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A
E
F
A
A
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
had
the
great
pleasure
on
saturday
morning
of
going
to
fountain
square
to
be
with
the
asian
south
asian
pacific
islander
american
community
here
in
evanston,
to
deliver
a
proclamation
that
was
made
at
the
previous
meeting,
and
it
was
a
delight
to
be
at
that
function
and
candidly
just
delight
to
be
out
outdoors
in
public
with
people,
and
I
think
it
bodes
well
for
what
the
recovery
can
mean
for
our
community
again
in
terms
of
our
physical
health,
in
terms
of
our
economic
health,
but
also
just
in
terms
of
our
social
well-being
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
a
summer
of
recovery
and
rejuvenation
throughout
our
community
and
throughout
this
this
country.
B
B
P352-0-21
he
is
an
owner
and
resident
at
13-23,
chancellor
adjacent
to
northwestern,
and
it's
in
opposition
of
the
zoning
commitment.
Len
bedner
is
once
a
is
a
business
owner
on
central
street
and
is
also
speaking
on
behalf
of
other
business
owners
and
once
the
council
is
also
opposes
brief.
B
P3
53-0-1,
jess
smith,
wants
to
supports
sp3
the
staff
recommendations
and
also
staff
recommendations
for
sp4
mary
rosenski
I
signed
up
to,
I
believe,
was
going
to
sign
up
to
comment,
but
also
wanted
to
express
her
support
for
sp3
and
believes
that
p3
is
also
a
poor
policy
choice
and
for
carrie
zimmerman
also
is
opposed
to
sp3
for
free
beaches,
and
that
is
all.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
now
move
to
public
comment,
two
things
to
be
said
about
public
comment.
First
of
all,
because
we
are
back
in
person
but
we'll
have
a
hybrid
public
comment
where
the
great
majority
of
public
commenters
will
speak
remotely
and
then
the
last
few
will
speak
in
person.
A
A
H
H
I
I
am
with
the
illinois
retail
merchants
association
and
I
wanted
to
speak
on
sp4
the
hazard
pay
proposal.
You
know,
I
think
this
is
an
interesting
proposal,
because
it
frankly
gives
us
a
platform
to
talk
about
everything
that
the
employer
community
has
done
to
support
our
employees
during
this
pandemic.
I
You
know
we
were
learning
how
to
do
this
on
the
fly
and,
frankly,
the
si.
The
health
and
safety
procedures
that
we
put
in
place
were
ultimately
what
was
copied
by
governments
and
and
then
regulated,
but
they
took
from
what
we
were
already
doing
and
then
made
that
law.
So
we
were
pioneering
in
the
midst
of
a
pandemic
to
be
helpful
and
create
a
safe
working
environment
for
our
employees.
I
There's
an
undercurrent
here
in
this
conversation
that
you
know
grocery
stores
were
just
making
a
ton
of
money
at
the
expense
of
the
employees,
and
that
is
actually
not
the
case.
You
know
grocery
stores
also
spent
a
lot
of
money
on
these
health
and
safety
measures
and,
frankly,
on
measures
to
support
financially
the
job,
the
great
job
that
our
employees
were
doing,
and
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
giving
a
full
perspective
to
this
conversation
so
that
it's
not
so
one-sided.
I
The
grocery
industry
has
been
targeted
here
and
it's
frankly
concerning,
especially
because
we
are
moving
out
of
the
pandemic
and
the
grocery
industry
has
been
one
that
has
been
a
steady
hand.
Throughout
this
pandemic,
we
have
done
plex,
plexiglas
safety
barriers,
one-way
aisles,
cleaning
procedures,
health
screening
practices,
all
of
that
before
any
of
it
was
regulated
right.
I
In
addition,
we've
extended
sick
pay
before
the
feds
were
even
reimbursing
for
some
of
that
bonuses
to
employees
and
some
some
employers
even
went
as
far
as
to
implement
a
higher
rate
wage
temporarily
for
their.
A
Could
you
begin
to
end
your
remarks?
Please.
I
Yes,
we've
gone
above
and
beyond
to
ensure
that
our
employees
are
safe
and
know
that
they're
being
taken
care
of,
and
this
proposal
is
a
bit
of
a
slap
in
the
face
to
the
grocery
industry.
That
is
supporting
evanston's
communities,
and
I
would
encourage
you
to
vote
no
whenever
it's
time
to
do
that.
A
A
Hello,
can
you
all
hear
me,
you
bet,
go
ahead.
Okay,.
J
Great,
my
name's
abdel
shakur,
I'm
a
teacher,
a
parent,
a
second
war
resident,
and
I
want
it
publicly
known
that
I
can't
afford
the
beach
token
the
social
and
moral
cost
of
our
racist
beach
policy.
Beach
policy
is
too
great
and
I,
along
with
6
000
other
signatories
of
our
petition,
demand
to
change
now.
Two
factors
make
beach
tokenism:
racist,
the
policy's
original
intent
and
its
impact
in
the
early
1900s.
The
black
community
in
evanston
grew
in
size
and
political
power.
J
We
started
businesses
bought
homes,
took
elected
office
and
enjoyed
the
beach
despite
white
resistance
in
chicago
racial
terrorism,
segregated
the
beaches,
but
evanston
was
a
bit
more
subtle.
They
renovated
beaches
on
the
white
side
of
town
and
charged
tokens
to
enter
black
folks
were
relegated
to
the
free
beach
at
its
birth
token
policy
was
racist.
J
Now
those
white
supremacists
who
created
the
token
visited
lighthouse
beach
last
july.
They
would
have
been
pleased
they
could
have
taken
pride
in
the
racist
impact
that
had
endured.
Not
only
was
it
a
white
space,
but
the
nice
white
people
were
present
remained
silent.
While
a
confederate
battle
flag
was
displayed
on
the
shore.
J
The
only
hitch
was
that
lashonda
rayfield
scott
drove
from
the
south
end
violated
the
beach
token
policy
and
made
a
stand
for
the
values
that
evanston
says
it
represents
personally
my
family.
He
feels
the
impact
of
beach
token
policy,
when
our
visits
are
chilled
by
the
stairs
of
white
folks
and
the
cold
realization
that
the
families
that
are
there
do
not
look
like
ours
now.
Some
people
are
perplexed
that
so
many
of
the
city's
free
beach
tokens
go
unused.
J
J
Tokens
are
just
one
item
in
a
suite
of
racist
systems
that
destabilize
black
lives
to
prioritize
white
comfort
and
power,
whether
it's
housing
policy
informed
by
redlining
or
school
policy
that
centers
white
children
or
policing
that
targets
black
bodies.
These
systems
need
to
be
dismantled
and
re-envisioned.
J
A
Thank
you
and
sorry.
I've
reached
I've
been
given
a
notification
that
my
my
guidance
is
hard
to
hear
over
zoom,
so
I
apologize
I'll
try
to
speak
more
directly
into
the
microphone
going
forward
to
make
sure
everybody
has
equal
time.
Thank
you
for
that.
Our
next
speaker
is
denise.
Barreto.
Are
you
there.
K
K
Six
months
after
I
moved
to
evanston
in
august
of
2015,
and
I'm
the
current
chair
of
the
parks
and
rec
board
and
in
one
of
my
other
lives,
I
am
also
the
inaugural
director
of
equity
for
cook,
county
offices
under
the
president,
and
I
take
equity
and
equity
discussions
very
seriously,
and
I
take
equity
action
seriously
thoughtfully
and
in
an
action-oriented
way.
I
come
to
you
also
about
the
free
beach
tokens
resolution
before
you,
and
I
ask
that
we
slow
down
this
discussion.
K
I
am
not
against
free
beaches,
I'm
not
here
to
say
that
what
I'm
here
to
say
is
that
a
move
for
free
beaches
right
now
tonight
will
cause
a
significant
revenue
hold,
as
well
as
a
significant,
intense
labor
intensive
process
to
refund
the
tokens
that
have
already
been
sold
this
year.
K
Beaches
are
scheduled
to
open
this
weekend
and
our
team
is
working
around
the
clock
and
all
hands
are
on
deck,
to
train
and
ready
your
seasonal
staff
for
all
of
our
summer
operations
that
will
ramp
up
from
zero
to
full
speed
in
about
10
to
15
days.
I
am
only
asking
to
that.
You
please
consider
the
financial
and
labor
implications
of
making
an
enormous
decision
like
this
in
the
middle
of
a
budget
year
and
less
than
a
week
away
from
parks
and
rec
go
time.
Thank
you.
L
So
I
am
a
second
ward
resident
carla
thomas.
I
am
here
also
to
talk
about
the
beaches.
I
am
asking
that
you
vote
in
favor
of
free
in
the
beaches.
This
diagram
is
often
overused,
but
I'm
going
to
use
it
today.
L
Nonetheless,
if
I
could
figure
out
how
to
get
it
centered,
because
it's
a
while
overused
it
keeps
growing
and
evolving
and
it's
a
great
way
to
have
us
understand
what
equity
equality,
what
equality
equity
just
liberation
and
then
finally
inclusion
looks
like
so
we
tend
to
be
super
proud
of
ourselves
that
we
got
out
of
this
equality
phase,
where
you
know
technically
everything
everybody
had
access
to
the
beach
after
desegregation,
but
some
folks
still
couldn't
afford
to
get
to
it.
L
And
then
we
moved
to
what
some
would
say
today
is
equity
that
technically
everybody's
allowed
to
get
to
the
beach
if
they
want
to.
If
they
only
sub,
you
know,
subjugate
themselves
go
down
to
city
hall,
prove
that
they
are
poor
enough
and
beg,
and
I
say
beg
because
you
don't.
If
you
have
never
been
on
that
property
line,
you
don't
know
what
it
is.
Even
though
stuff
is
free
to
have
to
stand
there
and
wait
for
it
and
to
ask
for
it,
we
can
no
longer
do
that.
L
L
Liberation
is
where
we
take
down
the
barrier
altogether.
We
don't
give
people
if
they
can
figure
out
transportation
if
they're
willing
to
segregate
themselves,
if
they're
willing
to
prove
their
poverty
access,
we
take
down
the
barriers
that
provide
access
that
prevent
access
to
some
folks
and
then
finally,
that's
not
the
end.
L
I
would
hope
that
we
as
a
community
can
move
to
inclusion,
because
after
decades
and
decades
of
creating
beaches
that
have
not
been
welcoming
to
black
and
brown
folks,
just
simply
removing
the
fee
doesn't
make
it
a
place
that
they
want
to
come
to.
This
city
needs
to
do
their
part
to
make
sure
that
they
make
an
absolute
effort
to
have
events
and
outreach.
That
makes
sure
we
bring
black
and
brown
folks
back
to
the
beach
as
a
parent
in
this
community.
I
grew
up
in
the
caribbean.
L
L
Is
not
the
most
important
equity
issue
on
our
hands?
We
also
can
recognize
that
if
we
can't
get
the
darn
beaches
right,
how
are
we
ever
going
to
find
figure
out
equitable
housing
and
equitable
representation
in
our
community?
So
I
I
ask
that
our
all
the
folks
vote
for
free
in
the
beaches
and
vote.
Yes.
M
Good
evening
my
name
is
kristen
white
and
I
live
in
the
second
ward.
I
support
the
effort
to
end
the
long-running
practice
of
de
facto
segregation
of
evanston
beaches.
Beach
tokens
introduced
in
the
1930s
for
the
sole
purpose
of
keeping
our
beaches
white
90
years
later
still
produced
the
same
result.
M
M
M
What
do
I
mean
by
benefits
and
costs
beach
tokens
ensure
racially
exclusive
access
to
the
beach
who
does
this
benefit
and
who
carries
the
cost
of
that
benefit?
Middle
and
upper
income
white
people
go
to
the
beach
and
find
lots
of
people
who
look
like
them
and
act
like
them.
It
is
a
familiar
and
comfortable
space
for
white
people.
We
feel
like
it
is
our
beach.
M
M
A
A
N
I
am
carrie
makut
and
I,
along
with
denise
barreto,
I'm
a
member
of
the
parks
and
rec
board.
I
am
not
against
free
beaches,
but
opponent
to
this
resolution
passing
at
this
time.
N
This
is
a
very
important
topic
that
deserves
serious
merit
and
discussion,
but
at
this
time,
in
the
middle
of
the
budget
year,
the
beaches
cannot
be
made
free,
as
they
would
have
unplanned
loss
for
their
funding
stream.
How
would
the
city
make
up
the
loss
of
revenue
if
beaches
are
made
free
at
this
juncture,
this
late
in
the
season?
N
How
will
the
beach
operations
be
funded
without
a
planned
revenue
stream?
The
beaches
are
different
than
other
community
parks.
They
require
significantly
more
funding
for
staffing
with
personnel
to
keep
everyone
safe
and
proper
environmental.
Keep
upkeep
to
maintain
healthy
and
aquatic
life
and
clean
water
supply.
N
Also
over
4
000
beach
passes
have
already
been
sold
and
refunding
would
cause
significant
burden
to
the
city
and
expenses
due
to
staff
time.
Additionally,
the
covet
19
pandemic,
though
fortunately
improving,
is
still
a
concern.
Free
breaches
this
year
may
lead
to
overcrowding,
especially
with
the
sand
space
being
at
reduced
levels.
O
Hi,
my
name
is
tracy
long.
I've
lived
in
evanston
now
for
five
years
and
I
am
also
on
the
parks
and
rec
board.
I've
been
on
that
board
for
about
three
years
and
thanks
for
letting
me
speak
today,
so
I
wanted
to
agree
with
my
fellow
board
members
that
well
you
know
I
am
in
favor
of
not
changing
the
rules
around
payments
owed
for
access
to
the
beach
this
year.
At
this
time
I
also
am
not
against
free
beaches,
and
I
very
much
appreciate
the
equity
arguments
for
getting
rid
of
tokens.
O
O
The
second
is
financial,
so
there's
about
one
million
dollars
that
have
been
collected
from
beach
tokens
this
year,
and
it's
already
spoken
for
in
committed
programming
and
services
in
the
budget
you
know
and
as
someone
who
has
enjoyed
many
parks
and
recs
activities
like
ecology,
center
hikes.
Fourth
of
july
parade
et
cetera.
I
know
something
else
will
have
to
be
cut.
O
The
third
is,
I
feel,
like
we're,
jumping
to
a
solution
without
you
know
having
enough
time
to
define
exactly
what
problem
we're
trying
to
to
solve
here.
I
think
one
of
the
problems
we're
trying
to
solve
is
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
every
evanstonian
has
access
to
enjoy
the
beach
in
the
summer,
and
we
don't
want
fees
to
stop
anyone
who
can't
afford
them
from
going
as
much
as
they
would
like,
and
another
is
obviously
to
make
this
very
important
decision
with
equity
in
mind.
O
I
think
that
the
dollars
that
I've
spent
have
been
well
spent
the
services
that
we
get
at
our
beaches
right,
the
excellent
lifeguarding,
the
garbage
cleanup.
You
know
the
people
who
check
our
badges
and
help
enforce
the
rules
they're.
Second
to
none.
We
should
be
proud
of
that
and
also
realize
that
people
are
willing
to
pay
for
that
value.
Let's
keep
that
in
mind
as
we
further
explore
the
issue.
O
F
Hold
on,
I
am
in
favor
of
free
beaches,
it's
three
months
out
of
the
year
that
everyone's
talking
about
this
big
financial
gap.
That's
three
months
out
of
the
year,
people
have
been
talking
about
freeing
up
the
beach
for
years.
If
you
really,
if
parks
and
rec
really
wanted
to
do
it,
if
the
city
council
really
wanted
to
do
it,
it
would
have
been
done
already
point.
Is
you
don't
want
certain
people
on
the
beach
and
three
months
out
of
the
year?
F
Financially,
I
don't
believe
will
devastate
evanston.
We
spend
enough
on
just
discrimination,
settlements
alone,
ten
times
more
than
what
you
make
in
beach
tokens.
You
can
make
money
with
vendors.
We
have
enough
restaurants
in
evanston
that
make
up
that
money.
That
would
love
to
be
vendors
on
the
beach.
That's
the
way
you
could
be
making
money
instead
of
charging
people
and
trying
to
keep
people
off
of
the
beach
that
you
don't
want
on
the
beach.
F
P
Thank
you
good
evening.
Thank
you,
malika
gardner,
and
thank
you
for
alderman
reed
for
bringing
this
up
to
the
table.
P
P
I
am
glad
to
hear
that
you've
had
such
a
great
as
of
eye
experience
going
into
our
wonderful
beaches.
But
how
are
you
going
to
speak
for
the
black
community?
I'm
privileged
I'm
a
white
latina,
but
I
can't
speak
for
the
indigenous
community.
So
please,
as
commissions.
Please
keep
your
own
opinions
to
yourself,
because
you
can't
speak
on
the
equity
and
the
equity
lens
that
needs
to
take
place
here.
P
You
and
your
fellow
members
on
the
commission
board
speak
of
the
money
and
the
plans,
but
though
you
can
give
over
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
downtown
evanston,
which
is
a
non-profit
organization
ssa,
to
reign
over
seven
streets
of
businesses
in
evanston.
Have
you
seen
those
before
the
pandemic
target
came
in
barnes,
noble
left?
P
Should
we
go
on
and
on
so
how
dare
the
city
of
evanston
sit
here
and
spend
seven
million
dollars
on
fountain
square
found,
whatever
that
looks
like
now,
and
not
be
able
to
extend
the
opportunity
like
malika
had
said
and
echo
the
fact
that
we
we
deserve
this?
We
deserve
this.
We
should
be
proud.
Tracy,
like
you
said,
and
we
should
be
proud
of
the
city
of
evanston,
because
we
deserve
free
tokens
for
everyone.
P
Downtown
evanston
receives
over
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Evanston
needs
to
be
looking
at
that
the
tax
levy
of
these
buildings.
Why
can't
those
business
this
business
district,
be
one
business
district,
should
push
the
money
over
and
help
pay
for
businesses
to
get
on
the
beach
to
serve
as
families
and
make
money
and
profit
from
that.
Dick
peach
back
25
years
ago
asked
the
council
to
put
a
marina
on
the
beach
in
the
third
ward,
but
whenever
that
voted,
no,
can
you.
P
Voted
no,
so
we
really
need
to
re-analyze
us
stop
with
the
excuses,
be
progressive,
move
forward.
We've
got
this
big
a-r-p-a-f
coming
in
for
43
million
dollars
enough
for
the
bs,
let's
move
forward.
Thank
you.
Q
I
also
want
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
I
am
in
favor
of
the
freebie
tokens
this
year,
because
I
think
one
is
that
if
there
was
ever
a
year
that
we
needed
to
have
a
free
reach
tokens
for
people,
this
is
the
year
coming
out
of
a
traumatic
last
year
and
it's
for
everybody,
the
kids
and
the
older
people,
and
I
would
suggest
that
it's
not
as
hard
to
refund
the
money
and
that
maybe,
if
asked
people
would
say
no
don't
bother
and
consider
it
a
contribution
or,
as
I
wrote
in
a
letter,
possibly
what's
it
worth
to
you,
but
we
have
only
about
a
quarter
of
the
beach
left
of
the
whole
lakefront
for
the
public
and
it's
one
of
our
most
valuable
assets
and
parks
and
natural
resources
are
so
important
to
people's
mental
health
and
their
enjoyment,
and
they
don't
have
to
have
any
money
or
they
can
have
a
ton
of
money.
Q
But
everyone
gets
to
share
in
them.
So
I
would
be
very
much
in
favor
of
saying
either
let's
tap
into
our
reserve,
for
it
go
into
the
other
money
figure
out.
I
mean
we
figured
out
a
way
without
a
whole
lot
of
public
comment
to
find
out
financing
for
of
you
know
the
robber
crown
at
three
or
four
million
dollars
a
year
with
a
going
to
be
costing
that
much
and
it
does
service
parks
and
there's
a
nice
library,
but
it's
mostly
hockey
rinks,
which
is
great,
but
that
caused
people
to
be
in
there.
Q
So
I
just
want
to
keep
it's
a
priority
decision.
I
think
we
can
find
it
and
I
think
it's
important
for
so
many
social
and
economic
reasons,
and
I
think
we
can
make
this
work
and
make
it
work
now.
The
second
thing
I
just
wanted
to
speak
to,
I
do
hope
you
vote
against
the
northwestern
extension.
That
vote
happened
and
it
went
to
and
flew
in
the
face
of
our
planning,
comprehensive
plan
and
our
municipal
zoning
code
and
then
so.
Q
I
know
I
sent
you
all
a
lot
of
information
and
it's
a
pretty
clear
cut.
People
need
to
have
confidence
when
they
come
into
our
town,
that
we
follow
our
own
rules
and
we
can't
make
up
special,
preferential
zoning
treatments
and
allowances,
because
we
need
a
dollar.
We
need
to
have
know
how
to
spend
a
dollar
and
the
money
we
were
getting
from
that.
According
to
certain
older
people
was
less
than
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
there
was
no
proof
presented
whatsoever
about
any
other
possible
money.
Q
A
Oh
sorry,
I
I
think,
if
I
understood
properly
that
I
was
just
muted.
So
what
I,
what
I
tried
to
say
is
the
next
speaker
is
nicholas
korzanowski.
R
S
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
speak
to
beach
tokens
and,
and
hazard
pay
like
so
many
have
have
spoken
so
eloquently
already.
You
know
there
are
some
undisputed
facts
here
that
beach
tokens
are
racist
in
their
intent
and
their
implementation,
and
it's
undisputed
that
our
essential
workers
are
heroes
and
based
on
that,
you
know
some
folks,
even
arguing
against
us
having
conversations
tonight,
let
alone
the
outcome
of
those
conversations.
S
It's
just
very
disappointing
to
see
in
this
community,
and
I
won't
you
know
I'll
try
not
to
double
up
on
what
other
folks
have
said
already
but
to
beach
tokens.
You
know,
let's
be
clear,
we're
talking
about
this
season,
which
is
about
to
open
in
what
this
weekend.
If
we
don't
do
this
now,
what
what's
a
better
time
to
do
this
during
the
season?
Will
that
be
easier
on
folks?
Logistically?
S
So,
let's,
let's
not
mince
words
here.
If
you're
going
to
drag
your
feet
tonight,
you're
stopping
this
project,
full
full
bore,
it's
done!
So,
no
there's!
No!
Let's
wait!
There's!
No!
Let's
study
it's
now
or
never,
and
there's
been
some
spurious
notion
that
it's
unaffordable
and
you
know
some
folks
have
been
twisting
themselves
into
knots
to
get
to
know
here.
The
2020
budget
shows
that
reach
tokens
where
beach
access
came
in
at
less
than
a
quarter
million
dollars,
and
if
we
can't
find
that
kind
of
money
I
mean
back
it
up.
S
If,
if
the
status
quo
is
the
best,
we
can
do
and
there's
literally
nothing
more,
what
are
we
doing?
It's?
It
doesn't
hold
water.
It's
not
it's,
not
a
good
faith
argument
and
if
you
want
to
tell
the
whole
population
the
city
that
that
can't
be
made
up,
I
mean
it.
It
just
doesn't
make
any
sense
to
me
so
can
be
done,
it
should
be
done
and
to
leave
it
in
place
is
wrong.
I
don't
think
this.
S
You
know
it's
not
a
good
discussion
to
say
no
to
this,
for
hazard
pay,
we're
specifically
talking
about
big
box
stores.
I
don't
think
that's
being
hammered
home
hard
enough.
I
like
to
talk
about
kroger
in
the
second
ward,
because
hey
their
ceo
just
took
a
bonus
home
last
year
of
22
million,
plus
after
ending
a
two
dollar
hazard
pay.
So
the
right
decision
was
the
first
thing
they
did.
It
took
a
little
while
for
the
encounters
to
come
in
and
say
we'd
rather
profits
over
people.
That's
where
this
comes
from.
S
S
Don't
know
folks
want
to
conjure
monsters
for
this.
There's
no
big
box
store
in
existence
where
hazard
pays
the
thread
holding
them
in
town.
That's
just
not
true.
The
pr
fallout
alone
outweighs
it.
So
there's
the
right
thing
to
do
and
getting
to
yes
is
the
job
of
good
government?
Do
the
right
thing
tonight,
I
implore
you.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
T
Thank
you
for
whatever
reason
this
is
my
first
opportunity
to
really
congratulate
the
new
council.
We
didn't
get
to
speak
the
night.
You
were
sworn
in
somehow
I
missed
the
last
saturday
council
meeting
for
your
orientation,
so
I
wanted
to
just
call
out
mayor
bis.
I
mean
you're
the
man
now,
so
I
I
really
look
forward
to
what
you're
going
to
do.
T
T
You
know,
I
guess
I
when
I
heard
part
of
the
orientation
recording,
because
I
listened
to
it.
T
T
You
know
you're
being
told
what
you
should
do,
what
you
should
not
do,
how
you
should
think
how
you
should
not
think
so.
I
just
encourage
you
to
remember
the
reasons
you
were
that
you
ran
and
the
reasons
you
were
elected
and
not
to
forget
those
promises.
T
I
have
a
few
questions.
One
of
my
questions
is:
will
the
council,
or
somebody
behind
the
desk,
answer,
questions
that
citizens
ask
during
citizen
comments
many
times
in
the
past
almost
exclusively?
We
heard
nothing
in
return
for
our
questions
and
we'd
like
to
get
responses.
T
What
will
the
procedure
be
for
emails
that
we
send
to
the
mayor
and
emails
we
sent
to
our
aldermen?
Well,
those
get
replied
to
when
it's
a
zoom
meeting
like
this.
I
guess
we're
going
back
into
the
regular
meetings
which
I
appreciate,
but
when
it's
zoom
can
the
chat
be
enabled
rather
than
disabled,
it
helps
us
communicate.
T
I
appreciate
that
very
much
thank
you
again
and
we
have
such
high
hopes
for
you.
Please
don't
disappoint.
Thank
you.
U
Hi,
my
name
is
sarah,
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
evanston
fight
for
black
lives.
We
would
like
to
add
on
to
everything
that
people
have
said
about
beach
access
needing
to
be
free.
There's
no
dispute
that
the
barrier
of
a
beach
token
is
classist
and
racist,
and
we
believe
that
everyone
should
have
access
to
public
property.
U
We
just
want
to
call
out
that
we
are
having
an
initiative
in
case
that
beaches
aren't
don't
become
free
for
this
season,
and
people
can
please
share
our
facebook
and
instagram
and
our
link
tree
to
help
people
spread
awareness
that
we
will
be
raising
as
much
money
as
possible
to
buy
as
many
tokens
as
possible
for
people.
V
Next,
I
am
in
support
of
free
beach
access
to
echo
many
others.
The
ethical
and
moral
choice
for
our
city
is
clear.
Thankfully,
it's
also
financially
feasible.
City
staff
argues
that
we
must
prioritize
increasing
the
uncommitted
general
fund
balance
over
putting
an
end
to
this
part
of
evanston's
racist
practices.
V
Evanston's
2021
financial
report
shows
us
ending
last
year,
with
4.2
million
more
in
the
general
fund
than
expected
by
returning
the
780
000
of
surplus
in
the
vehicle
service
fund
to
the
general
fund.
We
would
only
be
215
000
short
of
our
goal.
However,
our
city
has
included
pension
costs
in
their
calculation
of
the
general
fund.
Reserve
goal
an
uncommon
practice
that
inflates
the
general
fund
expense
by
25
million.
V
By
removing
this
double
account,
our
general
fund
reserve
goal
decreases,
placing
us
4
million
above
what
should
be
our
budget.
Our
budget
goal
long
story
short.
We
can
refund
2021
beach
revenues,
end
this
racist
practice
and
still
end
the
year,
3
million
above
the
reserve
goal
if
city
stays
within
budget.
Thank
you.
E
A
I
can
skip
to
the
next
person
and
come
back
to
you.
Okay,
that's
fine!
Oh!
Actually,
it's
an
act
of
god.
I
called
you
out
of
order
anyways
by
accident.
In
fact,
the
next
speaker
was
supposed
to
be
christopher
krueger.
This
is
true,
I'm
not
making.
This
up
is
christopher
kruger.
There.
W
W
Mr
mayor
there's
no
question
that
the
shameful
history
of
segregation
and
we
like
to
think
about
it
for
many
years
as
a
southern
problem,
but
we
know
that
there's
a
centuries-long
history
of
segregation
in
the
north,
I'm
looking
at
article
from
the
sun
times
july,
26
2019
a
century
of
progress,
but
still
an
invisible
dubai.
Talking
about
the
race
riots
of
1919
that
killed
38
people
that
started
on
the
beaches
of
chicago.
W
There
were
other
riots
that
started
in
1960.
In
the
desegregation
rainbow
beach
there
were
weight-ins
to
desegregate
the
public
property.
Mr
mayor,
80
percent
of
evanson's
lake
front
has
been
expropriated
by
the
mega
rich
and
by
an
11
billion
dollar
institution
that
has
that
started
as
a
church
institution
northwestern
started
as
an
activity
in
the
methodist
church,
and
it's
probably
why
the
evanstonians,
our
our
predecessors,
were
so
willing
to
give
it
the
the
tax
immunity
in
perpetuity
that
they
enjoy.
Maybe
they
want
to
pay
a
million
dollars
to
pay
for
the
beach
tokens.
W
Maybe
they
could
make
up
the
budget
fall.
Maybe
the
health
care
industry,
which
has
billions
of
dollars
and
is
largely
a
significant
portion,
is
domiciled
in
the
city
of
evanston.
Maybe
they
can
make
up
the
budget
budget
shortfall.
I
echo
all
the
speakers
in
favor
of
the
the
the
tokens
being
abolished
and
beach
being
free.
W
W
Lastly,
I
want
to
say:
not
only
is
the
segregation
that-
and
the
other
gentlemen
said-
mr
shackler
said
it
perfectly.
It
is
a
textbook
disparate
impact
case-
that's
defined
as
a
facially,
neutral
policy
that
has
a
disparate
impact
on
a
protected
class.
It's
a
disparate,
maybe
we're
in
the
wrong
building.
Maybe
we
should
be
at
the
dirksen
center.
Maybe
we
should
be
at
the
federal
building
challenging
this,
because
this
is
illegal.
People
have
waited
four
centuries.
People
are
waiting
for
centuries.
W
Country
and
they
should
get
it
now,
and
I
don't
see
how
the
parks
and
rec
board
has
any
standing
to
address
it
not
to
take
a
shot
at
them,
but
they
really
are
served
at
the
pleasure
of
the
elected
representatives
and
of
the
people,
so
they
really
don't
have
standing
to
come
on
here
and
argue
for
their
own
for
their
own
budget.
So
thank
you,
mr
mayor,
for
hearing
my
comments
and
I
hope
I
hope
everyone
on
the
council
supports
sb3
and
sb4.
Thank
you
very
much,
sir.
E
Okay,
thank
you,
darlene
cannon.
Second
ward.
We
need
free
and
equitable
beaches
that
are
accessible
for
all.
Our
beaches
have
historically
been
a
place
that
has
been
unwelcoming
to
folks
of
color
for
decades.
We
need
to
do
away
with
the
humiliating
process
of
making
folks
prove
that
they
need
financial
assistance
in
order
to
get
beach
tokens
giving
all
residents
free
beach,
access,
won't
fix
evidence,
evanson's,
inequity
problem
that
has
exist
existed
for
decades,
but
it's
a
start.
E
The
time
to
change
is
now
sp1
american
rescue
plan
fun,
I'm
interested
in
seeing
how
we're
going
to
be
helping
small
non-profits
that
provide
services
to
our
community
and
african-american
and
latino
owned
land
landlords
that
have
been
struggling
during
the
pandemic,
that
need
assistance
and
then
residents
that
need
assistance.
I'd
like
to
see
how
we're
going
to
assist
them
sp4,
I
support
the
heroes,
acts,
essential
workers
that
have
put
their
lives
and
their
families
lives
at
risk
for
over
14
months
may
ensuring
that
we
had
what
we
needed
during
the
pandemic.
E
So
I
agree.
I
stand
in
solidarity
with
councilman
reid
that
it's
valid
enough
to
be
a
special
order
of
business,
and
we
don't
need
to
have
any
more
studies.
We
need
to
act.
Folks
are
tired
of
waiting.
We,
we
didn't,
consider
the
financial
burden
when
we
built
robert
crown
and
it
just
bloomed
up
to
millions
of
dollars.
We
we
don't
care
about
the
we
don't
seem
to
be
bothered
about
the
continuous
racial
lawsuits
that
we
have
to
continuously
pay
out,
and
I
also
would
like
to
hear
from
the
grocery
store
workers.
E
X
X
Hi
during
price
and
reviews
myself,
since
this
is
my
first
of
the
new
council
and
saying
thank
you
to
all
of
you
in
taking
on
such
with
such
support
of
equity
and
freedom
and
a
social
justice.
So
in
that
vein,
I'd
like
to
to
speak
and
it
sort
of
reflects
what
everyone
says
and
perhaps
some
approaches
that
haven't
been
discussed,
and
I
want
to
commend
this
evidence
and
social
workers
for
their
community
friendly
help
under
adverse
circumstances.
X
Many
of
them
all
of
them.
It
keeps
going
back
to
what
guides
all
of
us
to
protect
the
most
vulnerable
from
harm.
X
Now
it's
time
for
two
reparations
and
grow
it
to
meet
future
needs,
it
would,
and
it
would
have
never
had
if
it
would
have
have
had
happened,
except
for
all
these
years
of
austerity
programs,
which
goes
back
to
how
we
calculate
what
our
budget
is,
and
I've
mentioned
also
in
the
past
that
our
booking
methods
need
bookkeeping.
X
Methods
need
to
be
intersectional,
not
siloed,
so
that
everything
looks
as
an
expanse
when
a
foreclosed
home,
I
think
it
was
the
city
of
detroit,
showed
that
it
cost
more
to
go
through
foreclosure
than
it
does
to
save
people
in
their
homes.
Those
are
documents
or
references.
I've
cited
in
the
past-
and
it's
still
true
now,
I'm
sure
a
leader
like
ivana,
thomas
smith,
would
support
well-being
initiatives.
We
talk
about
well-being,
now's
a
chance
to
do
it,
and-
and
beach
is
a
definitely
a
part
of
that-
that
transition
to
more
equitable
ordinances.
X
Yes,
I'll
just
have
one
more
paragraph,
two
more
equitable
issues
sooner
for
real
social
justice,
for
example,
some
considers
citizens
greener
justice
evans.
Then
initiatives
video
during
earth
week
are
inspiring
to
affordable
solutions
away
from
gentrified
high
maintenance
grants.
Why
not
a
moratorium
on
codes
that
would
allow
us
to
address
equity
and
social
justice
experienced
by
residents?
X
Eight
in
the
last
paragraph
that
hss
expanded
access
should
include
proven
approaches
to
health,
for
example,
access
to
acupuncture
for
trauma,
we're
talking
about
lots
of
trauma
beach
would
help
as
well
currently
widespread
and
multi-generational,
which
we
acknowledge
as
a
city.
Hopefully
we
continue
to
be
better
together
supporting
our
fantastic
values.
Thank
you.
A
Y
Thank
you,
mayor
biss
and
city
council,
and
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak.
I'm
a
family
physician.
I
specialize
in
maternal
child
health
and
integrative
medicine.
I'm
fellowship
trained
in
both
my
practice
for
the
last
10
years
has
been
in
edmonton.
I've
been
taking
care
of
patients
of
all
ages,
incomes,
races,
socioeconomics
at
federally
qualified
health,
centers
migrant
health,
centers
free
clinics
for
over
20
years.
Health
equity
is
really
of
the
highest
importance
to
me.
So
I'm
bringing
that
conversation
into
this
equity
discussion
from
a
slightly
different
lens
of
human
health.
Y
I
think
a
vital
aspect
of
human
health,
especially
during
times
of
high
stress,
is
immersion
in
nature.
I
prescribe
nature
immersion
regularly,
as
many
of
my
patients
here
can
attest
to
not
because
it's
just
nice,
but
because
it's
actually
a
need.
It's
a
need
for
physical
health,
mental
health
or
cognitive
functioning.
Y
So
these
studies
really
show
that
time
in
nature
is
actually
an
antidote
for
stress,
and
I
think
that's
really
important
to
keep
in
mind
that
our
access
to
nature
is
a
vital
part
of
human
life.
I
moved
to
evanston
from
california
to
be
closer
to
my
family,
but
I
chose
evanston
because
it
was
near
the
lake.
It's
really
the
only
real
wilderness
that
we
have
in
this
relatively
urban
area.
Y
Larger
lens
of
environmental
justice
in
this
area,
I
think
it's
vital
that
our
natural
spaces
are
included
in
discussions
of
improving
equity
in
evanston.
This
is
part
of
the
equity
discussion.
It's
certainly
not
all
of
it,
and
I
do
feel
that
we
just
address
the
larger.
We
need
to
address
the
larger
issues
of
equity.
A
Y
Are
very
interested
in
co-creating,
an
equitable
and
inclusive
future
for
the
beach
for
everyone.
We
have
a
very
short
time
in
chicago
that
we
can
enjoy
our
greatest
natural
resource
and
there
are
dozens
of
creative
ways
that
we
can
all
come
together
to
secure
financial
stability
for
this
endeavor,
and
I
think
it's
vital
that
we
do
so.
Thank
you.
Z
Good
evening,
everyone
first,
congratulations.
Can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
we
can
hear
you
great
okay,
congratulations
to
our
new
mayor,
daniel
this
and
congratulations
to
all
the
newly
elected
council
members
re-elected
council
members
and
new
city
clerk
mendoza.
Z
So
we
would
like
to
ask
how,
when
and
where
the
residents
can
and
will
get
feedback
from
council
members
and
or
mayor
bis
or
city
manager,
storly
from
questions
and
concerns
that
arise
at
these
city
council
meetings.
Also,
we
try
to
stay
involved
and
informed,
but
it's
not
possible
to
be
at
two
meetings
on
the
same
night.
At
the
same
time,
I
tried
to
attend
three
ward
meetings
last
week,
but
could
only
attend
two,
because
again,
it's
not
possible
to
attend
two
meetings.
Z
At
the
same
time,
we
would
very
much
like
to
be
able
to
follow
up
and
read
or
listen
to
all
the
info
that
we
missed
at
that
one
ward
meeting.
I
would
think
that
you
would
want
to
make
all
info
from
all
meetings
accessible
to
all
evan
evanston
residents,
especially
ward
meetings.
How
can
this
be
accomplished
again?
Congratulations
to
everyone
and
look
forward
to
some
positive
changes
in
the
near
future.
Thank
you
very
much.
AA
Hi,
thank
you.
I'm
rachel
rosner,
lifelong
evanstonian,
ninth
ward
resident
and
the
president
of
citizen,
screener,
evanston,
an
organization
with
2700
members
and
echo
the
congratulations
and
welcome
to
all
the
new
council
members
and
mayor
bus.
AA
AA
I
got
a
glimpse
on
sunday,
I
went
to
the
beach
and
saw
what
it
could
be
because
there
aren't
tokens
yet
and-
and
I
really
was
aware
that
it
was
a
more
diverse
scene.
The
beach
was
pretty
crowded,
with
beautiful
families
and
kids
making
sand
castles
and
a
woman
was
like.
AA
I,
like
your
smile,
I
didn't
even
notice
I
was
smiling,
but
I
was
just
beaming
about
being
at
the
beach
again
on
a
sunday,
and
I
grew
up
in
evanston,
as
I
mentioned,
and
the
beach
has
always
been
a
sacred
place
for
me
and
my
family,
and
in
recent
years
I've
become
more
aware
of
the
racial
dynamics
in
town,
as
the
conversation
has
shifted
and
and
as
that's
happened,
I've
noticed
how
white
the
crowd
is
at
the
beaches,
and
now
I
know
that
that
whiteness
is
due
to
historic
and
systemic
racism
in
our
town.
AA
I
know
that
there
are
greater
priorities,
including
you
know,
food
and
housing
and
security
in
town,
and
so
I
I
know
those
must
be
prioritized
first,
but
right
below
those
is
is
mental
and
spiritual
well-being,
as
as
gito
was
talking
about,
though.
Listening
to
other
speakers,
I
do
feel
hopeful
that
a
solution
could
come
about
this
summer.
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
that
that
it's
complicated
and,
in
addition
to
all
those
studies
about
the
the
health
benefits
of
being
out,
I
I.
AA
I
think
people,
okay,
connecting
with
nature,
also
causes
people
to
care
about
nature
and
want
to
take
care
of
it,
which
is
really
also
a
critical
thing
that
needs
to
happen.
AA
A
Thank
you
very
much.
This
concludes
the
online
portion
of
our
public
comments,
with
the
exception
of
the
fact
that
I
believe
both
samson
whitaker
and
clark,
elliott,
who
signed
up
weren't
around
when
I
called
on
them,
or
either
of
you
now
in
the
zoom
to
participate
in
public
comment,
either
samson,
whitaker
or
doctor
clark.
A
AB
Good
evening,
council
members,
I
am
ecstatic
to
be
speaking
in
person
this
evening
in
support
of
resolution
61-r-21
for
those
who
have
not
met
me
outside
of
the
zoom
world.
My
name
is
sebastian
and
I'm
a
ninth
ward
resident
I've
been
advocating
for
the
elimination
of
beach
tokens
since
my
time,
working
in
the
parks
and
recreation
department,
I
worked
with
children
who
had
never
been
to
the
beach
until
coming
into
my
programs,
because
their
families
could
not
afford
beach
tokens
and
they
did
not
qualify
for
the
beach
token
assistance
program.
AB
However,
not
only
are
beach
tokens
a
socio-economic
barrier
to
entry,
they
are
a
tool
that
has
been
rooted
in
racism
has
been
mentioned
throughout
tonight.
In
1919
beach
tokens
were
created
to
keep
black
residents
out
of
the
beachfront,
even
though
the
wording
of
the
ordinance
does
not
say
the
name.
The
consequences
are
one
and
the
same,
a
program
that
disproportionately
impacts
residents
of
color,
predominantly
black
residents.
AB
My
good
friend
marsha,
who
was
born
and
raised
in
evanston,
told
me
stories
about
her
and
her
black
friends
could
not
afford
to
buy
beach
tokens
and
never
once
stepped
foot
in
evanston's.
Lakefront
during
her
childhood
hundreds,
if
not
thousands,
of
residents,
shared
the
same
story
while
advocating
for
reparations
in
evanston.
AB
I
ask
that
you
all
honor
your
commitment
to
ending
structural
racism
by
voting.
Yes,
for
the
elimination
of
paid
beach
tokens,
as
former
council
member
robin
roo,
simmons
has
told
me
time
and
time
again
that
the
housing
program
is
just
the
first
step
in
repair
to
black
residents.
So
why
don't
we
make
this
the
next
step?
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
The
next
and
final
speaker
is
allie
harnad.
AC
What
did
I
say?
Oh
my
god,
I'm
so
sorry,
sorry,
council,
member
rebel,
I'm
very
happy
to
see
all
of
you
here.
My
name
is
ali
harned
from
the
second
ward.
I
was
very
excited
to
be
here
to
witness
your
swearing-in
two
weeks
ago.
Congratulations
since
public
comment
didn't
happen
during
that
meeting,
I'm
going
to
say
a
few
words
on
behalf
of
a
couple
organizations
that
I
am
lucky
enough
to
spend
time
with
community
alliance
for
better
government
cabg,
some
call
it
cabbage
congratulates
the
81st
city
council.
AC
We
are
hopeful.
Indeed.
We
hope
that
all
decisions
will
be
made
by
elected
officials,
city
staff
boards
and
commissions
keeping
all
of
these
people
in
mind.
However,
we
also
plan
to
remain
vigilant
engaged
and
we
will
be
working
hard
to
hold
you
accountable
to
the
promises
made
during
the
election.
We
believe
that
evanstonians
deserve
a
government
that
cares
about
its
people
and
all
its
diversity.
AC
It
is
inclusive,
transparent,
respectful
and,
above
all,
recognizes
the
intentional
acts
of
state-sanctioned
racism
and
are
how
we
got
to
this
current
state
of
gross
inequities
by
race
and
neighborhood,
and
intentional
actions
are
needed
to
dismantle
it
and
bring
about
the
beloved
community.
We
all
desire
also
as
a
member
of
the
mighty
crew
of
folks
who
have
worked
tirelessly
to
bring
the
power
of
voter
initiative
to
the
people
of
evanston.
I
want
to
give
a
special
message
to
this
new
city
council.
AC
Thank
you
for
your
courage
to
get
yourselves
on
the
ballot
and
congratulations
on
getting
elected
democracy
is
really
awesome.
Isn't
it?
We
hope
that
you
will
listen
to
the
voices
of
the
3
800
plus
evanston
voters,
who
signed
our
petition
to
put
evanston
voter
initiative
on
the
ballot
and
give
the
people
of
evanston
another
method
to
have
their
important
voices
heard
now,
with
regards
to
sp3
and
sp4
on
the
agenda
about
beach
tokens
and
hero
pay.
First,
thank
you
to
council
member
reid
for
your
bold
and
progressive
and
action.
Oriented
foresight.
AC
AC
You
bet
council,
member
reid.
I
admire
your
courage
to
make
this
a
special
order
of
business
and
your
proactive
effort
to
do
it
at
your
very
first
opportunity.
Thank
you.
I
agree
that,
for
with
all
the
voices
who
have
spoken
tonight
that
the
racist
and
classes
speech
token
system
should
be
eliminated,
your
work
starts
now
to
dismantle
systemic
racism
and
requires
doing
things
that
might
not
make
perfect
economic
sense
that
might
be
uncomfortable
that
might
make
might
move
more
quickly
than
you
are
accustomed
to,
but
you
do
it
anyway
as
a
school
social
worker.
AC
I
am,
of
course,
aware
of
the
availability
of
free
tokens
and
have
shared
this
information
with
families.
For
years
through
the
diligence
of
my
colleague,
eleanor
kiaga,
there
is
now
a
much
more
efficient
system
for
families
who
qualify
for
free
and
reduced
lunch
to
receive
letters
to
their
homes
that
can
be
presented
to
receive
their
tokens,
which
is
a
great
step
forward,
but
it
is
still
a
barrier.
They
still
have
to
take
the
letter
and
present
it
to
themselves
present
themselves
as
impoverished,
and
that's
not
fair.
AC
That's
not
equitable,
and
I
know
some
are
too
embarrassed
to
do
it
at
all.
It's
also
not
without
glitches.
Just
today
I
got
an
email
from
a
family,
that's
misplaced.
The
letter
actually
is
an
email
forwarded
for
it
to
me
from
the
school
secretary,
which
I
forwarded
to
eleanor
giaga,
because
she
has
access
to
resend
the
letter,
and
I
do
not
so
we
have
three
extra
clicks:
three
degrees
of
separation
from
the
family,
who
should
have
been
able
to
just
simply
walk
onto
the
natural
resource
of
our
beautiful
shark-free
beaches.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
That
concludes
this
evening's
public
comment.
AD
Yes,
I
just
think,
based
on
the
fact
that
the
council
voted
to
place
sp3
on
the
agenda
as
a
special
business
and
with
all
of
the
public
comment
regarding
sp3,
that
it
might
be
prudent
to
move
that
up
as
it
seems
to
be
a
topic
of
great
interest
in
the
public.
A
I'm
personally
not
inclined
to
change
the
agenda.
I
don't
see
a
reason
to,
but
if
the,
if
the
preference
of
the
council
is
to
juggle
the
agenda,
it
doesn't
matter
much
to
me
either
way
too.
A
If
phil
wants
to
make
a
motion
to
move
sp3
to
the
top
of
the
agenda
I'll,
I'm
happy
to
entertain
it.
So
is
that
do
you
want
to
make
that
motion
council
member
read.
A
Is
there
a
second
second,
so
council
member
reid
seconds
that
motion
medal
clerk?
Could
you
call
the
role
please.
A
Yes,
so.
H
A
AF
So
we
have
the
there's
a
part
of
this
that
I
figured
was
just
going
to
be
a
discussion.
I'm
also
interested
in
hearing
a
little
bit
more
about
some
of
the
funds
that
are
coming
in.
I
think
the
biggest
cost-
and
I
share
this
with
the
public.
I
think
all
of
us
are
here
we're
all
about
public
access
to
the
beaches.
That's
that's
not
the
issue.
My
my
major
cost
is
just
paying
for
it.
So
if
we're
just
discussing
it,
I
guess
we
can
move
it
up.
A
Well,
to
be
clear:
it's
on
the
agenda
for
action,
council
member!
It's
on
the
agenda
for
action,
council,
member
newsman.
C
To
address
council
member
reed's
motion,
I
wonder
if
it
might
not
be
worth
hearing
about
the
rescue
act
funding
to
see
if
some
funding
might
be
made
available
to
support
sb3,
and
that
would
be
an
argument
in
favor
of
sticking
with
our
current
agenda.
A
Is
there
further
discussion
on
the
question
of
whether
to
reorder
the
agenda
seeing
none
will
the
clerk
call
the
role
please.
AF
A
So
they're,
four
four,
yes
and
five,
no
and
and
so
we'll
keep
the
agenda
as
it
is.
So
with
that
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
staff
to
present
american
rescue
plan
act,
funding,
guidelines,
staff,
request,
city
council,
review,
the
following
guidelines
of
the
american
rescue
plan,
act,
arpa
and
then.
G
Discuss
thank
you,
mr
mayor.
As
everybody
is
well
aware,
we
have
received
some
very
good
news
back
in
march
april
that
the
federal
government
passed
the
american
rescue
plan
act,
which
has
a
whole
host
of
funding
opportunities
for
many
many
different
purposes,
one
of
which
is
direct
aid
to
cities
and
local
governments.
So
that
is
a
welcome
chance
for
us
to
receive
some
funding
to
allocate
under
the
guidelines
which
just
were
released
on
may
10th.
G
So
we've
had
a
few
weeks
to
just
digest
those
guidelines
and
then
try
to
put
them
into
a
format
to
help
the
community
understand
what
we
have
here
as
a
once
in
a
generational
opportunity
to
really
change
the
landscape
of
our
recovery.
So
with
that,
we
have
put
together
a
slide
presentation
and
our
finance
staff
and
intergovernmental
affairs
staff
will
walk
us
through
that.
G
It's
not
super
lengthy,
but
it
is
enough
for
us
to
get
our
feet
wet
in
terms
of
the
opportunity
that's
presented
before
us
and
what
we
might
wish
to
do
with
these
with
this
opportunity
going
forward.
Of
course,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
there
is
a
lot
of
community
discussion
about
this.
It's
such
a
big
opportunity.
We
want
to
make
sure
we
spend
adequate
time
on
it,
but
the
really
the
overarching
theme
to
this
discussion
this
evening
is
that
we
want
to
really
invest
this
money.
We
don't
want
to
spend
this
money.
G
G
With
this
funding,
there's
many
ways
we
can
slice
and
dice
how
we
go
about
allocating
this
funding,
we're
going
to
present
a
few
options
to
the
council
to
consider,
of
course,
we're
open
to
any
other
ideas
that
the
council
may
have
about
how
we
engage
with
the
community
on
this
and
how
we
potentially
allocate
it.
But
with
that
prelude
I
will
hand
it
over
now
to
emma
carter
who's
going
to
share
the
slide
presentation.
AG
Okay,
can
everybody
see
this
okay
great?
So,
as
erica
mentioned,
I
will
be
talking
about
the
american
rescue
plan
act,
guidelines
which
were
released
about
two
weeks
ago.
Now
it's
commonly
referred
to
as
arpa.
I'm
sure
you
all
know
this,
but
if
I
accidentally
say
arpa
just
know
what
I'm
talking
about
so
just
a
little
bit
of
overview,
so
the
american
rescue
fan
act
gave
a
bunch
of
money
to
a
bunch
of
different
places,
different
locations
and
one
of
those
was
the
fiscal
recovery
fund.
AG
So
what
the
fiscal
recovery
fund
does
is
provides
350
billion
dollars
for
local
governments,
municipalities
as
well
as
counties
to
use,
and
since
evanston
is
a
cdbg
community.
We
will
receive
that
funding
directly
from
the
federal
government.
If
you're
a
member
from
the
cures
act,
the
money
was
funneled
through
the
state.
This
is
not
like
that.
AG
The
treasury
department
will
be
handing
it
directly
to
not
handing
it
but
sending
it
directly
to
evanston,
so
the
total
amount
expected
to
come
to
evanston
is
that
43
million
dollars
that
you
see
on
your
screen
right
there.
We
received
50
of
that
last
week,
so
we
received
that
20
million
21
million
last
week
and
we
will
receive
50
of
that
as
well
in
2022.
AG
So
about
a
year
from
now,
all
of
the
money
is
going
to
be
deposited
into
a
separate
fund
that
we
have
already
created
so
that
an
american
rescue
plan
fund
was
created
by
the
finance
department
already,
and
all
of
this
money
needs
to
be
obligated
by
december
31st
of
2024.
AG
So
what
are
we
doing
to
engage
the
community?
Currently,
staff
is
suggesting
that
we
move
forward
with
town
halls
and
we
partner
with
not-for-profits
to
really
get
those
hard-to-reach
community
folks
that
might
not
show
up
if
it
was
just
a
city
event
as
well
as
get
their
community
input.
Then
at
these
town
halls
have
give
them
a
chance
to
stand
up
and
tell
us,
you
know,
sort
of
what
they
their
ideas
are
about.
AG
Arbor
funds
and
what
they'd
like
to
see
in
evanston
staff
also
worked
to
create
a
postcode,
19
action
plan
in
the
eoc
as
well
as
we
handed
it
off
to
mayor
hagerty.
I'm
sure
many
of
you
have
already
seen
this.
It
was
published
currently
it's
seeking
feedback
from
the
community,
and
what
this
document
really
does
is
just
help
establish
community
priorities.
AG
So
in
terms
of
just
some
general
rules
on
how
we
can
use
this
arpa
fund.
The
first
thing
is,
you
need
to
identify
the
need
or
the
negative
economic
impact
of
coven
19.
So
you
know
we
see
that
this
business
was
struggling
due
to
cloven
19.
It
has
a
negative
economic
impact
great.
AG
So
the
second
part
of
this
is
then
identify
how
the
program
or
service
that
we're
proposing
is
really
going
to
help
this
business
or
again,
whatever
we
decide
to
do
with
the
funding
boost
back
up
basically
due
to
the
coping
19
pandemic,
and
the
third
part
of
these
kind
of
general
rules
are
really
to
make
sure
we're
lifting
up
areas
of
the
community
that
were
most
disproportionately
impacted
due
to
cobit
19.
AG
So
some
recommended
priority
use
areas
are
securing
our
financial
future,
which
means
putting
the
money
back
into
the
city
of
evanston
budget,
and
that
way
we
can
help
the
community
improving
community
health
and
wellness
really
focus
on
overarching
wellness
and
not
just
going
to
the
doctor.
You
know
when
you're
sick
and
not
feeling
well
stimulating
economic
recovery,
investing
in
infrastructure
and
again,
as
erica
kind
of
mentioned.
AG
We
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
using
this
on
areas
that
are
self-sustaining,
that
will
generate
revenue
in
the
future
and
that
they're
long-lasting,
because
the
odds
of
the
government
giving
us
another
43
million
dollars
are
very
slim.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
wise
about
how
we
use
this
ways
that
we
absolutely
cannot
use.
The
funding
include
offsetting
tax
cuts,
pension
fund
deposits,
legal
settlement,
legal
settlements,
funding
debt
service
funding,
rainy
day
funds
and
financial
reserves.
AH
Okay,
thank
you
emma
good
evening,
mayor
biss
and
the
city
council
members,
so
as
they
have
emma
covered,
where
we
can
use
this
money
where
we
cannot
do
that.
One
of
the
big
thing
is
the
public
health.
Obviously,
you
know
covering
any
kovid
19
pandemic
cost
which
are
not
covered
by
like
we
have
multiple
grants
so
and
if
it's
not
covered
there
or
covered
in
ocean,
we
can
cover
that
here,
but
we
cannot
obviously
double
dig.
AH
Next,
please,
okay,
thank
you!
So
revenue
loss
now
again,
one
big
thing
is
the
definition
of
general
revenue
because
they
are
talking
about
the
general
revenue
definition.
They
say
which
is
more
or
like
used
in
the
sensors
and
that's
where
they
say
it
cannot
include
like,
say,
parking
revenue.
It
cannot
include
parks
and
recreation
revenue,
it
cannot
include
liquor,
tax
or
utility
tax.
So
essentially
we
can
include
only
loss
in
sales
tax
or
you
know,
income
tax
and
some
of
our
core
city
services.
So
we
are
still
waiting
for
that
kind
of
definition.
AH
That
okay,
would
it
be
a
6
million
or
13
million?
30
million
includes
roughly
three
and
a
half
million
in
the
loss
in
our
parking
fund,
so
it
would
all
depend
on
how
they
defined
the
general
revenue,
and
second
thing
is
amount.
We
can
claim
for
general
revenue
that
can
be
used
for
the
public
safety.
Obviously,
even
they
say
general
capital
projects.
You
can
invest
in
those
only
to
the
extent
of
the
loss
of
revenue.
M
AH
Just
a
summary
kind
of
we
are
kind
of
not
wrapping
up
kind
of
but
not
finalized
with
the
numbers.
The
auditors
are
still
reviewing
the
final
numbers,
so
we
would
know-
and
we
would
come
to
the
city,
council
or
the
administration
in
public
works
committee.
AH
The
auditors
would
be
there
to
present
their
report
in
the
last
week
of
june
or
the
first
meeting
in
july
and
right
now,
but
it
looks
like
the
numbers
as
it
stands
now
that
general
fund
is
estimated
to
end
the
year
with
around
1.7
million
dollar
kind
of
a
net
surplus,
and
if
you
look
at
it
in
the
expense
in
the
budgeted
amount,
we
originally
budgeted
117.2,
considering
all
the
services
and
programs
and
positions,
because
that
was
done
pre-covered.
You
know
and
that's
why
I
put
the
sixteen
point.
AH
Six
six
percent,
which
is
the
city
council,
adopted
goal
of
two
months
of
operating
expense
at
19
million
525
000,
which
is
a
16.66
percent
of
the
117,
and
that
brings
a
shortage
to
around
1.8
million,
and
I
just
put
a
note
there
or
I
think
it
is
covered
in
the
next
slide.
Let's
see,
we
have
one
more
slide,
yes,
so
this
is
about
the
2021,
how
we
expect
to
end
2021.
AH
So
I
have
the
budget
amounts
and
the
projected
amount
projected
amount
on
the
right
side
of
the
column,
and
you
would
see
that
revenues
I
just
put
like
okay.
If
we
go
like
with
what
you
call
free
pitch
tokens,
if
we
might
ex
lose
around
million
dollars,
so
I
put
the
revenues
down
by
a
million
dollar
and
expenses,
hoping
that
yeah
we
would
stay
within
the
expenses
no
contingencies.
Nothing
else
goes
up.
AH
AH
Now
the
one
thing
when
we
passed
the
budget,
some
of
you
might
remember
that
we
had
decided
to
draw
the
500
000
out
of
the
results,
and
that
is
right
now,
showing
as
a
revenue
which
is
not
revenue.
If
you
use
it.
AH
Obviously,
you
are
drawing
up
on
the
front
balance
of
one
balance
goes
down,
and
so
that's
why
I
have
reduced
the
estimated
one
balance
by
that
half
a
million
dollar
to
a
net
fund
balance,
2021
of
16.1
million
dollar
and
then
16.66
percent
of
the
budgeted
expenses
or
actual
I
mean
they
are
the
same
numbers.
It
doesn't
matter,
we
kind
of
assumed
that
the
expenses
would
stay
where
it
is,
and
so
we
would
be
having
a
deficit
of
around
2.3
million,
and
you
would
see
a
couple
of
notes
down
below.
AH
First
one
is
obviously
potential
decrease
in
revenues
from
pitch
tokens.
Second,
one
is
important
kind
of
no
increase
in
expenses
and
hiring
of
some
of
the
positions
could
qualify.
So
we
assumed
that
yeah
I
mean
we
had.
You
know
frozen
positions,
vacant
positions
and
obviously
in
the
treasury's
guidance
they
obviously
use
the
word,
invest
in
your
capital
cities.
You
hire
back
the
people,
the
you
know,
positions
and
all
that,
so
they
are
kind
of
yeah,
encouraging
that
to
kind
of
bring
those
positions
and
bring
the
services
programs
and
all
that
kind
of
thing.
AH
But
right
now
at
least
here
we
are
making
the
assumption
that
okay,
it
would
be
covered
under
this
federal
stimulus
money
and
the
last
one
is
obviously
I
mentioned
that
2020
adopted,
but
it
includes
a
half
a
million
draw
on
the
front
balance.
AH
AH
AG
Yes,
thank
you,
okay,
so
I'll
be
speaking
for
a
few
more
slides.
The
next
slide
talks
about
or
the
next,
I
guess,
stipulation
in
the
interim
final
guidelines
issued
by
the
treasury
department,
stipulates
improving
community
health,
so
some
eligible
public
health
uses
include
medical
expenses,
behavior
and
physical
health
care,
which
includes
mental
health,
ongoing
covenanting
mitigation
and
prevention,
as
well
as
additional
public
health
programming.
AG
Any
type
of
information
that
we're
sending
out
regarding
copit19
as
well
and
then
the
eligible
economic
impact
uses
for
economic
recovery
include
things
for
child
care.
We
realize
that
a
large
that
there's
we're
trying
to
work
through
child
care
and
helping
people
get
back
out
into
the
workforce
and
solving
that
issue
the
development
of
affordable
housing.
Again
we
want
to
uplift
those
businesses,
most
impacted,
support
the
workers
and
then
aid
the
hardest
hit
injury
industries,
which
include
hospitality,
tourism,
entertainment
things
of
that
nature
and
then
premium
pay.
AG
So
the
city
can
use
this
funding
for
premium
pay,
which
would
be
eligible.
The
city
employees,
who
are
engaged
in
essential
work
throughout
the
panhandle,
so
that
does
not
include
anyone
who
is
working
remotely
or
working
from
home
during
this
time
they
do
define
essential
work
as
work
involving
regular
in-person
interactions
or
regular
physical
handling
of
items
that
were
also
handled
by
others.
So
again,
those
city
workers
who
were
on
the
front
lines
during
cobin,
the
kobe
19
pandemic.
AG
This
pay
can
be
retroactive,
can
exceed
13
per
hour
above
regular
pay
or
that
25
000,
total
pay
and
then
investing
in
infrastructure.
So
the
city
is
able
to
use
our
book
funds
for
projects
that
are
approved
under
the
federal
epa's
clean
water
state
revolving
fund,
as
well
as
the
drinking
water
state
revolving
fund.
AG
We
can
use
it
for
lead
service
pipeline
replacement.
I
do
quickly
want
to
mention
that
there
is
an
unfunded
mandate
house
bill
3739,
which
is
currently
in
the
senate
and
looks
like
it
might
be
passing
pretty
quickly
here
that
stipulates.
We
would
need
to
replace
three
percent
of
our
flood
service
pipeline
pipelines,
which
would
cost
about
4.5
million
dollars
in
2021..
AG
The
timeline
is
pretty
short:
it's
only
34
years.
Currently
we're
on
track
to
replace
about
one
percent
of
our
lead
pipeline
and
that's
still
costing
us
about
1.5
million
dollars
per
year,
so
staff
would
recommend
that
we
use
some
of
the
arpa
funds
towards
the
lead
service
pipeline
replacement.
If
we.
R
AG
Find
any
other
federal
funding
or
state
funding
for
it.
We
can
use
it
to
replace
100
year
old
water
mains.
We
can
use
it
for
cyber
security
of
water
and
sewer,
though
fiber
optic
systems
and
server
upgrades.
We
can
use
it
for
anything
to
address
climate
change
and
then
again
we
can
use
it
for
broadband.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
giving
the
broadband
and
focused
on
areas
that
are
underserved.
AG
The
interim
final
guidelines
do
stipulate
that
the
download
speed
needs
to
be
100
megabytes
per
second.
So
just
keeping
that
in
mind.
AG
So
staff
had
come
up
with
this
idea
for
an
evanston
recovery
investment
fund
option.
AG
What
this
would
do
is
create
basically
an
evanston
recovery
investment
fund
with
a
balance
after
we
put
funding
towards
the
budget
and
infrastructure,
so
the
key
areas
would
be
aligned
with
recovery
guidelines
such
as
child
care,
workforce
development,
small
businesses
and
hospitality,
and
the
idea
is
that
applicants
can
submit
a
proposal.
AG
The
applicants
can
be
like
private
sector
nonprofits,
etc,
and
then
the
decision
to
fund
the
proposal
would
be
made
through
either
an
economic
development
committee
or
if
we
form
some
type
of
new
committee
that
can
score
these
proposals
then
and
decide
which
proposals
to
fund
this
would
only
be
open.
After
having
a
lot
of
community
engagement,
town
halls
and
discussion
of
the
fund's
existence.
AG
And
then
there's
also
our
particip
participatory
budgeting
option,
which
could
provide
an
agreed
upon
amount
to
be
allocated
by
the
residents.
AG
The
ideas
for
what
to
use
with
the
funds
would
be
submitted
by
community
members
vetted
by
staff
and
then
agreed
upon
by
council
before
presenting
them
to
the
community,
and
these
proposals
would
be
presented
at
word,
meetings
or
other
special
meetings
and
would
give
the
community
members
a
hands-on
experience
to
vote
on
these
proposals.
After
a
period
of
time,
and
with
that,
I
am
done
with
my
presentation.
G
All
right,
thank
you
emma,
so
that
gives
you
a
pretty
high
level
overview
of
the
guidelines
as
we've
interpreted
them.
Since
they
came
out
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
and
a
couple
of
options
for
the
council
to
digest
about
ways.
We
might
want
to
engage
the
community
going
forward
and
trying
to
figure
out
the
best
way
to
go
about
vetting
proposals
and
allocating
this
money.
G
So
we
do
have
economic
development
committee
coming
up
on
wednesday
this
week
and
now,
since
we've
had
rules
committee
tonight,
we
have
a
full
slate
of
economic
development
committee
members
who
will
be
able
to
attend
that
meeting.
So
that
is
great.
There
are
a
few
of
some
community
proposals
coming
forward
at
that
meeting,
just
to
get
feedback,
nothing
to
be
voted
on
just
generally
sharing
here's
some
thoughts
that
are
being
brought
forward,
but
just
for
tonight
we're
just
trying
to
sort
of
get
our
feet
wet
for
the
first
time.
G
Talking
about
this,
we
will
be
talking
about
this
almost
every
month
for
the
next
couple
of
years.
So
this
is
not.
We
don't
have
to
settle
everything
this
evening,
but
generally
tonight,
if
we
could
get
some
feedback
on
what
we
proposed
and
if
there's
other
ideas
that
we
haven't
thought
of
that
council
members
want
to
share
that
would
be
sort
of
our
objective
for
this
evening.
A
Great,
thank
you
very
much
erica
and
emma,
oh
and
yeah.
Could
we
have
the
lights?
Oh
they're
they're
right
there
amazing
thank
you
to
erica
and
emma
nitesh,
and
now
the
floor
is
open
to
anyone
who
has
questions
or
feedback
starting
with
council
member
fleming.
AI
And
thank
you
so
much
couple
of
things
emma.
If
you
can
turn
your
slide
show
back
on,
because
I
don't
think
it's
online
in
terms
of
the
economic
investment
fund,
I
think
you
had
up
there.
AI
What
I
didn't
see
in
there
is
a
place
for
individuals
to
apply
for
funding,
so
it
looks
like
it
was
all
business
or
non-profit
related,
and
so
I
like
that
idea
of
people
being
able
to
submit
an
idea
of
what
they
need
the
money
for,
but
I
think
we
will
be
remiss
to
not
have,
and
maybe
this
is
another
line
item
altogether
some
type
of
rental
assistance
program.
Because
people
I
mean
we
have
to
remember
eviction.
Courts
are
not
yet
open,
but
they
will
open
and
people
will
be
evicted.
AI
And
you
know
I
can
say
for
my
role
at
the
county.
There
are
always
more
people
applying
for
money
than
we
have,
and
so
I
think
I
saw
child
care
and
some
other
items
there,
but
I
did
not
see
rental
assistance,
so
I
would
hope
that
we
would
add
that
there
or
make
a
suggestion
for
us
to
add
that
there
also
the
community
input
piece.
I
think
will
be
huge
and
I
would
like
us
to
just
kind
of
think
outside
of
our
normal
town
hall
surveys.
AI
You
know
whatever
else
we
do
and
that
community
input,
but
I
want
us
to
be
really
mindful
that
you
know
I
spent
the
last
year
on
the
nonprofit
task
force
phone
call.
There
are
a
lot
of
community
there's
a
lot
of
input
just
on
that
phone
call,
and
so
I
would
hate
for
us
to
go
out
with
this
blanket
like
tell
us
what
you,
what
you
think
and
then
people
have
all
these
thoughts,
and
then
we
say:
oh
those
don't
fall
into
these
buckets
or
you
know.
AI
So
we
have
to
be
super
mindful
as
a
city
when
we
go
out
looking
for
input
that
we
don't
craft
it,
but
we
also
give
people
the
parameters
of
which
the
money
is
available
in
in
reading
through
the
legislation
which
I
have
done.
There
are
some
rules,
but
there's
also
a
lot
of
vagueness
and
and
the
way
they
define
some
things.
So
obviously
mental
and
physical
wellness
is
super
broad.
So
I
think
if
we
want
to
have
a
productive
community
dialogue,
we
have
to
be
mindful
of
some
of
the
broadness
in
the
plan.
AI
AI
So
I
worked
the
emergency
shelter
that
we
had,
and
I
can
tell
you
that
mostly
women
who
were
there
working
from
our
health
department,
were
there
every
day
at
the
grocery
stores,
packing
boxes
talking
to
people
very
close,
getting
people
food
they
needed,
and
so
I
think,
if
we
are
going
to
look
at
the
premier
pay,
I
would
want
us
to
be
super
focused
on
people
who
I
know
you
said
who
were
not
working
from
home,
but
we
know
people
had
different
roles
during
the
pandemic.
AI
AI
Mindful
of
our
staff,
who
really
were
in
the
thick
of
it,
whose
job
might
not
have
been
to
be
in
the
thick
of
it,
who
did
not
have
our
premier,
ppe
coverage
and
everything
else
that
some
other
union
staff
did
have,
I
think
and
then
the
last
comment
I
have
about
this
is
there
was
mentioned
about
the
post
covet
action
plan
and
I've
spoken
to
erica
about
this.
Already
I
served
on
that
plan
committee.
AI
We
worked
for
six
or
so
months
on
friday
nights
on
that
plan,
and
I
was
a
little
bit
disappointed
to
see
what
it
was.
It
was
very
big.
I
will
admit
what
we
gave
you
all
was
very
big,
but
what
it
came
down
to,
I
think,
doesn't
necessarily
reflect
the
essence
of
what
people
on
that
committee
thought.
So
I
just
want
to
publicly
thank
the
committee
members
who
were
myself,
patrick
keane
and
devlin
and
jesus,
whose
last
name
I
just
forgot.
He
represented
the
edmondson
latinos.
AI
What's
his
name
vega,
thank
you,
jesus
vega,
as
well
as
kim
cole
and
luke
stowe.
We
worked
painstakingly
long
into
friday
afternoons
on
that
plan
and
so
a
little
bit
frustrated
to
see
what
it
came
down
to,
but
hopefully
we
can
kind
of
revisit
and
make
sure
those
committee
members
felt
like
their
thoughts
were
incorporated
in
there
somewhere
and
then.
My
last
thing
is,
I
would
like
to
see.
I
know
we
have
economic
development
with
now
I
don't
know
five
or
six
people.
AI
I
do
think
that
this
is
something
that
could
have
its
own.
Maybe
ad
hoc
subcommittee-
and
I
say
that
because,
as
you
said,
we're
not
going
to
get
this
kind
of
money
again.
This
is
going
to
be
over
a
couple
years,
we're
giving
it
out
economic
development.
I
imagine
already
has
full
agendas
I
haven't
been
in
a
long
time,
but
just
with
all
the
other
grants
and
things
we
give
away.
I
imagine
there's
a
lot
of
conversation
in
there,
and
so
I
do
think
this
might
be
worth
having
a
separate
committee
on
particular.
AI
If
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
potential
grant
applications
from
the
public
that
there
would
be
a
committee
that
even
had
a
you
know,
either
public
people
on
it
or
was
just
more
publicly
accessible
even
on
like
a
saturday
morning
or
something
so
that
we
can
make
sure
everyone
understands
exactly
where
the
money
is
going
and
can
you
mention
city
manager?
You
mentioned
to
me
your
idea
about
having
like
a
web
page
and
a
spreadsheet
and
all
that.
G
Yeah,
it
is
definitely
not
too
early.
The
plan
is
to
create
a
web
page
where
we
would
present
the
guidelines,
as
we
know
them,
and
then
also
have
a
full
allocation
of
the
money
as
we
allocate
it.
So
in
real
time,
you
would
see
how
much
money
we've
received
where
each
bucket
has
gone
as
we've
allocated
and
how
much
is
left
to
be
allocated,
so
that
will
be
actually
be
up
very
soon,
even
though
we
have
not
allocated
anything.
G
AI
Okay,
so
my
last
plug,
then,
if
we
do,
if
we
decide
to
the
separate
committee,
I
would
suggest
that
we
call
jesus
and
patrick,
because
we
spent
lots
of
time
interviewing
people
in
the
community
about
their
needs
doing
pandemic
and
what
they
needed
from
the
city.
Post-Pandemic
recovery
like
lots
and
lots
of
time
speaking
to
people,
and
so
I
think
they
would
have
a
good
idea.
You
know,
from
their
perspective,
from
our
work
with
the
post
recovery
plan
to
be
on
that
committee.
If
they
were
interested.
A
AI
A
Think
we're
going
to
do
this
is
after
each
council
member
finishes
their
remarks,
we'll
see.
If
staff
wants
to
respond
to
anything
or
answer,
questions
that
were
raised
and
if
not
then
I'll
move
on
to
the
next
member
and
then
I'll
say
something
at
the
end.
So
is
there
anything?
Did
you
want
to
respond
to
any
of
the
questions
that
great?
AD
I
just
wanted
to
state
that
I
I
support
councilmember
fleming's
idea
that
we
have
a
committee
that
would
specifically
look
at
these
funds.
I
appreciate
the
city
manager's
transparent
proposal
to
create
a
web
page.
Whether
folks
can
follow
real-time
expenditures,
and
I
just
want
to
state
that
I'm
supportive
of
using
premium
pay
for
our
central
workers
here
in
the
city
are
supporting
premium
pay
and
then
also
I,
I
really
think
it's
you
know.
AD
We
have
a
unique
opportunity
here
with
40
million
dollars
that
we're
receiving
from
the
federal
government
40
plus
million
dollars
that
we're
receiving
from
the
federal
government
to
use
that
to
alderman
fleming's
point
about
community
engagement.
I
think
the
way
that
we
can
really
re
re-imagine
the
engagement
process
is
by
setting
aside.
AD
You
know
upwards
of
10
million
dollars
of
this
for
a
participatory
budgeting
project
where
folks
in
the
community
would
go
through
that
process
of
learning,
what's
feasible
and
what's
not
and
how
the
funds
can
be
spent,
and
I
think
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
pull
in
a
there
are
non-profits
out
there
and
university
partners
that
conduct
these
pb
experiments
and
trials
elsewhere,
and
I
think
it'd
be
wonderful
if
we
took
advantage
of
that
with
these
funds,
particularly
with
something
as
complex
as
responding
to
a
once
in
a
hundred
year
pandemic,
hopefully
a
once
in
a
hundred
year
pandemic,
and
we
should
really
use
the
collective
genius
of
our
community
to
tackle
this
huge
issue
and
pb
would
be
a
great
way
to
do
that.
AD
A
Thanks
so
much
and
any
reaction
to
that
or
answers
to
questions,
okay,
councilmember
burns.
D
Thank
you,
you
know
something
I
noticed
was
just
the
the
constant
mention
of
this
is
about
serving.
This
is
also
in
a
big
way,
a
part
of
serving
the
hardest
hit
communities
and
families.
D
I
saw
that
throughout
the
packet
here,
and
you
know
one
on
page
22
of
our
packet.
It
says,
while
the
pandemic
has
affected
communities
across
the
country,
it
is,
it
has
disproportionately
impacted
low-income
families
in
communities
of
color
and
has
exasperated
exacerbated
systemic
health
and
economic
inequities,
and
so
what
I'll
be
looking
for
is
how
do
we?
D
How
are
we
going
to
be
intentional
about
directing
is
how
are
we
going
to
be
intentional
about
making
sure
that
we
put
some
action
to
the
fact
that
on
and
on
and
on
again,
this
really
caused
the
attention
to
the
the
need
to
hit
a
hardest
hit
communities?
We
live
in
a
segregated
town.
We
understand
where
black
and
brown
folks
live.
How
are
we
really
gonna?
D
You
know
target
the
communities
that
we
know
were
hardest
hit
and
how
we're
going
to
be
intentional
about
that?
That's
what
I'm
going
to
really
be
looking
for.
D
D
I
don't
think
any
of
us
here
want
to
to
to
pay
for
something
that
potentially
another
unit
of
the
government
is
is
has
funds
for
and
so
very
early
on.
I
would.
D
I
also
think
we
may
want
to
look
at
kind
of
doubling
down
on
on
different
initiatives
that
we've
already
put
funds
into.
I
think
about
the
business
incubator
program
that
I
believe
we're
paying
we're
north
we're
using
a
portion
of
the
good
neighborhood
funds
to
do
that.
I
think
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
double
down
on
on
that
business.
Minority
business,
incubator
program
and-
and
you
know,
I
think
we
have
close
to
half
a
million
or
400
000-
that
we've
directed
through
the
good
neighborhood
fund.
D
You
know
I
think
job
training
as
people
try
to
kind
of
work
their
way
through
this
pandemic
and
get
back
to
work.
I
think
job
training
is
is
a
big
is
really
going
to
be
a
big
part
of
this
figuring
out
what
certifications
I
saw
the
other
day
on
on
on
on
social
media.
D
My
that
google
is
even
offering
different
certifications
on
ux
experience
and
just
different
ways
to
make
yourself
more
valuable,
more
marketable
in
in
this
kind
of
new
economy
and
and
so
to
the
extent
that
we
can
help
people
prepare
to
take
advantage
of
that
I'd
love
to
to
see
how
we
can
do
that
universal
child
care.
I
mean
we
know
that
one
of
the
biggest
barriers
to
people
becoming
gangfully
employed
is
the
nexus
inaccessibility
of
child
care.
D
Particularly,
you
know,
evenings
weekends,
I'd
love
to
see
what
we
can
do
to
address
that
through
these
funds.
D
Another
question
is,
and
this
might
have
been
in
the
package,
so
excuse
me
if
I
missed
it,
but
what
critical
investment
have
we
had
to
delay
because
of
kovit?
So
I'm
also
interested
to
see
you
know
what
were
we
manager
storyline
kind
of?
What
did
we?
What
were
we
prepared
to
to
move
forward
on
and
what
did
we
have
to
delay
because
of
kovit?
That
might
help
us
kind
of
shape
our
priorities,
and
you
know
this
is
a
hard
one,
because
we
want
to
support
all
businesses
if
we
can.
D
But
the
reality
is
that
you
know
as
an
entrepreneur
myself,
you
know
sometimes
you're
not
successful
into
your
second
third,
fourth
fifth
business,
and
so
I
think
we
want
to
support
businesses
that
have
a
plan
to
that
have
a
plan
to
kind
of
figure
out
how
to
be
successful
within
this
new
kind
of
reality
that
we're
in
and
and
have
a
plan
to
yeah.
I
guess
what
I'm
saying
especially
downtown.
D
We
have
an
opportunity
to
rethink
how
we
use
space
commercial
space
and
just
in
general,
space
in
our
city,
and
I
think,
that's
really
important,
and
so
I
I
think
we
really
need
to
look
at.
You
know
what
businesses
are
good
for
the
economy
that
exists
today.
I
think
that's
going
to
be
important.
Thank
you.
A
I
I
have
a
follow-up
question
for
you,
as
I
think
council
member
burns
hits
a
really
really
critical
point,
which
is
that
43
million
dollars
sounds
like
a
lot
of
money,
but
it's
a
tiny
portion
of
a
genuinely
gargantuan
amount
of
money
in
this
legislation,
and
I
thought
of
that.
Also
when
council
member
fleming
was
talking
about
rental
assistance.
A
A
Was
that
question
about
me
yeah,
the
question
is,
and
we
don't
need
to
do
it
over
zoom.
If
that's,
if
that's
not
workable,
we
can
do
it
in
writing
at
another
time,
but
just
asking
about
what
steps
we're
going
to
take
as
a
city
to
go
after
other
resources
beyond
the
43
million
coming
through
us
that
might
be
available
to
residents
or
non-profit
organizations
or
businesses
within
evanston.
AG
So
the
funding
is
still
in
the
first
steps
for
a
lot
of
the
people.
Even
the
state
doesn't
really
have
a
full
plan
on
what
it's
allocating
funding
towards,
but
just
like
one
example
of
that
is
that
we're
planning
on
making
contact
with
the
broadband
office
for
the
state
of
illinois,
because
that's
something
that's
very
important
to
residents
here.
You
know
we
see
this
divide
between
people
who
had
wi-fi
throughout
copen
19
people
who
didn't
right.
AG
So
that's
just
one
of
the
things
and
one
of
the
offices
that
we're
planning
on
making
contact
with
and
then
we'll
move
from
there,
whether
that's
a
grant
process
or
you
know
something
we
have
to
apply
for
indirectly,
then
we'll
take
it
from
there
but
yeah.
That's
just
one
example:
that's
off
the
top
of
my
head.
We
do
need
to
do
a
lot
more
research
on
this.
Our
main
priority
was
understanding
the
interim
final
guidelines
for
internally
first,
but
now
we'll
explore
more
externally.
A
Great,
thank
you.
Councilmember
newsmail.
C
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
I'd
like
to
thank
the
city
manager,
storlee
and
the
staff
for
putting
together
that
you
know
overview
presentation.
I
know
we're
going
to
be
spending
a
lot
of
time
getting
into
the
nitty-gritty
over
the
next
few
months
in
the
next
few
years.
So
I
I
just
want
to
underscore
what
some
of
my
colleagues
have
said
about
making
sure
we
have
a
thoughtful
and
deliberative
process
and
robust
public
engagement.
I
really
will
underscore
what
my
colleagues
said
about
the
participatory
budgeting
process.
I
think
that
will
be.
C
This
will
be
a
good
way
to
engage
the
public
in
spending
at
least
a
portion
of
that
money.
I
have
a
couple
of
questions
that
I
would
request
some
clarification
on
referring
to
a
line
on
page
14
of
our
packets.
In
the
memo
that
says,
the
key
criterion
used
to
determine
if
the
funding
can
be
used
for
a
project
or
item
is,
was
this
impacted
or
harmed
by
the
economic
slowdown
caused
by
covid19.
C
C
I
noted
that
anything
related
to
climate
change
was
listed
under
the
infrastructure
category
and
I
would
request
some
clarification
as
to
you
know
whether
the
climate
change
impact
has
to
anything
we're
saying
we're
doing
for
climate
change.
Does
it
have
to
be
infrastructure
related
or
could
it
be
outside
of
an
infrastructure
investment
thanks.
AG
Yeah,
I
can
go
ahead
and
respond
to
those
quickly,
so
in
terms
of
the
lead
service
pipelines.
That
item
was
directly
listed
in
the
interim
final
guidelines.
Those
two
questions
for
like
was
this
impacted
during
the
coven
19
pandemic
economically,
and
then
you
know
that
second
follow-up
question
was:
how
can
this
help?
AG
Those
were
just
general
overarching
like
ways
to
kind
of
tell
if
a
program
should
be
implemented,
but
that
led
service
pipeline
you
are
correct,
is
something
that's
completely
different
from
that,
but
something
that
we
can
use
the
funding
for
and
then
also
you're
correct,
that
climate
change
is
just
kind
of
thrown
in
there
under
infrastructure.
We
can
use
the
funding
for
climate
change
and
that's
literally
what
it
says
within
the
interim
final
guidelines.
AG
So
there's
not
a
whole
lot
of
clarification
on
that
at
this
point,
we're
still
working
and
going
to
a
lot
of
webinars
with
the
nlc,
and
we
can
submit
questions
to
them
as
well.
If
we
do
have
further
clarification,
questions
regarding
you
know,
what's
specifically
under
climate
change,
can
we
use
this
for
I'm
sorry
that
doesn't
fully
answer
your
question,
but
a
lot
of
this
is
not
fully
answered
in
the
guidelines.
Anyways.
G
Yeah
hence
the
term
interim
final
guidelines,
which
is
funny
in
and
of
itself,
but
that's
where
we
are
right
now.
These
are
interim.
There
is
a
feedback
period
where
we
can
give
feedback
on
the
guidelines,
and
then
there
may
be
some
tweaks
down
the
road,
but
right
now
these
are
interim
and
that's
what
we're
going
off
of
at
this
point
in
time.
A
Interim
and
final
is
there
any
further
discussion
from
any
member
of
council?
Is
anyone
who
hasn't
yet
spoken
want
to
speak,
seeing
none
councilmember
fleming
just.
AI
G
So
those
dates
are
being
vetted.
We
would
encourage
council
members
to
attend
those
town
hall
meetings.
This
will
be
our
just
our
first
engagement
to
get
feedback
from
the
community.
We're
taking
your
advice
on.
Let's
try
to
get
meaningful
feedback.
Let's
try
to
structure
this
so
that
it's
just
not
a
free-for-all.
It's
more
of
a
you
know,
here's
some
options
based
on
what
the
guidelines
say,
but
then
also
you
know
if
you
could
do
anything.
AI
Okay,
well
I'll
just
give
my
last
two
which
are
not
going
to
be
new
to
you,
but,
as
you
know,
working
on
the
guaranteed
income
program
and
the
alternative
911
response,
which
actually
is
already
out
for
rfp.
I
think
both
of
those
could
fall
into
a
variety
of
buckets
here
and
could
use
some
as
council
member
burns
that
shoring
up
to
make
sure
that
they
are
actually
funded
in
a
way.
That's
making
a
tangible,
long-term
difference
in
the
lives
of
our
residents.
G
So
we'll
use
most
of
our
city,
social
media
channels,
we'll
be
asking
council
members
to
try
to
get
the
word
out
through
their
channels,
but
also
we're
partnering
with
all
of
the
nonprofits
emma
and
kelly.
Our
deputy
city
manager
have
been
working
with
the
nonprofit
task
force
over
the
last
month
to
see
seek
their
help
in
getting
the
word
out
and
also
in
sort
of
partnering
with
us
on
these
town
halls,
so
that
we
could
structure
it
like.
G
We
should
do
activities,
we
should
do
food,
but
if
you
guys
have
additional
suggestions
about
other
things
that
we
could
do
to
make
sure
that
people
have
the
opportunity
to
participate,
and
you
know
three
is
no
magic
number
like
we
can
do
as
many
as
we
want.
That's
just
what
we've
come
up
with
sort
of
out
of
the
gate.
AE
Is
there
any
possibility
for
funding,
like
hourly,
perhaps
to
encourage
members
of
the
community's
most
hardest
hit
to
be
able
to
afford
hours
to
participate
in
the
decision-making
process?
G
We
haven't
considered
that
we
certainly
could.
Let
me
speak
to
the
staff
and
see
where
we
could
potentially
come
up
with
some
funding
options
for
the
council
to
consider
to
maybe
move
that
forward.
AJ
Yes,
several
years
ago
or
lost
track
of
time,
but
on
the
community
development
block
grant
outreach
program
that
was
put
in
place
where
we
used
people
from
cradle
to
career,
to
really
get
into
the
communities
and
and
sarah
flax-
and
I
were
just
speaking
about
it.
But
the
results
of
that
were
dramatically
better
in
terms
of
community
input
that
we,
the
the
hcda
committee,
received
and
people
who
were
contacted,
who
had
never
been
contacted
by
the
city
before
so.
AJ
I
would
suggest
we
talk
to
sarah
flax
about
the
system
that
was
set
up
then
and
how
they
used
volunteers
from
cradle
to
career,
to
really
reach
into
parts
of
the
community
that
we
want
to
get
to.
A
Are
there
any
other
members
of
council
who
would
like
to
speak
to
this
sorry
so
seeing
none
I
just
want
to.
I
want
to
echo
the
comments
of
many
we've
heard
from
already.
A
I
think
the
public
input
part
of
this
is
really
important
and
hard
to
do.
I
really
appreciate
a
council
member
when
you're
talking
about
an
example
of
something
that
has
worked
in
the
past.
I
think
council,
member
fleming,
is
right
that
we
we're
not
going
to
get
this
right
by
sort
of
doing
the
things
we
usually
do
even
doing
them
more
intensively
and
more
frequently
and
more
enthusiastically.
A
I
think
we're
going
to
have
to
be
both
in
terms
of
the
depth
of
our
outreach
and
in
terms
of
the
intentional
structure
of
the
questions
that
we
pose.
We
have
to
really
really
creative
and
and
smart
if
we,
if
we
want
to
get
back
enough
public
input
to
do
justice
to
the
opportunity
that
that's
that's
waiting
for
us
here.
So
I'm
really.
A
You
know
I'm
going
to
be
thinking
about
what
I
personally
can
do
on
that
front,
and
I
I
would
ask
everybody
up
on
this
diocese
to
join
me
in
doing
that,
because
I
just
think
there's
a
lot
at
stake
in
getting
that
right
and
the
other
thing
I
want
to
just
share
with
the
council
and
the
community
is
the
attention
that
I
feel
as
I've
been
thinking
a
lot
about
how
we're
going
to
deploy
these
resources,
but,
on
the
one
hand,
there's
some
urgency
and,
on
the
other
hand,
there's
an
extraordinary
benefit
in
taking
our
time
and
getting
it
right,
and
so
I
think,
for
the
overwhelming
majority
of
these
funds,
we
cannot
afford
to
be
haphazard
or
rushed.
A
We
have
to
be
deliberate
and
careful
and
slow
and
thoughtful
and
inclusive
of
public
input
and
meticulous
in
getting
it
right.
On
the
other
hand,
I
do
want
to
name
the
fact
that
we
believe
likely
to
enter
phase
five
in
just
a
few
weeks.
Here
we
are
meeting
in
in
person
most
of
us
vaccinated
most
of
our
community
vaccinated.
A
The
economic
recovery
from
covate
is
happening
now,
and
the
changes
in
behavior
that
we're
going
to
either
capitalize
on
as
a
community
or
not
in
our
efforts
to
recruit
new
businesses
and
support
our
own
local
businesses
and
growing
are
going
to
happen
right
now
over
the
course
of
the
next
few
months.
A
And-
and
so
I
don't
pretend
to
have
an
answer
to
this,
but
I
I
hope
we
can
figure
out
a
way
to
be
nimble
and
and
quick
and
smart
in
terms
of
how
we
deploy
a
small
portion
of
these
resources
to
make
sure
we're
taking
advantage
of
the
recovery
that
is
happening
now.
And
if
we
wait
around
six
months
we
may
say
oops.
A
We
missed
that
window
and
simultaneously
not
rush
and
and
and
make
sure
that
we're
thoughtful
and
deliberative
and
careful
in
terms
of
how
we,
how
we
spend
over
overwhelming
majority
of
this-
and
I
know,
that's
an
awkward
tension,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
get
both
of
those
pieces
of
this
right.
If
we
want
to
really
make
this
potentially
once
in
a
generation,
investment
pay
off
for
generations
to
come.
A
So
those
are
my
thoughts
on
on
this
matter
and
so
that
allows
us
to
move
to
sp2.
Would
anyone
like
to
make
a
motion
regarding
sp2.
AF
A
So
councilmember
braithwaite
moves
sp2
councilmember.
When
seconds
is
there
any
discussion.
D
A
AF
A
So,
council
member
reed
moves
sp3,
I
think
councilmember
kelly
got
in
there,
our
council
member
braithwaite
ooh,
that's
concept.
Second,
it
was
a
close
call.
It
was
a
photo
finish.
Is
there
a
discussion
council,
member
nusmo.
AD
A
AD
Thank
you.
So
I
made
a
motion
on
may
10
to
place
this
on
the
agenda,
because
really
in
keeping
with
the
history
that
you
know
folks
have
laid
out
for
us
over
hundreds
of
years-
and
you
know
even
recently,
with
alderman
fleming
and
this
body
passing
a
resolution
to
end
structural
racism.
AD
AD
Residents
should
come
to
their
city
parks,
department
for
recreation
and
not
humiliation
where
they
have
to
prove
themselves
to
be
poor
in
order
to
get
access
to
our
beaches.
So
how
did
we
get
here?
Well,
it
was
based
in
racism,
in
fact,
alderman
edwin
b
jourdain,
who
a
community
center
in
the
fifth
ward
is
named
aft,
the
first
black
alderman
of
this
city,
who
was
voted
out
of
his
seat
by
his
colleagues
illegally
when
in
1931
he
made
a
a
mention
to
end
segregation
in
evanston
beaches
and
evanston
movie
theaters.
AD
The
council
said
we'll
do
it,
but
we'll
do
it
by
charging
for
beach
access
under
the
guise
of
keeping
our
beaches
beautiful.
AD
I
would
like
you
know,
but,
and
the
beaches
were
free
up
until
that
point
up
until
1931.,
but
alderman
jordan
made
a
really
good
point
back
then
he
said,
he's
quoted
as
saying
moral
persuasion
alone
is
usually
useless,
is
usually
a
useless
technique
for
meaningful
change
in
customs
of
long
standing.
AD
AK
Approximately
this
year
it's
about
11.5
million.
Excuse
me
good
evening,
mr
mayor
city
manager
store
lee
clerk,
mendoza
and
members
of
council,
so
this
current
fiscal
year
we're
about
11
and
a
half
million
dollars
down
from
previous
years.
AD
And
where
does
your
department's
budget
come
from?
It
comes
from
the
general.
AD
Right
but
your
those
all
of
it
comes
from
the
general
fund,
there's
not
a
special
parks
and
recreation
fund
right,
oh
sir,
how
much
do
we
we?
How
much
do
we
spend
on
parks
every
year
to
maintain
our
parks?
Well,.
AK
AD
How
much
money
do
we
spend
to
have
this
beautiful
park
system?
Well,.
AK
AK
AD
AD
AK
So
you
you,
I
mean
if
you're
asking,
for
I
mean
a
general
cost
to
maintain.
If
I
can
extract
all
my
custodial
staff
out
of
my
budget,
which
sits
in
every
single
business
unit,
I
mean
I
don't
have
that
number
on
top
of
my
head.
I
can
figure
it
out
in
a
few
minutes.
Look
it
up,
but
I
don't
have
the
number
of
because
every
business
unit,
so
all
the
buildings
are
by
individual
business
units
and
then
all
of
the
lakefront
staff
sits
in
its
own
business
unit
and
a
lot
of
those
are
seasonals.
AD
You
would
you
estimate
that
our
you
know
we,
your
original
memo,
said
that
beach
operations
was
about
1.2
million.
Would
you
would
you
estimate
that
to
maintain
our
parks,
it
cost
the
city
more
than,
let's
say
1.2
million
dollars?
Oh.
AD
Certainly-
and
we
are
able
to
do
that
without
charging
additional
access
to
those
parks,
correct.
AD
Right
and
so
why
do
we
charge
for
beach
access.
G
AD
Thank
you
very
much.
I
understand
that,
but
we
charge
the
reason
that
the
you're,
the
parks
and
director
director,
why
do
you
advocate,
presumably
that
we
charge
for
for
beach
access,
at
least
for
now,
to
maintain
the
status
quo
so.
AK
Thank
you
for
asking
that
question:
councilmember
reid,
what
I
am
advocating
for,
I'm
not
advocating
for
or
against
free
beaches.
What
I'm
advocating
for
is
a
process
that
allows
me
to
make
sure
that
my
budget
balances
I'm
held
responsible
to
balance
the
budget
right
now.
The
revenue
that
is
generated
from
those
daily
sales
and
those
token
sales
goes
to
help
me
balance
my
budget
and
because
we
haven't
had
an
opportunity
to
discuss
it,
we're
one
week
out
from
opening
the
beaches.
AK
It's
just
that
give
us
give
the
department
a
time
to
address
this
in
a
timely
fashion
through
the
budget
process,
so
that
my
staff,
when
they
see
that
you
know
there's
beaches,
are
going
to
go.
I
mean
tokens
are
going
away
and
now
we
got
a
million
dollar
shortfall.
My
response
has
been
look.
The
council
has
to
find
that
money
right,
but
right
now
I
don't
have
a
direct
answer,
because
everyone
now
is
concerned
about
programs
or
their
building
being
cut
or
staffing
cuts.
If
we
don't
have
this
million
dollars,
and
so
that's
my
concern.
AD
Certainly,
but
the
so
for
clarification,
the
council
approved
a
budget
that
allows
for
your
department
to
operate.
Currently,
that's
an
obvious
thing,
and
so
what
we'd
be
doing
here
is
leaving
revenue
on
the
table.
Right
we'd
be
saying
we're
not
going
to
charge
for
beach
tokens,
but
because
your
budget
comes
from
the
general
fund
and
because
the
council
has
approved
your
budget,
your
budget
would
still
be
funded.
We'd
just
be
leaving
revenue
on
the
table.
AK
I
mean,
if
that's
the
way
you
want
to
look.
I
look
at
it
like
this.
You
give
me
about
five
and
a
half
million
dollars,
six
million
dollars
off
the
general
fund.
I
provide
you
with
12
million
dollars
worth
of
programs
and
activities
and
if
I
only
you
know
if
I
I'm
getting
that
six
million
dollars
that
you're
giving
me
is
not
five
million,
how
do
I
close
that
gap
that
that's
how
I
look
at
this
from
my
from
an
operator's
perspective,
and
that's
that's
really
just
my
concern
again,
council
member
reid.
AK
AD
Thank
you,
okay,
and
so
right
in
your
memo.
You
said
that
the
current
that
part
of
the
reason
for
maintaining
this
is
because
we're
concerned
about
our
our
reserve
fund
balance
and
we
are-
and
this
would
cause
the
original
memo
said
that
this
would
cause
a
1.2
million
dollar
deficit.
Is
that
correct?
With
the
original
memo.
A
Original
membership-
I
just
want
to
interject
just
to
set
this
scene
here.
I
I
neglected
my
mayoral
duties
and
didn't
set
a
timer
until
after
the
director
came
to
the
podium
and
that
that's
now
been
five
minutes.
Obviously
this
is
an
important
topic.
I'm
not
gonna
cut
you
off,
but
I
just
want
both
of
you
to
be
mindful
of
the
fact
that
we're
we're
sort
of
past
time
and
if,
if
we
could
conduct
the
rest
of
this
expeditiously,
that
would
be
helpful.
AD
AD
AK
Yeah
I
I
spoke.
I
broke
that
out
in
the
memo.
It
was
approximately
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
annually
for
aquatics
camp,
which
won't
already
happen,
and
so
because
of
that
I
was
already
concerned
that
we're
a
two
hundred
thousand
dollar
in
a
hole.
So
the
remaining
one
million
dollars
is
the
projected
beach
revenue.
AD
Certainly,
and
but
then
you
know
is
that
is
that
well,
the
million
dollar
number
that
you
included
in
the
memo
includes
the
the
aquatics
camp.
AK
AD
And
we
sell
roughly
on
average,
what
is
the
dollar
amount
that
we
sell
in
tokens
yearly
just
overall.
AD
Tokens
so
I
have
the
the
numbers
in
front
of
me.
What
I've
seen
is
that
it's
on
average
slightly
over
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
that's
all
tokens
to
chicago
residents,
evans
and
residents,
skokie
residents.
AK
AD
Around
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
that's
to
evidence
and
residents
chicagoans
and
then
for
day
passes.
That
brings
in
another
roughly
two
hundred
thousand
dollars.
AD
Except
for
last
year,
which
was
you
know,
2020,
it
brought
in
quite
a
bit
more
because
chicago
beaches
were
closed,
and
so
folks
were
flocking
from
chicago
to
evanston
beaches,
but
on
average
our
daily
beach
token
sales
is
only
roughly
a
little
over
two
hundred
thousand.
Is
that
correct
outside
of
the
nozzle.
AK
I
mean
sir,
I
sent
you
the
data,
I
mean
we
can
add
up.
You
know
so
I
mean,
like
I
said
each
year
is
different,
so
the
average
is,
you
know
you
can
pick
one
year
where
that
number
was
low,
but
we
could
pick
a
year
that
is
high.
The
average
anywhere
like
I
was
stating
earlier
could
be
around
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
token
sales
or
as
high
as
eight
hundred
to
a
million
dollars.
AD
Wanna,
let's
say
let's
say:
800
000,
you
know
between
beach
token
and
day
passes
would
be
an
average.
You
know,
except
for
last
year,
where
we
had
this
induced
demand,
because
chicago
beach
has
been
closed.
If
you
look
2017
to
except
for
last
year,
the
city
has
never
gone
over
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
total
beach
token.
In
in
and
day
past
sales,
that's.
AK
I
would,
I
would
disagree
with
that
statement,
sir,
with
all
due
respect.
A
C
We
have
it
on
this
dispute
about
the
numbers
mr
mayor,
councilmember
reid.
The
data
that
you
had
shared
with
me
earlier
addresses
this
specific
request
and
I
double
checked
my
numbers
here
and
in
2017
all
beach
revenue,
tokens
and
daily
passes.
2017
was
all
round
to
the
nearest
thousand
eight
hundred
and
nineteen
thousand
twenty
eighteen,
eight
hundred
and
sixty
eight
thousand
twenty
nineteen
seven
hundred
ninety
thousand
and
in
2020
1
million
66
000.
AD
AD
So
that
is
correct
that,
on
an
average
basis,
that's
about
what
we
bring
in
so
then
you
know
that
number
shrinks
from
1.2
million,
which
was
originally
reported
to
800
000.,
that's
400,
000
that
we
save
right
there
just
from
getting
some
numbers
correct
and
then,
if
we
look
into
it
even
deeper,
the
proposal
put
forward
is
that
beaches
would
be
made
free
for
evanston
residents.
AD
So
then,
if
we
factor
out
the
tokens
that
are
sold
to
evan
sold
to
evanston
residents
and
the
day
passes
that
are
sold
to
evanston
residents,
we
don't
have
a
direct.
It
seems
as
though
in
the
numbers
that
you've,
given
there
isn't
a
direct
breakdown
on
day
passes,
whether
it's
sultan,
evans,
resident
or
chicagoan.
There's
not
there's
not
a
clear
indication
of
that.
AK
AD
But
there's
no
doubt
we
don't
know
how
to
tell
whether,
but
so
we
can
assume
that
a
percentage
of
them
or
evanstonians
the
percentage
of
them
are
folks
from
all
over.
So
then
that
would
bring
that
number
down
to
if
we
were
to
eliminate
the
cost
of
beach
tokens
for
evanstonians
to
roughly,
let's
say
600
650
000.
So
it's
not
the
one
point:
two
million
dollars:
it's
not
a
million
dollars.
It's
not
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
it's
about
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
If
it's
just
for
evanston
residents,.
AK
AD
Certainly,
but
what
we've
seen
that
may
be
the
number
there,
but
we've
seen
every
year,
2017
2018
2019
2020
an
anomaly
with
the
news
with
induced
demand,
but
what
we've
seen
consistently
is
that
token
revenue
and
day
pass
revenue
overall
brings
in
800
thousand
dollars
and
on
average,
through
those
years
it's
brought
in
about
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
just
from
evanston
residents.
I
hear
what
you're
saying
that
we
approve
the
budget,
but
that's
what
the
data
shows
is
the
case.
Would
you
think
that
that's
just
about
correct.
G
Let
me
just
interject
for
one
second,
so
the
council
last
year
adopted
a
budget
of
one
million
dollars
for
beach
tokens
and
daily
passes.
Specifically
so
every
year
we
have
to
estimate
what
we
think
the
city
is
going
to
bring
in
for
each
individual
revenue
line
item.
What
the
director
is
saying
is
that
this
line
item
contains
more
than
one
budget
item,
one
of
which
is
camps
which
we're
not
running,
leaving
the
budgeted
amount
of
one
million
dollars.
G
So
we're
already
saying
we're
not
running
the
aquatics
camp,
we're
already
saying
we're
going
to
be
short,
200
000
in
revenue.
If
we
don't
want
to
charge
for
beach
tokens
this
year,
we're
going
to
be
short,
one
million
dollars
in
revenue,
whether
we
met
that
goal
or
not.
So
what
we're
really
talking
about
here
is
we
can
do
this?
R
G
Whether
it's,
whether
we
practically
or
in
reality,
bring
in
this
year,
eight
hundred
thousand
nine
hundred
thousand
whatever
it
is,
it
doesn't
matter,
it's
budgeted
at
a
million
dollars
for
all
practical
purposes.
So
that
is
the
number
that
we
will
be
short.
If
we
don't
do
it
or
if
we
do
do
it
and
we
meet
or
exceed
or
we
can
fall
short,
that
is
our
budgeted
number.
AD
These
are
not
insignificant
amounts
of
money,
and
so
what
we're
talking
about
is
if
we
made
beaches
free
this
year
for
evanston
residents,
that'd
be
about
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
based
on
2017
2018
2019
again,
and
if
anything,
maybe
we
could,
if,
if
we
did
have
numbers
similar
to
2020,
which
was
chicagoans
flocking
into
our
city
and
bank
buying
day
passes,
we
may
see
continued
revenue.
AD
Yeah,
thank
you.
So
can
you
tell
me
what
your
so
in
in
in
the
memo
that
director
hemingway
presented,
it
said
that
the
budget
current
fund
balance?
Can
you
tell
me
what
the
current
fund
balance
is
for
the
city
of
evanston,
the
general
fund
balance.
AH
I
mean
it
changes
every
month
and
it's
a
different.
What
we,
what
yeah
the
way
it's
the
right
balance
and
we
are
wrapping
up
the
2020
audit
but,
as
you
saw
in
my
slides,
there's
a
part
of
the
what
I
call
the
american
rescue
plan.
We
estimate
to
end
the
2021
balance,
which
would
be
like
audited
number
within
a
month
and
we
would
get
to
at
around
17.7
billion.
AD
Okay,
so
currently
in
the
memo
that
director
hemingway
put
forward,
that
number
was
the
current
general
fund
reserve
balance,
which
also
director
assai.
Can
you
describe
what
so
the
general
fund
balance?
Is
that
our
also
our
reserve
fund,
so
that
so
there's
no
distinction
between
just
the
general
fund
balance
and
our
reserve
fund.
AD
Right,
so
what
was
presented
in
the
memo
is
that
the
general
fund
balance
is
currently
15
point
a
little
under
15.2
million
dollars.
That's.
AH
What
is
the
I'm
sorry,
that
is
the
concept
number
read
estimated
balance
based
on
two
things?
So
if
you
have
seen
my
arp
slide
and
which
is
number
10
where
I
say
that,
okay,
if
we
reduce
the
beach
revenue
by
a
million
dollar,
the
deficit
would
be
around
2.3
million
dollars
at
the
end
of
2021..
Oh.
AD
AD
Yeah,
the
march
financial
number
that
you
sent
me
said
that
the
current
fund
balance
was
20
million.
AH
Right
but
again
I
mean
some
of
those
numbers
the
way
the
accounting
requirements
are.
Some
of
those
you
cannot
spend,
like
suppose,
for
other
funds
like
water
fund
and
parking
for
you
have
70
million
in
fund
balance
or
assets,
but
it's
mostly
because
of
the
you
know
the
assets
we
buy
and
we
put
it
like
water
mains
and
sewer
lines.
AH
So
we
have
to
look
at
the
thing
called
unrestricted
balance
and
that's
why
I'm
waiting
until
we
wrap
up
this
general
fund,
but
we
expect
right
now,
the
at
the
end
of
2020,
17.1
million
and
through
march
we
have
around
3
million
surplus.
But
again
we
cannot
take
3
million
surplus
as
the
right
number,
because
the
property
tax
revenues
are
seasonal,
so
we
have
almost
got
close
to
50
in
property,
tax
revenue,
43
or
45
percent.
AH
So,
yes,
if
we
go
by
that,
like
a
march,
you
know
and
say:
okay,
look
at
that.
We
have
20
million.
There
won't
be
property
taxes,
revenues
for
at
least
four
or
five
five
months,
yeah
five
or
six
months
out
of
the
year,
and
that's
why
the
revenues
or
general
point
surplus
is
higher,
because
we
almost
get
the
half
of
the
property
tax
revenue,
which
is
our
biggest
source.
AD
Thank
you
yeah,
I
do
I
do
want
to.
You
know,
continue
moving
and
allow
other,
but
I
do
want
to
make
get
to
something
here.
So
currently
so
one
with
the
reserve
fund,
it's
maybe
not
great
to
call
it
a
reserve
fund,
because
what
you're,
what
you
just
indicated
is
that
this
fund
balance
shifts
very
regularly.
So
it's
really
more
like
a
cash
flow
balance
than
a
reserve
fund.
AH
AL
AH
That's
kind
of
a
fun
balance,
I
mean
in
simple
terms.
So
yes
definitely
changes.
We
got
more
money
in
cash
into
property.
Tax
revenue.
Yes,
our
cash
goes
up.
Assets
goes
up.
That
means
our
fund
balance
goes
up,
but
then
there
will
be
three
months
where
we
don't
have
the
property
tax
money,
but
we
still
pay
bills.
We
still
have
to
have
a.
AM
AH
We
still
have
to
have
a
accounts
payable
and
pay
the
vendors
and
services
and
contractors,
and
then
suddenly
it
goes
down.
So
we
have
what
we
call
it's
like
a
seasonal
thing.
You
know
where
we
are
at
the
high
point
in
terms
of
fund
balance
or
cash
balance,
and
there
are
low
points
where
we
are
the
yeah
kind
of
a
lot
less
cash
compared
to
the
other
months.
AD
And
so
to
that
point,
so
it
fluctuates
it's
it's.
It's
not
a
very
clearly
reserve
fund.
It
might
be
more
accurate
to,
as
you
said,
to
refer
to
the
unrestricted
dollars
as
the
reserve
fund,
and
maybe
even
it
might
be,
a
good
policy
of
the
council
to
just
create
an
actual
reserve
fund
that
is
separate
from
our
general
fund
balance
and
maintain
a
general
fund
balance
that
had
enough
money
to
do
cash
flow.
AD
If
in
the
police
department
budget,
currently
the
there's
an
allocation
for
pensions
and
we've
heard
from
leadership
both
in
the
police
department
and
from
the
city
that
and
from
folks
in
public
common
today
that
that
that
those
funds
for
pensions
in
the
police
department
budget
are
kind
of
double
counted.
Is
that
correct.
AH
AD
AH
You
can
say
that,
and
I
thought
we
had
this
discussion
before
like
that:
okay,
it's
not
a
police
department
operating
expense,
that's
the
pension
expense.
So
we
point
to
the
revenue
too,
but
at
the
same
time,
in
our
property
tax
general
fund
revenues,
the
revenues
are
there
too
so
and
the
expense
are
there
too.
So
we
have
to
make
sure
that
yeah
I
mean
we
counted
the
right
way
and
right
now
under
the
accounting
rules.
AD
And
then
last
few
questions
currently
so
so
it
may,
it
could
be
an
actuarially
sound
thing
to
do
to
just
move
the
20
million
that
we
this
year,
that
we've
budgeted
for
you
know
property
tax
revenue,
that's
going
toward
pensions
and
being
dispersed
to
the
various
in
funds
it
would
be.
We
could
take
that
20
to
25
million
dollars
out
and
put
it
in
a
separate
fund,
a
pension
fund
right.
AH
I
mean
that's
what
I
said
that
we
used
to
have
a
special
revenue
40
years
back
and
since
the
change
in
the
rules.
Now
we
are
reporting
like
that
as
a
police
mention
and
police
department
and
the
fire
pension,
the
fire
and
the
one
more
thing
is
why
we
ideally
like
to
keep
it
or
I
mean
again
it's
subject
to
the
discussion
in
the
past.
AH
You
have
seen
that,
like
for
debt
service
lobby,
we
are
funded
out
of
our
own
fund
balance
and
where
does
it
come
from
like
a
general
fund,
you
know
we
have
artificially
lowered
some
of
the
tax
levies
in
the
past
to
kind
of
bring
down
the
burden
of
the
tax
levy,
and
where
does
that
money
come
from?
Obviously
it
comes
from
the
general
fund
fund
balance,
whether
you
reduce
the
pension
tax
levy
or
whether
you
reduce
the
debt
service
tax
levy.
Right,
I
mean
required
by
us.
AD
AF
I
think
I
want
to
take
a
point
of
privilege
here,
just
in
terms
of
where
we're
going
with
the
conversation
ask
for
you
to
come
back
to
the
agenda.
My
point
of
information
is
twofold.
First
of
all,
we
have
22
items
that
we
have
to
get
through
this
evening.
Council
member
reid,
I
think,
there's
enough
support
to
move
this
forward.
As
I
look
and
read
sp3,
I
think
you
have
enough
support
to
move
it
forward
where
we're
getting
lost
in
the
details.
AF
We
don't
have
enough
information
to
balance
the
budget
this
evening,
and
I
I
understand
your
train
of
thought
and
I'm
trying
to
follow
it,
flipping
back
and
forth
between
our
the
revenue
expenses
that
we
see
in
this
document,
but
now
we're
talking
about
trying
to
balance
and
vote
on
something
that
is
not
an
agenda
item.
So
I
think,
mr
mayor,
if
we
can
come
back
to
item
sp3
and
out
of
respect
for
the
other
22
items
that
we
still
have
to
discuss
so.
AD
Yeah,
if
I
may
wrap
up
in
in
two
minutes
and
someone,
I'm
gonna
use
a
visual
aid.
So
this
is
very
clear.
Some
young
folks
made
this
so
where
we
are
is
what
was
said
is
that
we
would
have
a
a
general
fund.
AD
Let's
see
this
is
where
we
were
so
1.2
million
dollars
is
what
was
presented
is
that
we
are.
We
are
deficit.
This
is
what
was
presented
as
the
current
general
fund
balance,
and
we
were
told
that
there
would
be
a
huge
issue.
Sorry
alderman
flynn,
for
putting
this
in
front
of
your
head.
That
we'd
have
a
a
huge
issue.
AD
If
our,
if
we
had
the
1.2
million
dollars,
which
would
be
this
mark
taken
out,
but
what
we
heard
from
the
director
is
well
aquatics
camp
gone,
so
you
know
we're
still
we're
inching
closer
to
this
general
fund
balance
mark.
Then
we
hear
that.
Well,
if
you
take
off,
you
know
folks
who
are
not
evanston
residents,
that's
another!
Two
hundred
thousand
dollars
gone
so
we're
closer
again
to
or
it's
not
1.2
million
dollars
that
was
gone.
AD
Then
it
became
a
million
dollars
that
was
gone
now,
it's
at
800
000.,
if
you
take
out
folks
now
who
are
not
evanston
residents
or
who,
if
you
only
take
out
the
money
for
evidence
from
residents
or
you
keep
that
in
then
we
have
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
roughly
that
we
are
behind
and
so
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
That's
that
that's
an
issue,
but
the
issue
was
raised
because
the
general
fund
balance
was
at
fifteen
point,
two
million
dollars.
AD
What
we
just
heard
from
mr
from
director
desai
is
that
that
general
fund
balance
is
actually
way
higher.
It
actually
may
be
20
million
dollars.
It's
not
15.2
it
it's
17
18,
maybe
even
20
million
dollars.
AD
AD
What
we
know
is
that,
based
on
where
what
the
general
fund
expenditures
are,
we
are
one
because
the
actual
general
fund
balance
is
over
here,
we're
already
there,
but
also
even
further
that
we
already
are
where
we
need
to
be
as
far
as
general
fund
balance,
if
we
were
to
take
out
pension
expenditures
and
other
expenditures
from
the
general
fund,
as
is
done
in
other
communities,
that
our
actual
reserve
balance
our
goal
wouldn't
be
18,
almost
19
million.
It
would
actually
be
a
bit
lower
than
it
is
so.
AD
Not
only
was
it
not
1.2
million
dollars
in
lost
revenue,
as
was
originally
reported,
it's
only
about
six
hundred
thousand.
Not
only
was
our
general
fund
balance,
not
at
fifteen
point
two
million
dollars,
it
was
actually
far
higher,
but
our
even
our
reserve
balance
is
is
could
be
lower,
and
so
what
I'm
saying
here
is
that
adopting
this
today.
AD
Ending
the
what
I
will
say
that
the
very
clearly
racist
and
classist
process
of
collecting
revenue
for
access
to
the
beach,
what
we
heard
earlier
is
that
people
pay
for
the
value.
This
was
what
I
heard
from
some
folks
who
spoke
who
wanted
us
to
slow
this
down.
People
pay
for
the
value
for
the
for
the
beach.
AD
Well,
you
know
we
we
don't
charge
for
access
to
any
other
place,
so
what
they're
paying
for
is
exclusivity?
What
they're
paying
for
is
to
keep
evanston
residents
who
can't
afford
to
frequent
our
beaches
out
and
we
don't
charge
for
access
to
any
other
public
space.
If
someone
who
was
on
this
council
and
voted
for
alderman,
fleming's,
courageous
bill
to
end
structural,
racism
can
point
to
a
single
practice
in
our
city
government
that
is
as
clearly
racist
and
exclusionary
and
classist
as
charging
for
access
to
a
public
space.
AD
C
So
I
better
thank
you,
mr
mayor,
I'd
like
to
thank
councilmember
reed
for
highlighting
this
issue,
and
you
know
allowing
us
to
have
this
discussion
sooner
rather
than
later.
I
joined
council
member
reed
in
the
the
sentiment
that
beach
tokens
are
racist,
asking
somebody
to
stand
in
line
and
prove
their
prove.
Their
financial
dire
straits
to
qualify
for
a
free
token
is
humiliating.
C
Having
said
that,
I'm
mindful
of
the
economic
constraints
that
we
are
under
and
the
unintended
potential
consequences
of
making
a
change
not
only
on
our
budget,
but
if
we're
trying
to
make
up
money,
something
else
is
going
to
have
to
be
cut
and
who's
going
to
be
hurt.
C
If
we,
if
we
cut
another
program,
I'm
also
committed
to
transparency
and
engagement,
and
I
we
didn't
have
a
chance
to
talk
about
reciprocal
agreements
that
we
have
with
the
skogi
park
district,
which
are
tied
up
in
in
our
beach
arrangements
and
evanston
residents,
access
at
a
reduced
rate
to
skokie
pools
and
so
there's
a
whole
host
of
factors
that
we
haven't
had
enough
time
to
consider.
C
But
because
beach
tokens
are
racist
and
I
want
to
move
forward
in
allowing
free
access
to
evanston
residents,
I'd
like
to
offer
a
substitute
motion
that
will
allow
us
to
make
progress
on
this
issue
in
2021,
with
a
clear
direction
that
we
go
in
2022
to
free
access
to
all
evanston
residents
to
all
evanston
beaches.
This
builds
on
a
program
that
we
currently
have
in
place.
So
it's
not
that
much
different.
Currently,
we
offer
free
access
to
evanston
residents
to
clark
street
beach
on
mondays
in
july
and
august,
and
that's
only
evanston
residents.
C
I
propose
as
a
substitute
motion
that
we
direct
staff
to
offer
evanston
residents
free
access
to
all
evanston
beaches
on
mondays
and
sundays,
for
the
duration
of
the
summer
of
2021,
not
just
july
and
august,
and
to
develop
a
budget
and
procedures
to
allow
evanston
residents
free
access
to
all
beaches
every
day
for
the
summer
of
2022
and
onward.
AJ
A
So
council
member
nusmo
has
offered
a
substitute
motion
council
member.
When
has
seconded
councilmember
fleming
your
light's
been
on
for
a
very
long
time.
Do
you
still
want
to
speak.
AD
I
I
will
say
that
you
know
half
measures
to
end
a
practice
again
if
we,
if
no
one
here,
can
point
to
a
practice
that
we
know
more
definitively
is
racist,
has
a
classist
impact
and
the
fact
that
this,
as
I
just
demonstrated,
will
not
have
the
the
budget
implications
that
were
put
forward
in
the
memo.
AD
I
think
it
is
imperative
that
we
support
this
now
and
if
we
want
to
find
additional
revenue
to
support
funding
our
evanston
beaches,
unlike
we,
we
do
for
any
other
public
space.
You
know
I'm
almost
inclined,
I
I
went
on
amazon
and
I
looked
up
how
much
it
costs
to
or
how
much
a
confederate
flag
tile
cost.
I
would
almost
rather
sell
confederate
flag
towels
to
at
twenty
dollars
a
pop
to
raise
the
revenue
to
solve
this
than
to
charge,
evans
and
residents
for
access
to
the
lake
front.
AE
So,
to
respond
to
council
person
newsman's
proposal,
I
adamantly
opposed
to
that.
I
think
that
that's
very
similar
to
relegating
certain
people
to
a
free
beach,
as
was
done
in
the
past,
and
I
don't
think
you
have
to
think
too
hard
about
what
that
impact
will
be.
What
that
will
look
like
I
I
oppose
that.
I
think
I
think
the
funding
is
there.
I
think
the
timing
is
right.
The
timing
right
now
really
merits
that
we
that
we
act
with
special
consideration
and
effort
to
find
it
look.
AE
We
increased
funding
for
the
pooch
park
for
the
boat
storage
ramp,
and
you
know
I
had
an
email
exchange
with
mr
desai
about
why
there
was
this
seven
about
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
extra
money.
Just
you
know
left
in
the
fleet
service
and
why
that
wasn't
returned
to
the
general
fund
at
the
end
of
last
year
and
his
response
was
well
we're
just
going
to
see
how
things
play
out
and
in
the
fall
we'll,
maybe
we'll
return
it.
The
funding
is
there.
AE
We
can
do
this,
and
if
we
don't
do
it,
it's
really
just
about
stall
tactics.
At
this
point
and
city
manager
storyline,
you
did
tell
me
that
you
all
that
staff
is
ready
to
implement
this
immediately
correct.
You
wrote
to
me
and
said
you
are
ready
and
prepared
to
do
this
immediately
that
week
this
can
be
done.
AE
I
mean
also
city
manager
sterling,
I
think,
offered
a
wonderful
idea
also
that
those
who
have
already
purchased
passes
may
have
the
option
to
donate
it
towards
certain
funds,
whether
it
be
reparations
or
other
funds
that
this
could
go
towards
towards
funds,
and
many
people
may
opt
to
do
that.
We
can
also
offer
the
option
of
people
donating
to
our
beaches
to
preserve
our
beaches.
This
is
entirely
possible.
AE
Financially,
I
have
ex
I'm
going
to
absolutely
fight
that
our
taxes
do
not
increase
this
year,
and
I
say
this
with
an
eye
on
fiscal
accountability
and
responsibility.
We
can
do
this
financially.
Not
to
do
this
now
begs
the
question:
what
we're
really
doing.
Thank
you.
AE
Yeah,
of
course,
one
more
thing
and
and
in
terms
of
the
arpa
money
also,
I
mean
some
of
that
is
clearly
designated
for
mental
health
and
well-being.
I
think
and
older
person
nuzmo.
You
pointed
that
out.
I
think
that
maybe
we
can
also
even
consider
some
of
that
funding
to
go
towards
making
our
beach
accessible
for
the
sake
of
mental
well-being
and
the
health
of
our
residents,
particularly
those
who
have
been
hit
the
hardest
in
our
lowest
income
population
evanston.
Thank
you.
D
I
just
want
to
add
that
you
know,
because
there's
there's
sometimes
I
get
a
sense
that
people
are
saying
this,
isn't
this
wasn't
done
with
kind
of
an
eye
towards
the
budget,
but
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
you
know
this
is
was
an
eye
towards
the
budget,
because
this
is
a
year
that
that,
as
far
as
this
motion
states,
that
we
have
surplus
money,
surplus
funds-
and
so
you
know
I
haven't
seen
anything
conclusive
today.
D
That
shows
me
that
if
we
did
do
this
again
for
a
season,
this
is
not
permanent.
This
is
just
for
this
season.
I
have
not
seen
any
conclusive
evidence
that
suggests
that
it
would
drop
us
under
the
16.6
of
the
general
fund
for
our
reserve
fund.
I
just
have
not
seen
it,
and
so
the
reason
why
you
know
the
the
presentation
by
councilmember
reid
is
important
is
because
there's
been
a
lot
of
numbers
shared
with
us
through
email
and
numbers
are
scary
right.
D
These
numbers
get
tossed
around
and
people
think
the
budget
is
in
a
place
that
it's
not
and
the
numbers
matter.
We
should
not
be
making
decisions
based
on
hypotheticals
and
speculations
of
you
know,
dangerous
and,
and
out
of
control
things
happening.
D
We
really
should
be
making
decisions
based
on
the
realities
of
both
our
budget,
but
also
the
operational
difficulties,
and
so
I
guess
one
question
that
I
have
for
director
hemingway
is,
you
know
we
know
in
terms
of
more
functionally
to
to
refund
the
online
tokens
that
we
know
from
reviewing
the
budget
through
email
that
I'm
sorry
review,
reviewing
the
contract
with
vipley
who's
who's,
providing
our
online
beach
token
sales
that
we
can
at
no
cost
other
than
what
we've
already
remitted
to
them,
that
we
can
refund
the
online
amounts
at
no
additional
cost,
and
I
think
that's
maybe
2500
2700
beach
tokens
were
purchased
online
and
then
there's
an
additional
4
000
that
were
purchased
in
person.
D
I
would
imagine-
and
so
you
know
point
that
one
of
the
council
members
brought
up
councilman
reid-
is
that
you
know
we
say
that
staff
time
is
going
to
be
taken
up
kind
of
fulfilling
those
refunds,
but
wouldn't
they
otherwise
be
fulfilling
the
purchases
right.
You
know
because
this
season
isn't
over.
D
It's
just
beginning
so
that
same
staff,
that's
in
our
parks
and
recreational
department,
they
would
either
need
to
fulfill
the
ongoing
practice
this
season
of
of
selling
beach
tokens
or
they
could
use
some
of
that
staff
time
which
again,
we
haven't
been
present,
presented
with
any
staff
time
to
fulfilling
these
the
selling
of
these
tokens,
but
in
theory
they
could
kind
of
shift
some
of
those
hours.
Instead
of
of
selling
beach
tokens,
they
could
be
refunding
them.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I'm
looking
at
this
in
the
correct
manner.
AK
Councilmember
burns.
I
think
I
appreciate
that
perspective,
but
for
operationally
the
depending
on
where
an
individual
is
to
purchase
it
so
much
a
lot
of
our
token
sales
come
from
the
lakefront
when
the
beach
off.
Now
that
the
beach
office
is
open,
we're
about
to
open
right.
So
when
we
first
go
on
sale
a
month
ago,
the
beach
office
wasn't
open,
it
was
in
the
community
centers,
and
so
now
that
we're
got
the
beach
office
sale.
So
can
I
add,
if
they're
not
selling
tokens,
that's
not
all
they
do.
AK
They
are
customer
service
reps
dealing
with
everything
that
comes
in
front
of
them
and
so
sure,
if
someone
showed
up
to
buy
a
token,
that's
one
of
their
services
they
have
to
buy.
I
don't
you
know
it's.
It's
a
very
broad
scope
of
work
that
those
clerks
on
the
front
line
are
dealing
with.
It
could
be
questions
about
you
know
anything.
I
mean
I've
witnessed
someone
walk
in
and
ask
a
question
about
parking.
You
understand
what
I'm
saying
until
they're
there
to
provide
customer
service
at
the
beach
offices.
AK
The
folks
in
the
building
are
dealing
with
we're
in
we're
in
peak
season
right
whether
it's
camp
as
the
guidelines
have
changed.
We've
upped,
enrollments
right,
so
we're
processing,
enrollments
and
things
of
that
for
camp
and
summer
programs
that
you
know
so
sure
to
answer
your
question.
But
it's
not
cut
and
dry
or
that
simple.
D
I'm
just
you
know,
because
what
we
know
right
now
is
that
the
seat
since
the
season
hasn't
opened,
nobody
has
been
purchasing
beach
tokens
at
the
beach.
This
is
all
they're
coming.
You
know,
I
don't
know
if
the
parks
and
rec
department
here
is
open
or
they're
going
to
satellite
locations
throughout
the
city,
beach.
AK
D
And
so
we're
just
I'm
just
functionally,
I'm
simply
talking
about
how
to
re.
If
we
do
move
forward
with
this
motion
how
to
refund
those
four
thousand
again
those
same
people
who
went
in
to
make
the
purchase
could
go
to
those
same
offices
and
be
refunded
and
they're
staffed.
We
know
their
staff
because
they
have
to,
in
addition
to
the
other
responsibilities
that
you
name,
which
I'm
sensitive
to
we
still
know
moving
forward.
People
would
still
walk
into
those
same
places
and
and
and
purchase,
beats
tokens.
D
But
with
this
motion
they
wouldn't
be
doing
that
at
all,
not
at
the
lakefront
nor
at
these
offices.
So
a
certain
extent.
They
would
if,
if
we
go
forward
with
non-residents
paying,
but
you
know
that
the
I
I'm
not
saying
that
there
will
be
an
overwhelming
added
responsibility
or
I
added
hours
to
fulfill.
The
refunds
is
what
I'm
saying.
AK
Just
if
4
000
people,
the
4,
000
tok,
I'm
sorry
cut
you
off,
sir,
the
4
000
tokens
that
have
been
sold
the
hard
tokens
folks,
gotta
come
back
so
that
you
underst
all
you
fill
out
is
your
name
and
your
address
and
number
of
tokens
right,
and
that
paper
is
part
of
a
batch
that
we
about.
You
know
we
use
to
balance
our
books
and
all
of
that
at
the
end
of
the
night.
So
now
what
we're
going
to
do
is
say:
hey
those
of
you.
AK
Who've
purchased,
these
4
000
tokens
come
back
at
your
convenience.
I
guess
or
some
point
right.
The
point
I
guess
is:
who
knows
what
that
is,
if
everybody
want
their
refunds
right
away
and
I
got
a
line,
I'm
trying
to
process
camps,
I'm
checking
kids
in
there's
just
a
plethora
of
other
daily
activities.
To
address
your
point
and
it's
not
as
simple
as
me,
giving
someone
a
sheet
and
processing
refunds.
It's
not
that
simple.
A
Thank
you
so,
just
again,
in
terms
of
transparency,
there
are
four
members
currently
seeking
recognition:
two
who
have
not
yet
spoken
on
the
substitute
motion
who
will
call
on
first
and
then
two
who
have,
and
I'm
mindful
of
council
member
fight's
point,
there's
a
long
agenda
ahead
of
us.
So
I'm
going
to
start
to
be
a
little
bit
a
little
bit
more
stringent
when
it
comes
to
time
limits.
Council.
Member
fleming.
AI
AI
A
Okay,
council
member
bracelet
was
next
and
then
okay.
AF
Next,
there
are
just
a
couple
of
pieces
of
information
erica
that
would
be
helpful
for
me
to
come
closer
to
making
a
decision.
I
am
in
support
of
moving
forward
to
the
beach
access,
but
we're
talking
about
a
million
dollar
gap
in
our
budget,
we're
attempting
to
do
what
we
do
during
budget
season,
which
I'm
having
a
difficult
time
making
that
leap
and
so
erica.
AF
Just
to
put
this
into
context,
I
think
it's
clear
what
we're
supposed
to
be
voting
on,
which
is
moving
it
to
human
services,
which
I
believe
would
give
staff
the
opportunity
to
come
back
with
options.
And
my
that's
my
point
of
information.
That's
that's
how
I
read
it
the
what
was
sent
out
to
the
public.
It
says
approval
of
this
resolution
authorizing
the
staff
to
discontinue
the
sales
of
the
beach
tokens
refund.
The
payments
staff
recommend
to
the
committee
so
that
funding
can
be
developed
to
allow
this
to
happen
is
what
I'm
reading
is.
AF
That
is
that
we
don't
sell
it
anymore
and
then
the
big
piece
is
there's
no
funding
source
at
this
time
for
the
pilot
program.
So
there's
nothing
in
place
so.
A
My
reason
is
collect
and
I'm
so
let
me
clarify
what's
the
first
motion
that
was
made
by
councilmember
reed
was
to
if
that
motion
passes
tonight,
then
beach
access
will
be
free
for
the
summer
of
2021..
A
There
had
been
some
recommendations
from
staff
to
instead
of
doing
that,
send
this
to
human
services.
But
that's
not
the
motion
that
was
on
the
table.
Then
council
member
newsman,
made
a
substitute
notion.
That
said,
let's
make
beach
access,
free
sundays
and
mondays
in
the
summer
of
21
and
plan
to
make
it
free
seven
days
a
week
in
the
summer
of
2022
and
spend
the
time
between
now,
and
we
pass
that
budget
figuring
out
how
to
solve
the
the
fiscal
problem
that
that
might
create.
R
AF
There
are
two
different
implications
with
the
one
that
we're
voting
on
I'm
clear
on
that
in
terms
of
it
doesn't
have
a
budget
impact,
the
one
that's
on
the
sp3
does
have
a
budget
impact,
so
my
simple
question
is
the
point
of
information
to
our
city
manager
is
approximately
how
much
time
would
you
need
in
order
to
come
up
with
options
clear?
I
mean
councilman
reid
for
this
to
work.
We
just
need
to
identify
a
way
to
fund
it.
AF
I
think
the
support
is
there
to
make
it
happen,
and
my
simple
question:
are
we
looking
at
one
week,
two
weeks
three
weeks
to
at
least
come
back
with
options
that
make
sense
to
our
budget
that
I
can
read
and
explain
to
my
residents
who
are
in
support
of
it?
That's
what
I'm
looking
for
and
then
the
second
question
to
both
the
options
that
are
on
the
floor
is
again
just
as
a
point
of
clarification.
AF
I
think
this
meeting
this
conversation
was
great.
I've
heard
more
from
residents
on
this
topic
than
I
have
in
10
years,
but
the
other
thing
that
I
heard
last
year
was
there
was
a
competition
for
who
use,
who
utilizes
our
beach
versus
residents
versus
non-residents,
and
I'm
just
a
little
bit
clearly
unclear
with
a
proposal.
AF
What
are
we
going
to
do
about
the
non-residents
and
how
are
they
treated
as
it
relates
to
our
new
open
access?
So
do
we
now
have
enforcement
director
hemingway?
Are
we
now
going
to
be
inviting
police
to
this
conversation
in
terms
of
who
has
access?
So
those
are
the
two
critical
pieces
that
I
would
like
to
understand
prior
to
going
into
both
of
these
votes,
and
I
think
that's
a
real,
clear,
fair
question
asked
the
implication
of
budget
wise
and
then
access
limitation,
if
it's
everyone
and
then
enforcement
piece
depending
on
how
we
move
forward.
G
Can
I
answer
that
one
lawrence
all
right,
so
just
big
picture
zooming
out
this
is
a
council
purview,
discussion
and
decision.
The
implication
of
it
to
our
budget
is
ben
explained
this
evening.
We
have
the
option
to
forego
the
revenue.
That
is
what's
clear.
We
know
that
it
would.
We
are
essentially
going
to
be.
If
we
there's
no
funding
source
in
place,
we
would
end
the
budget
year
with
less
revenue
and
it
would
just
draw
down
the
reserve.
That
is.
That
is
a
simple
fact.
G
Whatever
that
number
is,
it
would
just
draw
down
the
reserve,
because
there
is
no
surplus
that
we're
we're
working
with
here.
You
know
somebody
brought
up
the
police
and
fire
pensions.
You
know
earlier
tonight.
I
was
just
looking
at
our
unfunded
pension
liability.
You
know
it's
it's
250
million
dollars
just
for
police
186
million
dollars
just
for
fire.
You
know,
that's
that's
real
numbers.
G
So
what
we're
talking
about
here
is
simply
a
rounding
error
in
the
grand
scheme
of
all
of
the
debts
that
the
city
currently
holds
in
addition
to
our
debt
service
fund,
which
funds
all
of
our
capital
projects.
You
know
when
we
pay
for
capital
projects,
we
don't
put
any
cash
towards
them.
We
borrow
all
the
money
every
year.
G
That's
a
practice
that,
as
your
city
manager,
I
would
recommend
we
don't
do
many
communities
put
100
percent
cash
towards
their
capital
projects
and
they
don't
borrow
any
money
and
then
they
don't
have
to
have
a
debt
service
fund.
Some
communities
choose
to
do
50
cash
and
50
bonds.
What
you
know
this
potential
budget
committee
that's
been
recommended,
may
and
look
at
options
for
is
how
we
might
move
forward
on
a
plan
to
spend
some
portion
of
our
general
fund
dollars
on
capital
and
some
amount
of
money
from
that
from
debt.
G
We're
getting
off
topic,
though,
like
big
picture,
the
city
has
many
liabilities
that
we
are
responsible
for
paying,
many
of
which
pension
funds
included
are
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars.
So
this
is
just
a
policy
discussion
for
the
council.
We
can
figure
out
a
way
to
come
up
with
a
million
dollars,
but
it
will
draw
down
their
fund
balance
and
we'll
we
will
incur.
You
know
we
will
not
be
able
to
spend
that
money
on
anything
else.
We
will
not
be
able
to
pay
down
pensions;
we
will
not
be
able
to
pay
on
debt.
G
It
is
simply
a
policy
discussion
for
the
council,
so
the
the
substitute
motion
that
was
presented
has
a
budget
impact.
That's
you
know
a
few
extra
days
each
week
that
we
will
not
be
collecting
revenue,
for
I
think
it's
it's
manageable.
This
the
you
know
we
would
figure
that
out.
If,
if
the
council
decides
to
go
with
that,
we'll
figure
it
out
if
the
council
decides
to
go
with
the
the
the
existing
first
motion
that
was
put
forward,
like
I
said,
probably
draw
down
reserves
when
we
go
to
the
budget
process.
G
This
fall
we'll
talk
about
ways
that
we
would
fund
this
in
future
years.
Staff
would
present
options.
You
know
we
just
with
this
coming
out
two
weeks
ago.
We
did
not
have
time
to
put
all
that
together
and
we,
you
know
beaches
are
opening
saturday,
so
we
do
need
a
decision
about
what
we're
going
to
do
tonight.
So
that's,
I
hope
that
answered
your
question.
A
Is
the
corporation
council
light
on?
Is
that
yes,.
AL
Mr
mayor,
I
just
wanted
a
point
of
clarification
from
councilmember
newsma
about
his
motion,
because
I've
heard
it
referred
to
as
a
substitute
motion
several
times
and
if
it's
a
motion
to
amend
the
the
current
motion,
then
it's
fine.
But
if
it
is
an
entirely
new
motion,
then
it
would
be
out
of
order-
and
I
want
to
I'd,
be
worried
that
the
council
has
spent
a
lot
of
time
debating
it
if
it
would
be
out
of
order.
So
I
just
want
to
clarify
for
the
record
that
it's
a
motion
to
amend.
A
AE
I
just
wanted
to
remind
everyone
that
this
is
a
pilot
program
and
it's
it'll
be
wonderful
to
have
that
data
in
the
fall
to
be
able
to
really
assess
the
program
to
go
forward
with
with
one
that
that
is,
you
know
closer
to
exactly
what
we
want,
and
I
also
want
to
remind
everyone
that
we're
coming
out
of
covet
and
that
evan
stonings
did
a
phenomenal.
AE
And
thirdly,
I
want
to
say
that
in
my
word
overwhelmingly,
I'm
hearing
from
every
overwhelmingly
that
everyone
is
most
people
are
supporting
by
and
large
free
access
in.
Additionally,
I've
heard
from
many
that
they
would.
You
know
why
don't
we
have
a
program
where
people
can
donate
for
for
beach
access
like,
let's
open
that
up,
we.
AM
AE
Well
then,
let's
just
make
that
as
part
of
this,
you
know
and
easily
you
know,
or
on
the
or
on
that
when
you
go
to
the
beach
that
day
or
something
because
now
everyone's
aware
of
this
discussion
about
beach
access,
so
that
it
goes
towards
supporting
free
beach
so
that
it
goes
towards
supporting
free
beach
access.
So
I
just
want
to
say,
in
terms
of
you
know
a
whole
of
a
million,
not
necessarily
we
could
have
donations.
We
can
also
look
at
the
arpa
money.
AE
It
doesn't
mean
necessarily
that
there's
any
substantial
loss
to
our
general
fund.
AD
Okay,
I
just
want
to
make
two
points.
You
know
one
to
council
member
kelly's
point
there.
Yes,
we
do
have
beach
tokens
that
folks
can
donate,
but
as
it's
structured
now,
those
contributions
aren't
tax
deductible,
because
you
cannot
I'd
make
an
itemized
deduction
for
something
that
you're
paying,
that
you
would
be
normally
paying
access
to
and
that
you
receive
benefit
from.
AD
So
if
we
made
the
beaches
free-
and
we
made
this
a
fun
just
for
you
know
like
a
friends
of
the
beaches
to
pay
for
beach
operations
or
friends
of
the
parks
that
we
just
let
folks
donate,
it
would
actually
be
a
tax,
deductible
contribution
and
that
would
shift
some
of
that
burden
from
evanston
residents
to
to
the
federal
government.
I
will
also
note
you
know.
I
think
we
need
to
really
look
at
this
differently.
AD
We've
we,
you
know
many
of
us
have
been
here
for
a
while.
We
know
that
property
taxes
only
bring
in
30
million
dollars
a
year.
We
have
a
300
million
dollar
budget,
so
the
idea
that
we
should
be
using
our
public
spaces
as
an
economic
tool.
The
idea
that
evanstonians
alone
cover
beach
operations
isn't
truly
realistic
and
if
we
can
get
more
folks
coming
into
our
city
and
and
not
living
here
and
not
drawing
down
on
the
resources
but
spending
their
tax
dollars
here,
spending
their
sales
tax
dollars.
AD
Here,
that's
a
good
thing,
especially
with
our
beach
so
close
to
our
downtown.
You
know
I
I
what
and
the
biggest
thing
here
as
we're
moving
forward
with
this
particular
vote
on
the
substitute
motion.
I
think
what
is
clear
or
what
has
been
demonstrated
today,
is
that
it's
not
a
million
dollar
foregoing
of
revenue.
AD
It
is
it's
like
it's
not
eight
hundred
thousand,
it's
likely
somewhere
around
half
a
million
to
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
we
would
be
foregoing
and
again
we
could.
We
could
see
this
generated
in
sales,
tax
and
other
things
by
making
our
lakefront
a
place
that
people
desire
and
that
people
want
to
go
to.
So
I
hope
that,
on
the
substitute
motion
my
colleagues
will
vote.
No,
you
know
150
years
ago
it
was
three
fifths.
Now
it's
two
sevenths.
A
Z
Z
R
AI
AE
A
On
a
vote
of
five
to
four,
the
substitute
motion
carries
I'd
like
to
request
guidance
from
from
the
corporation
council,
my
and
the
clerk
as
well.
If
you're,
if
you're
willing
my
reading
of
rule
18.8,
is
that,
unlike
an
amen,
an
amendment
we've
now,
the
motion
is
now
passed.
No
further
action
is
required,
but
I
just
want
confirmation
of
that
before
we
move
forward.
AI
AI
I
got
several
calls
from
parks
and
rec
board
about
their
concerns,
which
some
were
addressed,
and
so
just
if
we
can,
I
wasn't
at
the
medium
way,
but
if
we
can
be
sure
staff
is
delivering
as
close
to
the
correct
information
so
that
we
don't
get
our
public
bodies
poor
volunteers,
kind
of
riled
up
about
things
that
you
know
aren't
aren't
necessarily
you
know.
I
think
there
was.
Some
information
was
presented
that
wasn't
necessarily
you
know
things
were
changing
so
anyway,
citizens
were
upset,
they
called
me.
AI
I
was
happy
to
take
their
phone
call,
but
I
think
we
have
to
make
sure
our
boards
and
commissions
are
presented
with
the
correct
information.
I'll
say
that
two
with
this
new
motion-
and
I
was
going
to
bring
this
up
before
as
well-
south
boulevard
used
to
be
free.
We
talked
about
this
several
years
ago.
I
don't
know
why
it's
no
longer
on
the
free
list.
This
new
motion
will
alleviate
that,
but,
as
we
talked
about
beach
access,
I
think
we
have
to
also
think
geographically
and
it
had
been
clark.
AI
AI
In
this
part,
I
will
say
that
I
was
going
to
remind
us
that
some
people
last
year
voted
for
600
thousand
dollars
for
trees,
which
I
so
kindly
voted
against,
because
at
the
same
time
we
were
running
a
food
pantry
with
500
people
a
week,
and
I
made
the
argument
that
we
have
to
start
prioritizing
people
over
trees
and
all
kind
of
other
things
that
we
we
do
so
hopefully,
as
this
moves
forward,
and
as
we
look
into
next
year's
budgeting,
we
can
still
be
mindful
that
a
lot
of
people
still
need
a
lot
of
help
in
the
city.
AI
We
have
to
balance
that
against
all
the
other
and
maybe
environmental
or
whatever
tangible
things
we're
talking
about,
and
then
also
to
mr
hemingway,
if
you
can
give
me
an
update
on
where
we
are
with
ada
access
to
the
beach
it
is,
you
know.
As
we
talk
about
access
by
racing
class,
I
will
say
that
ada
access
is
pretty
limited
and
that's
still
accurate.
I
know
we
have
those
planks,
but
they
only
take
you
so
far.
AK
We
we
have
noor
ada
ramps.
AI
AI
Do
we
have
them
at
every
beach?
Now?
Yes,
okay,
so
last
I
checked
and
I
and
I
will
say
I'm
I
don't
go
to
the
beach,
but
you
know
I
went
with
someone
in
a
wheelchair
and
she
could
only
get
so
far.
She
could
not
get
to
the
water,
so
that
is
still
something
we
need
to
work
through
as
a
city.
If
we're
talking
about
everyone
having
access.
If
you
are
not
mobile
on
two
legs,
it
is
difficult
for
you
to
get
to
the
water.
AK
No,
I'm
sorry,
it's
not
a
debate,
it's
just
from
our
maintenance
on
behalf
of
our
maintenance,
guys,
I
know
part
of
what
happens.
Is
you
know
if
there's
a
storm
event,
those
ramps
get
beat
up,
get
moved,
get
pushed,
there's
always
an
issue
with
them
to
the
water,
so
they
take
them,
as
you
know,
close
with
trying
to
protect
the
asset
without
putting
it
in
the
water.
When
you
know,
because.
AI
I
get
that,
but
there's
got
to
be
a
way
which
we
can,
if
we're
having
access
for
all
sure
some
people
need.
You
know
additional
access
and
then
I
think
my
last
point
I
want
to
bring
up
just
in
general
in
this
community,
which
is
something
that
bugs
me.
We
always
equate
cost
with
african-american
people
or
latino
people.
AI
I
hate
the
term
black
and
brown,
but
I
will
say
so.
We
talk
a
lot
in
this
community
of.
If
we
want
to
diversify
spaces,
we
have
to
make
them
free
or
no
cost,
and
that
I
just
would
like
us
to
realize
that
that
comes
from
a
very
deficit
model
and
the
assumption
that
everybody
black
in
town
is
poor,
and
I
will
tell
you,
as
a
black
person,
who's
fifth
resident.
I
can
afford
plenty
of
beach
tokens.
AI
I
don't
buy
any
because
I
hate
the
beach
it's
not
because
it's
all
white,
I
am
ready
to
white
men.
I
can
go
in
white
spaces.
I
have
comfort
there
that
other
people
don't
have,
but
I
don't
like
the
beach,
and
so,
if
you
want
me
to
come
to
the
beach,
it's
not
about
making
the
beach
free,
and
so
I
think
I
want
to
challenge
all
of
us.
Even
people-
and
I
think
carla
probably
did
the
best
conversation
of
this.
But
I
I
want
us
to
be
racially.
AI
You
know,
equity,
you
know
all
equitable
and
all
those
kind
of
things,
but
we
can't
keep
talking
about.
We
have
to
make
things
free.
If
we
want
black
people
to
attend,
there's
we
are,
we
are
multi-faceted
people
and
we
don't
always
attend
spaces,
not
based
on
cost,
and
so
I
think
we
really
have
to
be
mindful
about
the
way
in
which
we
throw
out
these
terminologies
about
diversifying
spaces.
Well,
let's
make
them
free
again,
I'm
all
for
the
beach
being
free.
Thank
you
for
bringing
that
conversation
up,
but
just
because
the
beach
is
free.
AI
I
don't
want
to
hear
people.
Then
next
year
saying
well,
black
people
didn't
come
and
I'm
serious
because
I
have
lived
here.
My
whole
life,
and
this
is
what
we
do.
We
said
well,
the
black
people
didn't
come,
it
was
free,
and
so
what
do
we?
You
know
no
hope
for
them.
So
I
think
we
have
to
be
mindful,
as
a
council
as
you're,
making
this
decision,
that
people
are
calling
us
that
we
are
challenging
people
on
that
that
it's
not
always
about
cost.
Why
black
people
are
like.
AI
You
know,
people
don't
do
anything,
and
so
I
that's
a
real
pain
in
my
ass
that
I'm
going
to
keep
pushing
you
guys
on,
because
I
think
we
do
it.
I
think
the
community
does
it
and
ali.
I
didn't
catch
your
entire
point,
but
I
will
say
I'm
not
sure
what
role
you
played
in
it,
but
I
I
did
push
mr
hemingway
my
first
year
here
about
people
bringing
their
poverty
papers
all
over
america
to
show
that
they're
still
poor
and-
and
we
did
he
worked
with
the
district.
AI
I
will
say
that
when
dr
goran
was
here
to
get
the
data
sharing
piece,
and
so
we
can
send
the
letter
over
to
people
to
say
if
you
get
free
reduced
lunch,
you
can
also
get
free
beach
tokens.
So
that
was
an
improvement.
It's
not
where
we
need
to
be,
but
as
we're
making
these
decisions,
we
as
a
council
have
to
be
mindful
of
the
way
in
which
we
put
the
narrative
out
there
and
what
we're
saying
about
people
and
their
practices.
AI
People
don't
have
to
go
to
the
beach,
whether
if
we
make
it
free
next
year,
people
might
not
come,
and
that
is
their
prerogative
and
they
have
choice,
and
we
should
not
then
be
making
policy
decisions
based
on
how
many
black
people
came
to
the
free
beach
and
then
we're
gonna
make
a
bus
to
get
them
in
the
fifth
ward
and
all
kind
of
crazy
nonsense.
So,
let's
just
please
be
mindful
of
that
stereotype
that
we
put
into
our
community.
AI
AD
Yeah,
I
just
briefly
want
to
say
I
I
would
love
if
someone
who
voted
on
the
prevailing
side
would
reconsider
this
just
to
change
the
days
from
sunday
and
monday.
I
think
those
days.
I
was
unaware
that
of
all
things,
unaware
of
the
rule,
that
if
we
did
the
substitute
that
it
would
be
over
and
that
there'd
be
no
further
discussion
on
it
and
you
know
sunday
monday,
why
not
you
know,
saturday
and
monday,
or
why
not
friday?
AD
C
I
would
be
happy
to
I'm
not
sure
what
the
procedure
is
here,
but
reconsider
and
and
make
an
amendment,
or
at
least
allow
discussion.
AI
AK
AD
I
would
love
to
suspend
the
rules,
then,
if
we
have
unanimous
support
for
that,
we
can
suspend
the
rules
and
reconsider
today
and
and
again
we're
taking
a
small
step.
But
let's
take
the
biggest
small
step
that
we
can
take
that
we
add
a
more
desirable
day
other
than
just
sunday
and
monday.
We
pick
a
friday
or
saturday
a
day
that
people
you
know
tend
to
enjoy
public
spaces
and
outdoor
or
just
two
days.
It's
fine.
We
keep
it
as
two
days,
but
yeah.
D
A
So
I
think
we
have
to
first,
someone
have
to
first
move
to
suspend
the
rules.
Is
that
is
that
correct.
A
Council
member
fleming
seconds
I
got
a
check:
do
these
require
unanimous
nine
votes
or
just
like
we
have
to
wait
for
a
council
member
when
to
return
to
the
room,
yeah,
so
we'll
wait
and
then
explain
it
to
her
when
she
arrives.
A
Oh
and
it's
councilman,
so
all
right,
so
here's
here's
the
situation.
Councilmember
reed
would
like
us
to
revisit
what
was
just
done
to
replace
sunday
with
saturday,
so
the
free
days
would
be
friday
and
saturday
doing.
That
requires
someone
on
the
prevailing
side
filing
a
motion
to
reconsider.
A
However,
doing
that
today,
as
opposed
to
our
next
meeting,
requires
a
suspension
of
the
rules
because
motions
to
reconsider
for
an
item
like
this
are
not
in
order
right
now.
So
the
motion
before
us,
which
was
made
by
council
member
reid
and
seconded
by
council
member
fleming,
is
to
suspend
the
rules
to
enable
emotion
to
reconsider,
and
so
the
is
there
any
discussion
on
on
that
motion
us.
AD
I
will
just
note
that
council
member
new
smith-
I
don't
know
if
you
heard
it
but
was
supportive-
I
think-
of
the
reconsideration.
AD
So
just
just
for
the
record
and
just
to
clarify
this,
I
don't
believe
is
unanimous.
It's
not
unanimous.
It's
a
standard,
two
thirds
correct.
A
Got
it
so
just
to
be
clear,
we're
going
to
take
a
vote
on
this
motion
to
suspend
the
rules
if
it
got
six
votes
it
passes?
If
it
passes,
then
a
motion
to
reconsider
would
be
an
order.
That
motion
would
also
require
six
votes,
but
we're
not
once
one
step
at
a
time.
Will
the
clerk
please
call
the
roll
on.
AD
A
Is
there
any
further
discussion
on
the
motion
to
suspend
the
rules
seeing
none
with
the
clerk?
Please
call
the
role.
A
On
a
vote
tonight
of
nine
to
zero,
the
motion
passes
and
the
rules
are
suspended.
Therefore,
a
motion
to
reconsider
the
previous
motion
would
be
in
order.
C
I'll
make
that
motion,
I
will
move
to
revise
the
previous
motion
from
monday
sunday
to
monday.
A
Yes,
you
just
want
to
say
I
move
to
reconsider
the
substitute
motion.
I
move
to
reconsider
the
substitute
motion
council
member
when
seconds
discussion,
council,
member
kelly.
A
AD
A
On
a
vote
of
nine
to
zero,
the
motion
passes
and
we've
now
reconsidered.
We've
reconsidered
the
substitute
motion.
Does
anyone
seek
recognition.
C
Newsman,
so
if
I'm
understanding
correctly
I'm
making
a
new
motion,
this
would
be
a
new.
C
A
Is
there
a
second
second
council
member
read
seconds?
Is
there
any
discussion.
AE
AD
Days,
I
thought
it
was
saturday
sunday
monday
well.
C
AK
AK
That
is
in
the
budget
that
was
adopted
by
this
body,
and
so,
if
we
continue
to,
you
know
at
some
point
that
revenue
line
item
still
exists
for
us
as
a
department,
and
so
all
I'm
saying
is,
I
think,
the
monday
and
saturday,
which
is
a
weekend
a
busy
day.
Her
clerk
read
mentioned
that
we
could
live
with
that.
We
can
operate
with
that
those
two
days.
You
know
at
what
point.
If,
if
you
continue
to
go,
you
know
we,
we
still
have
that
hole
in
the
budget.
So
those
are
my
comments.
A
Are
there
further
discussion
on
council
member
kelly's
amendment
to
the
motion,
seeing
none
with
the
clerk
call
the
roll
council
member?
Oh
sorry,
good
great
point.
We're
voting
on
the
so
on
the
floor
is
the
substitute
motion
which
is
monday
saturday
and
then
council
member
kelly
has
voted
to
amend
that
by
adding
in
sunday
that's
what
we're
about
to
vote
on.
So,
if
you
vote
yes,
then
we're
talking
saturday
sunday
monday.
If
you
vote
no
we're
talking
saturday
monday,
is
everybody
clear
on
what
we're
voting
on
all
right?
Please
call
the
roll.
A
On
a
vote
of
eight
to
one,
the
amendment
passes
and
the
substitute
motion
now
reads
that
saturday,
sunday
and
monday
would
all
be
free.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
amended
substitute
motion?
I
call
the
question
now:
don't
do.
B
Council
member
gwen
aye
council
member
nusma
aye
councilmember
burns
aye
aye
councilmember
suffered
council
member
reed
aye.
A
On
a
vote
of
nine
to
zero,
the
amended
substitute
notion
passes.
This
brings
us
to
item
sp4
is
there?
Does
anyone
seek
to
make
a
motion
on
sp4.
AD
I
would
like
to
move
sp4
a
proposal
to
create
hazard
pay
for
evanston's
essential
workers
that
work
in
large
grocery
retailers.
AE
AD
Reed,
yes,
I
have
a
few
questions
on
this.
I
think
one
thank
you,
council,
cummings
myself
and
a
number
of
my
colleagues
had
the
opportunity
to
sit
down
with
you
and
attorney
brian
george
and
discuss
this
policy,
and
you
two
were
extremely
helpful
in
this
in
this
manner
and
getting
it
to
where
it
is
today.
One
of
the
big
questions
is
about
the
retroactive
nature
of
this
bill.
AL
Members
of
city
council,
mr
mayor
city,
manager,
storley
clerk,
mendoza,
nicholas
cummings,
corporation
council,
we
did
not
find
any
barriers
or
any
permission
to
allow
for
the
application
of
the
ordinance
retroactively.
So
although
it
could
be
challenged,
I
did
not
find
anything
that
said
the
city
council
could
not
do
that.
D
You
know
for
me
fundamentally,
the
question
is,
you
know:
are
essential
workers
employed
to
companies?
I
guess
essential
companies
with
over
500
employees.
Are
they
deserving
folks
who
work
during?
Very
you
know
dangerous
and
uncertain
and
hazardous
times?
Are
they
deserving
of
hazard
pay?
And
it's
interesting,
because
when
you
read,
I
think
I
read
in
the
in
the
covert
relief
part
of
the
packet.
D
The
fact
that
you
know
there's
some
research
institutes,
brooking
institute
is
one
that
says
that
you
know
we
that
groceries
have
seen
in
particular,
have
seen
record
profits
during
covet.
It
suggests
to
me
that
this
may
not
be
unduly
burdensome,
which
is
why
I
would
have
loved
to
hear
from
the
business
community
not
just
that
they
don't
want
to
do
this
or
that
what
they've
already
done.
D
D
So
I
would
have
loved
to
hear
more
about
outcomes,
financial
outcomes
for
them,
and
you
know
also,
when
I
overlay
on
top
of
this,
the
fact
that
there
are
groceries
around
the
country
who
who
have
decided
to
provide
hazard
pay
to
their
employees
without
being
required
to
do
so.
D
It
also
strikes
me
that
this
is
a
proposal
worth
considering,
and
you
know,
premium
pay
is,
is
going
to
be
a
conversation
that
this
council
has
for
our
kind
of
city,
employee
employees,
and
you
know
if,
if
we
come
together
as
a
council
and
decide
that
they
they
should
be
afforded
premium
pay
again.
It
strikes
me
that
this
wouldn't
be
out
the
box
to
also
require
that
our
that
our
private
companies
who
have
employees
over
500
should
do
the
same.
So
those
are
just
a
few
comments.
Thank
you.
AJ
I
I
have
a
couple
questions
I
received
and
I
believe
all
of
the
rest
of
the
council
received
letters
from
valley
produce
that
explained
that
they
had
paid
hazard,
pay
and
the
things
that
they
had
done
for
their
employees.
My
understanding
is
target.
We
all
received
a
letter
from
target
saying
that
they
had
paid
hazard
paid.
They
had
paid
six
bonuses
of
200,
all
of
their
employees
were
vaccinated,
that
they
are
paying
19
an
hour
now
and
that
if
you
work
28
hours,
you
are
considered
eligible
for
full
medical
benefits
and
401k.
AJ
So
I
think
in
a
number
of
instances,
employers
that
we
have
here
in
evanston
have
been
paying
hazard,
pay
and
are
critical
and
our
downtown
target
store,
which
is
now
an
anchor
for
our
for
our
downtown.
Given
all
of
the
other
stores
that
have
had
to
close
of
the
employees
there
more
than
60
are
evanston
residents.
AJ
AJ
AJ
You
know
these
are
they
may
be
big
box
stores
in
an
abstract
way,
but
they
are
critical
members
of
our
business
community
and
a
concern
that
I
have
is
that
we
are
applying
this
specifically
just
to
evanston
businesses
when
we
are
a
small
player
in
the
big
economic
picture
of
cook
county
and
the
state
of
illinois.
AJ
I
would
question
whether
the
council,
member
reid,
has
reached
out
to
our
state
legislators
about
getting
something
like
this
passed
in
throughout
illinois,
because
if
we
impose
this
extra
cost
on
evanston
businesses,
then
we
put
them
at
a
disadvantage
with
respect
to
their
their
business
operations
and
other
places,
and
we
need
to
bring
them
into
the
conversation
more
we
they.
We
have
heard
from
some
of
them,
but
I'm
very
concerned
about
that.
We
worked
so
hard
to
bring
valley
produce
in
so
hard.
We
worked
so
hard
to
bring
target
in,
you
know,
do
do.
AJ
AJ
We
can't
survive
simply
on
small
mom
and
pop
businesses,
retail
businesses.
We
need
the
large
anchors
to
draw
people
in
and
if
you
look
at
our
sales
tax
revenue
from
the
howard
hartree
center,
it
frequently
outstripped
the
rest
of
evanston
for
year
after
year
after
year,
so
attacking
the
the
hand
that
puts
sales
tax
revenue
on
our
into
our
budget
is
not
a
good
idea.
We
need
to
work
with
them
and
the
other
question
I
have
is
so:
what
happens
if
they
did
pay
hazard
pay?
AJ
AJ
Where
I
mean
what
what
do
we
do
about
that,
because
then
you're
going
to
have
to
calculate
I
I
still
you
know
I
I'd
like
to
hold
on
to
the
floor
for
a
little
bit,
I
mean
then
we're
going
to
have
to
calculate.
Do
we
calculate
individually
with
each
business,
what
they
paid
or
didn't
pay,
or
is
this
going
to
be
a
flat
layer
so
that
we
penalize?
We
add
this
extra
expense
on
all
of
the
big
box
employers,
whether
or
not
they
paid
hazard
pay?
AJ
AJ
We
have
suffered
so
badly
like
every
community
during
covid
from
from
an
economic
standpoint,
we
have
to
look
business
friendly
and
I
am
not
someone
who,
if
you
know
my
record,
I
am
not
willing
to
accept
every
business
or
every
large
development,
but
we
at
least
need
to
show
businesses
that
that
we
will
not
penalize
them
without
bringing
them
into
a
discussion
if
we
are
going
to
recover
economically.
AJ
AJ
These
businesses
employ
evanstonians
and
if
we
can't
get
them
to
come
here,
where
do
the
jobs
come
from?
How
do
we
revive
our
downtown?
So
I
I
have
a
lot
of
questions
about
this
and
nick.
I
want
to
see
your
research
on
how
it
is
legal
to
have
retroactive
pay,
because
you
know
my
legal
training
says
to
me.
No,
it's
not,
but
I'd
really
like
to
see
that
I
mean
not
now,
and
I
don't
question.
AJ
But
I
really
want
to
see
it
how
it
is,
how
it
meets
passes
constitutional
muster,
because
I
can
think
of
a
lot
of
different
ways
that
it
doesn't
and
then
I
also
think
that
I
want
to
know:
what's
happened
in
the
other
states
and
communities
that
have
imposed
this.
My
understanding
is
litigation
has
already
started
in
those
in
those
other
communities,
and
I
don't
want
to
invite
litigation.
AL
So
if
I'm,
if
I,
if
I
may
address
some
of
those
questions
and
although
our
office
prepared
the
memo
and
adopted
the
draft
that
was
provided
by
councilmember
reed,
I
can
address
some
of
the
other
questions,
but
I
don't
want
to
take
away
any
of
his.
I
guess
sort
of
thunder
so
with
respect
to
the
what's
happened
in
other
communities.
AL
The
vast
majority
of
these
sorts
of
ordinances
have
come
out
of
california
in
oregon
on
the
west
coast
and
to
answer
your
question
with
respect
to
whether
we're
allowed
to
do
this,
there
isn't
a
whole
lot
of
authority,
either
in
illinois
or
nationwide,
because
that
question
is
being
litigated.
So
in
california
there
has
been
no
substantial.
There
has
not
been
a
definitive
answer
with
respect
to
retroactive.
AL
I'm
sorry
I
apologize.
There
was
one
county
it
was
south
san
francisco.
I'm
sorry
is
is
that
it
was
litigated
and
that
case
succeeded.
It
was
the
one
case.
AL
Yes,
okay,
the
rest
of
the
other
litigation
is
still
ongoing.
There
was
other
one
other
case
brought
in
oregon.
That
was
actually
finals
a
motion
to
dismiss,
and
that
was
granted.
That
doesn't
mean
it's
completely
over,
but
the
motion
of
dismissal
was
granted.
So
all
the
other
litigation
we
found
is
still
sort
of
ongoing.
We
haven't
found
anything
that
would
apply
specifically
to
illinois
with
respect
to
retroactive
requirements,
although
there
are
other
statutes
or
or
laws
in
illinois
that
have
applied
retroactively.
It's
just
in
this.
AL
Unfortunately,
I
don't
have
that
a
definitive
answer
to
that,
because
that
that
answer,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
there's
nothing
that
we
were
able
to
find.
That
said,
yes,
we
can
or
anything
that
said.
No,
we
cannot
it's
it's
one
of
those
situations
as
counsel
for
the
city
that
I
would
not
like,
which
means
you
it
has
to
be
litigated
and
a
judge
has
to
tell
us
yes.
AJ
Or
no,
but
that
will
be
the
case.
The
first
you
know
first
report.
AL
Potentially,
with
respect
to
your
other
question
as
far
as
companies
that
have
paid
hazard
pay
up
until
now,
there
is
a
provision
in
the
ordinance
that
gives
them
credit
for
that.
But
that's
all
I'll
say
about
it.
In
case
a
council
member
wants
to
respond,
but
there
is
a
provision
in
the
ordinance
that
does
address
that.
A
Thank
you
just
a
little
time
check
it's
9
30
at
night,
there's
22
23,
I
think
or
sorry
I'm
just
looking
at
the.
What
do.
I
know
there's
four
more
people
seeking
recognition
and
a
lot
of
work
after
that.
A
So
I'm
going
to
ask
everyone
to
do
our
best
to
keep
our
remarks.
Concise.
Councilmember
fleming
is
next.
AI
All
right
so
a
couple
of
things
I
I
appreciate
that
some
autumn
wins.
Excuse
me
all
council
person
wins
comments.
I
will
say
this
as
a
challenge.
I
think
it's
great
that
these
businesses
have
done.
You
know
28
hours,
you
get
health
care
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
but
I
think
that's
just
good
business
practice
right.
I
don't
feel
like
they're
any
yeah.
I
mean
they're
good
businesses,
but
I
you
know
we're
talking
about
specific
pay
during
the
pandemic
and
so.
AI
So,
but
I'm
getting
to
the
other
things,
the
401k
and
all
those
things,
those
are
just
things
they
did
as
a
business.
I
don't
think
that
I
want
to.
They
need
to
have
credit
under
this
ordinance
for
that,
and
then
to
the
point
of
the
young
lady
who
spoke
from
the
retail
association
or
something
I
can't
remember
again.
AI
That
don't
mean
they
should
not
necessarily
you
know
have
to
pay
has
to
pay.
If
that's
what
this
body
decides.
The
thing
I
will
say
about
this
for
tonight
is:
I
would
not
be
looking
to
move
this
forward
tonight
because
I
think
it
would
be
very
hypocritical
of
us
to
say
businesses
pay
hazard
pay
when
we
have
not
made
that
decision
of
our
own
staff.
AI
As
again,
I
say
I
worked
at
the
food
pantry
and
women
were
out
there
every
week
in
very
close
quarters
with
citizens
risking
getting
coveted
at
the
height
of
the
pandemic,
and
they
did
not
receive
hazard
pay.
They
did
get
the
five
furlough
days
back,
but
everybody
did
whether
they
were
home
or
not.
So
I
would
not.
You
know,
ins
and
practice
move
this
forward
for
our
business
owners
if
we
are
not
doing
that
for
our
own
staff,
and
so
that
would
be
something
I'm
not
willing
to
do.
AI
I
would
like
to
I
did
read
about
what
mr
cummings
just
said
about
people
getting
credit.
I
do
appreciate
that
that's
in
their
mystery,
because
I
don't
want
to
you
know
kind
of
double
penalize,
folks
who
actually
did
pay
their
workers,
but
I
think
if,
if,
if
companies
did
that,
like
valley
or
whoever,
they
can
just
simply
come
forward
and
say
hey,
I
already
paid
my
people
whatever
bonuses
and
then
they
they,
you
know,
don't
fall
under
this.
AI
I
do
think
honoring
when
you're
excuse
me,
council,
member,
when
you're
correct-
and
you
know
I
don't
want
to
heavily
penalize
the
companies,
but
I
think
it's
worth
them.
If
we
are
considering
going
this
way
and
before
we
would
pass
anything
to
have
them
tell
us
what
they
did.
Maybe
they
come
to
economic
development.
We
just
ask
them,
because
I
do
think
aside
from
having
big
box
stores
and
all
the
jobs
we
want
jobs
that
actually
treat
our
citizens
well,
and
I
know
when
the
school
was
shut
down.
AI
You
know
those
those
people
were
working
at
valley
and
a
lot
of
assumptions
were
made,
I
think,
by
schools
and
other
folks
that
everybody
was
home
sheltering
in
place
and
that
simply
was
not
the
case.
If
you
worked
at
valley
in
other
places,
I
did
not
hear
of
anyone
saying,
hey
valley
gave
me
six
months
paid
leave
while
we're
in
shelter
in
place.
They
were
expected
to
be
at
work
and
I'm
saying
valley
not
to
make
them
back.
AI
I
mean
target
in
all
those
places,
so
I
think
the
country
and
the
city
made
a
lot
of
assumptions
about
who
was
home
working
and
who
had
child
care
and
all
those
other
things.
So
I
do
feel
like
there
is
a
way
in
which
I
would
like
to
make
sure
people
are
compensated
for
that.
But
again
I
wouldn't
be
willing
to
move
forward
with
that
for
our
big
box
stores,
if
we're
not
having
that
conversation
with
our
own
staff-
and
we
did
talk
about
that
earlier-
with
the
new
federal
monies
that
there
are
some.
AI
AF
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
I'll,
keep
my
comments
brief.
This
again
is
another
complex
vote.
Four
years
ago
our
city
of
evanston
hosted
a
meeting
very
similar,
like
this
was
a
special
order
of
business
and
we're
looking
at
the
wage
increase.
The
difference
between
what
I
see
now
in
four
years
ago
is
that
we
opted
in
because
we
knew
that
there
are
other
municipalities
that
are
doing
the
same
same
thing.
AF
I
shared
this
the
first
time
I
heard
the
referral
it.
It
really
doesn't
give
us
it
didn't
give
me
time
to
do
the
proper
outreach.
I
was
lucky
to
get
a
hold
for
the
contacted
food
for
less,
which
I
knew
would
be
impacted.
I
was
lucky
to
get
it
contact
with
valley,
and
then
I
later
learned
that
the
target
also
paid
their
employees.
AF
The
interesting
thing
in
speaking
to
the
folks
at
valley
is
it:
it
wasn't
just
about
the
pay,
but
it
was
is
really
recognition
for
the
fact
that
during
that
period
of
time
there
was
a
hazard.
So
timing
is
everything.
There
was
a
hazard
where
employees
lines
were
a
lot
longer
store.
Hours
were
extended,
there
were
food
shortages.
Employees
truly
truly
worked
for
every
single
bit
of
money
that
that
they
earned,
because
there
was
a
hazard
and
our
coveted
numbers
were
up
and
our
vaccines
were
low.
So
there
are
all
these
financial
pressures
that
you
know.
AF
I
don't
own
a
business,
but
I
understand
the
concept
when
someone
explains
it
to
me
that
if
we
were
to
do
this
in
the
local
market,
a
couple
of
things
have
the
potential
of
happening,
and
that
is
consider
these
pressures
that
you
we
we
know
about.
Gas
prices
are
going
up.
Every
single
business
segments
of
our
economy
are
suffering
from
slower
deliveries,
so
the
food
costs
are
going
up.
We
already
know
that
there's
shortage
on
chicken
and
other
products
that
are
going
on
so
we're
going
to
have
inflation
right.
AF
AF
Are
we
sending
that
money
out
of
town
all
those
things
go
into
my
my
thinking,
obviously,
if
our
larger
stores
start
to
close
the
trickle-down
impact
of
that
is
that
it
now
erodes
our
commercial
tax
base,
inflation
loss
of
jobs
decrease
in
our
commercial
tax
base
as
we're
getting
closer
to
recovery,
where
we
know
that
our
vaccines
are
up,
cases
are
down.
I
just
really.
I
cannot
support
this
in
in
good
conscience
and
again
this
was
just
with
a
limited
time
of
of
doing
research,
so
I
I.
AF
I
hope
that
some
of
those
points
will
make
sense,
particularly
for
those
of
us
that
do
have
the
businesses
in
our
ward.
That
would
potentially
be
impact,
and
unless
I
had
more
time
to
be
able
to
address
those
concerns,
there's
no
way
that
I
can
support
this.
Thank.
AN
You
councilmember
sufferden.
Thank
you,
sir.
So
I
hear
all
the
points
in
as's
question
for
you
all
right,
so
this
is
for
introduction
tonight.
What
will
you
do
between
tonight
and
when
it
would
be
for
action
to
address
some
of
the
concerns
that
expressed,
and
you
know,
we
saw
tanya
trish
at
public
comment.
I
know
you've
been
talking
to
the
ufcw.
AD
Yes,
I
would
love
to
partner
with
you
know:
alderman
braithwaite,
anyone
who
is
concerned
about
this
to
have
meetings
with
you
know,
parties
who
are
interested.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
this
is
a
collective
effort.
In
that
you
know,
the
city,
manager
and
city
staff
are
hearing
a
number
of
questions
that
city
staff
can
address.
AD
I
will
address
any
questions
that
and
facilitate
help
facilitate
meetings
between
council
members
and
you
know
interested
parties.
I
really
appreciate
you
alderman
sufferden,
for
you
know
putting
out
the
you
know,
helping
me
connect
with
irma
the
illinois
retail
merchants
association,
helped
me
connect
with
ufcw
and
putting
those
ideas
out
there
to
connect
with
those
groups.
So
I
I
certainly
appreciate
that
help
and
and
that
guidance-
and
I
will
continue
to
have
a
conversations.
AD
I
think
that
you
know
this
is
for
introduction
and
I
don't
want
to
take
up
too
much
youtube,
but
this
is
for
introduction,
so
we'll
have,
as
you
noted
time
between
now
and
the
next
meeting,
to
have
further
discussion
and
and
bring
in
even
more
stakeholders.
Okay,.
AN
I
mean
I
have
concerns
nick
sorry
to
bring
it
back
man,
but
so
you're
you.
You
believe
this
is
legal
on
the
basis
that
nobody
has
said
it
is
not
legal.
AL
So
back
up
a
little
bit
enacting
the
ordinance
itself
is
within
the
home
rule
authority
of
the
city.
Confident
about
that,
whether
you
can
make
it
retroactive
is
something
that's
been
litigated
and
that's
what
I
don't
have
an
answer
for
one
way
or
the
other,
but
actually
passing
the
ordinance
to
mandate.
This
special
pay
is
something
I'm
confident
can
be
done
in
illinois.
AL
It
has
been
litigated
elsewhere,
surprisingly
by
a
bunch
of
different
places,
saying
that
it's
been
preempted,
but
we
haven't
been
able
to
find
any
law
in
illinois
or
even
by
the
federal
government
that
preempts
our
ability
to
do
this.
So
I
will
say
that
as
a
base,
but
it's
the
issue
for
applying
it
retroactively
that
we
it's
ambiguous.
We
haven't
been
able
to
find
anything
on
that.
Okay,.
AN
Got
it
so
you've
got
my
vote
for
introduction
with
no
assurance
that
I
would
vote
for
action.
I'd
like
us
to
have
these
conversations,
and
this
will
get
the
attention
of
the
parties
that
need
to
be
at
the
table,
I'm
sure
if
it
passes
for
introduction
tonight.
The
other
thing
that
we
should
all
be
mindful
of
is
that
we
are
gonna
if
we,
if
this
does
pass
all
of
the
city
of
evanston's
employees,
have
an
absolute
right
to
say
what
about
us.
So
that's
another
factor
to
take
into
consideration.
AN
But
since
it's
for
introduction
tonight-
and
I
I
take
you
at
your
word-
that
you're
gonna
try
and
facilitate
these
conversations,
you've
got
my
vote.
I
don't
know
about
everybody
else,
but
but
for
introduction.
Yes,.
C
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
as
several
of
my
colleagues
have
pointed
out,
there
are
a
whole
host
of
unanswered
questions
at
this
point
and
you
know
a
lot
of
work
the
time
and
an
effort
needed
to
develop
answers
to
these
questions.
So
I
am
uncomfortable
moving
forward
with
this
until
we
have
those
answers-
and
I
think
I
will
follow
alderman
councilmember,
sufferdan's,
lead
and
vote
for
introduction
to
allow
that
process
to
happen.
Allow
us
to
have
that
conversation.
C
You
know
with
no
assurances
that
that
I
will
vote
vote
for
this
in
a
week
in
two
weeks.
AM
Well,
I
I
am
prepared
also
to
vote
for
introduction
just
so
we
can
get
a
bit
more
information,
but
I'll
echo
council
member
suffered
and
saying
that
you
know
I
at
this
point,
I'm
I'm
definitely
leaning
to
be
a
no
vote
and
I
have
been
reading
a
little
bit
about
what's
been
happening
with
the
the
legislation
that's
passed
in
various
communities
in
california
and
they're,
all
you
know
definitely
being
litigated
not
on
the
basis
of
the
retroactive
issue,
but
more
preemption
of
collective
bargaining,
and
you
know
you
know
stuff
that
I'm
not
really
conversant
in.
AM
But
so
it's
a
concern.
A
Seeing
that
no
one
who's
not
yet
spoken
is
seeking
recognition.
Council,
member
reed
apologies.
AD
Thank
you,
aldermen
reform,
so
I
have
a
a
few
things
to
point
out,
as
we
move
forward
with
this.
Just
one
is
that
you
know
the
difference
between
this
and
four
years
ago.
Is
that
you
know
in
fact
communities.
AD
Our
neighboring
communities
go
four
years
ago
is
when
the
minimum
wage
increase
took
place
and
that
aldermen
that
one
of
my
colleagues
mentioned
and
what
happened
there
is
our
neighbors
actually
opted
out,
and
we
held
a
meeting
to
also
opt
out
of
the
minimum
wage
increase,
and
we
did
not
opt
out
kudos
for
the
council
for
not
doing
that
in
protecting
that
wage
increase,
but
we
did
not
see
a
competitive
disadvantage
in
evanston
with
our
neighbors
opting
out
and
us
continuing.
AD
We
know
that,
for
example,
chicago
has
a
higher
minimum
wage
than
evanston
does
now,
and
we're
still
doing
great
to
the
point
about
being
good
neighbors
with
our
large
retailers.
I
think
about
you.
AN
AD
Valley,
I
think,
about
the
the
development
in
y
ward,
that
was
mentioned
as
a
big,
a
a
driver
of
sales
tax
revenue.
I
think
about
those
places,
and
we
gave
quite
a
bit
of
money
to
them.
We
were
good
neighbors
to
those
folks
when
they
came
to
town
and
we
ensured
that
they
had
the
resources
to
make
those
projects
work.
So
I'd
really
give
not
any
of
those
individual
businesses
credit
for
what
has
happened.
AD
There
would
give
the
city
of
evanston
and
our
residents
and
our
shoppers
and
our
workers
credit
for
building
successful
businesses
there
to
the
point
about
city
employees
elder
my
colleague,
alderman
fleming.
I
I
certainly
hear
you
and
I,
and
I
think
that
I
certainly
take
that
same
approach-
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
good
by
our
city.
Employees
as
well,
and
I
don't
think
those
two
things
have
to
be
mutual
mutually
exclusive.
AD
We
heard
with
the
arpa
discussion
earlier
that
you
know
premium
pay
is
an
eligible
expenditure
through
arpa,
and
I
think
it
makes
sense
that
we
can
move
forward
with
this
and
then
with
our
employees,
knowing,
hopefully
knowing
that
we
intend
to
take
care
of
them
as
well,
and
if
anything,
this
strengthens
our
resolve
to
make
sure
that
we're
taking
care
of
them.
So
I
think
city
employees
should
be
happy
about
this
moving
forward.
You
know,
there's
discussion
about.
AD
You,
know
inflation
and
costs
going
up
and
gas
prices
going
up,
and
you
know
those
costs
are
going
up
for
for
everyone.
You
know
the
businesses
aren't
the
only
ones
seeing
gas
prices
go
up
and
I
think
you
know
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
taking
care
of
our
city,
employees
there's
also
a
mention
of
our
city
workers
and
there's
a
mention
about
you
know
how
many
of
them
are
evanston
residents
or
what
percentage
and-
and
my
thought
is.
AD
Does
that
really
matter
to
it
to
a
large
extent,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
they're
serving
evanston
residents
they're
making
sure
that
we
have
access
to
the
things
we
need,
and
I
think
about
it
with
our
firefighters
who
we
know
are
reaching
out
to
us
for
premium
pay.
AD
You
know
what
percentage
of
our
firefighters
are
evanstonians
and
does
it
matter
when
they
are
in
nursing
homes
crawling
over
bodies
to
to
ensure
that
folks
have
access
to
health
care,
and
so
you
know,
I
wonder
you
know
the
weight
of
that
argument
or
it's
its
importance,
and
so
I
would
I
would.
I
would
love
to
see
us,
I'm
glad
that
it
seems
as
though
there's
you
know,
support
to
move
this
forward
beyond
introduction.
AD
I
would
love
to
get
feedback
from
my
colleagues
about
you
know
what
provisions
of
this
bill
we
can
adjust
to
make
it
stronger.
So
if
folks
are
concerned
about
the
retro
pay,
you
know,
let's
have
conversations
with
council
cummings
and
you
know
we
got
a
brilliant
council
here.
We
have
a
brilliant,
you
know
law
department,
and
so
I
think
we
can
come
together
and
figure
this
out
and
and
make
something.
That's
gonna
stand
up
legally
and
then
you
know.
AD
Lastly,
I
I
just
think
it's
important
that
you
know.
We
know
that
we're
on
the
cusp,
as
alderman
fleming
mentioned
earlier,
you
know
the
eviction
moratoriums
are
ending.
We
know
that
folks,
unlike
chicago,
and
I
think
this
is
something
we
should
discuss
at
some
point
too
chicago's
negotiated
with
comed
and
the
utilities
to
have
an
extended
moratorium
on
on
electricity
shutoffs,
for
example,
in
evanston.
AD
From
my
knowledge,
we
don't
have
that
in
place,
and
so
we
know
not
only
is
the
eviction
moratorium,
an
eviction
crisis
looming,
but
we
know
that
you
know
utility
shutoffs
could
be
happening
now
in
evanston,
so
our
workers
need
this
raise
now,
especially
these
workers
who
are
at
the
lowest
rung
of
the
income,
totem,
pole
and
so
or
the
highest.
AD
I
guess
in
totem
pole
language,
but
you
know
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
taking
care
of
those
workers
now
and
that
we're
understanding
that
those
folks
are
entering
a
crisis
now,
and
I
I
think
my
colleagues
for
indicating
that
we're
going
to
move
this
forward.
AD
D
Just
just
wanted
to
be
clear
that
that
when
I
said
I
would
have
loved
to
hear
from
the
businesses
that
wasn't
that
wasn't
to
speak
negatively
about
our
business
community.
I
appreciate
our
business
community
as
I
think
everyone
up
here
does.
It
simply
was
to
say
that
one
I
haven't
heard
from
all
the
businesses
that
it
sounds
like
some
of
my
council
council
members
have.
I
didn't
hear
from
target.
D
I
did
hear
from
valley
about
a
bonus
pay,
but
I
didn't
hear
about
if
they
operated
a
net
loss
or
if
they
underperformed,
if
their
sites
here
in
evanston
underperformed.
So
I
didn't-
I
didn't
hear
from
them
on
that.
I
did
hear
from
kroger,
but
I
heard
from
vanessa
rosales,
who
was
the
director
of
corporate
affairs
out
in
california,
but
I
didn't
hear
from
kind
of
a
local
representative.
Maybe
that
is
their
local
issue.
D
Based
on
them,
and
one
thing
that
was
interesting
about
what
she
said
is
is
in
many
of
the
cases
in
california
that
I
believe
they
litigated
they
did
so
entirely
or
or
to
a
large
extent,
because
those
sites
were
underperforming
and
that's
something
that
I
will.
I
will
forward
this.
This
email
communication
from
vanessa
rosales
to
everyone
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
her,
but
because
I
got
that
information
from
her,
what
I'm
really
looking
at
is
again
site
specific.
D
How
did
they
do
during
covert
right?
Did
they
underperform?
Did
they
operate
at
the
net
loss?
That's
that's
the
information
that
I
would
have
loved
to
hear
from
our
business
community
tonight
during
public
comment.
If,
if,
if
they're
available,
you
know,
I
understand
this
may
have
been
short
notice,
but
to
council
members
suffer
this
point,
I'd
love
to
to
hear
them
at
the
next
meeting
genuinely
you
know
I
would
love
to
hear
from
them
and
then.
D
I
I
do
want
to
say,
because
I
don't
think
house
of
memory
spoke
to
this
part,
that
that
in
this
ordinance
it
says
that
not
only
do
you
get
a
credit
to
a
certain
point,
but
you
get
you
can
qualify
also
for
exemptions
for
complete
exemptions
if
you
paid
a
certain
amount
of
hazard
pay
over
the
last
15
weeks.
So
I
just
want
to
be
clear
that
this
this
what's
what's
before
us
today,
has
considered
our
business
community
that
took
it
upon
themselves
to
provide
hazard
pay
for
their
employees.
AJ
Point
of
order,
mr
mayor,
this
is
for
introduction.
Tonight
we
still
do.
Have
I
mean
so
this
is
not
going
to
end
tonight.
We
still
do
have
the
rest
of
the
agenda
to
get
through
and
it's
10
o'clock.
Yes,.
AJ
A
Well,
I
recognized
council
member
kelly.
I
can't
unrecognize
her,
but
perhaps
no
one
else
could
request
to
speak
after
she's
done
and
then
we
could
take
the
vote.
Yeah.
AE
And
I
all
I
wanted
to
ask
is:
can
we
have
councilman
reid
some
of
the
representatives
of
the
stakeholders
speak
at
our
next
council
meeting
on
this
I
mean
well,
that's
what
I
mean.
I
don't
know
who
would
like
from
business
or
from
the
unions.
Just
it
would
be
nice.
AD
AD
I
try
my
best
and
maybe
if
I
can
work
with
the
clerk's
office,
to
reach
out
to
a
number
of
folks
to
invite
them
here.
On
behalf
of
the
city
council,
I
think
that
makes
sense.
A
Great
well
then
hearing
seeing
no
one
else
seeking
recognition.
Would
the
clerk
call
the
role
please.
B
AI
AF
A
On
a
vote
of
six
to
three,
this
passes
for
introduction
and
will
be
before
us
again
in
three
weeks
for
action.
We
come
now
to
the
consent
agenda.
Are
there
council
members
requesting
to
remove
items
from
the
consent
agenda
for
individual
consideration.
AM
AI
Yeah
r,
sorry,
r2,
a12
and
a3,
please.
AN
A
AD
I'm
not
apologize
just
this
is
my.
I
want
to
make
sure
I'm
not
missing
anything.
So
I'm
not
looking
at
the
numbers.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
pulling
off
r2.
Did
we
get?
I'm
sorry.
Did
we
get
the
ethics?
Okay,
yes,
and
then
we
got
the
nu,
I'm
sure.
Okay,
so
then
we're
good
to
go.
Thank.
AJ
A
C
A
AI
A
Council
member
fleming
moves
item
a
two
council
member
braithwaite
seconds.
Is
there
any
discussion.
A
A
Oh
great,
sorry,
it's
a
learning
experience
for
some
of
us.
Will
the
clerk
please
call
the
roll.
AN
B
A
On
this
matter,
there
are
seven
voting
I
and
none
voting
no
and
item
a2
passes.
Would
anyone
like
to
make
a
motion
regarding
item
a3.
AI
A
Council
member
fleming
moves
item
a
three
council
member
new
smith
seconds.
Is
there
any
discussion?
What
does
it
mean?
Councilmember
fleming.
AI
AO
AI
Sorry,
laura,
I
was
just
saying,
I
know
we
did
a
plan
before
and
this
is
an
update
to
the
plan.
My
question
is
this
is
something
we
have
to
do
legally
and
I
ask
that
because
often
we
do
these
capital
plans
or
whatever
plan,
and
then
we
say
we
don't
have
any
money
to
actually
implement
the
changes,
and
so
why
are
we
doing
this
plan?
I
guess
is
number
one
and
then,
with
the
first
plan
that
we
did,
how
much
of
that
that
we
ate
were
able
to
implement.
AO
AO
Since
2012
we've
done
a
lot
of
improvements,
we've
reorganized
departments,
we
offer
different
services,
and
so
it
is
necessary
to
update
this
to
be
illegal
in
compliance
and,
ironically,
within
the
last
month,
I've
gotten
two
agencies
asking
where's
your
ada
plan
as
we
apply
for
grants.
So
I
think
that
not
only
is
this
really
an
equity
issue,
but
people
are
starting
to
look
into
it
more
frequently.
AI
Okay,
thank
you
and
so
city
manager
story.
When
this
plan
is
complete,
if
you
can
get
on
the
agenda,
what
the
plan
is
where
we
are
with
our
last
plan.
I
know
that
we
did
some
ada
accessible
bus
stops
in
the
ward,
but
it's
not
nearly
enough,
and
so
I'd
like
to
just
have
a
conversation
at
human
services,
something
about
where
we
are
with
accessibility.
C
AE
AI
A
AI
AI
AI
You
so
I
would
like
to
suggest
that
we
do
have
a
liaison
for
this
committee.
I
know
that
when
I
was
for
human
mental
health
board,
I
don't
know
if
it
was
like
an
official
liaison,
but
I
was
the
liaison
for
this,
and
so
I
would
like
to
suggest
that
I
would
be
happy
to
appoint
myself
to
that
position,
but
I
think
it's
an
important
commission.
AI
So
that
is
one
thing
and
then
the
second
thing
that
I
had
a
question
about
was
the
changes
that
were
made
for
lateral
and
I'm
trying
to
find
them.
Do
we
require
for
a
lateral
higher
that
there
is
some
kind
of
letter
or
something
from
their
previous
employer.
So
I
know
this.
This
draft
took
out
some
other
things,
so
we
can
get
lateral
hires,
you
know
more
efficiently,
but
it
did
not
talk
about
any
kind
of
recommendation
or
whatever
we
get
from
their
employer.
AP
AP
The
lateral
process
that
we
will
be
employing
will
be
a
thorough
and
comprehensive
background
investigation,
with
communications
with
the
employer
that
the
lateral
transferee
will
come
from.
Currently
evanston
police
department
has
147
officers
we
down
from
162..
AP
We
had
13
retirements
within
the
last
12
months
and
seven
resignations.
AP
It's
a
really
competitive
field
for
police
officers
these
days
and
we're
seeking
to
take
the
lateral
process
out
of
the
standard
employment
process
for
police
officers,
whereas
the
lateral
employee
will
not
have
to
take
the
written
examination
which
adds
another
year
of
trying
to
secure
his
employment.
AI
Okay,
so
in
that
conversation
you
have
with
their
employer-
and
this
might
be
in
the
union
rules-
are
we
able
to
get
information
regarding
the
amount
of
or,
if
they've
had
any
complaints
or
if
they
were
involved
in
any
lawsuits,
and
that
kind
of
information.
AI
G
G
AI
Last
comment,
then,
is
to
that
conversation
when
you
bring
it
back,
can
we
think
through
residency
and
how
we
might
do
some
kind
of
incentive
for
people
who
are
having
some
residence
to
actually
join
our
force?
I
know
it's
if
they're
not
in
the
queue
it
takes
a
while
still,
but
that
would
be
helpful.
Thank
you.
AL
AD
Yeah,
I'm
just
curious.
You
know
you
heard
the
union,
the
police
union
contract
referenced
by
alderman
fleming
and
just
from
chief
cook
and
and
city
and
manager
storly
are
we
still
in
the
process
of
negotiating
the
police
union
contract?
Is
that
still?
Is
the
fop
contract
still
open.
G
G
AD
Okay,
and
when
will
those
so
you
said
the
end
of
2022,
correct
okay,
so
when
how
far
out
do
those
discussions
tend
to
begin.
G
A
Seeing
no
one
else
who
seeks
recognition
with
the
clerk
call
the
roll
please.
A
On
a
vote
of
nine
to
zero
a12
passes,
would
anyone
like
to
make
a
motion
on
item
p1.
AJ
Hi,
mr
mayor,
this
ordinance
p1
is
ordinance
35021.
AJ
Granting
a
special
use
for
office
use
richard
shapiro
attorney
at
law
at
1327,
chicago
avenue
and
528
greenwood
street
in
the
r5
general
residential
district.
I
would
move
in
for
introduction
and
then
I'd
like
to
speak
to
the
issue.
A
Is
so
council
member
when
moves
item
p1
council
member
revel
seconds
councilmember
when.
AJ
Yes,
this
is
a
very
complex
issue
that
I
think
needs
to
be
discussed
at
p
d.
This
this
business
is
in
the
third
ward.
There
are
a
lot
of
complications
going
on
with
this
right
now
and
I
would
like
to
have
it
discussed
in
detail
at
p
and
d,
so
I
would
like
to
move
to
hold
it
as
at.
V
A
Clear
read:
clerk
reid:
I
have
a
counselor
good.
Lord,
I'm
sorry,
council,
never
read.
AD
Forget
that
one,
so
my
oh,
I
was
just
gonna
chime
in
about
process
shouldn't
it
instead
of
a
hoax
and
just
be
a
reference
back
to
the
committee
or
is
whole
because
a
hold
seems
to
just
hold
it
and
bring
it
back
to
this
body.
Yes,.
R
A
B
A
A
G
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
this.
There
is
just
a
very
brief
presentation
by
dave
davis
from
northwestern
university
understanding
that
this
full
body
hasn't
had
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
this
discussion
in
the
past,
he's
going
to
have
a
brief
slide
presentation.
So
go
ahead.
Dave.
AQ
Right
good
evening,
mayor
city,
council,
members,
clark,
mendoza
city
manager,
erica
stoney,
my
name
is
dave
davis
and
I
serve
as
the
executive
director
for
neighborhood
and
community
relations
northwestern
university.
I'm
going
to
share
a
brief
presentation,
especially
given
the
late
hour,
and
because
many
of
you
are
already
familiar
with
this
proposal
just
real
quickly.
As
you
know,
back
in
november
2019,
the
city
council
adopted
our
proposed
changes
to
the
permitted
use
of
ordinance
for
special
events.
AQ
The
amendment
simply
allows
us
to
host
different
types
of
events
in
the
u-2
district,
and
in
return
for
this
privilege,
we
agree
to
significantly
limit
the
scope
of
our
events
and
restrict
it
to
a
two-year
pilot
period
so
that
we
can
determine
the
impact
on
the
broader
avenue
state
community,
as
well
as
our
neighbors.
However,
given
the
massive
impact
of
the
coveted
pandemic,
which
led
to
a
national
lockdown
restrictions
on
public
gatherings
and
changes
to
how
we
interact
with
the
community,
we
haven't
been
able
to
host
any
events
or
take
advantage
of
this
new
opportunity.
AQ
So
again,
the
pilot
period
is
set
to
expire,
this
december
31st
and
we
don't
anticipate
being
able
to
host
an
indoor
event
until
fall
or
possibly
later,
there's
a
good
chance
that
if
this
is
not
extended,
our
amendment
would
expire
before
we
had
a
chance
to
host
any
events.
I'm
simply
asking
for
an
extension
of
the
amendment
here
today,
so
we
can
use
these
events
as
an
opportunity
to
bring
people
together
to
foster
a
stronger
sense
of
community,
while
also
bolstering
the
episode
economy
through
revenues,
job
creation,
increased
visitation
and
consumer
spending.
AQ
So
what
we
have
here
is,
I
just
want
to
talk
real
quickly
about
what
the
amendment
does
and
what
it
doesn't
do
again.
I've
heard
some
misconceptions
over
the
past
few
weeks,
and
so
I
thought
it
would
be
useful
for
some
of
the
new
members
of
city
council
just
to
quickly
again
go
over
some
of
the
items
that
were
included
or
written
into
the
amendment.
AQ
So
again,
the
event
the
events
will
be
limited
in
scope.
As
you
can
see,
we
can
only
host
up
to
seven
thousand
people
indoors.
Three
thousand
people
outdoors.
We
can
only
host
up
to
six
single
day
events
in
one
multi-day
event,
not
to
exceed
seven
days
in
duration.
So
if
you
combine
those
together
we're
talking
about
a
total
of
13
days
of
events,
the
events
can
only
occur
between
7
am
and
10
pm
on
sunday
on
on
sunday
through
thursday.
AQ
Sorry
about
that
and
7
to
11
p.m,
on
the
weekends
which
are
friday
and
saturdays
no
tailgate
is
allowed
before,
during
or
after
any
of
the
special
events.
In
addition
to
the
amendment,
we
have
to
provide
written
notice
to
every
resident
that
lives
within
500
feet
of
the
site,
which
is
our
facilities
in
the
u2
district
within
five
days
of
the
event,
and
we
also
have
to
provide
complimentary
parking
to
all
special
event.
Attendees
and
each
event
will
require
approval
from
the
city
special
events
committee.
AQ
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
this
is
an
opportunity
to
share
these
events
and
increase
transparency,
and
then,
furthermore-
and
lastly,
there
are
no
direct
costs
to
the
city.
This
includes
any
overtime
related
to
the
cost
for
evanston
firefighters,
police
officers
and
any
other
emergency
management
personnel.
AQ
Since
the
university
would
be
required
under
the
amendment
to
reimburse
the
city
for
any
cost
associated
with
our
special
events
and
then
just
really
fast,
these
are
some
of
the
misconceptions
that
I've
heard
over
the
past
couple
of
weeks,
and
so
I
just
want
to
again
clear
these
up.
You
know
this
amendment
does
not
allow
us
to
host
large-scale
events
with
40,
000
people
or
more
ryan
field
doesn't
allow
us
to
host
unlimited
events.
AQ
It
will
not
result
in
significant
cost
to
evanston
taxpayers
and
it
will
not
have
a
negative
impact
on
the
evanston
economy.
In
fact,
as
I'll
explain
in
a
second,
the
economic
impact
is
relatively
substantial.
Given
the
narrow
scope
of
this
amendment,
like
I
said
we're
talking
about
you
know,
seven
events
per
year
limited
to
seven
thousand
people,
indoor
three
thousand
folks
outside
so
in
2019.
AQ
We
projected
that
this
proposal
would
have
an
economic
impact
from
1.4
million
during
the
tax
period
through
a
combination
of
taxes
and
visitor
spending.
You'll
see
here
again,
these
numbers
are
from
2019
before
the
pandemic.
So
this
is
what
you're
looking
at.
This
is
the
same
presentation
that
we
did
for
the
plan
commission,
as
well
as
city
council,
we're
looking
at
potentially
about
195
thousand
dollars
again.
This
is
over
the
two-year
pilot
period
in
ticket
and
amusement
taxes,
21
000
in
concession
taxes.
AQ
AQ
We
estimate
about
1.2
million
dollars,
and
this
is
based
on
the
model
that
the
chamber
of
commerce
and
evanston
uses
where
the
model
says
that,
for
each
new
visitor
comes
to
evanston,
they
spend
on
average
around
thirty
dollars,
and
so
this
is
a
simple
map
taking
the
number
of
attendees
that
we
expected
during
the
two-year
trial
period
that
would
spend
thirty
dollars.
AQ
We
did
figure
a
number
for,
or
we
subtracted
the
number
of
potential
evanston
residents,
because
one
of
the
things
that
we
want
to
do
obviously
is
encourage
evanston
residents
to
come
to
these
events
as
well.
I
mean
it'd,
be
a
wonderful
opportunity
if
you
live
next
door.
If
you
live
close
by
to
walk
to
a
concert
or
to
a
tennis
tournament
and
enjoy
this
wonderful
event
in
your
backyard,
so
again,
those
are
some
of
the
numbers
that
we
had
projected
over
at
trial
period
and
then
finally
oops
sorry
what
about
our
neighbors?
AQ
I'm
confident
that
this
plan
will
help
us
to
get
in
front
of
any
potential
problems
and
resolve
issues
quickly.
You
know
I
won't
go
through
each
one
of
these
because
you
can
read
them
right
there
on
your
screen,
but-
and
I
can
certainly
share
this
proposal
with
the
council
members
and
city
staff
after
so
that's
really
all.
AQ
I
just
want
to
thank
you
all
again
for
providing
me
with
an
opportunity
to
discuss
our
special
events
and
our
extension
requests
and
again,
as
we
emerge
from
covid,
the
university
stands
ready
to
work
with
the
city
to
build
a
stronger,
more
compassionate,
resilient
evanston.
This
proposal
is
one
opportunity
to
do
so,
but
our
commitment
goes
beyond
any
single
proposal
or
event
and
therefore
tonight
I'm
respectfully
requesting
a
yes
vote
on
our
extension
before
you
today.
Thank
you
for
buying
me
this
time
again.
AM
Oh,
thank
you
well,
in
light
of
the
late
hour,
I'm
going
to
be
brief.
I
have
three
points
to
make.
AM
First,
allowing
professional
sports
and
for-profit
events
would
undermine
the
protections
that
our
zoning
code
is
expected
to
provide
to
area
residents,
so
these
residents
bought
their
homes
with
the
understanding
that
the
athletic
campus
was
used
for
collegiate
sports
and
commencement
events
and
they've
they've
learned
to
put
up
with
the
crowds
that
come
to
football
games,
the
traffic
con
congestion,
the
bad
fan,
behavior,
etc,
but
they
did
not
bargain
for
an
additional
set
of
major
events,
attracting
a
non-collegiate
audience
with
unknown
regard
for
northwestern
and
its
neighbors.
AM
Secondly,
approving
the
amendment
would
set
an
unwise
precedent.
A
mere
pilot
sounds
reasonable,
but
northwestern
could
use
the
pilot
events
as
precedent
in
arguing
for
additional
and
bigger
events
in
the
future.
And
indeed,
if
you
look
at
the
100
year,
history
of
controversy
around
the
use
of
the
stadium
area,
there
are
a
number
of
examples
of
pro
sports
events
being
held
on
the
u2
campus
in
violation
of
evanston
zoning
code
and
that
were
later
argued
to
be
used
as
precedent
to
argue.
AM
For
still
more
of
similar
events
and
thirdly,
the
proposal
does
not
meet
the
standards,
four
amendments
and
our
zoning
code.
It
is
not
consistent
with
the
goals,
objectives
and
policies
of
our
comprehensive
general
plan,
and
it
is
not
compatible
with
the
overall
character
of
the
existing
development
in
the
immediate
area.
It's
really
tightly
embedded
in
a
residential
area,
so
northwestern
has
tried
for
years
to
gain
permission
to
host
professional
sports
events
and
commercial
entertainment
and
sometimes
has
gone
ahead
with
these
events
without
city
approval.
AD
So
I'm
go,
I'm
indicating
I'm
going
to
indicate
now,
although
I'm
not
making
the
motion
now,
I
plan
to
hold
this
for
further
discussion.
This
is
for
action,
and
this
is
this
council.
Is
this
body's
first
full
meeting,
and
I
think
this
is
something
that
requires
you
know
a
bit
more
deliberation
but
before
I
hold
it
and
allow
other
folks
to
speak,
but
you
know
I
I
look
at
this
this
project
in
this
or
this
proposal.
In
this
way
our
city
is
a.
AD
We
have
limited
amount
of
space
in
our
city,
there's
seven
square
miles:
roughly
we
have
a
stadium
that
can
seat
45,
000
people,
I
believe,
is
correct.
It's
it
takes
up
over
an
acre
several
acres
of
our
land,
it's
a
very
large
stadium
and
by
not
getting
proper
utilization
out
of
this
space.
AD
We
are
leaving
quite
a
bit
of
money
on
the
table
and
I
I
hear
the
neighbors
who
have
concerns
about
traffic
and
about
trash
and
about
a
whole
host
of
other
issues,
and
I
even
understand
that
folks
moved
into
the
area
understanding
that
you
know
the
code
was
set
up
in
a
certain
way.
Although
there's
a
forty
five
thousand
person
stadium
sitting
next
to
them,
but
I
understand
those
concerns,
and
so
I
think
we
should
try
our
best
to
address
those
concerns.
AD
I
am
generally
supportive
of
better
land
utilization
because
that's
a
good
thing
for
our
tax
dollar
for
our
taxpayers
and
it
ensures
you
know,
there's
if
we
got
better
utilization
out
of
this
space,
I
mean
there's
six
hundred
thousand
a
million
dollars
there
and
so
we're
choosing
to
you
know
these
are
the
kind
of
decisions
that
we're
making
we're
choosing
to
either
we're
making
tough
choices
here
by
under
utilizing
this
space,
and
so
I'd
like
to
to
see
better
utilization
of
all
public
spaces.
AD
I
think
it's
very
interesting
that
you,
mr
davis,
that
you
noted
that
four
visitors,
that
and
and
this
is
something
downtown
evanston-
has
that
we
can
expect
about
thirty
dollars
to
be
spent
in
our
local
economy
per
person
that
you
know,
visits
visits
our
community-
that
is
a
net
positive,
especially
when
those
people
don't
need
fire
service,
trash,
pickup
and
all
of
the
other
services
that
we
have
to
pay
for
for
folks
who
live
here,
and
we
know
that
again,
property
taxes
are
30
million
dollars
of
our
overall
budget.
AD
I
don't
want
folks
to
think
that
your
property
taxes
are
covering
everything
we
are
doing
here.
They
are
not,
and
we
need
people
coming
in
from
outside
of
our
community
to
to
help
make
that
we
have
huge
unfunded
liabilities.
So
I
I
don't
want
to
see
space
underutilized
and
I
want
to
see
us
using
space
to
draw
folks
in
for
sales
tax
purposes.
You
know
I'd
love
to
see
with
this,
you
know
sensitive
to
the
concerns
of
the
neighbors.
AD
You
know
I've
spoken
to
some
folks
and
what
folks
want
to
see
is
yes,
they
want
to
have
their
concerns
met,
but
they
also
want
to
see
northwestern
chipping
in
its
fair
share.
They
want
to
make
sure
that
if
we
are
moving
forward
with
this,
that
we're
getting
a
good
deal,
and
so
I
I
I
look
at
it
from
this
point
so
one
you
know,
we
already
know
it's
bad
deal
because
not
paying
property
taxes
on
this
space
underutilized.
AD
What
can
we
do
to
help
make
this
deal
a
little
better?
Well,
I
saw
in
the
proposal
there
that
you're
allowing
for
folks
to
park
on
northwestern
space
in
lots
that
you
already
have
well.
Our
downtown
has
a
lot
of
underutilized
lots.
AD
So
what
if
you
know
folks,
were
not
able
to
park
on
northwestern's
in
campus
for
free,
and
that
was
not
an
option
and
they
had
to
park
downtown
if
they
drove
in,
and
then
there
were
buses
that
northwestern
curred
people
between
downtown
and
and
and
and
central
street,
where
the
stadium
is
which
maybe
that
could
bring
that
number
up
a
bit
more
than
30
bucks.
If
folks
are
spending
more
time
walking
around
in
our
in
our
city
rather
than
just
pulling
up
to
the
stadium
and
then
leaving
afterwards.
AD
AF
So
this
is
a
pilot
program.
Several
hours
ago,
we
removed
one
million
dollars
in
revenue
here.
I
see
an
idea
for
a
million
dollars
in
revenue
that
we're
treating
as
a
pilot
program
that
we've
all
had
an
opportunity
to
follow
and
look
at,
and
so
I'm
excited
by
this
dave
at
ku,
I'm
assuming
this
is
going
to
be
run
by
your
student
affairs.
AF
While
I
was
a
student
there,
we,
I
had
great
opportunities
to
see
speakers
like
cornell
west,
michael
malcolm
x's,
daughter,
akilah,
shabazz,
other
great
speakers
that
I'm
sure
an
institution
like
northwestern
will
attract
that's
going
to
be
open
to
the
public.
AF
I
I
really
don't
see
any
downside
to
this
as
well.
You
were
put
we
voted
to
put
pressure
on
businesses,
and
now
we
have
an
opportunity
to
support
our
local
downtown
businesses
and
I'm
sure,
we've
all
been
on
northwestern's
campus,
so
the
thought
and
idea
of
them
not
having
enough
parking
space.
I
can't
remember
the
name
of
the
huge
parking
structure
that
they
built.
AF
You
have
the
parking
structure
right
outside
of
ryan
field,
that
as
an
evanston
resident,
that
I
would
be
parking
downtown
and
taking
an
uber
bus
or
uber
or
bus
down
to
wherever
this
venue
is.
I
I
don't
see
any
reason
to
hold
this.
To
be
quite
honest,
it's
been
spelled
out
in
the
packet
with
more
information
than
the
items
that
I
supported
earlier,
and
I
just
hope
that
my
colleagues
will
vote
to
move
this
pilot
program
forward.
AF
AD
I
mean
I
I
I
I
think
we
I
don't
know
where
the
vote's
going
to
land
out
in
that
land.
Here
I
am,
I
think,
as
I
indicated,
I
am
sympathetic
to
using
the
land
better,
but
if
this
were
to
move
forward
now,
I'm
just
gonna
vote.
No,
if
we
hold
it,
you
know
I
may
be
able
to
have
a
dialogue
with
dave
and
we
can
hear
some
things
that
are
going
on
and
maybe
make
this
a
bit
sweeter
for
the
residents,
but
as
it
stands
today,.
AD
D
I
just
want
to
say
the
same
thing:
we've
I've
probably
received
more
emails
from
residents
around.
You
know
the
stadium
than
anything
else,
and
I
still
would
love
to
to
have
a
time
to
talk
to
dave
davis.
I
haven't
had
a
conversation
with
him
yet
so
again,
I'm
someone
who
is
certainly
open
to
this.
D
We
need
we
need
revenue
badly
in
this
town,
and
so
I
think
again
what
councilmember
reed
is
speaking
to
is
that
that
we,
the
new
council,
the
new
members,
not
the
returning
members
of
the
council,
haven't
had
an
opportunity
to
fully
read
through
all
the
concerns
of
the
residents
near
the
northwestern
stadium,
as
well
as
to
hear
I
have
not
heard
from,
I
haven't,
had
a
meeting
with
davis.
D
I've
read
through
as
much
as
I
could
get
through,
but
again
this
is
an
issue
where
you
know
people
are
passionate
about
it
and-
and
you
know,
they're
sharing
a
lot
of
information
that
I
think
deserves
a
thorough
review.
So
again
I
would
I
would
love
I'm
open
to
this,
but
to
councilman
ruiz
point.
You
know
this
is
our
first
opportunity
to
truly
take
a
look
at
this,
so.
AD
Councilman
reed
and
if
I
can
make
one
last
point
one
of
the
questions-
and
maybe
I
can
just
ask
it
now
and
and
if
there
isn't
a
quick
answer
then
we
can
get
it
at
another
time.
But
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
I've
heard.
Is
you
know
what
is
the
process?
You
know
I'm
still
getting
up
to
speed
on
some
zoning
stuff,
so
special
use
versus
a
text
amendment
and
some
folks
are
saying
that
this
should
go
through
the
text.
AD
Amendment
process
and
so
I'd
love
to
you
know
hear
more
about
that.
You
know
again,
I'm
you
will
see
over
the
next
four
years
that
I'm
gonna
be
a
hawk
about
utilizing
land
properly
to
get
the
best
bang
for
the
taxpayer
buck.
But
I
don't.
While
you
know
this,
I
don't
see
where
it
says
it's
going
to
bring
in
a
million
dollars.
AD
I
do
see
the
1.2
million
dollars
from
just
overall
but
not
directly
to
the
city,
and
so
you
know
I
I
am
supportive
of
this,
but
maybe
we
can
get
more
from
it.
If
we
negotiate,
we
can
get
a
better
deal
than
what's
being
proposed
here,
especially
when
this
is
going
to
be
something
that
inconveniences
and
I
mean
aldermen
republican.
I
think
it's
beyond
an
inconvenience,
it's
an
aggravation.
AD
It
is
a
yeah,
it
may
be
it
infuriates
people,
and
so
I
think,
if
we're
going
to
do
this,
particularly
when
we
have
residents
who've
been
coming
for
a
while
and
and
evanston
residents,
people
who
have
been
you
know
paying
property
taxes
and
paying
all
this
stuff
here
for
a
long
long
time.
I
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
they
have
a
proper.
AD
You
know
opportunity
to
make
their
case
be
heard,
particularly
with
this
new
council,
when
this
is
our
first
time
seeing
it,
and
this
is
a
pretty
big
thing
and
it's
not
for
introduction
it's
for
action,
and
the
last
council
should
have
held
off
and
told
this
meeting
for
this
to
be
the
introduction,
and
I
would
have
voted
for
it
for
introduction,
because
I
want
to
hear
more
about
it,
but
just
to
go
straight
to
action
at
our
first
meeting
on
on
this.
Something
that
residents
have
raised
issue
about
is
a
concern.
A
Does
anyone
seek
to
overrule
the
hold
seeing
none?
Would
anyone
like
to
make
a
motion
regarding
item
r2?
A
AD
A
Councilmember
reed
moves
that
we
refer
item
r2
to
the
rules
committee
council,
member
kelly
ii.
Is
there
any
discussion
on.
AD
AD
I'll
just
say
you
know
it
also,
given
the
time
I
think
it'd
be
best,
that
we
just
have
this
discussion
and
rules
at
some
further
at
some
other
point.
So,
let's,
let's
get
on
with
it
and
get
out
of
here
tonight,.
A
Okay
see
no
further
discussion,
the
clerk
will
call
the
roll
if
the.
If
this
vote
succeeds
item
r2
is
referred
to
the
rules
committee.
If
it
fails,
then
a
motion
to
pass
r2
would
be
in
order.
AH
A
On
a
six
to
three
vote,
the
motion
carries
and
item
r2
is
referred
to
the
rules
committee,
which
will
have
a
lively
meeting
in
early
june
with
that
the
the
agenda
is
a
little
ambiguous
and
so
in
abundance
of
caution.
I
want
to
entertain
a
motion
regarding
item
ap1,
which
is
not
listed
as
part
of
the
consent
agenda.
It's
simply
the
approval
of
the
appointments
to
the
re-managing
public
safety
committee.
AM
A
Second,
council,
member,
when
seconds,
is
there
any
discussion
seeing
none?
Oh
councilman,
reid.
AD
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you,
mayor
bis,
for
you
know
making
this
one
of
your
opening
policies
to
have
this
bold
committee
that
focuses
on
reimagining
our
police
department,
I'm
glad
to
be
a
part
of
it.
Thank
you.
R
A
On
a
9-0
vote,
ap1
passes,
which
brings
us
to
call
of
the
awards
council,
member
wynn.
R
C
It's
a
reminder
to
the
residents
of
the
fourth
ward
that
we
will
have
our
first
ward
meeting
on
tuesday
june
1st
at
the
robert
crown
center
7
pm.
D
Yes,
I
wanted
to
just
make
an
announcement
to
say
that
something
that
came
up
during
the
campaign.
A
whole
lot
was
2012
maple,
which
was
kind
of
a
long
time.
Underutilized
properly
property
in
the
fifth
ward.
D
More
recently
boarded
up
that
thanks
to
the
the
residents
who
remain
vigilant
in
getting
the
county
to
order
to
be
demolished,
as
well
as
director
of
community
development,
jonah
knighton,
former
alderman
ottoman
simmons,
and
whoever
else
I'm
missing,
we
were
able
to
get
a
big
win
and
and
get
that
torn
down
over
the
last
few
days.
D
So
I
just
wanted
to
shout
that
out
to
everybody
who
didn't
notice
the
big
machines
tearing
something
down
in
the
neighborhood
that
that's
a
big
win
and
we're
going
to
work
to
to
do
what
we
can
to
get
a
good
housing
type
there
and
and
get
something
there.
That's
get
owner
there.
That's
going
to
maintain
the
property
for
for
the
betterment
of
that.
That
neighborhood
also
wanted
to
say
that
district
65
infant
toddler
their
program.
That's
specifically
the
part
of
the
program
that
is
ages
zero
through
three.
D
D
Also
anybody
that
fifth
war
resident
that
lives
on
22
between
on
foster
between
2200
and
2,
300,
they're,
doing
annual
water
main
improvement
projects
and,
as
part
of
it
there
there's
a
grant
that
covers
all
plumbing
and
expenses
associated
with
removing
the
private
side
of
the
lead
water
service
line.
This
is
a
tremendous
opportunity.
D
I
can't
pull
it
up
on
my
emails.
One
second.
D
Okay,
let
me
see
if
I
can
pull
it
up
really
quickly,
so
it
says
the
this
is
an
email
from
from
daryl
king
who
works
with
us
here
at
the
city,
but
it
says
that
the
city
of
evanston
recommends
that
you
replace
the
portion
of
the
service
pipe
that
you
own,
in
conjunction
with
the
water
main
project.
If
only
one
portion
of
the
lead
service
pipe
is
replaced,
your
risk
of
lead
exposure
at
the
tab
may
be
elevated
in
the
weeks
months
or
years
following
the
partial-led
service
pipe
replacement.
D
So
please
and
I
will
be
walking
door-to-door
in
the
next
few
days,
but
please,
as
you
see
me,
knocking
on
your
doors,
let's
sign
up
for
this
again.
This
is
a
grant
that
completely
covers
all
plumbing
expenses,
associating
with
removing
the
private
side
of
the
the
lead
water
service
line
and
just
wanted
to
thank
everybody
who
came
out
both
in
person
but
also
virtually
to
make
a
public
comment.
Please
continue
to
participate,
and
that
is
all
thank
you.
AM
So
I'm
asking
our
community
development
division
as
they're
working
this
summer
on
bringing
on
our
adapting
evanston
adapting
the
2021
international
building
code
to
be
sure
to
incorporate
a
bird-friendly
provision
into
that
building
code.
AD
Yes,
thank
you
to
the
member
first.
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
a
a
I
think,
a
robust
discussion
and
debate
tonight
on
important
issues
to
our
city.
Thank
you
to
folks
for
a
participating
comment.
I
have
a
one.
I
will
host
a
virtual
community
meeting
before
every
council
meeting,
and
so
the
next
council
meeting
is
scheduled
for
june
14th
and
so
folks
will
be
able
to
find
on
my
web
page
soon
on
our
individual
web
page.
AD
AD
AD
I
have
a
few
references,
not
major
things,
that
one
is
make
a
reference
to
rules
to
amend
council
12.1,
to
which
currently
only
allows
five
minutes
of
debate
per
council
member
promotion,
and
I
would
say
that
10
minutes
is
appropriate
and
then
that
could
be
strictly
enforced.
AD
AD
I
think
to
rules,
because
we'll
figure
out
what
committee
it
goes
to
at
some
point,
but
just
a
discussion
regarding
allocating
up
to
10
million
dollars
in
the
arpa
funds,
to
participate
to
a
participatory
budgeting
process
facilitated
by
partnership
between
the
city,
a
university
or
a
a
university
partner,
a
public
or
a
participatory
budgeting,
non-profit
partner.
AD
I
will
also
transfer
this
to
the
clerk
as
well.
I'd
also
like
to
make
a
reference
to
the
human
services
committee,
I
believe,
is
the
appropriate
committee
for
this
to
end
public
distribution
of
the
daily
crime
bulletin
and
and
making
it
only
available
instantaneously
to
council
members
and
relevant
city
staff
members.
This
would
not
preclude
it
from
being
foyed,
but
we
do
not
have
to
send
it
out,
particularly
you
know.
AD
If,
if
we're,
we
don't
have
to
send
it
out,
and
I
would
also
like
to
hear
from
the
law
department
at
some
point.
This
isn't
necessarily
a
reference
about
the
capabilities
or
during
that
conversation,
the
capabilities
of
the
law
department.
Since
we're
down
prosecuting
these
traffic
violations
and
the
things
that
appear
in
the
daily
crime
bulletin,
it
would
make
sense
for
staff
to
keep
a
record
of
the
disposition
of
cases.
AD
So
we
know
if
we're
charging
a
thousand
people
a
year
with
driving
on
a
suspended
license
and
sixty
percent
of
those
are
being
dismissed
or
charging
people
with
possession
of
marijuana.
And
it's
going
to
court
or
cannabis.
I
should
say,
or
we're
charging
people
with
anything
and
it's
going
in
a
large
percentage
of
those
cases
are
being
dismissed
because
of
the
way
that
cook
county
has
interpreted.
You
know,
I
think
we
should.
We
should
do
that,
so
I
make
that
referral.
AD
AD
So
if
we
look
along
the
lakefront,
the
city
owns
the
entire
shore
and
there
are
properties
that
cut
off
access
to
that
lakefront
and
thereby
they
keep
their
that
wealth
and
that
tax
revenue
to
themselves,
and
I
think
we
should,
because
they
cut
off
public
access.
We
should
charge,
put
an
overlay
and
fees
on
those
folks
and
then.
Lastly,
I
would
make
a
referral
for
an
for
introduction
at
p,
indian
ordinance.
AD
G
AD
Sure
well
then,
in
that
case,
I'll
make
one
the
last
referral
which
is
to
administration
and
public
works
for
a
graduated
fine
structure.
So
if
you
get
a
parking
ticket
and
you
make
a
million
dollars
a
year,
maybe
you
pay
more
than
someone
who
gets
a
parking
ticket
who
makes
thirty
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
so
I'd
like
staff
to
look
at
a
graduated
fine
structure
for
parking
tickets
and
other
fees.
AI
I
would
like
to
make
my
second
referral
to
the
parks
awards,
since
they
did
not
address
my
first
referral
to
talk
about
access
to
garden
plots
and
if
they
can't
get
it
done
at
the
next
meeting,
then
I
will
make
can
come
to
city
council
to
I
guess
it
would
be
human
services
or
something
I
don't
know
where
it
would
go,
but
it
did
not
get
discussed
last
time
at
their
meeting.
Also
in
line
with.
AI
What's
your
name
devon,
yes,
I
would
like
to
at
human
services,
have
a
discussion
about
the
in
the
squadron
report
that
comes
out
by
a
citizen
via
email-
I
I
don't
usually
read
it,
but
I've
started
reading
and
there's
some
details
that
I'm
concerned
that
are
being
shared
there,
that
don't
need
to
be
shared
and
then
lastly,
I
think
we
all
receive
the
email
about
the
limitations
and
just
potential
displacement
of
people
on
the
sex
offenders
list.
AI
And
so,
with
that
in
mind,
I
would
like
to
have
a
conversation
at
human
services
about
our
services
and
our
support
in
the
city
for
re-entering
citizens,
and
this
can
be
city
services,
or
I
mean
within
our
city
municipality,
as
well
as
outside
agencies
in
the
in
the
city.
That
staff
can
kind
of
give
us
an
idea
of
what
is
happening
in
our
city
for
supports
for
people
as
they're
re-entering
our
community.
AI
More
people
are
coming
out
of
municipal
penitentiaries
and
such,
and
I
think
we
need
to
just
make
sure
we
have
services
that
they
can
use
to
be
active
citizens
and
then
the
last
thing
is
an
announcement
that
we,
I
am
kicking
off
the
ninth
ward
summer,
community
building
activities.
AI
The
first
activity
is
going
to
be
this
sunday
may
29th
in
treyhand
park,
which
is
on
ridge,
and
we
will
have
a
community
yoga
class
at
5
pm
with
rebecca
mendoza
who
come
as
a
citizen.
Here
in
evanston,
you
can
check
out
my
website,
which
is
cicely
l
fleming.com,
for
the
complete
list
of
activities
that
we
will
be
hosting
this
summer.
They
are
four
ninth
ward
residents.
Although
we're
not
checking
id,
there
will
be
no
enforcement,
so
anyone
is
welcome
to
come.
AI
They
will
be
yoga
that
will
be
music.
There
will
be
lgbtq
friendly
course,
I'm
doing
with
another
council
person
so
anyway
check
that
out,
ninth
ward
residence,
I'm
expecting
you
all
to
come
out
and
then
look
for
the
newsletter.
That's
coming
in
the
morning
with
the
update
on
things
happening
on
hartree
and
pittner.
Thank
you.
AE
A
big
thank
you
to
all
the
residents
who
took
time
out
of
their
evenings
to
speak
this
evening,
really
appreciate
that
participation
and
your
thoughts
and
input
I'd
like
to
make
a
referral
to
the
for
a
resolution,
a
referral
to
the
city
council
for
a
resolution
that
would
require
a
vote
by
city
council
for
the
hiring
of
any
position
listed
as
eliminated
or
held
vacant,
or
not
found
I.e,
newly
created,
as
indicated
in
the
position,
control
list
of
part
five
of
the
two
thousand
twenty
one
budget.
AE
AF
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
all
the
second
word
residents
that
showed
up
this
evening
to
speak
on.
The
number
of
issues
really
enjoyed
your
input
as
well
lifting
up
an
event.
That's
coming
within
the
next
30
days.
It's
a
community
pair
group.
That's
been
hosted
right
in
front
of
the
high
school.
So
as
soon
as
I
get
more
details,
you'll
all
be
receiving
an
invitation.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.