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Council adopts one-year moratorium and study on secure detention facilities after extended public comment
Summary
Bloomington adopted an interim ordinance pausing approvals for "secure detention facilities" for one year while the city studies zoning, service and infrastructure impacts; the measure passed 62D1 after emotional public testimony both for and against.
Bloomington City Council voted on March 23 to adopt an interim ordinance establishing a one-year moratorium and a staff-led planning study on the siting of certain secure detention facilities within the city.
City planner Mr. Johnson told the council the proposed interim ordinance would apply to "secure detention facilities" defined in the draft as publicly or privately operated secure residential housing…
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