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September 12, 2024 Bloomington Port Authority Meeting
Bloomington City CouncilFriday, September 13, 2024
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[0:20] UH
[0:30] .
[0:31] UH
[1:10] UH
[1:25] I 15 I'LL CALL A MEETING
[1:26] TO ORDER AND WE HAVE A SHORT
[1:29] AGENDA HOW IT TOLD ME THAT IF
[1:33] WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SICK ITEM
[1:34] ON THE AGENDA WE PROBABLY
[1:35] WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THIS
[1:36] MEETING.
[1:36] BUT AT ANY RATE I THINK WE CAN
[1:39] HANDLE THESE THINGS.
[1:40] SO THE FIRST THING ON THE
[1:41] AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE
[1:44] MINUTES AND BEFORE WE GET INTO
[1:44] THAT I JUST WANT TO COMMENT.
[1:47] WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY CAME OUT
[1:48] I LOOKED AT THEM AND I DIDN'T
[1:51] THINK THAT THAT THE MINUTES AS
[1:52] THEY WERE WRITTEN REFLECTED
[1:54] THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD ON
[1:55] THE ON THE CROSS ANDERSEN
[1:58] PROJECT.
[1:58] SO I ASKED HOLLY TO AMPLIFY
[2:02] THAT AND YOU HAVE IN YOUR
[2:05] PACKAGE NOW THERE'S A REVISED
[2:06] SECTION ON THE MINUTES WHICH
[2:09] IS IS AMPLIFIED I THINK IT'S
[2:12] WORTH COMMENTING ON THAT AND I
[2:13] WAS TALKING WITH HOLLY BEFORE
[2:16] THE MEETING THAT WITH THIS
[2:17] WHOLE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT
[2:18] THING I THINK WE NEED TO
[2:21] REALLY HAVE STAFF DO SOME
[2:23] HOMEWORK ON IT AND COME BACK
[2:24] TO US WITH SOME MORE
[2:28] OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS AND
[2:28] BUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY CAN
[2:32] APPLY FOR MIXED USE.
[2:33] I THINK THAT CLEARLY IT'S
[2:36] SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW IT HAS
[2:37] TO BE MORE THAN JUST TWO
[2:39] BUILDINGS OR SOMETHING LIKE
[2:39] THAT.
[2:40] IT'S GOT TO BE A PLAN A LONGER
[2:40] TERM IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING
[2:42] HOPEFULLY THAT'S SIGNIFICANT
[2:43] AND THINGS AND SO HOPEFULLY AT
[2:46] SOME POINT IN TIME WELL IN THE
[2:50] NEAR FUTURE WE CAN HAVE
[2:50] SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WE
[2:51] CAN DISCUSS AND YEAH AND IT'S
[2:54] IMPORTANT FOR ANY DEVELOPER
[2:55] COMING IN TO HAVE A MORE
[2:57] OPERATIONAL IDEA OF WHAT WE
[2:58] WANT AND AGAIN I THINK IT'S
[3:01] SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES VISION
[3:02] AND YOU KNOW THEIR THOUGHTS SO
[3:05] SO I DON'T KNOW BUT EVERYBODY
[3:06] HAD A CHANCE TO TO LOOK AT THE
[3:07] MINUTES IF YOU THINK THAT'S
[3:09] ADEQUATE OR YOU WANT TO
[3:10] AMPLIFY IT OR SOME WAY, SHAPE
[3:10] OR FORM UH OTHERWISE I WOULD
[3:16] ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE
[3:17] APPROVAL OF MINUTES IS REVISED
[3:19] MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER
[3:24] KELLER DO WE HAVE A SECOND,
[3:25] SECOND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
[3:27] BUSSEY?
[3:27] ANY FURTHER ADDITIONS OR
[3:28] CORRECTIONS ON FAVOR
[3:30] OF OVERSEEING I I PAUSED
[3:34] MOTION CURIOUS SIX ZERO
[3:36] ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS
[3:36] INTRODUCTION OF A NEW EMPLOYEE
[3:41] SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
[3:42] KEVIN COME UP ABSOLUTELY.
[3:45] I'D LIKE TO WELCOME
[3:46] KEVIN KENNY'S TO THE PODIUM
[3:47] AND I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO
[3:48] REINTRODUCE OUR OTHER
[3:49] GENTLEMAN SITTING THERE
[3:49] BECAUSE WE DON'T WE'VE ONLY
[3:53] SEEN YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES
[3:56] OF YOU YOU CAN COME UP AFTER
[3:57] HIM AND JUST GIVE YOUR NAME
[3:58] AND YEAH, OKAY.
[3:59] SOME OF US ARE GETTING OLDER
[4:00] AND OUR MEMORIES AREN'T QUITE
[4:03] AS GOOD AS THEY USED TO BE.
[4:04] OKAY, WELL WE'LL DO THAT.
[4:07] I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT
[4:08] TO OFFER TAKE A MOMENT TO
[4:10] INTRODUCE KEVIN WHO'S JOINING
[4:11] US FROM MINNEAPOLIS AND WE'LL
[4:12] BE FILLING THE ROLE
[4:14] OF ASSISTANT PORT AUTHORITY
[4:15] ADMINISTRATOR FOCUSING ON
[4:15] DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.
[4:18] HE IS FILLING JASON JASON
[4:19] SCHMIDT'S OLD ROLE WE HAVE
[4:22] THIS BY A WRITTEN AND THEN
[4:23] KEVIN YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY
[4:24] WHATEVER YOU LIKE AFTER THIS.
[4:25] SO KEVIN WAS RECENTLY HIRED AS
[4:26] ASSISTANT PORT AUTHORITY
[4:29] ADMINISTRATOR FOCUSED ON REAL
[4:29] ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
[4:30] HE STARTED ON AUGUST 28TH.
[4:32] KEVIN HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE
[4:33] IN URBAN PLANNING FROM THE
[4:36] UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND
[4:36] MASTERS OF BUSINESS
[4:37] ADMINISTRATION FROM OXFORD
[4:40] UNIVERSITY.
[4:40] KEVIN MOST RECENTLY WAS AT THE
[4:41] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.
[4:42] HE HAD WHERE HE WAS A
[4:44] SUPERVISOR OF RESIDENTIAL REAL
[4:44] ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
[4:47] PRIOR TO MINNEAPOLIS
[4:48] KEVIN WORKED FOR MINNESOTA
[4:49] HOUSING IN DAKOTA COUNTY CDA
[4:51] AND THE CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY.
[4:52] KEVIN GREW UP IN BLOOMINGTON
[4:55] AS WE HAVE HEARD AND IS
[4:56] EXCITED TO BE BACK WORKING
[4:56] IN AND SUPPORTING THE
[4:59] COMMUNITY WHERE HE WAS RAISED.
[5:00] YES, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS
[5:03] FOR HAVING ME.
[5:03] I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AS
[5:06] HOLLY FRAME.
[5:07] SO I SPENT TWO THIRDS OF MY
[5:08] LIFE IN BLOOMINGTON SO MY
[5:10] FORMATIVE YEARS AND I REMEMBER
[5:11] READING THE SOUTH LOOP
[5:14] DISTRICT PLAN WHEN I WAS
[5:15] STUDYING AND BEING REALLY
[5:19] EXCITED ABOUT IT AND NOW BEING
[5:19] ABLE TO BE BACK AND IMPLEMENT
[5:20] PROJECTS THAT ARE PART OF THAT
[5:23] PLAN IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING TO
[5:24] ME AND I'M HOPING TO CONTINUE
[5:26] TO THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR
[5:27] STAFF HAVE ALREADY DONE WITH
[5:28] DEVELOPERS HERE IN THE
[5:30] COMMUNITY.
[5:30] SO THANK YOU.
[5:31] GREAT WELCOME.
[5:33] OKAY, THANK YOU.
[5:34] NOW WE HAVE OUR OTHER
[5:36] INTRODUCTION
[5:43] .
[5:43] GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT AND
[5:47] COMMISSIONERS LUKE SPANIEL
[5:48] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANALYST
[5:49] IT'S BEEN HERE FOR THREE SHORT
[5:52] MONTHS NOW SO WELCOME AGAIN
[5:52] LORD BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A
[6:01] PLAN FOR TWO ADDITIONAL
[6:02] SUBCONTRACTORS IN RELATION TO
[6:02] THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
[6:06] PARKING RAMP.
[6:06] SDI SIGNS IS PROVIDING SIGNAGE
[6:10] AND RTL CONSTRUCTION IS
[6:10] PROVIDING THE SERVICES
[6:11] OF INSTALLATION AND DRYWALL
[6:13] AND FINISHED WORK.
[6:14] WE HAVE WORKED WITH ANCOATS
[6:18] AND REVIEWED EACH SUBMITTAL
[6:18] FOR COMPLETENESS AND COST AND
[6:21] WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM AND
[6:22] DETERMINED THAT AT THIS TIME
[6:23] WE ARE ASKING OR RECOMMENDING
[6:25] THAT WE ENTER INTO SERVICE
[6:26] AGREEMENTS WITH THESE
[6:28] FOLLOWING SUBCONTRACTORS FOR
[6:32] $54,131.65 FOR US DESIGN US
[6:37] AND $72,798 FOR RTL
[6:39] CONSTRUCTION.
[6:41] THAT IS THE FIR MOTION THAT
[6:42] YOU HAVE HERE.
[6:43] ADDITIONALLY THE SECOND MOTION
[6:46] YOU CAN SEE THERE SHOULD YOU
[6:47] BE OKAY WITH THE FIRST MOTION
[6:49] WE ARE THEN ASKING
[6:50] SUBSEQUENTLY FOR CONTINGENCY.
[6:53] THIS IS FOLLOWING THE SAME
[6:57] FORM OF CONTINGENCY THE 10%
[6:59] THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED PAST
[7:00] MEETING PRIOR ONCE AGAIN THIS
[7:03] CONTINGENCY IS PRETTY STANDARD
[7:03] AND IS JUST COVERING ANY
[7:04] UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS THAT
[7:07] THESE WORK MIGHT FACE.
[7:10] SO WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
[7:11] ANY QUESTIONS.
[7:14] WELL LOOK WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE
[7:15] THAT YOU HAVE THIS WHEN IT
[7:18] COMES TO US INSTEAD OF COMING
[7:19] BACK AGAIN, IT'S IT'S A GOOD
[7:19] IDEA TO HAVE THAT CONTINGENCY
[7:21] THERE.
[7:21] SO QUESTIONS FOR US.
[7:22] YEAH, THANK YOU.
[7:25] JUST IF I COULD WHY WHY IS
[7:26] THIS A ONE OFF?
[7:29] WHY WASN'T THIS WITH THE
[7:30] PACKAGE OF OTHER
[7:30] SUBCONTRACTORS?
[7:31] DID WE DO THEY REALIZE OR WE
[7:33] MIGHT NEED A SIGN OR YEAH.
[7:36] PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONER
[7:37] BUSSEY YES THIS WE'VE BEEN
[7:38] WORKING THROUGH WITH COATS ON
[7:40] ON THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
[7:41] SO JASON SCHMITT HAD HAD DONE
[7:44] A LOT OF THE WORK ON THE FRONT
[7:45] END TO GET THE MAJORITY OF THE
[7:46] SUBCONTRACTORS READY.
[7:47] I THINK THESE WERE JUST SCOPES
[7:48] OF WORK THAT HAD BEEN SAVED A
[7:51] LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE END TO
[7:52] WORK THROUGH ALL THE BIDDING
[7:53] PROCESS AND EVERYTHING.
[7:53] SO THEY'RE JUST COMING TO US
[7:55] NOW WE HAVE IN THE MEANTIME
[7:56] ALTHOUGH YOU HAVEN'T
[7:57] NECESSARILY SEEN THEM, THEY
[7:59] DID COME UP AND THEY WERE
[8:00] LISTED IN THE CONTINGENCY
[8:01] PACKET WE HAVE ADDED A FEW
[8:03] MORE THAT HAVE BEEN BELOW THE
[8:04] DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT OUR
[8:06] ADMINISTRATOR HOLLEY CAN SIGN
[8:07] FOR.
[8:07] SO ALTHOUGH YOU HAVEN'T
[8:08] NECESSARILY SEEN THEM, WE HAVE
[8:10] BEEN WORKING ON SOME
[8:11] ADDITIONAL VERY SMALL SCOPES
[8:12] OF WORK THESE JUST HAPPENED TO
[8:14] BE BIG ENOUGH THAT WE NEEDED
[8:15] YOUR APPROVAL HERE.
[8:15] GOT IT.
[8:15] THANK YOU.
[8:16] AND SO DO YOU ANTICIPATE
[8:18] THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME
[8:18] ADDITIONAL CONTRACTION COMING
[8:19] ON THE FACILITY GENERALLY WE
[8:21] ARE EXPECTING THAT THIS WOULD
[8:24] BE THE END OF ANYTHING BIG.
[8:25] THIS IS THE BIG SCOPES OF WORK
[8:26] CERTAINLY FOR ANYTHING VERY
[8:29] SMALL, ESPECIALLY UP TOWARDS
[8:29] THE END IT IS ENTIRELY
[8:32] POSSIBLE THAT WE WOULD SEE
[8:33] SOME ADDITIONAL OKAY THANK YOU
[8:34] QUESTIONS.
[8:36] THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
[8:37] WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE PENDING OUT
[8:40] THERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT
[8:41] OR ANYTHING MATERIAL BUT JUST
[8:44] SOME ANCILLARY SMALL ONES THAT
[8:48] ARE GENERALLY SMALL THINGS YOU
[8:48] CAN CERTAINLY ASK TO ANCOATS
[8:49] FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
[8:51] ON THAT BUT YEAH GREAT.
[8:52] WELL I WOULD ENTERTAIN THE
[8:56] MOTION THEN WE HAVE TWO
[8:57] MOTIONS I GUESS WE NEED TO
[8:57] TAKE THEM SEPARATELY SO I
[8:59] WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR
[9:01] THE FIRST MOTION.
[9:05] COMMISSIONER PETERSON THANK
[9:06] YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
[9:07] I MOVE THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE
[9:09] PRESIDENT AND ADMINISTRATOR TO
[9:10] EXECUTE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
[9:11] PORT AUTHORITY AND THE
[9:11] FOLLOWING SUBCONTRACTORS SDI
[9:13] SIGNS AND RTL CONSTRUCTION INC
[9:16] RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION
[9:17] OF THE PARKING RAMP ASSOCIATED
[9:18] WITH PHASE TWO OF THE SIC
[9:20] PROJECT AND SUBSTANTIALLY THE
[9:20] FORM OF THE ATTACHED SERVICE
[9:21] AGREEMENT TEMPLATE.
[9:23] AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND
[9:26] BY COMMISSIONER HUNT ANY
[9:27] FURTHER DISCUSSION AT ALL
[9:31] IN FAVOR OF POLICE SITTING BY
[9:32] SAYING I, I OPPOSED MOTION
[9:34] CURIOUS SIX ZERO THEN WE HAVE
[9:34] A SECOND MOTION.
[9:37] MR. PRESIDENT, I ALSO MOVE
[9:40] THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE
[9:41] PRESIDENT ADMINISTRATOR TO
[9:42] APPROVE AN EU CONTRACT
[9:42] AMENDMENT AS AN AS NEEDED
[9:45] CONTINGENCY UP TO 10% OF THE
[9:47] TOTAL PROJECT COST FOR THE SIC
[9:48] PARKING RAMP AS SET FORTH
[9:48] IN THE STAFF REPORT.
[9:51] AND WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND BY
[9:54] COMMISSIONER HUNT.
[9:58] ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION IF NOT
[9:59] ALL FAVORABLY SIGNALED WERE
[9:59] SAYING I.
[10:01] I PAUSED.
[10:01] MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND I
[10:04] THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR
[10:06] BUSINESS.
[10:10] UNLESS WE WANT TO SING HAPPY
[10:11] BIRTHDAY AGAIN