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December 16, 2013 - City Council Meeting
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A
B
B
B
B
B
Okay,
thank
you.
Alderman
fazzini
yeah,
me
too,
and
I
make
a
motion
that
we
accept
the
consent
agenda.
Okay,
is
there
a
second
second
by
alderman
fruit?
Any
discussion
see
none
adam
clerk.
Could
you
please
call?
Oh
we're
doing
it.
I'm
sorry,
okay,
after
the
fourth
meeting
you'd
think
I
would
finally
get
this
okay
if
you'd
please
vote
a
yes
vote,
of
course
is
in
favor
of
the
consent.
B
B
I
give
technological
impairment
a
new
name.
I
am
terribly
sorry,
oh
and
that's
8-0.
Okay,
all
the
middlewomboy
is
not
here.
Okay,
moving
right
along
to
our
regular
agenda
item
7a
abatements
for
debt
service
for
the
2013
tax
levy.
We
have
approximately
budgeted
10
minutes
for
this,
but
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
our
city
manager.
If
you
could
just
briefly
clarify
this
for
us.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
mayor
as
as
required.
Each
year,
the
city
council
needs
to
abate
certain
debt
service.
B
Otherwise
the
cat,
the
county
clerk,
would
add
it
to
the
property
tax
levy
which
the
council
approved
at
the
prior
meeting.
So
the
finance
director
has
put
together
three
resolutions
and
I
don't
see
any
reason
why
the
council
couldn't
make
one
motion
to
adopt
all
three
resolutions
and
we
would
be
certainly
happy
as
staff
to
respond
to
any
questions
council
might
have
on
any
of
the
abatements
so
described
in
any
of
those
three
resolutions.
B
Okay,
I
want
to
go
ahead
and
see
if
I
can
entertain
a
motion
before
we
have
questions
or
discussion
to
approve
all
the
abatements
I'll
make
them
okay.
So
I
think
I'll
say
I
have
a
motion
by
alderwoman
schmidt
and
a
second
by
older
woman,
mcdave
and,
and
that
is
to
to
wrap
them
all
into
one
for
all.
Three.
Yes,
sorry
about
that
jennifer!
B
This
is
great.
This
is
wonderful.
We're
moving
right
along.
We
got
everybody,
everybody
wants
to
make
motions
in
seconds.
This
is
fantastic!
Okay,
since
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
discussion
or
questions
regarding
the
abatement
seeing
none,
I
will
go
ahead
and
not
clear
the
results.
This
time
you
need
to
yeah.
B
Moving
along
to
item
7b
illinois,
safe
routes
to
school,
grant
application
for
benjamin
school
trail,
a
pathway
connecting
the
grove
on
kickapoo,
creek
subdivision
and
benjamin
elementary
school,
and
I
wonder
if
we
can
have
a
motion
to
approve
and
begin
a
discussion
I'll
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
safe
routes
to
school
proposal
moved
by
all
the
woman
schmidt.
Is
there
a
second
second
that,
second,
by
alderman
physique
discussion,
questions,
comments.
B
B
Okay
motion
we're
missing:
oh
judy,
did
you
mean
to
vote
on
that?
Oh
okay,
okay,
we're
good.
All
right
motion
carries
eight
zero.
Thank
you
very
much
for
moving
right
along
to
item
7c
text,
amendment
to
chapter
6,
alcoholic
beverages,
section
7a
classification
regarding
ea
and
eb
entertainment,
st
stadium,
new
classifications
and
changes
to
ra
and
rb
restaurant
classifications,
and
if
we
have
a
a
motion
in
a
second
I'll,
just
clarify
this
a
little
bit.
B
If
I
can
before
making
any
comments,
I'll
move
to
approve
as
presented,
okay
move,
my
alderman
black
is
there
a
second
all
right?
Second
alderman
fazzini!
Thank
you
and
just
to
clarify
this.
Obviously
the
has
been
something
that
the
liquor
commission
has
dealt
with.
We
actually
have
liquor,
commissioner
jeff
thompkins
in
the
audience
with
us.
This
is
something
we've
talked
about
before
this
is
presented.
Some
version
of
this
was
presented
to
the
council
a
year
more
ago,
and
there
were
concerns
about
it.
We
began
talking
about
this
process
in
the
summer.
B
So
there
was
a
problem
with
the
definition
of
restaurants,
but
of
course
you
couldn't
just
go
down
the
path
and
clarify
restaurants,
because
we
had
situations
like
the
castle
theater
that
has
a
restaurant
license
that
doesn't
serve
food.
So
there
seemed
to
be
a
severe
issue
here.
We
wanted
to
clean
up
the
ordinance
and
my
understanding
of
it
and
talking
to
people
downtown
and
stakeholders
and
residents
and
others
and
legal
staff.
And
again
I
want
to
thank
mr
boyle
who's
in
the
audience.
C
C
B
O'clock
in
the
morning
and
later-
and
I
think
in
talking
to
the
council-
and
I
want
to
make
sure
there
was
no
disconnect-
because
if
there
was
a
disconnect-
it's
my
fault
right.
So
I
I
talked
to
the
council
and
then
went
back
to
the
liquor
commissioners
and
we
worked
this
through
and
then
legal
staff,
and
we
said
okay,
we
don't
want
to
be
that
intrusive.
If
somebody
is
doing
a
good
job
in
terms
of
their
business,
we
want
to
stay
away.
B
B
C
B
C
B
B
C
B
The
coliseum
in
its
situation,
so
those
are
the
the
two
new
categories.
It's
really
tightening
up
the
restaurant,
what
it
means
to
be
a
restaurant
having
an
entertainment
so
that
it
could
be
a
golf
course.
It
could
be
bowling
alley.
It
could
be
potentially
a
comedy
club,
the
castle
theater.
The
bcpa
would
probably
fit
that
category
and
again,
the
primary
purpose
is
to
entertain
with
live
entertainment
or
things
like
bowling.
Golf
rental
of
equipment.
F
Does
not
change
the
de
facto
moratorium
on
new
liquor
licenses
in
our
saturation
blocks
in
downtown?
So
again,
there
was
a
question
about
that.
This,
doesn't
that
we're
not
dealing
with
that
at
all?
It
also
does
not
change
any
of
the
fees
associated
with
liquor
licenses.
We
thought
that
that
would
be
way
too
ambitious
to
try
to
do
all
of
that
at
one
time.
F
If
we
want
to
that,
is
the
liquor
commission
so
desires,
we
can,
on
a
quarterly
basis,
take
a
more
close
look
at
their
specific
receipts
and
request
them
if
we've
got
particular
issues
or
problems,
and
obviously
we
do
have
some
of
those
in
downtown
so
we're.
This
is
part
of
the
attempt
to
clarify
it
and
to
stabilize
the
situation.
I
won't
count
my
remarks
against
our
time,
so
I
wonder
who
would
like
to
speak
to
this?
F
Let's
start
with
all
the
women's
terms
and
okay,
all
the
woman
schmidt,
since
we
don't
have
a
enormous
number
right
now
go
ahead.
Thank
you
yeah.
So
I
believe
what
we're
saying
is
that
this
really
doesn't
impact
the
downtown
liquor
scenario
I
mean
this
has
virtually
no
impact.
Is
that
is
that
correct?
I
don't
think
I'd
put
it
that
way.
Okay,
I
think
it's
partly
because
of
the
problems
we've
had
I'm
we're
hoping
that
cleaning
up
the
liquor
licenses
will
do
several
things.
B
License
right
now,
I'm
not
going
to
lose
it
immediately,
but
if,
if
they
are
not
a
restaurant,
then
they're
not
going
to
go
forward
right
and
masquerade
as
one
they
can't
claim
video.
Oh
that's
the
other
thing
this
says,
video
poker
in
any
kind
of
video
games
just
do
not
count
toward
any
of
the
receipts,
and
it's
not
food
where,
as
as
in
since
some
were
claiming,
it
was
non-liquor
licenses.
So
the
hope
is
actually
that
it
will
help
the
downtown.
Will
it
make
dramatic
results?
Probably
not.
B
It
may
affect
a
couple
of
establishments
at
most
right,
because
I
was
thinking.
Do
we
really
have?
I
mean
I
don't
think
we
have
any
restaurants
in
the
in
the
bar
section,
so
to
speak.
That
are,
you
know,
problem
problematic,
the
one
that
we
have
is
main
street
grill
that
we're
in
I
mean
there's
no
point
in
me
not
saying
it
we're
in
public
litigation
with
them
so
yeah,
that's
the
group
that
had
nearly
70
of
receipts
coming
from
liquor
that
claimed
to
be
a
restaurant.
B
That's
the
group
that
said
because
he
had
186
000
in
video
gaming,
that
you
know
he's
a
restaurant
and
I
remember
when
they
were
classified
as
such,
and
they
never.
They
never
changed
that
classification,
even
though
they
changed
ownership.
That's
correct!
So
thank
you
that
that
answers
that
answer
for
my
question.
Thank
you.
Oh
thank
you.
All!
The
woman
schmidt
I'm
just
interested
in
thinking
about
how
how
the
new
licenses
are
going
to
be
assigned.
B
So,
if
you're
the
castle
theater,
they
come
like.
Ordinarily,
you
just
roll
them
over.
Unless
there
was
some
problem,
I
believe
right,
very
routine,
but
in
this
case
several
of
them
won't
be
routine.
So
do
they
come
in
and
declare
what
they
think
they
are
and
then
they
would
they
would
have
to.
They
would
need
to,
I
think,
as
we
as
we
give
the
license,
they
would
need
to
demonstrate
that
they
have
60
or
more.
G
Receipts
that
come
from
entertainment,
you
would
actually
be
sort
of
hearing
these
or
reviewing
these
in
a
liquor
commission.
We
would
be
reviewing
them
absolutely
okay.
So
then
that's
the
reset
point
correct,
yeah
yeah.
Absolutely.
I
really
appreciate
all
the
work
you've
put
into
this.
I
think
it
brings
a
lot
of
clarity
and
I
appreciate
the
time
that
you
all
put
in
to
talk
to
the
stakeholders
and
a
great
job
thank
you
and
that
the
credit
needs
to
be
mainly
on
the
shoulders
of
our
attorney.
Mr
boyle.
G
G
B
G
Support
and
alderman
just
two
quick
things
one
I
just
want
to
give
a
special
appreciation
to
our
public
works
crews
for
the
first
big
snowfall
event
that
we
had
last
friday,
night
and
saturday.
I
think
they
did
a
tremendous
job,
you've
seen
in
the
papers,
some
coverage
of
all
the
equipment
and
and
the
work
they
did.
And
yes,
we
did
have
a
few.
G
You
know
follow-up
streets
to
go
back
to,
but
I
think
overall
they
just
did
a
tremendous
job
with
that
five
to
six
inches
of
snowfall,
so
just
our
hats
off
to
them,
appreciation
for
them,
and
I
think,
as
the
fire
chief
police,
chief
and
others
just
continue
to
say
for
all
our
citizens
in
that
boy,
as
these
events
come
just
need
to
get
motorists
to
slow
downs,
try
to
avoid
some
of
the
accidents,
as
we've
been
seen,
not
only
here
but
in
the
central
illinois
area.
Secondly,
I
just
wanted
to
I.
G
B
H
Did
not
violate
the
open
meetings
act,
so
that
was
a
decision
that
finally
came
down
after
submitting
a
lot
of
information
well
over
a
year
ago,
so
you've
got
a
copy
of
that
just
kind
of
wanted
to
make
sure
all
the
council
was
aware-
and
I
have
nothing
else
at
this
point
in
time,
so
turn
it
back
mayor
to
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
just
wanted
to
call
attention
to
the
the
holiday
spectacular
at
the
bcpa
this
past
weekend.
H
The
I
didn't
have
much
of
a
role
I
just
basically
came
out
at
the
end
in
the
talks
and
spoke
for
about
90
seconds
and
then
bowed
with
dan
brady
at
the
very
end,
but
it
was
really
really
was
truly
spectacular.
We
had
people
that
came
out
night
after
night
after
night
to
perform
about.
You
know
a
show
that
was
produced,
written
about
bloomington,
normal
and
on
friday
evening,
very
bad
weather.
We
had
robust
attendance
yesterday.
It
was
a
packed.
B
D
Thanks
to
alderwoman
schmidt,
who
reports
over
500
books,
she
just
had
given
out
and
that's
that's
got
it
that's
great
book
bike
is
fantastic
and
again.
I
also
want
to
thank
mr
boyle
again
for
all
his
help
in
rewriting
the
liquor
ordinances,
and
I
want
to
wish
all
of
my
colleagues
on
the
city
council.
D
We
we
don't
always
agree,
but
we
nobody
here
is
doing
it
for
the
money
and
we
we
certainly
you
know,
have
made
lots
of
progress
even
in
just
the
last
week
on
all
kinds
of
things,
and
I
wish
all
of
you
happy
holidays.
However,
you
celebrate
the
the
season.
I
wish
you
the
best
and
certainly
to
department
heads
residents
of
bloomington
in
the
audience
and
to
all
of
our
employees.
Thank
you
all
and
happy
holidays
and
happy
new
year.
That's
all!
D
I
have
and
ultimate
start
with
alderman
fruin
and
we'll
go
this
way
mayor,
I'm
going
to
pass
out
a
copy
of
something
I
passed
out
a
couple
years
ago
and
I
think
everybody
will
find
it
of
interest
and
I
won't
bother
to
read
it,
but
I
think
it's
a
nice
little
story
for
the
christmas
and
into
the
year
season.
So
I'll.
Let
you
read
that.
D
D
If
somebody
wants
to
fill
that
chair
for
thursday,
it's
11
30
isu
alumni
center.
So
sorry,
I
miss
out
on
it's
a
very
good
quarterly
meeting
and
the
keynote
address
will
be
tim,
norman
about
the
workforce,
local
market
and
economic
trends
so
busy
time
of
the
year,
and
hopefully
maybe
somebody
can
fit
that
into
their
schedule.
If
you
do,
if
we
could,
if
you
could
see
us
afterwards,
because
I'm
not
going
to
be
able
to
be
there,
I've
got
another
luncheon,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
someone's
there
if
possible.
Okay,
thank
you.
D
I
wish
I
knew
who
the
author
was:
that's
probably
been
floating
around
in
different
circles
forever,
but
I
think
it's
a
great
story
and
kind
of
reminds
us
of
who
we
are
and
what
we're
here
for
and
so
merry
christmas
to
everybody.
Thank
you
ultimate
fazzini
yeah.
That
luncheon
is
one
that
I
go
to
every
quarter
and
I
will
be
at
this
one.
So
somebody
come
join
me.
D
D
I
figured
out
why
terry
was
the
mayor
and
I
was
an
alderman
because
on
saturday
he
was
indoors
and
I
was
in
miller
park
at
the
reese
across
america
ceremony
and
it
was
cold
and
you
guys
were
warm.
So
congratulations.
You
made
the
right
choice.
That
doesn't
always
happen.
You
just
asked
all
of
them
sage
and
I
who.
D
No,
but
that's
a
great
event,
our
our
servicemen
were
there
from
every
every
branch
of
the
military
and
they
put
rhys
out
because
it
was
happening
all
over
across
the
country
and
it
was,
it
was
quite
moving
and
I'm
glad
that
we
participate
and
are
represented
at
that
each
year.
So
there
you
go.
Thank
you
anyone
else.
All
the
women's
turns
just
merry
christmas.
Everyone.
D
We
need
to
be
mindful
and
thankful
of
the
folks
that
provide
for
us
during
the
period
of
time
that
we're
actually
celebrating
christmas
and
new
year's,
and
that
would
entail
not
only
our
public
service
workers
if
we
have
a
snowfall,
but
certainly
on
duty,
as
always
our
fire
department
and
our
police
officers.
Those
folks
have
to
be
away
from
their
families
during
that
period
of
time,
and
I
spent
a
number
of
years
being
away
from
mine.
I
understand
that
and
not
only
them,
but
we
do
have.
D
I
had
a
short
conversation
with
a
former
college
mate
and
fraternity
brother,
who
was
a
little
kind
of
lamenting
several
years
ago
that
he
had
spent
christmas
eve
and
christmas
day
rolling
around
in
the
mud
in
in
afghanistan
taking
fire,
and
so
we
need
to
remember
remember
those
folks
as
well
thanks.
Thank
you
for
those
words
of
wisdom,
oliver
lauer,
absolutely.
This
is
definitely
the
time
of
season
for
us
to
step
back
and
realize
all
the
gifts
that
we
have
and
not
get
caught
up
in
the
day-to-day
minutia
and
other
issues.