[music] [music] [music] Hey, hey, hey. >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> to order the Tuesday, November 25th,2025 Housing and Redevelopment AuthorityBoard meeting. Uh if you are here to offer publictestimony on item 4.3, we will not be taking public testimony during themeeting tonight. We thank you for your interest in the H's budget and levy andwe appreciate the time you've taken to stay informed and to attend our meetingtonight. Please consider submitting your thoughts in writing so they can beformally included in the official public record and thoughtfully considered.Thank you. Um board member Wooten, CommissionerWooten is uh attending the meeting virtual, so we will be taking roll callvotes tonight. Okay, first next item is the approval ofthe agenda. Are there any edits or changes?No hearing none. May I have a motion to approve the agenda?>> So moved. >> Second.>> Moved by Commissioner Mua, second by Commissioner Hooim. All in favor?>> I >> got to do roll call. [clears throat] >> Commissioner Mo.>> Hi. >> Commissioner Huim.>> Hi. >> Commissioner Dolinger.>> Hi. and via WebEx. CommissionerWooden >> I>> and Chair Mueller >> Imotion passes five to zero. >> All right. Next we have uh one consentitem and it's the um board meeting minutesfor the October 28th, 2025 meeting. Would anyone like to pull this out fordiscussion? Okay. Hearing none, then let's have avote to approve the minutes of the October 28th H board meeting.>> So moved. Oh, sorry. First, yeah, need a motion. Iwas waiting. Okay. Moved by Commissioner Hooim, second by Commissioner Mu. Andnow we will do the roll call vote. >> Commissioner Mua.>> Hi. >> Commissioner Huim.>> I. >> Commissioner Dolinger.>> Hi. >> Via WebEx. Commissioner Wooden.>> Uh, can I abstain? >> Yes.>> Yes. Thank you, Chair Mueller.>> I So motion passes four to zero with oneabstaining. All right. Now we are moving on toorganizational business. Um 4.1 Hown owned rental propertiesemergency maintenance contract. May we have a staff report?>> Uh good evening chair and commissioners. Anna Salvador, assistant HRAadministrator. Um, before you this evening is a request to authorize staffto enter into an emergency maintenance agreement with Tuck Technical LLC for HAown rental properties. This agreement would be for a full year and it wouldinitiate January 1st of 2026 with an option to extend for an additional year.The total amount of the agreement is an uh not to exceed $200,000.Uh Tuck Technical was selected through a competitive request for proposal processand they scored the highest overall in the evaluation of proposals whenconsidering criteria including costs, qualifications, and propos proposedapproach. Um their application stood out due totheir extensive experience specifically working with both rental propertiesespecially affordable housing providers and their te their team brings a numberof years of experience. The selection committee was especially impressed withuh TU's proposed onboarding process and approach to the work and additionallythey have a wellestablished reporting framework that will help keep staffinformed when emergencies occur. Um, I will go ahead and return it back to thechair for any questions. >> Any questions or comments?>> I have one. >> Commissioner Wooten,>> uh, how was the amount of of the contract agreed? Um, how was the amountof the contract had to come about to 200,000 for the amount? Um it's based onour um budget for the year 2026 uh for both assisted rental and rental homesfor emergency maintenance. >> So that's the max that we're we'relooking at. >> Yep, that's correct.>> And then the other question I had was we had a temporary um uh company was inthere for a while. Were they did they actually put in a bid?Um I can't uh discuss who uh submitted the bids unfortunately because it is aum closed bidding process but there were we received a total of four bids umthrough the RFP selection process. >> And the last thing I had a questionabout is what is going to be the reporting process in relationship to theactivities that are occurring um with staff and the new contractor and thenthat information actually be shared with the board.Yeah, thank you for that question. Um, so in terms of emergency emergencesituations, um, we expect kind of in real time updates of when that happenedand then monthly reporting on, um, on kind of the the actions that weretaking place um to remedy the emergent situations. um that would come to theboard as part of our annual update that we complete around the summertime ofjust maintenance updates um for our properties.>> Is there can I ask another question? I'm sorry. Is there any way possible we canget a quarterly update at least to get a to keep track of what's occurring giventhe the challenge we had in the past relationship to get on top of this?>> Yeah, thank you. That's definitely something that we um we can explore andincorporate into um the uh the timeline next year.>> Thank you. >> Any other questions or comments? >> None. Okay. So, may I have a motion toapprove the HA owned rental properties 2026 27 emergency maintenance contract?>> So moved. Moved by Commissioner Dolinger.>> Second. >> Second.>> Oh, second by Commissioner Wooten. All in favor?>> Oh, roll call. >> Commissioner Mo.>> Hi, >> Commissioner Huim.>> Hi, >> Commissioner Dolinger.>> Hi, Via WebEx. Commissioner Whitt, >> hi.Chair Mueller >> I.So motion passes 5 to zero. The next item 4.2 is the Bloomington affordablehome ownership program pilot selection of developers. May we have the staffreport. [snorts] >> Thank you chair commissioners. Uh MikeLero the other assistant H administrator. So, here to talk aboutthe Bloomington Affordable Home Ownership Program. Uh we're calling thisthe pilot or different phases uh different order of operations. Um butwe've talked a lot about this so we'll give a little background but here we'retalking about selecting developers. [clears throat]>> Next slide. Uh, like I said, we've talked about thisquite a bit, but as a reminder and for the benefit of the public, theBloomington Affordable Home Ownership Program is a program that we are fundingwith a grant from Minnesota Housing, about $3.19 million that they'veprovided and a few other sources that we're pulling together to help fund thisto develop 27 owner occupied homes. Uh, the goal is to complete this by March2027. Um so tight timeline but uh it we believe is doable. Uh and these homeswould be affordable to uh those making 80% area median income. Uh so as yourecall we've talked about uh working with Habitat on some lots. We have someadditional lots for lots that the H has acquired over the years with varioussources um that are vacant and ready to develop. Uh so we released an RFP inOctober that closed on November 5th. Uh and we uh are here today to talk aboutthe result of that. Next slide. Or let's see. Uh so in thatRFP, I mean we had the obvious uh uh requirements of the grant in there, butI think we really focused in on some desirable qualifications to helpdifferentiate those that submitted proposals. Um, but really we focused ontheir ability to uh deliver the project on time and on budget knowing that we dohave a tight timeline and we do know that if we have to pursue other fundingsources that are going to delay things. So, are we able to make sure that thesecosts are accurate and be able to fill the gap knowing that beyond just theMinnesota Housing Impact Fund, there might be other sources that local thatwe might have to provide or other uh uh Met Council funds that we have. Um wealso know that this is funded primarily through the impact fund and then thereare requirements with that. So visitability standards is a big onewhere you design a home where it's not quite ADA accessible but there are uhsimilar items that you have to do to make sure that the home is visitable.So, uh, kind of zero entry, uh, step into the house. Um, handrail or, uh,knob or like you're on it now, not knobs, butthe door handles. So, there's little things like that that make a homevisitable. Um, there are also standards for sustainability called the enterprisegreen community standards that the homes must meet. And then depending on how weuh issue the funds, there may be prevailing wage requirements. So after reviewing the applicants andafter conducting some interviews, uh the selection committee uh has recommendedmoving forward with Magnolia Homes LLC and Outlaw Development LLC. Both arehere today in the audience. Uh and just a reminder, the houses thatthey would be developing. So uh 10117 First Avenue and 8935 Stevens AvenueSouth. They're both larger lots that would accommodate a two family homebased on our zoning standards. And we are proposing that Magnolia Home uh LLCdevelop those two lots. And then the remaining two lots aresmaller, would accommodate a single family home uh at 8313 Blazedale and1210 West 82nd Street. And those were recommending outlaw development to uhdevelop those lots. So our next steps uh is to startentering into negotiations and draft up a development and purchase agreementwith the the two developers. Um and a future public meeting a public hearingwill have to be held once we uh sell or convey the land that is part of ourrequirements. Um but right now we want to take those initial steps to selectthese developers and then we will come back when it is time to sell the lotsfor them to start development. Uh so with that it's just a suggestedmotion to uh select these developers >> questions comments. Commissioner Mua.>> Thank you chair. Um Mr. Permo can you remind me what 80% AMI is inBloomington? >> Uh 80% area meeting income for a familyof four. I believe it's a about 115,000. I should know this right off the top ofmy head. I look at it every day and but it's about 115,000.>> Okay. So that's that's that's not like super low income. That's basically twopeople working normal jobs >> 115. That's what we're looking at>> in all reality. I think where these lots are situated. It's probably pretty cons. >> Okay. [clears throat] And then since thedevelopers are here, I' I'd love to hear from them um why they were interested inthis project, their experiences, what they're looking forward to doing. I'dlove to hear that from the developers. [clears throat] >> This is Alex Franks from Mag MagnoliaHomes. >> Hello. How you doing? Good evening.>> Good evening. >> Yeah. Again, my name is Alex Frank. I'muh the owner of Magnolia Homes. We create attainable missing middle housingsolutions in the area. So, up to this point, I've been partnering withMinneapolis as we've been uh the Minneapolis homes program uh putting intwin homes and those kind of things. And I have other projects with triplexesexperimenting with also been part of the hope program in Golden Valley have aproject bring affordable twin homes in that in that u community as well. So,I'm looking forward to you know expanding uh the opportunity for missingmiddle in the metro area. So what attracted me to this RFP was umobviously the the part about attainable housing but the other piece around uhtraining and skialing up emerging developers that's other component andthat's what I do with the city of Minneapolis. I coach and train emergingdevelop developers as part of the process as well. So I'm looking to uh uhcontinue that work in Bloomington. >> Thank you.>> Good evening. I'm Dalton Outlaw, president of Outlaw Development. Excitedto be here and excited for this opportunity. Um, I have over five yearsof development experience and combined 15 years with my business partner here,Sean, and doing single family and uh smallcale development in St. Paul. Um,we actually recently finished up two projects with similar funding with theimpact funds to create these uh owner occupant houses where we built twoduplexes um and in under 12 months and got them sold to uh families in thecity. Um now they're living in them uh living on one side and um renting outthe other side to you know really create some generational wealth and uh housingsustainability for themselves as well as you know affordability uh standards herein St. Paul or there in St. Paul. Um, you know, I think that for us as uhaffordable housing developers, we're always looking for opportunities to domore projects and I think St. Paul uh has some constraints on some of the workthat they're doing. Um, so we're blessed to, you know, come out here toBloomington and use some of our skills and resources to come out here and helpsupport you guys' initiatives um in building affordable housing. So, we'regrateful for the opportunity um and looking forward to working with youguys. Um the emerging developers thing is also as well a part of our rapport aswe're trying to continue to build and lift and climb and pull, you know, tohelp others um learn this development um realm and create affordable housing allat the same time. So grateful for the opportunity and looking forward toworking with the Bloomington team. >> Thank you. [clears throat] >> Other questions? Any Commissioner Blue?>> Thank you, Chair. Uh just kind of a quick question for staff. Um what doesit look like going forward? Are are we going to be continually kind of updatedon the progress going forward and kind of just what does that look like?>> Yep. Uh Chair, Commissioner Hooim. Yeah. So we kind of have multiple phasesmoving at once. Like I had mentioned, we're we're getting close to umfinalizing hopefully Monday signatures for our purchase of uh our sale of thelots to Habitat with Humanity. Um we'll work quickly on these and we'll beproviding uh updates throughout. So uh this alone will get us to about 12units. Um, so with those two phases, so there'll be more to come on the futurephases as we continue to build that out um as we work through some uh thingswith that. Um, but periodically uh throughout we'll be giving updates togive you progress to make sure that you are well informed and as things uh moveforward we can kind of hopefully get some tours and kind of get to see theprogress. >> Thank you, Commissioner Mua.>> Thank you, Chair. And can you remind us how we came upon the funding um from thestate? What do we have to do? Um how did we get the money from the the theprogram? >> Uh chair, commissioner Mua, we appliedfor the impact fund from the state. So it's greater or Minnesota housing thestate agency has this uh impact fund that is targeted toward different proprograms or specific areas. So in 2023, we applied for the funds. Um and duringthat application process, we identified how many units we thought was feasible.That's how we came to 27 units. Um we had identified uh a handful of lots thatwe had control of these four lots and the four that Habitat are working on anda slew of others that we thought were feasible that we could continue topursue and work towards. Uh so this is kind of that work. We had stafftransition that after we were awarded that fund that kind of slowed theprocess a little bit. Um but now that we're here at this point, we've kind ofare taking that next step forward. But it is a competitive application processto the state. Um and they uh so we follow the state guidelines on how to dothat. But these funds then help fill the gap in the development knowing thatthere is cost that is going to exceed the amount that this hospital sell for.>> No, I appreciate that feedback uh and I appreciate the work that staff has doneto go out to the state um frankly to bring our money back because we all paystate taxes and we don't know where it goes. And so, thank you staff for goingout and making sure that Bloomington money comes back to Bloomington becausewe know we're not the only community that needs missing middle housing. Andso, to have the money that we send to the state come back to us so that we cando this is really appreciated. Thank you.>> Other questions or comments? All right. Well, hearing none, may I mayI have a motion to approve a resolution authorizing staff to enter intonegotiations with selected developers of the Bloomington Affordable HomeOwnership Program. >> So moved.>> Moved by Commissioner Hooing. >> Second.>> Second by Commissioner Dolinger. May we have the roll call vote?>> Commissioner Mo. >> I. Commissioner Huim>> I. >> Commissioner Dolinger>> I >> via WebEx. CommissionerPutin >> I.>> Chair Mueller >> I. Motion passes 5 to zero. Our nextitem 4.3 is the 2026 budget and final levy discussion. And I just want to uhstate this comment. If you're here to offer public testimony, we will not betaking it during the meeting tonight. [music]However, we really thank you for your interest in the HA's budget and levy. Weappreciate the time you've taken to stay informed and to attend our meeting.Please consider submitting your thoughts in writing so they can be formallyincluded in the official official public redder record and thoughtfullyconsidered. Thank you. So, the 2026 budget and finallevy discussion. May we have the staff report?>> Yes. Good evening, chair and commissioners. My name is Sarah, Hadministrator. I will just give it a second for our slides to come up here.There we go. All right. Okay. So, some background. I know thisis not the first time this discussion has been before you all tonight. Um socurrently where we are uh we approved the preliminary levy of $3,298,465which was the maximum amount at the meeting the H meeting on August 26th andhave addition had had additional discussion um in October. A key questionfor discussion for the HR was the uh federal budget impacts and somepotential cuts to a lot of the housing programs that make up the majority ofthe HR budget and how those would impact our HR programs and uh how we cancontinue to sustain those in the face of potential changes in funding. So that'sbeen kind of one of the major themes of the discussion to date. Um the goal fortonight is to approve a final budget and levy for 2026 which will then go to thecity council for final approval. And this is just a quick reminder of themission and values of the HR, creating a stable and inclusive community throughsafe and dignified housing choices. And then we have a series of uh we havequite a few different programs and projects that fit into these majorcategories all to promote housing stability, pathways to home ownership,um really provide housing services across the housing spectrum fromhomelessness all the way to stably housed. And here is the uh budget request thatuh we've discussed a few times. You can see here this is a a breakdown of someof the major budget categories. So very much summarized version of the budget.Um you can see the actual in 2024 and 2025 as well as the or sorry the budgetfor 2025 as well as the 2026 proposed budget. Um again you can see someincreases in all categories. This also shows you this intergovernmentalcategory as well as other revenues. So you can see how the H levy is about alittle less than a third of the total H budget. A pretty significant portion ofit is uh federal dollars. And then there are other revenues, rental income, umgrants, things like that. And then in the expenditures um of course salariesand benefits and then materials, supplies and services. A good portion ofthis goes to provide the uh programming that we do offer including um the rentchecks that are uh funded through the HUD program are included in this bucket. All right. So uh quick again very highlevel summary of where we are currently. Um the total expenditures for 2026 isanticipated to be 11.7 million. Again only 3.2 million of that is levy. Therest of that is primarily federal funding. Um, and so here's thebreakdown. You can see about seven and a half million is granted annually throughthese two programs. Housing choice voucher is commonly known as section 8and our community development block grant or CDBG uh funds. And then there'sa uh some other income as well. So the total budgeted increase for 2026 isaround 13.6%. that does include um that does doesinclude in income and spending. So like um we've increased our rent fees on Howned properties and other things um in order to continue to fund HR H programs and then um we've gone over this uhpreviously as well but some information on cost efficiencies and reductions. Souh because of the HA's position within the city, there are a lot ofefficiencies in that we are working with a larger city network um and things likesharing um finance resources um and other you know outreach services andother things are shared with the city. Um also as you can see from the amountof dollars that are leveraged from other sources or that are not um H levydollars, we do do a great job I will say at leveraging other funds. So thatincludes state money like local affordable housing aid. Um that budgetalso does not include a new $2.6 million award for um state a state fundedvoucher program. So you can see we're continuously looking and searching forum other grants to support the H levy. Um we've been evaluating our propertymanagement structures and last year uh brought property management inhouse. Iwill say this is a much better service for about the same cost. So that's anefficiency gained there. Um, also just making sure that we are uh streamliningcontracts and always as you saw today we have had a couple RFPs to competitivelybid costs for services and make sure that we're getting the best price forour dollar. Um, and then um some other things like being um very thoughtful andcareful around repairs to HR own properties um doing some long-termplanning on those and pausing programming when we uh were maxed out interms of funding. So our our rehab loans are in very high demand and have a verylong wait list and so but um because of the demand we actually were at I mean atour budget last year and a lot of this funding is from HUD but so we paused theprograms um during that time and are now going through the weight list andgranting funds again or loaning funds. And then uh we also completed thepriority based budgeting this year. Uh so these are a couple highlights of someof the efficiencies in place that were brought out through that process. Um soagain uh high recommendation to actively seek federal, state and regional grantswhich we are very active in. Um also cross trainining staff and we've alsobeen implementing this year and making sure that staff across the organizationno matter what their specialty are able to answer questions and provide uh atleast basic services for our housing choice voucher participants as that is apretty significant portion of the staff time. Um and then centralizing services.So again, because we're aligned with the the city processes and departments,there's a lot of efficiencies there. Okay. And then um as I mentioned,federal funding has been a huge topic of discussion and concern for the HA. Soagain, our two largest sources of funding are these two programs.Currently um following the shutdown the um the legislative branch passed acontinuing resolution which basically means that they took the funding levelsfrom 2025 and they extended them at the same level through January 30th, 2026.So come January 30th, there will need to be action from the federal governmentagain to prevent another shutdown. Um I'll note here also I think important tothe conversation. So, while we've got here the current proposals, you can seefairly [snorts] similar to previous levels, a little bit of a reduction in acouple of those major areas. Um, one thing that we're also seeing are somechanges to adjacent programs. So, for example, um, this continuums of careissue. Um the county receives I think it's around maybe 15 or 20million dollars for these continuums of care and um because they primarily fundpermanent housing with these dollars. The most recent they apply for thesedollars every year. It's kind of a mix between entitled and applied. And so thethere were some recent changes to want to fund more transitional housing. Andunfortunately uh because of when the re the the funding prop request was issuedthe county is not able to adjust quickly their standing programming. So I thinkyou might have seen this in the news a little bit. Um we don't receive anydirect funding but we do expect Blooming residents to be impacted. We'recurrently connecting with the county on um what we can do in order to provideservices. Um the county has said that around I think it's 1,000 or a littleover a thousand people do rely on these dollars for housing um including rentalsupport. So trying to consider if there are ways where the H can support keepingsome of these folks um with disabilities stably housed is one space I think wherethe federal funding conversation uh comes up. So, this is still verypreliminary, but it is something I know that H cares very deeply about um rentalassistance and keeping people housed. And then here's the uh levyillustration. So, you can see uh previous to before 2023, we were levyingto the maximum amount. in 2023 and 2024 because of the um split or the additionof the port authority levy, the HA greatly reduced its levy for those fewyears. And so this proposal, if we were to maximize the levy again, it would berestoring that previous level. And then here are a couple highlightedreasons for the proposed increase. We mentioned property maintenance sinceover the last few years since COVID construction and cost of maintenancehave greatly and dramatically increased. We also had some deferred maintenance asa result of not being able to enter homes or you know decrease in rentalpayments and so um we see a long-term need to um increase our investments inproperty maintenance in the HR owned properties um also affordable housinginvestments. So, we have invested and I know the HA has gotten a lot of updateson um our opportunity housing ordinance and so that was a pretty significantinvestment which has resulted in a lot of multifamily housing with differentlevels of affordability and the the funding that we invested is nowexpended. So, this would go towards um some debt service that we used toprovide funding for those programs and also could go to additional projects. umstrategic partnerships. Um this is one area where we act we have a number ofcontracts annually um with service providers that provide various necessaryservices. So things like housing navigationum things like that and and we do see a need to increase some of those dollarsavailable. The last um bullet here is some of the development fund balance andthis gets back to some of the long-term investments that the H wants to make inum promoting affordable housing opportunities in the city. And then I won't be too much longer. Iknow I've talked a lot. There's a couple slides just visuals of um some of theinformation. So here's our revenue summary. Again, this really shows um howmuch of this is federal grants versus property taxes versus other forms ofrevenue. And then uh here's the total budget. Sohow it's split into different categories. Once again, the voucherprogram is dominating. And then um small sections are contributed to uh each ofthe other funds that we have to fund these various programs. And these are the this is how the levyor approximately how the levy is split among the different funds of the HA. Soyou can just see from this you can see how the HA levy dollars go to support umvarious different levels of programming. Okay. And as I mentioned at thebeginning, uh the council will vote to approve a levy for um the the councilapproval is I believe December 15th. Um the uh H levy is anticipated to go tothe council on December 8th and that is there is a public hearing that day, thetruth and taxation public hearing. Um and then the budget must be submitted tothe county. So those are the two next steps and with that brings you to therecommended action. We have had some discussion around maximizing the levyversus offering another option that does decrease the levy slightly but removessome of those long-term investments. And so I've included both dollar amountshere for you for consideration tonight. This is the last action before it goesto the council um for approval and acceptance. And with that I ended mypresentation. >> Thank you. Questions, comments?Commissioner Hulim. >> Thank you, Chair. Um one thing I wantedto ask for clarification. I'm not sure when you were talking about what's beenin the news lately, is that uh including the state going after the federaladministration right now dur uh due to the cuts the HUD cuts to permanent umhomeless housing. Is that part of that? I just want to I just want to be clear.>> Yes. Yeah, I believe so. If we're thinking of the same thing, I have seenan article in NPR about the governor talking about this and if impactingaround 5,000 motans statewide. So, I I believe that is connected. Yes. Okay.Thank you for the clarification. Yeah, >> Commissioner Mua.>> Well, I'm going to be a squeaky wheel as I have in all conversationum advocating for the lower levy. Um we've the council has asked the rest ofthe city to reduce uh and so I'm asking the HA to reduce. Uh we understand thatthere have been challenges with the federal governmentand uncertainty with the federal government, but the one thing I know forsure is that people are struggling today right now. And we have done a reallygreat job, not to dismiss the work that we've been doing and going out andfinding other dollars to bring our dollars back to Bloomington. Um, but Ithink in the the moment that we're at with the work that we have,[clears throat] I believe the lower budget allows us tocontinue to do the work that we have said we're going to do while maintainingthe uh affordability within Bloomington. And so that's my advocacy and that'swhat I've been saying this whole time to the H. Um, and so again, I I respectwhat the the board has to say, [clears throat] but I'd be um pushingfor the lower levy. we ever have >> on the A6for >> we can't take public testimony right nowbecause we um this was not on the agenda to have a public hearing. So we>> what% >> you can come on December 8th and and and>> and discuss that. We just we can't take comments right now. No public testimonybecause this was not advertised as having public testimony. So therefore,it is not fair to the other to other citizens of Bloomington who may wantedto have attended this. So we cannot have public testimony. You can come onDecember 8th. We don't mean to shut anyone down, but in true fairness forthe rest of the citizens of the city of Bloomington, this was not advertised asa public hearing. So we cannot take public testimony right now. So, what Iwould like to do is to move on. Commissioner Hulim.>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, just to clarify, um, I want to be clear that theH for the past couple years been prettymuch at the lowest levy. I just want that clear for on record that we havelowered our levy for the past few years. So, um, I just want, you know, it knownthat we have been making, you know, we have been making sacrifices and weunderstand where the council's coming from and where residents are comingfrom. We are residents as well in the city and it's our tax dollars as well.Um, I want to commend staff because we have leveraged a lot of externalresources and I would like to challenge other city bodies to do the same as wellduring this time. Um, as much as they can. Um, I feel our staff has gone aboveand beyond to get resources and funding outside of public tax dollars and citytax dollars. Um, which has allowed us to do the program and that we do. I want tostate that I am not um I'm not against going and compromising on the levy, butI also want to be clear on my voice of the fact that I want to make sure thatwe're also preparing for the future of Bloomington and not today. I will alsobe the squeaky wheel that says that we didn't all get in this position in thecity from just five years. This has been many years where taxes have had to beraised because public buildings and public infrastructure were not taken asa priority years ago. And so now we're in a position of everybody's trying tofix what could have been prepared for years ago. So I want to make sure thatwe're also planning for the future so that next generations aren't in thepositions that we are currently in. >> So thank you. Thank you, CommissionerHooim. Um, Commissioner Wooten, you would like to comment?>> Well, I don't I'm not a squeaky will. I I've been in a proponent of not havingour levy raised for since the first time we had a discussion. And I guess inshort, I'm I'm be voting levy raised. >> Okay. Any other questions or commentsfrom the board? Hearing none,uh, let's move to a motion to approve. Do you Can you putthe screen back up so I have the language? >> Okay. So, I'm asking for a motion toapprove a a resolution authorizing the final levy of a special benefit tax levypursuant to Minnesota statute section 469.003subdivision 6 and approval of a budget for fiscal year 2026.Just commissioner, >> I apologize, chair. I just want to makesure I guess before we do this we discuss which levy amount we want toapprove. I just want to be clear. >> I I I appreciate I I>> Can we have back on the screen the two options please? I apologize.>> It just we can't we do have two options and I want to make sure that we'rehaving that discussion and we're all >> clarification. Yep. Thank you. Sorry. Okay. >> So, so chair and commissioners, theresolution includes the higher levy. So, if you want to approve that levy, youjust need to approve the resolution as written. If you want to approve adifferent amount, then you would need to specify that in the motion. Okay. Make a motion. Okay. So,this motion is to authorize a levy of the current recommendation andpreliminary levy amount of $3.2 million.So, may I have a motion? to approve this.>> So moved. >> Moved by Commissioner Dolinger. I would like tomove the alternative option. So >> we don't have>> I think Yeah. Chair, Commissioner SM, I think you have to vote on the motionfirst. Yes. No. Hi, nice to meet you all. [laughter]I'm Rachel Tierney. Um, if you have a motion on the table, it either fails fora lack of a second or if you get a second, then you need to vote and themotion need to fail before it's appropriate to start a new motion. Okay. Okay. So, we have no second. So now I am proposing a new motionto authorize the alternative option levy of $2.7 million.>> So moved. >> Moved by Commissioner Wooten. >> Second.>> Second by Commissioner Hooim. And we need a roll call.Hello again. Sorry to interrupt. We need to make sure the record's reallyclear that the motion that you're making is for uh a levy of two $2,769,133. You would also the resolution before youapproves not only the levy amount, but it approves the budget, the total annualbudget. So, I don't know if anyone's done that math. I think it would be okayto say that you would like to have a corresponding reduction in the overallan annual budget to so we cover both of those bases in one motion.>> Moved. >> Okay. Um I would like to reread themotion so we are very clear on this. So, I'm ha asking for a motion to approve toauthorize a levy of a special benefit levyand that we go with the alternative option of $2,769,133 and that would correlate to thecorresponding budget reduction >> of moved.>> Okay. Moved by Commissioner Wooten. >> Second.>> Second by Commissioner Hooim. >> And now we can proceed to the roll callvote. Commissioner Mo.Commissioner Huim. I Commissioner Dolinger>> I [clears throat] >> via WebEx. Commissioner Wooden>> I. >> Chair Mueller I. Motion passes five tozero. The last item of discussion is the HRAadministrator updates. May we have the report? Yes. I'm just pulling up my notes here. Okay, we have um well, you've beenintroduced to Rachel Tierney. Uh Rachel is from Kennedy and Graven. She is ourgeneral counsel that was selected through the RFP process and the contractwas approved at the last meeting. So, welcome. Thank you for jumping in. Um,you want to and we'll and we'll also welcome uh Jeff Bots who is our new Haccountant over there. Um, so he started earlier this month and he is replacingthe former H accountant who uh departed in August. So, two new introductions. Um, and then I did want to also note uhduring the discussion on the um the selection of the emergency maintenanceprovider, the name is public. So I just wanted to commissioner W to yourquestion, I can confirm that the uh the that our current provider did submit anapplication. Um and then moving on to other adjustments. So um a couple notesabout what's coming up to the city council that are related to the HR onDecember 8th. There are a number of things on uh consent and a publichearing. The public hearing is related to um CDBG or CDBG COVID dollars whichare federal dollars that were given to us during COVID. And so we had includedin our annual action plan for this year that we would be spending this on someimprovements to the Howned properties. Um and HUD uh asked us to um make thechange to the plan that was approved in 2020. So we had to go back and do anamendment to that change. So, there is a public hearing at the city council. So,you'll see that, but it is for an item that was already discussed at the H. Um,and then we also have a couple annual contracts going to the city council onthat day. We have our staff services contract, our CDBG mutual agreement. Um,and then the levy amount that you just said, the final levy will be also begoing to the city council on that date. Um, and then another note, um, I knowwe've had a couple of items in discussions around the St. Mark's umproperty acquisition and redevelopment. Um we have hit an issue with the celltower in that they are uh disputing the site plan that we sent them. So um we'restill trying to work with them and still believe that we can come to a asolution. Um however, we did extend the contingency date through the end of theyear and it is a little bit of a wrench in our plans. So we're still workingthrough that. I just wanted to let the board know. Um, and then the last thingI have here is just a note that the last meeting, the next meeting on December9th is the last meeting of the year. It may be a little bit of a longer agenda.So, I just wanted to prepare you all for that. That is all I have for youtonight. >> Thank you. Commissioner Wooten, you havea comment. >> I wanted to ask uh the status of aproject um the the the HOA um parking uh structure project. Do we have any datawhere we? Yes. Uh chair, commissioners, we wereactually out there today um um giving them notices for parking in case ofsnow. Um and then as far as the construction goes, I believe that theirbuilding permit was approved just this week. So we should be seeing uhconstruction start on that project pretty soon. I believe the first step isthe demolition of the structure and then construction of the new structure willbe more towards the spring. So you might see just the demolition and then noactivity over the winter. But that is um a positive step. So>> thanks. >> Thank you.>> All right, we have reached the end of our agenda. Oh, Commissioner Hooking,I'm sorry. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um just a quickquestion. I know that we have a new city manager. Is there any way that we couldget an introduction maybe at our next meeting or something that it would justbe nice to meet um and get a form of actual introduction? Yes, chair andcommissioners. I know that that is on his onboarding list. Um I'm not sure ifit's the next meeting, but I can I can follow up on that and we'll we'll havean introduction in the near future here. >> Wonderful. Thank you.>> All right. Now, we have reached the end of our agenda. So, may I have a motionto adjourn the Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 HR board meeting?>> So, moved. Second. >> Moved by Commissioner Hooim and secondby Commissioner Mua. May we have the roll call vote? >> Commissioner Moa.>> Hi. >> Commissioner Huim>> I. >> Commissioner Dolinger.>> Hi. >> Be WebEx. Commissioner Wood.>> I. >> Chair Mueller.>> I. Motion passes 50. Our meeting is adjourned. Thank you everyone.>> Happy Thanksgiving. >> You too. >> [music] >> I don't know.