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March 26, 2018 - City Council Meeting
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A
A
Thank
you
very
much.
What
if
I
could
have
make
an
announcement
when,
when
you're
the
the
movie
theater,
they
have
some
kind
of
cool
little
skit,
which
reminds
you
to
silence
your
cellphone's
I,
wonder
if
we
could
all
put
our
cell
phones
either
on
you
know,
either
turn
them
off
or
to
put
them
on
vibrate.
Thank
you
very
much.
I'd
be
much
appreciated.
Thanks!
A
D
A
All
right
at
this
point,
madam
clerk,
would
you
please
call
the
roll?
Oh
you
did.
Oh
that's
right,
okay,
this
is
it
just
that's
why
it's
appropriate
alderman,
phages,
ill
and
I
was
informed
by
all
the
Roman
Schmitt.
At
this
point
we
have
recognitions
and
appointments
in
the
first
recognition.
I
know
she's
in
the
audience,
I'm,
not
sure
we're
about
to
recognition
of
the
achievements.
Nikita
Richards
employment
coordinator
for
being
selected
as
a
recipient
of
the
outstanding
women
in
communications
award
from
the
Association
for
women
in
communication
in
bloomington-normal,
Nikita.
A
A
Now
we
do
have
public
comment
and
just
to
clarify
a
couple
things:
we
have
30
moods
from
public
comment
and
I'm
not
going
to
start
it
from
this
moment.
I'll
start
it
from
the
point
that
I'm
finished
speaking.
It's
just
to
clarify
a
couple
things.
If
you
have
very
specific
issues
or
concerns,
you
certainly
are
welcome
to
talk
and
public
comment.
We
don't
respond.
If
you
have
I,
do
have
a
mayor's
open
house
and
I'm
gonna
have
a
special
manors,
open
house
and
I
buy
special
unusual.
A
One
I
always
have
one
on
Friday
before
a
Monday,
City
Council
meeting
the
one
a
week
from
Friday
will
be
the
50th
year
celebration
at
a
separation.
Excuse
me,
remembrance
of
the
assassination
of
dr.
Martin,
Luther,
King
and
I
have
a
very
short
video
from
the
National
Civil
Rights
Museum
that
I'll
be
showing
and
I'll
be
having
it
right
there
in
the
fishbowl
area,
so
that
will
be
one
week
from
Friday
from
4:30
to
5:30.
A
If
you
also
have
issues
dealing
with
the
city
feel
free
to
come
in
that
environment,
we
can
often
get
you
immediate
answers.
Very
typically,
our
inner
city
managers,
Steve
Rasmussen,
is
there
or
others.
Sometimes
even
public
works
director,
Jim
Carter.
Others
are
there
to
give
you
immediate
answers,
and
can
you
try
to
to
if
possible,
solve
problems
on
the
spot
in
the
public
comment
form?
It
is
a
one-way
communication.
So
it's
an
opportunity
for
you
to
speak
publicly
to
us
and
there
are
up
to
three
minutes.
A
I
would
encourage
a
couple
of
things
in
that
is,
if
you're
speaking
on
the
same
subject.
Obviously
you
can
say
what
you
want.
I
would
encourage
you
to
avoid
repetition
so
that
we
can
get
to
as
many
people
as
possible.
We
have
more
than
the
number
of
people
who
have
requested
public
comment.
Then
we're
going
to
be
able
to
accommodate
this
evening,
but
we
do
have
a
our
were
designated.
You
have
up
to
three
minutes
a
person
we
have
well
over
ten
people
who
have
suggested
public
comment.
A
They
have
been
randomly
shuffled
by
our
distinguished
clerk
and
given
to
me
and
I
I
teased
her
right,
because
you
spend
some
time
in
Nevada
or
Las
Vegas.
You
know
don't
deal
from
the
bottom
of
the
deck,
but
anyway
I
just
wanted
to
make
all
of
those
things
clear
that
there
are
many
opportunities
to
engage
with
myself
and
the
other
members
of
the
Council
on
this
and
any
other
issues
that
you
might
have.
Okay
with
that,
we
are
that's
not
quite
7:05
I'll
count
at
7:05,
and
so
we
have
a
half
an
hour.
A
We
read
these
in
groups
of
three,
so
if
you
could
be
ready
to
come
forward
so
that
we
can
get
as
many
people
as
possible
again,
you
have
up
to
three
minutes.
But
if
you
don't
use
three
minutes,
then
that
is,
there
are
more
people
we
can
hear
from
Paul
Baker
Scott,
Steiner,
lling
and
Rebecca
Cosima,
okay,
so
first
Paul
Baker.
E
A
I
could
introduction
just
one
second,
if
Scott's
time
rolling
in
the
audience,
Scott
Scott,
Scott
sprawls,
because
we're
having
you
know
we
are
we
having
problems,
because
we
can't
hear
you
just
need
to
be
a
little
closer
towards.
You
then
saw
a
my
now
being
heard,
yeah
and
then
I
won't
count
that
against
your
time,
okay
go
ahead.
Sir
Thanks.
E
I
fasted
during
the
past
24
hours
to
give
public
testimony
to
my
faith.
My
faith
teaches
me
that
there
are
fewer
things
more
sacred
than
the
bonds
of
love
in
a
family.
I
urge
the
council
to
pass
the
welcoming
city
ordinance.
It
strengthens
families
and
it
builds
a
stronger
community
for
our
fair
city.
Thank.
F
Anyway,
go
ahead,
that's
dialing,
Ward
five
I
urge
the
council
to
not
pass
the
welcoming
city
ordinance,
the
people
that
are
here
in
this
country
legally,
fine,
the
people
that
are
here
not
legally
I've
got
a
problem
with
that.
If
they
want
to
go
through
the
naturalization
process,
fine,
if
they
crawled
under
the
fence
or
came
some
other
way,
then
send
them
back
to
their
home
countries.
F
The
streets
I've
been
on
this
for
a
while
and
that
they're
getting
more
to
be
more
and
more
and
more
and
more
potholes
in
this
town,
and
you
know
I
wonder
if
mayor
Renner
I
wonder
if
you
that
was
your
street
I,
wonder
if
you
would
be
on
the
Public,
Works,
Department
I!
Think
you
would
you
know
as
you
enter
Bloomington,
they
should
say:
welcome
to
Bloomington
home
of
the
potholes
high
taxes.
F
G
Hello,
my
name
is
Rebecca
Houseman
I'm,
a
speech,
language,
pathologist
and
retired
clinical
supervisor
at
Illinois,
State
University,
my
husband,
Willie
hunter-
is
here
too.
He
is
a
professor
and
director
of
the
Center
for
math
science
and
technology
at
ISU.
We've
lived
in
this
community
for
20
years
and
we
are
immigrants.
I
would
like
to
start
by
thanking
City
Council
and
the
Bloomington
Normal
community
and
our
neighbors
here
for
the
wonderful
opportunity.
My
husband
and
I
have
been
given
to
live,
develop
our
careers
and
raise
our
family.
G
In
this
say
in
carrying
community,
we
have
been
able
to
live
the
American
dream.
Our
kids
are
now
grown
up
and
thanks
to
the
foundation
they
received
in
this
community,
they
too
are
living
the
American
dream.
My
husband
and
I
would
like
everyone
in
this
community
to
share
our
community
our
experience.
We
believe
that,
while
we
wait
for
implementation
of
better
immigration
legislation,
passing
a
welcoming
ordinance
is
a
positive
solution
for
our
community
that
will
support
immigrant
families
and
help
law
enforcement
to
do
their
jobs
more
effectively
and
in
greater
safe
safety
for
themselves.
G
I've
seen
firsthand
the
good
that
comes
from
choosing
positive
solutions.
75
years
ago
in
occupied
Holland,
my
grandparents
made
the
positive
choice,
like
many
other
families
in
the
Netherlands
to
conceal
a
teenage
girl.
Sophie
and
her
friend
had
been
abducted
from
their
village
in
Poland
by
a
group
of
occupying
soldiers
and
were
forced
to
accompany
those
soldiers
as
they
traveled
through
the
occupied
territories.
G
The
teenagers
somehow
managed
to
escape
when
the
contingent
arrived
in
the
Netherlands
and
came
into
my
family's
care,
my
grandparents
knew
that
should
Sophie
be
discovered,
they
Sophie
and
their
seven
children
would
be
sent
to
death
camps.
Still
my
grandparents
chose
to
protect
Sophie,
my
grandparents
were
devout
Christians
and,
if
you
know,
Dutch
people,
they
were
very
stubborn.
G
I
believe
that
they
were
totally
convinced
that
they
had
God
on
their
side
and
therefore
they
would
pull
this
impossible
thing
off
and
they
did
they
successfully
concealed
Sophie
for
two
years
until
liberation,
the
fruit
of
my
grandparents,
positive
choice
didn't
end.
There.
Sophie
chose
to
stay
in
a
nearby
village
became
a
Dutch
citizen,
but
never
married.
G
She
dedicated
the
rest
of
her
life
to
gathering
donated
used
clothing,
blankets
and
household
goods
from
the
community,
which,
once
a
year
she
packed
into
her
car
drove
to
Russia
to
distribute
to
help
impoverished
families
who
were
suffering
terribly
under
communist
rule.
There
I
learned
from
my
grandparents
that
people
are
more
important
than
things
and
that
it
is
my
duty
as
a
human
being
to
offer
forgiveness,
love
and
support
to
anyone
in
need
who
comes
within
my
circle
of
influence.
So
tonight,
City
Council
I,
am
here
to
ask
you
tonight.
G
H
H
People
to
ice
is
unacceptable
and
to
hear
that
this
ordinance
has
been
on
the
table
for
one
year
with
no
change
is
unacceptable
and
to
have
my
mom
back
home
in
Chicago
will
worry
about
me.
Driving
and
bloomington-normal
is
unacceptable
and
the
fear
of
ice
has
been
instilled
in
so
many
Latin
next
community
and
it
has
been
instilled
in
Latin,
X,
community
and
immigrant
communities.
It's
time
for
a
change.
It
is
time
for
a
change.
H
I
Good
evening,
I
also
am
an
immigrant
and
I'm
very
happy
to
be
able
to
speak
to
you
about
my
experience.
This
evening,
I
came
to
the
United
States
and
became
an
immigrant,
because
I
fell
in
love
with
in
America,
and
you
know
what
that's
like
you
know.
What
are
you
gonna
do,
however,
in
our
case,
because
our
our
relationship
was
not
recognized
for
marriage
and
then
when
we
could
get
married,
our
marriage
was
not
recognized
by
the
federal
government.
It
took
us
22
years
when
my
wife
got
her
job
at
ISU.
I
I
It
took
the
Supreme
Court
ruling
to
bring
down
the
Defense
of
Marriage
Act
in
order
for
the
federal
government
to
recognize
our
marriage,
and
then
it's
bent
I
spent
two
and
a
half
years
back
in
Canada
waiting
for
the
process
to
take
place
where
I
couldn't
even
come
back
home
to
Bloomington.
I
know
how
long
this
journey
is.
I
know
how
arduous
this
journey
is.
There
are
so
many
people
in
this
room
tonight,
including
our
mayor,
who
made
the
journey
possible
for
our
family
to
be
able
to
withstand
what
we
had
to
go
through.
I
Every
way
that
you
can
extend
a
welcome.
We
are
just
a
little
city.
We
don't
decide
the
federal
immigration,
that's
not
for
us
to
decide,
but
while
we're
in
this
situation,
everything
we
can
do
to
make
an
immigrant
persons
life
here
welcoming
that
is
our
responsibility,
and
so
city
council
I.
Ask
you
tonight
to
not
let
immigrants
in
our
community
continue
to
live
in
fear.
Do
the
right
thing
pass
the
ordinance?
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
J
J
You
know
I'm,
not
the
color
of
my
skin.
My
background.
All
of
these
things
mean
that
if
I
didn't
want
to
be
here,
no
one
would
think
about
it.
But
I
am
the
daughter
of
an
immigrant
and
so
I
need
to
be
here.
Last
time,
I
was
up
here.
I
expressed
my
confidence
that
together
we'd
pass
a
welcoming
city
ordinance
and
make
this
a
welcoming
community.
But
since
then,
we've
gone
in
the
wrong
direction.
J
I'll,
keep
it
short,
I'm,
tired,
I'm,
hungry
and
I
would
like
to
see
us
pass
an
ordinance
similar
to
the
compromise
ordinance
that
was
introduced
by
the
keep
families
together.
Campaign.
I
know
that
there
was
another
ordinance
on
the
table.
I
know
that
there
were
concerns
expressed
about
similarity
to
the
trust.
Act
that's
already
been
put
in
place,
but
we
have
another
ordinance
to
consider
and
so
I
humbly
ask
you
to
please
talk
about
it.
Put
it
on
your
agenda.
Put
it
up
for
a
vote,
City
Council
I.
J
K
I've
got
a
couple
of
concerns:
mm-hmm
hi,
my
grandchildren,
our
Hispanics
at
beautiful
kids,
I,
wouldn't
trade
him
for
anything.
It
wouldn't
change
anything
but
I,
remember
back
when
they
built
the
Colosseum
over
here.
How
many
of
you
people
were
here
as
in
my
concern,
is
if
this
I'll
support
this
coordinates
a
hundred
percent
if
it's
put
on
a
ballot
ballot
and
voted
for
by
the
general
public,
not
a
handful
of
people.
K
This
doesn't
seem
like
a
handful,
but
compared
to
the
population
of
the
town
and
the
legal
voters,
I
would
say:
I'll
support
it
100%.
If
that's
the
case,
I,
just
don't
want
to
see
it
passed
by
a
few
and
the
rest
of
the
people
be
disappointed
in
it.
My
fear.
In
the
arena
we
got
stuck
with
a
twenty
five
million
dollar
bill.
That
was
not
that
wasn't
favored
by
the
general
public,
this
one's
the
only
we
they
changed
the
council.
K
L
Good
evening,
thank
you
very
much
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
speak.
My
name
is
Laurie
Berkner
and
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
League
of
Women
Voters
of
McLean
County
in
support
of
the
welcoming
city
ordinance.
As
you
probably
know,
the
league
is
a
nonpartisan
organization,
which
means
we
don't
support
parties,
and
we
do
not
believe
this
is
a
partisan
issue,
but
we
do
take
political
stance
on
things
and
I.
Think
of
them
as
stands,
that
are
for
good
governance.
L
To
take
the
position
in
support
of
this
ordinance,
our
local
league
draws
upon
positions
from
both
the
League
of
Women
Voters
of
Illinois
and
the
League
of
Women
Voters
of
the
United
States.
So
let
me
read
again:
I
think
we've
done
this
before,
but
I'll
do
it
again
from
their
position.
The
League
of
Women
Voters
is
opposed
to
deportation
of
non-criminal
undocumented
immigrants.
Undocumented
is
not
criminal.
The
leg
supports
cities,
towns,
council
counties
and
states
that
make
a
decision
not
to
cooperate
with
federal
deportation
and
enforcement
actions
that
include
non
criminal,
undocumented
immigrants.
L
Furthermore,
the
league
states
that
all
persons
should
receive
fair
treatment
under
the
law
and
it's
critical
for
the
u.s.
to
encourage
immigrant
participation
in
our
democracy.
We
believe
that
our
immigrants
strengthen
our
society
and
our
community's
adoption
of
the
welcoming
city
ordinance
would
show
respect
and
caring
for
immigrant
families
and
a
commitment
to
safety.
During
a
time
of
uncertainty,
it
would
benefit
not
only
immigrant
families,
but
our
entire
community,
of
which
they
are
a
part.
L
I
believe
this
ordinance
does
nothing
more
than
what
we
already
would
hope
that
our
police
would
do
not,
as
for
immigrant
status,
not
give
information
to
ice
in
any
way
or
or
cooperate
with
ice
in
any
way
and
I
think
we
all
know
clearly
that
Isis
is
deporting
many
non-criminal
immigrants,
people
that
have
absolutely
no
danger
and,
in
fact,
are
good
for
our
communities.
We
urge
you
to
come
back
to
the
negotiating
table
and
reconsider
the
welcoming
city
ordinance.
Many
communities
have
passed
such
an
ordinance
and
they've
had
no
problem
with
its
implementation.
L
M
Good
evening,
Council
I
have
prepared
about
250
words
but
I
scrapped
them.
I
talked
to
some
citizens
today
and
we're
offering
a
one
thousand
dollar
reward
for
audio
and
video
or.
Ladies
at
the
meeting
that
occurred,
the
conference
occurred
I
issued
specifically
to
the
item
that
came
up
between
the
council
and
another
elected
official
again.
H
M
M
M
There
are
more
emails
that
you
have
not
seen
that
have
gone
on
since
2013
as
regards
to
something,
if
not
on
the
agenda
tonight,
the
welcoming
ordinance
I
stated
to
all
of
you
over
the
weekend
that
should
go
on
the
ballot.
That's
not
a
statement
of
pro.
That's,
not
a
statement
of
con.
That's
a
statement
of
local
democracy,
I.
M
Applaud
the
police
department
for
their
effort
related
to
the
training
system
that
something
it's
agenda
to
be
proved
and
for
the
3d
scanner
which
I
have
used
in
my
professional
life.
I
mentioned
mr.
mathlete
in
this
evening
before
the
meeting
I
have
some
cones
of
concerns
about
the
Block
Grant
and
the
idea
the
only
apartment
national
resources
agreement
related
to
demolition,
historic
buildings,
I
an
example
that
would
be
the
front
and
center
building.
M
M
Unfortunately,
with
the
welcoming
ordinance
discussions
been
going
on
for
a
long
time,
which
I
believe
is
driven
more
to
make
us
a
pawn
in
the
Democratic
Party,
so
they
can
say
hey
we
got
another
city,
sanctuary
city.
It
has
nothing
to
do
with
my
opinion
of
keeping
families
together.
Has
everything
to
do
with
it.
This
body
is
supposed
to
be
nonpartisan,
it
hasn't
been
Marmont
nonpartisan,
since
the
jerry-rigging
Jerry
man.
During
of
our
wards,
there's
been
going
on
since
the
70s,
which
some
of
you
sitting
here
have
agreed
with
me
on.
M
M
Quite
often
we
hear
that
we're
going
to
be
giving
tax
rebates
with
the
quote
quote,
but
for
these
rebates
the
project
would
not
happen.
That's
not
the
case
here,
they're
going
to
build
the
building.
In
effect,
what
we're
doing
is
giving
them
135,000
I've
got
no
quarrel
for
that.
That's
your
decision
to
make,
but
why
are
you
putting
yourself
through
this
rigmarole
and
phony-baloney
of
rioting
and
ordinance
of
deferring
complete
sales
taxes?
If
you
only
give
them
a
hundred?
M
M
N
N
As
a
fellow
as
a
as
a
Redbird
alum
I've,
it's
been
very
troubling
to
me
that
we've
had
a
few
Redbirds
doesn't
face
deportation
and
I'm
speaking
today
as
a
person
wasn't
always
for
immigration
right,
but
as
a
Christian
man,
we
have
to
do
what's
right
and
we
have
to
show
love
and
by
passing
this
ordinance,
we're
doing
the
right
thing
now.
I
know,
there's
arguments
saying
that
we
have
the
Illinois
trust
Act.
N
Well,
the
Illinois
trust
Act
when
it
was
passed
last
Memorial
Day
and
the
Illinois
House
of
Representatives,
and
even
the
chief
House
sponsor
of
the
bill
would
say
the
language
in
the
Illinois
trust
Act
is
vague
and
it's
vague
to
only
get
the
60
votes
needed
to
pass
out
the
house
and
to
get
the
governor's
signature
on
that
bill
matter
of
fact,
the
chief
sponsor
of
the
bill
says
cities
need
to
go
further
than
what
the
Illinois
Trust
Act
entails,
and
we
talked
about.
Let's
wait
for
the
town
of
normal.
N
N
D
Thank
you
and
good
evening,
it's
very
wet
outside
so
I'm,
very
thankful.
We
have
bridges
and
I
think
it's
time
we
had
a
bridge
again.
This
council
came
so
close
with
the
welcoming
city's
ordinance,
police
chief
race
and
very
legitimate
concerns,
and
then
the
whole
process
seemed
to
stop
so
I
think
we
need
to
go
back
on
the
bridge
again
come
together
with
our
immigrant
supporters,
with
our
immigrant
community
with
our
police
department
and,
let's
start
the
dialogue
again.
Let's
open
the
conversation,
there
been
some
hurt
feelings
along
the
way.
D
There
been
some
strong
feelings
along
the
way,
but
this
council
came
very
very
close
to
doing
something
very
appropriate
and
very
right
to
protect
immigrants
in
our
community
and
to
send
a
very
strong
message
that
we
are
a
welcoming
community
as
not
in
our
town
and
I.
Think
you
heard
this
from
the
League
of
Women
Voters
I'd
like
to
formally
offer
our
services
to
help
conciliate,
to
bring
the
council
together
with
groups
to
open
that
dialogue.
Again,
we've
got
excellent
clergy.
We've
got
facilitators
in
town.
D
O
Good
evening
my
name
is
Molly
Ward
and
I
have
been
a
resident
of
Bloomington
for
nearly
two
decades.
One
morning,
a
week
or
so
ago,
just
about
the
time
classes
were
starting
at
the
elementary
school
down
the
block
from
our
home.
My
husband
heard
yelling
coming
from
the
porch
across
the
street.
Looking
out
the
window,
he
saw
one
of
our
neighbors
in
the
street
deep
in
an
argument
with
another
neighbor,
while
I'm
sad
to
say
it
was
not
a
new
thing
to
witness
a
public
altercation
involving
this
particular
neighbor.
O
What
was
new
was
that
on
this
morning,
minutes
after
school
children
had
been
walking
by
the
house.
The
neighbor
was
brandishing
a
large
butcher
knife
in
her
hand,
my
husband
immediately
called
the
police
who
quickly
arrived
and
took
the
neighbor
into
custody
without
anybody
getting
hurt.
I
am
thankful
that
my
husband
did
not
have
to
give
a
moment's
thought
about
doing
the
right
thing
beyond
the
awkwardness
that
this
will
caused
to
our
relationship
with
our
neighbor.
O
Unfortunately,
as
long
as
we
do
not
have
a
codified
standard
in
Bloomington
like
the
welcoming
cities,
ordinance
and
really
I,
don't
care
what
you
call
it.
It
needs
to
be
a
codified
standard
as
long
as
we
don't
have
that
kind
of
a
standard
in
our
city
that
assurance
of
not
having
to
be
deported
not
having
your
information
shared
with
people
who
have
no
this
to
have.
It
is
not
something
that
all
of
the
people
in
our
community
have
and
like
it
or
not.
O
That
has
a
chilling
effect
on
the
ability
of
people
to
trust
our
Police
Department,
not
because
the
police
department
are
bad
people,
but
because
the
information
gets
out.
It
also
has
a
chilling
effect
on
my
own
sense
of
safety
as
a
US
citizen
as
a
resident
of
this
community,
and
it
should
make
you
each
one
of
you
worried
for
yourself
and
your
children
as
well,
because
it
makes
it
harder
for
the
police
to
do
their
job
if
they
can't
count
on
the
help
of
the
entire
community
as
a
community.
O
We
depend
on
one
another
to
look
out
for
one
another,
and
my
husband
and
I
need
everyone
in
our
neighborhood,
not
just
the
ones
with
American
passports,
to
be
able
to
trust
the
police
enough
to
say
something
when
they
see
something
city
council
I,
ask
you
tonight
to
not
let
immigrants
in
our
community
continue
to
live
in
fear.
Do
the
right
thing
pass
the
ordinance
thank.
A
P
A
By
all
the
woman
Schmidt
is
there
a
second
second
second
by
all
the
woman
helman
any
discussion?
Okay,
if
everyone
will
please
vote
on
the
consent
agenda,
sorry,
you
may
need
to
vote
again.
Oh
no,
that
was
it
worked.
We
got
it.
The
motion
carries
eight
to
zero.
There
are
no
names
to
announce,
madam
clerk.
Thank
you
so
much.
We
move
right
along
to
our
public
hearing.
A
We
have
a
public
hearing
on
the
cdbg
that
acronym
is
Community
Development
Block,
Grant,
Action
Plan
in
consideration
of
authorizing
submittal
of
this
action
plan
to
the
United
States
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development,
as
requested
by
the
Community
Development
Department.
So
I
am
going
to
go
ahead
and
I'm
going
to
call
the
the
public
hearing
to
order.
Is
there
anyone
in
the
audience
who
would
like
to
speak
to
this
particular
issue?
The
CDBG
Community
Development
Block
Grant
action
plan
Ryan
come
forward
thanks,
Ryan.
Thank
you
yeah.
Q
Hello,
my
name
is
Ryan
Herron
I'm,
a
board
member
of
the
West
Bloomington
revitalization
project
and
a
co-director
of
the
tool,
library,
thriving
nonprofit,
just
down
the
street
on
Washington
Street.
If
you
haven't
visited
us,
we
are
an
organization,
that's
dedicated
to
empowering
the
community.
We
bring
community
members
together
to
address
some
of
the
needs
in
this
in
the
community.
Q
If
you've
been
on
the
west
side,
we
often
have
aging
homes
and
through
some
of
the
programs
that
we've
been
able
to
implement,
including
restoration
of
homes,
the
tool,
lending
library
and
the
launch
of
the
bike
co-op.
We
we've
been
able
to
do
amazing
things
within
this
community
and
that
would
not
be
possible
without
the
community
block
development
grant
program.
Q
We've
been
a
recipient
of
that
program
for
a
number
of
years
that
have
been
able
to
get
us
on
our
feet
as
we've
moved
along
as
an
organization
and
to
a
point
now,
where
this
funding
source
we're
able
to
keep
finding
new
ways
to
to
come
into
the
community.
And
so
we
speak
in
support
of
the
community
block
development
grant
program
and
this
action
plan.
And
thank
you
for
further
consideration.
Thank.
A
You
very
much
anyone
else:
okay,
I'll,
go
ahead,
declare
the
public
hearing
closed
and
we
move
right
along
to
our
consent.
Excuse
me
a
regular
agenda
item.
Nine,
a
consideration
of
a
resolution
approving
the
submit
--all
of
the
CDBG
action
plan
to
the
to
HUD
and
I'll.
Go
ahead
and
turn
this
over
to
you
and
Mayor.
Both
I'm,
a
oh
you're
gonna,
need
to
step.
R
S
Good
evening
Council
and
mayor
rauner,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
discuss
very
briefly
our
2018
CDBG
program,
outline
as
it
will
be
presented
to
HUD
in
our
action
plan.
What's
the
CDBG
money,
it's
always
money
and
money
out
I
have
a
balanced
budget.
It's
really
easy
for
me
to
do.
I,
don't
envy
you
at
all,
because
I
can't
spend
what
I
don't
have.
So
this
is
what
we're
estimating
that
we're
gonna
have
for
revenues
this
year
for
this
program.
S
At
the
end
of
the
day,
what
we
estimate
will
have
about
six
hundred
and
eighty
six
thousand
two
hundred
and
eleven
dollars
with
the
majority
coming
from
our
annual
CDBG
CDBG
allocations.
This
is
a
number
that's
based
on
what
we
received
for
fiscal
year
18.
They
have
not
released
our
allocations
yet
so
it
could
be
exactly
the
same
more
or
less
so
we
will
make
adjustments
as
needed.
We
usually
get
about
30,000
and
income
plus
some
interest
and
things
on
so
we
usually
just
do
31,000,
oh
one.
S
It
makes
my
balance
my
budget
balance
it's
kind
of
a
strange
number,
a
bit.
That
also
varies
depending
on
our
deferral
program
or
our
loan
program.
It's
a
deferred
program,
so
there's
no
money
to
do
back
until
a
house
is
sold,
the
owner
decides
to
rent
it
out
or
they
would
pass
away
and
the
family
repays
the
loan.
So
we
don't
ever
know
exactly
how
much
program
income
we're
going
to
have
because
it
varies
and
then
we're
estimating
that
we'll
have
about
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
and
carry
forward.
S
The
way
that
that
plays
out
for
our
spending
plan
is
about
two
hundred,
eighty
thousand
twenty-nine
thousand
in
our
rehabilitation
program.
This
is
pretty
standard
for
what
we
normally
budget.
We
do
homeowner
loans
and
grants,
and
then
we
also
do
grants
to
not-for-profits
and
so
we're
looking
at
a
grant
to
mayor's
Manor
to
do
some
rehab,
it's
one
of
our
own,
very
few
permanent,
supportive
housing
units.
It's
the
only
site
based
or
I'm.
It's
a
project-based
unit
in
the
community.
To
my
knowledge,
so
that's
very
important,
and
so
getting
those
units
up-to-date
is
important.
S
S
S
What
would
we
have
out
here
right
now
is
kind
of
a
contingent
action
plan
in
that
you
see,
there's
three
line
items
there
that
have
an
asterisk
next
to
them
and
if
our
funding
would
be
significantly
higher
or
significantly
lower,
we
will
make
adjustments
in
those
line
items
this,
because
we
are
going
into
the
fourth
year
of
the
five-year
action
or
consolidated
plan.
I
wanted
to
give
you
kind
of
an
overview
of
where
we
are
it's
a
little
bit
difficult,
the
yellow
lines
here,
we're
spending
that
we've
done
this
year.
S
As
of
the
middle
of
March,
you'll,
see
like
in
the
rehab
program,
we're
really
low
in
that
right.
Now
it
will
increase
some.
We
have
several
projects
that
we're
getting
ready
to
wrap
up
by
the
end
of
the
year,
so
that
only
increase,
but
that
is
a
little
bit
lower
this
year,
because
we
have
had
about
two
hundred
thirty
six
thousand
from
Ida
to
do
rehab
as
well.
S
S
For
a
couple
of
reasons,
we
also
have
a
grant
from
another
source
where
we're
going
to
be
where
we're
able
to
pay
for
demolitions,
and
then
we
we're
having
a
really
hard
time
getting
all
the
processes
through
on
those,
but
we
have
several
projects
that
are
just
being
held
up
so
hopefully
maybe
we'll
get
those
done
before
the
end
of
the
year,
but
if
not,
that
money
will
roll
over
and
we'll
use
it
for
the
upcoming
year.
So
are
there
any
questions
regarding
the
plan
for
this
year?
These.
P
A
A
T
This
project
is
over
a
nine
hundred
thousand
dollar
investment
and
will
significantly
beautify
of
what
was
at
one
time,
funk
seeds
of
owned
property
and
will
result
in
over
twenty
thousand
square
feet
of
retail
space
under
roof.
Habitat,
of
course,
does
a
significant
amount
of
investment
throughout
our
community
and
specifically
on
the
west
side,
building
new
homes
for
families
in
need,
and
also
restoring
existing
homes
through
their
brush
with
kindness
program.
T
During
early
discussions
with
habitat,
we
discussed
staff
and
directors
of
habitat
as
to
how
the
city
could
potentially
assist
them
with
their
project.
Should
they
find
that
there
are
certain
elements
of
their
project.
They
would
not
be
able
to
afford
about
for
city
assistance
because,
through
the
expansion
of
their
store,
they
will
of
course
be
selling
more
merchandise,
which
will
benefit
the
city
through
an
increase
in
sales
tax
revenue.
T
One
of
the
project
that
habitat
staff
wanted
to
pursue,
but
was
not
able
to
is
the
installation
of
a
solar
panel
array
on
the
roof
of
the
restore
and
the
goal
of
installing
the
solar
panels
would
be
to
reduce
the
overhead
costs
of
habitats
operations.
The
more
that
habitat
can
reduce
its
overhead
costs,
the
more
that
it
can
keep
those
savings
and
reinvest
those
in
to
the
community
through,
as
I
discussed
earlier,
building
of
new
homes
for
families
in
need,
and
also
helping
to
repair
existing
homes
in
the
community.
T
Looking
at
the
city's
economic
development
incentive
guidelines,
one
of
the
guidelines
is
for
staff
and
for
the
council
to
look
at
the
strategic
use
of
incentives
that
economic
incentives
considered
by
the
city
of
Bloomington
will
additionally
factor
in
the
economic
impact
of
an
incentive
to
us
that
a
specific
applicant
has
to
revitalize
a
particular
area
of
the
city
beyond
just
applicant's
property.
So
here
we
have
an
opportunity
to
partner
with
habitat,
where
they're,
making
a
major
investment
to
beautify
their
property.
T
But
yet
the
whole
point
of
the
organization
is
to
make
investment
and
beautify
the
entire
city
for
a
benefit
of
residents
who
need
good
quality
homes
and
then,
of
course,
the
more
investment
that
habitat
makes
in
our
community.
The
more
that
the
city
and
also
the
other
overlapping
taxing
districts
benefit
as
well,
because
the
homes
that
habitat
builds
are
owned
by
individual
families
that
pay
property
tax.
So
that
comes
back
to
benefit
of
the
city
and
other
taxing
districts
for
many
years
to
come,
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
the
proposed
incentive
agreement.
T
T
U
M
U
The
scope
of
your
restorations
I've
volunteered
in
your
fabulous
organization
and
thank
you
for
all
you
do
and
for
all
the
organization
does
for
our
community.
So
in
my
personal
time,
I
volunteer
us
and
I'm
sure
folks
here
probably
give
money
in
their
personal
time.
But
here
today
we're
talking
about
city
funds,
and
you
know
picking
one
charity
over
the
other
or
the
like,
but
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
your
scope
of
your
restoration
so
in
for
this
habitat
store
and
for
the
Habitat
for
Humanity
operation.
We're
talking
about.
M
So
the
money
that
is
net
income
from
the
restore
operation
goes
into
habitat,
McClain,
County
affiliate.
That
money
is
used
in
primarily
in
our
home
building
program.
We
build
homes
for
families
with
sixty
percent
or
lower
median
income
level.
Families
are
all
approved
and
there
are
other
criteria
involved.
One
key
one
is
sweat:
equity,
that's
required
of
families
and
the
the
money
would
be
used
in
that
program,
but
we've
not
discussed
that
it
needs
to
be
restricted
to
bloomington-normal.
The
program
serves
the
county.
M
Realistically,
I
will
tell
you
that
we
have
just
completed
the
second
home
in
Leroy
and
those
are
the
first
two
homes
have
been
built
outside
of
bloomington-normal
in
20
years,
so
primarily
it
serves
Bloomington
and
normal
and
of
that
of
Lion.
Chair
goes
to
to
Bloomington's
community
that
that's
helpful.
Do.
U
M
You
mean:
do
we
have
any
other
governmental
agencies
or
the
only
the
only
money,
we're
seeking
by
the
way,
the
the
money
from
the
the
mortgage
paid
for
the
building
reconstruction
tearing
down
all
of
the
site
development.
The
only
money
we're
seeking
is
for
the
solar
project
and
that
will
go
on
the
new
building.
We
have
no
other
requests
to
other
bodies
for
those
funds.
Thank.
M
T
Correct
it's
a
rebate
that
source
from
basically
dollar
one
of
sales
tax
effective
at
the
beginning
of
this
coming
month
would
be
set
aside
and
then
allocated
and
rebated
to
habitat
up
until
the
135,000
is
repaid.
In
looking
at
projections
of
a
few
works
who
say:
well,
let's
just
rebate
the
new
incremental
amount,
the
payback
period
would
be
significantly
longer
in
the
end,
the
city
Nets,
basically
the
same.
T
The
city
just
gives
up
what
that
current
existing
revenue
stream
would
be
for
basically
what
amounts
to
a
shorter
time
period
as
opposed
to
giving
up
the
the
new
incremental.
That
would
amount
and
I
guess
to
follow
up
on
alderman
Bray's
question,
because
the
restore
is
located
in
the
city
of
Bloomington.
It
is
the
city
that
is
the
prime,
the
moat,
the
the
most
beneficial
been
of
the
largest
beneficiary
of
sales
tax
that
is
generated
on
the
sale
of
general
merchandise,
from
the
resource
operations
of
the
state
of
Illinois
also
benefits
there.
T
Five
percent
of
the
8.75%
and
then
McLean
County
receives
a
quarter
percent
from
the
sale
of
gentle
merchandise,
not
including
the
quarter
percent
from
our
home
rule.
That
goes
to
the
mental
health,
so
it
would
be,
as
is
structured,
the
city's
three
and
a
half
percent
less
the
quarter
percent
of
our
home
rule
that
we
give
to
the
county
for
the
mental
health
agreement.
Okay,
the.
V
Other
part
and
I
shot
a
question
out
on
this
earlier
is
I
was
reading
through
the
proposal
and
solar
arrays
in
Illinois
generate
renewable
energy
credits,
and
the
proposal
includes
an
estimate
for
the
amount
of
renewable
energy
credits
that
would
be
generated
and
the
sale
of
those
as
revenue
coming
back
in
to
offset
the
costs
of
the
solar
array.
So
you
know,
according
to
what
we
have
in
the
pack
at
the
actual
estimated
cost
of
the
solar
array
after
the
sale
of
those
credits
is
actually
only
seventy
six
thousand.
V
You
know
I
I'm,
very
leery,
of
supporting
this
to
start
because
there
are
precedents
that
this
could
sell.
It
doesn't
seem
to
me
that
it
necessarily
fits
in
our
economic
incentive
packages
that
we
have
in
place,
but
if
we
were
to
modify
this
Agreement
so
that
whatever
credits
were
generated
and
the
revenue
sold
also
counted
towards
the
payback
of
the
135,000
I
think
I
could
live
with
that
vs.
right
now,
it
seems
like
we're.
V
You
know,
as
gary
said
earlier,
we're
literally
just
giving
135,000
and
they're
actually
going
to
generate
another
60,000
on
top
of
that
back,
so
it
does.
That
doesn't
seem
equitable
to
the
citizens
of
Bloomington.
If
that
money
doesn't
actually
come
count
towards
the
payback
period.
Does
that
make
sense
at
all
to
what
I'm
saying
right
and.
T
So
the
projects
that
are
able
to
get
in
on
those
early
will
get
a
bigger
credit
and
the
ones
that
come
in
later
will
get
a
smaller
credit
or
maybe
none
at
all
if
all
of
the
credits
are
are
used
up.
So
the
amount
of
credit
that
is
shown
in
the
estimate
as
the
projection
is
basically
a
projection,
so
it's
I
think
difficult
to
say
that
that's
a
guarantee
and
the
way
that
I
would
look
at
it
is
if
that's
additional
funds
like
a
grant.
V
So
I
understand
that
part
where
you're
coming
from
on
that
and
and
I
get
that
you
know
what
we're
just
we're.
Looking
at
we've
we've
been
fighting
for
four
months
to
balance
this
budget,
we're
gonna
fight
for
10
months
to
balance
the
next
budget
and
I
I
think
that
if
we
put
some
wording
in
that
that
just
said
you
know,
whatever
the
value
of
those
credits
might
turn
out
to
be
that
went
to
offset
the
total
cost
of
the
project.
V
W
A
A
X
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I,
you
know,
I
I,
think
I'm
kind
of
leaning
towards
what
Jamie
is
saying.
Is
that
I
a
little
ambivalent
about
the
proposal?
Because
for
for
one
thing
you
know
what
I'm
worried
about
is
the
you
know,
given
our
current
budget
context,
I'm
worried
about
the
message
that
we're
saying
we're
sending
you
know
we
we've
made
some
decisions
in
terms
of
raising
fees
in
some
areas.
X
We've
made
some
cutbacks
in
terms
of
not
only
staff
but
also
services,
but
yet
you
know
at
this
moment
you
know
we're
we're
saying
well
sure,
but
we'll
we'll
give
you.
You
know
this
extra
money
by
and
I'm
very
supportive
of
what
habitat
does.
I.
Think
it's
a
you
know
it's
it's
it's
it's
it's
it's
a
it's
incredible
I
mean
it's
a
lateral
goal,
but
you
know
that's
what
I'm
struggling
with
at
the
moment.
X
M
C
M
M
P
T
T
T
You
know
what
would
be
the
best
way
to
structure
that
you
know
know
of
knowing
who
we're
working
with
as
a
developer
across
the
table,
an
entity
that
has
provided
so
much
to
the
city
and
provides
you
know
a
tremendous
amount
of
positive
benefit
and
so
closely
aligns
with
the
goals
of
our
comprehensive
plan
to
promote
infill
development
to
increase
the
availability
of
affordable
housing.
Those
were
the
thought
processes.
T
Every
year
that
that
a
vacant
parcel
of
property
is
significantly
improved
or
a
property
that
was,
you
know,
nearing
its
end
of
useful
life,
a
blighted.
You
know
home
that,
for
some
reason
the
city
had
to
acquire
and
demolish
is
then,
you
know,
reinvested
in
by
habitat
with
a
new
home
that
generates
better
higher
values
of
higher
assessed
value,
which
leads
to
increased
property
tax
for
all
the
taxing
districts,
not
just
the
city
and.
X
T
T
Y
This
was
kind
of
really
a
difficult
one
because
of
how
it's
kind
of
coming
to
us,
and
it
doesn't
really
seem
to
fit
into
this
box
of
an
economic
development
incentive
like
we've
seen
other
proposals
come
to
us.
So
what
seems
to
be
missing
is
some
of
those
benchmarks.
So
if
we
do
this,
then
you
know
it'll
create
certain
number
of
jobs
or
a
certain
amount
of
money.
We
invested
in
the
project
or
it'll
generate
a
certain
amount
of
tax
dollars,
and
we
have
a
really
clear
line
there
where
we
can
see
all
right.
Y
You
know,
based
on
that,
we
can
justify
this
investment
as
an
economic
investment.
Here,
it's
a
little
bit
more,
you
know,
I,
don't
want
to
undermine
it's
a
little
bit
more
tenuous
right,
we're
making
the
assumption
that
if
we
lower
overheads,
you
know
X
Y
Z,
you
know
will
happen
and-
and
so
that's
really
kind
of
where
I'm
getting
stuck.
Y
Well
and
that's
that's
the
question
mark
so
I
feel
like
the
way
it's
coming
to
us
makes
it
harder
to
make
a
good
solid
decision
raises
a
lot
of
questions,
because,
again
that
the
link
between
economic
development
and
and
the
installation
of
a
solar
array
are
are
not
real
clear
to
me.
I
would
prefer
that
if
this
is
something
that
we
as
a
community
want
to
talk
about,
you
know
incentivizing
renewable
energy.
Y
Then
we
should
have
that
separate
conversation,
so
we
can
come
up
with
a
really
clear
set
of
parameters
for
how
we
would
consider
this
request.
I
mean
you
know
in
this
instance.
Why
are
we
funding
it
at
100%?
Why
not
75%?
Why
not?
50%
and
I
don't
know
that
we
have
answers
to
that
and
I'll
give
you
a
chance,
of
course,
and
to
respond.
But
those
are
some
of
the
question
marks.
I
have
why
why
this
amount
based
on
this
and
what
parameters
would
we
use?
Y
So
that's
really
kind
of
where
I'm
stuck
because
it
just
feels
like
this
is
not
the
best
fit,
and
maybe
there's
a
better
way
to
go
about
this,
to
really
make
it
clearer
because
yeah,
it's
gonna,
be
really
difficult
to
reliably.
Replicate
this
and
fairly
replicate
this
for
anyone
else
who
comes
to
us
with
a
similar
request
and
I
want
to
make
sure
we
can
do
that
at
the
same
time,
I
want
to
make
it
clear
that
this
is.
Y
You
know
this
is
a
difficult
one
because
of
the
nature
of
the
entity,
making
the
request,
because
I've
done
so
much
good
in
our
community,
and
we
certainly
want
it
when
well.
I
certainly
want
to
wouldn't
would
not
want
to
create
the
impression
that
I'm,
discouraging
of
this
ask
I'm
just
concerned
that
perhaps
we're
not
there
yet
and
really
putting
together
a
deal
that
we
can
that
we
can
really
understand
what
it
means
for
us
and
what
the
implications
are.
T
T
You
know
again
looking
at
the
goals
outlined
by
the
City
Council
to
staff
through
the
Comprehensive
Plan,
promote
and
facilitate
energy
conservation
and
alternate
energy
generation
and
resources
encourage
alternate
technologies,
diversify
energy
sources,
enhanced
image
of
Bloomington
as
a
business
friendly
community,
prioritized
infill
and
redevelopment
to
spur
growth
and
reinvestment
in
the
city,
invest
in
a
long
Constitution
trail
the
investment
that
habitat
provides
throughout
the
community.
Those
are
some
of
the
different.
You
know
things
that
were
being
looked
at
it
at
that
in
in
evaluating
the
request
standard,
you
know.
M
Well,
I
just
want
to
speak.
You
raised
question
about
the
connect
connecting
the
dots
and
one
thing
that
I
can
tell
you
is
that
a
hundred
percent
of
the
money
that
we
are
able
and
should
we
be
able
to
save
money,
is
going
to
go
into
our
program
to
build
homes
for
people
in
need
of
affordable
housing,
there's
not
other
money
and
other
programs.
That's
where
the
money
is
going.
M
A
This
point,
as
we
were
beginning
to
ultimen,
that
want
to
speak
on
this
yet
and
we're
approaching
a
deadline
of
yet
our
next
extension.
One
thing
that
could
be
done
is:
it
sounds
as
if
they're
all
oven,
Massey
had
a
possibility
in
terms
of
a
change.
This
could
be
tabled
to
another
meeting,
but
I
will
go
to
the
last
two
members
that
had
certainly
tabled
to
another
meeting.
A
W
W
You
know
that
was
on
three
on
ones
or
at
council
meetings
that
so
I
was
little
seems
like
we've
done
a
lot
of
work
on
this
without
a
lot
of
input
from
counsel
and
Stan
and
I
certainly
support
what
Habitat
for
Humanity
does
both
in
our
community
and
certainly
around
the
world
as
well.
But
I'm
I
have
concerns
for
two
reasons.
W
R
You
and
thank
you
both
for
coming
up
I'll,
be
supporting
it
with
some
concerns.
I
remember
talking
to
David,
Hales
I,
think
Austin
you
were
in
that
conversation
was
one
of
the
retreats
I
think
we
talked
about
this
project
and
many
of
the
concerns
that
I've
heard
you
know
I
share
precedent-setting,
and
this
is
really
the
best
use
of
economic
development
dollars,
but
to
me,
I'm
just
looking
at
nearly
a
million
dollars
being
invested
into
an
area
of
town
that
typically
doesn't
get
that
type
of
investment
and
that's
what
really
pushed
it
over
the
top.
R
For
me,
you
know
I,
wouldn't
say
that
I'm
hearing
some
concern
from
my
colleagues
and
if
we're
going
to
have
a
time
in
which
we
come
back
to
vote
on
this
proposal
in
the
future,
I
guess
I'd
rather
going
to
make
that
motion
to
table
it.
We
give
some
specific
direction
on
what
that
looks
like
before.
We
bring
it
back
or
we
vote
it
down
this
evening,
because
it
wouldn't
be
fair
to
habitat
to
not
be
seriously
considered.
R
R
R
Furniture
makes
sense
to
me
because
you're,
probably
even
though
I
have
my
furniture
online
you're,
probably
gonna,
check
that
out
in
person
generally,
but
as
we
get
further
away
from,
we
need
to
get
away
from
retail
sales
as
an
engine
for
for
how
we
go
about
these
these
types
of
projects
and
that's
my
opinion.
Perhaps
that
comes
back
in
a
committee
of
the
whole
okay.
A
All
right,
this
point
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
absolutely
do
share
all
the
woman
Holland's
concern.
I.
Think
some
of
what
happened
is
that
this
was
a
project
that
was
developed
and
I.
Think
you
began
under
the
previous
city
manager
and
I
think
it
took
on
a
life
of
its
own.
But
it
is
another
lesson
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
circle
back
at
this
point.
I
would
entertain
I.
Think
alderman
black
makes
a
good
point.
V
A
X
M
Z
A
Thank
you
so
much
and
thank
you
for
all
work.
You
do.
Thank
you.
Okay.
We
move
right
along
to
our
next
item.
That
also,
in
theory,
has
a
ten-minute
a
total
time
limit.
We
have
five
minutes,
and
this
is
consideration
of
a
resolution
affirming
the
City
Council
support
of
the
Willington,
plum
the
public
libraries
expansion.
In
its
current
location.
We
have
a
five-minute
presentation
by
Jean
Hamilton
and
then
a
five-minute
council
discussion.
Thank
you.
I'll.
AB
Keep
mine
very
brief,
so
at
the
library
board
meeting
on
January
23rd
of
this
year,
the
board
asked
me
to
draft
a
resolution
expressing
the
board's
intention
to
pursue
a
library
expansion
at
the
existing
library
site,
and
this
resolution
was
approved
on
February
20th.
So
the
resolution
in
front
of
you
today
is
in
support
of
the
resolution
that
the
library
board
passed.
Okay,.
A
V
A
J
AB
The
Deb
Halperin
is
no
longer
involved
in
the
report,
but
I
believe
Stacy's
class
is
doing
a
report
and
I
heard
from
her.
That
would
include
the
needs
and
steps
taken
by
the
library
to
expand,
as
well
as
the
needs
and
steps
taken
by
connect,
transit
to
build
a
transportation,
just
rant,
sorry
transfer
station
and
then
the
report
would
then
summarize
the
discussion
in
the
joint
meeting
as
well
as
aggregate
data
from
the
pre
meeting
survey,
and
then
it
would
outline
the
next
steps
decision-making
points
in
anticipated
timelines.
Moving
forward
on
any
of
the
projects.
Y
You
and
and
add
on
to
that
I
do
know
that,
because
I've
spoken
to
Stacy
Todd
and
for
clarification
when
you
talk
about
her
class,
that
is
her
student,
her
law
school
students
were
part
of
the
community
preservation
clinic
over
at
the
University
of
Illinois,
who
have
been
working
on
a
report
since
the
joint
meeting
and
anticipate
issuing
that
in
a
very
short
period
of
time.
I
do
know
that
Stacy
had
requested
a
short
extension
of
time
and
ask
that
this
particular
agenda
item
get
pushed
off
to
the
very
next
meeting.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Secondly,
I
fully
support
the
library
board's
desire
to
continue
to
explore
and
look
at
the
feasibility
of
expansion
on
site
that
it's
a
very
responsible
part
of
any
potential
expansion
plans
to
first
look
at
the
existing
conditions
and
what
opportunities
are
there?
That
being
said,
this
particular
proposal
this
evening
I
will
not
be
supporting
because
I
believe
it
is
premature
and
and
more
than
anything,
I
am
very
concerned
and
that,
by
limiting
our
analysis
at
this
point,
we
will
prevent
ourselves
from
answering
those
very
important
questions.
Y
Those
very
important,
quick
inquiries
that
we
need
to
be
able
to
answer
and
to
tell
the
public
that
we
have
fully
vetted
prior
to
making
a
decision
of
this
magnitude.
This
is
a
major
project
that
will
require
a
substantial
investment
of
taxpayer
dollars
and
it
will
be
a
generational
decision
right
and
I
understand.
Y
I
get
it
I
mean
the
conversation
about
expansion
has
been
going
on
for
a
lot
while
now
I
understand
that
there
is
a
sense
of
frustration
by
many
people
in
the
community
who
support
the
library,
a
feeling
that
we
are
not
making
enough
progress
and
I
get
that
I
understand
that.
But
we
need
to
be
really
honest
about
where
we
are
right
now
in
that
process
and
the
reality
is.
We
are
very
early
when
it
comes
to
the
question
of
what
an
expansion
would
look
like
right
now.
Y
The
universe
of
information
that
we
do
not
know
is
much
larger
than
what
we
do
know.
We
don't
know
right
now
how
much
in
the
library
expansion
will
cost
what
it
will
look
like.
Who
will
pay
for
it?
How
we
will
pay
for
it?
We
don't
know
how
big
it'll
be.
We
don't
know
if
we're
going
to
build
a
new
building
or
add
on
to
the
existing
building.
Y
Y
I
mean
the
list
of
things
we
do
not
know,
unfortunately,
is
very,
very
long,
and
and
that's
okay,
because
again
we're
early
in
this
process,
there's
a
lot
of
time
to
gather
that
information
to
be
able
to
make
a
case
to
our
residents,
ultimately
that
this
is
the
responsible
thing
to
do.
But
what
concerns
me
most
is
right
now.
Y
We
can't
answer
that
question
and
then
how
can
we,
as
a
council,
sit
up
here
and
say
we
have
done
everything
we
need
to
do
to
prove
to
you
that
we
can
spend
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
on
this
project,
which
you
know
may
require
us
to
raise
taxes
again.
Another
question
mark,
we
don't
know
the
answer
to
so.
Y
It's
just
I
would
urge
council
to
think
about
this
about
how
we
make
the
best
decision
possible
when
it
comes
to
the
library,
because
we're
not
going
to
get
another
chance
to
do
it
over
and
we
don't
know
what
we
don't
know
limiting.
The
conversation
now
potentially
jeopardizes
our
ability
to
make
a
better
decision
in
the
future,
and
so
all
we
have
to
do
at
this
point
in
time
is
allow
that
information
to
come
come
in
to
us.
We
know
we
have
a
report
coming
from
the
CUNY
preservation
clinic.
Y
Y
R
You
and
thank
you
Jeannie
for
coming
up
here
and
give
us
that
information.
So
you
know
even
alderman
sages
in
here.
I
guess:
I'll
be
channeling
him
this
evening.
You
know,
as
I've
watched
kind
of
some.
Some
things
fall
over
the
last
few
months
in
our
community,
we're
going
through
some
profound
changes
and
that's
nerve-racking,
and
it
makes
me
very
uncomfortable
to
not
kind
of
see
how
some
of
these
things
shake
out
for
our
community,
and
we
can
look
at
analyst
projections.
We
can
look
at
consultant
reports.
R
We
can,
you
know,
think
about
it
and
use
on
face
book
or
in
a
pantograph
comment
section,
but
ultimately,
what's
going
to
drive.
That
is
what
actually
happens,
and
it's
important
to
me
to
be
intellectually
honest
about
what
priorities
are
in
capital
projects
and
I
support.
The
library
I
think
it's
great
I
think
it
needs
to
expand.
This
resolution
indicates
interest
in
expanding,
although
doesn't
commit
any
city
resources
to
it.
R
My
discomfort
is
that
we
are
looking
at
several
projects,
some
of
which
have
useful
life
left
in
them,
some
of
them
don't,
if
I'm
looking
at
a
priority
list.
From
my
perspective,
one'll
pool
is
much
higher
to
me
than
the
library,
the
libraries
and
they
shanell.
Building
O'neil
Poole
is
threatened
with
not
being
able
to
be
opened
within
this
year
next
year,
we're
well
past
our
life,
so
I'm,
looking
at
a
couple
of
things
here,
our
economic
realities
in
this
community.
How
is
that
going
to
impact
our
housing
stock?
R
How
is
it
going
to
impact
the
jobs
that
are
coming
here?
What
those
jobs
pay
I
get
a
little
nervous,
but
I'm
also
hopeful,
because
we
are
in
a
position
in
which
we
are
looking
to
be
looking
for
a
new
et
Cie
chair.
We
have
the
best
trained
workforce.
We
have
awesome
infrastructure,
Airport,
rail
interstates.
We
need
to
diversify
our
tax
base
in
our
business
base.
To
make
sure
these
sorts
of
things
don't
impact
us.
R
That
will
have
a
major
impact
on
our
neighborhoods,
whereas
we
may
be
able
to
squeeze
some
more
life
out
of
the
library.
I
know,
I'm
gonna
probably
get
some
emails
from
some
folks
that
are
gonna,
be
upset
that
that
that
are
very
passionate.
The
library
and
I
hear
that.
But
we
have
to
make
some
realistic
assumptions
on
where
we
are
in
this
community
and
what
jobs
are
coming
in.
What
jobs
are
going
out,
how
much
those
jobs
are
paying?
What
that's
going
to
do
for
our
housing
stock?
U
May
even
Thank
You
Jamie
for
coming
in
and
speaking
to
us
on
I'd.
Second
in
this
motion,
because
I'm
very
excited
and
and
they're
supportive
of
the
library
boards
taking
action
and
reviewing
all
the
all
the
material
that
you
have
and
working
with
the
Farnsworth
plans
that
you've
that
you've,
commissioned
and
and
looking
forward
to
supporting
your
efforts
and
and
going
forward
with
the
projects
that
best
suits
our
community.
At
this
juncture,
I
would
say
that
no
surveys
or
reports
were
commissioned
by
this
City
Council
to
make
a
decision.
U
That's
never
been
a
piece
of
our
decision-making.
We
have
a
library
board
that
is
charged
with
with
doing
the
the
sweat
equity
for
us
here
and
they've
done
it
and
they've
done
it.
They've
done
it
well,
they've
considered
the
voices,
and
so
I
was
a
person
that
worked
on
downtown
task
force.
The
downtown
task
force
did
not
Commission
a
study,
a
survey
or
a
report.
I've
worked
here
now
with
on
the
City
Council
and
the
City
Council
did
not
Commission
a
study,
study,
a
survey
or
a
report
of
any
sort.
U
W
W
Because
we're
not
experts
in
everything
as
council
members,
we
can't
be
and
we
rely
on
our
board.
We
rely
on
our
Planning
Commission
to
come
and
tell
us
yes,
you
know
this
would
be
a
good
use
of
this
land.
We
rely
on
our
transportation,
we're
starting
to
rely
on
our
transportation
Commission
to
give
us
input
on
making
changes.
X
Thank
you,
Jeannie.
Thank
you
for
presenting
the
resolution.
I
am
in
full
support
of
it
because
I
think
we
need
to
give
the
library
board
some
closure.
Finally,
I
think
too
many
years
of
you
know
just
going
back
and
forth
and
back
and
forth
and
and
who
knows
you
know
with
the
way
you
know
things
change
what
councils
and
boards
I
mean.
If
we
keep
this
up,
we'll,
never
stop.
You
know
there
will
be
another
bright
idea.
X
You
know
coming
along,
so
I
think
we
really
need
to
move
forward
and,
as
far
as
you
know,
getting
any
other
information
I
mean
I
was
at
the
meeting.
You
know,
I
didn't
learn
anything
new
I
didn't,
learn
anything
or
shattering,
so
I'm
not
expecting
anything
out
of
that
and
that
report
so
I'll
be
supporting
your
motion.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
A
A
We
move
along
to
our
last
set
of
substantive
items
this
evening.
It's
a
discussion
on
action
and
various
proposed
motions
to
provide
specific
direction
on
closing
the
five
hundred
twenty-five
thousand
dollar
budget
gap
within
the
fiscal
year,
2019
proposed
budget
and
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
this
over
to
city
manager,
Steve
Rasmussen.
Thank.
AC
You
very
much
mayor
and
and
members
of
the
City
Council.
We
have
three
proposed
motion.
We're
going
to
bring
to
you
today
and
I
did
want
to
make
a
one
note
that
we
have
eliminated
the
fourth
category
of
these,
based
on
some
input
we
had
from
the
City
Council
that
fourth
category
was
a
number
of
small
items.
There
were
1000
or
1500
dollars,
and
we
had
talked
about
that
at
our
off-site
two
Saturdays
ago,
but
based
on
council
input,
we
have
instead
rolled
that
into
part
of
the
sample
motion.
AC
One
and
I'll
talk
about
that
a
minute
before
we
start,
however,
I
did
want
Nicole
our
HR
director
to
come
up
and
talk
about
this
for
a
moment,
because
what
we
have
here
is
three
motions
which
will
amount
to
about
five
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
that
will
balance
the
budget
most
actually
are
mostly
fee
increases
and
I've
heard
it.
Some
complaints
I
talked
about
the
fact
that
we
have
not
to
reduced
a
number
of
things
and
particularly
that
we
have
not
reduced
our
personnel
and
I
would
like
to
before.
AC
We
go
in
and
ask
for
these
increases
for
$500,000
that
we
are
also
taking
$500,000
out
in
personnel.
That
I
want
to
remind
you
about
and
talk
it
a
little
bit
about
the
implication
of
that,
because
every
position
we
don't
fill
is
work
that
doesn't
get
done.
Customer
service
that
gets
delayed,
so
we
are
building
that
in
and
that
balances
out
the
increase
in
fees
we're
asking,
and
so
we
have
not
talked
much
about
those
vacancies.
Saving
this
period
of
time
and
so
I
asked
Nicola
she'd.
C
AD
AD
So
in
terms
of
salary
and
benefits
savings
we
do
want
to
let
you
know
we
are
going
to
experience
whether
it
be
a
nominal
amount
or
not,
but
a
fiscal
year,
2018
benefit
and
salary
savings,
so
we
will
come
in
under
budget,
which
is
is
obviously
great
news,
and
we
want
to
let
you
know
that
that
is
something
that
we
pay
very
close
attention
to
in
terms
of
workers.
Compensation
savings
I
had
mentioned
to
you
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
and
I'll
say
it
again.
Here
we
we
take
this
benefit
very
seriously
as
well.
AD
We
have
Alex
Rosa
who's.
Our
safe
safety
and
risk
manager
pays
very
close
attention
to
this.
I
don't
want
to
throw
out
any
dollar
amounts
because
we
are
still
compiling
those,
but
we
are
in
the
neighborhood
of
coming
in
currently
here
today
under
budget
in
the
neighborhood
of
200
to
250
thousand.
So
I
want
to
give
credit
where
credit
is
due.
We
are
definitely
seeing
a
savings
there
in
our
workers.
Compensation,
medical
plan,
changes
I
have
a
slide.
That
I'll
show
you
on
that
in
soft
hiring,
freeze
policy.
AD
We
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
so
in
terms
of
the
medical
plan
changes
we
wanted
to
highlight
for
you,
some
changes
we
have
made
and
some
future
changes
that
we
plan
to
make
in
2017.
You
may
recall
we
implemented
membership
with
the
IV
PC,
and
in
doing
so
we
have
seen
a
very
positive
movement
in
our
claims
cost
and
in
our
risk
avoidance
2018.
We
only
experienced
a
premium
increase
of
3%
in
the
PPO
1%
of
the
HMO.
You
may
look
at
that
and
thankful
yes,
but
that
is
a
cost
increase.
AD
However,
we
would
have
had
we
not
joined
the
IPPC,
probably
seen
more
of
a
7
to
8%
increase
in
those
premium
rates,
and
so
we
wanted
to
highlight
that
that
is
definitely
an
area
of
cost
avoidance
2019.
We
have
been
working
on
implementing
what
we're
calling
a
working
spouse
eligibility,
which
will
also
result
in
significant
cost
savings.
Essentially,
what
we're
saying
here
is,
if
you
have
a
spouse,
that's
currently
on
the
plan
after
a
certain
date
and
they
have
other
eligible
health
insurance
cost,
we
will
be
removing
those
from
the
plan.
AD
This
is
an
item
that
we
are
negotiating
with
our
union
groups
right
now,
but
that
is
an
area
of
definite
cost
savings
for
us
for
play
in
the
year
2019.
We
also
are
looking
at
some
plan
design
changes
for
2019
that
we
are
working
with
our
unions
to
in
our
classified
groups,
to
not
only
cost
contain,
but
also
see
a
cost
savings,
and
then
our
current
claim
experience
is
very
positive
at
this
point.
AD
We
will
experience
a
cost
savings
here,
so
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
really
avoid
the
need
to
cut
positions
by
reducing
our
time
to
hire
or
I'm
sorry
increasing
our
time
to
hire
metric
to
to
get
that
salary
and
benefit
savings.
Key
positions
that
we
will
work
directly
with
the
city
manager
on
will
be
director,
and/or
department,
heads
and
those
that
we
deem
to
be
critical
for
Public,
Safety,
customer
service
or
overtime
avoidance
in
one
area
didn't
put
up
here,
but
I
should
have,
and
that's
also
the
workers
comp
area
in
the
safety
avoidance.
AD
So
if
we
deem
a
position
to
be
critical
in
necessary
to
avoid
injury
to
our
current
employees,
we
will
take
a
harder
look
at
that.
But
these
are
all
areas
that
were
attempting
to
get
into
place:
pay
close
attention
on
continue
to
pay
close
attention
on
to
really
get
it
that
they
can
see
savings
for
the
next
year.
Any
questions,
questions.
AC
AC
The
proposed
budget
that
we
had
last
month
is
now
out
there
and
it's
published
and
it's
balanced,
and
it
has
in
it
these
things
we're
talking
about
tonight.
But,
of
course,
what
we'll
do
is
when
we
come
back
to
you
for
the
budget.
Adoption
we'll
bring
you
back
an
amendment
that
shows
all
the
changes
that
you
would
like
to
put
into
this
budget
to
make
the
final
budget
what
you
would
like,
and
that
would
be
adjusted
from
the
proposed
budget
that
you
have.
We
have.
AC
We
have
three
things
here
tonight,
as
I've
said
before
we
put
all
the
cards
on
the
table
at
once,
because
then
you
can
see
what
goes
on
in
the
in
the
first
one
may
be
affected
by
what
goes
on
on
the
third
thing:
I'm
not
going
to
go
over
them
in
great
detail,
because
you've
seen
them
many
times
before,
and
we
talked
about
them
on
Saturday
and
so
I'd
like
to
go
ahead
and
and
talk
about
the
first
one
here,
and
this
is
the
cost
recovery.
The
cost
recovery
has
three
different
possibilities:
one
is
they.
AC
Make
that
bigger
for
me,
okay,
a
little
bit
bigger
the
first
one,
has
a
a
cost
recovery
fee
of
a
one-time
increase
to
bring
this
more
in
line
with
what
the
other
fees
are,
with
the
possibility
of
a
two
and
a
half
percent
increase
per
year.
This
would
be
the
amount
of
a
five
percent
kind
of
an
automatic
increase
that
they
would
would
occur
based
on
the
decisions
of
the
department
heads
unless
the
counsel
that
shows
otherwise
and
we
would
bring
those
back
to
you.
AC
The
second
motion
is
is
to
do
the
same
thing,
except
without
the
the
annual
fee
increase
and
the
third
one
is
to
just
do
the
fee
increase
without
the
automatic
without
the
initial
increase.
All
of
these
amount
to
two
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
when
I
showed
it
to
you
before
it
was
175,
but
we
added
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
this,
because
we
took
out
that
the
fourth
sample
with
all
those
small
items.
So
how
is
it
we
add
another
50
thousand
dollars
to
this?
AC
Well,
it's
I'll
give
you
an
example:
it's
the
the
annexation
fee
which
we
were
charging
a
hundred
dollars
for
and
normal
is
charging
a
thousand
dollars
for.
So
if,
for
example,
we
we
suggested
we
were
going
to
move
that
up
to
be
two
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
well,
we
can
now
move
it
up
to
be
three
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars,
and
when
you
go
through
that
that
sort
of
thing
in
in
eight
hundred
different
fees,
we
we
can
absorb
that
fifty
thousand
dollars
that
we
were
going
to.
A
AC
AC
But
if
you
wanted
to
look
through,
you
could
kind
of
see
what
those
look
like,
but
that's
what
we're
talking
about
and
what
we
would
do
is
then
we
would
come
back
to
you
during
the
next
couple
of
months
with
the
actual
actions
to
take
action
on
these,
because
some
of
these
requires
to
change
ordinances.
We
aren't
asking
to
do
that
just
today.
A
This
is
essentially,
these
motions
are
essentially
staff
directions
to
balance
the
budget
just
clarify
for
everyone.
This
is
not
final
action,
but
you
don't
have
the
timetable
on
there,
but
essentially
that's
what
we're
we're
talking
about
here
now,
all
right.
We
can
take
these
in
any
number
of
ways.
I
would
say,
with
the
respect
to
the
first
one,
we
could
start
off
with
the
first
motion.
If
it
doesn't
pass,
we
can
move
with
the
second.
Yes,.
A
W
A
P
AC
The
way
that
we
would
propose
doing
that
is
that
the
staff
department
heads
would
have
the
authority
to
come
back
and
put
those
things
in
automatically
unless
the
council
said
not
to
do
that.
So
what
we
would
do
is
we
would
bring
to
you
a
sheet
like
this.
It
shows
you
the
current
fees
and
the
ones
then
that
we
would
recommend-
and
if
someone
sees
one
on
those
says-
oh
no
I
don't
want
to
do
this.
Well
then,
we
could
vote
on
that
and
take
it
off
of
that,
but
absent
council
action.
P
A
R
Thank
you
Steve.
This
is
excellent
information,
so
I'll
be
voting
for
the
motion,
assuming
that
I
have
this.
This
piece
correct
here
and
I-
think
we've
talked
about
this
before,
but
I
wanna,
make
it
crystal
clear.
Is
that
a
lot
of
these
ones
like
like
false
alarms
and
then
special
events,
Street
closures,
we're
going
to
have
that
spelled
out
more
for
us
and
later
page.
AC
Yeah,
absolutely
because
this
is
a
is
about,
is
225
thousand
dollars
worth
of
fees,
but
a
lot
of
those
require
some
individual
work.
So
we
will
be
coming
back
to
you
with
those
individually
as
we
go
through
the
the
next
coming
weeks,
but
the
total
will
come
out
to
be
225
thousand
dollars.
You
know
more
or
less
sure.
R
So
that's
fine
and
I
appreciate
that
I
just
would
say
that
with
false
alarms,
we
just
want
to
be
crystal
clear
about
what
that
is,
how
it's
defined.
If
it's
somebody
rattling
a
window
versus
bad
wiring
or
somebody
pressing
the
wrong
button
too
many
times
sure
for
Street
closures
for
special
events,
I
don't
want
the
city
to
be
a
hindrance
in
those
types
of
events
to
come
here.
So
if
it
becomes
cost
prohibitive,
we
we
get
ancillary
benefits
from
people
coming
to
our
community.
Having
dinner
single
just.
R
AC
And
what
this
is
is
I
would
call
this.
The
automatic
fee,
increase,
ordinance
and
and
many
cities
do
something
like
that,
and
what
it's
designed
to
do
is
not
to
to
inhibit
the
kind
of
thing
you're
talking
about,
but
to
prevent
us
from
having
some
fee
that
has
not
been
in
in
15
years,
just
because
there
was
never
a
vehicle
to
bring
it
forward.
This
kind
of
brings
it
forward
unless
a
council
decides
not
to
do
it
all.
No
Wampler,
okay,.
X
C
AC
Let's
say
that
one
of
those
ephese
requires
an
ordinance
change
and
the
council
decides
not
to
change
that.
Okay,
we
won't
change
that,
but
in
the
800
different
ones
there
will
be
enough
that
will
ultimately
balance
that
out
to
be
that
amount.
It
may
be
that
some
changes,
instead
of
being
a
it,
was
$13
for
a
permit
and
we're
recommending
at
$15,
maybe
we'll
make
it
$16,
but
out
of
800
will
get
pretty
close
to
that
and
if
we
don't
have
it
exactly,
we
don't.
AC
We
don't
need
to
worry
about
that,
because
there'll
be
enough
other
things
in
the
budget
that
will
be
fluctuating
up
and
down
that
will
make
it.
This
is
just
a
in
anticipation
of
that
that
we
will
balance
the
budget
with
two
hundred
and
twenty-five
thousand
dollars
of
fee
increases.
Some
we
may
do
and
some
we
won't,
but
in
the
main,
they'll
all
work
out
to
be
about
that
number.
I.
A
Do
just
want
to
thank
you
and
staff
for
doing
this
without
external
consultant
spending
a
lot
of
money.
Usually
that's
what
what
happens!
In
fact,
when
I
was
on
the
county
board,
we
did
this
in
2002
I
believe.
Actually,
there
hadn't
been
some
fees
that
had
been
raised
since
Hitler
invaded
Poland,
and
so
we
we
did
an
external
consultant
can't
come
in
and
and
we
you
know,
we
paid
for
their
salaries
in
the
process
and
more
but
I'm
glad
that
staff
was
able
to
do
that
in
the
process
of
doing
this.
Well,.
AC
A
AC
That's
right:
what
happens
is
there's
only
one
motion
here
and
really
it.
This
one
does
not
require
council
action,
but
we
would
like
to
have
have
council
approval
to
do
that
and
we'll
do
that
by
a
vote,
because
if
there's
somebody
who
objects
to
us
doing
that,
we
won't,
but
most
of
the
things
in
here
can
be
done
at
the
staff
level.
There
were
we
started
out
with
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
here,
because
we're
putting
in
the
new
automatic
Matic
parking
deck
facilities
in.
AC
We
think
it
will
come
in
in
August
and
if
we
turn
those
things
all
the
time
and
you
paid
for
parking
day
and
night
24
hours
a
day
to
be
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
But
we
don't
want
to
do
that
for
a
number
of
reasons,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
times
that
downtown
that
we
don't
want
to
charge
for
parking,
because
we
want
to
encourage
other
events.
So
what
we've
done
is
we
reduce
this
down
to
a
small
amount
and
what
it
does
is
during
the
coming
years?
AC
We
can
we
can,
if
we
decide,
we
want
to
change
that
and
you'd
like
to
charge
for
another
event.
We
just
can
set
that
those
machines
automatically
and
do
that,
but
right
now
we're
not
proposing
doing
that.
What
we're
proposing
doing
here
is
is
only
two
things.
One
is
to
do
more
rigorous
execution
of
our
plan
to
collect
fees
for
overdue
parking
tickets
and
we've
also
we've
got
a
collection
agency
that
will
do
that
and
also
that
we
have
now
the
automated
system.
AC
It
frees
up
those
those
attendance
and
still,
instead
of
being
the
attendance
collecting
money
at
the
parking
garages,
they'll
be
able
to
able
to
go
downtown
where
we
have
have
hourly
parking
and
they'll
be
able
to
more
rigorously
enforce
that
throughout
that
process.
We
anticipate
getting
much
of
this,
perhaps
a
$40,000
or
so
back.
The
second
half
of
it
is
that
we
do
have
the
opportunity
to
then
charge
for
special
events,
and
it
could
be
a
small
amount.
AC
It
could
be
five
dollars
for
one
special
event
or
ten
dollars
for
event
and
in
certain
decks
for
certain
hours.
That
will
be
dependent
upon
what
events
we
have
and
and
when
we
choose
to
charge
for
it,
but
we'll
work
that
out
in
conjunction
with
the
Coliseum
and
the
Downtown
Development
Division
and
we'll
add
in
a
small
amount
we
put
in
sixty
thousand
dollars.
For
that
it
will,
it
will
fluctuate
based
upon
events
that
we
have
and
what
hours
we
want
to
use.
But
we
anticipate
we
very
conservative.
We
can.
W
A
AC
Thank
you
very
much
mayor.
This
one
gets
a
little
more
complicated.
What
we
have
is,
we
have
proposed
a
business
registration
fee,
and
this
is
opposed
to
a
licensing
fee.
The
registration
fee
only
gets
us
the
anticipation
of
who
there
is.
It
is
conducting
business,
and
we
can
do
this
by
charging
a
nominal
fee.
AC
AC
mark
can
answer
some
of
that,
but
I
think
the
important
thing
to
say
is
that
the
amount
of
money
that
we
anticipate
covering
there
for
$200,000
a
year
covers
the
things
that
we
are
already
do
most
of
that
we're
doing
now,
for
which
we're
not
reimbursed,
and
that's
why
the
Community
Development
Department
has
a
continual
deficit
and
they
have
to
put
other
monies
into
them.
This
is
really
recovering
the
fees
of
what
were
what
we're
already
doing.
AC
Some
of
the
things,
though
we
may
have
to
do
new
as
we
begin
to
get
more
businesses
signed
up,
so
there
will
be
some
more,
but
basically
this
is
anticipation
of
covering
the
cost
of
the
services
we
also
provide
and
the
reason
we
would
want
to
do
it
on
an
annual
basis.
That's
renewable
every
year
is
because
those
services
continue
every
year.
It's
not
like.
We
do
it
one
year,
and
then
it
stops
the
services
continue
every
year.
AC
The
other
two
motions
are
to
do
it
as
a
one-time
fee,
without
an
annual
increase
of
what
that
would
probably
mean
is
we
would
be
back
again
next
year
asking
for
it
again
or
the
third
motion
would
be
to
do
it
with
a
registration
without
any
fees.
The
the
problem,
of
course,
that
we
have
is
that
any
any
business
has
to
cover
its
expenses,
and
this
is
one
way
that
we
would
want
to
cover
our
expenses
and
cover
it
an
ongoing
basis.
AC
A
The
core
thing
that
is
common
in
all
of
these
is
the
business
registration
and
I
believe
the
chamber
was
in
favor
of
the
business
registration,
not
not
all
were
in
favor
of
regular
fees
but
aa
strength,
so
there
that
is
a
I,
think,
that's
the
commonality
so
essentially
sample
or
excuse
me
motion.
One
would
be
fifty
dollars
and
then
an
annual
basis.
We
could
see
if
that
passed.
If
that
did
not
pass,
we
could
try
50
dollars
on
a
one
shot
basis
or
business
registration
with
no
charge.
A
A
V
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you.
One
of
the
questions
that
I
had
that
didn't
get
answered
is
so
we
answered
the
question
that
home-based
businesses
would
be
exempt
from
this,
and
that's
your
folks
who
might
be
selling
Mary
Kay
Avon
running
an
Etsy
store
things
of
that
nature.
We
said
they
would
be
exempt
from
the
fee,
but
the
one
that
I
didn't
get
answer
is
I
know
property
owners
in
Bloomington
who,
if
they
have
multiple
rental
buildings,
every
building
is
a
separate,
registered
LLC.
And
so
you
know
the
answer.
I
got
from
the
question
earlier.
V
Was
anybody
who's
conducting
business?
Well,
if
you're
renting
out
a
building
you're
conducting
business
in
Bloomington?
So
that
means
that
there
are
some
folks
in
town
who
could
be
getting
hit
with
you
know,
I
can
think
of
one
guy
who's,
probably
going
to
potentially
get
hit
with
20
different
$50
fees
because
he
owns
20
buildings
in
every
single
building
is
a
separate,
registered
LLC
for
liability
reasons,
so
I'm
just
concerned
about
that.
There's
an
awful
lot
of
unknowns
here.
If
we're
going
to
charge
a
fee
of
what
that
looks
like
to
individual
individual
people.
AC
Yes,
two
things
about
that.
First
of
all,
there
there
are
a
lot
of
things
in
this
ordinance
that
we'll
have
to
clarify-
and
we
didn't
write
the
ordinance
and
bring
it
to
you
today,
because
it
would
be
it's
fairly
complicated
because
a
lot
of
that
those
things
that
are
in
it-
and
we
don't
want
to
do
that
if
we're
not
moving
forward
on.
But
as
we
move
forward,
we'll
get
all
the
answers
to
that
and,
as
we
talked
about
with
mr.
Milan,
was
questioned
about
some
of
the
fees
as
we
go
along.
AC
AF
AC
A
AG
A
X
You
said
earlier
that
you
are
going
to
talk
about
the
kinds
of
services
that
are
being
provided
because
I
think
where
people
are
a
little
bit
unsure
is,
you
know,
are
there
you
know
things
that
are
being
exchanged?
You
know
between
the
city
and
these
particular
businesses,
and
so
I'd
like
to
know
what
are
we
providing
right
now?
You
know
what
sort
of
value
are
people
going
to
get
for
that
$50
sure.
AC
AG
We're
getting
through
this
evening
so
some
of
the
let
me
just
kind
of
explain
the
Community
Development
Department
and
cost
recovery
within
our
department.
We
basically
have
five
divisions.
The
first
division
is
building
safety
and
we
basically
have
generally
one
point
million
1.2
million
dollars
in
expenditures
and
1
million
dollars
in
revenues,
and
those
revenues
are
generated
through
our
building,
permit
fees
and
the
like.
AG
And
then
our
next
division
would
be
the
code
enforcement
division
and
they
have
a
budget
of
roughly
nine
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
and
they
have
revenues
of
three
hundred
and
thirteen,
and
that
313
is
basically
from
250,000
in
our
rental
inspection
program
and
some
other
fees
that
are
generated
from
that.
So
you
start
seeing
that
recovery
cost
recovery
starts
dropping
off
as
we
go
the
Department.
So
when
going
back
into
the
building
safety,
you
understand
that
when
you
pull
a
building
permit,
you
get
the
direct
service
of
an
inspector
coming
out
there.
AG
First
evaluating
that
from
construction
plans
and
then
going
out
to
the
sites
that
see
that
was
properly
installed
and
then
a
she
knew
that
occupancy
permit.
One
of
the
fees
that
were
not
recovering
in
the
building
safety
program
is
our
fire
inspectors,
and
so
we
have
two
fire
inspectors
and
a
fire
systems
inspector,
and
so
those
inspectors
of
by
chapter
17
of
the
Municipal
Code
are
required
to
periodically
it.
Actually,
it
says
every
year
to
inspect
commercial
buildings
within
the
community,
they're,
probably
on
a
three
year
cycle,
very
similar
to
our
rental
property
inspection
program.
AG
So
the
intent
being
is
that
we're
getting
through
those
commercial
properties
to
verify
means
of
egress
exit
lights,
whether
or
not
they're
blocking
access
and
then
looking
at
their
storage
kind
of
things.
The
the
biggest
thing
that
we
have
here
is
that
we
are
required
by
our
code
to
annually
inspect
daycare,
centers
nursing
homes
and
rooming
houses,
so
those
are
ones
that
do
get
the
annual
inspection.
In
addition,
when
we
have
a
new
liquor
license
when
that
new
liquor
license
is
issued,
were
mandated
to
go
out
and
do
that
inspection
there.
AG
So
what
we're
missing
is
this
cycle
of
doing
all
these
commercial
buildings
within
the
city
and
if
we're
talking
between
two
and
four
thousand
businesses
were
obligated
to
go
through
those,
essentially
with
no
charge
at
all
for
that
service.
So
it's
essentially
we're
asking
for
this
cost
recovery,
which
is
essentially
a
user
fee
for
having
that
commercial
business
and.
AC
I
could
add
one
thing,
one
of
the
things
that
is
so
important
about
that
is
when
Bob
talks
about
going
out
and
looking
at
those
two
and
four
thousand
built
businesses
and
inspecting
for
fire
and
egress
is
oftentimes.
We
don't
know
that
they're
there.
We
need
to
inspect
them,
but
we
can't
inspect
them
because
we
don't
know
where
they
are.
What
the
registration
business
does
is
a
registration
program
will
allow
us
to
know
where
all
they
are,
and
so
we
can
go
out
and
do
those
required
inspections
and
then
the
home-based
business
yeah.
AG
The
home-based
business,
it's
it's
very
difficult
to
track
the
home-based
businesses
and
we
want
to
encourage
their
entrepreneurship,
but
I
guess
what
we
have
to
say
is
that
we
want
them
to
actually
register
their
home-based
business,
but
not
necessarily
have
to
pay
the
fee,
because
that's
very
difficult
to
track
and
I,
don't
I,
think
it's
more
to
be
a
part
of
the
system
and
not
necessarily
be
part
of
the
program.
I!
Guess
it
if
you
can
be
on
the
business
directory
as
opposed
to
being
in
in
the
actual
program.
AG
AC
Y
A
question
about
the
basically
sample
motion,
two
versus
one,
so
my
question
is
if
we
were
to
vote
in
favor
of
sample
motion
2
as
opposed
to
sample
motion
one
in
my
in
my
correct
and
understanding
that
the
$50.00
is
basically
our
cost
of
administering
this
program
on
a
yearly
basis.
So,
basically,
we'd
have
a
hole
in
our
budget
for
next
year.
Unless
we
took
action,
I
would.
AC
AG
I
would
say
that,
just
to
add
the
the
one-time
fee
is
not
to
cover
the
administration
of
the
program.
It's
to
add
the
cost
recovery
to
the
other
programs
we're
providing
to
those
commercial
businesses.
So
when
we
look
at
this
customer
service
portal
working
with
IT,
we
don't
believe
it's
going
to
certainly
not
be
anywhere
near
that
the
cost
and
that's
the
in
comparison
to
some
of
our
other
programs,
like
the
rental
property
inspection
program
and
our
contractor
registration
programs,
which.
AC
Y
AG
Y
AE
I'll
share
my
thoughts
about
that.
The
reason
I
voted
for
what
I
did
was
because
I'm
concerned
about
the
cost
of
executing
this
program
every
year.
You
know
if
I
could
tweak
this
I
would
say
a
one-time
fee
of
$100
rather
than
$50,
because
I
think
that
would
help
us
out
more
but
I'm
also
concerned.
If
we
do
this
every
year
that
we
may
have
to
hire
a
new
person
to
oversee
all
of
this
and
I
think
that
would
wipe
out
any
of
the
benefits
that
we
would
accrue
from
having
this
in
the
first
place.
AA
R
P
AF
Yeah
some
of
the
community
development
stuff
is
in
place,
but
the
actual
forum
we're
gonna,
have
to
work
on
the
database,
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
are
going
to
go
into
it.
That's
not
in
place
yet.
So,
while
some
of
the
community
development
stuff
is
in
process,
the
actual
you
know
registration
program
is
not
that
as
something
that
we'll
have
to
all
work
together
and.
C
AF
AF
D
AF
C
V
So
I
wanted
to
add
that
I'm
going
to
be
voting
no
to
all
three
of
these
motions
for
many
of
the
same
reasons
that
Scott
said
I'm
concerned
about
the
cost
of
operating
this
sort
of
program.
You
know
one
of
my
thoughts
as
it
came
up
earlier
that
there
are
businesses
out
there
that
we
don't
know
exist
right
now.
Well,
if
we
don't
know
they
exist,
how
are
we
going
to
get
to
those
businesses
to
tell
them
that
they
should
pay
a
fee
so
that
we
know
that
they
exist?
V
That
seems
like
a
negative
circular
logic
to
me.
There
and
I
was
just
having
the
thought
that
this
entire
concept
is
is
great
and
I
can
see
the
value
of
it,
but
it
seems
to
me
that
this
might
be
better
implemented
and
it
could
be
one
of
the
things
that
we
asked.
You
know
we
just
provided
money
to
fund
the
BN
advantage
and
they
have
better
context
than
we
do
in
terms
of
connecting
with
the
business
community
and
can
add
different
value
than
we
can
to
that.
V
V
So
you
have
a
complete
listing
of
all
the
businesses
and
have
that
knowledge
available
to
outside
developers
and
even
people
who
are
interested
in
starting
businesses
to
see
what
kind
of
potential
competition
might
exist
or
what
and
what
needs
are
available
in
the
community.
I
just
I,
don't
see
that
there's
a
good
way
for
us
to
undertake
this
and
make
this
happen
where
people
are
going
to
want
to
volunteer
Lee,
sign
themselves
up
and
say
I
volunteered,
it
pay
$50
for
this
registration.
If
we
don't
already
know
they
exist
so
well,.
AC
AC
I
could
answer
one
of
those
questions,
and
that
is
how
do
you
know
about
people
that
aren't
out
there?
What
happens
is
we
have
people
that
come
in
frequently
because
they
want
to
start
a
business
and
they
want
to
know
how
they
get
a
business
license.
And
what
happens
is
we
say
you
don't
have
to
have
a
business
license
and
they
go
yippee
and
off
they
go
and
then
what
happens
we
find
out
about
them
because
there's
a
code
violation
that
we
have
to
go
back.
AC
I
only
have
to
get
them
to
tear
out
a
wall,
so
we
can
inspect
their
electricity
or
something.
So
how
would
we
know
well,
we'd
find
a
lot
of
them
because
they
come
in
and
ask
is
what
happens
and
we're
we're
one
of
the
of
a
few
communities
that
don't
have
any
kind
of
a
license
or
a
registration
program.
Well,.
V
Then
so,
let's
say,
for
instance,
I
have
a
business
and
I
don't
respond
to
the
request
for
registering
the
business.
What
happens
at
that
point
now
we
have
another
person
who's
involved
to
manage
that
process
to
find
all
the
businesses
that
didn't
respond,
the
first
time
to
send
a
second
notification,
the
third
notification
and
so
on
so
forth,
and
then
do
they
end
up
in
administrative
court
because
they
never
registered
the
first
time.
It
just
seems
like
this
is
all
going
to
go
sideways
on
us
roll
it
quickly.
The.
A
Then,
just
just
to
clarify
you
know,
the
bean
advantage
might
be
very
interested
in
in
having
a
list,
but
they're
not
going
to
they're,
not
that
performs
any
kind
of
safety
checks.
You
know
internally
that
that's
not
right.
Well,
that's
why
this
is
a
budget
that
part
of
its
the
budget,
cost
recovery,
I.
Think
from
our
administrative
standpoint,
anyway,
all
the
woman
Burgas.
Y
Okay,
so
I
I
think
you
hit
on
it.
We've
hit
on
some
really
good
points
today
on
why
a
business
registration
program
is
really
important
for
a
community
from
a
safety
point
of
view,
from
a
metrics
and
can
be
an
economic
development.
One
of
you
I
think
the
program
itself
is
one
that
I
think
that
we
really
do
need
in
the
community
and
I.
Think
staff
has
given
a
lot
of
thought
into
whether
or
not
we
can
integrate
this
into
our
existing
systems
and
I've
confidence.
Y
They
can
so
so
I
hope
that
we
would
move
forward
at
least
on
registration
in
some
way.
Of
course,
there's
always
the
other
thing
looming
over
us
is.
If
we
don't
improve
any
of
the
ones
that
have
some
form
of
cost
recovery
on
it,
we're
going
to
have
it,
we
are
going
to
have
a
$200,000
hole
in
our
budget,
which
we
will
have
to
quickly
fill,
but
just
as
a
reminder,
I
mean.
Y
A
AC
AC
A
AC
AC
A
A
Great
thank
you
and
I
just
for
the
record
wanted
to
thank
all
the
people
who
participated
in
the
protests
March
yesterday
and
today.
Obviously,
this
is
democracy
in
action.
It's
people
exercising
their
First
Amendment
rights
and
just
to
clarify
there
has
been
continued
discussion
among
several
aldermen
and
myself
and
mayor
cous
about
welcoming
city
ordinances.
It's
not
as
if
that
that
discussion
hasn't
continued.
The
other
thing
that
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
is
that
I
will
have
the
the
open
house
a
week
from
this
Friday
I'll.
A
Have
it
in
the
traditional
way
that
I've
had
it
in
the
past
and
that
it
will
sit
around
the
fishbowl
and
I
will
show.
If
you
go
to
the
Lorraine
Motel,
where
Martin
Luther
King
was
assassinated
in
1968,
it's
actually
a
museum
today
and
if
you
go
in
there,
I
bought
the
the
tape
that
you'll
see
it's
22
minutes
of
his
assassination
called
witness
and
we'll
look
at
that
to
talk
a
little
bit
of
dr.
King.
A
Z
A
X
X
X
Z
X
Javi
and
nobody
came
out
to
to
to
address
you-
know
those
who
were
protesting
and
I
think
it
was
students,
I'm,
not
sure,
but
I
okay,
great
I
was
at
lunch,
so
I
I
wasn't
there,
but
a
in
in
any
case,
I
I
think
what
kind
of
came
out
of
all
of
that.
You
know
I'm.
Just
listening
to
some
of
the
comments
here.
X
I
wanted
to
be
able
to
reiterate
that
we,
you
know
several
of
us
who
have
had
conversations
I,
I,
don't
think
we're
opposed
to
doing
anything,
but
I
think
what
is
more
accurate
to
say
is
that
we,
we
just
have
a
difference
of
opinion
on
how
we
were
going
to
you
know
to
get
to
where
people
want.
You
know
and
as
you
know,
you
reference
you
know,
this
is
a
it's
a
democracy,
so
I
think
it's.
You
know
it's
okay
to
have
a
difference
of
opinion,
so
I
so
I.
X
Think
from
you
know
from
this
point
forward:
I
I
I
want
the
conversation
to
be.
You
know
a
little
bit
more
thoughtful
so
that
you
know
and
and
you've
heard
today.
You
know
there
was
a
reference
made
that
there
have
been
some
some
hurt,
feelings
you
know,
and
and
in
in
this
whole
process
and
I
and
I,
don't
think
there
there
should
be.
X
Being
at
times,
you
know
critical
in
a
way
that
can
be.
You
know
that
can
seem
hurtful
at
least
to
the
person
that's
receiving
it.
So
hopefully
I
we,
you
know
we
can
have
a
what
I
would
call
it
a
more
productive
conversation,
we're
not
necessarily
shouting
at
one
another
and
that's
why
I've
resisted
you
know
saying
much
because
I
know
I
know
that
sometimes
words
can
be
dissected
and
interpreted
in
a
way
that
that
they're
they're
not
met.
X
So
we
have
to
be
extremely
careful
with
that,
because
the
issue
is
extremely
sensitive
to
a
lot
of
people
and
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
concerned
about
is
the
fact
that
the
issue
has
been
described
in
in
the
ways
that
are
I
would
say:
binary
is
either
this
way
or
that
way,
but
I
actually
think
it's
a
lot
more
complicated.
It's
a
lot
more
complex
than
that
and
and
I
think.
If
we,
if
we
are
able
as
a
council,
that's
our
responsibility
to
craft
a
a
process.
X
You
know
that
allows
everybody
to
express
themselves
in
a
way.
That's
respectful,
thoughtful.
We
may
learn
a
lot
more
than
we
did
at
the
beginning.
I
love
the
enthusiasm
of
activists.
You
know
it's
great,
but
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
as
an
activist
you
know,
is
important
to
recognize
that
activists
are
a
lot
closer
to
the
issue.
Then
others
are
so
we.
X
You
know
it's
important
to
to
kind
of
take
care
to
make
sure
that
the
people
who
are
not
as
close
to
the
issue
become
become
more
familiar
over
time
and
and
when
they
do,
one
might
realize
that
you
can
find
actually
more
supporters.
You
know
once
people
are
a
little
bit
more
educated
on
the
issue.
Like
I
said
the
issues
very
complex
I
have
been
following
very
careful
ever
since
the
conversation
started.
You
know,
what's
going
on
in
California
and
and
I
and
every
day,
I
learn
something
new
about.
What's
going
on,
you
know
so.
X
I
I
have
a
lot
of
questions.
I
mean
I
as
a
council
member
I
think
I
have
a
strong
responsibility
for
being
very
careful
with
what
it
is
that
we
do
and
what
the
impact
is
going
to
be
to
folks.
So
prime
example
in
California
having
declared
itself
a
sanctuary,
City.
Well,
you
know
ice
decided
to
enforce
with
a
little
bit
more
aggressively
and
in
that
process
some
people
are
are
being
hurt.
X
You
know
that
you
know
people
didn't
even
think
we're
necessarily
going
to
be
heard.
So
I
have
to
think
about
all
those
things
you
know.
Well,
what
is
our
back-up
plan?
You
know
after
an
ordinance
is
passed.
You
know,
and
some
people
have
suggested
to
me.
Well,
if
you
pass
the
ordinance
you
know,
and
if
lots
of
city
cities
passed
the
ordinance,
then
the
federal
government
will
be
overwhelmed.
They
won't
know
what
to
do
and
where
to
go.
I
said
that's
great,
but
what,
if
they
say,
we're
picking
Bloomington?
X
That's
where
we're
going
and
I
don't
care
about
the
other
ones.
So
I
have
to
think
about
that.
You
know
in
how
I
craft
a
solution
to
this
particular
problem.
So
again,
I
don't
want
to
be
too
long-winded,
but
I
I
just
want
to
for
us
to
be
able
to
to
talk
about
a
process
by
which
we're
going
to
to
talk
about
the
issue
address
the
issue,
assess
the
situation
on
the
ground
and
know
exactly
what
we're
talking
about
and
and
then
just
kind
of
go
from
there.
So
I'll
stop
there.
Thank
you.
Y
You
were
just
discussing,
and
so
my
question,
though
it
is,
is
one
set
to
Mayor
Renner.
What
is
our
process
here,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
residents
who
are
very
trying
very,
very
hard
to
get
our
attention
and
what
they're
asking
is
for
us
to
have
a
public
debate
and
make
a
public
decision
on
whether
or
not
we
want
to
adopt
a
welcoming
city
ordinance.
So
what
does
that
look
like?
Are
we
going
to
be
bringing
this
back
on
an
agenda
at
some
point
in
time?
Do
you
know
yet?
What
does
it
look
like?
Y
A
A
good
question,
essentially
just
to
do
the
quick
backdrop.
Obviously
this
has
been
discussed
and
some
people
said
for
a
year
since
little
left
in
the
beginning
of
the
Trump
administration
and
I
think
somebody
had
cited.
There
was
a
forty
seven
percent
increase
in
deportations
of
non
criminal
individuals.
So,
for
a
lot
of
reasons,
that's
having
a
ripple
effect
at
all.
Cities
want
to
go
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors.
A
This
comes
up
and
there's
a
fundamental
difference
between
a
sanctuary
City
and
a
welcoming
City,
at
least
in
terms
of
the
types
of
ordinances
and
I,
think
so
those
that
some
of
the
backdrop
we
did
discuss
this
formally
in
December
as
a
council
and
the
direction
from
in
December
was
maybe
we
see
what
normal
has
done.
I
mean
it
wasn't
as
clear,
perhaps
as
it
could
be.
There
were
a
variety
of
different
attitudes
expressed,
but
that
we
would
bring
something
back.
A
A
So
then
there
was
nothing
magical
about
three
weeks
later
to
February
12th,
and
then
we
had
five
of
them
and
say
that
they
did
not
want
to
talk
about
or
they
did
not
want
it
on
that
agenda
on
February
12th
and
we
had
some
of
the
supporters
saying
there
are
still
things
to
work
out.
I
think
this
is
going
back
to
what
all
them
know.
One
way
was
suggesting
that
this
is
not
binary,
that
there
are
some
nuances
that
needed
to
be
worked
out.
So
in
talking
to
mr.
A
Rasmussen
and
I,
who
the
ones
who
have
direct
you
know
administrative
control
according
to
statute
and
ordinance
over.
You
know
the
agenda
organizing
agenda,
we
we
pulled
it
okay,
so
it
was
not
on
that
agenda.
That
doesn't
mean
that
it
cannot
be
brought
back.
There's
no.
From
my
perspective,
there's
no
point
in
bringing
something
back
that
might
create,
as
all
of
them
know.
A
We
said
some
hurt
feelings,
especially
if
it's
not
going
to
pass
so
that
we
have
had
other
discussions
between
some
of
the
other
members
of
the
City
Council
and
myself
and
the
town
of
normal.
That
seemed
to
change
their
mind,
although
I'm
not
I'm,
still
not
100%
sure,
and
then
there
is
a
different
group,
a
welcoming
city
group
that
I
did
speak
with
nan
Whaley,
the
mayor
of
Dayton
who's
been
part
of
this
she's
running
for
governor
of
Ohio.
So
she
didn't
have
a
lot
of
time
to
talk
to
me,
but
she
did.
A
You
know
say
that
it
it
had
worked.
Well,
it
didn't.
It
passed
the
City,
Council
and
Dayton,
not
that
would
hear
necessarily,
but
it
passed.
City
Council
in
Dayton,
the
legal
team
and
Dayton
gave
it.
You
know
they
said:
there's
virtually
no
probability
that
you're
going
to
be
scrutinized
by
ice
with
this
kind
of
language.
Right
I
have
not
gone
through
and
read
what
they
had
passed,
but
we
did
have
a
different
version.
As
of
the
end
of
January.
A
Here
locally,
that
our
police
chief
and
our
legal
counsel
seemed
to
be
in
favor
of
or
bye-bye
in
favor
of
they
said
we're.
We
don't
see
any
problems.
Administering
this
I
should
make
that
clearer
in
favor
of
is
not
the
right
way
to
put
it
so,
but
but
that
was
something
that
some
members,
some
people
who
supported
it,
wanted
to
change
it
to
tweak
and
that's
why
they
asked
us
to
to
pull
it.
A
So
at
this
point
we
have
had
continual
discussions
among
several
of
the
council
members,
some
of
who
were
on
either
side
and
by
either
side.
I,
don't
mean
it
to
be
binary,
yes-or-no,
welcoming
city,
just
whether
or
not
we
would
have
voted
on
it
back
in
February,
12
right,
and
so
we
we
still,
it
is
still
there.
It
could
be
brought
up
at
any
time,
but
it
does
seem
that
we
should
have
it
be
nice
to
have
more
than
a
five
to
four
vote
and
it
would
be
nice
to
have
it
passed.
A
First
of
all,
the
reverse
order
nice
to
have
it
passed
nice
to
have
it
more
than
a
5-4
vote
in
terms
of
some
sort
of
consensus.
You
know
that
we're
a
welcoming
community
and
there
we
have
welcoming
city
ordinance.
It
would
be
also
nice
to
have
the
town
of
normal
do
it.
But,
from
my
perspective
and
I've
said
this
in
you
know,
in
public,
there's
no
reason
why
Wellington
can't
lead
in
social
justice.
A
It
doesn't
always
have
to
be
with
normal,
but
if
we
can
do
it
with
normal,
so
much
the
better
and
and
normal
has
expressed
some
greater
interest.
Let's
put
it
that
way.
Sometimes
I've
assumed
that
maybe
more
than
it
has
been,
but
has
expressed
greater
interest
over
the
last
several
months
than
they
had
in
the
past.
A
AC
Y
A
Y
Y
One
way
or
the
other-
and
maybe
that
saying
no
thank
you
not
right
now
or
preferably
I,
think,
is
having
that
public
conversation,
because
I
think
that
the
the
public
has
really
deserves
to
hear
where
we
stand
on
this,
you
know
whether
we
support
it
or
not.
So
I
would
like
to
for
us
to
get
there.
Maybe
it's
after
the
budget,
because
things
are
gonna,
be
a
little
busy
till
then,
but.
A
A
A
Well,
in
the
short
run,
well
I
think
after
tonight,
we've
made
some
huge
progress
in
terms
of
the
budget,
so
it
may
very
well
be
that
the
budget
is
not
as
dominant.
It
was
because
we
do
that
has
to
be
our
highest
priority
and
that
is
making
sure
that
we
can
keep
the
doors
open
right
and
so
I
think
we
might
very
well
I'm.
You
know
encircling
back.
Maybe
Steve
and
I
can
circle
back
with
the
council
to
see
where
we
are
on
and
and
try
to
give
some
sort
of
date.
U
Me
I'm
sorry
to
interrupt,
but
it's
point
of
order
here,
I'm
unclear
how
long
the
conversation
between
aldermen,
Burgas
and
the
mayor
will
go
on
this
needed
to
be
a
bit
of
an
abuse
of
the
process
mayor
believe
you
already
had
your
your
comment
section
autumn
in
Burgas.
You've
made
some
comments
and
now
it's
time
to
move
forward
on.
E
U
A
I
was
asked
in
the
first
vlogs
asked
a
specific
question
and
second
of
all,
it
is
in
the
ordinance
in
the
state
of
Illinois
that
the
as
I
understand
it
and
Jeff
jerricans
can
can
clarify.
But
that
is
the
decision
of
the
of
the
mayor.
We
have
Robert's
Rules
of
Order
as
as
a
backup
as
a
micro-level,
but
that's
not
Robert's
Rules
or
a
backup,
but
I
was
asked
a
specific
question
and
I
was
attempting
to
give
an
answer
to
that
specific
question.
Cue.
U
Mayor
I
think
we've
heard
your
answer
and,
and
we
understand
you
have
a
an
agenda
and
you
actually
have
a
position
in
this
matter
that
may
differ
from
others
and
that's
what
democracy
is
about
and
and
kind
of
taking
a
a
strong-arm
approach
here
to
take
over
the
comments
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
I,
don't
think
really
or
isn't
that
spirit,
so
I
asked
you
to
conclude
and
and
let
the
meeting
move
forward
so
that
others
can
also
speak
to
the
other
issues
that
are
important
to
them
as
well.
Thank
you
sure.
A
No
I
appreciate
that
I,
don't
I,
don't
I
apologize.
If
there
was
anything
that
I
said
that
was
strong-armed,
it
was
certainly
not
meant
to
be
that
way.
I
thought
I
was
I,
certainly
didn't
think
that
I
was
making
any
position.
Anything
I,
don't
think
I
made
any
statements
that
was
in
favor
of
a
welcoming
today
or
opposed
to
it.
I
thought
I
was
outlining
what
we
did
and
when
we
did
it
and
what
happened
and
what
now
it
may
be.
U
I
think
you're
being
abusive
at
this
juncture
in
order
to
put
forward
a
platform
that
you
personally
embrace
and
which
the
council
has
has
has
weighed
in
and-
and
you
know
it
frankly
has-
has
I-
think
some
appetite
to
take
a
look
at
some
issues,
but
certainly
this
isn't
the
manner
in
which
to
do
it
and
that's
my
opinion.
I
believe
several
other
council
would
would
support
that.
U
A
Y
You
and
I
do
have
a
second
question.
So
back
at
our
February
28th
meeting,
we
pulled
some
meeting
minutes
from
our
consent
agenda
for
revision.
They
were
from
our
February
12th
meeting.
Those
have
not
yet
come
back
for
consideration
and
I
was
wondering
if
we
had
a
plan
to
do
that,
so
that
we
can
get
those
approved
in
a
timely
manner,
I'm
kind
of
looking
at
all
the
member
a
since
it
was
her
original
motion.
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
what
the
plan
was
to
get
those
back,
but
I
just
wanted
to
know.
A
AA
Working
on
them,
it
is
a.
It
is
a
process,
because
the
actual
verbatim
set
of
minutes
are
50
between
51
and
57
pages
long
and
that
conversation
at
the
end
probably
range
anywhere
from
15
to
20
pages
of
having
to
go
through
and
scale
down,
just
to
be
able
to
bring
back
that
portion
of
the
minute
that
is
being
referenced.
What.
Y
Can
I
make
a
comment,
though,
maybe
perhaps
to
not
add
more
than
is
necessary
to
Cherry's
workload.
I
mean
my
understanding
from
that
motion
and
that
process
was
we
would
send
in
suggestions
those
could
be
incorporated
and
then
voted
on.
I
would
hate
to
see
you
do
more
than
is
required
by
the
motion
that
we
had.
So
unless
others
remember
it
differently,
I
would
suggest
just
go
with
the
specific
comments
you've
received
and
bring
those
back,
and
hopefully
those
are
sufficient
to
meet
the
motion.
Ok,.
U
It
was
my
motion:
I'll
speak
to
that
I.
Think
Jerry
give
us
a
time
frame
in
which
you'd
like
to
hear
back,
and
we
can
do
that
and
get
that
together.
I
think
that
there
was
some
some
very
sensitive
comments
made
and
I
think
folks
are
taking
an
opportunity
to
step
away
and
and
gather
the
important
information
that
need
to
appear
in
the
minutes
and,
as
we've
moved
forward
into
our
budget
time.
U
I
think
you
know
where
we're
seeking
to
to
find
commonality
and
not
division,
and
so
I
think
that
the
pause
that
we've
had
here
has
been
beneficial
for
us
and
I
would
just
encourage
us
to
move
forward
in
a
way
for
commonality
instead
of
division
and
the
the
techniques
and
the
tactics
within
the
meeting
to
hijack
the
meeting
and
take
it
places
to
put
forward
personal
agendas
really
really
needs
to
be
I.
Guess
sunsetted
I
would
recommend
that.
So
thank
you.
Okay,
okay,.
AA
U
AA
AC
Don't
think
that's
what
all
the
woman
Bray
is
asking
for.
I
think
she's
just
asking
for
that
one
portion
of
it
and
we
could
extract
that
and
then
bring
it
back
to
her
and
decide
what
she
wanted
to
do
with
it.
And
if
she
wanted
to
make
a
motion
that
that
was
included
in
the
minutes,
then
we
could
do
that.
AC
U
Actually,
my
motion
was
just
giving
folks
an
opportunity
to
review
their
notes
and
then
get
back
to
you
and
what
they
would
like
to
include
and
again
I
think
that
this
pause
time
that
we've
had
could
serve
us
well,
so
that
we
can
can
consents
around
important
work.
That's
before
us
and
go
back
and
take
a
look
at
our
notes
sometime
in
the
future
and
update
those
minutes.
I
don't
see
expensive
exigency
to
move
forward
in
them
in
that
manner
autumn
in
Burgas,
and
it
was
my
motion
and
that's
how
I'd
like
to
proceed.
C
AA
A
C
P
Given
the
lateness
of
the
hour
and
the
fact
that
we've
been
here
nine
to
five
hours
now,
I
think
you
know
in
Boca
said
this:
is
democracy
in
action
and
I?
Think
democracy
is
messy
and
it
seems
to
me
over
the
course
of
more
than
a
year
now
that
I
have
consistently
seen
this
community
put
their
hands
in
the
air
and
say
that
we
we
we
want
to
embrace
the
values
that
we
share
as
a
community
to
welcome
one
another
and
care
for
one.
P
Another
and
I
saw
that
in
acts
and
at
the
BCP
a
when
we
had
a
a
convocation
for
lack
of
a
better
word,
I
think
was
back
in
January,
February
2017
and
it
was
standing
room
only
and
I
always
think
about
that
meeting.
As
a
group
of
people
in
this
community
who
wanted
to
quote-unquote
be
the
change
they
want
to
see
in
the
world,
it
was
a
very
moving
event.
I
just
checked
over
the
weekend.
Thinking
about
all
the
signs
we
see
in
our
community.
P
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
people
in
this
community
who
want
to
be
part
of
this
conversation
and
help
shape
this
section.
This
this
value
in
our
community
and
and
so
I'd
like
to
propose
that
on
a
either
committee
of
the
whole
or
at
a
work
session
that
maybe
we
begin
to
frame
that
up
a
little
bit
and
think
about
how
we
might
invite.
Maybe
our
Human
Relations
Commission
in
maybe
our
public
safety
and
Community
Relations
Board
members
of
our
faith.
Community
mayor,
you
mentioned
Dayton.
That's
the
welcoming
America
program.
P
And
I
think
that
there's
I'm
not
sure
that
that's
the
panacea
but
I
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
parts
of
that
that
are
advantageous.
That
might
give
us
some
guidance.
So
I,
don't
think
we're
going
to
hash
this
out
tonight,
but
I
I
think
that
I've
consistently
heard
from
my
council
colleagues
as
well
as
our
community,
that
we
need
a
more
engaged
conversation
and
I
think
some
of
the
faltering
and
the
halting
that
the
community
is
seen
by
this
council.
P
Is
this
council
saying
this
is
not
a
kind
of
one
and
done
sort
of
deal
where
you
you
pass
an
ordinance
and
then
it's
over
with
it's
it's
far
a
far
deeper
and
richer
conversation
and
and
I
think
I
I
think
it
deserves
that
conversation,
so
I'd
like
to
suggest
that
in
one
way
or
another
we
put
that
on
a
on
an
agenda
for
us
to
flesh
out
when
maybe
a
little
bit
more
fresh
than
we
are
right
now.
Thank.
R
R
A
question
and
they've
gone
to
some
great
lengths
to
get
our
attention
on
that
matter
and
I
think
we
need
to
have
some
sort
of
an
answer,
and
if
that
answer
is
no
answer,
that's
an
answer
and
I
guess:
I
would
I
just
think
back
to
my
time
on
council
here
and
how
I've,
when
I've
seen
some
of
these
big
policy
pieces
and
these
big
cultural
milestones
and
touch-tones
get
built
their
best.
When
we
all
get
to
weigh
in
and
provide
our
perspective,
we
may
not
vote
on
and
support
at
the
end.
R
But
as
long
as
everybody's
perspective
is
heard,
we
go
from
there
and-
and
you
know
the
last
meeting
that
we
had
this
kind
of
conversation.
No
alderman
sage
was
making
some
remarks
about
Karen
and
you
know
they
want
to
pile
on,
but
you've
been
a
mentor
for
me
and
I
and
I've
always
appreciated
how
you
have
been
able
to
craft
policy
with
thoughtful
deliberative
engaged,
getting
large
groups
of
people
together
to
weigh
in
and
Moke.
In
the
same
way
you
know
when
you
and
I
went
to
NLC
together.
R
You
know
I
learned
to
be
more
calm
and
reserved
and
then
not
fly
off
the
handle
as
much
better
than
I
was.
You
are
on
back,
then,
more
all
over
the
place
and
and
and
kind
of
the
division.
I'm
hearing
is
what,
when
it
when,
when
I
see
this
council,
not
showing
unity
on
some
of
these
things,
it
means
that
the
community
is
not
unified
on
these
things
and
there's
there's
divisions
in
our
community
that
we
need
to
somehow
build
a
consensus.
R
Around
and
and
I'm
hearing
I
had
I've
been
disappointed
and
just
made
in
the
blowback
that
I've
gotten
from
people
who
have
been
vitriol
vitriolic
and
their
hatred
towards
people,
not
that
are
different
than
that
themselves
and
and
that
needs
to
be
corrected
and
and
I'm
also
concerned
about
some
of
the
things
that
people
believe
this
ordinance
is
going
to
do,
even
though
it
would
not
do
that
and
then
we're
disappointing
people
on
that
front.
So,
when
I
hear
this
kind
of
division
on
the
council,
I
hear
division
in
the
community.
R
That
means
it's
time
for
a
community
conversation
and,
and
so
I
would
advocate,
for
the
next
available
committee
of
the
whole
that
we
talk
about
these
things.
We
get
the
feedback
from
the
staff.
I
know,
there's
been
a
revised
ordinance,
that's
come
through
and
to
staff's
credit
that
they're
not
providing
feedback,
because
at
this
point
in
time
the
majority
of
the
council
does
not
want
that
to
happen,
and
that's
fine.
R
R
Guess
it's
a
long-winded
way
of
saying
that
I
think
I
would
continue
to
advocate
for
us
having
a
public
meeting
where
we
talk
about
this
issue
again,
and
we
hear
from
my
colleagues
and
I'd
love
to
get
the
feedback
from
the
community
review
board
the
Human
Relations
Commission's.
What
questions
do
they
have?
Because
when
these
questions
and
these
conversations
are
happening
in
all
these
different
pockets
of
our
community,
we
come
up
with
better
public
policy
and
I.
R
Think
if
we
create
a
timeline,
the
folks
who
are
advocating
very
strongly
for
this
process
to
be
expedited,
we
can
give
them
a
line
of
sight
and
we
kind
of
we
can
adjust
that
here
and
there.
But
it's
going
to
happen
we're
going
to
get
there
and
then
we
can
start
to
get
people
on
board
who
are
still
skeptical,
and
we
can
answer
the
questions
and
be
fact-based
and
make
it
happen
and
I'm
just
I'm
hopeful.
Moving
forward
on
this.
This
whole
topic
and
and
I
just
I,
appreciate
everybody's
feedback
and
I.