Port Authority — Bloomington, MN
Date: 2025-12-17

Port Authority
 AGENDA


 PORT AUTHORITY MEETING
 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2025
 COUNCIL CHAMBERS
 BLOOMINGTON CIVIC PLAZA
 1800 W. OLD SHAKOPEE RD.
 BLOOMINGTON, MN 55431
 5:15 PM

ANNOUNCEMENT
Some Port Authority members and presenters may participate electronically as permitted by Minnesota Statutes.
Members of the public may attend in person or watch on the City's YouTube channel: blm.mn/YouTube.

CALL TO ORDER
The Port Authority Commission requests attendees silence their cell phones during the meeting. A paper copy of
the full agenda packet is available for viewing in the 3-ring binder at the entrance of Council Chambers.

1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

 1.1 Approval of Port Authority Meeting Minutes

2. NEW BUSINESS

 2.1 Resolution Accepting Youth at Work Competitive Grant

 2.2 Resolution Recognizing the 2025 Hatch Bloomington Pitch Competition Winner

 2.3 SICK Property Easements

3. ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS

 3.1 2026 Port Authority Budget and Levy

4. ADMINISTRATOR UPDATES

 4.1 Administrator Updates

ADJOURNMENT

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Port Authority Meeting
 UNAPPROVED MINUTES APPROVED MINUTES

 Port Authority Commission Meeting
 Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 5:15PM
 Council Chambers
 Bloomington Civic Plaza
 1800 West Old Shakopee Road
 Bloomington, MN 55431

 To watch this meeting video, please click HERE

 CALL TO ORDER President Erickson called the Port Authority Commission meeting to order at 5:15pm.
 Commissioners present: Erickson, Hunt, Lunz, Peterson, Santana. Nelson arrived at 5:22pm.
 Staff Present:
  Holly Masek, Port Authority Administrator
  Warsan Artan, Bloom Coordinator
  Sean Lundy, Special Projects & Initiatives Manager
  Luke Sponable, Economic Development Analyst
  Mary Kay Heinen, Treasury Manager
  Barb Wolff, Assistant Port Authority Administrator

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Item 1.1 M/Peterson, S/Hunt: to approve the minutes of the October 21, 2025 Port Authority
Approval of Port Authority Meeting Commission meeting.
Minutes Motion carried 5-0. (Nelson had not yet arrived)

NEW BUSINESS
Item 2.1 Warsan Artan, Bloom Coordinator, presented background information on the grant funding
Resolution Accepting Youth at received from DEED to support operations of the Bloom in Bloomington Internship Program.
Work Competitive Grant
 M/Peterson, S/Hunt: to approve Resolution No.12-BPA-25 Accepting Youth at Work
 Competitive Grant.
 Motion carried 5-0. (Nelson had not yet arrived.)

Item 2.2 Sean Lundy presented background on the Hatch Bloomington Pitch Competition.
Resolution Recognizing the 2025
Hatch Bloomington Pitch M/Nelson, S/Lunz: to approve Resolution No. 13-BPA-25 Recognizing the 2025 Hatch
Competition Winner Bloomington Winner and Authorizing Financial Assistance to the Winner.
 Motion carried 6-0.

Item 2.3 Luke Sponable presented background on the SICK Property Easements and the adjustments
SICK Property Easements required.

 M/Lunz, S/Peterson: to approve Resolution No.14-BPA-25 Approving Mutual Storm Sewer &
 Maintenance Easements, and Approving Mutual Emergency Access & Delivery Access
 Easements.
 Motion carried 6-0.




Port Authority Approved Minutes November 18, 2025 meeting
ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS
Item 3.1 Masek and Heinen presented a summary of the proposed Port budget and levy for 2026.
2026 Port Authority Budget and Presentation begins at minute 17:05 of the meeting video.
Levy
 M/Peterson, S/Hunt: to approve Resolution No.15-BPA-25 Adopting 2026 Port Authority
 General Fund Budget and South Loop Special Revenue Fund Budget.
 Motion carried 6-0.

 M/Peterson, S/Hunt: to approve Resolution No.16-BPA-25 Approving the Final Levy for Year
 2026 Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 469-053, Subdivision 4, By the Port Authority
 of the City of Bloomington.
 Motion carried 6-0.

ADMINISTRATOR UPDATES
Item 4.1 Masek provided the following updates:
Administrator Updates  Advised Commissioners of the details of the 3rd Annual Broker Update Breakfast on
 December 3 and asked them to RSVP due to limited space.

  Our next Bloomington Economic Partnership luncheon meeting is Dec 4, 11-1pm,
 with concentration on workforce development with guest speakers, DEED, Hennepin
 County, Normandale Community College and Aon.


ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned by President Erickson at 6:05pm.




Port Authority Approved Minutes November 18, 2025 meeting