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I'll
start
with
introductions
good
evening,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
economic
development
committee,
Amanda
Coakley,
the
director
of
downtown
Evanston,
where
I
am
here
tonight
to
present
some
of
our
urine
review,
some
of
the
things
that
we've
done
this
year.
We
didn't
get
to
do
our
mid-year,
so
this
is
going
to
be
kind
of
a
whole
year
and
then
our
request
for
us
to
say
levity
and
city
of
Evanston
economic
development
contribution.
D
If
the
presentation
weren't
my
friend
running
it
says
Edie's
see
no,
no,
that's
not
it
just
to
get
the
ball
rolling,
so
downtown
Evanston
is,
as
you
know,
the
server's
survivor
for
special
service
area
number,
four,
the
taxing
district
that
provides
additional
services
to
the
downtown
district
and
it
expires
at
the
end
of
this
year.
We
have
been
going
through
the
reconstitution
process,
with
a
planning
consultant
place,
consulting
and
a
task
force
of
stakeholders.
D
So
we
have
done
all
of
the
due
diligence
and
we
are
presenting
on
November
25th
at
our
public
hearing
additional
information
to
renew
the
district
for
another
15
years.
I
do
go
into
a
little
bit
of
detail.
Thank
you,
but
in
front
of
you
is
a
brochure
that
we
put
together
to
sort
of
educate
our
stakeholders
and
how
these
dollars
are
spent,
what
an
SSA
is
and
who
we
are
essentially,
and
so
our
board
of
directors
is
class.
Two
is
made
up
of
the
ten
top
paying
tax
payers
of
the
district.
D
Let's
say
four
is
a
mostly
our
tenant,
some
property
owners,
and
we
also
have
some
residents
our
aboard
as
well.
Our
Executive
Committee
is
seven
people.
We
actually
have
two
vacancies
right
now,
but
I'm
working
to
fill
those
so
our
reconstitution
process.
You
know
we
we
did
a
lot
of
above
and
beyond
what
is
required
at
the
state
statute.
So
we
hosted
two
public
meetings.
We
had
this
brochure
printed.
We
had
a
video
made.
D
Excuse
me.
We
sent
a
postcard
every
single
taxpayer
in
the
district,
informing
them
of
the
two
public
meetings.
We
had
a
petition,
an
I
petition,
where
we
had
131
supporters,
sign
up
and
say
that
they
agree
that
the
district
should
be
reconstituted.
Certainly
not
it's
an
AI
petition
site.
So
it's
not.
We
can't
tell
that
it's
the
taxpayers
in
the
district,
but
there
are
comments
say
we
appreciate
the
work
etc.
D
D
Nope
sorry.
D
Will
yeah
it's
three
minutes
to
buy
those
so
again
through
the
research
or
the
outreach
that
we've
done
the
postcards
the
online
competition,
the
brochure,
the
video
that
we
kind
of
put
everywhere
on
our
social
media
feeds
we
emailed
it
to
our
stakeholders.
We
had
it
in
our
newsletter
and
then
we
hosted
two
public
meetings
as
well
one
in
the
morning,
one
in
the
evening.
D
Now,
just
a
little
bit
of
things,
we've
done
throughout
the
year,
so
one
of
our
largest
line
items
in
our
budget
is
marketing
and
events.
We
had
a
really
interesting
event.
This
year,
called
hygge,
fest
hygge
spelled
hie
GE,
it's
not
Higgy.
It's
pronounced
hygge
is
a
Scandinavian
way
of
life
for
during
the
winter
months,
because
they're
six
months
in
the
winter
with
darkness.
So
it's
all
these
things
about
light
and
warm
drinks
and
coziness
and
playing
games
and
getting
together.
So
we
had
this
one-week
event
with
a
bunch
of
workshops.
D
They
were
all
sold
out.
We
got
three
media
hits
about
it.
We
had
a
hotel
stay.
Actually,
a
mother
and
daughter
saw
it
on
her
Instagram
feed
and
drove
here
from
Louisville
to
participate
in
the
event.
So
next
year
we're
going
to
blow
it
up
and
do
the
entire
month
of
February
and
have
a
lot
more
events
and
we're
doing
a
major
push
on
advertising,
for
it
is
all
because
February
is
one
of
the
toughest
months
for
our
businesses
when
everybody's
spend
their
money
and
it's
cold
no
one's
to
go
outside.
So
we're
on
that.
D
When
we
have
a
general
plan
for
2020
also
an
event
to
support
our
health
and
wellness
groups,
we
had
a
wellness
crawl
and
all
of
these
businesses
participated.
We
had
40
people
come.
It
was
a
good
promotion
for
again
those
health
and
wellness
businesses
doing
that
a
list
of
our
summer
events
Thursday
night,
live
of
course,
you're
familiar
with
it's
been
going
on,
I
think.
Over
20
years
we
have
our
sipping
straw,
which
is
very
much
a
three
wine
walk.
D
We
had
a
little
block
party
and
warrington
just
for
those
businesses
they
kind
of
put
it
together.
We
promoted
it
for
Northwestern.
Graduation
week
we
have
a
series
called
get
fit
Fridays,
where
we
have
free
exercise
provided
by
health
and
wellness
providers,
downtown
classes
in
Fountain,
Square,
our
sidewalk
sale
and
chalk,
art,
fest
and
wear
as
well,
though
it's
just
a
an
event
that
study
why
it
actually
I
think.
D
That's
me.
That's
doing
that.
Not
this!
We
also
celebrated
the
Fountain
Square
dedication
and
I.
Think
a
lot
of
you
are
at
that,
and
so
we
put
together
nice
programs
and
different
cultural
entertainment
things
that
happened
and
that
was
really
fun.
I
reached
out
to
vintage
garage,
I,
love
events
that
I
can
just
invite
here
and
they
work
on
it.
They
had
a
garage
that
they
had
an
event
in
and
Chicago
and
their
garage
closed,
so
I
called
them
and
they
came
and
saw
the
maple
garage
and
they
thought
it
was
so
beautiful.
D
So
they
had
three
events
this
year
and
each
of
them
clocked
in
over
a
thousand
people.
So
hopefully
those
people
then
filtered
into
the
downtown
district
and
did
additional
eating
and
shopping
they're
going
to
book
five
events
next
year.
They
also
pay
the
city
a
lease
agreement
to
use
the
garage
and
they're
hosting
a
winter
event
at
the
Women's
Club
vintage
Christmas
Bazaar.
D
We
also
hosted
our
first
pride
event.
It
was
also
during
a
Thursday
night
life.
So
the
picture
on
the
left
is
the
event.
It
was
very
popular.
A
lot
of
people
came
out,
it
was
really
fun
and
it
was
in
July,
but
we'll
do
it
in
June
next
year
kind
of
came
up
and
we
missed
the
America
and
the
June
Pride
Month,
but
due
next
year
for
sure
and
then
sample
of
one
of
the
artists
that
participated
in
the
chalk
art
contest.
D
D
We
also
hosted
our
fifth
annual
Oktoberfest
attendance
numbers
were
a
little
down
this
year,
but
we
also
had
some
questionable
weather,
but
we
still
had
730
people
come
was
a
really
great
event
and
we
really
pushed
it
to
be
a
little
more
authentically
German.
So
we
had
a
lot
of
German
music.
We
had
German
kind
of
contest
like
a
Stein
hold
and
we
had
tricycle
races,
a
lot
of
German
food
and
every
one
of
our
breweries
had
some
kind
of
German
beer
that
they
were
acquiring
and
you
have
a
cup
in
front
of
you.
D
That
was
the
kind
of
the
couple
that
everyone
had
the
sample
problem.
One
of
the
things
that
we
really
work
on
for
our
businesses
is,
you
know
not
just
attraction
we
attract.
We
try
to
attract
businesses,
what
I
call
smiling
and
dialing
and
I
cold
call
businesses
that
I
think
would
do
well
here,
but
the
retention
efforts
are
also
huge.
So
northwestern
we
have
a
great
relationship
with
the
professor
there
Medill,
who
every
semester
picks
eight
of
our
businesses
or
I,
choose
them,
and
then
they
come
off.
D
The
students
with
undergrad
students
was
a
really
great
marketing
plan.
They
audit
their
marketing
to
give
them
a
plan,
it's
completely
free
and
they
usually
get
like
a
really
nice
video
out
of
it.
So
it's
been
a
great
relationship
and
I
think
we're
in
our
third
year
doing
that
we've
had
a
couple
of
workshops:
customer
service
Google.
D
Today,
oh
yeah,
today,
it's
a
cybersecurity
class
this
morning
and
I'm
really
excited
I
found
out
about
this
group
in
Chicago
called
37
Oaks,
and
they
pretty
much
do
this
retail,
consulting
and
workshops
and
boot
camps
that
I
have
hired
for
a
holiday
planning
class
but
I'm
hoping
to
do
an
entire
boot
camp
next
year
with
that
group.
So
this
is
a
sample
of
some
of
the
things
they
do
in
other
districts.
D
D
Hopefully,
next
week
before
it
starts
snowing,
and
then
we
had
a
piano,
I
would
fountain
square
that
was
painted
by
a
local
artist
and
we
did
get
a
grant
from
our
council
for
that
partial
we
paid
the
other
more
than
half
of
it,
and
this
is
just
sort
of
a
sample
of
how
fun
this
gesture.
You
know
this
project,
so
it's
a
one
river.
You
know
we
took,
we
picked
all
the
city
utilities
and
then
there
are
teachers
made
the
sketch
and
then
the
students
filled
in
the
coloring.
D
E
F
E
F
F
D
D
So
great
promotion,
they
say
their
viewership
is
around
260
thousand
people
every
morning,
so
yeah
we
have
in
the
past
hired
influencers.
You've
probably
heard
me
talk
about
that
and
that's
come
in
before
so
we
did
again
this
year
and
we
hired
or
we
paid
for
and
hosted
five
international
LGBTQ
influencers
from
Belgium
and
London
and
Mexico
and
I
can't
remember
the
other
places
they
came
from,
but
they
were
here
for
Pride
and
combines
these
folks
have
followers
of
over
two
hundred
and
forty
six
thousand
people.
D
So
they
were
here
for
one
night
and
we
got
a
lot
of
really
good
promotion
out
of
that,
especially
internationally,
which
is
great.
Then
we
hired
some
shoppers
and
we've
only
really
done
dining.
So
we
hired
these
three
women
they're
local
and
they
spent
a
day
downtown
shopping
and
we
got
44
posts
at
18,000
and
some
change
for
social
media
engagements
and
2
million
impressions.
So
we
felt
like
that
was
a
really
good.
Roi
I
was
able
to
get
found
on
WCAU
the
gym
for
a
morning
thing
for
Mother's
Day
brunch.
D
She
had
a
beating
class
and
she
stayed
at
the
Hyatt
and
everybody
donated
those
things
so
that
we
could
hit
her
audience
of
around
25,000
instagramers
and
she
has
a
blog
and
she
did
a
bunch
of
stories.
So
some
of
the
examples
of
things
that
she
had
on
her
social
media
are
right
here
and
then
our
website,
so
we
continue
to
have
this,
is
February
for
who
got
and
then
our
it
kind
of
Peaks
again
for
the
summer
events
and
things
like
that.
D
But
we
do
overall,
very
well
like
we
had
over,
like
this-
is
from
January
1
until
today,
146
individual
users
hitting
our
or
looking
at
our
page,
and
these
are
the
things
they're
coming
to.
So
this
means
downtown
Evanston
debtors
at
homepage,
and
then
these
are
the
categories
in
order
of
where
they're
spending
their
time.
D
D
Radio
has
definitely
been
a
really
great
return
for
us
and
it's
also
a
little
bit
of
a
moneymaker
for
downtown
Evanston,
because
we
can't
buy
an
ad
for
every
single
business
downtown.
We
co-op
it.
So
we
sell
them
for
like
$15
for
an
ad
for
30
seconds
on
xrt,
which
is
a
really
great
great,
but
then
it
kind
of
gets
us
out
of
the
weeds
of
saying
we
can't
buy
everyone
an
ad,
so
you
have
to
pay
a
little
bit
to
get
into
the
let's
get
in
the
game,
but
very
affordable.
D
Here's
some
examples
of
the
creative
of
the
print
advertising
that
we've
done.
This
was
all
I
think
on
Evanston,
now
some
print
ads
that
we
had,
and
then
this
here
on
the
bottom
is
a
CTA
rail
card
ad,
which
was
in
over
200
rail
cars
the
summer
for
eight
weeks
and
then
open
house
Chicago,
as
you
know,
was
here
and
we
buy
an
ad
and
that
special
insert
the
Tribune
were
the
only
or
community
organization
that
button
and
and
it
was
available
in
250
sites
and
they
distribute
500,000
copies.
D
So
it's
a
huge
return
to
get
an
ad
in
that
we
also
invested
in
a
different
brochure
distribution
model,
we're
used
to
hire
the
same
organization,
but
they
would
put
our
brochures
like
Red,
Roof,
hotels
and
I'm.
Like
that's,
not
really,
emotion,
the
audience
I
think
that
is
coming
from
like
racing
to
understand.
It's
just
not
kind
of
happened.
So
this
is
a
brand
new
thing.
D
It's
a
mobile
tourism
center
and
it
goes
all
over
Chicago
and
if
it's
not
it
like
a
major
Chicago
event,
its
kind
of
just
at
Millennium
Park,
so
we
were
able
to
get
1500
of
our
brochures
distributed
through
that
this
summer,
which
I
thought
was
great
and
then,
of
course,
our
one
of
our
biggest.
If
not,
our
biggest
line
item
is
maintenance
in
public
ways.
D
So
that's
our
five
days
a
week,
garbage
removal
and
the
planters
we
added
19
planters
to
share
all
in
Fountain
Square
and
then
two
days
a
week
we
have
the
our
contractor
cleaning
the
tables
out
there.
We
also
were
able
to
have
business
meetings
and
kind
of
keep
everybody
calm
during
the
sidewalk
improvement
from
for
Sherman
this
year
and
works
with
the
city
and
had
validation
for
parking.
So
it
really
worked
out.
It
was
very
smooth,
so
he
had
a
great
company
to
work
with
and
then,
of
course,
our
annual
power
washing.
D
This
is
always
the
site
everybody
wants
to
see.
So
it's
pretty
neck-and-neck,
so
we
had
some
closings
and
we've
had
some
opening.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
coffee
in
town
right
now.
Just
good
and
breakfast
make
kitchen
if
you
haven't
been,
is
really
good
breakfast
and
so
it's
free
to
us.
But
it's
a
lot
of
what
Paul
and
I
always
there
that
in
the
F
categories,
food
finance,
Fitness,
phonetically
phone
and
in
front
of
you
is
this
sign.
D
This
is
a
new
campaign
and
I
just
sort
of
unveiled
it
to
get
the
blessing
of
the
other
merchants
districts
last
week
at
a
merchant
district
meeting.
So
this
is
kind
of
a
play,
and
this
is
one
of
the
ads
that
or
we
have
them
in
front
of
you,
but
we're
gonna
have
these
in
all
of
the
retailers
that
in
Evanston
that
want
them
in
their
window,
so
central
street
you
mean
dumpster.
D
All
the
business
districts
have
agreed
that
we're
going
to
kind
of
have
a
singular
campaign
this
year
to
do,
you
know,
takes
a
village,
so
that's
the
cute
little
message,
but
this
is
really
the
tech
keep
Evanston
awesome.
So
keep
Austin.
Weird
was
a
huge
I
mean
it's
still
huge
and
it
started
to
support
retailers
really
and
there's
a
whole
article
about
it.
So
we're
we've
come
up
with
keep
up
instant
awesome.
The
other
business
districts
seem
to
like
it.
D
We're
gonna
have
bumper
stickers
and
t-shirts
and
pins
and
we're
really
gonna
unveil
it
on
small
business
area,
which
is
a
huge
day
for
shopping
to
support
our
local
businesses,
the
falcão
and
going
into
holiday
events
for
the
rest
of
their
it's
tomorrow.
Night
you're
welcome
to
come,
it's
free
event,
with
kind
of
in-store
demonstrations
and
free
drinks
and
things
like
that,
our
Trick
or
Treat
event
is
this
Saturday,
of
course,
small
business
center
air
big
event
of
the
year
is
November
30th.
The
tree
lighting
is
December
7th.
D
The
mayor
will
once
again
be
riding
in
on
a
bike
with
some
other
brave
winter.
Bikers
with
your
bikes
lit
up
and
our
very
popular
event,
the
warm
every
walk
is
on
the
following
Thursday
and
we
usually
clock
in
about
five
other
people.
For
that
event,
now
what
you've
all
been
waiting
for
are
the
numbers.
So
our
request
for
you
for
the
2020
budget
is
the
SSC
number
for
levy
will
come
in
at
590
to
666,
and
that
is
applying
our
new
rate,
which
is
0.177.
Zero
percent
against
the
equalized
assessed
value
of
downtown.
D
So
that's
the
levy
that
will
come
in
and
then
our
contribution
from
the
city's
economic
development
funding
at
50,000.
That
money
totally
goes
all
to
our
maintenance
line
item
because
we
do
five
days
a
week,
garbage
removal
which
is
not
cheap.
So
our
total
contribution
or
ask
is
642
666
and
then
our
operating
and
our
expenses
are
on
the
other
site.
So
those
are
just
some
being
buckets,
but
those
are
the
dollar
amounts
that
are
associated
with
those.
G
D
G
D
D
We
definitely
it's
a
game
changer
for
sure.
I
can't
believe
how
many
people
we
see
down
there
that
and
it's
interesting
I,
probably
shouldn't
say
that's
not
record
but
I,
don't
care
how
many
people
come
in
that
complain
about
parking
to
go,
spend
time
there
and
then,
when
they
have
to
buy
something
they
complain
about
her
ham,
just
singing.
It's
all
the
same.
It's
parking.
C
So
thanks
for
sharing
great
report
and
just
really
appreciate
your
creativity
and
innovation
around
the
especially
around
the
events,
I
think
can't
really
keep
it
fresh
every
year
and
we
appreciate
that
I
do
have
a
question,
though,
about
the
reconstitution
public
meetings.
What
was
that
like
key
takeaways
or
comments
from
that?
Do
you
happen
to
remember.
D
That
residence
would
not
contribute,
so
we
had
hoped
that
we
could
have
residents
contribute
to
the
SSA,
but
that
was
the
key
takeaway
at
that
and
frankly,
I
mean
the
SSA
is
been
around
since
1987.
So
the
anyone
in
the
downtown
district
has
been
benefiting
from
those
events,
whether
they've
paid
in
their
not,
and
it
would
be
really
difficult
for
us
to
now
say
now.
D
You
should
contribute
to
the
benefits
that
you've
been
receiving,
that
you
haven't
paid
for
so
I
knew
it
would
be
an
uphill
battle,
but
it
was
definitely
the
take
away
with
not
to
further
move
further
with
including
residents,
which
simply
means
I
mean
some
of
the
residential
benefits
that
we
were
going
to
provide.
We
won't
be
providing
so
snow
removal,
mainly
oh
I,.
G
Move
that
we
recommend
to
the
City
Council
that
we
approve
the
Johnson
Evanston
2020
budget
has
attached
to
the
packet,
including
the
approval
of
the
special
service
area,
number
four
to
2020
tax
levy,
request
of
a
five
hundred.
Ninety
two
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
six
dollars
an
approval
of
$50,000
from
economic
development
efficient
for
additional
maintenance
contract,
reimbursements.
H
Okay,
I
did
it
I
made
it
work?
Okay,
so
our
Board
of
Directors
is
losing
two
of
our
original
members.
Eric
Young
of
LA
Prince,
Paul,
Allen
George
of
Sketchbook
brewing,
have
been
there
since
the
very
beginning,
we'll
roll
off
the
new
president,
and
vice
president
Arjen
Park
of
Soapy's
and
Hunter
Owen
of
reprise
Roasters.
They
are
new
officers.
Rogi
Sussman
of
vogue
remains
the
treasurer.
H
Our
twenty-nine
year
end
forecast
is
as
as
noted,
I
have
it
in
very
big
buckets.
If
you
have
any
questions
at
all,
I'd
be
more
than
happy
to
I.
Think
actually
you
have
for
next
year.
You
have
our
line
item
by
line
item
budget,
but
if
you'd
like
to
see
this
year's
line
item
by
line
item
I'm
more
than
happy
to
share
that
with
you
as
well,
we
invested
quite
a
bit
in
place,
making
obviously
admin
as
always
the
largest
line
item
of
the
year.
H
You
should
know
that
there
are
thirty,
nine
thousand
five
hundred
and
ninety
seven
dollars
worth
of
reserves,
which
is
roughly
six
months
in
those
admin.
So
the
program
costs
on
admin
are
around
ninety
to
ninety.
One
thousand,
so
I'll
tell
you
about
what
we
were
doing
this
year,
and
this
year
we
added
a
cherry
charity,
partner,
I'm
sure
Annie
knows
when
you're,
when
you're
a
small
office.
H
It's
tough
to
do
everything
yourself,
so
we
added
a
charity
partner
and
they
help
with
the
check-in
for
our
events
and
some
of
like
bag
stuffing
and
other
things
that
are
just
roughed
to
do,
and
our
burnout
type
activities
they
get
a
portion
of
proceeds
from
our
event.
They
got
the
rights
to
our
wine
walk
raffle
and
they
get
a
lot
of
a
fair
amount
of
Expo
to
our
neighbors.
The
cherry
part
murmur
that
we
chose
is
a
menem's
from
mild
charity
partner.
H
It's
rainbows
for
all
children
who
is
dedicated
to
providing
support
for
youth
as
they
navigate
grief
from
life-altering
events
like
death,
divorce
deployment,
deportation
incarceration
or
other
life-altering
trauma.
They
were
a
wonderful
partner,
we're
very
happy
with
them.
I'll
be
bubbly,
sad
to
see
them
go,
but
we
will
get
a
new
partner
next
year
and
we
hope
to
spread
that
around.
It
worked
out
very
well
for
us,
so
we
had
quite
a
bit
of
merchant
and
community
engagement
this
year.
This
is
the
MDM
village.
At
Custer,
ferris
featuring
the
School
of
Rock
stage.
H
We
offered
a
little
mini
festival,
a
little
mini
Custer,
fair
that
was
100%.
Local,
the
sketchfab
utrecht
was
there.
We
had
a
french
market
full
of
local
vendors
and
school
of
rock
provided
all
of
the
entertainment.
We
also
had
kids
activities
programs
throughout
the
day
and
and
we
had
a
lot
of
neighbors
come
in
and
we
got
good
feedback
on
that.
H
We
had
an
Earth,
Day,
neighborhood
clima
cleanup,
which
doubled
in
size
from
last
year.
Last
year
we
had
about
60
people
come
out
this
year
we
had
about
120.
We
also
resumed
our
neighborhood
block
parties
and
concerts.
We
did
three
on
Main
Street
and
we
added
a
very
large
event
on
dumpster
at
Dempster
and
Sherman.
We
shut
down
from
Mexican
shop
north
up
to
Greenwood
and-
and
it
was
bigger
than
all
three
of
the
main
street
ones
combine.
It
was,
it
was
a
great
event,
really
fun
and
a
nice
way
to
end
the
summer.
H
It
also
has
turned
out
to
be
a
very
nice
little
merchant
marketplace
because
we
allow
them
merchants
to
sell
a
lot
principal
sells,
margaritas
and
wine
goddess.
Actually,
you
can
see
Tony
there.
He
sells
wine.
There's
a
fire
house
sells
pizza,
so
it's
a
nice
way
to
for
them
to
make
a
little
extra
as
well.
H
We
added
this
year
a
pride
event
color
the
mile
with
pride,
and
you
can
see
just
a
little
bit
of
what
we
did.
We
pulled
together
pretty
quickly,
but
we
were
very
happy
with
how
it
turned
out
all
the
business
of
dress.
Their
stories
up
did
activities
we
tied
ribbons
and
the
trees
rainbow
ribbons
and
the
trees
and
and
just
tried
to
convey
the
message
that
we
were
an
lgbtq+
friendly
neighborhood.
H
We
also
convened
some
of
the
merchants
and
property
owners
about
on
crime.
Sadly,
we
experienced
a
spate
of
crime
in
summer.
That
was
no
fun,
but
with
the
help
of
ottoman,
when
we
had
a
meeting
with
to
cook
with
the
help
of
several
of
the
business
owners,
you
shared
video
security
footage
we
actually
caught
one
of
those
people
and
and
that
crime
went
away.
We
have
other
things
there.
You
can
see
it.
H
The
main
street
improvement
project
is
very
exciting.
We
will
have
about
that.
Public
works
project
will
happen
in
2021,
but
we
are
so
grateful
to
have
a
seat
on
the
Advisory
Committee,
as
the
planning
is
happening.
That's
that
is
that's
huge
for
us.
Thank
you
very
much.
We
also
connected
the
merchants
one
to
another
of
my
favorite
connection
of
the
year.
The
strongman
Jim
I,
mentioned
before
crowd
tests.
H
Strength
systems
asked
me
if
I
could
find
him
a
car
that
someone
could
bench
press
so
Autobahn
provided
one
and
then
we
also
do
matching
funds
for
the
merchants
for
set
up
for
landscaping
and
sidewalk
planters.
We
added
a
matching
grant
for
security
cameras
during
the
crime
wave
and
then
we
will
do
it
for
all
the
way
holiday
window
decorations
next
year.
We'll
add
street
music
as
well
will
provide
less,
but
we
will
share
the
cost
of
them.
If
they
do
it,
we
are
bringing
the
business
district
to
life
for
children
with
ferry
doors.
H
H
We're
launching
them
on
spooky
Saturday,
which
is
coming
up
this
week
and
then
we're
gonna
have
a
kids
shopping
event
over
the
holidays
this
year,
where
they'll
get
stickers,
if
they
find
all
the
fairy
doors
in
place,
making
as
well
in
a
strong
partnership
with
cultivate
and
the
city
of
Evanston
Parks
Department.
We
are
so
pleased
at
this
at
this
project
and
we
could
not
have
done
it
without
the
parks
that
just
like
to
give
lots
and
lots
of
positive
feedback
about
Stephon
Walker's
team.
H
It
was,
it
was
so
great
to
work
with
them
and
we're
so
happy
with
Jennifer
Morris
Park,
which
is
the
only
one
that's
actually
in
our
taxing
district.
As
you
can
see
there,
the
before-and-after
pictures
to
tell
the
story.
We
also
added
a
community
herb
garden,
cultivate
completely,
maintains
it.
We
rededicated
it.
We
had
about
30
partners
come
out.
We
did
quite
a
bit
of
research
on
who
Jennifer
Morris
was,
and
what
a
remarkable
woman
I
encourage
you
to
ask
me
about
her
or
find
out
about
herself.
H
We
were
so
pleased
to
be
able
to
introduce
her
to
a
whole
new
generation
of
Evan
stone,
Ian's,
there's
new
public
arts.
The
mural
on
the
left
is
very
visible.
You've
probably
seen
it
if
you
drive
up
and
down
Chicago
Avenue,
that
was
a
main
dempster
Mile
Commission
there's
also
the
Chicago
Bears
a
street
art
which
you
can
see
there,
which
was
not
a
maintenance
or
Mao
Commission
that
sits
on
the
on
the
main
Dempster
mile,
and
we
having
a
project
that
we're
actually
really
excited
about.
H
The
mural
at
600
Washington
is
in
terrible
shape
and
it
won't
be
repaired
like
it.
Just
the
wall
wants
to
eat
it.
So
we
reached
out
to
the
muralist.
His
name
is
Jordan
uncle.
He
is
an
Evan
stone
Ian
and
we
asked
for
a
creative
solution
and
they
said
well
we'll
give
you
a
new
year
mural
every
year
for
free
as
long
or
at
cost.
I
should
say
we
have
to
prime
the
wall,
but
they'll
donate
the
artist,
but
they
wanted
some
creative
freedom.
They
didn't
want
it
to
be
a
commission.
H
They
wanted
it
to
be
stuff
that
they
wanted
to
do
so.
This
right
here
is
the
first,
the
first
thing
that's
and
we
we
have
a
start
date
of
1028.
That's
coming
up
any
minute
and
it's
creating
more
controversy
than
I
would
have
thought
what
it
says
there
text
mural
that
says,
if
you
think
you
can
do
a
thing
you're
right
and
it's
not
a
typo.
It
is
a
why.
H
C
H
If
you
hate
it,
it'll
be
gone
next
year,
so
economic
development,
these
both
of
these
are
new
events.
We
added
a
craft
crawl,
which
is
much
like
the
wine
walk,
but
it
features
tastings
of
craft
beverages
made
on
the
mile.
So
a
few
spirits
get
you
a
beer
and
kombucha
Bravo
kombucha.
We
also
did
an
event.
That
was
a
lot
like
a
nice
hookah
fest
with
nor
yelp
North
Shore
feature.
It
was
in-store
events
throughout
the
cold
weather
months
and
I've
got
some
pictures
here.
Homestead
meet
actually
did
a
demonstration
of
butchering
an
entire
hog.
H
Our
wine
work
with
down
just
a
couple
of
people,
but
we
did
raise
almost
$1,500
for
rainbows
for
all
children
on
the
fat
on
the
side.
There
you
can
see
the
guest
feedback.
Is
that
something
like
70%
of
people
purchase
something
while
they
were
on
the
winning
walk
and
on
the
bottom,
the
merchants
feedback
you
can
see
says
that
their
foot
traffic
was
quite
good.
H
So
it
is
accomplishing
all
the
things
that
we
wanted
it
to
accomplish
did
sure
we
added
to
the
wine
walk
of
food
event
called
taste
of
the
mile,
and
it
was
it
was
quite
successful.
We
also
used
catering
help
with
the
students
from
the
YW
culinary
program,
and
that
was
also
wonderful.
We
were
very
pleased
to
support
that
program
and
and-
and
we
and
we
love
having
their
help
here
are
just
some
wine
walk
highlights,
it's
always
an
incredibly
fun
event.
H
H
H
H
Significantly
this
year,
we
added
an
option
for
a
special
membership
categories
for
businesses
that
are
outside
of
our
taxing
district,
but
inside
of
our
community
borders,
which
we
define
as
green
would
to
south
and
ridge
to
the
lake.
So
if
a
business
is
outside
the
taxing
district,
they
can't
apply
for
membership
and
be
approved
and
take
advantage
of
our
of
our
services
and
participate
in
our
events,
and
we
actually
were
very
happy
to
have
a
slow
governance
here.
H
You
did
not
have
a
lot
going
on
other
than
that,
so
our
20/20
proposed
budget
mix
is
actually
going
to
invest
a
little
bit
more
in
marketing
and
a
little
bit
less
in
place.
Making
I
think
I've
actually
got
those
labeled
wrong
on
the
pie
chart,
but
they
are
correct
in
the
on
the
left-hand
column
and
we
will
continue
to
keep
our
reserves
in
line
and
we'll
make
about
$5,000
again.
I
think
you
have
a
copy
of
the
actual
ask
in
your
packets
and
thank
you
for
everything.
That's
all
in
part.
Another
very.
J
B
H
H
H
Ssas,
that's
a
good
question
and
I,
don't
know,
I,
don't
know
the
answer
to
it.
We
did
do
some
benchmarking
on
on
the
benefits
side
actually
this
year,
what
several
other
s
essays
were
offering
just
to
see
how
he
stacked
up
on
that
side,
but
we
didn't
do
the
same
exercise
in
terms
of
the
mix.
So
I
probably
have
that
information
somewhere,
but
I
don't
have
it
at
the
top
of
my
hand,
yeah
I
think
so
too.
H
B
K
L
K
L
B
G
C
L
Okay,
thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
didn't
introduce
myself
yet
for
for
viewers
on
Paul's
alma
Zach
I
serve
as
a
city
of
Evanston
economic
development
manager.
Tonight
I'll
invite
chief
Scott
to
the
microphone
briefly
to
discuss
a
proposal
that
he's
he's
worked
out
perfect.
Quite
some
time.
I
think
we
started
to
discussing
this
about
12
months
ago,
maybe
a
little
little
longer,
because
the
Economic
Development
Fund
has
a
line
item
for
Workforce
Development.
We
thought
this
would
be
the
committee
to
come
to
for
the
sopranos
ship
program.
L
We
can
open
that
up
for
discussion
after
chief
Scott
describes
a
program,
but
before
we
go
there
really
quickly,
I
just
to
revisit
our
two
previous
items.
Both
miss
Scott,
sick
and
miss
Coakley
worked
really
hard.
They
have
a
very
small
staff
and
they
do
a
ton
for
kind
of
you
know
not
a
lot
of
money.
I
mean,
though
it's
it's,
it's
pretty
good
salary,
but
they
work
really
hard
for
their
money
and
I
think
it
is
making
a
difference
and
I'll
give
one
anecdote.
L
Last
week,
if
you
recall
the
wine
goddess
and
the
struggles
we
had
when
we
had
our
tax,
let
me
tell
you
that
place
was
packed
and
the
reason
why
is
that
they've
reinvented
they
realized
that
they
have
to
work
really
hard
to
bring
in
events
and
I?
Don't
know
how
retailers
do
it
I,
don't
know
how
any
small
business
does
it,
but
they
have
to
work
really
hard
to
get
people
in
the
door
and
they're
doing
it
and
partly
because
of
their
help.
So
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out.
M
Someone
wants
to
be
a
firefighter
paramedic
in
the
city
of
Evanston.
They
take
a
a
multiple-choice
written
exam.
They
go
through
a
panel
interview
for
about
20
minutes
and
they
go
through
a
Civil
Service
Commission
interview,
along
with
the
background
check
and
some
other
things
before
they're
placed
on
a
list
and
ordinal
rank
those
that
scored
the
highest
get
picked
and
selected.
First
I
found
that
we
weren't
getting
the
type
of
people
we
wanted
on
the
department
through
that
very
rigid
process,
and
it
does
allow
for
any
local
control.
M
So
my
first
task
was
to
change
the
law.
So
I
worked
in
collaboration
with
the
on
oi
Association
of
Fire
Chiefs
The
Associated,
firefighters
of
Illinois
had
great
support
from
state
representative,
Robin,
Gable
and
state
senator
laura
fine,
and
we
were
able
to
change
that
law.
Now
there
was
some
compromises.
My
first
hope
with
the
law
change
was
going
to
be
a
direct
pipeline
from
the
apprenticeship
program
to
the
department
as
a
matter
of
compromise.
I
couldn't
quite
get
that
done,
but
we
had
something
significant
change.
M
We
were
allowed
to
put
20
points
of
preference
to
a
certified
apprenticeship
program
and
now,
in
those
20
points,
is
a
game-changer
for
any
candidate
for
the
department.
During
that
time,
I
was
also
working
with
Oakton
Community
College,
some
great
folks
over
there
and
we're
looking
to
develop
a
3-year
program.
So
during
the
three
year
program
because
of
the
funding
from
the
Workforce
Development
Fund,
we
would
that
person
would
be
a
civilian
employee
of
of
the
city
of
Evanston.
They
would
serve
in
a
support
role
at
the
Evanston
fire
department.
M
Well,
he
would
also
be
going
to
school
at
Oakland,
Community
College.
So,
at
the
end
of
the
three
year
program,
they
would
have
about
three
thousand
hours
of
work,
experience
plus
an
associate's
degree
in
fire
science
plus
they
would
be
EMT
certified
plus
they
would
go
through
the
fire
academy
and
have
that
certification
as
well
all
that
again
plus
the
preference
so
that
when
they
came
up
through
the
testing
process
for
the
city
of
Evanston
Fire
Department,
they
would
have
a
significant
advantage.
J
C
N
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
just
want
to
say
to
Chiefs
God.
Thank
you,
I,
remember
when
we
said
you
know
briefly
after
you
were
offered
the
position,
and
you
said
that
you're
going
to
be
committed
to
this
and
this
type
of
program
and
attention
to
detail
takes
like
an
intention
to
change.
It
doesn't
happen
by
accident,
so
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
the
you
know
the
follow-through
and
alderman
Simmons
I
think
it
was
at
this
year
last
year,
made
of
I
don't
know
if
it
was
just
an
a
change
or
a
recommendation.
N
So
we're
now
funding
through
our
MWBE
committee
for
local
residents,
just
that
testing
fee,
which
also
could
have
been
a
barrier,
so
she
did
it
on
the
back
end
you're,
taking
care
of
it
on
the
front
end
and
I'm,
hoping
in
the
next
couple
of
years.
We're
gonna
see
the
diversity
that
you're
talking
about
in
this
program,
so
I'm
definitely
looking
forward
to
supporting
it.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Although.
G
In
Braithwaite
covered
most
hood,
but
I
do
really
appreciate
the
you
know
the
vision
and
the
you
know,
starting
with
changing
the
law,
for
you
know
for
one
person,
but
everybody
every
person
counts,
and
you
know
every
step
counts.
So
that
was
a
lot
of
effort
and
energy
that
you
put
into
that.
So
I
appreciate
that
thoughtfulness
and-
and
hopefully
this
is
kind
of
a
first
step
in
in
an
evolution
in
how
this
process
works.
So
that's
a
great
first
step
thanks.
K
Of
my
rainy
I
agree
with
everything
everybody
said
about
your
efforts
here
and
your
vision
and
your
program,
but
I
I,
don't
think
this
money
should
be
coming
out
of
the
Economic
Development
Fund.
This
is
a
great
program
and
the
city
of
Evanston
needs
to
embrace
it
through
our
human
resources
department.
K
I,
just
don't
understand
why
it's
coming
out
of
this
little
fun
and
the
economic
develop
I
mean
I
think
it
must
have
been
a
very
hard
search
in
order
for
you
to
land
here
it
should
either
be
coming
out
of
the
general
fund,
Human
Resources.
It
should
be
coming
out
of
maybe
a
piece
of
it,
a
small
piece
of
it
out
of
Community
Development,
Block
Grant
money,
but
I,
don't
I
I
can't
justify
it
coming
out
of
the
Economic
Development
Fund.
It
just
doesn't
make
sense
to
me,
I
mean
it's
almost
like.
K
If
you
can't
find
money
for
something
somehow
another
it
gets
sent
here
and
I,
don't
see
it
belonging
out
of
this
fund.
I.
Think
I
think
it's
a
brilliant
idea,
but
I
don't
know
where,
where
is
where
it's
human
resources
clambering
to
embrace
this
program,
I
mean,
have
you
been
there?
Have
you
have?
You
talked
to
the
finance
department
and
why
is
it
here
I
know,
I,
don't
understand
it
well,.
M
K
K
K
L
Chair,
thank
you,
alderman
Rainey,
I
I,
don't
know
the
history
is
we
have
work,
force,
development,
funds
available
and
I
know,
I,
don't
know
if
the
chief
or
anybody
talked
with
HR
about
it
if
they.
If
the
committee
would
like
for
staff
to
seek
out
other
sources,
oh
we
can
do
that
before
it
appeared
before
the
City
Council
I.
Don't
I
don't
know
if
this
will
come
to
the
November
11th
meeting
or
the
25th,
but
we
can
spend
a
little
more
time
figuring
that
out.
L
O
Thank
You,
chief
I,
won't
repeat
everything,
but
just
your
commitment
to
this
is
outstanding.
We
have
had
our
first
two
residents
use
that
fund
that
we
approved
in
MW
EBE
to
have
their
fees
reimbursed.
So
that's
great
news
I
share
their
concerns
with
autumn
and
rainy
in
the
amount
of
funding
for
one
and
I'm.
Sorry
that
I
have
not
read
in
detail
on
the
packet,
but
did
we
look
at
what
percentage
of
that
money
is
going
towards
education
and
that
we
look
at
partnering
with
the
institution?
M
We're
a
little
bit
early
in
the
process,
but
we've
had
initial
discussions
about
perhaps
their
foundation
helping
support
this
as
well.
So
we
may
not
over
time,
use
the
full
63-thousand,
but
this
would
be
the
initial
amount
that
I
know
would
secure
the
program
moving
forward.
So
we've
talked
about
reduced
tuition
rates,
for
example,
or
direct
support
through
their
foundation.
So
that's
we're
just
really
early
in
that
process,
as
we
as
we
frame
this
program
as
we
head
into
fall
of
2020
and.
M
We
have
the
local
control
to
do
that.
There
will
be
some
negotiations,
but
local
7:42
I
found
the
creation
of
a
joint
apprenticeship
committee
so
that,
before
the
preference
points
are
awarded,
there'd
be
a
committee
that
would
evaluate
their
progress
through
the
program
before
the
points
would
then
be
added
to
them
upon
their
eligibility
list.
G
Thank
you,
I
I
appreciate
the
points.
I
appreciate
the
significance
of
the
amount
as
far
as
available
funds,
but
I
do
feel
like
this
is
it's
Workforce
Development
and
that's
what
we've
made
a
decision
to
include
in
this
committee?
So
you
know
how,
as
part
of
our
you
know,
directive
it's
not
only
to
support
the
businesses
per
se,
but
it's
also
to
support
these.
These
creative
opportunities
to
develop
a
stronger
workforce
in
our
community,
so
I
feel
like
it
does
fit
that
bill.
G
A
K
Merini
well,
I.
Let
me
put
it
another
way:
I,
don't
think
we
should
use
these
money
monies
to
support
a
public.
Employee
I
mean
it
just
it
just
makes
no
sense
to
me.
These
monies
are,
in
my
opinion,
should
be
set
aside
to
aid.
Private
private
businesses
were
Workforce
Development.
We
want
to
help
private
industry
retail
commercial,
whatever
it
is
to
to
benefit
from
these
funds.
Not
I
I
mean
I
I.
Don't
want
to
I,
really
don't
want
to
use
these
monies
to
support
a
public
employee.
K
M
So
that
that's
not
uncommon
in
the
fire
surface,
for
example,
we
invest
a
lot
of
money
in
a
new
trainee,
so
many
departments
across
the
country,
but
many
times
or
if
they
leave
after
say
three
years
of
service,
there's
a
pro-rated
amount
they'd
have
to
reimburse
the
city
for
their
equipment
and
training.
Everything
goes
into
it,
so
we
could
create
something
similar
to
that
with
the
apprenticeship
program,
but
I
think.
Ideally
the
way
this
thing
will
be
structured.
M
We
should
have
a
strong,
strong
connection
that
an
individual
that's
going
to
continue
it's
one
of
the
benefits
of
this
is
as
opposed
to
having
a
single
test
and
a
couple
of
interviews.
This
in
effect
becomes
a
three-year
job
interview
where
we
get
to
learn
about
them
and
they
about
us.
So,
at
the
end
of
that
three-year
period,
we
should
have
a
very
good
understanding,
usually
that
it's
a
good
fit
for
them
enough.
K
C
J
Chief
Scott,
thank
you,
I,
absolutely
sort
the
support
the
model
and
the
effort
that
goes
into
this
and
the
idea
behind
it.
I
have
concerns
about
whether
there
might
be
other
partner
opportunities
so
that
evidence
not
shouldering
the
entire
cost
of
this
program.
It
sounds
like
there
have
been
initial
conversations
with
Oakton
I'm
wondering
that
there's
an
opportunity
to
further
explore
that
we
now
have
I
believe
three
trustees
that
are
residents
of
Evanston,
so
you
know
I
think
a
conversation
to
better
understand
whether
they
could
absorb
some
of
these
costs
would
be
in
order.
J
A
I,
just
I'm
gonna
take
a
turn
quickly
to
say,
I.
Viewed
this
very
positively.
We
rarely
have
someone
come
to
us
who
has
faced
a
problem
and
then
they
went
to
Springfield
and
fixed
the
law.
I
can't
remember
the
last
time
we
had
a
city
employee
encountered
that
obstacle
and
then
fix
it.
So
I
kudos
for
that
I
tend
to
agree
with
alderman
Wilson
and
aldrin
Braithwaite
I
mean
workforce.
Development
is
Workforce
Development.
A
This
would
be
an
Evan
stone
Ian
who
would
be
getting
a
career
position
with
our
fire
department,
which
is
something
that
we
don't
have
enough
of.
We
don't
have
enough
of
growing
our
own
firefighters
and
so
to
me
this
is
developing
the
workforce,
so
ultimania
I
know
you
might
have
a
different
opinion
about
it,
but
we
need
this
program
to
expand,
because
working
for
the
fire
service
is
a
career
that
that
we
want
to
encourage
more
Evan
stone,
Ian's
to
embark
on
so
I.
Think.
A
Getting
answers
to
one
of
these
questions,
I
think
are
three
Oakton
trustee
members
would
be
helpful,
but
I
think
that
this
is.
This
is
where
this
should
start
and
we
can
talk
more
about
ways
in
which
we
provide
it
to
more
people
or
more
applicants.
Perhaps
if
we
get
some
other
financial
support,
then
this
amount
of
money
could
be
split
for
several
applicants
and
lots
of
different
ideas.
Okay,
so
now
I
think
I
have
all
been
recent
Simmons
and
then
almond
rainy,
so.
O
I
want
to
be
clear
how
excited
I
am
about
this
program
in
this
model,
and
I
want
to
support
this,
and
I
will
be
supporting
it
tonight,
but,
as
stated
by
myself
and
others
here,
I
just
would
ask
that
we
do
more
to
partner
with
Oakton
to
help
absorb
some
of
that
cost
and
for
the
20k
per
year.
How
much
of
that
is
in
education.
M
O
Okay,
so
I'm
I'm,
sorry
so
I'm
going
I'm,
I'm
100%
in
support
of
this
and
and
I
wanted
to
go
along
to
counsel
but
I'm,
hoping
that
we
can
work
hard,
and
maybe
we
can
even
come
up
with
suggestions
or
introductions
so
that
we
can
subsidize
it
in
a
different
way.
I,
don't
think
it's
the
that
it's
work
for
us
because
we're
here
for
that
so
I
keep
hearing.
You
say
that
this
is
workforce.
This
is
what
we
do.
O
N
Think
to
two
points:
first
of
all,
almond
rainy,
I,
think
this
is
a
good
investment,
my
definition
of
work
force.
It
really
doesn't
matter
which
bucket
it
comes
from
it's.
How
do
we
get
a
citizen
to
be
a
contributor
to
our
tax
base
and
I?
Think
if
you
can
take
us
someone
with
a
high
school
diploma,
now
we're
partnering
with
oak
tin
in
invest,
and
this
is
equal
to
just
as
a
point
of
information.
N
The
Public
Works
Department
is
doing
something
similar
where
they're
investing
money
again,
it's
just
a
matter
of
which
bucket
were
taking
it
from
that
is
a
very
I,
wouldn't
call
that
a
liveable
wage
but
I
will
say
the
investment
in
resources
will
yield
at
the
end
of
the
three
years.
Someone
who
has
a
salary
of
what
you
tell
me
with
over
time,
starting.
N
At
the
two
to
three
years,
four
years
into
it
with
overtime,
they're
up
to
75,000,
75,000
dollars
with
an
investment
of
twenty
I,
think
that's
I,
honestly
I
think
that's
that's
money!
Well
spent!
You
know
the
only
in
respect
to
some
of
the
comments
and
I
do
understand.
Maybe
we
just
throw
the
word
pilot
in
there
somewhere.
This
is
a
pilot
exactly
exactly
and
just
then
we
understand
that
and
I
know
you're
gonna
do
it.
N
M
You
and
it's
been
my
attention
all
along
to
look
at
other
funding
sources
as
this
develops
and
grows.
I
think
it's
the
only
way
it's
going
to
keep
it
in
terms
of
its
long-term
sustainability,
and
we,
you
know
obviously
I
hope
for
more
than
one
apprentice
at
a
time.
There'll
be
a
point
where
we'll
have
several
that'll
be
constantly
going
through
the
program
right.
G
You
know
I
guess
the
thing
I
that
I
focus
on
and
I
hope
we
can
focus
on
this
investment.
Isn't
an
investment
in
the
fire
department?
Okay,
it's
an
investment
in
a
person
in
developing
a
career
opportunity,
and
you
you've
recognized
that
there
is
a
barrier
and
an
impediment.
So
that's
what
I
appreciate
so,
instead
of
accepting
the
status
quo,
you've
come
up
with
us
with
a
solution.
Now
it's
a
it's
a
pilot
solution.
G
You
know
you
know,
but
it's
more
along
the
lines
of
first
step
at
a
model
as
opposed
to
the
way
we
could,
you
know,
do
business
in
every
instance.
So
it's.
How
do
we
overcome
this
barrier?
How
do
we
get
people
into
this?
You
know
career
opportunity
and
going
from
there,
I
would
presume
that
we
can
bring
that
cost
as
far
as
the
cost
per
person
to
do
this
down
once
it's
demonstrated
that
this
is
that
this
can
work
so
I
appreciate
that
and
I
do
hope
that
we
can
move
this
to
the
council.
B
L
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
This
is
an
item
for
discussion.
Staff
is
seeking
the
committee's
input
on
a
concept
that
we've
tentatively
badged
the
propose
of
the
legacy
business
retention
fund.
The
idea
here
is
it's
in
so
many
cases
we're
using
economic
development
money
to
attract
businesses,
or
we
get
really
excited
in
our
social
media,
about
new
businesses,
and
then
we
tend
to
forget
about
the
people,
the
business
owners,
the
entrepreneurs
who
have
been
here
from
the
beginning
to
make
it
the
really
cool
hipster
BIA,
as
I
mentioned
in
the
in
the
staff
report.
L
So
and
this
comes
up
a
lot,
we
talk
about
fairness
and
hey
were
a
recent
example.
We
supported
a
6:00
p.m.
Central
Street,
and
then
there
were
several
other
businesses.
That
said,
hey
we've
been
here
a
long
time.
How
do
we
get
some
some
tax
relief
as
well?
So
you
know-
and
we
talked
about
that
I've
been
on
staff
for
over
eight
years
and
I
think
this
conversation
comes
up
on
a
regular
basis.
We
used
to
have
the
storefront
modernization
program,
facade
program
that
was
cut
in
the
budget
last
year.
L
That
used
to
be
a
way
that
we
could
help
after
business
had
been
around
for
a
while
and
their
awnings
and
things
started
to
fade.
We
would
help
so
staff
is
kind
of
putting
it
out
there
as
an
idea
and
I've
kind
of
outlined.
It
was
seven
points
about
ways
that
we
could
we
could
assist.
Businesses
have
been
around
for
some
period
of
time,
I,
don't
know
what
that
number
is.
Is
it
five
years
at
ten
years
there's
the
amount
that
we
might
match?
Is
it
it's
at
a
$5,000
match
for
$10,000
total
project?
L
It's
something
higher.
We
would
restrict
the
funding
to
somewhere
on
the
range
of
25
to
50
thousand.
It
would
be
housed
in
a
great
merchant
grant
program.
We
currently
have
around
50,000
set
up
for
technical
assistance.
We
we
haven't
used
as
much
of
that
as
I
thought.
We
would
so
I'd
like
to
I
just
like
to
present
that
as
an
idea,
and
if
the
committee
would
like
to
consider
it
for
discussion
to
direct
us,
the
the
answer
could
be.
Were
we
don't
have
the
budget
for
that
or
it
could
be.
L
G
And
thank
you
for
bringing
the
idea
forward
and
I
do
know,
even
just
from
talking
to
businesses
throughout
the
city
that
that
there
is.
This
is
part
of
an
ongoing
conversation
whenever
the
it
gets,
pressed
that
there's
a
support
for
something.
That's
a
private
enterprise.
People
will
question
that.
You
know
part
of
my
personal,
and
this
is
just
my
personal
philosophy.
G
Also,
the
budget
is
the
big
piece
here,
so
I
don't
feel
comfortable
putting
that
money
out
there,
and
we
also
just
watched
two
great
presentations
of
a
lot
of
really
awesome
stuff
and
a
lot
of
money
that
gets
spent
on
supporting
the
businesses.
So
that's
that's
one
of
the
things
that
I,
you
know
tend
to
go
back
to
and
say:
okay,
you
know
yeah,
but
you're
kind
of
forgetting
about
you
know
this
and
the
marketing
efforts
and
the
you
know
the
personal
contact,
and
you
know
you
guys
are
out
there
face-to-face.
G
K
A
N
You,
madam
chair,
I,
guess
my
feedback
because
there's
having
some
plaza,
mainsheet,
Plaza
and
part
of
downtown,
so
I
do
and
also
the
industrial
area.
So
I.
Do
you
get
my
share
of
those?
That's
those
conversations
as
well.
Why
do
people
who
are
a
new
to
town
get
all
the
support
versus
the
businesses
so
I'm
interested
in
keeping
the
conversation
going?
I
I
think
that
the
things
are
important
to
me
and
I
don't
see
and
maybe
I
missed
it
Paul
anything
about
job
creation
in
here.
So,
if
we're
investing,
why
are
we
investing?
N
Are
we
investing
just
because
they
want
a
new
look
and
hoping
to
bring
people
in
so
I
would
like
to
see
some
type
of
job
metric
in
place
and
I'm
a
big
fan
of
skin
in
the
game.
So
I
would
probably
say
you
know
we
look
at
25%
of
whatever
the
applicant
is
putting
in
up
to
a
certain
amount
and
that's
can
be
determined
by
staff
or
anybody
else
who
wants
to
weigh
in.
But
those
are
my
couple
of
things
that
I
wanted
to
share.
J
The
comments
of
both
Alderman
Wilson
and
all
the
room,
bright
white
I
had
a
few
comments.
If
you
look
when
I
looked
at
sort
of
the
number
of
years
that
you
were
considering
I
think
10
years
is,
is
too
high.
If
you're
gonna
look
at
this
and
it's
to
be
considered
further,
I
would
consider
five
years
by
then
I
think
that
business
has
skin
in
the
game.
It's
been
a
part
of
the
community
I'm,
not
sure
a
Legacy
Program
is
what
I
would
call
it.
J
Would
you
know
respectfully
say
that
we're
investing
in
the
the
vitality
and
placemaking
that
these
businesses
provide
the
sense
of
place
that
we
in
evanston
value-
and
you
know
our
neighbor
to
the
south,
had
their
budget
address
today
and
mayor
Lightfoot
said
you
know
a
budget
to
reflect
your
values
and
that
really
resonated
with
me
and
I.
Think
here
in
Evanston,
we've
heard
residents
say
we
value
our
existing
businesses.
J
We
value
our
independent
businesses
that
line
our
business
corridors
and
to
me
this
is
a
tool
that
puts
money
behind
those
values
and
so
I
supports
us
with
the
tweak
of
you
know,
sort
of
the
the
number
of
years,
and
you
know
we
can
talk
further
about
the
the
you
know,
how
much
per
project
and
all
that,
but
in
concept
I
think
it's
a
positive
one.
All.
K
L
So
all
the
rain-
it's
a
great
question
I
think
for
for
me,
is
from
the
staff
perspective.
This
is
that's
the
hardest
part
like
the
the
budget
and
the
funding
like
that.
That's
gonna
kind
of
present
itself,
but
the
idea
of
determining
how
we're
gonna
pick
winners
and
losers.
It's
always
my
concern
and
I
haven't
quite
figured
that
out.
Yet
I
was
looking
for
a
little
bit
of
input
from
the
the
committee
and,
ultimately
the
council,
because
you
you
will
be
voting
on
it
and
you're
in
the
hot
seat.
L
When
that
happens,
so
I
want
I
want
to
spend
a
little
more
time.
Developing
that
and
the
reason
I
had
mentioned
in
the
staff
report-
restaurants
and
retails,
because
those
are
the
places
that
addressing
what
mrs.
Eakins
said
about
the
vitality
and
what
brings
people
to
our
business
districts,
but
the
challenge
there
and
we
heard
alderman
Braithwaite
say
it-
you
know
he
has.
He
has
businesses
that
have
been
in
the
West
End.
You
know
for
literally
a
hundred
years
right,
a
hundred
ten
years.
Why
are
we
helping
them
right?
K
N
Think,
anytime,
we
invest
money,
there's
an
expected
ROI.
So
for
that
business
that
you
have
in
mind,
the
question
would
be:
what
is
the
ROI
like?
So
what's
the
return
of
our
investment,
so
there
should
be
some
type
of
metric
every
time
we
invest,
I
mean
we
don't
just
give
out
money
to
be
nice
and
that's
not
the
point
that
you're
making
the
larger
question
would
be.
What
would
be
the
stated
case
for
that
particular
investment
and
we're
not
picking,
of
course,
on
your.
It
would
be
in
general
for
any
business
coming
forward
and
right.
L
My
to-do
list
is
a
concept
of
some
kind
of
cover
sheet
or
an
attachment
that
will
list
how
any
program
or
any
requests
from
private
sector
or
even
in
our
team,
how
that
will
impact
a
number
of
factors,
whether
it's
jobs,
taxes
so
on
and
so
forth.
So
we'll
be
able
to
compare
over
time
how
these
various
projects
match
up
apples
to
apples
so
I'm
going
to
develop
that
as
a
separate
kind
of
concept,
that'll
bring
the
committee
early
in
the
year
of
2020,
okay,.
A
J
L
Honestly,
I
hadn't
when
I
review
the
toolbox,
some
other
committee
in
other
communities
that
are
typically
facade
improvement
program,
Evanston,
has
always
been
very
fortunate
to
not
just
have
to,
but
we
have
we've
had
this
Economic
Development
Fund
source
from
our
our
hotels,
mostly
an
amusement,
and
so
other
communities
don't
have
that
resource,
so
I'm
gonna
bet
most
don't
have
it
I'll
check
some
of
the
larger
cities
that
have
bigger
programs.
This
you
can
have
programs
specifically
developed
for
retention
of,
let's
call
it
five-year
businesses
so
that'll,
be
part
of
the
next
step.
Well,.
A
L
Know
I
think
the
the
biggest
thing
I
want
to
walk
away
with
today
was
how
you
know:
how
do
we
select
and
I'll
work
on
that
and
I'll
look
at
best
practices
and
the
like,
and
then-
and
you
know,
the
concept
of
I
was
very
narrowly
focused
on
what
are
the
things
in
bring
vitality
and
that's
we're
also
trying
to
protect
retail.
You
know,
retail
again
is
getting
slammed
ecommerce
shopping
malls
and
the
like.
So
we
just
need
to
continue
our
our
efforts
to
keep
them
growing
and
understood.
It's.
A
All
right:
well,
she
won
it
and
come
back
to
us.
I
I
would
I
understand
the
five-year
aspect
of
it.
I
think
if
we're
gonna
call
it
legacy,
it
should
be
longer
than
that,
but
I
think
we
should
figure
out.
You
know
five
years
seems
like
a
long
time,
but
I
think
if
we're
trying
to
reward
people
who've
been
here
for
a
while,
we
might
want
to
make
it
a
longer
period
of
time.
Yeah.
L
A
L
I
Evening,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
nine
omission
I'm
from
land,
and
we
just
wanted
to
give
a
quick
introduction,
we're
a
microfinance
organization
and
we
give
loans
up
to
$10,000,
to
small
businesses
around
Evanston
and
usually
we
target
female
and
minority
entrepreneurs
and
we're
excited
for
a
new
school
year
ahead
of
us,
and
we
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
attend
all
of
these
meetings
and
we
look
forward
to
catching
up
with
you
one
on
one,
maybe
at
a
different
time.
Yeah.
A
Well,
thank
you
very
much
for
coming.
We,
we
know
your
program
and
it's
done
very
good
things
here
and
haven't
sinned
before
it.
So
this
should
be
a
good
year.
Thank
you,
mm-hmm!
Alright,
now
we
have
a
motion
to
adjourn.
Has
it
been
seconded
all
right,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye.
We
are
adjourned.
Thank
you.
Everyone!
Thank
you.
Paul
Thank,
You
staff.