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A
B
Right
we
have,
we
have
quorum,
and
hopefully
a
few
others
will
join
us
join
us
shortly.
Okay,
in
terms
of
announcements,
I
would
like
to
put
out
congratulations.
One
two,
both
theater
related
here,
one
Fleetwood
Jourdain
theater,
that
received
11
nominations
from
the
black
theater
alliance
in
the
I
IRA
Aldridge
Awards
yeah,
these
awards
of
Honor
african-americans,
who
achieve
excellence
in
the
theater,
dance,
performing
and
technical
arts,
so
pretty
exciting
here
for
Evanston
and
for
Fleetwood
Jourdain
theater.
The
awards
will
be
announced
on
October
23rd,
so
we
wait
to
find
out.
B
We
don't
have
to
wait
to
find
out,
though,
that
a
ETH
s
grad
lino
weaith,
received
the
she
was
the
first
black
woman
graduate
of
ETH
s
to
earn
an
Emmy
last
night
for
outstanding
writing
on
a
comedy
series,
pretty
pretty
pretty
we're
all
really
really
proud
of
this
ETH
s
grad.
It
was
for
masters
of
none.
It
was
for
the
episode
Thanksgiving,
which
is
a
pretty
acclaimed
episode
and
she
had
a
ko
ko
winner
there
Aziz
Inari,
so
so
those
those
are
two
two
things
to
to
be
happy
about.
B
I
also
wanted
to
issue
a
proclamation
tonight
and
I'd
like
us
all
to
think
about
the
importance
of
mental
health,
our
mental
health,
mental
health
of
our
family
and
our
friends,
and
that
there
are
a
lot
of
people
in
this
world
that
struggle
with
that
and
I
think.
If
we
all
think
about
people
that
we've
known
in
our
life,
there
are
some
that
this
has
been
a
real
challenge
and
some
that
it's
actually
led
to
suicide,
and
this
month
is
national
suicide
prevention,
Awareness,
Month
and
I'd
like
to
bring
light
to
that.
B
We
have
three
recipients
of
this
Proclamation
that
we're
going
to
give
and
and
if
you're
here
I'd
like
you
to
come
on
up
to
the
top
and
I'll
present
I'm
going
to
read
this
proclamation,
it's
pretty
short
Josefina
Alvarez.
Are
you
here,
Josefina
all
right
come
on
come
on
up
amber
and
Josefina
is
the
board
president
of
the
Mental
Health
America
of
North
Shore?
Okay,
amber
bond
Amber's
here
is
the
Mental
Health
America
of
the
North
Shore
and
Linda's
Stevens
who's
with
suicide
prevention
services?
B
B
Will
I
will
stand
right
here
and
you
guys
give
you
guys,
convene
yeah
all
right.
Let's
say
this
is
working.
So,
first
of
all,
thank
you
for
everything
that
you
guys
do.
It
is
an
honor
on
behalf
of
Evanston
to
present
this
proclamation
for
the
work
that
you
do
to
help
so
many
people
here
in
our
area:
national
suicide
prevention,
Awareness,
Month,
September
2017,
whereas
September
is
known
as
national
suicide
prevention,
Awareness
Month,
which
helps
promote
resources
and
awareness
around
the
issues
of
suicide
prevention.
B
D
B
A
E
Thank
you
very
much
mayor
city
manager,
council
members.
My
name
is
Tracy
Alden,
president
of
fourth-of-july
Association,
and
we
had
our
annual
meeting
a
month
ago
in
August,
at
which
time
I
presented
what
we
call
our
presidents,
Freedom
Award
and
I'm,
recognizing
the
different
playground
sites
and
activities
that
take
place
in
the
morning
of
the
fourth
of
July
and
it's
a
cooperative
effort.
E
Let
me
so
we
just
because
you
weren't
able
to
make
it
that
at
our
event,
I
wanted
to
personally.
Thank
you
for
your
support
for
the
fourth
of
July
and
as
well
as
anne-marie
hi
sir
see
here
as
well
can
see
doors
you'll
take
an
Marie's.
Thank
you.
The
other
people
John
do
Calle,
who
runs
the
program
at
Evanston,
Township,
High,
School
and
I.
Think
I
got
a
Lincoln,
would
Jack
Martel
and
Craig
licky
at
Willard
school
I
believe
that's
everybody
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
they
were
properly
recognized.
E
It
is
a
major
component
of
the
4th
of
July
events.
It's
been
going
on
for
almost
a
hundred
years
now
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
your
support.
As
always,
and
the
sport
of
the
Parks
and
Rec
where's
Bob
back
there
give
a
little
wave.
Who
are
you
Bob?
Oh
there,
you
are
all
right.
So
that's
all!
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
time
and
opportunity
save
the
date.
July
4
2018.
A
And
we
have
a
theme
tonight
about
never
ending
summer
I'd
like
to
ask
our
director
parks,
recreation,
Community,
Services,
Lawrence
Hemingway,
to
come
up.
We
are
t-minus
seven
days
from
the
National
Recreation
and
Park
Association,
announcing
the
winners
of
this
year's
gold
medal
award
and
they'll
be
doing
that
next
Tuesday
morning
in
New
Orleans.
So
our
fingers
are
crossed
for
that
great
information,
but
the
director
how
many
ways
here
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
activities.
This
past
summer,
Thank.
F
F
You
see
here's
more
details
about
the
activities
on
the
lakefront
581
tokens
given
to
our
knob
partner,
nonprofit
partners
and,
along
with
931,
actual
individual
beach
tokens
given
out
to
families
in
individuals.
We
received
over
ten
thousand
dollars
in
donations
to
help
us
as
part
of
that
scholarship
program,
additional
stats,
their
number
over
one
hundred
and
forty-five
visitors.
F
We've
had
15
swim
rescues,
four
of
them
that
included
on
new
boats
and
we
helped
the
lifeguard
I
mean
we
helped
the
Coast
Guard,
with
eight
missing-persons
searches,
additional
information.
There,
you
see
sandcastle
program
which
was
done
at
the
beach
and
then
some
of
the
various
activities,
including
paddleboard
yoga,
tubing,
kayaking
fishing
and
more
for
our
teenagers.
Very
specifically,
we
had
our
drop-in
program
over
at
Mason
Park,
which
is
a
staple
of
our
teen
programs.
F
F
You
also
see
where
we
placed
our
soccer
pitches
Robert
Crumb
community
center,
which
actually
had
a
turf
surface
because
it
was
placed
on
the
cement
and
behind
the
building,
and
we
put
down
my
official
turf
and
tested
out
surf
this
summer,
along
with
James,
Park
and
twigs
park,
and
again
we
gave
out
874
1010
punch.
Teen
beach
passes
free
access
to
the
beaches
at
the
farmers
market,
we
average
over
7,000
visitors
the
market
itself
from
an
analysis
down
two
years
ago.
It
generates
an
estimated
four
point:
three
million
dollars
to
the
local
economy.
F
Throughout
its
season
being
open.
We
have
kids
activities
there.
This
coming
Saturday
will
be
trucked
a
table
fundraiser
event.
We
have
18
homegrown
local
artists,
whose
art
has
been
on
display
all
summer
and
throughout
the
summer
we
have
a
total
of
58
vendors
and
our
link
card,
which
provides
up
to
$25
and
matching
funds
per
qualified
visitors
in
the
last
but
very
important.
We
were
recognized
again
as
one
of
the
best
farmers
market
in
the
Chicagoland
area
by
making
it
better
magazine.
F
Our
newest
facility
to
give
the
Morrison
Cultural
Center
our
recording
studio,
is
open
and
open
for
business.
First
slice
everybody's
familiar
with
you
know,
operates
the
pie
cafe
there.
We
specialize
in
cultural
and
social
programming
at
that
facility
very
successful
jazz
event
on
July
14th
that
feature
mark
Quayle
Jordan
and
the
players
in
the
building
is
obviously
open
for
rental
and
we
hosted
its
first
summer
camp
which
had
25
participants
our
special
recreation
for
our
special
needs
population.
F
Five
athletes
complete
competed
in
singles
competition
on
June
4th
one
of
those
athletes
continued
to
go
on
and
win
a
gold
medal
and
will
compete
in
the
district.
This
October
for
18
athletes,
further
Creeper
tissa
pated
in
24
events
in
bloomington
and
five
gold
medals,
three
silver
and
three
bronze
or
one.
F
We
also
had
a
very
very
special
day
here
about
a
month
ago,
where
our
participants
were
able
to
park
ovet
the
Michael
Phelps
foundation.
For
those
who
know
Michael
Phelps
has
won
more
medals
in
the
United
States
history,
regardless
of
sport.
He
came
by
swimmers
were
there,
he
was
present,
they
had
a
chance
to
meet
him
and
they
were
coached
by
Michael
Phelps,
along
with
grant
Hackett
and
Allison
Schmitt
all
Olympic
gold
medal
winners,
and
then
our
the
Nu
women's
swim
team
meet-and-greet
was
also
our
very
highlight
for
our
special
needs
participants.
F
You
can
see:
that's
Michael
Phelps
up
there
in
the
upper
right
picture,
Summer
Food
Program.
We
talked
a
lot
about
that
during
the
summer.
You
have
a
chance
to
see.
We
there
are
almost
30,000
lunches,
served
almost
10,000
breakfast
served
during
the
summer.
It
doesn't
matter
how
old
how
young
can
you
come
in?
We
feed
you
and
regardless
of
qualifications,
the
locations
that
hosted
the
Summer
Food
Program
there
you
are
as
well
as
some
our
partner
sites,
McCall
YMCA,
the
Kings
League
and
Oakland
elementary
schools
programs.
F
The
fleetwood
Jourdain
theater
had
a
tremendous
summer.
Three
outstanding
plays
in
which
you
just
heard
they'll
be
recognized.
They've
been
recognized
for
11
nominations,
yellow
man,
sweet
and
the
last
day
at
Emerson's.
Grill
was
the
last
play.
At
a
summer
we
had
an
old-school
R&B
concert
along
with
jazz,
meets
Delta
concert,
jazz
meets
Delta
blues
concert,
both
of
those
events
were
sold
out
and
the
participants
who
came.
We
had
a
great
time
at
those
events,
our
black-tie
gala.
F
We
had
a
record
number
of
vendors
for
this
event:
70
vendors,
nine,
specific
food,
vendors
and
six
food
producers
performed
or
participated
in
this
year's
event,
we
had
16
individual
performance
by
various
artists.
The
starlight
concert
series,
which
is
also
on
our
summer
staples
8
concerts,
3,
included
food
trucks
available
and
then
each
of
those
events
we
did
the
Parks
and
Rec
Department.
We
did
pre
concert
events
where
we
were
out.
If
you
came
out,
you
would
have
saw
staff
out
entertaining
the
public
up
until
the
concert
started.
F
We
did
9
movies
in
the
park
throughout
all
of
the
wards
and
we
also
had
those
same
pre,
family
or
pre
movie
events
that
took
place
the
community
picnic
which
our
department
helped
put
on
on
behalf
of
the
city,
took
place
right
here
at
the
moraine
Civic
Center
on
August
20th.
This
year
we
had
a
partner
with
the
event
the
5th
war
planning
committee,
which
had
their
own
separate
event.
That
partnered
with
us
and
again
streets
alive,
just
celebrated
a
tremendous
day.
Last
Sunday
at
streets
live.
F
Our
summer
youth
outreach
team,
here's
their
information.
You
have
a
chance
to
see
here
the
number
of
participants
at
the
job
fair.
We
had
a
highest
number
of
private
employers
this
summer,
41,
which
is
great.
We
had
over
a
thousand
jobs
available
for
the
young
people
to
attend.
You
had
650
kids,
who
ended
up
with
either
a
summer
or
year-round
job
in
our
program.
F
Forty-One
of
the
participant,
pratense
qualify
for
free
and
reduced
lunch
and
50%
had
previous
work
experience.
We
had
a
six-week
junior
camp
with
the
candy
and
non-violence
program
for
those
who
don't
know
or
may
new
to
the
council.
Outreach
staff
has
been
certified
in
kinking
and
training
which
models
the
Martin,
Luther
King,
non-violence
approach
to
conflict
resolution.
We
utilize
that
in
each
of
those
staff,
members
being
certified,
instructors
are
allowed
to
teach
the
kids
these
strategies
on
how
to
use
these
non-violence
approach
to
conflicts.
F
F
Some
of
the
other
activities
that
took
place
another
season
celebration.
We
did
a
theater,
a
nice
national
competition
I
a
peer.
A
was
stalled
early
spring
over
at
Eccleston.
Privacy
say
that
those
forty
thousand
bees
are
doing
are
alive
and
well
they're
producing
honey.
The
honey
this
season
was
what
will
help
get
them
through
the
winter
season,
and
so,
hopefully,
by
next
year
summer,
by
the
end
of
next
summer,
we
may
even
be
able
to
harvest
some
of
the
honey
we
hosted
our
National
Parks
and
Recreation
Month
activities,
which
some
folks
participated
in.
F
We
had
a
special
ribbon-cutting
over
in
the
fifth
Ward
at
twigs
Park
thanks
to
contributions
and
improvements
made
by
Northwestern
University.
We
did
our
lecture
series
sponsored
by
the
levy,
st.
Senior,
Center
and
history
comes
alive
at
our
our
camp,
which
was
a
very,
very
exciting
parent.
If
you
talk
to
any
participant
there,
those
parents
can't
wait
to
next
summer
to
do
that
again,
the
last
but
not
least,
I
can't
help
but
say
it
every
chance
I
get
next.
F
To
is
that
you
could
put
you
guys
will
probably
hear
me
scream
from
New
Orleans
when
we
receive
this
gold
medal
award
again
you're
talking
about
the
Emmys,
the
Academy
Awards,
the
Golden
Globe.
This
is
what
this
is
for
our
profession
and
to
be
a
finalist
of
fork
out
of
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
thousands
of
communities
we're
one
of
the
top
four
we're
really
really
excited,
and
so
next
Tuesday
we'll
find
out
or
better
yet
we'll
be
receiving
that
and
bringing
it
back
home
with
us.
B
G
I
do
have
a
communication
for
several
weeks,
I
plan
to
use
the
time
during
tonight.
Just
comes
to
the
clerk
to
present
plan
for
participatory
budgeting.
You
know,
participatory
budgeting
is
something
that
the
Obama
White
House
has
championed.
We
invited
alderman
Joe
Moore,
the
49th
Ward
taya,
crumb
from
usc's
gradients,
cities
Institute
as
well
as
Murray
Hadden
from
the
participatory
budgeting
project,
advance
notice
was
provided
and
yet
Friday
afternoon
I
was
informed
that
the
presentation
could
not
move
forward.
G
Within
the
last
year,
my
predecessor
was
given
rightfully
given
the
opportunity
to
present
proposals
during
two
separate
council
meetings
once
regarding
a
local
entrepreneur,
a
local
apprenticeship
program
and
then
another
presentation
involving
increasing
the
salary
for
the
clerk's
position,
I
hope
the
aldermen,
especially
the
senior
aldermen,
who
rendered
no
objection
to
my
predecessors.
Presentations
for
this
office,
the
same
opportunity
to
share
with
share
with
the
public
during
future
comments
of
the
clerk.
G
It
is
without
question
that
comments
to
the
clerk
is
the
easiest
way
to
update
the
community
about
the
progressive
policies
that
they
elected
me
to
pursue,
and
we
shouldn't
be
making
it
harder
for
folks
to
access
that
information.
The
clerk's
office
will
hold
a
town
hall
in
the
future
regarding
participatory
budgeting
that
will
be
announced
at
a
later
date.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
alright,
so
we're
gonna
turn
to
public
public
comment.
I
have
the
the
sign-in
up
here
and,
as
you
guys,
you
guys
know
the
rule
right.
So,
if
you're
not
on
this
sheet
and
you'll
want
to
speak,
and
you
put
your
hand
out
so
I
can
do
the
math
correctly.
Okay,
keep
your
hand
up
for
a
second
I
got
seven
okay,
I
got
one
out
one
out
there,
I
got
you
there.
Two
out
there
be.
Can
you
see
behind
you
Michelle
this
three?
B
Okay,
all
right,
so
what
we're
gonna
do
in
order
to
to
get
everybody
up
here,
I've
got
the
sign
in
for
those
that
have
signed
in
I'm
gonna.
Ask
LaVonda.
Would
you
mind
taking
this
out
for
those
folks
that
didn't
sign
up?
If
you
can
sign
your
name
here
and
given
the
number
of
people
that
we
have
in
our
rule
of
45
minutes
total
for
public
for
public
comment,
we're
gonna,
give
each
speaker
two
minutes.
Okay,
I'm
gonna,
give
you
the
sign
that
we
keep
working
on
today.
B
So
I
will
again
I
just
ask
everybody
to
be
respectful
and
I
will
try
to
manage
this
well
and
keep
us
all
to
two
minutes
and
ask
that
you
do
the
same.
If
somebody
has
gotten
up
and
said
the
same
thing
that
you
said
you
can
pass,
that
is
okay.
In
fact,
people
might
just
cheer.
So
with
that,
the
first
three
speakers
that
will
come
up
is
Helen,
gaggle,
Susan,
a
Sula
lemak
and
then
ray
Friedman,
so
Helen
you're
up
first
Thank.
H
You,
mr.
mayor
members
of
the
council,
my
name
is
Helen.
Gaggle
I
live
at
804
Oakton
in
the
Ninth
Ward
I'm
here
this
evening.
As
a
member
of
the
age-friendly
Evanston
task
force
last
June
a
year
ago
in
June,
the
council
endorsed
our
three
year
action
plan,
which
was
developed
by
our
task
force
under
guidelines
established
by
the
World
Health
Organization,
and
it's
aimed
at
making
Evanston
a
more
age-friendly
City
for
people
of
all
ages.
The
research
surveys,
focus
groups
and
listening
sessions.
H
We
engaged
in
as
we
developed
our
plan,
which
is
available
on
the
city's
website
all
pointed
to
housing,
especially
affordable
housing.
A
primary
concern,
it
is
also
a
reason
in
some
case,
is
the
only
reason
that
would
cause
older
adults
to
consider
leaving
Evanston.
So
tonight's
discussion
is
timely.
It's
appropriate
it's
important
and
I.
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time,
as
the
counsel
in
this
community
consider
how
we
can
expand
access
to
affordable
housing.
H
I
propose
that
we
consider
the
possibilities
and
benefits
of
intergenerational
housing
as
a
strategy
to
not
only
address
the
need
for
affordable
housing,
but
also
to
build
a
stronger
community
across
generations.
I
believe
it
is
possible
in
Evanston
to
create
a
connected
community
that
is
intergenerational,
inclusive,
equitable,
affordable
and
replicable,
and
we
have
an
opportunity
here
in
Evanston
to
show
how
that
can
be
done.
We
are
not
alone,
cities
and
towns
from
the
Hudson
Valley
to
Silicon.
Valley
are
trying
to
figure
this
out.
So
there
is
an
opportunity
for
learning
and
collaboration.
H
There
is
opportunity
for
entrepreneurship.
There
is
opportunity
to
fashion
a
multi-sector
approach
involving
the
public,
private,
not-for-profit
education
and
service
sectors,
and
in
the
coming
months
our
task
force
will
be
researching
and
considering
how
we
can
incorporate
intergenerational
community
building
here
in
Evanston
and
into
our
affordable
housing
strategies
and
we'll
share
what
we
learned
with
you.
Thank
you.
Thank.
I
Great,
thank
you.
My
name
is
sue
Lubbock
I
am
the
manager
of
advocacy
at
connections
for
the
homeless
and
joining
forces
for
affordable
housing.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
and
city
staff
for
making
the
topic
of
affordable
housing
a
priority
tonight.
We
hope
that
affordable
housing
will
continue
to
be
at
the
top
of
the
list
for
the
city
moving
forward
without
enough
affordable
housing
for
people
at
the
lower
end
of
the
socio-economic
scale.
I
That
instan
cannot
be
the
best
that
it
can
be,
and
it
cannot
reach
its
full
capacity
for
livable
over
the
foreseeable
future.
Affordable
housing
will
be
the
key
to
many
of
the
issues
that
have
been
under
discussion
at
recent
City
Council
meetings.
For
instance,
affordable
housing
will
be
key
to
creating
economic
equity
throughout
our
community,
without
which
no
other
type
of
equity
can
be
sustainable.
I
I
Research
shows
that
unstable
housing,
lack
of
mobility
and
parental
stress
are
direct
causes
of
youth
violence
and
the
affordable
housing
will
be
key
to
leveraging
the
good
work
being
done
by
the
countless
nonprofit
organizations
in
Evanston,
including
those
that
focus
on
mental
health,
domestic
violence,
disabilities,
addiction,
child
development,
racial
equity,
hunger,
senior
citizens,
youth
and
poverty
in
January.
2017
connections
for
the
homeless
leads
to
human
services
agencies
throughout
the
region
to
collaborate
on
advocacy
related
to
affordable
housing,
because
the
lack
of
affordable
housing
is
harming
the
clients
of
all
of
us.
I
The
resulting
coalition
of
30
agencies,
plus
communities
of
faith
and
individuals
is
called
joining
forces
for
affordable
housing,
and
we
ask
that
the
city
engage
in
a
renewed
effort
to
create
more
affordable
housing,
starting
quickly
with
several
actions,
including
making
progress
toward
the
affordable
housing
plan,
creating
a
new
plan
and
ensuring
there's
a
clear
and
deliberate
plan
for
implementing
the
affordable
housing
fund.
Thank
you
soon.
Let's
thank
you.
Alright,.
J
Good
evening
city
council,
mayor
Haggerty
last
week,
I
spoke
about
affordable
housing
in
the
proposed
16
unit
building
at
22/15
Dempster.
On
behalf
of
myself
and
my
neighbors
davon
Reed
was
kind
enough
to
pass
out
our
letter
to
all
city
council
members.
We,
the
neighbors,
posed
several
questions
and
some
of
the
reasons
that
the
16
unit
building
does
not
belong
on
the
corner
of
Dempster
and
pitner.
We
are
very
disappointed
that
we've
not
received
even
one
response.
J
The
neighbors
here
in
the
second
Ward
we're
looking
forward
to
914
our
first
award
meeting
since
the
summer
break
then
was
canceled
the
day
before
we've
not
gotten
much
feedback
from
our
Alderman
Peter
Braithwaite
on
this
proposed
16
unit
building,
except
that
Peter
did
say
he
understands
that
99
percent
of
the
residents
are
against
the
project.
I,
don't
know
how
this
is
helping
us.
J
B
L
You
guys
learn
from
the
staff,
but
also
I,
really
look
forward
to
seeing
enough
a
plan
for
the
use
of
the
affordable
housing
fund.
We've
been
watching
by
out
after
by
out
our
people,
using
the
buyout
options
for
and
instead
of
building
affordable
units
and
new
developments
and
I'd
be
very
interested
to
see
how
that
is
likely
to
be
spent,
and
that
kind
of
transparency
will
be
very
useful
and
also.
My
hat
is
off
to
to
the
Lowell
block
and
the
joining
forces
group
which
I'm
part
of,
and
it's
it's
becoming
a
real
force
right.
M
Good
evening,
mayor
city,
clerk,
council,
members
and
city
manager,
that's
the
proper
way
to
be
introduced
to
the
council
when
you
get
up
the
next
time,
I
come
to
also
support
the
affordable
housing.
I
do
believe
that,
as
you
said,
we
should
not
allow
contractors
to
come
in
and
pay
out
instead
of
parents
for
affordable
housing.
There
are
many
seniors
of
the
city
who
are
now
on
fixed
incomes,
including
myself,
who
will
be
it's
kind
of
hard
to
pay
their
mortgages
and
I
think
that
you
ought
to
look
into
this.
M
How
you
can
make
this
equitable
for
everybody's
community,
the
middle
class
lower
class
and
also
those
who
make
an
appt
amount
of
money
who
can
who
can
also
use
affordable
housing?
Secondly,
I
was
going
to
say
anything
at
first,
but
I
am
tired
of
the
present
clerk.
Now
continue
to
jump
on
me
and
accuse
me
of
things
that
I
could
have
or
didn't
that
do.
M
N
N
One
of
the
first
comment
is
in
the
packet.
It
says
that
one
of
the
biggest
problems
of
making
housing
affordable
is
our
high
real
estate
taxes.
If
we
continue
increasing
our
real
estate
taxes,
it's
going
to
make
the
problem
worse.
If
we
increase
developer
fees,
it'll
make
the
problem
worse,
because
developers
have
to
pay
have
to
increase
the
rents
to
cover
those
those
additional
fees.
The
questions
I
have
are
shows
a
big
gap
is
shown
in
between
supply
and
demand
between
our
with
Evanston
as
coqui
combined.
N
Also
do
we
know
why
there
is
such
a
great
demand,
there's
a
problem
with
supply,
of
course,
but
why
is
there
such
a
great
demand
I'm
just
interested
in
knowing
something
about
that
nice?
The
second
subject
I
wanted
to
talk
about
is
the
al
behind
development
on
Sherman
Park
I
was
surprised
at
the
plan.
Commission
approved
this
development.
N
They
are
asking
for
five
variances,
some
of
our
major
variances
from
our
zoning,
the
building
height
parking
and
if
you
look
at
Co,
urbanized
you're
gonna
see
some
very
thoughtful
comments
from
an
architect
and
a
former
member
of
the
plant
Commission,
as
well
as
negative
comments
about
this.
This
proposal
and
I
hope
it's
not
not
approved
in
his
present
form.
Okay,.
O
Evanston
doesn't
need
more
luxury
apartment
developments,
we're
focused
and
why
I
say
we
there's
a
great
constituency
against
the
development
and
it's
growing
and
we
intend
to
grow
it
and
we're
focused
we're
laser
focus
on
the
effects
of
people
in
median
and
low
median
and
lower-income
we're
not
into
pandering
the
professional
class.
I.
Think
the
other
half
has
done
pretty
well
over
the
last
40
years
in
Evanston,
I
support,
affordable
housing
and
I.
Don't
support
band-aids
I
want
to
transformative
plan.
O
I
don't
want
to
hear
about
the
market
because
you
know
the
market
is
a
killer,
because
people
are
forced
to
have
Evanston
by
the
market
and
they
go.
They
go
to
West
Side
South,
Side
Chicago
they
get
killed,
they
get
robbed,
they
can
get
out
of.
There
then
come
up
here.
They
can
do
better.
We
have
seniors
women,
people
color,
lower-income
people,
I
am
for
saving
a
remnant.
I,
don't
want
a
museum.
O
B
B
P
Hi
I'm
here
also
to
speak
about
the
plan
Commission
meeting
recently
that
reviewed
the
Albion
residential
proposal,
which
is
16-story
the
high-rise,
286
micro
units
with
80%
studios.
Since
we're
talking
about
affordable
housing.
These
are
450
square
feet,
one
bedrooms
at
500
square
feet
and
even
some
three
bedrooms
which
costs
$4,300
but
anyway,
planned
developments,
do
not
go
through
the
Zoning
Board.
From
what
I
understand
like
everyone
else's
developments,
they
are
so
big
they're
supposed
to
get
a
very
rigorous
vetting
through
the
plan.
P
Commission
that
evaluates
the
zoning
variances
and
in
the
context
of
the
master
plans
and
other
very
specific
aspects
of
the
standards
of
the
plan
development.
Unfortunately,
the
zoning
and
the
zoning
variances
were
not
discussed
or
deliberated
at
this
meeting
at
all.
Not
for
one
minute
there
was
two
and
a
half
to
two
two
and
half
hours
of
commentary
from
citizens
and
experts,
including
many
experts,
a
letter
from
the
former
Evanston
Zoning
Board,
Chairman,
architects,
engineers,
Realtors
lawyers,
some
who
shared
serious
concerns
and
very
specific
aspects
of
the
zoning
violations.
P
Evanston's
former
zoning
chairman
says
it
is
double
the
structure.
Double
the
mass
and
the
variances
undermine
the
intent
of
the
zoning.
A
total
obliteration
of
our
zoning
architects
spoke
about
the
deficiencies
and
others
refuted
the
developer's
data.
At
the
day
when
the
developer
spoke,
he
shared
some
major
changes
they
made
to
the
building,
including
the
building
being
lowered
by
16
feet.
Yet
the
the
Commission's
own
architect
there
nor
seemingly
other
anyone
else
had
seen
new
drawings
I
had
to
be
the
one
to
ask
the
question:
how
will
you
do
this?
P
How
will
you
lower
the
building?
Are
you
losing
a
story
turned
out?
There
was
a
convoluted
explanation
about
losing
2
inches
per
floor.
It
was
all
not
very
clear
later.
The
architect
asked
for
a
continuance,
because
there
was
so
much
additional
information
that
he
would
like
to
review
and
it
was
waved
off.
They
were
just
taking
their
word
for
it.
I.
P
So
basically,
we
believe
that,
because
the
five
major
zoning
variances
we
and
almost
like
a
very
whimsical
discussion
about
this
building,
like
I,
think
it
would
probably
fit
and
not
a
step-by-step
evaluation
of
the
zoning
variances,
that
we
need
a
much
more
thorough
evaluation,
also
with
experts
of
this
city,
who
are
specifically
have
this
expertise,
and
that
was
absolutely
not
sufficiently
vetted.
Thank
you.
Thank.
Q
Good
evening,
I'm
Claire
Kelley
of
823
Colfax
a
45
year
old,
fort
I've,
lived
here
for
over
45
years,
so
affordable
housing.
This
is
an
extremely
serious
issue
in
Evanston,
as
well
as
the
issue
of
segregated
neighborhoods
and
wards.
Last
week,
the
Plan
Commission
I
think
made
a
mockery
of
Evanston's
efforts
to
address
the
issue
of
affordable
housing
and
fair
housing,
as
it's
emeritus
regarded
and
dismissed,
resident
concerns,
city
plans,
city
zoning,
most
importantly,
dismissing
our
affordable
housing
ordinance,
as
so
they
they
could
rush
through
the
enormous
luxury
albion
development
recommendation.
Q
They
readily
allowed
albion
a
variance
on
our
affordable
housing,
ordinance
permitting
Albion
to
reduce
by
about
half
the
required
amount
of
affordable
housing
mandated
by
our
Evanston
ordinance
and
mind
you.
This
is
without
paying
into
the
other
half
paying
into
our
the
equivalent
into
the
Evanston,
affordable
housing
fund.
You
know
we
all
should
know
that
the
ultimate
owner
of
Albion
is
a
Texas
is
Texas
based
salmon's
enterprises.
This
is
the
83rd
largest
private
company
in
the
United
States,
with
over
85
billion
dollars
in
assets.
Q
Yet
you
know
they
just
couldn't
didn't
quite
want
to
do
the
full
go.
The
full
way
with
our
zoning
ordinance,
so
we
said:
okay,
your
profits,
I,
won't
be
high
enough
sure,
go
ahead,
yeah
we'll
take
off
half
for
you.
This
is
disgusting
while
using
a
name
of
our
low-income
residents,
Evans
the
residents
to
cut
these
unsavory
deals
for
the
very
rich.
Our
plan
Commission
readily
approved
just
about
every
variance
very
upon
variants
to
accommodate
this
incredibly
wealthy
developer
at
seven
stone
Ian's.
Q
We
should
be
appalled
and
mortified
by
the
actions
of
disappointed
plan
commission,
their
failure
to
understand
to
even
understand
the
plans
and
our
ordinances
into
Apple
and
federal
laws,
and
to
uphold
our
city
plans
and
ordinances,
particularly
the
affordable,
housing,
ordinance
and
seriously.
You
know
really
I
think
at
this
point.
We
should
consider
as
calling
for
their
Domitian
or
their
dismissal
I
need.
Q
R
The
city
of
Evanston
has
been
focusing
a
prioritizing
front,
building
extremely
expensive
luxury
rentals.
Meanwhile,
we've
recognized
affordability
as
one
of
the
city's
biggest
challenges.
To
my
count,
this
is
the
city's
eleventh
luxury,
rental
development,
nine
being
high-rises,
another
micro
luxury
high-rise
as
big
as
the
Albion
is
still
to
be
built
at
831.
Emerson
plus
there
are
two
to
three
mid-rise
have
luxury
luxury
buildings.
R
Incidentally,
please
note
that
oak
parks
plan
commission
voted
down
their
building.
There
are
many
citizens
concerns
about
the
proposed
new
Albion
development.
I
agree
with
all
those
concerns,
but
want
to
focus
on
a
particular
concern
that
stands
out
being
beyond
any
of
those
and
that's
the
impact
of
excessive
high-rise
development
that
has
on
our
residents
and
here
in
Evanston.
We
have
to
ask
ourselves
who
gets
to
live
in
these
units
in
analyzing
the
perspective
effects
of
the
Albi
on
building
on
affordability.
R
Right
well,
what
I
will
wrap
up
is
that
you
know
we
have
to
consider
in
the
US
income
correlates
with
race,
and
the
median
income
of
whites
in
Chicago,
for
example,
is
about
$70,000
compared
with
56
thousand
dollars
for
Asians
and
41
thousand
dollars
for
Latinos
and
down
to
$30,000
for
blacks
according
to
the
Chicago
Tribune
article
from
January
2017.
If
this
development
and
these
other
luxury
high-rises
are
out
of
reach
for
most
white
people,
they're
unimaginable
for
other
people,
if
we
want
to
talk
that
we're
inclusive,
let's
act
that
we're
inclusive.
S
My
name
is
Tracy
McKeithen
I
live
in
the
eighth
ward
at
411,
dodge
I
am
the
executive
director
of
Family
Promise
Chicago
Northshore.
It
is
a
family
homeless.
Shelter
operating
in
Evanston
I
am
also
a
part
of
the
Interfaith
action
of
Evanston
advocacy
team,
as
well
as
joining
forces,
so
I.
Thank
you
for
making
affordable
housing
part
of
the
topic
for
this
evening.
So
we've
heard
other
constituents
talk
about
affordable
housing
for
seniors
and
for
other
individuals
that
need
a
unit
larger
than
a
studio.
S
So
I
want
to
tell
you
a
story
about
one
of
the
families
in
my
shelter
program
that
we
house
this
year,
this
family,
two
parents
and
one
child
the
child
was
enrolled
in
school.
Let's
do
e
when
it
was
time
for
them
to
finish
the
program
and
move
into
their
own
housing.
They
could
not
find
an
affordable
unit
in
Evanston,
so
in
April
the
family
was
able
to
find
an
apartment
in
Wheeling.
They
do
not
have
public
transportation.
S
S
They
had
to
pay
that
nearly
twenty
five
hundred
dollars
so
her
she
could
finish
the
school
year
instead
of
being
able
to
find
her
a
unit
for
her
family
in
Evanston,
so
they
could
stay
here
where
they
had
been
living
in
the
shelter,
the
friends
that
they
made
the
relationships
that
they
made
and
with
other
resources
that
they
had
in
Evanston.
So
I
urge
you
to
not
have
another
discussion
about
the
need
for
affordable
housing
in
Evanston.
It
is
crystal
clear.
S
T
T
This
is
mysterious
to
me
because
HUDs
report
says
it's
actually
eleven
hundred
and
seventy
six,
but
furthermore,
the
unit
of
measurement.
Then,
when
the
slide
switches
to
Evanston
is
not
market
rate
rent,
but
what's
the
average
rent,
that's
the
slide
reports
and
the
average
rent
that
it
reports
for
a
two-bedroom
in
Evanston
is.
Are
you
ready
for
this
two
thousand
four
hundred
and
fifty
four
dollars
and
I?
T
Don't
believe
that
and
I'd
like
to
know
what
the
source
for
it
for
that
is,
did
that
come
from
mohab
website
and
it
goes
on
to
say
kind
of
contrast,
average
Cook
County
income
is
like
forty
nine
thousand,
then
it
says
well.
Evanston
s--
is
like
double
two
that
there's
no
argument
made,
but
it's
sort
of
the
implication
as
well.
T
We
can
afford
more
in
Evanston
two
thousand
four
hundred
and
fifty
four
dollars
is
not
a
rent
that
is
in
within
the
reach
of
most
people
in
Evanston,
and
but
it
just
coincidentally,
coincides
with
a
two-bedroom
rent
in
the
luxury
micro
developments.
Stop
the
luxury
mitral
developments,
please
give
us
moderately
income
housing
for
seniors
and
for
families.
T
U
Good
evening,
thank
you
guys
for
dedicating
a
night
to
this
it
porn
topic.
My
name
is
Adrienne
Willoughby
I
live
in
the
fifth
Ward
and
I'm
the
executive
director
for
the
place,
Development
Corp
and
we
focus
solely
on
affordable
housing
in
Evanston,
and
you
know,
I
want
to
kind
of
echo
what
some
people
said
earlier
about.
U
But
I'd
like
to
see,
as
part
of
this
proposed
pilot,
that
we
make
it
mandatory
that
the
units
are
included
for
affordability
and
then
you
know
in
other
areas
of
the
city.
Then
we
can.
We
can
sort
it
out
because,
as
we're
seeing
with
the
housing
opportunities
project,
there's
a
lot
of
neighborhood
concern
about
how
it
feels
in
the
neighborhood,
so
it
makes
sense
to
have
bigger
structures
towards
our
downtown
area.
So,
let's
mandate
that
those
units
are
included
there
and
then
let's
work
with
our
neighbors
to
build
an
affordability
throughout
the
different
words.
V
Good
evening,
thank
you.
My
name
is
Gail.
Schecter
I
am
wearing
my
hat
this
evening
as
the
member
of
the
State
Housing
Appeals
Board,
that's
the
board
that
is
charged
with
enforcing
the
state's
affordable
housing
planning,
an
appeal
Act,
which
actually
Levenstein
state
legislators
champion
back
about
15
years
ago.
So
I
am
the
affordable
housing
advocate,
so
you
might
say,
I'm
the
official,
affordable
housing
advocate
of
the
state
of
Illinois
and
prior.
V
You
know-
and
you
probably
know
me
as
having
served
as
the
executive
director
of
open
communities
for
over
22
years
until
last
year,
so
I
know
a
lot
about
the
North
Shore
housing
market.
So
I
would
just
like
to
suggest
that
actually,
rather
than
even
using
the
term
affordable
housing,
but
we're
really
talking
about
is
an
Evanston
that
is,
that
serves
a
mix
of
income.
So
we're
really
talking
about
mixed
income,
housing
serving
the
full
spectrum
of
incomes
in
the
area
and
what's
happened.
V
What
we
have
right
now
is
really
for
Evanston
housing
markets
where
there
really
should
be
before
our
families,
regular
families,
individuals.
We
have
students
from
Northwestern.
We
have,
since
the
1990s
an
increasing
number
of
quote
empty
nesters
and
young
professionals,
and
that's
largely
what's
being
catered
by
the
Downtown
Development
or
whose
being
catered
and
then
finally
persons
experiencing
homelessness
and
then,
when
you
overlay,
race
and
class,
you've
got
further
divisions
in
these
these
populations.
Where
again
there
should
be
one
so
I
would
suggest
that
you
can.
You
have
five
four
considerations.
V
Ask
yourself
when
judging
any
proposal
or
potential
policy
number
one
is:
will
this
proposed
project
or
policy,
give
us
housing
for
all
populations
in
every
neighborhood
in
every
building,
or
does
it
serve
to
separate
or
continue
the
separation
number
two
is
is:
does
it
does
the
housing
ameliorate,
the
region's
stress,
because
the
affordable
housing
act
we're
part
of
a
whole
region
with
the
jobs
housing
mismatch
stresses
between
you
know
what
you
just
heard
about
families
going
from
Wheeling
to
Evanston?
Does
it
relieve
the
stress
or
exacerbate
I?
Need
you
to
wrap
it
up.
V
Fourth,
is:
are
we
rendering
affordable
housing,
a
resource
for
generations
to
come
or
does
is
this
gonna
sunset
in
15
years
and
finally,
is
the
housing
going
to
be
affirmatively
marketed,
or
is
it
just
going
to
be
marketed
to
a
few
demographics
and
I
think
if
these
five
considerations
are
things
that
that
should
assist
you
as
you're
moving
forward?
Thank
you.
Thank.
W
Good
evening
mayor
city
manager,
city,
council
and
city
clerk,
my
name
is
Renee.
Payton
I
live
at
1122,
Emerson
and
I'm,
going
to
go
a
little
off
topic
today,
I'm
going
to
talk
about
the
Emerson
Ridge
Green
Bay
Road
project.
Almost
three
years
ago,
I
stood
here
and
called
the
project,
an
abomination
and
juvenile
and
I
was
right.
The
intersection
has
gone
from
an
F
to
an
F.
If
that's
possible,
millions
of
dollars
have
been
blown
for
a
downgraded
intersection
from
what
I
understand.
W
The
contractors
who
I
said
three
years
ago
had
not
proven
that
they
could
improve
the
intersection
claim
that
they
that
there's
construction
work
on
Sheridan
Road
is
causing
the
problems
today
at
the
Emerson
Green
Bay
Bridge
intersection.
That
is
completely
false.
The
traffic
problems
began
when
the
contractors
made
the
first
changes.
I
know
I
was
there.
I
saw
traffic
is
left
in
the
middle
of
the
intersection,
because
the
contractor
screwed
up
the
street
configuration
and
the
traffic
lights
I
hear
people
complaining
all
the
time.
W
From
the
very
beginning,
this
traffic
problem
can
be
seen
on
a
Sunday
afternoon.
Emerge
emergency
vehicles
are
struggling
to
get
through
the
intersection
with
traffic.
Finding
it
difficult
to
move,
they
did
not
do
their
own
study,
which
I
couldn't
expect
competent
professionals
to
do
they
used
in
old
city
of
Evanston
traffic
study
and
did
not
take
into
consideration
heavier
traffic
volumes
for
new
developments
in
the
surrounding
area.
W
W
Is
still
unfinished
business
at
my
house
and
they
left
a
messed
up,
sidewalk
on
the
north
Emerson
between
Green
Bay
and
Asbury,
where
the
sidewalk
slants,
making
it
more
difficult
for
disabled
persons
and
elderly
to
get
out
of
the
car.
They
never
did
their
homework.
They
never
prove
they
knew
what
they
were
doing.
They
made
the
intersection
worse
and
will
blame
everyone
and
everything
but
themselves,
no
excuses.
I
told
you
this
would
happen
now
you
have
to
fix
it
and
I'll
hold
them
accountable.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
X
According
to
the
Chart
for
the
presentation
that
you're
about
to
hear,
as
someone
spoke
before,
the
fair
market
for
a
two-bedroom
is
12:30
for
ku
County
and
the
average
rent
for
two
Burrell
and
Evanston
is
2050
for
currently,
Paden
properties
receives
less
than
that
from
t-ara
for
a
four
bedroom.
Two
bedroom,
two
four-bedroom
two-bathroom
unit
when
we're
housing,
a
family
of
six
in
that
unit
with
skyrocketing
property
taxes,
water
bills,
garbage
fees,
rental,
registration
fees,
maintenance,
utility
bills,
repairs,
it
is
becoming
impossible
to
maintain.
E
B
X
Watched
the
city,
giveme
developers,
bonuses,
few
affordable
housing
units
and
purchase
expensive
homes
with
only
house
a
couple
of
families.
We
have
asked
help
to
maintain
our
units,
such
as
new
roofs
windows
and
our
buildings,
and
we
have
never
gotten
any
assistance.
As
of
now
Paden
properties
will
no
longer
have
any
money
in
our
budget
to
accept
these
programs
that
pay
us
well
below
the
Evanston
market
rate
rents.
We
wish
you
well
and
hope
you
can
find
new
landlords
that
can
afford
to
take
the
programs,
but
we
can
no
longer
take
their
programs.
Thank
you.
X
Y
Y
Hello,
my
name
is
Ronnie
Wilson,
depending
on
who
you
ask
I'm,
either
an
activist
or
a
troublemaker
so
depending
on
who
you
ask
and
who
I'm
here
trying
to
represent
is
two
five
generations
of
my
people
that
just
rich
deal-making
system
was
built
on
as
you
make.
These
deals
remember
something
three
to
five
thousand
african-americans
left.
This
town
I
watched
my
grandfather,
get
up
and
go
to
the
post
office
to
work
and
when
he
got
off
for
a
dollar
job,
he
went
to
another
job
as
a
construction
foreman.
Y
So
we
could
buy
a
house
on
hold
in
court
now.
What
I'm
watching
is
that
same
house?
My
daughter
who
makes
$90,000
working
at
the
police
department
can't
afford
something's
wrong
people
and
what
we
do
in
Evanston.
Is
this
I,
don't
know
it's
calcified
normalcy
of
thought.
We
just
chase
our
tails
and
I'll
use
myself
as
an
example.
Almost
30
years
ago,
they
commissioned
a
study
in
this
place
to
study
a
bunch
of
kids
in
Bishop
Freeman.
Y
Y
If
you
look
at
what
other
communities
have
done,
if
you
look
at
Davis
California
and
California
Cal
State
Davis,
what
they
did
is
they
raised
312
million
dollars
and
built
a
zero
energy
community
and
they
put
315
people
in
it
and
homeowners
of
mixed
income.
Evanston
doesn't
want
to
do
that
because
I'll
be
honest
with
you.
Y
This
is
a
rich
person's
town
and
rich
people
make
deals
with
other
rich
people
and
that's
why
we
don't
get
anywhere
you're,
not
interested
if
I
live
here,
but
I'll
be
honest
with
you
that
museum
that
you're
talking,
while
building
I'm
going
to
be
the
lead
where
you
look
at
because
I'm
not
leaving
so
my
point
is,
is
we've
got
to
stop
playing
games
and
there's
a
reason
we
play
games?
It's
because
the
problem
stays
where
it
said.
We
don't
want
to
solve
problems.
We
want
to
have
advertising
and
how
we
talk
about
problems.
Y
Z
My
name
is
Bennett
708
Washington,
the
nice
ward
I'll,
be
clear.
We
need
to
change
the
law
to
make
mandatory,
affordable
housing
instead
of
the
exercising
the
option,
because
any
developer
who's
interested
in
return
on
investment
will
opt
for
the
money
rather
than
affordable
housing.
And
you
know
the
reasons
well,
as
I
haven't
do
a
race,
you
don't
want
those
kind
of
people
living
next
door
to
you.
It's
we've
been
there
now
I
want
to
say
a
couple
of
things.
I
was
part
of
a
group.
Z
Some
years
ago
the
mayor
had
a
special
group
to
look
at
the
need
to
do
something
about
taxes
and
everything,
because
the
revenue
was
not
sufficient
to
handle
the
the
city,
business
and
I
also
was
aware
of
Henry
George
Henry
George
was
a
very
important
guy
back
in
back
in
the
day,
who
advocated
not
summers
but
going
up
instead
of
out
and
in
order
not
to
have
what
we
have
now
what
we
call
service
straws
for
all.
That
was
the
answer
for
Henson,
because
we
can't
go
out.
Z
We
have
to
go
up
so
since
that's
a
reality
that
we
have
to
deal
with.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
we
go
up.
Firstly,
as
we
go
out
because,
as
we
know,
by
what
you
heard,
what
is
going
on
now
will
make
Evanston
a
middle-class
white
upper
middle
class
white,
suburban
city.
Now
you
guys
have
the
power
I'm,
just
talking
like
Tommy
said,
but
you
have
to
make
the
decision
and
make
the
decision
right,
because
you
don't
have
to
be
confused
about
this.
It's
very
clear
what
needs
to
be
done.
AA
Good
evening
my
name
is
Barbara:
simpler,
I
live
at
8
to
5,
Ridge,
Terrace
and
I'm,
a
member
for
the
last
three
years
of
the
Affordable
Housing
Committee
for
Age
Friendly
Evanston.
Just
a
few
things.
I
want
to
support
the
request
that
you've
heard
already
that
the
affordable
housing
fund
requirements
removed
the
option
of
paying
money
instead
of
creating
units,
we
need
the
unit's.
We
need
the
affordable
housing.
AA
It's
been
crystal
clear
everybody
here
knows
it:
we've
been
building
a
tremendous
amount
of
luxury
units
enough
already
with
the
luxury
we
need
to
retain
the
diversity
and
the
access
and
equity
to
housing.
That
has
been
a
hallmark
of
this
community
for
generations.
We
are
losing
the
people,
who've
created
our
community,
because
we
are
pricing
them
out.
They
built
the
Evanston
that
we
now
enjoy.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
they
are
allowed
to
remain
and
that
future
generations
are
allowed
to
remain.
AA
I,
also
think
and
want
to
know
from
you
what
is
being
done
with
the
money.
That's
in
that
affordable
housing
fund,
we've
lost
3,300
units
of
affordability
over
the
last
ten
years
and
as
far
as
I
know,
we
have
not
taken
any
of
the
money.
That's
in
that
fund
and
created
new,
affordable
units,
so
I
urge
you,
as
others
have
said,
to
use
your
leadership
to
use
this
as
an
opportunity
to
really
reflect
the
values
of
our
community.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AB
Hello
council,
mayor
clerk,
the
city
clerk,
my
name
is
Michele
Hayes
I
live
at
7:12
Dobson
in
the
eighth
Ward
and
I
am
privileged
to
have
gotten
out
in
front
of
a
group
of
people
on
Facebook
called
back
on
their
feet.
Evanston
Illinois,
one
of
the
great
privileges
of
that
group,
is
being
able
to
hear
directly
from
people
who
are
impacted
by
a
lack
of
housing
or
a
lack
of
resources,
and,
as
we
discuss
this
whole
housing
project,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
all
of
you
what
that
face,
looks
like
today.
AB
I
spoke
to
two
people
who
we
are
helping,
get
furniture
for
their
move
out
of
Evanston
because
they
can
no
longer
afford
to
live
here.
I
have
spoken
to
people
who
are
sleeping
in
their
cars
at
night,
because
that
is
the
only
way
that
they
can
stay
in
Evanston
I
know
a
certain
percentage
of
our
group.
We
recommend
move
out
to
des
plaines
because
that
is
where
the
affordable
housing
is
and
I
want.
You
to
know
who
these
people
are.
AB
AB
They
are
hardworking.
Folks,
many
of
them
are
parents,
some
are
individuals,
they
are
very
good.
People
and
I
am
privileged
to
know
them
and
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
doing
very
wrong
in
this
city
is
we're
not
talking
to
them
and
finding
out
exactly
what
they
need
from
them.
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
keep
these
people
here,
because
I
think
they
are
the
soul
of
Evanston
and
if
we
lose
them,
we
are
going
to
lose.
Who
we
are.
AB
I
also
think
that
big
developments
and
raising
of
tax
dollars
buy
things
like
parking
tickets,
etc
tend
to
to
get
money
from
that
group
of
people
as
opposed
to
the
people
who
are
wealthy
in
Evanston
and
can
afford
to
do
it
so
I
would
caution
you
to
make
sure
that
the
ways
that
we
come
up
with
affordable
housing?
Don't
actually
hurt
the
people
that
we're
trying
to
help?
Thank
you.
AC
Good
evening,
mayor
Haggerty
of
City
Council
members,
my
name
is
Darlene
cannon
I,
come
to
tonight
to
ask
the
city
of
Evanston
to
not
continue
to
take
the
buyout
from
developers
in
which
allow
them
to
pick
a
fee
in
lieu
of
affordable
housing
units.
There
are
Everton
residents.
There
are
dire
need
of
apartments,
I'm,
also
asking
that
you
scatter
the
affordable
housing
units
throughout
the
city
and
not
concentrate
the
unit's
that
you
fund
in
the
CDBG
neighborhoods,
because
when
you
stack
poor
people
in
buildings
with
other
poor
people,
that
is
not
integration.
AC
That
is
called
segregation.
The
city
should
be
funding
projects
that
are
scattered
throughout
the
city,
as
HUD
laws
require,
and
also
I
want
to
make
note
that
I,
like
my
neighbor
ray
and
against
the
16
unit
building,
and
you
guys,
should
be
considering
that
they're
using
the
regional
housing
initiative,
and
you
should
be
seeing
how
many
of
those
units
are
going
to
go
to
Allister
residence
before
you
decide
next
week
to
give
them
five
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
Thank
you
thank.
AD
AD
Oh,
we
happen
the
low
income,
the
poor
and
everything,
and
that
is
not
happening.
I,
looked
at
that
chart
that
you
had
and
you
had
a
number
for
your
budget
and
you
had
ever
since
Skokie
fine,
but
where
is
the
Evanston
resident,
which
was
their
numbers
in
which
was
the
other
one,
and
then
he
had
another
number
down.
There
was
the
housing
unit,
which
was
three
thousand
and
something
couldn't
figure
out
how
you
got
to
that
number,
but
the
one
thing
that
is
not
in
that
package
is:
where
will
these
housing
units
be?
AD
B
You
Thank
You
Betty
all
right
and
that
that
I
don't
have
you
on
the
side.
I,
don't
have
you
in
the
sign-in
sheet.
So
like
the
guys
folks,
the
the
deal
is
I'm
gonna.
Let
you
I'm
gonna,
let
you
speak,
but
just
so
we
all
just
so.
We
all
know
for
future.
I
mean
I've
got
to
have
the
sign-in
sheet
we're
trying
to
keep
with
it
with
some
time
here
and
everything.
So
you.
AE
This
is
not
the
Evanston
that
most
of
the
people
who
even
live
here
most
of
the
people
in
this
audience-
and
some
of
you
came
here
for
this-
is
not
the
Evanston
that
you
wanted
to
come
to,
and
we
have
people
who
have
been
here
for
over
a
hundred
years
who
are
not
able
to
stay
here
any
longer.
It's
not.
It's
not
fair,
although
maybe
this
is
the
design.
Thank
you
thank.
B
You
thank
you
Priscilla
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Everybody
for
you
know
taking
the
time
to
come
here
and
speak
so
passionately
and
so
articulately
in
public
comment.
I
think
I
speak
for
everybody
up
here
and
how
impressed
we
are
with
again
how
respectful
you
are
and
how
passionate
you
are
about
important
issues
here
in
Evanston.
So
thank
you
in
terms
of
the
order
of
the
business
tonight.
We
have
two
special
orders
of
business
sp1,
affordable
housing
and
economic
development
budget
issues,
and
it's
for
action.
B
A
C
Evening,
mr.
mayor
members
of
City
Council
clerk,
read
city
manager,
Bob
quince,
I'm,
Johanna
Leonard,
the
city's
Community
Velma
director,
before
we
launch
into
what
we're
going
to
talk
about
tonight.
I
just
wanted
to
try
to
put
a
definition
of
fordable
housing
when
we
talk
about
affordable
housing
where
we're
following
HUDs
general
definition,
which
is
housing
for
which
the
occupants
are
paying
no
more
than
30
percent
of
his
or
her
income
for
gross
housing
costs,
including
utilities.
We
know
that
quite
often
people
are
paying
more
than
30%.
C
We
know
that
gross
income
for
a
homeowner
means
something
when
you
pay
for
your
housing
costs
versus
a
renter,
but
we
wanted
to
put
that
in
focus
there
and
then,
as
we
prepared
our
presentation,
we
thought
a
lot
about
who
can
afford
to
live
in
Evanston
and
connected
that
to
a
lot
of
our
major
employers
and
I.
Just
wanted
to
put
some
numbers
to
this
for
somebody
at
district
65
who
is
a
custodial
or
maintenance
staff.
C
They're
earning
roughly
forty,
two
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
dollars
in
for
the
Chicago
fair
market
value
for
a
household
of
three.
That's
that's
at
about
60%
of
ami,
which
means
they
can
afford
about
$1,100
per
month
for
housing.
The
second
number
I
want
you
to
remember
is
for
somebody
who's,
a
teacher.
AF
AF
Everyone
has
the
right
to
a
standard
of
living
adequate
for
the
health
and
well-being
of
himself
and
his
family,
including
food,
clothing,
housing
and
medical
care
and
necessary
social
services
and
security
of
employment.
An
article
published
in
July
of
2017
in
the
Journal
of
internal
medicine,
titled
inequities
in
life
expectancy
among
u.s.
AF
countries
between
1980
to
2014,
found
that
where
you
live,
is
a
significant
impact
on
your
life
expectancy,
with
disparities
as
high
as
20
years
in
difference
across
various
countries,
and
we
also
know
that
uneven
investment
in
racial
discrimination,
which
are
too
powerful
forces
in
American
communities,
are
driven
by
some
of
our
Housing
and
Community
Development
policies
and
exacerbate
health,
and
so
that
is
why
I'm,
here
with
this
collective
group
of
staff
as
a
public
health
leader,
understanding
that
housing
is
a
public
health
concern.
And
so
how
do
we
do
this?
How
do
we
serve
currently.
AF
So,
who
do
we
serve
currently?
Are
we
aren't
intentional
about
keeping
in
mind
that
our
at-risk
families
and
individuals
and
low
to
moderate
income
households
are
a
concern
of
ours,
including
those
people,
persons
with
disabilities,
older
adults
and
those
who
are
living
a
well
below
living
wage?
And
so
we
do
this
with
the
intention
of
understanding.
We
do
it
in
a
collaborative
partnership
and
neither
some
of
our
partners
that
are
instrumental
in
helping
us
carry
out
this
great
work
and
so
how
we
serve.
We
framed
it
in
Reince
fears,
if
you
will.
AF
One
is
a
funding
source
with
many
acronyms
that
I'm
going
to
kind
of,
explain
and
omit
shortly
and
then
out
of
direct
service
funding.
So
we
look
at
our
funding
sources
or
all
those
wonderful
acronyms
that
you
saw.
We
have
Community
Development,
Block
Grant,
home
investment,
partnership,
programming,
emergency
solutions,
grant
affordable
housing
fund
that
many
have
mentioned
tonight
and
also
recommendations
that
are
made
by
our
volunteer
mental
health
board.
But
please
understand
that
funding
sources
are
determined
by
eligibility
of
programs
and
direct
assistance
that
is
needed.
AG
AG
Evanston
is
obviously
a
part
of
the
larger
Chicago
metropolitan
housing
market
and
is
a
part
of
that
regional
supply
and
demand.
The
2017
state
of
rental
housing
in
Cook
County,
which
is
a
report
developed
by
the
Institute
for
Housing
Studies
at
DePaul.
University
sums
up
the
gap
quote:
continued
annual
increases
in
demand
for
affordable
housing
post
recession
has
led
to
a
persistent
and
growing
affordability
gap
or
the
difference
between
the
demand
for
affordable
rental
housing
by
lower-income
households
and
the
supply
of
units
that
would
be
affordable
at
30%
of
their
income.
AG
County's
rental
rate
has
hit
a
new
peak
since
since
2007
and
has
steadily
increased
as
a
result
of
declining
demand
for
homeownership
and
a
shifting
preference
for
rental
in
2015.
Forty
four
point:
two
percent
of
Cook
County
households
were
renters
the
highest
rental
since
22
thousand
in
the
Aven
Stanzione
sub
market,
which
was
referenced
earlier
today.
The
supply
of
affordable
housing
units
is
almost
6,000
units
short
for
the
999.
The
nine
thousand
927
excuse
me,
households
that
need
them
so
over.
AG
Sixty
percent
of
that
demand
is
not
met
by
our
housing
supply
because
Evanston
is
such
a
desirable
place
to
live.
Rents
continue
to
increase
because
of
demand
at
all
income
levels,
making
it
even
harder
for
lower-income
workers
and
families
to
afford
to
live
here
and
developers.
Right
now
are
responding
to
the
needs
of
upper
income,
households
with
high-end
rental
projects.
All
that's
been
discussed.
AG
Pattern
of
segregation,
the
Chicago
metropolitan
area
has
one
of
the
most
segregated
housing
markets
in
the
United
States
of
the
hundred
largest
markets
and
a
recent
study
by
the
Metropolitan
Planning
Council
and
Urban
Institute
titled,
the
cost
of
segregation.
What
we
pay
in
lost
income
lives
and
potential
highlights
impact
like
many
metric
u.s.
metropolitan
regions.
Historical
and
ongoing
systemic
racism
has
blurred
the
lines
between
racial
and
economic
segregation,
and
today
our
low-income
residents
are
disproportionately
people
of
color
living
in
areas
of
concentrated
poverty,
the
disadvantages
of
which
have
been
well
documented.
AG
But
this
study
shows
that
segregation
hampers
the
economy
and
quality
of
life
for
everyone
living
in
the
Chicago
metropolitan
area,
not
just
the
low-income
residents.
If
the
levels
of
economic
segregation
and
african-american
and
white
segregation
in
metro
Chicago
were
reduced
to
the
national
median
incomes
for
African,
Americans
would
rise
by
an
average
of
twenty-nine
hundred
and
eighty
two
dollars
per
person
for
a
year
and
provide
an
additional
four
point:
four
billion
dollars
in
additional
income
and
raise
the
region's
gross
debt
gross
domestic
product
by
approximately
eight
billion.
AG
Let's
take
another
look
at
the
Evanston
housing
market
within
the
region.
The
regional
housing
solutions
is
a
new
database
that
uses
the
same
data
from
the
American
Community
Survey.
That
was
just
used
in
the
prior
map
to
map
the
seven-county
Chicago
metropolitan
region
into
eight
sub
markets.
Not
surprisingly,
a
Vanstone
has
a
unique
combination
of
four
of
these
sub
markets:
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
the
details
of
those
sub
markets
right
now,
but
you
can
explore
it
online
at
regional
housing
solutions
org.
AG
However,
although
sixty
percent
of
our
community
is
low
density,
which
is
that
kind
of
pinkish
color
on
the
north
and
west
higher-income
suburban,
like
many
of
our
neighboring
suburbs,
the
remaining
40%
has
a
decidedly
urban
characteristics.
The
different
characteristics
of
our
housing
sub
markets
require
that
we
use
different
strategies
to
integrate,
affordable
housing
throughout
Evanston
and
create
greater
equity
for
all
our
residents.
AG
AG
People
have
fewer
options
of
where
they
can
live,
because
they
often
don't
have
the
ability
to
purchase
and
rental
and
ownership
housing
isn't
evenly
distributed
throughout
Evanston.
As
you
can
see
from
this
map,
the
size
of
each
circle
shows
the
proportionate
number
of
housing
units
in
the
census
tract
the
blue,
section
is
ownership
and
the
yellow
is
rental.
You
can
see
that
in
general,
rental,
housing
is
much
less
available
in
north
and
in
West
Evanston.
AG
Let's
look
at
some
of
the
details
of
the
rental
market.
More
specifically
by
census
tract
again,
the
size
of
the
pie
chart
shows
the
amount
rental
and
the
different
colors
show
what
proportion
of
rental
units
are
currently
rented
at
affordable
rates
at
different
income
levels.
Red
is
available
to
households
at
30%
of
area.
Median
orange
is
up
to
50.
AG
Yellow
goes
up
to
60
percent
green
is
up
to
80
percent
and
blue
is
everything
above
80
percent
of
area
median
most
of
the
areas
with
high
homeownership
have
little
or
no
rental
affordable
to
households
at
30%
of
the
area
median
and
not
a
whole
lot
of
rental,
obviously
available
altogether.
The
combination
of
economics
and
Zoning,
including
the
high
cost
of
land
in
a
built
up
desirable
community
like
Evanston,
make
it
challenging
to
create
economically
integrated
neighborhoods,
particularly
in
our
lowest
density
areas.
AG
The
to
census
tracks
with
the
most
affordable
housing
that
are
most
affordable
to
households
at
30%
of
area
median
include
our
for
senior
buildings,
Pearlman
Walter,
prim
towers
and
Jacob
Blake.
As
well
as
Emerson
Square
and
Oak
Tree
Village
and
the
hill
Arboretum
apartments,
that's
the
concentration
that
we
were
talking
about
in
those
census
tracts.
AG
It
includes
the
Housing
Authority
of
Cook,
County's
senior,
high-rises
and
scattered
site,
family
housing
and
the
bagua
YMCAs
men's
resident.
It
also
includes
most
of
our
special
needs
housing,
including
permanent,
supportive
housing
for
people
with
chronic
mental
illness,
developmental
disabilities,
autism
and
residential
care
homes,
even
those
for
children.
We
know
that
we
were
missing
some
units,
but
this
is
most
of
them.
AG
That's
almost
8,000
Evanson
families
that
are
housing
costs
burdened
who
are
unstable,
housed
and
challenged
to
pay
for
other
necessities,
including
food
education,
medical
needs
and
transportation.
Again
we
see
that
the
census
tracts
with
the
lowest
number
of
rent
restricted
units
are
areas
with
primarily
single-family
owner-occupied
homes
in
north
and
west
Evanston.
Some
areas
with
the
lowest
number
of
affordable
rental
units,
particularly
for
households
at
30%
and
50%
of
the
area
median,
are
actually
in
West
Central
Evanston.
AH
We
also
wanted
to
compare
this
to
Evanston,
and
so
we
were
trying
to
find
some
information.
That
was
most
up-to-date
with
what
the
average
market
is
in
Evanston
the
American
Community
Survey,
while
it's
great
it's
a
couple
years
old
and
so
we're
trying
to
find
something.
That's
more
recent
that
shows
there's
been
a
lot
of
new
development
in
Evanston
that
has
skewed
the
rents
higher.
So
we
wanted
to
portray
that
it's
it's
not
perfect,
but
what
we
found
is
that
the
average
rent
it
for
a
two-bedroom
apartment
is
around
2400
and
so
at
minimum
wage.
AH
You
would
have
to
work
about
229
hours
a
week
to
be
able
to
afford
that
and
they're
literally
aren't
enough
hours
in
a
week,
and
you
can
see
the
salaries
that
would
mean
needed
as
well,
which
is
49
thousand
for
Cook,
County
and
98
thousand
for
Evanston.
We
also
wanted.
We
did
get
hear
feedback
that
that
twenty-four
hundred
number
is
high,
and
so
we
did
want
to
include
the
small
area,
fair
market
rents,
which
are
by
zip
code.
AH
The
the
federal
government
determines
the
fair
market
rents
in
the
small
area,
rents
and
because
we
are
a
higher
cost
housing
market,
we
are
able
to
use
the
small
area,
rents
and-
and
so
there
they
are
the
twelve
thirty
and
the
fourteen.
Thirty,
but
I
will
say
we
use
those
friends
with
our
Tibor
program
and
some
other
housing
programs,
and
we
do
hear
that
it
is
still
a
challenge
to
find
apartments
at
those
round
levels
and
Evanston.
And
so
we
wanted
to
to
give
the
full
picture
of
the
affordability
levels.
AH
So
moving
on
this,
it
just
kind
of
shows
that
this
isn't
just
an
Evanston
and
Cook
County
issue.
This
is
a
nationwide
issue
of
the
affordability
gap.
This
is
a
study
from
the
Center
on
Budget
and
Policy
Priorities,
and
it
shows
that
since
the
recession,
the
median
gross
rent
has
continued
to
rise,
I
think
in
every
state,
except
for
North
Dakota.
AI
Thank
you,
I'm
Audrey,
Thompson
and
I'm.
The
long-term
care
Ombudsman
for
the
city
of
Evanston,
so
I
don't
have
to
tell
you
that
from
what
you've
heard
tonight
that
older
adults
who
live
in
Evanston
actually
want
to
remain
in
Evanston,
and
this
was
a
consistent
theme
throughout
all
of
the
surveys
that
the
age-friendly
task
force
completed
early
on,
and
so
a
part
of
that
initial
survey
was
that
43
percent
reported
housing
to
be
the
most
critical
element
to
measure
age
friendliness.
AI
And
so,
when
we
look
at
the
actual
housing
survey
results,
we
look
at
many
different
elements,
and
so
really
the
goal
was
to
identify
current
and
future
housing
needs
for
residents
as
they
age.
So
a
part
of
those
highlights
when
really
that
housing
and
Evanston
is
just
way
too
expensive
and
that
young
people
can't
even
afford
to
purchase
a
home
in
Evanston
and
that
there
are
limited
options
for
affordable
housing.
AI
Also,
there
are
also
factors
that
contribute
to
individuals
moving
out
of
Evanston
and
we
found
from
this
results.
The
results
of
our
Community
Survey
for
the
task
force
was
really
that
30
percent
of
the
survey
respondents
said
that
they
worried
about
being
able
to
stay
in
their
homes
and
Evanston,
really
due
to
the
cost
that
we've
discussed
here
tonight.
So
I
want
to
really
talk
about
also
some
older
adult
challenges
and
one
is
really
fixed
income.
So
you
know
recently
I
worked
with
an
81
year
old,
who
was
displaced
due
to
a
reverse
mortgage.
AI
That
really
went
went
wrong.
She
was
81
raising
a
great
grandchild
and
even
though
we
found
a
subsidy
that
would
keep
her
in
Evanston,
we
found
that
we
had
other
really
ich
major
issues.
So
first
we
have
a
problem
with
property
taxes
and
many
people
say,
and
we've
determined
that
the
property
tax
is
really
a
challenge
for
individuals
who
have
fixed
incomes
and
I
mean
low,
fixed
incomes,
and
then
the
maintenance
and
repairs
are
really
a
challenge
for
individuals
whose
health
may
be
deteriorating.
AI
Remember
she
was
a
reverse
mortgage
gone
bad,
so
she
had
a
low
credit
score
again:
the
fixed
income
and
then
most
landlords
wanted
an
individual
who
made
three
times
the
amount
of
the
rent
which
she
could
not
afford.
So
because
of
that,
we
have
all
of
these
landlord
tenant
criteria
that
really
pushed
them
out
of
Evanston.
And
then
we
have
this.
This
issue
with
supportive
housing
I
find
a
lot
of
times
that
I
have
older
adults
who
stay
longer
in
independent
living
because
they
are
afraid
of
the
alternative.
AI
So
there
is
no
supportive
living
community
in
Evanston
which
again
allows
more
forces
individuals
outside
of
Evanston.
So
that
means
if
they
cannot
stay
in
independent
and
they
need
some
assistance
with
the
activities
of
daily
living,
then
they
have
to
move
to
a
nursing
home
because
there's
no
gap
like
supportive
living.
So
we
find
that
those
are
also
challenges
for
older
adults.
So
now
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Johanna
who
will
bring
us
two
action
plan.
The
action
plan
which
I
know
that
all
of
you
all
would
like
to
hear.
P
C
C
We
weren't
searching
for
seven,
it
just
came
out
of
seven
actually
came
out
of
six,
and
then
we
included
Audrey
in
the
conversation,
and
it
became
seven,
so
we're
gonna
walk
through
each
of
those,
but
I
wanted
to
emphasize
that
there's
sort
of
three
components
to
this.
The
first
is
that
we're
creating
new
units
that
don't
currently
exist
today.
C
The
second
piece
of
this
is
where
we're
working
to
convert
or
identify
units
that
exist
in
our
housing
stock,
but
our
main
that
may
not
be
accessible
or
affordable
to
people
that
live
in
this
community
I
want
to
live
in
this
community.
We
want
to
welcome
here
and
then
the
third
component
of
these
are
programs
that
support
it
and
create
safe
and
healthy
housing
for
for
this
community.
C
And
finally,
one
thing
to
note
and
sort
of
keeping
my
hat
my
economic
development
hat
on
is
that
our
housing
market
is
very
dynamic,
and
so
we
we
have
to
work
to
be
nimble
and
mindful
that
this
is
constantly
a
shifting
arena
that
we
have
to
think
about
these
different
action
steps
and
other
things
going
forward.
That
will
always
have
to
keep
coming
back
to
this.
C
So
the
first
item
here
is
to
look
at
revising
aspects
of
the
city
code
to
allow
some
changes
in
our
built
environment.
The
first
is
the
rental
of
accessory
dwelling
units
to
non-family
members
at
affordable
rents.
Right
now,
if
you
have
a
coach
house,
you
may
not
be
able
to
rent
it
to
somebody
who's,
not
you're,
not
a
family
member,
but
let's
incentivize
that
by
changing
the
code
and
potentially
putting
those
rents
at
affordable
levels,
so
people
can
earn
that
extra
income
for
their
home
their
household.
C
The
second
is
for
the
creation
of
new
dwelling
units
on
existing
city
wats
that
are
built
with
the
universal
design,
so
they're
accessible
to
people
with
disabilities
that
may
have
alley
access.
This
is
the
what
are
some
of
our
larger
Lots:
they
could
that
could
utilize
an
additional
dwelling
unit
on
it,
and
the
third
is
creating
more
flexibility
in
home.
AJ
AJ
When
you
look
at
the
Kendall
College
Development
all
of
those
garages,
that,
with
the
exception
of
one
so
so
far,
17
houses
have
been
built
with
Coach
houses
with
dwelling
units
in
them,
and
my
understanding
was
that
that
was
built
according
to
code
and
that
they
are
rented
out
to
non
family
members.
So
I'm,
assuming
all
of
that
was
done
properly.
I'm.
C
AK
You
give
us
any
clarification
on
the
accessory
dwelling,
current
ordinances
for
new
development,
because
I
thought
that
that
was
much
of
what
we
were
working
towards
for
expanding
that
opportunity
to
build
new.
So
I
would
like
to
know
more
about
what
alderman
Fisk
is
saying
that
they've
built
them
at
the
Kendall
College
property.
My.
AG
Obviously
we
have
to
double
check
that,
but
that's
what
I've
been
led
to
understand
on
all
that.
So
that's
that's
the
premise
of
that
need
to
allow
rental
for
accessory
dwelling
units
to
non
family
members
and
also
to
restrict
it
to
people
who
need
those
lower
income.
You
know
those
affordable
units
to
integrate
people
who
can't
currently
get
into
our
single-family,
largely
single-family
area.
Neighborhoods,
ok,
I,
promise.
B
AG
People
who
need
that
affordable
housing,
because,
quite
frankly,
if
there
aren't
those
restrictions
put
on
it,
what
will
happen
is
people
will
simply
rent
to
whoever
you
know
we're
not
going
to
get
people
into
areas
that
they
can't
grant
currently
get
into?
And
if
everyone
comes
off
of
the
centralized
waiting
list
that
we're
creating
as
a
result
of
the
inclusionary
housing
ordinance,
it
gives
people
who
do
not
have
access
to
those
areas.
Access
to
I
understand.
AJ
What
you're,
saying
and
I
don't
disagree
with
the
good
intention
of
it,
but
that's
a
very
difficult
message
to
send
to
homeowners,
who
may
first
of
all
want
to
use
that
unit
is
a
home
office
or
want
to
rent
it
out
to
a
family
member
I
think
we
just
had
a
case
of
a
I
think
alderman,
when
this
was
in
your
your
ward
of
accessory
dwelling
unit.
That
was
built
for
a
mother
and
father
of
a
family
who
you
know
who
now
lived
next
door,
and
that
was
wonderful,
but
I.
AJ
AG
Me
reframe
that,
if
they
are,
if
they
want
to
rent
to
non
family
members,
we
can't
take
away
their
right
to
the
rent
accessory
I.
Don't
think
we
should
anyway
to
their
own
family
members.
That's
not
the
intention,
but
if
they
are
going
to
rent
to
non
family
members,
we
want
and
they're
developing
these
rental
units,
and
we
allows
that
by
zoning,
where
it's
not
currently
allowed.
The
idea
is
to
make
those
areas
accessible
to
people
who
currently
just
have
no
way
of
getting
into
those
neighborhoods.
AJ
AG
AG
La
County
LA
County
is
allowing
and
actually
even
helping
fund
the
development
of
accessory
dwelling
units
in
certain
areas
where
people
will
house
only
people
off
their
homeless
list.
So
there
are
many
models
of
this
that
can
be
looked
at
and
evaluated.
We're
not
necessarily
recommending
that
but
yeah
we,
we
would
look
at
putting
restrictions
on
some
of
them.
Alright,.
B
AL
Presentation
here
it's
one
thing
to
be
giving
us
ideas.
It's
another
thing
for
staff
to
be
arguing
with
the
member
of
the
council
about
a
policy.
It
appears
that
staff
has
almost
set
one
of
the
things
that
I
asked
two
months
ago
was
that
this
counsel
be
allowed
uninterrupted
opportunity
to
sit
down
and
discuss
among
ourselves
what
we
want
to
do
about
affordable
housing.
We've
never
had
their
chance.
AL
I
really
appreciate
hearing
all
of
the
different
concepts
that
staff
is
presenting,
but
I
don't
appreciate
being
told
that
we're
going
to
develop
a
policy
to
have
Coach
houses
with
you
know
this
policy
attached
to
it
nap,
because
that
can't
happen.
We
have
to
make
that
decision.
We
that
were
the
only
ones
who
can
make
that
and.
AL
A
I
think
as
people
are
asking
questions
Sarah's
just
trying
your
best
to
answer
those
questions,
but
all
of
this
is
being
offered
as
food
for
thought
and
I.
Think
given
the
our
MS
Leonard,
maybe
we
can
just
list
through
what's
here.
We
don't
need
to
explain
it.
If
the
council
would
like
to
come
back
and
hear
more,
we
can't,
but
it's
all
just
meant
to
be
food
for
thought.
AL
AL
A
It
and
we
couldn't
mr.
mayor
members,
the
council-
do
that
and
I
think
our
attention
tonight
was.
We
need
to
have
some
sort
of
introductory
presentations,
so
that's
this
and
if
the
council
wishes
to
send
another
date,
we've
got
a
calendar
of
dates
ahead
of
us
so
perhaps
and
and
and
Sarah.
Thank
you
for
your
your
thoughtful
presentation,
I
think.
A
Perhaps
in
the
interest
of
time
we
can
just
walk
through
each
of
the
seven
points
without
getting
into
a
lot
of
the
detail,
and
if
the
council
wishes
to
hear
additional
information
tonight
or
in
a
future
meeting,
we
can
do
that.
But
Oliver
remembers
the
council.
This
is
really
just
meant
for
food-for-thought.
We
took
our
assignment
very
seriously.
Looking
the
council
looking
for
different
ideas
and
we
wanted
to
provide
some
okay.
C
The
seven-point
list,
so
we
went
over
the
revisions
to
the
city
code
and
then
we,
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
ways:
we're
hearing
a
lot
from
feedback
about
the
fee
in
lieu
versus
the
on-site,
so
items
two
and
three
really
sought
to
address
some
of
those
things
item
three.
Also
thinking
about
how
the
feedback
from
the
council
on
how
we
leverage
the
affordable
housing
fund
to
work
with
our
regional
and
state
part
and
state
partners
and
federal
partners
on
providing
more
housing.
C
Looking
at
how
we
institutionalize
programs
like
construction
geometry,
to
create
paths
at
homeownership
and
how
do
we
preserve
our
existing,
affordable
housing?
We
know
that
there's
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing.
We
always
hear
about
here's
places
where
people
have
a
unit.
That's
that's
quite
affordable
to
them.
C
How
do
we
make
sure
that
we
preserve
that
and
then
and
then
looking
at
four
six
and
seven,
some
of
the
things
that
I,
Vonda
and
and
Audrey
spoke
about
is
looking
at
the
barriers,
particularly
financial
literacy,
some
of
the
things
that
make
it
harder
to
to
to
get
into
good
housing
and
and
how
we
make
sure
that
we
maintain
that
healthy
and
safe
housing
and
Evanston.
So
we're
happy
to
delve
into
either
any
of
those.
If
you
want
to
talk
to
any
further
about
those
right
now,.
AM
This
comes
up,
of
course,
in
an
interesting
context,
because
it's
coming
up
in
the
context
of
a
number
of
developments
that
are
being
proposed
in
the
community
and
I
think
that
reflects
first
of
all,
the
economy,
I
believe
is
improving.
I
think
it
also
reflects
that.
Evanston
is
a
very
desirable
place
to
be,
and
people
want
to
be
here.
I
want
to
be
here:
I
love,
Evanston,
one
of
the
things
that
people
are
fond
of
saying
about
Evanston
is
that
we
take
great
pride
in
our
diversity.
AM
That's
not
a
tagline
that
I
personally
use.
Could
you
flip
back
to
slide
9
for
me,
real,
quick
by
doing
things
the
same
way
we've
been
doing
and
it
hasn't
worked.
Ok,
we
look
at
slide
number
9
and
something
hasn't
changed
for
a
really
long
time.
Train
tracks
are
there
people
in
the
same
neighborhoods,
and
we
really
we
live
in
a
segregated
community.
AM
AM
The
next
building
that
goes
up
on
an
empty
lot,
that's
not
driving
anybody
out
of
Evanston
back
when
we
passed
the
affordable
housing
ordinance.
Two
years
ago,
year
ago,
two
years
ago,
I
voted
against
the
ordinance
and
the
reason
I
voted
against.
It
is
because
I
believed
it.
I
believed
I
believed
that
people
were
going
to
be
angry,
that
the
buildings
are
too
big
and
then
we're
going
to
have
people
lined
up
protesting.
How
big
the
building
is.
AM
We
made
a
conscious
decision
as
a
council
to
let
people
go
bigger
and
better
and
I
may
know
better
as
I
guess,
arguable,
but
bigger
and
more
dense,
less
parking.
All
of
these
things
in
exchange
for
money
or
units,
but
I
see
somebody
in
the
audience
who
once
called
me
out
in
the
comments
along
those
lines.
You
know
we
can
talk
about
social
issues,
but
what
really
brings
out
people
is
how
tall
the
building
is
and
I
find
that
to
be
disappointing.
AM
What
I
want
to
see
is
I
want
to
see
policies
that
are
based
on
empowerment,
not
based
on
charity.
I
want
to
see
concepts.
Ms
Paden
has
been
talking
to
us
since
we
were
doing
these
meetings
in
the
in
the
parasol
room.
There
are
good
ideas
in
there.
We
have
a
lot
of
landlords
in
the
community.
Who've
worked
hard
to
maintain
housing
at
market
rate,
affordable
rates,
but
they're
not
getting
any
help.
AM
I
want
to
see
policies
that
are
designed
to
promote
home
ownership
when
we
have
policies
that
you
know
kind
of
preclude
people
from
getting
the
benefits
of
equity
in
their
property,
we're
denying
them
the
right
and
the
opportunity
to
develop
intergenerational
wealth,
owning
a
piece
of
property
and
being
able
to
get
the
equity
from
that
over
a
period
of
time
is
one
of
the
primary
ways.
Historically,
that
people
are
a
develop
able
to
develop
wealth.
AM
AM
You
guys
need
to
go
back
and
talk
to
your
neighbors
and
get
people
to
understand
that
it's
okay
in
your
back
yard
years
and
years
ago.
Somebody
wanted
to
do
a
unassisted,
slight
assisted
living
arrangement
in
a
house
near
my
house,
and
if
somebody
was
going
around
with
a
petition
sign
this
petition,
it's
very
very
important.
They
want
to
put
this
house
up
across
the
way,
and
this
is
so
terrible.
It's
so
terrible.
I
didn't
want
to
sign
the
petition.
AM
It's
a
building.
Okay,
people,
human
beings
live
in
the
defined
space,
whether
it's
a
tiny
home,
whether
it's
a
shack,
whether
it's
a
tent
or
whether
it's
apartments.
We
are
all
human
beings
and
that's
what
matters.
Buildings
aren't
the
most
important
thing:
the
people
they're
the
most
important
thing.
So
as
we
go
through
this
stuff
you,
you
know
some
people
might
not
like
what
I
do
or
how
I
feel
about
it.
But
what
I
refuse
to
do
is
I
am
NOT
going
to
affirmatively
persist
in
perpetuating
the
institutional
and
systemic
racism.
AM
That
leaves
us
with
slide
number
nine.
So
that's
my
broad
overview
and
you
know
we're
not
going
to
get
all
the
details
or
any
of
the
details
tonight,
I
think
autumn
and
Rainey's
right.
We
need
a
long
time
to
talk
about
this
stuff,
but
those
are
my
goals
for
what
I
want
to
see
broad
picture
and
I
hope
we
can
kind
of
collectively
work
towards
those
goals.
So
thank
you
for
listening,
Thank.
AN
Thank
you,
Stefan.
Thank
you
community
for
your
comments.
So
I
have
a
couple
of
things:
I
do
not
have
the
cure
for
a
portable
housing,
but
I
have
some
things
that
I
would
like
us
to
work
on.
Well,
one
I
have
a
question
before
we
do
that
what
happened
with
the
units
that
Mayor
tinsdale
proposed
the
tiny
house
configuration
somewhere
I,
remember
we
purchased
some
land
and,
as
anyone
know
what
I'm
talking
about
that
was
not
that
long
ago,
I
think
the
blonde
arrow,
maybe
I,
think.
AN
Okay,
all
right
all
right,
so
so
Johanna
as
you
talked
about
this,
when
you
gave
the
salary
which
is
very
helpful,
I
think
they
were
at
30%
or
I,
don't
whatever
they
were
I
think
we
need
to
look
at.
AN
There
are
AMI
because
those
numbers
you
gave
our
people
who
I
mean
that's
someone's
salary
and
I-
think
it
was
like
the
custodian-
is
paying
70
percent
of
his
salary,
something
or
whatever
it
was
so
I
like
us
to
look
at
it
like
I,
don't
we're
located
I
know
we
talked
about
the
HUD
numbers
which
I
don't
think
are
really
working,
so
I
I
would
like
us
to
look
at
adjusting
our
ami
rates.
You
know
what
I
didn't
write
the
number
down
I'm,
sorry,
but
you
gave
a
couple
numbers
and
then
because.
C
Of
the
number
I
gave
is
to
somebody
if
we
had
a
head
of
household
and
in
a
single
earner
in
a
household
earning
forty,
two
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
dollars,
that's
roughly
what
a
custodial
or
maintenance
staff
earns
it's
district
65
that
if
you
take
that
number
and
look
at
what
HUD
says
is
is
ours?
Is
this
region
sixty
that
would
be
60%
of
ami
for
a
household
of
three
okay?
C
AN
So
I
would
what
so.
My
one
thing
is
whatever
we
can
do
is
I,
don't
know
how
close
we
have
to
stick
with
hood
if
we're
talking
about
using
our
own,
affordable
housing
funds.
But
I
would
like
us
to
address
that
number,
because
I
mean
if
you
make
$10
an
hour
which
we
just
you
know,
pat
ourselves,
on
the
back
for
people
to
make
they're
making
$20,000
a
year
right.
I
did
the.
AN
Twenty
thousand
dollars
a
year
so
know
if
that
was
coherent,
but
I
would
like
us
to
address
what
we're
looking
at
in
terms
of
our
income
rates
and
I
say
that
remembering
that,
just
last
week
when
we
looked
at
the
general
assistance
fund-
and
we
had
to
pull
some
money
left
over
when
as
I'm
learning
about
general
assistance,
the
amount
of
money
that
you
have
to
make
to
qualify.
As
you
know,
pennies,
and
so
we're
not
really
max
I,
don't
think
we're
maximizing
these
two
two
different
things.
We.
AN
And
then
the
second
part
is
I:
do
like
Adrienne's
idea
about
the
pilot
I?
Don't
I,
don't
have
it
flushed
out,
but
I
know
we
talk
a
lot
about.
Are
you
all
present
a
lot
about
these
transit-oriented
developments
and
that's
the
new
big
thing
and
no
parking
and
all
that?
But
if
that's
where
we
see
development,
interest
and
I
think
we
maybe
need
to
look
at
requiring
the
units
being
built
in
there,
assuming
if
you're
making
$20,000
you
might
not
be
able
to
afford
we're
in
a
car.
AN
So
maybe
you
don't
need
those
extra
parking
spaces
and
we
can
look
at
diversifying
our
downtown
in
those
kind
of
areas
giving
people
up
like
a
foot
into
Evanston
and
near
transportation.
So
I
would
consider
that,
as
maybe
a
pilot
program
for
our
transit
friendly
and
my
other
question
had
to
do
with
sorry
a
lot
of
notes.
So
the
issue
that
that
Audrey
talked
about
I
had
just
in
the
last
week,
I
think
four
seniors
called
me
who
are
essentially
homeless,
most
taking
care
of
grandchildren
and
so
I
do
think.
AN
We
need
to
do
something
if
we
can
use
our
portable
housing
funds
to
either
do
some
kind
of
voucher
subsidy
system
here
in
the
city
working
with
people
like
miss,
Payton
or
other
landlords,
or
even
some
other
properties
that
we
know
are
on
our
vacant
housing
list
that
we
can
look
at
purchasing
ourselves,
but
then
looking
at
that
selection
criteria,
because
the
young
well
the
older
lady
I,
spoke
with.
That
was
the
issue
she
was
having.
AN
She
was
working
to
take
care
of
two
grandchildren,
also
getting
Social
Security
for
both
grant
or
SSI
for
both
grandchildren,
but
she
didn't
have
a
credit
score
high
enough
to
get
her
into
any
buildings
than
she
was
being
put
out
because
her
landlord
has
sold
the
building
at
the
condos.
So
that's
a
that's
a
huge
issue
and
she's,
obviously
very
nervous
about
leaving
Evanston,
because
she
has
2/3
of
children
with
disabilities,
but
as
the
city
at
this
point
there
was
nothing.
AN
I
could
do
to
help
mediate,
that
if
we
had
some
city-owned
or
some
landlords
that
we
could
work
with,
who
we
know
are
going
to
work
around
this
issue.
For
some
people
we
can
keep
them.
You
know
in
our
city
a
little
bit
longer
and
then
the
last
thing
that
I
would
like
us
to
think
about
is
that
fee
and
LU.
AN
AN
They
see
that
as
a
city
benefit
and
I
definitely
agree
with
Don
that
we
talked
a
lot
about
the
diversity
and
so
on,
and
so
on
and
I
think
a
lot
of
people
when
they
talking
about
even
affordable
housing,
go
right
to
an
issue
of
race,
but
I
know
there
are
more
than
four
african-american
people
in
the
city,
so
I
think
we
have
to
you
know.
We
have
to
think
that
affordable
housing
is
good
for
everybody,
not
just
to
keep
the
diversity
we
bus
across
town
to
our
schools.
AL
Won't
just
want
to
pose
a
question
to
just
throw
it
out.
There
I
think
there's
a
growing
movement
I,
don't
know
if
they're
all
the
same
people,
but
there's
a
growing
movement,
demanding
that
the
council
not
support
the
large
tall
building
developments
that
are
coming
before
the
various
commissions
and
boards
and
I'm.
AL
But
let's
assume
we
understand
how
these
projects
are
financed
and
how
the
developers
are
bankrolled.
And
let's
say
we
start-
let's
say
the
next,
the
the
four
that
we
know
that
are
in
the
pipeline.
Let's
say:
they're
turned
down
not
not
because
having
nothing
to
do
with
the
affordable
housing
issues
or
anything,
but
let's
say
they're
just
turned
down:
they
come
to
us
from
planned
commission.
We
turn
them
down
what
what
happens?
AL
To
me,
it's
frightening,
because
one
of
the
issues
that
we've
had
with
our
budget
is
the
the
permits,
but
putting
that
aside,
it
diminishes
the
amount
of
units
available
in
the
city
of
Evanston
over
the
you
know
next
couple
of
years,
and
it
reduces
the
inflow
of
money
into
our
economy
and
Texas
and
but
mostly
the
number
of
units
and
the
contribution
to
the
affordable
housing
fund,
whether
it's
by
virtue
of
units
or
money
and
I
mean
just
think
about
how
that
would
work.
Who
would
we
use?
AK
AK
So
I
hope
we
can
do
that,
I'm,
hoping
that
we
can
also
provide
opportunities
for
a
financial
literacy
so
that
when
we
do
develop
a
plan
for
the
affordable
housing
funds
that
the
residents
are
prepared
to
purchase
homeownership,
as
was
mentioned,
is
your
first
opportunity
for
wealth
building
and
we
are
not
supporting
our
residents
in
doing
so.
My
generation
they're
all
leaving
families
cannot
afford
to
live
in
Evanston.
We've
all
heard
the
numbers
about
how
many
have
moved
out
they're
moving
out
of
Evanston
because
of
lack
of
affordability.
AK
AK
The
accessory
dwelling
has
been
discussed
and
in
terms
of
how
we're
supporting
our
landlords
I
would
love
to
know
the
number
on
how
many
of
our
affordable
rental
units
are:
independent
landlords
that
own
owner-occupied,
multifamily
flats
and
multiple
units
using
payton
properties
as
an
example,
she
is
providing
subsidized
housing
for
53
Evanston
residents,
and
we
can't
figure
out
a
way
to
help
her
maintain
her
properties.
If
we
could
use
some
of
the
funds
that
we
have
or
others
like
miss
Payton
to
help
them
maintain
their
units.
AK
That
would
be
a
great
way
to
keep
units
that
right
now
she
said
she
can't
afford
to
do
it.
We
have
grants
for
economic
development,
I
feel
like
miss
Payton
and
her
properties
is
an
example
of
a
combination
of
economic
development,
a
combination
of
affordable
housing,
we're
granting
agencies
in
town
for
her
to
go
to
the
agency
and
get
the
funding
when
we
all
know
that
it's
miss
miss
Payton
and
her
family
and
her
properties
that
we
are
subsidizing.
AK
I
would
like
us
to
be
able
to
figure
out
a
way
to
give
her
direct
support
and
not
I
understand
that
the
rehabilitation
loan
is
available
to
landlords,
but
that
is
a
lien
against
their
property,
and
if
we
can
grant
businesses
and
we
can
fund
other
subsidized
properties,
we
should
be
able
to
support
these
type
of
landlords
in
town.
In
addition
to
that,
we
should
be
doing
more
to
retain
the
affordable
housing
that
we
have
by
supporting
our
residents
that
are
in
distress.
AK
I've
talked
about
before
we,
we
monitor
a
list
on
utility,
shutoffs
and
other
distressed
property
tax
sales,
and
we,
when
we
see
that
the
residents
are
in
risk
of
losing
their
home,
we
should
do
some
outreach,
not
just
monitor
the
list.
Are
you
aware
of
this
program?
Do
you
know
that
there
is
a
grant?
Do
you
know
that
you
talent
qualify
for
a
tax
exemption?
Getting
the
residents
out
to
the
resources
that
they
need
is
something
that
we
must
do
urgently.
B
You
alderman
Ruth
Simmons
before
I
know
we
have
several
other
aldermen
that
want
to
talk
city
manager,
Bob
Kuwait's
I
want
to
make
sure
we
have
a
thorough
conversation
about.
This
is
what
everybody
came
up
here
for
public
comment
to
speak
about
was
affordable
housing.
If
we
move
the
economic
development,
because
I
know
you
wanted
a
presentation
on
that
and
I
also
know
we
have
to
go
an
executive
session
tonight.
Are
you
comfortable
that
that's
not
going
to
somehow
throw
us
off
absolutely.
B
AJ
Thank
You
mr.
mayor,
and
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
all
your
comments.
They've
been
heard
for
me
really
really
helpful
as
I
said
it.
My
last
Ward
meeting
when
we've
touched
on
some
of
these
issues.
It's
really
complicated
I
mean
they're
all
woven
into
all
of
the
rest
of
the
issues
that
we
talk
about,
whether
it's
economic
development
in
the
buildings
and
affordable
housing
and
how
we're
going
to
do
that
and
how
we're
going
to
make
it
equitable.
AJ
AM
So
if
you
have
somebody
who
tears
down
a
building
that
had
20
affordable
units
in
it
and
the
new
ones
are
all
going
to
be
not
affordable
and
you're
going
to
replace
it
with
10%
affordable,
the
$10,000
fee
is
not
going
to
recapture
that
so
I'd,
like
some
thought
given
to
and
when
we
do,
we
use
the
expression,
create
an
affordable
unit.
Well,
what
that
really
translates
to
is
they're
getting
a
discount
on
the
rent,
so
it's
in
effect
a
rent
subsidy.
AM
So
that's
really
what
that
is,
and
that
has
a
if
it's
over
25
years,
that's
got
a
president
cash
value,
so
I
would
want
the
you
know
the
president
cash
values
of
that
taken
into
account
with
the
with
the
fee
and
LU.
So
in
other
words,
we
wouldn't
want
to
make
a
decision
or
put
a
developer
in
a
situation
where
they
can
get
off.
AM
You
know
giving
somebody
you
know
an
$80
a
month,
the
subsidy,
because
they're,
you
know
in
a
certain
rent
area
and-
and
you
know
you
either
get
off
too
easy
or
get
hammered
too
hard.
So
just
to
give
some
thought
on
how
those
two
the
fee
and
lieu
and
the
actual
unit
subsidy
interplay
I,
would
also
like
to
have
some
consideration
given
to
the
teardown
fee
and
particularly
to
tie
that
to
loss
of
units.
AO
Now,
I'll
be
brief.
Again,
thank
you
to
residents.
Thank
you
to
staff
a
lot
of
the
solutions
that
you
brought
up.
Some
up
a
lot
of
the
conversations
I
felt
that
I've
heard
both
from
this
council
and
also
our
previous
council.
So
thank
you
very
much
the
time
and
effort
that
you
put
into
it
as
well
for
the
map
that
shows
all
the
units
across
the
city
of
Evanston
I.
Just
there's
a
large
project.
AO
As
you
all
know,
that's
coming
up
in
in
the
second
Ward
and
I
think
Alvin,
Wilson
I
think
you,
you
said
it
best.
The
challenge
is
going
to
be
for
residents
across
the
city
to
accept
or
not
accept,
and
right
now,
I
have
a
large
number
of
residents
that
are
not
accepting
the
large
project
for
a
variety
reasons
that
are
that
are
laid
out.
So
that
puts
us
all
in
a
very
difficult
position
as
we
look
for
opportunities.
AO
So
with
that
said,
I
am
strongly
in
support
of
obviously
of
expanding
that
fund
to
stabilize
the
families
that
are
that
are
leaving
town
because
of
the
affordability
and
I'm,
also
in
support
of
the
inclusionary
housing,
but
I
think
we
can
all
agree
that
we're
where
that
is
not
gonna
solve
our
our
issue.
We
just
can't
build
units
enough
and
I
really
don't
know
too
many
families
from
the
second
world
or
or
anywhere
else
in
the
city
of
Evanston.
That
wants
to
leave
their
home
to
go
to
to
downsize
to
a
smaller
unit.
Downtown
Evanston.
AO
To
be
quite
honest,
so
I
do
hope
that
before
we
leave
tonight
that
we're
able
to
set
another
meeting
date,
that's
important
and
I
can
go
deeper
into
my
comments
and
then
to
the
residents
who
did
stay
behind.
There
was
just
one
thing
that
I
wanted
to
use
this
as
an
opportunity
clean
up
the
meeting.
The
second
board
meeting
was
canceled
not
out
of
disrespect
to
the
conversation.
AO
But
if
you
look
at
our
city
calendar,
there
are
a
number
of
CV
DG
hearings
this
month,
so
I
am
more
than
willing
to
have
any
follow-up
meeting
to
continue
the
discussion
where
we
can
bring
staff
to
weather
now
leading
up
to
the
vote
and
I
can
hopefully
follow
up
with
anyone.
That's
still
here
after
the
meeting.
Thank
you.
Miss
America
Thank.
AP
Just
really
quickly
to
echo
the
comments
of
my
colleagues
and
I
know
a
lot
of
times
when
we
talk
about
affordable
housing.
We
talk
about
creating
new,
affordable
units,
but
we've
also
made
it
very
clear
tonight
that
we're
also
talking
about
preserving
or
not
not
having
any
net
loss
in
affordable
units
as
we
move
forward
with
the
various
programs
that
I
am
hoping
we're
going
to
implement
and
I.
Just
since
we're
good
we're
going
to
have
time
for
staff
to
do
a
little
more
research,
I
would
like
we.
AP
We
know
that
we're
not
going
to
ever
raise
enough
money
through
our
affordable
housing
fund
to
do
all
the
things
that
we
really
need
to
do,
but
I'm
wondering
if
there
are
some
incentives
that
other
communities
are
using
to
stimulate
creation
of
affordable
units
to
basically
encourage
developers
to
provide
the
kind
of
developments
that
we're
looking
for
that
provide
affordable
units.
So
these
aren't
things
that
are
going
to
take
money
from
our
affordable
housing
fund,
but
other
I
don't
know
tax
incentives
or
some
kinds
of
ways
that
we
could
look
at.
AP
AQ
Thank
you
I
appreciate
all
of
the
comments
by
everyone
this
evening,
both
up
here
on
the
dais
and
out
in
the
audience
and
our
staff,
especially
many
of
the
things
that
that
I
find
interesting
and
all
of
these
proposals
have
already
been
supported.
But
I
do
think.
The
creating
the
new
options
are
very
important
in
terms
of
accessory
dwelling
units
and
looking
for
other
other
ways
in
which
we
can
add
to
the
community.
I,
do
appreciate
the
fact
that
we
do
want
to
have
the
units
everywhere
and
making
them
available
in
transit.
AQ
Let
seniors
know
more
about
them,
because
then
that
takes
some
of
the
issues
of
property,
maintenance
and
weather-related
issues
a
way
away
from
the
seniors,
because
those
are
very
burdensome
to
seniors,
who
are
living
alone.
I
like
the
idea
of
trying
to
come
up
with
a
supportive
housing
community,
there's
more
and
more
folks
who
need
just
some
supportive
housing.
They
don't
need
to
move
into
a
nursing
home,
it's
incredibly
expensive.
That's
not
the
right
place
for
them,
but
having
some
ability
to
have
some
kind
of
support
during
the
day
is
really
really
important.
AQ
So
there
are,
there
are
so
many
things
that
we've
all
discussed
all
in
the
roof.
Simmons.
There
was
something
you
said
a
couple
minutes
ago:
I
didn't
write
it
down,
but
I
approve
you
said,
but
I,
but
also
I.
It
was
related
to
finding
that
the
landlords
who
are
housing
who
are
providing
affordable,
housing
and
figuring
out
ways
in
which
we
can
just
as
we
we
have
a
method
to
retain
existing
businesses,
that
is
retaining
landlords
who
provide
affordable
housing.
That
might
have
been
it.
But
thank.
AN
One
thing
so
other
nights:
what
we're
fortunate
to
have
an
Adrienne
left
but
Reba
place,
Development
Corporation
that
has
been
doing
affordable
housing
for
million
years
and
they
I
can't
remember
the
details
of
it,
but
they
do
have
an
homeownership
program
where
you
can
I
believe
kind
of
almost
like
a
rental
and
I.
Don't
quote
me,
but
several
people
in
the
Ward
have
gone
on
either
purchase
a
co-op
or
a
condo
or
even
a
single-family
home,
because
they've
been
in
this
RIBA
programs.
AN
It
would
be
a
shame
for
us,
not
utilize,
a
development
corporation
here
already
in
Evanston,
with
a
proven
track
record,
either
to
help
us
develop
some
more
units
to
help
us
look
through
the
home
ownership
program
and
model
theirs,
or
even
to
use
some
of
our
portable
housing
funds
to
support
them
since
they're.
Already
doing
it
and
I
know
it's
been
harder
for
them
to
get
those
units,
because
you
know
they're
paying
market
rate
as
well
when
they're
buying
buildings
and
such
from
developers,
and
they
have
to
compete
for
HUD
funding
or
whatever
else.
So.
AN
I
would
like
to
add
that
to
our
list.
As
we
talk
about
developers
that
we
want
to
look
at
developers
who
specialize
in
affordable
housing,
starting
with
the
one
we
have
here
in
Evanston
and
really
look
at
them
as
a
partner
in
this,
so
that
we
don't
have
to
then
as
a
city
branch
off
and
have
a
housing
corporation
as
a
city,
but
we
can
work
with
the
housing
corporation
and
I
know
that
Adrien
from
speaking
them
a
couple
days
ago,
is
looking
actively
at
properties
and
is
very
conscious
of
not
saturating.
AN
A
Mr.
mayor
members
of
the
council,
I
appreciate
all
all
your
feedback
I
think
we
needed
to
get
through
at
least
some
of
the
summary
information.
It
would
seem
to
make
sense
that
we
could
take
your
questions,
put
together,
sort
of
a
memorandum,
white
paper
of
sorts,
with
additional
information
to
address
all
the
questions
that
have
come
up
have
that
for
you
for
a
next
meeting,
no
presentation
just
allow
you
to
dive
in.
Is
that
unstructured
enough
to
unstructured?
AM
A
Okay,
so
then
I
think
it's
just
a
question
of
when
you
would
like
to
get
back
together.
Is
this
something
you're
thinking
of
in
the
next
month?
Is
this
something
you're
thinking
of
in
the
next
two
months?
There
are
some
dates
available,
obviously
I
think,
as
you
all
know,
we're
getting
into
the
budget
season.
A
We
have
a
number
of
dates
already
allocated
for
budget
discussions
in
speaking
with
Alderman
Ravel
earlier
today,
she
was
interested
in
perhaps
moving
up
a
discussion
of
another
plan
for
the
month
of
October
and
I.
Don't
know
all
of
them
revolve
with
that.
We
would
so
that's
out
there
and
a
weekend.
AP
So
my
thought
was
that
we
would
piggyback
on
the
not
either
before
after
the
human
service.
It's
soon
Human
Services
Committee
meeting
on
October
2nd
to
have
a
discussion
about
our
vision
for
the
downtown
before
we
begin
to
deal
with
all
the
various
development
proposals
that
are
going
to
be
coming
before
us,
starting
on
October
9th,
actually.
A
So
if
that's
something
the
council
is
interested
or
not
interested
in,
if
you're
not
interested
in
that,
that
could
possibly
be
a
date
for
a
continued
discussion
on
affordable
housing.
Again,
the
regular
meeting
on
October
9th
is
a
regular
City.
Council
meeting
of
the
16th
is
our
plan
to
present
the
budget.
For
the
first
time
the
23rd
is
a
regular
City
Council
meeting,
and
then
there
is
a
fifth
Monday
in
the
month
of
October
October
30th,
which
we
had
claimed
for
a
council
meeting
to
talk
about
these
various
plans
and
so
I
think.
A
Actually,
we
could
propose
to
talk
about
the
downtown
plan
on
October
30th,
along
with
I.
Think
the
website
plan
in
one
other
so
clearly
more
than
one
planet
might
be
ambitious.
So
at
this
point,
so
the
30th
of
October
is
available
the
only
day
in
the
month
of
October.
That
does
not
have
a
meeting
that
we
could
schedule
on
top
of
is
Tuesday
October,
24th,
otherwise,
and
looking
at
the
calendar,
there
is
a
council
related
committee
meeting
every
other
week,
night
Monday
through
Thursday
every
night
in
the
month,
October.
AJ
AJ
B
With
that
ultimate
risk,
I
mean
I.
Have
this
idea
just
I'll
just
share
with
you,
I
mean
I.
Have
this
idea
that
you
know
people
care
a
lot
in
Evanston
and
they
want
to
get
up
here
and
they
want
to
have
their
their
thoughts
considered.
I.
Also
wonder
and
I
don't
know.
If
the
council
has
ever
done
this
in
the
past,
it
would
have
to
be
done,
I
suppose
on
the
Rules
Committee.
B
If
this
council
could
ever
have
a
meeting,
so
they
could
really
get
into
the
copper
conversation
without
citizen
comment
at
that
meeting,
so
in
essence,
taking
the
affordable
housing
conversation
again,
the
next
time
this
council
meets
you
know.
Do
we
need
another
hour
of
citizen
comment
to
hear
a
lot
of
you
know
comments,
some
of
which
would
be
this
be
the
same
or
can
this
council,
you
know
not
have
public
comment
at
that
meeting
and
just
go
into
deliberations
and
discussion.
Alderman
Wilson.
AQ
I
I
agree
with
always
having
citizen
comment,
but
I
believe
that
we
have
done
this
in
the
past
when
we
have
continued
a
meeting
because
we
have
when
we've
all
been
rainy.
Perhaps
you
remember
us
doing
this.
One
we've
had
several
hours
of
citizen
comment.
This
is
before
we
limited
the
rule
and
and
then
in
order
to
have
the
council
have
a
discussion.
We
continued
the
meeting
to
another
date
and
then
we
started
with
the
council
discussion.
Does
this
sound
familiar
in
or
Zee's
was
I
too
tired
because.
AL
AM
Yeah
I
think
we
generally
all
kind
of
agree
that
you
can't
really
not
have
citizen
comment,
even
if
it
were
a
continuing
meeting.
I
think
that
people
would
show
up
who
didn't
know
that
it
was
a
continuing
meeting.
They'd
have
an
expectation.
First
of
all,
everybody
who
stayed
thanks.
That's
really
awesome
I
appreciate
that,
no
seriously
it's
it's
late,
a
lot
of
you
spoke
and
a
lot
of
you
stayed
and
I
really
am
grateful
for
that,
because
you
do
get
the
benefit
of
having
her.
AM
What
we
talked
about,
but
I
think
that
when
we
keep
talking
about
it,
you
know
all
of
you
are
here
still
talked.
Hopefully
you
kind
of
got
a
sense
of
what
we're
thinking
and
maybe
not
everybody
needs
to
stand
up
next
time
and
we
can
just
kind
of
dive
right
in
I.
Think
that's!
You
know
what
we're
all
collectively
looking
forward
to
doing.
I
think
we've
got
a
lot
of.
You
know
room
to
work
with
here
and
some
some
good.
You
know
baseline
ideas,
and
you
know
we
just
want
to
be.
G
B
AN
AM
AO
A
K
AM
A
AP
B
AJ
AN
AN
A
Is
7
o'clock?
Would
you
like
to
start
earlier
than
7
o'clock?
Yes,
yes,
6
o'clock
in
the
automatic
library
mm-hmm,
so
we'll
televise.
It
live
from
the
automatic
library.
So
folks
who
can
watch
in
here
or
watching
the
pancha
room,
okay,
very
good,
so
just
to
review
then
so.
Every
Monday
in
October
has
council
meeting
there's
the
equity
training
on
Wednesday,
the
fourth
there's
a
Saturday
meeting
on
the
28th.
A
So
that's
that's!
Those
are
the
council
meetings
and
I
think
most
all
that
I
think
we've
we've
discussed
all
that
previously
alright.
So
we
will
just
have
a
white
paper
for
you,
then
for
the
30th
of
October
and
it
will
be
in
the
all
back
library
and
we'll
be
prepared
to
just
answer
questions.
Nothing
else.
Alderman.
A
A
D
B
The
comment-
and
you
know
we'll
we'll
craft
the
meeting
for
that
for
the
October
30th
okay,
seeing
seeing
no
more
lights
can
we
do
a
quick
call
of
the
wards
ever
your
appointment?
What's
that
I'm
sorry
you're
right,
we
thank
you.
Thank
you
that
city
clerk
read.
Can
we
have
as
anyone
want
to
move
the
the
motion?
We
have
an
appointment
reappointment
for
the
board
of
ethics,
Jennifer
Billingsley
for
action,
move.
AJ
B
AN
You
so
there's
a
9th
ward
meeting
Saturday
at
9:00,
but
I
also
just
want
to,
because
I
am
still
getting
lots
of
phone
calls
which
I
appreciate
this
weekend.
I
watched
the
news
with
the
citizen
frustration
and
st.
Louis
over
the
NOC
conviction
of
the
police
officer
in
the
killing
of
an
individual
and
I
just
want
to
say
to
my
council
members
in
to
the
city
of
Evanston
that
we
are
not
saying
Louis
and
I'm
very
thankful,
but
we
there
are
a
lot
of
citizens
in
our
town
who
feel
very
frustrated
with
our
police.
AN
They
feel
very
disrespected
and
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
and
I
also
want
to
encourage
us
all
on
the
diets.
And
whoever
is
here
to
think
about
that,
because
these
things
start
with
these
fall
microaggressions
and
these
small
individual
encounters
that
Harbor
more
resentment
and
frustration.
And
then
this
error
we
live
in
where
people
are
frustrated
by
a
lot
of
things
that
the
city
of
Evanston
have
no
control
over
I
would
like
us
to
really
take
seriously.
AN
AJ
AJ
AJ
If
you
have
not
attended
that
meeting
before
it
should
be
a
good
discussion
and
I'd
like
to
make
a
suggestion
that
that
we
rework
a
slightly
larger
room
to
allow
us
to
have
more
informal
discussions
where,
instead
of
sitting
in
front
of
this
beautiful
dais,
were
actually
down
on
the
on
the
the
regular,
regular
folks
and
I.
Think
that
will
facilitate
discussion,
whether
it's
here
or
in
the
parasol
room
or
wherever
that
we
really
look
at
establishing
that
type
of
venue
to
have
discussions
like
this.
AJ
AO
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
I'd,
just
like
to
offer
a
word
of
condolences
to
the
family
of
Lynelle
jean-baptiste
and
Jean
Paul
Lenoir,
his
mother
passed
this
past
weekend:
wonderful,
wonderful,
lady,
the
adhesive
to
the
whole
family,
so
again
condolences.
The
funeral
services
will
be
this
weekend
and
then
again
to
those
that
are
tuning
in
just
worth.
Mentioning
again.
The
second
board
meeting
that
was
this
week
was
cancelled
due
to
hours.
AQ
AM
You
know
at
points
in
time
in
the
past,
so
I'd
like
to
ask
is
that
the
police
department
provide
us
with
a
just
a
brief
presentation
on
you
know
what
those
two
things
are.
You
know
how
those
two
things
work
in
our
community
right
now,
so
it
can
open
that,
and
so
we
can
open
that
up
for
a
conversation,
I
think
it's
it's
important
for
us
to
be
open
and
honest
about.
AM
You
know
how
this
takes
place,
what
it
involves,
what
some
of
the
statistics
are
and
and
not
do
it
in
a
you
know
we
don't
do
things
in
a
gotcha
fashion,
but
just
again
to
have
that
honest
conversation,
here's
what
we're
doing,
here's
the
context
of
these
policies
and
to
consider
and
think
about
you
know,
are
we
in
the
same
place
that
we
were
in
before?
Has
it
work?
Has
it
not
worked
or
what
we
need
to
be
doing
differently?
So
it's
I
think
it's
important
to
have
that
open.
AK
You
I,
too,
would
like
to
offer
condolences
to
mr.
and
mrs.
Jean
Baptiste
and
their
families.
This
week
we
have
our
fifth
war
meeting
at
Gibbs
Morrison
at
7:00
p.m.
we
have
a
full
agenda.
Northwestern
will
be
there
giving
an
update
on
community
engagement.
We'll
have
public
works
there
to
respond
to
many
questions
and
concerns.
We've
had
about
debris
in
our
alleys,
we'll
have
the
city
managers
report
and
an
update
from
the
we
program
and
the
exciting
new
things
that
they're
doing
in
the
community
and
I
hope
to
see
you
there.
Thank
you
Thank.
AL
Want
to
remind
everybody
that
on
Wednesday,
the
20th
is
a
very
important
meeting
on
disposal
issues
garbage
and
on
the
24th
of
September.
It's
a
very
important
event
at
st.
Francis
Hospital
for
families,
everybody
as
a
family
go
to
st.
Francis,
starting
at
11,
o
clock
in
the
morning.
All
sorts
of
activities
for
people
and
today
in
City,
Chicago,
alderman,
Moore
and
I
had
a
very
large
contingent
of
people
who
went
to
building
court
for
the
old
Burger
King
on
Howard
Street
city.
Chicago
law
department
didn't
quite
serve
the
defendant
properly.
AL
So
we
didn't
quite
get
everything
we
needed,
but
we
certainly
made
a
huge
impression
on
the
court
and
we
were
we
were
singled
out
and
we
were
really
quite
impressive
with
our
crowd
and
so
things
are
going
to
really
move
along
and
the
Deputy
Commissioner
of
buildings
came
out
this
afternoon
to
the
site
and
met
with
some
of
us
who
were
on
the
bus
this
morning.
So
we
just,
we
really
made
a
very
big
impression
and
I
think
we're
going
to
get
a
lot
of
action.
So
thanks
everybody
great.
AN
I
forgot
one
thing
in
public
safety,
so
today
we
had
a
DHS
student
riding
in
the
bike
lane
hit
by
a
car
across
in
the
street
and
no
one
stopped
the
driver
didn't
stop
and
pedestrians
did
not
stop
so
can
fun
dodge
where
my
children
ride.
So
if
we
could
just
all
please
be
mindful
and
slow
down,
and
if
you
see
a
child
that
did
get
hit
if
we
could
stop
and
call
the
police
for
the
child
please,
but
just
really
please
be
mindful
they're
trying
their
best.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AM
Pursuant
to
v
Illinois
compiled
statutes,
ilcs
120,
/,
2a
I
move
that
the
City
Council
can
beam
into
executive
session
to
discuss
agenda
items
regarding
personnel,
collective
bargaining
and
litigation.
These
agenda
items
are
permitted
subjects
to
be
considered
an
executive
session
and
are
enumerated
exceptions
under
the
Open
Meetings
Act.
These
exceptions
are
5,
ilcs,
120,
/,
2a
c,
1,
c,
2
and
c
11.
How
do
I
have
a
motion
to
recess?
No
excuse
me
a
second
for
my
motion
to
do
well.