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A
Good
evening
everybody
I'm
gonna
call
the
meeting
to
order.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
Welcome
to
the
Economic
Development
Committee
meeting
for
Wednesday
July
25th
2018.
We
have
a
quorum
present.
The
first
item
on
our
agenda
is
approval
of
the
meeting
minutes
of
June
27th
2018.
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes.
B
C
Good
Davina's,
mr.
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
paulina
martinez,
I'm,
the
assistant
to
the
city
manager
today
we're
presenting
two
applications
for
the
storefront
modernization
grant
two
of
the
applicants.
Mr.
Sotiris
Francis,
also
known
as
Sam,
who
is
the
owner
of
1901
Church
Street
at
the
corner
of
Church
and
dodge,
and
mr.
Colin
James,
also
known
as
mr.
sterling
own
owner
of
1623
Simpson.
Where
Jennifer
edibles
now
stands.
C
Economic
Development
staff
conducted
a
geographic
analysis
where
most
to
find
out
where
most
of
the
storefront
grants
were
taking
place,
and
we
realized
that
the
fifth
and
the
eighth
ward
we're
really
underrepresented
in
applying
for
these
funds.
The
previous
guidelines
asked
that
the
applicants
upfront
a
hundred
percent
of
the
of
the
money
and
then
get
reimbursed
for
up
to
fifty
percent.
This
has
been
cost
prohibitive
for
businesses
in
the
fifth
and
eighth,
so
staff
amended
the
guidelines
to
assist
businesses
in
NSP
two
areas
to
take
advantage
of
this
program.
C
Since
then,
staff
set
aside
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
assist
n
SP
to
applicants
since
January
2018
economic
development
staff
has
been
working
with
both
landlords
to
procure
bids
and
to
work
with
an
architect
and
a
general
contractor
and
help
manage
the
project.
Overall,
we
receive
the
bits
last
week
the
amount
for
the
full
scope
of
work,
which
included
awnings
new
windows
and
doors
for
everyone.
Removal
of
the
back
signs,
tuckpointing
and
lighting
fixtures
was
of
two
hundred
and
thirty
four
thousand
dollars.
C
Given
the
previously
established
budget
of
$100,000,
the
general
contractor
worked
with
us
to
prioritize
the
work
in
a
way
that
is,
the
impact
is
still
visible,
but
it
conforms
to
our
to
our
budgets.
In
this
case,
tuckpointing
had
to
be
scaled
back.
Also,
windows
and
doors
had
to
be
prioritized
based
on
their
condition
instead
of
replacing
every
single
piece,
both
the
architect
and
the
general
contractor
are
here.
If
you
have
specific
questions
about
the
drawings
or
about
the
bids
and
I
believe
there
are
also
some
of
the
the
tenants
for
both
buildings.
C
A
C
A
C
A
H
Thank
You
chair
just
a
it,
was
just
one
quick
budget
line,
I'm
really
excited
I'm
Simms
for
the
west
side
of
Evanston
and
in
full
support
of
the
project.
I
do
have
a
question
in
a
couple
of
the
line
items
you
have
overhead
profit
in
supervision
and
I,
probably
missed
it,
the
line
in
the
packet.
That
explains
what
just
explained
just
give
me
some
understanding
of
what
that
line
item
is
for
the.
F
Overhead
and
profit:
it's
it's
our
general.
What
will
make
on
the
project?
It's
also
my
supervision
time.
So
it's
the
time
I
invest
in
the
project
as
well.
So
it's
it's
broken
up
into
those
pieces.
I
don't
have
a
divvied
up,
but
it's
a
lump
sum
for
all
of
my
involvement
in
the
proper
fee.
Thank
you.
F
B
You
so
I
just
want
to
thank
staff
for
working
really
hard
on
this
for
the
last
year
and
to
the
architect
and
the
GC
for
your
hard
work,
and
also
thank
mr.
Stirling
and
Sam
for
being
long-term
property
owners
and
providing
affordable
options
for
our
businesses
in
the
West
End
for
my
whole
life,
and
ask
that
the
comp
that
the
committee
support
this.
B
The
area
has
been
disinvested
and
I
think
that
we
we've
all
agreed
on
that
and
that
this
is
an
opportunity
to
have
a
visible
improvement
that
is
vibrant
and
exciting
for
the
business
community.
That
has
been
thriving
there
for
some
time.
We
have
businesses
on
Church
and
Dodge
that
have
been
there
for
maybe
30
40
50
years
and
as
well.
B
Mr.
Sterling's
building
is
really
a
unrecognized
landmark
in
1623
Club,
so
I'm,
hoping
that
this
is
a
project
that
we
can
get
behind
and
support.
I
know
that
we
had
to
be
innovative
and
how
we
fund
it.
We
usually
have
a
matching
program
for
our
facade
improvements,
but
the
businesses
that
occupy
these
storefronts
themselves
are
low
and
moderate-income
business
owners
mostly,
and
so
this
gives
them
an
opportunity
to
enjoy
some
of
the
economic
activity
and
some
of
the
improvements
that
are
happening.
B
A
I
I
C
C
C
F
I
B
B
Sam,
with
the
tenants
not
all
of
them,
but
at
least
enough
to
kind
of
see
the
theme
of
what
was
happening
and
I
was
told
from
the
tenant
that
they
are
very
satisfied
with
the
agreement
of
their
lease
and
the
rate
and
the
term
and
I'm
happy
that
they're
getting
this
improvement
and
gonna
have
a
place
to
call
home
for
their
business
for
many
years
to
come.
So
thank
you
for
paying
attention
to
that.
I
was
paying
attention
to
that
as
well.
Okay,.
K
K
Tired
of
making
leases
you
know,
so
that's
why
the
only
reason
he
didn't
she
didn't
have
a
lease.
You
know,
because
we
trust
each
other.
You
know
what
I'm
saying
so
now
she
told
me
to
get
this
I
need
five
years.
You
know
everybody's
5-year,
lease
leases,
so
I
gave
everybody
five-year
leases,
so
everybody
has
a
five-year
everything
pops
in
the
file.
Yes,
everybody
else.
Some
of
them
have
three
years
and
two
years
option.
L
This
is
a
little
different
than
when
we
have
a
tenant
coming
and
applying
for
an
improvement
with
the
owners
signing
off
on
it
in
this
case.
In
this
case,
this
is
really
a
building
improvement,
which
is
just
fabulous
because
it's
going
to
be
very
symmetrical
and
it's
going
to
make
the
corner.
Look.
Just
terrific
and
so
I'm
I
mean
I'm
glad
you
did
the
thing
with
the
leases
that's
important.
It
provides
for
stability
for
not
only
the
owner
but
for
the
tenant,
but
it
it.
It's
gonna
make
a
big
difference
for
that
corner.
L
The
only
concern
I
would
have
about
that
is
and
I
know
that
we
have
some
regulation
about
things
being
written
on
awnings,
so
other
than
the
address
are
they're.
Just
going
to
be
plain
awnings,
we
plan
it's
an
important
thing
because
we
don't
want
you
know
like
Joe's,
barbershop
or
Sam's
barbershop,
and
then
you
know
Carol's
cookies
and
then
have
somebody
else,
move
in
sure.
L
This
is
fabulous
I
and
both
and
the
other
building
to
every
time.
I
go
by
that
other
building
and
Simpson
I
think
it's
it's
just
so
blank.
You
know
and
I
know
the
1623
color.
It
is
a.
It
is
a
landmark
even
back
when
I
was
in
high
school,
it
was
a
land
mine.
So
let's
let's
approve
this,
so
they
can
get
started.
Okay,.
F
E
What
we're
getting
okay,
this
is
not
so
we
were
charged
with
awning,
storefront
and
Mason
the
improvements
really
cleaning
up
the
corner
and
making
it
look
nice
and
when
this
is
done,
they're
still
gonna
be
cracks
in
the
brick
and
the
storefront
is
still
gonna
have
issues.
So
we
are
not
replacing
all
the
storefront,
that's
what
we
were
charged
with,
drawing
and
detailing.
That's
not
what's
happening,
and
there
are
masonry
issues
with
with
Sam's
building
those
are
still
gonna,
be
there
I,
just
I,
don't
know
how
closely
everybody
looks
at
these.
E
A
M
A
F
B
A
Second-
and
this
is
for
both
well-
let's
do
one
in
time
so
for
church
and
dodge
all
those
in
favor
aye.
Any
opposed.
Okay,
Church
in
Dodge
will
be
recommended
for
1823
Simpson,
all
those
in
favor
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Okay.
Those
will
both
be
recommended
to
Council
and
staff.
We'll
check
in
with
you
guys
on
on
the
exact
date
and
such
mr.
J
Chair
if
I
may
I
know,
Alderman
students
had
already
mentioned
this,
but
and
I
typically
don't
do
this,
but
I
really
wanted
want
to
recognize
the
work
that
miss
Martinez
did
on
this
project.
It's
taken
a
lot
of
staff
time.
There
was
a
lot
of
very
interesting
coordination
that
had
to
happen
and
I
just
wanted
to
publicly
recognize
her
she's
been
working
really
hard
to
make
this
project
happen.
So
thank
you,
miss
Martinez.
Thank
you.
A
A
F
N
Good
evening,
and
thank
you
for
again
having
me
I
think
this
is
like
my
15th
year
presenting
but
who's
counting.
No,
but
I
do
like
to
I
have
a
gym
I.
They
have
my
presentation
to
get
up
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
every
little
detail
of
who
we
are.
That's
in
your
packet
I,
try
to
make
it
a
little
bit
new
and
talk
about
the
new
things
we're
doing
for
those
that
have
to
hear
this
every
year,
but.
N
N
And
okay
I'll
talk
about
our
new
logo
when
I
get
to
that,
but
we
have
a
new
brand.
We
are
the
destination
marketing
organization
for
the
North,
Shore
selling,
Evanston
and
seven
other
communities
to
visitors,
regionally
and
nationally
and
around
the
world.
We
are
public/private
partnership.
Our
budget,
our
fiscal
year
just
started
in
July.
Our
budget.
This
year
is
one
point:
eight
five
million
dollars
and
you
can
see
we
represent
eight
communities.
N
Our
funding,
half
of
our
funding,
comes
from
the
Illinois
Office
of
Tourism
and
now
I
think
we're
at
a
stage
where
it's
over
half
our
grant
this
year
was
greatly
increased
due
to
the
hotel
tax
being
higher
at
the
state
level.
So
it's
probably
now
about
65%
of
our
funding
comes
from
the
state
of
Illinois.
The
rest
comes
from
our
partner
of
municipalities
and
then
we
have
members,
and
we
also
have
advertising.
N
We
have
a
staff
of
six
people
and
you
can
see
what
everyone
does
here:
we're
adding
a
new
salesperson
in
our
current
fiscal
year
that
we
just
started,
and
these
are
our
metrics
in
terms
of
what
we
count
and
the
occupancy
average
daily
rate
and
revenue
per
available
room.
And
these
are
we.
We
get
these
figures
on
a
monthly
basis
that
we
analyze
with
our
board
and
our
hotel
committee
to
talk
about
trends
and
what's
happening
in
the
industry.
N
N
No
impact
and
again
I
have
a
report
on
that,
because
we
presented
that
to
our
board
that
that
has
had
no
impact
that
they
find
that,
for
the
most
part,
air
B&B
only
spikes
at
all,
when
there's
a
humungous
event
going
on
downtown
and
even
then
it's
less
than
3%
of
our
market
and
it's
only
those
specific
weekends
of
Lollapalooza
or
the
Chicago
Marathon.
Otherwise,
it
doesn't
affected
at
all
all.
L
N
You
know
a
lot
of
what
we
do
is
market
that
we.
What
we
do
in
terms
of
the
meetings
market,
which
is
one
of
our
biggest
market,
is
to
stress
the
affordable
parking
here,
our
location
without
having
to
be
on
the
highway
to
the
airport.
I
mean
these
are
things
that
we
constantly
do,
but
eventually
it's
this
will
be
absorbed
because
it's
cyclical,
but
you
know
when
McCormick
Place
built
a
Marriott
Marquis
with
1200
rooms
and
opened
that
half
a
year
ago
that
I've
heard
everybody
I
can
get
into
all
the
details
for
that.
N
F
N
You
you're
in
review,
and
you
can
see
our
annual
meeting
report
and
on
the
cover.
We
have
a
really
pretty
picture
of
the
new
park
that
was
redone
last
year,
but
we
go
through
all
our
metrics
and
we
count
everything
number
trade
shows.
We
do
fam
trips,
that
we
have
the
qualified
leads
that
we
send
to
our
hotels
advertising
that
we
do
and
partnership.
We
have
with
third
party
meeting
planning
sites
which
are
the
key
of
how
associations
and
corporations
now
booked
group
travel.
N
N
N
This
is
a
list
of
some
of
the
places
that
we
place
advertising.
Some
of
these
are
multiple
insertions.
Some
of
them
are
major
partnerships
likes
event,
which
is
the
main
place
where
people
book
meetings.
Now
we
here's
just
examples
of
some
advertising
again.
This
is
all
going
to
be
rebranded
too,
but
on
the
left
side
is
a
meeting
planning
ad
on
the
right
side
is
an
ad
in
a
German
publication
that
we
work
with
with
Great
Lakes
North
America.
N
We
do
coffee
advertising
on
CTA,
with
downtown
Evanston
and
with
Maine
Dempster
mile
and
maybe
one
day
with
Central
Street
Hey,
okay,
sorry,
but
so
we
do
CTA
advertising
and
other
advertising
programs
that
we
initiate
or
that
some
of
these
partners
call
it
come
to
us
and
say:
would
you
partner
with
us
on
this,
and
so
we
do
the
ad
together
and
we
underwrite
it
by
half
here's
again,
some
of
the
content
driven
advertising
that
we
do
and
publications,
but
most
of
it
is
all
being
rebranded.
N
We
just
celebrated
this
year,
our
tenth
restaurant
month
very
popular
in
February,
when
all
the
restaurants
need
help.
We
have
over
a
hundred
restaurants
that
participate
in
this
program
and
it's
very
popular
because
of
it.
We
started
well.
Okay,
let
me
just
get
through
this:
we've
Evanston's
become
a
big
foodie
destination
for
us
and
the
federal
program,
and
now
the
state
program
is
really
doing
a
culinary
theme.
So
we
are,
you
know
most
of
the
great
restaurants
that
are
in
the
North
Shore
are
in
Evanston,
and
so
we've
been
doing
some
really
targeted
niche
advertising.
N
N
Next,
based
on
the
popularity
of
our
restaurant
month,
we
launched
this
year
a
museum
month,
and
that
was
in
April
and
it
was
very
successful.
It
was
a
good
time
during
spring
breaks
and
people
got
two-for-one
admission
to
museums,
so
they
could
go
to
the
new
holy
museum
here
and
some
other
music.
You
know
all
the
museum's
that
we
have
in
America.
You
know
the
Mitchell
Museum
of
American
Indian
and
all
the
different
museums
on
the
North
Shore
for
people
who
haven't
been
there.
N
It's
spring
break,
they
don't
know
what
to
do
with
their
kids
and
they
got
to
go
to
these
museums
two-for-one.
So
we're
going
to
be
repeating
that
it
was
very
well
received.
We
have
a
newsletter
that
goes
to
11,500
people
on
the
North
Shore
and
we
promote
all
the
major
events
happening
in
the
area.
There's
a
full
events
calendar
on
it
for
everything
going
on
that
month.
N
We
have
our
website,
which
I
told
you
we're
rebranding
our
website
within
and
has
the
landing
pages
for
all
our
campaigns
that
we
continuously
do
for
every
season.
We
have
campaign
whether
it
be
back-to-school
fall,
Halloween
holiday,
Mother's,
Day,
Valentine's
Day.
We
work
with
all
our
partners
to
get
content
of
what
they
offer
for
those
specific
time
periods
and
that's
what
we
promote
to
get
people
to
come
here
and
go
to
our
hotels,
restaurants,
attractions
and
retailers.
N
So
we,
if
you're
ever
on
a
website,
you
see
a
little
article
that
says
you
know
best
hamburgers
or
best
this
that's
what
content
driven
advertising
is
so
we'll
have
an
ad
and
it
will
point
to
one
of
our
blogs
that
exists
on
our
website
and
we're
always
refreshing
our
blogs.
We
have
a
new
software
on
our
website
called
visit,
widget,
which
takes
our
whole
membership
database
and
it
plots
it
on
a
map,
so
you
can
say
I'm
staying
in
this
hotel.
N
What's
around
me
or
I'm,
staying
in
this
hotel,
I'm
gonna
go
up
to
the
Botanic
Garden.
You
know.
How
far
is
that?
Because
again,
if
people
are
not
from
here,
these
are
just
names
to
them
of
places.
They
don't
know
where
things
are
in
relation
to
each
other.
So
this
allows
them
to
plot
that
and
then
put
their
own
own
itinerary
together
and
print
that
out,
and
it
also
incorporates
their
social
media.
N
We
started
and
launched
in
Evanston
a
new
partnership
with
City
Bikes
in
which
we're
going
to
we
have
bike
itineraries.
So
you
can.
You
know
plot
where
you're
going
to
go
exactly
how
far
it
is
from
point
to
point
and
on
this
there's
a
map
that
red
button
and
you
can
plot
your
route
and
you
know
exactly
how
far
it
is
and
where
you
can
go
so
this
itinerary
begins
and
ends
in
downtown
Evanston
we're
going
to
be
launching
of
eight
different
itineraries
and
it's
once
those
are
ready.
N
It's
all
going
to
be
part
of
a
dedicated
app
right
now
it
resides
on
our
website
and
on
city
bikes,
but
once
we
have
all
the
bike
itineraries
on
there
it'll
be
a
dedicated,
app
social
media,
and
these
are
just
some
of
our
metrics
of
how
many
we
have
on
each
page.
We
do
a
lot
in
social
media.
We
have
a
person
dedicated
to
posting
on
social
media
and
then
someone
that
just
does
boost
and
paid
posts
for
us,
because
that's
where
it's
at
and
you
know,
Facebook
and
Instagram
are
connected.
N
So
we
not
only
promote
an
event.
We
then
boost
it
to
specific,
targeted
audiences,
whether
it's
a
sidewalk
sale
farmers
market,
anything
that's
going
on
in
Evanston
and
our
other
communities.
That's
a
really
strong
way
of
how
we
push
these
things
out.
These
are
samples
of
some
Facebook
ads.
We
do
we
do
almost
300
of
these
a
year.
So
it's
you
know
instead
of
doing
big
ads
now
in
magazines
like
we
used
to,
we
now
do
hundreds
of
specialty
targeted
ads.
N
We
do
Sam
trips,
and
this
is
in
the
lobby
of
the
Hilton
Garden
Inn.
This
is
where
we
bring
in
meeting
planners.
This
is
this
is
in
relation
to
the
religious
conference
Management
Association,
that
comes
in
in
the
winter
and
not
in
Chicago
every
year,
but
this
was
a
related
fam
trip
to
that
and
meeting
planners
that
wanted
to
come
up
to
the
North
Shore.
We
bring
them
here.
We
host
them,
they
stay
in
our
hotels
and
we
show
them
everything
there
is
to
do
and
why
they
should
have
our
meetings
their
meetings
here.
N
This
is
really
interesting.
We
are
working
with
the
state
of
Illinois
and
in
their
international
program,
we're
bringing
influencers
and
tour
operators
here,
and
this
was
like
a
week
or
two
ago
where
we
had
Kol
and
that's
key
they're,
not
influencers
in
China,
they're
called
key
opinion
leaders
Kol,
and
these
people
are
all
vetted
out.
They
have
major
either
Instagram
Twitter
or
Facebook
accounts
in
China,
and
they
were
brought
over
here
by
the
state
via
United
Airlines
partnership
and
they
came
and
spent
a
day
in
Evanston
and
they
went
here.
They
aided
smiley
Brothers.
N
They
went
all
over
Evanston
and
they
had
a
great
time,
and
so
I
just
got
this
picture
from
the
groups.
I
said,
oh
I'm
gonna
show
you
guys
today,
but
we
do
a
lot
of
these.
We
do
a
lot
of
and
we
work
a
ton
with
downtown
Evanston
because
a
lot
of
times
you
know
we
have
multiple
groups
coming
in
at
once
and
we
could
never
be
with
them
and
create
their
itinerary
and
take
them
around
on
our
own.
So
if
it
wasn't
for
Annie
and
Laura
being
I'd
have
to
say
no
to
people.
B
N
Of
that
tomorrow
we
have
networking
events
once
a
month
and
tomorrow
from
5:00
to
7:00,
we
have
a
free
networking
event
at
the
time
museum.
So
please
come
and
then
we
did
a
Instagram
seminar
with
downtown
Evanston
at
the
new
rock
and
ravioli
last
month
and
we
sold
out
and
we
had
the
person
that
we
work
with
for
a
restaurant
month,
she's
a
major
foodie
Instagrammer
and
she
did
a
seminar
to
both
of
our.
We
invited
everybody.
It
wasn't
really
it
wasn't.
N
You
didn't
have
to
be
a
member
of
our
organization
to
come,
and
basically
it
was
how
to
what
you
know:
basics
101,
how
you
can
promote
your
business
with
no
budget
on
Instagram,
so
it
was
very
popular
and
well-received
and
we
have
these.
We
have
different
topics,
but
four
times
a
year,
we're
in
the
middle
of
our
photo
shoot
season.
Now
these
aren't
brand
new
photos.
N
But
these
are
some
of
the
photos
we've
taken
in
the
last
year
and
we're
taking
we're
trying
to
get
the
new
Fountain
Square
once
it's
finally
gunshots,
but
we
have
taken
a
lot
of
new
pictures
now's
the
season
our
photographers
out
and
about
a
lot,
so
photography
is
very
important
to
us
and
what
we
do
in
the
digital
age.
Now,
with
everything
picture
driven,
we
do
traditional
old-school
public
relations.
Also,
we
respond
to
over
300
inquiries
a
year,
which
is
why
it's
like
a
dragon.
N
Why
I
always
need
new
photography,
because
people
always
want
photos,
photos
photos
with
articles
and
listings
and
they
every
request
is
unique
and
different
and
custom
made.
But
you
know
that's
what
we're
here
for
and
that's
why
we
need
a
lot
of
photography.
So
that
is
that's
why
photos
are
so
important
because
that's
what
people
want
in
terms
of
creating
articles
and
you're
gonna
for
sure
get
listed
in
the
magazine,
the
website,
the
blog
or
whatever
they're
writing
for,
if
you
have
great
imagery
and
another
thing
I
should
mention
too,
is
we.
N
We
just
had
last
Wednesday
a
travel
writer
from
Parade
magazine.
That's
you
know
inserted
in
life,
she
stayed
at
the
Orient
in
and
she
went
to
a
bunch
of
restaurants
around
town
and
she
already
wrote
her
article
and
sent
it
to
me.
I
haven't
had
time
to
read
it
yet,
but
that's
a
lot
of
what
we're
doing
now
with
our
dollars.
N
We,
if
people
want
to
come
here
and
highlight
the
area
we
say
yes
and
we
bring
them
here
and
usually
they
have
an
idea
of
a
theme
that
they're
doing
and
we
there
they
know
what
they
want
to
write
about.
We
facilitate
it
and
just
say
yes
and
make
it
happen,
so
we
just
did
one
last
week,
but
we
do
probably
two
or
three
a
month
like
that
and
that's
a
quick
synopsis.
I,
don't
know
if
there's
any
questions
or
I
love
questions.
N
A
Obviously,
it's
a
it's
a
lot
and
it's
a
big
impact
and
honestly
I
feel
like
I've
really
been
seeing
and
I
know
that
there
are
partnerships
with
downtown
Evanston
and
the
existing
special
service
areas,
but
just
a
lot
of
stuff
being
pushed
out.
So
you
know
it's
there's
a
lot
going
on
so
I.
You
know:
I
saw
your
food
truck
when
I
happen
to
see
that
wherever
was
whether
it
was
Instagram
or
Facebook,
or
something
I'd
seen
that
land
on
something
of
mine,
so
I
can
see
that
it
is
getting
out
there
myself.
A
B
N
Going
to
see
Slick,
Rick
I
had
temperance
and
on
the
way
I
rolled
in
my
shoe,
my
husband
said:
keep
walking,
you're
fine,
you
couldn't
walk
still.
If
your
foot
was
bad
and
I
went
stood
at
the
concert
for
two
hours,
halftime
in
the
rain
went
home.
Couldn't
stand
on.
My
foot
went
to
the
hospital.
My
foots
broken,
oh
and.
A
J
D
J
Thank
you
there.
She
is
just
right
on
time,
so
so
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
discuss
this
item
tonight.
This
is
the
idea
of
pursuing
a
feasibility
study
for
a
special
service
area
to
be
created
on
Central
Street.
This
would
follow
the
same
process
that
we
initiated
for
the
main
dempster
mile
group.
A
very
similar
process
to
my
right
is
much
or
some
of
the
board
of
and
we'll
invite
them
up
to
speak.
J
The
idea
here
is
that
we
would
use
some
economic
development
funds.
We
have
a
little
bit
of
budget
left
for
consultant
to
begin
the
process
of
a
feasibility
study
to
determine
in
a
special
service
area
boundary
and
for
those
perhaps
watching
or
on
the
diet.
You
don't
know
what
a
special
service
area
is.
Very
briefly,
it's
a
essentially
a
voluntary
district
set
up
by
merchants,
and
this
is
this-
is
the
case
of
Madan
Stan,
whoever
agreed
to
tax
themselves
for
an
additional
level
of
service
to
deliver
things
like
marketing
or
in
some
cases
and
I.
J
Don't
think
this
is
the
case
in
Central,
Street,
snow
removal,
streetscape
things
like
that.
So,
that's
not
something
that
the
taxpayers
generally
pay
for:
it's
actually
the
property
owners
who
then
pass
that
tax
on
to
their
tenant,
so
I'll
invite
the
the
group
up
to
speak.
I
wanted
to
point
out
boletus
on
page
85
and
86
of
the
packet.
The
staff
report
shows
kind
of
the
to
commercial
district
areas
of
Central
Street.
It's
unique
in
that
way
and
that
it's
it's
split
up,
there's
a
there's,
a
gap
in
between
that's,
mostly
residential.
J
So
we
as
staff
and
I'm
sure
the
consultant
will
try
to
figure
out
a
way
to
make
the
the
boundary
of
this
district
contiguous
so
to
meet
the
state's
statute
to
tend
not
to
like
to
put
residential
into
special
service
areas,
because
they
don't
generally
directly
benefit
from
special
services.
That's
that's!
That
is
you
know
you
can
make
the
argument
that
they
do
because
there's
you
know
maybe
a
more
plumbing
the
area
or
something
like
our
clean
area.
J
But
in
this
case
this
isn't
like
high-rises
like
in
downtown
Avastin.
This
is
really
like
two
flats
and
an
apartment
building,
so
we're
gonna
figure
out
a
way
to
make
sure
that
the
residential
is
not
included.
So
with
that
said,
I'd
like
to
invite
who's
representing
the
group
tonight,
the
spice
man,
mr.
mr.
Aird,
will
come
up
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
his
experience.
I
believe
they
have
something
in
the
range
of
30
businesses
who
have
expressed
support
for
the
project.
O
Good
evening
economic
development,
folk,
I'm,
Tom
earned
from
the
from
from
the
Spice
house
on
Central
Street
and
we've
been
there
for
22
years
and
in
that
22
years
it's
never
been
more
difficult
to
run
a
small
business
than
it
is
now.
You
know
we're
dealing
with
with
huge
rents
and
wages
are
way
up.
O
Compensation
is
mostly
populated
with
very
very
small
merchants
and
service
providers.
So
what
happens
is
we
have
to
sell
way
way
more
stuff
now
than
we
ever
did
before
way
more
stuff
than
we
did
just
five
10
years
ago?
That
means
we're
working
a
lot
harder
and
a
lot
longer
as
owners
and
and
the
owners
that
make
up
our
central
Street
Association
that
we
have
now
as
volunteers.
O
Just
don't
have
the
bandwidth
anymore
to
commit
their
time
and
their
resources
to
running
and
and
managing
this
Central
Street
business
organization
effectively
I
mean
we
still
exist.
We
still
have
some
meetings,
we
still
get
some
people
to
come,
but
we
are
really
really
struggling
each
year
we
have
elections
and
we
just
hope
somebody
steps
up
to
the
plate
to
be
the
president,
because
we
no
longer
have
to
elect
anybody.
O
We
have
to
recruit
somebody,
you
know
and-
and
you
don't
have
a
president,
then
meetings
don't
get
called
the
plants,
don't
get
watered
and
the
whole
thing
fizzles
away.
So
you
know
what
we.
What
we
really
need
is
is
a
stronger,
funded
Association
that
we
and
the
neighborhood
knows
is
going
to
be
around
next
year.
O
You
know
the
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
helps
they
help
with
some
promotion
for
us
that
kind
of
like
development
people
here
at
City
Hall,
especially
in
the
last
five
years,
have
been
great
and
they've
been
real
helpful
and
we
appreciate
that.
But
you
know
they
can't
plan
our
advertising
and
our
sidewalk
sales
and
that
kind
of
stuff
that
has
to
come
from
from
Central
Street
folk.
O
So
what
central
street
really
needs
is
is
an
executive
director
whose
job
is
you
know
to
work
on
Central,
Street
matters
and
a
desk
and
a
phone
and
a
file
cabinet
and
a
computer.
You
know,
and
we
need
funding
for
that
and
we
need.
We
need
funding
to
promote
our
activities
and
events.
You
know
we
we
need
money
to
maintain
our
planters,
we
need.
We
need
creative
work
on
our
banners.
O
The
city
took
down
our
banners
to
put
up
the
flags,
the
American
flags
for
the
for
the
4th
of
July
parade,
and
they
don't
want
to
put
them
back
up
because
they're.
So
ready
and
beat-up-
and
you
know,
I
mean
we
want
to
design
new
banners.
We
want
to
get
them
printed.
We
want
to
get
a
hung,
but
it
just
did
happen.
We
don't
have
the
time
or
the
money
to
do
this
kind
of
stuff
that
good
business
district
really
needs
to
do
so
either
way.
You
know.
O
Central
Street
rarely
has
commercial
vacancies,
even
in
2009
2010.
We
held
up
really
good
and
and
we'd
love
to
keep
this
thing
going,
but
we
you
know-
and
we
really
think
that
that
the
small
SSA
for
Central
sheet
is
the
best
way
to
fund
a
much
a
strong
and
continuing
Central
Street
organization.
Thanks
for
your
time,.
H
G
Yes,
so
here's
my
answer:
absolutely
yes,
main
dempster
mile
ssa
in
the
Third
Ward,
third
and
fourth
ward.
They
had
the
exact
same
issues,
you
did.
They
had
a
few
really
terrific
people
who
could
organize
everything
and
who
got
burned
out
and
they
saw
the
effects
of
a
wine
walk
or
all
kinds
of
events
they
had,
but
they
really
needed
an
executive
director
and
they
wanted
to
join
both
dempster
and
Maine
together
and
there
is
a
logo
there
are
these
really
terrific
banners,
the
executive.
G
Events-
and
there
are
free
concerts
this
summer-
I
mean
the
the
it
has,
and-
and
this
is
a
much
you
know-
it
has
a
long
stretch
between
the
two,
but
it
still
pulled
together
and
this
process
was
I
went
through
the
whole
process
with
them.
It
was
very
well
done
and
I
think
it's
a
terrific
idea
for
our
small
business
districts
and
I
I'm
sure
that
you
will
notice
an
immediate
difference.
G
O
A
G
B
Speak
in
support
of
this
I
really
enjoy
doing
business
on
Central
Street
from
one
end
to
the
other,
and
to
add
some
of
the
resources
that
I've
seen
that
the
main
Dempster
mile
will
be
tremendous.
I
really
enjoyed
the
Chris
green
free
concert
there
a
couple
weeks
ago,
so
I
think
that
there's
plenty
opportunity
to
kind
of
improve
the
shopper.
L
L
J
J
The
volume
of
activity
in
this
town
is
remarkable,
first
size,
but
we
spent
$36,000
with
a
consultant
for
the
Pacific
for
the
feasibility
study
and
then
there's
the
actual
process
of
implementing
the
SSA,
which
is
in
the
range
of
50
to
75,000
so
and
then
that
could
be
paid
back
over
a
period
of
time
through
the
depending
on
what
the
feasibility
study
says
for
how
much
it's
a
central
street
district
we
generate.
You
know
it's
it's
a
smaller
district
and
I
think
they
want
to
keep
their
budget
pretty
tight.
J
They
want
to
keep
it
fairly
simple
because
there
aren't
enough
ins
and
there
are
the
parcels
in
the
district
to
pay
the
taxes
that
would
be
required
to
for
a
big
program
unless
they
want
to
have
higher
taxes.
So
so
we
have
to
figure
that
out,
but
the
feasibility
study
would
reveal
that
and
as
I
mentioned,
we
have
some
despite
the
the
next,
the
the
communication
in
May
that
were
that
were
out
of
money
for
our
economic
development
programs
that
that's
for
the
programs
that
we
had
presented
this
year.
L
Mean
but
we
did
get
paid
back
yes,
I
mean
there.
We
had
a
Howard
Street
meeting
this
morning
and
we
one
of
our
new
members
was
the
founding
member
of
the
main
dempster
Mile
Malik
Turley,
and
we
I
mean
I'm
so
happy
to
have
her.
But
we
were.
We
were
talking
about
mean
Dempster
mile
and
it's
just
the
most
fabulous
organization.
In
the
way
it
flourished
didn't
groove,
just
right.
J
So
you
know
in
our-
and
we
forget
that
our
downtown
organization
and
Annie's
here
this
evening
is
our
kind
of
original
SSA
and
they've
been
they've
been
wildly
successful.
I
would
argue,
and
by
the
way,
what
one
thing
we're
fortunate
to
have.
Mr.
Aird
I
I
met
him
in
2007
2006
when
I
was
working
for
the
city
of
Chicago,
where
we
established
a
reestablished
I
think
we
were
establishing
it
on
well
Street,
and
so
he
has
lots
of
experience
he's
already
into
a
second
round
of
of
the
SSA
there.
A
Under
the
bus,
I
actually
had
a
it's
more
of
a
comment,
but
along
the
lines
of
the
success
of
the
maintenance,
Dempster
mile
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
helped
it
really
get.
Some
traction
was
reaching
out
to
the
property
owners.
I
see
the
list
is
mostly,
it
looks
to
me
like
tenants,
but
finding
property
building
owners
and
property
owners
who
can
I'll
say
be
champions
for
the
cause.
So
you
know
lining
a
few
of
those
up
who
can
kind
of
go
out
and
be
supportive
from.
O
You're
right
about
that,
and
and
we
did-
we
did
pigeonhole
one
of
the
largest
landlords
in
Evanston
who
was
on
Central
Street,
just
three
or
four
weeks
ago
and
and
finally
got
his
support
on
this.
So
we're
good
to
have
a
it's
good
to
have
him
on
our
side.
So
yeah
we've
started
that
process
of
talking
to
the
landlords
and
and
recruiting
them
and
their
support,
because
you
know,
without
the
land
they're
getting
the
tax
bill
right,
you
know
so
without
the
landlord's
and
the
property
owners.
This
goes
nowhere
and
we
know
that
right
and.
A
O
O
J
So
in
in
that
table
that
I
have
in
the
next
report,
it
doesn't
show
that
we
have
a
line
item
for
consulting
of
$25,000
or
training
and
travel
of
six
thousand.
We're
not
gonna
use
any
training
and
travel
money
this
year.
So
we
have.
We
have
them
enough
money
for
a
feasibility
study
for
this
group
and
that's.