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A
A
Now,
therefore,
I
elizabeth
tisdale
mayor
of
the
city
of
evanston
do
hereby
proclaim,
may
20th
to
26
2012
as
national
public
works
week
and
commend
all
city
employees
for
delivering
quality
public
service.
All
citizens
are
encouraged
to
recognize
the
accomplishments
and
contributions
of
public
works
employees
in
providing
responsive
and
effective
government
for
evanston
suzette.
Would
you
like
to
take.
D
Madam
mayor,
the
next
item,
under
your
announcements,
is
a
recognition
of
employees
with
25
years
of
service
or
more
marty
lyons.
Our
assistant
city
manager
and
chief
financial
officer
will
serve
as
the
emcee
and
you
and
I
get
to
hand
out
the
hardware.
E
E
E
These
valued
men
and
women
have
shown
loyalty
and
professionalism
in
working
for
the
city
of
evanston
through
many
challenging
events
and
times
the
city
of
evanston
expresses
heartfelt
thanks
to
all
of
you,
and
I
will
read
your
names
off
as,
as
we
go
through
receiving
25
years
of
service
for
the
fire
and
life
safety
department,
william
munoz.
E
From
our
utilities
department,
we
have
three
individuals
receiving
25
year
awards.
Robert
robert
bauer.
E
B
E
A
D
H
H
H
I
think
the
city
has
endeavored
to
dedicate
the
resources,
particularly
if
I
can
give
accolades
to
both
dave
and
to
catherine
and
expediting
this
process
getting
the
city
in
a
position
where
they're
going
to
reap
the
benefits.
We
are
quite
confident
on
an
ongoing
basis
for
the
next
year.
Obviously,
the
citizens
of
evanston
are
going
to
realize
significantly
lower
rates
in
their
power
procurement
and
again
we
are
dedicated.
H
We
are
committed
as
a
company
as
constellation,
and
not
only
maintaining
that
relationship
over
the
course
of
the
year,
but
certainly
will
want
to
cultivate
that
going
forward
and
expand
that
relationship
going
forward.
So
again,
I
think
credit
to
the
city.
It
has
changed
the
entire
landscape
on
power
procurement.
H
H
H
If
eligible
customers
do
not
want
to
participate,
participate
in
the
program
and
again
this
is
an
integral
part
of
any
opt-out
program.
This
is
statutory.
It
requires
affirmative
action
on
the
part
of
the
customer.
In
other
words,
if
they
do
not
want
to
participate
in
the
program,
they
have
to
give
notice
to
the
supplier
that
they
are
simply
not
going
to
entertain
being
in
the
program,
and
we
have
various
options
that
I'll
go
into
that
they
can
exercise.
In
fact,
to
opt
out
of
the
program.
H
H
They
will
actually
receive
the
opt
out,
notices
and
again
go
through
the
process
that
I've
defined
previously
as
to
their
rights
not
to
participate
in
the
program.
Comed
they'll
confirm
the
list
process
enrollments.
This
may
take
approximately
10
business
days
and
then
power
flow
will
commence,
probably
in
a
july
or
an
august
time
for
time
period.
H
So
in
the
mailer
that
they'll
receive
they'll
be
a
simple
tear
off
you
fill
that
out,
send
it
back
back
in.
You
will
not
be
included
in
the
program.
You
can
fax,
the
opt
out
form.
You
can
actually
call
constellation
energy
at
an
800
number
and
again
express
your
desire
not
to
participate
in
the
program
and
there's
also
web
access,
whereby
the
customers
can
elect
not
to
opt
out
now.
H
We'll
make
point
here
that
we
have
been
engaged
in
a
number
of
opt-out
programs
to
date
and
the
enrollment
level
frankly,
is
something
in
excess
of
95
percent,
which
the
logic
is
not
difficult
to
understand,
given
the
discount
to
the
ptc,
the
price,
to
compare
of
the
utilities.
So
hopefully
that
will
be
the
case
in
evanston.
Also
any
questions
on
that
or.
I
Thank
you,
madam
aaron.
Thank
you,
sir.
Just
a
couple,
quick
questions,
the.
What
are
the
other
municipalities
in
illinois
that
you're
currently
serving
or
anticipate
serving
that
have
opted
for
aggregation.
H
That
would
be
kenneth,
brooke
and.
H
I
C
H
And
I
I
think
it
would
be
appropriate
to
have
a
brief,
a
brief
discussion
on
the
on
the
green
component.
Obviously
this
is
something
that
is
of
great
interest
to
the
to
the
city
of
evanston,
as
in
most
communities
that
are,
we
are
dealing
with
and
the
ga
space
I'm
going
to.
Let
frank
orsell
talk
about
that.
A
bit.
J
Thank
you
very
much.
I'd
like
to
first
also
thank
dave
and
catherine
they've
been
absolutely
responsive
and
very
professional
in
in
all
of
our
dealings
thus
far,
and
hopefully
continue
to
do
so.
Just
taking
a
step
back
before
we
dive
into
the
slide.
J
Renewable
energy,
as
defined
broadly
defined,
refers
to
any
sort
of
electricity
generated
from
a
resource
that
replenishes
itself,
naturally
so.
Hydro,
wind,
solar
and
the
like.
Your
plan
of
operations
and
governance,
sort
of
was
laid
out
in
a
pricing
dynamic
that
was
sought
a
brown
power
price
and
then
also
a
renewable
price.
We're
very
fortunate
that
you
guys
selected
the
renewable
price
both
for
your
residence
and
and
from
a
just
total
green
perspective,
with
your
longer
term
ambitions
that
renewable
power
is
sourced
from
what
we
call
illinois
adjacent
wind.
J
J
In
theory.
Renewable
generation
displaces
fossil
fuel
generation.
Eia
statistics
prove
that
over
the
long
term,
as
potential
coal
assets
retire,
that
generation
is
then
absorbed
with
the
growth
in
renewable
generation,
so
by
supporting
renewable
energy
certificates,
which
we
will
retire
on
behalf
of
your
city's
usage,
you
are
supporting
demand
for
clean
energy
and
if
anyone
has
any
questions,
please
don't
hesitate
to
ask.
J
Last
week,
actually
the
icc
and
ipa
published
the
new
rates
and,
historically,
what
we
had
used
in
sort
of
the
initial
news.
Media
announcement
was
a
rate
of
7.773
cents
per
kw
hour.
The
new
rates
are
7.033
for
the
summer
months
and
8.526
for
the
winter
months.
So
when
you
straight
line
the
average
usage
of
of
a
customer
in
evanston,
which
is
approximately
9
000
kilowatt
hours
per
year,
individual
residents
who
opt
in
or
join
the
program
are
gonna
save.
On
average
three
hundred
dollars
per
year.
J
So
here
you
can
see,
unfortunately,
it's
a
little
small
for
those
in
the
back,
but
that
current
rate,
which
which
you
guys
have
a
full
fixed
requirements,
power-
is
4.797
cents
per
kilowatt
hour.
It
was
a
12
month
term
that
currently
correlated
to
a
39
discount
to
the
rate.
You
would
be
charged
if
you
stayed
with
comed
and
it
is
as
defined
100
renewable
energy
mark
pretty
much
highlighted
all
the
other
important
aspects
of
the
letter
being
able
to
how
to
opt
out
dave.
Is
there
anything
else?
G
So,
just
we're
really
shooting
for
this
friday,
the
25th
to
send
this
letter
out
to
all
all
eligible
customers
in
evanston
they're
automatically
enrolled
unless
they
opt
out
they'll
receive
this
letter.
G
G
If
you
send
it
back,
you
don't
have
to
put
a
stamp
on
it
and
in
addition
to
that,
the
letter
also
talks
about
calling
the
800
number
or
faxing
the
the
opt
out
notice
back
in
one
of
the
things
that
the
evanston
residents
came
up
with
during
our
meetings
was
the
ability
to
opt
in
if
they're
already
with
another
retail
supplier,
they
should
check
to
see
what
how
much
it
would
cost
to
get
out
of
the
program.
Sometimes
there's
a
cost
to
that,
and
we
caution
you
to
make
sure
you
check
that
out.
G
First,
but
if
you
can
get
out,
you
will
get
information
out
to
all
the
residents
that
are
in
that
situation
that
they
can
opt
into
this
program.
Their
termination
date
would
be
the
same
as
the
city's
termination
date.
The
rates
and
the
terms
and
conditions
would
be
the
same
as
what
we
negotiated
for
everybody.
That's
in
the
opt
out
program.
K
G
G
But
if
you
already
are
with
another
retail
supplier,
you
will
not
receive
this
letter
because
you're
not
currently
eligible
for
the
program.
However,
if
you
cancel
that
contract
and
again,
I
caution
you
to
make
sure
that
there's
not
a
penalty
for
getting
out
early
and
if
there
is
not
or
it
just
expires
under
its
own,
you
will
be
able
to
opt
in
to
this
program
and
we're
still
developing
that
we
want
to
get
the
opt-out
program
going
first
and
then
we'll
reach
out
to
the
ones
that
are
with
different
retail
suppliers.
A
A
You
don't
have
any
communication
city
clerk
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
citizen
comment
alderman.
K
Fisk,
I'm
sorry
madame,
I
did
have
one
other
question.
Thank
you.
Can
someone
address
for
me
the
if
there's
going
to
be
a
energy
assistance
program
for
low-income
residents,.
G
G
A
A
Will
you
each
please
come
up
give
your
name
and
address
and
you
each
have
three
minutes:
padmareo,
bk,
rayo
and
douglas
cannon.
L
Padmarow2246
sherman,
my
comments
were
approved
by
my
attorney,
the
city
mailed
legal
notice,
stating
that
we
have
the
right
to
speak
about
kendall.
Your
mayor's
claim
that
taxpayers
are
forced
to
accept
your
ethics
entities.
Advisory
opinion
fails
in
logic
and
law
and
advisory
opinion
binds
no
one,
especially
when
it
fails
to
address
taxpayers
concerns.
L
I
submit
that,
no
matter
what
public
officials
may
want,
taxpayers
can
decide
for
themselves
what
to
reject.
As
a
sham.
We
oppose
this
council's
vote
at
kendall
to
sentence
over
two
dozen
trees
to
death
for
no
reason
and
to
endanger
pedestrians
with
an
alley
that
dumps
traffic
onto
the
narrowest
street.
L
The
evanston
patch
reported
that
your
first
ward
member
assured
the
developer's
lawyer
that
your
vote
would
be
pushed
through.
No
matter
what
taxpayers
say,
you
voted
with
no
discussion.
You
attack
us
for
stating
the
negative
impact
of
your
vote.
At
your
april
10th
meeting
your
first
ward
member
said
she
had
more
closed
door
meetings
with
the
developer.
L
When
you
use
city
resources,
taxpayers
have
the
right
to
speak.
The
trees
at
kendall
are
among
our
oldest
living
neighbors
scientific
authorities,
state
that
trees
are
oxygen,
factories
that
combat
greenhouse
gases
and
that
mature
trees
enhance
property
values.
The
city
code
6176,
requires
tree
protection.
L
You
claim
to
be
a
tree
city,
usa
with
green
initiatives,
but
I
submit
that
there
is
nothing
green
about
needlessly
killing
so
many
trees.
In
just
one
block.
The
developer's
lawyer
stated
that
holland
and
knight
was
hired
to
sue
the
city,
even
though
the
same
firm
represented
and
was
still
being
paid
by
the
city.
The
rules
of
professional
conduct
forbid
such
double
representation
against
a
current
or
former
client.
L
Your
first
ward
member's
son
works
for
the
same
firm,
but
your
first
ward
member
pushes
the
plan
the
u.s
supreme
court
condemned
such
a
conflict
of
interest
in
nevada
commission
on
ethics
versus
kerrigan.
Your
ethics
entity
cannot
pardon
violations
of
state
or
federal
law,
nor
can
it
overturn
the
u.s
supreme
court.
I
submit
that
your
insistence
on
silencing
taxpayers
creates
the
appearance
of
a
cover-up
of
serious
wrongdoing.
L
At
your
april
30th
meeting,
I
asserted
my
right
to
opt
out
of
your
electricity
aggregation
scheme
and
make
my
own
contract
decision
as
suggested
by
the
evanston
sentinel.
You
attacked
me
and
refused
to
legally
record
my
decision.
I
submit
that
your
refusal
to
let
me
opt
out
is
slamming
an
invasion
of
privacy
in
violation
of
federal
law
regarding
consumer
privacy
and
unfair
trade
practices
agenda
item.
Sp
6
involves
a
so-called
amendment
to
increase
the
city
budget.
L
When
you
fail
to
accurately
present
the
entire
city
budget
at
public
workshops
months
ago,
then
I
submit
the
taxpayers,
cannot
trust
you
to
take
over
the
township's
duties
as
the
safety
net
for
our
neediest
neighbors
protect
the
trees
and
pedestrians
at
kendall,
as
the
city
code
demands,
stop
attacking
taxpayers
for
rejecting
when
your
votes
and
actions
adversely
affect
them.
See
you
all
next
time.
M
My
comments
were
approved
by
my
attorney.
The
candle
re-subdivision
involves
killing
many
mature
trees.
This
is
unacceptable
in
a
tree
city,
usa.
It
is
also
unacceptable
because
of
traffic
hazards
caused
by
a
bad
alley
configuration
as
legally
affected
neighbors.
We
have
the
right
to
bring
our
grievances
to
this
council
addressing
taxpayers.
Concerns
should
be
important
to
this
council,
yet
the
evanston
patch
reported
that
your
first
word
member
assured
the
developer's
lawyer
that
your
vote
would
be
pushed
through
no
matter
what
citizens
comment.
M
Instead
of
addressing
the
taxpayers
concerns
your
mayor
tried
to
suppress
us
by
interfering
with
our
comments
several
times.
Our
8th
and
7th
ward
members
tried
to
divert
attention
from
the
issues
with
their
own
sideshow
attacks
against
us.
Finally,
your
mayor
turned
the
microphone
off
on
us
on
april
23rd
and
last
week.
Any
respect
for
this
council
evaporated
with
when
you
chose
such
a
course
of
conduct
against
taxpayers
right
to
speak.
M
If
you
want
taxpayers
to
respect
you,
then
you
must
respect
the
taxpayers
and
their
concerns,
whether
you
agree
or
not,
that
is
your
duty,
as
public
officials
protected
reset
candle.
That
is
the
only
way
you
can
live
up
to
your
claims.
As
a
tree
city,
usa,
I
lend
my
voice
to
defend
the
voiceless
trees
and
I
will
not
be
silenced.
N
N
N
N
N
Directly
in
the
officer's
name
or
indirectly,
in
the
name
of
any
other
person,
association,
trust
or
corporation,
look,
it
up,
read
it
carefully,
and
then
I
would
suggest
you
read
the
annotation
there
too
people
versus
charlo,
a
illinois
supreme
court
case
that
went
to
the
united
states
supreme
court
and
was
upheld.
That
is
an
enlightening
document.
N
N
N
Misconduct
of
a
municipal
officer,
willful
and
corrupt
oppression,
malcolm
duck
or
malfeasance
in
the
discharge
of
duties
upon
conviction
shall
be
fined
not
less
than
501
dollars,
nor
more
than
one
thousand
the
court
entering
the
conviction
shall
enter
an
order.
Removing
the
convicted
officer
from
office.
N
D
Yes,
ma'am
mayor
members
of
the
council,
we
have
several
items
for
you
this
evening.
The
first
three
deal
with
updates
regarding
the
city
council's
goals
and
then
the
remainder
of
the
items
deal
with
budget
issues,
we'd
like
to
start
first
with
a
presentation
regarding
the
city
council's
goal
on
the
visual
and
performing
arts.
D
We
have
several
sections
of
the
report
this
evening.
First,
I'm
going
to
ask
jeff
corey
our
our
cultural
arts
manager
to
come
up
and
do
an
overview
of
where
we
currently
stand
with
our
cultural
arts
programs.
Then
I'd
like
to
do
an
overview
of
our
current
work
on
several
cultural
arts
facilities
throughout
the
community.
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
planning,
we're
doing
with
arts
organizations
and
then
a
larger
discussion
regarding
next
steps
for
arts
planning
in
the
community
and
then
we'll
wrap
up
with
status
points
of
several
of
these
items.
O
As
city
mentor
mentioned,
I'm
jeff
cory,
director
of
cultural
arts
and
the
arts
council
for
the
city
of
evanston.
This
is
a
very
exciting
time
in
the
cultural
arts
for
evanston.
We
are
gearing
up
for
our
summer
programming
and
I
have
a
quick
presentation
of
not
only
our
summer
programs
but
also
some
year-round
programs
as
well.
O
To
begin
with
the
noise
gallery
exhibition
program,
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
the
fantastic
job
that
two
volunteers,
chai
curly
and
barbara
goldsmith
have
done
over
the
past
30
years
in
curating
shows
at
the
noice
cultural
arts
center.
We
currently
have
an
exhibition
up.
That's
the
38th
annual
exhibition
of
the
korean
american
arts
association.
We
had
an
opening
yesterday
and
it
was
a
kite
making
workshop
that
exhibit
will
run
into
july
in
july.
We're
going
to
have
an
international
printmaking
exhibition
that
is
going
to
be
curated
by
julian
cox
of
the
evanston
arts.
O
The
evanston
arts
council
takes
a
very
active
role
in
promoting
the
cultural
arts
in
evanston.
There
are
two
major
subcommittees
of
the
evans
and
arts
council,
under
which
many
of
their
projects
are
folded.
The
arts
and
business
committee
being
one
of
those
groups,
is
charged
with
organizing
the
backstage
evanston
event.
This
last
year
provided
a
performing
arts
showcase
for
17
evanston
arts
organizations.
It's
an
event.
O
That's
presented
in
collaboration
with
northwestern
university
this
year,
we're
also
collaborating
with
piven
theater
who's,
helping
to
manage
this
event
and
it's
going
to
be
taking
place
on
sunday
september
30th.
So
I'd
encourage
you
all
to
mark
your
calendars.
O
The
art
under
glass
program
brings
artwork
to
vacant
storefront
windows
in
the
downtown
area
and
we're
excited
to
be
expanding.
That
program
to
the
howard
street
area
next
and
leadership.
The
leadership
award
is
a
award
that
the
arts
and
business
committee
presents
each
year
to
a
business.
It
recognizes
and
encourages
corporate
support
for
the
arts.
Heckey's
barbecue
was
this
year's
award
recipient.
O
Evansonartsbuzz.Com,
I
hope
you're
all
familiar
with
is
an
online
calendar
of
events
that
focuses
on
arts
and
culture
throughout
the
year
in
evanston,
and
I've
been
speaking
with
arts
council
co-chair
heidi
bloom
city
manager,
bob
quits
and
erica
storley
about
enhancing
and
upgrading
that,
so
that
has
additional
functionality
in
the
going
forward.
We're
very
excited
about
that.
O
The
cultural
fund
grant
program
provides
small
grant
support
to
16
evanston
arts
organizations.
The
majority
of
that
funding
is
derived
from
the
illinois
arts
council.
So
it's
a
way
of
bringing
state
support
to
our
local
arts
groups.
The
cultural
connections
lunch
program
is
a
quarterly
program
that
enables
arts
groups
to
get
together
and
provides
a
networking
opportunity.
O
O
And
finally,
the
arts
council
is
working
on
a
student
art
gallery
project
at
the
civic
center
mayor
tisdale,
I
believe,
spoke
with
the
co-chairs
of
the
arts
council
and
encouraged
them
to
bring
artwork
to
the
civic
center.
We're
working
with
a
new
member
of
the
arts
council,
nan
stein
who's,
a
school
teacher
in
trying
to
get
that
program
up
and
going
very
shortly,
so
hopefully
you'll
be
seeing
some
student
artwork
in
the
civic
center.
Very
soon,
the
public
art
committee
has
is
charged
with
managing
the
city's
public
art
collection.
O
There
are
several
projects
that
they
are
currently
working
on.
There
is
a
percent
for
art
project
in
the
downtown
washington,
national
tiff
number
four
district,
which
will
be
coming
forward
to
city
council
shortly
for
consideration,
we've
had
a
number
of
community
mural
applications
this
summer.
This
is
a
preview
of
one
that
you'll
be
seeing
shortly.
O
This
is
the
justin
wynn
fund
has
proposed
a
mural
in
downtown
evanston
for
the
end
of
the
summer,
and
also
the
public
art
committee
is
working
on
a
proposal
that
they
hope
to
bring
forward
regarding
the
possibility
of
bringing
public
art
bike
cracks
to
evanston.
A
number
of
communities
from
louisville
to
new
york
city
to
portland
oregon,
have
encouraged
bicyc
biking
and
also
enhanced
their
streetscapes
through
the
creation
of
public
art
bike.
Racks
and
we'd
like
to
see
that
happen
in
evanston
as
well.
O
This
summer
the
evanston
ethnic
arts
festival
will
be
celebrating
its
27th
year.
It's
one
of
the
major
highlights
of
the
summer
season
in
evanston.
It
gives
people
an
opportunity
to
sample
a
wide
variety
of
world
cultures,
there'll
be
close
to
100
artists,
food
choices
from
a
variety
of
different
ethnicities
and
nationalities.
O
It's
a
fantastic
entertainment,
lineup
city
touri,
malian
guitarist
is
one
of
the
the
highlight
performers
we're
also
working
on
trying
to
involve
evanston
youth
in
our
summer
programming.
And
to
that
end
we
have
a
group
called
young
chicago
authors,
which
was
featured
in
a
recent
documentary.
Film
called
louder
than
a
bomb
they're
going
to
be
collaborating
with
an
evanston
poetry.
Slam
group.
O
The
evanston
lakeshore
arts
festival
turns
40
years
old.
This
year,
time
flies.
There
will
be
125
artist,
vendors
on
the
lakefront.
We
are
also
working
on
involving
eths
performing
groups
on
that
program
as
well.
There's
a
silent
auction
food
and
just
a
really
wonderful
weekend,
event
on
the
lakefront
in
august.
The
first
weekend
of
august.
O
Summer
arts
camps,
noise,
cultural
arts
center
is
buzzing
with
activity.
During
the
summer,
the
city
of
evanston
produces
16
thematic
arts
camps
I'll
quickly
run
through
the
list
of
arts
camps,
we're
presenting
there's
a
full
day:
arts
camp,
a
media
camp,
an
advanced
media
camp,
a
writer's
workshop
early
childhood
arts
camp
costumers
camp
night
camp
crafters,
camp
princess
camp
radio,
camp
magical
works,
camp,
pirate
camp
full
day,
historical
camp
time,
travelers,
mini
camp
battle
of
the
bands
mini
camp
and
yap.
The
popular
young
artists
program,
which
is
for
teens.
O
We
also
have
some
camps
taking
place
at
the
arrington
school
as
well,
and
the
city
also
presents
thematic
camps
during
winter
and
spring
break,
as
well
as
well
as
educational
opportunities
for
young
children
throughout
the
year.
Angela
allen
from
the
cultural
arts
division
staff
just
does
a
marvelous
job
very
innovative
and
creative.
She
has
a
very
enthusiastic
and
avid
following
among
evanston
residents
for
her
camp
programs,
and
I
thank
her
for
her
good
work.
O
The
fleetwood
journey
in
theater
is
also
based
at
the
noise
culture
center.
I've
listed
their
summer
programs
here,
but
tim
rose
urged
me
to
point
out
that
they
do
have
programming
that
takes
place
throughout
the
year
this
summer.
They
have
an
extremely
ambitious
schedule
of
activities.
There
will
be
three
main
stage:
productions
at
the
theater
at
noyes
three
reading
series
presentations,
also
at
the
noise
theater.
They
have
two
summer
camps
that
they
are
running
at
the
james
park
field
house.
O
O
O
The
parks
are
dawes,
twigs,
harbert,
bent,
brummel
and
james
park.
We
have
a
great
lineup
scheduled
this
year.
Each
year
we
actually
put
out
audience
surveys
and
asks
the
audience
what
they
want
to
see
and
far
and
away
the
the
two
groups
that
people
said.
Most
often
they
wanted
to
see
were
the
waco
brothers
and
question
mark
and
the
mysterians,
and
we
aim
to
please
so
we're
bringing
back
both
wayco
brothers
and
question
mark
and
the
mysterians
and
a
number
of
other
terrific
performers
also
trying
to
incorporate
evanston
youth
into
those
programs.
O
We
have
a
young
hip-hop
group.
Recent
eths
graduates
called
the
loneliest,
funk
they're,
going
to
be
sharing
a
bill
with
a
chicago
soul.
Group
called
the
omize,
so
we're
excited
about
that
and
we're
also
going
to
be
incorporating
some
eths
comedians
as
opening
acts
for
some
of
the
starlight
performers.
O
We
also
expanded
the
starlight
concert
series
last
year
to
include
movies.
We
are
returning
again
with
eight
starlight
movies
and
at
the
request
of
aldrin
rainey,
we
will
be
featuring
sing-along
greece
at
bromwell
park,
as
well
as
seven
other
films
they're
at
the
same
park
locations
as
the
starlight
concerts,
but
we
add
elks
park
as
well
for
the
starlight
movie
series
and
that
takes
place
august
8th
through
september
8th
and
finally,
we
try
to
collaborate
with
community
groups
as
much
as
possible.
O
We
provide
rehearsal
space
and
encouragement
for
the
shakespeare
in
the
park
program,
muse
of
fire,
the
citizens,
green,
reverence
and
art
showcase
takes
place
at
the
noise
called
chart
center.
The
faces
of
evanston
photo
competition.
Reception
is
held
annually
at
noise,
art
encountered
as
an
intergenerational
art
exhibition,
and
we
do
what
we
can
to
encourage
arts
activities
throughout
the
city.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you,
jeff.
Let
me
go
back
to
the
other
presentation,
so
that
gives
you
a
good
sense
of
the
breadth
and
depth
of
of
the
programs
that
we're
already
doing
here,
but
in
addition
to
that,
we're
working
on
several
fronts
on
a
whole
variety
of
different
cultural
arts
facilities.
D
We'll
hope
to
have
that
to
the
human
services
committee
at
its
june
meeting
and
then
back
to
the
council
later
in
june,
there's
also
been
organized
a
tenants
association
at
noyes
to
work
together
among
all
the
tenants,
both
the
large
performing
arts
organizations
and
the
small
individual
tenants
on
issues
of
concern
and
then
finally,
the
city
continues
to
work
with
the
pivon
theater
workshop
on
their
proposal
to
move
forward
with
a
long-term
lease
of
about
a
third
of
the
building
that
would
allow
them
to
move
forward
with
the
construction
of
a
new
black
box
theater
in
the
facility,
as
well
as
other
space.
D
So
those
negotiations
are
ongoing.
I've
committed
to
the
tenants
association
that
we
would
continue
to
keep
them
apprised
of
those
changes.
We
have
brought
the
the
pivon
the
theater
workshop
proposal
to
the
tenants
association
once
planned
to
bring
it
back
again
at
their
first
meeting,
their
first
formal
meeting
on
june,
the
first
and
hope
to
have
a
final
agreement
back
to
the
council,
probably
late
summer
early
fall.
So
we're
excited
that
we're
moving
forward.
D
I
think
we're
going
to
be
able
to
take
care
of
all
the
existing
tenants
that
are
there
with
the
the
pivon
expansion
plans,
we're
looking
to
move
the
city,
cultural
arts
staff
from
the
noise
center
back
here
to
city
hall
and
some
other
changes.
I
think,
will
allow
us
to
do
that,
so
that
this
is
a
work
in
progress.
We'll
continue
to
keep
you
posted
on
on
how
that
is
all
going.
D
D
In
addition
to
this,
we
continue
to
have
discussions
with
the
evanston
arts
center
on
their
relocation
from
the
harley-clark
mansion.
They
are
moving
forward.
They
have
identified
at
least
one
facility
that
they
think
will
meet
their
needs
elsewhere
in
the
community,
so
we
continue
to
work
with
them
on
relocation.
D
D
Next
is
another
project
dealing
with
cultural
arts
facilities
in
evanston,
and
that
is
the
national
endowment
for
the
arts
downtown
arch
district
study.
That
contract
was
awarded
by
the
city
council
on
may
14
2012,
and
the
plan
is
to
have
that
report
back
to
the
council
in
the
fall
of
2012..
So
it's
clear
that
there's
a
lot
of
cultural
arts
facility
issues
going
on
throughout
the
community,
but
there's
yet
even
one
more,
and
that
is
a
project
that
broke
around
this
last
friday
at
northwestern
university.
D
This
is
renderings
of
their
new
biennan
school
of
music.
You
can
see
an
aerial
and
a
side
shot
and
then
the
the
large
performance
space
it's
a
little
bit
difficult
to
see
here,
but
with
the
rendering
that
performance
space
would
have
a
backdrop
of
the
the
skyline
of
downtown
chicago.
D
It's
117
million
dollar
project
will
include
a
400
seat,
recital
hall
150
seat
black
box
theater,
and
that
is
looking
for
an
opening
in
fall,
2015.,
so
lots
of
projects
going
on
with
facilities
in
various
states,
but
we
also
have
lots
of
evanston
arts
organizations
that
are
busy
every
day
providing
programming
classes,
entertainment
for
evanston
residents.
D
This
is
just
a
collection
of
them
everything
from
a
symphony
orchestra
to
the
block
museum
of
art
at
northwestern
to
the
talking
pictures,
evanston's
own
motion
picture
festival
to
our
theater
fleetwood,
jourdain,
theater,
pivon,
next
actress,
gym
dance
center,
evanston,
all
of
the
of
the
great
arts
organizations
that
make
evanston
really
a
destination
for
the
performing
and
visual
arts.
D
One
of
the
things
I've
discovered
in
my
work
over
the
last
year,
or
so
with
these
arts
organizations,
is
that,
unfortunately,
because
they're
so
busy
doing
that
they
don't
spend
a
lot
of
time
collaborating
with
one
another.
So
in
talking
with
some
of
them,
I
created
a
lunch
club
and
that
lunch
club
is
made
up
of
the
leadership
of
each
of
those
art
organizations
really
to
get
them
together
to
talk
in
an
informal
way
about
what
they're
doing
citywide
we've
had
two
meetings.
D
So
far,
we've
talked
about
their
needs
at
the
last
meeting,
which
was
at
dance
center
evanston,
we
were
able
to
talk
about
joint
marketing
and
promotion.
It's
amazing
that
some
of
the
groups
really
aren't
aware
of
things
that
are
available
to
them.
We
had
representatives
from
the
convention,
visitors
bureau
there,
as
well
as
downtown
evanston
and
the
chamber
of
commerce,
to
talk
about
how
they
could
work
with
those
individual
arts
organizations
to
get
their
word
out.
D
We've
also
talked,
as
jeff
had
mentioned,
about
improvements
on
the
city
side
with
internet
and
social
media
and
we've
taken
on
the
project
of
refreshing,
the
evanston
arts
buzz
calendar,
as
well
as
looking
at
the
arts
e-newsletter.
So
again,
some
of
the
organizations
that
are
participating
in
this
lunch
club
are
very
familiar
with
these
resources.
Others
were
hearing
about
them
really
for
the
first
time,
so
I
I
think
we're
we're
taking
a
very
direct
approach
in
working
with
evanston
arts
organizations
to
to
help
them
revitalize.
D
You
know
some
of
their
outreach
efforts
again
they're,
so
busy
doing
the
things
that
they
do
putting
on
their
programs
raising
money.
Hopefully
the
city
can
be
a
a
good
place
for
them
all
to
come
together
and
work
on
some
of
these
broader
issues.
D
Also,
as
jeff
mentioned,
you
know
of
the
groups
that
are
working
on
the
arts.
In
addition
to
those
non-profits,
we
have
our
own
city
boards
of
the
evanston
arts,
council
and
the
public
art
committee.
The
arts
council,
I
think,
is
going
through
a
a
change.
They
have
new
leadership
and
heidi
bloom.
One
of
the
co-chairs
of
the
arts
council
is
with
us
this
evening.
I've
had
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
ms
bloom
and
her
co-chair
ann
axelrod
and
talk
about
ways
that
the
arts
council
can
take
leadership
in.
D
D
The
arts
and
business
committee
is
one
of
the
two
subcommittees,
as
jeff
mentioned,
that
works
very
closely
on
a
variety
of
activities
and
then,
of
course,
the
standalone
separately
appointed
public
art
committee
deals
with
public
art
projects
throughout
the
community.
I
want
to
take
a
moment
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
northwestern
university.
They
certainly
also
serve
as
an
arts
organization,
and
these
are
the
academic
departments,
the
full
benin
school
of
music,
the
departments
of
art,
theory
and
practice.
Art,
history
and
theater
are
all
producing
exciting
programming
with
their
students,
visual
and
performing
arts.
D
Just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
the
facilities
that
they
have.
In
addition
to
the
block
museum
of
art,
which
I've
also
mentioned
the
pick
steiger
concert
hall,
the
theater
and
interpretation
center.
Is
there
a
collection
of
theaters
for
for
performance,
theater,
the
marshall
dance
center
and
then
the
khan
auditorium,
which
is
mostly
known
to
people.
I
think
for
one-off
performances
and
also
light
opera
works,
uses
them.
D
The
council,
as
I
think
as
you
chose
this
as
a
council
goal,
I
think,
understand
that
there's
still
work
to
be
done
and
there's
still
work
to
see
what
we
can
do
to
even
further
enhance
arts
in
our
community
and
also
what
is
a
good
road
map
to
take
us
to
the
next
level.
D
The
last
bit
of
arts
planning
that
was
done
in
the
community
was
done
by
the
evanston
community
foundation
in
the
2004-2006
time
frame,
where
they
convened
the
arts
and
community
task
force.
That
task
force
was
charged
with
looking
at
the
beginning
to
look
at
some
of
these
issues
in
the
arts.
Before
I
get
into
some
of
the
details
of
that
report,
I
think
it's
important
to
to
mention
this
particular
fact
that
since
1987,
the
edinson
community
foundation
has
granted
over
five
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars
to
evanston
arts
organizations.
D
So
the
the
foundation
has
been
a
key
player
in.
I
think
the
connections
and
the
growth
of
many
of
our
arts
organizations
from
the
2006
report.
I
picked
out
a
quote
from
the
report
that
said
that
the
divisions
evanston
has
an
extraordinary
arts
community
where
diverse
talents
thrive
and
the
arts
entertain,
inspire
and
challenge
us
while
bringing
us
all
together.
D
The
2006
report
found
a
disconnect
between
how
arts
organizations
and
artists
describe
their
perceived
value
in
the
community
and
the
actual
economic
benefits
of
their
work
to
evanston.
From
that
2006
report,
the
report
really
focused
on
25
arts
organizations
in
the
community
and
the
report
estimated
that
the
impact
of
just
those
organizations
was
over
25
million
dollars.
If
you
looked
at
all
of
the
organizations
at
the
time
which
was
close
to
90
or
95
organizations,
those
numbers
multiplied.
So
one
of
the
findings
from
that
2006
report
was
despite
that
disconnection.
D
The
evanston
community
foundation,
I'm
sure,
as
many
of
you
know,
had
their
attention
brought
to
needs
of
young
children
and
was
very
fortunate
to
get
some
significant
grant
funding
about
the
time
this
study
was
completed,
but
also
another
interesting
piece
of
this
is
that,
as
the
community
foundation,
I've
come
to
learn
talk
to
other
groups
in
the
in
the
community
that
the
arts
were
not
perceived
as
an
important
for
economic
development
at
the
time
and
the
leadership
of
some
of
our
economic
development
organizations
at
that
time
were
not
interested
in
next
steps
at
that
point
because
they
didn't
think
that
the
arts
were
important
to
economic
development.
D
So
in
looking
forward
six
years
to
2012-
as
I
think
many
of
you
know-
I've
taken
this
on
as
a
as
a
project
myself
to
to
look
at
some
of
these
issues
dealing
with
the
arts,
and
I
I
reached
out
to
sarah
shostak
who's
here
with
us
this
evening,
the
executive
director
of
the
community
foundation
back
in
january
to
kind
of
share
with
her
my
concerns
on
where
we
were
with
the
arts,
and
she
agreed
that.
D
I
that
it
was
important
that
we
as
a
community
do
something
and
she
took
the
leadership
in
kind
of
working
on
a
thought,
white
paper.
Looking
at
next
steps,
we
took
that
white
paper
to
members
of
the
foundation's
board
to
mayor
tisdale
and
to
the
co-chairs
of
the
evanston
arts
council
to
see
what
were
the
issues.
What
if
we
were
going
to
provide
some
focus
and
energy
in
the
arts
in
evanston?
What
are
the
kind
of
issues
we'd
want
to
cover?
D
So
this
whole
idea
of
a
road
map
came
about,
and
some
of
the
component
parts
here
were
to
agree
on
an
arts
vision
for
evanston
and
on
recommendations
for
program
policy
and
arts
infrastructure
that
will
enhance
the
arts
through
throughout
evanston,
to
settle
on
space
and
facility
issues
for
artists
and
arts
organizations
and
city-owned
buildings.
D
We
we
we've
talked
already
this
evening
about
the
noise
cultural
arts
center,
the
harley
clark
mansion
the
work
we're
doing
on
howard
street.
There's
lots
of
things
in
play
that
the
city
is
involved
in
with
facilities,
but
we
really
have
not
settled
completely
on
the
complete
direction
there
and
then
to
examine
the
possibilities
for
art
spaces
in
an
arts
district
in
downtown
evanston.
That
leads
us
back
to
the
work
that
was
done
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
with
the
varsity
theater
and
now
the
new
work
that
we're
doing
with
the
nea
grant.
D
D
What
would
we
need
to
do
to
to
reach
out
to
the
larger
community
to
develop
such
a
road
map,
and
we
think
the
next
logical
step
is
to
do
some
community
outreach
to
refresh
sort
of
the
current
baseline
of
thinking
about
arts
and
and
from
that
we've
devised.
Some
questions,
questions
geared
toward
artists
and
art
organizations.
Does
the
community
believe
evanston
has
a
vibrant
arts
community?
If
not
what
needs
to
change?
What
is
the
value
of
working
for
artists
in
evanston?
D
What
is
the
role
of
artists
and
organizations
to
give
back
to
the
community
and
then,
as
far
as
evanston
residents,
what
role
do
the
arts
play
in
their
civic
and
economic
life
of
evanston
today,
and
what
should
be
the
role
for
these
organizations
for
arts
and
arts
and
organizations
in
emerson
in
the
future?
D
So
this
is
where
we're
at
this
evening,
as
far
as
how
to
conduct
a
community
outreach
for
current
baseline.
I
would
really
encourage
the
council's
feedback
this
evening
to
see
if
you
believe
that
this
is
if
this
makes
sense
again
in
my
discussions
with
the
representatives
of
the
community
foundation,
we
think
it
does
and
the
community
foundation
is
prepared
to
move
forward
working
with
us
to
conduct
such
a
an
outreach
over
the
next
few
months.
D
Once
that
outreach
was
completed
and
that
information
was
collected
back,
we
think
that
makes
sense
to
convene
a
task
force
to
review
all
current
information
to
develop
a
vision
and
roadmap
for
the
arts
in
evanston.
Again
with
anything
like
this,
there
are,
of
course,
challenges
and
one
of
those
challenges
is
financing
of
the
project.
I
think
it
would
make
sense
for
the
city
of
evanston
to
play
a
major
role
in
this.
D
The
community
foundation
has
already
committed
its
active
participation
in
this,
but
I
think
we
need
to
look
for
other
community
partners
to
join
us
so
that
this
is
not
just
the
city
or
the
community
foundation,
but
really
it's
all
parts
of
the
evanston
community
working
together
to
develop
this
road
map
for
the
arts.
So
again,
madam
mayor
members,
the
council
would
ask,
as
we
look
at
next
steps
for
many
of
these
things,
they
kind
of
all
lead
into
that
road
map.
The
the
good
work
that
the
cultural
arts
division
is
doing.
D
What
can
we
do
to
continue
to
refine
that
work
so
that
it
meets
the
needs
of
our
community,
the
noise
cultural
arts
center
and
the
harley
clark
mansion
those
issues
as
far
as
facilities
are
now
underway?
How
does
that
all
fold
together?
In
addition
with
facilities
that
would
be
contemplated
through
a
downtown
arts
district?
How
can
we
involve
our
existing
arts
organizations
as
well
as
our
city
arts
boards,
and
how
can
that
all
then
feed
into
a
larger
road
map
for
the
arts?
So
this
is
very
much
a
work
in
progress
again.
D
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
exciting
things
happening
in
the
community.
I
think
it
is
leading
us
naturally
to
ask
some
questions
of
ourselves
and
to
really
involve
the
entire
community
and
that
question
of
not
only
posing
those
questions,
but
answering
those
questions
for
really
coming
up
with
a
road
map
for
our
future
to
ensure
that
evanston
remains
a
very
vital
place
in
the
area
of
visual
and
performing
arts.
So,
madam
mayor
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
and
get
any
feedback
from
members
of
the
council.
I
Those
were
thanks
off
mike
it's
pretty
clear
that
that
the
arts
in
evanston
is
not
a
standalone
enterprise
and
the
more
we
recognize
that
it's
part
of
our
economic
development
strategy
too.
I
think
the
better.
I
I
think
it
is
one
of
part,
an
integral
part
of
our
economic
development
plan
as
a
matter
of
fact,
and
so
cultivating
and
evolving
our
arts
community,
I
think,
is
all
upside,
but
there
are
some
preliminary
steps
and
part
of
it
is
figuring
out
where
we
are
right
now,
so
the
roadmap
makes
a
lot
of
sense
to
me,
and
I
I
know
that
at
this
point
in
time
the
the
city
of
evanston
is
going
to
take
a
laboring
or
on
this,
because
right
now,
there's
there's
no
larger
entity
that
can
tackle
this
project.
I
I'm
thinking,
and
so
I'd
like
to
proceed
with
the
roadmap
and
and
in
partnership
with
the
foundation.
I
Who
do
you
imagine
other
potential
partners
would
be
other
ways
to
integrate
the
university
and
its
programming
by
the
way
into
the
larger
city,
cultural
landscape,
but
maybe
also
into
some
of
our
planning
here
and
are
there
other
players
could
our
out
or
will
our
arts
council
play
a
major
role
in
development
of
the
road
map
and
so
forth?.
A
D
I
I
don't
know
if
ms
bloomy
wish
to
say
a
couple
of
words
about
the
arts
council,
where
it
is
and
and
how
you
think
this
fits
into
the
vision
of
the
council.
If
you
could
do
it
at
the
microphone
because
we're
on
television,
not
on
television,
we
can't.
A
P
No
no
well!
No
thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
I
think
the
council
in
general,
we
just
the
city
manager,
came
and
spoke
to
our
to
us
at
our
meeting
last
week
and
it's
very
exciting
and
we
want
to
do
whatever
we
can.
We
are
still
hoping
to
have
more
members.
I
think
shortly.
A
P
C
Thank
you,
madam
mayor,
I'm
wondering
if
wally
you
could
tell
us
or
tell
me
what
what
you
see
as
a
goal
that
we're
going
to
find
at
the
end
of
the
road
with
this
map.
I'm
I
mean
this
is
a
terrible
goal:
visual
and
performing
arts.
What
do
we
mean
by
that?
I
mean
it
just
sort
of
lays
there.
So
what
do
you
see
is.
D
C
D
Madam
mere
members
of
the
council,
adam
and
rainy,
I
think
that
an
outcome
would
be
a
plan
of
sorts.
I
I
think,
we've
not
done
a
good
job
of
using
our
volunteers
through
the
the
arts
council
through
the
public
art
committee.
I
think
we've
not
done
quite
honestly,
a
good
job
using
our
staff
through
budget
reductions.
We've
asked
a
lot
of
mr
corey
and
his
staff
and
mr
corey
spends
more
time
running
movie,
projectors
that
he
does
helping
the
arts
council
think
broadly
about
where
we
can
go
and
that's
not
his
fault.
D
That's
our
fault,
that's
my
fault.
As
we've
struggled
with
budget
cuts,
we've
not
had
that
luxury.
I
think,
as
we
are
reevaluating
where
we're
at
and
things
are,
are
getting
a
little
bit
better
for
us,
financially
the
importance
of
the
arts,
the
importance
of
keeping
them
thriving
and
making
sure
that
we
know
where
we're
going
and
who's
doing
what
is
very
important,
and
I
don't
think
honestly,
alderman
rainey.
We
have
that
not
only
in
the
city
of
evanston
but
really
in
the
larger
evanston
community
and
in
order
for
us
to
continue
to
thrive.
D
C
And
how
are
we
folding
in
the
information
we
glean
from
the
arts
meeting
the
other
morning,
the
the
segment
on
the
arts.
D
I
think
now
is
the
time
for
us
to
harness
all
of
that
and
have
us
come
up
with
a
path
for
the
future,
taking
the
the
wonderful
experience
and
and
and
wise
counsel
of
our
residents
and
those
who
who
do
this
work
of
art
in
evanston
to
help
us
understand
where
we
need
to
go
for,
because
clearly,
the
city's
role
is
important
today
and
will
remain
important.
D
C
Well,
I
can
tell
you
that
I've
I've
never
been
in
a
room
with
all
those
people
before
and
I've
never
seen
such
energy.
I
mean,
if
we
I
mean
my
my
purpose
for
being.
There
was
the
arts
and
economic
development,
but
I
I
was
just
amazed
that
the
involvement
and
the
commitment
and
the
energy
there-
and
I
certainly
hope
we
harness
that
as
we
go
forward
here,.
Q
Q
You
know
really
at
the
opposite
ends
of
the
spectrum,
but
mr
bob
quits,
you
actually
touched
on
something
that
was
my
initial
reason
for
putting
the
light
on
is
the
staffing
I
I
kind
of
equate
where
we
are
on
the
arts,
staffing
piece
to
where
we
were
three
and
a
half
years
ago.
Looking
at
economic
development,
where
we
said
this
is
important,
but
we
didn't
have
really
the
capacity
internally
to
do
that.
That's
not
a
mark
on
you.
Q
It's
just
you're
one
person
and
you're
running
around
everywhere,
so
please
don't
take
it
as
a
negative,
but
we
need
to
look
at
how
do
we
plan
to
do
that?
Staffing?
Obviously
the
there
it's
console
and
volunteer
organizations,
and
you
indicated
that
the
evanston
community
foundation,
I
think
your
exact
words
were
active
participation.
Q
But
in
order
to
harness
all
that
volunteer
time
and
the
committees
we
we
need
a
much
better
strategy
on
the
on
the
staffing
piece.
So
it'd
be
great
to
hear
about
that
at
a
subsequent
meeting.
D
And
and
alderman
burns
members
of
the
council,
I
absolutely
agree,
I
think,
we've
we've
we've
we've
tried
to
do
too
much.
We've
we've
been
providing
program,
but
we've
not
had
that
opportunity
to
take
a
step
back
like
we
have
with
economic
development.
Quite
honestly,
what
we've
done
with
sustainability,
the
the
green
ball
that
occurred
last
friday
evening.
D
I
think
catherine
hurley
really
has
been
a
catalyst
to
get
hard-working
volunteer
organizations
to
really
channel
their
energy
in
a
way
where
everyone's
rolling
in
the
same
direction-
and
I
see
the
work
we've
done
with
the
with
the
sustainability
groups
as
a
real
model.
For
what
we've
done
here,
we
have
the
environmental
association
taking
the
lead
with
the
ecology
center
funding.
We
now
have
a
tenants
association
at
noyes,
which
is
willing
to
step
up
and
take
more
responsibility
with
fundraising
there.
All
that
needs
to
be
coordinated
by
a
key
staff.
I
D
I
think
part
of
it
is,
you
know
effectively
using
our
volunteers
through
the
arts
council,
I'm
not
trying
to
reinvent
a
wheel.
Here
I
mean
there
are
communities
similar
to
us
who
have
very
thriving
arts
councils
that
have
an
important
volunteer
component,
but
also
have
a
staff
component
that
allow
them
to
move
forward.
There
are
also
non-profits
other
than
arts
councils
that
are
active
either.
D
The
arts
organizations
themselves,
like
the
community
foundation,
the
community
foundation's
been
able
to
raise
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
to
support
that
that's
a
critical
element
to
have
those
kind
of
resources.
So
I
I
would
hope
that
the
council
would
endorse
sort
of
this
idea
of
moving
forward
with
the
road
map.
D
D
I
think
we're
going
to
try
to
work
together
on
a
the
sort
of
listening
opportunity
over
the
next
couple
of
months
to
get
some
information
and
then
come
back
to
the
council
in
the
larger
community
with
the
next
step,
which
would
be
a
larger
task
force,
working,
hopefully
through
the
the
fall
and
maybe
into
the
winter
next
year,
to
come
up
with
a
more
specific
plan.
But
I
think
we
need
to
continue
to
look
for
partners.
We
need
to
continue
to
look
for
funding
resources
in
addition
to
the
community
foundation
in
the
city.
R
Promoting
the
arts
helps
drive
business
to
the
companies
to
the
businesses
in
evanston
and
vice
versa.
If
we
can
connect
those
organizations
with
the
businesses
they
can
provide
funding,
the
arts
aren't
a
separate
entity,
they're,
not
a
separate
thing.
They
are
integrated
into
almost
everything
that
we
do:
they're
integrated
into
the
schools,
they're
integrated
into
our
facilities,
they're
integrated
into
our
parks,
our
businesses.
R
It's
it's
not
something
separate,
but
it's
a
it's
really
touches
on
almost
all
of
the
things
that
we
do
as
a
community.
So
I
think
this
is
an
important
goal.
D
Because
it
is
in
some
communities
absolutely
there
is
a
cultural
arts
departments
that
that
are
either
responsible
for
program
and
facilities
or
both,
but
again,
I
think
the
model
that
we
have
with
parks,
recreation
and
community
services.
The
the
the
model
that
I
brought
to
the
council
a
few
years
ago
with
community
services
really
allows
us
citywide
to
focus
on
the
arts,
our
seniors
and
youth.
D
In
a
way
that's
integrated,
I
think
sometimes,
if
you
just
put
something
on
a
shelf
and
have
it
alone
that
you
lose,
that
ability
to
reach
out
to
the
entire
community
and
since
the
our
parks,
recreation,
community
services
department
already
does
that.
Well,
you
know
I've
I've
encouraging
them
to
integrate
those
good
works
that
they
do.
D
I
mean
they've
done
that
with
the
senior
program
where
we've
been
able
to
take
where
we
basically
had
a
senior
program
in
health
and
a
senior
program
in
parks
that
were
completely
separate
and
really
didn't
talk
to
one
another.
We
now
have
that
together
our
youth
program.
Again,
we
had
portions
of
it
in
the
health
department,
for
whatever
reason
and
portions
of
it
in
parks
and
rec.
Now
is
all
integrated,
so
we're
dealing
with
traditional
recreation,
at-risk
youth
all
together,
I
think
cultural
arts
can
be
the
same
thing.
D
C
You
would
be
open
to
those
involved
in
taking
this
problem
along
the
road
map
coming
up
with
some
ideas
having
to
do
with
that
absolutely.
D
And
and
again,
if,
when
you
look
at
what
we're
doing
with
youth
at
the
economic
development
summit,
we
were
talking
about
job
training
and
working
with
youth
and
that's
the
convergence
of
programs
that
we
have
in
our
parks
and
recreation
department
with
our
colleagues
in
economic
development.
So
I
think
it's
important
to
cross-pollinate
as
much
as
we
can.
I
think,
there's
already
a
lot
of
cross-pollinating
happening
in
parks
and
rec.
I
The
communities
that
have
vibrant
and
cohesive
arts
communities
what
what
else
do
they
have
do?
They
have
a
strategically
configured
arts,
council
or
a
community
arts
foundation
dedicated
to
raising
funds
for
the
arts?
Do
they
have
separate
departments
within
municipal
government?
Do
they
have
a
single
arts
asset?
That's
the
focus
of
activity.
What
are
they.
D
Again
again,
it's
the
mixed
bag.
Well,
I
won't
say
it
again:
it
it.
It's
really
all
the
above
and
I
think
every
community
looks
to
its
strengths.
I
mean,
for
example,
just
the
number
of
arts
facilities
that
we
either
have
today
are
working
with
to
improve,
are,
are
are
more
than
any
community
of
75
000.
I
D
The
things
we
struggle
with
is
that
these
organizations
are
are
so
focused
on
the
delivery
of
what
they
do.
It's
that
cross-pollination,
it's
that
connectiveness
between
one
another.
You
know:
how
can
we
get
the
pivot
theater
workshop,
not
only
to
continue
to
focus
on
facilities,
but
also
to
broaden
what
they
do
to
other
parts
of
the
community?
You
know
how
can
how
can
we
we
not
have
those
silos
but
really
be
mixed
in
different
kinds
of
ways?
D
Again,
I
think
that's
one
of
the
things
that
parks,
recreation,
community
services
helps
to
do
is
to
make
sure
we
we
leverage
not
only
our
arts
facilities,
but
our
recreation
facilities
that
we
leverage
our
talent
staff,
not
only
in
the
arts
but
for
seniors
and
for
at-risk
youth
and
traditional
recreation.
We
can
do
all
those
things,
that's
something
that
a
lot
of
communities
don't
do
because
it's
hard,
and
I
think
that
it
can
be
something
you
know
I
don't
want
us
always
to
model
the
best
practice.
D
I
want
us
to
be
the
best
practice
and
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity
in
the
arts
here
where
the
city
can
have
its
act
together.
Being
multi-disciplinary,
we
can
look
to
the
evanston
community
foundation
to
help
us
be
a
funding
engine
for
people
who
are
philanthropic
to
donate
money
to
help
the
arts
we
can
leverage
northwestern
university
and
all
of
its
assets.
We
can
create
a
model
that
is
the
best
of
all
the
things
but
make
it
evanston,
and
I
think
that's
the
exciting
piece
of
this.
D
It's
going
to
take
a
little
work.
It's
going
to
take
a
little
time,
it's
probably
going
to
take
a
little
money,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
think
we
can
have
a
model
that
not
only
will
will
rival
pasadena
palo
alto
cambridge
austin
madison,
but
will
be
better
than
that,
because
it
will
be
something
that
meets
the
community
needs
of
everson
illinois.
But.
I
S
That
was
probably
wrapping
up
what
I
was
going
to
say
all
over
over
in
terms
of
what
I
think
I
hear
you
hear.
What
I
hear
you
saying,
city
manager,
is
that
you
want
to
work
with
this.
I
don't
know
if
it's
a
lunch
club
and
community
foundation
fully
northwestern
some
people
come
up
with
a
plan,
come
up
with
a
task
force
to
begin
to
look
at
coming
up
with
a
bigger
plan
that
can
take
us
to
where
we
want
to
go
with
the
arts
and
edson.
Is
that
simple,
as
that?
Okay.
D
Thank
you,
madam
mayor,
we'll.
Take
those
back
and
we'll
keep
you
posted.
The
next
item
we
have
for
you
is
on
another
city
council
goal
and
that's
regarding
the
efficiency
and
effectiveness
of
services.
D
We
have
spent
some
time
talking
with
you
about
3-1-1
and
I
think
the
ways
that
that
tool
has
really
helped
us,
but
we're
here
this
evening
to
talk
about
another
component
of
of
this
council
goal,
and
that
is
a
new
set
of
city-wide
performance
measures,
godwin
chin,
who
is
our
icma
local
government
management?
Fellow
and
I'm
happy
to
announce
this
evening
that
both
icma
and
godwin
have
agreed
for
godwin
to
continue
for
a
second
year.
So
I'm
honored
thank
you.
D
Rather
rather
than
than
find
someone
new,
we've
decided
we'll
keep
the
good
one
we've
got,
and
so
godwin.
Thank
you
for
agreeing
to
stay
on
another
year,
but
godwin
has
been,
has
been
the
leader
working
with
our
operating
departments
on
these
new
set
of
performance
measures
and
he's
here
this
evening
with
the
report.
T
All
right
good
evening,
madam
mayor
members
of
the
council,
godwin
chen
icma,
fellow
member
of
the
city
manager's
office,
presented
for
your
discussion
tonight
are
city-wide
performance
measures
or
cpm
assembled
in
pursuit
of
city
council
goal,
efficient
efficiency
and
effectiveness
of
services.
T
T
T
T
Three
measures
in
the
area
of
citizen
engagement,
two
of
which
are
associated
with
the
3-1-1
system,
percentage
of
3-1-1
requests,
completed
within
the
sla
time
and
number
of
administrative
services
assumed
by
3-1-1
and
then
lastly,
for
changes
in
the
numbers
of
subscribers
to
all
city
communication
channels,
including
facebook,
twitter
and
newsletters,
for
intergovernmental
affairs,
federal
state
and
regional
dollars
that
were
able
to
be
gathered
for
the
city
of
evanston.
Excuse.
A
A
T
T
T
Right
so
for
these
measures,
these
are
the
broad
objectives
that
you
see
here:
ordinance
prosecution,
traffic
prosecution
and
for
some
of
these
measures
they
will
include
more
detailed
breakdowns
as
well,
and
there
will
be
for
ordinance
and
traffic
prosecutions
as
well
for
as
for
the
loss,
minimization
and
risk
management
performance
measure,
which
is
number
11.
excuse.
U
I
I
The
ways
in
which
our
law
department
consults
with
other
departments,
to
minimize
our
liability
and
exposure,
which
is
an
important
function
of
our
law
department?
But
it's
not
one
of
the
the
these
performance
measures
or
in
human
services.
For
example,
we
can.
We
can
measure
human
services
performance
about
calendar
days
from
requisition
to
higher
recruitment,
but
I'm
also
interested
in
knowing
about
employee
retention,
which
is
a
larger
issue,
not
necessarily
human
services
or
employee
satisfaction.
Employee
training
programs.
I
D
T
Okay,
moving
along
ordinances
and
resolutions,
written
or
reviewed
during
a
period
of
time
going
to
number
12
administrative
adjudication
number
of
administrative
education
cases
tried
per
year
and
moving
on
to
the
next
department,
administrative
services
for
purchasing
and
human
resources.
T
They
both,
as
you
mentioned,
alderman
grover,
included,
turnaround
time
in
terms
of
per
requisitions,
to
purchase
orders
and
personal
recruit
personal
recruitment
for
our
I.t
division.
We
have
system
and
network
function,
network
problems
corrected
within
48
hours
of
the
specified
period,
number
of
financial
reporting
documents
published
and
or
certified
for
our
finance
division
and
for
parking
number
of
tickets
issued
and
parking
related
revenue
generated.
V
This
this
one
will
get
a
little
pressed
tomorrow,
but
I
guess
one
of
the
things
I
was
looking
at
before
and
I'm
not
really
sure
how
to
articulate
this
is
I
mean
we?
We
could
write
a
lot
more
parking
tickets.
Those
of
us
on
the
parking
committee
know
that
I
mean
we
could
actually
we
could
hire
one
more
person
and
hire
write
a
lot
more
tickets.
V
But
there's
always
this
balance
of
you
know
how
many
do
we
write
and
still
promote
evanston
as
a
place
to
come
to
so,
but
one
of
the
things
I'm
sorry.
I've
been
looking
at
this
thinking.
How
is
it
that
we
measure
the
fact
that
we
actually
get
people
parking
correctly?
V
So
we're
really
hoping,
for
instance,
in
parking
that
we're
the
new
parking
meters
that
are
coming
in,
that
will
you'll
be
able
to
swipe
your
credit
card
on,
will
actually,
in
some
respects,
reduce
the
parking
tickets
that,
because
people
just
didn't,
have
enough
change
so
for
the
amount
of
time
that
they
wanted.
So
I
mean
there's
some,
I'm
not
quite
sure
how
I
think
these
are
excellent
things
to
have
these
benchmarks,
but
I'm
also
thinking
about
what
do
we?
How
do
we
measure
the
things
where
we're
actually
get
yeah
doing
it
right?
V
As
peter
said
yeah,
I
don't
have
a
solution,
but
that's
okay.
A
It
was
a
good
question:
alderman
burris.
Q
I
just
want
to
follow
up
that.
I
I
appreciate
the
work
on
this.
I
am
a
big
proponent
of
benchmarking
and
and
measurement,
but
sometimes
we
measure
what's
easy
to
measure
going
on
on
what
aldrin
wins
said,
and
I
don't
see
these
are
very
qualitative
measures.
I
mean
very
quantitative
measures
versus
qualitative
measures
and
it
would
be
helpful
to
go
back
and
rethink
that.
Q
I
know
in
my
work.
We
do
that.
A
lot
of
you
know
you
measure
things
that
necessarily
aren't
showing
the
the
work
all
the
overall
work
that
you're
doing,
but
they're
really
easy
to
measure.
How
many
proposals
did
you
write?
How
much
money
did
you
bring
in
the
door,
but
it
doesn't
say
all
the
other
things,
so
it
just
may
be
a
good
way
to
rethink
it,
not
not
to
say
that
we
don't
need
pieces
of
these
but
to
expand
to
expand
us.
That
would
be
very
helpful.
T
I
It's
a
more
positive
way
of
looking
at
the
violations
aspect
of
our
housing
code,
how
about
number
of
properties
brought
into
compliance?
And
then
we
would
want
to
see
that
number
sustain
right.
I
don't
know
which
way
I'd
like
that
one
to
go,
but
we'd
like
to
know
that
we
have
properties
coming
into
compliance
on
a
regular
basis,
yeah
and
staying
in
compliance.
I
T
A
C
The
problem-
and
I
I
agree
with
both
alderman
nguyen
and
grover-
the
only
problem
is,
I'm
not
sure
our
department
can
be
held
responsible
for
building
staying
into
compliance.
We
we
have
some
owners,
I
mean
the
owners
who
are
continually
out
of
compliance
are
not
going
to
comply
regardless
of
how
we
measure.
So
I
I
just
I
just
don't
think
that's
a
departmental
achievement
really.
F
I
Could
be
part
of
it,
and
so
another
aspect
may
be
our
ability
to
make
headway
on
those
intransigent
properties
that
are
always
difficult
to
bring
into
compliance.
But
I'd
think
I'd
still
like
to
know
now
what
have
been
the
positive
aspects
of
our
inspection
program,
and
one
of
that
is
properties
coming
into
compliance.
T
Sure
go.
A
T
Okay:
number
20
from
community
on
economic
development,
new
businesses,
so
number
of
of
announced
economic
development
projects
with
number
of
new
jobs.
T
A
Me
could
that
be
made
number
of
new
businesses
and
number
of
businesses
that
leave
town
right
and
I'm
not
quite
clear
on
announced
economic
development
projects.
I
mean
at
some
point
I'd
like
to
know
just
the
number
of
new
businesses
that
come.
I
realized
that
the
scrapbook
shop,
where
I
cut
the
ribbon
to
open
it,
is
possibly
not
as
big
an
economic
development
impact
as
gordon
foods,
but
people
are
concerned
with
the
total
number
of
businesses
that
are
leaving
town
versus
the
number
that
are
coming
in
and
sort
of
keeping
track
of
that
right.
R
T
Well,
mayor
tisdale,
so
staff
has
heard
a
lot
of
the
comments
that
the
city
council
has
made
and
actually,
in
our
effort
to
create
these
performance
measures,
we
have
tried
to
create
measures
that
would
give
a
bigger
picture
look
of
how
many
businesses
arrive
in
town
and
also
how
many
businesses
leave
the
difficulty
is
that
a
lot
of
these
a
lot
of
this
data
does
not
exist
in
the
city.
So
so
what
you
see
tonight
before
you
is
a
reflection
of
of
data
that
is
available
to
the
city
right
now.
U
D
We
can
we
can
I
mean
I,
I
I
think
what
we
can
do
is
there
are
certain
taxes
that
are
geared
toward
economic
development
activity;
sales
tax,
for
example,
so
which
we
can
act
liquor
tax,
absolutely
which
we
can
do.
S
So
take
out
your
violins
I'm
going
to
play
the
same
old
song,
but
if
all
of
our
businesses
were
I'm
going
to
say
the
word
license
or
registered
we'd
be
able
to
do
that,
and
so
I'm
just
going
to
keep
saying
that
until
we
get
it.
I.
C
And
that
was
one
of
the
things
that
I
was
going
to
mention.
We
need
we,
we
keep
talking
about
it,
but
we
don't
do
anything
about
it.
We
need
to
license
businesses
in
this
town
if
you
have
a
door
where
people
walk
in
and
you
accept
money
from
somebody,
that's
a
business
and
that
needs
to
be
licensed.
I
don't
care
if
it's
licensed
by
the
state
or
by
the
feds
or
by
you
know
any
country
in
the
world.
C
C
That
would
let
us
know
when
a
business
leaves.
I
mean
our
economic
development
team
and
aldermen
can
be
everywhere
and
all
of
a
sudden
one
of
us
will
walk
down
the
street
and
there'll
be
a
for
rent
sign
on
a
store
that
we
had.
No
idea
was
leaving
nobody
called.
I
mean
there
was
no
way
we
could
put
in
motion
plans
to
retain
because
they're
gone.
C
So
if,
if
there
is
a
way,
we
could
know
that.
I
think
that
would
be
helpful,
because
I
think
that
we
ought
to
start
doing
exit
interviews
with
businesses
that
leave
and
I'm
not
talking
necessarily
about
a
business
that
goes
to
indiana
or
wisconsin.
Because
of
you
know
it's
a
big
business
with
hundreds
of
employees,
but
if
there's
a
way
we
can
find
out.
D
And
alderman
reigning
members
of
the
council.
We
are
doing
that
of
the
businesses
that
we
work
with
when
they
do
leave.
We
do
we
have
done
a
few
exit
interviews
over
the
last
few
months,
so
that's
happening,
I
think,
putting
in
place
systems
to
catch.
Everyone
is
a
little
bit
taller
order.
The
direction
of
the
economic
development
team,
though,
is
that
they
really
need
to
have
their
finger
on
all
the
businesses
in
evanston
we
have.
D
We
have,
I
think,
a
sufficient
staff
that
you
know
short
of
the,
maybe
the
one
and
two
person
businesses,
but
anything
bigger
than
that.
I
think
we
now
have
the
resources
to
keep
track
of.
Obviously
we
have
a
water
and
sewer
utility.
I
would
imagine
that
the
disconnections
there
can
be
helpful,
there's
probably
a
little
bit
of
a
lag
there,
but
I
think
we're
starting
to
do
that
in
ways
that
we've
not
previously
done
it
by
keeping
in
touch
and
really
keeping
an
inventory
of
businesses.
D
We've
not
even
had
a
real
inventory
using
the
business
license
data
that
we
have
to
keep
track
of
businesses
in
that
way,
so
that
those
all
things
are
changing,
and
we
continue
to
do
that
as
best.
We
can
well.
C
N
W
Thank
you
madame
something.
W
I've
been
hearing
a
lot
of
lately
is
with
regard
to
like
plan
reviews
or
zoning
reviews,
not
so
much
the
movement
through
the
city
hall,
but
how
the
city
hall
interacts
with
the
committees
or
citizen
committees,
and
I
know,
there's
a
lot
of
great
work
that
goes
on
with
these
committees,
but
lately
most
of
the
comments
and
complaints
I've
had
have
been
about
how
long
it's
taken
a
particular
process
or
project
residential,
particularly
to
get
through
the
system,
largely
because
of
issues
with
committees,
and
I
think
that
is
also
a
reflection
of
our
performance.
W
For
example,
an
issue
came
up
recently
a
parking
pad
in
one
in
my
ward,
it's
been
in
the
system
seven
months,
and
you
know
it's
just
ridiculous
for
a
family
to
have
to
go
through
that.
You
know
several
appearances
with
zoning
and
then
delays
after
that
because
of
lack
of
quorum
or
whatever
it's
taken,
but
that's
a
particularly
bad
example.
W
A
I
Thank
you.
A
lot
of
these
measures
sound
like
some
of
the
standardized
measures
for
for
functioning
of
a
police
department.
I
wonder
if
there's
a
way
again
to
quantify
some
of
our
positive
police
interactions,
the
work
of
the
problem,
solving
team,
for
example,
number
of
I
don't
know-
community
neighborhood
block
group
meetings
or
all
of
those
touch
points
that
our
problem
solving
team
has
with
positive
interactions
with
community
members
and
I'm
sure
there
are
other
dimensions
of
police
work
in
evanston
that
perhaps
have
a
way
to
be
incorporated
into
performance
measure.
U
T
Next
is
our
fire
department
response
response
time
percentage
of
emergency
calls
with
a
response
time
of
five
minutes
or
under
from
dispatch
to
arrival
on
scene
per
to
square
miles
per
served
by
per
station
fire
incidents
confined
to
the
room
of
origin
number
of
on-the-job
injuries
per
100
members
that
resulted
in
time
lost
from
duty
and
job-related
vehicle
crashes
that
are
deemed
preventable.
C
A
suggestion
one
of
we
get
a
fire
department
re
guideline,
I'm
not
sure
if
you
see
that
a
fire
department
report
every
single
month
from
the
chief
which
includes
much
of
this
information.
However,
one
of
the
most
important
pieces
of
information
we
get
every
month
is:
there's
a
line,
that's
a
number
of
fires.
C
C
So
I
think
the
amount
and
that
that
information
is
provided
every
month
by
the
chief.
But
that
would
be
interesting
to
to
see
in
a
in
a
layout
like
this.
T
I
Interruption
again,
this
is
a
good
example
of
all
of
the
performance
measures,
each
one
of
them
being
a
number.
A
number
number
number
number
in
number
out
like
number
in
the
door
number
out
the
door
and
and
but
these
are
core
services
and
they're
improving
the
lives
of
evanston
residents.
I
So
if
there's
a
way
to
get
to
that
short
of
doing
a
client
satisfaction
survey
to
which
adds
a
whole
other
layer
of
work
to
get
to
some
of
the
core
value
that
is
rendered
by
our
health
department
to
evanston
residents,
besides
the
fact
that
they
show
up
for
birth
and
death
certificates
and
it
is
issued,
I
don't
think
there's
any
other
way
to
quantify
that.
I
The
educational
activities-
that's
a
big
part
of
it-
is
there
a
way
to
quantify
the
that
is
a
positive
interaction,
and
you
know
the
mental
health
four
years
ago
incorporated
meaningful
performance
outcomes,
performance
measures
into
how
it
evaluates
the
human
services
agencies,
and
so
maybe
that
could
be
a
useful
guide
as
to
how
to
create
performance
measures
that
are
more
qualitative
than
quantitative.
T
Sure
and
lastly,
for
health,
vital
records,
number
of
birth
and
death
certificates
issued
moving
on
to
our
public's
works
department.
I
Suggestion
I
like
these
because
it
really
gets
to
operational
efficiency
in
public
works
operations,
so
I
thought
these
were
a
good
set
of
performance
measures.
T
So
road
rehabilitation
expenditures
per
paved
mile,
timely
capital
improvements,
percentage
of
capital,
improvements
that
are
on
time,
residential
satisfaction
with
services
delivered
by
the
public
works
department,
timely
and
time
to
complete
maintenance
and
minor
repairs
of
our
vehicle
fleet,
cost
of
maintenance
and
minor
repairs.
Average
maintenance
and
repair
costs
per
vehicle
and
snow
rebel,
snow
removal,
expenditures
per
capita
compared
to
inches
of
snowfall.
T
Moving
on
to
parks,
recreation,
there
are
seven
total
measures.
First,
one
is
youth
employment,
percentage
of
applicants
who
applied
for
employment
opportunities
and
received
such
opportunities,
facilities,
management,
total
number
and
response
time
of
complete
in-house
work,
orders,
forestry
response,
total
number
and
response
time
of
forestry
division
requests
and.
T
Thank
you
and
recreation
user
activity
evaluate
the
total
program,
participation
and
recreation
services
by
age
and
ward,
youth
engagement,
satisfaction
with
youth
employment
programs,
park
attendance
for
various
parks
and
recreation,
special
events
and
number
of
park
permits
and
park
user
experience.
A
survey
of
facility
conditions,
safety
and
cleanliness.
T
For
the
library,
five
total
measures,
customer
satisfaction
of
library,
services
and
then
customer
service,
satisfaction
of
interactions
with
library,
staff
and
then
user,
rated
availability
of
library,
materials,
circulation
per
resident
of
evanston
and
purchasing
costs
of
books.
A
dollar
spent
per
resident
purchasing
books.
I
Outreach
being,
I
think
one
of
the
our
library
board
stated
goals
and
one
of
things
that
we're
very
interested
in
doing
is
expanding
the
reach
of
our
library.
Is
there
a
way
to
measure
that
either
through
through
a
map,
client,
satisfaction
or
mapping
of
the
the
card,
but
it
it's?
If
we're
getting
to
residents
perception
of
library,
services
and
their
satisfaction,
maybe
do
they
feel
as
if
they're
available
accessible
to
them
as
part
of
one
of
these
other
performance
measures.
V
When
I
think
that
some
of
this,
some
of
these
measurements
have
been
had
had
already
been
created
in
some
ways,
they
were
surrounding
the
south
branch,
it
was
number
of
outreach
programs
and
the
number
of
children
or
adults
contacted
through
those
programs.
Those
were
ways
in
which
they
measured
those
and
then
I
think
they
even
followed
up
in
terms
of
then
a
second
visit
to
the
library
by
that
person.
V
D
Members
of
the
council.
Thank
you
for
your
feedback.
What
we've
tried
to
do
and
coming
to
you
this
evening,
is
tried
to
come
up
with
a
collection
of
measures
that
were
not
so
overwhelming.
This
replaces,
mr
lyons,
how
many
do
we
currently
have.
D
So
so
there
are
the
you
know,
the
the
this
smaller
number
is
replacing
hundreds
and
I
think
those
hundreds
have
completely
lost
any
reality.
Yet
we
have
as
part
of
the
budget
process,
people
still
collecting
them
looking
at
them.
D
So
our
first
priority
is
to
come
up
with
a
set
of
measures
that
are
meaningful
and
what
we've
tried
to
do
this
evening
is
come
to
you
with
what
we
thought
made
sense
and
appreciate
so
much
your
feedback
basically
saying
that
for
this
department
this
makes
sense,
but
for
those
other
department
they
don't
make
sense
and
that
will
help
make
these
meaningful.
So
we
will
come
back
to
you
at
a
future
meeting
with
some
adjustments.
We've
taken
careful
notes.
I
appreciate
mr
chin's
hard
work
on
this.
You
know
this
is
really
a
goldilocks
exercise.
D
C
Alderman
just
a
comment
that
under
parks,
recreation
and
community
service,
there
is
no
objective
or
performance
measure
having
to
do
with
the
arts,
and
we
might
want
to
include
one.
K
Thank
you.
I'd
also
like
to
include
under
library
I'd
like
a
a
running
total
of
how
many
outside
groups
actually
use
the
library
facilities
in
terms
of
room,
rentals
and
then
city
manager,
I'm
I'm
assuming
that
we
can
get
all
of
this
in
a
super
duper
excel
spreadsheet,
that
we
can
just
go
down
and
see
all
of
these
numbers,
and
is
that.
D
A
super
duper
excel
spreadsheet,
I'm
not
sure
about,
but
I
I
think
what
we're
hoping
for
is,
I
think,
you're
all
aware
we
did
an
annual
report
this
year.
I
think
the
next
step
we
feel
is
that
to
incorporate
these
measures
in
an
annual
report
so
again
we're
dealing
with
qualitative
quantitative
information
all
in
one
place.
So
we'll
do
that.
I
think
as
much
as
we
can
we'll
work
on
having
that
single
spreadsheet,
but
I
think
given
given
the
nature
of
how
these
are.
D
D
Well,
as
we've
talked
to
the
departments,
most
of
the
information
we
presented
to
you
this
evening
is
together.
I
have
18
different
comments
that
were
made
about
the
various
measures
of
those
18.
Many
of
those
are
information
we
collect,
so
I
don't
think
this
is
going
to
be
again.
The
idea
is
to
focus
on
things
that
are
important,
and
once
you
have
a
smaller
number,
that's
important,
then
it's
easier
to
to
get
the
data
and
to
track
it
on
a
regular
basis.
I
don't
anticipate
anything
that
was
said
tonight.
K
Q
D
Q
Yeah,
well
I,
yes,
that
would
be
wonderful
because,
as
I
was
once
again
looking
through
the
the
performance
measures
between
the
different
departments,
even
they're,
not
standardized
in
what
you're
trying
to
measure
some
are
measuring
activity,
some
are
measuring
outcome
and
it
doesn't
seem.
Measuring
activity
is
not
really
a
performance
measure.
An
outcome
is
really
a
performance
measure.
Q
Q
Q
What
is
your
outcome?
What
is
it
that
you
are
trying
to
achieve,
and
I
just
I'm
not
getting
that
here,
so
it
would
just
be
helpful
to
to
revise
and
have
more.
I
think
information
about
the
c
icm
a
thank
you.
U
We're
actually
looking
at
this
in
in
our
committee
in
our
mweb
committee
right
now,
and
it's
probably
going
to
be
a
month
before
we
bring
it
to
council
and
I'm
not
sure
if
we
should
stick
it
in
under
in
administrative
services
or
economic
development.
But
I
would
like
to
see
a
placeholder
for
when
we
take
a
look
at
our
local
spend,
both
the
20k
plus
and
the
20k
and
below
at
our
city's
functional
spending,
to
to
look
at
that
from
the
various
departments.
How?
Well
we
do
business
with
our
evanston
businesses.
I
Perhaps,
within
each
inter
in
a
way
of
getting
a
handle,
what
the
top
kind
of
measure
performance
measures
would
be
is
to
simply
prioritize.
Have
each
department
prioritize
within
those
performance
measures
in
order
of
importance
keyed
to
mission.
S
Well,
since
you're
going
to
have
to
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
and
redo
some
things
under
park,
recreation
and
community
services,
you
mentioned
youth,
the
facilities,
forestry
and
and,
as
al
mourinho
pointed
out
about
the
arts,
but
also
seniors
are
not
mentioned.
So
if
you
want
to
do
everything,
that's
under
that
department,
then,
if
you're
going
to
cover
it
like
that
that
maybe
there
ought
to
be
a
measure
or
two
measures,
maybe
for
each
one,
simplifying
it
not
making
it
too
much
or
overwhelming.
K
Yeah,
I
agree
with
alderman
holmes.
We
need
to
tie
this
in
with
our
economic
development
goals
as
well.
Alderman
burris,
I
agree
with
you
before
you
leave.
I
agree
with
you,
but
I
think
this
is
part
of
a
process
I
mean
this
is
a.
This
is
a
really
important
step.
I
think
for
us
to
take
what
was
an
unmanageable
list,
make
it
more
manageable
and
then
hopefully
crystallize
that
down
into
something
that
is
really
really
meaningful,
and
I
think
that's
what
we're
working
on,
and
so
I'm
I'm
very
appreciative
of
the
way
we're
going.
K
D
Yes,
next
is
to
finish
up
our
discussion
on
council
goals,
mr
chairman,
mr
dieter,
if
you
can
bring
up
the
the
next
couple,
slides
we've
we've
talked
this
evening
about
two
of
your
13
goals.
I
wanted
to
spend
just
a
brief
moment
to
kind
of
give
an
update
as
to
where
we
are
with
all
the
rest
and
let
you
know
of
some
additional
work
that
will
be
coming
to
you
in
the
next
few
months.
D
As
you
remember,
the
council
selected
five
goals
as
your
priority
goals:
economic
development.
I
think
you're
all
aware
of
our
efforts
there.
We
had
a
very
successful
economic
development
summit.
On
friday,
the
council's
adopted
an
economic
development
plan,
a
revision
of
a
plan
over
the
last
couple
of
months.
So
I
think
everything
is
moving
forward.
I
think
you're
pretty
well
aware
of
our
activities
there
in
the
area
of
capital
improvement
program
planning,
you're
going
to
hear
from
mr
lyons
and
his
staff
in
a
few
minutes
about
the
current
state
of
our
capital
improvement
program.
D
However,
we've
really
not
had
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
you
specifically
about
capital
improvement
program
planning.
So
what
we're
considering
is
having
an
evening
like
this
specifically
to
look
at
the
capital
budget,
to
look
at
the
projects
we're
working
on
and
to
to
have
the
council's
involvement,
probably
summertime
involvement,
so
that
when
we
come
back
to
in
the
fall
with
a
budget,
we
have
a
better
a
place
with
that.
So
the
plan
would
be
to
to
have
that
exercise
and
to
hopefully
institutionalize
that
process
with
you
in
the
summer
months.
D
So
as
we
come
up
with
the
budget
in
the
fall
that
we
have
that
available
efficiency
and
effectiveness
to
services,
we've
discussed
a
major
component
of
that
this
evening.
Safety
issues
at
your
third
monday
meeting
in
june
on
june
18th,
the
chief
eddington
and
director
of
public
works
robinson,
will
be
here
to
talk
about
citywide
safety
and
also
a
specific
air
focus
on
pedestrian
safety.
So
they'll
be
here
on
june
18th
and
then
in
the
area
of
youth
services.
D
D
Then
you
have
the
the
balance
of
the
list
in
the
area
of
affordable
housing.
The
council
received
a
report
from
the
mayor's
task
force
on
homelessness.
A
few
meetings
back
that
really
has
been
the
focus
of
some
of
the
new
work.
We've
been
doing.
We're
now
evaluating
that
report
and
coming
up
with
a
work
plan
to
implement
the
pieces
of
that.
The
other
large
piece
of
our
affordable
housing
program.
Right
now
is
the
nsp2
program.
D
Mayor
tisdale
has
suggested
that
we
do
a
open
house
with
one
of
the
properties
to
showcase
the
work
of
many
of
the
eviston
residents
who
have
been
subcontractors
on
these
facilities.
So
that's
been
scheduled.
I
apologize.
I
don't
know
that
the
data
off
the
top
of
my
head,
so
those
have
been
our
two
main
focus
areas
in
affordable
housing,
the
mayor's
homeless
task
force,
as
well
as
the
nsp2
program.
D
X
Good
evening,
mayor
city,
council,
city
manager
and
deputy
clerk,
steve
griffin,
with
the
economic
and
community
economic
development
department,
as
mr
bach
was
saying,
much
of
our
focus
for
the
last
several
months
have
been
on
the
plan.
Commission,
sign
review
and
appeals
board
and
zoning
board
overview.
X
Alderman
tendum
hit
it
on
the
nail
some
of
the
processes
that
they
had
would
catch
projects
up
of
not
just
weeks
but
months
and
we've
worked
with
the
plan
commission,
for
example,
working
with
the
sign
review
board
and
that's
done,
but
the
zoning
board
in
review
is
still
to
go
where
we've
updated
their
rules
and
of
order
and
business
where
they
now
have
time
frames
of
which
they'll
render
a
decision
before
either
an
application
or
a
presentation
by
a
developer.
X
Literally
one
of
them.
I
went
to
took
an
hour
and
42
minutes
before
there
was
the
first
question
from
the
plan
commission.
So
in
the
updated
the
rules
and
of
order,
they
have
these
time
frames
now
and
then
they
have
staff
presentation
times
applicant
presentation,
time
and
citizen
comment
times
with
various
limits.
X
The
council,
in
due
time
may
want
to
take
it
a
step
further
and,
for
example,
for
a
special
use
permit
or
a
plan
unit
development.
X
In
in
your
ordinance,
you
could
give
a
time
frame
for
which
the
plan,
commission
or
zoning
board
of
appeals
to
act
within
60
days,
90
days
whatever
that
be,
but
I
think
we
made
a
very
big
first
step
by
at
least
getting
these
time
frames
down
and
and
see
how
that
goes
for
the
next
several
weeks
or
months.
The
the
other
thing
we
did
late
last
year
was
reorganize.
The
building
plan
review
a
section,
the
permit
counter
used
to
report
to
the
property
standards
supervisor.
X
It
didn't
make
sense
to
me
and
wanted
to
have
it
that
be
a
direct
report
to
the
head
of
plan
review,
because
then
the
permit
questions
could
be
handled
by
them
as
a
go-to
person.
So
that's
been
done
and
then
the
last
step
we're
working
on
we've
made
big
strides,
and
that
is
the
whole
zoning
analysis
step
for
any
any
applicant,
a
homeowner,
a
new
use
that
wants
to
go
in
the
first
step.
X
They
have
to
do
in
a
zoning
office
is
to
get
the
zoning
analysis
and
what
we've
done
now
is
made
it
much
more
customer
centric.
So,
instead
of
just
telling
the
applicant
or
the
homeowner
what's
wrong
or
what's
not
met
with
the
application,
we
actually
now
identify
either
project
facilitator,
who
the
next
step's
going
to
be
or
offer
what
paths
to
approval
process
they
have
and
or
tips
for
them
to
comply
or
an
alternative
compliance.
X
So
that's
done
now:
we've
instituted
an
inter-departmental
process
for
staff,
reviews
of
site
plan
reviews.
It
used
to
be
where,
when
spark
had
a
meeting,
that
was
the
first
time
plans
were
being
presented
and,
and
sometimes
these
could
be
significant
development
application.
Now
we
have
an
informal
process
that
we
have
where
applicants
meet
one-on-one
with
the
public
works
department
utilities
department
to
go
over
those
plans
so
that
they
have
an
idea.
X
X
The
committee
on
july,
the
2nd
we
have
a
spark
presentation
and
like
to
solicit
the
comments
of
the
council
on
what
you
think
could
be
done
to
better
that
process,
so
that
in
in
my
words
and
you've
heard
me
say
so
that
you're
not
surprised
like
we
are
when,
when
that
schedule,
for
the
very
first
time
on
spark.
So
that's
the
that's
what
we're
doing
so
far
and
I'll
be
glad
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
council
might
have.
D
In
the
area
of
innovation,
we've
we've
kind
of
struggled
on
any
kind
of
specific
initiatives.
I
think
we
try
to
encourage
all
staff
to
be
creative
in
the
delivery
municipal
services.
We've
recently
joined
a
national
group,
the
alliance
for
innovation,
which
is
a
group
of
cities
and
counties
around
the
united
states.
D
We
discovered
that
we're
we're
doing
pretty
well
in
in
many
of
the
areas
that
we
have,
but
mr
chin
and
I
are
actually
working
together
to
continue
to
look
for
ways
to
to
move
that
council
goal
forward.
The
air
of
northwestern
university,
and
probably
the
most
telling
new
thing
that
that
we
do
with
northwestern
is
just
the
sheer
number
of
university
students
we
have
working
at
the
city
of
evanston.
We
are
having.
D
We
have
interns
and
and
people
working
as
part
of
specific
class
projects,
literally
in
every
department
of
the
city,
really
providing
interest
and
excitement
and
and
new
information
about
how
we
do
business
and
in
small
ways
in
big
ways
all
around
the
organization.
So
that's
a
very
positive
piece
of
of
our
interaction
with
northwestern
and
it
continues.
I
It's
a
funny
coincidence,
because
my
intern
emailed
me
today
asking
if,
through
a
way
to
encourage
more
aldermen
to
secure
interns
through
the
center
for
civic
engagement,
and
I
don't
think
he
understood
that
we
actually
do
work
closely
with
the
center
for
civic
engagement,
but
he's
been
so
pleased
with
his
internship.
I
F
D
Police
from
fire
pension
issues
fortunately
have
not
been
a
focus
of
the
work
of
the
general
assembly
in
springfield,
but
as
we
are
working
on
actuarial
studies
for
the
next
cycle,
that
will
be
coming
back
to
you
again
soon
with
those
numbers
to
begin
looking
at
funding
issues
for
the
police
and
fire
pensions
as
we
go
into
fiscal
year,
2013.,
the
robert
crown
center
improvements
that
project
we've
received
three
proposals
from
the
firms
we've
been
reviewing
those
a
meeting
of
the
joint
committee
of
representatives
from
the
recreation
board
of
the
city
councils
meeting
next
week
to
review
those
three
and
to
make
a
recommendation
to
the
full
city
council
to
begin
negotiations
with
one
of
those
firms.
D
We
hope
to
have
that
information
to
you
here
on
june,
the
18th
and
then
finally,
the
visual
and
performing
arts
goal.
We've
spent
a
few
minutes
on
already
this
evening,
so
many
members
of
the
council.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
D
D
Mayor
we're
going
to
roll
all
this,
I
think
together,
so
we
have
given
the.
D
The
first
quarter
report,
which
we
will
will
give
you
highlights,
I
think,
spend
a
little
bit
more
time
on
the
capital
improvement
plan,
and
then
we
have
two
items
for
action:
resolution
44,
r12
and
45
r12
dealing
with
some
amendments
to
the
budget
to
come
into
compliance
with
the
previous
actions
of
the
council.
Mr
lyons
is
here
good
evening.
E
Good
evening,
madam
mayor
members
of
council
manager,
bob
quits
and
deputy
claire
cottwell
marty,
lyons
assistant
city
manager
or
cfo
just
to
do
as
the
city
manager
noted,
I
can
summarize
the
first
quarter
report
very
quickly
in
saying
we
are
just
about
on
budget.
If
you
look
at
our
numbers,
what
you
would
see
is
is
that
I
don't
have
the
someone
took
the
clicker
out
of
here.
E
For
the
most
part,
when
you
look
at
our
numbers
and
I'll
show
a
few
slides
on
this,
it
would
show
our
revenues
above
budget
and
it
would
show
our
expenditures
below
budget.
This
is
our
first
year
in
a
calendar
year
situation,
and
so
for
the
most
part,
our
situation
in
the
first
quarter
will
be,
I
think,
a
common
one.
As
long
as
the
county
likes
to
play
nice
and
distribute
taxes
in
a
timely
manner,
and
that
is,
we
will
be
in
a
good
position
for
the
most
part.
Every
first
quarter.
E
So
to
to
be
very
clear,
we've
received
50
percent
of
our
sales
tax.
I
mean
our
property
taxes
in
the
first
quarter,
so
that
means
that
that
number
is
basically
accounts
for
nearly
all
of
our
revenues
being
above
budget
and
we're
at
about
27.7
percent
of
budget
or
2.7
percent
above
where
we
need
to
be.
E
I
think
the
numbers
will
look
a
little
bit
different
come
september,
but
again
if
the
county
can
maintain
its
commitment
to
send
out
tax
bills
in
august
or
september
instead
of
november,
then
the
city
will
be
in
a
very
good
cash
flow
position,
meaning
we'll
our
operating
budget
will
continue
to
to
maintain
revenues,
equaling
expenditures.
E
So
I
don't
need
to
go
through
each
of
these
tables
with
you
because
of
the
hour
but
again
to
point
out.
There's
your
property
taxes.
Sales
taxes
are
a
little
disappointing
at
this
point,
but
income
tax
is
doing
well
and
the
other
part
that
is,
I
think,
important
to
note.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
have
it
as
we
had
building
permits
that
were
actually
doing:
okay,
because
it's
the
middle
of
winter
and
we're
at
23.
A
Mr
lyons,
the
line
on
the
state
income
tax
reminds
me
that
perhaps
we
should
make
public
the
grim
news
that
the
illinois
state
senate
has
a
proposal
now
to
lower
the
amount
of
the
local
government
distributive
fund,
at
least
the
percentage
that
cities
get
so
that
any
increase
in
the
income
tax
would
not
be
reflected
in
the
local
government.
Distributive
fund,
yes,
madam
mayor-
and
you
might
want
to
say
how
much
that
might
cost
us.
E
So
we
would
be
frozen
out,
but
I
think
a
more
important
number
is
what's
the
true
potential
of
that
we
hit
a
high
in
0708
of
approximately
91
per
capita
we're
at
eighty
dollars
now.
So
the
other
number
to
look
at
is
assuming
75
000
in
population.
That
number
is
really
closer
to.
It
would
box
us
out
of
getting
another
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
if
we
recovered
just
back
up
to
our
0708
numbers.
So
it's
a
fairly
substantial
change
at
the
state
if
it
passes
if
it
passes.
A
And
the
other
number
to
look
at
is
it
used
to
be
ten
percent
of
the
income
tax
was
designated
for
municipalities.
Now
it's
down
to
six,
and
if
this
passes
it
would
go
below
six.
F
E
So
I
think,
as
I
related
before
property
taxes,
real
estate
transfer
tax
is
given
the
months
of
january
february
march.
I
think
that's
an
excellent
number
to
be
at
right
now
and
hopefully
we
will
end
up.
As
you
may
recall,
we
raised
the
budget
so
we're
coming
close
to
the
budget
that
it
was
raised
up
during
the
process
and
then,
as
I
noted
before,
income
tax
is
holding
fairly
steady,
which
is
good
news
for
the
state
overall
that
we're
recovering
statewide
is
just
a
recap:
it's
just
a
per
capita
number.
E
And
one
other
part
again
our
licenses,
that's
the
major
share.
I
I
try
to
avoid
saying
the
lion's
share
when
I'm
doing
presentations,
but
that
has
a
lot
to
do
with
our
vehicle
stickers
and
that
shows
up
at
the
end
of
the
year.
I
reference
building
permits
already
I'll
keep
on
moving
again.
I
think,
what's
important
to
note
that
we've
noted
before
parks
rex
community
services
at
under
19,
so
that
reflects
their
seasonal
city
administration.
E
Part
of
that
is
that
there
is
the
general
fund,
contingency
in
city
administration,
which
we
hold
and
hold
and
hold,
and
if
it's
not
used,
so
that
is
reflected
there.
I
the
in
the
past,
both
fire
and
life
safety
and
police
departments,
have
always
straddled
the
budgets.
It's
good
news
to
see
them
with
a
little
bit
of
room
on
their
budgets
going
into
the
the
summer
months,
so
overall
again
at
22.1
percent.
I
would
call
that
being
on
budget
because
we
expect
seasonal
expenses.
E
The
just
a
real
quick
overview
are
other
funds
that
are
operating
funds.
E
E
Parking
fund
does
have
two
major
bond
payments
that
happen
in
june
and
december
each
year.
So
that's
why
you
see
just
under
nine
percent.
In
total
expenses,
it
does
have
a
little
under
a
million
dollars
in
capital
projects
this
year
as
well.
E
We
are
watching
the
revenues
very
closely,
though,
because
we
did
have
the
substantial
increase
in
meter
fees,
so
at
21.1
percent.
Please
just
realize
that
that
they
that
did
not
take
effect
until
february
one.
So
we
only
had
two
months
in
the
quarter
of
the
higher
fees
and
then
finally
solid
waste,
the
the
revenues
being
at
20.6
and
the
expenses
being
below
budget
both
have
a
lot
to
do
with
the
cyclical
nature
of
no
yard.
E
E
So
I
think
I've
gone
through
that
well
enough,
I'm
not
going
to
revisit
those
and
mayor
tisdell
to
your
point
before
what
to
watch
since
the
state's
most
recent
salvo,
the
one
before
this
was
the
removal
of
the
personal
property
replacement
tax
from
the
city's
coffers.
E
E
We
are
watching
those
as
much
as
possible
and
still
doing
our
best
to
get
our
grants
wherever
we
can,
I've
hit
the
property
replacement
and
then
the
next
one
was
the
discussion
on
the
income
tax
and
the
just
in
general,
we'll
be
monitoring
all
the
operating
expenses,
especially
we
started
off
this
year.
We
have
not
revved
up
the
summer
detail
yet
for
police
last
year.
At
this
time
it
had
just
started
two
weeks
early,
so
we
are
in
better
shape
this
year.
E
From
that
perspective,
the
other
fund
expenses,
as
you
all
know,
from
executive
sessions,
we've
been
settling
claims
and
we
are
happy
to
be
settling
claims,
especially
those
that
were
multiple
years
old,
but
we
are
watching
our
cash
flow
as
well.
We
are
self-funded
for
those
claimed
settlements
and
then,
as
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
later,
our
capital
projects,
the
timing
of
those
projects.
E
On
the
on
a
good
note,
we've
had
very
tremendous
pricing
with,
I
think
one
exception
where
we
had
something
come
in
at
budget
x
or
was,
I
think,
forty
thousand
dollars
on
eight
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
dollar
project,
where
we
think
it's
going
to
be
at
nine
hundred
thousand
other
than
that
everything
has
been
substantially
under
the
engineers
estimate
slash
budget
for
a
lot
of
our
capital
projects.
So
that's
been
a
positive
as
far
as
stretching
our
dollar.
E
That's
the
the
quarterly
and
mr
city
manager.
We
also
would
have
the
ability
with
respect
to
if
the
hour
as
such,
the
both
the
budget
amendment
and
the
amendment
to
the
resolution
having
the
information
in
the
council's
hands
was
a
very
big
step.
They
could
be
approved
on
any
given
night.
There
are
both
resolutions
depending
on
the
council's
wishes.
They
could
also
go
to
the
29th
for
approval
and
they
would
not
impact
current
processes
or
our
schedules
for
operations
and
the
moving
forward
of
actual
projects.
D
Maybe
we
can
just
if
there's
any
questions
that
the
council
has
about
any
of
the
information
there.
I
think
the
the
reports
are
fairly
complete.
We
just
wanted
to
be
able
to
report
to
you
the
current
status
of
where
those
are
and
the
available
funds
from
projects
that
weren't
completed,
but
we'd
be
happy
just
to
leave
it
by
answering
questions.
R
C
I
would
like
to
at
least
continue
the
discussion
about.
C
C
We've
agreed
not
to
begin
any
work
or
any
changes
until
we
have
a
neighborhood
meeting,
I'm
going
to
ask
that
you
give
me
this
time.
This
neighborhood
has
never
benefited.
One
penny
from
from
this
tif,
as
other
neighborhoods
have
benefited
from
other
tiffs.
So
I
need
some
time
as
we
put
together
some
projects.
C
The
projects
are
basically
laid
out.
I
don't
know
if
there
are
other
things
today
when
staff
was
out
there,
they
saw
things
that
they
hadn't
seen
before
and
things
that
needed
to
be
repaired
that
they
hadn't
noted
before,
and
so
I
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
hold
off
on
that
for
the
time
being.
So,
if
I
mean
I
don't
know
how
that
affects
anything,
but
I
would
like
to
do
that.
Also.
C
There
is
a
a
provision
in
here
for
the
howard
hartree
tiff
that
we,
what
was
the
number
of
million
three,
how
much
to
the
school
district
the
surplus
1.3
1.3.
C
I
would
like
to
know
if
we
can
put
some
requirements
on
that
money,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
have
received
lots
of
information
about
lately
is
the
whole
issue
of
the
referendum.
C
Didn't
pass
so,
therefore,
we're
cutting
out
art
teachers-
and
I
would
I
would
like
to
put
a
restriction
on
some
part
of
that
money
that
that
money
be
used
to
subsidize
those
areas
that
are
being
cut
because
the
referendum,
especially
the
teaching
part
of
it-
and
I
haven't-
I
haven't-
worked
through
that
yet
because
it's
only
been
in
the
last
two
days
that
I've
been
getting
the
information
and
asking
to
be
part
of
a
campaign
etc,
which
I
don't
know
anything
about
at
this
point.
But
I
want
to
know,
can
we
put
restrictions?
C
E
Yes,
madam
mayor
alderman,
rainey
members
of
council,
the
amount
of
the
surplus
that
was
designated
by
the
joint
review
board
back
in
december
of
644
000.
We
will
not
be
able
to
place
any
restrictions
on
that
portion.
I
shouldn't
say,
will
not.
It
will
be
more
difficult
because
that's
been
declared
surplus
by
the
the
joint
review
board.
E
However,
in
looking
at
a
multi-year
approach
and
what
could
be
spent
out
of
howard
hartree,
that's
where
the
1.3
million
dollars
or
roughly
double,
we
can
certainly
review
that
those
additional
funds,
because
please
note
that
of
the
1.3
million
dollars
being
suggested
that
will
be
split
amongst
all
property
tax
bodies.
So
the
city
will
get
20.
E
If
we
go
back
to
the
november
and
december,
I'm
sorry
alderman
rainey.
If
we
go
back
to
the
the
november
and
december
reports,
we
had
talked
about
this
transaction,
taking
the
place
of
an
agreement
between
the
schools
where,
in
the
past
it
was
for
a
job
for
vocational
training
or
any
of
those
purposes
listed
previously,
and
that
was
modified
with
the
final
joint
review
board
report,
where
we
ended
up
with
the
six
hundred
and
forty
four
thousand
dollars
being
there
and
I'm
rounding
being
declared
an
actual
surplus.
E
So
I
I
do
think
that
your
earlier
statement
is
still
has
merit
to
sit
down
with
the
groups
that
you're
talking
with
about.
Where
would
the
other
dollars
be
utilized
beyond
the
644?
Because
again,
only
two
thirds
of
that
will
go
to
the
schools
and
about
of
that
two-thirds,
a
little
over
half
would
go
to
district
65.
E
is
a
slightly
higher
levy
than
202.
A
Okay,
so
there's
you
would
want
us
to
hold
off
on
amending
this
2012
city
of
evanston
budget
and
approving
the
amended
2012
capital
improvement
program.
Yes,.
C
In
both
one
of
the
one
of
the
problems
with
this
is
that
it
is
now
quarter
to
10,
and
I
mean
there's
been
a
lot
of
presentation
tonight
and
I
you
know,
on
the
one
hand
you
know
I
I
it
doesn't
sound
like
it's
urgent,
it
sounds
like
it
could
wait.
No,
it
can
wait.
E
Just
one
one
note
that,
according
to
statute,
we
do
need
to
make
the
surplus
distribution
180
days
from
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year.
So
that's
from
december
31st.
So
by
june
30th
we
will
need
to
make
the
644
000
distribution,
so
that
would
mean
at
a
minimum.
We
would
need
to
have
that
as
a
resolution
on
the
last
meeting
in
june.
E
D
It's
the
25th,
so,
madam
mayor
members
of
the
council,
perhaps
if
the
council
would
like
to
continue
these
two
resolutions
to
june
11th
and
if
we're
able.
C
C
D
C
And,
and
for
those
who
weren't
here
back
in
the
day,
which
wasn't
too
long
ago,
when
we
put
when
we
directed-
and
I
think
it
was
by
state
statute-
that
that
money
that
we
gave
earlier
to
the
schools,
the
the
tiff
statute
said
that
it
had
to
be
used
for
job
development
and
etc,
but
we
were
never
able
to
audit
the
use
of
that
money.
We
remember
alderman
that
was
the
high
school
yeah
right.
That's
what
I'm
talking
about.
We
were
never
able
really
to
know
how
that
money
was
spent.
It's.