Sources and details

for the history of the sales-tax initiative and discourse around bike trails in the park

If any links to Bloomington meeting agendas or minutes fail, find them on the Bloomington Meetings page

First City Council Discussion of the sales-tax projects

Audio - Discussion of the Nine Mile Creek project starts at 17:46.

Minutes

Agenda packet

Plans presented to City Council

The Parks and Recreation department presents their plans for the sales-tax projects to the City Council. The presentation was originally scheduled for December 19, 2022, but was postponed to January 9, 2023.

Video (begins at start of discussion)

Minutes

Agenda packet

Sales-tax resolution passed by City Council

Video (starts at discussion)

Minutes

Agenda packet

Resolution 2023-11

Sales-tax authorized by the state

History of the bills

Senate Bill Log of passage on 5/21/23

Signed by Governor Walz on 5/24/23

The law (search for the phrase, CITY OF BLOOMINGTON; TAXES AUTHORIZED)

The Bloomington Forward campaign launches

Bloomington Forward Plan page on June 18, 2023, courtesy of the Wayback Machine. Scroll to bottom to see references to bikes.

Bloomington Forward FAQ page on June 18, 2023.

Video that includes mention of the bike trail*

September 2023 Bloomington Briefing**

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*This video is a recording of the relevant section of the video at the time. On May 6th, 2024, the city replaced the video with a version that had removed mention of the bike trail. The new version can be seen from the bloomingtonforward.org website.

**In case the September, 2023 Bloomington Briefing link is ever taken down, the PDF can be found here.

The City changes its position

Comparison of the Plan and FAQ pages before and after the edits.

(It is not possible to prove the video talking about a bike trail stayed on the revised page since the Wayback Machine didn’t archive the YouTube video).