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B
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
City
Clerk
welcome
everybody
to
the
Monday
November
18th
2019
Evanston
City
Council
meeting.
We
are
expecting
all
of
our
aldermen
here
tonight.
I
think
we
just
are
waiting
for
one
more
that
will
arrive,
but
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
and
get
tonight
started
just
at
the
top
of
the
order.
So
folks
know
the
agenda
is
slightly
different.
I
had
announced
that
last
week
at
the
Evanston
City
Council
meeting
I'm
gonna
have
we're
gonna,
have
a
city
council,
equity
training.
A
We
have
a
special
guest
here
who
the
city
manager
will
will
introduce
shortly
and
then
we're
going
to
go
into
special
orders
of
business.
The
special
orders
of
business
are
related
to
the
2020
Evanston
City
Council
budget,
and
all
these
items
are
up
for
introduction
today.
So
one
of
the
most
important
things
that
we
do
is
passing
a
budget
every
year,
and
so
we're
going
to
do
that
and
then
the
last
item
on
today's
agenda
will
be
public
comment.
A
You
know
assuming
this
training
less
about
an
hour
and
the
budget
I'm
guessing
goes
an
hour
to
an
hour
and
a
half
we're
probably
looking
at
public
comment.
Starting
around
8:15
8:30
would
be
my
guess
all
right,
so
with
that
city
manager.
If
you
want
to
take
us
to
the
first
item
of
business
tonight,
Thank.
C
D
D
So
again,
thanks
for
the
invitation
I'm
very
happy
to
be
back
to
help
you
think
through
some
of
the
issues
related
to
racial
equity,
and
so
as
a
continuation
of
our
last
training
I'm
just
going
to
sort
of
dive
right
into
thinking
more
concretely
about
the
concept
of
racial
equity.
Racial
equity
is
the
condition
that
would
be
achieved
if
one's
racial
identity
no
longer
predicted
in
a
statistical
sense.
D
How
one
fares,
when
we
use
the
term
we're
thinking
about
racial
equity
as
one
part
of
racial
justice,
and
thus
we
also
include
work
to
address
the
root
inequities,
not
just
their
manifestation.
This
includes
elimination
of
policies,
practices,
attitudes
and
cultural
messages
that
reinforce
differential
outcomes
by
race
and
ethnicity
or
fail
to
eliminate
them,
and
so
this
definition
is
pretty
common
in
the
literature
that
I
work
in
this
one
is
proliferated
by
the
the
WK
Kellogg
Foundation,
which
makes
a
lot
of
grants
particularly
to
cities.
Keep
that
in
mind
for
promoting
racial
equity
work.
D
It's
also
been
picked
up
by
the
government
government
Alliance
on
race
and
equity,
its
definition
which
they
have
been
proliferating
in
a
lot
of
City
and
municipal
governance
entities,
and
you
know
their
language
and
a
report
that
they
released
also
goes
a
step
further
than
the
definition
it
says.
Equality
and
equity
are
sometimes
used
interchangeably,
but
actually
convey
significantly
different
ideas.
D
Equity
is
about
fairness,
while,
while
equality-
sorry
it's
about
sameness,
we're
not
interested
in
closing
the
gaps
by
equalizing,
subpar
results,
and
so
the
point
that
gare
is
making
there
is
that
you
could
achieve
sort
of
equality
by
lowering
the
conditions
of
the
privileged
group
to
that
of
the
the
group
that
is
marginalized
and
that's
the
outcome
that
no
one
involved
in
government
wants.
The
goal
is
to
raise
everyone
up
to
a
standard
where
the
conditions
are
good,
and
so
some
other
key
concepts
that
we
talked
about
before.
D
But
we
should
just
keep
in
mind
as
we
move
forward
is
the
concept
of
racial
hierarchy.
Racial
hierarchies
are
systems
of
societal
stratification
that
assigns
social
status,
and/or
citizenship
rights,
based
on
the
view
that
some
races
and
ethnicities
are
superior
to
others.
Racism
is
an
ideology
that
links
essentialist
representations
of
human
bodies,
to
structures
of
social
domination
and
justifies
racial
hierarchies
diversity.
The
range
of
human
differences,
including,
but
not
limited
to
race,
ethnicity,
immigration,
status,
gender
identity,
sexual
orientation,
physical
abilities,
religion
and
National.
Origins.
D
D
Design
thinking
and
how,
when
you're,
trying
out
new
policy
initiatives,
you
can
move
through
this
process
of
empathize
define
id8
prototype
and
test.
We
talked
a
lot
about
being
at
the
stage
of
ideation
and
prototyping,
and
so
the
best
way
for
I
think
you
to
move
forward
would
be
to
borrow
the
racial
equity
framework
that
is
provided
by
Gere
right,
and
so
what
Guerra
calls
for
and
the
best
practices
for
promoting
racial
equity
are
that
governments
use
a
shared
racial
equity
framework.
They
build
organizational
capacity
through
training.
Well,
your
doing
that
right.
D
That
empowers
both
elected
officials
and
staff.
They
implement
racial
equity
tools,
they're
data-driven,
they
partner
with
other
institutions,
again
you're
doing
that
and
communities,
and
they
communicate
and
act
with
urgency,
and
so
the
two
things
that
I
thought
it
was
most
important
for
you
to
focus
on
in
this
short
session
are
the
shared
racial
equity
framework
and
the
racial
equity
tools,
and
so
the
shared
racial
equity
framework
that
comes
from
gare
says
that
city
leaders
must
understand
the
historical
role
of
government
laws,
policies
and
practices
in
creating
and
maintaining
racial
inequities.
D
City
leaders
must
proffer
definitions
of
racial
equity
and
racial
inequity,
so
that's
very
important
step
racial
equity.
We
have
a
general
sense
of
what
it
is,
but
every
city
locale
has
very
different
set
of
circumstances.
You
can
imagine
a
city
that
has
a
demographic
composition
where
the
the
dynamic
isn't
the
sort
of
classic
white
black
and
inequality
gaps.
Perhaps
it
is
Latino
white.
Perhaps
it
is
Asian
black
and
you've
got
to
think
through
the
structures.
D
What's
structuring
the
racial
inequality
before
you
move
to
address
it
through
a
policy
prescription,
and
so
that
means
every
city
must
define
racial
equity
and
inequity
based
on
its
context,
and
so
that's
a
very
important
first
step.
City
leaders
must
be
clear
about
their
definitions
of
explicit
bias
and
implicit
bias.
Two
forms
of
bias
that
drive
the
proliferation
of
inequities
in
government
practices
and
in
the
administration
of
government
policies
and
see
leaders
must
understand
the
differences
between
individual,
institutional
and
structural
racism.
D
D
Is
there
and
so
that's
institutional
racism
right
and
then
it
boils
down
into
the
practice
of
institutions.
But
structural
racism
means
the
way
that
all
the
different
institutions
in
the
city,
the
way
that
they
connect
up
and
how
they
shape
racial
inequality
and
racial
inequities
within
the
entire
ecosystem
of
your
government,
and
so
it's
very
important
to
get
a
handle
on
those
three
different
types
of
of
racism.
And
once
you
do
these
four
steps.
D
You've
essentially
built
your
equity
framework
and
that's
what
I
urge
you
know
everyone
to
do
in
terms
of
following
best
practices,
the
tools,
racial
equity
tools,
are
models
for
decision
making
and
policy
analysis
that
proactively
identify
opportunities
to
advance
equity
via
consideration
of
expanded
policies,
practices,
programs
or
partnerships
to
achieve
maximum
benefit.
Racial
equity
tools,
identify
clear
goals
and
objectives
to
set
measurable
outcomes
and
develop
mechanisms
for
successful
implementation.
So
what
is
this?
This
is
essentially
a
script
for
thinking
about
any
public
policy
that
you
have
on
the
books.
D
It's
essentially
a
way
to
walk
through
a
checklist
and
to
say
is
this
ordinance?
Is
this
proposal?
Is
it
furthering
the
status
structure
of
racial
inequities
that
we
have
in
our
society?
Is
it
alleviating
the
racial
inequities?
And
so
once
you
develop
that
script,
that's
right
for
your
city.
You
can
apply
that
to
every
action
that
you
undertake,
and
so
the
most
powerful
concept
way
to
think
about
racial
equity
is
to
think
about
it.
D
Looking
at
how
things
were
going
and
that's
the
kind
of
retrospective
work
what's
on
the
books
and
how
is
it
working
in
this
sort
of
the
structure
of
the
racial
ecosystem
to
promote
equity
or
inequity
prospective
work
is
what
I
think
is
the
work
of
legislators?
What
are
you
going
to
pass?
What
are
you
going
to
do
with
the
budget
to
make
sure
that
you
are
working
toward
racial
equity
and
so
Madison
Wisconsin's
a
great
case
study?
It's
not
not
far
away
from
us.
It's
not
that
different
from
us.
D
In
terms
of
size,
in
2013,
the
city
council,
commission,
to
study
focused
on
racial
inequities
in
health
care
and
access
to
city
services
2014.
They
dedicated
thirty-five
city,
employees
from
various
departments
and
they
developed
a
racial
equity
tool
to
evaluate
existing
programs
within
the
city
and
2015.
The
City
Council
passed
a
resolution
to
focus
on
three
areas:
city
operations,
budgeting
and
community
to
advance
equity.
D
In
these
three
areas,
I've
done
a
sort
of
a
meta-analysis
of
what
cities
have
done
around
racial
equity
work
and
the
five
areas
that
are
most
frequently
targeted
are
schooling,
transportation,
criminal
justice,
housing
and
workforce
development,
and
so
within
those
kinds
of
policy
regimes.
That's
where
most
of
the
racial
equity
work
is
done
in
cities,
and
so
that
is
20
minutes.
I.
Think
that's
right
on
time.
Thank
you.
E
C
Is
good,
this
is
new
for
me.
Thank
you
very
much.
So
I
know
that.
There's
a
lot
of
discussion
points
that
the
council
wanted
to
cover
this
evening
as
relates
to
this
so
I
think.
Maybe
we
would
just
open
it
up
for
questions
to
begin
and
then
try
to
get
answers
to
some
of
the
things
that
we've
been
talking
about
thus
far.
F
D
F
Right
so
I
know
when
mr.
Richardson
did
the
social
service
review.
She
used
a
racial
equity
framework.
Mr.
Richardson,
can
you
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
your
framework
worked
and
then,
as
we
think
about
this
slide,
I
know
that
in
our
first
session
that
my
peers
really
liked
the
Stanford
model.
So
if
you
can
flip
back
there
to
I'm
sorry.
D
F
D
D
F
G
City
Council
this
deputy
city
manager,
complete
Richardson.
So
when
we
were
going
through
the
process
of
evaluating
the
social
services
programs,
what
we
did
was
go
through
what
we
call
the
six
six
step
process,
which
is
something
that
gare
has
been
able
to
share
with
communities,
and
so
what
that
include
is
understanding.
G
You
know
you
set
the
outcomes
looking
at
key
community
community
indicators
as
well
as
looking
at
the
analysis
the
day
that
you're
going
to
be
looking
at
in
order
to
make
determination
of
if
a
program
or
policy
recommendation
is
going
to
harm.
Or
is
it
going
to
create
fairness?
We
involve
stakeholders,
so
this
next
step
is
to
involve
stakeholders
during
our
social
services
review.
G
Well,
we
maybe
need
to
consolidate
all
of
our
social
services
under
one
umbrella
under
one
department,
in
order
to
streamline
our
social
services,
access
versus
it
being
Department
separated
under
three
departments.
And
then
we
looked
at
those
decisions
and
then
we
said
well,
how
do
those
decision
advance
opportunity
or
maximize
or
or
minimize
harm?
G
Looking
at
how
we
fund
our
social
services
programs
or
our
external
partners
and
how
we're
funding
and
ensuring
that
those
funding
dollars
are
actually
meeting
the
needs
of
our
community
members
and
that
we
are
setting
the
criteria
for
what
those
funding
dollars
are
supposed
to
be
utilized
for
versus
the
community
or
versus
the
partners
telling
us
how
they
would
utilize
the
funding.
And
then
we
will
be
looking
at
evaluating
and
continues
to
hold
ourselves
accountable.
G
So
now
that
we
are
looking
at
a
consolidation,
we
haven't
gone
through
the
program
part
of
it,
and
so
the
next
step
with
our
social
services
part,
are
the
social
services.
Programs
is
to
actually
look
at
programs
and
to
do
as
what
was
stated
going
through
each
program
and
looking
at
how
those
programs
are
they're
actually
providing
the
outcome
for
which
are
people's
lives
better
off,
because
these
programs,
and
if
they're
not.
How
can
we
make
those
programs
better
or
do
we
even
need
the
programs?
G
Do
we
see
that
we're
duplicating
services
that
maybe
a
nonprofit
does
a
better
job
in
in
ministering,
and
maybe
we
need
to
give
funding
to
that
and
so
there's
more
steps
to
this.
But
those
were
the
six
steps
and
it
took
six
months
to
just
do
those
six
steps.
But,
as
you
begin
to
practice
this
in
continued
I
staff
get
to
learn
how
to
do
these
steps.
It
will
be
more
streamlined
and,
as
we
move
move
ahead.
H
I
J
A
Wish
that
wasn't
always
the
case
so
at
the
last
City
Council
meeting
you
know
this
City
Council
moved
in
a
direction
that
I'm
not
quite
sure
that
many
communities
or
I'm
not
I'd,
be
interested
to
know
if
any
communities
have
moved
in
in
making
a
decision
to
set
aside
cannabis
revenue.
Okay,
that's
coming
online
for
the
new
year
and
creating
a
reparations
fund.
A
Okay,
now,
there's
there's
two
two
challenges:
one
is
finding
the
revenue
source,
okay
and
so
that
and
the
council
have
some
more
discussion
has
found
it,
but
the
second
and
we've
got
a
subcommittee
working
on
this
is
to
think
about
how
we
might
then
allocate
that
money-
or
you
know
if
we've
got
a
reparations
fund,
so
I
just
I,
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
us.
I
mean
somebody
like
your
yourself
who
is
working
day
in
and
day
out
on
this
issue
of
racial
equity.
K
D
When
I
went
through
the
the
concepts,
so
you
can
see,
reparations
is
one
of
the
concepts
and
again,
as
I
said
in
the
first
training
and
as
I'm
saying
now,
there
are
different
policy
regimes
for
getting
at
the
the
problem
of
racial
inequities.
And
so
you
know
some
people
believe
that
you
take
the
colorblind
model
and
you
just
try
to
get
as
many
diverse
bodies
into
an
institution
or
space
as
possible
because
again,
under
the
old
Jim
Crow
order,
where
we
had
the
racial
hierarchy,
White's
were
privileged.
D
Everyone
else
is
disadvantaged,
and
so
the
theory
there,
which
is
the
theory
that
undergirds
a
lot
of
the
diversity
policies
that
we
currently
have,
is
that
any
disruption
of
all
white
spaces
is
a
good
thing
for
for
racial
equity.
We
found
in
the
social
sciences
that
that's
not
necessarily
the
case,
and
it
doesn't
get
to
the
ones
that
are
perhaps
most
pronounced
in
our
society
right
and
so
a
firm
ative
action
is
omits
like
the
next
step
up
from
kind
of
just
pushing
for
diversity
policies.
D
If
we
go
back
to
that
Stanford
model,
what
you're
gonna
need
to
do
is
is
not
be
afraid
to
prototype
and
test
I
mean
particularly
something
like
a
reparations.
Fine
you're
gonna
have
to
think
about
things
like
you
know.
Who
are
the
beneficiaries?
What
are
the
potential
you
know
challenges
with
the
scope
of
the
program,
particularly
how
much
is
the
is
the
fun
going
to
be
I
mean.
D
So
I
mean
you
know:
what
will
that?
What
will
those
funds
be
be
used
for?
Will
they
be
for
direct
transfers?
Will
they
be
for
programming?
I?
Think
I,
think
that
you
know.
Obviously,
ten
million
dollars
sounds
like
a
lot
of
money,
but
you
know
I
think
you
will
need
to
think
creatively
about
how
to
make
that
last
and
so
the
cash
transfer
model,
I
think,
is
probably
not
the
best
model.
D
D
I
think
you've
just
got
to
figure
out
what's
right
for
Evanston
and
and
testing
it,
but
but
I'll
say
that
if
you
do
this,
you
will
be
a
national
leader
and
the
national
model-
and
you
know
guys
like
me-
are
gonna,
come
here
and
want
to
study
what
you
do
and
I
think
that's
a
good
thing.
I
think
that
we
should
deploy
all
of
these
tools,
because
we
don't
really
know
what
works
until
we
until
we
try
it.
D
But
I
do
know
that
you
know
equity
is
a
sort
of
it's
it's
it's
it's
an
operating
framework
for
governance.
It
is
not
just
creating
sort
of
one
solution
to
one
problem
or
set
of
problems,
and
then
you've
got
to
be
careful
because
anything
that
you
do
to
create
equity
for
say
marginalized
groups
cannot
reduce
privileged
groups
to
a
condition
where
they
are
now
marginalised
right
and
so,
as
we
know,
with
the
affirmative
action
regime,
if
we
just
go
back
to
you
know
that
affirmative
action
regime
has
come
under
challenge.
D
So
since
nineteen
you
know
about
1965
or
so
affirmative
action
has
helped
about
five
hundred
thousand
six
hundred
thousand
african-americans
go
to
150
colleges
and
universities.
Right,
that's
less
than
one
half
of
one
percent
of
the
black
population
and
conservative
forces
have
spent
upwards
of
a
hundred
and
fifty
million
dollars
challenging
its
status
in
court,
because
they're
saying
you're
violating
my
equal
protection,
you're
violating
my
rights,
and
so
you
can
imagine
that
anything
that
you
do
in
this
area
will
be
challenged.
D
But
that
doesn't
mean
you
shouldn't
do
it
and
it
doesn't
mean
that
it's
not
a
tool,
but
you
just
got
to
be
really
clear
about
what
you're,
what
you're
doing
what
your
plan
is
so
I,
don't
know
if
that's
helpful,
that's
how
I
see
it
but
I
do
support
the
broader
concept
of
reparations.
I
do
support
federal
government
transfers
because,
as
I
said
in
the
last
training,
the
federal
governments
are
the
ones
that
created
this
burden,
and
so
okay.
L
You
mr.
Barrett,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
presentation.
So
there
was
something
that
you
share.
That
I
was
taking
notes
in
terms
of
ways
of
achieving
the
racial
equity.
So
I
wrote
down
school
criminal
justice
transportation
in
the
top
three.
That
I
would
like
to
see
us
as
a
body
pay
attention
as
housing
options.
Yes,.
L
Partnerships
that
would
involve
Northwestern
and
Oakton
and
then
something
that
I
think
we're
doing
now,
which
is
Workforce
Development
based
on
the
mayor's
committee
and
expanding
business
opportunities,
something
that
I
focused
saw
it
with
all
the
ministers
autumn,
Simmons
so
I,
don't
know
if
you
could
just
share
a
little
bit
about,
maybe
those
top
three
like
housing
opportunities.
I
was
really
thankful
when
you
brought
up
the
University
of
Madison,
so
I'll
go
back
and
I'll
look
at
that
report,
but
who
else
around
the
planet?
Our
faith?
L
You
know
from
a
municipal
level
paying
attention
to
those
housing
opportunities.
I
mean
we
have
target
areas
where
we've
received
to
your
point
federal
funds.
How
long
has
it
been
six
seven
years
ago?
So
there
was
a
map,
there's
an
overlay
that
could
give
us
a
target
area
that
we
wouldn't
have
to
recreate
right
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
educational
opportunities
that
you've
seen
as
well
as
again
the
workforce
development
and
opportunity
to
expand
on
businesses.
So.
D
D
D
Cities
like
Richmond,
Virginia,
Dallas,
Fort,
Worth,
come
to
mind,
they've,
really,
sort
of
pressed
the
model
of
chief
achievement
gap
officers,
but
I
think
that
you
know
they're
also
pushing
in
new
directions
because
I
mean
I'm,
not
a
K
through
12
education,
researcher
I
focus
much
more
on
the
the
University
of
missions
and
cracking.
You
know
that
puzzle
and
what
we
found
is
that
you
know
the
school
inequalities
track
with
income
inequalities
they
track
with.
D
That
would
be
I,
think
really
impactful.
We
just
Alterman.
We
just
don't
know,
we
don't
have
any
data
on
these
things,
and
this
is
where
I
think
Evanston
has
the
chance
to
really
break
new
ground
and
be
a
model
for
people
to
study.
And
then
my
one
of
my
favorites
is
transportation.
I
talked
to
you
on
the
last
time
about
the
divi
bikes
I
mean
african-americans,
are
you
know,
two-thirds
less
likely
to
own
cars
than
then
are
their
white
counterparts?
D
D
L
L
M
L
N
L
L
F
F
So
I
really
want
us
and
I
know
it's
a
long
process
and
our
staff
have
to
also
be
directed,
but
for
us
to
look
at
this
as
we
used
to
look
at
our
star
community
rating.
So
on
our
memos
we
always
have
that
little
star
line
that
told
us
this
meets
whatever
star
criteria
using
whatever
guide
the
star
community's
gave
us.
F
So
there
are
no
longer
operation,
I
believe,
but
I
would
love
for
us
to
get
to
that
point
where
we
know,
as
staff
are
making
decisions,
and
you
know
implementing
the
referrals
that
we've
given
them,
that
they've
thought
about.
Who
is
this
going
to
help?
Who
is
it's
going
to
harm?
And
obviously
we're
not
going
to
know
all
of
that,
because
we
don't
have
every
single
data
point,
but
I
think
that
would
also
help
us
to
collect
that
appropriate
data,
because
when
then
we
make
these
decisions
about
again
streets.
F
What
streets
were
repairing
it's
based
on
what
our
staff
has
given
us
in
terms
of
the
streets
that
aren't
in
good
shape,
but
then
we're
also
looking
at
neighborhoods
that
also
are
have
not
been
given
the
same
infrastructure
as
other
neighborhoods
and
as
much
as
I
think
we'd
all
like
to
feel
like
we're,
making
we're
thinking
about
that
in
every
decision.
We're
just
not
because
every
neighborhood
would
look
more
the
same
than
different.
So
I
love
this
and
I.
F
You
know
appreciate
the
Stanford
model,
but
my
goal
and
I
know
you're
doing
a
really
high-level
because
we're
not
down
in
the
weeds
with
the
staff,
but
my
goal
would
be
for
us
to
give
direction
to
the
city
manager
for
the
staff
to
really
start
getting
a
better
understanding
for
us
to
work
with
whatever
tools
were
working
with
for
us
to
really
think
about.
You
know.
If
you
go
back
to
that
Madison
right,
it
was
kind
of
a
long
process.
I
hope
we're
not
that
long,
but
you
know
they.
F
Someone
from
each
department
was
working
towards
this,
so
everyone
had
a
clear
understanding.
They
were
all
on
the
same
page.
We
maybe
are
a
little
bit.
You
know
we
can
figure
out
how
to
do
that,
but
because,
if
we're
really
going
to
take
this
on,
it's
a
lot
of
work,
it's
you
know
gonna
be
a
little
slow
for
us
all
to
get
on
the
same
page
with
the
language
and
learning.
But
when
we're
up
here
we're
going
to
have
to
trust
at
our
staff
than
some
of
this
analysis.
F
But
it's
good
for
us
to
know
that,
so
we
can
also
then
ask
the
questions
and
I
think
that
we'll
get
to
our
breath
ways
point
of
prioritizing
because
we
will
be.
We
will
know
what
we're
looking
for
and
we
can
say:
hey.
We
made
a
commitment
to
racial
equity
and
budgeting.
So
we
know
the
questions
to
ask.
We
know
what
we
expect
our
staff
to
have
looked
at
when
they're
allocating
funds,
so
I
guess
that's
less
of
a
question
and
more
of
a
statement
as
to
where
I
want
us
to
go
with
this
Thank.
O
Elderman
fleming
covered
a
lot
of
what
was
kind
of
one
of
the
points
going
through
my
head.
One
of
the
things
that
sunk
in
was
your
comment
about
that
going
forward.
People
will
look
at
this
and
see
you
know
and
look
at
the
data,
so
I
think
it'll
be
important
for
us
not
only
to
celebrate
our
successes,
but
also
to
don't
track
what
we've
tried
and
what
it
does
and
doesn't
work,
but
to
make
note
of
what
doesn't
work
and
try
to
track.
O
Why
so
that
you
know
in
ten
years,
when
you
know
other
people
are
you
know
taking
this
forward,
that
there
will
be.
You
know,
kind
of
a
complete
record
on
what
we've
you
know
worked
through,
and
you
know
having
both
sides
of
that
equation.
So
you
don't
want
to
waste
somebody's
time
in
the
future.
Like.
Oh,
let's,
try
this
and
not
recognize
that
that
was
already
tried
before
right.
L
L
That
point
I
was
gonna:
ask
for
very
specific
measuring
tools,
noting
that
you
have
to
provide
now
but
I'm,
curious
I.
We
don't
need
to
reinvent
the
wheel,
I
think
Alden
Fleming
used
the
example
for
the
last
two
terms.
We've
talked
we've
thrived
as
Evanston
to
be
one
of
the
most
livable
cities
based
on
certain
criteria.
So
I
would
love
to
have
some
type
of
criterion
framework
to
measure.
You
know
how
are
we
doing
on
housing,
specifically
home
ownership?
How
are
we
doing
on
these
educational
partnerships?
L
D
D
Say
that
to
be
funny,
I
mean
I'm,
there's
major
problems
with
implementing
the
census
this
year,
but
there
should
be
one
happening
in
2020,
so
you'll
have
fresh
data,
but
then,
beyond
that
there
are
institutions,
organizations
like
policy
link
that
have
these
kind
of
indices
for
racial
equity
that
you
can
borrow,
and
you
know
III,
think
that
you
can
also
do
something
that
we
call
bootstrapping
and
the
social
sciences.
You
can
pretty.
Q
D
When
you
choose
a
policy
area
and
and
and
to
you
know
one
of
my
colleagues
former
colleagues
when
I
when
I
was
at
Rutgers,
jerry
popper,
he
used
to
say
to
me
the
upper
classes
in
the
middle
classes.
You
know
talking
about
guys
like
us
or
sitting
around,
that
the
Faculty
Club
at
Rutgers
having
lunch
he's
like
we're
so
grabby
right
and
he's
like
the
you've
got
to
do.
Four
cities
is
when
they're
doing
these
new
programs
for
equity.
D
They
shouldn't
be
afraid
they
should
be
nudged
to
help
the
neediest
first,
all
right
and
so
I
think
that
you
know
you're
gonna
have
a
wealth
of
data
showing
you.
The
range
of
inequities
within
this
community,
but
you're
gonna,
have
limited
resources
right
and,
and
so
you're
gonna
have
to
you
know,
target
in
such
a
way.
D
A
F
I
think
so
in
thinking
about
that,
because
we
are
I'm
on
the
Select
Committee
for
reparations
and
we
are
trying
to
muddle
through
it.
I
mean
it's,
it's
huge
right
and
we're
trying
to
figure
out
all
of
those
things
with.
You
know
limited
funds,
and
so
it
would
be
great
with
all
your
knowledge
if
you
were
ever
interested
and
I
know,
you
have
limited
time.
F
But
if
you
were
interested
in
coming
to
share
with
the
subcommittee
right
we're
trying
to
do
all
a
lot
of
the
work
to
present
to
our
peers,
so
I
would
love
to
extend
the
invitation
to
you
to
share
you
know
past
this
part,
your
knowledge
and
what
you've
seen
try
it
on
the
nation'
and
we
can
come
to
you
as,
but
we
do
everywhere
we're
working
through
this,
but
we're
no
experts,
but
we
are
committed
to
making
this
happen
and
make
it
impactful
and
and
clearly
understand
and
we're
going
to
have
people
who
don't
like
it,
for
whatever
reason,
but
right
that
trying
to
be
courageous
and
and
move
forward
with
good
intentions
is
really
where
I
think
we
we're
coming
from
with
this.
D
I
mean
what
I'll
say
is
that
no
one
knows
what
they're
doing
around
reparations,
because
no
one's
done
it
so
so,
but
but
but
what
I
do
know
and
what
I
am
willing
to
help
with
is
is
I
I
know
what
people
have
tried
up
to
the
point
of
reparations
and
what
challenges
they
faced
and
and
I?
Also,
you
know,
you
know,
know
the
drivers
of
these
in
it.
D
So
you
know
personally
and
I'm,
just
speaking
as
a
scholar,
I
am
in
the
camp
of
scholars
that
doesn't
think
reparations
for
slavery
is,
is
the
easiest
way
to
go?
I
think
reparations
for
Jim
Crow
is
a
lot
easier
because
we
know
where
the
redlining
happened
and
I
know
what
County
kicked
my
grandfather
out
of
school
in
Georgia
in
the
fourth
grade,
because
Georgia
didn't
educate
black
men
past
that
point
in
the
Jim
Crow
era.
I
know
you
know,
and
so
that's
a
lot
easier
to
do.
D
Then
you
know
the
the
the
bigger
leap
back
now.
The
bigger
leap
back
is
certainly
from
the
standpoint
of
restorative
justice.
I
think
it's
it's
incredibly
consequential,
but
just
from
the
program
design
standpoint
and
the
challenge
standpoint,
the
challenges
are
larger
and
then
I
know
this
very
sordid.
History
of
you
know
affirmative
action
right
where
the
challenges
were
that
so
I,
so
I'm
always
willing
to
talk.
Help
I'll
use
some
of
my
resources
at
Northwestern
to
host.
D
H
So
definitely
thank
you
for
any
direction
or
best
practices
or
ideas
that
you
can
share.
But
I
think
that
we
should
continue
leading
and
know
that
you
know
we
may
not
have
all
the
answers,
but
we
certainly
are
making
a
strong
statement
to
the
black
community
and
I'm
excited
about
what
it
can
mean
for
the
lived
experience
of
black
Evanston
residents.
A
A
And
lending
your
expertise
and
offering
to
continue
to
help
us
down
this
path.
Thank
you
all
right.
We're
now
going
to
move
on
to
special
orders
of
business.
As
I
mentioned
up
front
today
we
are
focused
on
the
Evanston,
2020
and
2021
budget,
and
we
have
several
ordinances
today
to
discuss
the
first
one
actually
isn't
about
the
budget
and
then
and
then
we
get
to
the
budget
so
alderman
Rainey.
Could
you
move
SP
one.
S
Thank
You
mr.
mirror
sp1
is
ordinance
141,
o
19.
It
was
introduced
last
week
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
execute
a
lease
of
city-owned
real
property
located
at
633
Howard
Street
with
633
outposts
LLC
doing
business
as
estación
it's
a
lease
to
own,
and
it
is
for
action
tonight.
I
move
approval,
okay,.
S
A
S
Well,
if
I
could
just
say,
I
mean
this.
This
is
a
very
exciting
prospect
for
us
and
for
Howard
Street.
It's
really
saving
the
day.
You
know
we,
we
did
have
a
failure
and
to
have
to
have
a
reputable,
exciting,
well
known
and
very
profitable
organization,
step
up
and
join
oven,
Stan
at
two
locations,
one
at
the
facility
on
Dempster
and
Kurt's
cafe,
which
was
made
vacant
by
their
move,
and
this
one
from
cafe
Coralie
I,
just
think
Evanston
should
feel
really
blessed
that
we
got
to
to
great
to
great
restaurants
from
one
purveyor.
F
F
F
A
S
A
S
So
some
of
the
rent
of
the
rent
can
is
going
to
be
used
towards
the
purchase
price
of
the
building
yeah.
He
he
I
believe
his
his
choice
would
have
been
to
purchase
the
building
outright,
but
we
were
a
bit
hesitant
at
this
time.
We
had
refused
outright
ownership
to
other
to
others,
and
we
felt
that
that
we
wouldn't
do
that,
but
he
is
going
to
pay
all
the
taxes
he's
going
on.
The
tax
rolls
the
day
he.
A
Tenant,
okay,
I
know
we're
doing
things
differently
and
most
of
the
things
are
for
introduction
tonight,
and
so
this
is
for
action.
This
is
for
yeah.
We
have
I,
have
two
items
for
action:
I
guess
I
just
have
a
question
for
our
city
city
attorney,
given
that
these
are
for
action
and
we've
placed
public
comment
on
the
back.
A
A
A
N
A
Right
ordinance,
141,
there
19
passes
the
Evanston
City
Council
on
8
to
1
vote,
all
right,
we're
now
going
to
move
to
SP
2,
which
is
ordinance
1,
49-0
19,
and
this
is
the
approval
of
the
fiscal
year
2020
budget.
This
is
for
introduction.
Is
there
someone
that
will
move
this
item,
move
for
intro?
Okay?
Is
there
a
second
okay?
A
All
right
in
there's
been
a
second,
so
this
is
now
open
for
for
discussion,
I'm,
going
to
ask
the
city
manager
if
she'll
start
us
off
on
this
item
and
start
us
off
forward
with
where
we
left
that
last
meeting
we
took
certain
things
out
of
the
budget
or
revenues
out
of
the
budget
and
what
your
suggestions
are
for
them.
Yes,.
C
Thank
you.
Mr.
mayor,
based
on
the
discussion
we
had
last
week,
we've
removed
some
revenues
that
the
council
directed
to
CSUN
and
then
we
also
added
in
some
proposals
for
how
to
make
up
that
gap.
So
Kimber,
sorry,
Kate,
Lewis
Lake
in
our
budget
coordinator,
is
going
to
take
us
through
a
short
slide
presentation
to
overview
those
changes
and
how
we
got
there,
and
then
we
will
have
a
discussion
on
the
suggested
changes.
Thank
you
good.
T
These
covered
some
of
the
items
that
were
brought
up
at
the
last
city
council
meeting
on
November
11th.
These
included
central
street
parking,
video
gaming
and
some
items
related
to
the
amusement
tax,
especially
as
it
relates
to
northwestern
events.
So
the
link
to
those
budget
memos
is
in
this
presentation
online
for
anyone
who's
watching
and
we
can
again
come
back
and
discuss
some
of
those,
as
the
meeting
continues
going
over
some
of
the
items
that
are
on
the
agenda
tonight.
T
As
the
mayor
stated,
our
first
is
ordinance
149
on
19th
as
the
ordinance
authorizing
the
fiscal
year.
2020
budget.
As
we
said
in
the
past,
we've
prepared
a
two-year
budget.
We
will
be
adapting
the
first
year
2020
as
an
ordinance
this
year
and
then
going
forward
we'll
continue
to
monitor
the
22
a1
budget
and
adapt
that
next
fall
as
an
ordinance.
We
also
have
a
set
of
abatement
resolutions.
These
are
the
other
item.
That's
for
action
tonight
since
they're
a
resolution
they
only
require
one
read.
T
These
are
the
resolutions
that
establish
our
debt
service
tax
levy,
so
we'll
discuss
that
a
little
bit
more
later
on
tax
levy,
ordinances
for
the
city,
general
assistance
and
library,
three
different
tax
levies
that
the
City
Council
passes
each
year
and
those
are
each
an
ordinance
and
again
will
be
brought
forth
next
week.
November
25th
for
action,
tax
levies
also
for
special
to
special
service
areas,
number
four
and
number
six
and
then
finally,
we
have
some
ordinances
that
are
implementing
revenue,
changes
that
are
listed
in
our
budget,
balancing
worksheet,
so
I'm
the
budget
balancing
worksheet.
T
There
was
a
link
to
this
again
in
this
presentation,
as
well
as
it
was
included
in
the
packet
this
evening,
and
we
can
bring
it
up
after
the
presentation
if,
if
council
would
like
that,
we've
made
a
number
of
changes
at
the
request
of
City
Council
on
November
11th,
so
the
first
of
these
was
removed
to
remove
the
self-storage
user
fee.
So
we
took
that
off
of
the
list.
T
While
we
go
through
the
consolidation
and
make
sure
that
the
new
positions
are
what
we
need
to
serve
to
serve
our
needs
in
that
area
and
then
you'll
see
that
the
contributions
to
the
police
and
Fire
pension
funds
had
been
added
to
the
budget
balancing
worksheet.
This
is
an
accounting
requirement
that
we
showed
those
contributions
as
property
tax
revenue
and
then
as
a
transfer
out
to
those
pension
funds
in
our
general
fund.
T
A
Sorry
Kate!
No
back,
can
you
go
back
to
that
so
at
the
last
meeting
right
council
members
opined
on
some
of
these
fees
that
they
want
to
change,
you
change
those
and
then
the
other
bullets
towards
the
bottom
are
additional
adjustments
you've
made
since
the
eleventh
to
sort
of
close
the
gap-
and
this
is
your
proposal,
so
to
speak.
To
do
that.
T
C
I'll
jump
in
on
that
one.
So
in
discussions
with
Kimberly-
and
maybe
she
wants
to
speak
to
this
with
the
new
promotion
of
Ike,
there's
their
positions
in
the
department
that
are
left
vacant-
that
other
people
will
be
moving
up
into
so
I.
Imagine
that
by
the
time
the
next
person
gets
promoted
and
then
these
new
positions
get
filled.
C
We've
probably
going
to
achieve
these
savings
over
the
course
of
the
year
anyway,
with
just
the
vacancy
rate,
but
I
can't
really
had
a
different
suggestion
for
one
at
one
position
that
would
be
vacant
if
a
person
in
currently
and
that
were
to
be
promoted
into
the
position
that
Mike
vacated
in
order
to
take
the
Director
position.
So
that's
a
long,
complicated
massive
way
of
saying
that
we
anticipate
somebody's
promotion
will
create
a
separate
vacancy
that
may
may
mark
sense
to
keep
to
hold
vacant
than
anything.
That's
proposing
to
be
added
for
next
year's
budget.
U
T
You
so
the
total
proposed
budget
that
was
included
in
the
full
budget
document
that
went
out
in
October
was
317
million
dollars
today.
The
ordinance
that
you
see
in
front
of
you
for
the
2020
budget
is
this:
three
hundred
and
twenty
million
seven
hundred
nine
thousand
seven
hundred
nine
thousand
dollars.
So
this
is
an
expense
increase
of
3.4
million
dollars.
This
comes
from
implementing
the
budget
balancing
worksheet,
including
most
of
the
items
that
I
that
I
mentioned
before
a
large
portion
of
these
is
again
implementing
those
pension
increases
into
our
general
fund.
T
So
the
next
couple
of
slides
just
break
that
down
a
little
bit
and
show
where
we're
getting
that
3.4
million
dollar
increase
from
so
this
is
a
you
know,
a
whole
series
of
a
big
math
equation
showing
what's
happening
in
the
general
fund,
so
our
expenses
in
the
general
fund
from
the
initial
proposed
budget
are
actually
decreasing
again.
These
are
all
details
in
the
budget.
Balancing
worksheet,
so
I
would
encourage
you
don't
to
look
at
the
detail
on
that
side,
but
this
is
just
highlighting
what
some
of
those
major
items
are
again
we're
going
up.
T
1.6
from
the
prop
from
the
pensions
being
added
to
the
general
fund
up
a
little
bit
for
police
overtime,
elmtree
inoculation,
some
of
these
other
expenses
that
have
been
included
and
then
going
down
from
moving
the
expenses
out
to
the
separate
Human
Services
fund,
as
well
as
moving
expenses
into
our
motor
fuel
tax
fund.
So
our
net
expense
change
on
the
general
fund
is
a
decrease
of
$769,000
on
the
revenue
side,
we're
seeing
revenue
increased
by
seven
hundred
and
forty
four
thousand.
That
gets
us
again
to
a
balanced
general
fund
for
2020.
T
Looking
at
all
of
the
funds
total,
when
we
see
the
general
fund
go
down,
we
of
course
see
some
of
the
other
funds
go
up
as
they
took
some
of
those
expenses
from
the
general
fund,
so
the
Human
Services
Fund.
We
see
that
budget
increase
to
take
the
extensions
that
removed
out
soon
with
the
motor
fuel
tax
fund
reparations
fund
newly
created.
Of
course,
we've
budgeted
that
at
$250,000
and
that
would
be
again
supported
by
the
recreational
cannabis
tax
revenue
for
next
year.
T
H
T
S
I
want
to
have
a
conversation
about
the
adult
cannabis
6%
revenue
being
generated.
As
of
January
1st
I
mean
the
only
thing
we're
waiting
for
is
the
extra
3%,
so
that
I
don't
know.
I
know
we
don't
know
how
much
adult
cannabis
could
be
sold,
but
so
I
I've
asked
city
manager
today
to
figure
out
a
way
and
I'm
certain
that
the
tax
on
a
dolt
and
recreational
cannabis
and
medical
marijuana
it's
going
to
have
to
be
separated
by
the
state
when
they
collect
that
I.
S
Just
can't
believe
they're
they're
going
to
co-mingle
those
two
taxes,
even
though
it's
both
six
percent
at
this
time.
So
I
I'd
like
to
see
us
somehow
or
another,
get
in
touch
with
the
state
revenuers
figured
that
out
how
that's
what
that's
going
to
look
like
and
also
I,
sent
a
memo
to
the
city
manager.
S
I,
don't
know
how
many
people
I
sent
that
to
where
the
the
veto
session
did
produce
a
change
and
when
the
tax
was
going
to
be
remitted
to
the
cities
and
that
went
from
September
1st
to
July
1st,
and
that
has
nothing
to
do
with
them.
Wanting
to
withhold
it,
they
just
couldn't
get
their
act
together
sooner
than
that,
so.
C
I
was
just
going
to
add
Alden
radius
correct.
There
was
a
change
to
the
retailers
tax,
the
cannabis
retailers
tax
in
the
veto
session
last
week.
Originally
it
was
not
going
to
be
a
lot
available
for
us
to
start
collecting
tax
on
that
until
September
1,
but
the
legislature
moved
it
back
to
July
1,
so
the
first
six
months
of
cannabis
sales
will
not
have
the
3%
that
we're
proposing
retailers
tax
applied
to
it,
starting
July
1.
C
That
text
will
be
applied
and
we
will
be
able
to
collect
that
and
we
will
start
receiving
it
somewhere
around
September
I
believe
so
that's
we
still
are
not
changing
our
projection
on
that.
We
had
projected
what
we
had
projected,
knowing
that
there
was
this
sort
of
glitch
in
the
law
that
wasn't
going
to
allow
us
to
receive
a
full
year's
cannabis
retailers
tax
on
sales.
C
We
know
for
sure
that
there's
me
one
next
year,
there
may
be
additional
ones
that
open
throughout
the
course
of
the
year,
so
we're
comfortable
leaving
the
projection
net
at
250,000,
knowing
that
we're
only
going
to
get
six
months
of
revenue
out
of
that,
of
course,
additionally,
regular
sales
tax
will
apply
to
sales,
but
I'm,
not
following
the
six
percent
that
Aldo
rainey
is
speaking
to
so
maybe
we
should
get
corporation
council
to
clarify
that.
Oh.
V
The
six
percent
is
the
current
tax
on
the
medical
marijuana
right
now
and
I
think
they
are
closing
for
that
purpose.
I
think
they
have
changed
the
name
and
all
that,
so
it
would
be
all
for
recreational
purpose,
starting
January
1.
So
for
the
first
three
months
they've
Erica
mentioned,
we
would
have
the
sales
tax
and
all
their
starting
January
and
the
first
payment
would
come
after
three
months,
which
is
April
and
then
our
local
cannabis
tax
would
be
effective,
June
July
first
and
which
we
would
get
sometime
in
September,
I.
S
C
C
S
V
C
State
tax
will
be
on
their
January
1,
which
the
majority
of
that
is
going
into
this
fund
that
a
portion
of
it
will
be
diverted
back
to
look
localities.
For
you
know
education
prevention,
things
like
that,
but
we
don't
have
any.
We
don't
have
the
say
and
how
that
is
directed.
We
have
to
conform
to
the
state's
guidelines
for
how
to
spend
that
money.
I.
S
K
C
A
S
Was
to
get
all
the
taxes
placed
on
on
recreational
marijuana
whatever
it
is,
that
I
also
have
another
question.
We
have
750
foot
and
a
distance
from
certain
things
like
schools,
all
right,
so
Howard,
Street
Howard
Street,
happens
to
be
750
feet
from
some
schools
in
Chicago.
Okay,
so
we
can't
have
in
certain
areas
on
Howard
Street,
any
kind
of
cannabis
sales.
However,
Chicago
distance
is
500
feet
Chicago
on
their
side
of
Howard.
S
Street
can
have
cannabis
retail,
but
we
can't
because
of
their
schools,
but
they
can
because
of
their
schools,
because
their
distance
is
500.
I
would
like
us
to
change
that
ruling
so
that
we
are
not
being
penalized
because
Chicago
has
schools
within
750
feet,
but
not
500
feet.
That's
just
plain
wrong.
L
W
A
Clerk
read
I
thought
had
a
good
suggestion.
I
don't
know
if
we
could
pull
it
off
by
making
it
Evanston
schools
seven
has
to
be
within
seven
or
50
feet
of
Evanston
schools
and
I
kind
of
not
gonna
fly
I
liked
it,
though
it's
alright
I
thought
that
was
clever
clerk
read
all
right.
Okay,
all
the
membranes
wait.
L
Just
a
quick
in
so
I
thought,
I
understood
everything,
so
maybe
at
the
appropriate
time,
I
would
like
to
see
just
the
break
out
of
both
different
revenues
and
when
they're
gonna
be
time.
You
know
one
of
the
concerns
I've
had
a
number
of
conversations
with
our
current
dispensary
owner
and
he
projects
that
they
will
be
an
impact
they're
going
to
be
long
liked.
It's
like
imagining.
C
I
believe
in
my
discussions
with
them,
they
are
aware
and
are
preparing
for
that
and
I
think
they
have
off-site
locations
where
they
will
be
shuttling.
People
in
if
there
is
overflow,
so
I
will
reach
out
to
them
again
this
week
and
next
we
can
see
what
their
plans
are
and
see
if
they
would
potentially
come
to
the
council
and
discuss
it
or
send
us
an
email
with
their
plans
and
have.
A
What
75
state
licenses
for
recreational
marijuana
I
thought
it
was
75,
but
maybe
it's
I
think
it's
valuable
for
us
now
that
we've
got
the
zoning
done
and
I
don't
know
if
we've
done
this
as
a
city
to
actually
you
know,
make
sure
we
understand
the
state
law
and
then
how
we
are
going
to
figure
out
who
the
three,
if
we
have
three
dispensaries
in
Evanston,
how
those
are
being
so,
how
those
being
selected
and
what
role
we
get
to
play
in
that
I.
Just
think.
A
C
X
C
C
There
may
be
some
interest
from
the
next
round
of
folks
coming
into
Evanston,
and
at
that
point
anybody
would
have
to
apply
for
this
special
use
process
that
would
come
to
City
Council
for
discussion
and
approval,
so
probably
I
would
say
in
the
spring
we
could
have
a
larger
conversation
about
what
the
larger
rollout
of
this
looks
like
and
how
the
council
can
participate
in
the
discussion
moving
forward.
So
that
would
be
my.
A
A
W
W
C
A
H
All
regarding
an
autumn
and
Braithwaite
like
expected
lines,
and
if
we
could
not
necessarily
budget
for
that,
but
have
an
expectation
of
the
operator
to
have
a
plan
like
they
might
come
through
Napper
or
whichever
one
of
our
committees,
where
they
have
an
action
plan
on
how
they
will
manage
traffic
and
that
be
approved
by
staff
and
police
and
fire.
And
whoever
else
needs
to
be
involved
in
that
conversation
and
not
necessarily
take
on
that
additional
cost
burden
for
our
personnel.
H
F
So
I
know
we're
talking
about
the
three
percent
tax
as
the
maximum
do
we
know
what
the
wealth
skokie
I
know
is
moving
forward
with
the
cannabis
dispensary.
Do
we
know
what
their
tax
is?
I,
don't
I
mean
I'd
love
to
get
the
three
percent,
but
I
also
don't
want
to
get
us
to
the
point
where
no
one
comes
here,
because
our
tax
is
too
high.
So
just
a
political.
L
F
T
So
I'm
gonna
skip
ahead
to
the
end
of
the
text,
levy,
slides
here
and
then
I'll
come
back
and
walk
through
each
of
them
individually.
So
this
is
our
overview
sort
of
the
overall
tax
levy
and
again
what
has
been
proposed
to
change
that
10.9%
number
is
what
you've
been
seeing
since
we
proposed
the
budget
in
October
13.1%.
Once
we
add
all
the
loss
factors
on
to
those
tax
levies.
Again,
the
county
allows
the
addition
of
a
3%
loss,
factor
onto
all
the
levies
to
account
for
collection
losses,
not
collecting
up
to
the
full
percent.
T
So
ten
point,
nine
percent
is
the
increase.
Overall,
you
can
see
how
that's
broken
down
by
each
of
the
net
levies,
which
are
an
individual
ordinance
so
to
go
through
each
of
those.
So
the
first
of
our
tax
levy
ordinances
is
136.
Oh
19.
This
is
the
city's
tax
levy
for
34
million
dollars.
This
is
our
largest
tax
levy.
This
Covey's
covers
the
general
fund.
Human
Services
fund,
and
you
can
see
as
we've
proposed
general
fund
will
go
down.
Human
Services
fund
will
come
into
existence.
T
T
The
other
two
tax
levies
that
you'll
see
tonight
are
for
the
general
assistance
fund.
This
is
again
a
separate
levy
that
goes
directly
to
that
fund.
For
that
function,
that's
been
proposed
to
increase
the
net
levy
by
a
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars.
That's
a
20%
increase.
The
library
net
levy
has
also
been
proposed
to
increase
by
five
hundred
and
two
thousand
dollars.
This
was
approved
by
the
Evanston
library
board
a
week
or
two
ago.
So
this
is
that
proposal
coming
forth
to
you.
T
Through
this
tax
levy
for
introduction
tonight,
the
debt
service
levy
works
a
little
bit
differently
than
those
three
I
just
mentioned,
so
the
county
automatically
levies,
the
amounts
required
to
pay
for
our
debt
service,
based
on
the
outstanding
general
obligation,
bonds
that
we
have
so
every
year.
Instead
of
passing
a
debt
service
tax
levy,
we
pass
abatement
resolutions
and
what
these
resolutions
do
are
they
reduce
the
amount
that
the
county
will
levy
for
each
of
our
bonds?
So
that's
why
there
are
15
different
resolutions.
T
T
The
total
debt
service
that
the
city
will
pay
in
2020
is
eighteen
point:
seven
million
dollars.
That's
on
our
general
obligation
bonds.
We
propose
to
abate
five
point:
seven
million
of
that,
that's
primarily
through
our
water
sewer
and
TIF
funds,
and
the
detail
of
all
that
is
again
spelled
out
in
the
memo,
and
that
brings
our
net
levy
to
thirteen
million
dollars,
which
is
an
increase
of
1.7
million
from
last
year's
net
levy,
and
that
also
I'm.
Sorry
also
includes
the
library
debt
service
in
this
area.
The
library
and
city
get
levied
together.
T
So
the
abatements
also
come
together
for
that
and
then
just
to
highlight
some
of
the
other
revenue
items
that
you
are
seeing
on
the
agenda
again.
These
are
almost
all
included
in
the
budget
balancing
worksheet.
You
will
also
see
tax
levies
for
the
special
service
areas,
number
four
and
number
six
there's
detail
in
the
packet
about
each
of
those
the
items
and
then
some
other
items
that
are
included
in
the
budget,
balancing
worksheet
the
recreational
cannabis
tax,
as
we've
already
been
discussing.
T
So
the
item
will
come
up
for
further
discussion
parking,
fire
realignment
and
standardization,
a
new
administrative
toe
penalty,
fire
department
incident,
cost
recovery
and
again
our
increase
in
the
amusement
tax
from
4%
to
5%.
So
each
of
these
has
been
proposed.
You've
talked
about
them
before
and
now
we're
bringing
forward
the
ordinances.
These
will
all
be
for
introduction
today
and
then
come
for
action
next
week,
and
that
is
all.
P
F
C
F
Have
a
question
for
Kate
yeah:
can
you
just
clarify
when
you
went
over
the
think
it
was
to
solid
waste
levy?
There
was
an
increase
of
whenever
it
was
pretty
high
62.5.
Can
you
and
no,
we
always
do
where
we
increase
I,
think
sewer
and
or
increased
water
and
decrease
sewer.
So
does
that
levy
account
for
that
as
well?
Just
so
people
don't
see
that
and
think
that
their
bill
is
gonna.
Go
sixty
two
point:
five
percent
sure.
T
Yep,
so
this
is
completely
separate,
so
the
water
and
sewer
funds
do
not
receive
any
property
tax
revenue,
the
solid
waste
fund.
It
was
decided
three
years
ago
that,
instead
of
increasing
that
rate
at
that
time,
we
would
implement
these
three
increases
over
three
years.
So
this
is
the
last
of
those.
You
are
correct
that
this
year,
though
sewer
weight
rate
has
decreased,
the
water
rate
has
increased.
The
net
impact
to
an
Evanston
resident
is
neutral
on
your
bill.
Alright.
C
Right
so
just
had
a
couple
of
things
that
we
had
talked
about
last
week,
that
I
wasn't
I,
don't
have
total
clarity
on
as
far
as
how
we
move
forward.
I
did
want
to
note
that
the
funding
resolution
for
reparations
will
be
on
the
agenda
for
next
week,
the
25th.
So
if
there
was
a
next
week,
we
have
a
very
full
agenda,
I'm
trying
my
best
to
manage
the
chock
fullness
of
it.
But
it's
it's
unavoidable
with
only
two
meetings
after
tonight
left
for
the
rest
of
the
year.
But
if
there
was
any.
C
On
on
reparations,
I
did
want
to
know.
We
have
created
the
fund.
The
fund
is
available
for
donations
and
we
haven't
received
any
yet
but
we'll
make
that
announcement
and
have
that
available
for
private
entities.
Corporations,
individuals,
whoever
would
like
to
donate
to
it
as
well,
but
just
in
preparing
that
resolution
I
wasn't
100%
on
if
donations
into
the
fund
would
offset
the
city's
commitment
into
that
fund
or
if
it
would
be
on
top
of
the
city's
commitment.
And
if
that
commitment
is
ten
million.
Is
that
an
agreed-upon
amount
by
the
full
council?
Okay.
S
Have
to
agree
with
alderman
Simmons,
who
is
the
leader
of
this
effort.
However,
I
think
we're
a
little
far
from
having
to
have
that
ultimate
discussion
when
we
get
to
999
thousand
dollars-
and
you
know
the
so
I
think
we
should
definitely
accept
any
contribution
we
get
at
this
time,
working
towards
the
ten
million
but
I.
You
know
if
the
city
needs
to
continue
its
commitment
to
making
this
goal.
A
H
You
alderman
Rainey
and
really
being
mindful
of
a
point
you
made
earlier
in
this
discussion
about
the
banks
and
their
role,
but
certainly
I
hope
that
we
will
lead
by
example,
and
ten
million
dollars
we
know
is
certainly
not
enough
to
bring
the
repair.
But
it
is
a
statement
and
I
believe
that
it's
one
that
should
challenge
other
institutions
in
town,
including
universities
and
financial
institutions
and.
H
S
H
A
I
thought
I,
read
or
or
heard
this
idea
of
creating
a
mechanism
that
made
it
easy
for
residents
if
they
wanted
to
make
a
voluntary
donation
to
the
reparations
fund
sort
of
like
on
your
IRS
taxes,
where
you
can
say
yeah
I
want
to
support.
You
know
public
funding
for
campaigns
and
I
thought
it
was
you
through
the
water
bill,
and
it
was
basically
yeah.
I
want
to
give
an
extra
$5,
$10,
$20
or
whatever
this
month
to
the
reparations
fun.
We.
H
Can
do
that
back
up?
There
was
a
discussion
about
that.
We
never
took
an
action
on
it,
but
how
difficult
would
it
be
for
us
to
have
a
opt-in
donation
either
one
time
or
reoccurring
so
that
residents
that
want
to
participate
are
able
to
easily.
A
U
U
Raising
the
parking
rate
to
$2
an
hour
I
think
would
turn
more
central
street
customers
into
former
Central
Street
stammers,
but
on
the
other
hand,
maintaining
the
a
dollar.
Fifty
an
hour
rate
would
help.
Our
businesses
remain
competitive
with
businesses
in
the
northern
suburbs,
and
it
would
help
them
remain.
Vibrant
contributors
to
our
sales
tax
base.
O
Well-
and
you
know
unfortunately,
I
guess
I
hear
the
exact
same
thing
from
the
business
district.
In
my
word
and
from
the
businesses
there
pretty
much
word-for-word,
so
I
can't
support
this
I
don't
want
to
raise
the
rates,
but
we
have
to
balance
the
budget
and
I.
Think
all
of
our
business
districts
are
unique.
All
of
our
business
districts
are
fantastic,
have
their
own
challenges,
but
I,
don't
think
it's
fair
to
you
know,
take
one
particular
district
out
and
leave
the
burden
to
the
rest
of
the
districts.
O
F
I
agree,
I
mean
I,
don't
have
a
business
district,
but
I
don't
know
at
all.
How
I
could
explain
this
to
other
business
owners
that
you
know
their
their
rate
is
going
to
be
$2
and
I
sit
on
parking
and
transportation
and
I
know
you
know.
Last
year,
two
years
ago
we
had
this
discussion.
You
know
the
prices
we
agreed
to
go
up.
I
I
do
regret
that
we
had
to
do
that.
I
do
regret
that
I,
you
know
had
to
support
that,
because
it
has
been
a
lot
for
people.
It's
it's.
F
The
main
thing
people
complained
about
is
the
parking
I
don't
need
the
parking,
but
then
we
also
hired
I
believe
one
or
two
extra
parking
enforcement.
So
people
just
feel
like
we
are
ticketing.
You
know
a
lot
which
we
are.
My
question
for
the
city
manager
and
I
tried
to
look
in
the
budget.
I
couldn't
find
it
again.
What
is
the
increase?
We're
projecting
with
the
going
to
$2
from
dollar
51.
L
Z
F
Looking
at
the
budget
trying
to
figure
out,
but
my
question
is
to
we
talked
a
lot
about
the
technology
where
you'll
be
able
to
park
someplace
and
then
that
money
stay
with
your
with
your
car.
When
is
gonna,
be
rolling
out
so
anyway,
yeah.
C
So
what
you're
referring
to
is
that
the
pay
wants
park
anywhere?
That's
where
you
can.
You
know,
load
up
your
park,
Kevin's
an
app
with
you
know
an
hour
or
two
hours
and
then
go
anywhere
within
the
city
in
park
and
move
around
and
allow
that
to
be
utilized
anywhere,
so
that
I
think
will
be
a
tremendous
help
to
a
lot
of
people
who
feel
like.
If
you
pay
and
then
you
move,
then
you
have
to
pay
again
and
you
lose
sort
of
that
leftovers
that
you
would
have
had.
Otherwise
that
works
really
well.
C
If
the
rates
are
uniform
across
the
city,
it
doesn't
work
so
well
if
the
rates
are
different
in
different
areas,
because
if
you
want,
if
you
paid
at
a
lower
rate
and
move
to
a
higher
rate,
it
wouldn't
work.
So
that's
you
know,
Chicago
is
using
that
model
right
now
and
it
works
with
some
level
of
success,
but
not
as
much
as
we
could
have
once
we
implemented
if
it
was
uniform
across
the
city.
Excluding
commuter
rate
lots
so
that
I
have
heard
is
potentially
by
the
end
of
the
year
by.
F
The
end
of
this
year,
correct
okay,
so
then
my
I
mean
we
right.
We
have
to
balance
the
budget
I'm
very
hesitant.
You
know
two
million
dollars
in
parking
fees
is
a
ton
of
money.
I,
don't
know
how
to
replace
that
at
this
point.
But
I
know
that
you
know
it's
even
just
knowing
that
people
feel
like
we're.
Just
ticketing
like
crazy
to
balance
our
budget.
F
So
I
am
going
to
be
making
a
commitment
to
look
through
the
budget
this
year
and
just
really
figuring
out
how
what
we
can
do
to
be
creative
for
that
I
can't
remember.
If
we
talked
about
raising
it
again,
I
think
we
did
not,
but
I'm
at
I
would
love
for
us
to
get
back
to
the
dollar
fifty,
because
we
all
feel
it
I
mean
I
know
we
all
pay
to
park
as
well.
F
AA
Well,
this
is
the
kind
of
nickel
and
diming
that
I
was
talking
about
when
we
were
talking
about
selling
the
library
parking
lot
and
rezoning
some
downtown
properties
so
that
we
could
redevelop
them
as
commercial,
so
I
I
just
would
encourage
everyone
and
I
reminded
you
all
that
I
would
bring
this
up
during
budget
season.
If,
if
we
got
to
this
point-
but
we
shouldn't
be
doing
this,
we
need
to
think
we
need
to
think
more
holistically.
AA
We
need
to
think
bigger
picture
about
where
we're
going,
we're
doing
a
two-year
budget
now
and
we
need
to
be
creative.
So
looking
at
revenues,
I
know
everyone
is
wringing
their
hands
about
revenues,
but
we've
had
big
opportunities
these
this
year
to
do
something
that
would
prevent
having
this
increase
so
I'm
a
little
bit
miffed
at
this,
but
I
understand
where,
where
we're
at,
and
it's
right,
where
I
thought
that
we
would
be
so
please
going
forward,
let's
try
to
look
at
things
from
a
larger
picture,
rather
than
these
little
nickel
and
diming.
A
L
A
S
S
AA
S
I
would
like
to
move
the
class
r1
liquor
license
from
the
table.
It
was
tabled,
I,
don't
know
July,
let's
see
when
when
was
it
tabled
here
it
was,
it
was
on
the
June
10th
agenda
and
then
the
following
meeting
in
July.
It
tabled
just
forever,
I,
guess
and
so
I'd
like
to
remove
it
from
the
table.
So
I
move
the
class.
Our
one
liquor
license
ordinance.
It
is
not.
It
is
not
issuing
a
license,
but
it's
creating
a
license
which
would
allow
for
a
liquor
to
be
sold
at
Welsh
Ryan
arena.
Okay,.
A
S
B
A
C
Wanted
add
one
more
thing
about
the
budget
that
we
didn't
talk
about
in
the
presentation
which
was:
maybe
you
could
bring
up
the
budget
balancing
worksheet
Kimberly?
We
did
add
the
projection,
a
very
conservative
projection
of
the
additional
tax
that
would
be
generated
by
the
events
that
northwestern
now
that
that
was
approved
last
week.
So
that
is
how
we
made
up
some
of
the
loss
of
revenue
due
to
the
cannabis
tax
and
the
self-storage
tax
being
removed.
So
we've
got
$200,000
in
there
for
that.
C
We
also
in
the
past
have
talked
about
whether
or
not
to
extend
that
amusement
tax
that
we
currently
have
to
nonprofit.
So
I've
talked
with
our
corporation
council
about
whether
or
not
northwestern
would
be
exempted
from
paying
that
amusement
tax
on
concerts,
and
it
sounds
like
it's
based
on
who
the
provider
of
the
concert
is,
whether
they
use
an
entertainment
company
to
hold
the
concert
or
other
or
they
you
know
essentially
hold
it
themselves.
So
it
serves
as
an
item
to
be
discussed
this
evening.
C
A
S
A
S
O
A
AB
C
A
H
AC
Good
evening
Johanna
Leonard
Covello
Development
Director.
We
are
studying
a
little
bit
more.
What
the
revenues
would
be
based
on
reducing
the
registration
fee,
but
adding
the
additional
fees
for
violations
and
that
that
I
think
alderman
Wilson
suggested
that
we
look
at
instead
of
the
front
end
but
spread
it
out
as
the
properties
create
more
challenge
in
the
built
environment.
So
that's
we're
doing
a
little
bit
more
review
of
the
numbers
and
the
types
going
through
each
property
that
is
vacant
and
the
types
of
violations
that
they
have
each
accrued.
AD
B
M
S
L
U
AA
U
U
AE
A
A
All
right,
so,
just
so
everybody
knows
it's
sp3.
This
is
a
resolution.
One
hundred,
not
one
ten
one
hundred
are
nineteen
through
100
are
through
115,
so
that
is
correct.
Through
115
are
19
for
debt
service
property
abatement?
Is
there
anyone
before
we
see
if
there's
any
conversation,
all
right,
I'm
gonna
move
it
again,
we'll
start.
A
Okay,
start
over
SP
3
resolution,
100
AR
19
through
115
AR,
19
debt
service
property
tax,
abatements
staff
is
recommending
review,
recommends,
review
and
adoption
of
these
resolutions
abating
in
the
amount
five
million
seven
hundred
eleven
thousand
seven
hundred
forty
six
dollars
property
taxes
levied
for
the
year
2019
debate
principle
and
interest
on
the
general
obligation.
Corporate
bonds
in
these
resolutions
can
be
introduced
in
one
motion,
as
stated
above
and
approved
through
a
single
roll
call,
vote
is
well
someone
move
this
move
adoption.
Second,
second,
okay.
Is
there
any
public
comment
on
these
items.
B
A
Right
these
resolutions
passed
the
Evanston
City
Council
on
a
nine
to
zero
vote.
We're
now
going
to
move
to
SP,
for
this
is
ordinance.
Excuse
me
I'm,
going
to
go
around
and
just
ask
people
to
introduce
so
alderman
Fisk.
Would
you
introduce
that
one
then
I'm
gonna
come
around
the
other
way
as
we
go
all
the
way
around.
AA
A
L
B
A
AF
Yes,
sp6
ordinance,
137
OH
nineteen
general
assistance,
2019
tax
levy
staff
recommend
City,
Council,
adoption
of
tax
levy,
ordinance,
137
OH
19,
which
levies
the
annual
property
tax
for
general
assistance
in
the
amount
of
1
million
one
hundred
thirteen
thousand
four
hundred
two
dollars
as
extended,
including
three
percent
loss
factor.
This
represents
an
increase
of
21.2%
over
the
2018
levy.
Nine
hundred
eighteen
thousand
three
hundred
sixty-seven
dollars
as
extended
I
move
introduction.
Second,.
AG
Sp
six,
it
says,
or
the
third
one,
thirty
seven,
no
nineteen,
the
general
assistant
219
tax
levy,
this
general
assistance
is
this
supposed
to
be
the
general
assistance
that
take
care
of
the
people
homeless
and
people
that
need
to
be
taken
here.
If
this
is
what
it's
supposed
to
be,
then
this
tax
cannot
be
because
remember
when
you
voted
back
in
219
in
2016
to
dissolve
22
Township,
you
was
not
given
the
authority
to
levy
any
taxes
for
general
assistance
fund
that
was
in
the
bill
that
was
passed
back
thing.
AG
A
B
A
O
With
regard
sp7
ordinance,
138,
OH,
19,
the
2019,
Evanston
library
fund
tax
levy,
the
library
board
is
recommending
the
City
Council
adoption
of
tax
levy,
ordinance,
138,
a
19
per
the
library
board,
action,
which
was
on
October
27th
2019,
which
levies
the
annual
property
tax
for
the
Evanston
public
library
in
the
amount
of
seven
million.
Four
hundred
seventy
six
thousand
two
hundred
eighty
nine
dollars
has
extended,
including
the
three
percent
loss
factor.
This
represents
an
increase
of
8.5%
over
the
2018
levy
of
six
eight,
eight,
seven,
seven,
fifty
five
as
extended.
This
is
for
introduction.
S
F
Yeah
and
I've
spoken
to
director,
Danzig
Lyons,
so
I'm
also
voting.
No,
but
my
reason
Nestle
isn't
the
increase.
My
reasoning
is
I
asked
I'm
a
couple
years
ago,
I
think
when
we
talked
about
crown
and
then
poping
in
the
new
branch
on
Main
Street,
what
the
fate
of
the
Chicago
Avenue,
Main
Street
branch
was
and
I.
Think
at
that
time
we
talked
about
you
know:
they've
talked
about
probably
closing
it.
Well,
it's
going
to
remain
open
for
another
year.
I
read
the
notes
from
their
meeting
and
I.
Understand,
I
mean
I,
understand
their
rationale.
F
I,
don't
agree,
I
think
it's
to
have
two
libraries
on
Main,
Street
I
think
is
more
than
we
need.
I,
also
think
that
we
could
have.
They
could
have
thought
about
closing
that
branch
and
moving
those
resources
to
rob
a
crown
considering
the
cost
of
Robert
Brown
and
that
that
library
is
obviously
going
to
be
much
bigger
and
serve
a
much
greater
population
of
people.
So
that's
why
I
will
not
be
supporting
this.
That's.
A
B
A
H
Ordinance
113
I
know
19
special
service
area
number
for
2019
tax
levy
staff,
recommend,
City,
Council,
adoption
of
tax
levy,
ordinance,
113,
I,
know
19,
which
levies
an
annual
property
tax
for
special
service
area
number
4
in
the
amount
of
500.
Ninety
two
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
five
dollars.
This
represents
an
increase
of
fourteen
point.
One
percent
over
the
2018
levy,
a
five
hundred
twenty
five
thousand
for
introduction.
A
S
A
A
AH
I
moved
sp9
ordinance,
140
Oh
1930
serves
area
number.
Six
from
nineteen
tax
levy,
staff
recommends
City
Council,
adoption
of
tax
levy,
ordinance,
140
Oh
19,
which
levies
your
property
tax
for
special
service
area
number
six
in
the
amount
of
220
1220
7835
is
extended,
including
a
loss
factor
of
three
percent.
This
represents
a
1%
increase
over
the
2018
levy
as
extended
of
225
thousand
for
$20
for
introduction.
AA
A
A
U
Ordinance
154
0
19
amending
various
chapters
of
title
10,
Motor,
Vehicles
and
traffic
regarding
parking
violations.
Staff
recommends
that
we
adopt
this
ordinance
amending
various
chapters
of
title
10
regarding
piking
violations.
The
ordinance
will
realign
parking
fines
in
phases
over
the
next
two
years,
with
a
maximum
increase
to
a
single
violation
being
ten
dollars.
The
proposed
realignment
affects
many
of
the
lessers
issued
citations
and
is
recommended
to
ensure
consistency
and
uniformity
among
the
various
citation
types
I,
and
this
is
for
introduction.
Second,.
B
A
S
Ordinance
47
0
19
of
19
administrative
tow
penalty
staff
is
recommending
that
the
council
adopt
ordinance,
147,
Oh
19,
an
ordinance
amending,
Title,
10
chapter
6
to
add
an
administrative
penalty
under
certain
sequence
circumstances
involving
a
vehicle,
seizure
and
impoundment.
This
is
for
introduction.
I
move
approval.
Second,.
H
A
F
A
A
S
AE
B
A
All
right.
We're
now
going
to
move
into
just
any
mayor
announcements,
communication
from
the
clerk
and
then
public
and
then
public
comment.
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
folks
here
that
are
interested
in
public
comment.
City
clerk.
Is
it
possible?
Can
you
run
out
and
get
the
list
out
there
as
well?
Just
so
we
can
know
what
the
number
is.
So
I
can
a
lot
the
time
appropriately,
I.
B
Don't
believe,
there's
a
list
I
would
request
that
an
Altima
make
a
motion
to
recess
for
five
minutes,
so
we
can
get
folks
signed
up
for
public
comment.
Typically,
public
comment
is
at
the
beginning,
but
because
it's
at
the
end,
a
lot
of
folks
decided
to
show
up
around
the
time
that
public
comments.
A
S
Would
I'll
send
this
to
I
guess
the
staff
took
place
on
the
next
administration
public
works
agenda,
I
move
that
we
remove
from
the
table
the
July
8th
tabeling
of
ordinance.
Let's
see
ordinance,
7008
een
o
19
having
to
do
no?
No,
it's
not
that
ordinance.
Q1O
19
having
to
do
with
the
r-1
liquor
license
it's
an
ordinance
ii
51,
oh
19!
A
S
A
A
A
In
favor
all
right
all
right,
excellent,
the
Monday,
November
18th
2019
Evanston
City
Council
has
rican
reconvened
a
couple
couple
items
at
the
top
and
then
really
we're
going
into
public
public
comment.
First
up
is
any
mayor,
announcements
and
improper
emissions.
I
just
wanted
to
welcome
back
well.
She
was
here,
but
maybe
she's
left
already
Genevieve
Bookwalter
she's
genevieve
Jenna
Genevieve
works
with
the
Chicago
Tribune
has
been
with
us
for
a
long
time,
had
a
baby
and
was
on
maternity
leave,
and
this
is
her
first
city
council
meeting
back
here.
A
A
It's
it's
really
tough
right
and
there's
probably
people
in
this
room
who
have
lost
siblings
or
a
parent,
and
they
are
here
in
Evanston
they've
been
here
for
a
long
time.
They
do
great
work
and
so
I
issue
proclamation
for
children's
grief,
Awareness
Day
on
November
21st
here
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
note
of
that
city
clerk.
Do
you
have
any
communications
I.
B
A
Thanks
Thank
You
clerk
read
we're
now
going
to
move
into
public
comment
for
those
of
you
that
you
know
aren't
regulars
here
at
the
City
Council
meeting
we
set
aside
45
minutes
for
public
comment,
and
so
what
we
do
per
our
rules
is
we
take
the
total
number
of
people
that
have
signed
up
for
public
comment.
We
divide
it
by
45
minutes
and
that's
it
and
that's
the
amount
of
time
today
we
have
basically
41
people
that
have
signed
up
for
public
comments,
so
I've
before
in
the
past
said.
A
Well,
let's
just
go
with
a
minute
apiece
and
then
somebody
said
well
mayor.
That's
not
truly
the
calculation
if
you
do
the
math,
so
what
we're
gonna?
What
we're
going
to
do
tonight
is
we're
gonna,
set
it
at
a
minute,
ten,
okay
for
each
for
each
person.
Obviously,
there's
lots
of
people
that
want
to
get
up
here
and
share
their
concerns
or
share
their
perspectives.
So
I'm
gonna
ask
clerk,
read
to
keep
track
of
the
time
when
your
time
is
up.
B
B
A
Okay,
is
there
anybody
that
would
like
to
move
that
motion
on
the
council?
Okay,
so
we're
gonna
stick
with
a
minute
ten
everybody
we're
sticking
to
we're,
sticking
to
the
rules
that
we
always
do
and,
and
so
I'm
gonna
ask
that
folks
come
up
here.
I've
got
a
list
and
I
like
that
rule
I
had
no
idea.
We
had
a
rule
that
any
former
mayor
or
a
councilmember
can
come
first.
So
I
like
that
before
we
do
that
I
just
wanted
I
just
wanted
to
to
say
before
we
call
everybody
out.
A
You
know,
as
your
mayor
I
would
like
to
say
that
I
know
there
are
many
caring
residents
who
are
here
this
evening
to
voice
their
concern
of
our
recent
management
decision
made
last
week
as
well
as
to
express
their
support
for
the
outstanding
work
of
our
youth
and
young
adult
division.
Due
to
the
fact
that
the
matter
many
will
speak
on
is
a
personnel
matter
governed
by
personnel
policies
and
applicable
laws.
Neither
the
City,
Council
nor
city
manager
is
able
to
discuss
the
matter
or
release
any
information.
A
P
Clerk
read:
thank
you
all
for
being
better
Souls
than
I
am
and
continuing
to
do
this
work.
It
might
help
if
I
tell
tell
a
story
when
I
started
as
mayor
I
was
asked
to
go
to
met
way
too
many
funerals
of
young
men
who
had
been
shot
by
other
young
men
at
one
of
them.
I
made
my
normal
pitch.
Please
don't
retaliate
and
I
looked
at
the
faces
of
the
congregation
and
the
stony
faces
of
the
young
men
work
made
it
clear
that
they
were
going
to
retaliate
I
had
not
walked
in
their
shoes.
P
You
should
listen
to
this
Steve.
A
mother
called
me.
This
is
all
in
the
pre
Kevin,
Brown,
youth
and
young
adult
division.
A
mother
called
me.
A
bullet
had
gone
through
her
apartment
and
hit
the
crib
where
her
daughter
lay.
She
wanted
me
to
go
to
her
Street
that
night
and
drive
on
it,
because
she
said
she
was
afraid.
I
did
until
the
police
kicked
me
out
and
I
drove
them
a
little
crazy
driving
around
and
around,
but
I
did
it.
P
P
P
They
are
committed
to
coming
to
Evanston
and
having
a
building
here,
so
our
kids
can
access
it
easily,
but
we
need
Kevin
and
we
need
the
youth
and
young
adult
program
to
bring
our
young
people
to
Oakton
and
help
them
all
the
way
through
Oakton,
which
they
are
ready
to
do.
We
should
be
celebrating
youth
and
young
adults
and
I
know
that
Kevin
did
not
do
all
of
this
on
his
own.
Many
of
you
were
on
the
council
when
I
was
and
helped
him,
and
he
stands
on
the
shoulders
of
the
police
force.
A
Q
Is
short,
I
wrote
an
email
to
everyone
on
the
council,
cut
to
the
chase.
I
asked
that
the
council
eliminate
advertisement
from
Evanston.
Now
I
asked
that
the
council
censure
Evanston
now
to
the
extent
they
can
Evanston
now
published
the
addresses
of
three
citizens
after
the
temperance
Town
Hall.
There
was
no
reason
to.
Q
Thank
you,
my
I'd,
like
the
city
to
finally
demand
from
the
Friends
of
Robert
crown
that
they
pay
the
twelve
point.
Five
million
dollars
remaining
from
their
seventeen
point,
five
million
dollars
that
they
advertised
to
pay
for
construction
of
the
Ice
Palace
on
Main
Street.
Lastly,
since
I
don't
have
any
timeline
everything.
A
Q
This
is
the
property
on
the
sheet,
that's
in
the
budget,
about
the
residents
being
at
the
top
of
the
list.
We
all
know
that
the
residents
end
up
down
here,
which
is
apropos
for
putting
citizen
comments
at
the
end
of
the
council
meeting
tonight.
Okay,
one
thing
we'd
like
to
have
changed
and
the
other
thing
we'd
like
to.
Q
A
I
Good
evening,
mayor
Haggerty,
all
City
Council
members
and
administrative
staff,
I'm
duly
pained,
appalled
and
disturbed
by
this
despicable
and
deplorable
action
that
has
been
rendered
thus
far
regarding
mr.
Kevin
Brown,
based
upon
what
has
been
reported,
the
actions
being
parceled
out
for
mere
indiscretions
and
carelessness
don't
fit
the
infraction.
If
parking
tickets
were
paid
with
a
city
credit
card,
why
wouldn't
there
be
approval
from
the
account
by
the
administrative
superiors
who
signed
for
those
payments
shouldn't
that
or
those
persons
be
responsible
accountable
for
their
complicity
in
those
transactions?
I
Were
there
meetings
conducted
to
rectify
the
situation?
Was
a
bill
of
particulars
issued
with
the
time
compliance
by
now?
What
now
and
for
what
reason
is
this
occurring
to
mr.
Kevin
Brown,
who
is
owner
Dyess,
who
hasn't
had
multiple
indiscretions
or
questionable
behaviors,
where
no
action
has
been
administered?
I
would
cringe
to
believe
that
such
reputable
city
officials
would
allow
this
type
of
decision
to
go
on.
I
Is
it
a
retaliatory
for
his
leadership
successes
or
for
expressing
his
thoughts
using
an
equity
lens,
I
trust
that
you
will
reevaluate
your
position
and
act
with
reasonable
thinking,
skills
and
conscious
actions?
I
recommend
that
those
of
you
and
often
the
Kevin
Brown
debacle,
go
and
refill
your
integrity
cavity.
Thank.
AI
Evening,
members
of
City
Council,
my
name
is
Portia
Davis
and
I
was
the
program
coordinator
for
the
youth
and
young
adults,
division
in
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
for
a
little
over
six
years
until
my
abrupt
and
rather
quiet
departure
this
February
of
this
year,
but
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
But
right
now,
I'm
here
to
speak
on
the
character,
integrity
of
Kevin
Brown
through
personal
experiences.
AI
Having
worked
directly
with
him
throughout
my
time,
I'm
here
to
reiterate,
with
members
of
City
Council
in
the
Evanston
community,
my
disbelief
and
quite
frankly,
outrage
about
the
termination
of
one
of
your
hardest-working
employees
being
mr.
Brown
due
to
what
has
been
stated
as
gross
incompetence,
which
is
an
all-time
low.
Even
for
the
city
of
Evanston.
AI
To
consider
him
as
to
be
clear,
the
allegations
are
100%
false,
as
I
was
here
when
all
of
those
instances
that
are
being
referenced
to
determine
Kevin
as
being
grossly
incompetent,
I
was
present
for,
and
we
were
given
directives
and
or
approved
by
senior
leadership
to
handle
those
issued
tickets
with
city
credit
card.
What
I
see
as
grossly
incompetent
is
the
city
being
eagerly
I?
AI
See
the
city
eagerly
ticketing
city
of
evident
employees,
working
on
the
clock,
performing
city
duties
on
city
property
and
properly
identified
vehicles
that
includes
an
employee
placard
and
then
expect
already
underpaid
and
overworked
staff
to
pay
for
this
out
of
their
pockets.
You
know
what
this
rings
to
me:
a
set
up
the
process
for
city
credit
cards,
bill
payments
goes
from
the
manager
assistant
director
to
the
director
of
the
department
for
review
and
final
approval.
How
was
it
that
over
a
span
of
three
years,
Kevin
or
myself
were
never
disciplined
for
these?
AI
Given
infractions
yet
was
given
the
final
approval
by
senior
leadership,
and
now
this
is
escalated
to
an
immediate
termination
that
is
not
due
process
and
was
very
intentional.
Mr.
Hemmingway
has
sat
in
my
office
for
extended
periods
of
time
discussing
his
intention
to
get
rid
of
Kevin
Brown.
This
rhetoric
continued.
However,
it
took
a
different
form,
as
my
name
turned
to
Pocahontas
a
little
bit
and
discussions
of
which
who
looked
good
over
the
weekend
in
a
bikini
with
your
insults,
her
nail
polish
was.
AI
Confidently
directed
at
me
in
front
of
current
employees
and
was
reported,
you
all
did
nothing
to
protect
staff
from
being
openly
targeted,
harassed
and
for
me
sexually
I'm,
again
asking
City
Council
that
an
independent
investigation
be
conducted
on
the
current
director
of
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
for
harassment.
The
Human
Resources
actively
participated
in
this
cover-up.
Thank
you
and.
A
O
A
E
Already
got
my
communications
in
support
of
Kevin
Brown
I
am
here
representing
the
addy
Wyatt
Center
I'm,
going
to
read
from
a
letter
from
dr.
Bernard
Lafayette,
an
internationally
recognized
civil
rights
leader
who
served
on
dr.
Martin,
Luther
King
Junior's
staff
in
the
60s.
He
currently
leads
the
King
in
non-violence,
conflict
resolution,
training
efforts
across
the
US
and
around
the
world.
He
serves
as
a
distinguished
scholar
at
Auburn
in
Alabama
and
is
the
chair
of
the
board
of
the
Southern
Christian
Leadership
Conference,
founded
by
dr.
King.
E
So
this
is
his
letter
on
on
SCLC
letterhead
to
the
members
of
the
City
Council
I'm.
Writing
to
you
today
in
support
of
mr.
Kevin
Brown,
who
has
been
leading
the
youth
and
young
adult
division
for
the
city
of
Evanston.
I
am
familiar
with
mr.
Brown's
work
through
my
colleagues
in
King
G
and
non-violence,
conflict
rec,
reconciliation,
I'm
going
to
skip
because
I
know
I
only
have
I
get
it.
Mr.
Brown
is
an
inspired
leader.
E
Who's
innovate
in
working
with
youth
of
brought
monumental
improvements
to
the
lives
of
Evanston's
youth
and
to
the
city
of
Evanston.
I
will
just
end
with
his
last
sentence.
I
urge
you
to
make
whatever
changes
are
necessary
to
keep
him
in
his
position
in
the
city,
so
he's
able
to
continue
this
very
important
work
in
your
community.
Dr.
Bernard,
Lafayette
chairman.
B
A
K
AJ
Good
evening,
Harris
Miller,
fourth
ward
I,
understand
Kevin
Brown
was
fired
over
city
parking
tickets
on
Friday
November
15th.
According
to
a
deer
of
instant
interview,
he
stated
that
parks
and
recreation
director.
Mr.
Hemingway
and
assistant,
miss
hawk,
told
him.
It
was
okay
to
use
a
city
credit
card
to
pay
for
the
nine
City
vehicle
tickets
and
it
was
approved
yet
the
city
decided
to
either
have
Kevin
admit
to
so-called
wrongdoing
that
he
did
not
commit
or
face
termination,
despite
given
the
okay
by
his
supervisors.
AJ
Perhaps
this
is
a
part
of
a
secret
plan
to
cut
off
services
and
department
funds
from
poor
and
at-risk
youth
and
young
adults.
The
residents
are
confident
that
he
does
not
want
job,
as
you
could
tell
tonight,
by
at
the
crowd,
please
reinstate
Keith,
Brown
or
Kevin
Brown
into
his
position.
If
this
is
truly
wrongdoing,
then
police
terminate
mr.
Hemmingway
and
miss
Hawke
for
giving
him
the
authorization
of
in
the
first
place.
Thank
you
and.
A
AK
Hi,
my
name
is
Michele
Hayes
I
live
in
bromo,
Park,
City,
Council,
mayor
clerk,
read
I
have
been
here
before
to
support
Kevin
Brown
and
his
work
and
am
frustrated
to
have
to
be
here
again.
I
under
mr.
brown.
Violence
in
Evanston
has
been
reduced.
Measurably
I
think
he
is
the
one
person
who
knows
more
about
youth
in
Evanston
than
anyone
else
in
the
city
and
in
point
of
fact,
I
reached
out
to
mr.
AK
Brown
when
I
started
my
campaign
for
Oakland
Community
College,
and
he
blew
me
away
with
how
much
he
knew
about
youth
in
Evanston
and
about
how
to
get
kids
to
attend
Community
College.
It
is
outrageous
that
this
has
happened
and
while
I
know
that
City
Council
is
not
part
of
the
city
of
Evanston's,
Human
Services
Department
I
also
want
to
remind
you
all
that
you
represent
us,
and
we
are
here
telling
you
what
we
want
to
see.
So
please
reinstate
Kevin
Brown
and
fix
this
mess.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
AD
There
are
many
problems
with
what
has
occurred
here,
but,
given
the
limited
time,
I'll
only
address
a
few
earlier
this
evening,
the
council
participated
in
a
training
entitled
racial
equity
in
Evanston,
building
a
sustainable
action
plan.
In
that
training
we
heard
a
definition
of
racial
equity
to
include
working
to
address
route
inequities
through
elimination
of
policies,
practices,
attitudes
and
cultural
messages
that
reinforce
differential
outcomes
by
race
and
ethnicity,
or
fail
to
eliminate
them.
The
policy
that
led
to
the
firing
of
Kevin
Brown
is
rooted
in
racial
inequity.
AD
Let
me
pose
a
question:
would
you
take
it
a
police,
vehicle
ambulance
or
fire
truck
while
responding
to
a
call,
I
hope?
The
answer
is
no,
because
that
would
cause
harm.
Why
on
earth
with
the
city,
ticket
vehicles
being
driven
by
outreach,
outreach
workers?
This
policy
causes
harm.
They
are
doing
critical
work
with
the
most
vulnerable
citizens
in
our
community.
These
youth
and
young
adult
are
predominantly
black
and
brown
people.
The
work
of
the
outreach
team
is
complicated
and
diverse
and
I'm
gonna
skip
ahead.
AD
I
know
I'm
out
of
time
here,
but
you
have
the
opportunity
to
undo
the
harm
by
conducting
an
independent
investigation
into
this
personnel
matter.
If
you
are
concerned
about
the
money,
because
the
city
is
struggling,
I
have
my
checkbook
here
tonight
and
I
will
pay
for
the
tickets
and
fees
incurred
by
the
ArtReach
team.
Personally,
the
city
of
Evanston
should
do
the
same.
Put
your
money,
your
policy,
your
behavior
and
your
attitude
where
your
mouth
is
by
reinstating
Kevin
Brown
to
his
job.
So
he
can
continue
the
work
of
it
Rachel
everybody.
Thank
you.
Y
The
other
thing
is
this
I'm
going
to
read
this
really
quick.
It
has
to
do
with
the
library,
has
always
been
a
source
close
to
my
heart,
as
a
young
girl
growing
up
on
the
south
side,
chicago
becoming
a
scientist.
Eventually,
I
wrote
this
note
to
carand
unbeknownst
I'd
be
three
years
to
city
hall
for
yet
a
myriad
of
reasons.
Y
Okay,
let
me
go
hi
Karen
great
conversations
on
Saturday
at
the
at
the
book
thing
for
traveling
with
service
dogs,
service
animals
by
air,
bro,
rail
and
ship
across
North
America
by
Henry,
kisser
who's
and
Avastin
author
who's,
hard
of
hearing
who
is
impressive
and
I
hope
the
council
invites
him
if
you
need
any
more
discussion
about
this.
Thank
you
or
just
want
to
know.
Let
me
finish
right.
Q
Y
No
mayor
EPL
stated
policy,
then
arrest
me,
okay,
EP,
L,
stated
policy
is
very
clear.
What's
in
experienced
and
brilliantly
discussed
by
authors,
Henry
kisser
and
Kristen
Christine
gold,
good
ear
is
confusion
about
what
is
unnecessary.
What
is
unnecessarily
disabling
anything
you
do
that
right
now
that
people
are
objecting
to
the
legal
department
is
intricately
involved,
if
you're
deliberately
or
even
in
durably
being
misadvice
to
disable
anybody
from
doing
their
job
or
doing
what's
right.
So
the
possible
next
steps,
Thank
You
mayor
for
this.
Y
Okay,
I
know
you
do
we
cur?
Let
me
finish
please
immediately.
What
we
need
to
do
is
I
put
down
several
different
things.
The
city
says
well,
then
come
up
with
things.
I
did
and
I
have
to
do
about
ordinance,
changes
or
clarifications
these.
We
can
do
now,
not
the
last
three
weeks
of
having
speak
to
the
hand,
kinds
of
behavior
from
our
legal
department
and
then
I
can
vouch
for
and
that
people
know.
I
went
through
that
in
the
near
future,
about
Parks
and
Recreation
there's
other
things
also
listed.
Y
A
AL
Evening,
council
members,
my
name
is
Brenda
Greer
and
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
mr.
Brown
this
evening,
I
max
in
the
City
Council
members
and
all
those
pertaining
to
this
matter
of
800
or
$500
and
ticket
fines
to
settle
this
matter
and
reinstate
mr.
Brown.
The
city
of
Evanston
should
be
more
concerned
with
the
companies
that
are
rewarded
with
grants
to
do
business
to
come
into
Everson
and
not
stay
or
starting
businesses.
AL
After
being
granted
these
grants
I
would
think
this
would
be
an
amount
or
amounts
to
be
recruit
more
so
than
these
800
or
$500,
and
why
is
an
EV
assistant,
employee
parking
on
city
property
in
a
city
vehicle
being
ticketed?
This
touched
the
core
with
me
due
to
a
situation
that
involved
me
also
regarding
tickets,
when
I
was
an
employee
at
the
Edison
Police
Department
and
being
asked
to
resign
for
no
reason
whatsoever
on
my
behalf
or
on
my
part
in
the
80s.
AL
A
AM
Good
evening
my
name
is
Harold
dams
and
my
lifelong
that
Estonia
I
was
contacted
over
the
weekend
about
the
situation
with
mr.
brown.
Over
the
years,
mr.
brown
has
provided
leadership
to
our
youth
here
in
Evanston
through
various
programs.
It
is
my
opinion
that
has
valued
the
value
of
his
leadership
was
invaluable
and
will
continue
will
continue
to
be
our
axe.
The
City
Council
to
consider
we're
sending
you
a
termination,
because
it's
completely
frivolous.
There
are
no
basis
upon
any
organization
of
terminating
someone
based
upon
parking
tickets.
AM
AN
Thank
you
a
couple
of
things.
One
I
want
to
say:
I
wish
our
city
would
get
our
rules
together,
get
them
clear,
so
everyone
can
understand
them.
I
think
they
should
be
on
when
we're
done
with
the
budget.
Second
of
all,
this
Kevin
Brown
is
an
amazing
human
being
and
he's
doing
so.
Much
for
a
city
and
I
realized
that
sometimes
you
make
mistakes,
but
it
is
a
big
person
who
can
own
that
up
and
say.
Ok,
we
made
a
mistake
and
that's
corrected.
AN
I
am
shocked
in
the
light
of
the
fiasco
with
Robert
crown
and
the
lack
of
financial
accountability,
a
50
million
dollar
and
a
30
million
dollar
project
yeah
mr.
Hemingway,
who
I
requested
for
weeks
and
weeks,
accounting
on
the
expenses
and
revenues
which
went
into
those
projections
and
have
never
been
returned
to
call
I,
couldn't
get
a
call
back
on
a
50
million
dollar
project
and
someone
is
great
and
as
impactful
as
mr.
Brown
he's
getting
terminated
over
funds,
it's
it's
really
up.
AN
A
Z
I'll
try
to
keep
it
short
good
evening.
I
want
to
say,
I
agree
with
everybody
who
spoke
before
me.
You
should
reinstate
Kevin
Brown,
but
what
I
want
to
talk
about
is
the
last
week
City
Council
meeting
first
of
all,
I'd
like
to
thank
you,
mayor,
Haggerty,
for
your
graceful
and
ffred
introduction.
The
last
week's
public
comment,
the
first
three
items
I
agree
with
a
hundred
percent
that
words
matter.
The
City
Council
is
making
decisions
that
affect
people's
lives
and
that
we
all
should
use
our
words
wisely
now.
Z
The
next
part,
which
I'm
sure
is
true
but
very
complicated.
You
state
that
council
is
making
decisions
that
you
believe
are
best
for
the
city.
It
appears
to
many
of
us
that
you're
making
decisions
then
getting
input
from
residents
after
the
fact
when
you're
spending
our
money,
we
would
appreciate
you
asking
us
first
and
also
making
a
distinction
between
what
you
feel
is
best
for
the
city
and
what
we
believe
is
best
for
the
residents
that
live
here
and
pay
the
taxes
and
then,
after
your
excellent
introduction
on
words,
people's
lives
affected
and
making
decisions.
Z
I,
listen
to
the
very
first
speaker,
Scott
I,
don't
know
the
last
name
but
Scott,
who
was
on
the
CBA
for
10
years,
said
you
need
to
take
into
consideration
how
the
quality
of
life
will
be
affected
and
won
it.
What
impact
there
will
be
on
the
surrounding
home
values
before
you
vote
on
the
text
amendment
to
change
zoning
for
Northwestern,
while
shrine
arena
so
after
it
is
pointed
out
to
you
that
an
impact
study
needs
to
be
done
to
address
quality
of
life
and
impact
on
property
values.
Z
At
that
point,
the
subject
should
be
closed.
No
more
discussion
is
needed
unless
and
until
that
impact
study
is
done.
It
has
also
pointed
out
by
either
Edmond
okay,
three
more
sentences,
please,
and
why
aren't
we
following
our
own
rules
if
we
are
not
going
to
follow
our
own
rules,
laws
and
ordinances,
and
we
do
not
need
38
or
40
boards
commissions
and
committees?
Thank
you.
Thank.
AO
Good
evening,
Albert
gives
Bev
wort
I'd
like
to
address
the
new
budget
proposal.
I
know
this
is
a
very
complicated
process
with
a
lot
of
moving
parts
and
pieces
that
you
need
to
consider
when
trying
to
figure
out
what
money
goes
where
last
year
we
did
a
priority
based
budget
with
dis,
not
work.
This
year
we
developed
Evanston
city
goals.
At
the
beginning
of
the
year
we
spoke
about
six
codes.
A
number
one
goal
was
to
stabilize
city
found
finances.
AO
What
have
we
done
to
achieve
this
goal?
The
only
thing
that
we
can
see
is
to
raise
taxes
and
fees.
Why
is
this
and
then
you,
fire,
Kevin,
Brown
I,
have
not
heard
any
discussion
on
cutting
expenses.
Why
is
this
before
our
city
manager
left
Evanston?
Just
a
couple
of
months
ago
we
had
a
deficit
of
3.5
million.
Now
we
are
hiring
fourteen
new
employees
spending
a
ton
of
money
on
studies,
rebuilding
remodeling,
new
vehicles,
Robert
Crumb,
and
where
are
we
getting
all
this
extra
funding
from
and
then
you
fire,
Kevin
Brown?
AO
How
did
we
make
up
this
3.5
million
deficit?
Do
we
really
need
to
borrow
money
from
bonds?
Every
year
we
already
owe
close
to
200
million
in
bonds
with
death
service
next
year,
at
about
12
million
and
2021
death
service
around
15
million,
and
then
you
fire,
Kevin,
Brown
I,
believe
everything
has
some
of
the
highest
taxes
in
the
most
expensive
recreational
center
in
the
nation
it
looks
like
you
are
taxing
and
spending
Evanston
off
the
map.
Please
reevaluate
your
budget
to
make
it
a
balanced
budget
with
no
increase
in
taxes
and
fees.
AO
Let's
be
down
some
of
our
debt
and
add
money
to
our
pension
funds.
Let's
take
a
look
at
your
number
one
goal
on
stabilizing
long,
long
term,
city
financing
and
please
keep
in
mind
what
happened
in
2008
will
they
broke
just
like
that,
and
then
you
fire,
Kevin
Brown.
Thank
you
Alvin.
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
just
like
to
close
with
this.
AO
It's
no
same
and
getting
egg
on
your
face.
You've
done
something
kind
of
outrageous
here
by
allowing
this
to
happen,
be
mature
enough
to
respect
what
your
position
is
to
the
community
rehire
Kevin
Brown
I'll
leave
with
this
I
have
filed
a
formal
charge
against
an
alderman
on
this
dais
I.
Have
been
told
recently
that
the
conversation
says
I
accused
this
man
of
being
racist.
I
said
nothing
of
the
sort.
AO
AO
AG
Here
in
the
news
about
Kevin
Brown
being
let
go
the
one
thing
that
I
saw
when
I
walked
into
family
focus
its.
What
is
going
to
happen
to
this
program,
Kevin
Brown
and
his
staff
started
what
is
called
a
safe
space,
peace
and
me,
and
what
that
was
talking
to
the
young
people
there.
It
says
from
dodge
to
at
Green
Bay
from
Amazon
to
Simpson,
there's
not
to
be
any
fighting
of
violence
of
things
going
on.
There
has
been
40
days
plus
that
there,
the
kids
have
not
been
fighting
in
stuff.
AG
M
I'm
good
evening,
everybody
I'm
just
for
the
sake
of
time,
I'm
not
going
to
reiterate
everything,
that's
been
said,
but
I
am
going
to
ask
the
same
question
that
I
asked
the
last
time.
I
was
up
here
when
we
were
talking
about
reducing
the
budget
and
how
could
we
do
it
and
maybe
we
would
get
rid
of
the
youth
and
young
adult
program?
What's
really
going
on
I
asked
that
same
question
tonight.
M
AB
First,
a
report
from
the
parking
lot
I
parked
my
car
at
613
p.m.
as
of
906
p.m.
I.
Still,
my
reconnaissance
reports
that
I
still
do
not
have
a
ticket
I've
been
here.
Definitely
in
that
two-hour
lot
for
way
more
than
two
hours
at
these
super
fun,
City
Council
meetings
and
I've,
never
gotten
a
ticket,
so
quick
check,
I'm
white
I'm,
just
in
case
you
didn't
know
so
I'm
being
funny.
But
this
is
really
no
laughing
matter
like
there
are
lives
on
the
line
and
I
work
as
the
school
social
worker
in
the
community.
AB
As
I've
said
before,
I
see
families
on
the
press
of
hit
precipice
of
having
to
leave
Evanston
because
they
can't
economically
stay
I,
see
youth
sitting
at
the
intersection
of
life
and
death,
and
you
should
be
throwing
resources
at
these
people,
not
taking
them
away
an
excerpt
from
an
email
that
I
sent
to
the
mayor
this
evening.
It's
hard
to
see
this
as
anything
other
than
a
move
to
silence.
Yet
another
black
and
indigenous
person
of
color
individual
who
is
speaking
truth
to
power.
This
is
actually
what
systemic
racism
does.
AB
It
gets
in
our
brains
and
convinces
us
that
decisions
we
make
as
people
in
the
dominant
group
are
for
the
good
of
the
whole
or
difficult
but
necessary
decisions.
The
work
of
dismantling,
systemic
racism
and
systems
of
oppression
is
never-ending,
and
it
is
our
job
as
white
people
to
put
in
the
layer
and
as
for
the
equity
lens
in
the
city
of
Evanston,
I
think
it's
broken.
Thank.
AP
Evening,
everyone,
jean-marie
Frazee,
eighth
ward,
I'm
here
today
to
voice
my
support
for
Kevin
Brown
and
my
utter
disbelief
and
frustration
with
this
city
for
his
wrongful
termination.
Kevin
is
not
someone
I
know
on
a
personal
basis,
I
only
know
of
him
through
the
results
of
the
productive
work
he
is
doing
in
our
city.
This
city
owes
him
more
than
what
you
are
dishing
out
for
him.
You
have
got
to
understand
how
this
looks
to
the
residents
of
this
town.
AP
It
feels
like
a
concerted
effort
to
railroad
this
man's
career
and
we've
seen
this
before
everything
yeah.
You
cannot
possibly
tell
us
with
a
straight
face
that
you
would
terminate
this
man's
job
his
livelihood
because
of
some
choices
that
his
bosses
made
about
how
to
pay
parking
tickets,
which
were
questionable
at
best
in
the
first
place,
even
if
the
concerns
were
legitimate
and
even
if
there
were
some
legitimate
reason
why
he
had
never
been
disciplined
in
the
past
until
he
was
fired.
AP
Are
you
telling
me
that
parking
tickets
matter
more
than
the
work
this
man
has
been
doing
the
people
whose
lives
are
changed
by
this
work,
not
to
mention
his
own
livelihood
and
family?
What
is
this
really
about?
It's
despicable!
It's
disgusting.
We
can
see
right
through
your
little
charade.
Shame
on
you.
J
My
name
is
Dale
Griffin
I'm,
an
Evanston
resident.
It
was
interactive
with
Kevin
Brown
over
several
years,
and
I
asked
you
to
reverse
the
process:
the
terminate
his
employment
with
the
city
over
parking
issues.
Many
of
we
members,
a
United
Church
of
Evanston,
have
admired
and
supported
his
departments.
Work
with
at-risk
youth
and
people
returning
from
prison,
I
read
the
allegations
in
the
rebuttal
at
issue.
J
It
seems
to
me
that
if
a
fraction
of
the
effort
that
went
into
the
allegations
had
been
invested
in
personal
contact
and
problem-solving,
this
would
not
even
be
an
issue
that
department
does
send
people
in
and
out
all
day
and
to
meet
with
citizens,
and
there
needs
to
be
some
recognition
of
this.
His
work
is
very
important,
and
the
kind
of
extreme
toxicity
in
handling
a
parking
issue
is
detrimental
to
our
community.
Please
do
it
as
needed
to
get
past
this
issue
and
back
to
the
real
work
of
the
city
of
Evanston.
A
AQ
AQ
I
have
been
here
before
on
similar
issues
with
the
youth
in
young
adult
program,
so
I'm
gonna
be
really
quick,
so
my
name
is
Angela
Bianca
I
work
at
the
University
of
Illinois
I
am
a
community
leader
and
anti
violence
activist,
and
an
author
I
literally
traveled
around
the
world
I
see
violence
in
every
single
city
in
every
country
and
I
know.
Violence
I
have
had
the
opportunity
early
on
when
this
program
was
first
implemented
by
the
previous
mayor
with
Kevin
Brown
to
work.
AQ
In
addition
to
my
job,
I
worked
part
time
for
the
city
of
Evanston
for
the
youth
and
young
adult
division
to
stop
violence
with
their
wonderful,
brilliant
team
and
Kevin
Brown
I'm
gonna
tell
you
right
now
on
everything
and
I
and
I.
You
know:
I'm
an
educated
woman
here,
I
learned
integrity
from
Kevin
Brown.
That's
how
I
learned
integrity
right.
AN
AQ
Am
outraged
and
to
say
that
I'm
devastated
would
be
an
understatement.
Your
honor,
you
stated
that
the
young,
youth
and
young
adult
division
is
thriving,
but
it
would
not
be
thriving
without
Kevin
Browns
leadership.
I
can
guarantee
you
that
he
has
done
an
outstanding
job.
You
also
mentioned
that
in
your
statement
that
it's
a
personal
matter
and
I
understand,
there's
an
investigation
and
you
can't
reveal
all
the
details,
but
this
is
not
personal.
This
is
a
public
we're
talking
parking
tickets,
speeding,
tickets,
we're
talking
ticketing
city
employees,
city
vehicles.
AQ
I
would
like
to
hope
that
you
are
going
to
do
one,
but
I
want
their
probe
to
include
citywide
number
of
city
officials
ticketed
with
city
vehicles
and
I
want
to
know
where,
when
and
I
want
to
and
I
do,
data
for
a
living,
the
University
of
Illinois
so
I
want
the
evaluation.
I
want
to
see
how
that
looks,
how
many
of
color,
how
many
are
black,
how
many
brown
are,
how
many
are
white
and
what
is
their
position?
What
is
a
role
in
the
city?
AQ
What,
when
they're
getting
ticketed
thank
you
I
am
completely
devastated.
I,
don't
want
to
take
up
any
more
your
time,
but
Mayor
like
the
man
said.
We
all
make
mistakes.
You
all
have
the
power
to
fix
this
and
I
urge
you
and
demand,
as
a
longtime
advocate
for
the
city
of
Evanston,
that
you
fix
this
and
bring
the
man
back.
That
made
this
program
work
that
we
wouldn't
be
saving
lives
without
him.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
brent
friend,
Brenda,
come
come
on
up
and
sometimes
I'm
I
mispronounce
words,
and
things
like
that.
Just
so,
everybody
was
clear
because
I
may
have
mispronounced
it.
It's
a
percent,
its
personnel
matter
right,
which
is
governed
by
personnel,
not
get
personal,
because
I
mean
they're
two
different
things.
He
was
like
Thank.
A
R
The
City
Council
and
mayor
I'm
here
on
behalf
to
show
some
support
for
kevie
Brown
and
the
youth
and
young
adult
division
of
Evanston
I've
worked
with
him
for
the
past
five
years,
five
to
seven
years
and
I've
seen
him
so
many
times
get
young
adults,
jobs
and
employment.
I've
seen
him
help.
People
in
crisis,
people
that
were
homeless
and
people
that
needed
help
I've
seen
this
division
in
this
department
show
up
and
show
out
and
they've
done.
A
wonderful
job.
R
I
have
a
lot
of
respect
for
the
youth
and
young
adult
division
and
for
Kevin
Brown,
and
his
leadership.
I
was
really
disgusted
to
hear
that
he
was
terminated.
I
think
it
is
a
travesty
I
think
it
is
personal
and
I
think
it
is
of
some
kind
of
show
of
strength
or
support
or
I.
Don't
know
what
it
is.
I
just
know
it's
wrong.
I
just
know
it's
wrong,
so
please
reinstate
Kevin
Brown,
he's
done
a
wonderful
job
with
this
department
and
he
built
so
much
character
and
integrity.
AR
Hello,
Brittany,
Pratap,
Ora,
fifth
Ward
Kevin
Brown
has
been
one
of
the
most
prolific
chain
agents
in
Evanston,
especially
for
black
and
brown
youth
firing.
Him
is
an
unthinkable
affront
to
those
communities.
The
issues
he
has
alleged
to
have
participated
in
are
ridiculous
and
demonstrated
gross
incompetence
by
the
city
of
Evanston
and
not
by
mr.
Brown.
It
makes
no
sense
that
the
city
has
a
practice
of
ticketing
its
own
employees,
while
they
are
working.
Payments
for
these
tickets
were
allowed
for
three
years
and
have
only
recently
come
under
scrutiny
and
then
ended
abruptly
in
termination.
AR
You
have
a
responsibility
to
your
community
to
put
the
needs
to
put
their
needs
above
your
own.
Petty
disagreements.
I
believe
that
the
work
Kevin
Brown
is
done
for
Evanston,
youth
and
young
adults
is
much
more
valuable
than
your
six
hundred
and
some
odd
dollars
in
change
and
an
independent
investigation
must
be
done.
If
you
have
any
concern
for
justness.
AE
Good
evening,
Darlene
cannon
second
ward,
Kevin
Brown,
a
black
man
who
has
been
tirelessly
helping
and
mentoring
black
youth
in
Evanston,
inspired
over
parking
tickets,
and
then
you
mayor
Haggerty,
attempted
to
demonize
him
to
Residence
as
a
bad
person.
The
same
practice
you
used
with
Kirk
read:
whom
is
an
advocate
for
transparency?
You
have
led
people
to
believe
that
clerk
Reed
was
threatening
to
white
women
who
are
city
attorneys,
so
you
Steve
seem
to
have
a
pattern
of
verbalizing.
AE
A
AS
I'm
here
to
stand
in
solidarity
for
the
reinstatement
of
Kevin
Brown
the
thing
about
Kevin
was:
he
was
a
beacon
of
light
in
this
community.
He
was
good.
He
made
Evanston
better
because
he
was
here
so
when
I
heard
today
that
he
was
let
go
I
was
in
disbelief.
I
talked
to
my
daughter.
She
said
mom
that
good
man
I
said
yeah
that
good
man
I
talked
to
my
son.
A
AT
I'm
speaking
as
somebody
who
Kevin
Kevin
helped
employ
I
worked
at
the
northwestern
program
under
him
and
ever
since
then,
he's
always
been
in
communication
with
me
for
the
last
like
three
four
years.
He'd
always
call
me
call
me
you
can
see
any
job
openings
I
can
help.
Other
people
call
me
so
I'm
here
too,
and
he
was
always
there
to
help
me
so
I'm
here
to
help
him
I.
AT
AU
Good
evening
of
City
Council
mayor
I'm,
Roger
Williams
I'm,
the
president
of
Opel
370,
two
days
ago,
I
was
at
the
same
position
when
the
last
plate
was
made
for
Kevin
Browns,
a
job
that
wasn't
372
days
ago.
That's
the
question
that
one
must
ask
the
mayor
and
the
Ephesus
City
Council.
Why
did
you
why
your
father,
in
a
deployment
of
what
do
you
fire,
Kevin
Brown,
the
community
service
manager
of
the
youth
and
young
adults
program?
Has
he
committed
some
crime
that
has
created
an
ambassador
embarrassment
for
the
city?
AU
Has
he
cost
Ellison
tax
dollars
in
lawsuits
that
some
have
in
this
city?
Now?
What
is
the
issue
in
this
case?
Is
the
community
service
manager
payment
or
about
9:00
parking
tickets
tickets,
totaling
about
$800
in
city
parking,
fines
on
city
vehicles,
parked
ins
in
the
city's
Civic
Center
a
lot
using
the
city
credit
card?
One
thing
we
ought
to
keep
aware
be
aware
of
the
youth
and
young
adult
program
is
a
very
successful
program.
You
wouldn't
know
about
what
some
of
the
things
have
been
going
on
here.
AU
Well,
the
staff
of
only
nine
people
serves
the
highest
at-risk
young
people
in
their
families.
In
Evanston
it
has
assisted
thousands
of
Evanston
residents
to
secure
job
training
and
permanent
employment
leading
to
careers
in
every
work
for
Accession
session
sector.
But
the
greatest
impact
from
the
work
of
the
youth
and
young
adult
program
is
a
219
percent
decrease
in
total
annual
Ellison
arrest
for
individuals,
ages,
16
through
24,
from
2012
to
2018
and
the
246
percent
increase
in
youth
and
young
adult
employment.
AU
During
the
same
time
period,
this
manager,
Kevin
Brown,
has
received
high
job
performance,
valuable
equation
each
of
his
years
and
in
seven
years
the
youth
and
young
adult
program
division
has
won
nine
Community
Awards
soul,
not
quite
the
question
that
I
prefer
I
present
to
you
what's
more
important
800
dollars
in
disputed
tickets
or
the
continuation
of
a
man's
work
and
leadership
that
has
provided
hope
and
the
future
for
thousands
of
at-risk
youth
and
young
adults
in
Evanston
I
believe
we
believe
the
thing
to
do
is
to
reinstate
Kevin
Brown
into
his
position.
Thank
you.
AU
N
AV
Hi
good
evening,
my
name
is
Rick.
Marsh
I
live
in
eighth
ward
on
the
board
president
at
curse
cafe
and
we
worked
side-by-side
with
Kevin
Brown
and
his
outreach
group,
and
you
know,
for
35
years,
I've
been
involved
with
the
fam
organization.
You
know
working
with
young
folks
and
pretty
much
in
my
volunteer
life
and
my
35
years
here
and
ever
since
I've
worked
with
young
young
folks
in
helping
to
develop
them
so
I'm
a
witness
to
see
the
benefits
that
come
from
this
type
of
work.
You
know
Kevin
and
this
outreach
team.
AV
They
meet
our
youth
where
they
are
and
they
make
a
difference.
I
started
at
Kurtz
as
a
mentor
and
when
you
put
time
and
effort
and
caring
into
young
people,
you
make
a
difference
and
kevin
has
made
a
difference
in
this
community.
It's
absolutely
no
question
about
it.
Now.
I've
also
worked
in
corporate
America
for
35
years
and
I've
managed
teams
and
I've
terminated
people.
This
doctor,
quit
you
terminate
somewhat.
This
is
this
is
pretty
shoddy,
I'd
have
to
say
so
with
that
being
said,
I'm
here
in
support
of
Kevin
Brown.
AV
A
AW
I'm
grace,
Pitino
and
I
was
born
and
raised
in
Evanston
I'm
here
to
voice
my
support
for
Kevin
Brown
tonight
and
my
descent
for
his
firing.
The
restorative
work
that
Kevin
Brown
and
the
youth
and
young
adult
division
do
should
be
of
utmost
priority
to
the
city
if
the
city
truly
values
all
of
its
residents,
particularly
its
working
class,
black
and
brown
and
young
adult
residents,
the
circumstances
of
the
firing
are
extremely
suspect.
I
urge
you
to
in
state
a
thorough,
independent
investigation
to
the
circumstances
of
the
firing.
AW
The
allegations
of
singling
out
the
parks
in
Iraq,
youth
and
young
adult
employees
for
ticketing
and
I
urge
you
to
make
the
process
of
the
investigation
as
transparent
as
possible
and
I
would,
lastly
like
to
say
that
I
believe
it's
an
undue
burden
to
not
allow
city
employees
to
park
in
the
parking
lot,
while
working
on
the
clock
and
I
genuinely
wonder
where
all
of
you
Park
tonight,
because
it's
cold
and
I
know
that
this
meeting
has
been
going
on
for
longer
than
two
hours.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
AX
I'm
Liz
breva
I
am
a
mother
of
seven
kids
and
teacher
in
district
65
and
coach
at
HHS.
Shame
on
the
city
of
Evanston
for
wasting
time
and
energy
and
the
effort
to
terminate
Kevin
Browns
employment
with
the
city.
I
would
like
to
know
if
you
have
spent
the
same
amount
of
time
commending
him
on
everything
he
has
done
to
improve
the
lives
of
young
people
across
our
community.
AX
The
positive
domino
effect
of
Kevin's
efforts,
since
he
was
hired
the
city
in
2012,
cannot
be
calculated
the
impact
that
he
has
as
a
leader
guiding
and
coaching
his
staff,
the
impact
the
programs
he
has
created
have
had
on
the
young
people
in
our
community.
He
doesn't
just
sit
behind
a
desk
and
boss
people
around.
He
is
passionate
and
dedicated
and
makes
a
difference
in
thousands
of
lives,
and
you
want
to
fire
him
for
a
petty
reason.
AX
I
would
like
to
ask
you
what
you
stand
for
I
tell
my
children
and
my
students
and
my
players
two
things.
First
of
all,
when
you
are
perfect,
then
you
can
start
talking
about
other
people.
The
second
thing
is
that
I
tell
them
is
worry
about
yourself.
Please
ask
yourself:
are
you
doing
the
best
job?
Are
you
dedicated
to
your
craft?
Are
you
making
a
positive
difference?
Are
we
focusing
on
parks
or
parking
tickets?
AX
A
X
Evening,
City
Council,
thanks
for
allowing
us
to
come
here
and
speak
I
was
born
in
Evanston
I
moved
from
Evanston
about
20
years
ago,
I
came
back
because
I
loved
Evanston,
the
first
person
that
I
was
directed
to
speak
with,
was
Kevin
Brown.
When
I
went
into
that
office,
I
was
amazed,
his
team.
They
were
tight.
They
helped
me
in
every
way
that
they
could.
While
he
was
helping
me,
he
was
mentoring
them,
because
everyone
in
that
room
was
younger
than
me.
X
These
were
people
that
I
know
that
grew
up
in
my
community
that
do
my
family.
So
me
as
a
as
an
Evanston
resident,
I
love
this
city
and
to
see
what
has
happened.
I
got
this
call
two
days
ago
and
when
I
got
this
call
I
sounded
the
alarm,
because
this
is
ridiculous.
This
is
something
where
you
really
are
asking
a
question:
what
is
this
really
about?
This
really
appears
to
be
personal
and
we've
got
to
be
bigger.
We
got
to
be
bigger.
We've
got
to
continue
to
be
an
example.
X
I'm
proud
of
Evanston
Everson
is
a
great
city
in
my
45
plus
years
of
living.
I
have
seldom
I've
only
one
time
seeing
somebody
laying
out
homeless
in
this
city
Evanston
takes
care
of
its
residents.
You
have
to
take
care
of
your
children.
If
you
do
not
take
care
of
the
village,
the
village
will
take
care
of
you.
X
A
AY
AY
I
mean
I
I,
can't
imagine
I'm,
trying
to
imagine
a
reason
that
would
justify
the
guy
getting
fired
around
parking
tickets
and
I
just
want
to
say,
as
somebody
who's
aware
of
the
sensitivity
of
the
issue.
I
I
hope
that
you
will
reconsider
and
and
fix
this.
It
is
a
personnel
matter,
and
you
have
the
ability
to
fix
it,
and
I
would
encourage
you
to
fix
it.
Thank.
K
K
K
We
have
the
norman
northwestern
university
controversy
and
then,
finally,
today
the
Kevin
Brown
dismissal,
meaning
that,
as
you
can
see
a
lot
of
your
fellow
citizens
because
again
this
is
Republican
form
of
government.
You
represent
people,
not
only
yourself,
and
you
sought
to
use
your
best
judgment
to
represent
people
with
integrity
and
with
strong
community
support
and
the
vagueness
of
his
old
issue.
K
You
should
look
at
it
again
because,
well,
let
me
be
clear
again:
I
haven't
had
experience
with
on
the
west
side
of
Chicago
working
with
so-called
gangs,
and
they
were
real
gangs
back
then,
and
I
know
the
problems
and
what
it
takes
to
control
his
kid,
and
we
should
be
glad
this
man
has
reduced
the
cost
and
the
life
that
life
saved
lies,
and
we
should
not
be
it's
not
a
personnel
matter.
Here's
a
personal
matter
regarding
antagonism
between
mr.
Brown
and
mr.
K
A
A
AZ
Mayor
members
of
the
council,
we
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here
and
stand
and
speak
on
behalf
of
Kevin
Brown,
and
we
believe
that
this
opportunity
to
speak
and
get
real
true
transparency.
If
someone
said
something
about
racial
equity,
but
we've
been
doing
something
about
understanding,
institutional
racism
and
I.
Think
what
we
want
to
understand
is.
Can
we
get
the
truth
about
what's
really
happening
here,
because
no
one
believes
no
one
believes
parking.
Tickets
is
the
issue.
If
there's
an
issue,
it's
always
a
personnel
issue
undisclosed.
When
we
terminate
black
men,
it's
always
undisclosed.
AZ
When
we
eliminate
black
people,
we
always
have
an
undisclosed.
When
we
deal
with
the
lives
of
black
youth,
it's
always
undisclosed.
When
we
turn
our
backs
on
the
people
in
this
community,
it's
always
undisclosed.
Well,
you're
gonna
have
to
disclose
it
eventually.
You're
gonna
have
to
explain.
What's
going
on
and
you're
gonna
have
to
share
what's
happening
because
the
people
that
are
gonna
be
lying
in
the
streets.
You're
gonna
have
to
disclose.
Why
they're
there
and
why
you
put
them
there.
BA
Got
our
Everson
basketball
stuff
with
us
here
we'll
keep
it
short
about
20
seconds
for
each
of
us,
so
well,
I'll
be
up
here
together
as
an
explaining
our
case,
so
my
name
is
Rudy
male
Avastin
resident
I'm,
Senior
Accountant
for
district
202,
high
school
boys,
basketball,
coach
and
director
of
Evanston
feeder
and
hoop
avenues.
Our
program,
services
services,
more
than
400
kids
annually
in
the
city
of
Evanston
I'm.
Here
today,
on
behalf
of
Kevin
Brown,
he
has
a
unique
ability
to
emphasize
with
those
in
need.
BA
He
has
become
aware
of
the
need
of
male
mentorship
in
our
community.
He
does
more
than
what
is
asked
of
him.
For
example,
he
had
the
trouble.
We
had
a
troubled
youth
whom
was
dealing
with
a
ton
of
adversity.
Recently
he
needed
another
route.
Another
scenery
Kevin
took
the
two
of
us
and
introduced
him
and
I
to
an
opportunity
that
would
change
his
life
forever.
BA
BB
Negus
man
I'm
also
one
of
the
basketball
coaches
at
Evanston,
and
you
know
what
this
we're
not
we're
here
in
support
of
Kevin.
But,
most
importantly,
we're
here
for
the
kids
that
Kevin
served.
Kevin
is
Kevin,
is
a
high
character.
Guy
he's
a
man
of
integrity
and
honestly
at
36
years
old
and
job
that
I
work
at
the
high
school
dealing
with
kids
on
a
daily
basis.
Kevin
has
not
only
been
a
leader
he's
been
a
mentor
for
myself
and
being
a
black
man.
BB
There
were
a
group
of
unruly
kids
that
we
were
having
a
hard
time
getting
through
to
and
if
it
wasn't
for
Kevin
and
his
staff
to
be
there
on
the
scene
at
that
time,
like
they
are
every
day
at
this,
miss
Levison
Township
to
make
sure
that
they're
reaching
out
and
helping
these
kids
gets,
went
from
school
Kevin
and
his
staff
are
there
and
they
helped
out
the
Evanston
police
to
make
sure
that
they
didn't
arrest
some
of
our
kids
and
throw
them
in
a
paddy
wagon.
Thank
thank
you.
BB
J
BC
Yes,
oh
good
evening,
mayor
and
city
council,
my
name
is
Rob.
Presswire
I
was
born
and
raised
in
the
in
Evanston
in
my
free
time.
I
do
work
with
these
individuals,
coaching
basketball
and
the
director
of
kind
of
the
Evanston
youth
program
that
that
sir,
that
has
been
serving
our
youth
over
the
last
eight
years.
Kevin
has
offered
his
time
off
hours
to
help
ensure
we
stay
relevant
as
an
Evanston
program
that
serves
our
youth.
BC
He
has
given
us
help
off
hours
with
fundraising,
support,
grant
writing
and
access
to
youth
and
young
adult
and
the
youth
young
in
young
adult
program,
but
part
of
what
makes
Kevin
great
is
his
he's.
A
forward
thinker
he's
very
calculated
he's
thorough
and
courageous
he's
he's
unapologetic
about
what
he
believes
is
right,
especially
as
it
relates
to
the
disenfranchised
and
underserved.
Our
community
needs
a
voice
like
Kevin.
His
leadership
cannot
be
understated
in
this
community.
Please
reverse
this
decision.
Thank.
BD
BD
He
helped
me
out
a
lot
when
I
was
coming
out
from
playing
basketball
overseas.
He
also
gave
me
a
job
for
a
little
while
until
I
found
my
way,
he
also
gave
my
dad
opportunity
to
change
lives.
This
guy
is
is
remarkable.
I
can't
put
into
words
what
he
has
done
for
our
kids,
giving
them
jobs
and
in
the
summer,
getting
them
off
the
street
like
this
is
ridiculous.
What
y'all
are
doing
in
this
man
give
this
man
his
job
back.
Thank.
A
BE
Am
Gary
Cohen
I
really
thought
I
was
done,
but
I
actually
was
having
dinner
today
when
I
somebody
told
me
that
you
were
actually
doing
this
or
somebody
had
done
this,
and
it's
inconceivable
to
me
that
somebody
said
it
was
372
days
ago
that
these
same
people
came
out
as
eloquently
then,
as
they
have
now
and
said,
the
same
thing
to
save
a
program.
But
it's
not
really
about
the
program.
BE
AS
B
The
time
when
myself,
thank
you,
sir,
so
those
of
you
who
show
up
to
counsel
I'm,
really
speaking
toward
you
folks.
Those
of
you
who
show
up
to
counsel
on
a
regular
basis,
know
that
I'm
somewhat
of
a
stickler
for
the
rules,
and
one
of
my
favorite
quotes,
is
from
one
of
our
great
presidents.
Theodore
Roosevelt.
He
says,
rules
are
not
necessarily
sacred
principles.
B
Are
the
decision
that
has
been
made
regarding
Kevin
Brown
doesn't
reflect
our
principles,
nor
does
it
reflect
our
rules,
and
that
is
the
concern
that
I
have
I
rise
today,
because
I
on
my
door
as
I
walk
out
of
my
apartment,
I
have
the
Athenian
oath
that
we
signed
to
transmit
this
city
greater
than
we
inherited
it
and
I
remind
myself
of
that
every
day,
and
my
concern
here
is
that
we
do.
We
have
seen
a
pattern
in
this
city
of
racial
inequity.
B
We've
seen
a
pattern
of
folks
who
speak
out
against
racism
and
call
out
the
city
being
systematically
systemically
fired
and
terminated
and
I
think
we
have
a
duty
to
to
address
this,
and
one
of
the
things
I
must
say
is,
as
the
council
and
the
mayor
do
not
have
the
authority
and
I'm
at
time.
Give
me
a
second,
the
council
and
the
mayor
do
not
have
the
authority
to
hire
fire
staff,
that
is
the
city
manager's
responsibility.
Mr.
B
Lee
I
think
you
are
a
great
interim
city
manager
and
I
glad
you're
in
the
position,
but
one
of
the
things
that
we
must
do
as
citizens
is
rethink.
The
foundation
of
our
government
rethink
whether
a
city
manager
form
of
government
is
what
we
want.
We
should
be
able
to
hold
our
elected
officials
more
directly
accountable
to
decisions
that
are
made
here
in
the
city.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Devon.
A
BF
You
so
much
mayor
members
of
City,
Council
I,
do
want
to
say
on
behalf
of
all
of
those
persons
who
have
spoken.
Everything
has
already
been
said.
You
know
the
love
that
is
being
exemplified
and
shown
regarding
Kevin
Brown,
coming
from
so
many
sectors
of
our
community
white,
black
young,
old,
male
female
those
who
employ
those
who
are
not
employed
folks.
That
kevin
has
touched
in
an
individual
way
and
others
that
don't
even
know
him
in
a
personal
way.
BF
So
I'm
convinced
that
you
all
know
about
the
character
of
Kevin
and
that
this
gathering
tonight
may
have
less
to
do
with
this
character
than
something
else
all
together.
I,
don't
know
what
it
is
part
of
the
problem,
I
think
of
being
a
member
of
the
community
is
knowing
when
something
like
this
happens.
You
only
have
part
of
the
story.
You
don't
have
the
whole
story,
but
I
was
looking
at.
You
are
individually,
as
all
of
those
wonderful
sentiments
were
being
given
and
I'm.
I'm.
BF
Sorry
to
say
you
all,
because
I
think
you
did
beautiful
I,
don't
think
anything
has
changed.
I
think
that
the
general
sentiment
that
exists
that
came
into
the
room
is
a
sentiment
that
exists
right
now
and
so
I
do
want
to
say
this.
I
I
think
that
Kevin
Browns
reputation
has
already
been
sullied.
I,
don't
think
that
can
be
taken
back.
BF
I
think
that
whatever
the
results
are
with
regard
to
what's
going
to
happen
over
this
10-day
appeal
period,
you
cannot
take
that
the
reputation
that
has
been
sullied
like
about
Kevin,
Brown
and
so
part
of
my
concern
is
I.
Do
not
believe
that
the
city
is
going
to
rehire,
Kevin,
Brown,
I,
hope
so
I'm,
a
preacher,
I
pray
so,
but
I
will
also
say
this.
BF
If
that
is
not
the
case,
Kevin
Brown
remains
one
of
the
most
outstanding
young
men
that
I
have
ever
met
and
had
the
privilege
to
be
with,
and
so
I
want
to
say
that
if
the
city
makes
the
decision
not
to
rehire
Kevin
Brown
everybody
that
has
spoken
tonight,
that
has
resources
that
has
capacity.
We
cannot
let
this
man
leave
our
city.
If
we
have
to
create
a
new
job
for
Kevin
Brown,
we
have
to
do
it
and
we
can
do
it
in
spite
of
what
happens
tonight.
Okay,.
A
F
My
second
referrals
to
Human,
Services
and
I
think
I
made
this
one
already,
but
for
us
to
look
at
the
HR
employee
manual,
the
third
one
is
for
economic
development.
I
have
lots
of
frustration
by
the
money
that
we
give
to
larger
business
owners,
but
not
small
business
owners.
So
I'd
like
to
look
at
how
we
can
support
small
business
owners,
some
kind
of
incubator
shared
space
that
they
can
do.
F
You
know,
sell
their
products
and
a
space
together
and
then
my
third
is
not
a
referral,
but
an
announcement
I
had
to
cancel
my
award
meeting
when
they
was
scheduled
for
the
20th
due
to
a
conflict
with
another
meeting,
so
I
will
be
having
our
annual
Ninth
Ward
holiday
party
and
coat
drive.
It's
going
to
be
on
Friday,
the
13th
of
December
at
6:00
p.m.
over
at
st.
Nick's
and
email
went
out
today.
F
So,
as
always,
you
can
bring
a
holiday
I'm
dessert
to
share
with
other
residents
in
the
ward,
but
the
requirement
is
you
bring
a
coat
that
will
go
to
one
of
the
schools,
shoot
dogs
or
Oakton.
So
those
are
my
official
announcements.
My
my
personal
announcements
are
that
I
hear
you
all.
Despite
past
your
neighbors
Proclamation
that
my
face
doesn't
say
so
I
work
very
hard
on
my
poker
face.
I
do
hear
you.
Kevin
is
a
dear
friend
of
mine.
So
what
all
personal
bye
is
out?
F
F
My
job
is
to
hold
accountable
those
folks
who
make
these
decisions
so
I
am
not
consulted
when
we
are
hiring
or
firing
staff,
which
is
a
frustration
of
mine,
but
in
this
position
that
I
have
what
I
will
say
is
that,
as
I
have
pushed
for
racial
equity
as
I
ran
for
this
seat,
to
talk
about
racial
equity,
I
did
not
think
it
would
be
this
hard
from
my
seat,
I
thought
being
in
this
seat.
You
would
have
a
little
more
influence
and
I'm
learning
that
it's
not
as
fast
as
I
thought.
F
So
as
much
as
I
want
us
to
get
there.
We
are
not
there,
it
is
slow,
hard,
painful
work,
I,
don't
know
if
we
will
achieve
it
before
my
term
is
over,
if
I'm
being
honest
and
I
am
all
for
the
rules.
I
am
a
rule
follower,
but
I
always
object
when
the
rules
have
to
start
with
black
folks.
I
will
always
stand
up
for
the
rules.
F
I
will
always
tell
people,
even
my
friends
if
I
think
that
they're
out
of
line,
but
the
rules
have
to
apply
across
the
bow
and
whenever
the
rules,
in
my
opinion,
away
one
way,
whether
it's
race
or
gender
they're,
not
really
rules
right
were
their
preferences,
so
I
would
just
say
that
I
share
your
frustration.
I
also
need
to
earn
twenty
dollars
from
autumn
and
boy
way
and
play
two
seconds
of
this
song.
It
is
my
favorite.
F
F
F
L
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
first
for
the
city
business
I,
just
like
to
make
a
referral.
Last
two
weeks
ago,
at
our
CB
DG
meeting,
we
had
two
organizations
that,
based
on
a
few
reasons,
they
weren't
able
to
submit
their
applications.
So
in
our
next
appropriate
City
Council
meeting
city
manager,
I'd
like
to
revisit
that
so
that,
for
those
that
are
in
support
of
the
organizations,
we
can
make
a
decision.
So,
however,
it
needs
to
come
back
to
the
City
Council.
L
AF
O
O
Rules
are
and
rules
exist
for
reasons.
However,
rules
have
to
evolve
and
rules
have
to
sometimes
change
so
I
think
what's
instructive
for
us
is
you
know
we
listen
to
what
people
have
to
say,
and
you
know
alderman
Fleming
kind
of
identified
the
fact
that
we
expect
the
people
who
are
doing
the
work
to
follow
the
rules
and
we
expect
those
at
the
Dyess
to
evaluate
how
it
all
works.
So
it's
on
us
to
see
whether
it's
working
or
whether
it's
not
working-
and
it's
on
us
to
make.
O
You
know
that
evolutionary
change,
so
that's
that
site
I
accept
responsibility
for
that
going
forward
and
and
I
think
we
all
take
it
seriously
and
I
think
that
that's
what
we're
all
aspiring
to
do,
the
nine
of
us
and
they're
from
this
from
these
seats,
so
I
continue
to
I
can
expect
to
continue
with
that
work,
and
hopefully
we
can
make
continued,
make
positive
changes.
Thank.
H
H
The
way
this
is
managed
and
I'm
not
able
to
speak
to
it
with
that
said,
I'm
hopeful
that
our
community
can
be
comfortable
and
trust
that
every
member
of
City
Council
is
doing
the
very
best
that
they
know
how
from
their
lived
experience
and
that
we
will
continue
providing
the
necessary
services
of
the
youth
and
young
adult
Department
and
I'm
disappointed
to
hear
pastor
Nabors
suggest
that
we
aren't
responding.
We
can't
respond.
It's
not
an
exchange.
So
I
want
you
to
know
that
you
are
being
heard.
H
I,
listen
to
you,
I
read
every
email,
but
when
I'm
unable
to
respond
with
any
new
information,
I
choose
not
to
so
know
that
I've
read
all
of
your
emails,
but
it
is
a
personnel
matter
and
the
way
the
policy
works
is
we
just
can't
discuss
it
so
I'm
certain
that
more
information
will
come
out
about
this,
but
please
do
feel
confident
that
our
city
staff
and
our
city
leadership
is
committed
to
providing
the
services
that
you
all
have
spoke
so
eloquently
about.
Thank
you.
Thank.