh originally discussed but 02:09:17.920 --> 02:09:26.240 - then we've had a year uh you know a year pause in construction because of the sorry there was a 02:09:26.240 --> 02:09:33.280 - comment uh sorry i'm hearing something come through so we're on a new timetable in other words 02:09:33.280 --> 02:09:42.480 - and yeah likely we will yeah we will need to adjust our our timetable because of because of this 02:09:42.480 --> 02:09:49.840 - okay can you say this evening what that timetable is in terms of anticipated completion 02:09:50.640 --> 02:09:57.440 - um i can tell you we anticipate um renewing the construction phase 02:09:57.440 --> 02:10:05.440 - in the next couple of weeks you know at least in part and then at least i would see it you know 02:10:05.440 --> 02:10:12.880 - we're probably um you know at the at the tail end of of next year uh for completion 02:10:12.880 --> 02:10:18.720 - you know given that we're about halfway uh or a little over halfway through 02:10:18.720 --> 02:10:28.320 - through okay thank you okay thank you are there other could i ask one more to follow up if it's 02:10:28.320 --> 02:10:36.560 - sure maybe someone else will but sure mr kiyo talked about satisfaction any any comments on that 02:10:36.560 --> 02:10:47.120 - mr deets as far as yeah customers who have signed up and are using the service uh you know they 02:10:47.120 --> 02:10:47.360 - they 02:10:47.360 --> 02:10:56.080 - seem very happy with it um i i don't have a scientific uh survey of that yet and although 02:10:56.080 --> 02:11:02.160 - we are anticipating doing uh doing a survey as part of our digital equity strategic plan which will 02:11:02.160 --> 02:11:11.760 - ask about um ask about that um what i can tell you anecdotally uh you know from just the like 02:11:11.760 --> 02:11:17.760 - two most recent conversations over the course of the last in probably three weeks people are happy 02:11:17.760 --> 02:11:26.400 - with the service um you know again that's you know i think they're happy just with the service 02:11:26.400 --> 02:11:31.920 - period but they're also happy with the service in comparison to their experience with prior 02:11:31.920 --> 02:11:32.560 - providers 02:11:35.120 --> 02:11:43.600 - thank you thank you are there other comments from council members um i'll just say uh just as a 02:11:43.600 --> 02:11:50.810 - matter of information for the public if you go to bloomington.in.gov/fiber um that is the 02:11:50.810 --> 02:11:51.200 - information 02:11:51.200 --> 02:11:55.920 - about the fiber initiative and that there is a construction progress map on there and so i 02:11:55.920 --> 02:12:04.480 - assume as construction resumes uh that all will be kept up to date um so with that correct great 02:12:04.480 --> 02:12:11.040 - thank you um so with that if the clerk could please call the roll on ordinance 2025-33 as amended 02:12:11.040 --> 02:12:14.960 - council member Zulek yes 02:12:14.960 --> 02:12:24.160 - Rosenberger yes Asari yes Flaherty yes Ruff yes Rallo 02:12:25.760 --> 02:12:35.440 - yes Piedmont-Smith yes Stasberg yes Daley yes thank you thank you that passes unanimously and 02:12:35.440 --> 02:12:40.240 - brings us to the end of our legislation for this evening we do have a period of additional public 02:12:40.240 --> 02:12:46.400 - comment next if any members of the public would like to comment on items not on the agenda uh who 02:12:46.400 --> 02:12:51.600 - did not comment during our first general period of public comment i don't see anybody in chambers 02:12:51.600 --> 02:12:51.680 - is 02:12:51.680 --> 02:12:57.440 - there anybody online with a hand raised we do have someone online i'll unmute them wonderful thank 02:12:57.440 --> 02:12:57.680 - you 02:12:57.680 --> 02:13:00.960 - when you're unmuted you can go ahead and state your name for the record and then you'll have up to 02:13:00.960 --> 02:13:09.920 - three minutes and good evening uh council this is Christopher MG from the greater Bloomington 02:13:09.920 --> 02:13:10.320 - chamber 02:13:10.320 --> 02:13:16.320 - of commerce sorry i'm not there in person tonight uh we always can be in this community a little 02:13:16.320 --> 02:13:16.480 - bit 02:13:16.480 --> 02:13:22.000 - of a clinic senate a jaded tourist but i just wanted to bring up that uh we have some momentum 02:13:22.000 --> 02:13:28.000 - across uh some major projects in the city uh the recent stadium district uh that's going to be 02:13:28.000 --> 02:13:32.720 - before you soon i think it's going to create some real new uh opportunities on the north side with 02:13:32.720 --> 02:13:40.000 - restaurants entertainment in the iconic iu athletic area and by using the the river district tool 02:13:40.000 --> 02:13:40.240 - that 02:13:40.240 --> 02:13:44.000 - the state has provided us it's going to allow some flexibility with liquor permitting i think it's 02:13:44.000 --> 02:13:48.640 - going to be a big advantage tracking new businesses some high traffic corridor that we're already 02:13:48.640 --> 02:13:54.080 - sitting with of course our great iu football team and then the hokwell neighborhood the redevelopment 02:13:54.080 --> 02:13:58.880 - there that's shifting the approach to make it easier for local builders and small developers 02:13:58.880 --> 02:14:04.880 - to participate i think this is exciting uh housing as we know is a major issue as we saw uh last 02:14:04.880 --> 02:14:05.120 - week 02:14:05.120 --> 02:14:10.480 - in a very effective deliberation meeting and the trades district continues to advance as kind of an 02:14:10.480 --> 02:14:15.920 - innovation hub for entrepreneurs i think john fernandez's steady hand has really made this a 02:14:15.920 --> 02:14:22.640 - anchor for high tech and creative industries and with iu as a partner i think uh and the boutique 02:14:22.640 --> 02:14:26.720 - hotel coming in next year i think this is place is going to take off for young professionals and 02:14:26.720 --> 02:14:26.960 - then 02:14:26.960 --> 02:14:34.800 - of course the convention center where uh last week the chamber had its 110th uh oversold annual 02:14:34.800 --> 02:14:42.240 - meeting is set nicely for expansion um thanks to the capital improvement board so this is going 02:14:42.240 --> 02:14:46.800 - to be huge and boosting tourism strengthening downtown so i think together with these four 02:14:46.800 --> 02:14:53.120 - projects um we're showing how building how bloomington is becoming stronger building for 02:14:53.120 --> 02:14:58.080 - the future writing that next chapter of economic development that kind of pushes back against 02:14:58.080 --> 02:15:04.160 - sometimes the narrative of that we've seen in social media other places so i just want to give 02:15:04.160 --> 02:15:09.600 - some shout outs to everybody working hard to make this a more livable city and i thank you for your 02:15:09.600 --> 02:15:25.680 - time no okay thank you very much um coming back to council then for any notes on council's schedule 02:15:25.680 --> 02:15:32.480 - um i don't have that written down today so i'm gonna have to get my calendar up uh next week 02:15:33.280 --> 02:15:41.760 - we have our special session um on the 24th our special budget session um and we will have a 02:15:41.760 --> 02:15:47.040 - committee of the whole to discuss the final budget ordinance our next regular session as i said 02:15:47.040 --> 02:15:47.600 - earlier 02:15:47.600 --> 02:15:55.440 - is on tuesday tuesday is different september 30th also at 6 30 in these chambers does anybody else 02:15:55.440 --> 02:16:04.160 - have any notes on council schedule seeing none we are adjourned thank you 02:16:34.160 --> 02:16:37.080 - (orchestral music) 02:16:37.080 --> 02:16:40.000 - (orchestral music) 02:16:40.000 --> 02:16:42.920 - (orchestral music) 02:16:42.920 --> 02:16:45.840 - (orchestral music) 02:16:45.840 --> 02:16:48.760 - (orchestral music) 02:16:48.760 --> 02:16:51.680 - (orchestral music) 02:16:51.680 --> 02:16:54.600 - (orchestral music) 02:16:54.600 --> 02:16:57.520 - (orchestral music) 02:16:57.520 --> 02:17:00.440 - (orchestral music) 02:17:00.440 --> 02:17:03.360 - (orchestral music) 02:17:03.360 --> 02:17:05.940 - 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