Hey, hey, hey. >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Good evening. Welcome to the What day are we on? I almost said March. I have no idea why, but August 25th, [laughter] 2026 H, uh board meeting. So, uh I would like first I'd like to call to order the meeting and then um second item is approval of the agenda. We any edits or changes? Okay. May I have a motion to approve the agenda? >> So moved. >> Moved by Commissioner Robertson, >> second. >> And second by Commissioner Hooim. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion passes. 5. >> Uh next is we have two consent items. uh first is the July 14th, 2026 meeting minutes and second is the approval of the assignment and assumption of agreements and subordination agreements for the three referenced properties. Uh would anyone like to pull an item for discussion? Okay. Hearing none, uh I need a motion to approve the consent items. >> So moved. >> Moved by Commissioner Robertson. >> Second. and second by Commissioner Eay. All in favor? >> I. Motion passes five to zero. All right. Organizational business. So the uh HA 2025 audit presentation. May we have the staff report? Yes, chair and commissioners. Uh this is Sarah HR administrator. I will just do a quick introduction. We have with us here tonight Andy Herring from Red Path who is our city auditor who performs auditing service services for the city of Bloomington, the Port Authority and the H. And he will be giving the presentation this evening. Uh, chair and commissioners Andy, can you hear us? I I believe we didn't have the sound working properly before. >> I can now. Yes. [laughter] Yes. Now the sound started. >> And do we need to reiterate anything that we covered before for online? Okay. All right. All right. Andy, I just did a quick introduction and so you can take it away from here. >> All right. Great. Would you like me to share my screen or are you going to run the slides? I see the presentation is up. >> I'll I'll run the slides. >> Okay, great. Well, thank you and good evening, commissioners. Um, my name is Andy Herring from Red Path & Company. am here to res uh present the results of the 2025 Bloomington HRA audit. Uh we completed our audit in June. I can't remember the exact date. I think it was around June 5th. Um and this is the meeting that worked out best. So here I am. So thanks for having me. On the f first slide is a summary of the reports that we issued as part of the audit. Um, and just a reminder, we audit the city, the HA, and the port authority all together. Uh, since it's in within one financial statement document. So, we issued an opinion on the financial statements, a report on internal controls, a report on legal compliance in accordance with state statutes, a report on federal compliance, and then a communication with those charged with governance letter or a letter of required communications to the board of commissioners. So, the next slide is a quick snapshot of the results. It was a clean opinion or an unmodified audit opinion. There were no findings related to internal controls over financial reporting and no findings related to Minnesota compliance. There was one item related to federal compliance and then uh just standard communications in the governance letter. So looking at the opinion on the financial statements, what do we do? On the next slide, we verify that the the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements are presented in accordance with GAP or generally accepted accounting principles and are free from material misstatement. So material misstatement, what does that mean? a misstatement of a magnitude that could affect the decisions of the financial statement users. So, it's not a a specific number, but something of significance that would affect the user's decision. How do we perform our audit? Really kind of three concepts that I think of. Uh, one, occurrence. Looking at what is recorded in the financial statements. Um, think about your assets like cash and your revenue. Making sure that those items and amounts actually occurred and pertained to the HR. On the flip side, completeness, ensuring that all liabilities and expenses, for example, were recorded uh during 2025. And then accuracy, cutoff classification, ensuring amounts were recorded in the correct funds, in the correct accounts, in the correct year, um those sorts of things. So the result once again, it's we issued an unmodified or a clean opinion on the 2025 financial statements and that's the highest level of opinion the H could receive. So the next slide just summarizes some of the overall risks we identified during the audit. And these are not specific to the HR or to the city of Bloomington, but really risks we identify for all municipal or governmental audits. there's a risk of management override of controls, meaning somebody in authority could um come in and circumvent the internal controls or the procedures that are set up. Um a risk of inappropriate dispersements. And skipping down to the fourth bullet there, uh we also perform procedures to identify any material fraud. And those two oftenimes go hand in hand. If there's if there's going to be fraud, it most likely is will relate to, you know, money going out the door inappropriately. So, we're uh definitely performing procedures. Uh looking at that, looking for appropriate um approval on dispersements, you know, do they make sense? Does the vendor that was paid make sense? Those sorts of things. And then that third bullet is a a fairly technical item, but for expenditured driven grants, making sure that revenue is matched up appropriately with expenditures. Uh so overall, we did note any um examples of or instances of fraud risks or any inappropriate items related to those four items. The next slide uh hits on the internal controls and those are in place for for a variety of reasons. One of the reasons is to um help decrease that risk of fraud that we were just mentioning and everyone hears so much about in the news. Um so a strong set of internal controls reduces that risk. So what we do, we gain an understanding of the HA's controls in place and their effectiveness in order to design our audit procedures. A common internal controls are like I mentioned approval over dispersements. A review of monthly bank reconciliation and ideal segregation of duties verifying that no one person has too much authority or power in any given area. and then on the back end a review of financial information to detect errors and the result uh no findings related to internal controls. So good news there. The next report, the state auditor issues a guide that we complete as part of the audit. And this guide uh consists of seven sections listed there. And it's a fairly lengthy guide of state statutes that the HR must follow uh throughout the year. So, we're testing with for compliance with those statutes as we conduct their audit. We're testing on a sample basis looking for for example if um for deposits where the if collateral was needed is sufficient collateral provided um the H is not allowed to invest in stock for example we're making sure that the investments are allowable under state statutes there's statutes relating to tax increment financing so we're looking at those Um but overall based on the results of our testing we did not note any compliance findings. The next um test or um report that we issued is a report on federal compliance also known as a single audit. This audit is required anytime an entity expends more than $1 million of federal funds. And in um Bloomington's case, they qualified as a lowrisk audit. So in that case, we're required to test at least 20% of federal expenditures. and the programs as did each year vary depending on whether there were findings in the past or how recently the program has been tested. So the 2025 program that was tested was the section 8 h housing choice vouchers program. Uh similar to the other internal controls slide that I had mentioned we we gain an understanding of those controls in place and the compliance requirements of the program. uh we select a sample of federal expenditures for um to make essentially to make sure the federal funds were spent correctly. And we did note one compliance finding relating to allowable bill allowable cost and eligibility. There's some more details on that finding on the next slide. Um and really this is a carry forward finding from the 2024 audit um that mainly resulted when there was quite a bit of turnover staffing turnover at the H and I I think folks were struggling to keep up with fully completing those tenant file checklists. Um so that did carry over into mainly the earlier part of 2025. Um so for our testing of that program we selected 25 files and found that 13 of the 25 files did not contain a tenant file checklist which is required to as part of this program and uh helps determine the eligibility for housing assistant payments. And for two tenants, the HAP payment uh incorrectly included rent or incorrectly included an amount for utilities when that amount was included in the rent. So it's essentially doubled up. and then one for one tenant um the that person's income was under reported and the tenant should not have qualified for a half payment. So the total the scope of that the total known question costs $4,184. On the next slide is this hits on our communication to those charged with governance letter. This is a required letter letter from the auditor to the um board of commissioners just summarizing a few overall results as part of the audit. There were no new uh or significant accounting policies adopted during the year. There are a few accounting estimates uh noted in that letter. Um the first and third bullet there just relate to the city and actually that value of land held for resale. Um the the H does not they have a relatively small amount of land held for resale at least at the end of 2025. So that that was not a significant estimate either. Um, happy to report that there were no difficulties encountered during the audit or disagreements with any of the HR staff. Um, Jeff, the H accountant, you he did a a nice job and was well prepared for us along with uh all all the other staff we um worked with during the audit. Um, we're required to disclose any missed Chair Commissioners, I think we have some technical difficulties. Hold with us for a moment. Just one moment, please. It looks like it's still on. Oh, I think they can hear us. Uh for anyone online, we have lost the broadcast in chambers. So, we're taking a moment to uh correct the difficulty and we'll let you know when we're back online. >> For anyone online, we have lost the broadcast. So, we're taking a m Yeah, I don't I'm not computer issues. Okay, you quit. Did you quit out of it? Yeah, try joining again. If that doesn't work, then we got to reboot quick. >> So, yeah, you don't have to hit that. So, once you hit open, it'll open up. Okay. Hit unmute and start video issue. That's the issue right there. Okay. is going to give us issues all night, isn't it? Overly concerned about, but I would definitely be happy to answer any questions if you are. [clears throat] >> Uh Andy, can you hear us? I'm so sorry. We lost a broadcast here in the chambers for a few minutes. So, starting from this slide, I'm so sorry we missed the rest of your presentation. Okay. Okay. And if you were asking us questions, that is why nobody answered you. We're so sorry. Um, if you don't mind picking up from this slide, um, it looks like we're up and running again. >> Okay, perfect. Well, this slide is a summary of the um so it's a a letter summarizing kind of some overall audit results. Um there's nothing too sensitive in this uh letter. Um um the but the letter does summarize that there were no significant accounting policies adopted by the H during the year. There are a few estimates in the financial statements, but mostly they relate to the city. Um, the H does have some landheld for resale. Um, but the estimates involved in that are pretty routine. Um, I mentioned there were no difficulties or disagreements encountered during the audit. Uh, Jeff, the H's accountant, was well prepared and supplied everything to us on time. and everyone else we worked with um throughout the audit and the HAS's uh portion of it uh were no no issues. So, everyone was great to work with. Uh let's see the there were no misstatements identified during the audit that were above this clearly trivial threshold which we're required to report to you. Um, so nothing there. And then we're I'm also required to disclose what I think is the most uh or could be the most sensitive footnote and that's relating to long-term debt. Um, but nothing that there's not anything wrong with the long-term debt of the city or the HA, but if I was a commissioner or a council member, it's probably the one footnote I would want to pay the most attention to. On the next slide, um the the city and the HA once again received the government finance officers associations. Um it's a certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting. kind of a mouthful there, but it's a certificate that the national GFOA uh issues and awards to um cities and HASS that produce uh transparent and comprehensive financial statements. So, this is the 54th consecutive year that the city and H have received that award. So, great news there. And then my last few slides just summarize a very high level results of the HR for 2025. Overall fund balance increased around 2.1 million mainly related to the H's governmental funds. Um the enterprise funds that's the assisted rental and the property management. Um those funds did decrease uh some in 2026 but uh still a healthy fund balance there. Um if you happen to have a copy of the city's financial report, the HAS's financial statements can be found on pages 176 through 198 kind of hidden or not hidden but buried in the back of that document. It's a quite large document. And then lastly, just a few financial highlights. The HA did earn a million22,000 in investment earnings in 2025. I do expect that amount to decrease in 2026 just as interest rates have gone down modestly. Um the 14 tiff districts combined to increase fund balance by 980,000. By far the largest expenditures relate to the housing choice vouchers program and $1.4 million does [snorts] remain on the 2020b refunded bonds. Um 195,000 was paid off in 25 and 200,000 was actually probably already paid here in 2026. So everything's on track with that bond. So with that uh overall the just one finding related to the federal uh relating to the single audit um but that I know in talking with staff that even last year they were in the process of making improvements and fixing that. So, in my opinion, there's nothing um that the commissioners need to take action on or should be overly concerned uh with that finding. Um but I'd be happy to answer any questions at this point if you have any. >> There any questions? >> Commissioner Hooim. >> Thank you, Chair. Um, this is more for staff and I think I remember we talked about this last year um with those tenant files, but um I'm I'm assuming some updated policies and procedures have taken place in order to prevent it for next year and for future audits. >> Yeah, chair and commissioners, there are a couple things. Um like like Andy mentioned, this was an issue that we corrected in February of 2025. Um because of the the way the file testing happened this year, those files that were missing the checklist were from January. So just kind of missed where we had started implementing a checklist again. So um we we are implementing that checklist now. We've also done some additional auditing of um random files from 2025 to make sure that we have that fully in place and that we have that process ongoing. Um, and then we also reviewed these findings with staff and identified what the findings were and what are things that as a team we need to be aware of when we're reviewing these federal files. So, um, we've taken a number of different steps to try to prevent any issues from happening in the future. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions, comments? All right. Thank you for your report. >> All right. Thank you. Have a good evening. >> Thank you. >> All right. Next, we are moving on to new business 5.1 civil engineer selection for 8630 Xerxes. May we have the staff report? >> Quick question. something. >> Were we supposed to approve the audit? There is a motion sitting in the requested action. >> Yes. >> Sorry. >> Oh, I thought it [snorts] wasformational. Okay. >> Nope. >> There wasn't. [cough] There wasn't a sheet. [clears throat] >> All right. I was going to say I'd be happy to make the motion. >> Okay. Go ahead. >> Um I'd move to approve and accept the 2025 H audited financial statements and related information. Second. All right. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion passes five to zero. Sorry about that. Now we can move on to the civil engineer selection. >> All right. Good evening, chair and commissioners. Sarah, H administrator here to present on this item. Just There we go. >> Oh, okay. Okay, we can go ahead and go to the next slide. All right, so this selection is regarding the civil engineer for the St. Mark's redevelopment site. So, as you'll all recall, we acquired this site earlier this year um with the goal to redevelopment into smallcale homeowner affordable home ownership opportunities. And so we issued an RFP, a request for proposals for engineering services to um to move forward with designing of designing this site. We solicited proposals between July 7th and August 6th and we received nine applications. So it was uh quite competitive. We're pleased with the quality of the submissions. The price ranges ranged from 96,100 all the way up to 229,300. And the proposals were reviewed internally by a team of H planning and engineering staff who are recommending the civil site group for a selection. Why the civil site group? Uh their their application was the highest scoring and the lowest cost. There are a number of things that were um really strong about this particular proposal. They have a multi-disiplinary projects team. So they have in-house experts in all of the major areas uh geotechnical engineering, storm water, road construction, etc. Um they also mentioned incorporating the existing cell tower into the site design which is something that we will need to be mindful of when we're doing the road design process and the site design process. um also had a very holistic approach to designing the site in terms of all of the different pieces that need to be designed appropriately to make this site support additional housing opportunities. Um another thing that they had done in their proposal was to identify some preliminary key issues in a number of areas. Cell tower is a good example and to start proposing solutions early on. They also have a very extensive history in Bloomington, have done quite a few Bloomington projects, including some for similarly sized and styled development projects. So, a lot of really good um qualities in this particular application. A little bit about Civil Sight Group, they were founded in 2011. So, that was 15 years ago. Um they have as we mentioned the multi-disiplinary team full service site design um and they've been featured in a couple of different journals for receiving various awards reader choice awards. So they have um a good reputation and a good experience to bring to designing this site. And here's a little bit of information about the project team. you can kind of see the different areas that they have experts in. Uh project leads, we have a couple of our team members who are here tonight and available to answer any questions. Um there's also more information about qualifications and experience in the proposal that was in the packet, but you can see they have a a team with a diverse backgrounds and bringing a lot of experience to this design process. Okay, I'll highlight just one or two projects. Um, they have a much longer list than this of projects completed in Bloomington. This is for Amamira and I'll actually go to the next slide. Um, the West Haven development in particular was uh very close to what St. Mark's the St. Marks site is envisioned to be. It had a number of these villa type homes which are the same as the detached town homes is also called p patio homes or villa homes. So similar style with a road on the property. And so um it is a similar style to what we are looking um to propose for St. Marks. And the goal is for uh the engineer to help us finalize the design of the site in terms of spacing and what the site can support um and what it looks like with all the different utilities and things like that. Go on to the next slide. Okay, this is a exhaustive list of the scope. You can see there's a lot of different pieces um involved into in it. serving, platting, roadway design, geotechnical services, um public infrastructure, um helping us bid out the project to construction firms to um actually construct the public infrastructure, managing the project, um submitting design, design drawings at various different stages, landscaping, site grading, storm water. All of these things are different pieces of site design that are required and that the engineering firm will uh help us to to put together and finalize. Okay. If the HA approves this selection tonight, then the U next step would be to execute an agreement and the goal would be to complete all of those steps, design, bidding, and so on and be ready for a spring 2027 public infrastructure construction start. And I realize it's not explicitly stated here, but the the lowest cost proposal, so the total amount is that $96,100 is would be the up to contract amount. And with that, I believe it's just the motion. >> Do we have questions, comments? >> Okay, Commissioner Carter. >> Thank you, Chair. Um, so I don't have any um questions or concerns related to um to Civil Sight Group. I think that they would do a good job and I so I have nothing no questions about that. Um I guess uh one thing I did want to ask maybe that's like maybe a broader question. So I know when we originally talked about this area we had talked about single family residential and I know we did a bunch of community engagement listening and the neighbors were really excited about it. And since the decision was made to go to more of town homes, has there been re-engagement with the neighborhood? >> Yes, chair and commissioners, we are planning to do a future meeting. Um, our goal was to get the site design a little bit more finalized before bringing that back to community. So because the engineer will have such a big part to play in what the end design looks like and we're still determining what the right mix is on the site, we have not done future engagement, but we do anticipate doing additional engagement and bringing a finalized site plan back to the H. >> Okay. Thank you. Um and so I think you probably just answered my next question because um I think it said like three unit town homes, but then you also mentioned um the Villa town homes and how it' be similar. So then I was like, wait, is it Villa or is it three unit town homes? And so is that kind of TBD at this point? >> Yes, chair and commissioners. We're looking at how to incorporate some of the opportunities from the missing middle ordinance um as well as you know keep a similar density to what we've initially discussed. So we are looking at duplexes, triplexes, and those detached town homes. And what's the right mix for the site is really the the question still to be answered. >> Okay. Thank you. Yeah, >> I just want to make a comment that I know there was um board hesitation on the triplexes on the three-unit town home. So, I want to make and just keep that in mind. That was a very strong uh preference to not have those. So, when you're working on the final design, other questions or comments? I'm personally excited we're one step forward on this. So, um I do need a motion to adopt a resolution selecting a contractor for civil engineering and related services at 8630 Xerxes and approving an agreement for civil engineering and related services between civil site group and the housing and redevelopment authority in and for the city of Bloomington. >> So moved. Moved by Commissioner Hooim. >> Second. >> Second by Commissioner Robertson. All in favor? >> I >> I. >> Motion passes five to zero. >> Next on our home assistance project. Uh good evening, chair and commissioners. Uh while we're getting the presentation up, uh this evening I'm here to just provide a general implementation update on bring it home as well as um bring forth a decision around projectbased voucher awards for that program. Go ahead, next slide, please. Oh, and next slide after that one, too. Um, so just a reminder about uh bringing it home. So this is a state rental assistance program that's modeled after the housing choice voucher program. Uh, Bloomington HA was awarded a $2.6 million two-year grant. And this is a brand new program within the state. And so um, this is the first year everyone is implementing it. So there's a lot of additional oversight and uh, compliance reporting and things that we're doing around this program this year. Um under the program we can issue both tenant based and project based vouchers and uh assistance is um for eligible households earning up to 50% of area median income. The statute does prioritize households with children um 18 years or under with incomes of up to 30% of AMI. [clears throat] Next slide please. So just a few updates around implementation. This first year really was about um internal buildout of uh staff capacity and um just internal processes, application materials, getting an online portal and website built out for the program. Um again like I mentioned uh we've been submitting regular compliance reporting to um Minnesota Housing. They've also had additional kind of outreach and informal engagement just to continue to get feedback from impleers on how the program is going and kind of uh ways that they can improve it in future grant cycles. We do officially have one voucher issued and that's through our uh partnership with Henipin County and Bloomington public schools and their school to housing program. Um, and as I'm here tonight to discuss, we did um, issue an RFP for project-based vouchers as well. Next slide, please. In terms of next steps with the general implementation of the program, we are ramping up to do a tenant-based voucher waiting list opening in September. Um the reason for this pivot to a a voucher issue or sorry a tenantbased waiting list is just um we want to stay on track with our utilization goals for the program because it is a two-year grant cycle. We want to demonstrate that we uh have issued more vouchers within the first year and so opening this weight list allows us to do that pretty quickly. Um so that's the um justification for the pivot. Um, we're also considering or exploring another project-based voucher RFP round in early 2027. And then we'll continue to issue the school to housing vouchers as refer referrals are received. Next slide. I'm now going to shift gears and uh specifically talk about the projectbased voucher RFP process. Go ahead and next slide. Project-based vouchers are rental assistance tied to a specific unit and the household pays 30% of its monthly income towards the rent with the HA uh paying the remainder. Next slide, please. And I just want to flag some key differences in projectbased vouchers under bring it home that are not um present in the traditional housing choice voucher program. Uh specifically, there's no cap on the number of project based vouchers we can issue per project or address. Um some of the pre-approval requirements, including environmental reviews and subsidy layering, are not required. Um and we opted in our admin plan to um remove the requirement of issuing a tenantbased voucher after 12 months of participation. Um and that's a flexibility granted under bring it home. Um and then the encumbrance uh is really regarding um new construction projects. So this would allow us to demonstrate utilization while a project is under construction um a new construction project. Um so before we're able to issue vouchers, but it's still accounting towards our utilization essentially. Um, we're also able to al align with state and local prevailing wage rules rather than rely on Davis Bacon, which is the federal prevailing wage. And then um these HAP contracts are anticipated to be between two years and renewable up to five years, which is a slight difference between bring it home and um the HCV program, which those contracts tend to be slightly longer just based on the grant cycle. Um, next slide, please. I'd like to highlight some benefits of project-based vouchers and why uh staff is really excited um to bring this proposal forward. Um project based vouchers can really help achieve a deeper level of affordability at a property. Um we see that with some of the project based vouchers we administer under the housing choice voucher program, in particular the Roslin property which just opened this year. um those units are achieving about a 30% AMI in that property in a way that they wouldn't have otherwise been able to. It also streamlines the Lisa process because there's already a unit identified. So, it's really just making sure the household is income eligible and meets the other eligibility requirements of the program um in terms of intake. Um it also can expand affordable housing opportunities in properties that are otherwise market rate. We see that at Indigo Apartments here in Bloomington. Um we also have the flexibility in RFPs to target specific populations that we know are uh most at need within our local community. And um just on the tenant side of things, a nice benefit of project-based vouchers is uh a tenant household tends to pay less overtime in rent than they would if they um were in a traditional voucher uh situation. And that's just comes down to how the housing assistance payment is calculated for projectbased vouchers. Next slide, please. So, a quick overview of what the RFP process looked like. We posted the RFP on June 1st. Um, we as the H did a additional um outreach to our developer database about the opportunity once it was released. And this is in addition to the traditional uh city publishing um and notifications of the RFP. The RFP itself closed on June 30th and um we received one application from Common Bond Communities. The selection committee reviewed that application on July 10th. Um and that the the selection committee's recommendation is what I'm presenting to you this evening. Next slide. Uh so a quick summary of the application from common bond. They uh proposed or requested 20 projectbased vouchers for their existing property in Bloomington known as Bloomington family town homes. A few things I'll highlight. Um one thing is that they're larger bedroom sizes. So three bedrooms are make up the majority of the property. Um and the current residents for the most part are are really aligned with the priorities set under the bring it home program. So that's families with children. Um the household incomes average around 26,000 which is well within the income limits for the program. And average tenency is actually pretty long if you compare that to the the broader market in terms of residents of Bloomington. So um that'll also that plays a role in our recommendation later. So I just wanted to flag that. Uh, next slide. So, this slide is somewhat hard to re to see, so I apologize about that. Um, the categories listed on the left are the scoring criteria that was used for the uh RFP process. Um, and so that went into the decision that was ultimately um, recommended to you this evening. A couple things I'll flag. So under project readiness um we did note that staff turnover in the last few years has has resulted in slower turn around on maintenance issues when it comes to um inspections and things like that. However, um as they indicated in their application, there's a new management team in place um that brings a ton of experience. It's a it's a group that we're used to working with in other properties in Bloomington and they have quickly resolved uh the outstanding issues that we had flagged. Um another item that I'll just uh flag in particular is around timely lease up and that's that the application identified at least 11 units that could be issued vouchers within 90 days of the award. Um and some of the units at the property are already leased to housing choice voucher holders. And so that's that was another thing we wanted to be mindful of is uh not disrupting that those householders assistance um under the HCV program. Um next slide please. So the proposed award we are recommending a partial award of 10 project based vouchers to common bond at Bloomington family town homes. Uh next slide. And the reason for this is kind of three-fold. As I mentioned before, we were really interested in the timeliness of getting the vouchers out the door and we saw that opportunity with the 11 households that they or the 11 units they identified in their application. This just allows assistance to begin quickly for those households. Um, and allows for stability for the housing choice voucher holders that already live at the property. So um their yeah their assistance wouldn't be impacted at all by this decision. Um it also creates flexibility for us internally. So if we had or if we were to award all 20 vouchers, those additional nine um would kind of be locked up and we couldn't really issue vouchers or provide assistance in other ways through the bring it home program while we're waiting for those units to turn over. um because we can't provide duplicative assistance if there's already a voucher holder for example in that unit or if there's someone over income. Um so those were kind of the that those were the thought process behind a partial award of 10 vouchers. Next slide please. And then in terms of next steps, upon approval this evening, staff would work on execution of a housing assistance payments contract with common bond and then uh quickly pivot to to work on voucher issuance um through the end of the year to those 10 units. I'll go ahead and uh put the suggested action on the screen, but I'm available for questions or comments. Commissioner Eay. >> Yeah, I was just um looking at this and I was kind of curious. Um I saw that we're seeing fewer placements for families than anticipated. I was just wondering why that was or kind of what prevented them. >> Uh thank you for the question, Commissioner. So really our initial strategy with the bring it home vouchers was to prioritize projectbased vouchers and then also in tandem get our referral program uh ramping up initially. So our goal wasn't we didn't anticipate having a huge amount of issuance right away. Um but we were expecting a few more referrals than we received um through the um through the school to housing program. I think our timing was an ideal with the end of the school year and um the beginning of the next school year um in terms of those are tied to participation at Bloomington Public Schools. So um we are hoping that that that program ramps up as well um this fall, but that that resulted in less vouchers issued this year than we were hoping. So yeah, >> thank you Commissioner Hooim. >> Thank you, Chair. And I don't I don't know if this question can be answered or not, but is there any sort of idea of kind of what is the goal of how many vouchers you plan to maybe roll out the door this year? Um, and kind of going forward, do you have like that type of a plan in place? >> Thank you for the question, Commissioner. Um, our goal is to get as close to 50% utilized as possible by the end of the year. So, um, between the referral program, getting the 10 project based voucher units issued, and then, um, seeing how many traditional vouchers we can issue, that's that's kind of where we're at right now. >> Thank you. Other questions, comments, Commissioner Carter? >> Thank you, Chair. Um, do we have any idea why we only got one application? >> Thank you for the question. It comes down to uh eligibility. So the school to housing program that the county runs has a few different um kind of offerings within that program. And so the uh the social workers that work with the families are really trying to match which program works best for the family and their specific needs at that time. And so the referrals that they've received from the school district either aligned more with some of the other funding that they had available or their the households just didn't meet some of the eligibility criteria of bringing it home. Okay. And then for this RFP >> Oh, different from this. >> Excuse me. Sorry. Yeah. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's [laughter] okay. I just wanted to make sure. I was like, "Oh, I didn't." Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Um, so based we we're not quite sure why we only received one application because based on just um informal interact or like communications we've had with other developers in the area. We were honestly expecting a few more applications than just one. But um we're hoping to do additional kind of outreach and education about Bring It Home. It's a new program. There's some uncertainty around around something that's new. So, um we're hoping that will help with a subsequent um RFP release. Thank you. >> Okay. And it's a two-year program. And do we anticipate that funding we would be renewed or is it since it's state funding, is it just kind of TBD? So, in theory, it could be like they get this money for a year or two, but then it could be the vouchers could be gone. Uh it is the expectation that the state has set that this would be renewed and the funding that Bloomington receives is through the metro sales tax. So it's actually a pretty secure funding source. And when it comes to like the state budget and allocation um so we're fairly confident that um that a renewal is anticipated at the end of the two-year cycle. We haven't heard anything to think otherwise. talking >> chair commission. I might just add to that that I think that that question is one that may have contributed to why we only received one response to the RFP, but as Anna said, we'll we'll continue doing outreach and explore that further. >> Commissioner Hooim. >> Thank you, Chair. Um just one other question. I know you had kind of mentioned relating to new uh construction and how I just kind of how would that work because then we were talking about we didn't necessarily want to hold vouchers either. So how would it work with a new construction for the vouchers? >> Yeah, thank you for that question. So this RFP2 we were open to both types of um housing um in terms of applications received and I think that would be the plan moving forward. Um really how it works with a new construction versus a rehab project for example is that we enter into a contract at the beginning of construction and then we also enter into a subsequent contract at the end of construction. And so, um, that's that's kind of how in like the functionally how it works. Um, that kind of speaks to the encumbrance, um, thing I tried to explain a little bit earlier and that we're able to encumber those funds for 120 days. And so after that, it is kind of on us to issue additional vouchers um to make up that difference while the project is continue is under construction. >> Okay. Thank you. Chair, commissioners, I'm gonna add again just one more quick comment which is that it is a pretty it's like threading a needle. So for new construction projects in particular, it is it's a tough timeline to be able to meet which is also another uh barrier to application. Other questions or comments? All right. Well, then hearing none, um I propose a motion awarding 10 bring it home projectbased voucher units and authorizing staff to enter into a housing assistance payments contract between Common Bond communities and the housing and redevelopment authority in and for the city of Bloomington. >> So moved. >> Moved by Commissioner Eay. Second >> and second by Commissioner Hooim. All in favor? >> I >> I motion passes five to zero. >> All right. Next item is resolutions to adopt the housing and redevelopment authority preliminary 2027 budget, preliminary 2028 budget, and preliminary 2027 levy. May we have the staff report? Yes. All righty, chair and commissioners. This is Sarah back again. I'll just give it a second for their presentation here. All right. Okay. No, you're good. This is actually the slide I would like. So, perfect. Um, so I'll start by saying too that this the process this year is a little bit different. So, we're still doing the preliminary approvals and then the preliminary approvals will go to the city council and then a final approval will come back to the H board. What's different this year is that we're doing a two-year budget cycle. So, that's why you see the whole list of approvals on your agenda tonight. We're doing preliminary 2027 budget, preliminary 2028 budget, and then the levy will have to be voted on annually, but tonight is the preliminary 2027 levy. So there are three action items um following tonight and again there will be future discussions to finalize the numbers. All right. So um just starting with the HR and what the budget goes to support. So the H approves a budget annually. It's all in support of this mission which is to create a stable and inclusive community through safe and dignified housing choices. And so all of the different HR programs are really meant to invest in community in a way to um you know create opportunities for people to have stable housing in Bloomington. You can go to the next slide please. And this is a good uh we call this the housing continuum. And so this is a good um graphic that we use to show there are many different types of housing that people will access. and people will access different types of housing at different points in their life. And so a lot of the different programs that the HR has to offer are providing services to people who are at different places in the housing continuum. And our goal is to have services or to coordinate with services that are available through all of these different phases. In the next slide, please. And then just highlighting the strategic alignment. So, of course, the HR is an entity in the city and so it aligns with the city of Bloomington's mission and it aligns also with the um the city of Bloomington's Bloomington tomorrow together uh strategic document. And so there are three priorities identified there connected welcoming community, a healthy community, and a community with equable equitable economic growth. And having stable housing contributes to all of these areas by investing in h housing options, making sure that residents in all different places of their housing life cycle have opportunities to thrive, and ensuring access to safe and stable housing. And this is a uh non-exhaustive overview of many of the H's major programs. So we have some strategic initiatives identified here. the bring a home state rental assistance program that uh we just discussed, down payment assistance with Habitat for Humanity, continuing to improve the HA owned properties, local affordable housing aid implementation, so using that annual money from the state to invest in um affordable home ownership opportunities and also redevelopment projects. and then the Bloomington affordable home ownership program which is the program to develop 27 um owner occupied housing opportunities over the next two years or so. And then we have a number of ongoing core programs that are also supported through the budget. So one of the H's strengths is pulling in resources from other entities and you'll see that through the presentation. Um a number of these ongoing core programs are funded through a variety of different methods. It's not usually one and done. It's usually multiple sources. So, of course, the housing choice voucher program is federally funded and that is a huge portion of our budget. That is around 7.5 million annually that goes towards rental assistance and all of that money um comes from the from HUD from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. We also do home rehab loans. So, that is for folks who are in who own their property who are in single family homes. Um and that is also federally funded with some support from the H levy. We also coordinate homelessness services with the county. Uh we have various partnership agreements with housing entities who are active in the city. We run um some of the HA owned homes are basically training for future home ownership opportunities and also providing a stable uh rental single family home for uh families in the city. Um affordable housing trust fund and development finance is another big area. So working with different housing properties to access and leverage other resources and also to continue to provide affordable and attainable housing units in the city. Okay. So a couple highlights. Uh of course I mentioned the two-year budget this year. Um I'll also highlight that the this year so the summary that we typically show this year we have added in expected grant spending to the summary. So there's quite a significant jump in our overall budget amount and that is because we've included what we expect to come in from grants and so that is both incoming and outgoing. So it balances out year-over-year. So what we expect to come in is what we expect to spend. And so it is estimated as grants are. Um but if we did work that into a budget, how much do we expect to spend in 2027 and how much of the grant do we expect to spend in 2028? Most grants are multi-year grants, so they extend over a period of a couple of years. Uh we did propose a small HR levy increase, and that's one of the voting items tonight, the preliminary levy. I'll go over that in a little bit more detail later. Um and also maintaining f fund balance for future large development and redevelopment expenses. So, we're not proposing increasing the levy due to any particular project, but we do uh anticipate needing a fund balance to continue to invest in all of these different housing programs. We can move on to the next slide. Okay. So, a couple key changes that you'll see in the budget this year. Um we, you know, we've discussed at previous board meetings the St. Mark's investment in particular public infrastructure. And so um intending to fund that project through the fund balance of the HR. And so you'll see that reflected in the 2027 budget. And then um I've highlighted here a couple of the major grants that are included that have led to the increased budget size this year. Bring it home is 2 it's about 1.3 million annually that we have incorporated into the 207 2027 and 2028 budget. Also, our impact fund dollars, which is a large grant from the state, had not been in the budget summary previously and it now is. And so, that's also a large grant over 2027 and 28. And then, um, the Met Council has their livable communities demonstration account programs, and we've gotten various grants. Some are passroughs where the developer will actually be managing the project, but the money flows through the HR. I believe that's a total of six grants. Um, and so we've accounted for that cash flow this year in the summary as well. So you'll see the total there about 9 million in grants over the next two years. And then it's likely that some of that will roll over. So it's budgeted in 27 but will roll over into 2028. Okay. And here is our preliminary bud budget slide. So this is the cube. Um, and so the top couple lines there are revenues and then expenditures. You can see in the 2027 budget column under expenditures, by far the largest is materials, supplies, and services. And that's also where you see the largest jump in expenditures. So it goes from that 8.3 million to 13.6 million, which is just over five about 5.5 million. Um, and a big portion of this is grants, about 3.5 million, I think it's 3.3 million of that is grant expenditures in 2027. Um, another portion of that you can see at the bottom line there, revenue less expenditures. We are anticipating spending from the development fund balance to fund the redevelopment project at St. Marks. And so that's why you see the excess spending is because we're planning to use fund balance for that project. Um, you'll also see that intergovernmental line in 2027. That's the significant jump as well. So you can see that's about 3.4 4 million and that's that grant income. We've also expected you know projected some increases in like rental income and things like that but the majority of it is because we included grants in this summary where we hadn't done that before. And then you can see in um 2028 the differences there are also because of grant flow. So for example for the impact fund we've put um a million dollars in 2027 and 2 million in 2028. And so you'll see it it's all about the flow. Um the the levy difference is estimated to increase from 2.7 million last year. Um the proposal tonight is for the preliminary levy to be set at 3 million for 2027 and then in 2028 our projection is that it would be 3.2 million. So some modest increases to account for increasing expenses, increasing administrative costs and things like that. Um but you know I'll highlight our sources at the in one of the future slides but um this is a relatively small portion of the HA budget. Our income comes from a variety of different levels and we are expecting it's a uh you know last year we had a lot of changes in the budget between 2027 and 2028. We're expecting not so many changes. So you can see it's relatively stable but differences in the grant grant um grant flow. So we can move on to the next slide. Okay, so here's that revenue summary and you can see 71% of revenue is from grant sources, federal, state, and local grants. And then uh non- levy sources make up another 9%. So that's like program income. Program income as revolving loans that are federally funded. So our single family rehab loan program um we invest it into a loan in the community and then when a house se sells then we you know get that money back but it is federal money so we have to designate it back into the same program um and so and other revenue there oh yeah and rental income also is estimated about 3%. So over the past year or two, we've also looked at our rental rental income and we have increased some of our rents and that is in keeping with um continually rising area median incomes while still keeping the properties affordable. And so you can see the the variety of different sources that we're using to fund the H activities. And there's that estimated 3 million for the preliminary levy at 20% of the total H budget. a little bit more of information about the levy. So, here's a little bit more of a breakdown about what exactly uh is the levy funding and and what are those increases from. So, legal legal fees, we're anticipating increase. We've seen a lot of changes with um federal compliance and even state compliance. And so, um really understanding and going into our program is analyzing the legal agreements um things like that. that has taken an increased cost and we are budgeting for that in the future. Um also administrative costs are things like salaries or you know like annual increases in um cost of you know benefits or things like that are also included in that amount and then as I mentioned before it's not really tied to specific dollar amount but maintaining a fund balance for long-term housing investments. Uh and then we can go on to the next slide. And here's the graphic showing the HA levy. Um you can see you know in 2024 there was the split of the HR and the port authority. And so the H levy was very much reduced and then has increased over 2025 and 2026. 2027 and 2028 is projected to be um some increases but not as significant as in prior years. Okay. Okay. And then I thought I'd just highlight a couple of the strategic investments. I realize lot of talking at you all tonight. Apologies for that. Um but a couple of things to highlight. Bloomington affordable home ownership. We've talked about that quite a bit. Um annually we have 500,000 set aside for opportunity housing investments. Um we also have our single family rehab loans that I mentioned and there's some levy support going to that as well as federal funding. H owned property maintenance. Some of those costs are offset by rental income and some of that is also offset by federal vouchers and so that's not all coming from the H not it's not solely coming from the H levy but it is supported by the H levy. Um and then some partnerships and professional services contracting so things like our annual partnerships with Oasis for youth housing link vap bridging um some other professional services contracts are in that budget category. So, for example, the um engineering services that we just discussed, something like that would go into this category as well. And I thought I'd last highlight some grant-f funded strategic investments. So, these are ways that uh external sources are going to fund some of the HR programming. Down payment assistance was a contract that was approved earlier this year using LAHA, local affordable housing aid funds. There's also that federal funding going into the single family rehab loans, bringing a home. The Blumenkin affordable home ownership program has lots of different sources of funding, many grants. It's very competitive for grants and we continue to try to seek additional grant sources to try to reduce that investment that's required from the HA development fund. Um, and we've have had some success in receiving grants for that project. Um other projects are for example public services that we contract with various nonprofit agencies in the city um for using our federal funding and some rehab projects that are received matching grants from the Met Council. Okay, I went over this uh in brief but essentially tonight is the preliminary budget and levy approval. So for the levy approval uh it's preliminary so it can go down from here but it cannot go up. Um the maximum levy allowable this year is about 3.3 million and we are proposing below that at the 3 million. Um and then it will go to the city council on September 14th. It is a consent agenda item unless it's pulled for discussion by the city council and then we do need to submit the preliminary levy to the county. Then second round begins. We'll come back to the H for final levy recommendation and budget approvals and then go back to the city council for final approval before submitting all of that back to the county with the final numbers. And that is it for the presentation. Happy to answer any questions you have. And then um there are three different motions to consider tonight. >> Any questions or comments? Commissioner Carter. >> Thank you, Chair. I always wait. I don't want to be the first one. Um, so thank you for explaining um the increases that we see in both revenues and expenditures. And I just think it's really important to re reiterate to the public that um this is not just like a huge increase in the budget. It's just we are now accounting for all of the grant money that comes to the HR or flows through the HR. And so just wanted to reiterate that. Um and I wanted to reiterate the fact that um although we do uh have a levy for the HR that we are able to then leverage 80% of the revenue that the HA receives um through grants and all of that. So it's I feel like we get to do a lot of really good work mostly not using a levy. So, >> um, so I, one quick, one quick question I had. So, um, the administrative expectations and costs, you talked about kind of just being like staff salaries and increases and things like that. >> Um, do you anticipate hiring more staff or is it you're just kind of reallocating like percentages of time that are going in different buckets? That makes sense. >> Yeah. Chair and commissioners, we are not anticipating well, we are not anticipating adding staff positions. So, you know, we have a team of 15 and so there's always movement in staff. So, we may hire a new staff person, but not we don't anticipate adding a new position. >> You're not increasing the overall. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Got it. Okay. Good. Um and then the other my last question. So in the in the square I think you called it um for other revenues. Is that where our investment revenue lives? Yes. Can you do you mind going back to that slide? Actually we actually don't tend to budget for investment revenue because we never know what it's going to be and the market can kind of move around. So we do have a small amount in there for investment revenue. Um, but it's a relatively small small portion of the other revenues. But yes, that is the category where it lives. >> I'm glad to hear that because when the auditor was sharing that we had over a million dollar investment in investment earnings, but that he doesn't anticipate that that will continue. I was like, I hope we're not budgeting for that. So, that's good. Um, and then my last question was actually related to that investment earning. Um, have we decided how we're going to use that additional revenue? Yeah, chair and commissioners, it it goes into the development fund, which is what we use for long-term strategic investments, including things like the Bloomington affordable home ownership program. So, that's what we expect to take the largest amount of fund balance this year. So, I think you can, you know, indirectly say it is contributing to some of the costs of the Bloomington Affordable Home Ownership Program. >> Okay. All right. Awesome. Um, you know, obviously like it would be great since this is the preliminary levy. Obviously, it won't go up. It'd be great if it came down a little bit more just, you know, but I also appreciate the fact that um you know, we just had our HA retreat and we talked about all of the work that's happening with only 15 staff and it's really pretty incredible. So, um I do understand that you guys are very costconscious and really stretching every dollar. Um but I feel like I wouldn't be a good commissioner if I didn't say that. [snorts] You know, it'd be great if it came down a little bit, but thank you. >> Thank you. Other questions or commissioner who came. >> Thank you, Chair. Um, regarding piggybacking off what Commissioner Carter said with the um regarding staffing costs, um, how does I don't know how to necessarily word this, but how does the future look with the staff that is currently in place? I know that it's kind of been a pain point. Um, has there been discussion about like really reviewing and seeing if an added position or so would benefit the H? I just want to know and I don't know if we have the right to know that, but kind of what those discussions may look like just because I do know we are we do have a very small staff for the work that's done. Um, and so just kind of get a feel of that. Yeah, chair and commissioners, I'll say um we did add a position last year with the bring it home dollars and so that that grant did allow us to use some dollars for admin costs and so that's an example of when we received more money we were able to add a grant funded staff position. Um we've also been supplementing staff capacity with some contracting. So that's where you'll see some of those other strategic investments and professional service contracts. So, for example, for some of our development work, we've um been working with a development consultant to help add some capacity to the team, and that's been it's a small contract um but it's it's a huge help. And so, things like that are how we are currently working through and making sure we we have the capacity. I think continuing to invest in staff development and training. um you know there was a lot of turnover especially around 2024 and and I think continually investing in um systems and efficiencies internal efficiencies is going to be important and is something we've thought a lot about and you know developing long-term infrastructure so that we have resources available for staff as as much as needed. So it's an ongoing discussion at this time. I don't anticipate needing additional staff in 2027 and 2028 as long as we have some of the flexibilities that I just mentioned. >> Commissioner Hooim. >> Thank you. Um just one one more question. um due to kind of where we're sitting um financially um and with the housing needs that we have is it in here with like when we look at the fact that like what VEP has needed um of the possible increase of the need of that and is that included in that budget is or is that is are we anticipating are we forecasting the possible need an increase? Uh chair and commissioners, I believe we kept our contracting budget fairly similar. So we did not anticipate an increase there. Uh I think some ways that there are flexibilities are like for example, VEP has a contract for with a local affordable housing aid and so that's an annual funding source and so that is an a resource that we could explore um using additional funding to for that particular project. Um so continuing to be creative and thoughtful in how we're leveraging additional resources. We also just in the last year or two we changed our um CDBG public service processes. So we increased the amount of dollars um within the CDBG guidelines to maximize the amount of public service dollars available and get more money to community based organizations. So just continuing to find flexibilities where we have them with the dollars that we have to to address those rising needs. >> Perfect. Thank you. And I just like to say I really appreciate the hard work that went into this um and having this in-depth early discussion. Um I feel a little bit more prepared going into things and I'm I'm also um satisfied with the fact that we're not maxing the lobby. I think you're being very diligent in that and I I like where it sits. I'm I'm very okay with um what the ask is for this year. >> Thank you. Any other questions or comments? I would just like to add that this is a thoughtful budget and and I do know a lot went into it and I do think we do quite a bit with the staff that we have and I am also happy that we are not maxing the levy that we're keeping it you know within reason and within boundaries. Um and I think a lot of that is due to the great work that the staff does. So, Commissioner Robertson, >> thank you, Chair. Um, just to add on to that, I did also want to uh echo what my colleagues are saying. Um, it's astounding the work that everyone is able to do at the H with the staff that's available. Um, and I also really appreciated the breakdown, um, of the legal costs and the additional administrative costs, right? Um, because that's so important and so many organizations are going through that and I think that was really helpful to me to understand, you know, down to the dollar how that's breaking down. So, thank you all for all that you do. Okay. Well, I guess we will move on to we have three motions, so do one at a time. Um, so first is a motion approving a resolution approving a preliminary proposed special benefit tax levy for taxes payable in 2027 pursuant to Minnesota statute section 469.033, subdivision 6 and 275.065. 065. >> So moved. >> Moved by Commissioner Hooim. >> Second, >> and second by Commissioner Robertson. All in favor? >> I. Motion passes 5. Okay. The second motion is to approve a resolution adopting a 20 27 preliminary budget. >> So moved. >> Moved by Commissioner Robertson. >> Second. >> And second by Commissioner Eay. All in favor? >> I. Motion passes. 50. Then the third revol revolution resolution is approving a resolution adopting a 2028 preliminary budget. >> So moved. >> Moved by Commissioner Carter and second by Robertson or Hooie. All right. All in favor? >> I. Motion passes 5. All right. Now we are on to discussion items, policy and project updates. Uh, chair and commissioners, I my computer is not turning on, so I'm going to go as best as I can from memory. Um, let me see. Uh, a couple updates. Um, we did receive a a an award notification just last week of another grant award from the Met Council um, which is 225,000 and will go towards supporting the development at the St. Mark site. So, that is exciting. and just continued evidence of the HA using um all resources available to leverage dollars. Um we also learned just in the last uh week or two that VEP has expended their emergency rental assistance contract um and that was issued by the HA for 125,000. So they are expecting to get some county funding. Okay, here we go. Got my list. they are expecting to get some county funding, um, one-time funding from the state, and so they're planning to go live with that funding in September. Um, and so that will be available to Bloomington residents. It is restricted to folks under 30% of the area median income. Um, and they have made some changes in eligibility for this one-time pot of funding the county has. Um, so they will process folks who have a pre-f filing notice for evictions as opposed to currently it's been just people who have an eviction filing. Um, and they also are waving the requirement for the tenant to pay 50% of the balance if they haven't paid any rent in the last four months. So with this one-time funding, they're allowing some greater flexibilities and that will be available for Bloomington residents. Um, we also do one ha have one HR commissioner seat opening and so we do have the application will be opening September 1st to November 1st. What's that? [laughter] Current commissioners are welcome to apply again. Um, and so interviews will be in November and appointments in late December, late November, early December. Um, so the application is it is fairly basic. It's interesting education and background. So that will be open um next week here. And then uh the heights. So the heights has had a couple of issues with some uh change orders that they've been processing. We are working with the HOA on finding a solution um and coordinating with the other partners. So still information to come. We're still kind of in uh information finding stage currently. Um, and I do anticipate bringing more information back to the board, but wanted to give you a preview that that we are in discussions with them around project costs. Um, and let me see. Oh, uh, just two more. Um, one is the Bloomington 2050, which is our, um, comprehensive planning process. The planning department is in full swing here and they have conducted their first round of collecting feedback in phase one. So they'll be compiling a report with feedback and bringing that to the H in October. So that is something to look forward to. They're using the feedback to create draft vision statements or guiding principles and that will be the topic of discussion in October. So that's a a upcoming item to look forward to. And then the last thing I have here is just that the next board meeting is in two weeks on September 8th. Um this month the board meeting was on the fourth Tuesday because of elections on the second Tuesday. Um it was actually state statute that we cannot have public meetings on that day. So it was on the fourth Tuesday. So it's coming up pretty quickly here. Um in two weeks will be our September meeting and then we'll be back on our regular second Tuesday of the month meeting schedule for the rest of the year. So that is it. That's all the updates I have. Happy to answer any questions. And we did shift this item to policy um policy and procedures update I believe. So if any commissioners have other updates uh we can add them to this item as well. Any questions, updates? Nothing else. All right. So, we have uh that's the end of our agenda. And may I have a motion to adjourn the Tuesday, August 25th, 2026 H board meeting. >> So moved. >> Moved by Commissioner Hooim. >> Second. >> Second by Commissioner Robertson. All in favor? I. Motion passes 5 to zero. Thank you, everyone. >> [music]