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A
C
B
All
right,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Clerk
read
and
welcome
everybody
to
the
monday
february.
10Th
2000
or
2020
Evanston
City
Council,
meeting
I
know
that
alderman
Fleming
was
under
the
weather
and
I
believe.
There's
all
time
in
rainy
already
here.
Okay,
so
alderman
Rainey's
here
and
she'll,
be
she'll,
be
here
shortly
a
couple
announcements
to
start
us
off.
First
one
is
I
know
this
is
the
Avastin
City
Council
and
our
schools
are
governed
by
separate
boards,
but
I
did
just
want
to
take
a
moment
and
recognize
one
of
the
amazing
administrators
that
works
there.
B
There
are
many,
but
one
dr.
michael
allen
was
just
recently
elected
to
be
the
who's.
The
principal
let's
hear
it
yeah
Jerry,
yes,
I
already
know
what
I'm
gonna
say.
Who
is
the
principal
for
those
of
you
that
that
down,
who
was
the
principal
of
Oakton
elementary
school,
was
named
the
2020
elementary
principal
of
the
year
for
the
North
Cook
region,
exactly
by
the
Illinois
principals
Association,
we
are
blessed
to
have
leaders
like
dr.
Allen
and
many
others
in
our
school
system.
So
congratulations
to
dr.
Allen
and
everybody
at
Oakton
for
that
honor.
B
Secondly,
I
would
like
to
recognize
this
evening
the
Chicago
Blackhawks
foundation.
As
you
all
know,
we
have
been
embarked
on
a
very
important
project
here
in
our
community
and
that's
the
new
robert
crown
community
center
and
the
chicago
blackhawks
Foundation,
which
provides
grants
to
nonprofits
that
provide
health
and
wellness
programming
to
underserved
populations
in
the
Greater
Chicago
metropolitan
area
has
given
$50,000
to
support
that
effort.
So
I
wanted
to
recognize
the
the
Blackhawks.
This
evening
we
have
the
executive
director
of
the
foundation
Sara
Guderian
with
us
there.
B
And
I'll,
just
let
Sara
say
a
quick
word,
but
just
for
everybody
I
just
want
everybody
to
know
this.
This
community
center
is
so
much
more
than
some
ice.
Rinks
and
I
know
people
associate
the
Blackhawks,
obviously
with
hockey.
This
is
there's
gonna,
be
a
6,000
square,
foot
library
and
new
preschool
arts
and
Dance
Studios,
which
makes
it
really
one
of
the
few
facilities
in
the
entire
country
that
has
that
kind
of
community
center.
B
E
We
are
just
thrilled
to
partner,
with
all
of
you
and
to
bride
resources
for
this
community
center.
The
Chicago
Blackhawks
foundation
across
Greater
Chicago
area
provides
resources
to
build
healthier,
smarter
and
more
secure
community
for
our
families
across
Chicago.
So
this
is
the
perfect
project
to
be
able
to
support
and
we're
thrilled
to
do
so.
So
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today.
B
B
You
know
serious
problems
in
our
community
and
have
remained
a
vital
part
of
this
community
and
I'm
speaking
tonight
about
Evanston
own
it,
who
is
here
and
every
year
raises
money
that
they
contribute
to
the
mayor's
Summer
Youth
Employment
Program,
which
is
about
to
start
next
month
in
March,
and
so
I'd
like
to
welcome.
They
assume
it's
pastor,
Wilson,
and
there
may
be
other
pastors
here
this
evening.
If
you
guys
wanted
to
come
on
up
because
I
think
they
they
have
something
they'd
like
to
present.
A
F
F
F
We
as
an
organization
try
to
ensure
that
we
operate
with
integrity.
As
our
mission
statement
says,
Evanston
own.
It
makes
sure
that
the
funds
that
the
community
have
entrusted
to
us
are
used
to
help
our
community's
young
people.
To
this
end,
we
have
invested
their
money
into
the
mayor's
Summer
Youth
Program,
to
the
tune
of
this
to
this
date
of
$35,000.
F
And
$1,000
to
officers
and
a
gentleman
we
have
been
given
these
dollars
to
reinvest
by
the
several
evanston,
only
sponsored
events
that
we
have
during
the
calendar
year
and
we
use
that
money.
We
raise
that
money
in
through
our
Passion
Week
services,
hanging
of
the
green
and
our
annual
musical
Evanston
sings.
We
also
try
to
provide
mission
services
to
the
community
by
supporting
the
city's
Christmas
food
giveaway
we've
also
reached
beyond
our
Evanston
borders
to
help
the
needs
of
our
brothers
and
sisters
in
Puerto
Rico.
We
don't
plan
to
weep
for
what
we've
done
today.
F
So
we
have
come
here
tonight
to
reinvest
again
in
our
youth
by
giving
to
this
mayor's
summer
youth
program,
another
five
thousand
dollars
and
another
thousand
dollars
to
officers
and
a
gentleman.
The
cooperation
of
the
following
churches
contribute
to
this
presentation:
Bethel
AME
Church,
Christ,
Temple,
Baptist,
Church,
Avenida,
AME,
Church
faith,
Temple
Church
of
God
in
Christ
fire
baptized,
Holiness,
Church,
First,
Church
of
God
Christian
Life
Center,
Friendship,
Baptist,
Church,
Mount,
Pisgah,
Ministries,
Mount,
Zion,
Apostolic,
Church,
Mount,
Zion,
Missionary,
Baptist,
Church,
New,
Hope
C
and
E
Church
Sherman
United,
Methodist,
Church,
Springfield,
Missionary,
Baptist
Church.
F
The
efforts
of
these
churches
have
helped
bring
the
total
of
our
giving
today
now
to
$40,000
for
the
mayor's
Summer,
Youth,
Program
and
$2,000
to
the
officers
and
a
gentleman
program.
We
shall
not
have
to
weep
for
what
we
have
done
here
today.
We
have
shown
our
community
that
the
black
churches
work
together
to
help
ensure
that
are
you.
Our
young
people
can
achieve
the
impossible
dreams,
as
we
remind
them
during
this
Black
History
Month,
that
their
forefathers
and
mothers
fought
to
have
their
dreams
become
a
reality,
and
so
we
do
that
for
them.
F
B
For
their
thanks
for
the
route
for
the
record
I'm
taking
this
check
for
30,
but
for
$6,000
for
a
total
of
42
thousand.
If
you
talk
to
the
Ogier
and
I'm,
giving
it
to
our
city
manager,
you're
all
observing
that
right
now,
I,
don't
want
anybody
say
in
the
mayor,
absconded
with
money
or
anything
all
right.
Well,
thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you
have
an
Evanston
own
it
for
coming
out
and
and
presenting
us
with
that
check.
Next
up,
we've
got
the
city
manager,
announcements
so
in
terms
city,
manager's,
store,
Lee,
Thank,.
G
You
mr.
mayor
today
we're
going
to
have
a
brief
presentation
for
him:
Laura
Biggs
our
city
engineer
regarding
our
animal
shelter
and
I,
grant
that
we
will
potentially
be
applying
for
from
Cook
County.
So
this
was
on
Human
Services
this
last
week,
I
believe-
and
we
wanted
the
full
council
to
understand
this
issue
and
why
or
what
it
what
it
all
entails,
because
there
is
a
some
monetary
commitments
that
would
be
required.
So
thank
you.
Laurie
go
ahead.
Thank.
I
Of
the
City
Council
mayor,
aldermen
and
city
clerk,
my
name
is
Laura
Biggs
I'm,
the
bureau
chief
of
capital
planning
and
engineering
I
want
to
talk
to
you
tonight
about
a
grant
opportunity
that
has
come
up
from
Cook
County,
so
Cook
County
has
issued
a
call
for
proposals
for
a
grant
program
which
they
have
funded
at
eight
million
dollars.
They've
indicated
they
plan
to
spend
it
for
two
or
more
animal
shelters
and
to
do
capital
improvements.
Only
at
those
animal
shelters.
I
Cook
County
does
not
operate
a
system
of
animal
shelters,
but
they
do
occasionally
impound
animals,
whether
they
pick
them
up
as
strays
in
the
Forest
Preserve
or
in
places
in
unincorporated
Cook
County,
where
they
do
the
sheriff's
involved
in
evictions
or
hoarder
situations,
and
in
this
program
they
did
not
indicate
how
the
money
would
be
split
up.
They've
not
indicated
a
maximum
grant
level
for
a
single
entity.
I
One
thing,
though,
as
if
we
do
accept
the
funding
for
the
capital
improvements,
we
will
also
need
to
enter
into
a
long-term
agreement
with
Cook
County
to
accept
their
impounded
animals
at
our
Animal
Shelter.
So
Evanston
does
own
and
operate
well.
Owns
a
building
the
animal
shelter
building
at
23:10
Oakton
street,
the
city
is
responsible
for
all
the
maintenance
and
repairs
at
that
building.
However,
we
do
not
operate
it.
I
We
contract
with
a
primarily
volunteer
organization,
called
the
Evanston
animal
shelter
Association,
and
they
do
all
of
the
coordination
and
operations
of
the
shelter
in
order
to
understand
a
little
bit
about
the
issues
with
our
shelter
I
think
it's
really
important
to
understand
what
their
operation
looks
like
I'm,
going
to
give
a
very
high-level
view.
They
basically
take
some
funding
from
the
city
of
Evanston,
which
pays
for
a
couple
of
staff
positions
and
some
supplies.
Then
they
multiply
that
greatly
through
fundraising
efforts
and
they
actually
operate
with
a
much
greater
budget
of
$300,000
per
year.
I
I
They
use
foster
homes
to
house
the
majority
of
animals,
and
often
animals
might
be
in
the
shelter
when
they're
first
dropped
off,
then
they
go
to
a
foster
home
until
they're,
ready
for
adoption
and
then
they're
back
in
the
animal
shelter.
Again,
they
also
work
very
diligently
to
try
to
keep
animals
out
of
the
shelter
they
operate
a
number
of
programs
where
they
will
either
care
for
animals
on
a
short-term
basis.
I
The
Evanston
animal
shelter
was
originally
built
in
1973
and
it
wasn't
built
as
a
no-kill
shelter
for
dogs
and
cats.
It
was
basically
just
a
short-term
impound
facility
for
dogs
in
2017
staff
raised
the
issue
that
there
are
a
lot
of
concerns
with
the
limitations
of
the
building,
as
it
is
currently
designed
and
City
Council
directed
staff
to
conduct
a
study
internally,
utilizing
the
assistance
of
the
animal
welfare
board,
which
we
did,
we
partnered
with
them,
and
the
Evanston
animal
Association.
I
To
do
quite
a
lot
of
information
gathering
board
members
put
in
a
ton
of
volunteer
time.
People
visited
all
sorts
of
shelters
over
the
Chicagoland
area.
We
looked
at
the
building
codes.
We
looked
at
best
practices
for
the
industry
and
we
determined
a
roughly
a
list
of
issues
that
currently
exist
with
our
animal
shelter
that
include
things
like
it's
very
limited
capacity.
It's
not
really
designed
to
be
a
great
environment
for
animals.
There
are
not
a
lot
of
spaces,
so
there's
one
room
for
adoptions.
I
If
there
needs
to
be
a
second
adoption
that
has
to
occur
someplace
else,
either
outside
or
in
sometimes
in
a
bathroom
where
people
can
interact
with
the
animals.
So
it's
just
basically
a
very
inadequate
for
its
current
purpose.
I
highlighted
the
operations
aspect,
because
I
do
think
that,
based
on
what
we've
seen
based
on
practices,
other
shelters
Isa
has
done
an
amazing
job
of
trying
to
overcome
these
limitations
and
really
provide
animals
with
an
appropriate
experience
related
to
the
shelter.
I
But
it
is
definitely
a
barrier
to
operating
a
quality
shelter
that
the
building
is
so
limited.
In
addition,
there
are
a
couple
of
code
issues
which
are
pretty
hard
to
address.
Without
making
a
substantial
investment
into
the
building.
The
HVAC
is
fairly
inadequate.
There
are
no
zones
to
the
HVAC,
so
everybody
breathes
the
same
error
even
if,
whether
it's
a
sick,
animal
or
whatever,
there's
not
really
a
space
in
the
main
building
to
separate
out
different
animals
in
an
HVAC
way.
I
I
So
this
is
again
part
of
the
reason
why
the
animal
shelter
Association
works
very
hard
to
keep
animals
out
of
the
building
as
much
as
possible,
but
it
would
be
very
challenging
for
us
to
fix
any
of
these
problems
without
doing
some
sort
of
significant
capital
investment
to
build
a
new
shelter
or
to
bring
our
shelter
up
to
the
standards
that
we
would
consider
basic
industry
standards.
We
estimate
it
would
be
about
six
million
dollars.
I
I
If
we
do
accept
Cook
County
animals,
there
will
probably
be
some
changes
in
the
operations.
The
current
animal
shelter
Association
does
not
fundraise
for
capital
due
to
some
issues
that
happened
several
years
ago
with
a
previous
organization.
That's
something
that
they've
stayed
away
from
they're
willing
to
fundraise.
If
we
modify
the
agreements
that
we
have
with
them
in
such
a
way
as
to
make
sure
that
the
funding
stays
in
evanston,
but
that
it
is
utilized
specifically
for
capital
investment,
they
would
need
to
hire
additional
part-time
staff.
I
They
feel
that
their
fundraising
could
cover
the
cost
of
the
additional
staff.
We
would
need
to
negotiate
with
Cook
County
to
enter
into
this
long-term
agreement.
We
have
not
been
made
aware
of
the
terms
of
the
agreement,
yet
they
haven't
set
those.
So
that's
something
that
we
would
need
to
come
back
to
council
with.
Should
we
be
a
recipient
of
the
grant,
we
would
have
to
come
up
with
a
total
package
that
would
be
represented
to
council
again,
and
they
would
also
need
to
contract
with
an
on-site
veterinary
veteran
veterinarian.
I
The
grant
application
application
is
due
February
28th.
We
would
need
to
pass
a
resolution
in
support
of
that
grant
application.
Should
we
decide
to
proceed
with
that?
So,
if
the
council
is
willing,
we
will
bring
back
a
resolution
at
the
February
24th
meeting
to
apply
for
the
grant
application
cook
counties
indicated
that
they
would
notify
the
potential
recipients
between
April
and
June
and
enter
into
negotiations
with
to
finalize
what
the
proposals
are
and
what
the
various
grant
amounts
are.
I
B
J
And
while
they're
coming
up,
I
I
want
to
I
mentioned
this
at
human
services,
but
we
did
get
a
very
nice
letter
of
support
from
commissioner
Larry
suffered
in
it
for
the
project
I'd
like
Vickie
and
Jill.
Just
to
reassure
the
council
that
you've
thought
through
the
grant
application,
and
you
feel
confident
that
we
can,
we
can
absorb
and
handle
the
additional
number
of
animals.
We.
K
Can
I
don't
have
it?
We
don't
have
it
in
the
presentation.
But
if
you
look
at
the
shelter
diversion
programs
that
we
put
into
place
that
Laura
talked
about,
we
have
reduced
the
number
of
animals
significantly
that
we
take
in
from
2017
to
2019
and
also
we've
taken
in
during
2019
20%
of
our
animals
from
outside
of
Evanston,
because
we
had
space,
if
you
can
imagine
space
in
foster
homes
but
space.
Nonetheless.
J
K
L
K
K
That
would
be,
you
know,
wandering
in
unincorporated,
Cook
County
in
the
Forest
Preserve
or
whatever
and
I
believe
they
also
do,
handle
some
hoarder
cases
and-
and
they
have
some
elections
evictions
where
people
have
animals
that
have
to
be
taken
in
which
we,
we
have
actually
never
handled
a
dog
hoarder
case
in
Evanston,
but
we
have
had
three
cat
hoarder
cases.
One
of
them
was
like
68
cats
from
one
place
and
we
managed
that
in
the
current
facility.
K
L
B
D
D
L
L
I
L
I
L
B
B
D
Have
a
few
announcements
to
make
first
I
just
want
to
highlight
that
we
have
elections
coming
up
for
the
river
March
17th
2020
presidential
primary
coming
up
here
in
Evanston
and
across
the
state
of
Illinois.
The
clerk's
office
will
soon
have
our
election
page
updated.
Their
ballot
has
not
yet
been
finalized.
D
There
are
a
few
questions,
there's
referendum
that
is
still
pending,
and
so
the
county's
office
is
delaying
printing
our
ballot,
but
of
course,
we'll
have
offices
for
president
for
delegates.
For
president,
we
have
someone
here
who
might
know
a
bit
about
that.
We
have
M
W
Rd
up
for
election
state's
attorney,
the
clerk
of
the
court
Supreme
Court,
Circuit,
Court
judges,
9th
subcircuit,
the
nonpartisan
election
of
a
friend
amass
well
as
the
potentially
a
voter
initiative
placed
on
the
ballot
by
residents.
The
first
day
of
early
voting
will
be
March
2nd.
D
So
you
can
early
vote
here
at
the
Civic
Center
in
room
G
300.
The
times
are
listed
on
the
city's
website
under
election
information.
The
last
day
to
register
to
vote
will
be
for
the
last.
If
for
grace
period,
registration
will
be
the
the
16th
of
March
and
you
can
still
register
on
Election
Day
at
your
local
polling
place
and
17-year
olds,
who
well
folks,
who
are
17
and
will
be
18
by
November.
D
D
Issue
with
the
way
that
this
committee
was
appointed,
this
is
a
committee
that
decides
the
compensation
for
the
aldermen,
the
mayor
and
the
city
clerk,
and
this
committee
was
not
appointed
any
public
process.
There
wasn't
an
announcement
of
this
committee's
existence
and
then,
as
this
committee
was
appointed,
the
committee
was
hand
selected
by
one
of
the
folks
who
will
ultimately
make
a
decision
about
the
compensation
and
so
I
hope
that
there
will
be
a
motion
to
hold
this
matter
and
open
this
up
to
a
more
public
process
that
allows
residents
to
weigh
in
on
this.
D
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Clerk
read:
okay,
we're
gonna
move
on
now
to
public
comment
for
those
of
you
that
it's
your
first
time
here
at
public
comment.
I'll
just
quickly
go
over
how
public
comment
works
so
for
our
rules
we
set
aside
45
minutes
total
for
public
for
public
comment.
We
take
the
total
number
of
people
that
would
like
to
speak.
We
divided
by
the
time,
and
we
arrive
at
the
the
amount
of
time
that
everybody
has
so
this
evening
that
time
will
be
a
minute
in
30
seconds.
We've
got
third,
we've
got
30.
B
People
that
are
signed
up,
I
have
made
one
exception.
I'll
explain
that
in
one
second
for
the
very
first
speaker,
I'm
going
to
give
just
a
little
more
time
to
because
of
the
the
issue
that
I
know.
Many
people
are
here
to
speak
on
tonight.
So
if
it's
your
first
time
here,
we
have
a
system.
That's
been
working
pretty
well
so
far
that
we
just
implemented
this
year
of
lights
in
a
timer
up
there.
Okay,
so
you'll
see
those
lights
when
it
turns
yellow
it
means
the
time
is
ticking
down
and
it
turns
red.
B
It
means
the
minute
and
30
is
up.
We
see
those
same
lights
up
here
and
when
that
happens,
I'm
just
going
to
ask
that
the
next
person
step
forward
so
to
be
respectful
of
everybody
in
the
time.
I
just
ask
that
you
be
respectful
of
the
minute
30
that
everybody
will
have
this
evening
and
again,
if
you
feel
that
somebody's
gotten
up
there
and
spoken-
and
it
was
the
same
thing
you
want
to
say-
you
can
get
up
and
say:
hey
I,
agree
with
what
he
or
she
said
and
and
that's
fine
as
well.
Okay.
B
M
You
mayor
Haggerty,
council
members,
I'm
fake
fake
Layton,
a
third
Ward
resident
for
42
years
and
a
co-founder
of
the
Action
Team,
well
the
Evanston
residents
who
serve
on
the
action
team.
Please
stand
up
for
just
a
second
the
opponents
up.
Thank
you.
The
opponents
of
medical
aid
make
the
same
slippery
slope.
Arguments
that
were
made
before
the
very
first
medical
aid
in
dying
law
was
passed,
but
22
years
of
experience
in
Oregon
proves
that
their
fears
are
unfounded.
M
There
have
been
no
substantiative
instances
of
misuse,
abuse
or
coercion
in
all
that
time
in
Oregon
or
the
other
nine
jurisdictions
that
have
authorized
it,
and
that's
because
of
the
safeguards.
A
person
seeking
medical
aid
in
dying
must
be
an
adult.
They
must
be
terminally
ill,
which
means
they
have
six
months
or
less
to
live.
A
disability
doesn't
count,
that's
not
a
terminal
illness.
They
must
be
mentally
capable
of
making
a
health
care
decision.
Their
decision
must
be
informed.
Their
attending
doctor
has
to
advise
them
on
all
the
other
end
of
life
options,
including
hospice.
M
The
doctor
has
to
tell
the
patient
they
can
change
their
mind
at
any
time.
The
patient
has
to
make
the
request
at
least
twice
orally
and
in
writing,
and
it
has
to
be
witnessed
by
two
people
at
least
one
of
whom
is
not
a
relative.
The
doctor
has
to
give
the
patient
an
opportunity
to
rescind
their
request
and
a
second
doctor.
M
A
consulting
doctor
must
confirm
both
the
six-month
diagnosis
and
that
the
patient
is
able
to
make
an
informed
healthcare
decision
if
either
the
consulting
or
attending
doctor
has
a
fear
that
there
might
not
be
the
capacity
to
make
that
decision.
They
have
to
refer
the
patient
to
for
further,
usually
psychological
evaluation,
then
there's
a
waiting
period.
Participation
is
strictly
voluntary.
Nobody
can
find
anyone
else
up
for
medical
aid
and
dying
it's
a
crime
to
pressure
or
coerce
anyone
into
either
requesting
it
or
using
it.
M
The
patient
has
to
take
the
medication
themself
and
finally,
it's
an
option.
No
one
has
to
use
it.
No
doctor
has
to
prescribe
it
in
signing
California's
law.
Governor
Brown
said
quote:
I,
don't
know
what
I'd
do
if
I
were
dying
in
prolonged
and
excruciating
pain,
but
I'm
certain.
It
would
be
a
comfort
to
consider
the
options
afforded
by
this
bill
and
I
wouldn't
deny
that
right
to
others.
M
We
in
Illinois
deserve
that
option
too,
but
it
appears
that
some
members
on
our
Council
have
not
had
an
opportunity,
an
adequate
opportunity
to
engage
in
a
conversation
with
their
constituents
about
this
essential
end-of-life
issue.
I
have
been
asked
by
several
members
of
the
City
Council
to
give
the
Evanston
community
more
time
to
discuss
and
understand
it,
and
importantly,
for
all
of
us
who
volunteered
some
of
here
of
whom
are
here
tonight
and
some
are
not.
M
This
will
give
the
aldermen
who
are
uncomfortable
with
the
resolution.
It'll
also
get
the
opportunity
to
our
strong
supporters
to
do
what
they
have
offered
to
do,
which
is
to
write
a
letter
to
our
representatives
and
Senators
in
Springfield
telling
them
that
they
personally
support
state
legislation
that
will
authorize
this
vital
option
and
that's
why
I
am
respectfully
asking
that
this
item
14
R
20,
be
withdrawn
from
the
agenda
for
now
and
that
we
continue
the
conversation.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
thank
you.
Thank
you,
Fay.
So
I
wanted
to
give
Fay
a
little
extra
time,
because
the
request
from
her
organization,
the
compassion
and
choices
in
dying
with
dignity
group
would
like
to
have
a
further
community
conversation,
and
so
we're
going
to
go
through
a
public
comment.
We'll
give
everybody,
as
we
said
at
the
beginning,
amid
a
minute.
B
Thirty
I
am
then
going
to
move
this
item
up
in
the
agenda
when
we
finish
public
comment
and
ask
a
alderman
if
they
want
to
move
anything
or
if
there's
any
issues,
I'm
going
to
looked
at
alderman
Wilson
to
start
us
on
that.
Okay,
so
thank
you.
Thank
You
Faye
we're
going
to
move
now
to
James
Engelmann.
N
The
defiance
should
be
loved
a
higher
then
15
hours
that
may
be,
but
they
should
have
somebody
tell
bowed,
there's
no,
our
group
of
people
they
could
find
some
people
of
stretch
to
us
know.
The
second
thing
I
want
to
talk
about
is
this
dignity
of
dying
six
years
ago,
I
lost
my
girlfriend
and
she
there
was
a
problem,
her
legs
and
something
and
the
doctors
looked
at.
N
Something
happened
to
her
and
she
was
what
she
asked.
Well
that
day
the
brothers
her
brothers
were
with
me
and
then
they,
the
doctor,
struck
at
her
and
told
us
after
a
couple
of
days
that
if
we
want
to
do
something-
and
so
anyway
that
so
they
burst,
one
of
the
younger
brother
Stewart
asked
me:
Jimmy
you've
been
with
her
for
50
years.
What
you
think
he's
should
we
do
and
I
says:
I'm,
not
gardening,
I'm,
not
a
police,
but
we
should
talk
about
okay,
I'm,
sorry,.
N
And
then,
then
they
decide
the
muffler
to
album
upstairs
by
yourself,
where
dick,
indeed,
but
if
you
wanted
to
die
well
within
two
days
after
he
was
moved
up,
there,
I
was
going
to
go
and
visit
her
and
her
parade
was
gonna.
Pick
me
up
another
son.
We
got
a
cog
that
she
died.
This
was
April
of
fifth
and
my
birthday
was
April
19th.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
O
Assigned
and
Joseph
old
the
house
in
Evanston
for
42
years,
snow
removal,
I
believe
proposed
new
ordinance
of
property
owners
responsible
for
snow
removal
needs
amending.
We
have
a
if
we,
if
and
when
we
have
a
major
dental
building
debilitating
snowstorm
City
trucks.
Plow
iceberg
dense
slush
onto
sidewalks
at
crosswalks.
If
the
city
moves
it
there,
the
city
should
remove
it,
not
the
adjacent
property
owners.
O
O
Thank
you
based
bus
on
tomorrow's
having
a
public
hearing
of
levy
Center.
The
proposals
are
very
good,
except
with
these
proposals,
the
only
bus
from
Old
Orchard
to
Howard
Street
is
97
Skokie,
which
is
fine,
except
on
Saturday,
the
last
buses
8:30
and
Sunday
the
last
bus
8:50.
After
these
times,
the
route
terminates
a
Dempster
yellow
line.
Cta
appears
to
either
be
uncooperative
or
not
interested.
O
B
P
P
I
realize
that
there
are
people
who
may
not
opt
for
this
practice
because
of
religious
and
other
reasons,
and
that's
okay.
This
is
meant
to
be
an
option
for
those
who
feel
that
the
this
is
appropriate
for
them.
There
is
no
coercion
or
Dupre
or
there's
no
coercion
or
deprivation
of
values.
If
they
opt
out
of
this
and
otherwise
decide
that
they
don't
want
to
do
it,
it
is
simply
an
option.
P
I
want
to
assure
you,
I
want
to
ensure
you
that
this
is
equity
and
the
transmission
of
information
to
all,
but
particularly
for
blacks
and
persons
of
color.
I
am
committed,
as
is
compassion
and
choices,
to
ensure
that
every
of
Estonian
in
the
community
at
large
is
educated
and
informed
on
the
available
options.
Think
I
support
medical
and
dying.
Thank
you.
I
support,
medical
and
dying
as
being
one
of
those
options.
Ask
it
you
strongly
give
resolution
14
or
20
your
support
and
endorsement
Thank.
B
Q
Misty
Wittenberg
fifth
Ward,
so
I
was
actually
coming
here
to
speak,
about
appointments
to
the
Ethics
Board,
but
City
Clerk
I
thought
that
you
raised
an
interesting
point
just
because
you
know
the
Compensation
Committee
is
not
something
I'm
particularly
invested
in
or
or
have
thought
about,
but
it
would
be
I
I,
don't
know.
Q
If,
if
you
know
you
did
handpick
them
or
what
that
selection
process
was
like,
but
for
all
of
our
boards,
if
people
could
know
what's
available
and-
and
maybe
you
could
share
at
some
point
how
you
how
you
chose
them
or
if
that's
you
know
how
that
happened
and
if
its
controversial
maybe
hold
it,
but
how
that
relates
to
what
I
wanted
to
speak
about
is
you
know?
We've
had
complaints
pending
before
the
Ethics
Board
for
two
or
three
months
now
and
I
haven't
seen
a
lot
of
movement.
Q
There
we've
had
every
member
resign
and
that's
I'm,
sorry,
but
it's
in
no
small
part
because
of
actions
by
this
council
and
I
know
that
it
might
be
inconvenient.
But
the
alternative
to
an
administrative
procedure
is
that
the
City
Attorney's
have
to
prosecute
those
as
ordinance
violations.
If
you
don't,
if
we
can't
do
it
here
administratively,
then
they
have
to
do
that
as
at
least
quasi-judicial
II
or
across,
like
quasi-criminal
at
at
the
court
and
while
I
feel
like
that
would
be
a
fascinating
dynamic.
Q
B
R
Name
is
Eric
Parker
I'm,
a
longtime
resident
of
the
Ninth
Ward
in
Evanston
25
years
living
here,
I'm
also
an
elder
law
attorney
representing
many
ovens
and
residents.
My
job
often
requires
me
to
counsel
people
who
are
terminally
ill
and
dying
I'm
here
to
speak
up
in
favor
of
the
resolution
supporting
medical
aid
and
dying.
It's
important
to
me
personally,
it's
important
to
my
neighbors.
More
importantly,
it's
important
to
my
clients
every
week
when
I
sit
down
to
discuss
powers
of
attorney
living
wills
and
other
advanced
directives
with
my
clients.
R
Quite
a
few
of
them
asked
me
about
medical
aid
and
dying
the
number
who
have
inquiring
who
inquire
about
it
has
been
increasing
each
year.
The
people
who
asked
me
about
this
don't
come
from
any
one:
demographic
group
they're,
the
elderly,
the
young,
the
religious,
the
wealthy,
the
not
wealthy,
the
healthy
and
the
sick.
The
only
thing
they
have
in
common
is
that
they
become
if
they
become
terminally
ill.
They
want
the
option
of
a
peaceful
death.
They
say
things
like
it
like.
R
If
that
ever
happens
to
me,
I'm
gonna
move
to
Oregon,
but
the
sad
truth
is:
when
people
get
that
ill,
they
can't,
generally
speaking,
pick
up
and
move
to
another
state.
Nor
should
they
have
to
they're
acutely
aware
that
they
want
the
option
to
die
on
their
own
terms
and
that
other
states
are
allowing
residents
to
do
just
that.
I
chose
Evanston
as
my
home
because
of
its
independent
and
diverse
spirit.
It's
a
type
of
community
that
respects
individual
autonomy,
so
those
who
oppose
medical
aid
and
dying.
R
S
Thank
you.
First
of
all,
you
really
should
support
the
dignity
of
dying
resolution.
It
seems
like
that
shouldn't
even
be
a
question.
That's
brought
to
you,
but
since
it
is,
you
should
support
that
resolution.
I
did
come
tonight
to
speak
about
sp2,
which
you
know
is
for
discussion
tonight.
I
guess
regarding
lakefront
improvements
in
a
way
of
protection,
but
what's
buried
in
the
packet
is
information
that
you
know.
S
They
don't
even
want
to
bid
a
full
set
of
bid
documents.
They
want
to
get
estimates
again
as
they
did
at
Robert
crown.
So
it
seems
to
me
we
haven't
learned
anything
and
once
again
they're
it's
a
big
rush
to
push
this
through,
and
they
didn't
give
you
the
opportunity
to
review
this
four
months
ago.
In
that
period
of
time
you
could
have
actually
did
the
project
tool.
Consultants
did
the
work
to
a
contractor
and
have
been
ready
to
go
so
I.
Ask
that
you
deny
this
tonight.
S
A
T
Good
evening
my
name
is
amber
smock
and
I'm
the
director
of
advocacy
for
access
living,
which
is
a
disability
rights
and
services
organization
based
in
Chicago.
Although
we're
based
in
Chicago,
we
also
do
a
lot
of
advocacy
on
the
state
level
and
the
national
level
and
I
am
here
to
express
our
organization's
opposition
to
introducing
assisted
suicide
legislation
in
the
state
of
Illinois.
I
want
to
point
out
that
you
will
hear
quite
a
lot.
I
think
in
the
coming
days
about
what's
been
going
on
in
terms
of
Oregon's,
assisted
suicide
law.
T
T
The
fundamental
thing
for
this
is,
you
know:
people
think
that
living
with
the
disability
living
with
the
disabling
condition
is
something
that
doesn't
have
dignity,
having
changed
a
diaper
being
bad
having
to
have
your
clothes
people
think
that
something
that
doesn't
have
dignity
and
that's
why
people
ask
for
so-called
death
with
dignity.
So
it's
extremely
important
to
consider
whether
or
not
the
facts
that
you
were
being
presented
with
about
assisted
suicide
are
actually
the
real
facts,
so
we
ought
to
be
in
communication
with
you
going
forward.
Thank
you.
Thank.
U
You,
my
name,
is
Charles
Petrov
I'm,
a
resident
of
the
4th
ward
I
am
the
son
of
a
father
with
disabilities,
and
I
am
the
senior
attorney
at
access
living.
The
crew
that
Ambrose
Bach
just
introduced
I
do
want
to
talk
about
coercion,
especially
in
the
community
of
people
with
disabilities.
Quite
specifically,
this
society
that
we
live
in
has
two
modes.
When
dealing
with
someone
with
a
disability,
they
either
call
them
an
inspiration
or
they
find
them
a
burden.
Both
those
modes
are
incorrect.
U
Both
those
modes
are
things
that
we
need
to
deal
with
before
we
can
deal
with
things
like
assisted
suicide,
broadly
applied
in
our
population
and
the
folks
that
I
work
with
who
are
majority.
People
with
disabilities
are
people
who
are
contributing
in
large
ways,
but
are
not
necessarily
the
economic
driver
of
our
society.
Our
employment
is
not
well
financed.
U
It
is
this
conflict
that
we
have
in
the
way
that
we
view
people
that
we
don't
give
people
the
sort
of
dignity
in
the
and
the
basic
value
really
just
because
they're,
not
fitting
in
with
our
existing
medical
systems
and
they're,
not
fitting
in
with
the
way
that
we
built
our
cities.
Evanston
does
not
control
this.
It's
Medicaid
program,
Evanston
is
non-responsive
when
I've
assisted
people
in
reaching
out
to
Evanston
about
basic
physical
accessibility
issues.
U
Evanston
should
not
be
going
on
the
forefront
to
this
issue
because
it's
not
in
a
position
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
remedy
the
problem
that
a
bill
like
this
creates
for
the
community
of
people
with
disabilities.
More
people
are
afraid
to
speak
in
public
and
then
are
afraid
to
die.
We're
not
talking
about
a
hard
thing
to
convince
someone
to
do.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank.
V
Evening,
mayor
up,
my
name
is
Gayle
Armstrong
and
I'm
and
I'm
from
DesPlaines
Illinois
and
also
belonged
to
access
living
in
and
also
a
fan
of
progress
Center
for
Independent,
Living
and
I'm
also
concerned
about
this
too,
because
it
happens
way
back
in
2008.
When
my
wife
right
here
behind
me,
went
into
a
seizure
attack
and
she
was
at
Godley
Memorial
Hospital
in
Melrose,
Park
and
the
administration
says.
V
Without
a
will,
they
want
to
pull
the
plug,
have
her
in
a
vegetative
state
or
possibly
brain-dead,
and
it's
almost
like
the
same
thing
to
suicide
like
a
ticking
time
bomb
waiting
to
happen,
and
they
should
have
themselves
a
powerful
attorney
just
to
make
sure
to
ask
themselves
the
biggest
tough
question:
do
they
want
to
live
at
home
and
die
peacefully
or
have
or
being
forced
into
either
somewhere
else,
so
they
or
have
a
family
members
pushing
them
into
it.
So
they
need
a
voice
to
find
out
where
they
want
to
die
peacefully.
V
So
they
don't
have
to
end
up
in
a
big
conflict,
as
my
friend
Charles
Petrov
says,
because
sometimes
it's
like
a
ticking
time
bomb
waiting
to
happen.
So
we
don't
want
this
to
happen
not
only
here
in
Evanston
but
across
the
nation,
so
just
want
to
give
you
a
heads
up
and
there'll
be
a
firestorm
here
concerning
about
this.
Thank
you
thank.
W
Suicide
as
their
cuz,
this
is
gonna,
be
a
disgrace
to
people
with
disabilities.
Because
what
happens
if
family
members
decide
because
it's
bad
enough,
you
guys
have
in
the
state
of
Illinois,
where
you
pull
the
plug
on
someone
without
the
person's
knowledge
and
with
family
that
doesn't
care
about
their
other
family
members
that
are
dying.
They
only
care
about
what
they
want.
So
what
are
the
contingent
going
to
push
a
person
with
disability
into
committed
suicide
or
also
gonna?
Tell
the
doctor,
take
them
off
life
support
I,
don't
think!
That's
a
good
idea!
W
Cuz
I
was
once
at
a
coma.
I
didn't
have
a
power
of
attorney,
and
what
happened
to
me
is
someone
had
to
make
decisions
for
me
and
I
hated
that
if
they
did,
if
the
law
was
something
like
they
do
in
Iowa,
if
they
don't
have
a
power
of
attorney,
you
just
keep
on
my
life
support
and
not
the
family
telling
them
what
to
do.
Cuz
Illinois
is
so.
B
C
Good
evening
my
name
is
Beth
Shanker
I'm,
a
40-year
resident
at
the
Third,
Ward
retired
attorney,
and
a
hospice
volunteer
for
nearly
20
years.
I
also
volunteer
for
legal
aid
Chicago
to
assist
low-income
clients
with
advanced
directives
and
I.
The
action
team
in
Evanston
in
my
volunteer
work
I,
have
been
privileged
to
have
intimate
conversations
with
virtual
strangers
about
death
and
dying
I
have
learned
how
important
it
is,
how
calming
for
people
to
have
a
plan
about
how
much
treatment
they're
willing
to
undergo
and
how
much
pain
they
can
withstand
for.
C
Let's
not
turn
away
from
the
truth.
Illness
can
be
painful.
Treatments
can
be
ineffectual
and
very
challenging.
Some
of
you
might
have
heard
chaplain
John
Lyon
Berger
speak
last
week
at
the
Human
Services
Committee.
He
passionately
recounted
his
father's
death.
He
told
the
committee
that
his
father's
pain
was
so
great,
despite
available
pain,
medicine
that
he
was
crying
out
in
agony
before
he
finally
died.
C
We
are
taught
to
battle
illness
and
fight
death,
but
most
patients
with
terminal
disease
are
ready
to
accept
the
inevitability
of
their
deaths
and
someone
only
to
minimize
their
descent
into
a
manageable
pain.
That
is
the
point
at
which
the
option
to
choose
medical
aid
and
dying
can
provide
comfort
and
peace.
Thank
you.
Thank.
O
X
Y
I'm,
an
Evanston
resident
in
the
fifth
Ward
I
work
at
progress
center
for
independent
living
in
Forest,
Park
I'm,
also
a
member
of
not
dead.
Yet
an
organization
that
opposes
doctor
assisted
suicide,
I
was
here
last
Monday.
I
gave
testimony
in
front
of
the
city's
Human
Service,
Committee
and
I'm
here
tonight
in
front
of
the
whole
City
Council
to
again
oppose
Evanston's
proposed
assisted
suicide
resolution.
Ip
male
members
of
this
city's
council
links
place
to
studies
and
research
pocketing
holes
to
the
safeguards
in
doctor,
assisted
suicide
laws.
Y
I
hope
that
each
of
you
had
time
to
look
at
them
before
you
take
a
vote
tonight.
Studies
show
that
legalizes,
assisted
suicide
posed
significant
dangers
to
people
with
disabilities
on
October,
9th
2019,
the
National
Council
on
disability
released
the
findings
of
a
federal
examination,
the
country's
assisted
suicide
loss
and
the
effect
on
people
with
disabilities.
Finding
the
loss,
safe
guards
are
ineffective
and
oversight
of
abuse
and
mistakes
is
absent.
Over
the
last
two
decades,
every
national
disability
organization
that
has
taken
a
position
assisted
suicide
opposes
it.
The
reasons
for
opposing
laws
are
many.
One.
Y
One
doctor
passes
that
suicide
is
legal.
It's
the
cheapest
treatment
available
an
attractive
option
in
our
profit-driven
health
care
system.
Second
terminal
diagnosis
and
prognosis
are
too
often
people
could
lose
good
years
of
their
lives.
Third,
if
one
doctor
says
no
people
can
doctor
shop
for
another
doctor
who
will
say
yes
for
people
with
the
disability
of
depression
are
subject
to
harm,
whereas
systems
suicide
is
legal,
the
highly
touted
safeguards
turned
out
to
be
very
hollow,
with
real
enforcement
or
investigation
Authority.
Furthermore,
under
assisted
suicide
is
a
prescription
for
abuse
for
a
care
taker.
Y
They
can
steer
them
toward
doctor
assisted
suicide
thing.
Other
pressures
exist
that
can
cause
people
with
compromised
health
to
hasten
their
death.
Evidence
appears
to
show
that
assisted
suicide
laws
lead
to
suicide
contagion,
driving
up
the
general
suicide
rate.
We
already
have
the
right
to
good
pain
relief,
including
palliative
sedation.
If
you
did
so,
these
laws
are
unnecessary
in
closing,
because
the
dangers
of
mistakes,
coercion
and
abuse
are
significant.
Y
Many
medical
organizations
also
oppose
doctor
assisted
suicide
laws,
including
the
American
Medical
Association,
and
the
American
College
of
Physicians,
and
many
state
legislators
in
this
country
have
repeatedly
rejected
them
and
I
hope
that
the
Illinois
General
Assembly
will
follow
the
same
suit.
I
do
s
Supreme,
Court
and
the
highest
state
court
rulings
to
date
have
declined
to
find
a
constitutional
right
to
doctor
assisted
suicide,
I
Arjuna
to
vote
no
to
this
very
dangerous
proposed
resolution.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
Z
Z
I
have
extreme
pain
pretty
much
at
all
times,
yet
the
only
tight
time
that
I
could
possibly
be
out
of
pain
is
when
I'm
sleeping
and
that's
really
not
all
that
great,
but
the
only
procedure
that
would
be
considered
a
therapy
for
me
would
be
cosmetic
surgery
and
that's
not
covered
by
any
type
of
insurance,
and
so
within
the
letters
of
this
law.
I
would
be
considered
for
if
I
were
to
have
some
other
type
of
injury.
Z
Z
X
X
A
X
X
X
AA
Going
quick
recap
and
for
your
insight
ever
to
progress,
centrifuge
appear
and
to
paradigm
against
I'm,
assisted
suicide
and
I
agree
with
everything
has
been
said
that
other
people
are
against
it
happen,
but
might
the
point
after
of
it
deep
opponents
say
no,
don't
give
me
a
case
of
causing
husband.
Has
everything.
AA
AB
Hello,
my
name
is
wonkey
ricotta's
I'm
a
twelve
year
at
Evanston
resident
of
the
Ninth
Ward
and
a
parent
with
children
at
Oakland
elementary
I'm
here,
because
our
parent
community
is
concerned
about
a
recent
increase
in
traffic
ticketing
at
our
school
we've
seen
heavy
traffic
ticketing
at
our
school
on
Austin
Street
during
pick-up
and
drop-off
hours
by
officers
in
unmarked
vehicles.
This
has
proven
to
be
very
stressful
and
traumatizing
for
the
students
and
the
parents
involved.
Austin
turns
into
a
one-way
street
during
the
hours
when
a
one-way
sign
is
posted.
AB
I've
lived,
two
blocks
away
from
this
from
the
street
for
the
past
twelve
years
and
I
couldn't
tell
you
what
the
hours
are
or
what
the
actual
traffic
laws
are,
because
there's
no
signage
detailing
what
the
actual
law
is.
If
this
is
about
student
safety,
our
community
would
be
better
served
having
someone
helping
direct
traffic
rather
than
having
unmarked
vehicles,
ticketing,
our
community
members.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AC
Katherine
Lundin
and
I
live
in
the
eighth
ward
also
here
with
Juan
I
lived
in
Evanston
since
2012.
Thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
speak
today,
I'm
here
also
as
a
parent
concerned
parent
at
in
elementary.
We
love
doctor
and
we're
very
proud
that
he
is
our
principal
and
he's
brought
and
helped
create
a
great
community
here,
and
we
want
to
keep
that
I'm
also
concerned
about
the
ticketing
in
our
school.
AC
In
addition
to
what
Juan
cited
I've
witnessed,
officers
run,
stop
signs
or
speed
afters
caught
us
cars
to
stop
them
with
their
lights,
on
and
I've,
seen
how
that
affects
the
kids
in
the
cars
and
also
the
rest
of
our
community,
witnessing
that
and
it's
affecting
the
how
we
feel
about
our
community
and
what
we
value
so
much.
It's
also
affecting
our
community.
AC
Financially,
our
population
is
nearly
70%
low-income
and
a
two
hundred
and
ten
dollar
ticket,
plus
four
or
six
hours
of
traffic
school,
can
be
financially
devastating
and
have
a
domino
effect
that
can
be
impossible
to
dig
out
of
so
a
crossing
guard
would
be
great.
Consistent,
signage
is
a
must
and
a
marked
car.
Even
a
marked
card
directing
traffic
would
be
more
helpful
at
Austin
and
Barton,
and
it
would
better
help
the
community
and
the
safety
I
feel
like.
AD
However,
under
circumstances
which
you
can't
explain
perfectly
ordinary
people
can
do
awful
things,
I've
seen
that
it
happens
in
our
city.
So
if
it's
going
to
happen
in
our
city,
I
can
hear
and
everyone's
voices
here
is
they
don't
want
it
to
happen
when
it
comes
to
their
decision.
For
that
I,
don't
know.
If
there's
any
way,
you
can
express
this
ordinance
to
keep
it
as
an
option
with
regard
to
giving
the
person
all
the
resources
they
need.
AD
If
you
can't
promise
that,
then
perhaps
you
can't
allow
this
to
happen
in
terms
of
with
this
assisted
suicide,
because
you
have
to
have
the
opportunities
like
alternative
medicine.
Other
things
I
knew
my
husband
wasn't
given,
because
it
wasn't
a
circumstances
he
was
under,
but
what
you
mention
is
that
there
are
options
out
there
and
if
you
want
to
take
those
someone
shouldn't
get
in
a
way
of
it
and
if
it's
going
to
be
the
insurance
companies
and
medical
establishments,
unfortunately
they're
not
what
they
used
to
be.
So.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AE
Good
evening
my
name
is
Gregory.
Carrick
I
live
in
Chicago
I
was
asked
to
come
here
about
3
o'clock
this
afternoon,
because
this
is
a
very
important
issue
for
me:
twice
tried
to
commit
suicide
once
as
adolescent
another
time
as
an
adult
I
shouldn't
be
here
today
talking
the
bed
grace
of
God
and
by
great
doctors
and
great
psychiatrist,
I'm
here
living
and
making
positive
changes
in
our
society.
No
more
talk
of
death.
Enough
of
that,
we
are
on
the
grounds
of
one
of
the
finest
universities
in
the
country.
AE
The
technology
out
there
is
is
absolutely
impressive.
Let's
put
our
heads
together
to
use
the
technology
to
find
cures
and
solutions.
No
more
death
talk.
We
are
always
outraged.
We
say
about
all
this
death
and
violence.
I,
don't
care
how
you
put
it
suicide,
but
the
doctors.
Assistance
is
death
and
it
is
murder
and
it
is
wrong
and
if
we
are
just
as
appalled
to
the
murders
out
in
the
street
and
the
way
we
mistreat
other
people
and
the
abuse,
we
should
be
just
as
appalled
that
we
were
even
talking
about
this
issue.
AE
Enough
of
it
use
the
resources
out
here.
Illinois
is
blessed
with
so
many
hospitals,
universities,
the
world
I'm
alive.
My
favorite
rotational
character
is
james,
t
kirk.
He
never
gave
up.
He
always
found
a
way
to
win.
He
would
always
look
for
other
solutions.
He
would
go
to
his
friends
his
teammates,
whatever
he
needed
to
do
to
win
now.
I
know
it's
fiction,
but
this
is
real
life.
What's
learn
from
the
traditional
story
of
Jim
Kirk
and
find
a
way
to
give
death
a
fighting
chance
to
live.
God
bless
you
all
Thank.
AF
Thank
you.
I
live
in
the
fourth
ward
by
profession,
I'm,
a
clinical
psychologist
and
unfortunately,
some
people,
it's
not
a
question
of
giving
up.
They
have
a
terminal
illness
and
there's
nothing.
They
can
do
about
it,
they're
going
to
die.
This
is
not
suicide
and
this
is
not
assisted.
Suicide.
Suicide
is
as
an
act
that
is
made
by
people
who
choose
to
die
rather
than
choosing
to
live
the
people
we're
talking
about
no
longer
have
that
choice,
they
will
die,
they
cannot
choose
to
live
at
a
certain
point.
AF
Secondly,
I
do
not
believe
that
it
is
accurate.
What
we're
hearing
about
all
these
protections
that
don't
work
there
is
concern
about
not
being
able
to
avail
yourself
of
whatever
medical
treatments
are
available
and
about
being
coerced
by
doctors,
insurance
family.
Whoever
to
take
this
option
when
you
don't
want
it,
you're
hearing
facts,
you're,
hearing
studies,
we
have
equal
studies,
more
there's,
no
substantiate
'add
case
where
this
abuse
has
taken
place.
I
think
these
are
legitimate
concerns,
but
their
fears.
AF
So
what
I
was
just
say
is:
let's
make
a
decision
based
on
facts,
not
fears,
I,
don't
think
we
have
to
throw
the
baby
out
with
the
bath
I
think
we
can
do
both
I
think
we
can
protect
people
and
we
can
make
options
available
to
them
last
sentence
so
that
those
who
would
want
it
it
can
get
desperately
needed
relief
and
peace
of
mind
in
from
physical
pain
from
emotional
turmoil
in
there
virtually
their
last
days
on
earth.
Thank.
AG
AG
I've
heard
the
testimony
of
people
both
warned
against
this
tonight,
as
well
as
at
the
prior
hearing
and
I,
understand
their
concerns,
but
I
say
to
them
what
they
are
saying
to
us.
Many
of
them
have
said:
don't
coerce
me,
don't
force
me
to
do
something
that
I
don't
want
to
do
absolutely,
but
should
I
ever
find
myself
facing
a
fatal
diagnosis.
I
want
that
same
autonomy.
AG
AH
Good
evening,
I'm
father
Kevin
McRae
resident
of
the
4th
Ward
for
the
last
four
years.
I.
Thank
you
for
your
hospitality
for
the
evening
and
your
dedication
that
you
contains
continue
to
serve
the
people
of
Evanston
you're,
giving
me
a
great
burden,
a
minute
and
30
seconds.
What
preacher
and
minister
or
priest
have
you
ever
known
to
keep
things
to
a
minute
and
a
half
when
I
come
to
you
tonight
as
a
visible
leader
of
the
st.
AH
Mary's,
Catholic
Church,
but
also
as
a
man
of
faith
and
also,
most
importantly,
as
a
son
who
has
walked
a
health
journey
with
his
mother
as
a
believer
that
God
gives
us
life
and
that
only
God
can
decide
when
that
life
is
to
end
I
struggle
with
the
proposed
resolution,
because
it
open
it's
open
to
so
much
interpretation
and
even
future
misuse.
Having
witnessed
to
my
own
mother's
journey,
where
there
were
periods
of
fear
of
the
future
periods
of
despair
periods,
of
questioning
one's
place
in
the
universe.
AH
But
the
journey
was
also
filled
with
those
periods
of
great
joy,
great
hope
in
the
future
and
great
gratitude
that
she
was
not
alone.
It
was
walking
that
journey
with
those
that
loved
her
and
that
she
loved
my
concern
about
the
future
misuse
is
the
possibility
that
this
will
be
used
against
populations
that
have
always
been
disproportionately
affected
by
issues
of
life.
Populations
of
color
populations
of
other
abilities,
populations
of
lower
social,
educational
and
economic
realities,
and
even
populations
of
gender
and
age
have
often
borne
the
brunt
of
educate
of
the
slide
shaking
legislation.
AH
So
we
will
make
sure
that
the
companies
insurance
companies
in
the
healthcare
always
looking
for
a
bottom
line,
make
sure
that
they
don't
make
the
decisions
for
us.
I
was
berry.
I
was
called
fifteen
years
ago
by
my
top
mother's
doctor,
who
said
come
home
and
bury
your
mother.
I
did
come
home.
I
did
bury
my
mother,
but
I
married
my
mother
six
weeks
ago.
AH
After
so
she
was
able
to
live
these
15
years
recognizing
and
seeing
that
her
grandchildren
had
fallen
in
love
and
had
married,
but
she
was
able
to
hold
her
great-grandchildren
that
she
was
able
experience
all
the
devotion
and
advocacy
of
a
family
that
loved
her.
So,
for
these
reasons,
I
respectfully
request
that
you
vote.
No
for
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
God
bless
you
all.
Thank.
B
AI
You
I'm
Jane,
Sullivan
I,
live
in
the
Third
Ward
for
the
last
20
years.
I've
had
40
years
in
home
health
care,
a
pioneer
in
home
health
care,
I
have
literally
been
with
thousands
of
people
and
their
families
in
these
situations,
when
people
are
dying
and
I
really
oppose
absolutely
100%
oppose
assisted
medical
relief
to
kill
somebody,
and
that's
really
what
it
is
we
have.
AI
Families
are
under
duress,
somebody
gets
them,
no,
you
know
a
diagnosis
or
they
know
that
they're
dying,
but
during
those
periods
of
time,
what
happens
is
that
families
come
together?
There's
a
lot
of
healing
that
happens,
there's
a
lot
of
Prayer
and
and
there's
a
joy
on
the
flip
side.
I
have
also
witnessed
where
people
are
like
we're
spending
my
inheritance.
We
want
to
finish
all
of
this
and
I
and
I
really
know
that
some
of
the
statements,
some
of
the
proof,
is
not
correct.
AI
I
have
great
admiration
for
the
people
with
disabilities
that
have
come
up
here
and
really
spoke
to
this
and
I've
also
watched
where
people
have
really
helped
push
that
along
illegally
to
take
their
parent
out
and
for
this
earth.
And
it
is
an
immoral
and
unjust
and
at
a
time
when
somebody's
so
emotionally
upset
to
pull
the
plug.
Thank.
AJ
I
live
in
the
seventh
Ward
and
I'm
gonna.
Tell
you
guys
a
personal
story.
It's
very
recent
and
I'm
very
happy
to
represent
this
side.
Of
course,
I'm.
In
support
of
this,
my
brother,
my
triplet
brother,
he
had
recently
graduated
from
law.
School
recently
was
married
and
he
got
a
glioblastoma
I
had
an
emergency
resection
over
at
North
Shore
Hospital.
He
had
globo
stoma
fourth,
fourth
stage
and
just
everything
it
was
the
worst
possible
diagnosis
he
could
get
in
the
most
extreme.
AJ
He
had
a
second
recurrent
tumor,
seven
months
later
and
after
the
second
tumor
resection,
they
just
took
out
with
all
the
treatments
the
radiation,
everything
that
he
went
through.
They
just
end
up
losing
so
much
brain
and
so
much
of
his
deep
ability
to
process
information
was
losing
speech
and
eventually
he
was
gonna
lose,
wouldn't
be
able
to
speak
at
all.
He
wouldn't
be
able
to
even
comprehend
speech
because
of
the
location
of
the
tumor,
so
it
was
after
the
recovery.
The
second
surgery
I
mean
he
never
fully
recovered
and
it
was
really
tough.
AJ
So
we
had
discussed
assisted
suicide.
But
as
someone
mentioned
earlier
at
that
point,
he
was
too
exhausted
and
it
was
too
hard
to
go
through
with
moving
and
uplifting
one.
You
know,
and
all
this
stress
that
that
would
cause
so
we
decided
to
do
a
natural
death
thinking
that
lots
of
drugs
and
and
that
sort
of
situation
we
bet
would
be
okay,
but
in
the
end,
in
the
end
he
suffered
from
we
didn't
know
he
kept
it
a
crap.
He
kept
it
a
secret
and
he
ends
it
up.
He
was
depressed.
AJ
He
ends
up
committing
suicide.
This
was
last
month
and
let
me
just
quickly
finish:
when
I
found
him
I
actually
found
his
body.
He
was
all
alone
in
the
basement,
hiding
in
a
closet,
and
he
hung
himself
and
all
I
could
think
to
myself
when
the
murder,
when
the
police
were
trying
to
resuscitate
him,
is
how,
in
a
modern
society,
is
this
able
to
happen.
Why?
AJ
B
AK
Good
evening,
everyone
ray
Friedman
second
Ward
and
I
I
hate
talking
about
death
and
dying,
and
this
seems
rather
mundane
the
stuff
that
I
wrote.
My
comments
are
keeping
in
mind
that
the
government
was
created
by
the
people
and
for
the
people.
We
are
the
people,
the
taxpayers,
school
teachers,
police,
firefighters,
business
owners
and
yes,
even
the
agitators.
AK
We
are
all
the
people
who
need
representation,
and
so
you
need
to
ask
yourselves:
are
you
representing
all
the
people
and
all
the
wards?
Once
again,
we
have
to
repeat
the
same
questions
that
are
not
being
addressed,
because
you
refuse
to
have
a
dialogue,
which
is
the
purpose
and
intent
of
this
public
comment.
Why
is
this?
It
looks
like
we're
going
out
of
our
way
to
spend
as
much
of
our
tax
dollars
as
we
possibly
can
and
not
spending
enough
time
on
how
to
cut
expenses.
AK
What
is
the
status
of
James
Park
after
spending
eight
million
dollars
in
a
lawsuit,
we
could
not
win
and
you
were
advised
to
drop
by
your
own
attorneys
after
spending,
only
a
hundred
thousand.
What
is
the
status
of
1305
pitner,
which
still
does
not
have
a
valid
zoning
approval
for
the
use
of
the
building
and
by
the
way
we
noticed
the
building
has
a
white
powdery
substance
all
over
the
building.
It
looks
like
it
has
a
fungus,
please
let
us
know
the
status
of
that
also.
AK
How
did
we
manage
to
hire
HR
gov
after
it
was
rejected
by
you
and
instead
of
spending
thousands
on
a
search
firm?
Why
don't
you
use
the
acting
city
manager?
You
already
have
sitting
up
there
as
the
contract
is
renewed
once
a
year.
In
any
case,
Erika
must
be
doing
a
pretty
good
job,
except
getting
caught
up
in
the
Kevin
Brown
mess,
which
the
residents
never
got.
The
response
and
the
reasoning
behind
his
dismissal.
Please
don't
tell
us
it's
because
of
parking
tickets.
So
what
was
the
reasoning
there?
Thank
you
and
thank
you.
Ray
we're.
AK
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Ray
Madeline
decree,
it's
Madeline
here
then
we
have
Diana
Earl
or
Dana
Oh
Dana.
You
know
the
problem
is
I,
get
I
get
these
and
I
know
you
guys
I'll
typed
a
minute,
then
I
take
notes
and
I
write
them
with
my
own
handwriting.
Then
I
can't
read
my
handwriting.
So
that's
that's.
The
problem.
Welcome
Dana
hi.
AL
I'm
Dana
para
I
live
in
the
eighth
ward
and
I've,
been
in
Evanston
resident
for
most
of
my
61
years,
I'm
in
favor
of
this
dying
with
dignity
resolution.
The
importance
of
a
resolution
is
the
more
resolutions
we
get
from
more
communities
in
Illinois
when
that
goes
to
the
state
legislature,
they're
more
likely
to
pass
it
I'm
really
here
to
talk
about
some
personal
stories.
27
years
ago
my
grandmother
was
dying
of
colon
cancer.
She
was
87.
AL
She
would
be
in
immense
pain,
even
in
her
sleep
and
would
be
wincing
in
pain,
but
she
had
the
maximum
amount
of
morphine
allowed
by
law,
and
so
she
had
to
suffer.
She
did
not
want
to
suffer
and
I.
Don't
know
if
she
would
have
said
I'll
take
a
pill
because
I
don't
want
to
go
through
this.
She
may
have
decided
to
stay
with
us
if
she
had
had
that
choice.
We're
talking
about
choice,
how
many
choices
do
people
have
in
at
the
end
of
their
lives?
AL
This
isn't
about
forcing
people
with
disabilities
to
kill
themselves.
This
is
about
individual
saying:
I've
had
enough
I
can't
endure
this
anymore,
I've
been
going
through
pain
for
months,
and
it's
not
getting
any
better
and
I'm
only
going
to
be
here,
maybe
for
another
month
or
a
week,
and
actually
sometimes
happens
with
people
who
aren't
in
pain.
But
15
years
ago
my
dad
underwent
surgery
conducted
by
neurosurgeons.
AL
AM
Good
evening,
thank
you
for
having
this
discussion
I.
Think
it's
an
important
one.
As
with
father
Kevin
I
lost
my
mom.
Just
last
week
she
suffered
from
Lewy
body,
dementia
she's
had
that
disease
for
years
and
years,
and
it
is
terminal
and
has
been
terminal
for
the
last
number
of
years
she
chose
to
live,
and
but
with
that
kind
of
disease
you
don't
know
when
you're
gonna
pass
away
and
she
went
through
even
though
economically
my
parents
could
afford
the
health
care
that
they
wanted.
AM
I
want
you
to
know
that
and
I
feel
that
you
know
the
people
here.
You
know
strongly
feel
compassionate
about
people
feeling
pain.
My
mom
wasn't
in
a
lot
of
pain
but
psychologically
mentally,
because
Lewy
body
dementia,
takes
people
in
and
out.
She
knew
all
along
that
she
was
gonna
die
of
this
and
she
was
losing
her
mind.
At
the
same
time,
she
would
be
totally
lucid
one
of
the
problems
with
that
is
that
she
felt,
and
my
father
felt
economic
pressure,
even
though
they
actually
didn't
have
any
and
she
she
started
to
take
decisions.
AM
That
would
be
pretty
irrational
and
my
dad,
you
know-
and
she
really
struggled
with
a
lot
of
decisions
and
depression
in
and
out.
My
point
is:
is
that
although
I
know
people
talk
about
there,
isn't
a
slippery
slope
or
you
shouldn't
be
concerned
about
it.
I
absolutely
think
you
should
be
and
I'm
very
strongly
against
the
resolution.
AM
B
You
thank
you
thank
you,
John
and
thank
you.
Thank
you,
everybody
for
coming
out.
That
concludes
the
folks
that
had
signed
up
for
public
comment
tonight,
and
you
know
we
recognize
what
a
sensitive
topic
this
is.
We
very
much
appreciate
you
know
the
concerns
expressed
on
both
sides
and
the
personal
stories
that
people
share
this
evening.
So
thank
you,
I
mentioned
so.
To
recap:
Fay
Clayton
started
off
and
said
that
they
would
like
to
pull
this
from
the
agenda
and
and
have
more
discussions
in
in
the
community
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning.
B
AN
AN
Well,
I
know
things
before
right,
so
here's
here's
here's
the
main
thing.
Obviously
this
raises
extremely
important
questions
and
concerns
in
our
community
about
healthcare,
access
to
care,
and-
and
these
are
important
conversations-
and
you
know
this-
is
a
resolution-
so
we're
not
taking
any
legislative
authority.
So
this
is
a
conversation
about
whether
we're
going
to
recommend
this,
but
the
the
Human
Services
Committee
that
had
conversations
about
this
and
they
advanced
it
to
the
council,
but
they
did
so
with
a
suggestion
that
it
was
being
advanced
for
discussion
and
so
procedurally,
that's
not
a
thing.
AN
AN
It's
my
understanding
that
the
organization
isn't
interested
in
pursuing
the
resolution
at
this
time.
In
any
event,
so
I
guess
that
kind
of
I
don't
want
to
use
the
expression
solves
that
problem
because
nothing's
solving
our
problem.
But
as
far
as
procedure
is
concerned,
it's
I
don't
think
it's
before
the
council.
AN
So
I'll
raise
the
point
of
order
that
this
item
isn't
properly
on
the
agenda
and
I
think
it
should
be
stricken,
but
with
the
qualification
that
I
think
we
all
collectively
as
an
aura
as
a
body
feel
very
strongly
that
these
are
very
very
important
issues
and
conversations
that
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
and
talking
about
more
openly
in
our
community.
So
I'm
grateful
for
that
opportunity,
even
though
they
are
difficult
conversations.
But
as
far
as
an
agenda
item
I
raise
a
point
of
order
that
it's
not
properly
on
the
agenda.
Okay,.
AN
B
AQ
AP
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
SP,
one
is
application
for
appeal
to
the
City
Council
of
Preservation
Commission
decision
denying
certificate
of
appropriateness
for
612
judson
Avenue
to
replace
21
wood
windows
with
vinyl
windows.
I,
move
acceptance
of
the
appeal,
and
after
it's
been
second
mr.
mayor
I'd,
like
to
all.
AP
My
understanding,
mr.
mayor,
is
that
we
can
that
we
can.
We
have
several
options
right
now
at
this
meeting
and
that
one
is
to
deny
the
appeal.
The
other
is
to
accept
the
appeal
in
here
and
immediately
and
then
the
third
option
is
to
accept
the
appeal
and
set
a
date
for
the
hearing.
I
would
like
to
set
the
date
for
the
hearing
for
our
next
City
Council
meeting,
which
I
believe
is
February
24th
I've
spoken
to
the
applicant
about
this
and
I
think
that
I
think
that's
probably
the
best
option
in
this
instance.
B
All
right
any
discussion
all
in
favor
any
opposed
okay.
So
this
this
item
has
been
set
for
hearing
it
will
be
at
the
next
city
council
meeting
on
Monday
February
24th.
Thank
you.
Everyone.
Second
item
is
a
lakefront
stabilization
discussion.
The
staff
recommends
City
Council
discussed
the
lakefront
stabilization
so
with
us
as
Lara
Biggs.
Who
will
begin
that
discussion,
hello,.
AN
I
But
you
can
see
how
the
the
waves
are
just
sort
of
overwhelming
it,
because
the
water
levels
are
high,
so
Lake
Michigan
was
last
at
its
record
high
in
1986
and
in
2013.
We
were
concerned
because
it
was
near
its
record
low.
The
difference
between
the
record
high
and
the
record
low
in
Lake
Michigan
is
less
than
six
and
a
half
feet.
It's
not
really
a
huge
variation
in
depth
in
2020.
I
In
fact,
in
January
we
set
the
record
high
for
January.
The
lake
level
changes
throughout
the
year
winter,
it's
generally
lower,
but
we
did
set
the
record
high
for
January.
We
are
the
process
of
setting
the
record
high
for
February.
We
are
between
6
&
9
inches
from
the
record
high
for
the
lake
overall.
The
estimate
for
the
forecast
for
the
remaining
of
the
year
is
that
the
Lake
Michigan
levels
are
going
to
remain
high
or
go
higher.
I
We
are
essentially
in
a
period
a
five-year
period
of
excessive
precipitation,
that's
been
occurring
and
that's
just
driving
the
lake
levels
up
now,
as
staff
we
have
and
as
residents,
we
have
noticed
that
there
are
some
changes
that
are
occurring
and
really
this
began
with
the
dog
Beach.
The
dog
beach
was
not
always
a
beach.
At
some
point,
it
appeared
when
the
lake
levels
went
down
when
the
lake
levels
came
back
up,
the
dog
beach
disappeared,
but
by
then
has
become
a
real
amenity
for
the
community.
I
So
we
worked
to
try
to
establish
in
a
different
location
that
really
just
did
not
pan
out,
and
so
the
dog
beach
eventually
was
closed.
2017-2018
time
period
was
no
longer
in
operation.
Last
summer,
we
noticed
that
there
were
some
issues
in
the
revetment,
which
is
the
rock
wall
that
borders
the
lakefront
between
the
parks
and
the
lake
and
the
revetment
in
isolated
locations.
I
We
were
seeing
some
shifting
of
the
rocks,
not
big
changes,
but
not
something
that
we
normally
expect
to
see
and
then,
generally
because
of
the
high
weight
water
levels,
we
were
seeing
that
the
beaches
themselves
were
getting
narrower
and
narrower,
so
we
actually
reached
out
to
the
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
and
asked
them
what
were
other
lakefront
lake
communities.
Seeing
the
news
from
Chicago
has
been
a
lot,
and
so
we
knew
that
they
were
assisting
with
Chicago.
So
we
wanted
to
understand
what
sort
of
assistance
was
available
to
us.
I
They
did
come
out
and
walk
the
lakefront
with
staff.
They
provided
some
information
and
a
technical
report
back
to
staff.
It
basically
said
there
are
some
isolated
locations
where
you're,
seeing
some
shifting
of
the
rocks,
which
you
may
want
to
consider,
adding
more
rock.
There
are
a
couple
places
where
the
revetment
stops
and
should
be
considered
to
be
extended
because
erosion
has
been
occurring
and
there's
a
lot
of
vegetation.
I
We
did
start
reaching
out
to
the
engineering
community
to
try
to
get
some
additional
information,
but
what
happened
then
in
January
is
that
we
had
a
very
large
storm
event
with
high
lake
levels
and
high
wave
action
that
caused
a
lot
more
damage
than
we
had
previously
seen,
and
then
this
was
followed
less
than
a
month
later.
A
couple
days
ago,
last
week
we
had
not
a
storm,
just
a
high
high
wave
action
during
a
windy
day
and
saw
a
lot
more
damage
occurring.
I
It
illustrates
a
lot
of
the
problems
that
we're
seeing
in
all
the
parks
with
the
wave
action
water
is
coming
over
the
break
wall
and
running
back
out
through
the
rocks
it's
causing
the
ground
underneath
to
stabilize
we're
seeing
sinkholes
form
it
makes
the
rocks
sort
of
tumble
either
into
the
lake
or
into
the
park,
and
so,
as
the
wall
lowers,
it
becomes
less
stable
and
less
able
to
provide
protection
from
the
waves.
So
you
can
see
this
kind
of
undermining
action.
I
That's
occurring
at
the
south
end
of
a
lake
park,
but
it's
occurring
in
other
locations
as
well
as
we
pan
around
Elliot
Park
is
a
park
that
is
flooding
regularly
at
this
point,
as
well
as
some
flooding
that's
occurring
in
Clark
Square.
This
is
actually
in
February
after
the
or
during
the
high
wind
event
that
we
were
having,
and
you
can
see
that
a
lot
of
the
water
is
just
there
frozen
sort
of
perennial
II.
The
other
thing
to
notice
is:
there's
a
huge
amount
of
debris,
that's
sitting
in
the
park.
I
It's
rocks
and
also
sticks
and
various
other
things.
This
rock
was
mostly
thrown
up
into
the
parks
during
the
January
event.
However,
all
of
that
has
to
be
removed
prior
to
us
starting
lawn
mowing
season.
Let's
go
back
to
the
presentation,
so
here's
just
some
pictures
to
kind
of
illustrate
some
of
the
issues.
This
was
in
the
February
5th
event.
Elliot
Park
was
more
fully
flooded
during
the
January
event,
but
it's
sort
of
an
ongoing
problem.
There
we're
seeing
the
beaches
narrow.
I
This
is
a
20-18
aerial
view
from
Google
of
Greenwood
Street
Beach,
which
is
probably
the
most
impacted
Beach.
This
is
Greenwood
Beach.
Now
there
is
not
a
lot
of
dry
sand
that
is
left.
This
is
where
we're
standing
right
at
the
Greenwood
Street
Beach
house
looking
south.
Another
thing
that
you
can
see
with
this
picture
is
again
that
rock
wall
is
actually
falling
into
the
lake.
I
This
is
a
Dempster
Street
beach
house
and
here,
as
you
look
right
to
the
center
of
the
picture
in
this
area,
the
revetment
here
actually
used
to
be
much
higher.
The
rocks
have
fallen
into
the
lake
in
this
case,
and
the
troubling
thing
about
this
is
Dempster
is
kind
of
at
a
high
point.
We
don't
normally
see
flooding,
but
you
can
see
the
waters
come
over
here.
This
is
all
I
see,
there's
a
lot
of
water
that
has
gotten
into
here
the
vegetations
all
been
flattened
by
the
wave
action.
I
I
We
have
reached
out
to
a
coastal
engineering
firm
that
we've
used
in
the
past
for
Church
Street,
Harbor
work
and
generally
they've
done
good
work,
they're
doing
a
lot
of
work
with
the
Chicago
Park
District
and
other
Park
districts
along
the
lakefront
to
do
damage
assessments.
One
pathway
forward
for
us
would
be
to
contract
with
them
and
have
an
assessment
done,
as
well
as
a
recommendation
for
repairs
and
what
the
scope
and
scale
of
those
repairs
would
be
depending
on
what
we
find.
I
That
is
something
that
we
may
or
may
not
be
able
to
complete
this
year.
We
would
come
back
to
City
Council
with
the
information
and
discuss
how
we
want
to
proceed
with
doing
any
work
on
the
lakefront.
We
could
potentially
complete
repairs
this
summer,
but
likely
we
would
not
be
able
to
go
out
through
a
full
bid
process,
because
that
tends
to
take
two
and
a
half
months
or
so,
and
it's
going
to
be
a
challenge
to
get
any
real
construction
done
this
quickly.
I
The
other
thing
is
that
we
are
discussing
among
staff
the
possibility
of
having
some
volunteer
days
where
we
ask
people
to
come
out
and
help
us
clean.
All
the
debris
out
of
the
lake
fronts
probably
take
place
in
late
March
or
early
April,
because
it
is
actually
at
a
point
where
that
is
going
to
be
a
challenge
for
staff
to
just
do
by
themselves
and
then
actually
I'm
going
to
turn
this
over
to
Kimberly
cool.
Who
has
been
doing
some
additional
work
on
dealing
with
some
grant
applications
and
disaster.
AR
Mr.
mayor
members
of
the
City
Council
city
clerk,
Reed
city
manager,
store
Lee
good
evening,
division
chief
cool
here
to
speak
about
more
of
what
funding
opportunities
we
might
have
available
to
address.
Some
of
the
issues
that
have
been
just
presented.
Laura
did
a
great
job
in
identifying
a
lot
of
the
trends
that
we've
nursed
we're
now
seeing
and
much
of
what
needs
to
be
done
to.
C
AR
Address
where
we
need
to
move
forward
about
two
weeks
ago,
I
was
presented
our
approached
by
a
city
council.
Excuse
me
a
Cook
County
representative,
who
indicated
that
Chicago
was
looking
at
declaring
a
state
of
emergency
due
to
their
damage
along
the
lakefront
for
the
January
10th
through
12th
or
10th
through
11th
storm.
So,
as
a
result,
at
that
time,
Chicago
was
not
able
to
meet
the
twenty
point.
AR
Four
million
dollar
threshold
to
be
able
to
declare
an
emergency
on
their
own
and
the
Cook
County
was
looking
to
reach
out
and
see
whether
or
not
we
as
a
community
as
Cook
County
could
look
along
the
lakefront
to
see
what
other
communities
were
impacted.
Currently
we
have
five
other
communities
outside
of
Chicago,
including
ourselves,
as
you
can
see,
well
met
Winnetka,
Glen,
Konkona
Worth
are
also
impacted
right
now,
as
about
three
days
ago.
AR
Chicago
is
currently
at
25
million
in
damages,
and
we
have
at
least
another
12
million
in
the
five
other
communities
that
we
are
estimating
are
damaged
because
of
the
the
lakefront
incident
in
January.
We're
also
reaching
out
to
northwestern
to
see
if
they
would
like
to
also
partake
in
some
of
the
funding
and
mitigation
actions.
So
there's
two
different
opportunities
we
can
look
at,
one
of
which
is
public
assistance
and
that's
something
that
is
available
through
emergency
declarations.
AR
A
disaster
declaration
now
Chicago
has
already
declared
a
state
of
emergency
and
a
declaration
disaster
declaration,
and
the
county
has
also
done
so
along
with
pritzker.
So
we
are
eligible
for
funding
it's
up
to
us
to
work
in
conjunction
with
Emergency
Management
Public
Works
who's
done
a
phenomenal
job
in
trying
to
cost
out
where
we're
at
for
our
damages
and
then
also
helping
to
try
to
identify
mitigation
efforts.
AR
But
the
public
assistance
grant
is
limited
in
that
it
only
takes
care
of
fixing
what's
been
damaged,
it
doesn't
deal
with
mitigation,
so
we
also
have
something:
we've
been
working
on
for
about
six
months
now
it's
Hazard
Mitigation,
so
our
hazard
mitigation
grant
program
is
another
opportunity
that
helps
to
identify
how
we
can
actually
mitigate.
How
can
we
not
only
fix
what's
been
damaged,
but
also
try
to
prevent
it
from
happening
again,
which
is
a
much
better
use
of
money,
so
that
isn't
also
an
opportunity,
and
that
speaks
to
just
mitigation.
AR
AR
So
with
the
public
assistance
program,
a
little
bit
more
information
about
that
I've
been
working
directly
with
Laura
Biggs
Dave,
stone
Beck
with
Public
Works,
as
well
as
Lawrence
hemingway
with
Parks
and
Rec
they've,
been
phenomenal
resources
and
they've
done
their
due
diligence.
I
would
say
in
just
the
last
two
weeks
and
trying
to
cost
out
our
damages.
What
I
can't
say
right
now
for
labor
and
equipment
were
around
73,000
from
what
I
can
tell
and
that's
based
on
communications
with
Public
Works
and
Parks
and
Rec.
AR
That
also
includes
recovery
of
some
damaged
ad,
a
compliant
beach
ramps
that
was
Ashley
fifty
thousand
just
alone,
but
for
recovering
the
rocks
along
the
row
lakefront.
That
is
really
where
the
big
expenses
at
five
point-
seven-
seven
five
million-
so
that's
just
it
for
right
now,
that's
all
we
can
gather
in
the
short
time
that
we've
been
we've
had
an
opportunity
to
work
on
this.
It's
been
about
two
weeks
that
we've
had
notice,
so
that
could
be
a
lower
number.
AR
There
might
be
more
damages
and
also
availability
of
funding
is
also
limited
because
we're
also
competing
with
everybody
else.
That's
been
impacted,
so
it's
just
it's
gonna
be
a
long
process,
but
we'll
we'll
certainly
try
our
best
to
get
the
funding
to
help
cover
some
of
that,
the
second
of
which
is
a
hazard
mitigation
grant
program.
Now,
with
the
mitigation
efforts
again,
these
are
ballpark
estimates.
AR
This
is
the
best
we
can
do
in
the
two
weeks
that
we've
had,
but
there
are
two
things
that
we
can
do,
one
of
which
is
rebuilding
the
underlayment
for
the
revetment,
and
that
was
identified
through
parks
and
our
public
works,
and
that's
something
that
would
help
to
fortify
the
structure
underneath
the
rocks
to
help
stabilize
our
rock
wall
or
what
they're
calling
this
a
revetment
and
that
right.
There
is
33
million.
AR
Additionally,
there's
groin
walls
that
need
to
be
installed
to
help
prevent
the
north-south
wave
actions
and
prevents
a
lot
of
the
destruction
along
the
lakefront.
So
that
alone
is
eight
point.
Five,
we're
looking
at
funds
federal
funds
to
help
satisfy
that
need,
and
it's
something
that
unfortunately,
we're
just
going
to
have
to
address
at
some
point
in
time
in
some
way.
But
it's
it's
where
we're
at
currently
and
we'll
explore
other
opportunities
as
they
become
available.
B
Division
chief,
so
you
were,
as
you
were,
running
through
the
numbers.
So
you
said:
Chicago's
got
25
million
estimated
damage
from
the
January
10th
through
11th
storm,
and
then
you
said,
12
million
in
the
other
five
communities,
because
to
do
the
whole
Cook
County
to
see
if
they
can
qualify
and
so
Evanston's
half
of
that
other
12
that
12
million.
Since
our
estimates,
like
6
million
about.
B
Had
a
question
from
one
of
the
federal
officials,
our
elected
officials,
the
other
day,
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
understand
that
next
questions
for
Laura,
so
you
know
mitigation,
funding
from
FEMA
and
everything
I
know
a
little
about
it
is,
you
know
really
intended
to
protect?
You
know
infrastructure
and
then
life
or
safety.
So
can
you
just
give
us
a
sense
of
what
the
infrastructure
is
along
the
lake
front
that
we're
protecting
because
of
a
lot
of
our
lakefront
obviously
is
public
and
I
know
we
have
some
bathrooms
and
things
like
that.
B
I
So
we
have
along
the
lakefront.
If
you
start
at
the
south
end,
we
have
Sheridan
Road,
where
it
goes
along
the
cemetery
from
the
limits
of
Chicago
up
to
South
Boulevard.
We
have
then
South
Boulevard
Beach.
We
have
a
number
of
beaches
as
you
go
continue
north.
We
also
have
several
parks,
including
Garden
Park,
Clark,
Square
and
Elliot
Park
towards
the
northern
end
is
a
lighthouse
beach.
Not
all
of
these
have
been
equally
impacted,
just
speaking
with
engineering
staff
at
different
firms.
I
The
the
depth
of
the
water
right
in
front
of
where
your
rock
wall
is
can
have
a
tremendous
impact
on
the
directionality
of
the
waves
and
how
hard
they
hit.
If
you
only
have
three
feet
of
water
pretty
far
out,
your
waves
are
only
going
to
be
three
feet
tall.
If
you
have
15
feet
of
water
pretty
quickly,
then
you
can
get
15-foot
tall
waves,
so
it
really
varies
quite
a
lot
and
not
all
of
the
parks
are
equally
affected.
I
We
have
three
beach
houses
for
if
you
include
the
one
at
the
new
one
at
Clark
Street,
which
doesn't
seem
to
be
as
close
to
the
water
and
it's
not
as
impacted
potentially
as
South
Boulevard
Lee
Street
in
Greenwood
Beach.
And
then
we
have
the
water
utility.
The
water
utility
has
a
more
hardened
lakefront,
but
it
is
something
that
we're
asking
the
consultants
to
look
at
to
make
sure
that
there
isn't
any
danger
to
our
actual
utility
infrastructure
right.
B
So,
just
so,
everybody
understands
the
the
amount
of
Hazard
Mitigation
funds.
This
is
this
404
program.
It's
a
competitive
program,
those
that
are
going
to
get
those
generally
speaking,
are
protecting
critic
and
critical
infrastructure.
They
aren't
going
to
view
beaches
that
way,
or
you
know
bathrooms
and
things
like
that.
They
certainly
would
view
the
water
utility
in
that
way.
So
I'm
just
keep
that
in
mind.
Other
questions,
alderman
Fisk.
J
Lara,
so
private
property
is
not
included
in
this.
This
is
just
public
property,
but
I'm
interested
in
how
it
all
works
together
as
a
whole
I
mean
we.
We
know
what
northwestern
has
done
on
its
lakefront
and
I'm,
assuming
that
that
looks
pretty
solid,
but
there
are
waves
coming
over
that
on
the
other
side,
I
see
them
all
the
time.
So
how
does?
How
does
the
whole
length
of
Evanston,
including
public
and
private
property,
work
together
if
we
fix
our
our
little
public
park?
I
You're
right,
the
vast
majority
is
public
property.
We
actually
have
relatively
little
private
property
along
the
lakefront
and
historically,
at
least
in
the
last
10
to
20
years
that
I'm
aware
of
they.
The
city
has
not
done
any
investment
on
the
lakefront
along
private
property.
We
actually
had
some
situations
in
the
last
couple
years,
where
we've
had
private
property
owners
who
have
been
working
to
shore
up
their
own
lakefront.
How
what
we
do
would
impact
things.
I
It
is
a
shockingly
local
problem
as
near
as
I
can
tell,
because
so
much
depends
just
on
the
character
of
the
lakefront
right
in
front
of
where
you're
looking
when
we
do
things
like
build
those
groin
walls
that
go
perpendicular
out
from
the
lake
that
breaks
up
kind
of
all
wave
action
and
benefits
everybody,
but
the
further
away.
You
are
from
that,
the
less
it's
going
to
matter.
I,
don't
think
it's
very
likely
that
the
stuff
we're
going
to
do
is
really
going
to
impact
in
a
negative
way,
the
private
property.
B
G
I
mean
we
felt
it
was
important
to
share
all
this
information
with
the
council
to
give
an
overview
of
sort
of
the
issues
facing
the
city
long
term.
Certainly,
there's
going
to
be
things
that
we
can
do
in
the
short
term
and
things
that
we
can
do
in
the
long
term
and
all
of
those
have
varying
price
tags
but
important
to
discuss
the
issue
and
talk
about
some
of
these
grants
that
we
may
be
applying
for,
as
they
will
have
some
level
of
matching
component.
G
So
as
we
have
more
information
about
those
we'll
bring
that
forward,
but
it
seems
like
there's
general
consensus
to
proceed
with
at
least
doing
the
initial
study
with
the
Smith
group,
so
that
would
be
brought
forward
to
you
on
a
future
agenda
for
an
award
and
then
we'll
go
from
there.
Our
next
steps,
okay,.
I
B
G
B
Right,
thank
you.
Okay,
those
are
the
two
special
orders
of
business:
we're
not
going
to
move
to
the
consent
agenda
and
we're
going
to
approach
the
consent
agenda.
The
way
we
have
been
lately,
which
is
I'm,
going
to
ask
the
aldermen
to
take
a
couple
minutes
and
identify
any
items
that
you
would
like
to
pull
off
the
consent
agenda.
It's
called
a
mere
a
bite
of.
B
B
L
I
like
to
take
the
minutes
off,
because
there
is
a
statement
in
minutes
in
the
color
of
the
wards:
okay
in
the
January
27
minutes
that
I
said
in
color
the
wards
that
Northlight
Theatre
pays
87
paid
eighty
seven
thousand
dollars
in
property
taxes
and
what
I
said
was
that
Northlight
theater
is
removing
a
property
from
the
tax
rolls
that
paid.
Eighty
seven
thousand.
A
L
D
B
L
A
A
AN
A
A
AO
B
L
L
AF
B
AT
L
Ordinance
2000
2008
idled,
10
chapter
4,
section
one
stopping
standing
or
parking
prohibited
and
specific
places.
That
is
awfully
consent
agenda.
It
did
not
receive
a
second
when
it
was
moved
for
introduction.
Therefore,
I
remove
it
from
the
council's
agenda
moving
right
along
item
a
7,
the
reason
that
is,
applicants
and
agenda
because
Alderman
when
removed
her
request
for
introduction
action
and
it
was
only
introduced
so
I-
believe
we
left
it
on.
L
AO
B
S
S
AO
So
mr.
mayor
members
of
committee,
so
I
raised
this
concern
last
week
and
I'm
gonna
bring
it
up
again.
I
want
to
thank
Johanna
for
the
explanation
there
gonna
be
a
lot
of
steps,
are
gonna,
be
taken
to
help
our
residents
but
I'm
still
concerned
about
the
fee
schedule.
That's
laid
out
on
page
218
currently
for
the
first
violation.
It's
a
hundred
and
fifty
again
their
circumstances
and
steps
that
lead
up
to
this.
The
second
violation
is
four
hundred
and
then
the
third
third
and
subsequent
violation
goes
up
to
750.
AO
So
I'd
like
to
make
an
amendment,
and
hopefully
I'll
have
a
second
I
think
the
goal
of
this
is
to
drive
compliancy
charging
a
fee
as
aldermen
suffered
and
said
earlier
in
our
committee,
still
doesn't
relieve
the
problem,
so
my
amendment
will
be
for
the
first
offense
fifty
for
the
second
fine
one
hundred
and
then
for
the
third
fine
one.
Fifty
I'm
looking
for
a
second.
AQ
AT
A
D
AT
J
We
need
to
really
understand
that
there,
the
it
there
is
a
hardship,
that's
associated
with
this,
not
in
our
business
areas,
though
I
mean
those.
Those
sidewalks
should
be
cleaned
absolutely
right
away,
and
some
of
the
biggest
offenders
in
the
business
area
are
the
largest
CTA
to
one
of
them,
and
so
I
think
that
we
really
need
to
look
at
that.
A
a
fine
isn't
going
to
affect
a
commercial
business
owner
or
property
owner
in
the
same
way
that
it's
going
to
going
to
impact
a
resident.
A
AT
If
all
they've
been
doing
this
for
about
six
weeks
and
I
would
say
that
would
be
challenging
because
some
of
the
areas
in
Evanston,
because
we're
an
older
community
have
residential
commercials
and
there's
properties
that
have
commercial
and
residential
all
stacked
on
top
of
each
other.
So
it
also
is
not
always
apparent
to
an
inspector.
Even
though
our
inspectors
are
very
good
and
they
they've
gotten
to
Evanston
quite
well,
they
may
not
know
what
their
deal.
If
is
it
a
commercial
entity?
Is
it
a
residential
and
in
some
of
we
have?
AT
We
do
have
some
properties
in
Evanston
that
we've
adjusted
that
have
a
storefront,
but
there's
actually
residents
it's
in
them
on
the
ground-floor.
Now
so,
and
then
do
you
treat
somebody
who
is
running
a
business
as
a
residential
building?
Is
that
is
that
considered
a
commercial
operation
because
much
like
some
of
the
commercial
businesses?
There
are
it's
a
business,
it's
not
somebody's
our
homes
where
we
reside
it's
it's
just
it's
a
business.
AN
Think
I
think
most
of
the
points
have
been
kind
of
raised
already.
Yeah
I
personally
I'm
gonna
want
the
time
between
our
next
meeting
to
think
more
about
this
I.
Don't
I
don't
feel
like
I'm
gonna
come
to
any
conclusions
with
finality,
but
you
know
there
is
a
difference
between
you
know:
an
apartment
building
when
your
landlord
shovel
snow
or
single
family
house
and
somebody's
obviously
on
vacation,
for
you
know
whatever
a
week,
and
they
you
know,
don't
find
a
kid
in
the
neighborhood
to
do
it
for
three
days.
AN
L
Let's
say
it's
Sunday
and
we
get
three
or
four
inches
forget
about
the
amount
of
snow,
but
we
get
snow
and
somebody
calls
up
on
Monday
morning
and
says
that
merchants,
a
B
and
C
on
Sherman
Avenue
didn't
do
a
thing
about
sibling.
Okay,
so
as
an
inspector
goes
out
and
tickets
a
B
and
C.
What
tell
us
tell
us
the
next
tell
us
what
happened.
AT
Sure
sure
so,
let's
say
on
Sunday,
the
snow
has
stopped
at
noon,
so
they
call
us
on
Monday
and
we
would
go
out
around
noon
after
24
hours
as
a
last.
What
would
happen
then?
Is
they
would
get
a
Notice
of
Violation,
so
they
would
not
get
a
ticket,
they
would
get.
I
mentioned
it
at
a
APW,
we're
creating
ass
notice,
which
is
a
kinder
gentler
notice
that
you
need
to
comply
with
with
the
local
ordinance.
L
AT
P
Z
AT
L
L
Mean
that
sidewalk
could
stay
10
days
without
being
shoveled
if
the
snow,
if
the
weather
stays
cold
and
then
maybe
after
10
days,
if
that
Judge
feels
like
banging
them,
maybe
they'll
they're
fine,
maybe
they
won't.
Maybe
the
guy
will
say
and
I
shoveled
it
this
morning
and
the
and
the
inspector
might
go
out
that
morning
before
administrative
adjudication
in
the
afternoon
and
sure
enough.
The
guy
shoveled
it
after
12
days
so
I
mean
this
whole
thing.
L
Generate
compliance,
we
should
have
24
hours
and
then
a
fine
on
commercial.
There
is
no
excuse,
not
it's
not
effective.
I
just
tried
to
show
you,
it
is
not
effective.
It's
like
garbage
garbage.
We
give
tickets
tickets
tickets
tickets,
it's
not
effective,
we
can
have
the
biggest
fine
in
the
world,
but
our
system
does
not
produce
compliance.
AP
Will
be
brief
here
because
I
don't
want
to
belabor
this
any
longer
and
we
will
have
two
weeks
to
think
about
it.
I
I
recognize
that
people
are
out
of
town,
sometimes
and
I
would
suggest
that
and
I
think
the
issue
that
all
of
us
here
in
from
our
residential
districts
is
the
chronic
non
shovelers
who
always
seemed
to
live
on
a
corner,
but
so
I
think
they
I
like
the
idea
of
this
notice.
AP
It's
notice
and
perhaps
the
first
fine
should
be
lower,
for
instance,
a
fifty
dollar
fine,
but
it's
the
second
fine
I'm,
assuming
that
we
that
maybe
they
won't
get
called
instantly
again.
But
the
second
fine
to
me
would,
if
that's
significantly
higher,
because
it's
the
the
folks
who
really
don't
do
it.
AP
You
know
that
that
you
know
they
may
eventually
shovel
one
shovel
with
wide
just
between
their
house
and
the
street,
and
those
are
the
folks
that
I
find
really
really
difficult
to
deal
with,
because
once
it
freezes
into
the
ice
Peaks,
then
what
do
you
do?
So
perhaps
we
have
this
a
lower
initial
fine,
but
then
it's
the
as
we
said
that
it
escalates
up,
but
I
do
recognize.
AP
J
AP
AT
AP
J
AT
We
and
and
economic
development
regularly
has
conversations
about
the
snow
removal
one
and
generally
they
get.
We
work
very
hard.
We
walk
the
districts
when
this
after
the
snow,
oh
I'm,
thinking
of
a
large
event
in
last
January,
and
then
we
went
into
the
polar
vortex
or
it
was
really
critical
to
get
the
snow
out
of
the
business
districts
and
the
good
news
on
some
level
is
our
inspectors
know
exactly
who
doesn't
shovel
their
snow.
AT
So
we
can
call
the
inspectors
and
say:
where
should
we
go
target
our
visits
and
they
can
tell
us-
and
it's
almost
down
to
the
point
to
the
ultimen
winds
point
about
the
you
know
the
one
walkway
they
observe,
what
I
talk
to
them
today?
They
observe
more
often
residents
clearing
that
path
wherever
their
car
is
and
so
that
the
their
lack
of
capacity
to
clear
snow
on
their
sidewalk
is
isn't
really
a
viable
excuse.
AT
J
J
B
J
B
Right
so
that
that
amendment
by
alderman
Braithwaite
has
been
withdrawn.
So
this
item
is
for
introduction
and
what
I
would
say
to
the
interim
city
manager
is
having
heard
the
discussion
up
here
if
it
passes
for
introduction
tonight,
if
you
can
work
with
the
city
staff
based
on
this
conversation
and
think
more
about
the
fines.
Definitely.
G
B
AA
B
L
Ordinance
12,
o
20
and
then
class
r1
liquor
license
from
0
to
1
for
levy
premium
food
service,
limited
partnership,
2705
Ashland
Avenue.
This
is
recommended
by
the
Liquor
Commission
Commissioner
for
levy
limited
partnership,
doing
business
as
levy
at
Welch
Ryan
arena
2705,
Ashland
Avenue.
This
is
for
action.
I
move
approval.
Second,.
B
B
B
B
AO
B
I'm
trying
to
think
I
yeah
have
they
applied
for
other
things
before
no,
they
had
not
I
pretty
much
went
back
and
asked
city
staff
how
this
had
been
done
in
the
past,
since
I
haven't
done
a
compensation
committee.
Just
so
everybody
understands
the
compensation
committee
is
put
together
every
four
years.
It
is
not
that
committee
making
recommendations
regarding
the
current
seated.
You
know
mayor
and
city,
council
and
clerk.
It's
for
the
next.
B
You
know
group
of
people
which
maybe
some
of
the
people
here
may
not
be,
and
it
is
for
their
comp,
their
compensation
and
the
practice
has
been
in
the
past
that
the
mayor,
you
know,
selects
people
in
the
community
that
they
think
would
be
good
for
the
compensation
committee.
I
did
talk
to
the
chair
previously,
who
had
had
done
this
and
he
had
been
the
chair
actually
for
the
last
two
and
he
had
recommended
that
there
be
five
members
of
the
committee
in
the
past.
B
There
had
been
four
members
and
he
thought
it
was
important
that
it
be
an
odd
number,
so
I
looked
to
have
five
in
terms
of
the
the
people
that
I
sought
out
and
asked.
I
was
looking
for
somebody
who
understood
the
work
of
the
folks
up
here
at
the
Dyess
in
so
Cheryl
woollen
I
asked
who's
a
very
active
member
of
the
League
of
Women
Voters,
but
also
former
aldermen.
So
she
understands
much
of
the
work
that's
done
here.
B
So
I
asked
if
she
would
sit
on
this
rather
ad
hoc
committee,
this
committee
literally
will
meet
for
you
know,
four
or
five
months.
They
have
to
have
a
report
to
us
by
the
end
of
June.
So
time
is
sort
of
of
the
essence
here
and
then
Rick
Marsh
is
pretty
active
in
Evanston.
He's
the
on
the
board
of
Kurt's
cafe
and
Rick
had
a
30
year
corporate
career,
so
I
asked
Rick
I.
Think
it's
a
pretty
representative
group
of
people
I
think
they've
got
a
good
skill
set
to
serve
on
this
on
this
committee.
B
D
AQ
You
all
are
invited
to
our
fifth
Ward
meeting
this
Wednesday
7:00
p.m.
here
at
the
Civic
Center
in
room,
G,
300
and
happy
Black
History
Month,
and
wants
you
all
to
enjoy
the
african-american
or
Pan
African
flag
that
has
been
raised
here
at
the
Civic
Center,
as
well
as
Fleetwood
Jourdain.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AS
H
L
Thank
you
on
February
27th,
at
the
levy
Center
at
7:30,
we're
going
in
the
locust
room,
we're
going
to
have
a
meeting
regarding
pretty
much
only
the
recycling
center
reuse,
so
everybody's
welcome
to
come
to
that
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
everybody
in
my
neighborhood
does
a
great
job
shoveling.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
AO
You
smear
just
to
us,
I'll
say:
award
residents
this
Thursday
at
7
p.m.
at
the
district
65
Center.
We
will
host
our
monthly
second
Ward
meeting.
7
p.m.
I'd
also
like
to
make
a
referral
to
staff
to
develop
a
comprehensive
accessory
dwelling
unit
regulations.
Take
a
close
look
at
that
to
include
attached
accessory
dwelling
units,
for
example,
basements
and
attics.
AN
I'm,
just
gonna
reiterate
what
Ottomans
suffer
Manipuri
and
out
the
traffic
officers
would
prefer
to
write
no
tickets.
Okay,
really
important
concern
about
the
traffic
safety,
and
you
know,
for
example,
Ridge.
Despite
the
changes
we've
made
in
the
improvements,
it's
still
not
great,
so
Ridge
around
the
schools,
I've
spent
some
time
talking
to
some
of
the
crossing
guards.
AN
I
spend
some
time
seeing
the
crossing
guards
deal
with
some
of
the
challenges
and,
for
example,
if
there's
a
human
being
standing
in
front
of
your
car
with
a
sign
that
says
stop
you
know,
you
should
really
respect
that.
You
know
as
a
signage.
At
that
point,
a
little
bit
becomes
a
little
bit
superfluous
I've.
You
know
that's
just
that
some
of
the
stuff
that
I've
personally
seen
particularly
around
Washington,
so
please
just
be
thoughtful,
conscientious
and
safe
when
you're
on
the
road
in
a
vehicle.
AN
So
with
that
no
further
reports,
I
do
have
a
motion
for
executive
session
and
I
just
lost
the
page
pursuant
to
v
Illinois
compiled
statutes,
ilcs
120,
/,
2a
I,
move
that
the
City
Council
convened
into
executive
session
to
discuss
the
Genoese
agenda
items
regarding
litigation.
I
think
that's
all
we're
gone
for
today.
The
agenda
items
are
permitted
subjects
to
be
considered
in
an
executive
session
and
is
an
enumerated
exception
on
a
people
meetings
act.
The
exception
is
five
ILCs
120
/,
2a
c
11.