Bloomington Briefing

June 2003

On Memorial Day in 1890, 25 years after the Civil War had ended, townspeople erected an 11-foot monument in the City Cemetery to honor the Bloomington soldiers who served in Company B of the First Minnesota Volunteers.

Volume 11, No. 3

This four-color, tabloid newsletter is sent to all single-family households and businesses. For your downloading convenience, we offer two sizes of files: the entire newsletter or one page at a time.

Briefing - pages one through four (4-page, 184KB PDF)

Corporate Report, pages 1 - 4 (4-page, 289KB PDF)

Corporate Report, pages 5 - 8 (4-page, 235KB PDF)

Index

Page 1.

Civil War 44.
Curbside Cleanup final dates.
Book 'em.
Civic Plaza intersection improvements.
Facilities Update:
- Built from Savings, dedicated to service.
- Inaugural Council meeting.

Page 2.

Serving you:
- Life is Like a Valued Patchwork.
- Safety Festival and Creekside Open House.
- On the cutting edge.
National Night Out.
Bloomington Center for the Arts.
Bloomington Fire Chief honored.

Page 3.

Parks, Recreation and Arts Update:
- Summer programs for youth.
- Adult sports.
- Swimming.
- Summer Sign-Ups.
- Summer Spectrum 2003.
- AR&LE.
- Galaxy Youth Center.

Page 4.

Summer 2002: Arts in the Parks.
Summer Fete's 25th Anniversary.
Bloomington Civic Plaza Open House.
Arts in the Parks Audition/Talent Show.
Relay for Life.
18-Hole Golf Scramble and Scholarship Fundraiser.
Bloomington Jazz Festival.
River Rendezvous.

Special Insert: Corporate Report to the Community

Page CR1.

Mapping our community's progress.
GFOA Award.

Page CR2.

Home values increase at higher rate than net property tax.
City's organizational chart.
City services your tax dollars buy.
Bloomington ranks well in a tax rate comparison.
Dividing up your 2003 tax dollar.

Page CR3.

Outstanding achievement in performance.
Excellent fire prevention efforts.
All-volunteer staff keeps costs low.
Golf operations see green.
Mile Marker 1.

Page CR4.

The General Fund.
2002 Operating revenue sources. Top bond ratings.
2002 Expenditures by fund.
Renovation yields many benefits.

Page CR5.

The General Fund continued.
An alternative route for commuters.
Merging efforts in crime prevention.
Mile Marker 2.

Page CR6.

Enterprise Funds.
Special Revenue Funds.
Internal Services Funds.
2002 Residential water and sewer rate survey.
Mile Marker 3.
Bridging the future.

Page CR7.

Debt Service.
Mile Marker 4.
Mapping the course of a district.
Mall of America celebrates "10".
LRT on the move.
Mall's expansion begins with anchor store.

Page CR8.

Capital Funds.
Bloomington Civic Plaza.
On target: Major projects completed in 2002.

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