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A
B
C
Thank
You
alderman
Simmons
good
good
evening,
members
of
the
committee
I
like
I'm
Paul's,
Alma
Zak,
I'm,
the
economy,
Development
Manager.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
remembering
it's
been
a
while
since
we've
met
actually,
so
it's
good
to
see
everybody.
Since
we've
last
met,
we
have
added
a
new
staff
member.
Her
name
is
Katie
Bowden
I
like
to
invite
her
to
the
Dyess
to
introduce
herself
I
will
say
that
she's
been
a
great
addition.
C
D
D
You
know
what
we
can
do
and
my
background
here,
I'm
coming
from
a
nonprofit
organization
in
Chicago
called
North
Branch
works,
so
we
did
economic
development
and
I
was
their
business
outreach
coordinator
there
so
kind
of
doing
a
lot
of
the
same
things
with
the
city
of
Chicago
and
a
lot
of
the
is
in
like
the
industrial
manufacturing
corridors
in
Chicago,
so
kind
of
bringing
that
here
and
yeah
just
very
happy
to
be
here
nice
to
meet
you
all.
Thank.
A
C
You
I
want
to
start
off
by
stressing
that
you
know,
despite
all
the
challenging
conversations
we
hear
about
our
difficult
community
and
how
awful
things
are
we
have
by
the
indications
that
we
have
is
our
economy
is
actually
thriving.
If
we
look
at
our
indicators,
we
had
30
new
businesses,
nine
expansions,
14
new
food
establishments,
retail
vacancies
at
a
10-year
low
we've
got
several
co-working
spaces
that
have
opened
following
national
trends,
one
of
our
favorite
projects
of
city-owned
property,
converted
to
a
theater
on
the
on
the
slide.
You
can
see
it
lit
up
at
night.
C
It's
a
well
designed
kind
of
world
class,
definitely
from
the
exterior
and
the
interior
is
a
beautiful
little
black
box,
but
things
things
are
going
well.
We
have
I
took
this
photo.
There's
three
cranes
at
one
point:
well,
one
of
them.
This
came
down
because
the
project's
wrapping
up,
we
had
three
construct
tower
cranes
in
our
downtown,
which
eventually
will
lead
to
about
a
thousand
new
residents.
Once
these
projects
are
delivered
to
the
marketplace,
and
we
continue
to
have
interest
from
the
development
community.
C
The
focus
on
affordable
housing
and
workforce
development
continues.
Our
colleagues
and
Community
Development
Sarah
flax
and
her
team
continue
to
work
on
that.
The
mayor's
Summer
Youth
Program
and
the
employer
Advisory
Council
meets
on
a
regular
basis.
The
Entrepreneurship
Support
Program
continues
to
be
a
priority.
We
helped
believe
it
was
close
to
a
dozen
entrepreneur
last
year,
and
that
was
a
program
that
I
believe
came
out
of
MW
EBE
committee,
which
we're
going
to
talk
about
later
as
well,
and
the
work
that
we're
doing
with
those
programs
northwestern's
garage.
C
We
still
have
a
very
thriving
entrepreneur
system
in
Evanston,
going
really
happy
to
have
been
part
of
the
launch
of
the
church
and
dodge
improvements
that
northwest
corner
probably
hasn't
looked
that
way
since
it
was
built
in
turn-of-the-century
and
that
involved
the
city.
Investing
significant
amount
of
money,
I
believe
was
close
to
$75,000
based
on
I
will
be
used
the
storefront
modernization
program
last
year,
and
that
was
specifically
committed
to
the
church
and
dodge
and
the
Simpson
corridor.
C
Unemployment
continues
to
be
low
and
we
were
beating
national
trends.
We
tend
to
do
that
in
Evanston,
simply
because
of
the
just
a
highly
educated
populace.
We
are
also
leading
the
state.
Our
average
was
around
three
and
a
half
percent
retail
vacancies.
You
know
we
often
hear
people
say
why
there's
so
many
vacancies,
I
think
what
people
see
is.
Maybe
a
cluster
of
vacancies
made
at
church
and
maple
on
downtown,
but
for
the
most
part
our
vacancy
rate
is
really
low.
C
It's
around
4
percent
and
what
happens
is
because
it's
so
low-
and
there
is
a
new
space
coming
on
the
market
prices.
Rents
go
up
very
simple,
so
our
rents
continue
to
climb,
which
in
some
ways
is
challenging
for
small
business
and
we've
been
talking
about
office
for
well
over
a
year,
because
we
were
trying
to
do
an
office
development
in
downtown,
there's
still
interest
in
doing
office
development.
C
We're
gonna,
see
a
project
soon
on
Davis
Street
with
that
said,
we
have
a
vacancy
rate
that
is
very
low.
I
think
the
latest
quarterly
report
shows
it
it's
up
a
tiny
bit.
There's
a
business
or
two
that's
kind
of
growing
and
they're
ready
to
move
to
Chicago
so
that
space
has
opened
up,
but
it
will.
If
the
trends
continue,
it
will
fill
up
quickly.
We
still
will
see.
C
We
still
need
more
space,
where
our
our
rental
prices,
like
in
the
range
of
30
to
35,
is
in
some
cases
higher
than
some
areas
in
the
loop
which
is
kind
of
insane,
but
that's
the
way
it
is,
and
it's
driven
buying
it's
driven
by
the
University
and
it's
driven
by
our
unique
location,
close
to
the
North
Shore
and
again,
tax
revenues
were
up,
we're
talking
about
sales,
tax,
hotel
liquor
and
amusement
tax.
Those
are
all
those
are
all
healthy
signs
that
our
businesses
are
doing
well
and
I
just
wanted
to
wrap
up.
C
There
were
some
really
I've
got.
Three
businesses
at
the
bottom,
I
think
are
very
unique,
and
it
shows
that,
despite
this
kind
of
electronic
or
digital
society
that
we
live
in,
we
have
a
bookstore
in
the
middle
that
opened
up
on
Main
Street.
It's
maybe
600
square
feet.
She's
figured
out
a
way
to
get
people
in
her
store
lots
of
stroller
parking
on
a
daily
basis
outside
the
kids
books
are
called
booked.
The
picture
on
the
right
is
a
store
called
assembly
creators,
which
is
it's
it's.
C
It's
the
sale
of
jewelry
leather
goods,
women's
clothing,
I
hate
to
use
the
phrases
everybody's
using
these
days,
but
they're
a
curated
environment
and
then
on
the
far
left
is
one
of
the
co-working
spaces
that
open
at
a
180
that
used
to
be
a
rug,
cleaning
shop,
alig
Allegretti.
So
that's
how
I
would
summarize
I
had
the
full
report
was
distributed
to
the
council
I
believe
it
was
part
of
this
packet.
Any
questions.
C
C
So
I
can't
speak
any
through
the
Entrepreneurship
Support
Program,
yes,
elevate.
Evanston
is
not
a
funded
program.
That
is
a
essentially
an
umbrella
kind
of
communication
tool,
essentially
where
we
try
to
put
all
of
our
partners
under
one
umbrella
and
we
coordinate
on
a
regular
basis.
That
would
be,
for
example,
to
use
Job
Center.
It
would
be
Moran
Center,
I'd.
A
B
A
B
D
B
Understanding
and
then
the
Youth
Job
Center,
as
you
know,
is
fine.
I
was
going
to
try
to
look
up
their
budget
there.
Their
reach
has
expanded
past
Evanston,
so
their
funding
is
multiple
levels.
I'd
have
to
look
at
their
they
do
they
do
yeah
through
probably
CBD
G
autumn
and
rainy
and
I
would
think
that
would
be
it
so
probably
money
for
the
programs.
I
don't
have
it
memorized,
but.
B
Levels
right,
but
the
one
thing
that
I
would
like
did
I'm
excited
to
talk
about
the
Charlotte
Sims
would
speak
to
as
well
so
the
mayor
summer,
youth
program,
is
traditionally
been
a
city
of
Evanston
funded
projects,
supplemented
by
some
of
the
businesses
correct,
and
we
actually
I
think
the
number
is
somewhere
mr.
Powell
up
to
forty
to
fifty
thousand
dollars
of
funding
comes
from
Evanston
own
it,
which
is
made
up
primarily
of
fifth
Ward
churches,
as
well
as
a
few
second
Ward
churches.
E
B
E
B
E
B
I
think
I
mean
I
can't
speak
to
the
tradition
of
it.
It's
it's.
It's
predated
me
on
council.
It
is
always,
and
maybe
Alton
Rainey
can
chime
in
and
if
not
I'm
sure
we
can
come
back
with
a
correct
answer
from
our
staff,
but
it's
always
been
called
the
mayor's
Summer
Youth
Employment,
Program
and
I.
Think
that
goes
back
to
the
Honorable
Lorraine
Morton.
If
I
remember
correctly,
Ottoman.
F
F
Right,
I,
all
right,
that's
an
easy
one
that
has
nothing
to
with
money.
Alright,
it
was
named
the
mayor's
Summer
Youth
Program,
because
that's
what
Lorraine
wanted
it
named?
Okay
there.
It
is
that's
where
it
came
from
Lorraine
wanted
it
named
that
because
she
loved
that
program
and
she
embraced
it
and
that's
how
it
came
to
be
that.
F
But
let
me
talk
about
elevate
Evanson,
that
money
that
is
specifically
designed
to
to
embody
the
mayor's
Advisory,
Committee
I
think
I'm,
going
in
the
right
direction
now
that
he
put
together
to
deal
with
Evanson
high
school
line,
polina
correct
me
when
I
go
off
track
here
with
his
Advisory
Committee
that
he
put
together
to
work
with.
Why?
Oh
he's?
No
with
the
youth
job,
Center
and
Evanson
high
school,
that
money
is
from
his
fun
from
Northwestern
million
dollars.
E
E
I,
don't
see
why
it
couldn't
be
just
called
the
city
of
Everson,
because
that's
who's
contributing
to
this
financially
is
us
people
in
Everson.
That's
that's
all
I
mean
I.
Think
it's
great
that
Lorraine
love
the
program
she
got.
You
know
we
called
her
mama
Morton.
She
got
a
whole
city
hall
named
after
and
so
forth,
but
I
think
we
need
to
get
back
to
what
it
should
be
called,
which
is
the
city
it's
our
program
is.
C
Sure
can
I
I
want
to
make
one
clarification
for
for
mr.
Powell,
please
Mahalo,
vada
Evanston
is
not
a
funded
program.
The
idea
here
is:
we
wanted
to
put
an
umbrella,
so
to
speak
over
all
of
the
activities
that
are
happening
in
the
work
force.
Realm
I
believe
at
one
point
we
had
your
program
up
here.
We
have
the
we
program.
We
have
national
able
occurs
cafe.
C
So
these
are
all
the
programs
that
exist
that
you
can
see
we're
very
resource
rich
and
we
wanted
to
be
able
to
point
people
to
these
programs
in
a
single
place.
So,
as
as
programs
are
added
to
the
community,
we
will
add
it
to
this
idea
that
we're
gonna
elevate
Evanston,
that's
the
branding
that
the
mayor
chose
and
we
created
a
web
presence
around
it.
So
just
as
it
just
so,
you
know
there
isn't
a
fun,
that's
going
to
elevate
Evanston,
it's
just
a
way
to
kind
of
market,
all
the
resources
we
have.
E
Like
I,
don't
like
I,
don't
like
and
I
know
some
people
in
communal
life
that
with
that
summer
program,
you
got
the
mayor's
name
on
there.
It's
like
we
all
paying
for
this,
and
why
is
that's
just
called
the
city
of
Evanston
similar
program
since
tax
money's
going
to
this
I
mean
Steve
is
a
rich
man,
I
mean
if
he
want
to
take
and
put
a
hundred
thousand
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
into
it.
Fine,
let's
name
it
after
him.
That's
all
I'm,
saying.
B
I
understand
the
line
of
questioning
I
guess
if
I
could
put
it
in
a
broader
perspective
throughout
the
season
and
based
on
you
know
the
mayor's
position.
There
are
other
programs
that
dinners
I,
guess
I
would
call
special
projects
and
I
see
it
more
as
a
special
project.
I
think
when
you
say
mayor
I,
don't
see
it
as
the
individual
I
considered
as
part
of
the
city.
B
Whenever
I
look
at,
though
the
org
chart-
and
there
are
other
things
that
throughout
the
city,
for
example,
the
Christmas
holiday
program,
where
again
food
is
gathered
by
a
bunch
of
non-for-profits
and
it's
considered
the
mayor's
food
drive.
So
that
does
not
address
your
question,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
understand
that
there.
E
If
there's
people
giving
out
of
their
own
pocket
mm-hmm,
that's
one
thing,
but
when
you
start
talking
about
tax
dollars
that
we're
paying
mm-hmm
and
we're
gonna
name
something
like
that
program
after
that
mayor
I,
don't
think
it's
right!
I
think
it
should
be
called
the
city
of
Evanston
Summer,
Youth,
Employment,
Program.
Okay,
that's
all
I'm,
saying.
H
E
H
E
H
A
I
want
to
say
this
I
would
like
to
spend
a
moment
just
celebrating
the
great
outcomes
of
the
summer
youth
program.
I
understand
we
had
between
six
and
eight
hundred
young
people
that
were
employed
jobs
available
for
all
of
our
youths
and
employers
that
participated
with
creating
opportunities
for
our
youth.
Some
of
those
opportunities
extend
it
beyond
the
summer
and
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
just
kind
of
celebrate
that
and
what
it
did
even
for
some
of
our
local
entrepreneurs
and
providing
them
with
support
staff
during
the
summer
months.
A
So
it
was
a
success
and
we
have
a
committee
men
who
wants
to
consider
changing
the
name.
I,
don't
know
what
that
process
would
look
like,
but
I'll
certainly
bring
it
up.
I
hear
your
concerns
and
do
we
have
any
further
comment
on
this
autumn
and
rainy?
Did
you
have
a
final
comment
on
this?
So
but
it
never
just.
F
I
do
just
one
okay,
just
to
clarify
it
was
never
mayor,
Morton's,
youth,
fair
or
or
youth
program.
It's
just
the
mayor's.
It's
not
more
haggerty's
or
merit
is
Dalls.
It's
just
it's
just
that
and
and
they've
always
taken
a
special
interest
and
and
been
at
all
the
events.
So,
let's
just
move
on,
like
you
say,
alderman
Simmons,
let's
move
on
okay.
D
A
The
elevat--
Evanston
talking
about
that
now,
which
is
a
great
organization
thankful
for
dozens
of
businesses
that
are
volunteering,
their
time,
to
think
about
non-traditional
career
paths
that
have
living
wages.
Thank
you
to
all
of
the
participants
for
Elam,
elevate,
Evanston
that
are
working
on
that
I
understand.
They
had
a
really
productive
meeting
today.
So.
C
That
was
the
the
mayor's
employment
Advisory
Council,
led
by
Neil
gamba
who's
working
hard
to
provide
to
institutionalize
allowing
high
school
kids
who
are
about
to
graduate.
If
they're
not
gonna,
go
to
college,
how
do
we
get
them
into
vocations?
How
to
get
them
in
a
factory
decided,
we
get
them
into
auto
repair
shops
and
the
like.
It's
a
highly
technical,
highly
skilled,
highly
paid
segment
of
the
economy
that
we
often
forget
about,
because
we're
so
focused
on
getting
our
kids
into
Harvard
and
other
Ivy
League
schools,
perfect.
E
A
You
moving
on
really
excited
about
this
Ida
item
B.
We
need
some
financial
empowerment
for
many
of
our
residents
and
it's
my
belief
that
there
are
enough
financial
institutions
and
other
professionals
in
town
and
our
staff
that
could
come
up
with
something
to
empower
our
residents
to
be
more
financially
prepared
and
that's
what
our
reports
got
a
feelin.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
C
So
I'll
just
add
a
little
bit
to
that,
so
we're
hoping
when
we
as
staff,
are
going
to
use
our
relationships
in
the
community
to
and
really
to
use
the
bully
pulpit
of
city
government
to
convene
a
group
of
businesses
includes
banks
and
there's
there's
private
personal
finance
organizations,
Housing
Opportunity,
Development
Corporation,
there's
a
number
of
organizations
throughout
Chicago,
but
many
in
Evanston
alone
we're
going
to
convene
them
and
really
get
them
to
to
collaborate
on
a
financial
wellness
initiative.
We're
really
we're
trying
to
build
the
capacity
for
people
to
stay.
C
Outta
debt,
build
wealth,
perhaps
buy
a
house
perhaps
have
the
wealth
to
start
a
business,
build
credit
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
Really
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
coordinate
all
of
the
desperate
are
the
disparate
activities
that
are
already
happening
and
put
them
kind
of
in
a
curriculum
where
somebody
who
needs
this
kind
of
assistance
can
get
that
and
we
think
the
private
sector
can
provide
that
I.
Think
they'd
be
really
excited
to
do
that,
so
we're
hoping
to
have
an
update,
I'd
like
to
give
myself
90
days
to
come
back.
I
know.
C
That's
probably
not
quick
enough
for
for
alderman
roux
Simmons,
so
we're
gonna
do
our
best
to
get
something
done
fairly
quickly
and
I.
Think
with
the
with
the
competition
we
have
in
the
banking
community,
now
I
think
they'll
be
fighting
over
each
other
to
provide
the
best
service
possible,
I.
Think
of
an
example
in
Chicago
the
smart
money
week,
where
there's
a
lot
of
resources
committed
to
this,
we
could
do
something
similar,
but
it's
to
me
a
year-long
kind
of
commitment.
What
else
would
you
add
to
that?
Madam
chair
I?
Would.
A
A
So
if
we
could
work
with,
whichever
Bank
is
ready
to
support
us
in
that
way,
for
them
to
educate
them
on
checking
accounts
and
debit
cards
as
well
and
then
look
into
baby
bonds
or
some
way
for
young
parents
to
invest
early
in
the
economic
health
of
their
youth,
so
that
they
have
access
to
money
that
they
need
for
either
college
or
homeownership
and
that
money
can
grow.
It's
easier
to
start
investments
earlier
like
to
add
that
and
the
very
strong
emphasis
on
home
ownership
as
much
as
possible.
A
I
mean
I
understand
that
housing
cost
is
expensive
here,
but
we're
working
also
on
other
policy
that
could
create
more
affordable
housing
and
want
to
make
sure
the
residents
that
we
have
on
our
mind,
are
prepared,
credit
wise
and
they
have
documented
income
so
that
when
these
properties
do
become
available,
they
qualify
for
the
mortgages.
So
those
are
some
things
that
I
would
like
to
emphasize
and
then
continue
to
work
closely
with
elevate
in
Sharon
Johnson
and
anyone
else.
A
H
Wind
and
I
want
to
thank
you
all
the
member
zsimmons
for
bringing
this
up,
because
I
think
this
is
really
really
essential
and
it's
shocking,
but
I
think
we
all
know
that
that
there
are
lots
of
the
financial
markets
and
the
world
of
mortgages
and
understanding
car
loans
and
all
of
those
things
it
can
be
really
difficult
and
and
people
can
be
taken
advantage
of
many
times
and
and
I.
Think
that
providing
this
financial
wellness
initiative
is
really
really
important.
H
H
That
I
think
it's
kind
of
rudimentary
in
the
high
school,
but
I
think
it
probably
could
be
made
more
sophisticated.
So
kids
understand
better.
You
know
how
quickly
they're
out
in
the
world,
and
they
you
know
how
to
read
financial
documents.
What
just
the
terminology
means.
So
many
people
don't
really
aren't
really
comfortable
with
it,
and
so
as
a
result,
they
they
don't
know
how
to
protect
themselves
or
really
how
to
assert
themselves
so
I.
Thank
you.
All
the
new,
sometimes
I
think
this
is
a
superb
program
to
have
in
the
community
and
you're
right.
C
Thank
you
all
during
wind,
I
wasn't
aware
of
the
high
school
program.
I
think
it's
amazing
how
we
put
our
kids
out
into
the
real
world
and
they've
never
really
practiced
using
credit,
or
it's
just
it's
remarkable,
so
we'll
figure
out
a
way
to
include
that
and
always
forget
about
our
credit
unions,
so
so
well,
yeah!
Well,
we've
got
a
list
of
who
were
gonna
reach
out
to
so
we'll
follow
up
we'll
get.
We
will
give
a
regular
update
at
each
meeting
until
we're.
You
know
progressing
well
and
I.
A
F
Quested
needs
that
are
definitely
critical.
However,
it's
so
broad
brushed.
It
seems
to
me
that
we
have
a
variety
of
committees
already
in
place
to
deal
with
a
lot
of
your
requests.
For
example,
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
is
a
committee
that
many
of
these
issues
should
be
addressing
it
should
be
addressed
by
also
we
have
W
EBE
committee
should
be
addressing
of
some
of
the
employment
issues
that
you're
raising
and
I.
F
Just
it
just
doesn't
feel
this
committee
doesn't
seem
like
the
place
where
people's
insurance
needs
should
be
addressed.
I
will
tell
you
also
that
I'm
just
about
ready
to
begin
complaining
to
higher
authorities
about
the
unwillingness
of
our
local
banks
to
address
the
lending
needs.
The
financial
needs
of
businesses
on
Howard,
Street,
I'm,
really
tired
of
hearing
our
thriving
businesses
on
Howard
Street
being
rejected
for
loans
on
who
are,
who
are
very,
very
sophisticated
businesses
on
Howard
Street
being
rejected.
There
is
no
reason
for
that,
many
of
them
on
their
own
buildings.
F
That's
just
not
right,
and
so
you
know,
I
just
think
that
there
needs
to
be
another
mechanism
to
deal
with
the
issues
that
you're
raising
I
think
the
education
part
is
absolutely
critical
and
you're
absolutely
right,
but
I'm
not
sure
what
role
this
committee
should
be
playing
to
address
those
needs.
Well,
this.
J
F
Committee,
it
seems
to
me,
should
be
helping
business
set
up
that
are
already.
This
is
also
I'm.
Looking
at
some
of
the
people
that
we
have
given
grants
to
those
people
say
they
do
this
kind
of
work.
They
do
business,
consultation
and
financial
assistance
and
training,
and
things
like
that,
we
should
be
directing
some
of
the
people
that
we're
talking
about
now
to
do
them
for
services.
You're.
A
Right
and
we
will-
and
we
will
do
this
work
out
of
this
committee-
I-
do
believe
that
it's
relevant.
We
all
agree
that
it's
needed
and
in
agreement
with
the
banks
needing
to
come
up
with
products
that
better
suit
entrepreneurs,
we
have
entrepreneurs
that
have
not
been
able
to
get
loans
at
our
creditworthy
by
any
other
standards.
So
this
is
a
challenge
to
our
local
banks
to
support
the
entrepreneurs
in
town,
but
I
do
want
it.
In
this
committee
we
weren't,
we
will
not
be
doing
the
work,
we're
not
insurance
agents.
A
We
will
be
convening
the
professional
services
in
town.
We
will
be
referring
them
to
those
that
have
received
the
entrepreneurship
support,
grant
that
do
this
type
of
work
and
so
I'm
expecting
to
have
a
report
and
some
sort
of
plan
that
use
the
talent
that
we
have
in
town
and
the
resources
and
institutions
that
we
have
in
town
to
to
share
with
the
community.
So
we
won't
be
doing
the
work.
A
C
Clear
I
think
at
a
minimum
the
aarika
the
economic
development
team
can
convene
in
because
we
have
the
connections
with
the
business
community
and
where
it
goes
from,
there
would
be
up
to
to
this
committee
and
and
your
colleague,
committees.
I,
do
think
that
we
could
quickly
convene
kick
it
off
and
then,
let's
see
where
it
goes
from
there.
So.
A
A
It's
new
to
us
for
us
to
have
a
financial,
empowerment,
financial
literacy,
financial
fitness
initiative
and
we
can
model
after
other
communities
that
have
done
something
similar,
so
I
believe
the
working
group
will
be
motivated
by
one
having
new
clients
to
serve
because
they're
business
people
too,
and
you
know,
I'm
hoping
that
we
can
support
this
work
so
that
we
can
strengthen
the
financial
health
of
the
families
in
town,
Ottoman,
Rainey,
okay,
okay,
that's
all
right!
Thank
you!
Anything
else
on
that.
A
K
For
the
probably
Carlo
Caballero
external
affairs
manager
for
city
of
Evanston
for
comment
for
the
most
part
alley
lighting
is,
though,
there's
ComEd
owned
lights
and
they're
leased
to
an
account
holder
generally,
the
residents
on
the
block
get
together
figure
out
an
account
to
put
it
on,
and
the
light
is
then
build
to
that
account.
They
usually
share
in
the
expense.
That's
the
predominant
way.
The
streetlights
are
because
the
rest
of
the
streetlights
in
the
city
99.9%,
are
owned
by
the
city
that
the
Tallmadge
lights
is.
K
H
K
They
may
be
the
request
of
so
if
they
wanted
three
four
I
mean
it's
really
it's.
It's
also
goes
by.
What's
appropriate,
I
mean
if
there's
five
poles
in
one
it's
a
block-long
you're,
not
gonna,
put
five
lights,
but
if
there's
two
or
three,
whether
you
like
the
ends
and
the
middle
that
that
I
think
would
be
the
most
common
if
they,
if
the
entire
block
and
both
says
Nellie
agreed,
that
would
be
the
most
common.
So.
K
Well,
they're
I,
don't
know
that
they're
specifically
tagged,
but
they
are.
The
bug.
Raiding
meets
the
back
light
up
light
and
player
and
they
are
they
need.
It
I
think
geez,
our
current
vendor
they're
working
on
getting
it,
for
maybe
proof,
but
it
is,
it
meets
all
the
standards.
Okay
and
it's
three
thousand
Kelvin
okay
I-
can
go
through
all
the
detail
covers
it
covers
it,
checks
all
the
boxes.
Right.
A
H
B
Thank
You
Babs
here,
and
so
what
are
the
things
that
I
have
made?
A
referral
to
this
committee
is
when
you
look
at
the
the
West
End
of
Evanston,
there
are
a
number
of
parcels,
some
that
are
on
sale,
that
are,
there
is
an
opportunity
to
do
some
really
good
development,
but
the
issue
that
we
run
into
is
the
high
power
tension
lines,
and
so
one
of
the
things
as
I
said
that
comes
up,
is
you
know
from
a
developer's
perspective?
B
K
We
I
can
identify
where
we
are
okay
and
what
rights
we
have
to
be
there,
but
okay,
I
may
not
have
access
to
the
town
around
I
can
work
with
the
city
and
see
if
we
have
that,
since
the
county
has
a
lot
of
information
online
perfect
to
see,
that
would
be
greater.
K
A
good
plan
so
well
it's
it's
that
old
adage
right.
You
know
with
how
much
money,
because
I
mean,
as
we
as
a
regulated
rate
utility,
we're
in
if
we're
not
bearing
them
for
reliability,
reasons
or
otherwise
we're
an
overheads
utility
company.
Yes,
most
are
so
that
so
really
it
just
comes
down
to
the
cost
factor,
and
then
you
know,
and
then,
if
they're,
the
type
of
lines
that
can
be
buried,
yeah
well.
H
K
So
a
lot
of
there's,
there's
movements
like
so
we've
been
working.
We
work
with
all
the
suburbs
and
I
know.
Some
of
the
suburbs
have
implemented
a
special
funding
to
whether
they
use
TIF,
funding
or
otherwise
to
bury
their
downtown
districts
for
beautification
projects.
Others
do
it
for
development
they
reroute
to
join
parcels.
You
know
vacate
alleys
and
streets
and
make
more
for
all
in
the
interest
of
development.
So
those
are
the
situations
where
a
lot
of
it
does
occur,
so
it's
either
rerouted.
It
could
be
buried
in
those
situations.
K
K
H
K
The
one
house
I
mean,
as
you
are
all
their
men
do,
the
big
route
would
be.
The
big
issue
would
be
as
if
it
can't
go
there.
It's
got
to
go
somewhere
else
right.
So
then
you
know
if
we
we'd
then
be
working
together
to
figure
out
the
new
routes.
To
put
it
in,
so
it's
it's
will
be
it
will.
We
will
be
in
this
together,
no
matter
so.
Thank.
C
Okay,
thank
you
all
miss
Simmons
I
believe
it
was
at
the
last
economic
development
committee
meeting.
You
had
asked
for
an
update
mm
wve
committee
and,
as
you
know,
I
do
not
serve
that
committee
as
staff
and
I
agreed
to
assist
purchasing
manager
this
evening,
as
she
has
she's
leaving
town
and
wasn't
able
to
be
here
tonight.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
hopefully
a
collaborative
conversation,
considering
your
service
on
that
committee
and
also
joining
me
this
evening
is
Sharon
Johnson
the
business
workforce
compliance
coordinator.
C
C
A
C
C
Our
primary
partners
and
these
initiatives
include
really
that
it's
the
trade
unions,
it's
the
city,
procurement
opportunities,
it's
the
University
and
the
to
school
districts.
I.
Think
one
of
the
kind
of
trademark
events
is
the
annual
I
think
it's
an
annual
procurement,
fair
I,
don't
more
than
once,
though.
The
latest
in
May
last
year
had
75
attendees,
which
I
believe
is
kind
of
an
average
size.
I
believe
it
is
normally
around
that
75
to
100
range
and
again
it's
done
here
in
the
parasol
room,
and
there
are
a
number
of
businesses
who
show
up.
C
There
is
an
initiative
underway
with
a
group
called
value
innovation
technologies
trying
to
better
understand,
Evanston's
local
spend
I
mean
this
is
kind
of
a
kind
of
metrics
model
requires
a
lot
of
effort,
and
this
group
is
in
the
preliminary
stages
of
developing
a
proof-of-concept
and
I
understand
that
Tami
or
miss
Nunez
and
her
team
are
evaluating
that
I
believe
with
the
assistance
of
the
committee.
I,
don't
know
if
you
have
anything
to
add
to
that.
There's
no
update
at
this
project.
C
D
C
J
Madam
chair
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
Sharon
Johnson
I'm
responsible
for
the
monitoring
of
the
local
Employment
Program
LEP,
as
well
as
the
minority
and
women-owned
Evanston
based
businesses,
I
work
with
alderman,
Simmons
and
alderman
great
ways
on
this
committee
and
I'd
like
to
go
over
just
a
few
of
the
slides
that
we
have
this
evening.
To
give
you
just
a
brief
overall
of
what
the
committee's
done
in
the
past
year,
some
of
the
updates
that
we
have
so
I'm
going
to
start
with
Boleyn
Andrews
resource
fair.
J
Last
year
we
were
able
to
hold
two
fairs
with
this
contractor.
This
particular
project
is
one
of
the
largest,
as
you
know,
and
has
great
for
potential
for
local
employment
for
the
job
fairs
or
the
vendor
fair
that
we
had
in
the
job
fair.
The
vendor
Fair
was
May
first
job
fair,
July,
10th
estimated
contractors
were
anywhere
from
thirty
to
forty
attended,
as
well
as
some
local
entrepreneurs.
J
We
were
successful
to
have
a
mixture
of
tradesmen
union
and
a
few
non-union
people
show
up
for
the
job
fair
that
they
held
for
the
Robert
Crowne
project
and
have
a
few
numbers
here.
So
we
anticipate
for
this
particular
project
to
see
a
wide
increase
swinging
involvement
as
a
contractor
began.
Some
interior
trade
work
this
summer
and
a
few
of
the
other
multi-million
dollar
projects
that
the
committee
has
had
great
success
with
and
I.
J
The
community
engagement
information
that
the
committee
manages
is
direct
announcements
from
the
unions
that
we
work
with
happy
to
report
that
the
committee
maintains
a
close
association
with
about
a
dozen
trade
unions.
They
range
from
laborers
carpenters,
electricians
and,
as
they
disseminate
information
to
me
about
local
classes
that
will
be
held
as
well
as
open
applications
for
apprentice
programs,
I'm
sure
to
get
the
information
out
to
the
participants,
and
this
is
basically
to
stay
abreast
of
special
training
for
local
residents.
J
J
Evanston
Public
Library.
We
have
an
update
to
a
tool
called
merchants
to
intellect
that
the
committee
uses
or
refer
some
of
the
contractors
to-
and
this
is
so
they
can
access
details
on
local
businesses.
As
specifics
for
regional
women
or
Evanston
base
business
specifics,
they
can
keep
local
businesses
engaged
here
as
they
fulfill
contractual
obligation.
J
J
Last
year,
erw
was
awarded
roughly
40
mil
or
40
thousand
scuse
me
dollars,
and
this
is
an
initiative
that
was
started
started
later
in
the
year
by
the
committee,
and
this
is
primarily
to
provide
a
stronger
pathway
for
residents
to
access
the
Union
apprentice
programs,
we're
working
closely
with
the
management
group
of
erw
to
recruit
and
train
local
residents
for
this
this
initiative,
and
they
are
in
partnership
with
Bennett
Johnson's
group.
So
we're
happy
about
that
and
we
will
continue
to
keep
updates
and
work
very
closely
with
ina
and
her
team.
J
This
is
the
last
slide
about
just
a
compilation
of
some
of
the
accomplishments
that
the
committee
is
done.
We
monitor
very
closely
the
minority
and
women-owned
contract
goals
which,
as
you
know,
is
25%,
as
well
as
the
LEP
hiring
requirements
for
some
of
the
the
contracts
that
we
have
for
capital
improvement
projects
for
2018
the
committee's
achieved
an
overall
goal
of
27.1%
over
the
past
six
years,
or
so
we
have
been
above
25
percent
some
years.
Maybe
30
percent
I
have
a
more
detailed
outlook.
J
If
you
need
to
see
that
we,
let's
see
I've,
got
some
statistics
average
about
30
anyway,
from
30
to
40.
People
for
the
local
employment
database
lists
that
we
have,
and
currently
that
list
is
at
55
percent
capacity,
so
the
workforce
development
that
we
do
is
in
an
effort
to
increase
this
list.
But
it's
it's
good
news
right
before
the
construction
season,
that
this
is
a
great
goal
that
we
have.
The
list
contains.
Oil
has
roughly
a
few
plumbers
tradesmen,
electricians,
carpenters,
masonry
workers
and
a
few
other
union
trades.
J
I
can't
remember
off
the
top
of
my
head
right
now,
but
the
compliance
rate
for
the
city
started
in
2013
at
43%
for
the
capital
improvement
projects,
and
now
it
is
roughly
87
percent
as
the
Contini
can.
The
committee
continues
to
improve
demonstration
for
the
contractors
to
show
a
good
faith
effort
to
make
sure
that
they're
in
compliance
and
that's
all
I
had
for
just
a
30,000
foot
view
if
there
were
any
questions
on
anything.
B
There
was
a
lot
of
concern
and
controversy
and
I
think
with
the
addition
of
Sharon,
who
I
give
you
just
so
much
credit
for
the
amount
of
work
that
and
professionalism
that
you
brought
to
this
whole
program
that
now
it's
just
embedded
as
part
of
our
city
culture.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that,
and
also
members
of
the
committee,
and
just
to
summarize,
since
that
1%
and
the
fear
that
contractors
were
not
going
to
bid
and
the
cost
of
procurement
was
going
to
go
up.
B
J
Ordinance,
that's
that's
correct,
there's,
basically
someone
to
answer
to
a
few,
whereas
before
they
would
come
to
the
city,
employ
people
outside
the
city
of
Evanston
and
collect
the
money
and
leave-
and
this
was
the
practice
before
there
was
someone
enforcing
it.
With
the
the
help
of
the
committee
chair,
those
co-chair
I've
been
able
to
work
very
closely
with
a
lot
of
the
contractor,
so
they
understand
that's
not
acceptable
so
and.
B
The
last
few
points
I'll
cover
is
all
of
them.
Simmons
was
actually
before
she
was
Alden.
She
sat
on
that
committee
and
helped
to
revamp
the
internal
policy,
so
we
now
have
a
clear
checklist
so
that
if
someone
is
requesting
a
rep
waiver,
we
know
that
they've
gone
through
the
steps
to
advertise
that
there
are
several
things
in
place
that
they
have
to
check
before
it's
just
issued
and
before
we
were
giving
them
out
like
liquor,
license
like
skittles.
B
You
want
to
look
at
license
it.
Events
will
give
it
to
you,
but
the
most
important
thing
is
is
now
that
we
did
through
those
efforts
that
there's
80,000,
K
and
growing.
So
we
have
the
compliance
e
and
again
I'll,
give
credit
to
one
of
my
colleagues
who
serve
on
the
committee
we're
now
expanding
that
fund
in
ways
that
we're
pushing
the
envelope.
B
So
that's
really
going
to
have
a
benefit
to
our
Evanston
residents
in
a
market
right
now,
where
we
have
a
lot
of
construction,
our
LEP
s,
they're
working,
and
we
need
to
replenish
that
so
the
same
effort
that
we
need
to
do
to
find
folks
to
do
manufacturing
jobs
in
the
trades.
We're
now
doing
that
and
the
resources
are
there
based
on
the
work
of
our
staff
and
committee
members.
So
it's.
J
Correct
you
now
do
work
very
closely
with
Kevin
Brown
part
of
the
youth
and
young
adult
chair
as
well
as
Paul.
So
we
make
a
lot
of
effort
to
host
many
job
fairs.
We
have
one
coming
up
next
month
with
the
state.
The
state
would
like
to
have
Evanston
host
just
a
general
job
fair.
So
we
make
sure
that
that
information
is
disseminated.
It's
going
to
be
a
general
one,
just
not
for
trade,
so
anyone
is
welcome
as
well
as
a
few
of
the
initiatives
at
Oldham
great
way.
J
Owners
element
Simmons
has
with
a
few
of
the
contractors
that
come
in
and
know.
1,500
Sherman
is
a
is
a
project
that
I'll
be
on
the
developers
have
there
and
I'm
watching
them
closely
to
make
sure
that
they
engage
some
of
the
the
residents
to
be
employed
in
their
contract.
It's
a
little
different,
where
I
think
they
have
a
goal
of
five
five
residents
that
they'd
like
to
have
on
board.
So
that's
a.
A
B
No,
the
last
thing
is
wrap
up
because
I
think
it's
worth
mentioning
and
I
don't
see
it
up
here.
The
Robert
crown
project.
We've
talked
a
lot
about
that.
There's
a
lot
of
misinformation
in
the
community,
but
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
it's
worth
calling
out
now
is
that
the
committee
and
through
your
oversight,
is
really
holding
the
contractors
accountable
to
that
25
percent.
So
that's
25
percent
of
whatever
the
project
cost
is,
is
coming
back
to
the
Evanston
community
in
form
of
and
I'll.
Let
you
finish,
the
dot-dot-dot.
J
Well,
inform
in
the
form
of
engagement
for
minority
and
women-owned
businesses,
as
well
as
Evanston
based
local,
spend
I
work
very
closely
with
the
vice
president
of
bullying
Andrews,
who
my
understanding
is.
They
also
engaged
boa
construction
as
a
subcontractor
to
learn
where
they
are
the
numbers
that
they
have
given
me
are
currently
a
little
less
than
25
percent.
J
Five,
and
my
understanding
is
that
this
is
an
estimated
payout,
not
forecasted
numbers
or
projected
numbers,
but
what
they
definitely
expect
to
pay
evanston
based
businesses,
as
well
as
minority-owned
businesses,
and
my
understanding
of
the
top
of
my
head
that
24.5%
women-owned
businesses
have
about
eleven
point:
nine,
so
almost
half
of
the
1.9
million
that
they're
expected
to
pay
out,
and
it's
still
growing.
These
numbers
are
roughly
30
to
45
days
in
arrears.
J
A
Been
making
that
clear,
yeah!
Thank
you
for
your
oversight
there.
One
thing
that
I
want
to
share
with
the
committee
and
the
community
is
that
we're
working
on
a
green
jobs,
fair
it'll,
be
our
first
I
think
that
will
be
an
important
introduction
to
a
high
wage
career
opportunity
and
high
demand
for
our
residents
that
are
seeking
employment.
We
also
look
to
improve
our
procurement
101
with
additional
services
to
the
community,
so
we
will
bring
updates,
as
that
is
available.
B
I
Yes,
I
do
so.
This
will
be
my
last
economic
development
committee
meeting
we're
having
some
changes
over
on
the
zoning
board
and
I
think
it's
probably
a
good
time
to
have
some
some
other
people,
members
of
our
board,
participate
in
the
process
and
give
you
guys
their
feedback.
It's
certainly
been
my
pleasure
to
be
a
part
of
the
board
and
I
certainly
hope
that
you
have
found
that
I
have
added
some
value
at
some
point.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
C
F
F
A
F
F
C
C
Me
it
wasn't
necessarily
a
youth
program,
it
was
the
idea.
Was
we
were
going
to
utilize
the
services
of
blue
1647
to
deliver
a
coding
program
to
Evan
stone
Ian's?
We
imagined
we
predicted
that
it
would
be
kind
of
youth
focus,
did
that's
where
the
interest
would
likely
come
from,
but
it
was
open
to
any
Evan
stone
Ian
in.
F
A
F
C
F
E
Just
real
quick
I
just
want
to
make
something
clear,
as
Peter
was
saying
about
misinformation
in
the
community.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
when
I
was
talking
about
the
summer
youth
program
and
the
mayor's
name
on
there
that
wasn't
an
attack
on
mayor
Haggerty,
it
could've
been
mayor,
Bob
or
the
clown
up
there.
You
know
what
I
would
ask
the
same
question.
You
know
how
this
community
goes.
I'm
people
running
back,
Hecky
said
blah
blah
blah,
so
I
don't
want
to
see
the
health
department
at
my
restaurant
amore.
A
Thank
you
so
I
have
an
announcement.
There
is
the
official
grand
opening
on
this
Friday
at
1:30.
Do
you
know
the
time?
Pardon
okay?
So
so
there's
an
official
grand
opening
this
Friday
for
the
newest
business
and
the
ward
giro
Planet
Evanston,
and
it
will
be
at
church
and
dodge
where
they
are
located
and
the
time
is.
A
It,
oh
here
it
is
it's
at
2:30.
It's
at
2:30
all
are
welcome.
Please
come
out.
Thank
you
all
and
I'm
one
one
department,
I
think
should
be
mentioned.
Is
the
youth
and
young
adult
the
outreach
team
and
the
hard
work
that
they
do
to
support
the
the
mayor,
Summer
Youth
job
program
and
how
closely
they
work
with
I'm
Sharon
Johnson
MW
EBE
to
get
jobs
out
to
the
community?
This
is
what
they
do.
A
I've
personally
been
able
to
refer
folks
looking
for
employment
to
the
outreach
team,
and
they
have
not
only
helped
them
get
the
proper
identification
expeditiously.
They
have
given
them
transportation
to
job
interviews
and
they
have
successfully
found
job
opportunities
for
our
residents.
So
I
want
to
close
with
a
thank
you
to
our
outreach
team,
led
by
Kevin
Brown
and
Nathan
Norman
and
Stacy,
morenae
and
and
the
rest
of
the
team.
Thank
you
for
all
that
you
do
and
if
there's
nothing
else,
can
I
get
a
motion
to
adjourn.