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B
A
Right,
terrific,
thank
thank
you,
City
Clerk
and
welcome
everybody
to
the
Monday
October
22nd
2018,
Evanston,
City
Council,
meeting
tonight's
meeting
will
predominantly
be
spent
on
our
city
budget.
The
city
budget
reflects
the
values
that
a
community
have
and
I
think.
Everybody
is
well
aware
that
we
have
a
seven
and
a
half
a
million
dollar
projected
budget
that
we
have
to
close.
There's
only
a
couple
ways
to
close
the
budget:
either
cut
expenses,
you
increase
revenues
or
you
do
a
combination
of
the
two.
This
is
the
beginning
of
that
process.
A
This
will
last
for
about
a
month.
This
is
our
first
meeting
since
the
city
manager
has
released
his
proposed
budget
and
we're
gonna
have
a
thorough
conversation
about
that
budget
tonight
and,
and
the
council
members
up
here
and
myself
and
others
will
listen
to
the
community
and
your
thoughts
on
the
budget.
But,
as
I
said
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we're
gonna
have
to
make
some
tough
decisions
and
sacrifices
are
going
to
have
to
be
made
across
many
areas
of
the
city
government,
two
announcements.
A
Today,
one
is:
we
met
in
executive
session
on
October
15
2018
to
complete
the
annual
review
of
our
city
manager,
Wally
babka
wits.
This
evaluation
marked
the
completion
of
nine
years
of
service
for
mr.
Batson
bacca
bacca
wits,
babka
wits,
you
think
I
know
your
name
Wally
as
Evanston
city
manager,
making
him
the
second
longest-serving
city
manager
in
our
city's
history.
The
majority
the
City,
Council
and
I
found
that
the
city
manager
exceeded
expectations.
This
year
the
city
manages
composite
score,
met
or
exceeded
expectations
in
nine
categories.
A
He
was
evaluated,
although
his
scores
this
year
were
moderately
less
than
last
year.
Mr.
Bob
quits
received
general
praise
during
his
evaluation
for
his
leadership
and
strategic
planning
and
operations
and
delivery
of
city
services,
resulting
in
several
successful
citywide
infrastructure
improvements,
Chicago
Avenue
Sheridan,
Road,
James,
Park,
Fleetwood,
er,
Dane,
Chandler,
Neuberger
improvements,
the
hiring
and
promotion
of
a
talented,
hard-working
and
diverse
leadership,
team,
important
interagency
agreements,
additional
water
sales
to
the
village
of
Lincoln
wood
and
improvements
to
policing
procedures,
including
alternatives
to
arrest
prior
to
the
evaluation.
A
The
city
manager
requested
that
the
City,
Council
and
I
not
consider
him
for
any
salary
adjustment.
Therefore,
there
are
no
changes
to
his
current
contract,
dated
October
13
2016,
the
city
and
the
council
and
I,
while
they
value
and
appreciate
your
service
to
the
residents
of
this
city
and
look
forward
to
working
with
you
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
A
The
second
announcement
is
a
proclamation
that
alderman
Wilson
is
going
to
give
my
absence
later
this
week
to
the
rotor
to
rotary
and-
and
it's
going
to
be
given
to
the
Rotary
Club
of
Evanston
and
Rotary
Club
of
Evanston
lighthouse.
We
are
very,
very
fortunate
in
this
community
to
actually
be
the
home
of
you
know.
Rotary
International
right
here
downtown
and
their
focus
on
eliminating
polio
is
truly
extraordinary
and
it
was
an
audacious
goal
and
they
have
already
dropped
since
1988
the
cases
of
polio
by
99.9
percent.
A
So
it
really
is
just
a
matter
of
years
before
they
have
eradicated
polio
from
the
world
and
that's
and
that's
pretty
impressive,
and
it's
pretty
impressive-
that
they're
right
here
in
downtown
Evanston,
so
Thank
You,
alderman
Wilson
for
forgiving
that
later
this
week,
I'd
like
to
turn
over
now
to
the
city
manager
for
any
public.
Excuse
me
for
any
public
announcements.
Mr.
D
Good
evening,
mr.
mayor
members
of
council
city
manager,
baka
wits,
Lawrence
hemingway
director
of
Parks
and
Rec
tonight,
I'm
honored,
to
introduce
a
volunteer
group
to
you
that
we're
very
excited
to
do
so.
Two
weeks
ago,
when
I
did
my
end
of
the
summer
review.
One
of
my
slides
I
mentioned
to
you
was
about
this
exciting
volunteer
group,
but
I
don't
want
to
take
all
of
the
thunder
I'ma
bring
up
the
manager
of
the
fleet
with
Jordanian
community
center.
Mr.
Ken
cherry
to
introduce
these
wonderful
volunteers.
E
Thank
you,
miss
Hemmingway,
mr.
mayor
C
manager,
and
to
the
entire
council
good
evening.
We
at
fleet
would
retain
do
a
variety
of
food
programs.
In
the
summer
we
have
our
snack
program
and
our
lunch
program
in
the
fall
when
in
spring
we
have
a
snack
program
and
a
supper
program,
particularly
in
the
fall
winter
and
spring,
that
supper
program
serves
hot
meals
to
the
neighborhood.
Children
serves
hot
meals
to
our
program,
as
well
as
other
programs
surrounding
our
Center
and
just
walk-ins,
and
they
get
a
hot
meal.
A
hot
supper.
E
This
program,
this
volunteer
group,
highlighted
our
programs
and
decided
to
raise
money
to
help
support
our
program.
They
have
this
goal
that
they
are
going
to
try
to
feed
children.
One
cartwheel
at
a
time
name
of
the
group
is
car,
12,
kids
and
they,
through
their
hard
work,
have
donated
to
food
programs.
E
E
And
so
tonight
we
are
so
grateful
to
have
three
of
the
six
young
ladies
who
actually
do
the
work
they're
busy.
They
don't
just
do
this
fundraising
stuff.
They
are
in
school
and
doing
other
things,
so
we
have
three
of
the
six
that
could
make
it
tonight
to
come
and
be
honored
by
us
and
to
give
us
this
chance
to
show
them
how
much
we
appreciate
the
work
that
they've
done
for
our
program.
Thank
you.
D
Explain
the
cartwheel,
the
cartwheels
okay,
yes
I'm,
sorry,
so
the
young
ladies,
do
a
variety
of
activities
and
do
they
do
cartwheels
absolutely
so
they
they
get
together
and
they
set
up
various
activities.
These
activities
could
be,
you
know,
shooting
baskets.
They
could
be
trying
to
hit
a
blog
into
a
hockey
rink
there
they're
just
various
activities
and
of
course
they
do
as
many
cartwheels.
They
take
pledges
ray
for
these
various
activities
and
that's
how
they
were
able
to
collect
this
$7,400.
D
A
B
Today
was
the
first
day
of
early
voting
here
at
the
Evanston
Civic
Center
in
Evanston
soft
609
voters
come
out
today
that
puts
this
in
a
believe
third
place
throughout
the
county,
so
we
need
to
get
those
numbers
up
and
continue
to
have
folks
come
out
and
early
vote.
Early
voting
goes
until
November
5th
next
week.
Early
this
week,
early
voting
is
until
5:00
p.m.
every
day.
Next
week,
early
voting
will
go
until
7:00
p.m.
we
also
have
Saturday
and
Sunday
early
voting.
B
There
are
plenty
of
opportunities
to
volunteer
with
the
clerk's
office
will
be
going
on
door-to-door
in
low
voter
turnout
precincts,
particularly
in
the
5th
2nd
and
8th
Ward.
There
also
be
opportunities
to
do
phone
calls
and
join
our
text
messaging
campaign
to
get
voters
out
in
the
upcoming
election.
A
Those
are
all
events,
excellent,
excellent.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Clerk
read,
okay,
we're
going
to
move
on
now
to
public
comment.
We
have
fifty
people
that
have
signed
up
for
public
comment
tonight.
As
everyone
knows,
our
our
rules
are
that
we
set
aside
45
minutes
for
public
comment
tonight,
I'm
going
to
stretch
it
just
a
hair
and
allow
everyone
one
minute
at
the
podium.
A
When
you
come
up
as
always
ask
that
you,
you
know,
be
be
concise
and
and
if
it's
been
said
before
you
know
it's
okay
to
say,
hey,
somebody
else
has
already
raised
the
point
that
I
wanted
to
raise,
but
we
look
forward
to
everyone's
comments
again.
I
know
lots
of
people
here
to
talk
about
the
budget
and
that's
important
to
everybody
up
here.
So
we're
looking
forward
to
to
your
comments.
A
I
will
will
keep
time
up
here
and
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
little
nudge
when
you
get
10
more
seconds
left,
so
you
can
wrap
it
up
and
and
we'll
go
from
there.
So
I'll
name
off
the
the
speakers
in
groups
of
three
and
if
you
could
just
line
up
so
we
can
try
and
get
through
this
quickly.
We've
got
Marie,
Larson,
Donald,
Ziegler
and
then
Janet
risky.
So
welcome.
Welcome
Marie.
F
Good
evening,
mayor
and
members
of
the
council,
my
name
is
Mary
Larson
I'm,
a
resident
of
the
9th
Ward
and
I'm
the
coordinator
of
Health
Services
in
school
district
65.
As
the
coordinator
of
health
services.
I
take
issue
with
the
city
manager
statement
that
jeopardizing
Evanston's
Health
and
Human
Services
Department
classification
as
a
Health
Department,
is
something
that
the
city
could
contend
with.
This
is
an
erroneous
perception
in
an
irresponsible
claim.
F
Our
health
department
is
in
a
political
entity
that
is
governed
by
best
practices
of
the
Illinois
Association
of
public
health,
administrators,
Illinois,
Association
of
Board
of
House
Illinois
Department
of
Public
Health
and
the
University
of
Illinois
School
of
Public
Health.
Their
sole
mission
is
to
protect
the
health
and
safety
of
all
the
people
who
live
and
work
in
Evanston.
F
Not
only
do
they
give
us
guidance
best
practices
for
air
quality,
food,
sanitation
and
food
safety,
direction
on
environmental
health
hazards
and
communicable
disease
protection,
provide
us
with
strategies
and
tactics
to
protect
and
improve
our
community
of
well-being.
There
is
necessaries
police,
firefighters
and
medical
personnel
to
respond
to
emergencies
and
protect
community
health
and
safety.
They
are
an
essential
and
cost-effective
public
investment.
Thank.
F
A
G
Mayor
members
of
the
council
and
city
manager,
I'm
Don,
Ziegler,
I'm,
chair
of
the
Evanston
health
advisory
council,
I'm
also
on
the
faculty
of
school,
of
public
health
at
UIC
I'm
concerned
about
the
financial
pressures
of
the
city,
but
I'm
particularly
concerned
about
the
choices
to
drastically
make
cuts
in
the
in
the
Health
Department.
Well,
five
cuts.
Ours
are
proposed,
three
of
them
of
the
assistant
director
communicable
disease
specialists
and
health
educator
would
effectively
end
the
health
department's
effectiveness
and
certainly
its
certification
status.
G
The
loss
of
certification
threatens
our
ability
to
receive
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
in
federal
and
state
programs
of
their
been
used
for
lead,
poisoning
prevention,
tobacco
control,
emergency
preparedness,
etc.
We've
been
its,
but
we
should
be
noted
that
if
we
didn't
have
this
status
in
2009
during
the
pent
of
h1n1
pandemic,
we
wouldn't
have
been
able
to
have
the
influenza
vaccinations
about.
G
Our
Health
Department
is
also
a
leader
in
fighting
chronic
diseases,
and
we've
been
a
leader
on
tobacco
control
and
nationally
recognized
for
that,
and
also
our
campaigns
on
obesity.
So
we
urge
you
to
keep
the
assistant
director
communicable
disease,
specialist
and
health
educator,
and
also
you
all
received
a
letter
from
the
Katherine
Cunard,
who
is
the
head
of
the
Health
Department
in
Skokie
and
so
a
resident
of
Evanson
and
we're
entering
and
want
to
enter
into
the
record
her
for
document
two,
so
please
make
the
right
decisions
to
protect
and
protect.
G
A
H
The
city
of
Evanston
is
bankrupt.
The
real
tax
increase
is
close
to
30
to
50
percent,
which
amounts
to
10%
property
tax
increase.
This
doesn't
end
with
this
year's
budget.
You
basically
the
answer
for
all.
This
is
pure
waste,
mismanagement,
corruption
and
giving
our
money
to
special
interest.
We
have
stand
with
seven
million
dollars
in
lawsuits
that
basically
would
fill
the
budget
hole.
We
have
all
the
waste
on
Howard
Street
and
we
have
alderman
Rainey,
suggesting
she
supports
police
and
fire
if
mr.
H
babka
witches
were
laying
them
off
as
of
last
year
by
not
filling
the
positions,
nobody
in
the
community
knew
about
it
frankly,
and
we
have
millions
of
dollars
of
screw-ups
here
and
we
have
Robert
rip
off
and
I'm.
The
reason
I'm
going
to
call
it
Robert
rip
off
is
because
we
went
ahead
and
did
a
project
with
not
knowing
how
we're
gonna
pay
for
it.
Okay,
you
basically
are
paying
a
million
dollars
in
debt
service
next
year
in
2020
you
got
two
million
coming.
H
So
what's
gonna
happen,
you
have
more
problems
here,
more
employees
are
getting
laid
off
and
certain
City
Council
members
think
they're
going
to
save
this
with
economic
development.
They're
not
it
take.
15
high-rises
is
just
to
come
up
with
Robert
crown
and
the
water
bill.
Department
is
a
huge
mess
and
hardly
Clarks
a
diversion
and
our
city
manager
who
shut
down
the
last
council
meeting.
You
went
on
a
junket
to
the
ICM,
a
conference,
ten
more
seconds,
all
right
and
finally,
I
challenge.
You
mayor
Haggerty
mr.
H
I
Hi
I'm
Lynn
Gettleman,
Shea,
hab
I'm,
a
Evanston
resident
and
I'm
a
North,
Shore,
pediatrician
and
I
work
at
the
Evanston
high
school
health
center
and
I'm
also
co-chair
of
the
obesity
Action
Team
here
at
the
health
department.
I'm
also
here
to
make
a
plea
not
to
get
rid
of
the
health
educator,
the
assistant
health
director
or
the
disease,
a
communicable
disease
surveillance
specialist,
because
without
them
we
do
not
have
a
health
department,
we
will
lose
our
state
certification
and
we
will
lose
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
federal
state
and
private
grant
money.
I
That
goes
with
that
certification.
We
already
know.
In
the
past
ten
years
the
Evanson
has
had
swine
flu
we've
had
ecoli
on
our
beach
waters.
We've
had
led
in
some
of
our
public
building
waters.
We
have
had
outbreaks
in
our
in
our
food
in
our
restaurants,
and
we
know
that
we
have
travelers
here
residents
and
people
who
pass
through
that
have
been
documented
travelers
to
countries
with
documented
outbreaks
of
Zika
and
Ebola
virus.
I
Without
we
also
have
excuse
me,
a
significant
portion
of
our
population
who
are
obese,
who
smoke
and
who
don't
exercise
without
these
positions,
especially
the
health
educator.
We
also
lose
programs
like
rethink
your
drink
smoke,
free
Illinois,
we're
out
walking
in
the
city,
employee,
wellness
program
for
over
100
people
and
again,
all
the
thousands
of
dollars
of
grant
money
that
come
with
them.
There's.
A
I
Town
about
equity
and
collective
impact,
the
Health
Department
is
a
backbone
that
brings
all
of
these
major
organizations
in
Evanston.
Together,
encourages
communication
between
them
and
looks
for
gaps
and
services
and
an
example
of
things
brought
to
us
by
the
Health
Department,
the
Edmondson
High
School
Health
Center,
where
I
work
in
Erie
Family,
Health
Center,
which
is
now
the
largest
federally
qualified
health
center
in
the
entire
country,
was
brought
do
in
partnerships
with
the
Evanston
Health
Department.
I
A
A
Alright,
we're
gonna,
try
some
come
on,
come
on
up
Burch
and
we're
gonna.
Try
we're
gonna,
try
something
else,
just
to
help
people
with
the
with
the
time
and
know
when
you
hit
your
minute,
we're
actually
gonna
set
a
timer
and
it'll
go
off,
and
then,
if
you
can
just
if
it
goes
off
and
you
haven't
finished,
it
wrap
it
up
in
ten
seconds.
That
would
be
great.
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
get
to
everybody
and
we're
fair
to
every.
No,
yes,
I.
K
Understand
yes,
I
tend
to
be
welcome.
I
tend
to
be
brief.
Anyway,
I'm
birch
Burkhardt
board,
president
of
interfaith
action
of
Evanston
and
resident
of
the
4th
Ward
with
me,
our
delegates
of
interfaith
action,
clergy
and
members
of
our
advocacy
team.
We
are
here
together
because
we
are
one
voice
that
saves
you
a
few
extra
speakers.
K
Interfaith
action
has
been
focused
on
bringing
comfort
and
safety
to
people
with
the
most
serious
challenges
in
evanston.
Some
of
the
people
with
the
most
serious
challenges
and
what
stood
out
for
us
in
the
proposed
budget
for
2019
was
the
cut
by
a
third
in
funding,
if
Evanston's
mental
health
board,
whose
efforts
are
especially
important
for
the
homeless.
Folks
that
we
work
with,
we
hope
that
you'll
decide
against
making
those
proposed
proposed
cuts,
which
we
think
will
hurt
some
of
some
very
vulnerable
people
in
our
community.
K
A
B
A
L
You
Paul
Barker,
9th
ward,
I,
don't
personally
know
the
city
manager,
but
this
is
not
the
first
time
that
I've
felt
suspicious
of
his
motives
and
worried
about
the
power
of
this
unelected
official.
The
ill-conceived
restructuring
of
the
youth
and
young
adult
division
makes
no
sense.
It
appears
to
be
intended
to
subvert
the
effectiveness
of
a
successful
program
that
makes
me
suspicious.
The
attitude
behind
the
proposal
seems
to
be.
If
it
ain't
broke,
let's
break
it.
L
A
M
Alice
berry
sixteen
thirty
Main
Street,
ninth
ward.
For
the
second
time
this
year,
the
city
manager's
office
has
launched
an
assault
on
the
crucial
work
of
the
youth
and
young
adult
division.
This
assault
is
called
a
reorganization,
which
is
what
one
does
when
something
isn't
working.
Well.
Is
that
the
case
here
no,
the
city
manager
admits
as
much.
He
calls
this
a
promotion.
So
that's
how
you
promote
a
successful
leader.
You
move
him
to
another
department
while
paying
him
so
little
respect
that
you
don't
even
talk
to
him.
First
about
the
impact
it
will
have.
M
We
are
in
a
serious
financial
crisis
and
there
isn't
even
a
stated
economic
reason
for
this
change.
What's
really
going
on
here
to
me,
it
looks
like
what
dr.
peggy
mcintosh
calls
white
control.
That's
when
white
people
say
to
black
people,
we've!
Let
you
come
this
far
and
we're
gonna
stop
you
here,
because
we
can
councils
support
the
division
unaltered
and
if
the
city
manager
is
this
incompetent
or
this
racist
fire
him.
Thank
you.
Thank.
N
Good
evening,
Dale
Griffin
remember
a
Unitarian
Church
of
Evanston,
ninth
warden,
M
resident
and
I
work
on
the
board
of
a
Unitarian
Universalist
prison
ministry
of
Illinois
I'm.
Here
to
ask
you
also
to
keep
the
Evanston
youth
and
young
adult
outreach
division
in
tact
as
a
matter
of
public
health
and
safety.
We've
met
with
mr.
Brown
and
about
issues
of
employment
opportunities
for
people
coming
out
of
prison
and
for
help
to
be
helpful
to
people
coming
home
from
prison.
N
In
the
last
week
he
and
two
of
his
staff,
Nathan
Norman's
Stacey
merengue,
were
a
panel
on
reentry
issues
and
help
needed
there's
clearly
strong
respect
among
those
three
and
a
strong
mental
relationship
with
the
Kevin
Brown.
It
would
be
a
shame
to
split
that
apart.
This
work
is
an
investment
in
the
vibrancy
health
and
safety
of
the
entire
Evanston
community.
This
is
where
we
can
make
a
real
difference
in
people's
lives
and
prevent
violence
in
the
future.
It's
a
small
investment.
Now,
please
keep
this
division
in
tact
with
its
leader
and
staff.
N
There's
no
short
term
savings
and
possible
long-term
loss.
Splitting
up
would
help
the
hurt
the
community.
Finally,
the
process
of
arriving
at
the
plan
seems
to
be
without
the
participation,
the
buy-in
of
the
people
doing
the
work
I
asked
you
to
reject
the
proposal
because
it
won't
save
time.
Our
n
will
not
improve
the
health
and
safety
of
the
community
in
the
long
run.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
O
The
invitation
comes
from
the
prophet
Isaiah,
calling
across
the
years,
comfort
ye
comfort.
My
people
says
the
Lord
bad
things
happen
to
good
people
in
this
most
livable
city.
Sometimes
people
die
sometimes
by
suicide,
sometimes
violently
in
the
hand
of
another,
sometimes
suddenly,
sometimes
alone,
on
missed
by
others
for
days
and
days,
sometimes
they're
just
afraid
bad
things
happen.
I've
come
to
know
that
when
such
things
happen,
families
need
two
things
compassion
and
information.
O
For
years
the
Evanston
Police
Department
has
had
social
workers
known
as
the
victim
services
staff.
These
positions
are
on
the
grid
or
or
on
the
chopping
block
to
be
eliminated.
I,
don't
think
we're
the
kind
of
city
that
wants
to
let
people
for
whom
tragic
things
happen
have
to
do
it
on
their
own.
We
still
have
the
invitation,
perhaps
even
the
commandment,
comfort
ye
comfort.
My
people
says
the
Lord.
Thank
you.
A
P
Like
to
echo
a
few
comments
made
by
the
roundtables
opinion
column,
we
find
many
disturbing
things
in
the
city.
Manager's
proposal
proposed
budget
for
the
coming
fiscal
year
in
a
survey
earlier
this
year,
the
community
ranked
10
programs
that
we
wish
to
preserve.
Yet
many
of
these
are
on
the
chopping
block
was
the
purple.
What
was
the
purpose
of
the
survey?
Was
it
already
predetermined?
P
This
budget
seems
to
be
seems
to
reflect
disdain
as
it
stands.
We
believe
that
the
budget
is
unacceptable.
Splitting
up
the
youth
and
young
adult
programs
division
is
outrageous
to
me
if
it
ain't
broke.
Why
do
we
attempt
to
fix
it?
The
youth
and
young
adult
service
department
ranks
second
highest
and
the
list
of
50
programs,
City
programs
on
the
survey
shouldn't
that
speak
volumes
for
its
value.
P
P
Q
L
found
a
resident
of
the
second
word
for
38
years,
my
partner
and
I
chose
Evanston
in
1980
as
a
place
to
raise
our
interracial
family
and
in
many
ways
it
has
exceeded
our
expectations.
But
many
of
the
proposed
cuts
to
this
budget
do
not
reflect
the
values
of
a
city
that
brought
us
here
and
keep
us
here.
Q
First
was
the
elimination
of
the
communicable
disease
specialists
from
the
Health
Department,
which
I
understand
will
disqualify
our
city's
Health
Department
from
being
certified
by
the
state
by
the
Illinois
Department
of
Public
Health.
Second,
the
proposal
to
reorganize
the
youth
and
young
adult
program
by
moving
its
current
director,
who
built
this
program
into
a
workforce
development
position
and
shifting
his
team
to
a
community
center
under
a
new
administrator.
These
two
proposals,
whether
conscious,
intentional
or
not,
have
the
potential
to
ultimately
result
in
the
dismantling
of
an
entire
Health
Department
and
a
highly
successful
youth
program.
Q
There
are
programs
that
have
proven
their
worth
to
us
to
our
community
I,
deeply
hope
that
you
will
use
as
much
a
much
clearer
equity
lens
on
all
these
programs,
as
you
make
your
difficult
decisions
about
what
to
eliminate
and
change,
because
to
me,
this
proposed
budget
in
many
ways
reflects
what's
happening
nationally
in
our
country
right
now.
Let's
not
let
it
happen
in
Evanston.
Thank
you.
R
Evening,
Jessica
sales,
9th
board
mental
health
professional,
like
so
many
tonight,
I'm
here
to
speak
out
against
the
cuts
to
the
Mental
Health
Board
and
the
impact
that
that
will
have
for
so
many
about
at
risk
and
vulnerable
population.
I
just
have
one
question,
and
that
is
when
way
of
looking
at
this
budget.
R
If
we
can
put
ourselves
in
the
shoes
of
the
people
that
this
is
going
to
affect
the
most
so
I'm
talking
about
our
homeless
neighbors,
who
are
facing
another
cold
winter,
our
children
of
color
that
are
thriving
and
after-school
programs,
our
seniors
who
face
food
insecurity,
and
so
so
many
more
now
I
want
this
budget
to
show
that
we
are
a
place
that
we
are
a
town
that
we
wrap
around.
We
love
people.
R
We
welcome
people,
we
support
people,
we
hear
people
when
we
stand
up
for
people
and
I'm
really
worried
that
that
budget
send
the
message.
I
think
it
sends
a
message
that
hey
you're
on
your
own,
hey,
I,
don't
know,
I
can't
see,
I
can't
see
your
needs
or
your
challenges
and
I'm
not
standing
with
you
and
I.
Think
as
Evanson.
We
are
so
much
better
than
that,
and
we
had
a
really
great
opportunity
to
change
this
budget
and
keep
supporting
the
people
who
need
it
the
most.
Thank
you
thank.
S
Mary
was
in
ski
I,
want
to
echo
everything
that
everyone
said
about
the
previous
issues,
especially
with
like
the
Kevin
Brown
program,
I,
think
when
we
get
a
good
program,
we
should
keep
it
and
make
it
stronger,
not
divide
it
up
and
make
it
weaker.
I'm
here
tonight,
specifically
to
talk
about
the
MoU
with
Hurley
Clark
I'm
concerned
as
a
budget
issue
that
going
forward
with
that
MOU
will
cause
a
bigger
deficit
for
us,
because
it's
an
underfunded
program.
S
There's
experts
that
have
that
are
there
all
the
expenses
that
were
not
included
in
the
MOU
and
then
to
talk
about
regrading,
the
property
and
then
someone
else
is
saying:
we'll
do
a
visioning
property
process
for
a
new
park.
Ground
sounds
like
more
taxpayer
dollar.
So
what
appears
to
be
a
gift
to
the
city
is
really
kind
of
a
Trojan
horse
he's
going
to
leave
us
and
with
a
bill
because
they
said
from
the
beginning.
S
They
talked
about
deconstruction,
which
is
actually
a
responsible
way
to
bring
down
a
building,
and
now
they've
got
to
demolition,
which
is
an
environmentally
destructive
way
to
bring
down
a
building,
and
they
are
not
going
to
be
restoring
the
gemstones
and
Gardens
according
to
their
new
proposal
and
what
miss
Simmons
had
said
no
cost
to
the
city,
so
I
just
want
to
bring
that
up.
It's
not
to
compete.
Harley
Clark
is
not
a
budget
issue.
Thank.
T
I'm,
a
product
of
high
school
product
of
the
Everson
Youth
Council
appointed
by
the
former
mayor,
Elizabeth
Tisdale
for
a
product
of
speech,
team
particle
Relay
for
Life,
American,
Cancer,
Society,
you've,
technology,
core
student
council.
Why
are
you
reading
club,
Evanston,
Township,
High,
School,
chapter
of
the
NAACP
and
yes,
even
Shakespeare,
receiving
the
chessmen
of
the
North
Shore
community
service
due
to
my
community
service
hours?
This
has
enabled
me
to
that
change
in
my
community,
and
this
was
sixty
five
tool
to
City
Hall
right
in
this
room.
T
Northwestern
during
the
Trayvon
Martin
case,
I
participated
in
rallies
spoke
on
equality,
academia,
housing
and
funding
issues
that
affect
my
community
and
yes,
I,
only
graduated
from
high
school.
Only
a
few
years
ago,
the
predecessors
and
ancestors
of
my
pasts
have
shown
me
that
only
a
life
of
service
is
a
life
worthwhile
and,
while
speaking
to
the
formal
and
late
Lorraine
H
mourn
after
the
ceremony
of
my
community
service
award
at
the
chessmen
of
the
North,
Shore
has
shown
me
that
those
that
invested
in
me,
those
have
seen
me
sing.
T
Something
myself
when
I
couldn't
see
myself
show
me
that
they
invest
in
me
because
of
the
work
to
be
done.
That
has
been
done.
I've
been
a
product
of
these
services
of
the
young.
Adult
I
only
turned
25
made
the
decision,
so
others
that
come
under
me.
The
future
generation
will
have
better
opportunities
and
get
more
than
me.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Joshua.
U
Hagah
d
and
members
of
the
City
Council,
my
name
is
mark
Schroeder
on
the
manager
of
community
relations
for
North,
Shore,
University,
Health,
System
and
Evanston
Hospital,
our
Evanston
Hospital
president
Doug
silverstein
could
not
be
here
tonight
and
asked
me
to
read
the
following
statement.
The
city
of
Evanston
is
fortunate:
I
have
access
to
great
health
care
for
its
citizens,
with
two
hospitals
the
year
yet
Monson
Skokie,
Health
Center
and
a
certified
public
health
department.
Many
of
the
services
and
programs
provided
by
the
Evanston
Health
Department
are
intended
to
keep
Evanston
residents.
U
Healthy
Evanston
hospital
maintains
an
excellent
and
ongoing
relationship
with
the
department,
including
program
partnerships,
partnerships
and
sponsorships,
such
as
rethink
your
drink
theories,
Skokie
Evanston
health
center
and
the
Evanston
Township
High
School
health
clinic.
We
recognize
that
there
are
difficult
decisions
that
need
to
be
made
and
believe
that
the
health
of
the
community
and
its
residents
should
remain
a
priority.
Therefore,
we
urge
the
City
Council
to
ensure
the
important
functions
provided
by
the
Health
Department
still
are
available
to
Evitts
their
residents.
Thank
you.
Thank.
V
You
mayor
city
manager,
City
Clerk,
City,
Council
persons,
I
come
wearing
two
hats
tonight,
president
of
the
Evanston
North
Shore,
n-double-a-cp
and
pastor
of
Second
Baptist,
but
I
believe
for
the
sake
of
time
and
the
brevity
allotted
two
remarks,
I
basically
stand
before
you
as
a
concerned,
citizen
and
resident
of
our
town,
Evanston
of
all
the
places
I
lived,
I
believe
for
many
reasons
that
Evanston
exceeds
them
all.
We
are
a
town
that
marches
to
its
own
beat.
V
We
are
town,
though
filled
with
a
myriad
of
problems,
still
stands
on
the
brink
of
doing
marvelous
things
among
them,
caring
for
the
less
fortunate
having
a
heart
for
the
most
vulnerable,
reaching
out
to
aid
and
assist
the
marginal
and
hurting
that's
the
count
kind
of
town
I
arrived
in
over
three
years
ago.
It's
the
place,
I
fell
in
love
with
and
I'm
sure
it's
the
place
that
we
all
fell
in
love
with
people
work
together.
Here
we
fussed
together.
V
Present
personnel
and
programs
need
us,
no
matter
what
health
and
human
service
programs
and
people
need
to
be
in
place
to
serve
the
distrust,
no
matter
what
the
Gibbs
Morrison
Center
must
be
in
place
as
a
visual
testimony
that
this
town
continues
to
care
about
the
distrust
we've
already
lost
the
Emerson
Street
Y
and
the
community
hospital.
It
is
imperative
that
you
rethink
the
proposed
reductions
and
cuts
in
the
budget.
We
cannot
allow
the
callous
spirit
that
is
spread
through
our
nation
and
world
to
stop
here.
Hate
has
no
place
in
our
beloved
community.
V
It
does
not
belong
here.
Neglect
for
others
does
not
belong
here
and
sensitivity
does
not
belong
here.
What
affects
one
of
us
indirectly
affects
us.
All.
Much
of
this
budget
directly
affects
the
people
who
most
likely
will
suffer
the
most.
You
can't
allow
that
to
happen
and
a
great
majority
of
those
people
are
black
and
brown
skinned
people.
You
cannot
allow
services
or
personnel
to
be
reduced
in
areas
where
suffering
is
the
greatest.
Please
reconsider.
Thank
you.
Thank.
W
The
research
supports
what
we've
been
finding
in
our
work
with
older
adults
and
that
there
is
a
strong
link
between
depression,
anxiety
and
other
mental
health
problems
and
people's
being
able
to
control
diseases
like
diabetes,
heart
disease,
you're
at
about
irritable,
bowel
disease
and
chronic
pain.
So
we
offer
a
sliding
scale
for
those
who
don't
have
insurance
and
our
work
provides
education
and
links
to
other
providers,
as
well
as
helping
people
cope
with
the
stressors
of
Aging.
The
goal
of
our
program
is
to
help
people
remain
safely
in
their
community
homes,
decrease
911,
ECR
visits.
X
Thank
you,
I'm
speaking
as
a
15
year
resident
of
Evanston,
a
mother
of
two
teenagers
at
et
HS
and
as
a
physician,
the
proposed
budget
cuts
and
position
eliminations
to
the
Health
Department
concerned
me
greatly
as
they
should
all
Evanston
residents
and
will
potentially
cause
great
harm
to
our
community,
especially
the
uninsured,
our
children,
our
refugee
population
and
immunocompromised
individuals,
including
the
elderly
and
pregnant
women.
Over
the
last
10
years,
the
department
has
already
seen
significant
decreases
in
its
size,
and
various
positions
were
either
terminated
or
absorbed
by
other
departments.
X
There
is
currently
a
vacancy
in
the
assistant
director
position,
one
that
was
vital
to
maintain
partnerships
with
the
Erie
family
have
some
center
of
the
e
th
s,
health
clinic
and
the
cradle
to
career
program.
These
are
important
services
that
fill
the
gaps
for
those
who
are
not
able
to
access
the
services
at
North,
Shore
Hospital,
eliminating
the
communicable
disease
surveillance
specialist
concerns
me
greatly.
We
are
a
cosmopolitan
suburb
with
an
internationally
renowned
University,
just
outside
one
of
the
largest
cities
in
the
United
States.
X
We
are
vulnerable
at
all
times
throughout
breaks
of
foodborne,
airborne
and
other
diseases.
The
absence
of
someone
to
oversee
an
action
plan
to
be
ready
to
all
at
all
times,
if
dangerous
to
our
community
and
puts
everyone
at
risk.
When
I
asked
mayor
Haggerty
last
week
at
the
evident
live
taping
about
who
will
fill
these
gaps
and
services
to
our
community
members,
he
quickly
replied
that
the
residents
could
seek
services
at
Cook
County.
X
This
is
an
unrealistic
option
as
the
hospital's
many
miles
away,
and
the
facility
is
already
strained
in
its
efforts
to
provide
services
to
Chicago
residents.
We
also
know
that
the
city
of
Chicago
is
already
closing
down
for
mental
health.
Centers
such
as
the
2e
health
center,
located
on
the
north
side,
I
sincerely
hope
that
you
reconsider,
choosing
this
important
and
essential
City
Department
to
gut,
as
you
seek,
to
find
a
way
to
balance
the
city
budget.
Thank.
Y
2019
proposed
budget
overview
states
in
revenues
that
there's
no
property
tax
increase.
We
know-
that's
not
true.
We
know
it's
going
to
be
a
fairly
large
property
tax
increase.
We
know
you've
approved
an
85
million
dollar
bond
issue
to
cover
fifty
three
million
dollars
for
Crown
Center.
Several
hundred
several
million
dollars
for
Howard
Street,
the
Howard
Street,
was
supposed
to
be
paid
for
by
a
TIF.
Y
We
know
that
these
expenses
and
the
death
service
for
these
expenses
are
going
to
raise
property
taxes
for
decades
to
come.
We
know
that
the
library
fund
is
being
increased
by
over
five
hundred
thousand
dollars,
seventy
thousand
dollars
of
which
comes
from
the
good
neighbor
fund.
Why
is
that
happening?
Do
you
know
that
the
library
director
makes
approximately
a
quarter
of
a
million
dollars
for
being
the
director
of
our
library
system?
That's
more
than
the
city
manager.
That's
half
more
than
half
the
cost
of
the
entire
City
Council
budget.
Y
Y
The
law
department
is
being
increased
by
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Why
does
that
need
to
take
place?
Maybe
it's
because
we
have
so
many
lawsuits,
the
police
department
being
increased,
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
others
it
goes
on
and
on
so
I
would
look
at
those
things,
and
please
remember
that
everybody
here
all
these
budget
cuts
people
are
talking
about
in
a
way
of
services.
A
lot
of
this
funding
could
have
been
devoted
to
those
causes.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I.
Z
AA
Evening,
mayor
and
city
council
members,
I'm,
Judith,
Treadway,
2:26,
Cowen,
eighth
ward,
as
a
resident
of
Evans
and
I,
expect
that
the
numerous
public
comments
given
by
citizens
sometimes
warrant
some
further
research.
As
to
the
feasibility
of
the
suggestions
by
citizens,
property
owners,
renters
and
businesses
care
the
most
financial
burden
of
our
funding
for
city
services,
such
as
fire,
police,
recreation,
etc
and
schools.
It
is
time
those
individuals
who
benefit
from
working
for
our
public
institutions
give
a
little
back.
They
earn
salaries
and
wages
as
a
result
of
Evanston.
AA
Those
earnings
are
invested
in
communities
other
than
Evanston
those
earnings.
Over
the
last
five
years,
more
than
five
years
ago,
I
came
before
you
with
a
proposal
for
employee
tax,
generating
this
option
to
address
our
budget
shortfall.
It
was
rejected.
Today
you
are
considering
the
cutting
of
jobs,
services
programs,
increased
taxes
on
some
businesses,
yet
you
will
not
consider
a
fair
tax
of
employees
employed
by
our
taxing
bodies
who
do
not
live
or
sustain
a
quality
life
of
Everson
residents.
I
understand
that
employees
who
are
non-residents
amount
to
70%
of
our
public
employees.
AA
AB
Right
good
evening,
it
I
would
like
to
speak
out
against
the
proposed
budget
cuts
to
the
fire
department.
It
was
just
a
couple
weeks
ago
when
the
fire
alarm
went
off
in
my
apartment
building,
because
the
engine
at
station
22,
for
whatever
reason,
wasn't
available
engine
24
responded.
Instead,
that's
the
since
that's
proposed
since
that's
proposed
to
be
closed.
My
question
is
just
if
you
do
that
who
is
going
to
end
up
responding
to
that
area
when
engine
22
is
an
available,
there
is
no
way.
AB
AC
AD
AC
On
behalf
of
Peggy,
thar
disappointed
does
not
come
close
to
describing
my
reaction
to
the
continuation
of
discriminatory
practices
by
the
city
of
Evanston
I
hold
the
city
manager,
City,
Council
and
mayor
responsible
for
these
practices.
Several
cases
filed
against
the
city
by
city
employees
were
publicized
in
which
the
city
was
found
guilty
of
discrimination
and
made
to
pay
settlements
to
the
charging
parties.
Now
the
proposed
Evanston
budget
cuts
include
the
laying
off
and
firing
of
two
african-american
employees
in
the
streets
department.
AC
One
of
these
employees
filed
in
EE
one
moment
in
EE
OSI
complaint
against
the
city
approximately
two
years
ago.
I'm,
sorry
and
the
other
allegedly
defended
an
african-american
female
city
employee
that
was
eventually
fired.
Does
the
city
comprehend
what
retaliation
is
another
possibility
of
discrimination?
Is
the
city's
proposal
to
cut
the
youth
program
under
Kevin,
Brown
and
african-american?
AC
Gossip
suggests
that
mr.
Brown
did
not
bow
his
head
or
shuffle
along,
as
is
demanded,
expectant
of
african-americans
in
the
presence
of
those
deemed
powerful.
Evanston
should
be
ashamed
of
itself,
but
bobbleheads.
Whether
white,
black
brown,
yellow
or
red
do
not
usually
disagree.
There
are
those
that
believe
that
the
proposal
to
demolish
the
Harley
Clark
is
another
example
of
bigotry
and
discrimination.
AC
It
seems
that
there
are
evan
stone
Ian's
that
would
rather
demolish
the
building
than
risk
having
non
white
non
rich
folks,
aka
the
Evanston
community
patronize
Harley
Clarke
and
contaminate
their
neighborhood
in
closing
I'd
like
to
strongly
urge
the
League
of
Women
Voters
of
Evanston,
learn
and
understand
that
and
I'm
exceeding
my
time
to
Peggy,
learn
and
understand
that
an
indian-american
does
not
and
cannot
take
the
place
of
an
african-american
on
panels.
It
creates
such
as
the
panel
it
created
for
its
each
EHS
forum
on
October
14
2018.
Thank
you
thank.
AE
We
provide
case
management
and
supportive
counseling
and
many
other
things
too,
to
the
population
made
up
of
seniors,
many
of
whom
have
mental
health
issues.
I
believe
this,
the
population
we
serve
is
one
of
the
most
vulnerable
in
the
community.
Not
only
to
do
this
struggle
with
different
mental
health
issues,
they
live
in
poverty,
they
have
physical
impairments,
ailments
that
come
with
aging
and
men.
Many
of
them
belong
to
minority
ethnic
groups,
many
of
the
recipients
of
mental
health
support
in
the
community.
AE
They
find
that
when
they
turn
60
or
65
they're
not
no
longer
eligible
for
a
lot
of
mental
health
support,
they
turn
seniors
and
there's
even
less
mental
health
support
available
to
them
than
before.
I
believe
it's
imperative
that
there
is
a
robust
support
network
in
place
for
these
individuals
and
I
I
would
implore
the
the
council
to
to
keep
investing
in
the
mental
health
board,
because
I
believe
it
can
save
you
a
lot
of
money
down
the
line,
less
cost
for
emergency
services,
some
first
responders
and
on
the
other
emergency
services.
AF
The
paramedics
were
excellent
and
recognized
and
treated
Teddy's,
most
severe
injuries,
a
skull
fracture
and
a
femur
fracture
and
I'm
happy
to
say
that,
because
of
the
timely
and
excellent
care
that
he
received
from
our
first
responders
and
the
doctors
and
nurses
at
Evanston
hospital,
he
has
made
a
full
recovery.
Every
mother
in
Evans,
expects
and
deserves
that
response
time,
and
this
outcome
make
no
mistake.
I
am
NOT
suggesting
that
you
close
one
of
any
of
the
fire
houses
in
this
town.
AF
In
fact,
I
would
argue
that
major
repairs
or
remodeling
need
to
be
done
at
station
four
to
bring
it
up
to
the
standards
of
our
other
fire
houses.
I
am
Telling
You
that
I
am
NOT
alone
and
that
I
will
not
stand
for
the
mother,
I'm,
the
west
or
the
south
side
of
Evanston
having
to
wait
any
longer
than
I
have
to
wait
on
that
terrible
day.
We
are
not
that
City.
Thank
you.
AG
Giles
fifth
Ward
leaves
are
changing
colors
and
falling
promises
to
help
the
poor
homeless,
underemployed
and
soon
to
be
unemployed.
If
all
goes
according
to
thee
to
some
council
members,
for
whom
this
is
a
second
high
paying
job,
those
who
are
unemployed
underemployed
are
still
at
the
same
place
that
they
were
in
the
spring
before
the
weather
really
got
warm
help.
All
of
us.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AH
If
you
cut
public
health
positions
that
will
have
a
ripple
effect,
we
will
lose
our
standing
as
a
state.
Certified
Health
Department
that
certified
status
allowed
our
city
to
provide
the
h1n1
influenza
vaccinations
to
countless
residents
during
the
2009
pandemic.
Our
Health
Department
provides
education
and
outreach
collaboration
with
Head
Start
staff
and
parents,
collaboration
with
other
citywide
agencies
such
as
the
fire
department
and
the
police
department
to
implement
programs
and
task
forces
that
deal
with
public
health
issues.
Maintaining
our
state
certified
status
is
part
of
what
makes
Evanston
exceptional
farming
out.
AI
AJ
AI
AJ
I'm,
a
third
generation
Evan
stone
Ian
with
multiple
family
members
working
for
the
city,
especially
for
the
fire
department
and
I'm,
asking
you
also
not
to
close
it.
We
have
multiple
facilities
in
the
southwest
area
of
Evanston
that
need
your
service.
We
only
have
one
fire
station
down
there
as
compared
to
the
north
part
of
Evanston,
that
is
at
each
end
of
Central,
Street
and
I
know
that
station
number
three
over
here
by
the
hospital
six
hundred
and
some
of
those
calls
each
year
are
just
for
Northwestern.
AJ
AK
Good
evening,
mayor
Haggerty
city
manager,
city
council,
clerk
read
first
I'd
like
to
say
that
I
agree
with
everybody
who
spoke
before
me.
It's
great
to
see
that
everybody
is
so
passionate
about
the
city
of
Evanston,
how
to
make
it
great
and
keep
it
great.
I
want
to
say
that
the
government
was
created
by
the
people
for
the
people,
all
the
people,
not
just
the
ones
with
the
most
money.
You
have
a
difficult
task
in
front
of
you
working
on
a
balanced
budget.
We
had
a
six
million
dollar
deficit.
AK
AK
A
AL
AL
AN
AM
Program,
but
so
much
has
been
said,
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that
those
much
of
what
it
said
is
what
I
feel
about
it.
My
big
concern
is
that
this
appears
to
follow
a
pattern.
Last
year,
the
social
workers
were
moved
from
the
police
department
to
the
health
department
and
now
they're
being
terminated
this
year.
We're
breaking
up
the
youth
and
young
adult
program.
AM
Putting
them
in
different
departments
and
I
would
not
want
this
to
come
to
pass,
but
I
would
bet,
maybe
my
next
paycheck
that
will
be
talking
about
whether
those
positions
will
be
eliminated
in
next
year's
budget.
I
think
it's
disingenuous
on
the
part
of
the
city
manager
to
put
this
kind
of
budgeting
forward,
so
I'm
gonna
do
something
now
and
risk
be
unpopular,
and
that
is
offer
some
ideas
about
where
other
money
can
come
from.
Well.
A
AM
Let's
stop
spending
five
million
dollars
a
year
on
that,
shall
we
and
secondly,
I
mr.
Bob
quits
I
do
wish.
You
had
found
the
money
to
have
the
consultant
in
this
year
to
help
reimagine
staffing
at
the
police
department,
because,
although
I
recognize
there's
a
small
decrease
in
the
number
of
officers,
an
analysis
of
our
staffing
shows
that
we
are
what
way
out
of
whack
relative
to
other
cities
like
Evanston
in
Illinois,
I.
Think.
AO
I'm
Candace,
Austin
and
I'm
here
to
advocate
for
the
continuation
of
the
Evanston,
youth
and
young
adult
program.
I
know
it
will
be
reiterated.
We've
definitely
talked
a
lot
about
it,
but
it's
worth
it
and
I
think
my
voice
is
just
as
important
if
everybody
else's
I'm
in
heaven,
stony
and
I've,
lived
here
over
60
years
myself
and
my
who
are
now
young
adult
children,
graduated
from
Evanston
schools
and
I
have
a
vested
interest
in
this
community.
I
was
here
when
Evanston
was
a
lot
smaller
and
community
was
a
lot
stronger.
AO
AO
We
offer
our
community
with
that
being
said:
I
recently
retired
from
district
65
Family
Center,
where
I
was
in
a
close
contact
with
the
youth
and
young
adult
program
and
I
had
a
caseload
of
families
that
were
always
telling
me
how
much
they
enjoyed
being
a
part
of
a
program
that
offered
the
services
of
the
youth
and
adult
Family
Service.
Do
you
know
that
that
program
offers
a
community
resource
when
les
mots
gives
food
to
eligible
families?
AO
You
know
that
the
youth
and
young
adult
services,
effectiveness
from
the
knowledgeable,
dedicated
leadership
of
Kevin
Brown
and
the
knowledgeable,
passionate
dedication
of
the
staff
and
the
implementation
of
the
high
quality
program
that
they
have
is
really
having
a
positive
effect
on
people's
lives
in
Evanston.
So,
along
with
the
rest
of
the
people
that
I've
got
here,
I,
just
wonder
what
is
the
real
agenda?
Why
is
the
city
using
a
budget
deficit
issue
for
all
practical
purposes,
to
dismantle
an
effective
program?
Thank.
AO
AP
Good
evening,
mr.
mayor
mr.
city
manager,
mr.
city
clerk
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Betty
bug.
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
connections
for
the
homeless
and
I
should
never
ever
have
to
speak
after
dr.
Reverend
Michael
neighbors,
because
he
says
everything
better
than
I
could
ever
imagine
doing
you
most
know
that
we
work
throughout
the
city
serving
participants
who
suffer
from
severe
mental
illness.
At
this
time
we
are
serving
up
to
50
people
every
day
in
our
drop-in
center
that
is
funded
through
the
Mental
Health
Board.
AP
So
I'm
here
to
urge
you
not
to
cut
funding
to
the
mental
health
board.
I
attended
a
budget
meeting
with
mr.
Berkowitz
this
morning,
where
I
was
struck
by
the
energy
behind
resistance
to
closing
the
fire
station,
and
what
I
was
struck
by
in
that
discussion
was
the
amount
of
stress
that
is
put
on
emergency
response
systems,
particularly
by
higher
users
of
those
systems,
specifically
people
with
severe
mental
illness,
so
in
conjunction
with
each
other,
I
think
those
kinds
of
cuts
could
be
really
detrimental
to
the
city
and
I
urge
you
not
to
make
them.
AP
Y
AQ
AR
AQ
Good
evening,
everyone
I'm
here
tonight
to
support
the
young,
youth
and
adult
program
here.
I'm
gonna
have
Estonian
and
I
support
the
program
so
much
without
the
program,
the
kids
and
whoever
else
needs
this
program
to
support
them
to
get
through
what
they
need
to
get
through.
Without
it,
they
don't
have
it.
I've
supported
people
through
this
program
help
people
that
I
know
that
needed
to
help
to
get
jobs
to
get
theirselves
to
where
they
needed
to
be
in
their
life.
A
AQ
AR
Madeline
decree
here,
real
quick
I,
just
want
to
say
that
two
nights
ago,
I
was
doing
some
research
and
I
happen
to
own.
The
judges
and
I
happened
to
see
Timothy
Evans
Evans
who's
over
the
chief
judge
over
the
Cook
County,
and
it
was
amazing
the
way
he
did
this
and
I
want
to
bring
it
to
your
attention
and,
more
so
to
you,
ollie.
The
man
had
I
think
about
a
hundred
and
eighty
people
he
had
to
get
rid
of
right.
They
brought
it
down
to
him
what
he
did
was
to
talk
to
his
staff.
AR
He
talked
to
the
people
that
worked
under
him
and
they
sat
down
and
they
worked
together
and
guess
what
not
one
of
those
people
was
fired
because
he
gave
them
they
agreed
to
it.
They
talked
to
each
other.
Okay,
you
didn't
do
that.
You
didn't
do
that.
Okay,
now
round
table
where's
round
table
in
here
Ron
table
did
not
they
just
they
say
it
if
they
quote
it
Kevin
Brown
right,
you
did
not
tell
nothing.
You
didn't
say
anything
to
mr..
What's
the
thing
so
with
an
H
big
tall,
black
man,
handsome
black
man?
AR
Saying
what
what
mr.
Hemmingway,
what
I'm
saying
is
that
all
you
had
to
do
was
talk
to
your
staff
work
together.
Now
you
have
people
pitted
against
each
other.
You
already
had
the
heart
clock.
People
pitted
against
each
other.
Come
on
I,
ask
you
ten
furloughs
they
gave
he
gave
those
people
and
guess
how
much
they
were
able
to
save
six
prints.
Ooh
6.2
something
million
dollars
check
it
out.
Thank
you
for
you.
Thanks.
A
AS
I
am
a
5th
Ward
resident
being
gentrified
out
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
Mental
Health
and
Health,
and
Human
Services
mental
health
unchecked
can
result
in
homelessness
and
affect
the
economic
well-being
of
Evanston
families,
which
will
affect
Health
and
Human
Services,
which
will
help
affect
that
Health
and
Human
Services,
one
of
the
things
I
heard
earlier.
They
were
saying
that
maybe
they
could
go
to
the
Health
and
Human
Services
County
care.
AS
AS
The
next
thing
would
be
with
the
proposed
cut
the
populations
and
the
lack
of
the
health
resources
which
will
tax
the
actual
economy,
as
well
as
people
who
will
not
be
able
to
work,
therefore,
will
not
be
able
to
pay
taxes
so
you're.
In
fact,
cannibalizing
yourself
by
making
these
cuts
with
the
proposed
budget
cuts.
I
also
have
a
question:
what
happens
to
the
children?
If
you
take
away
these
programs,
where
is
their
safety?
What
happens
to
them?
AS
The
unfortunate
part
is
we
as
parents,
we
have
to
work,
we
have
to
work,
we
have
to
pay
bills.
So
now
we
have
lackeys
who
kids,
who
are
running
around
without
supervision
or
who
may
become
victims,
but
guess
what
there's
no
Victim
Services
just
you
know
what
happens
to
that.
What's
that
what's
happening,
what's
the
result.
Z
Z
Z
Sixty
people
66
people
need
higher
level
services
and
clearly,
there's
a
need
there
and
I
think
you
know.
We
typical
case
manager
only
provides
exceed
about
a
hundred
about
fifty
people
a
year
and
for
$30,000
you're,
getting
a
hundred
people
and
I'm
sure
everybody
here
will
see
who
receives
mental
health
boards
money
puts
out
this
effort
in
this
level
of
dedication
to
make
those
dollars
stretch
and
I.
Ask
that
you
protect
this
funding.
Thank.
AT
City
manager,
older
persons
I,
my
name
is
Joe
Harrison
and
you've
seen
the
sign,
maybe
that
says,
drive
safely
as
if
your
children
live
here.
How
about
a
new
sign
that
says
save
station
four,
just
in
case
your
house
is
on
fire.
My
house
was
on
fire
and
they
came
and
they
did
a
good
job.
We
could
live
in
on
a
farm
in
central
Illinois,
where
there's
lots
of
privacy
with,
but
no
you
wouldn't
be
near
a
police
or
fire
station
and
Lowe's
how
long
it
would
take
for
them
to
find
you.
AT
AU
Name
is
ginger,
jane,
Lilienfeld,
Jones
and
I
live
in
Ward,
9
and
I.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
I
am
speaking
for
the
fire
department
and
I
am
a
resident
of
the
southwest
side,
and
this
would
impact
me
greatly
because
this
is
the
closest
station
I
believe
to
to
where
I,
live
and
I
understand
that,
in
the
eight
square
miles
that
approximately
eight
square
miles,
it
is
the
city
of
Evanston
they
get
over.
Ten
thousand
calls
a
year.
AU
I
know
that
there's
at
least
one
fire
station
that
has
to
sort
of
swap
out
their
firefighters
with
their
ambulance
people
because
they
get
overwhelmed.
So
it's
it's
they're
stressed
as
it
is.
I
have
tremendous
respect.
I'm
a
current
member
of
the
citizen,
Fire
Academy
and
I've
been
learning
the
marvelous
things
these
people
do,
they
really
should
be.
They
should
be
supported
and
honored
as
remarkable
people
and
I
see,
there's
a
lot
of
health
and
safety
issues
here.
This
is
a
big
one,
public
public
health.
Thank
you.
A
AV
AV
Actually,
it
was
about
separation
of
families.
It
was
the
purpose
of
slavery,
move
the
money,
that's
separated
that
was
separated
out
of
the
general
fund
for
waste
management,
move
it
into
a
separate
fund
into
the
fifth
Ward.
It
cleared
from
Wharton
Center.
That
gives
worse
than
sending
any
other
programs
that
involved
the
youth.
AV
This
current
budget,
as
presented,
has
serious
adverse
effects
on
the
fifth
Ward
mr.
Bob
Lewis,
you
appear
to
be
very
vindictive
and
visual
we've
had
three
consecutive
budgets:
where
are
we
just
not
making
it
and
I
heard
them,
give
you
awards
and
everything
or
alkalis
and
stuff
like
that,
but
I'm
wondering
what
in
the
heck
is
happening
with
city
government?
What's
going
on
with
the
ethics
here,
what's
going
on
with
the
treatment
of
people
here,
it
seems
like
you
invite
us
to
lunch.
AV
AW
A
T
I
was
going
to
say,
I
apologize
for
the
little
error
on
my
part,
I
was
going
to
say
this
for
October
27th,
but
I
have
three
jobs
in
one
of
us.
Is
home
health
care
and
I
also
care
for
Perryman
family
members
as
well.
They
live
in
eighth
ward
simply
because
I
don't
waste
anyone's
time
here
if
they
do
not
have
that
care.
My
concern
is
that
they
would
not
get
the
need
dealt
with
well.
T
AX
Evening,
everybody
I'm
here
to
advocate
for
the
youth
and
adult
outreach
program,
I'm
just
gonna
kind
of
reiterate,
because
a
lot
of
the
points
were
hit
already.
I
just
want
to
bring
forward
what
these
program
provides.
This
youth
and
adult
program
provides
summer
jobs
for
hundreds
of
use
every
summer,
expungement
programs
which
allows
second
chances
for
people
to
get
jobs
and
have
a
second
chance
at
life.
It
also
provides
opportunities,
violence,
eruption
as
well
as
conflict
resolution
services,
educational
Hance,
mint
programs
and
much
more.
Where
do
these
youth
go
without
this
foundation?
AX
A
AY
Hey
how
you
guys
doing
I'm
Johnny
Molden
from
Evanston
Township,
High,
School
I
played
on
the
varsity
basketball
team
at
the
Evanston
Township
High
School
and
I've
been
able
to
work
in
the
mayor's
summers,
Youth
job
Employment
Program
and
for
three
years
roughly-
and
it's
been
like
a
tremendous
experience
for
me-
and
also
myself
and
a
couple
of
my
teammates
and
my
friends-
we
also
meet
with
the
outreach
team
twice
a
month.
AY
You
know
for
them
to
check
up
on
us
and
just
talk
about
life
and
what's
going
on
and
I,
just
think
that
what
they
do
for
us
is
really
tremendous,
because
it's
kids
like
us,
who
really
don't
have
people
to
lean
on
every
day
and
I'm
with
them.
They're
more
so,
like
father
figures
to
us
and
I,
just
really
appreciate
having
them.
So
what
they
do
for
us.
I
hope
that
they
can
continue
to
do
for
everyone
else
under
us,
and
you
know
thank
you.
AZ
Evening
so
I'm
Blake
Peters
I'm,
a
sophomore
at
Evanston,
Township,
High
School,
where
I'm
also
on
the
varsity
basketball
team
and
like
Jaheim,
the
youth
and
young
adult
division
has
helped
me
personally
a
lot
over
the
past
year,
especially
keeping
me
grounded
I've,
been
able
to
develop
a
lot
of
great
relationships
and
I
think
it
would
be
disappointing
if
the
service
was
dismantled
and
I
would
just
really
appreciate
if
the
fit
was
kept
together.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
J
Hello
city
manager
and
council
people
I'm
see
Louise
Brown
and
I'm
Levinson.
A
resident
of
the
eighth
ward
have
been
a
resident
for
52
years.
Okay
I've
worked
here
in
Evanston,
but
also
upon
retirement
I've
been
a
concerned
and
very
active
citizen.
I
can
speak
on
all
of
these
things.
Mental
health
and
public
health,
certainly
because
the
Health
Department
has
been
the
leader
in
the
state
in
the
nation
and
many
public
health
issues,
vulnerable
population,
but
my
talk
now
is
about
adding
fees
for
parking
on
Sunday
I
think
that
would
be
a
very
serious
mistake.
J
The
faith
communities
that
are
involved
in
the
downtown
area,
the
eating
establishments
that
are
there.
We
are
trying
to
push
people
away
from
Evanston,
rather
than
bringing
them
in
I
think
many
people
we
could
go
a
lot
of
places.
There
could
be
a
lot
of
places
that
we
could
go
to
so
to
increase
or
add
fees
to
the
downtown
area
for
parking
would
be
a
very,
very,
very
mistake.
I
would
like
for
you
to
seriously
consider
and
then
the
jessamine
to
that.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Please.
BA
BB
Evening,
mayor
Haggerty
and
members
of
the
council
I'm
dr.,
sherry,
bevel
and
I
teach
social
justice
at
DePaul,
University
and
I'm
also
curriculum
director
for
the
Addie
Wyatt
Center
for
non-violence,
training
I'm.
Here
with
my
colleagues,
Gail
Schecter
and
Pam
Smith,
we're
here
to
ask
that
you
keep
the
youth
and
young
adult
program
intact.
We
were
honored
this
summer
to
work
with
25
young
people
who
got
extensive
training
in
dr.
Martin,
Luther,
King's
philosophy
and
practical
steps
for
non-violently
addressing
social
problems.
BB
It
was
a
privilege
to
watch
Kevin
Brown
and
his
extremely
competent,
highly
effective
and
truly
motivated
staff
work
with
young
people,
many
of
whom
are
gifted,
but
also
facing
challenges.
The
staff
hold
the
staffs
holistic
approach
allowed
the
young
people
to
build
trust
with
with
each
other
and
the
the
program
staff
and
to
offer
services
to
meet
a
variety
of
needs.
They're
already
hard
at
work,
those
that
go
to
Evanston
Township
executing
their
plan
for
sharing
non-violence
with
their
schoolmates.
BB
BC
Good
evening,
I'm
Kareem
roots,
L
I'm,
a
30-year
resident
of
Evanston
I'm,
a
clinical
psychologist
in
private
practice
and
also
work
with
a
number
of
agencies
in
town
and
I've
heard
people
speak
tonight
about
mental
health
and
about
physical,
health
and
I.
Think
that
we
and
I'm
not
going
to
reiterate
what
other
people
have
said,
but
just
to
focus
on
the
process
for
a
moment.
Here
there
is
a
budget
crisis.
You
guys
have
difficult
decisions
to
make.
BC
I
realize
that
and
a
number
of
years
ago
there
was
a
problem
and
there
will
probably
be
a
problem
into
the
future.
But
one
of
the
things
that
was
done
a
number
of
years
ago
was
to
try
and
develop
some
priorities.
There
was
an
e
plan
that
residents
were
asked
to
talk
about
what
their
health
needs
were,
what
their
priorities
were.
Mental
health
and
obesity
were
the
two
top
priorities.
BC
A
BD
I,
forgive
me
or
having
W
discriminated
against
before
I
will
be
quite
brief,
I'm
here,
of
course,
to
save
our
on
the
carpet.
There
is
an
element,
that's
always
been
given.
The
demolition
will
cost
more
on
an
ongoing
basis,
not
cheaper,
where
the
restoration
would
have
a
cultural,
positive
thing
and
also
be
a
service
to
the
entire
community,
and
one
thing
that
the
MOU
neglected
to
add
was
almond
Simmons
requests
that
the
news
group
take
all
responsible
financing
which
was
not
included.
BD
We
have
a
republican
form
of
government,
so
you
all
represent
the
people.
You
know
what
they
call
politicians,
but
you're.
Also
public
servants
and
I
want
to
understand
clear
I've
been
involved
in
politics
for
many
years
and
the
several
things
that
motivate
politician:
morality,
racial
bias
and
money.
BD
BD
The
best
example
is
my
close
personal
friend
Harold
Washington,
who,
when
he
died
head
of
state
after
to
over
20
years
in
politic
of
2012,
not
I'm,
suggesting
that
and
the
referendum
is
asked
to
keep
out
o'clock
on
November
6th
that
you
as
servants
of
the
public,
respect
a
voice
other
citizens.
Thank
you.
BE
In,
in
a
sense,
that's
exactly
what
I
usually
prefer
to
do
in
terms
of
acknowledging
all
the
great
contributions,
purloined
Khan
and
also
with
regard
to
the
measure
of
civil
tea
that
was
required.
I
think
that
they
far
exceeded
it
and
went
into
the
land
that
we
know
of
as
and
I.
Think
heart
is
something
that
and
kindness
is
something
that's
way
above
the
law
and
the
way,
above
all,
these
other
things,
because
people
get
out
of
things
in
terms
of
over
the
letter
of
the
law.
But
we
have
the
spirit
of
law
and
I.
BE
Think
of
Shakespeare
with
regard
virgin
of
Venice,
so
I
love
you
contemplate
that
you,
lawyers
especially
contemplate
Merchant
of
Venice
type
of
style
of
negotiation
and
talking
to
people
with
regard
to
the
whole
truth.
That's
exactly
what
you've
got
today
and
in
terms
of
how
I
saw
it.
I
learned
some
things
to
my
fellow
residents
and
advocates.
I
have
an
article
that
I'm
Wilson
to
the
committee
and
it's
about
the
city
of
Durham
and
in
today's
Washington
Post.
BE
It
requires
social
workers,
so
I
say
we
increase
the
social
workers
whose
increased,
Health
and
Human
Services
in
this
article
they
talk
about
saving
money,
give
specific
examples.
It's
a
complete
article
to
answer
most
of
the
questions
that
the
council
has
been
asking
for
the
past
three
months
or
four
months
and
is
relevant
to
consideration
in
terms
of
the
budget.
Thank.
A
You
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Doreen
yeah,
we're
over
a
minute,
okay,
thank
you
and
thank
you,
everybody
for
caring
as
much
as
you
all
do
about
this
fine
city
that
we
all
live
in
we're
gonna,
move
now
to
the
first
order
of
business
tonight,
which
is
the
special
order
of
business,
which
is
a
presentation
of
the
2019
budget
and
update
to
the
budget.
Balancing
worksheet
the
city
manager.
I
would
also
ask
because
we
have
so
many
people
here
and
watching
at
home
if
you
could
also
sort
of
lay
out
the
process.
A
AN
C
Mr.
mayor
members
of
the
council,
it's
my
pleasure
this
evening
to
present
to
you
the
proposed
fiscal
year,
2019
budget
for
the
city
of
Evanston,
Illinois
I'll,
be
joined
this
evening
by
assistant
city
manager,
Erica
storey
and
chief
financial
officer,
who
touched
a
sigh
to
walk
through
the
budget.
Next
slide.
Please.
C
We're
going
to
this
evening
go
through
an
overview
of
the
proposed
budget,
explain
what
is
proposed
to
balance
the
budget
and
then
go
through
the
capital
improvements
plan.
As
mayor
Haggerty
requested.
Let
me
give
a
little
calendar
of
events
from
this
evening
forward.
The
formal
public
hearing
for
the
budget
will
occur
on
Saturday
October
27th
at
9
o'clock.
The
the
council
receives
public
comment.
We
will
introduce
presenting
ordinances
to
be
introduced
regarding
property,
tax
levies
and
other
fee
and
charge
changes
that
will
be
recommended
for
fiscal
year
2019.
C
C
So
it
is
our
hope
that
that
would
be
sufficient
time
for
the
council
to
deliberate
so
that
the
googley
budget
will
be
adopted
on
the
19th
if
there
are
trailing
ordinances
that
require
second
readings
that
could
come
on
the
26th
of
November
or
the
10th
of
December.
As
you
know,
any
changes
to
the
property
tax
levy
have
to
be
into
the
county
about
then,
and
so
we
would
hope
to
but
hope
to
be
wrapped
up
with
the
majority
of
the
work
all
by
Thanksgiving
next
slide.
C
C
This
proposed
budget
is
financing
to
pay
the
debt
service
for
that
project,
which
is
well
underway
next,
enhanced
community
development
and
job
creation,
citywide
a
large
umbrella
for
many
different
municipal
services,
certainly,
first
and
foremost,
we're
very
proud
of
the
four
star
rating
that
we
received
from
the
star
communities
organization
earlier
this
year.
Really
that
encompasses
the
work
that
we're
doing
with
community
development
to
make
Evanston
one
of
the
most
livable
cities
in
America.
C
Our
Community
Development
Department,
of
course,
worries
about
specific
programs
and
transportation,
housing
planning
and
current
development
and
transient
and
transit
issues,
and
so
very
proud
of
the
work
that
our
community
development
department
does.
The
issue
of
job
creation.
Citywide
is
an
issue
that
I
feel
we
have
fallen
short
on.
We
have
an
outstanding
youth
young
adult
division,
as
we've
heard
this
evening
and
included
in
this
budget
is
full
funding.
Let
me
repeat:
full
funding
for
that
operation,
however.
I
believe
we
must
spend
more
time
working
on
job
creation.
C
There
are
still
too
many
Evanston
residents
of
all
ages
without
jobs
and
I'm,
proposing
changes
that
would
allow
us
to
focus
more
clearly
on
the
issue
of
job
creation,
citywide
next,
affordable
housing,
expansion,
the
City
Council,
really
unprecedented.
In
my
over
nine
years
as
your
city
manager,
you
have
set
quarterly
meetings
to
talk
about
affordable
housing,
to
work
on
plans
and
and
options,
and
that
has
been
ongoing
throughout
calendar
2018.
Your
next
meeting
to
discuss
housing
issues
is
coming
up
at
the
end
of
the
month.
Next,
further
police
community
relations
initiatives.
C
Many
things
have
been
worked
this
year,
we've
had
a
citizen
committee
that
is
finishing
its
work.
Looking
at
the
citizen,
complete
police
complaint
review
process,
we've
had
an
alternatives
to
arrest
committee.
That
is
finishing
its
work,
so
a
number
of
things
with
that
we
also
are
faced
with
hiring
a
new
chief
of
police
and
we've
had
a
community
dialogues.
Thus
far,
we
will
have
community
members
involved
in
the
interview
process
of
our
new
chief
of
police,
so
look
forward
to
bringing
a
new
chief
on
board
at
the
beginning
of
2019.
C
It's
also
important
to
note
that
crime
is
down
I.
Think
blue
community
relations
are
generally
in
a
better
place
today
than
they
were
12
months
ago.
Clearly,
there's
always
work
to
do,
but,
as
we
talked
about
budgets
as
we
talk
about
community
priorities,
clearly
Public
Safety
is
paramount.
A
police
department
that
reflects
our
community
a
police
department
that
works
with
our
community
and
I'm
very
proud
that
the
eveson
Police
Department
fits
that
role
and
I
think
has
done
an
excellent
job
this
past
year,
with
this
particular
goal,
next
is
ensuring
equity
in
all
city
operations.
C
We've
hired
a
chief
equity
officer,
dr.
Pat,
F
a.m.
she
continues
her
work
in
all
this,
but
clearly,
there's
still
work
to
do.
Dr.
FDM
will
be
here
on
Saturday
after
the
public
comment.
To
give
you
her
analysis
of
the
proposed
budget
through
an
equity
lens,
and
so
we
feel
that
it
is
important.
You
feel
that
it's
important
to
view
the
budget
in
those
terms
and
dr.
fpm
will
be
here.
We
hope
to
continue
our
work
in
the
coming
year
on
equity,
to
continue
to
ensure
equity
in
all
city
operations
and
finally
stabilize
long
term.
C
City
finances
this
budget
and
the
work
that
we
have
done
this
year
on
this
budget
has
really
been
focused
on
stabilization
next
slide.
I
really
want
to
start.
This
proposal
proposed
budget
description
tonight
with,
and
that's
balance.
It's
not
only
balancing
our
accounts,
but
it's
balancing
the
service
that
the
residents
of
Evanston
expect
is
you've
heard
tonight
very
eloquently
from
many
members
of
the
public.
People
really
appreciate
the
special
place
that
Evanston
is.
They
really
appreciate
all
of
the
services
that
we
provide,
but
there
has
to
be
a
balance.
C
There
has
to
be
a
balance
between
the
services
that
we
provide
and
the
resources
necessary
to
provide
those
services
and
this
budget
while
difficult
is
focused
on
providing
that
balance.
It
is
not
good
for
the
community,
it's
not
good
for
your
staff
to
constantly
be
in
a
cycle
of
reviewing
budgets,
and
so
our
hope,
with
this
proposed
budget
this
year,
is
that
we
will
achieve
a
better
balance
that
will
allow
us
to
move
forward
providing
quality
services
to
our
residents.
C
But
let
me
make
this
as
strong
and
as
emphatic
as
I
can
that
we
can
only
provide
those
services
with
resources,
sustainable
resources
that
allow
as
many
people
who
want
to
live
here,
to
continue
living
here
as
I
have
worked
and
my
way
around
the
community.
The
last
couple
of
weeks
with
these
community
budget
workshops.
C
Time
and
again,
I've
heard
from
residents
who
express
their
love
for
this
community
express
their
love
to
be
part
of
this
community,
but
they're
concerned
about
the
costs
associated
with
being
here
and
so
I
believe
that
the
budget
that
I'm
proposing
to
you
strikes
a
very
difficult
balance,
but
it
strikes
a
balance
that
I
think
will
allow
us
to
go
forward
next
slide,
I'd
like
to
call
up
Josh.
Are
you
going
to
start
things
off
at
Estes,
I.
BF
Evening,
mayor
and
the
members
of
the
city
council,
so
looking
at
the
29:19
all-fours
overview
around
320
million
dollars,
it's
a
decrease
of
around
fifteen
million
dollar,
which
is
around
four
point:
six
percent,
some
of
the
major
items-
library,
capital,
8.2
million
dollar
Washington
national
TV.
As
you
all
know,
we
are
closing
this
year,
so
there
is
a
nine
million
decreasing
that
capital
fund
some
of
the
projects
here
compared
to
the
current
year.
So
we
have
a
decline
of
decrease
of
16
million
dollars
and
Crown
construction,
which
we
would
be
working
on
next
year.
BF
BF
A
Yeah
so
I
just
want
struggling
to
get
my
head
around
the
Washington
National
TIF,
so
we
created
a
tiff,
it
had
a
baseline
value,
it
lasted
for
23
years.
It
was
an
incredibly
successful,
TIF
and
now
you're,
saying
okay.
You
know
that
budget
of
which
this
year
was
335
million.
Now
this
from
next
year,
you're
proposing
320
million
this
9.2
million
decrease
because
the
TIF
no
longer
exists,
but
doesn't
that
doesn't
that-
and
this
is
where
I
always
have
trouble
wrapping
my
head
around
this
and
you
and
I
have
talked
about
this.
BF
C
J
BF
BF
BH
So
that's
a
multi-year
plan
that
we're
starting
on
with
this
budget,
going
into
a
bit
more
detail
on
the
four
point:
nine
million
in
the
general
fund
deficit.
This
comes
from
both
some
revenue
changes
and
expense
changes
on
the
revenue
side.
Building
permits
decreased
from
the
2018
budget,
which
was
already
a
significant
decrease
from
the
budget
prior
to
that.
That
was
about
1.7
million,
and
that
comes
from
our
Community
Development
Department
doing
their
estimates
on
the
buildings
that
they
expect
to
come
in.
BH
Sales
tax
also
decreased
both
state
and
home
rule,
and
we
make
those
estimates
based
on
what
we
get
from
the
Illinois
music
Municipal
League
and
those
are
based
on
actuals
that
they've
been
seeing
over
the
course
of
the
year
so
far,
natural
gas
and
electric
utility
taxes
are
also
both
decreasing.
These
have
been
based
on
trends
from
the
last
few
years.
We've
just
seen
a
little
bit
of
a
downward
and
our
actual
flows.
Past
couple
of
years,
telecommunications,
cable
franchise
fees
have
gone
down.
BH
We
decreased
our
budgets
on
those
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
was
also
based
on
actuals.
More
people
are
skipping
cable,
skipping
landlines
and
those
revenues
are
going
down
as
a
result
and
then,
finally,
our
recreation
program
fees
have
also
decreased
from
the
2018
budget
into
this
year's
2019
proposed
budget.
Those
came
from
estimates
from
our
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
as
well.
Okay,.
BA
BH
BF
BA
A
Mean
I
just
want
to
elaborate
a
little
more
on
the
sales
tax,
so
my
understanding
again
part
part
of
this.
Even
though
we've
got
target
in
town,
we
seem
to
have
a
really
vibrant,
downtown
part
of
it's
just
again.
More
and
more
people
shopping
online
when
they're
shopping
online.
Even
though
there's
the
wayfarer
rule,
which
the
Supreme
Court
just
passed,
which
said
you
have
to
pay
sales
tax
to
a
community
they're
only
paying
the
6%
sales
tax,
so
Amazon's
already
doing
that,
they're
just
giving
us
6
6
percent.
BF
The
Supreme
Court
judgment
and
we
thought
they're
okay
and
we
got
the
estimates
from
I,
think
the
ID
or
and
the
IML
they're.
Okay,
we
would
get
additional
revenue
of
130,000
and
one
of
the
reason
for
that
is
Amazon
and
some
of
the
other
big
online
vendors.
They
were
already
paying
us
the
tax
because
they
had
the
physical
presence.
Here
again,
the
Supreme
Court
ruling
does
not
include
those
some
of
those
third-party
vendors
which
sell
on
the
Amazon.
BF
So
it's
still
unclear
whether
they
would
continue
voluntarily
paying
the
text
to
us,
but
again
I
mean
it
depends
on
the
each
vendor
like
on
my
personal
note,
I
ordered
something
from
Walmart
yesterday
and
they
charge
the
full
10%
text,
which
is
of
my
Township
or
town
rate.
So
I
was
happy
to
see
that
so
Amazon's.
A
Not
paying
the
full
10%
Amazon's,
just
paying
the
state,
the
6%
of
which
we're
only
getting
one
point
right
of
that
six
percent,
so
I
mean
we've.
We've
constructed
a
whole
revenue
model
for
this
city,
but
as
of
all
cities
around
this
country,
based
on
sort
of
the
way
the
economy
used
to
be
and
the
economy
is
changing,
and
perhaps
we
have
to
look
at
our
revenue
and
change
as
the
economy
is
changing.
BI
BI
BJ
Good
evening,
johanna
lunn,
our
community
element
director,
the
the
reduction
is
based
on
a
few
things.
One
is
northwestern's.
Construction
activity
is
significantly
down.
We
are
not
anticipating
anything
beyond
a
small
small
general
activity.
Construction
activity
at
Northwestern,
some
of
those
permit,
the
the
Albion
bets
this
year,
we're
working
in
that
revenue
this
year.
So
so
these
some
of
these
prod
these
projects
that
you're
thinking
of
that
are
approved,
are
hitting
this
year
or
and
they
may
be
hitting
in
2019.
BJ
BJ
We've
tried
to
adjust
to
to
accommodate
what
has
been
it.
We've
seen
a
downward
trend
in
the
construction
value.
We
think
we're
gonna
get
close
to
this
number.
This
year's
number
I
think
previous
years
we
had
counted
that
approved,
planned
developments.
Would
developers
were
going
to
develop
when
they
on
their
timeline,
but
things
like
steel,
steel
tariffs
have
have
added
some.
Some
changes
to
construction.
Other
financing
packages
didn't
come
when
developer
sought
other
projects,
so
we've
tried
to
pull
back
and
not
a
assume
that
things
are
gonna
happen
there
that
they
were
have
I.
BJ
A
BK
BK
Q
BK
BH
Moving
on
to
the
extent
side
of
the
equation
again,
adding
up
to
that
4.9
million
operating
deficit
in
the
general
fund.
Piece
of
this
is
increases
to
salary
and
benefits.
That's
a
bit
makes
up
about
2.6
million
of
the
difference
again,
that
is
taking
a
general
wage
increase
for
all
employees.
Union
and
non-union
is
built
into
the
base
line,
as
well
as
stepping
creases
that
are
required
in
our
union
contracts.
There's
an
increase
in
the
transfer
to
the
Insurance
Fund.
BH
This
accounts
for
health
insurance
cost
increases
in
the
next
year,
and
then
we
have
a
decreased
transfer
to
our
solid
waste
fund.
This
is
based
on
the
plans
that
director
Dave,
stone,
Beck
has
presented
to
Council
and
that's
being
replaced
by
property
tax
changes
in
the
solid
waste
fund,
and
then
finally,
we
also
have
a
decrease
in
our
transfer
to
the
debt
service
fund.
BF
So
again,
yeah
I
mean
no
increase
to
the
city
portion
of
the
rate.
Again,
as
we
say,
we
are
just
increasing
by
to
recapture
the
Washington
National
property,
so
that
would
be
a
not
impact.
Our
existing
city
of
Evanston
property
tax
rate,
just
a
city
portion
of
that
and
again
that's
what
it
you
see
that
$1,000,000
out
of
that
six
hundred
twenty
eight
thousand
in
general
fund,
another
four
hundred
thousand
in
the
closer
of
teeth
will
add
estimated
64
million.
We
touch
on
that
one.
BF
So
the
total
deficit
then
comes
to
around
seven
point
three
million
dollars,
and
then
we
prepared
the
budget
balancing
worksheet
as
a
part
of
a
included
in
our
proposed
budget
and
which
estimates
to
bring
in
revenue
a
of
three
point:
two
million
dollar
and
expenditure
reductions
of
four
point.
Three
four
point:
two
million
dollars
and
ultimate
result
would
be
a
two
hundred
twenty
four
thousand
operating
surplus
in
the
general
fund.
At
the
end
of
nineteen.
BL
Good
evening,
Eric
a
story
assistant
city
manager,
I'm
gonna,
walk
through
all
of
the
changes
on
the
budget,
balancing
worksheet
as
far
as
increased
proposed
revenues
and
proposed
decreases
in
expenses.
So,
first
of
all,
we're
proposing
an
increase
to
the
transportation
network
tax,
which
is
the
uber
lift
tax.
That
is
a
typo
we're
proposing
to
increase
it
from
a
current
twenty
cents
to
forty
five
cents.
BL
That
would
bring
us
an
extra
thirty
three
hundred
and
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
a
year,
if
approved
for
the
first
time
in
ten
years,
we're
proposing
a
wheel
tax
increase
from
$75
to
$85
we're
proposing
to
redo
the
way
we
do
vacation
rental
permits.
As
you
remember,
from
last
year,
we
implemented
the
Airbnb
tax.
We
are
proposing
to
expand
that
to
things
like
VRBO
comm
and
the
other
vacation
rental
websites,
we're
proposing
some
new
fees
for
expediting
permits
and
the
Community
Development
Department
right
now.
BL
There
can
be
some
long
lead
time
and
some
of
those
permits
and
with
the
way
construction
is
going
on
the
home
side
of
things,
not
necessarily
in
the
large
developments.
There's
a
demand
for
these
permits
to
be
expected,
and
some
builders
would
pay
extra
for
that
service
and
we're
also
proposing
some
transfers
and
from
water
sewer
special
assessment.
There's
some
drawdown
available
there
and
we're
proposing
to
take
advantage
of
that
in
this
next
fiscal
year.
BL
BL
The
other
proposed
changes
with
the
parking
guy
with
parking
include
once
some
of
the
ones
have
been
talked
about
earlier
this
evening,
but
they
are
all
split
between
either
a
50/50
split
with
the
parking
fund
and
the
general
fund
are
all
into
the
general
fund,
so
things
like
the
residential
parking
permit
right
now.
That
is
something
that
goes
all
into
the
general
fund,
along
with
wheel,
tax
and
all
tickets,
so
we're
proposing
an
expired
meter
ticket
increase
last
year.
BL
In
contrast
to
that,
we're
proposing
to
charge
for
sunday
meters
and
also
increase
the
commuter
lot
rates
by
25
cents
an
hour
and
then
increasing
the
hourly
deck
fees,
mostly
to
account
for
the
longer
stays.
So
you
won't
see
any
changes
in
the
zero-to-four
hours,
but
anything
over
five
hours.
You'll
see
some
changes
in
and
we
couldn't
reduce
the
7f
million
dollar
deficit
without
position
reductions.
So,
unfortunately,
we
did
have
to
do
some
layoffs.
This
year
we
are
proposing
to
reduce
38.5
overall
positions.
BL
BL
Program
changes:
we've
already
talked
a
lot
about
cultural
arts
administration.
How
that
program
has
been
proposed
to
be
reduced.
The
station
for
fire
station
foreclosure,
elimination
of
the
community
engagement
programs
that
the
fire
department
does
proposing
to
contract
out
the
operations
of
the
gupta
morrison
cultural
center,
eliminate
the
world
arts
and
music
festival
and
the
final
record
service.
There's
been
a
reorganization
of
the
victim
services
program
over
the
last
year
with
the
health
department,
taking
on
many
of
that
services.
BL
Now,
with
more
people
trained
in
how
to
do
that,
there's
some
savings
that
can
be
realized
if
we
move
some
of
those
additional
responsibilities
to
existing
personnel
in
the
department,
while
also
utilizing
else
or
outside
resources
to
handle
some
of
the
other
facets
of
that
program
and
then
there's
a
proposal
to
eliminate
the
storefront
modernization
program.
That's
currently
run
out
of
economic
development
as
well
as
reduced
the
Mental
Health
Board
funding
by
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year.
BL
We're
proposing
that
we
would
have
no
general
wage
increase
for
non-union
employees,
so,
as
you
saw
earlier,
there's
a
wage
increase
built
into
the
budget
for
because
we're
right
now
we're
in
the
middle
of
union
negotiations
with
all
four
of
our
bargaining
units
for
contracts.
That
would
start
on
January
1st,
because
we
don't
know
the
outcome
of
those
negotiations.
Yet
we
had
to
build
something
into
the
baseline,
but
for
non-union
employees.
BL
We're
proposing
a
zero
percent
increase
for
next
year,
so
you'll
see
a
reduction
on
the
budget
balancing
worksheet
for
the
amount
of
that
for
those
non-union
employees
we
do
have
some
reduction
are
some
additions
and
Community
Development.
In
order
to
achieve
the
expedited
permit
review
the
addition
of
a
planner
and
a
customer
service
representative,
we
also
have
reductions
to
the
health
community
health
staff
that
was
also
discussed
earlier
reductions
to
a
third.
We
have
new
costs
this
year
for
the
body
worn
camera.
BL
We've
been
in
talks
with
Northwestern
University
about
getting
reimbursement
for
currently
unreimbursed
police
overtime
that
happens
at
the
football
games
and
some
of
the
basketball
games
they've
been
receptive
to
taking
on
the
cost
of
that
service.
So
we're
appreciative
of
that
we're
proposing
the
elimination
of
all
of
the
vacant
positions
in
the
police
department
and
then
staff
reductions
have
been
realized
in
other
departments
as
well:
CML
finance
law.
BL
Next
year's
budget
has
3nf
million
dollars
in
capital
improvements
in
the
parking
fund.
We've
got
much
of
the
robert
crown
parking
expense
happening
in
2019,
as
well
as
some
of
the
projects
that
we
talked
about
earlier
and
APW
that
weren't
actually
achieved
this
year.
That
will
still
need
to
be
done,
but
it
sort
of
queued
up
behind
all
the
other
projects
that
are
competing
for
priority
right
now
next
year.
BL
BL
Where
residents
will
see
some
increases
next
year
will
be
on
charges
for
refuse.
These
will
be
outlined
in
greater
detail
at
the
November
12th
meeting,
but
basically,
in
order
to
make
a
solid
waste
fund
more
solvent,
we
need
to
increase
these
fees
to
fully
account
for
the
cost
of
providing
the
service.
C
Mr.
mayor
members
of
council
that
finishes
up
the
operating
budget,
presentation,
alar
BIG's,
the
city
engineers
here
to
do
an
overview
of
the
capital
I,
don't
know
mr.
mayor.
If
you
wanted
to
do
any
questions
at
this
point
or
you
wanted
to
wait
till
the
conclusion
of
the
capital
presentation,
let's.
C
We
have
and
the
wonder
of
the
closure
of
the
Washington
National
TIF
has
largely
made
that
unnecessary.
So,
as
attached
mentioned,
the
taxing
jurisdictions
other
than
the
city
of
Evanston
are
benefiting
from
the
closure
of
the
Washington
National
TIF
much,
if
not
all,
of
the
SSA.
The
downtown
SSA
is
also
benefitting
from
that.
So
they
are
going
to
see.
Fortunately,
what
was
planned
all
along,
which
is
that
the
increase
in
monies
from
the
SSA
will
cover
I
believe
all
but
$28,000
$15,000.
C
BF
C
C
BM
First,
we
have
a
larger
than
we
normally
do:
capital
improvement
program,
but
that's
largely
being
driven
by
two
projects:
the
Robert
Crowne
project,
which
was
approved
last
July,
and
the
treated
water
storage
project
at
the
water
utility
is
estimated
to
be
about
twenty
million
dollars
in
construction.
That
is
out
to
bid
we're
actually
receiving
the
bids
October
30th
and
we
hope
to
start
construction
in
early
January.
So
this
is
a
breakdown
of
the
various
funding
sources
for
our
capital
improvement
program.
Quite
a
lot
of
our
funding
comes
from
general
obligation
bonds.
BM
However,
you
can
see
here
there's
generally
reduction,
that's
occurring,
that's
largely
because
in
the
past
we
have
budgeted
far
more
than
nine
million
dollars
in
general
obligation
bonds,
and
then
we
go
through
a
really
painful
process
right
at
the
end,
to
get
it
down
to
nine
million
dollars
before
we
sell
the
bond,
and
so
we
are
sort
of
predicting
that
process
this
year
there
is
likely
to
be.
We
put
in
nine
point
four
because
it's
entirely
possible
that
one
or
two
projects
just
may
not
move
forward
based
on
the
normal
attrition
of
projects.
BM
Otherwise
we
can
see
there's
this
big
lump
here
from
the
Illinois
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
We
actually
have
the
treated
water,
storage
project
and
another
project,
that's
a
sewer
rehabilitation
on
green
leaf,
that
is,
that
are
proposed
to
be
funded
and
the
environmental.
The
IP
is
put
us
on
the
intended
use
plan.
So
it's
very
likely
we
get
that
money.
We
actually
have
several
other
projects
that,
if
that
are
ready
to
go
so
that
if
other
people
don't
get
their
projects
done,
then
we
are
a
candidate
for
getting
this
overflow
funding.
BM
No
TIF
projects
this
year,
as
some
of
our
big
TIF
spending,
has
been
out
of
the
Washington
National
TIF,
which
is
closing
otherwise
its.
We
have
quite
a
bit
from
federal
grants
that
largely
has
to
do
with
the
central
street
bridge
project
so
and
as
always,
the
process
for
we
how
we
determine
projects
is
really
pretty
similar
to
the
past.
We
do
use
a
mix
of
consultant
evaluations.
We're
currently
are
in
the
process.
BM
We've
gotten
the
draft
payment
condition
survey,
but
we
haven't
entirely
reviewed
and
met
so
that
will
more
be
available
for
2020
planning
than
it
is
for
2019.
But
we've
used
other
consultant
reports
and
then
we
use
a
lot
of
the
information
we
get
from
residents,
whether
it
funnels
up
through
301
or
the
aldermen.
We
utilize
that
information
to
determine
where
some
of
our
biggest
needs
are,
and
then
we
look
at
maintenance
needs
provided
by
the
staff
per
the
direction
we've
gotten
from
city
council
members.
BM
In
the
past
we
are
continuing
with
just
trying
to
deal
with
our
worst
problems
first,
rather
than
trying
to
focus
on
geographically
distributing
everything
equally
or
any
other
method.
We
just
go
to
what
are
the
worst
problems
once
we
get
all
the
data
together
and
so
I'm
just
going
to
go
real
briefly
through
some
of
our
other
through
the
different
sections
of
our
CIP,
the
first
being
streets,
water,
main
sewer,
other
transportation
projects,
one
of
the
most
noticeable
things
about
this
section
of
the
CIP.
BM
Is
we
actually
get
a
lot
of
different
funding
sources
that
are
not
general
obligation
bonds,
and
so
that
means
that
we
are
able
to
spend
quite
a
lot
of
money?
Maintaining
our
street
infrastructure
and
I
realized
that
at
times
it
feels
like
we
will
never
catch
up
to
all
the
street
infrastructure
problems,
but
I
suspect
that's
a
problem
that
every
city
has
we
actually
do
make
a
sizable
investment
between
water,
main
sewer
street
resurfacing
every
year
and
some
of
our
major
projects
that
we
have
going
on.
BM
We
are
in
the
process
or
we
just
this
evening,
approved
at
a
PW
and
you'll
have
the
opportunity
to
prove
tonight
the
engineering
services
from
Main
Street
from
maple
to
Hinman
to
start
the
phase
1
planning
on
that
Main
Street
Commons.
We
were
in
the
process
of
doing
design
to
start
construction
next
year
and
Howard
Street
from
basically
the
target
access
drive
over
to
kallen
Avenue.
BM
BM
We
invest
a
significant
amount
to
try
to
do
1%
of
our
system
a
year
as
water
main
has
an
estimated
useful
life
of
100
years,
and
we
try
to
coordinate
that
with
street
resurfacing
so
that
we
don't
resurface
the
street
and
then
go
in
the
following
year
and
tear
it
out
to
do
a
water
main
that
has
a
maintenance
history,
so
that
is
closely
coordinated.
This
30-inch
downtown
theater
main,
is
the
major
feeder
main
transmission
main
that
serves
the
downtown
area
for
drinking
water.
BM
It
is
in
okay
condition,
but
it
is
starting
to
need
rehabilitation
and
it's
a
really
large
pipe
to
have
problems
on.
That
is
a
project
that
we
would
be
seeking
iepa
overflow
funding.
For
that
it's
ready
to
go
in
construction.
We
may
or
may
not
get
the
money
neck
in
2019.
If
we
don't
it's
entirely
likely
that
we'll
get
the
money
in
2020,
the
IPA
has
actually
been
really
good
for
us
to
work
with
and
then
doing
the
Lincolnwood
connection
that
involves
doing
a
meter.
BM
BK
BM
BM
BK
BM
True
I
would
say,
though,
that
the
timing
was
a
challenge
with
the
Washington
National
TIF
expiring,
because
we
really
didn't
finish
the
design
until
just
now
we've
been
working
on
it
this
year
also
the
amount
of
money
that
was
available
in
the
Washington
National
tip
for
capital
projects.
We
did
end
up
capturing
quite
a
lot
of
that
for
Fountain
Square
and
also
for
doing
Sherman
Avenue,
paving
which
we'll
be
getting
under
contract,
pretty
soon
going
a
little
bit
north
of
Fountain
Square
all
the
way
up
to
church.
Okay,.
BM
One
of
the
most
noticeable
things
is
something
that
council
members
have
asked.
We've
done
a
lot
of
interventions
on
renew
trying
to
deal
with
accidents
at
Lake
and
Ridge,
and
we're
going
to
continue
that
with
taking
a
look
at
the
traffic
signals
along
Ridge
Avenue,
as
you
go
further
south,
not
not
really
the
Emerson
Ridge
green
bay
area,
but
going
south
towards
Mulford
to
see
if
we
can
time
them
better
and
also,
if
their
recommendations
for
how
to
improve
the
intersections.
So
we
will
be
working
towards
that
study
this
year.
BM
So
this.
This
really
is
the
section
where
we
have
the
biggest
maintenance
or
the
biggest
gap
in
our
funding.
Some
of
the
things
we're
looking
at
doing.
We
were
able
to
use
some
reallocated
CDBG
funds
that
had
been
allocated
to
foster
field,
but
not
been
utilized
by
previous
projects.
In
order
to
replace
the
site
perimeter
fence
around
foster
field.
We
can't
really
do
any
serious
work
and
foster
field
beyond
that,
because
until
robert
crowns
done,
we
can't
take
foster
field
out
of
service,
so
it's
providing
some
fairly
critical
athletic
facilities.
For
us.
BM
We
have
a
little
bit
of
a
shortage
right
now.
Garden
Park
is
moving
into
construction
next
year
and
then
the
next
part,
the
next
worst
rated
park,
would
be
McCullough
and
it's
the
biggest
maintenance
issue
we
have
after
Garden
Park,
so
we're
going
to
be
moving
into
design
on
that
one
facilities.
These
numbers,
don't
include
a
crown
and
we
actually
are
doing
pretty
well
on
funding
facilities,
but
part
of
the
funding
that
we're
spending
this
year
we're
making
significant
capital
investment
from
the
parking
fund
into
our
garages
and
parking
lots.
BM
If
you
look
at
the
individual
projects
and
how
they
break
down,
we've
really
done
a
good
job
at
addressing
a
lot
of
our
really
serious
problems.
That
could
be
a
safety
issue
like
electrical
work
or
things
like
roof
leaking,
where
it's
causing
a
lot
of
damage
to
buildings
and
now
we're
sort
of
moving
on
to
the
next
level
of
a
lot
of
HVAC
replacements.
BM
So
what
you
see
is
life
of
HVAC
is
really
depending
on
this
type
of
system
you
have
somewhere
between
10
and
20
years.
There
hasn't
really
been
a
substantial
investment
in
HVAC
and
any
of
our
facilities
for
quite
some
time,
and
so
there's
just
a
lot
of
HVAC
projects
there,
either
in
the
study
phase
or
moving
in
to
design
and
construction
and
then
at
the
church,
maple
and
Sherman
garages,
there's
a
sealant
that
goes
on
the
traffic
lanes
to
protect
the
concrete
called
silane
and
that
sealant
needs
to
be
reapplied
every
five
years.
BM
BM
We've
worked
closely
with
northwestern
on
this
and
they've
been
really
involved
in
doing
the
review
because
it
is
located
under
the
parking
lot.
So
I
think
we're
in
really
good
shape
in
terms
of
all
the
coordination,
but
it
is
going
to
be
very
impactful
to
their
campus,
so
we'll
have
to
work
with
them
through
the
construction.
In
addition,
we
have
a
couple.
We
have
another
large
project.
That
kind
of
follows
on
to
that.
We
have
three
intakes.
BM
BM
Also,
it's
extremely
old,
so
I
think
that
our
intent
is
to
replace
that
and
we're
trying
to
do
it
on
a
certain
schedule
so
that
it
can
be
incorporated
into
the
water
rates
for
the
new
users
as
well
other
than
that
we,
the
filtration
head
house,
is
a
historic
building.
We
were
not
entirely
sure
what
was
going
to
happen
until
we
got
all
the
new
customers
on
board.
We
have
all
the
new
customers
on
board,
the
building
is
going
to
stay
and
it
is
in
need
of
some
TLC
in
terms
of
tuckpointing
and
roof
replacements.
BM
C
So
mr.
mayor
members
of
the
council,
that
is
your
proposed
fiscal
2019
operating
capital
budget
again,
the
public
hearing
for
the
budget
is
on
Saturday
nine
o'clock
and
then
would
anticipate
council
deliberations
on
the
29th,
12
and
19.
So,
mr.
mayor,
if
there's
any
questions
from
the
council,
any
additional
budget
memos
you'd
like
anything
else,
we
would
welcome
that
at
this
time.
Otherwise,
that
concludes
our
presentation.
Can.
C
So
if
folks
go
to
our
website
city
of
Evanston
dot,
org
forward
slash
budget,
they
will
find
a
whole
variety
of
interesting
documents.
They
will
find
the
proposed
budget
itself.
They
will
find
information
about
the
budget
act,
budget,
simulator
and
Miss
Lewis
lakyn.
How
many
folks
have
completed
that
process?
So
far
approximately
so
150
residents
have
been
through
the
budget
act
of
software,
so
we
will
have
on
Saturday
a
report
a
to
you
of
that.
But
if
people
are
interested
in
doing
it
and
I
believe
Kate,
it's
open
through
Friday
people
can
do
that.
C
So
there's
a
link
to
that.
The
budget
balancing
worksheet
there's
a
link
to
a
document
called
why
consider
equity
and
budgeting
dr.
fvm
will
be
here
on
Saturday
to
give
her
assessment
based
on
some
of
the
principles
in
that
document,
all
the
various
presentations
the
budget
calendar,
the
the
discussions
that
we've
been
having
there
are
are
four
more
of
these
discussions.
Three
tomorrow,
8:00
a.m.
a
bagel
art,
6:15
Dempster
4
p.m.
at
Starbucks
1734,
Sherman,
Avenue,
6
p.m.
and
Pope
John,
the
23rd
school,
which
will
be
entirely
in
Spanish
and
then
Wednesday.
C
A
Great
okay,
well,
thank
thank
you
and
thank
you
to
the
city
staff
for
all
the
work
that
you've
done
on
the
budget
and
with
the
budget,
memos
and
I'm
sure
there'll
be
many
more
that
are
requested
and
just
for
the
public.
If
you
get
into
the
budget
memos,
it
really
gets
into
the
detail
about
some
of
these
either
revenue
proposed
revenue,
increases
or
changes
to
programs
of
the
decrease.
With
that
we
got
alderman
recents
than
all
the
membrane
right.
Thank.
BN
You
I
had,
as
we
know,
Gibbs
Morrison
is
proposed
to
have
a
new
operator
and
I've
worked
very
hard
to
come
up
with
ways
to
keep
it
open
and
operating
in
a
more
efficient
way.
I've
met
with
the
department
and
identified
additional
revenue,
streams
and
opportunities
to
continue
operating
the
building
in
a
way
that
we
should
have
to
this
point.
BN
BN
I'm
I'm
very
uncomfortable
with
a
proposal
not
to
continue
to
be
committed
to
this
facility,
so
I'm
asking
based
on
based
on
the
opportunities
to
increase
revenue,
to
improve
the
programming
and
to
be
more
strategic
about
supporting
the
that's
of
that
building.
I'm
asking
that
we
take
this
off
of
the
list
as
one
item
that
I
guess.
It's
that
we
won't
operate,
I'm,
asking
that
we
remove
that
and
we
work
with
purpose
and
integrity
and
giving
the
building
the
support
that
it
needs
and
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion.
Second,.
BI
I
was
just
this
is
my
you
know:
definitely,
support
of
the
fifth
Ward
Alderman
in
terms
of
making
the
necessary
adjustments
to
keep
the
center
open,
I.
Think
and
just
listening
to
the
comments
today.
We
all
realize
that
it's
a
tough
budget
season
but
I
think
it
would.
Its
I
would
agree.
It's
it's
difficult
when
we
look
citywide
at
the
other
facilities
and
to
even
give
any
appearance
that
we
would
possibly
close.
The
center
I
think
does
have
a
very
negative
impact
on
the
community.
BI
BK
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
during
our
budget
meeting
with
staff
with
alderman
Rainey,
alderman,
druh,
Simmons
and
myself,
and
we
had
a
very
animated
and
very
positive
discussion
about
Gibbs,
Morrison
and
I
was
pleasantly
surprised
to
find
out
how
the
the
community
and
neighbors
have
embraced
this
facility
and
how
many
people
are
actually
using
it.
So
it's
it's
already
identified
within
the
community
as
a
as
a
resource
and
I'm
very
reluctant
to
to
take
that
away.
It
does
seem
to
me
too
that
there's
been.
BK
There
are
some
adjustments,
then
that
can
be
made
to
increase
revenues
and
I.
Think
that
that
seemed
to
be
really
obvious
to
the
three
of
us.
So
I'm
very
encouraged
about
the
the
future
of
this
and
want
to
do
whatever
I
can
to
to
help
it
succeed.
But
I
do
think
by
minor
adjustments
we
can.
We
can
attract
a
larger
number
of
people
who
are
actually
coming
there
to
dine
and-
and
you
know,
enjoy
and
I
would
just
see
it
does
as
something
almost
that's
a
no-brainer.
A
C
We
have
a
four
point:
seven
million
dollar
deficit.
As
we
looked
at
reductions
in
the
parks,
recreation
and
Community
Services
Department.
We
felt
if
there
was
one
senator
that
could
continue
operating
with
some
sort
of
contract
operation
that
this
was
of
the
center
to
do
that.
With
that
said,
I
agree
with
alderman
druh
Simmons
and
the
work
that
she
has
done
with
our
parks
rec
staff
over
the
last
few
weeks
that
there
is
another
way
and
so
certainly
from
a
staff
perspective.
C
We're
committed
to
work
with
the
aldermen
to
to
make
this
happen,
but
the
the
cold
reality
of
this
budget
is
that
difficult
decisions,
difficult
conditions
have
to
be
made
and
the
reason
for
this
one
was
really
that
it
was
the
one
that
we
thought
we
could
affect
change
with
the
booth,
the
least
disruption.
But
again,
let
me
reiterate:
support
alderman
ruse,
Simmons
of
mr.
C
Hemmingway
and
their
work
that
they've
done
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks
and
if
the
council
chooses
to
take
this
off,
we'll
come
back,
probably
after
the
next
couple
of
meetings
with
the
revised
budget,
balancing
worksheet
that
will
identify
we've
glued
the
additional
revenue
that
could
be
generated
at
the
center
and
then
we'll
also
come
up
with
other
solutions
to
balance
it
out.
So.
A
C
We
did
what
we
did
is
we
took
the
revenue
minus
the
expenditures
for
staffing
and
was
budgets
to
have
about
a
hundred
and
one
hundred
and
seventy
one
thousand
dollars
so
by
taking
it
off
the
budget
balancing
worksheet,
then
that
is
the
amount
of
money
that
we
need
to
identify
and
again
with
the
discussions
that
all
Bruce,
Ivins
and
mr.
Hemingway
have
already
had.
We
have
found
a
good
deal
of
that
and
again
once
once,
the
dust
clears
after
the
next
week
or
so
we'll
come
back
with
a
full
plan.
Okay,
all.
BG
And
I
agree
that
we
we
should
be
certainly
supportive
of
all
remembers
efforts
here.
The
the
one
thing
I
don't
feel
comfortable
with,
though,
is
that
I
think
we
could
kind
of
owe
it
to
the
community
personally
to
not
take
things
off
the
table
at
this
juncture
it
sounds
like
there's
some
really
great
ideas
here,
but
I
think
you
know,
I
didn't
see
a
budget
memo.
BG
If
there
was
one
in
here,
I
didn't
see,
it
I
saw
some
modest
amount
of
information,
but
I
think
we
should
include
the
information
and
then
the
work
that's
been
done
in
these
memos
I,
don't
want
to
give
the
impression
that
any
given
you
know
these
are
all
really
everything.
Every
single
cut
is
a
really
hard
cut.
So
there's
pretty
much
I
can't
think
of
a
single
thing
on
here.
That
I
am
that
I,
don't
feel
really
poorly
about
doing.
BG
We
heard
a
lot
of
really
you
know,
impassioned
pleas
from
a
lot
of
community
members
about
a
lot
of
different
things,
so
I
don't
want
to
just,
even
though
it's
not
true
I
don't
want
to
give
the
impression
that
one
thing
is
more
important
than
the
other
and
I'm
just
fearful
that
taking
anything
off
the
table.
You
know
this
early
in
the
process.
It
you
know
is
likely
to
lead
to
that.
That
perception.
BO
Thank
you
so
I
think
for
me.
That's
a
little
I
understand
what
you're
saying
monomer
Wilson
I
think
for
me
this
is
a
little
different
because
when
I
looked
at
kind
of
the
history
of
Gibbs,
Morris
and
obviously
I
wasn't
on
council,
then,
but
it
I.
If
I'm
correct,
it
never
really
had
a
program
budget.
So
we
put
a
program
space
there.
You
know
without
a
program
program
budget,
so
I
think
we
have
a
responsibility
to
before.
BO
We
consider
something
not
successful
to
prop
really
supported,
so
it
can
be
successful
and
if
I'm
correct
in
that,
then
that
you
know
Timmy
is
just
a
little
bit
of
a
failure
on
our
part
and
we
ought
to
establish
this
Center
as
one
they
can
thrive.
And
then,
if
we
see
next
year
that
you
know,
in
spite
of
all
the
best
intentions,
it's
not
working
and
that's
a
different
conversation.
BO
Also
I
guess:
I
just
want
to
throw
out
there
that
I
support
this,
but
I
would
hopefully
I'm
hoping
I,
encourage
everyone
to
talk
to
the
staff
that
have
been
I,
guess
so-called
terminated.
There
I'm
not
sure
what
we
call
that,
when
they've
been
towed
to
their
job
might
be
terminating
because
I
understand
that,
for
any
staff
will
cause
a
lot
of
anxiety
and
so
now,
for
you
know,
looking
to
pull
this
off.
BO
The
budget
I
would
just
hope
we
have
a
conversation
with
them
so
that
we
one
don't
particularly
lose
valuable
staff
who
are
maybe
going
to
look
for
another
employment,
think
and
they
don't
have
it
or
that
they're
just
clear
what
this
means
for
them
moving
forward,
because
people
obviously
are
dependent
on
paychecks
and
we
have
to
be
responsible
employers
in
that
way.
Okay,.
A
AD
BI
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
members
of
council
I
also
wanted
to
just
seek
clarification
based
on
some
of
the
comments
that
we've
heard
this
evening.
Several
months
ago,
the
City
Council
directed
the
city
manager
to
remove
the
youth
and
young
adult
division
of
the
priority-based
budgeting,
and
so
seeing
that
this
is
not
a
budget
item.
I
think
that
this
request
should
be
relatively
easy
and
again
based
on
the
comments
that
we
or
this
evening,
I,
don't
think
I
need
to
repeat
any
of
them.
BI
BI
BA
AD
BA
BI
BG
A
couple
of
things:
first
of
all,
it's
it's
fully
funded,
so
it's
not
a
cut
in
the
budget.
So
there's
that
I
mean
I,
think
you
know
a
motion
to
change
a
policy.
I,
don't
think
that's
a
thing!
So
it's
not
on
the
agenda
and
it's
not
in
the
budget,
so
I'm
not
really
sure
that
that's
a
proper
motion
so
I
just
called
it.
I
asked
for
guidance
from
his
counsel
on.
BP
B
B
BI
Motion
I
mean
I'll,
just
call
it
personal
privilege.
A
few
months
ago,
we
made
a
very
clear
direction
to
our
city
manager
not
to
touch
the
program,
and
so
since
then,
we've
had
changes.
We've
had
people
come
up
and
there's
no
memo
in
the
budget
there's
nothing
to
even
indicate
that
the
recommendation
that's
being
made
was
I,
mean
I'm,
I'm,
I'm
struggling
to
find
the
words
other
than
to
just
make
it
clear
that
we
don't
touch
this
program.
That
goes
back
to
my
original
motion
until
after
the
budget
season.
That's
that
it's
a.
A
C
Mr.
mayor
members
of
council,
I
notified
you
of
an
intent
to
make
some
staffing
changes,
which
is
within
my
right
as
city
manager,
I've
heard
the
discussion
this
evening.
I'm.
Certainly
dismayed
by
this
I
am
dismayed.
You
know
the
intent
was
to
to
talk
with
the
employees
involved.
One
employee
chose
to
reach
out
to
the
community
through
social
media
prior
to
that
discussion,
but
the
only
idea
behind
a
reorganisation
was
a
promotion.
C
If
the
council
is
not
interested
in
that,
then
I
will
make
other
changes
without
that
promotion,
which
is
within
my
right,
a
city
manager,
so
the
only
the
only
issue
would
have
been
a
promotion
of
an
employee.
If
the
council
chooses
not
to
consider
that
as
part
of
the
reorganization
plan,
that's
in
parks
and
recreation,
then
we'll
make
other
staffing
changes
without
that.
Without
that
reorganization,
okay,.
BQ
Yes,
Thank
You.
Mr.
mayor
I
mean
we
made
it
very,
very
clear
back
in
July,
when
we
took
the
funding
issue
off
the
table,
that
we
were
fully
funding
the
youth
and
young
enough
adult
programs
that
we
provide
in
the
city
and
we
provide
a
number
of
them,
and
the
council
voted
unanimously
for
that.
I've
spoken
to
the
staff
involved
in
this
and
been
very,
very
clear
that
I
would
not
support
any
cut
in
funding
and
that
has
not
been
proposed.
What
I'll
run
Braithwaite?
BQ
What
you're
suggesting
is
that
we
take
over
the
city,
manager's
job
and
I.
Don't
believe
that
is
the
purview
of
the
City
Council.
Our
purview
is
to
make
the
policy
and
our
city
manager
is
to
carry
out
that
policy
and
I'm
not
prepared
tonight
to
vote
YES
on
something
that
I
consider
a
management
decision
that
would
require
much
further
discussion
by
the
City
Council.
We
removed
the
funding
from
the
the
whole
budget
discussion
I.
BQ
Think
every
single
one
of
us
has
expressed
our
tremendous
support
for
these
programs
and
recognize
the
value
that
they
have
in
this
community
and
their
power
and
effect.
We've
heard
all
of
the
testimony
every
single
one
of
us
knows
people
who
have
benefited
from
these
things,
but
I'm
not
going
to
support
the
motion.
BG
And
it's
it's
it's
a
fully
funded
program.
We
previously
gave
the
city
manager's
office
a
very,
very
clear
directive
than
a
dish
and
in
in
addition
to
a
program
that
was
very
effective
and
working
very
well
and
and
maintained
our
full
support.
We
also
wanted
to
develop
and
enhance
the
workforce
development
and
it
seemed
to
me
when
and
I
think
we
were
all
advised
of
this
ahead
of
time,
but
then
our.
BG
BI
BG
Consulted
mayor,
were
you
consulted
Ottoman
Ottoman,
wins
very
clear
and
correct
point:
is
it's
not
our
job
to
micromanage
the
city
manager
and
when
he
does
something
it's
not
our
job
to
to
adopt
what
social
we
can't
govern
by
social
media,
because
a
lot
of
people
get
something
wrong
on
social
media.
We
heard
a
lot
of
people
here
saying:
please
don't
cut
this
program,
please
don't
cut
this
program,
allow
how
many
people
said
that
we're
not
cutting
this
program.
But
again
you
know
we're
getting
sucked
into
this
trap
where
you
know
yeah.
BG
I
said
this:
when
we
were
having
a
conversation,
a
group
of
us
before
as
community
leaders,
sometimes
we
have
a
choice
where
we
have
to
either
tell
people
what
they
want
to
hear
or
tell
people
what
they
need
to
hear
and
we
have
to
be
honest
with
them,
but
the
city
manager's
job
is
to
manage
the
employees
and
he
either
does
it
or
doesn't
do
it?
Some
people
like
how
he
does
things
some
people
don't
like
how
he
does
things.
I
haven't
agreed
with
everything
he's
done
over
the
years.
BG
I've
voiced
my
opinions
and
then
you
move
on,
but
that's
the
job
I'm
not
hired
to
micromanage
the
City
moment,
manager,
I'm,
not
elected,
to
do
that
and
none
of
the
rest
of
us
are
elected
to
do
that.
So
it
would
be
an
extremely
slippery
slope
and
you
know
good
luck.
Finding
anybody
who'd
want
to
work
here
if
we're
gonna
start
doing
things
like
that,
it's
it's
not
appropriate
and
I
understand
your
concern
and
I
understand
the
staffs
concerns.
But
these
are
going
conversation.
These
aren't
the
City
Council
is
going
to
you
know
again.
BG
It
goes
back
to
what
I
said
before
about
nobody's
more
special
than
somebody
else.
We
should
be
treating
people
equally.
Okay
and
I.
Don't
want
to
create
the
impression
that
we're
singling
people
out
for
special
treatment
as
a
council,
we,
you
know,
we
hear
people
in
the
community
come
up
and
blame
us
in
the
city
manager
for
doing
exactly
what
I
think
it
would
be
perceived
that
we
would
be
doing
if
we
went
along
with
that.
Thank.
BK
Thank
You
mr.
Merrick
I
I
hear
what
you're
saying
and
I,
but
I
do
think.
There's
confusion
out
in
the
community,
I
mean
the
word
word
gets
out
and
it
moves
around
the
community.
Some
people
misinterpreted
some
people
don't
understand
some
people
don't
follow
what
we
do
up
here.
All
the
time
and
I
think
that's
a
good
thing.
I
hope
they're
doing
something
much
more
fun
than
sitting
through
our
budget
discussions,
although
they're
very
important
so
I'm
glad
everybody's
paying
attention
tonight,
but
mr.
BK
city
manager
I
think
it
would
be
really
helpful
and
I
don't
see
anything
negative
in
this
I
think
it
would
be
really
helpful
when
there
clearly
is
confusion
that
we
take
a
moment-
and
you
know
just
ask
you
to
explain,
explain
your
rationale
and
I,
because
I
don't
believe,
there's
anything
negative
and
what
you're
thinking
I
do
think
that
that
it
can
be
viewed
as
a
promotion.
I
think
it
can
be
viewed
in
a
lot
of
different
ways
that
are
more
positive
and
I.
BK
C
It's
all
been
Braithwaite,
said
and
I
shared
with
the
City
Council
and
in
an
email
of
a
few
weeks
ago,
the
council
made
a
very
compelling
argument
to
leave
the
youth
and
young
adult
division,
as
is
because
it
does
extraordinary
work
for
those
of
you
who
have
been
on
the
council
for
a
little
while,
you
will
recall
what
our
youth
outreach
looked
like
prior
to
mr.
Brown's
hiring,
it
was
disjointed.
It
was
not
something
that
was
in
any
way
a
cohesive
manner.
C
Since
then,
we've
made
a
number
of
excellent
hires,
Nate
Norman,
who
is
responsible
for
the
outreach
team
on
a
day
to
day
basis,
outstanding
young,
individual,
Porsha
Davis,
another
outstanding
young
individual
who
has
done
the
the
the
Summer
Youth
Employment
Program.
So
those
two
are
the
the
day-to-day
leadership
of
that
program,
and
so
in
reviewing
the
City
Council's
goals
and
as
we
prepared
the
budget,
it
was
clear
to
me
that
we
were
certainly
lacking
in
one
area,
and
that
was
a
broader
program
for
Workforce
Development.
C
There
are
many
Evanston
residents
of
all
ages
who
are
not
working
at
a
level
that
they
would
like
to
work
that
are
not
working
at
jobs
that
are
are
meaningful
and
productive
and
pay
a
wage
that
will
help
support
them
in
their
family.
So,
in
talking
with
both
this
tramming
way
and
Johanna
Leonard
our
Community
Development
Director,
it
was
clear
to
me
that
we
needed
to
make
a
change
in
order
to
have
a
single
staff
person
focused
on
workforce
development.
Mr.
C
Brown
is
certainly
a
staff
member
who
brings
great
skills
and
ability
with
that
and
he's
also
built
an
outstanding
team,
and
so
I
went
to
mr.
Hemmingway
and
said
who
can
take
over
leadership
of
this
team.
Who
is
also
done
excellent
work
and
we
came
up
with
Kent
cherry
mr.
cherry
was
primary
responsibilities
of
fleetwood.
Jourdain
center
already
deals
with
a
whole
variety
of
community
issues,
and
so
mr.
Hemmingway
miss
Leonard
and
I
came
up
with
a
plan
to
leave
the
youth
and
young
adult
program
intact.
C
Leave
all
of
the
workers
that
work
diligently
every
day
in
the
community
and
to
promote
mr.
brown
into
a
position
in
the
community
development
department
that
would
have
the
luxury
of
time
to
focus
on
workforce
development
programs.
Mayor
Haggerty
in
his
State
of
the
City
address
this
past
spring,
really
had
a
clarion
call
to
this
community
saying
that
workforce
development
was
one
of
the
single
greatest
priorities
we
had
as
a
community
and
in
reflection
is
your
city
manager.
C
I,
felt
we
weren't
doing
the
work
that
we
needed
to
do,
and
so,
as
part
of
a
larger
reorganization
of
the
department
proposed
that
we
would
move
forward
with
this
change.
So
if
the
council's
authority
here
would
be
the
shifting
of
the
position
from
Parks
and
Recreation
to
Community
Development
the
creation
of
a
new
manager
position
that
would
be
on
par
with
the
other
division
managers
within
Community
Development,
Gary,
Gerdes,
Sarah,
flax,
Paul's,
alma
Zach,
and
so
from
my
perspective,
that
promotion
requires
the
City
Council's
authority
to
do
that.
C
The
reorganization
of
staff
does
not,
but
again
the
the
the
impetus
behind
this
was
to
take
a
very
skilled
staff
number
in
mr.
Brown
and
expand
his
his
capacities
expand
his
his
work
to
create
programs
that
were
just
not
copying.
We
have
a
great
skill
of
copying
programs.
Other
communities
do
I
think
mr.
C
Brown
is
capable
of
creating
programs
that
will
be
singular
to
this
community
and
others
will
follow
us
because,
while
we
do
well
certainly
with
young
adults,
we
do
not
do
well
with
older
adults,
and
so
this
would
be
an
opportunity
to
do
that.
Mr.
Brown's,
the
new
position
would
have
access
to
the
existing
staff.
He
would
also
be
challenged
to
find
new
resources
and
work
with
other
community
organizations.
So
again,
my
sense
is
that
as
part
of
a
reorganization,
I
would
need
the
council's
concurrence.
However,
of
the
shift
of
mr.
C
BO
So
here's
my
concern:
we
had
the
community
that
came
up
the
first
time
about
this
program.
We
gave
a
direction.
We
have
the
community
coming
up
this
time
about
this
program.
I
think
the
ottoman
fisk
is
right.
There's
lots
of
confusion.
What
I
heard
people
say
tonight
was
keep
the
program
intact.
Not
necessarily
you
know,
don't
take
the
budget
away
or
anything
else,
I
understand
that
we're
having
a
budget
discussion,
but
in
the
7
million
dollars
that
we
have
to
you
know,
balance
are
fine
elsewhere.
BO
There
are
lots
of
things
that
are
stressing
our
community
and
I.
Think
ottoman
breakaways
request
that
we
would
leave
this
program
intact
until
we
get
through
the
budget.
Discussion
have
a
bigger
conversation
about
what
the
impact
is
or
can
be,
or
what
the
what
the
vision
is
is.
It
is
not
invalid.
I
think
there
is,
in
my
opinion,
no
reason
to
cause
more
alarm
in
a
sitting
when
people
are
here
about
the
fire
station
and
about
any
given
program
that
they
care
about.
Why
would
we
use
that
same
time
to
cause
more
eggs?
BO
That
I
think
is
undue.
You
know
I
don't
want
to
get
into
the
personnel
matters
of
who
who
gets
to
decide
and
I'm,
not
sure
that
that's
where
Ottoman
braithwaite
is
going,
but
I
do
think.
We
have
community
members
who
we
largely
don't
see
it
averaged
at
normal
community
meetings,
I'm
coming
out
to
talk
about
this
program
and
their
concern
about
what
they
think
is
going
to
be
a
change
of
service.
BO
What
what
am
I
looking
for?
Well,
anyone
in
a
more
thoughtful
way
that
allow
them
allows
us
time
to
get
through
these
budget
discussions,
not
be
distracted
with
people
coming
to
talk
about
things
that
aren't
necessarily
budget
items,
but
to
table
this.
Do
we
have
a
bigger
discussion?
I
am
on
the
city
school
liaison
committee
I'm
on
the
you
know,
dope
advisory.
You
know
whatever
all
the
committee's
are
I
like
the
Ottoman.
BO
Briefly,
you
know
did
not
hear
about
that
which
I'm
not
here,
saying
I,
have
to
make
a
decision
on
everything,
but
I
think
if
we
have
committees
that
are
geared
towards
youth,
they
talk
about
schools,
they
talk
about
crime
and
so
on.
If
this
is
a
team
that
was
put
together
to
address
those
issues
in
my
mind,
it
does
make
sense
to
have
a
more
thorough
discussion
so
that
everyone
understands
what
is
happening.
What
the
proposal
is
what
the
impacts
are,
and
we
can
clearly
articulate
that
to
people
who
are
clearly
concerned
about
it
again.
BO
I
think
you
know
the
ask
is
that
we
keep
it,
as
is
until
we
get
through
the
budget
and
can
have
a
bigger
discussion
about
it
and
have
a
clear
message
for
our
community
I
understand
autumn.
A
little
sense
point
about
one
thing
being
a
more
important
than
the
other,
and
what
I'm
saying
here
is
the
health
and
the
trust
of
our
community
is
very
important.
It
makes
no
sense
to
make
people
come
up
here
for
the
next
I.
BI
You
mr.
mayor,
and
thank
you
very
much,
alderman
funding.
I,
think
I've
said
this
before
regarding
the
city
manager
that
I
have
blind
spots,
I
am
NOT
an
expert
in
preservation
or
the
arts,
but
the
things
that
I'm
passionate
about
when
it
comes
to
our
youth,
seniors
and
people
of
color
I
do
pay
close
attention
to
and
I
think.
This
is
one
of
those
areas
that
my
passions
overlap
with
your
blind
spots
and
I.
BI
Think
if
you
listened
to
the
comments
from
the
community,
rather
than
dig
your
heels
in,
you
would
pause
and
just
wait
and
if
I'm
not
being
clear,
wait
until
after
the
budget
season,
so
there's
a
well-thought-out
plan
so
that
the
community
that
I
represent,
accepts
it
and
right
now,
I
have
yet
to
hear
from
anyone
for
my
community.
That's
embracing
this
or
the
larger
community,
so
I
think
it's
I,
don't
see
this
being
unreasonable.
I
see
this
consistent
with
the
motion
that
was
made
several
months
ago
and
I
again.
C
C
And
and
and
I
guess,
I'm
just
I'm
I'm
disappointed
that
you
know
the
credibility
that
I
have
gained
in
this
particular
area
alone.
That
I
have
worked
very
diligently
to
build
resources.
If
you
all
recall,
there
have
been
many
budgets
where
this
program
has
been
the
only
program
to
gain
resources,
not
the
police
department,
not
the
fire
department,
but
I,
hear
all
what
you're
saying,
and
so
my
quandary
is
to
be
thoughtful
in
this
area,
and
certainly
this
is
the
first
evening
of
budget
discussions.
C
I
think
there's
opportunities
for
additional
discussion
with
this
I'm
perfectly
happy
to
have
this
be
a
management
decision
only
that
requires
no
budget
Authority.
That's
not.
My
preference
I
think
that
the
there
was
a
reorganization
would
make
this
a
better
a
program,
but
certainly
if
the
council
would
like
to
revisit
this,
as
we
are
continuing
through
the
budget
process,
my
guess
is
we'll
have
several
more
discussions,
but
the
bottom
line
here,
mayor,
Hardy
and
members
of
the
council,
is
the
City
Council
said.
C
Workforce
Development
was
one
of
your
handful
of
goals,
and
so
this
is
my
recommendation
and
staff,
just
as
I
have
made
recommendations
to
you
on
every
other
municipal
service
and
the
allocation
of
those
resources
and
my
rightful
role
is
your
city
manager
to
put
the
right
people
in
those
right
places
and
I?
Think
I
have
a
nine
year
track
record
of
that
and
I
think.
Certainly
in
this
area
we
have
only
seen
success.
So
mr.
mayor
I
guess
I
looked
to
you
in
the
council
for
further
direction.
Okay,.
A
BO
I
just
question
because
you
just
mentioned:
take
this
out
of
the
budget
Authority.
So
when
I'm
looking
at
the
budget
and
I
know,
we've
said
this,
you
know
several
people.
I
said
this.
Isn't
a
budget
issue.
Can
you
just
explain
to
me
what
you
mean
by
that
I'm,
seeing
a
slight
budget
change,
but
are
you
saying
and
the
new
Workforce,
Development,
Department
or
whatever
your
but
term
it
that
there
is
a
new
budget
allocation?
BO
C
Well,
although
many
members
of
the
council
there
there
is
a
large
dollar
amount
for
it,
Parks
and
Recreation
reorganization,
so
we
are
still
working
with
one
additional
staff
member
who
is
contemplating
a
retirement
that
has
not
yet
been
finalized.
So
the
thought
was
that
a
portion
of
funds
safe
from
that
would
be
used
to
move
this
position
to
Community
Development.
If
it's
the
council's
wish,
not
to
include
that
in
the
budget,
then
we'll
make
staffing
changes
within
the
existing
budget.
That's
allocated
for
youth
young
adult
so.
BO
C
BO
C
A
memo
separate
from
a
budget
memo
on
the
subject
might
be
helpful
and
we
can
prepare
that
over
the
next
week
or
so,
and
we
can
share
that
with
the
council
and
I'm
happy
to
meet
individually
with
folks,
because
if
we
can
narrow
it
down
to
this
in
a
a
shifting
of
resources
that
is
under
my
jurisdiction,
then
we
don't
have
to
talk
about
this.
Any
further
I
had
just
wanted
some
additional
resources
to
make
that
promotion,
but
that
doesn't
need
to
happen,
but
I
can
put.
BO
BI
This
but
I
think
it'll
continue
to
be
a
discussion
as
long
as
we
have
residents
coming
out
and
voicing
concern.
So
my
concern
only
echoes
the
comments
that
I
heard
from
the
floor,
and
so
they
will
keep
coming
until
there's
clarity
so
and
I
think
that
there
should
be
a
broader
discussion
with
the
members
of
council
that
pay
attention
to
these
issues
and
the
impacted
areas.
I'm
concerned
how
the
reorganization
is
going
to
impact
the
residents
in
my
ward
and
on
the
west
end
and
on
the
south
end
of
Evanston.
C
So
like
the
issue
of
but
the
issue
of
those
people
in
the
second
Ward
that
don't
have
jobs,
those
people
over
25
that
don't
have
jobs.
So
that's
that's!
That's
the
inspiration
to
say
as
the
city
of
Evanston
one
of
the
council's
goals.
Let's
do
it.
Let's
take.
Let's
take
a
staff
member
that
has
lots
of
experience
in
this
and
put
them
to
work
in
this,
that
that
was
the
incentive,
so
I.
A
BI
That
should
happen
out
of
respect
for
the
residents
who
have
come
up
as
well
as
the
residents
of
my
ward,
that
there's
a
broader
discussion
about
I
want
to
understand
how
this
ordinate
reorganization
is
going
to
impact
our
residents,
and
so
that's
it
I
mean
imagine
that
we're
going
to
stop
and
listen
to
the
to
the
residents
who
feel
that
they're
most
impacted
by
this
change.
Okay,
is
there
a
second.
A
BK
Q
BG
AD
BP
To
me,
this
is
you're
really
getting
to
a
managerial
issue.
This
is
Eleanor
Municipal,
Code,
you're,
really
striking
on
the
city
code.
This
is
whether
or
not
you
have
a
city
manager
form
of
government.
He
proposed
a
staff
issue
and
now
you're
mingling,
the
two
and
I
am
Franklin
confused.
What
is
before
you?
This
is
not
on
the
agenda.
This
is
not
a
budget
issue,
it
sounds
like
you're
challenging
his
abilities.
It
could
be
a
manager
make
that
decision.
A
BK
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
I
love,
my
colleague
he's
just
a
really
good
guy
I
didn't
understand
the
motion
at
all
yeah.
BK
No,
no
one's
saying
anybody
caused
it.
I
mean
we're.
Just
III
think
that
city
manager
has
outlined
a
process
going
forward.
I
think
that
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
I
think
you're,
absolutely
right
that
the
community
doesn't
know.
What's
going
on,
we
haven't
done
a
good
job
of
explaining.
What's
going
on.
BK
That's
and-
and
he's
already
agreed
to
do
that
so
I
think
that's
a
good
thing
and
I
do
think
that
it
being
part
of
the
budget
discussion
is
only
making
it
really
really
confusing.
So
I'm
I'm
I'm
satisfied
with
that.
As
long
as
we
make
it
very
specific
to
this
job
that
were
not
micromanaging,
the
city
manager
and
with
all
the
open
positions,
I
want
it
to
be
very
specific
to
this
job
and
I
do
want
to
date
when
this
is
coming
back
to
us.
BK
You
know
mental
health,
affordable
housing,
all
sorts
of
things
that
that
that
were
not
addressing
in
the
way
that
we
could
be
so
that
said,
I
hope
that
we
can
hear
a
little
bit
more
from
the
city
manager
about
when
we
might
expect
and
further
action
on
this
and
how
he
envisions
the
council
being.
Is
this
going
to
come
back
to
back
to
us
as
a
special
order
of
business?
Is
it
going
to
go
to
Human
Services?
Is
it
going
to
where?
BK
BG
So
these
are
programs
that
we
have
supported
and
nurtured
and
continue
to
do
so.
So
the
you
know,
the
hard
part
for
me
is
to
hear
people
say
some
of
the
you
know.
Most
of
the
comments
tonight
were
constructive
and
thoughtful,
but
some
of
the
comments
were
clearly
based
on
incorrect
information,
resulting
in
very
angry
comments
and
thoughts.
So
again
it
goes
back
to
that
idea
that
you
can't
completely
govern
addressing
everything
that
somebody
gets
from
social
media.
BG
But
if
you
know
the
person
or
you
know,
I
know
somebody
I'll
call
them
or
I'll
talk
to
them.
That's
that's
part
of
the
job
just
reach
out
to
people
and
let
the
ones
who
who
clearly
have
a
misunderstanding
know
what's
going
on
but
yeah.
Let's,
let's
make
the
reference
get
an
unattended.
Let's
talk
about
the
program
more
fully
and
we've
made
great
progress
over
the
years
we've
done
and
again,
Kevin
and
and
the
economic
development
team
in
Community
Development
have
really
come
up
with
some
outstanding
and
creative
things.
BG
I
want
to
I
want
to
pursue
that
further
I
want
to
pursue
that
aggressively,
because
that's
what's
impactful,
you
know
the
workforce.
Development
is
the
impactful
thing.
We
talk
about
affordable
housing.
The
problem
is
not
that
the
housings
of
not
affordable.
The
problem
is
that
people
don't
make
enough
money
so.
A
BN
You
just
to
support
ottoman
fist
point
and
a
clear
communication
to
the
community
on
when
and
how
we'll
get
an
understanding
of
any
sort
of
impact.
I
think
is
my
biggest
concern
that
these
services
are
not
interrupted,
that
this
is
a
way
to
enhance
the
great
work
that's
being
done
already,
but
the
community
must
know
because
obviously
they're
misinformed
and
if
you
could
give
us
a
clear
understanding
of
how
and
when
and
what
that
process
will
be
like.
BN
C
And
mr.
mayor
alderman,
druh
Simmons
well
I'd
like
to
propose
this
perhaps
come
back
on
the
12th
with
an
agenda
item
with
all
the
information
that
all
rusev
is
just
a
spur
I
think
she
did
an
excellent
job
of
summary
summarizing
this
and
and
certainly
all
that
information
is
there
and
available
will
have
appropriate
staff.
I
mean
I,
think
it's
important
to
hear
from
mr.
Nathan
and
and
miss
Davis
and
mr.
chary
of
the
Parks
and
Rec
director,
miss
Leonard,
as
well
as
as
well
as
other
staff
to
talk
about
this.
So
mr.
BI
Finally,
getting
the
point
of
my
passion,
and
that
is
having
a
discussion
that
involves
the
staff
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
when
you
come
back
with
your
report
that
it
includes
the
numbers
from
the
premiere
summer,
Employment
Program,
the
years
of
growth,
includes
the
information
in
the
partnership
with
northwestern,
as
well
as
all
the
other
community
partners,
because
what
I'm
looking
for
is
an
understanding
of
how
something
that's
working
so
well
is
going
to
be
better
with
what
people
have
described
as
dismantling
it.
So
that's
the
big
burning
question.
C
BO
AI
C
BO
A
BN
Four
third
quarter
financial
report:
for
fiscal
year,
2018
staff
recommend
City
Council,
except
in
place
on
file
the
third
quarter
financial
report.
A
five
is
for
action.
Staff
recommends
that
City
Council
authorize
the
city
manager
to
execute
a
contract
with
Patrick
engineering
to
provide
engineering
services
for
the
Main
Street
improvement
project
between
Maple,
Avenue
and
Henman.
At
this
time,
staff
recommends
award
of
only
the
initial
portion
of
the
project
phase,
one
preliminary
engineering
and
the
amount
of
306
three
hundred
sixty
three
thousand
seven
hundred
and
thirty-eight
dollars.
BN
This
project
will
be
funded
from
city's
capital
improvement
fund
a-sixes
for
action
staff
recommend
City
Council
authorized
the
city
manager
to
approve
change
order,
number
one
to
contract
for
the
water
treatment
plant
door,
renovation
with
construction,
consulting
and
disbursement
services.
This
change
this
change
order
includes
a
time
extension
for
75
days.
Changing
the
completion
date
from
September
15
to
November
29.
There
is
no
cost
increase
associated
with
this
change
order.
A
seven
is
for
action.
Staff
recommend,
City
Council
adoption
of
resolution.
97
are
18
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
execute
a
six
month.
BN
BN
8
is
for
action,
staff
recommend,
City,
Council
adoption
of
resolution,
79
our
18
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
negotiate
and
execute
a
parking
agreement
with
you
with,
while
you
located
at
1911
Church
Street
for
the
usage
of
their
parking
lot
for
patrons
using
the
gibbs
morrison
cultural
center
and
businesses
in
the
church
dodge
corridor
funding
will
be
from
the
gives
morrison
building
maintenance
material
fund,
which
has
an
allocation
of
$2000
staff
projects,
an
expense
of
approximately
$500
yearly
for
fall.
Cleanup
and
the
landscaping
for
akshay
9
is
for
action.
BN
BN
8,
okay,
abstraction,
8
n
is
for
action.
Staff
recommends
to
the
council
adoption
of
resolution,
98
r18
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
execute
a
partnership
agreement
with
the
Ridgeville
Park
District
for
the
continuation
of
the
middle
school
after
after-school
program
at
came
in
East
Fieldhouse
site
Ridgeville
Ridgeville
park
district
is
donating,
twelve
thousand
dollars
for
operational
expenses
and
additional
in-kind
services
for
the
program.
A
eleven
is
for
action,
staff
recommend,
City
Council
adoption
of
resolution.
Eighty
r18
a
resolution
in
support
of
the
city
of
Evanston
and
school
district
65,
safe
routes
to
school
program.
BN
BN
12
is
we're
asking
for
a
suspension
of
the
rules
and
for
action
staff
recommend
City,
Council
adoption,
ordinance,
114
Oh
18
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
negotiate
a
three-year
lease
with
Northwest
center
against
sexual
abuse
for
office
space
in
the
Loraine
H
Morton
Civic
Center,
at
the
monthly
rate
of
five
hundred
seventy
seven
dollars
and
fifty
cents
for
an
annual
rent
of
six
thousand
nine
hundred
thirty
dollars.
A
thirteen
is
for
action,
staff
recommend,
City,
Council,
adoption
of
ordinance,
110,
o
18,
dissolving
the
Washington
national
tax,
increment
finance
district,
effective
December,
31st
2018.
BN
As
part
of
this
closure,
the
city
is
required
to
officially
notify
all
taxing
districts
regarding
the
dissolution
and
any
distribution
thereof.
Remaining
funds
in
the
TIF,
a
14
is
for
action.
Staff
recommend,
City,
Council
adoption,
ordinance,
116
Oh
18
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
execute
an
intergovernmental
agreement
with
the
Chicago
Transit
Authority
for
the
modernization
of
the
CTA
Purple
Line
in
Evanston,
with
a
focus
on
support
for
Davis
Street
CTA
station
with
a
local
match
contribution
from
the
Washington
National
TIF.
BP
BG
13
hours,
okay,
thank
you
all
right
so
and
also
P
1
is
off
the
consent
and
E
2
ordinance,
1
1
9.
Oh
my
mark
status
to
the
building
and
lot
of
record
at
2010
Dewey
Avenue,
the
Preservation
Commission
and
city
staff
are
recommending
approval
of
ordinance,
119
Oh
18,
designating
2010
Dewey
Avenue
the
building
and
a
lot
as
in
Evanston
landmark.
That
is
for
action.
Okay!
Is
there
a
second
second.
BQ
B
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BN
A
thirteen
staff
recommend
city
council,
adoption
of
ordinance,
110,
o
18,
dissolving
the
washington
national
tax,
increment
finance
district,
effective
december
31st
2018.
As
part
of
this
closure,
the
city
is
required
to
officially
notify
all
taxing
districts
regarding
the
dissolution
and
any
distribution
thereof,
remaining
funds
in
the
tip.
This
is
for
action
in
a
second
second.
BO
B
BG
Through
P
1
item
P,
1
ordinance,
1
1,
1,
o
18,
granting
major
variations
at
24:15
Wade
Street
in
the
r2
single-family
residential
zoning
district,
the
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals
and
staff
recommend
approval
of
the
ordinance
authorizing
major
variations
for
building
lock
coverage
of
44.3%,
a
19
point,
8
foot,
front
yard,
setback,
a
0
foot,
west
interior
side,
yard
setback
and
a
2.9
foot,
East
interior
side
yard
setback
also
to
provide
one
off
street
parking
space
in
order
to
construct
additions
to
the
existing
single-family
residence.
That
is
for
action
here.
AD
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Thanks
to
everybody,
especially
the
city
manager
and
people
who
came
out
to
the
two
budget
meetings
in
the
eighth
ward,
and
also
to
the
neighborhood
meeting
and
I,
have
a
request
of
our
staff
city
manager.
I
know
we're
not
able
to
campaign
for
our
transfer
tax
issue,
one
the
on
the
ballot,
but
we
need
to
say
what
our
transfer
tax
stamp
referendum
is,
and
there
is
some
horrible
horrible
advertising
out.
BA
That
is
totally
absolutely
positively,
not
what
our
transfer
tax
stamp
referendum
is
going
to
do
and
I
think
if
we
just
post
what
the
referendum
says,
it's
just
it's
clear
as
day
it's
a
very
simple
referendum
and
people
are
saying
things
like
a
very
smart
person
said
to
me:
oh,
my
god.
It's
the
first
home
I
ever
bought
and
now
and
now
I'm
gonna
be
taxed
forever.
I
mean
they
really
I
mean
a
small
home,
probably
cost
300
thousand
I.
A
BA
AD
BA
BO
Also,
like
also
like
to
say
what
it
is
right,
I
got
a
postcard
to
at
three
announcements.
Oh
one,
thank
you
to
the
Ninth
Ward
residents,
who
came
to
speak
up
tonight
for
the
things
that
they
I
know.
We
have
a
very
active
community
so
also
to
the
Ninth
Ward
residents.
We
were
having
a
community
budget
meeting.
It
is
Wednesday
this
week
at
3:30
at
little
beans.
So
please
stop
by
and
talk
to
the
city
manager
staff.
BO
You
can
have
kind
of
a
one
on
one
or
two
Evers
there
with
your
budget
questions
also
on
Thursday
the
25th,
so
this
Thursday
at
7:00
p.m.
we
will
be
having
a
Ward
meeting
and
shoot
middle
school.
This
one
is
very
important
because
we
will
be
going
over
the
budget.
I
will
be
answering
your
budget
questions
because
I
will
be
absent.
BO
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BG
Pursuant
to
v
Illinois
compiled
statutes,
ilcs
120,
/,
2a
I
move
that
the
City
Council
convened
into
executive
session
to
discuss
agenda
items
regarding
a
collective
bargaining
and
litigation.
These
agenda
items
are
printed
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
2
and
c
11
0.
Second,.