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A
Right
do
we
have
it
warm?
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Clerk
welcome
everybody
to
the
Saturday
October
26
2019,
special
City
Council
meeting
on
the
Evanston
city
budget
for
2020.
We
do
have
quorum
today
and
two
aldermen
I
know
couldn't
make
it
one
alderman
Fisk
is
not
feeling
well
in
aldeman.
Orville
is
was
unable
to
make
this
meeting
when
it
was
scheduled.
So
we
again
are
just
going
to
talk
about
the
budget.
Today
there
are
two
parts
to
this
meeting.
The
first
one
is
going
to
be
a
public
hearing
on
the
fiscal
year.
A
2020
proposed
budget
for
the
city
of
Evanston
pursuant
to
the
Illinois
complied
statutes
in
section
1,
11
15
of
the
city
code,
the
Evanston
City
Council,
is
conducting
a
public
hearing
today
to
consider
the
fiscal
proposed
the
fiscal
year
2020
proposed
budget
document.
The
purpose
of
this
hearing
is
to
allow
for
public
input
on
the
proposed
budget
document.
I
hereby
convene
the
meeting
for
the
fiscal
year.
2020
proposed
budget
presentation
open
today
at
9:00
12:00
a.m.
A
staff
presented
an
overview
of
the
2020
budget
on
October
14
2019
in
this
presentation,
along
with
the
proposed
budget,
is
available
on
the
city's
website
at
the
city
of
Evanston
org
forward,
slash
government
forward
slash
budget,
and
you
can
find
that
there.
We
are
now
opening
this
to
any
discussion.
I'm
first
going
to
start
with
public
discussion
on
this
on
this
matter.
So
do
we
have
any
one.
D
Wanted
to
know-
and
this
is
of
the
mayor-
have
you
made
any
announcement
yet
about
public
involvement
in
the
selection
of
the
new
city
manager?
You
had
indicated
that
there
would
be
citizen
involvement
last
time
for
the
police
chief,
we
had
a
public
meeting,
we'd
like
to
have
at
least
one
and
maybe
more,
but
I
would
just
like
to
know
if
you're
making
any
arrangements
to
that
end.
Thank
you
very
much.
You
bet
so.
A
When
we
get
into
the
budget
part
where
we
have
mayor
announcements,
I'll
give
an
update
on
that
for
every
for
everybody.
You
bet
okay,
so
we
have
five
folks
that
have
signed
up
for
this
public
hearing
to
comment.
So
the
first
one
up
is
James
angleman
and
again.
If
folks
can
try
to
keep
it
to
three
minutes,
we're
not
going
to
be
as
strict
as
we
is.
We
usually
are
on
this
because
it
is
a
public
hearing
just
to
give
us
some
structure
to
this.
So
we've
got
James
angleman
up
first
on
ofse
James.
A
E
Morning
morning,
I
was
a
few
minutes
late,
because
I
was
stuck
in
traffic
at
Central
Street,
with
the
northwestern
game
traffic
already
coming
way
before
the
games
start.
So
this
is
a
meeting
is
supposed
to
be
a
dialogue.
I
believe
that's,
what's
stated
on
the
agenda,
so
I
trust,
there's
gonna
be
back
and
forth
today
with
those
of
us
who
are
here
with
the
council,
with
staff
with
the
mayor,
etc.
Please
do
that
first
of
all
refused
to
accept
staffs
recommendation
for
a
ten
point:
nine
percent
property
tax
increase.
E
E
You
know
get
the
Friends
of
Robert
crown
to
contribute
to
12.5
million
dollars
in
cash
they
had
advertised
for
three
years,
and
that
would
offset
a
great
deal
of
the
budget
problems.
We
have
an
Evanston
do
not
hire
new
employees
for
Robert
crown
or
any
other.
Other
positions
move
existing
employees
into
those
positions.
Again,
reduce
waste
and
look
for
efficiencies.
E
Budget
is
filled
with
assumptions
about
revenue
from
increased
sales
taxes,
revenue
from
the
new
robert
crown
that
revenue,
which
is
already
overshadowed
by
operations,
lost
projections,
and
that
revenue
is
an
assumption
as
well.
You
are
assuming
revenue
from
the
sale
of
marijuana
already.
We
don't
even
have
that
on
the
books.
E
Another
item:
why
do
we
need
a
library
director
costing
us
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year
which
includes
benefits?
We
have
a
total
debt
as
I
understand
it
exceeding
four
hundred
and
ninety
million
dollars.
As
of
January
1st
2019,
you
have
to
look
at
how
to
reduce
our
debt.
Stop
taxing
stop
spending.
Thank
you
very
much.
F
Thank
you
good
morning,
sir
name
is
John
Cooper
I'm,
one
of
the
owners
of
a
storage
facility
at
20:20,
Greenwood
Street
in
the
second
Ward
and
I,
wanted
to
talk
today
about
some
of
the
reasons
why
be
implementing
a
self
storage
usage
tax
would
be
a
mistake.
More
than
half
of
our
customers
are
residents
of
Evanston
or
students
at
Northwestern,
so
in
essence,
this
tax,
when
we
had
another
tax
on
the
residents
of
Evanston.
F
This
tax
may
also
drive
your
residents
to
consider
storing
in
neighboring
communities
like
Skokie
and
Wilmette,
which
do
not
have
taxes
on
Self
Storage.
National
data
shows
that
the
median
income
for
households
that
use
Self
Storage
is
$55,000.
So
these
are
primarily
you
know,
middle-class,
maybe
even
lower
middle
class
families
oftentimes
our
customers
are
between
houses,
they're
dealing
with
a
death,
a
divorce
or
a
loss
of
a
job.
This
tax
would
put
additional
financial
strain
on
your
residents,
who
are
already
going
through
a
difficult
time
and
cannot
afford
a
tax
increase.
F
A
subset
of
our
customers
are
commercial
tenants.
Self
storage
serves
as
an
incubator
for
small
businesses
in
the
community.
Contractors
store
their
tools
here.
A
landscapers
store
vehicles
and
retailers
store
inventory.
A
tax
on
self
storage
would
make
it
more
costly
for
our
commercial
tenants
to
do
business
in
Evanston.
A
new
tax
on
self
storage
would
single
out
self
storage
businesses
and
their
tenants
for
unequal
treatment.
Self
storage
is
a
rental
of
real
property.
In
most
instances,
the
self
storage
tenant
has
already
paid
sales
tax
on
personal
property
that
she
is
storing.
F
Additionally,
when
our
business
and
other
storage
of
businesses
moved
to
Evanston,
the
city
understood
that
it
would
not
generate
sales
tax
form
from
our
rentals,
it
would
be
unfair
to
change
the
rules
after
we
have
done
business
in
the
city.
For
years,
the
Constitution
of
the
state
of
Illinois
article
9,
section
2
&
4,
requires
a
uniformity
of
both
property
taxes
and
non-property
taxes.
Levying
attacks
against
just
one
industry
would
be
an
unconstitutional.
A
G
H
H
Next
I
wanted
to
mention
the
packet
schedule
for
the
next
few
days
and
all
of
November
did
you
know
there
are
seven
events
in
Evanston
today,
and
four
of
them
are
this
morning
now
to
the
budget.
This
meeting
must
be
a
big
deal
as
it
was
posted
in
the
Tribune.
I
would
like
to
discuss
first
how,
just
a
few
months
ago,
we
were
three
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
the
red,
and
now
we
have
a
proposed
but
proposed
balanced
budget.
H
H
No
then
also
on
Monday
at
ephra
hearing
was
short
notice
to
give
out
almost
8
million
dollars
in
bonds
to
a
private
school
really
I
would
then
I
would
again
vote
no
and
I
almost
forgot
that
also
on
Monday
we'll
have
a
property
tax
levy
hearing
which
is
also
required
and
I
believe,
should
be
its
own
separate
meeting.
We
now
have
two
months
to
finalize
the
new
budget
and
I.
Don't
know
why
we
canceled
all
of
August
meetings
and
canceled.
Last
week's
council
meeting.
H
H
A
I
Morning
and
I'll
make
this
short
Karen
telling
our
Demerest
I'm
with
Youth
Job
Center,
and
appreciate
all
of
the
work
that
goes
into
this
know
that
it's
a
super
challenge
to
not
have
enough
resources
and
think
about
how
they're
being
directed
when
everybody
wants
a
piece
of
the
pie.
I
want
to
just
encourage
a
lot
of
thought
around
the
support
for
the
nonprofit
community
and
the
social
services
that
exist
in
this
community,
because
there's
a
higher
level
of
sorry
how
to
breath
collaboration
and
forward
movement.
I
Then
I've,
seen
in
the
five
years
that
I'm
here
and
we
all
know
our
most
valuable
asset
as
our
very
people
in
our
community.
So
as
that,
conversation--
continues
to
discuss
I'd
really
like
to
think
about.
How
do
you
think
about
how
much
the
investment
is
based
on
how
critical
that
return
is?
Thank
you
thank.
J
Hi
Mary
was
the
yeah
thanks
for
holding
these
meetings
and
I
just
had
a
couple
questions
I
was
just
hoping.
We
were
never
discussed
and,
as
I
was
looking
through,
the
budget
I
noticed
that
the
northwestern
athletic
tax
is
at
a
million
eighty
and
it
projected
to
go
down
to
a
million,
but
I
had
thought
that
they
said
that
they
bring
in
a
million
five,
so
I
don't
know
what
the
difference
is,
but
if
we
could
look
at
that,
that
would
be
great
also
regarding
the
bonds.
J
I
was
curious,
is
if
we're
taking
out
vines,
are
proposing
to
take
out
bonds
for
Clara
Valley.
Will
care
of
Ellie
be
paying
the
debt
service
on
those
or
will
that
follow
up
to
the
tax
payer
and
I,
actually
I'm?
So
tired,
I,
don't
know
how
you
guys
that
are
paired
with
I'm
so
good
this
morning?
I
can't
remember
my
third
thing.
Thank
you.
I.
A
K
Most
passionate
subject
and
that's
equity
and
justice
and
empowerment
as
a
result
of
both
of
those
and
in
the
budget.
I
just
want
to
make
clear
because
there's
a
lot
been
have
been
discussed,
but
not
everyone's
been
part
of
the
same
discussions
and
I
would
like
to
definitely
call
people's
attention.
So
I
have
part
one.
Two
and
three
don't
worry
it's
submitted
and
the
references
are
awesome.
K
K
K
K
So
whatever
issues
that
actually
go
back
to
equity
and
justice,
our
residents
hold
information
and
experience
that
records
alone
do
not
reveal
as
your
heart
all
your
hearts
reveal.
I
I
see
more
than
ever
that
our
legal
justice
equity
views
need
to
be
reconciled
with
covert
and
overt
institutionalized
racism
still
holding
us
back
and
if
we
are
to
fully
realize
success
this
time
around.
I
attribute
all
of
this
to
the
hard
work
and
efforts
to
reparations
efforts
with
Robyn
and
Cicely
and
Patricia
F
Young,
who
are
all
included
so
I,
said
PSO.
K
If
I
can
do
it
real
quick
note,
the
report
below
and
our
current
homeowner
public
health
code
and
zoning
process
enforcement,
like
I
thought
of
you
but
I,
have
to
send
you
them.
I
have
to
send
you
this
personally
and
still
in
Congress.
That's
still
in
Congress
with
stated
equity
and
justice
goals.
I've
read
this
to
many
friends
and
they
all
agree.
I
guess
I,
find
friends
who
agree
with
me,
but
really
I
have
people.
They
actually
disagree
with
me.
It's
good
friends.
K
The
Cook
County
courts
are
demonstrably
more
concerned
with
revenue
generation,
and
that's
not
that
include
Evanston
on
that.
One
are
more
concern:
revenue
generation
and
stereotypes
and
equity
and
justice.
Just
ask
the
residents
and
be
personally
we.
Why
not
create
a
justice
and
equity
board
to
facilitate
ordinance,
review
creation
enforcement
and
remediation
procedures?
Question
mark
two:
more
comparative
cooks
policy
and
I
chief
chief
I
I
over
debt
up
appreciation
as
a
resident
to
see
the
changes
that
were
needed
in
the
city,
but
not
necessarily
lined
with
the
city
policies
themselves.
K
So
the
compare
Chiefs
cooks,
police
policies
and
procedures
with
the
city's
police
powers
that
propagate
problem
problems,
the
police
have
and
continue
to
address,
they're,
not
perfect,
but
they're.
Much
closer
than
the
city
is
also
all
boards
need
to
be
independent
of
the
very
influence
they're
asked
to
review.
You've
heard
this
many
many
times
and
I'm
reiterating
what
the
wise
people
ahead
of
me
are
telling.
K
You
and
I
have
not
seen
anybody
respond
to
just
yet
I
could
be
blind
or
I
missed
it
or
whatever,
so
make
correctly
for
sure,
but
citizen
network
of
protection
that
you
have
beaten.
My
sister
and
mr.
Sutton
discuss
with
passionate
heart.
It
has
been
in
the
first
war
for
many
years,
far
longer
than
some
of
you
around
here
who
have
been
engaged
in
in
civic
duties
and
also
shows
the
advanced
forward-thinking
of
the
fifth
Ward
from
the
very
beginning
that
we
we're
just
beginning
to
understand.
K
By
active
voices
that
encourage
you
to
on
TV
from
the
TV
to
participate,
because
it
began
with
just
a
couple
sentences
now
and
now
look
at
me
now,
so
this
isn't
a
clear
protection.
Does
that
and
needs
the
council
support
of
the
fifth
courts,
important
long
overdue
historical,
like
you
wouldn't
believe,
if
you
know
all
the
people
involved,
they
are
amazing
claim
for
justice
and
oversight
of
police
powers.
K
A
L
Realize
it's
a
collateral
point
that
people
put
in
a
number
of
people
have
mentioned
it,
and
it's
not
on
the
agenda
till
month
till
Monday.
Could
we
just
at
least
mention
that,
as
far
as
those
care
volley
bonds,
that
the
taxpayers
aren't
paying,
those
I
think
that's
important
for
people
to
know
that
it
otherwise
would
seem
like
we're
doing
something
completely
irrational,
which
we're.
A
Not
exactly
exactly
the
city
is
not
going
to
pay
the
bonds
for
kara
Valley
and
on
Monday
we'll
have
our
city
finance
officer,
explain
how
that
how
that
works
periodically
that
is
done
and
lots
of
people
have
questions,
certainly,
and
rightly
so,
about
wait
is
the
city
paying.
This
is
have
liability
on
these
bonds
and
all
of
that,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
all
on
the
same
page
on
that
so
we'll
take
them
on
Monday
time,
all
right,
seeing
no
more
lights.
G
A
Right
at
9:30
a.m.
the
hearing
is
now
concluded,
so
we're
going
to
move
in
now
to
some
of
the
regular
agenda
that
we
have
for
tonight
in
terms
of
mayor
announcements
and
proclamations.
I
have
no
proclamations
this
morning.
I
would
give
one
update
on
the
city
manager
search.
So
if
the
Rules
Committee
meeting
the
council
indicated
wanting
to
move
forward
with
Gov
HR,
they
as
the
executive
search
firm,
that
is
on
the
agenda
from
Monday
night,
so
the
next
step
in
that
process
for
the
city
manager
is
that
will
come
before
council.
A
If
council
approves
that,
we
will
then
have
the
contract
in
place
with
gov
HR.
The
City
Council
have
a
meeting
with
them
in
the
in
that
meeting
with
gov
HR
will
lay
out
a
framework
that
framework
for
the
search
will
include
citizen
engagement,
up
front
okay
to
get
people's
perspective
and
what
they
think
we
should
be
looking
for
in
the
next
city
manager.
That's
no
different
than
what
we
did
with
the
police
chief
and
in
some
of
the
other
positions
here
at
the
city.
So
we'll
do
that.
A
The
executive
search
firm
will
draft
up
the
Job
Description
and
then
we'll
start
the
process
and
posting
it,
but
there
will
be
public
input
up
front
on
that
process
and
more
to
come
and
I'll
announce
that
once
we
have
a
chance
to
meet
with
the
executive
search
firm
once
the
council
decides
to
move
forward
with
that.
So
that's
that
city
manager,
any
updates
from
you.
No.
A
C
Yes,
mr.
mayor
I
just
wanted
to
spoke
with
you
earlier
about
taking
a
point
of
personal
privilege
to
just
see
just
a
few
ideas
for
revenues
for
this
city.
Last
week
we
discussed
the
idea
of
a
vacant
property
tax.
I
think
that's
a
great
idea
to
raise
revenue
for
residential
and
commercial
units.
I
think
the
council
should
potentially
look
into
a
value-added
tax
for
legal
and
consulting
invoices.
C
That's
a
progressive
source
of
revenue
as
opposed
to
texting
storage
units.
As
one
of
our
public
commenters
mentioned
today,
we
should
look
into
progressive
excise
taxes
so
instead
of
charging
a
flat
rate,
for
example,
for
the
liquor
tax,
which
is
6%,
maybe
someone
in
it.
Maybe
if
you're
buying
a
top-shelf
bottle
of
scotch,
you
should
pay
a
bit
more
than
someone
buying
a
case
of
beer
and
that
could
raise
revenue
in
a
progressive
manner.
C
We
can
look
into
an
Occupational
privilege
tax,
a
head
tax
for
big
box
retailers
here
in
the
city
who
are
making
our
economic
climate
less
competitive
for
small
businesses
here
in
our
city
again,
and
then
it's
a
progressive
source
of
revenue.
We
can
look
into
progressive
fines
and
progressive
filing
fee
structure
where
we
find
folks
based
on
their
income
as
again
as
opposed
to
a
flat
rate
that
again
disproportionately
impacts
low-income
folks.
C
What's
affordable
with
AMI,
we
can
look
into
stormwater
drainage
fees,
for
example,
ethica
a
city
that
have
discussed
with
alderman
wilson
instituted
a
stormwater
drainage
tax
on
impervious
surfaces,
and
this
would
apply
to
again
mostly
the
big-box
retailers
here
in
Evanston.
It
would
apply
to
Northwestern
it's
a
way
to
get
money
out
of
Northwestern.
That
is
not
a
property
tax
and
Cornell
and
Ithaca
is
now
paying
over
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
stormwater
drainage
fees
and
the
average
fees
have
gone
down
for
residential
units.
C
We
can
again
look
into
conservation
pricing,
so
if
you
use
more
water,
you
pay
more
for
water.
If
you
put
more
trash
and
the
trash
bin,
you
pay
a
bit
more
for
trash.
If
you
own,
you
know
more
than
a
certain
number
of
vehicles,
you
pay
more
for
your
will
text
and,
lastly,
we
can
look
into
making
electricity
or
an
or
internet
a
public
utility.
That's
a
much
bigger
idea
and
take
a
few
years
to
implement.
But
again
that
is
a
progressive
way
to
raise
revenue
here
and
I,
say
sorry.
A
That's
it.
Thank
you,
cine
Clark,
okay,
we're
now
going
to
move
on
to
public
comment
and
we
set
aside
45
minutes.
Everybody
can
have
up
to
three
minutes.
If
we
have
15
or
less
people.
Is
there
anyone
that
would
like
to
speak
at
public
comment
and
your
comments
are
so
st.
body
of
people?
That's
heard
your
comments
already
so
I'd
request
that
they
be
different
than
what
they
were
before
so
ray.
All
right
will
do
ray
and
then
we'll
do
and
then
we'll
do
mic
and
then
we'll
do
Doreen.
A
H
I
did
have
a
whole
list
of
questions
on
budget,
but
my
first
question
on
budget
is
I
haven't
heard
anything
said
about
how
we
cut
expenses
on
anything.
So
that
would
be
my
first
suggestion
is
can't
we
cut
some
expenses
from
somewhere
next
I
wanted
to
know
how
much
is
the
total
bond
debt?
How
much
have
we
taken
out
in
bonds
and
I
understand?
Maybe
Laura's
gonna
speak
on
that
and
then
I
understand
the
debt
service.
It
was
gonna
be
raised
by
from
from
crown
who's
going
to
be
raised
by
660,000,
I.
H
Think
but
then
I
read
know
the
debt
service
is
going
to
be
raised
by
two
and
a
half
million.
So
how
did
it
go
from
160,000
to
two
and
a
half
million
increase
and
it
was
I
think
11
million
in
debt
service
going
up
to
13
million
if
I
remember
I,
don't
have
the
exact
number.
So
it's
just
a
couple.
Questions
I
have
on
the
budget
and
I
didn't
give
you
the.
E
Yeah,
just
a
couple
of
new
things
again,
just
a
general
straight
statement
as
you
go
through,
the
budget
is
I,
just
I'm,
always
confused
as
to
why
the
answer
to
every
problem
is
solved
by
raising
taxes
and
spending
more
money.
It's
really
quite
simple
to
those
of
us
who
have
to
struggle
with
businesses
and
home
budgets
to
stop
spending
when
you
don't
have
the
money
that
seems
fairly
simple.
E
I
just
want
to
reiterate.
I'd
like
to
question
again
I
like
somebody
to
address
why
we
need
800
employees.
I,
don't
think
that's
been
scrutinized.
I
mentioned
earlier.
I
recently
saw
that
the
total
city
debt
is
490
million
dollars.
That's
everything
as
I
understand
it
and
I
hope
I.
Have
that
number
right!
E
That's
a
huge
amount
of
money
for
a
city,
this
size,
I,
don't
think
you
should
count
on
entertainment
tax
from
Northwestern.
If
you
go
through
with
this
text
amendment
next
week,
I
really
think
that's
a
terrible
idea
for
the
citizens
who
live
in
that
community.
Surprise.
More
of
them
are
here
this
morning,
but
you're
going
to
do
a
lot
of
damage
not
only
to
the
neighborhood,
but
all
around.
All
down
up
and
down
the
east
and
west
on
a
central
street
corridor,
you're
not
going
to
gain
that
much
in
the
way
of
tax
revenue.
E
E
We
have
yet
to
see-
and
it's
supposed
to
be
several
weeks
before
it
hits
the
council
agenda,
but
we've
yet
to
see
the
Northwestern's
user
gift
agreement.
We
don't
know
what
kind
of
budget
impact
that
has
we've
yet
to
see.
North
Shore,
Health
users
gift
impact,
our
agreement
we've
yet
to
see
Evanson,
soccers
user
gift
agreement.
E
K
Goodness,
gracious
an
opportunity
to
give
you
two
and
three
parts,
two
and
three
to
see
if
you
want
to
read
them
to
glower,
there's
a
art
of
four
submission
number
two
that
I
gave
you
I'm
not
reading
the
whole
thing,
just
the
part
of
it.
It
actually
goes
with
what
clerk
Creed
was
talking
about
progressive
taxation.
This
has
to
do
with
an
alternative
view
about
looking
at
narrowing
the
income
inequality
gap.
So
for
those
of
you
who
are
really
interested
in
economics,
this
is
an
excellent
article.
K
Three
public
comments
has
to
do
as
an
article.
That's
entitled.
Let's
see,
fixing
America's
broken
disaster.
Housing,
recovery,
housing
recovery
system,
part
one
barriers
to
complete
and
equitable
recovery.
That
goes
to
climate
change
on
the
residential
level
and
I've
not
heard
climate
change
adjust.
Some
of
the
goals
to
reflect
the
fact
that
the
community
and
residents
actually
need
far
more
than
it's
been
giving
to
them
this
year,
and
that
was
the
way
climate
change
has
happened.
K
To
me
personally
knows
I
know
if
we
take
in
a
County
instead
of
like
just
gloss
over
the
numbers
and
find
out
how
many
people
who
are
affected
during
the
polar
vortex.
That
would
give
us
an
idea
what
we
need
to
do
moving
forward.
We
have
data
already
again
saving
money
on
costs
of
research,
talk
to
the
community
and
then
I
just
want
to
read
real
quickly.
What
I
said
about
that?
K
Please
forward
to
this
this
number
three
one
to
those
who
might
benefit
from
these
ideas
and
viewpoints,
equity
in
disaster
prevention
and
radiation,
recovery
and
resiliency.
That
includes
come
on
to
save
homes
and
lives
of
Evanston's,
most
vulnerable
trust
me
mean
you
have
a
home,
that's
destroyed,
you
lose
part
of
your
life
and
and
and
acquire
new
challenges
personally,
Dory.
K
A
You
very
much
alright.
Is
there
anybody
else
that
wanted
to
speak
of
public
comment,
all
right,
seeing
none
public
comment
concludes
we're
now
going
to
move
into
the
special
orders
of
business.
We
have
one
item
for
discussion
this
morning
and
that
it's
our
fiscal
year,
22
2020
and
2021
a
budget
workshop
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
our
city,
man
or
in
terms
city
manager
to
facilitate
this
discussion.
Thank.
N
O
This
breaks
it
out
into
different
areas
of
spending
that
we
have
citywide
CIP
is
set
to
the
proposals
set
at
65
million
dollars
last
year
was
approximately
seventy
eight
million
dollars.
A
big
portion
of
this
difference
is
really
just
the
crown
project
and,
as
we
are
starting
to
slow
down
in
2020,
we
are
going
to
be
wrapping
up
that
project.
Mid-Year.
O
Here's
where
the
funding
is
generally
coming
for
the
Capital
Improvement
Program
I,
don't
want
to
spend
too
much
time
on
this.
These
numbers
bounce
around
a
little
bit
you'll,
see
like
there's
a
big
difference
in
the
water
fund
that
has
to
do
specifically
with
the
Lincolnwood
connection,
which
will
be
reimbursed
for
through
the
contract
price
that,
as
we
sell
water
to
Lincoln
wood
and
to
somewhat
large
capital
projects
that
are
not
going
to
be
funded
through
low-interest
rooms
but
loans,
but
will
be
funded
directly
from
the
water
fund.
O
And
similarly,
there
are
others,
the
TIF
funds,
as
fountain
squares,
Rowling,
has
rolled
off
and
some
other
projects
that
were
TIF
funded.
The
only
TIF
funding
that
we
have
proposed
is
engineering
on
the
Main
Street
maple
the
Hinman
project
for
this
year.
So,
if
you
have
any
other
questions
about
it,
I'm
happy
to
answer
them
or
you
can
it's
a
lot
to
digest?
It's
certainly
contact
me
later
for
answers,
but
getting
into
the
meat
of
it
here
are
some
of
our
major
projects
that
we
have
going
on.
O
Street
water,
main
sewer,
we're
of
course
going
to
do
our
annual
resurfacing
program.
That's
funded
by
motor
fuel
tax
we'll
be
doing
a
substantial
patching
program.
Those
types
of
projects
are
always
ongoing.
The
two
major
projects
that
we
have
going
into
construction
in
this
category,
the
CIP
oil
not
into
construction-
are
ongoing
in
this
category
the
CIP
Main
Street
maple
to
Hinman.
O
This
is
a
streetscape
improvement
project
we
have
concluded
for
the
moment
our
public
meetings
on
this
project
we're
wrapping
up
the
phase
one
design
report
which
we're
going
to
be
submitting
to
the
Illinois
Department
of
Transportation.
That
will
allow
us
to
apply
for
funding
through
the
Illinois
transportation
enhancement
program
iTap.
We
are
looking
to
do
that
next
year
and
we
will
be
moving
into
design
if
we
do
not
get
funding.
O
Similarly,
on
projects
that
have
been
lengthened
out
by
idot
involvement,
we
have
the
Howard
Street
project.
This
is
a
project
that
we're
partnering
with
the
city
of
Chicago
and
we've
received
surface
transportation
program
funding
as
well.
This
project
has
finished
up
in
design.
We
are
in
the
process
of
submitting
the
final
plans
for
idot's
review.
It
will
be
advertised
next
year.
The
water
main
work
will
be
done
in
2020
and
then,
as
we
move
forward,
the
rest
of
the
streetscape
work
will
be
done
in
2021.
O
Other
transportation
programs,
we
have
ongoing
the
Central
Street
bridge
reconstruction
was
actually
delayed
due
to
the
need
for
land
acquisition,
so
that
process
is
also
ongoing.
Right
now
the
construction
is
expected
to
begin
in
July
2020.
However,
there's
been
a
long
lead
time
on
any
product.
That's
been
built
with
steel
for
a
variety
of
reasons,
one
tariffs
and
also
limited
supply,
but
just
the
large
volume
of
construction
that's
been
ongoing,
has
also
contributed
to
it.
O
O
So
all
the
construction
traffic
control,
so
we
may
not
at
will
be
awarding
well
I
doubt
we'll
be
awarding
that
project
in
20,
but
we
may
not
actually
see
the
construction
physically,
starting
until
21,
we
received
a
grant
proposal
for
the
Ridge
Avenue
just
traffic
signal
study.
This
is
really
nice.
The
Highway
Safety
Improvement
Program
grant
is
purely
based
on
the
accidents.
O
The
number
of
accidents
you
are
seeing
on
each
intersection
and
the
severity
of
the
accidents,
so
this
project
was
looking
at
signal
timing
originally,
but
because
of
the
grant,
we
were
able
to
leverage
that
so
that
our
money
that
we
were
going
to
spend
just
on
signal
timing
will
now
provide
the
city's
match
and
we
will
also
be
able
to
implement
any
necessary
changes
through
construction
at
seven
intersections.
There
signalized
from
Davis
to
Howard,
Street,
Howard
Street,
not
being
included,
so
the
the
work
will
basically
begin
this
year
in
terms
of
doing
the
phase.
O
One
study
that
project
the
request
for
qualifications
is
actually
out
to
hire
an
engineer
through
next
year,
we'll
be
doing
the
phase
one
design
report,
and
we
would
expect
to
see
construction
occurring
in
22
or
23,
depending
on
idot's
responsiveness
to
some
of
the
schedule.
Issues
we're
also
beginning
a
corridor
study
for
safety
on
Oakton
Street.
That
scope
of
work
is
being
defined
right
now,
so
that
we
can
issue
a
request
for
proposal
to
get
an
engineer
on
board
and
based
on
the
improvements
that
are
approved.
O
We
expect
that
construction
to
occur
in
2122
time
prune
moving
out
to
parks.
We
actually
have
a
number
of
parks
that
are
in
process
of
being
scoped
out
or
all
the
way
going
into
construction.
So
back
park
is
a
project
where
there's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
in
the
community,
but
the
scope
actually
is
not
really
well
defined,
yet
so
we're
in
the
process.
O
We
had
our
first
community
meeting
at
the
recent
fifth
Ward
meeting,
we'll
probably
have
more
community
meetings
to
really
define
what
the
scope
of
that
project
looks
like
to
make
an
improvement
at
that
new
extension
area
that
we
received
as
part
of
an
M
W
Rd
lease
when
the
short
school
was
demolished
and
then
based
on
that,
we
will
hire
consultant
next
year
to
help
us
with
design
and
moving
forward.
It's
hard
to
know
what
this
project
is,
because
we
don't
have
the
scope,
so
I
haven't
really
designated
any
funding
yet
for
it
dog
parks.
O
Similarly,
this,
actually,
this
one
is
being
done
in-house
by
city
staff,
we're
just
beginning
to
pull
together
some
information
on
locations
in
the
city
that
might
be
good
candidates
for
dog
parks
based
on
what
makes
a
good
dog
park
as
an
industry
standard,
including
things
like
parking
and
as
minimum
size
of
park
and
etc.
So
we
expect
to
be
reporting
out
to
that
in
the
City
Council
early
next
year.
Harbor
Park
is
actually
out
to
bid
for
construction.
O
We're
receiving
bids
on
Tuesday
is
a
project
that
received
a
nozzle,
I'd
grant
and
so
we're
able
to
leverage
funding
from
the
city
and
various
other
sources
such
as
Northwestern
University,
to
make
the
city
match
for
a
larger
grant.
That
will
allow
us
to
rehab
the
basketball
court
and
look
at
the
playground,
Knicks
lighting
and
energy
efficiency
improvements
and
install
a
picnic,
shelter.
O
Mccullough
Park
is
one
that
we
are
in
the
process
of
receiving
we've
received
proposals
and
we're
selecting
a
design
consultant
for
this,
its
project
that
is
currently
one
of
our
worst
parts,
and
there
are
a
number
of
safety
issues
that
we
really
are
looking
forward
to
addressing
on
this.
But
we
haven't
really
started
the
public
engagement
process
yet
to
know
entirely
how
that's
going
to
play
out
larga.
A
Q
O
Q
At
some
point,
can
you
I
don't
have
the
scorecard
in
front
of
me
at
some
point?
Can
you
just
give
us
like
I
know
there
was
some
there
were
FS
and
DS
and
C's
or
whatever
on
the
scorecard.
So
can
you
just
kind
of
give
us
a
small
little
chart
or
something
to
show
us?
What
were
that
may
be
the
efendi's
and
then,
where
these
fall
in
there
sure
thank
you.
Could.
O
Is
funding
status
that
we
are
suggesting
set
aside,
based
on
your
preliminary
discussion
of
using
good
neighbor
funds
and
also
setting
aside
a
little
bit
of
additional
funding
form
from
the
geo
bonds
to
supplement
that
to
deal
with
some
drainage
issues?
But
that
is
something
that
we
wanted
to
more
further
discuss.
R
O
Now,
there's
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
total
and
the
staff
proposal,
and
that
includes
some
good
neighbor
funds
and
some
general
obligation
bonds,
and
we
have
received
feedback
from
different
people
about
whether
that
would
go
towards
fixing
the
pathway
or
fixing
the
playground.
When
that
is
determined,
we
can
fix
part
of
the
funding
of
flooding
issues
in
lovelace,
but
we're
not
going
to
solve
the
entire
park.
That
is
a
very
large
park
and
it
would
probably
be
well
over
a
million
dollars.
O
We
work
at
the
smaller
neighborhood
parks.
We
generally
are
fixing
an
entire
park
to
the
best
of
our
ability,
but
there
are
some
parks
that
are
very
large
and
we
consider
them
community
parks,
so
that
would
be
James,
Park
and
Lovelace
in
the
lakefront
and
those
we
go
after
specific
problems
and
just
fix
individual
problems
or
individual
locations.
So.
R
O
Park
is
actually
fairly
large
Harbor
and
we
haven't
defined
the
scope.
Well,
Harbor
Park
is
a
large
park,
although
it
is
largely
used
as
a
neighborhood
park,
it
borders
the
canal
and
has
a
bike
path
through
it.
It
is
unlikely
that
we're
going
to
fix
every
problem
in
Harbor
Park
for
600
$40,000
indeed,
and
that
also
is
a
flooding
issue.
I
mean
every
Park
that
is
located
along
the
canal
or
west
of
the
canal.
O
Generally
is
a
flooding,
has
a
flooding
issue,
and
also
some
other
parks
are
more
generally
located
in
northern
Evanston,
but
not
all
parks.
And
so,
if
we
were
trying
to
fix
every
flooding
issue
in
every
park,
we
would
not
do
anything
else
for
years
in
the
capital
program.
It's
just
a
long-term
problem.
O
R
O
Do
not
I
understand
residents
concern
and
it
is
frustrating
and
not
great,
that
a
lot
of
our
parks
cannot
be
used
all
the
time,
especially
when
we
have
a
season
like
the
spring,
where
it
rain
pretty
much
almost
every
day.
However,
the
city
also
has
obligations
for
maintaining
certain
standards
of
safety
and
a
lot
of
times.
These
parks
that
are
being
selected
have
serious
playground.
R
N
O
So
the
only
grant
program
really
that
we're
aware
of
that's
regular
and
it's
really
just
become
regular
in
the
last
year
or
two
so
regulars
will
see,
but
is
the
Oz
LED
grant
program
that
is
open
space,
land
acquisition
and
development
that
is
issued
by
those
call
for
projects
are
issued
once
a
year
by
the
Illinois
Department
of
Natural
Resources
over
the
summer
and
this
year.
So
two
years
ago,
last
year
last
year
we
applied
for
Harvard
and
received
a
grant.
O
This
year
we
applied
for
some
improvements
at
James
Park,
and
we
have
yet
to
hear
what's
going
on
with
that,
that's
usually
where
we
find
out
in
January
February.
That
would
certainly
be
very
fortunate
if
we
were
to
receive
the
grant
two
years
in
a
row
out
of
the
entire
state,
that's
competing
for
it,
and
then
we
have.
We
haven't
made
a
decision
yet
about
what
we
would
apply
for
next
year.
We
haven't
seen
if
there's
going
to
be
a
call
for
grants
or
call
for
projects
or
not.
Okay,.
Q
One
more
question
so,
regarding
the
flooding,
particularly
like
you
said,
along
the
canal
bank,
you
might
not
know
the
answer,
but
now
what
is
the
relationship
or
responsibility
with
him?
Wrd
I
mean
do
they
help
with
any
of
that,
assuming
that
some
of
the
flooding
as
a
result
of
the
proximity
to
the
canal,
MWR.
O
D
does
not
help
us
with
that
from
MWR
G's
point
of
view.
The
reason
why
they
leased
these
out
as
green
spaces
for
us
is
because
they're
really
excited
that
the
water
gets
trapped
there
and
has
lots
of
opportunity
to
percolate
into
the
ground
before
it
hits
any
hard
infrastructure
that
carries
it
into
the
canal
or
into
their
sewer
system.
So
they're
not
really
opposed
to
us
upgrading
it,
but
they
don't
have
a
motivation
to
help
us
pay
for
removing
the
flooding.
O
Moving
on
to
facilities
the
ad
a
transition
plan,
so
this
is
a
project.
The
city
has
an
ad
a
transition
plan
from
2012.
It's
legally
required
to
be
updated
on
a
periodic
basis
from
the
American
Disabilities
Act,
and
so
this
is
a
very
involved
process
that
involved
utils
of
staff
time.
The
last
time
it
was
done.
We
just
don't
have
the
staff
available
to
do
this,
and
so
we
are
proposing
to
hire
consultant
to
do
this
and
help
us
with
it.
The
Civic
Center
we
are.
O
A
O
No,
no,
no
I'm!
Sorry,
let
me
clarify
the
space
planning
is
actually
probably
not
very
much
money.
It
may
very
well
be
under
$20,000,
because
the
staff
is
doing
a
lot
of
data
gathering
to
try
to
reduce
the
cost,
and
so
you
may
not
even
see
it
when
we
award
it
the,
but
based
on
that,
we
will
probably
want
to
do
stuff
and
in
addition,
there
are
some
things
still
that
we
need
to
do
just
as
a
band-aid
to
keep
the
boiler
system
running
there.
O
We
need
to
retool
the
boilers
and
replace
the
burners,
and
so
there
will
have
to
be
some
money
set
aside
for
doing
just
the
necessary
things
to
keep
the
boiler
running
regardless
of
what's
chosen.
Even
if
the
staff
or
the
City
Council
were
to
recommend
moving
out
of
the
Civic
Center.
That
is
a
process
that
doesn't
happen
in
a
day.
So
we
need
the
boilers
to
continue
working
for
a
few
years.
So.
A
O
It's
not
really
repairs
it.
The
the
boilers
themselves,
I
think
that's
probably
around
$100,000
worth
of
work
the,
but
depending
on
what
is
wanting
to
be
done.
So
this
isn't
something
that
the
staff
is
just
going
to
go
off
and
spend.
This
is
just
money
that
is
set
aside
so
that,
based
on
what
City,
Council
recommendations
to
the
staff
are
the
city.
Can
we
have
some
flexibility
to
move
forward,
whether
it
is
to
hire
somebody
to
start
redoing,
the
Civic
Center
and
making
the
necessary
improvements?
Or
it's
this.
A
O
P
O
Will
not
spend
even
fixing
the
boilers
is
going
to
be
a
large
enough
project
that
will
be
coming
to
City
Council
to
get
permission
to
spend
it,
and
we
generally
have
more
projects
in
the
capital
program
than
what
we
can
sell
bonds
for
because
every
year
there's
some
things
that
happen,
whether
it's
just
pure
staffing
limitations
or
I
dot
takes
a
little
longer
to
approve
something
than
we
expected
or
whatever.
So
we
don't
I
believe,
there's
ten
point:
nine
million
dollars
proposed
in
the
budget
and
there's
10
million
dollar
cap
on
the
bond.
O
O
The
other
two
big
areas
so
I
I,
want
to
qualify,
there's
actually
small
capital
projects
occurring
lots
of
places,
including
levy,
Center
I-
think
every
Community
Center
has
some
sort
of
work
that's
proposed
for
next
year,
but
the
two,
where
we're
spending
the
two
buildings,
where
we're
proposing
to
spend
more
substantial
amount
of
money.
When
you
look
at
a
variety
of
things
that
need
to
be
fixed,
the
ecology
center
and
the
service
center,
so
the
ecology
center
for
a
while
we've
had
a
problem
with
the
water
service
freezing.
O
O
The
restrooms
need
to
be
rehabilitated
and
they
have
for
quite
a
long
time,
and
so
we
are
just
pulling
a
lot
of
projects
together
and
it
just
so
happens.
This
has
been
on
our
books
for
a
while,
but
it's
one
of
those
projects
that
has
not
gotten
done,
and
so
we
just
don't
sell
the
bond
and
then
weari
budget
it.
We
also
have
an
issue
with
the
chimney
in
the
great
room
is
settling
it
turns
out
on
inspection.
O
It
looks
like
under
the
floor
was
not
framed
properly
for
supporting
the
chimney,
so
we
need
to
fix
the
framing
and
retucked
point
and
fix
the
settlement
problems
that
have
been
caused
by
settlement,
but
by
the
chimney
sinking.
The
service
center
is
just.
This
is
a
building
built
in
1990,
no
1980.
So
it's
about
40
years
old
and
there's
money
that's
periodically
put
into
it,
but
there's
just
it's
a
huge
building
and
there's
a
lot.
It's
actually
four
buildings
put
together
and
there's
a
lot
of
issues.
O
So
among
the
things
that
need
to
be
done,
we
desperately
need
to
resurface
the
yard.
Again,
we've
been
talking
about
doing
this
for
a
long
time.
It's
actually
not
safe
for
people
to
navigate
it,
particularly
in
the
winter
and
because
all
of
our
vehicles
pull
out
of
the
service
center
for
snow
removal.
Either
there
are
the
water
utility.
Often
people
are
there
when
salt
hasn't
been
put
down
and
the
plowing
hasn't
all
the
way
been
done
yet.
So
it's
really
important
to
try
to
address
this
issue.
O
It
creates
a
lot
of
wear
and
tear
on
all
of
our
vehicles
when
they're
driving
under
over
such
a
porous
surface
and
on
our
people
as
well,
and
then
the
HVAC
is
actually
several
HVAC
systems,
most
of
them
very
small
and
they
sort
of
all
need
a
little
bit
of
work
to
be
improved,
but
they're
different
types
of
systems
and
then
tuckpointing,
which
is
also
sort
of
it's
just
a
large
building
and
I.
Don't
think
we're
going
propose
to
tuck
point
all
of
it.
O
Is
not
currently
a
part
of
the
reason
for
that
is
a
service
center
is
not
just
simply
office
space.
It's
really
cific
building
spaces
fleet
management.
We
have
a
lot
of
large
service
bays
that
just
store
several
garbage
trucks.
That's
where
the
garbage
trucks
park
they
have
to
be
parked
inside
because
of
the
type
of
engine
that
they
have,
and
you
know
just
a
lot
of
big
open
spaces
that
deal
with
very
specialized
equipment.
So
that
is
basically
you
just
if
you
want
to
replace
the
service
center.
O
O
A
prime
airily
because
we
pushed
off
doing
things
tuckpointing
was
in
the
budget
two
years
ago
and
was
one
of
the
things
that
was
cut
because
we
didn't
get
to
it.
But
there's
at
some
point,
because
we
get
so
much
water
into
staff
offices.
We
really
just
need
to
tuck
point
the
building
to
solve
that
problem
has.
N
S
I'm
just
wondering
how
many
people
in
the
council
have
ever
been
on
a
tour
throughout
the
service
center
to
see
what
I
mean
it's
really
complicated
and
I.
Don't
think
you
know
like
to
say
where
it
is
is
where
it
is,
and
nobody
cares.
I
mean
everybody's
happy
with
where
it
is.
I
can
just
imagine
uprooting
that
and
moving
it
and
the
expenditure
of
a
million
dollars
or
so
is
going
to
extend
the
life
of
that
building
then
to
to
some
extent,
and
it
just.
S
It
just
seems
to
me
that
to
even
consider
moving
would
just
be
not
very
right,
headed
just
think
of
that
problem,
we're
having
with
storage,
replacing
our
storage
and
could
we
have
an
update
on
that
at
some
point.
I'm
sure
it's
not
in
your
capital
budget
but
at
some
point
maybe
a
memo
to
the
council
and
our
storage,
given
the
sale
of
the
recycling
center.
Sure
we
can
do
that.
But
that's
not
a
budget
I
know
I,
don't.
A
Know
I
mean
my
point
of
I:
look
at
that
and
say
that's
closer
to
2
million
than
1
million
and
for
the
two
of
the
2
years
and
I,
don't
know
it's
hard
for
me
to
quickly
dismiss
and
say:
ok,
yeah.
It
just
makes
sense
to
spend
2
million
dollars
as
opposed
to
actually
doing
some
real
fonts
and
analysis
into
it,
and
then
coming
back
and
saying
yeah.
That
made
a
lot
of
sense
to
put
the
close
to
2
million
dollars
into
it,
that's
sort
of
where
I
fall.
O
Moving
on
to
our
water
treatment
plant
and
our
water
storage
areas,
actually
most
of
the
work
is
that
water,
the
water
treatment
plant
this
year
in
terms
of
the
water
facilities,
the
3642
intake,
which
is
undersized
and
relatively
non-functional.
At
this
point,
we
just
don't
get
a
lot
of
water
it
through
it.
O
We
in
cought
to
provide
context,
I
will
just
say
we
have
three
intakes
and
the
other
intakes
are
much
larger
than
those
they're
48
and
54
inches
in
diameter,
and
the
intake
that
is
36,
inches,
half
way
out
and
42
inches
the
rest
of
the
way
out.
They
each
go
out
about
a
mile
total.
All
three
of
the
intakes.
O
That
intake
has
we've
struggled
to
get
any
appreciable
volume
of
water
through
it
for
the
last
10
years,
and
we
have
done
improvements
to
our
other
intakes
to
try
to
reduce
icing
issues
that
go
on,
and
that
has
largely
been
effective,
but
we
still
are
sort
of
always
cognizant.
If
you
have
a
problem
with
an
intake
in
October
or
November,
you
are
not
fixing
it
until
the
following
summer,
because
there
is
just
no
way
to
do
construction
in
the
lake
between
December
and
April.
O
So
for
that
reason
we
always
strive
to
really
make
sure
that
we
have
enough
reliability
related
to
the
intakes.
To
that
point,
we
are
looking
at
replacing
the
3642
intake.
If
we
were
to
do
that
project,
it
would
be
funded
by
a
low-interest
loan
from
the
Illinois
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
We
are
in
the
process
of
completing
the
study
of
flame
what
size
and
what
would
that
intake?
Look
like
what
would
the
orientation
being
and
the
earliest
that
construction
would
probably
could
occur
as
22
or
23.
O
It
involves
it's
a
pretty
big
coordination
with
the
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
and
the
Illinois
Department
Natural
Resources
endless
number
of
permits.
We
will
have
to
obtain
to
go
a
mile
out
into
the
lake
so
that
one
we're
looking
at
now,
but
it
is
a
very
expensive
proposition
to
put
in
the
new
intake
the
speaking
of
intakes.
However,
the
54
inch
intake.
O
We
installed
a
heating
system
on
it
in
2010
and
what
that
does
is
are
one
of
our
biggest
issues
with
intakes
and
it's
true
all
along
the
shore
of
Lake
Michigan,
is
that
during
certain
weather
conditions
in
the
winter
they
freeze
over
with
ice,
and
we
had
a
situation
where
it
froze
over
and
we
almost
were
not
able
to
meet
our
water
obligations
caused
a
little
bit
of
a
panic,
and
so
we
started
investing
and
a
heating
system
technology.
Other
water
utilities
have
this
issue,
but
generally
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
O
They
have
a
lot
more
storage
versus
the
amount
of
water
that
they
supply,
and
so
they
have
been
better
able
to
navigate
it
like
the
intakes
freeze
over
for
two
days,
they're
like
okay,
where
we
have
less
ability
to
do
that.
We
did
a
cost
analysis
to
kind
of
compare
it.
Should
we
build
more
storage
and
that
is
prohibitively
expensive,
as
you
can
see,
we're
just
replacing
one
water
tank,
that's
five
million
gallons
in
the
exact
same
location
and
the
construction
contract,
for
that
was
nineteen
point,
six
million
dollars.
O
So
the
way
that
we
do
a
heating
system,
it
goes
out
on
the
end
of
the
intake
and
it
keeps
the
ice
from
sticking.
So
sometimes
we
still
get
slushy
water
into
the
the
water
plan.
You
know
other
intakes
and
other
utilities
are
freezing
over,
but
we
are
still
able
to
get
water
into
the
plant
and
treat
the
water,
because
the
ice
doesn't
stick
and
form
a
snow
cone
ball.
On
the
end
of
our
intake,
however,
it
requires
us
to
run
an
electric
cable,
a
mile
out
into
the
lake
both
of
the
existing
intakes.
O
The
cable
is
located
inside
the
intake
and
we
have
heating
systems
on
both
the
48
and
54
inch,
but
on
the
54
inch
that
cables
become
damaged
so
it
under
powers.
It
doesn't
provide
enough
energy
to
to
get
the
full
capacity
of
the
heating
system
to
replace
that
cable
as
a
million
dollars.
So
we
are
proposing
to
replace
that
cable,
but
that
is
a
big
cost
for
that
cable.
It
is
a
drop
in
the
bucket
compared
to
building
more
storage.
So
we
proposed
to
do
that.
The
heating
system
itself
seems
to
be
in
good
condition.
O
Is
not
a
polar
vortex
problem?
What
happens
is
when
the
wind
is
what
seems
to
happen.
Of
course,
we
are
not
thirty
feet
down
a
mile
out
of
the
lake
to
actually
see
it
occur,
but
when
the
wind
comes
from
the
West,
so
it
is
going
overland
and
it's
cold
out
and
there
when
it
hits
the
lake,
it
sucks
a
lot
of
energy
out
of
the
water,
because
the
wind
is
so
much
colder
than
the
water.
And
when
that
happens,
you
can
just
get
freezing
right
along
the
bottom
of
the
link.
O
O
So
the
best
way
to
deal
with
it
is
to
not
bring
water
into
the
intake,
because
when
the
Sun
rises,
that's
usually
enough
energy
to
melt
the
ice,
it
just
it's
a
very,
very
narrow
band
that
its
operating
in,
but
we
have
seen
that
the
heating
systems
do
prevent
us
from
having
the
problem
when
other
utilities
are
seen
freezing
happening
on
their
intakes.
But
when
the
Sun
comes
up,
the
ice
starts
melting
and,
and
everything
goes
back
to
normal
for
everybody.
O
P
A
O
We're
also
doing
a
modernization
project
at
our
laboratory.
This
is
a
few
million
dollars
over
a
couple
of
years.
The
laboratory
is
just
been
around
timing.
We
do
quite
a
lot
of
testing
of
our
in-house
of
our
water,
that's
required
by
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
and
so
this
is
just
to
upgrade
it
to
a
more
modern
standard.
O
We
have
a
lot
of
issues
with
like
the
outside
corner,
gets
really
cold
in
the
winter
and
really
hot
in
the
summer,
and
you're
supposed
to
be
maintaining
a
constant
temperature
and
just
various
problems,
and
we
also
don't
have
really
good
microbiology
facilities.
We've
been
sort
of
just
making
do
for
a
lot
of
years,
and
then
the
treated
water
storage
continues
through
next
year
and
it
will
be
complete
approximately
February
of
22,
so.
A
O
So
does
not
attack
your
property
tax.
It
comes
off
of
essentially
the
cash
flow
of
the
water
bills.
Why
don't
we
collect
so
our
biggest
challenges
right
now
and
doing
our
budgeting
is
that
we've
been
playing
catch-up
with
parks
and
facilities.
Those
were
under
invested
in
for
quite
a
while,
and
we
are
working.
We've
actually
made
substantial
progress
and
have
dealt
with
a
lot
of
life
safety
issues
in
our
facilities
over
the
last
four
years.
O
The
life
of
a
park
is
about
25
years,
and
our
current
funding
rate
were
more
on
a
75
year
replacement
cycle,
and
so
you
can
see
we're
just
not
really.
Things
will
just
continue
to
deteriorate
over
time
in
the
parks
and
then
an
interesting
problem
is
that
we
just
have
three
projects
that
really
are
not
well
scoped
right
now
that
have
the
capacity
to
be
large
dollar
value
projects
that
would
be
outside
our
normal
depth.
O
O
G
A
T
A
Got
it
so
so
for
yep,
okay,
so
just
for
folks
that
are
home
and
everything
else.
So
the
question
the
question
was:
where
is
the
revenue
okay
to
pay
for
the
pay
for
these
capital
projects
and
Laura
at
the
end
sort
of
wrap
wrapped
it
up?
But
to
put
it
in
simple
terms
for
people-
and
everybody
gets
this
in
the
city
of
Evanston,
we
have
not
historically,
and
this
isn't
a
good
practice.
Okay,
so
let's
be
clear
about
that:
have
generated
enough
money
from
the
general
fund
budget
to
put
towards
capital.
A
It's
why
I
did
raise
that
question
or
ask
I
knew
the
answer
to
the
question
that
I
asked,
but
I
wanted
it
to
be
clear
that
on
the
utility
projects
and
those
water
projects,
that
money
is
properly
sort
of
generated
right
through
the
rates
that
we
as
residents
pay
and
that
the
neighboring
communities
that
pay
us.
That's
all
built
into
that.
T
A
So
so
the
idea
of
TIF
is
that,
yes,
the
property
values
will
increase
because
we've
invested
in
that
area
and
then
that
excess
money-
okay
over
the
incremental
amount,
where
the
tax
revenue
used
to
be
is
invested
back
into
that
area.
And
so
we
have
many
examples
here.
In
Evanston,
most
of
our
Tiff's
have
all
worked
effectively
the
way
they're
supposed
to
work
where
we've
invested
back
into
that
area
and
then,
when
the
23
year
period
expires,
then
that
revenue
goes
right
back
into
sort
of
the
general
operating
budget
of
the
city.
A
It's
that's
a
great
question,
so
the
question
was:
is
the
city's
general
indebtedness
going
up
you
know
year
over
year
because
of
the
ten
million
that
I
talked
talked
about?
So
it's
it's
not
so
on.
Just
on
that
piece,
it's
not
when
we
do
special
projects
like
the
Robert,
Crown,
Community,
Center,
okay
and
other
things,
then
that
is
adding
to
the
overall
debt
to
the
city
but
and
correct
me.
We've
got
our
CFO
here
if
I'm
miss
stating
anything
but
on
the
annual
ten
million
dollars.
Basically,
we
are
paying
that
off
as
well.
U
A
A
just
so
everybody
I'm
says
some
people
have
gotten
up
and
said
you
know
you
use
the
number
four
hundred
million
for
our
something
million,
because
one
hundred
and
ninety
that
you're
referring
to
attached
is
you
know,
infrastructure
related
debt
that
the
city
has
you're
not
factoring
in
there.
The
pension.
U
Something
that
includes
the
police,
pension,
fire
pensions.
Those
are
the
two
big
numbers
you
know
close
to
around
two
hundred
million
dollars
and
yes,
we
do
pay
roughly
like
nine
to
ten
million
dollars
back.
You
know
the
wavy
structure,
so
we
try
to
most
likely
structure
in
a
level
place
so
that
that
service
is
not
up
and
down.
U
You
know
drastically,
because
otherwise
that
would
affect
the
tax
levee
every
year,
yeah,
so
even
in
2019
I
think
we
are
pretty
paying
close
to
around
ten
million
dollar
principal
back
so
that
our
debt
would
go
down
and
again,
I.
Think
ten.
Fifteen
years
around
two
thousand
seven
eight
V
we're
around
one
hundred
ninety
four
million
outstanding
debt,
and
then
it
has
gone
down.
We
are
at
190,
mainly
because
the
last
two
years
ground
bar
yes,
otherwise,
we
were
like
for
many
years
or
150,
265
million.
Now,
okay,.
O
O
It's
it's
different,
yes,
and
for
the
treated
water
storage,
we
borrowed
approximately
20
to
22
million
dollars
for
that
project,
but
that
is
a
an
asset
that
reservoir
is
an
asset
that
is
used
by
our
wholesale
water
customers,
because
it's
critical
to
the
treatment
and
storage
of
water,
so
the
water
that
they
are
also
getting
over
the
rates
that
they
pay
over
time.
They
will
pay
over
90%
of
the
cost
of
that
project,
and
the
residents
of
Evanston
will
pay
less
than
10%
of
the
cost
of
that
project.
Q
I
was
gonna:
can
we
go
back
a
couple
slides
on
here?
I
just
put
these
slides
I
realized
that
also
they
weren't
online,
that
one
is
maybe
one
back
again
Kate
or
two
back
I'm
just
trying
to
explain
this
right
well,
anyway,
if
you
look
right
there,
that's
good,
because
I
have
people
at
home
and
will
watch
this
and
call
me
the
same
thing
so
where
it
says
funding
and
it's
geo
bonds.
Q
That
means
we're
bonding
for
it
just
for
the
public
to
understand
when
they
read
this
chart,
or
they
read
they
start
at
home,
but
attached
one
thing
that
might
be
helpful,
maybe
in
part
of
our
budget
documents
as
if
we
can
just
have
one
document
on
the
geo
bond
so
where
we
are
now
like,
maybe
a
year
in
review
for
the
last
couple
years,
where
we
have
bond
debt
where
we
have
paid
our
level.
Is
you
know,
kind
of
what
goes
all
into
the
four
hundred
million
dollars?
I
think
that
one
sheet
might
be
helpful.
Q
Maybe
we
want
to
just
continue
that
as
we
do
our
budget
updates
throughout
next
year,
so
people
understand
I
mean
we
don't
we
sit
up
here
and
we
approve
bonds,
but
we
don't
sit
here
and
approve
when
we're
paying
off
bond.
So
people
hear
us
talk
about
well,
people
probably
don't
hear
that
what
people
hear
us
talk
about
approving
bonds,
but
they
maybe
are
not
calculated
when
we're
paying
down
things.
So
that
might
be
something
that's
just
good
for
us
to
have
on
the
website
and
we.
U
U
Again,
we
are
ready
to
put
it
in
a
simplified
way,
but
just
again
like
somebody
wants
to
see
right
now,
it
is
like
a
full
which
would
say
the
total
bond
outstanding,
IEP
loan
pension
date
at
the
beginning,
how
much
we
retired,
how
much
we
added
and
what
is
the
ending
balance.
So
it's
like
a
summary
of
one
page.
All.
Q
A
S
U
Absolutely
and
again,
one
of
the
things
which
I
think
we
discussed
with
all
the
older
men
that
we
have
a
bond
debt
service
levy
going
up
by
1.6
million,
the
Robert
Crumb
portion
of
that
is
only
six
hundred
thousand.
The
other
is
a
million
dollar
from
one
of
the
bonds
we
refinanced
last
year.
Now
what
happened
that
refinance
last
year
generated
a
million
dollar
in
savings?
I
mean
we
could
have
taken
it
over
three
years
four
years.
U
Instead
of
that,
you
know
we
needed
the
money
last
year,
so
we
took
the
entire
million
dollar
savings
in
one
year.
So
now
what
happens
is
that
we
get
to
the
normal
debt
service
level,
starting
this
year
been
2020.
We
needed
that
extra
million
for
just
one
bond
series,
but
yeah
we
generated
$1,000,000
in
savings
from
refinancing
and
you
write
relevant
rainy
in
the
past.
Now
every
year
we
have
a
like
a
refinancing,
because
generally
the
bonds
are
callable
after
10
years
and
we
have
issued
the
bonds
in
the
past.
U
A
U
But
so
this
year
that
service
tax
levy
is
going
up
by
1.6
million
out
of
that
six
hundred
thousand
is
a
Robert
Crumb
portion,
and
the
other
million
dollar
is
that
I
explained
earlier
is
from
the
one
of
the
bond
series
which
we
refinanced
last
year,
took
the
entire
million
dollar
savings
used
it
last
year,
and
that's
why
we
have
that
million
dollar
increase.
This.
T
T
U
A
Okay,
so
again,
we're
gonna
continue
to
have
conversations
about
this.
I
just
wanted
to
start
this
off
and
in
sort
of
address,
this
try
to
have
a
little
more
dialogue
there
and
everything.
So
thank
you.
I
know
we'll
see
you
again:
okay,
we're
going
to
now
move
on
to
the
next
portion
of
this
special
order
of
business,
so
a
city
manager
in
terms
that
he
made,
if
you
want
to
take
us
through
the
budget,
balancing
worksheet.
N
All
right,
Thank
You
mr.
mayor,
we're
gonna
jump
over
to
the
budget
balancing
Burke
sheet.
I
know
that
a
couple
of
members
of
the
council
had
to
leave
for
a
funeral,
but
we
still
have
five
members
present.
So
hopefully
we
can
continue
to
have
a
solid
discussion
on
the
the
budget.
We've
got
many
of
these
items.
N
We
talked
about
during
the
budget
presentation
on
that
earlier
this
earlier
this
month,
so
they're,
not
anything
that
we
haven't
talked
about
before,
but
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
we've
covered
that
people
have
raised
concerns
about
so
I
just
want
to,
if
at
all
possible,
get
some
more
information
or
detail
on
which
things
the
council
might
be
leaning
towards
changing
and
which
other
things
might
we
want
to
take
another
look
at
as
we
get
closer
so
that
we
can
have
a
more
fruitful
discussion
at
our
upcoming
budget
meetings.
So.
T
N
So,
as
you
are
aware,
we've
talked
about
moving
all
of
the
Health
and
Human
Services
services
into
it.
The
social
services
fund,
giving
it
the
dedicated
revenue
source
from
the
property
tax
fund,
Community
Development,
is
proposing
the
amusement
tax
increase.
This
largely
falls
to
things
like
the
movie
theater.
It's
not
part
of
any
kind
of
northwestern
related
amusement.
At
this
point.
In
time,
self-storage
text
we've
talked
a
little
bit
about
plan
review
permitting
software.
This
is
a
big
thing
for
us.
N
We've
got
a
lot
of
people
who
come
into
the
office
that
could
do
this
online
and
getting
electronic
plan
review
up
and
running
would
really
make
it
a
lot
easier
for
residents
and
contractors
to
do
a
lot
of
the
stuff
from
home
24/7
versus
having
to
come
into
the
office.
So
anything
people
want
to
chat
about
with
self-storage,
amusement
tax
or
social
services.
A.
R
N
R
So
we
don't
have
any
concerns
about
constitutionality
or
any
of
the
other
things
that
he
brought
up.
No
okay
and
then
do
you
know
what
Skokie's
amusement
tax
is
I'm,
trying
to
find
it
and
I
got
2%
I,
don't
know
if
that's
current
and
the
reason
I'm
asking
is
because
if
people
are
looking
to
go
to
movies
they're,
three
choices
are
generally
village
crossing
Old,
Orchard
and
downtown.
R
N
S
N
S
Just
wanted
to
make
a
comment
also
about
some
of
the
citizen
comment
about
big,
maybe
the
city
clerk,
big
box
taxes,
one
of
the
things
you
know
most
of
our
our
stores
have
been
maintained
despite
target,
and
you
know
Home,
Depot,
etc.
But
these
stores
offer
great
advantages
to
people
of
very
modest
incomes,
and
also
there
are
huge
employers
and
I
would
I
would
really
m''d
oppose
and
the
efforts
to
impose
any
additional
taxes
on
them,
because
I
would
find
that
being
really
and
truly
regressive.
S
Is
this
the
time
to
ask
questions
on
other
things
that
aren't
in
the
budget
memos
absolutely
I'm
wondering
I
was
looking
back
in
some
old
budget
material,
and
there
was
once
a
very
intense
conversation
among
aldermen
about
wholesale
gas
and
natural
gas,
the
the
hole
holes
the
wholesale
gas
people
were
buying
in
bulk.
It's
do
you
know
of
any
difference
in
the
way
we
tax
the
two
or
does
anybody,
and
do
you
remember
that.
V
S
N
N
When
you
take
an
athletic
class,
so
if
you
take
one
class
you
get
taxed
on
the
class,
but
you
don't
get
taxed
on
your
membership
by
month.
There's
a
lot
of
taxes
that
were
precluded
from
applying
that
other
states
allow
so,
for
instance,
Iowa
Wisconsin
there's
about
a
hundred
services.
They
allow
to
be
taxed
that
Illinois
does
not.
We
have
a
far
more
limited
amount
of
things
that
we
were
allowed
to
tax
and
if
we
wanted
to
entertain
taxing
additional
items,
we'd
have
to
get
some
help
from
Springfield
I'm.
N
W
S
N
N
S
V
An
hour
increase
I'd
like
to
understand
what
the
increase,
the
additional
50
cents
an
hour
revenue
is
I
know
we
got
a
memo
regarding
this
and
I
have
to
say:
I
did
not
fully
understand
it.
So
I
would
like
to
understand
those
two
numbers:
the
increase
of
50
cents,
an
hour
throughout
the
whole
system,
and
what
the
Sunday
numbers
are.
Okay,.
N
And
looking
at
the
budget
memo
I
believe
that
they
just
compared
the
same
time
period
last
year
to
this
year
as
in
terms
of
what
we
know
for
sure.
So
we
can.
We
can
budget
what
we
might
expect
to
get
because
we
have
the
increase
hasn't
been
in
effect
for
the
entire
year,
but
the
budget
memo
took
I
believe
March
through
September,
which
is
what
we
have
hard
numbers
for,
and
I
think
that
they
said.
N
If
we
were
to
take
that
same
period
of
time
next
year,
with
the
50
cent
increase,
it
would
be
about
a
1.3
million
dollar
increase.
So
taking
that
you
know
five-month
period
times,
you
know
the
whole
12
months
of
the
year.
You
know
it's
close
to
three
million
dollars.
I
also
got
an
update
from
Kate.
We
budgeted
Sundays
at
260
thousand
dollars
for
the
year,
so
it
was
my
memory
too.
N
Q
To
make
sure
okay,
so
I
would
like
to
look
more
into
the
vacant
property
tax.
I
looked
at
the
memo
and
I
would
fit
a
couple
of
links
in
the
memo.
So
my
in
my
ration
now
so
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
commercial
spaces
downtown
that
are
emptying
from
what
you
know.
Kind
of
my
non
official
conversations
have
been
is
that
people
say
that
the
rents
are
very
expensive
and
obviously
we
don't
control
the
rent
prices.
Q
I
know
the
commercial
owners
are
concerned
about
the
property
tax
bills
that
are
coming
out,
so
we
don't
know
what
that's
going
to
look
like,
but
I
would
like
to
look
at
that
to
see
if
that
can
help
us
kind
of
encourage
people
to
not
leave
their
rent
so
high
and
maybe
get
some
more
business
down
there,
or
also
particularly
the
residential,
the
properties
that
are
rican
in
the
residential
areas.
We
have,
you
know
a
variety
of
them.
Q
So
if
we
could
kind
of
dig
more
into
what
that
would
look
like
in
terms
of
the
numbers
and
I
believe
that
the
county
can
probably
help
us
with
the
list
of
vacant
properties,
I
know
the
city
would
have
a
list
of
people
who
we
currently
have
a
vacant
property
fee.
For
my
other
question
has
to
do
a
little
more
with
the
mental
health
board
funding.
So
I
know
they
sent
us
a
letter
about
increasing
those
fundings
to
million
dollars.
Q
I,
don't
know
that
we
have
the
money
for
that,
but
one
question
I
do
have,
which
is
maybe
not
a
budget,
because
I
think
this
was
approved
but
cradle-to-career
I
know
us
receives
$50,000
I
wasn't
here
to
vote.
No
for
that,
but
I
am
concerned
that
they
as
a
non
received
the
satisfied
50,000,
but
the
rest
of
our
nonprofits
have
to
go
to
the
mental
health
poor
in
a
very
public
process
of
applying
for
funds
and
just
to
find
the
need
for
funds.
Q
So
I
don't
know
when
that
funding
cycle
is
up,
but
I
would
be
interested
in
putting
that
50,000
into
the
mental
health
board
and
having
a
person
created.
A
career
apply
for
funds
like
all
of
our
other
nonprofits
I
mean
it's
gone
on
my
list
here.
So
there
also
was
a
budget
memo.
This
was
something
I
brought
up
last
year,
which
are
in
terms
of
staff
car
allowances.
Q
This
has
nothing
to
do
with
my
thoughts
on
our
staff,
but,
as
we've
asked
residents
to
pay
more,
as
we
cut
back
on
services
and
I
know,
over
the
years
we've
not
been
able
to
increase
all
of
our
staff
salary.
We
now
are
at
$50,000
for
car
allowances,
which
is
a
decrease
from
last
year,
and
then
the
director
of
the
library
receives
$47,000
in
car
allowances.
I.
Would
we
can't
make
a
motion,
but
I
would
strongly
encourage
us
to
look
at
no
longer
offering
car
allowances.
Q
We
have
a
plethora
of
city
cars
here
that
people
can
use
when
they're
at
work
and
during
city
business.
I
know
that
we
have
cars,
that
some
staff
take
home
based
on
kind
of
the
24-hour
nature
of
their
jobs.
You
know
I
I,
do
appreciate
our
staff
and
I
want
them
to
work
hard,
I,
just
don't
see
as
a
municipality.
Why?
We
think
we
need
to
provide
car
allowances,
particularly
one
person,
who
was
receiving
almost
$50,000
compared
to
our
whole
city
staff
of
800,
who
are
receiving
$50,000
across-the-board.
Q
So
if
we
got
rid
of
those
two
that
would
be
$100,000,
we
could
maybe
plug
that
money
into
many
other
places
we
needed
so
I
would
strongly
encourage
us
to
reduce
those
two
car
allowances
and
let
me
see-oh
and
then
my
other
thing
had
to
do
with
and
I
didn't
ask
to
remember,
but
it
looked
like
again:
they
could
complete
streets.
This
comes
up
and
the
parking
and
transportation.
Q
Sometimes
it's
now
come
up
in
the
reparations
conversation
a
bit,
but
we
continue
to
have
the
5050
sidewalk
policy,
which
I
do
not
care
for
and
I
think
we
need
to
really
look
at
as
we're
charging.
People
for
these
different
services
is
how
we
can
alleviate
some
of
that
and
provide
them
with
a
functional
sidewalk
when
we
provide
them
with
a
functional
Street.
So
those
are
the
three
things
off
the
top
of
my
head.
That
I
like
us
to
look
further
to
for
this
budget.
Thank.
A
N
Q
Other
question
as
we're
on
this
topic
is:
if
I
could
have
some
more
information,
so
in
the
budget
document
it
also
says
the
car
allowances
are
just
their
discretionary,
so
some
people
get
thirty
seven
dollars
some
get
three
hundred
dollars.
I
am
very
concerned
about
almost
anything.
We
do
this
discretionary.
So
if
we
are
going
to
keep
the
car
allowance,
I
would
like
us
to
have
a
policy
in
terms
of
how
we
or
the
department
directors
decide
who
gets
a
car
allowance
again
as
we
pull
up.
Q
V
You
it's
a
follow
up
to
all
the
readings
questions
I'd
like
to
understand
what
other
communities
do
III
think
that,
obviously
we
should
have
a
policy
but
a
lot.
If
you
look
at
the
list
of
who
has
a
car
allowance
there
there,
a
number
of
those
people
are
essential
to
the
operation
of
the
city
and
and
said
they're
on
a
24-hour
call
basis.
So
I
think
I'd
like
to
get
more
information
about.
V
What's
best
practices
for
car
allowances
and
and
I
know,
there
was
something
in
the
memo
about
per
diem
and
we
aren't
that
largest
city
and
how
you
know
most
other
municipalities
allow
per
diem
and
that
how
that
would
work
out
for
our
city,
employees,
but
I
think
that
for
so
many
of
the
demands
that
we
have
here
and
for
our
city
employees,
the
list
of
people
who
are
on
it
I
think
it
is.
It's
very
important,
but
I
want
to
understand
more
about
what
other
communities
do.
A
A
So
everybody
is
like
the
interim
city
manager
to
look
into
these
numbers
and
get
it
back.
So
the
council
has,
you
know
all
all
the
right
numbers.
That's
what
we're
gonna
do.
Okay,
all
the
minute.
When
did
you
have
anything
else
you
wanted
to
add
or
I'm
gonna
go
up
to
alderman
Rainey,
okay,
Ullman
Rainey,
I.
S
X
X
Periodicals
and
a
lot
of
communities
are
looking
at
it
from
in
it
for
a
couple
reasons:
one
some
communities,
particularly
more
international
communities,
I
think
London
has
looked
at
it.
Melbourne
has
looked
at
it,
there's
been
an
influx
of
foreign
investment
in
properties,
people
buy
properties,
let
them
sit
vacant
because
they
need
to
put
their
money
somewhere.
So
particularly
Melbourne
and
some
neighborhoods
in
London
had
just
lots
of
vacant
units
so
they're
looking
at
how
how
that
could
be
addressed.
X
Oakland
and
New
York
City
have
looked
at
it
a
little
differently.
New
York
City
is
looking
at
some
of
the
vacant.
Neighborhood
the
vacant
commercial
spaces
in
neighborhoods
and
still
whole
was
provided
as
an
example.
People
are
waiting
for
for
large
retailers,
and
certainly
over
my
years
here,
I
have
seen
property
owners
say
I,
don't
want
a
small
mom-and-pop,
that's
not
necessarily
having
a
credit
or
other
things.
I
want
a
Starbucks
I
want
a
large
retailer
that
I
I
know.
X
X
Fortunately,
/,
unfortunately,
just
built
a
new
brand
new
CVS
down
the
street
at
Howard
in
Asbury,
so
they
that
property
sat
vacant
but
it
but
the,
but
the
property
owner
was
still
receiving
a
very
large
check
each
month,
because
CVS
was
still
had
that
lease
and
that
leased
just
ended
this
year,
so
I
arrived
about
10
years
ago,
and
that
was
that
was
vacant
at
that
time.
So
you
can
imagine
that
was
a
pretty
long
window
of
time.
X
So
that
was
one
piece
and
then
the
other
piece
was
Oakland
has
addressed
of
to
address
some
of
the
vacant
properties.
People
bought
properties
and
speculation,
but
they
went
if
you
parse
through
some
of
the
things
that
they've
gone
through
vacant
property
means
something
to
everybody,
different
people.
So
one
of
the
examples
was
what,
if
you're
on
a
double
line-
and
you
you-
you
use
part
of
it
for
yard
or
you,
civic
crest,
but
it's
your
property
is
a
full
double
lot.
X
Do
we
count
that
as
making
property
they
haven't
developed
it
they're
sitting
on
it,
but
they're
enjoying
it
as
a
backyard
or
a
side
yard
or
a
vegetable
garden
or
something
or
just
grassed
area?
Is
that
is
that
considered
a
vacant
lot?
Is
vacant
considered
something
that's
not
being
used
and
what
is
they
use?
So
I
think
that
one
of
the
things
that
is
a
theme
in
that
in
the
documents
is
defining
what
problem
you're
trying
to
solve
and
trying
to
find
what
the
trigger
is,
that
is,
is
defining
a
vacancy
or
not
non
occupancy.
X
X
To
a
couple
different
ways:
there's
one
some
some
places
in
this
depends
on
state
law.
It's
applied
on
the
property
tax
bill,
so
California
will
head
one
feet.
Other
places
are
to
have
a
percentage
of
assessed
value
and
then
other
place.
We
have
we
have
it.
You
know
we
have
a
vacant
registration
fee.
That's
another
fee
is
another
way
that
people
have
assigned
it.
We
have
in
County.
S
X
That's
that
address
is
what
problem
you're
trying
to
solve,
because
so,
if
somebody,
the
the
property
I,
know
tada
at
7:07
Church
that
property
has
been
vacant
since
Barnes
&
Noble
left.
If
you
go
up
to
that
prop
I
was
it
was
in
that
property
several
years
ago
you,
it
still
looks
like
Barnes
and
Noble
is
up
there,
but
if
you
I
mean
they
don't
there's
no
books,
it
just.
Q
G
Good
day,
members
of
the
City
Council
I,
Cobo
interim
health
and
human
services
director,
there
are
a
number
of
codes
that
we
have
I
will
say
sections
in
the
code
that
we
have
that
addresses
vacant
properties
at
one
of
its
states
if
it's
unoccupied
or
unsecured,
that
qualifies
it
as
a
vacant
property.
If
it's
unoccupied
for
two
years,
it
also
qualifies
it
as
a
vacant
property
if
it's
unoccupied
and
also
has
property
maintenance
violations
in
a
period
of
180
days.
That
also
constituted
a
certification
as
a
yeah.
G
S
G
N
N
I
think
that
there's
bigger
decisions
that
we
need
to
make
over
the
course
of
the
next
few
years
in
order
to
put
us
in
a
better
financial
position
and
without
knowing
what
our
revenues
expenses
look
like
over
the
long
term,
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
make
good
decisions
around
our
budget.
We've
also
are
proposing
to
do
some
standardization
around
some
parking
fines.
This
is
not
meant
to
be
a
revenue
generator.
N
This
is
meant
to
align
some
of
the
fines
and
fees
that
haven't
been
touched
in
a
while
with
others
that
have
and
then
make
it
so
that
some
of
the
like
occurrences
are
similar
in
nature,
and
so
this
is
a
phased
approach
where
the
the
biggest
increase
is
$5,
so
only
capping
any
increase
for
next
year
at
at
$5,
but
then
codifying
the
increases
over
2
to
3
years
to
get
them
where
they
need
to
be
so.
There's
a
budget
memo
in
the
packet
about
that.
N
N
He
also
wants
to
increase
the
police
overtime,
which
is
a
big
thing
for
us,
because
over
the
last
five
years
it
I
don't
think
it's
been
properly
budgeted
and
it's
gone
over
every
year
by
the
tune
of
an
average
of
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
the
$500,000
that
we're
proposing
is
basically
just
the
average
of
what
they
spend
over
the
last
five
years.
N
So
they'll
be
much
in
much
better
position
to
actually
hold
to
their
budget
next
year,
if
they're,
given
the
proper
amount
of
money
to
allocate
towards
the
overtime
that
they've
actually
incurred
in
real
time
for
the
last
five
years,
so
we
also
have
a
bunch
of
reimbursements
that
are
coming
in.
So
Northwestern's
started
paying
us
for
all
of
our
work.
The
football
games
and
things
like
that,
so
those
reimbursements
are
coming
in
a
lot
higher,
we're
expecting
to
see
an
additional
four
and
a
thousand
dollars
in
revenue
for
that
next
year,
which
is
great.
N
Two
years
from
now,
the
vacancies
in
the
fire
department
have
started
to
create
a
lot
of
burnout,
I
would
say,
or
some
more
injuries
and
things
like
that.
It's
it's!
It's
done
what
it's
needed
to
do
for
the
last
few
years
to
help,
but
I
really
think
it's
prudent
for
us
to
move
forward
with
filling
those
overtime,
and
then
they
have
a
model
where
they
think
they
can
cover
recover
more
of
their
costs
for
their
incidents.
This
is
not
anything
with
ambulance.
N
This
is
or
when
they
respond
to
any
kind
of
scene
where
they
would
be
recovering
damages
from
an
insurance
company
outside
of
ambulance
runs
so
they're.
They
think
they
can
get
about
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
more
from
that
Parks
and
Rec.
As
you
know,
state
laws
requiring
us
to
increase
us
to
state
minimum
wage,
so
we're
going
to
incur
a
pretty
pretty
healthy
increase
in
personnel
costs
related
to
that.
The
large
amount
of
people
who
are
in
that
category
in
Parks
and
Rec,
so
we've
got
the
proper
amount
budgeted
for
that
for
next
year.
N
N
The
gas
tax
was
doubled,
July
1,
so
the
city
is
receiving
significant,
more
amount
of
money
from
that
source
and
we've
got
eligible
expenses
that
are
tied
to
it
that
we'll
be
moving
into
the
motor
fuel
tax
fund,
so
that
will
be
savings
to
the
general
fund
overall
and
then
the
last
thing
is
city
wide
changes.
As
you
know,
it's
that
they're
the
second
of
the
three
years
that
the
city
council
committed
to
increasing
the
fund
balance
and
the
general
fund,
so
we're
proposing
to
move
1.5
million
into
the
it's
been
a
few
years.
N
I
would
say
this:
it's
2016
that
any
exempt
employees
have
received
any
kind
of
merit
increase,
so
we've
got
some
issues
where
employees
who
are
union
employees
have
received
increases,
and
now
they're
at
or
even
potentially,
in
some
cases
above
what
their
supervisors
are
making.
So
we're
putting
aside
a
little
bit
of
money
to
give
exempt
employees,
merit,
increase
and
adjust
some
of
the
positions
for
compression,
and
then
one
thing
we
haven't
talked
about
yet
is
what
rate
we
want
to
apply
to
the
cannabis
tax.
A
Don't
yeah
I
don't
have
a
thought
right
now
on
cannabis,
but
I
just
wanted
to
ask
a
question,
so
our
fund
balance,
so
we
have
a
goal
or
objective
as
a
City
Council
to
have
I
think
it's
at
16%
of
the
general
fund.
That's
in
a
fund
balance.
Where
are
we
right
now
in
terms
of
what
percent
that
is
and
and
as
well
as
dollar
value
and
what
the
16
percent
would
be
dollar
value
as
well
I
mean.
U
As
a
part
of
the
budget
policy,
is
the
City
Council
adopted
I?
Think
few
years
do
we
have
a
sixteen
point
six
so
which
is
roughly
two
months
of
operating
expense.
As
for
the
last
audit
report,
2018,
we
are
hovering
around
twelve
percent,
so
we
need
yeah
like
this
one
and
half
million.
This
is
the
first
year
then
2020
and
one
more
year.
Then
we
would
can
get
to
that
sixteen
forces
all
right.
Thank
you.
C
So
I
will
be
putting
forward
a
proposal
last
year
that
clerk's
office
requested
a
budget
increase
of
$40,000,
and
the
proposal
was
that
we
would
take
over
vital
records
and
provide
that
service,
as
well
as
providing
a
vital
record
from
the
clerk's
office.
We
would
be
able
to
give
free
birth
certificates
to
folks
participating
the
mayor
summer,
youth
program,
as
well
as
other
vulnerable
groups
who
need
identification
such
as
a
birth
certificate.
I
guess,
I'm,
wondering
I,
know
the
vital
records
still
aren't
offered
here
in
the
city.
Is
there
an
update
on
that
in?
C
N
C
C
Q
Q
A
J
This
regards
Erica,
you
mentioned
something
about
northwestern
generator
or
something
about
revenue
for
overtime,
but
my
question
was
I
know
in
2017.
Northwestern
did
not
pay
eighty
thousand
dollars
of
the
overtime
incurred
for
our
officers,
working
them
and
then
I
know
that
I
think
it
was
2018
or
2019.
The
contract
was
changed,
so
they
will
cover.
All
so
is
that
expenditure
that
northwestern
game
covers
at
the
time
that
our
officers
were
working
overtime
for
them.
So
it's
not
really
a
revenue.
It's
more
like
we
incurred
their
charge
because
they
were
working
for
northwestern
right.
N
J
N
As
the
policy
prior
to
this
current
year
was
that
northwestern
would
reimburse
us
for
police
officers
that
worked
outside
of
the
stadium
outside
on
the
grounds,
but
not
inside
of
the
stadium,
and
so
this
year,
with
the
policy
change,
we
are
being
reimbursed
for
all
expenses
related
to
our
police
officers,
working
with
northwestern
specifically
for
football
games,
and
things
like
that.
But
there
is
no
additional
above
and
beyond.
Okay.
J
And
it's
not
just
the
two
hours
before
it's
now:
it's
limited.
If
it's
four
hours
it
may
pay
for
four
I
was
worth
a
time,
correct,
okay,
good
and
then
do
they
reimburse
us
at
all
for
our
public
works
people
who
put
up
all
the
signs
and
the
barriers
and
all
that
other
stuff
there
are
extra
garbage
to
pick
up.
Is
there
any
compensation
for
that
I?
J
R
M
D
R
N
Are
getting
reimbursed
for
all
special
events
that
are
going
through
this
special
event
process,
so
in
the
application,
if
you're
doing
you
know
a
5k
at
the
lakefront
or
whatever
your
event
is,
and
police
presence
is
requested
or
required
as
part
of
our
policy,
then
the
event.
If
the
city
is
not
co-sponsoring
the
event,
then
the
event
operator
is
responsible
for
refund
or
reimbursing
us
those
cost.
So,
for
example,
the
Fountain
Square
alright
from
a
downtown
Evanston
Art
Festival.
Is
it
a
reimbursed
expense
at.
R
M
N
R
R
M
Some
of
that
overtime
is
generated
by
a
number
of
things
like
sick
minimum
staffing.
You
know
when
we
go
below
minimum
staffing,
we
had
to
hire
back,
but
what
we
have
done,
the
offset
that
which
has
accumulated
it
to
about
a
hundred
a
little
bit
over
$100,000
savings
this
year.
Is
we
pull
personnel
from
specialized
units
down
to
cover
some
of
that
overtime,
so
we're
driving
over
time
down
by
being
more
efficient
and
how
we
distribute
a
personnel?